1、专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 20及答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 Meeting rooms of various sizes are needed for （ A） informal talks. （ B） different purposes. （ C） relaxation and enjo
2、yment. （ D） contacts with headquarters. 2 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as part of hotel facilities for guests? （ A） Bars. （ B） Cinemas. （ C） Restaurants. （ D） Swimming pools. 3 A hotel for an international conference should have the following EXCEPT （ A） competent office secretaries. （ B）
3、 convenient transport services. （ C） suitable and comfortable rooms. （ D） good sports and restaurant facilities. 4 What is the topic of the talk? （ A） Research methods. （ B） Thesis topics. （ C） Thesis outlines. （ D） Conference. 5 When will the conference be held? （ A） Monday. （ B） Friday. （ C） Next
4、week. （ D） In two weeks. 6 What will the conference discuss about? （ A） The preliminary outline. （ B） The final outline. （ C） The thesis style. （ D） The thesis topics. 7 What discovery was the basis of photography? （ A） Light darkens silver salt. （ B） Light darkens common salt. （ C） Light darkens si
5、lver. （ D） Light darkens self-developing film. 8 The first prominent picture was made by （ A） using a special paper. （ B） adding common salt to silver salt. （ C） tinting the temporary image. （ D） using a special piece of metal. 9 Which year does the speaker regard as the official date of the beginni
6、ng of photography? （ A） 1727. （ B） 1826. （ C） 1839 （ D） 1860 10 What is the main purpose of Browns remarks? （ A） Giving a lecture on music. （ B） Welcoming the audience. （ C） Addressing on culture events. （ D） Introducing the lecturer. 11 When did the pianist begin to play his own composition? （ A） A
7、t the age of 5. （ B） At the age of 10. （ C） At the age of 15. （ D） At age the of 25. 12 What will the pianist mainly do next? （ A） Giving a talk. （ B） Playing piano. （ C） Touring the world. （ D） Holding a concert. 13 For whom is the lecture intended? （ A） Biomedical engineers. （ B） Nursing students.
8、 （ C） Students of philosophy. （ D） Mechanics. 14 When is this lecture given? （ A） During the first week of classes. （ B） During the second week of classes. （ C） After the second laboratory quiz. （ D） Just before the final exam. 15 How would a vitalist view the functions of the mind? （ A） It can be c
9、ompletely understood through scientific observation. （ B） It is too complex to be considered part of the “vital force.“ （ C） It has the same chemical and physical functions as the brain. （ D） It may function separately from the brain. 16 What does the professor tell the students to do? （ A） Decide w
10、hether they are mechanists or vitalists. （ B） Take an article home and read it. （ C） Transfer to the introductory class. （ D） Write an essay about vitalism and mechanism. 17 What does Thomas Jeffersons idealized farmers mean? （ A） Being rich. （ B） Being independent. （ C） Having high social status. （
11、 D） Being powerful. 18 What was the major change in the agriculture during the 19th century? （ A） Specialized crops. （ B） Farm machinery. （ C） Extensive network of railroads. （ D） Imbalance of supply and demand. 19 What was one result of the increased use of machinery on farms? （ A） Intensifying the
12、 competition between farmers. （ B） Reducing the financial burden of the farmers. （ C） Raising the production of specialized crops. （ D） Independence of farmers life on weather. 20 What is the topic of the talk? （ A） Life of American farmers. （ B） Agriculture of America. （ C） American society. （ D） T
13、homas Jeffersons dream. 专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 20答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 【听力原文】 In my opinion, the most important thing when choosing a hotel for an international con
14、ference is the meeting room or rooms. For example, you may need a large room where everyone can be together for keynote speeches or presentations, and smaller meeting rooms for informal group discussions. Then, if people are coming from different countries, you need to find out about rooms for them
15、to stay in. These should be spacious and comfortable, and have facilities for using e-mail and laptops, as people have to keep in touch with their offices or headquarters even when theyre away. My next point is facilities for hotel guests - things like a bar, a good quality restaurant, preferably of
16、fering local food, and fitness and sports centres. These are imp-ortant because delegates need to be able to relax after a long day of meetings and get to know each other in informal situations. Finally, for an international conference where delegates are coming from different countries, it can be v
