1、专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 34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 Chopin is buried in_. （ A） London （ B） Berlin （ C） Warsaw （ D） Paris 2 The polish pariament has declared_to be the o
2、fficial Year of Chopin. （ A） 2008 （ B） 2009 （ C） 2010 （ D） 2011 3 Warsaw unveiled a new Chopin museum in_. （ A） February （ B） March （ C） April （ D） May 4 Todays trumpet is similar to its ancestors EXCEPT that_. （ A） they are all hollow tubes （ B） they are all blown （ C） they all use the players lips
3、 to produce the basic sound （ D） they are made by hand 5 Which of the following can be inferred about the first trumpet players? （ A） They could not play all the notes of the scale. （ B） They were not able to pick up the trumpet. （ C） They could not play simple tunes. （ D） They had difficulty improv
4、ing upon the trumpet. 6 Which of the following is needed to make the trumpet work? （ A） Keen eyesight. （ B） Long fingers. （ C） Air pressure. （ D） Daily cleaning. 7 What is the talk mainly about? （ A） Overland transportation in the nineteenth century. （ B） Historical aspects of mail delivery. （ C） Ve
5、hicles currently in use by the postal service. （ D） The invention of the railroad. 8 According to the speaker, why was it a problem for mail carriers to cross rivers in the 1600s? （ A） Boats used on rivers were extremely crowded. （ B） The current was too swift for boats to cross easily. （ C） Bridges
6、 were too weak to carry the weight of a stagecoach. （ D） Ferry service was infrequent. 9 What can be found in the museums philatelic collection? （ A） Models of the first airplanes used for mail delivery. （ B） Replicas of railway mail cars. （ C） Historical stamps. （ D） Engravings of nineteenth centur
7、y railroad scenes. 10 Prince Henry started his school to_. （ A） help mariners （ B） improve ship design and sailing method （ C） study astronomy and mathematics （ D） improve his own skill as a sailor 11 Prince Henry aims to design vessels that could_. （ A） make longer deep-sea voyages （ B） travel fast
8、er than those in use at that time （ C） explore the coastline of Portugal （ D） carry larger crews and more cargo than existing ones 12 What was Prince Henrys principal achievement? （ A） Making oceanic exploration possible. （ B） Improving the compass. （ C） Founding a school for mariners. （ D） Inventin
9、g the clipper ship. 13 According to the passage, what do people often think about astronomers? （ A） They spend most of their time looking through telescopes. （ B） They are constantly analyzing data. （ C） They often live near observatories. （ D） They devote a lot of time to theoretic problems. 14 Wha
10、t is the advantage of photographing the skies? （ A） The cost of equipment needed is reduced. （ B） Fewer data need to be analyzed. （ C） The images can be studied by different astronomers. （ D） The natural colors of astronomical objects can be captured. 15 What do astronomers use photographic plate fo
11、r? （ A） Decreasing the time it takes ot photograph objects. （ B） Avoiding using a telescope. （ C） Sharpening the color of what they observe. （ D） Obtaining images of distant objects. 16 What is the one reason astronomers make long time exposures? （ A） To spend less time at their telescopes. （ B） To
12、overcome the problem of weak light. （ C） To take more photographs. （ D） To photograph astronomical objects without using a telescope. 17 In the past, American families tended to be_. （ A） quite large （ B） quite small （ C） small （ D） medium-sized 18 To parents the cost of living increases because_. （
13、 A） children attend school for more years （ B） children are better dressed （ C） children spend more money on entertainment （ D） all of the above 19 According to the speaker, the situation of American families in the future may_. （ A） keep unchanged （ B） get better （ C） remain the same （ D） become wo
14、rse 20 What is the passage mainly talking about? （ A） American children. （ B） American mother. （ C） American families. （ D） American parents. 专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 34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
15、questions that follow. 1 【听力原文】 For any visitor to Warsaw, it does not take long to realize that Frederic Chopin is everywhere. Schools, streets and even the international airport are named after him. Hundreds of people turn up every summer for free Chopin concerts in a Warsaw park, beneath a toweri
16、ng statue of the man himself. People often assume that Chopin was French he spent half his life in France and is buried there in the famous Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. But for many Poles, Chopin is the embodiment of their nations spirit. When they listen to his mazurkas and polonaises, they hea
17、r not only the strains of Polish folk music, but also nostalgia and patriotism for his homeland. Former Minister of Culture Waldemar Dabrowski is adamant about Chopins legacy. Chopin taught us what it means to be a patriot, he says, and he symbolizes what Poles want to achieve in shaping our culture
18、 today. This year marks the 200th anniversary of Chopins birth, and the Polish parliament has declared 2010 to be the official Year of Chopin. Stanislaw Leszczynski of the Warsaw-based Chopin Institute is helping organize the year-long events. He says that even during Chopins lifetime, he was the be
19、st ambassador of Polish culture, and remains so to this day. On March 1, Warsaw unveiled a new state of the art Chopin museum. It features an innovative electronic information system, and the collection includes rare items like Chopins last piano and his passport. 1 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 2 【正确答案】 C 【知识
20、模块】 短文 3 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 4 【听力原文】 Todays trumpet is one of the worlds oldest instruments. It is the result of many centuries of development. Although it looks nothing like its ancestors, there are many similarities. (20/18)AU trumpets are hollow tubes. They are all blown. And they all use the pla
21、yers lips to produce the basic sound. The trumpet developed as players and makers worked to improve its design, size, shape, material, and method of construction. (19)They wanted to create an instrument that would produce a beautiful and attractive tone, enable the performer to play all the notes of
22、 the scale, extend the range higher and lower, make it possible to play more difficult music, and, in general, be easier to play well. The remarkable way in which the modern trumpet achieves these goals is a measure of the success of all those who struggled to perfect this glorious instrument. The t
