专业英语四级(听力)模拟试卷31(题后含答案及解析)

专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷31 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. DICTATION 2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION

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 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

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正确答案： Irish Students’ Drinking Causing High Dropout Rate Excessive drinking in Irish universities is a major contributor to an alarming dropout rate at some campuses, / education officials said. / Higher Education Authority chairman told a conference that / data indicated students were spending a significant proportion of their time and money on alcohol, / newspapers reported. / World Health Organization figures showed that Irish per capita consumption of beer, / the preferred drink of young men, / was 142.5 liters per year, / or almost twice the European Union average. / Some campuses are losing almost a third of their students, / education officials said. / But the dropout rate in Ireland is in line with international trends. / John Denver, a representative of the Union of Students of Ireland, / warned against “scapegoating” students and said / per capita consumption of alcohol was higher at the bar in the Irish parliament than in student pubs. / 涉及知识点：听力

PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 MIN)Directions: In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.

SECTION A CONVERSATIONSDirections: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文：W: Are you visiting San Francisco?M: I’m a native.W: Really? Everyone else we’ve met so far has been a tourist, like us. I was beginning to think that there were no natives. M: Well, San Francisco has a lot of different ethnic groups, so you might think you are seeing a lot of tourists. W: What are the different ethnic groups?M: Well, let’s see. After whites, the largest one is Asians, then African-Americans. W: I see.M: In fact, San Francisco has the largest Chinese community outside of Asia. W: Do most of the Chinese people live in Chinatown?M: Well, it’s true that Chinatown is the center of Chinese culture here, but they live all

over the city. W: Do most American cities have so many different ethnic groups? M: Well, the large ones do—Los Angeles, New York, Chicago. But maybe the different ethnic groups are more visible in San Francisco because the city is so small. W: Hm... you seem to know a lot about this city. M: Well, most San Franciscans think their city is pretty special. We like to talk about it. Besides, I teach ethnic history at the university here. W: No wonder you know so much!

2． What is the largest ethnic group in San Francisco? A．Whites. B．Asians.

C．African-Americans. D．Chinese.

正确答案：A

解析：细节题。在旧金山，最大的族群除了白人外，就是亚洲人，然后是非裔美国人。所以最大的族群是白人，选择A项。如果没有听到对话中的after一词，可能就会误选干扰项B。 知识模块：听力

3． Which is true of Chinatown in San Francisco? A．It’s a place of Chinese restaurants and bookstores. B．It’s a place where all the Chinese live. C．It’s the center of Chinese culture. D．It’s very crowded.

正确答案：C

解析：细节题。在旧金山，唐人街是中国文化的中心，但是中国人居住在城市的各地，选项B予以排除。除C项以外，A、D选项的内容可能也是正确的，但在原文中并没有提及，所以只能选C项。 知识模块：听力

4． What do we learn about the conversation? A．San Francisco has a large Japanese population. B．The man is a teacher.

C．Most of American cities have many different ethnic groups. D．San Francisco is very special.

正确答案：B

解析：事实推理题。男士说他在当地大学教种族史，可知他的职业是教师。而其他选项都无法从对话中得到证实，所以选择B项。 知识模块：听力

听力原文：M: Hello, are you Mrs. Smith?W: Yes, I am.M: I’m Gates. I live in the house next door.W: Glad to meet you, Mr. Gates.M: How do you like Manchester?W: Well, we’ve been here for a few days, but I think I am going to like it. I just hope we’ll be able to make friends easily. It was very sad to leave all our old friends in Blackpool.M: We only moved here two years ago, so I know how you feel. Most people living in this neighborhood haven’t lived here very long, and we all try to

be friendly to newcomers.W: That’s good to know. It can be lonely in a new place without any friends.M: I’ll be glad to help you.W: One thing I’d like to know is the best place to shop for groceries.M: No problem. There’s a new shopping center that just opened a month ago. It’s only about a mile from here. I can drive you there this afternoon and show you around. They have everything there you want.W: That sounds wonderful!M: Fine. Shall I pick you up about 2 o’clock?W: OK. Thank you. Bye.

5． Why does Mrs. Smith feel sad?

A．Because she has to leave the old friends. B．Because she comes to a new city.

C．Because she has to unpack much luggage. D．Because she has no car to go anywhere.

正确答案：A

解析：细节题。史密斯夫人说离开老朋友感到很难过，所以选择A项。 知识模块：听力

6． What is the attitude of the neighbourhood to the newcomers? A．They are indifferent to them. B．They never speak to them. C．They try to be friendly to them. D．They don’t want to know them.

