专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷55 (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 cond and third readings, the passage will be read ntence by ntence, or phra by phra, with intervals of 15 conds. 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
听力原文：Doctor’s Orders You’re going to have to change your diet quite considerably./In particular, you’re going to have to avoid all the fast foods you’ve been eating./And you’re going to have to try not to eat too much bread./But if you do eat bread, you must have it with unsalted butter on/and definitely no margarine./And you can eat some fish—but not canned fish./The meat you eat mustn’t be any of the prepared meats,/as I me
ntioned before, like hamburgers or sausages./Fresh fruit and vegetables are very good,/but if you cook them,/don’t put any salt in the water you u./Now, there’s no harm in earing potato chips/or however you like them,/but don’t buy packets of potato crisps, will you?/In fact, you must throw out all the salt in the hou./
正确答案： 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 ction you will hear veral conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文：M:Barbara, what have you been doing?W:I went into business with my friend, Jean.M:How’s it going?W:Pretty well. We get along quite well and the shop is beginning t
o attract more customers.M:Good. Are you two a partnership?W:Yes. I’m very plead about it.M:I guess it’s not too risky for a business.W:We haven’t had any problems, although I suppo all business can be risky.Being partners, we’re both liable. M:Did you both put the same amount of money into the business? Or do you mind my asking? W:To tell you the truth,we didn’t invest the same amount of capital. But we’ve combined our resources very well, I think. M:It sounds like it. That is one advantage of a general partnership. One partner can invest less capital than the other—in fact, no money at all—but a partner can contribute important rvices or skills, sometimes just a name or reputation. W:Exactly.M:What kind of arrangement do you have for distribution of profits and loss? W:They are equally shared. We hope to be in business for a long time. M:Good for you.
1． What’s the advantage of a partnership?
A．It won’t run risks.
B．All partners are responsible for the business.
C．It can attract more customers.
D．All partners can share profits equally.
正确答案：B
解析：细节题。对话中谈到“作为合作伙伴，我们都负有责任。”B中的responsible对应文中的liable“有责任的，负有义务的”，所以选择B。其他选项均与对话不符。 知识模块：听力
2． How did Barbara and Jean invest the capital?
A．Both of them invested fifty percent.
B．Barbara invested less capital, but more important skills.
C．They combined and made good u of their resources.
D．Jean invested reputation.
正确答案：C
解析：细节题。对话中女士提到她们的投资金额并不相等，但她们非常好地组合了两人的资源，可排除选项A。选项C是最佳答案。此外，对话中并没有提到她们的具体投资情况，故可排除选项B、D。 知识模块：听力
3． How will Barbara and Jean distribute the profits and loss?
A．Each one gets the same.
B．In proportion to their investments.
C．In proportion to their reputations.
D．In proportion to their skills.
正确答案：A
解析：细节题。对话中问及利润和损失的分配问题，女士谈到“它们(即利润与损失)都被平分”，即她们共同分享利润、共同分担损失，也就是选项A。 知识模块：听力
听力原文：W:Hi, got any plans for tonight?M:Hi, not yet. Any suggestions?W:I just got two tickets to the opening of an exhibit of reprints by Julia Margaret Cameron.M:An exhibit? I like such things. But I don’t know W:Margaret Cameron! She was a photographer in the 1800s. She is interesting to art historians in general and students of photography in particular becau she changes the aesthetics for photography.M:What do you mean?W:Well,her specialty was portraits and instead of just making a factual record of details like most photog raphers did, you know, just capturing what a person looks like in a dispassionate thought of way, she, like a portrait painter, was interested in capturing her subject’s personality.M:Interesting!How did she do that?W:She invented a number of techniques that affect the picture. Like one of tho things she did was to blur images slightly by using a soft focus on the subject. That’s pretty common now. M:Yeah, I’ve en that. Who did she photograph? W:Famous people of her day, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, We’ll e at the exhibition. M:You really pick my curiosity. I am going to enjoy this.
4． The conversation is mainly about
A．the plan for the night.
B．a famous woman photographer.
C．a technique ud in photography.
D．an exhibition.
正确答案：B
解析：主旨大意题。通过男士的提问(多数都是询问有关Margaret Cameron的情况及对话中多次出现的she，her)可以判断出谈话者谈论的是Margaret Cameron，一位著名的女摄影家，所以选择B。答案A是干扰选项，尽管对话始于谈论晚上的安排，确定去看展览，但是接着进入对话主题，谈论作品的作者，即Margaret Cameron通过男士的提问(多数都是询问有关Margaret Cameron的情况及对话中多次出现的she，her)可以判断出谈话者谈论的是Margaret Cameron，一位著名的 知识模块：听力
5． Which of the followings is NOT the characteristic of Margaret Cameron?
A．She was good at portraits.
B．She made a factual record of details.
C．She was interested in capturing her subject’s personality.
D．She ud soft focus on the subject.
正确答案：B
解析：细节题。通过问题可知，此题要求考生对谈话的细节进行是非筛选。对于此类题，考生应边听边在选项旁做适当的记录。对话谈到Margaret Cameron擅长人像摄影，能够抓住人物性格特点，并发明了柔焦技术。而选项B不是她的特点。 知识模块：听力
6． What will be the subject of the pictures at the exhibit?
