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专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷57

(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. DICTATION

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

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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 me 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：听写听力

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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：听写听力

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