1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 67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 pa
2、ssage 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 专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 67答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION (15 MIN) Directions: Listen to
3、 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 passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals
4、 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 【正确答案】 Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science which aims to create it. /
5、Textbooks define it as the study and design of intelligent agents, / where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment / and takes actions which maximize its chances of success. / The field was founded on the claim that human intelligence can be so precisely described / that it c
6、an be simulated by a machine. / The discipline of Artificial Intelligence was born in the summer of 1956. / Half of a century has passed, / and Artificial Intelligence has come a long way since its beginning. / It has turned into an important field, / whose influence on our daily lives can hardly be
7、 underestimated. / Many specialized Artificial Intelligence systems exist that are at work in our cars, / in our laptop computers, and in our personal and commercial technologies. / There is no doubt that the impact of Artificial Intelligence on our lives in the future / will become even more genera
8、l and universal. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Idioms An idiom is defined as a group of words / whose meaning must be known as a whole, / because it cannot be learned from the meaning of the same words used separately. / Obviously, there is a problem / when you cannot look up individual words in a dictionary a
9、nd find the meaning, / the usual strategy we all employ when we come across a word or words that are unfamiliar. / With idioms, however, we must learn the group of words. / In everyday English, idioms are in common use. / In fact, idioms are so common / that most native speakers do not even realize
10、that they are using idioms. / It is particularly important to recognize idioms / when you hear them or read them. / When you are able to use them comfortably in your own speech and writing, / then you have achieved a higher level of mastery / and fluency in the language. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Childrens
11、 Health It seems we have developed such a fast paced society of convenience / that kids today dont play outside much anymore. / They would rather stay inside and have things done for them. / They spend too much time inside on the sofa / and neglect any kind of physical activity, / which causes a sta
12、te of being inactive and unhealthy. / Inactive kids have a higher risk of becoming obese, / having high blood pressure and a higher risk of heart disease. / Along with being inactive, / kids today dont get enough personal interaction with other kids, / causing them to have a lack of interpersonal sk
13、ills. / Besides, their parents and grandparents allow children to have everything they want. / Parents spoiling only makes for an attitude of selfishness. / To avoid this situation, parents should encourage their kids to spend more time out of the house, / such as playing basketball in a community b
14、asketball team. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Customer Service Good customer service is the lifeblood of any business. / You can offer promotions and slash prices to bring in as many new customers as you want. / But unless you can get some of those customers to come back, / your business wont be profitable for
15、 long. / Good customer service is all about bringing customers back / and about sending them away happy, / happy enough to pass positive feedback about your business along to others, / who may then try the product or service you offer for themselves / and in their turn become repeat customers. / If
16、youre a good salesperson, / you can sell anything to anyone once. / But it will be your approach to customer service that determines / whether or not youll ever be able to sell that person anything else. / The essence of good customer service is forming a relationship with customers, / a relationshi
17、p that the individual customer feels that he would like to pursue. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 AIDS When AIDS first emerged, / no one could have predicted how the epidemic would spread across the world / and how many millions of lives it would change. / There was no real idea what caused it / and consequentl
18、y no real idea how to protect against it. / Now we know from bitter experience / that AIDS is caused by the virus HIV, / and that it can destroy families, communities and whole continents. / However, experience has also shown us that the right approaches can and do result in lower national HIV infec
19、tion rates / and less suffering for those affected by the epidemic. / Already, more than twenty-five million people around the world have died of AIDS-related diseases. / 33 million people around the world are now living with HIV, / and most of these are likely to die over the next decade or so. / It is disappointing that the global numbers of people infected with HIV continue to rise, / despite the fact that effective prevention strategies already exist. 【知识模块】 听写
