1、专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 12及答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 We can learn from the speaker that his village life is （ A） boring. （ B） noisy. （ C） peaceful. （ D） stressful. 2 How
2、 did the author live in the past? （ A） He never brought work home. （ B） He could only enjoy weekends. （ C） He had plenty of time for hobbies. （ D） He had no private life at all. 3 What happened after the speaker gave up his job? （ A） He was addicted to tobacco and alcohol. （ B） He started a new and
3、better life. （ C） He nearly lost his wife. （ D） He tried to find another challenging job. 4 4 . According to the passage, the focus of young college students concerns about health is mainly on （ A） their present health condition. （ B） their future health. （ C） how to take care of themselves after re
4、tirement. （ D） how long they are going to live. 5 The following ways can help you improve health EXCEPT （ A） doing strength training with weights. （ B） eating better food. （ C） doing exercise. （ D） enjoying rational diet. 6 According to the passage, we can conclude that （ A） modern man is more intel
5、ligent than their ancestors. （ B） children are vulnerable to diseases. （ C） modern man can avoid some health problems which troubled their ancestors. （ D） keeping healthy is very difficult. 7 After going over some basic about hearing, the teacher will lead the students to （ A） put the theory learned
6、 into practice. （ B） finish and check their homework. （ C） solve some academic problems. （ D） cure people who are experiencing hearing loss. 8 All the following can damage hearing EXCEPT （ A） excessive noise. （ B） too much moderate noise for a long time. （ C） intense noise for even a short time. （ D
7、） moderate noise for a short time. 9 Generally, it isnt harmful to our ears, when sounds are up to （ A） 140 decibels. （ B） 100 decibels. （ C） 80 decibels. （ D） 60 decibels. 10 Once you are up to around 140 decibels, you will （ A） suffer from hearing loss. （ B） feel pain in your ears. （ C） feel norma
8、l. （ D） faint. 专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 12答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 【听力原文】 I am living in a small village in the country. My wife and I run a village shop. We have a very
9、 peaceful live, boring some may say. But we love it. We know all the people in the village. (1)They have plenty of time to stop and chat. I have plenty of time for my hobbies, too gardening, fishing, walking in the country side. I love the outdoor life. (2)It wasnt always like this because I used to
10、 have a really stressful job, working so late in the office every evening. I often bring work home at the weekends. The advertising world is very competitive. And when I look back, I cant imagine how I stood it. I have no private life at all. No time for the really important things in life. Because
11、of the pressure of the job, I used to smoke and drink too much. The crisis came when my wife left me. She complained that she never saw me and I had no time for family life. This made me realize what is really important to me. (3)I talked things through with her and decided to get back together and
12、started a new and better life together. I gave up tobacco and alcohol and searched for new hobbies. Now I am afraid of looking back since the past life seemed like a horrible dream. 1 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 2 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 3 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 4 【听力原文】 If you are a young college student, most of yo
13、ur concerns about your health and happiness in life are probably focused on the present. Basically, you want to feel good physically, mentally, and emotionally now. You probably dont spend much time worrying about the distant future, such as whether you will develop heart disease, or cancer, how you
14、 will take care of yourself in your retirement years, or how long you are going to live. Such thoughts may have crossed your mind once in a while. However, if you are in your thirties, forties, fifties, or older, such health-related thoughts are likely to become increasingly important to you. Regard
15、less of your age, you can make a number of important changes in your current lifestyle. That will help you feel better physically and mentally. (5)Recently researchers have found that, even in late adulthood, exercise, strength training with weights, and rational diet can help elderly individuals si
16、gnificantly improve their health and add happiness to their life.(6) We know much more about preventive health today than our parents and grandparents did in the past. We have the opportunity to avoid some of health problems that have troubled them. And this new knowledge can be transmitted to our c
17、hildren to help them become healthier than our generation. 4 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 5 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 6 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 7 【听力原文】 Im glad to see so many of you here. Weve become really alarmed over the health center by the number of students we are seeing, who are experiencing hearing loss. (7) Fir
18、st, I want to go over some basic about hearing. Then we can take a look at our school environment and see if we can figure out some ways to protect hearing. (8) The leading cause of preventable hearing loss is excessive noise. Too much moderate noise for a long time or some types of intense noise fo
19、r even a short time can damage hearing. Loudness is measured in units called decibels. One decibel is the lowest sound that the average person can here. (9) Sounds up to 80 decibels generally arent harmful. Thats noise like traffic on a busy street. But anything louder than 80 decibels, especially w
20、ith continuous exposure, may eventually hurt your hearing. (10) Once you are up to around 140 decibels, thats like a jet plane taking off, then you might even feel pain in your ears. And pains are sure sign that your hearings at risk. Even one exposure to a really loud noise at close range can cause
21、 hearing loss. So what you need to do is limit your exposure to harmful levels. If you pass along this handout, we can take a look at the decibel level of some common campus sounds. Notice how loud those horns are that people take to football games. They are really dangerous if blown right behind you. Now, lets try to generate a list of damaging noises. 7 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 8 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 9 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文
