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专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷386

(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. DICTATION

PART I DICTATIONDirections: Listen to the following passage. Altogether

the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be

done 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 done at normal speed again and

during this time you should check your work.

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正确答案： Dining Customs in the USA Americans, like many

people elsewhere in the world, / like to invite friends to their homes for an evening of

food, drink and conversation. / Formal dinners in fine homes and hotels in the US /

are much the same as formal dinners anywhere in the world. / But as most people

in the US have no servants, / their dinner parties at home tend to be informal. / Guests

may sit down at a table, / or as many new small homes have no separate dining room

or very small dining space. / Guests can also serve themselves and eat in the living

room, / holding their plates or trays on their knees. / A more enjoyable form of

entertainment is the picnic. / Americans are great picnickers and almost every family

has a picnic basket. / Summer invitations are often for a picnic at a park or in the open

countryside, / and less hamburgers or hot dogs are cooked over a fire. / Picnic food is

usually cold. / 涉及知识点：听写

2．

正确答案： Costs in Colleges and Universities Nearly all

American students in colleges and universities pay for their educations. / There are

many costs. / First of all, there is tuition. / At some schools, the tuition is very high,

ten thousand dollars a year or more. / At other schools, it may only be a few hundred

dollars a year. / At some community colleges, tuition is free. / There are other costs as

well. / Many students leave their homes to go to schools in other cities. / They may

live in dormitories or apartments, and they must pay for it. / Finally, students must

buy textbooks for their courses. / Going to college or university can be a big expense.

/ Some families start saving money for their children’s education when the children

are small. / Many students work to save money for tuition. / They can also get loans

from the government. / They pay the money back to the government when they finish

their education. / 涉及知识点：听写

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