17、ery useful to choose a hotel that has good transport connections with the nearest airport, and/or places of interest. This can save everybody a lot of time. 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。常识题，需要大小不一的会议室肯定是满足不同需要 ! 【知识模块】 短文 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。常识题，作为召开国际会议的酒店并不一定需要电影院 ! 【知识模块】 短文 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。常识题，
18、召开国际会议的酒店只需具备会议必备的设施即可。 【知识模块】 短文 4 【听力原文】 Im sure you realize that your research papers are due in six weeks. Ive looked at your proposed topics and made comments about them. The most frequent problem was proposing too broad a topic. Remember, this is only a fifteen-page paper. As I return your top
19、ic papers, Id like to look over the schedule which sketches out what well do during the next two weeks. Today is Monday; by Friday. I want your preliminary outline. Please be sure to incorporate the suggestions Ive made on your topics in your outlines. Next week Ill have a conference with each of yo
20、u. Ive posted a schedule on my office door sign your name to indicate the time youre available for an appointment. In the conference, well discuss your preliminary outline. Then you can make the necessary revisions and hand in your final outline, which is due two weeks from today. Use the outline st
21、yle in your textbook and remember it should be more than two pages long. Be sure to begin with a thesis statement that is with a precise statement of the point you intend to prove and include a conclusion. Have you got all that? Your two-page preliminary outlines are due at the end of this week and
22、the final outlines are due after your conferences. Follow the textbook style and include a thesis statement and a conclusion. 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。谈话重点是论文的提纲。录音中出现次数最多的单词是 “outline”。 【知识模块】 短文 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。下周将举行座谈会，讨论写作提纲。 【知识模块】 短文 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。座谈会将讨论提纲初稿。 【知识模块】 短文 7 【听力原文】 Th
23、e camera is often thought to be a modern invention. But as early as 1727, a German physicist discovered that light darkened silver salt, a chemical compound. Using as a camera, a big box with a small hole to let the light in, he made temporary images on the salt. Silver salt is still the base of fil
24、m today. Then a French scientist made the first permanent picture by using a special piece of metal sensitized with silver salt. A photography he made in 1826 still exists. The painter Dagear improved on the process by placing common salt, the kind we eat, on the metal. This was in 1839, the officia
25、l date of the beginning of photography. But the problem was the printing of the photographs. And it wasnt until other scientists developed the kind of paper we now use that good printing was possible and photography became truly modern. In 1860s Matthew Brady was able to take his famous pictures of
26、the American Civil War, thus making portrait poses very popular. 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。光线能使银光盐变暗的发现使得照片诞生。考点位于听力开头。 【知识模块】 短文 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。首张永久性照片如何制作的 :采用一种特殊金属。 【知识模块】 短文 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。公认的照片诞生之日是 1839年。 【知识模块】 短文 10 【听力原文】 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Alice Brown
27、. As you know, we hold a series of events during the school year on various culture topics. I am happy theres such a large crowd of both students and professors, thats it, the second of our time, our city art presentation this year. I see that almost every seat is taken. Tonight, we are lucky to hav
28、e our guest, the man of considerable fame in the world of music. He began to play the piano at age of 5. By the time he was 10, he was already composing in playing his own pieces. Hes a graduate of the famous Juliet School in New York City. Our guest has spent the last 45 years of his very successfu
29、l career touring the world playing in concert. We are fortunate that hes consented to come to share some of his experiences with us. He has had many adventures along the way lost instruments, miss connections, no hotel room, locked concert halls, and so on. Hes played for all of the most well-known
30、conductors, not only in North America but all over the world. The title of his talk is the Concert Tour 40 Years on Four Continents. Please join me in welcoming Mr. Daniel Robinson, one of the foremost pianists of our day. 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 推理题。 Brown的讲话意图是什么。当然是介绍主讲人，其中涉及一些开场白。 【知识模块】 短文 11 【正确答案】
31、 B 【试题解析】 细节题。钢琴家何时开始演奏自己的曲子。根据文中内容 “By the time he was 10， he was already composing in playing his own pieces ”。 【知识模块】 短文 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。钢琴家将要做什么。从结尾 “The title of his talk”可知他马上开讲座。 【知识模块】 短文 13 【听力原文】 Welcome to Physiology 100. Im Doctor Ann Roberts. I assume everyone here is a sophomore
