1、专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 30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 In America, the traditional time for graduations is_. （ A） in May （ B） in September （ C） in May and June （ D） in Jun
2、e and September 2 Two years ago, among those students looking for jobs before graduation, how many students could find one? （ A） 20% of them. （ B） 22% of them. （ C） 40% of them. （ D） 44% of them. 3 Which is NOT mentioned as part of career counseling centers work? （ A） To help apply jobs. （ B） To rec
3、ommend interns. （ C） To explain interview process. （ D） To introduce recruitment fairs. 4 How many companies are presenting products in the Consumer Electronics Show? （ A） More than twenty thousand. （ B） More than three thousand. （ C） More than two hundred. （ D） More than three hundred. 5 The expert
4、s predict that one strong sales area of the show will be_. （ A） netbook （ B） mobile phone （ C） three-D TV （ D） digital tablet 6 According to the passage, which of the following statements is INCORRECT? （ A） Google is launching the superphone product to compete with iPhone. （ B） Apple is going to int
5、roduce the digital tablet product. （ C） Sony is introducing new television sets for watching three-D TV. （ D） Panasonic and the Discovery Channel plan to start their own three-D channels. 7 What standard introduced by Ford in 1913 is considered advanced even today? （ A） Mass production. （ B） Labor p
6、ractices. （ C） Safety measures. （ D） Medical care. 8 All the following are the goals of the five-dollar-a-day minimum wage EXCEPT_. （ A） to recruit good mechanics （ B） to keep best mechanics （ C） to discourage part-time workers （ D） to obstruct the growth of labor unions 9 Which is NOT mentioned as
7、an employees good personal habits? （ A） Sanitation. （ B） Self-control. （ C） Hardworking. （ D） Trustworthy. 10 According to the speaker, “Love Thy Neighbor“ should originally be_. （ A） Visit Thy Neighbor （ B） Help Thy Neighbor （ C） Invite Thy Neighbor （ D） Respect Thy Neighbor 11 Theres no reason to
8、love the people who live next door to you, because_. （ A） people are frequently moving （ B） people are always too busy to do that （ C） people are hostile （ D） people always live far away from each other 12 According to the speaker, people should do the following to keep a better neighborhood relatio
9、nship EXCEPT_. （ A） discussing problems as they arise （ B） greeting each other when meeting in the yard （ C） calling on your neighbors frequently （ D） helping each other in an emergency 13 From the beginning of human history, informations travelling speed did NOT rely on_. （ A） shipssailing speed （
10、B） horsesrunning speed （ C） peoples walking speed （ D） birdsflying speed 14 People stopped using birds to carry messages because_. （ A） it took too much time （ B） it was not a safe way （ C） birds were easy to be caught （ D） birds were easy to die 15 Which of the following was the first to be used to
11、 send information via wires and electricity? （ A） Radio. （ B） Telegraph. （ C） Phonograph. （ D） Television. 16 People could obtain the latest news from newspapers since_. （ A） 1830 （ B） 1900 （ C） 1919 （ D） 1930 17 Which of the following gifts may be on a normal Christmas wish list? （ A） Movie tickets
12、. （ B） A used book. （ C） A nearly new kitchen tool. （ D） A recycled ornament. 18 According to the study, what percentage of people would be happy to receive a used item as a gifts? （ A） 30%. （ B） 60%. （ C） 70%. （ D） 80%. 19 According to the passage, who is more open to receive second-hand items as g
13、ifts? （ A） English consumers. （ B） French shops. （ C） The middle class French. （ D） Young consumers. 20 Eco-friendly websites encourage people to_. （ A） exchange used items as gifts （ B） purchase low carbon gifts （ C） contribute to collect used items （ D） replace stuff gifts with time and services 专
14、业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 30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 America, May and June are the traditional months for graduations. The National Association of Colleges and E
15、mployers collects information on the college job market. NACEs latest survey in March found that employers expected to hire twenty two percent fewer graduates this year than last. Most blamed the recession. The most recent student survey showed that just (12)one fifth of those who looked for jobs be
16、fore graduation have one by now. This is compared to half of students who had looked for a job by this time two years ago. But one difference: fewer of this years graduates have started to search for jobs. Still, NACE found no big increase in graduates who plan to stay in school and avoid the job ma
17、rket. About twenty seven percent said they plan to go to graduate school, compared to about twenty four percent a year ago. Engineering and accounting graduates were more likely to have started their job search already and to have accepted a job. These are among the best paid professions for people
