1、专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 9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 What standard introduced by Ford in 1913 is considered advanced even today? （ A） Mass production. （ B） Labor practice
2、s. （ C） Safety measures. （ D） Medical care. 2 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. 3 Which is NOT mentioned as an em
3、ployees good personal habits? （ A） Sanitation. （ B） Self-control. （ C） Hardworking. （ D） Trustworthy. 4 Before 1850s, what was an American college used for? （ A） Firming students Christian faith. （ B） Teaching the traditional courses. （ C） Creating knowledge and passing it on. （ D） Shaping students
4、moral character. 5 Which is NOT mentioned as the first modern universities in America? （ A） Cornell. （ B） Columbia. （ C） Yale. （ D） Harvard. 6 The following are changes of modern universities EXCEPT （ A） bringing in a new kind of faculty. （ B） introducing gradual training of Ph.D. （ C） new universit
5、ies expanded in size but not in course offerings. （ D） pioneering the course elective system. 7 The passage mainly aims to （ A） explain why time flies when people have fun. （ B） prove time slows when having fun. （ C） explain brain activity when having fun. （ D） illustrate why time flies. 8 According
6、 to the passage, when bored, we usually （ A） trigger less brain activity. （ B） concentrate on time passing. （ C） pay less attention to duration. （ D） care less about time passing. 9 The brain spreads resources_if its busy focusing on many aspects of a task. （ A） averagely （ B） thickly （ C） thinly （
7、D） wildly 10 According to the passage, paying heed to time passing （ A） benefits to the development of the brain. （ B） helps people reflect more of life. （ C） enables more time for the brain to rest. （ D） gets more accurate perception of reality. 专业英语 四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 9答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Direction
8、s: 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】 Although Henry Fords name is closely associated with the concept of mass production, (l)he should receive equal credit for introducing labor practices as early as
9、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, sick leaves as well as improved medical care for those injured on the job were instit
10、uted. 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 was the five-dollar-a-day minimum wage that was offered in order to recruit and retain t
11、he best mechanics and to discourage the growth of labor unions. part-time workers.) 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 the automobiles that they produced. In order to qualify for the mi
12、nimum wage, (3) 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 advantage of in frightful ways, Henry Ford was helping many people
13、 to establish themselves in America. 1 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 2 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 3 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 4 【听力原文】 Before 1850s, the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them dating back to colonial days. (4) They were small, church connected institutions whose primary concern was to shap
14、e the moral character of their students. Between mid-century and the end of the 1800s, more than nine thousand young Americans went to Germany for advanced study. (5) Some of them return to become presidents of colleges Harvard, Yale, Columbia and transform them into modern universities. The new pre
15、sidents broke all ties with the churches and brought in a new kind of faculty. Professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject. The new principle was that a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it on. Graduate training leading to the Ph. D. was introduced. (6) The new university
16、 greatly expanded in size and course offerings, breaking completely out of the old, constricted curriculum of mathematics, classics, rhetoric, and music. The president of Harvard pioneered the elective system, by which students were able to choose their own course of study. The notion of major field
17、s of study emerged. Students were also trained as economists, architects, agriculturalists, social welfare workers, and teachers. 4 【正确答案】 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】 Scientists have come up with a theory for why time flies when you are having fun. Scans have shown
18、 that patterns of activity in the brain change depending on how we focus on a task. (8) Concentrating on time passing, as we usually do when bored, will trigger brain activity which will make it seem as though the clock is ticking more slowly. A research result showed that a network of brain regions
19、 was activated when more subjects were paid attention to duration. (9) It is thought that if the brain is busy focusing on many aspects of a task, then it has to spread its resources thinly, and pays less heed to time passing. Therefore, time passes without us really noticing it, and seems to go qui
20、ckly. However, if the brain is not stimulated in this way, it concentrates its full energies on monitoring the passing of time. (10)This may make time seem to drag, but in fact it is probably a more accurate perception of reality. Indeed, the researchers found that the more volunteers concentrated o
21、n the duration of the images, the more accurate were their estimates of its duration. Lead researcher Dr Jennifer Coull said many of the areas of the brain involved in estimating time were the same that played a key role in controlling movement, and preparing for action. 7 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 8 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 9 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 10 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文
