1、专业英语四级分类模拟156及答案解析 (总分：99.90，做题时间：90分钟)一、READING COMPREHENSIO(总题数：2，分数：100.00)Section A Multiple-Choice Questions Text A Long known as a telecommunications-equipment supplier to global carriers, Huawei has already toppled Samsung in China, the worlds biggest market, where 425 million smartphones are
2、 expected to be shipped this year. Globally, the Shenzhen-based company became the third largest smartphone maker in the second quarter, according to data from IDC. This is due, in part, to its ability to gain market share in the Middle East and Africa, where smartphone growth exceeds that of any ot
3、her region. With handset revenue up 87% in the first half of this year, Huawei expects profit from its smartphone business to more than double this year. If its pace of growth continues, Huawei hopes to challenge top players Samsung and Apple Inc. in the smartphone market. The best product and the b
4、est innovation are coming from Huawei. Not from Apple, not from Samsung, said Richard Yu, who heads Huaweis consumer business including smartphones, at a briefing in July. Huawei is trying to break out of the mould of a budget handset maker by selling more high-end models with higher price tags. On
5、Wednesday, at the IFA consumer trade show in Berlin, Huawei unveiled the Mate S, which the company says will cost at least （分数：49.95）(1).What is the new feature of Huaweis upcoming smartphone? (Text A)（分数：3.33）A.A touch screen that is light and sensitive.B.Mate S.C.A touch screen that can tell the d
6、ifference of a tap and a press.D.A budget price that is competitive with Samsungs smartphones.(2).Which of the following techniques is NOT used by Huawei to promote its smartphones? (Text A)（分数：3.33）A.Sponsor professional soccer teams.B.Launch Facebook contest of pronunciation.C.Provide retailers wi
7、th free smartphone gifts.D.Organize online singing contest.(3).What did Mr. Yu mean when he commented at the July briefing of Huawei that Rome was not built in a day? (Text A)（分数：3.33）A.History repeats itself.B.Huawei is determined to build a smartphone Rome in one day.C.It will take time to see Sam
8、sung fail the market.D.There is still a long way for Huawei to go to win more market shares.(4).According to the author, what is the relationship between economic conditions in China and Australia? (Text B)（分数：3.33）A.Non-related.B.Important partners.C.Minor mutual influence.D.None of the above.(5).W
9、hich of the following statements is CORRECT? (Text B)（分数：3.33）A.Australia is going to have negative GDP growth for the first time.B.Businesses are limiting their spending plans.C.Australia is exporting more products given its gloomy economy.D.The exchange rate of Australian dollar to the U.S. dollar
10、 remains stable.(6).What is the tone for the forecast of Australias economic growth in this article? (Text B)（分数：3.33）A.Optimistic.B.Indifferent.C.Pessimistic.D.Joyful.(7).What is the Australian central bank likely to do in the near future? (Text B)（分数：3.33）A.Cut the interest rate even lower.B.Loose
11、n lending standards for personal house owners.C.Stabilize exchange rates of Australian dollars.D.Lay off more staff members from the bank branches.(8).Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? (Text C)（分数：3.33）A.Mr. Bush was Floridas former governor.B.Mr. Trump is a real-estate businessman.C.M
12、r. Bush is a Republican.D.Mr. Trump is a Democrat.(9).Who has got the same votes as Mr. Trump in a university poll? (Text C)（分数：3.33）A.Mrs. Clinton.B.Ben Carson.C.Jeb Bush.D.Mike Murphy.(10).Which of the following social media was NOT mentioned in the article as used by Mr. Trump in his campaign? (T
13、ext C)（分数：3.33）A.Instagram.B.Facebook.C.Twitter.D.PAC.(11).Section B Short Answer Questions Which two markets are the most important for Huaweis smartphones? (Text A)（分数：3.33）_(12).Who is the major competitor of Huawei in the market of smartphones? (Text A)（分数：3.33）_(13).What are the two factors tha
14、t continuously slow down the economy of Australia during the second quarter? (Text B)（分数：3.33）_(14).What are Jeb Bush and Donald Trump competing for? (Text C)（分数：3.33）_(15).What is Mr. Trumps main criticism of Mr. Bush? (Text C)（分数：3.33）_Section A Multiple-Choice Questions Text A Little Binh and Phu
15、oc Wagner hopped onto a school van recently on their way to kindergarten class for the first time. Their parents, Johanne and Michael, couldnt get over the normalcy of the situation. At this time last year, there were some thoughts, however fleeting, that the twin girls from Kingston, Ont., might ne
16、ver make it to school. They had just been placed on a transplant waiting list for new livers because of the effects of Alagille syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects vital organs. Without new livers, the girls would die. Michael was willing to donate part of his liver, but he couldnt give t
17、o both girls. And he wasnt sure if hed be a match for either child. So the family went public, their story capturing the worlds hearts. It turns out Michael was a match, and he let doctors choose which daughter would get his liver. The other would have to wait. Doctors chose Phuoc and performed surg
18、ery in February, giving her part of Michaels liver. Then they waited. Two months later they found another donor. That one was anonymous. Life was chaotic. Now its calmer, as calm as it can be for a family with nine children. It was quite normal, almost anti-climactic, but this is the way its going t
19、o be and we dont have to get stressed out as much anymore, Michael Wagner says. Life has completely changed for the Wagners and their nine children. The twins, who are developmentally delayed because of the damage their failing livers inflicted upon their bodies, are reaching new milestones daily. T
20、heir skin glows. It used to have a yellow tinge, as did their eyes. The feeding tubes have been removed from their bellies. Their medications, which numbered in the dozens, have been drastically reduced. They can talk. They can dress themselves. And theyve finally moved out of the cribs into their p
21、arents bedroom and into big-girl beds in their own room. The Wagners had to shuffle their house around to give the girls their own room, which included giving up their master bedroom so their four boys could move and into the newly created dorm room. And yet life is normal. Sure, there are the crise
22、s and ups and downs of life, but there isnt a guillotine hanging over the necks of the girls. Tonight were dealing with a little girl who doesnt want to drink her milk, Michael Wagner says. Just a few months ago, however, the situation was drastically different. Binh struggled after receiving the tr
23、ansplant surgery. She ended up in intensive care for a week. Her diaphragm was partially paralyzed and she needed machines to breathe. She had a seizure. And white blood cells from her new liver caused an immune reaction against her own red blood cells. At that time, in Quebec City, Johannes father
24、fell out a chair, broke his pelvis and hit his head. He was in bad shape. Johanne had to decide whether to stay with her struggling daughter in Toronto or head to Quebec. It was tormenting, you dont know where to put yourself, she says. Then I thought what my dad would tell me if he was able to spea
25、khe would have said: You have to stay with your girl as he would have done with his girl. So she stayed. But then her mother had an angina attack when she heard about her husbands bleak prospects and was taken to the same hospital. Johannes mother was able to be with her husband for the last 45 minu
26、tes of his life. He died from a cerebral haemorrhage. After several transfusions, meantime, Binh got better. Thats when the milestones began for the twins. They finally got to see the ocean in Nova Scotia and visited their other grandparents. Nonetheless, the girls arent totally out of the woods. Th
27、eyre vulnerable to disease and infection because of the immuno-supression drugs theyll be on for the rest of the lives thanks to the new livers in their bodies. They have to watch what they eat. No processed lunch meats because of fears of listeriosis. No leafy greens because of e-coli fears. With p
28、art of Michaels liver in Phuoc, she may have picked up his allergy to shrimp. And they are vulnerable to strokes if they hit their heads because of the Alagille syndrome. Those concerns didnt stop them from enjoying their first day on Thursday at the French school Ecole elementaire publique Madelein
29、e de Roybon. They laughed and played and ate their entire lunch. It was just a normal day. Text B When I was visiting Shanghai, I learned to avoid a certain alley on my walk to the underground system. It always smelled incredibly, almost unbelievably bad-like there was an open sewer on the sidewalk.