正确答案：C

解析：观点态度题。社区的人对新邻居都很友好，所以选择C项。 知识模块：听力

7． What will they do next?

A．They will have dinner together. B．They will go downtown.

C．They will go to the shopping center. D．They will unpack the luggage.

正确答案：C

解析：细节推理题。盖茨先生向史密斯夫人介绍购物中心，并约好下午两点钟来接她，所以他们下一步要去购物中心，选择C项。 知识模块：听力

听力原文：W: Hi, Harold. Welcome to today’s program.M: I’m glad I have the opportunity to be here.W: What’s your special interest while you’re practising law?M: I’m particularly interested in striving for the rights of the handicapped.W: Harold, you’re quite popular now, but do you find it quite difficult for you to become successful in your career? M: Absolutely. As a blind, it’s even more difficult for me to get a job as a lawyer in the beginning. I was turned down by over forty law firms. They thought it’s impossible for a blind person to practise law, even though my

qualification included good ranking in my Harvard Law School. W: Then what’s the turning point for people to change their views of limitation and exclusion? M: That’s on April 16th, 1976. The Department of Labor issued regulations that mandate equal-employment opportunities for the handicapped. So, the business community has become enthusiastic to offer employments to the disabled. The employment opportunities for the handicapped had been improving then. W: That’s great! What’s your hope for the employers to treat their handicapped workers? M: I hope they will not show just sympathy to their handicapped employees, but the important thing is to consider them as functional as the able-bodied and treat them no differently. W: OK, Harold. Thanks for your time. M: My pleasure.

8． What’s Harold’s interest while he’s practising law? A．He has his special interest in going to the fair.

B．He strives for the rights and fair treatment for the disabled.

C．He spends most of his time breaking down people’s prejudices about the disabled.

D．He strives for more job opportunities for the disabled.

正确答案：B 解析：细节题。哈罗德说他特别感兴趣的是争取残疾人的权利，即B项。 知识模块：听力

9． Why was it difficult for Harold to get a job as a lawyer in the beginning? A．Because he lacked experience.

B．Because people had no confidence in his abilities. C．Because he was in bad health.

D．Because people had prejudice against the disabled.

正确答案：D

解析：细节题。哈罗德起初很难找到律师的工作，因为他是盲人，许多律师事务所拒绝聘用他。认为盲人不可能当律师。总之，人们对残疾人有偏见，即D项。 知识模块：听力

10． Why did employers begin to offer jobs opportunities to the disabled? A．Because people became more kind and tolerant to the disabled.

B．Because laws for equal job opportunities for the handicapped was issued. C．Because Harold strived for the rights and fair treatment for the disabled. D．Because employers find the disabled functional by and by.

正确答案：B

解析：细节题。劳动部颁布法令，要求为残疾人提供平等的工作机会，所以雇主们开始雇用残疾人。选择B项。 知识模块：听力

11． How does Harold hope the employers treat their handicapped workers? A．They should only be nice to the handicapped.

B．They should understand the disadvantages of the handicapped. C．They should treat the handicapped equally.

D．They should show no surprise at seeing the handicapped.

正确答案：C

解析：细节题。哈罗德认为对于雇主最重要的是平等对待残疾人，所以选择C项。 知识模块：听力

SECTION B PASSAGESDirections: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： The delicate material that most American brides wear upon their wedding day, lace, was a surprisingly serious issue in the politics of Europe and the United States until this century. In the 1500’s, the British economy was almost drained by the purchase of foreign lace. The nations of Europe began requiring their ambassadors to observe and report upon the state of the lace making industry in large lace producing countries such as Belgium. The British solved their problems by creating a lace making machine in the 1600’s. The machines were considered such state secrets that they were illegal to export. Finally, however, several of the machines were dismantled and shipped to France by ship. The Frenchmen brought the fashion to America and the Americans followed the same route as their French comrades—they smuggled lace making machines from Britain. Unfortunately, these machines weighed too much and covered an area of fifty feet long and ten feet wide, making them difficult to transport all the way across the Atlantic. Finally, in 1909, the British allowed lace making machines to be freely and legally imported to the United States. It wasn’t until the conclusion of all this international intrigue that the custom of wearing lace veils at weddings was feasible for the typical American woman.

12． What is the passage mainly about? A．The origins of lace making.

B．The size of the lace making machines. C．The intriguing history of lace. D．The ways to manufacture lace.

