2012專業(yè)四級(jí)模擬29(含詳細(xì)解析)

1、專業(yè)四級(jí)模擬29part dictation1. 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, o

2、r 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 through your work once more. please write the whole passage on answer sheet one.聽力原文 shopping is very much a part of a countrys culture, and attitudes to shoppi

3、ng and consumers / vary from country to country / just as much as climate or taste in food. recent economic hardship has given the consumer increased power in europe / as retailers fight to win their share of reduced disposable income. this has meant falling prices, plenty of special offers / and a

4、re-examination of what customer service really means. people often point to america as an example of sophisticated customer service. in restaurants in the south of the usa, for example, waiters compliment you on your clothes, ask about your day, compliment you on the wisdom of your order / and then

5、return every ten minutes to refill your glass / and make sure that everything is to your satisfaction. anyone who has waited 30 minutes to be served in a restaurant / might well dream of such attention, but europeans do not really want us style service. different nationalities expect different types

6、 of service.part listening comprehension 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 conversations in this section you will hear several conversations.

7、listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. at the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. now listen to the conversation.1.how many times has johnnys team won the le

8、ague cup? a. once. b. twice. c. three times. d. four times.c聽力原文1-3a: id like to welcome sports world johnny sprag, captain of that great football team, manchester united. hello, johnny, how are you?b: hello, brian. fine, thanks.a: now, johnny. your team, manchester united, is playing in the league

9、cup final on saturday. you hope to win the league cup for the fourth time next saturday. but leeds city are a hard team to beat. what do you think of your chances?b: well, brian, im sure well win. leeds is a very strong team, but weve never been better than we are today.a: so youre quite sure manche

10、ster will win the cup for the fourth time?b: i certainly am, brian.a: well, i wish you the best of luck for saturday.b: thanks very much.a: and, by the way, happy birthday! how old are you now?b: im 31 today.a: good. how are you going to celebrate?b: well, im going to take my wife and two little gir

11、ls out for dinner tonight.a: good. and finally, tell us about the future, johnny. what will you be doing in five years time?b: well, brian, i hope ill still be playing football in five years time. but perhaps in ten years time, when i have to retire from playing, i dont want to leave football. id re

12、ally like to train young footballers. i dont know for sure, but i always want to work in football.a: good. well, its been nice talking to you, johnny. ill be watching the match on saturday. thanks for coming to talk to us.b: thanks, brian. thank you for having me.2.what will johnny do to celebrate h

13、is 31st birthday? a. traveling abroad. b. going to tile park.c. eating out with his family. d. winning the football match.c3.what does johnny not plan to do in future? a. continue 1o play football. b. train young footballers.c. work in football. d. write a book about football.d questions 4 to 7 are

14、based on the following conversation. at the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. now listen to the conversation.4.what is not true about the fifth element? a. the pictures are beautiful. b. it has a coherent story to hang it all on.c. its a big budget movie.

15、 d. it resembles video games.b聽力原文4-7w: tom, have you seen the fifth element?m: yes, i think the pictures are beautiful. and i know some reviewers observed that this movie might actually be a milestone in movie making. it took us $17 million on its first weekend, a more than respectable total.w: oh?

16、 they really said so? but i think its a story less movie, although its a big budget one. dont you think it resembles video games, the crafted aliens, a deafening sound track, and striking minor characters-it has no coherent story to hang it all on.m: i quite agree with you. story is the soul of a me

17、aningful film, the key to involving the audience emotionally.w: i used to like steven spielberg. his work had always been a balance of story and technical things. but in his most recent movie, the lost world, the sequel to jurassic park, the story is almost an afterthought to the spectacle. the dino

18、saurs are rediscovered and again eat a lot of people, which character development hardly gets a look in. the film simply relies on action to keep the drama going.m: but thanks to a us $ 40 million market campaign, the lost world broke all box office records for its first four days and steve spielber

19、g was tipped to earn from the movie far more than that $ 300 million he collect ed from jurassic park.5.what was the box office of the fifth element on its first weekend? a. us 17 million. b. us 18 million. c. us 19 million. d. us 20 million.a6.what is wrong about the lost world? a. it was directed

