1、专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 28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 Who bought Buckingham House? （ A） John Sheffield. （ B） George III . （ C） Queen Victoria. （ D） George IV 2 There are
2、collections including the following items EXCEPT_. （ A） jewellery （ B） paintings （ C） stamps （ D） furniture 3 Which of the following it NOT true? （ A） Buckingham Palace is opposite to St. Jamespark. （ B） The house of Buckingham was bought at the price of 28, 000 pounds. （ C） The building became know
3、n as Buckingham Palace because of George III . （ D） Buckingham Palace has been open to the public only in summer months. 4 Which of the following details about Hitchcock is INCORRECT? （ A） He is good-looking. （ B） He is a moviemaker. （ C） He is from England. （ D） He looks very gentle. 5 When he was
4、sixteen, Hitchcock found his talent for_. （ A） film-making （ B） writing （ C） action （ D） drawing 6 Which statement about his first written work is INCORRECT? （ A） It was an advertisement for his company. （ B） It resulted in a change in his career. （ C） It was in the newspaper of his company. （ D） It
5、 involved Hitchcocks vivid imagination. 7 What was salt used to do in Egypt thousands of years ago? （ A） To punish people who had broken the law. （ B） To keep dead bodies from decay. （ C） To make chemicals. （ D） To make fish soup. 8 How would a man be punished if he took more than his share of salt
6、in the 16th century? （ A） Lose all his salt. （ B） Be thrown into prison. （ C） Lose an ear. （ D） Lose an eye. 9 What is the passages main idea? （ A） Thousands of people were punished because of salt. （ B） The uses and importance of salt in history. （ C） Salt was important in history. （ D） Nobody know
7、s when salt began to be used. 10 According to the passage_. （ A） the distance between people can be fixed （ B） the distance kept between people is a visible wall （ C） the distance between people varies from culture to culture （ D） the distance between people is somewhat fixed 11 Which of the followi
8、ng is NOT the factor that determines the distance between people? （ A） Nationalities. （ B） Personality. （ C） Cultural styles. （ D） Nature of peoples relationship. 12 According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? （ A） The Americans are cold and distant. （ B） The Americans like
9、saying “Excuse me“ if they are touched. （ C） The Americans feel comfortable when touching each other. （ D） The Americans keep a usual distance when talking to each other. 13 Why did the speaker want to open the window in the small restaurant? （ A） Because he felt too hot inside. （ B） Because he want
10、ed to smoke there. （ C） Because the restaurant was too smoky. （ D） Because he wanted to stop himself dying. 14 The speaker worried about_. （ A） smoking problem （ B） traffic problem （ C） sound pollution （ D） air pollution 15 Which solution is NOT mentioned to solve the pollution? （ A） To improve the
11、public transport system. （ B） To persuade factories to use less fossil fuel. （ C） To introduce emission controls on all cars. （ D） To encourage people to drive private cars less. 16 Which operation is NOT earthmoving one mentioned in the passage? （ A） House building. （ B） Agriculture development. （
12、C） Road construction. （ D） Industrial development. 17 Where do we learn the bad news for the car industry? （ A） From the announcement of production cuts by the Austin-Rover. （ B） From the report of the sluggish market for the car industry. （ C） From the announcement of short-time working by Lucas. （
13、 D） From the reductions in the schedules of some customers. 18 Which of the following is true about the bad news? （ A） Workers would work a five-day week. （ B） Women would have to take early retirement. （ C） 8, 000 workers would have fewer paid holidays than before. （ D） It will result in an increas
14、e of the decline of the areas economy. 19 Which of the following is NOT produced by the West Midlands factories? （ A） Batteries. （ B） Horns. （ C） Headlamps. （ D） Alternators. 20 How many workers would NOT be affected by the bad news? （ A） About 2, 400. （ B） About 5, 000. （ C） About 8, 000. （ D） Abou
15、t 12, 000. 专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 28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】 Buckingham Palace is the monarchs present London home, facing St. Jamespark. It was built for the D
16、uke of Buckingham and Normandy John Sheffield in 1703. (11) Buckingham House was bought by George PI for his wife at the price of 28, 000 pounds in 1761 and the royal family moved there from St. JamesPalace. (13)It was enlarged in the Palladian style by John Nash in the rein of George IV and then th
17、e building became known as Buckingham Palace. When Victoria came to the throne, she made it the royal palace. In the palace can be found the Marble Hall, Sculpture Gallery, the Picture Gallery, the Throne Room, the Drawing Room, the Library, (12) the Royal Stare-Collection Room, the Grand Staircase