正确答案：C 解析：主旨题。文章开头就讲到大多数美国新娘在婚礼上所穿的蕾丝材料直到这个世纪前都是美国和欧洲政治方面的严肃问题。最后这个事件终于在英国同意向美国出口蕾丝加工设备而画上句号。故整篇文章就是围绕蕾丝这种材料的历史展开的，选C项。 知识模块：听力

13． How did the British solve their problems with lace? A．They smuggled the machine to America. B．They sent their lace to France.

C．They invented a lace-making machine. D．They bought a machine from France.

正确答案：C 解析：细节题。文中指出英国通过自己创造制作蕾丝的机器来解决蕾丝加工方面的问题，故C项意思正确。 知识模块：听力

14． What made it possible for the American women to have the custom of wearing lace veils at weddings?

A．The increased appreciation of lace. B．The importation of lace.

C．The invention of the lace making machine. D．The importation of lace making machines.

正确答案：D

解析：细节题。文章末尾说直到英国同意向美国出口蕾丝制造机器，以此解决了这一国际间的问题，才使得美国新娘形成了在婚礼上穿蕾丝的习俗。故D项正确。 知识模块：听力

听力原文： About one million years ago, the Ice Age began. The Ice Age was a long period of time in which four great glaciers pushed southward to cover almost all the upper half of North America, and then melted away. Each glacier was a thick sheet of ice and snow that spread out from a centre near what is now Hudson Bay in Canada. The winters were long, and the cool summers were too short to melt much of the ice and snow. The ever-growing sheet built up to a thickness of two miles at its centre. As all glaciers do, these great glaciers slid. They pushed down giant trees in their paths and scraped the earth bare of soil. Many animals moved farther south to escape. Others stayed and were destroyed. When winters of little snow came, the summer suns cut into the edges of the ice sheets. As the glaciers melted, rocks, soil and other things that had mixed with the ice and snow were left. New hills, lakes and rivers were formed. The last of the great glaciers began its melting about 11,000 years ago. Its melting formed the Great Lakes. These lakes are today a little changed from their early sizes and shapes. The largest of the North American river systems was also influenced by the glaciers. This is the Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio system. These rivers were miles wide at first. Through the years they settled into their present channels.

15． What is the main idea of this passage? A．The Ice Age was a long period of time.

B．Great glaciers covered Norm America many years ago. C．Changes in climate helped to melt the glaciers. D．How glaciers changed North America.

正确答案：D

解析：主旨题。对于这类问题应十分关注首尾句。文章开篇讲到冰河时期里4块巨大的冰川向南移动覆盖了北美洲的上半部。之后文章主要讲述冰川移动和融化过程中对北美洲产生的影响。故选项D正确。 知识模块：听力

16． According to the passage, all glaciers A．are two miles thick. B．form frozen lakes. C．are a million years old. D．move and slide.

正确答案：D

解析：细节题。文章讲到所有冰川都是滑动的，故D项正确。 知识模块：听力

17． What can we know according to the passage? A．Great glaciers are very destructive. B．All glaciers move southward.

C．The Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio system is larger than it was before the Ice Age.

D．The Great Lakes are now smaller than they were before the Ice Age.

正确答案：A 解析：细节题。文中说到当那些巨大的冰川滑动过程中会推倒挡住前进道路的大树，并带走地面上的泥土，故A项是正确的。 知识模块：听力

听力原文： A long time ago children had a different way of life. Back during this point in history, the children had to learn physical survival skills such as being alert around moving objects and drawing back when they neared something unsafe. They didn’t need to attend schools because they could learn everything from the school of experience. The experience of their daily lives gave them enough education to survive during that less complex period. Their parents would teach them all they needed to know about capturing their food and tilling the earth. Learning the basic survival skills of how to feed oneself and grow food was the only thing most people needed to learn during that time period. Slowly, however, life became more complex, and people found the need to communicate with people in distant places. The world was expanding, and people needed to interact with people outside of their little town or village for business or for personal reasons. Then, it became important that children learn to read and write. When money became the form of buying and selling, they needed to learn how to count and calculate. Because these skills could not be learned from firsthand experience, schools became necessary to teach them these skills.

18． Why didn’t children go to school a long time ago? A．Because they were taught in private groups at home.

B．Because they gained the important information by direct experience. C．Because their parents would teach them all the useful things.

D．Because teachers would come to their homes to teach them everything.

正确答案：B

解析：细节题。文章指出很久以前孩子们不用去上学，因为他们所要掌握的技能在实践经验中就完全可以学到。故B项意思正确。C错在过于绝对。父母不可能懂得所有的有用知识，因此也不可能教给孩子所有的知识。 知识模块：听力

19． What did children have to learn at that time? A．To read and write.