20、by steven speilberg.b. it is a balance of story and technical things.c. it is the sequel to jurassic park.d. it simply relies on action to keep the drama going.b7.how much has steven spielberg earned from jurassic park ? a. us $ 40 million. b. us $120 million. c. us $ 300 million. d. us $ 20 million

21、.c questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. at the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. now listen to the conversation.8.what is the conversation focused on? a. the best way to do yoga. b. the best way to cope with stress.c. the best way to

22、 eat properly. d. the ways to get to steep.b聽力原文8-10w: i personally, um, do yoga when im really, really stressed. sure, yoga helps me to just relax enough so that i can sleep properly during the night and that . then i get out of that cycle of not sleeping, and you know, not eating properly. that se

23、ems to help a little bit with me.m: well, not sleeping is the first thing that happens to me if im under stress. and ifs only quite recently that ive realized that the best thing to do is not try to sleep. urn, what i tend to do now is i get up and get a cup of tea, camomile tea rather than tea with

24、 caffeine or tannin in it. and i put on a video of something thats fairly lightweight and i will sit but its the same with all stress, really, you have to, as you say, accept that you are stressed and try and breathe deeply and be sensible. theres no point in worrying be cause its not going to chang

25、e anything and you have to try and think that way. its easy to say that, its easy to give advice, its more difficult to actually do it. but i think im getting better at it.w: one of the things that when you are stressful is you start breathing very shallow. youre not taking oxygen down into your bod

26、y, panicking, you tighten up and youre taking little shallow breaths.m: heavy breathing., and deeper breaths. i think thats my sort of solution to my stress.9.according to the man, what shouldnt you do if you are stressed and unable to fall asleep? a. try to sleep. b. get up.c. make a cup of camomil

27、e tea. d. put on a video.a10.what is the mans solution to his stress? a. have some tea with caffeine. b. take deeper breaths.c. take shallow breaths. d. do weight-lifting.bsection b passages in this section, you will hear several passages. listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questio

28、ns that follow. questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. at the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. now listen to the passage.11.what are the ways animals communicate? a. words. b. gesture and posture. c. facial expressions. d. special signals.d聽力原

29、文11-13 when we think of communication, we normally think of using words talking face-to-face, writing messages and so on. but in fact we communicate far more in other ways. our eyes and facial expressions usually tell the truth even when our words do not. then there are gestures, often unconscious:

30、raising the eyebrows, rubbing the nose, shrugging the shoulders, tapping the fingers, nodding and shaking the head. there is also the even more subtle body language of posture: are you sitting or standing with arms or legs crossed.? is that person standing with hands in pockets, held in front of the

31、 body or hidden behind? even the way we dress and the colors we wear communicate things to others. so. do animals communicate? not in words, although a parrot might be trained to repeat words and phrases which it doesnt understand. but as we have learnt, there is more to communicate than words. take

32、 dogs for example. they bare their teeth to warn, wag their tails to welcome and stand firm, with hair erect, to challenge. these signals are surely the canine equivalent of the human body language of facial expression, gesture and posture.12.which of the following is not one of gestures? a. raising

33、 the eyebrows. b. shrugging the shoulders.c. nodding and shaking the head. d. the way we dress and the colors we wear.d13.how do dogs challenge? a. baring their teeth. b. wagging their tails.c. standing firm with hair erect. d. rubbing their nose.c questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passa

34、ge. at the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. now listen to the passage.14.what is the main topic of the passage? a. indoor sports. b. cultural expectations,c. conversation skills. d. japanese psychology.b聽力原文14-17 japanese-style conversations develop quite dif

35、ferently from western-style conversations. a western-style conversation between two people is like a game of tennis. if i introduce a topic, a conversational hall, i expect you to hit it back. if you agree with me, i dont expect you simply to agree and do nothing more. i expect you to add something-

36、a reason for agreeing, or another example to carry the idea further. i am just happy if you question me, or completely disagree with me. whether you agree or disagree, your response will return the ball to me. a japanese-style conversation, however, is like bowling. you wait for your turn. and you a

37、lways know your place in line. it depends on such things as whether you are older or younger, a close friend or a stranger to the previous speaker, in a senior or junior position, and so on. when your turn comes, you step up to the starting line with your bowling ball and carefully bowl it. everyone

