2024年4月10日发(作者：)

专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷392

(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. What is your goal?■ For a 【T1】______: 2 weeks to 2 months

【T1】______■ To become 【T2】______ in English 【T2】______■ 10 to

12 months for beginners■ 6 months for those have learned a few English2. What is

the cost?■ The cost can be expensive, so find 【T3】______ 【T3】______■ Ways

to reduce cost■ Take part in 【T4】______ on campus 【T4】______■ Take free

class or additional classes at 【T5】______ 【T5】______3. What do you

look for in a school?■ Accreditation■ Size of the school■ Universities: a sense of

living in 【T6】______ 【T6】______■ Smaller colleges: less 【T7】______ scale

than universities 【T7】______■ Small private schools: offering 【T8】

______ 【T8】______■ 【T9】______ of the student body 【T9】______

■ Diverse 【T10】______ is good for learning English【T10】______

1． 【T1】

正确答案：refresher course

解析：本题考查细节。录音提到，如果你的目标是去美国参加进修课程

(refresher course)，那么你可能需要2周到2个月的时间。故本题填入refresher

course。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

2． 【T2】

正确答案：bilingual or fluent

解析：本题要求填入参加长期的英语学习项目可以满足的目标。录音提到，

如果你的目标是达到双语或流利水平(bilingual or fluent)，这将取决于你目前的水

平。接下来录音提到了两种水平的学习者应该选择不同时间的英语学习项目。故

本题填入bilingual or fluent。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

3． 【T3】

正确答案：the best deal

解析：本题考查对演讲细节的理解和概括。录音提到，在美国读书费用可能

会非常昂贵，所以学习者要做一些准备工作(do your homework)，了解汇率(look at

exchange rate)，找到最好的办法(find the best deal)。题干提供了动词find，故本

题应填入the best deal。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

4． 【T4】

正确答案：part-time jobs

解析：本题要求填入在美国学习时，减少开支的方法之一。录音提到，有些

学校会提供校园兼职工作(part-time jobs on campus)。因此减少开支的方法之一是

从事校园兼职工作。故本题填入part-time jobs。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

5． 【T5】

正确答案：a reduced cost

解析：本题要求填入在美国学习时，减少开支的另一个方法。录音提到，有

些学校甚至提供一些免费课程(free classes)和减少学费的额外课程(additional

classes at a reduced cost)。故本题填入a reduced cost。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

6． 【T6】

正确答案：a small city

解析：本题要求填入大学给人什么样的感觉。录音提到，大学(universities)

能给你一种在小城市生活的感觉。故本题填入a small city。 知识模块：微型讲

座听力

7． 【T7】

正确答案：overwhelming

解析：本题要求填入规模小的学院(smaller colleges)给人以什么样的感觉。

根据录音，学院给人大学的感觉，但没有大学规模那么大(less overwhelming

scale)。故本题填入overwhelming。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

8． 【T8】

正确答案：personal touch

解析：本题要求填入小型私立学校的特点。录音提到，小型私立学校会给予

你个人关怀(personal touch)。故本题填入personal touch。 知识模块：微型讲座

听力

9． 【T9】

正确答案：Ethnicity

解析：本题要求补全要点内容。录音提到，选择学校考虑的最后一个因素是

学生群体(student body)的种族特点(ethnicity)。故本题填入Ethnicity。 知识模块：

微型讲座听力

10． 【T10】

正确答案：student population

解析：本题要求填入有利于学习英语的因素。录音提到，学生群体越多样化

(the more diverse the student population)，你的英语就会越好。故本题填入student

population。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

听力原文：Build Your Self-confidenceA person with self-confidence towards life

generally likes herself, is willing to take risks to achieve her personal and professional

goals, and thinks positively about the future. Someone without self-confidence,

however, tends to have a negative perspective about herself and what she hopes to

gain in life. The good news is that self-confidence is something that you can build on

your , be comfortable with fear. You may think that people who are

self-confident are never fearful. This simply is not true. Fear means you are at your

growing edge. Perhaps your fear is speaking in front of a group, introducing yourself

to someone you don’t know, or asking your boss for a you are able to

confront your fear, you will gain self-confidence and you will feel the boost

immediately! Imagine a baby as she learns to walk. So much possibility awaits her.

But she is fearful that she will fall as she takes those first steps. When she conquers

her fear, and begins walking, a huge smile covers her face! This is you, pushing past

your fears , stop comparing yourself to others. If you want to build your

self-confidence, then you have to focus on improving your own life for the better, not

on making your life more like your best friend’s, your older brother’s, or like those of

the celebrities you see on television. If you want to build up your confidence, then

you need to know that there will always be someone who is prettier, smarter, and

richer than you, just like there will always be someone who is less attractive, less

intelligent, and less wealthy than you are; all of this is irrelevant, and what is relevant

is caring about advancing your own goals and may lack confidence

because you’re convinced that everyone else has it better than you do. However, at the

end of the day, it only matters if you’re happy by your own standards. If you have no