18、and Vestibule, over 600 rooms and halls in all. The grounds cover 40 acres and (12) there are collections of famous paintings and of furniture, most of which are works dating from George IVs time. Since 1993, Buckingham Palace has been open to the public during the summer months only. But at all tim
19、es tourists will gather in front of the Palace to see the guards. Thousands of visitors to London come to see the Changing of the Guard and the Trooping of the Color. 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。短文说，白金汉宫是 1703年为白金汉及诺曼底公爵 John Sheffield所建的，在 1761年被乔治三世买来送给他妻子，在乔治四世就位期间加以扩建，在维多利亚时期成为了皇宫。 B项为正确答案。 【知识模块】 短文
20、2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。短文提到皇宫内有皇家集邮室，可见有邮票的收集。接下来又提到在占地 40公顷的庭院里收藏着很多著名的绘画及家具，短文没有提及珠宝的收藏，所以选 A。 【知识模块】 短文 3 【正确答 案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。短文说，在乔治四世统治期间，白金汉宫以帕拉迪奥式风格得到扩建，然后就成为了举世闻名的白金汉宫了， C项说是因为乔治三世才得名是明显错误的。 【知识模块】 短文 4 【听力原文】 Alfred Hitchcock is one of the best known film-makers, and because of his habit of
21、 making a quick appearances in each of his films ever since the 1930s, his face is easily recognized. Cinema audiences all over the world have come to connect (18) the gentle-looking , overweight Englishman with some of the most mysterious and frightening films ever made. Alfred Hitchcock was the so
22、n of an East London shopkeeper. He had a strict Catholic education and went to several strict schools. He was a quiet boy. an average student who kept himself to himself. When he left school at fourteen, he began to be trained as an engineer. He had always been an enthusiastic theatre lover and (19)
23、by sixteen he became interested in the cinema too. About this time he found he also had a talent for drawing, and he went to a course in drawing at London University at first it was to help him in his job. But as young Hitchcocks career developed, so did his interest in the arts and with his drawing
24、 talent came an interest in writing. (20) His first written work was in The Henley, the magazine of his company. This led to another change in the direction of his career, as he found himself writing the advertising for the company. This was the first time Hitchcock had been asked to use his imagina
25、tion, and for the first time he started to experiment with characters and stories. 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。短文提到 Hitchcock是一个样子温和、体重 超重的英国人，而没有说他长得漂不漂亮，所以 A项为正确选项。 【知识模块】 短文 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。短文说到 16岁时，他开始对电影院感兴趣，也是那个时候他发现自己在绘画方面很有天赋。所以应选 D。 【知识模块】 短文 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。短文说，他的首次写作作品发表在自己公司的杂志上，而
26、不是报纸上， C项不符合原意，为正确选项。 【知识模块】 短文 7 【听力原文】 We have no idea about when men first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout history. For example, it has been recorded in many history books that people who lived over three thousand years ago ate salted fish
27、. (11)Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve the dead. In some periods of history, a person who stole salt was thought to have broken the law. Take the eighteenth century for example. If a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into prison. History also records that
28、only in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century for stealing salt! About four hundred and fifty years ago, (12)in the year 1553 if a man took more than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be seriously punished, and his ear would
29、be cut off. Salt was an important item on the dinner table of a king. It was always placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat. Important guests at the kings table were seated near the salt. Less important guests were given seats farther away from it. 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。文中指出几千年前的埃及人用盐保存死
30、尸，故 B项正确。 【知识模块】 短文 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。文章说到在 1553年如果一个人拿了多于他应得的盐就会被认为违反了法律，他的耳朵会被割除。故 C项正确。在听文章时应密切关注各个时间内发生的不同事件，此题的选项 B具有很强的干扰性。但如果听到时间标志就会发现 B项的内容是文章在讲 18世纪的时候提到的，故不对。 【知识模块】 短文 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 主 旨题。全篇文章主要讲了两点：一是盐的不同用途 (可以保存尸体等 )；二是它在历史上非同寻常的重要性 (偷盐会受到严厉惩罚等 )。 B项概括完整，为正确选项。 【知识模块】 短文 10 【听力原
31、文】 Unconsciously, we all keep a comfortable distance around us when we interact with other people. This space between another person and us forms invisible walls. (18)The amount of space changes (19)depending on the nature of the relationship. For example, we are usually more comfortable standing cl
32、ose to family members than to strangers. (19) Personality also determines the size of the area with which we are comfortable when talking to people. A Japanese employer and employee usually stand farther apart while talking than their American counterparts. Latin Americans and Arabs tend to stand cl
33、oser than Americans do when talking. (20)For Americans, the usual distance in social conversation ranges from about an arms length to four feet. Less space in the American culture may be associated with either greater intimacy or aggressive behavior. The common practice of saying “Excuse me“ for the
34、 slightest accidental touching of another person reveals how uncomfortable Americans are if people are too close. In cultures where close physical contact is acceptable and even desirable, Americans may be perceived as cold and distant. 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 主旨题。短文通篇都在讨论影响人际距离 的各种因素。原文说，The amount of s
35、pace changes，而 C正是它的同义表达。 B错在把文中的比喻当作事实。 A、 D表达同一个意思，因此两者都可以排除。 【知识模块】 短文 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。文中按顺序明确提到了选项 B、 C、 D的内容，故均需排除。唯有 A未提及，是本题答案。 【知识模块】 短文 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。文中作者明确提出 D是美国人通常的做法，为正确答案。其余各项是对原文相关内容的曲解。 【知识 模块】 短文 13 【听力原文】 Is the world really going mad? The other day I was sitting in
36、 a small restaurant having a quiet drink and a talk with a few friends, when it suddenly struck me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. (14) It wasnt long before the whole room was filled with smoke. I asked with an apology for permission to open a window to stop myself dying. Nowaday
37、s air pollution is something that we hardly question any more. However, I still cant walk down the streets in any of the big cities without thinking that people are suffering from the air pollution. (16) It is time for the government departments the world over to introduce emission control on all ca
38、rs and improve the public transport system to encourage people to leave their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lessons each morning and it really makes him sick when he climbs above the smog layer and looks down in it and thinks: “Im breathing that!“ This kind of pollution results from th
39、e bad management of resources. Waste things can, and should, be treated properly. (17) House building, road construction and industrial development are all earth-moving operations and can change the balances of life created over millions of years. I would like to see serious studies done on all thes
40、e main works before they are built. Also, there should be more national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural states. 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节胚。短文说，作者猛然意识到：小餐馆里几乎每个人都在抽烟。没过多久，烟雾就弥漫了整个房间，作者受不了，就请求开了窗户。 D项的stop dying非常具有干扰性，显然作者是在夸张表达自己非常受不了这个烟味，而不是真正快要死了， C项才是正确
41、答案。 【知识模块】 短文 14 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。作者很明确地提出如今空气污染是毋庸置疑的，他说走在大声调的街道上，不得不想起这里的人们正在遭受着空气污染的痛苦，可见他在为空气污染而担心。 D正确。 【知识模块】 短文 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。作者提出的解决空气污染的办法有：政府对汽车的尾气排放进行控制，提升公共交 通系统质量以鼓励人们少驾私家车，没有提到劝说工厂少使用化石燃料，故选 B。 【知识模块】 短文 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。短文提到建房子、修路和工业发展都是土方作业，没有提及农业发展，故选 B项。 【知识模块】 短文
42、 17 【听力原文】 The car industry suffered another setback yesterday when Lucas Electrical Company announced that many of its 12, 000 workers at 15 factories in the West Midlands would be going on short time. It was expected that they would work a four-day week starting early next month. “There will be a
43、requirement for some short-time working in selected product areas and the final details will be organized on a site-by-site basis, “ a Lucas spokesman said in Birmingham. The factories cover an area from Telford, Shropshire, to Solihull in the West Midlands. Many of those involved are women (16) and
44、 the products include alternators, batteries and headlamps. For many families the wife has been the sole earner in recent months. (15) The Lucas announcement is expected to have an aggravated effect on the regions rapidly declining economy. (17)The company said that not all the 12, 000 would be affe
45、cted; about 20 percent of the staff would not be affected at all. The announcement comes after BLs production cuts in the Austin-Rover division with a two-week extended holiday for 8, 000 workers because of the sluggish market. Dunlop in Birmingham has made a similar decision. Lucas said that it was
46、 also because of reductions in the schedules of other customers in the car industry. It was emphasized that it was temporary and its duration would depend on how many cars were sold in the coming months. 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。根据第一句 “The car industry suffered another setback yesterday when Lucas Ele
47、ctrical Company announced that many of its 12，000workers at 15 factories in the West Midlands would be going on short time ”，可以找出正确答案是 C。 【知识模块】 短文 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。 Genuine文中信息 “The Lucas announcement is expected to have an aggravated effect on the regions rapidly declining economy ”，可以找出正确答案
48、为 D。 【知识模块】 短文 19 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。我们可以采取排除的方法，依次排除文中所提到的alternators， batteries， headlamps，所以我们可以找 出正确答案为 B。 【知识模块】 短文 20 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。这道题涉及到计算。根据文中信息 “The company spokesman said that not all the 12， 000 would be affected； about 20 percent of the staff would not be affected at all ”，我们需要用 12， 000乘以 20，从而找出正确答案为 A。 【知识模块】 短文