38、 else stands back and watch politely, giving encouragement. then, after everyone is sure that you have completely finished your turn, the next person in line steps up to the same starting line, with a different ball. your ball is not returned.15.according to the passage, what is the goal of a wester

39、n-style conversation? a. an extended exchange of opinions. b. a polite expression of support.c. the defeat of ones partner. d. a practical solution to a problem.a16.in a japanese-style conversation, when a speaker should start depends on all except _. a. age b. position c. skill d. relationshipc17.w

40、hat is more likely to occur in a western-style conversation? a. encouragement. b. agreement. c. a pause. d. an interruption.d questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. at the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. now listen to the passage.18.what does

41、 an advertisement say about english learning? a. english is the easiest language to learn.b. english is as easy to learn as your mother tongue. c. english can be learnt in six weeks.d. it is easier to learn english on radio or tv.c聽力原文18-20 an advertisement says learn english in six weeks, or your m

42、oney back. of course, it never happens quite like that. as we know, no language is easy to learn except ones mother tongue. and think how much practice that gets. before the second world war people usually learn english in order to read english literature. now most people want to speak english. ever

43、y year many millions of people start to learn english. how do they do it? some people try at home, with books and tapes, some use radio or television programs, others go to school or attend evening classes. nowadays people even may use the internet or various computer soft wares to study english. if

44、 they use english only two or three times a week, it will take a long time to learn it, like english learning at school. a few people try to learn english fast and study six or more hours a day. it is clearly easier to learn english in england, canada, australia or the united states. however, most p

45、eople cannot afford this, and for many it is not necessary. they need english in order to do their work better. for example, most scientists and engineers chiefly need to be able to read books and reports in english. whether english is learnt quickly or slowly, it is hard work. good teachers, books

46、and machines will help, but they cannot do the students work for him.19.why did most people learn english before world war ? a. to speak english.b. to read technical books in english.c. to listen to english programs on radio.d. to read english literature.d20.which of the following is not true? a. en

47、glish learning at school usually takes a long time.b. more and more people want to learn english nowadays.c. it is not necessary for many people to go to english speaking countries to learn english.d. it is more difficult to learn english quickly than to learn it slowly.dsection c news broadcast que

48、stions 21 to 22 are based on the following news. at the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. now listen to the news.21.what kind of a plane was it that crashed? a. a war plane. b. a freight plane. c. an ordinary plane. d. a float plane.d聽力原文21-22 washington-a s

49、ightseeing plane crashed on wednesday evening in tsku inley, alaska, killing at least three people, authorities said. reports from juneau, alaska, said four other people were missing from the fatal crash of the single-engine float-plane-a plane equipped with pontoons or floats for landing on water.

50、the plane, with 10 passengers aboard, crashed and sank into sea, the coast guard said.22.what was the plane equipped with? a. life boats. b. ropes. c. pontoons or floats. d. wooden boards.c questions 23 to 25 are based on the following news. at the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds

51、to answer the questions. now listen to the news.23.this report is about a game of _. a. baseball b. football c. basketball d. tennisb聽力原文23-25 this is john roberts reporting from cardiff. tile result of the match which finished at four this afternoon between france and wales was a draw. neither side

52、 scored. the dutch referee did not allow the one goal which france managed to kick. the reason for this was that a french player was unfortunately off side. so both teams went home disappointed. this means that neither the french nor the welsh team will reach first place in this international compet

53、ition. however, i can say that the spectators were delighted with the game. they particularly admired the french forwards, who were already fast and often threatened the welsh defence. once it looked as though the welsh goalkeeper was in serious trouble. he dived to his right to save a shot from the

54、 french center forward and crashed his head against the goal post. a doctor examined him but he soon began to play again. of course the large, friendly crowd applauded him.24.which team won the game? a. the french. b. the dutch. c. the welsh. d. neither side.d25.which of the following sentences is n

55、ot true? a. the spectators were delighted to see the game.b. the welsh kicked a goal but the referee did not allow it.c. the welsh goalkeeper didnt quit the game in spite of his accident.d. the french forwards were fast.b question 26 is based on the following news. at the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer