1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 64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 pass
2、age 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 A Midlife Career Change 2 Feeding Your Mind 3 American Children Raising 4 A
3、mericans Personality 5 Drama 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 64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
4、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 【正确答案】 A Midlife Career Change What should a pe
5、rson do or think about /when contemplating a midlife career change? /First, clearly define your priorities. /Know what the keys are to feeling accomplished, passionate and fulfilled. /Next, have a big-picture goal for your career and your lifestyle in mind. /From there, begin to divide that vision i
6、nto an actionable plan. /Knowing that you want to make a change is the first step in the process, /but be sure not to get stuck there. /Take the next step by identifying specifically /what you would like to see in your next career, / taking into consideration the type of work, environment, schedule
7、/and intensity level of the field or position that you have in mind. /Also, know what you are hoping to achieve this time around/that is different from what you have already done up to this point. /What are the gaps in your previous career endeavors /that left you feeling unsatisfied? 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正
8、确答案】 Feeding Your Mind When your mind is hungry, /it never lets you know. / It silently begins to heed to your needs and never lets itself grow. /When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. /However, hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through extensive reading. / Rea
9、ding has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. /You have innumerable books in this world which will answer all your “ How to?“ questions. /Once you read a book, you have the interesting part of the book stored in your mind as a seed. /Now this seed is unknowingly used by
10、you in your future to develop new ideas. /The same seed if used many times, /can help you link and relate a lot of things, /of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams! /This is nothing but creativity. /The more books you read, /your mind will open up like never before. 【知识模块】 听写
11、 3 【正确答案】 American Children Raising The job of raising children is a tough one. /Due to each childs difference in character, /parents sometimes pull their hair out in frustration , not knowing what to do. /To raise children, a parent should need patience, love, wisdom, courage and a good sense of hu
12、mor. /To Americans, the goal of parents is to help children stand on their own two feet. /From infancy, each child may get his or her own room. /As children grow, they gain more freedom/to make their own choices. /Teenagers choose their own forms of entertainment , as well as the friends to share th
13、em with. /When they reach young adulthood, they choose their own careers and marriage partners. / American parents try to treat their children as individuals. /They allow them to fulfill their own dreams. /Americans praise and encourage their children to succeed. /When children become adults , /thei
14、r relationship with their parents becomes more like a friendship among equals. /Even as adults, they respect and honor their parents. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Americans Personality Americans usually consider themselves a friendly people. /Their friendships , however, tend to be shorter and more casual/tha
15、n friendships among people from other cultures. /Because the United States is a highly active society, full of movement and change, /people always seem to be on the go. /They want to get to know you as quickly as possible /and then move on to something else. / Americans are usually so eager to expla
16、in all about their country /or anything “ American“ that you may become tired of listening. /Besides , Americans tend to be uncomfortable with silence during a conversation. /They would rather talk about the weather or the latest sports scores, for example, than deal with silence. /On the other hand
17、, dont expect Americans to be knowledgeable about international geography or world affairs, /unless those subjects directly involve the United States. /Because the United States is not surrounded by many other nations, / some Americans tend to ignore the rest of the world. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Drama T
18、here are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece . /The one most widely accepted today is based on the assumption that drama evolved from ritual. /The argument for this view goes as follows. /In the beginning, human beings viewed the natural forces of the world /even the seasona
19、l changes as unpredictable , / and they sought through various means to control these unknown and feared powers. /Those measures which appeared to bring the desired results were then retained and repeated/until they were hardened into fixed rituals. / As time passed by, some rituals were abandoned,
20、/but the stories, later called myths , persisted and provided material for art and drama. /Some people argue that those rites contained the seed of theater/because music, dance, masks, and costumes were almost always used. / Furthermore, a suitable site had to be provided for performances/and when the entire community did not participate, /a clear division was usually made between the acting area and the auditorium. 【知识模块】 听写
