[外语类试卷]专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷13及答案与解析.doc

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1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 13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 According to the passage, when did Canadas baby boom begin? （ A） In the decade after 1911. （ B） After 1945. （ C） Durin

2、g the depression of the 1930s. （ D） In 1966. 2 The authors mentions all the following as causes of declines in population growth after 1957 EXCEPT （ A） peoples staying at school longer. （ B） peoples getting married earlier. （ C） better standards of living. （ D） couples buying houses before starting

3、families. 3 It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution （ A） families were larger. （ B） population statistics were unreliable. （ C） the population grew steadily. （ D） economic conditions were bad. 4 The best statement of the main idea of this passage is that （ A） human

4、brains differ considerably. （ B） the brain a person is born with is important in determining his intelligence. （ C） environment is crucial in determining a persons intelligence. （ D） persons having identical brains will have roughly the same intelligence. 5 According to the passage, the average I.Q.

5、 is （ A） 85. （ B） 100. （ C） 110 （ D） 125 6 This passage suggests that an individuals I.Q. （ A） can be predicted at birth. （ B） stays the same throughout his life. （ C） is determined by his childhood. （ D） can be increased by education. 7 Why did Susan and Michael interview children aged between 9 an

6、d 11? （ A） To find out whether they take music lessons in their spare time. （ B） To find out whether they can name four different musical instruments. （ C） To find out whether they enjoy playing musical instruments in school. （ D） To find out whether they differ in their preference for musical instr

7、uments. 8 Why do many of the boys avoid certain instruments? （ A） They find them too hard to play. （ B） They think it silly to play them. （ C） They find it not challenging enough to play them. （ D） They consider it important to be different from girls. 9 Which group of children has a bias when choos

8、ing musical instruments? （ A） Children who have private music tutors. （ B） Children who are 8 or older. （ C） Children who are between 5 and 7. （ D） Children who are well-educated. 10 Todays trumpet is similar to its ancestors EXCEPT that （ A） they are all hollow tubes. （ B） they are all blown. （ C）

9、they all use the players lips to produce the basic sound. （ D） they are all made by hand. 11 Which of the following can be inferred about the first trumpet players? （ A） They could not play all the notes of the scale. （ B） They were not able to pick up the trumpet. （ C） They could not play simple tu

10、nes. （ D） They had difficulty improving upon the trumpet. 12 Which of the following is needed to make the trumpet work? （ A） Keen eyesight. （ B） Long fingers. （ C） Air pressure. （ D） Daily cleaning. 13 What is the passage mainly about? （ A） The increased use of private mail services. （ B） The develo

11、pment of a government postal system. （ C） A comparison of urban and rural postal services. （ D） The history of postage stamps. 14 Which of the following was seen as a disadvantage of the postage stamp? （ A） It had to be purchased by the sender in advance. （ B） It increased the cost of mail delivery.

12、 （ C） It was difficult to affix to letters. （ D） It was easy to counterfeit. 15 The private postal services of the nineteenth century claimed that they could do which of the following better than the government? （ A） They could deliver more mails. （ B） They could deliver mail more cheaply. （ C） They

13、 could deliver mail faster. （ D） They could deliver mail to rural areas. 16 In 1863 the United States government began providing which of the following to mail carriers? （ A） A salary. （ B） Housing. （ C） Transportation. （ D） Free postage stamps. 17 Why do most parents feel embarrassed when their chi

14、ldren graduate from high school? （ A） Because they cant afford their childrens college tuition. （ B） Because they cant offer their children emotional support. （ C） Because they cant look after their children. （ D） Because they cant give their children birthday gifts. 18 How does the United Negro Col

15、lege Fund make students dream become true? （ A） By giving them part-time jobs. （ B） By opening an account for them. （ C） By providing them with a sum of money. （ D） By recommending a member college to them. 19 What else does the United Negro College Fund bring to the good students? （ A） Fame and ben

16、efit. （ B） Confidence and hope. （ C） Encouragement and determination. （ D） Hope and opportunity. 20 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? （ A） The United Negro College Funds is the oldest minority education support organization. （ B） More than 54,000 students have graduated from United Neg

17、ro College Fund member colleges since 1944. （ C） Since its founding, the United Negro College Fund has raised more than $1.3 billion. （ D） The United Negro College Funds is a combination of 39 private, historically black member colleges and universities. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 13答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Dir

