1、专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 6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 When is Thanksgiving Day in America? （ A） On November 21. （ B） On November 16. （ C） On the third Thursday in November
2、. （ D） On the fourth Thursday in November. 2 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? （ A） The first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth Colony. （ B） The first Thanksgiving was not a holiday. （ C） The early settlers celebrated the harvest with the local Indian tribe. （ D） The Pilgrims
3、 held a three-day feast in the autumn of 1621. 3 According to the passage, all of the following are the traditional Thanksgiving foods EXCEPT （ A） apple pie. （ B） turkey. （ C） sweet potato. （ D） pumpkin pie. 4 A motel is usually for people who （ A） have no place to stay. （ B） lose their ways. （ C） t
4、ravel in cars. （ D） live far from roads. 5 We can learn from the passage that experts believe （ A） English has many words to explain the same thing. （ B） English speakers always invent combined words. （ C） the number of English words could be counted. （ D） words of two meanings shouldnt be counted t
5、wice. 6 The Oxford English Dictionary lists about （ A） 615 ,000 words. （ B） 650,000 words. （ C） 1,615 ,000 words. （ D） 1,650,000 words. 7 From the beginning of human history, informations travelling speed did NOT rely on （ A） ships sailing speed. （ B） horses running speed. （ C） peoples walking speed
6、. （ D） birds flying speed. 8 People stopped using birds to carry messages because （ A） it took too much time. （ B） it was not a safe way. （ C） birds were easy to be caught. （ D） birds were easy to die. 9 Which of the following was the first to be used to send information via wires and electricity? （
7、 A） Radio. （ B） Telegraph. （ C） Phonograph. （ D） Television. 10 People could obtain the latest news from newspapers since （ A） 1830. （ B） 1900. （ C） 1919 （ D） 1930 专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 6答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully
8、 and then answer the questions that follow. 1 【听力原文】 Thanksgiving Day is Americas version of a harvest festival. (1) The holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. This day, millions of Americans will join family and friends to give thanks and eat a meal with a history that is centuri
9、es old. Early European settlers in North America held other ceremonies where they gave thanks. (2) But what Americans often consider the first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth Colony. Those settlers are known as the Pilgrims. They held a three-day celebration in the fall of 1621. They celebrated
10、the harvest with members of a local Indian tribe. The best known food that Americans traditionally eat on Thanksgiving is turkey. Thanksgiving turkeys are traditionally served with a bread mixture that some Americans call stuffing. (3) Side dishes include cranberries, sweet potatoes and green beans
11、or other vegetables. The meal traditionally ends with a dessert of pumpkin pie or pecan pie. Some Thanksgiving foods have changed over time. For example, most turkeys these days are bred with larger breasts to provide more white meat. Corn has also changed. It tastes much sweeter than the starchier
12、corn of the past. The way Americans prepare for Thanksgiving has also changed. Today people look for ways to save time, though not everyone does. Some people buy prepared food for the holiday, and some people go to the restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner. 1 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 2 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 3 【
13、正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 4 【听力原文】 English speakers continue to invent new words by linking old words together. A good example is the words “motor“ and “hotel“. Many years ago someone linked them together into the word “motel“. (4)A motel is a small hotel near a road where people travelling in cars can stay
14、 for the night. Other words come from the first letters of names of groups or devices. A device to find objects that cannot be seen called Radio Detecting and Ranging became “ Radar. “ The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is usually called NATO. Experts say that English has more words that explain
15、 the same thing than any other language. For example, the words “ large,“ “ huge,“ “ vast,“ “ massive,“ and “ enormous“ all mean something really “ big“. People often ask how many words there are in the English language. Well, no one really knows. (6)The Oxford English Dictionary lists about six hun
16、dred fifteen thousand words. Yet the many scientific words not in the dictionary could increase the number to almost one million. And experts are never really sure how to count English words. For example, the word “mouse“ , a mouse is a small creature having pointed nose and small ears with hairless
17、 tails. But “mouse“ has another very different meaning. A “mouse“ is also a hand-held device used to help control a computer. If you are counting words do you count “mouse“ two times? 4 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 5 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 6 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 7 【听力原文】 Communicating information always has been ex
18、tremely important. Throughout history, some information has had value beyond measure. The lack of information often costs huge amounts of money and, sometimes, many lives. (7) From the beginning of human history. information traveled only as fast as a ship could sail. Or a horse could run. Or a pers
19、on could walk. People experimented with other ways to send messages. Some people tried using birds to carry messages. (8) Then they discovered it was not always a safe way to send or receive information. A faster method finally arrived with the invention of the telegraph. The first useful telegraphs
20、 were developed in Britain and the United States in the 1830s. (9) The telegraph was the first instrument used to send information using wires and electricity. (10) By the year 1900. big city newspapers could provide people with information that was only hours old. Now, both radio and television, wi
21、th the aid of satellite communications, could provide information immediately. People who lived in a small village could listen to or watch world events as they happened. People in large cities, small towns and villages saw the event as it was happening. There was no delay in communicating important information. 7 【正确答案】 D 【知 识模块】 短文 8 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 9 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文
