1、专业英语四级-193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-193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 The Obesity Problem Two-thirds of American adults are overweight. Alarmingly, 36% of adults and 17% of children are not just overweight but obese, If current tren
12、ds continue, by 2,030 nearly half of American adults could be obese. The rest of the world should not scoff at Americans, because belts in many other places are stretched too. Some continental Europeans remain relatively slender. Swiss women are the slimmest, and most French women dont get fat, as t
13、hey like to brag (though nearly 15% do). But in Britain 25% of all women are obese, with men following close behind at 24%._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 The Origin of Sports When did sport begin? If sport is, in essence, play, the claim might be made that sport is much older than humankind, for, as we all have ob
14、served, the beasts play. Their play, and ours, appears to serve no other purpose than to give pleasure to the players, and apparently, to remove us temporarily from the anguish of life in earnest. Some philosophers have claimed that our playfulness is the noblest part of our basic nature. In their g
15、enerous conceptions, play harmlessly and experimentally permits us to put our creative forces, fantasy and imagination into action._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 X-Sports Nowadays, more and more young athletes are taking part in some risky, daredevil activities called extreme sports, or X-sports. Extreme sports st
16、art- ed as an alternative to more expensive sports. A city kid who doesnt have money to buy expensive sports equipment could get a skateboard and have fun. But now it has become a whole new area of sports, with specialized equipment and high levels of skill. Theres even a special Olympics for extrem
17、e sports, called the Winter X-Games, which includes snow mountain biking and ice climbing. Extreme sports are certainly not for everyone. But extreme sports are definitely gaining in popularity._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Valentines Day The most commonly accepted version of Valentines Day is that Saint Valentin
18、e was a priest of Rome in the 3rd century. The emperor had an opinion that bachelor men made a better army than the married ones. So, he prohibited the marriage of young men and forced them to join army to serve the nation. Saint Valentine was, however, against his autocratic law and he continued to
19、 perform marriages of young couples in secret. When the Emperor discovered his actions and intentions, he ordered death penalty for the priest. Therefore, the day is celebrated in remembrance of the martyrdom of the priest for love.Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you f
20、our 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
21、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 New Insight into the Roots of Homosexuality Homosexuality appears to be run in families, suggesting that it is hereditary, at least in part. How could som
22、ething that hinders childbearing be passed down so frequently from parents to children? Its not in written in our DNA sequence itself, researchers suggest, which explains why scientists have failed so far to find gay genes, despite intensive investigations. Instead, its written in how our genes are
23、expressed: that is, in certain modifications to how and when DNA is activated. These changes can have environmental roots, so are not normally permanent enough to be passed from parent to child. But occasionally, they are._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Why Families Who Eat Together Are Healthier? Researchers found
24、 that kids who ate more meals together with their families tended to eat less junk food. Teens who ate at the family table more often were more likely to show fewer signs of depression and feel that their family was more supportive, compared with teens who dined less often at home. Researchers also
25、found that its not just the time spent together or the act of consuming food simultaneously that matters. The quality of interactions is important, too. The data showed that families who spent time watching TV together or ate fast food out together did not have the same improved dietary intakes as f
26、amilies who ate meals together at home._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Love Love, Love, Love. Such a small word, paired with such a vital meaning. In reality, we really have no idea what love truly is. Meet someone, fall in love, get married, have kids, and spend the rest of your lives together. What about the suff
27、ering we have to endure when falling in love? Risk everything for that one person? And even when we feel weve reached the end of the road, this person has the power to leave us at any given moment. We put ourselves out there with the chance they can break us apart._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Empathy vs. Sympath
28、y Empathy makes you someone else. Empathy is meant to take you out of yourself so that for a moment, or longer, you become another person. You cannot think your thoughts while youre being empathic. Many think they are being empathic when theyre actually being sympathetic. Sympathy comes naturally an
29、d more impulsively, and it can also be experienced in the sense of thinking how you would feel in the other persons place. Empathy is more a matter of the imagination than of thinking. Thinking and, more importantly, emotions are an aspect of sympathy.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 Take Your Vacation! As difficult as it is for some to believe, working more hours does not necessarily translate to a better bottom li
32、ne or higher productivity. For example, Greeks work the most in Europeaveraging 2,017 hours per year. Yet, they are no better off as their economy is a wreck. Now take a look at GermanyEuropes economic powerhouse. Im sure some would guess that the Germans work longer hours. Wrong! Germans work on av
33、erage 1,408 hours per year, placing them second to last among the 25 European nations in hours worked annually. They also receive on average 30 paid vacation days a yearthe most in Europe._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Save Wildlife from Trafficking Trafficking in wildlife and its body parts is exploding in popula
34、rity among global crime syndicates. It goes far beyond the loss of animals. Poaching decreases food security for rural communities, and evidence points to the sale of ivory as a means of funding rebel militias in places like Central Africa. Were going to lose this fight if we dont up our game. We ne
35、ed solutions as sophisticated as criminals we face. Crime syndicates employ helicopters, night vision equipment and high capacity automatic weapons. Park rangers are vastly outgunned and often outmanned. We will need a sustained tenfold increase in efforts to stop the slaughter before its too late._
36、正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Must One Lose a Job over Infidelity? Its Zippergate all over again. When will Americans realize that an active libido has no effect on how someone runs a government agency? We need to cease being the morality police and accept the fact that were all human beings. We are living in a so
37、ciety where over half of all marriages end in divorce. Why should it surprise anyone that adultery is commonplace? The best thing the arbiters of decency and good taste can do is to stay out of other peoples lives. The greatest right that any nation can afford its people is the right to be left alon
38、e._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Facing the Enemies Within We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of your fears are brought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what youve read in the papers. Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambit
39、ions. Fear can destroy fortunes. Fear can destroy relationships. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us. Do battle with the enemy. Build your courage to fight whats holding you back, whats keeping you from your goals and dreams.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 unders
