1、专业英语四级-189及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、DICTATION(总题数：5，分数：100.00)Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will
2、be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_Listen to the following passages. Ea
3、ch passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading wil
4、l be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal spe
5、ed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be giv
6、en 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be
7、read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_Listen to the following passages. Each
8、passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will b
9、e read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_专业英语四级-189答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、DICTATION(总题数：5，分数：100.00)Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four time
10、s. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and duri
11、ng this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Water Pollution Today most water sources are so dirty that people must purify water before drinking. Water becomes dirty in many ways: industrial pollution is one
12、 of them. With the development of industry, plants and factories pour tons of industrial wastes into rivers every day. The rivers have become seriously polluted, and the water is becoming unfit for drinking or irrigation. The same thing has also happened to our seas and oceans. Scientists of many co
13、untries have done a lot of work to stop pollution. The polluted water in some places has become clean and drinkable again._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Making a Complaint Complaining about faulty goods or bad service is never easy. Complaints should be made to a responsible person. Go back to the shop where you b
14、ought the goods, taking with you any receipt you may have. In a small store the assistant may also be the owner so you can complain direct. In a chain store, ask the manager. If you telephone, ask the name of the person who handles your enquiry, otherwise you may never find out who dealt with the co
15、mplaint later. If you do not want to do it in person, write a letter. Stick to the facts and keep a copy of what you write._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Where Do the British Live Because of the climate and because of the expense involved in going out for the evening, the British spend a lot of time at home and a
16、large part of their social life takes place there. Young people tend to stay with their families longer these days as accommodation is expensive but, when they move away to a job or college, there are various options open to them. They can get lodgings with a landlady. They can also get a bed-sittin
17、g room, that is to say one self-contained room in which they can cook, live and sleep. Alternatively, they can share a rented flat or house with a group of young people._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Will Computers Replace Human Beings? The computers are working all kinds of wonders now. Some people think sooner o
18、r later they will replace us. But I do not think that there is such a possibility. My reason is very simple: computers are machines, not humans. And our tasks are far too various and complicated for any one single kind of machine to perform. Probably the greatest difference between man and computer
19、is that the former can do things of his own while the latter can do nothing without being programmed. In my opinion, computers will remain nothing but an extension of our human brains, no matter how clever and complicated they may become.Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to
20、 you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed
21、again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Soccer Although soccer has enjoyed decades of popularity elsewhere, it was literally ignored in America. Instead, a variation of the game called foo
22、tball was most popular in the U.S. and still is to this day. But the obvious advantages of playing soccer instead will soon win even the most avid football enthusiasts. For one thing, soccer is a much safer game to play than football. No one deliberately tries to knock an opponent down in soccer. In
23、 fact, the players are discouraged from even touching each other._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Artists Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. What visual artists, like painters
24、, want to say is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing
25、 to us. Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and response._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Professional Sports in the U.S. Professional sports are not only very popular in the United States, but also a big business. The most popular sports are baseball, f
26、ootball and basketball. Each sport has its own season and individual teams have millions of supporters. For example, when the Lakers play, many people in Los Angeles enthusiastically follow the game. In the U.S., basketball has been called the national pastime. However, football is the most popular
27、professional sport in the U.S. American football is different from international football, which Americans call soccer. Both games require strength and specialized skills._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 How to Books Many how to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in
28、 it. Many of these books help people to use their free time better. Some people want books which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies, and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step-by-step instructio
29、ns on how to repair things like plumbing and electrical wiring or on how to redecorate or enlarge a house. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve, how to books help people to deal with modern life.Listen to the following passages. Each passage w
30、ill be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at
31、 normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Dont Give Up If we would ever accomplish anything in life, let us not forget that we must persevere. If we would learn our lessons in
32、school, we must be diligent and not give up whenever we come to anything difficult. But there are some among us who are ready to give up when they come to a hard example in mathematics, and say, I cant do this. They never will if they feel so. I cant never does anything worthwhile; but Ill try accom
33、plishes wonders._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 How High Can You Jump? Fleas are trained by putting them in a cardboard box with a top on it. The fleas will jump up and hit the top of the cardboard box over and over and over again. As you watch them jump and hit the lid, something very interesting becomes obvious.
34、The fleas continue to jump, but they are no longer jumping high enough to hit the top. When you take off the lid, the fleas continue to jump, but they will not jump out of the box. Why? The reason is simple. They have conditioned themselves to jump just so high. Many times, people do the same thing.
35、 They restrict themselves and never reach their potential._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Apology Helps Look back with honesty and think how often you have judged roughly, you said unkind things, and pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and truly that
36、 you were sorry. A bit frightening, isnt it? It is frightening because some deep wisdom in us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and regret expressed. A heartfelt apology can not o
37、nly heal a damaged relationship but also make it stronger._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Sleep Experts say adults need at least seven to eight hours of sleep a night to function properly. When you get less sleep than that on consecutive three nights, you begin to accrue four sleep debt. As sleep debt increases you
38、r body experiences a stress response. Now a vicious cycle has been created: You experience the feeling of being more and more tired, but your body is increasingly stimulated. Power sleeping for more hours on weekends is only a temporary solution. There is no substitute for getting a good nights slee
39、p on a regular basis.Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You wil