B．To alert moving objects. C．To count and add money.

D．To hunt animals and farm lands.

正确答案：D

解析：细节题。文章说到那个时候的孩子们需要学会生存技巧，例如在移动的物体周围应保持警惕性，如果他们靠近一些不安全的物体就应该马上撤退。他们还必须学会如何找到食物和耕种土地。故D项符合题意。干扰性比较强的是选项B，看似正确，但仔细思考发现B项的含义为“他们还应该警告正在移动中的物体”，故意思不对。 知识模块：听力

20． What made it necessary to attend school?

A．There was a need to learn to read and write and calculate. B．The fanning required to use complicated machines.

C．The world economy made mass electronic communication very popular. D．The alphabetical and numerical system were useful.

正确答案：A

解析：细节题。文中指出随着生活变得更复杂，由于生意或个人原因，人们需要与远方的人交流，由此孩子们学会读和写就变得非常重要。另外当货币成为买卖的形式，他们还需要学会数数和计算。所有这些都使得孩子们去学校学习变得很必要。故A项正确。 知识模块：听力

21． What can we infer from the passage?

A．Learning history in school is very important. B．Building more schools is difficult.

C．The more complicated skills taught in schools are needed in the future. D．Children don’t have to learn the basic survival skills which are innate.

正确答案：C

解析：推断题。文章提到：孩子们在学校学习读、写和算术的技能。将来，随着社会进步，一些更复杂的知识也需要通过上学读书来掌握，由此推断选项C正确。 知识模块：听力

SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTDirections: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： Police in India say some 300 people have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu festival. The incident happened during a pilgrimage to a remote temple in the western state of Maharashtra. Officials say many of the victims were trampled to death while others appeared to have been burnt in a fire thought to have triggered the stampede. Reports say 300,000 people were attending the festival.

22． What was the cause of the stampede at a Hindu festival? A．An earthquake.

B．An explosion of bomb. C．A fire. D．A flood.

正确答案：C

解析：原因细节题。文中提到：官员们说，许多遇难者是由于另外一些人被火烧引起(trigger)的惊乱而遭受践踏致死的。故选项C正确。选项A、B、D在文中没有提及。 知识模块：听力

听力原文： Burma’s military government says it plans to free more inmates as part of a mass prison release program. Officials Saturday said more than 5,000 people will be let out of jail during this new round of releases. That would mean at least 14,000 people, most of them described as common criminals, will have been released so far.

23． According to the report, most people released were A．common criminals. B．state criminals. C．juvenile criminals. D．terrorists.

正确答案：A

解析：细节题。文中提到：迄今为止有至少1．4万人将被释放，其中大多数是普通罪犯。故答案A正确。 知识模块：听力

听力原文： The President of FIFA, Joseph Blatter says he is confident Germany has taken all measures needed to ensure a safe, clean and entertaining World Cup. He says the games will kick off on June 9 with a match between Germany and Costa Rica. In less than two months from now, FIFA President, Joseph Blatter, says the World Cup, for one month, will allow people to forget the misery of the world. Blatter is very upbeat about the games. He says he has no concerns about security or the possibility of a terrorist attack. Nor is he worried about safety of the 12 German football stadiums that will be used. He says he personally intervened to make sure the Olympic stadium in Berlin posed no dangers.

24． Who personally intervened to make sure the Olympic stadium in Berlin posed no dangers?

A．German president. B．FIFA President.

C．The mayor of Berlin. D．The civilian in Berlin.

正确答案：B

解析：细节题。新闻最后提到：国际足联主席约瑟夫．布拉特说他已亲自介入以确保位于柏林的奥林匹克体育馆没有危险。故选项B正确。 知识模块：听力

25． Joseph Blatter says he has no concerns about A．the safety of the 14 German football stadiums. B．football hooligan.

C．the match between Germany and Costa Rica. D．security or the possibility of a terrorist attack.

正确答案：D

解析：细节题。文中提到：国际足联主席约瑟夫·布拉特说他不担心安全或者是恐怖分子攻击的可能性。故选项D正确。A错在将投入使用的体育馆数量是12而不是14。 知识模块：听力

听力原文： The people of Botswana, which has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world, have been given a stark warning by their President, Festus Mogae, that they must abstain from unsafe sex or die. President Mogae said in a BBC interview, timed to coincide with World Aids Day, that overseas funding of drugs to combat HTV would eventually end. From Southern Africa Martin Plaut reports: 35,000 people are now on anti-retrovirals and the number is rising. But the foreign funding will not go on indefinitely. And President Festus Mogae warns that Botswana’s economy will not be able to afford the drugs needed to keep a rising number of patients alive and well. “It’s not sustainable in the long term unless something happens to the infection rates. We have to say, maybe things like, abstain or die.” It’s seldom the politicians speak their mind quite as plainly as President Mogae. But with a staggering 37% of all adults now HIV-positive and no sign of the epidemic peaking, he doesn’t mince his words.