30、 But I could never see any evidence of the smells source. And then one day, I realized where it was coming from. It was the scent of the bustling snack shop at the alleys entrance. Their specialty: chou doufu, tofu fermented for months in a slurry of meat, vegetables, and sour milk. For many Western
31、ers like me, its hard to believe you could get the stuff anywhere near your mouth without gagging. But the shop had a long, long line. And Ive since learned that many Chinese people have the same feeling of disgust when they consider the habit of eating cheese. Though eating dairy is becoming more w
32、idespread in China these days, letting milk go bad and then adding salt and extra bacteria into the mix still sounds pathological. Even very mild cheeses like cheddar or jack cheese are considered basically inedible, it seems-melting them on bread can help, but they rank very low on the taste totem
33、pole, my Chinese friends tell me. Such strong differences of opinion about whats delicious and whats disgusting pop up whenever you begin to compare the way different cultures eat. Is Vegemite something you look forward to spreading on your toast in the morning? Or is it a salty, bitter mess that ta
34、stes like someone tried to make food and failed horribly, as one American child reported? In a sense, these contrasts shouldnt be that surprising: we learn from those around us whats worth eating and what should be avoided, and those categories vary between regions. But somehow, the reminder that ta
35、ste is so very relative, and so very learned, never fails to shock. Sometimes cultural variations do describe a wholly different mode of understanding what makes food good. In trying to characterize the broad differences between cultures palates, nutritionists refer to sets of tastes that they rely
36、on-the spices and flavorings that feel like home. The combination of tomato, garlic, and olive oil feels distinctively Italian, and a dish with dried shrimp, chilli peppers, ginger, and palm oil feels Brazilian. For Germans, its dill, sour cream, mustard, vinegar and black pepper. Chinese: soy sauce
37、, rice wine, and ginger. Those tastes seem to describe a safe zone for eating. Chinese tourists in Australia, surveyed on their meal preferences, remarked that eating non-Chinese food was often unsatisfying. I hope I can have soy sauce, remarked one study participant. Then, even if I cant stand the
38、food, I can add some soy sauce to go with the rice. When foreign ingredients were cooked in a Chinese style, they felt better. As light-hearted as comparing tastes across cultures can be, there is more at stake than entertainment. Finding that what someone else consumes with abandon you cannot even
39、bring to pass your lips can open a kind of void between you. The difference between the realms of edible and palatable is perhaps most clearly seen in how we use them to evaluate other eaters, writes food folklorist Lucy Long in her book Culinary Tourism . The eater of not-edible is perceived as str
40、ange, perhaps dangerous, definitely not one of us, whereas the eater of the unpalatable is seen as having different tastes. Perhaps that void can be bridged if we confront the fact that a lot of what we hold dear is not particularly natural. For instance, the current thinking is that bitter taste re
41、ceptors evolved to warn us off bitter things, which can be poisonous. New babies have an immediate negative response to bitter tastes, a far cry from their response to sweet things. And yet, many people have learned to drink coffee every day, and dark chocolates a favorite for gourmets. Text C For m
42、ost of us, memory is a kind of scrapbook, a mess of blurred and faded snapshots of our lives. As much as we would like to cling on to our past, even the most poignant moments can be washed away with time. Ask Nima Veiseh what he was doing for any day in the past 15 years, however, and he will give y
43、ou the minutiae of the weather, what he was wearing, or even what side of the train he was sitting on his journey to work. My memory is like a library of VHS (Video Home System) tapes, walkthroughs of every day of my life from waking to sleeping, he explains. Veiseh can even put a date on when those
44、 reels started recording: 20 December 2000, when he met his first girlfriend at his best friends 16th birthday party. He had always had a good memory, but the thrill of young love seems to have shifted a gear in his mind: from now on, he would start recording his whole life in detail. I could tell y
45、ou everything about every day after that. Needless to say, people like Veiseh are of great interest to neuroscientists hoping to understand the way the brain records our lives. Quick explanations-such as the possibility that it may be associated with autism-have proven to be unfounded, but a couple
46、of recent papers have finally opened a window on these peoples extraordinary minds. And this research might even suggest ways for us all to relive our past with greater clarity. Highly superior autobiographical memory (or HSAM for short), first came to light in the early 2000s, with a young woman na
47、med Jill Price. Emailing the neuroscientist and memory researcher Jim McGaugh one day, she claimed that she could recall every day of her life since the age of 12. Could he help explain her experiences? Intrigued, McGaugh invited her to his lab, and began to test her: he would give her a date and ask her to tell him about the world events on that day. True to her word, she was correct almost