32、, since this is the Nursing Department second-year physiology course. If you are first-year nursing students, please see me after class about transferring into introductory course. Okay, Id like to begin my first lecture by introducing two important terms, vitalism versus mechanism. How many of you
33、have heard of these terms? Oh, I see some of you have. Well, vitalism and mechanism are two completely opposite approaches to human physiology. According to the vitalist, the laws of physics and chemistry alone can not explain the processes of life. To the vitalist, there is a so-called vital force,
34、 and this vital force is totally separate from that of energy. As you may have guessed, vitalism is a kind of philosophical approach. Mechanism, on the other hand, is the view that all life phenomena, no matter how complex, can be explained according to chemical and physical laws. Since we can suppo
35、rt mechanism through scientific experimentation, the modern scientist tends to be a mechanist. But vitalism is not totally dismissed, especially in fields such as brain physiology, where terms such as human consciousness havent been defined yet in physiochemical terms. I recently read an interesting
36、 article dealt with this very question. Is the mind separate from brain, or is the mind only the chemical and physiological workings of the brain? Id like to continue with this next time, so that we can speak in more detail. I have some copies of that article, and I want you to take it with you and
37、read it for next week. 13 【正确 答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。这门讲座属于护理系二年级的生理学课程。考点信息位于录音开头。 【知识模块】 短文 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 推理题。从 “Okay, Id like to begin my first lecture”可知是第一周。 【知识模块】 短文 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 推理题。解答此题的关键在于理解 “To the vita list， there is a so-called vital force， and this vital force is totally separate
38、d from that of energy ”这句话。 【知识模块】 短文 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。录音结尾处，教授将发一些材料，要求学生课后阅读。 【知识模块】 短文 17 【听力原文】 What was the most popular mystery about the United States in the 19th century was that of the free and simple life of the farmer. It was said that the farmers worked hard on their own land to pr
39、oduce whatever their families needed. They might sometimes trade with their neighbors, but in general they could get along just fine by relying on themselves, not on commercial ties with others. This is how Thomas Jefferson idealized the farmers at the beginning of the 19th century. And at that time
40、, this may have been close to the truth especially on the frontier. But by the mid century sweeping changes in agriculture were well under way as farmers began to specialize in the raising of crops such as cotton or corn or wheat. By late in the century revolutionary invents in farm machinery has va
41、stly increased the production of specialized crops and extensive network of railroads had linked farmers throughout the country to market in the east and even overseas. By raising and selling specialized crops, farmers could afford more and finer goods and achieved much higher standard of living but
42、 at a price. Now farmers were no longer dependent just on the weather and their own efforts. Their lives were increasing controlled by the banks, which had power to grant or deny loans for new machinery, and by the railroads which set the rates for shipping their crops to the market. As businessmen,
43、 farmers now had to worry about national economic depression and the implement of world supply and demand on, for example, the price of wheat in hands. And so by the end of the 19th century, the era of Jeffersons independent farmer had come to a close. 17 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 推理题。 Thomas Jefferson式的理想化农民
44、指什么。听力开头提及19世纪美国农民的生活自由而朴实。文中最后提到 Jefferson式的独立农民不复存在。这说明他希望农民有独立的生活。 【知识模块】 短文 18 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。 19世纪美国农业最大的变化是什么。 “But by the mid century sweeping changes in agriculture were well under way as farmers began to specialize in the raising of crops such as cotton or corn or wheat ”的关键词“sweeping
45、changes”(主要变化 )说明这个变化要体现于专业化的种植。此题考点位于转折连词 but后。 【知识模块】 短文 19 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。农业机械化增加带来的影响是什么。 “By late in the century revolutionary inventions in farm machinery has vastly increased the production of specialized crops”说明这一直接影响是增加庄稼产量。 【知识模块】 短文 20 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。短文的焦点是什么。听力中出现频率最高的单词是“farmers”，说明短文讲的应该是 19世纪美国农民的生活。 【知识模块】 短文