23、rumpet is actually the leading member of an entire family of related instruments. These are trumpets of several different sizes, and in several different keys. There are comets, bugles, flue horns, and a number of others that are all similar to the trumpet in the way they are made and played. 4 【正确答
24、案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 5 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 6 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 7 【听力原文】 Lets proceed to the main exhibit hall and (11) look at some of the actual vehicles that had played a prominent role in speeding up mail delivery. Consider how long it used to take to send a letter across a relatively short distance. B
25、ack in the 1600s, it took two weeks on horseback to get a letter from Boston to New York, a distance of about 260 miles. Crossing a river was also a challenge. (12)Ferry service was so irregular that a carrier would sometimes wait hours just to catch a ferry. For journeys inland there was always a s
26、tagecoach. But the ride was by no means comfortable because it had to be shared with other passengers. In the 19th century in the southwestern desert, for example, camels were brought in to help to get the mail through. In Alaska, reindeer were used. This practice was discontinued because of the dis
27、agreeable temper of these animals. It was during the age of the iron horse that delivery really started to pick up. In fact, the United States transported most bulk of mails by train for nearly 100 years. The first airmail service didnt start until 1918. As you continue on your own, may I suggest yo
28、u visit our impressive philatelic collection? (13) Not only can you look at some of the more unusual stamps issued but also you would notice that theres an interesting exhibit on how stamps are made. 7 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 8 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 9 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 10 【听力原文】 The modern sailing ship was
29、 developed by a man who never went to sea. He was Prince Henry of Portugal, the younger son of the Portuguese King and an English princess. Prince Henry lived in the fifteenth century. As a boy he became devoted to the sea, and (18)he dedicated himself to improving the design of ships and the method
30、s of sailing them. In 1416, when he was twenty-two, Henry founded a school for mariners, to which he invited everyone who could help him Jewish astronomers, Italian and Spanish sailors, and Arab mathematicians and map makers who knew how to use the crude compass of the day and could improve it. (19)
31、Henrys goal was to design and equip vessels that would be capable of making long ocean voyages without having to keep close to the shore. The caravel, which he helped design, carried more sails and was longer and slimmer than any ship then made, yet was tough enough to stand up against gales at sea.
32、 He also developed the carrack, which was a slower ship, but one that was capable of carrying more cargo. (20) The world owes credit to Prince Henry for the development of the craft that made oceanic exploration possible. He lives in history as Henry the Navigator. 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 11 【正确答案】 A
33、【知识模块】 短文 12 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 13 【听力原文】 Most people think of astronomers as people who spend their time in cold observatories peering through telescopes every night. In fact, a typical astronomer spends most of his/her time analyzing data and may only be at the telescope for a few weeks of the yea
34、r. Some astronomers work on purely theoretical problems and never use a telescope at all. You might not know how rarely images are viewed directly through telescopes. The most common way to observe the skies is to photograph them. The process is very simple. First a photographic plate is coated with
35、 a light-sensitive material. (16) The plate is positioned so that the image received by the telescope is recorded on it. (15)Then the image can be developed and published so that many people can study it. Because most astronomical objects are very remote, the light we receive from them is rather fee
36、ble. But by using a telescope as a camera, (17) long time exposures can be made. In this way, objects that are a hundred times too faint to be seen can be photographed by just looking through a telescope. 13 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 14 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 15 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 16 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 17 【听力原
37、文】 In the past, American families tended to be quite large. Parents raising five or more children were common. Over the years, the size of the family has decreased. (15) One reason for this is an increase in the cost of living. On the average, children attend schools for more years than they used to
38、 making them financially dependent on their families longer. Moreover, children nowadays are better dressed and have more moments to spend on entertainment. The parents usually take the responsibility for all the expenses. Meanwhile, families are less close than they used to be. More and more Americ
39、an mothers work away from home. The break-up of the family occurs when the parents divorce. Broken families usually result in problems for children and parents alike. Children grow up feeling unsettled as they are moved back and forth between parents. Usually one parent is responsible for raising th
40、e children. These single parents must care for the childrens emotional and psychological needs while also supporting them financially. This is very demanding and leaves very little time for the parents own personal interests. Single parents often marry other single parents. In this type of family, u
41、nrelated children are forced to develop brother or sister relationship. (16)The situations of many American families today are not good. However , recent signs indicate that things are getting better. The divorce rate is declining. The rate of childbirth is rising. Perhaps Americans have learned how important families are. 17 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短 文 18 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 19 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 20 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文