idea what those are, then it’s time to do some soul searching before you move

s have found that spending time on social media often encourages

people to compare themselves with others. Because people tend to post only their

triumphs and not their realities of daily life, it can seem as though the lives of others

are more wonderful than your own. This is likely not true. Everyone has ups and

downs in their rmore, practice gratitude. Often at the root of insecurity

and lack of confidence is a feeling of not having enough of something, whether it’s

emotional validation, material items, good luck, or money. By acknowledging and

appreciating what you do have, you can combat the feeling of being incomplete and

dissatisfied. Take some time to sit and think about all of the things you have going for

you, from your wonderful friends to your down and make a gratitude list,

writing down all of the things you are thankful for. Read it over and add to it at least

once a week, and it will put you in a more positive, empowering frame of

can provide yourself with an extra dose of confidence. You are capable of becoming

what you want to be. Do yourself a favor and start building your self-confidence from

today on.

Build Your Self-confidence1. 【T1】______ fear 【T1】______■

Self-confidence ≠ 【T2】______ 【T2】______■ Fear = you are at your

growing edge■ The result of succeeding in 【T3】______ fear 【T3】______■

Gaining self-confidence & feeling the boost2. Stop comparing yourself to others■

【T4】______improving your own life 【T4】______■ Relevant: caring about

advancing your own 【T5】______ 【T5】______■ Do some 【T6】______

about your own standard of happiness 【T6】______■ Spend less time on

social media■ People post only their 【T7】______ instead of realities

【T7】______3. Practice 【T8】______ 【T8】______■ Acknowledge and 【T9】

______what you have 【T9】______■ Make a list■ Write down what you are

【T10】______ 【T10】______■ Add to the list at least once a week

11． 【T1】

正确答案：Be comfortable with

解析：本题考查对主要观点的把握。录音提出的第一个主观点是，接受自己

的恐惧(be comfortable with fear)。注意此处不要漏掉介词with。 知识模块：微型

讲座听力

12． 【T2】

正确答案：never fearful／not fearful／fearless

解析：本题考查对文意的理解及细节的捕捉。录音指出人们的误解，有自信

的人从来不害怕(people who are self-confident are never fearful)。根据提纲的措辞，

此处应填never fearful或与之意思相似的表达，如not fearful或fearless。 知识

模块：微型讲座听力

13． 【T3】

正确答案：confronting

解析：本题考查细节。录音指出，能直面自己的恐惧(confront you fear)，你

会收获自信(gain self-confidence)，并立刻感到自信心增强(feel the boost)。 知识

模块：微型讲座听力

14． 【T4】

正确答案：Focus on

解析：本题考查对文意的理解和信息的整合。录音指出，人们应该关注自己

生活的提高，而非与别人的生活比较，如自己的好朋友、哥哥、电视上的名人。

此处应填入Focus on。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

15． 【T5】

正确答案：goals and dreams

解析：本题考查细节。录音指出，真正跟自己的生活息息相关的是朝着自己

的目标和梦想迈进(advancing your own goals and dreams)。 知识模块：微型讲座

听力

16． 【T6】

正确答案：soul searching

解析：本题考查对文意的理解和信息的整合。录音提到，真正重要的是，到

了一天的结束，按照自己的标准，判断自己是否快乐(if you’re happy by your own

standards)；若对此标准没有概念，则应该做一些“灵魂上的搜索”(do some soul

searching)。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

17． 【T7】

正确答案：triumphs

解析：本题考查细节。录音在论述“不要把过多的时间花在社交媒体上”时

指出，人们在社交媒体上往往只发布自己的“胜利”(only their triumphs)，而非

真实的生活状态(not their realities of daily life)。此处注意triumph应使用复数。 知

识模块：微型讲座听力

18． 【T8】

正确答案：gratitude

解析：本题考查对主要观点的把握。录音提出的第三个主观点为，练习感恩

(practice gratitude)，即学会感恩。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

19． 【T9】

正确答案：appreciate

解析：本题考查细节。录音提到，认可并欣赏自己所拥有的(acknowledging

and appreciating what you do have)，有助于战胜那些不完整、不满足的消极情绪

(combat the feeling of being incomplete and dissatisfied)。 知识模块：微型讲座听

力

20． 【T10】

正确答案：thankful for／grateful for

解析：本题考查对文意的理解及细节的捕捉。录音指出，可以尝试列出一张

“感恩单”，写下自己感激的东西(all of the things you are thankful for)。此处填入

thankful for或表示“感激的”的词组grateful for均正确。 知识模块：微型讲座

听力

听力原文：How to Take Lecture NotesEffective note-taking is not recording or

transcribing. It is an active part of the learning process that requires you to quickly

digest the lecture material and write down its key elements in a manner that suits your

learning style. After properly preparing for the lecture, optimize your process for

taking notes. With the following steps, along with prompt revision and reorganization,

you can become a better lecture , remember to take notes instead of

transcribing the lecture. In order to take better notes, you need to be an “active

listener.” This means that you don’t just record what is said. Instead, you should

engage with the material and determine the essential elements of what is being

instance, instead of spending time writing down every detail of Theodore

Roosevelt’s various foreign policy actions, strive to establish key concepts of his

overall foreign policy and identify the examples as support. This way, you have

already begun the process of learning and understanding, or, in other words, studying.