18、ections: 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】 Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the countrys impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 19

19、45, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canadas population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930s and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued through th

20、e decade of the 1950s, producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until 1966 it stood at its lowest level in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the lo

21、w level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society. Young people were staying at school longer; more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down

22、 the size of families. It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution. 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 时间细节题。文中提到： 20世纪 30年代的经济衰退和战争抑制了婚姻，于是在 1945年之后开始了一个结婚的追赶过程。婴儿潮一直持续到 50年代。

23、故正确答案为 B。 【知识模块】 短文听力 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到：年 轻人求学时间增长、出现更多的职业妇女、新婚夫妇在养育后代之前忙于买车或购房和减少家庭人口以提高生活水平是人口出生率下降的原因，没有提到的是 B。预读题干时，应注意 EXCEPT。 【知识模块】 短文听力 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 推断题。文中提到：小规模家庭的趋势在工业革命后的西方国家非常普遍。可见工业革命之前家庭规模更大一些，故正确答案为 A。 【知识模块】 短文听力 4 【听力原文】 There are two factors which determine an individ

24、uals intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably, some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn. So the second facto

25、r is what happens to the individual and the sort of environment in which he is reared. If an individual is handicapped environmentally, it is likely that his brain will fail to develop. The importance of environment in determining an individuals intelligence can be demonstrated by the case of the id

26、entical twins, Peter and Mark. Being identical, the twins had identical brains at birth, and their growth processes were the same. When the twins were three months old, their parents died, and they were placed in separate foster homes. Peter was reared by parents of low intelligence in an isolated c

27、ommunity with poor educational opportunities. Mark was reared in the home of well-to-do parents who had been to college. He was sent to good schools, and given every opportunity to be stimulated intellectually. This environmental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens, when th

28、ey were given tests to measure their intelligence. Marks I.Q. was 125, twenty-five points higher than the average and forty points higher than his identical brother. 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 主旨题。细听本文可获得如下信息：决定人的智力高低有两个因素，分别是与生俱来的大脑和后天的成长环境。相比之下，后者更为重要。读选项，只有 C符合题意，为正确答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。在

29、后来对双胞胎智商的 测试中， Mark的智商为 125，比平均值和同胞兄弟分别高 25点和 40点，故推之平均智商为 100，答案为 B。 【知识模块】 短文听力 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 推理题。通过双胞胎实验证明，不同教育和成长环境下的孪生兄弟智力发展也不相同，良好的教育背景会促进智力的发展。因此可以判断 D为正确答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力 7 【听力原文】 The piano and violin are girls instruments. Drums and trumpets are for boys. According to psychologists Susan

30、Onco and Michael Balton, children have very clear ideas about which musical instruments they should play. They find that despite the best efforts of teachers, these ideas have changed very little over the past decade. They interviewed 153 children aged between 9 and 11 from schools in Northwest Engl

31、and. They asked them to identify 4 musical instruments and then to say which they would like to play the most and which they would like the least to play. They also asked the children for their views on whether boys or girls should not play any of the 4 instruments. The piano and the violin were bot

32、h ranked more favorably by girls than by boys, while boys prefer the drums and trumpets. There was broad agreement between boys and girls on which instruments each sex should play and the reasons vary. And while almost half of all boys said they avoid certain instruments because they were too diffic

33、ult to play, only 15% of girls gave that as a reason. Earlier studies indicated that very young school children aged between 5 and 7 showed no bias in choosing musical instruments, but their tastes became more clear between the ages of 8 and 10. One survey of 78 teachers suggested that after that ag

34、e, both boys and girls began to restrict themselves to the so-called male or female instruments. 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。原文提到：他们要求孩子们说出四种乐器，并且说出最喜欢和最不喜欢弹奏其中的哪一种，可以判断出他们目的是看孩子们喜欢的乐器是否有差别，答案为 D。 【知识模块】 短文听力 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解 析】 细节题。原文提到：几乎一半的男孩说他们不喜欢某些乐器是因为那些乐器太难弹奏，故选 A。 【知识模块】 短文听力 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。

35、原文提到：但是到了 8到 10岁，这种兴趣就会比较分明，答案应是 B。 【知识模块】 短文听力 10 【听力原文】 Todays trumpet is one of the worlds oldest instruments. It is the result of many centuries of development. Although it looks nothing like its ancestors, there are many similarities. All trumpets are hollow tubes. They are all blown. And they

