1、专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 27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 The U.S. doesnt have any colleges or universities that serve only blind students because_. （ A） blind people are not
2、 competent for academic study （ B） there is a lack of funding （ C） blind people must learn to live among normal people （ D） there is no need 2 American colleges and universities accept_; （ A） normal students only （ B） blind students only （ C） neither blind people nor partially sighted students （ D）
3、both blind people and partially sighted students 3 Tom succeeded under the help of_. （ A） a special computer technology （ B） a special television technology （ C） his teachers （ D） his parents 4 According to the passage, how many people in the world can NOT get enough food to be healthy? （ A） More th
4、an six million. （ B） More than one million. （ C） More than a billion. （ D） More than twenty million. 5 All of the following are the causes of food crisis EXCEPT_. （ A） the imbalance between developed and developing nations （ B） the troubled world economy （ C） the unpredictable climate change （ D） th
5、e growing world population 6 Which of the following statements is NOT made by the countries in the Summit? （ A） They promised to lower the food prices. （ B） They promised to make efforts to relieve the hunger issue. （ C） They promised to help developing countries get more independent. （ D） They prom
6、ised to increase aid for agriculture. 7 According to the experiments, many blind people_. （ A） sleep at daytime （ B） can sleep at any time （ C） have different sleep cycle with sighted people （ D） have the same sleep cycle as sighted people 8 What “programs“ sighted people to sleep at night? （ A） A d
7、ecrease in melatonin level. （ B） An increase in melatonin level. （ C） Personal habits. （ D） Psychological hint. 9 Through Dr. Charles Czeislers experiment, we know that_. （ A） blind people cannot tell their brain when there was more light （ B） the level of melatonin does not change in blind peoples
8、blood （ C） facing light, the level of melatonin in blind people will increase （ D） not all the blind people have sensibility to light 10 When do the post office open in the U. S. ? （ A） From Monday to Saturday. （ B） Everyday. （ C） From Monday to Friday and on Saturday mornings. （ D） From Monday to S
9、aturday from 8:30 to 17: 30. 11 Beside windows, you can also buy stamps from_. （ A） retail stores （ B） peddlers （ C） supermarkets （ D） machines 12 If you are sending your letter abroad, you should know that_. （ A） express delivery will be more expensive （ B） postage of airmail will be more expensive
10、 （ C） airmail envelopes are not necessary （ D） there is no need to buy stamps 13 Which of the following descriptions about postcards is CORRECT? （ A） The price of postage for a postcard is much higher than that of a letter. （ B） The price of postage for a postcard is the same as that of a letter. （
11、C） The postcards bought from the post office have beautiful pictures. （ D） Postcards bought from the post office cannot be sent abroad. 14 According to this Passage,the umbrella was probably first invented_. （ A） in ancient China （ B） in ancient Egypt （ C） in ancient Greece （ D） in ancient Rome 15 I
12、n Europe, the umbrella was first used against the rain_. （ A） in France （ B） in England （ C） in ancient Rome （ D） in ancient Greece 16 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the umbrella? （ A） No one exactly knows who the inventor of the umbrella was. （ B） The umbrella was fist invente
13、d to protect against the sun. （ C） The umbrella changed much in sale in the eighteenth century. （ D） In Europe the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella. 17 This passage talks mainly about_. （ A） when arid how the umbrella was invented （ B） why the umbrella was so popular in Europe （ C） the deve
14、lopment of the umbrella （ D） the history and use of the umbrella 专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 27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】 There are about 1 million blind people in the
15、 United States. The largest and most influential organization of blind people in this country is the National Federation of the Blind. Its officials say the nation doesnt have any colleges or universities that serve only blind students. (14)They say the reason for this is that blind people must lear
16、n to live among people who can see. (15)American colleges and universities do accept blind and partially sighted students, and they provide services to help these students succeed. For example, colleges find people who write down what the professor say in class and they provide technology that can h
17、elp blind students with their work. However, experts say colleges can best help blind students by making it clear that the students should learn to help themselves. One blind American student named Tom recently made news because he graduated from medical school from the University of Wisconsin. (16)
18、 He said technology was one of the reasons he succeeded. He used a computer that reads into his earphones what he was typing. National Federation of the Blind officials say blind students from other nations do come to the United States to attend college. 1 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 2 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 3 【
19、正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 4 【听力原文】 Last week the United Nations held a World Summit on Food Security. The three-day meeting in Rome produced some measures to fight rising hunger. (11) The UN World Food Program says more than a billion people one in six worldwide do not get enough food to be healthy. (12) Th
20、e troubled world economy is not the only cause of recent increases. The poorest countries continue to face high food prices, which have fallen elsewhere. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization says more than thirty nations continue to need emergency food assistance. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon s
21、aid the food crisis has forced millions of families into poverty and hunger. He said six million children die of hunger every year. (12) And he warned that food security is closely connected to the issue of climate change. Ban Ki-moon said, “(12) At a time when the global population is growing,our g
22、lobal climate is changing. By 2050 we will need to grow seventy percent more food. Yet weather is becoming more extreme and unpredictable. “ The Food and Agriculture Organization says more than 40 billion dollars a year need to be invested in agriculture to defeat world hunger. (13)The delegates in
23、Rome promised to continue efforts to reduce by half the number of hungry people by 2015. Several countries promised to increase aid for agriculture, to help developing nations become more independent. 4 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 5 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 6 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 7 【听力原文】 Did you ever wonder why it
24、is that most people are“programmed“ to sleep at night instead of during the day? If theres something about the cycle of light and dark thats telling us when to sleep, then shouldnt the sleep cycle of a blind person be different? (14)It turns out that many blind people do have the same sleep cycle as
25、 sighted people. How can this happen? The answer is: hormones one hormone called melatonin in particular. (15)In sighted people, the level of melatonin goes up at night or when its dark and goes down in the day or when its light. Its believed that its the presence of this hormone in the blood that g
26、ives us the urge to sleep. If an increase in melatonin level “programs“ sighted people to sleep at night, then what about blind people? A researcher named Dr. Charles Czeisler tells about an interesting experiment. He tried shining a bright light into the eyes of some blind people. (16) When he did
27、this, he noticed that the level of the melatonin in the blood of these subjects went down just as it would do for sighted people. Somehow, the eyes of these subjects, even though they were damaged and had no visual perception of light, could tell their brain when there was more or less light. Howeve
28、r, this doesnt work for all blind people. Further research may be able to explain this sensitivity to light in terms of the type of blindness of the subject. 7 【正确答案】 D 【知识模 块】 短文 8 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 9 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 10 【听力原文】 Every town in the United States has a post office. Some are very sma
29、ll, and you may find them in the corner of a shop. Others are larger buildings. (17)They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings. From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 to 16: 30. If you know how much the postage is for your letter, you can buy stamps at any window. (1
30、8)In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines. Stamps are sold at different prices, from one cent to many dollars. If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter, you may ask the staff in the post office for help. (19) If you are sending your letter far away, you should use airmai
31、l envelopes. Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country. At a post office you can also buy postcards. (20)Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter. The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures and can
32、not be sent to the places outside the country. 10 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 11 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 12 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 13 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 14 【听力原文】 To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain.
33、 Its first use was as a shade against the sun! Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. (17) Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, as early as the eleventh century B. C. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And t
34、he umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. (18) But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late s
35、ixteenth century. And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France, and later on in England. By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. (19)Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasnt until the twentieth century that womens umbrellas began to be made, in a whole variety of colours. 14 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 15 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 16 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 17 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文
