1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 4及答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION (15 MIN) Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the 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 pas
2、sage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 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 minute 1 Make-up Work 2 The British Museum 3 A Letter from the Secretary 4 Nuclear
3、Weapon Report 5 Increasing Noise 专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 4答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION (15 MIN) Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the 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 se
4、cond and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 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 minute 1 【听力原文】 Several of you have spoken to me ab
5、out the possibility of make-up labs, /so that you can complete laboratory work youve missed/ for one reason or another during the course of this semester. /Since this is our last week of class, / any such make-up work would have to be done this week./I am sure you are aware that/ one third of your f
6、inal grade is based on you lab work,/ so any missing work will certainly affect your final grade/. Ive decided to open the lab for three evenings this week./ The lab will be open tonight,/ tomorrow night, and Wednesday night from six until ten/. I will be there to assist you with materials and equip
7、ment./ Since your lab notebooks for the semester are due on Thursday,/ the first three night of this week will be your last opportunity /to make up incomplete work. 1 【正确答案】 Several of you have spoken to me about the possibility of make-up labs, /so that you can complete laboratory work youve missed
8、/ for one reason or another during the course of this semester. /Since this is our last week of class, / any such make-up work would have to be done this week./I am sure you are aware that/ one third of your final grade is based on you lab work,/ so any missing work will certainly affect your final
9、grade/. Ive decided to open the lab for three evenings this week./ The lab will be open tonight,/ tomorrow night, and Wednesday night from six until ten/. I will be there to assist you with materials and equipment./ Since your lab notebooks for the semester are due on Thursday,/ the first three nigh
10、t of this week will be your last opportunity /to make up incomplete work. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【听力原文】 The British Museum is a great building in London,/ not far from London University. /Thousands of visitors go to it every day/ to see the rare, strange and beautiful things it contains. /What interests many p
11、eople more than anything else is the large library,/ in which there are millions of books./ The library is also a reading-room, /with tables and chairs for students who wish to study;/ but if you want to borrow books to read there/ you must first get a readers ticket from the office. One can not bor
12、row books to take away. / In other parts of the museum there are things/ that have been brought from countries all over the world./ They help us to understand the history of foreign lands/ and the people who live on them./ On the way out you can buy pictures of the most interesting things that are s
13、hown in the museum. 2 【正确答案】 The British Museum is a great building in London,/ not far from London University. /Thousands of visitors go to it everyday/ to see the rare, strange and beautiful things it contains. /What interests many people more than anything else is the large library,/ in which the
14、re are millions of books./ The library is also a reading-room, /with tables and chairs for students who wish to study;/ but if you want to borrow books to read there/ you must first get a readers ticket from the office. / One can not borrow books to take away. / In other parts of the museum there ar
15、e things/ that have been brought from countries all over the world./ They help us to understand the history of foreign lands/ and the people who live on them./ On the way out you can buy pictures of the most interesting things that are shown in the museum. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【听力原文】 Mr. Young owned his own
16、business and worked very hard./ His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that,/ so she often tried to get him to take a holiday. /At last she managed to persuade him to take a holiday, / but she was afraid that he might not be able to enjoy his holiday quietly,/ so before they
17、 left, /Mrs. Young went to see her husbands secretary./ She said to her, “My husband needs a holiday very much,/ so whatever happens please dont bother him with telephones or letters/ about business problems while we are away. /Just wait till we get back.“ / After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away ab
18、out a week, /Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary which said, / “Something terrible has happened to your business,/ but Im not going to bother you with it/ while you are enjoying your holiday.“ 3 【正确答案】 Mr. Young owned his own business and worked very hard./ His wife was afraid that he wou
19、ld get sick if he continued like that,/ so she often tried to get him to take a holiday. /At last she managed to persuade him to take a holiday, / but she was afraid that he might not be able to enjoy his holiday quietly,/ so before they left, /Mrs. Young went to see her husbands secretary./ She sai
20、d to her, “My husband needs a holiday very much,/ so whatever happens please dont bother him with telephones or letters/ about business problems while we are away. /Just wait till we get back.“ /After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away about a week, /Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary whic
21、h said, / “Something terrible has happened to your business,/ but Im not going to bother you with it/ while you are enjoying your holiday.“ 【知识模块】 听写 4 【听力原文】 In a report carried by the New York Times newspaper,/ intelligence officials and nuclear experts say/ Iran and Democratic Peoples Republic of
22、 Korea have both made “significant progress“ / developing nuclear weapons programs in the past year./ The report says United States officials want to step up covert actions /to stall Irans alleged nuclear arms efforts, /since diplomatic initiatives with European and Asian allies have failed to curta
23、il the programs. /The officials say despite toughened sanctions and several rounds of six-nation talks,/ Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea has enough weapons-grade plutonium/ to test a weapon in the future./ It is reported both the Iranian and Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea weapons programs
24、 are increasingly self sufficient thanks/ to help from Pakistani scientists. /The assessment comes from a new classified intelligence report, /which the papers says was written far more cautiously than the National Intelligence Estimate /that erroneously described advanced weapons programs in Iraq.
25、4 【正确答案】 In a report carried by the New York Times newspaper,/ intelligence officials and nuclear experts say/ Iran and North Korea have both made “significant progress“ /developing nuclear weapons programs in the past year./ The report says United States officials want to step up covert actions / t
26、o stall Irans alleged nuclear arms efforts, /since diplomatic initiatives with European and Asian allies have failed to curtail the programs. /The officials say despite toughened sanctions and several rounds of six-nation talks,/ North Korea has enough weapons-grade plutonium/ to test a weapon in th
27、e future./ It is reported both the Iranian and North Korean weapons programs are increasingly self sufficient thanks/ to help from Pakistani scientists. /The assessment comes from a new classified intelligence report, /which the papers says was written far more cautiously than the National Intellige
28、nce Estimate /that erroneously described advanced weapons programs in Iraq. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【听力原文】 There is a marked tendency for most developed countries to grow steadily noisier each year. / This continually increasing amount of noise is uncomfortable and,/ what is more important, can affect our healt
29、h. /The noise of machines, heavy traffic and airplanes/ constitutes perhaps the most serious threat to public health./ Such noise can interfere with our ability to converse, /it can disturb our sleep, and it can quickly make us become nervous wrecks. /A loud blast or an explosion may even cause dama
30、ge to our hearing./ But there is another danger -just as great. /This is the gradual damage which may be caused /if were continually exposed to noise over several years. /Such exposure to noise can undermine our health/ - as well as our performance and efficiency. /Fortunately, technology is progres
31、sing at a very rapid rate. /Some manufacturers are now designing new silencing mechanisms in their products,/ and planning experts are even beginning to plan cities according to sound zones. 5 【正确答案】 There is a marked tendency for most developed countries to grow steadily noisier each year. /This co
32、ntinually increasing amount of noise is uncomfortable and,/ what is more important, can affect our health. /The noise of machines, heavy traffic and airplanes/ constitutes perhaps the most serious threat to public health./ Such noise can interfere with our ability to converse, /it can disturb our sl
33、eep, and it can quickly make us become nervous wrecks. /A loud blast or an explosion may even cause damage to our hearing./ But there is another danger -just as great. /This is the gradual damage which may be caused /if were continually exposed to noise over several years. /Such exposure to noise ca
34、n undermine our health/ - as well as our performance and efficiency. /Fortunately, technology is progressing at a very rapid rate. /Some manufacturers are now designing new silencing mechanisms in their products,/ and planning experts are even beginning to plan cities according to sound zones. 【知识模块】 听写