This necessity of active engagement is one reason why many experts advise against

recording ly, learn to pick up on the lecturer’s cues and clues. The

lecturer will use vocal patterns, hand gestures and other indications to emphasize

important parts of the lecture. Start observing these patterns and gestures in order to

discern what is essential ize main ideas by identifying signal

words and phrases that indicate something important is to follow. Your instructor will

use signals to convey what she is doing. Every good speaker does it, and you should

expect to receive these signals. Examples The

significance of From this, we Learn to identify other clues as well.

When making a key point, the lecturer may speak more slowly or loudly; repeat a

word or phrase; take a longer pause before resuming speaking (perhaps even to take a

drink of water); gesture with his or her hands more demonstratively; stop walking

around and / or look more intently into the audience; and so addition, make up

your own shorthand method. Shorthand writing is a way to use shortcuts so that you

don’t have to write every single word. You can also write notes more quickly, an

essential skill when listening to a classroom lecture. Develop your own set of

shortcuts, abbreviations, symbols, sketches, etc. Even if no one else knows what your

shorthand means, you’ll know what you abbreviations and skip

unimportant words to take notes efficiently. Only record the important words that you

need to get the idea of the point made. Skip words like “the” and “a” that do not

convey additional meaning to the lecture content. Create abbreviations to help you

write things down quickly, such as drawing arrows for increase/decrease or to show

causation, and especially for terms used over and over you got it? How

much information have you jotted down during my lecture? Start practice now.

How to Take Lecture Notes1. What is effective note-taking?■ To 【T1】

______the material and write down key elements 【T1】______2. Take notes

instead of transcribing■ Be an 【T2】______ : don’t just record what is said【T2】

______■ Engage with the material & determine the 【T3】______ 【T3】

______■ Recording isn’t suggested partly because 【T4】______ is necessary

【T4】______3. Pick up on the lecturer’s 【T5】______ and clues 【T5】______

■ Vocal patterns, 【T6】______ & other indications 【T6】______■ Recognize

main ideas by 【T7】______ signal words & phrases 【T7】______■ Other

clues: voice volume, repetition, gestures, actions4. Make up your own 【T8】______

【T8】______■ Use 【T9】______: write notes more quickly 【T9】______

■ Create 【T10】______ and skip unimportant words 【T10】______

21． 【T1】

正确答案：digest

解析：本题考查对文意的理解和细节的把握。录音开头就指出，有效地做笔

记并不是录音和抄写，而是一个学习过程，它要求快速理解(digest)讲座内容，并

记下关键要素。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

22． 【T2】

正确答案：active listener

解析：本题考查对文意的理解和细节的把握。录音在提出第一个主观点时指

出，应该做一个“积极的倾听者”(active listener)，而非只是机械地记笔记。 知

识模块：微型讲座听力

23． 【T3】

正确答案：essential elements

解析：本题考查细节。录音继上一个空进一步说明，做笔记时应该多结合材

料，判断所说内容中哪些是关键要素(determine the essential elements)。注意此处

element应该用复数。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

24． 【T4】

正确答案：active engagement

解析：本题考查对文意的理解和细节的把握。录音指出，积极参与的必要性

(This necessity of active engagement)是很多专家不建议对讲座录音的原因之一。

因此，此处填active engagement。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

25． 【T5】

正确答案：cues

解析：本题考查对主要观点的把握。录音提出的第二个主观点为，学会捕捉

演讲者给出的信号和线索(learn to pick up on the lecturer’s cues and clues)。注意

此处cue填复数形式。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

26． 【T6】

正确答案：hand gestures

解析：本题考查细节。录音提到，演讲者往往会通过说话的方式(vocal

patterns)、手势(hand gestures)及其他暗示(other indications)来强调重要的信息。注

意此处gesture应该用复数。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

27． 【T7】

正确答案：identifying

解析：本题考查对文意的理解和信息的整合。录音指出，应通过捕捉信号词

及词组(by identifying signal words and phrases)来把握重要内容，故填入identifying

一词。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

28． 【T8】

正确答案：shorthand method

解析：本题考查对主要观点的把握。录音指出的第三个主观点为，创造一套

属于自己的速记法(make up your own shorthand method)，故填入shorthand method

一词。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

29． 【T9】

正确答案：shortcuts

解析：本题考查细节。录音提到，速记法可以用便捷的方式(use shortcuts)

记笔记。注意shortcut不能写成两个单词short cut，而且还要用名词的复数形式

shortcuts。 知识模块：微型讲座听力

30． 【T10】

正确答案：abbreviations

解析：本题考查对分论点的理解。录音在对第三个主观点进行说明时指出，

为了提高记笔记的效率，应该使用缩写(use abbreviations)或略过不重要的单词，

后面继续举例说明如何创造缩写。故本题填入abbreviations一词。 知识模块：

微型讲座听力