36、all use the players lips to produce the basic sound. The trumpet developed as players and makers worked to improve its design, size, shape, material, and method of construction. They wanted to create an instrument that would produce a beautiful and attractive tone, enable the performer to play all t

37、he notes of the scale, extend the range higher and lower, make it possible to play more difficult music, and, in general, be easier to play well. The remarkable way in which the modern trumpet achieves these goals is a measure of the success of all those who struggle to perfect this glorious instrum

38、ent. The trumpet is actually the leading member of an entire family of related instruments. These are trumpets of several different sizes, and in several different keys. There are cornets, bugles, flue horns, and a number of others that are all similar to the trumpet in the way they are made and pla

39、yed. 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。短文说作为世界上最古老的乐器之一， trumpet虽然在外观上与它们的祖先大不相同，但仍然在 All trumpets are hollow tubes They are all blown And they all use the playerslips to producethe basic sound方面相同，所以 D为符合题目要求的选项。 【知识模块】 短文听力 11 【正确答案】 A 【 试题解析】 推断题。文中说 They wanted to create an instrument that wouldenable the

40、performer to playall the notes of the scale ，由此可以推断出第一支 trumpet吹不出所有的音阶，这与 A项意思相符。 【知识模块】 短文听力 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 文中说 “They are all blown”，因此可推断正确选项应为 C。另外通过常识也可以判断 trumpet是吹奏的乐器，靠 空气的压力发出声音。 【知识模块】 短文听力 13 【听力原文】 In the early days of the United States, postal charges were paid by the recipient and

41、charges varied with the distance carried. In 1847 the United States Post Office Department adopted the idea of a postage stamp, which of course simplified the payment for postal service but caused grumbling by those who did not like to prepay. Besides, the stamp covered only delivery to the post off

42、ice and did not include carrying it to a private address. In Philadelphia, for example, with a population of 150,000, people still had to go to the post office to get their mail. The confusion and congestion of individual citizens looking for their letters was itself enough to discourage the use of

43、mail. It is no wonder that, during the years of these cumbersome arrangements, private letter-carrying and express businesses developed. Although their activities were only semi-legal, they thrived, and actually advertised that between Boston and Philadelphia they were a half-day speedier than the g

44、overnment mail. The government postal service lost volume to private competition and was not able to handle efficiently even the business it had. Finally, in 1863, Congress provided that the mail carriers who delivered the mail from the post offices to private addresses should receive a government s

45、alary, and that there should be no extra charge for that delivery. 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。根据短文内容和文中关键词 United States Post Office Department(美国邮政部 )、 Congress(国会 )可断定正确答案为 B(政府邮政系统的发展 )。选项 A(私人邮递服务使用的增加 )、选项 C(城 市和乡村邮政服务的对比 )、选项 D(邮票的历史 )只是原文提到的细节，不能代表全文主旨。 【知识模块】 短文听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到：在

46、 1847年，美国邮政部采纳了邮票的思想，但引起了不愿提前支付邮资的人们的抱怨。故选项 A(它必须被发信人提前购买 )正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到：尽管私人的信件投递和快递业务只是半合法的，但他们获得了成功，并宣传自己在波士顿和费城之间的邮递业务比政府快半天。 故选项 C正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到：最终在 1863年，国会提出：将信件从邮局分送到私人地址的邮递员应获得一份政府薪金，并且投递不应收取额外的费用。故选项 A正确。选项 B、 C、 D短文未提及。 【知识模块】 短文听

47、力 17 【听力原文】 Much of a parents job is to provide the gifts of caring, love, and emotional support to children. But one gift is beyond their reach: the resources to meet the financial demands of college tuition. For more than 54 years, the United Negro College Fund has fulfilled the dreams of deservin

48、g students by closing the gap between the cost of college and what their parents can afford. More than 300,000 students have graduated from United Negro College Fund member colleges since 1944 and 54,000 more are currently enrolled. The oldest and most successful minority higher education support or

49、ganization, the United Negro College Fund is a combination of 39 private, historically black member colleges and universities. Since its founding, it has raised more than $1.3 billion to keep the dream alive for needy families across the country. What is it that makes the United Negro College Fund so important to Americas families? As well as raising funds and giving technical support to member colleges and universities, it creates hope and opportunity by providing financial assistance to deserving students. Consider the contributions of just a