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专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷86

(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

1． Sport Balloons

正确答案： Sport Balloons Balloons have been used for sport for about

one hundred years. /There are two kinds of sport balloons: gas and hot air. /Hot air

balloons are safer than gas balloons, /which may catch fire. /Hot air balloons are

preferred by most balloonists in the United States because of their safety. /They are

also cheaper and easier to manage than gas balloons. /Despite the ease of operating a

balloon, /pilots must watch the weather carefully. /Sport balloon flights are best early

in the morning or late in the afternoon, /when the wind is light. /Over the years,

balloonists have tried unsuccessfully to cross the Atlantic. /It wasn’t until 1978 that

three American balloonists succeeded. /It took them just six days to make the trip

/from their homes in the United States to Paris, France. /Their voyage captured the

imagination of the whole world. 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 going to find a job again this summer?M: Yes, of course.

Otherwise, how am I going to pay for the tuition fees in the fall?W:(5)I am thinking of

working, too, but my folks insist I have to spend some time with them during the

summer. You know, I haven’t seen them for two years. M: That’s bad considering you

are only an 8-hour drive away from your hometown. Why haven’t you been home for

so long? W: It’s not that I didn’t want to go home but because(6)my parents were

volunteering in a charitable organization in Central America for the last couple of

years. M: In that case, it’s more about the reason you should visit them in the summer.

W: That’s true, but I didn’t want to spend the whole summer staying at home. I want