18、with just a college degree. So how can students increase their chances for a job? The most effective tool is a schools career counseling center. (13)Counselors can help students with job applications and preparing for interviews. They also let students know about job openings and events like job rec
19、ruitment fairs. They can also help first-year students decide what to study. 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。原文中的开头就有提到美国学生通常在五月和六月份毕业。因此正确答案为 C。 【知识模块】 短文 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 推断题。原文中提到现在毕业前找到 工作的人数占总人数的五分之一，也就是 20，两年前是其两倍，也就是 40。因此正确答案为 C。 【知识模块】 短文 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到咨询师可以帮助学生写工作申请，准备面试，还可以提供招聘会之类的信息，但
20、没有提及推荐实习生。因此正确答案为 B。 【知识模块】 短文 4 【听力原文】 This years Consumer Electronics Show opened Thursday in Las Vegas. The event is the worlds biggest technology trade show. (14) More than three hundred companies are presenting more than twenty thousand new products. The goal is to build excitement, make deals
21、and hopefully get good reviews in the media. (15)The experts predicted that one area of strong sales this year will be mobile phones. That includes fifty two million smartphones expected to be sold in the United States. Smartphones run applications and access the Internet. Google is launching the Ne
22、xus One which it calls a “superphone. “ The Nexus One will compete with Apples popular iPhone. Apple is reportedly about to introduce a new digital tablet. Tablets are easy to hold screens that let you read and watch media or search the Web. An example is the Amazon Kindle. Like netbooks, tablets co
23、st less than traditional laptop computers. But that can also mean smaller profits for manufacturers and sellers. (16)Companies like Sony and Panasonic are introducing new television sets for watching three-dimensional TV. A three-D TV costs more than three thousand dollars. Americans are expected to
24、 buy four million of them this year. (16) Sports broadcaster ESPN and the Discovery Channel plan to start their own three-D channels. 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。原文中的第二句话就提出有三百多家公司展出了超过两万多件新产品。因此正确答案为 D。 【知识模块】 短文 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。原文中有提到专家们预测今年最有竞争力的领域将会是移动电话领域。因此正确答案为 B。 【知识模块】 短文 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】
25、推断题。 A选项为谷歌推出一个被称为超级电话的产品 Nexus一代，这个产品将和现在市场上热卖的 iPhone争夺市场，故 A正确。 B为苹果公司将向消费 者们介绍新型的平板数码电脑，故 B正确。 C为索尼向消费者们展示了可以看 3D电视的新型电视机，故 C正确。原文中说的是体育广播电视台 ESPN和探索发现频道计划开始创办他们自己的 3D电视频道，而不是选项 D中所说的松下公司，故 D是不正确的，因此选 D。 【知识模块】 短文 7 【听力原文】 Although Henry Fords name is closely associated with the concept of mass
26、production, he should receive equal credit for introducing labor practices as early as 1913 that would be considered advanced even by todays standards. Safety measures were improved, and the work day was reduced to eight hours, compared with the ten-or twelve-hour day common at the time. In addition
27、, sick leaves as well as improved medical care for those injured on the job were instituted. The Ford Motor Company was one of the first factories to develop a technical school to train specialized skilled laborers and an English language school for immigrants. The most widely acclaimed innovation w
28、as the five-dollar-a-day minimum wage that was offered in order to recruit and retain the best mechanics and to discourage the growth of labor unions. Ford explained the new wage policy in terms of efficiency and profit sharing. He also mentioned the fact that his employees would be able to purchase
29、 the automobiles that they produced. In order to qualify for the minimum wage, (13)an employee had to establish a decent home and demonstrate good personal habits, including self-control, simple life, hardworking and trustworthy. There can be no doubt that, at a time when immigrants were being taken
30、 advantage of in frightful ways, Henry Ford was helping many people to establish themselves in America. 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。文中的第二句话就提到福特制定的 labor practices以现今的标准衡量也十分先进，因此正确答案是 B。 【知识模块】 短文 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。原文中提到福特创立 5美元最低工资制，以雇用和保留最好的技师，以及抑制工会的发展，此处未提及 discourage parttime workers，因此正确答案为 C。
31、【知识模块】 短文 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。文章的最后福特提出职员应该养成良好的个人习惯，包括自制、节俭、勤劳和诚信，此处没有提及卫生，因此正确答案为 A。 【知识模块】 短文 10 【听力原文】 It seems that neighbors are going out of style in America. The friend next door from whom you borrowed four eggs or a ladder has moved and the people in here now are strangers. Some of the tr
32、aditional stories of neighborliness are impractical or silly, and it may be just as well that our relations with our neighbors are changing. (14) The saying in the Bible “Love Thy Neighbor“ was probably a poor translation of what must have originally been “Respect Thy Neighbor.“ Love cant be called
