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专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷344

(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. DICTATION 2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION

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： Drama There are many theories about the beginning of

drama in ancient Greece. / The one most widely accepted today / is based on the

assumption that drama evolved from ritual. / In the beginning, human beings viewed

the natural forces of the world as unpredictable, / and they sought through various

means to control these unknown and fearsome powers. / Those measures were then

retained and repeated / until they were hardened into fixed rituals. / As time passed by,

some rituals were abandoned, / but the stories, later called myths, persisted and

provided material for drama. 涉及知识点：听力

PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A TALKIn this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk

ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONE and write

NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word (s) you fill in

is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet

for have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.

听力原文： American Literature Hello, everybody. Welcome to attend my

lecture about American literature. Today I’d like to introduce to you briefly American

literature. (1) American literature began with the first English colonies in Virginia

and New England. Colonists came to the New World to find religious freedom and

prosperity. They came, however, in no spirit of revolution. (2) They came as

Englishmen, bringing with them the literary wealth of English legends, ballads and

poems and the richness of the English language. There is space here to discuss

only the most important and the best. Even a short summary, however, shows

something of the splendid accomplishment of American literature since it emerged

from its crude colonial beginnings more than 300 years ago. The history of

American literature is short, roughly about 200 years. Until the War of Independence

and the founding of the US, American literature showed its own characteristics as a

mirror reflecting the society. (3) American literature was formed and developed at the