[外语类试卷]专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷110及答案与解析.doc

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1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 110及答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage wi

2、ll be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. 专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 110答案与 解析 一、 PART I DICTATION Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage

3、will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done 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 of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done a

4、t normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. 1 【正确答案】 Vocational Education in the US There is a long history of vocational education in the US. / Dating back to colonial times, the government has supported programs to train skilled workers. / It started out as a way to teach

5、 students to farm and work in industries. / But as the American economy grew, / so too has vocational training. / Today, vocational education is usually called career and technical education, or CTE. / Students in high schools and trade schools can earn degrees in many areas. / They include nursing,

6、 engineering, accounting, biotechnologies, web design and auto mechanics. / Career and technical education is different from traditional school / because it is much more “hands-on.“ / Instead of sitting in a crowded classroom taking notes, / students in CTE programs learn a trade. / They are prepare

7、d to step out of the classroom right into the working world. / That means they can start earning money / years before students who attend four-year colleges. / 【试题解析】 美国职业教育 美国职业教育的历史悠久。早在殖民地时期，政府就已支持培训熟练工的计划。起初只是教学生耕种和在工厂里工作。随着经济的发展，职业教育也发展起来了。就读高中或中等职业学校的学生可取得诸多行业的证书。职业技术教育与传统的教育不同，它更注重实践。 【知识模块】

8、听写 2 【正确答案】 Adult Education Millions of people are enrolled in evening adult education programs across America. / Community colleges have become popular and their enrollments have increased rapidly. / Large universities are offering more courses in the evenings for adult students. / One reason for t

9、his is that many older people are changing their professions. / Another reason is that repair costs have increased. / Adults taking courses like electrical repair / hope that the high costs for repairs can be avoided. / Advanced technology is the most important reason for the rise in adult education

10、. / Engineers, teachers and businessmen have found / that more education is needed to do their jobs well. / Computers and business courses are taken by many adult students. / Foreign languages, accounting and communication courses are also popular. / Some students attend classes to earn degrees, / w

11、hile others take courses for the knowledge and skills that they can receive. / The lives of many people have been enriched because of adult education. / 【试题解析】 成人教育 数百万美国人参加成人夜校课程。社区大学变得很流行，其招生人数迅速增长。规模大的大学为成人提供更多的夜校课程。成人教育的流行主要有三个原因：一是许多年纪稍长的人出于更换职业的需要；二是维修费用增长，许多成人修读像电器维修一类的课程，希望可以减少请人维修的成本；三是高科技的

12、发展使某些人有进修的必要。 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 A Scottish New Year If youre invited to a Scottish home on New Years Eve, / its important to know what to bring with you: / a lump of coal, some shortbread and some whisky. / The coal signifies warmth, / so youre wishing that the people you visit will have enough hea

13、t in the coming year. / The shortbread represents food, / so youre hoping that the people will have enough to eat. / And whisky was called “the water of life“ by Scots, / so it means you want the hosts to have enough to drink. / There is one more key task you still have to perform as a guest. / The

14、first person to knock on a neighbours door / is supposed to be a tall, dark, handsome man. / If you are, youll bring good luck to the household. / But if thats not you, dont ring the bell just yet. / Wait for a while and the right person is bound to turn up soon! / 【试题解析】 苏格兰新年 要是你新年除夕受邀到苏格兰人家做客，带上以

15、下的这些东西是非常重要的：一块煤，一些奶油甜酥饼和威士忌酒。煤块代表温暖，即祝福主人家在接下来的一年里过上温暖的生活。奶油甜酥饼代表食物，即希望主人家不愁吃。威士忌被苏格兰人称为 “生命之水 ”，送上威士忌就意味着你祝福主人家不愁喝。 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Cheerleading Cheerleaders are part of athletic competitions throughout the United States. / They lead the crowd in cheering for the team it likes best. / Most chee

16、rleaders in the early years were men. / That changed during World War II, / when large numbers of young men left the country to fight. / From that time on, more than 90% of cheerleaders have been female. / Today most American high schools include cheerleading among their student athletic activities.

17、 / The cheerleaders must be in good physical condition. / They must be able to jump high, turn circles in the air and lift each other. / Many girls attend cheerleading camps in the summer to improve their skills and learn new moves. / Some people say cheerleading is not a sport because it does not h

18、ave unified rules. / Rules for competitions among cheerleading teams are different, / depending on the group organizing the contest. / However, cheerleading is an athletic activity requiring physical skill, / and cheerleaders add to the excitement of an athletic event. / 【试题解析】 啦啦队 啦啦队是美国运动比赛的一部分，引领

19、着观众为他们最喜欢的球队欢呼呐喊。早期的啦啦队成员大多是男子。二战期间，大批男青年奔赴战场。自那时起，啦啦队超过 90的成员是女性。如今大多数美国高中的体育活动中都包括啦啦队。啦啦队队员必须要 有良好的身体素质，擅长多种高难度的体操技巧，包括跳高、空中转圈以及托举队员。 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Soap Operas A soap opera is a serial on television or radio / where each episode links to the next episode. / So youre always left at the end of

20、one short episode / wondering whats going to happen next. / Soap opera is generally about neighbours, friends, family. / There may be controversial subjects like drug taking, or violence, divorce. / So it would cover all the things that you could imagine possibly happening in peoples lives. / The te

21、rm soap opera comes from the 1950s, / when radio in America started advertising soap products / and they devised little stories to sell these soap products and they called them soap operas. / Soap operas are very popular in the UK / If you look at the most popular programmes people watch, / the main soap operas on TV are almost always at the top. / Its an instant fix of entertainment. / People can just sit down on the sofa and enjoy it. / 【试题解析】 肥皂剧 肥皂剧指一出持续时间长、虚构的电视或电台节目，又称系列连 续剧。其题材一般取自邻居、朋友或家庭这些生活化的场景。它也许会有一些富有争议性的主题，比如吸毒、暴力或离婚等。肥皂剧一词起源于早期美国的广播节目，他们用小故事的形式来推销肥皂，因此这些故事被称为肥皂剧。 【知识模块】 听写