33、up on order. (15)Fewer than half the people in the United States live in the same house they lived in five years ago, so theres no reason to love the people who live next door to you just because they happened to wander into a real estate office that listed the place next door to yours. The only thi
34、ng neighbors have in common, to begin with, is proximity, and unless something more develops, that isnt reason enough to be best friends. It sometimes happens naturally, but the chances are very small that your neighbors will be your choice as friends. (16)The best relationship with neighbors is one
35、 of friendly distance. You say hello, you have small talk if you see them in the yard, you discuss problems as they arise and you help each other in an emergency. 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到作者认为圣经中的 “爱你的邻居 ”不适用于形容当代美国的邻里关系，更准确地说应为 “尊重你的邻居 ”，因此正确答案为 D。 【知识模块】 短文 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到在美国邻里之间的互爱关
36、系变得毫无必要，这是因为大多数人五年之内就会搬新居，因此正确答案为 A。 【知识模块】 短文 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。作者给出一些保持良好邻里关系的建议，其中并没有频繁拜访邻居这一项，而且这也不符合作者提出的邻里关系要 keen a friendly distance这一点，因此正确答案为 C。 【知识模块】 短文 13 【听力原文】 Communicating information always has been extremely important. Throughout history, some information has had value beyond
37、 measure. The lack of information often costs huge amounts of money and, sometimes, many lives. (17)From the beginning of human history, information traveled only as fast as a ship could sail. Or a horse could run. Or a person could walk. People experimented with other ways to send messages. Some pe
38、ople tried using birds to carry messages. (18) Then they discovered it was not always a safe way to send or receive information. A faster method finally arrived with the invention of the telegraph. The first useful telegraphs were developed in Britain and the United States in the 1830s. (19) The tel
39、egraph was the first instrument used to send information using wires and electricity. (20)By the year 1900, big city newspapers could provide people with information that was only hours old. Now, both radio and television, with the aid of satellite communications, could provide information immediate
40、ly. People who lived in a small village could listen to or watch world events as they happened. People in large cities, small towns and villages saw the event as it was happening. There was no delay in communicating important information. 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到在人类历史的初期，信息的传递速 度由船划行的速度、马奔跑的速度或者人
41、行走的速度决定，并没有提到鸟的飞行速度，故正确答案为 D。 【知识模块】 短文 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到后来人们不再用鸟类传递信息是因为人们发现用鸟类收发信息并不总是很安全，因此正确答案为 B。 【知识模块】 短文 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。原文中提到电报是最早通过电线发送信息的通信工具，因此正确答案为 B。 【知识模块】 短文 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。原文中 讲到到 1900年，大城市的报纸可以提供几小时前的最新消息，因此正确答案为 B。 【知识模块】 短文 17 【听力原文】 A used book or nearly
42、 new kitchen tool may not be at the top of every Christmas wish list, but hard economic times and a new green awareness are changing attitudes about gift giving in France. French holiday shoppers are choosing larger numbers for “green“ gifting at Christmas, studies show. About 30 percent of French c
43、onsumers will give second-hand items as gifts to meet their tight budgets but also to do their little bit for recycling, according to a study by an international consulting firm. The survey of Christmas consumer behaviors in 18 European countries found the French were more than twice as likely as ot
44、her Europeans to give second-hand items, making France a pioneer in the trend. Websites promoting re-gifting and green gifting are flourishing in France, with many reporting a rise in business. (18)A study by an online survey firm showed eight out of ten people would be happy to receive a used item
45、as a gift and (19) that younger consumers were more open to the idea. But environmental concerns are not the first consideration when buying used goods. The number one concern is getting the lowest possible price. Eco-friendly products are drawing a lot of interest, but not if that means paying more
46、. (20) The movie tickets and other low carbon gifts are popular, and eco-friendly websites are also encouraging gift givers to offer time and services instead of stuff. 17 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 推断题。文章的开头提到收到用过的物品作为礼物通常不是人们的圣诞愿望，而 B、 C、 D都是二手礼物，因此正确答案为 A。 【知识模块】 短文 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到网上调查显示十个人中有八个，即 80的人喜欢收到二手礼物，因此正确答案为 D。 【知识模块】 短文 19 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。原文中提到调查显示，年轻人更能接受收到二手礼物。因此正确答案为 D。 【知识模块】 短文 20 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。原文的最后提到环保网站鼓励人们用时间和服务替代实物礼品，因此正确答案为 D。 【知识模块】 短文
