1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 65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 Cartoon Artist 2 Drink to Your Health 3 Happy Fourth of July! 4 Thanksgivin
3、g Day 5 Cell Phone Disturbance 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 65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 secon
4、d 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】 Cartoon Artist In a good cartoon, /the
5、 artist can tell in a few lines / as much as a writer can tell in half a dozen paragraphs . / The cartoon artist not only tells a story/but also tries to persuade the reader to his way of thinking. /He has great influence on public opinion. /In a political campaign, he plays an important part. /Cont
6、roversial issues in Congress or at meetings of the United Nations /may keep the cartoon artist well-supplied with current materials. /A clever cartoon artist may cause laughter/ because he often uses humor in his drawings. /If he is sketching a famous person, /he takes a prominent feature and exagge
7、rates it. /Cartoon artists, for instance, /like to lengthen an already long nose and to widen an already broad grin. /The artist uses such exaggeration to put his message across. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Drink to Your Health Since all living things need it, and it makes up two-thirds of our bodies, /it se
8、ems obvious that water is vital to our health. /Most people, however, drink fewer than the eight recommended glasses each day. /So why is drinking enough water so important? /A minor water deficiency can lead to headaches, sleepiness, and moodiness , /while losing a large amount of water for a long
9、time can cause high blood pressure and other serious problems. /Drinking water helps our bodies in a variety of ways. /It helps us get rid of toxic substance, /which helps our kidneys to do a better job, /and it helps prevent bladder infections . /It improves digestion and helps us develop substance
10、s /that our body produces in the blood to fight diseases. /Finally, water can give our skin a healthy glow. /Drinking water throughout the day is an important habit to pick up. /For your health, give this simple substance the importance it deserves. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Happy Fourth of July! Most peop
11、le are probably aware of the significance of July 4 to Americans. /They might not know, however, /about the origins of some of the traditions / associated with Independence Day in the United States. /July 4 is, of course, a holiday from work, /and the occasion for all-day picnics in most communities
12、. / Having eaten their fill of hot dogs, burgers, and potato salad, /everyone eagerly throws themselves into a program of often strange activities/like three-legged races and pie-eating contests. /A visitor to Boston, /a city strongly associated with the events leading up to independence, / will cer
13、tainly come away with a lasting impression of the Fourth of July. /The highlight of the days celebrations is a local orchestra playing a melody/as one hundred and fifty thousand spectators/watch fireworks burst over the harbor. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day is a legal holiday
14、/observed annually in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November. /In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the second Monday in October. /Most people celebrate Thanksgiving by gathering with family or friends for a holiday feast. /Thanksgiving was first celebrated by Pilgrims and native Americans
15、 in colonial New England in the early 17th century. /Today Thanksgiving is mainly a celebration of domestic life, /centered on the home and family. /Thanksgiving parades often feature children dressed in Pilgrim costume, /complete with tall hats, dark clothes, /and shoes with large silver-colored bu
16、ckles . /In keeping with the idea of celebrating a plentiful harvest, /preparing and eating a large meal is a central part of most Thanksgiving celebrations. /The meal usually includes the pumpkin pie, cornbread, roasted turkey, etc. /These simple foods recall the old virtues of the Pilgrims, /empha
17、sizing the natural gifts that greeted early settlers in their adopted homeland. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Cell Phone Disturbance Nowadays, more people are using cell phones and there is also an increase in traveling by air. /Naturally, more people want to use their cell phone while traveling by plane. / Ho
18、wever, they cannot. /The funny thing is that there has been no evidence of a cell phone signal causing a disturbance in the flight. /If you use the fixed-line telephone on the plane, it can be really expensive. /In America, this kind of telephone charges three dollars a minute, /and 15% of the incom
19、e of the flight comes from the telephone bill. /In 1998, an Englishman was sent to prison for one year/because he refused to turn off the cell phone. /Last month, a plane suddenly became alarmed and was forced to land. /Investigators found a cell phone in a piece of luggage that had been left on. /Flight crew insisted that using cell phone during the flight is very dangerous, / and many facts support that claim. /Although there is no factual evidence to prove this, /cell phone disturbance can affect the plane in some circumstances . 【知识模块】 听写