26． What is the percentage of all the adults who are now HIV-positive in Botswana?

A．35%. B．37%. C．36%. D．38%.

正确答案：B

解析：数字细节题。文中提到：现在在博茨瓦纳成年人中HIV呈阳性的人数达到令人震惊的37％。故选项B正确。这是本则新闻中唯一表示百分比的数

字，因此只需正确辨音就能作答。 知识模块：听力

27． Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Botswana has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world. B．Botswana’s economy will be able to afford the drugs needed.

C．35,000 people in Botswana are now on anti-retrovirals and the number is rising.

D．There is no sign of decline in the rate of HIV infection.

正确答案：B

解析：细节判断题。文中提到：博茨瓦纳的经济将无法负担为不断增加的病人提供药物。选项B与此相反，符合题意。选项A、C、D在文中都明确提到，故不符题意。预读时应注意关键词NOT。 知识模块：听力

听力原文： The first Earth Day—April 22, 1970—is credited with launching the modern environmental movement. It was a day of peaceful, mass demonstrations by millions of people across the United States calling on the government to adopt policies to clean up and protect the environment. U.S. government officials responded: Congress enacted laws to clean the air and protect drinking water, wildlife habitats, and the ocean. Congress also created the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, to oversee the nation’s progress. EPA administrator Stephen Johnson recalls the first Earth Day in 1970. “Approximately 20 million people across America celebrated the first Earth Day. It was a day and time when our cities were literally buried under their own smog and polluted rivers caught on fire. But thirty-five years later, by the work of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the nation, indeed, air is cleaner, our water is purer, and our land is better protected.” Johnson says that the EPA is currently spending most of its seven-and-a-half billion dollar yearly budget on research and technology to reduce the threat of climate change—so-called global warming—which many scientists blame on our industrial emissions of carbon dioxide.

28． Which of the following details is INCORRECT? A．The first Earth Day is on April 22, 1970.

B．The US government launched the modern environmental movement. C．Congress created the U.S. EPA to oversee the nation’s progress.

D．Approximately 20 million people across America celebrated the first Earth Day.

正确答案：B 解析：细节判断题。文中提到现代环保运动的兴起是由于美国民众的大规模示威活动。不是由政府发起的。B项说是政府发起的，不正确，因此符合题意。 知识模块：听力

29． According to Johnson, how much money is the EPA currently spending? A．750,000,000.

B．700,500,000. C．7.05e+008 D．7.55e+008

正确答案：A

解析：数字细节题。文中提到：约翰逊说，美国环保署目前将每年以75亿美元预算的绝大部分花费在研究和减少气候改变的技术上。故选项A正确。 知识模块：听力

听力原文： These days searching for a number in a five centimeter thick telephone directory seems very old fashioned. Voice recognition systems are becoming more and more common and efficient: the best of them apparently recognize 49 out of every 50 words. These devices save companies a huge amount of money. Stephen Evans in New York has been talking to the machines and to the men who design them. I had a bit of a Basil Fawlty moment, the other day. I rang 411, the American directory enquiries which now uses a voice recognition system. I told the machine I wanted the number for “Harlem Auto Mall” and she—for this machine had a female voice—replied “Harlem Public School 154”. No doubt like lots of people, I found myself ranting. Machines, you see, have personalities, and banks, phone companies, railways and all kinds of alleged help-lines are spending a lot of money trying to find out what kinds of voices to give the machines that speak to us, the public, on their behalf.

30． What is the news item mainly about? A．Searching for a number. B．Talking to a machine. C．Voice recognition.

D．The improved technology.

正确答案：C 解析：主旨大意题。根据文中多次出现的关键词Voice recognition systems(语音识别系统)可判断出正确答案为C。 知识模块：听力

31． What seems very old fashioned these days? A．Speaking to a machine.

B．Using voice recognition system to find out a phone number. C．Spending a lot of money trying to find out a phone number. D．Searching for a number in a 5 cm thick telephone directory.

正确答案：D

解析：细节复现题。新闻开头说到：近来，在一本5厘米厚的电话簿里寻找电话号码似乎已经非常过时了。故选项D正确。 知识模块：听力