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英语专业四级考试历年听写原

专业四级考试听写评分标准1.听写共分15小节,每节1分,扣分一律写在试卷右边的空白处。

大错误下面画线。

小错误用圆圈表示,重复错误用三角记号表示。

2.每节最多扣1分。

3.重复错误,仅扣一次分。

4.错误共分两类:小错误(minormistakes)和大错误(major mistakes),分别扣0.25分和0.5分。

A.小错误:1)单词拼写错一到两个字母。

例:steadily→staedily;harbor →habor两个字母以下的词、次序颠倒算小错。

2)标点符号错误(含大小写)。

例:WorldWar I →world war one, andthenadopted →. And then adopted3) 冠词、单复数错误。

例:untilthebeginning→until beginning;parent→parents4)小错误扣分标准:小错误在一节中出现一次,留作总计;出现两次:扣0.5分;出现三次:扣0.5分后留作总计;出现四次:扣1分。

5)未扣分小错误的扣分标准:累计2 ~4个:扣0.5分累计5 ~ 8个:扣1分B. 大错误:漏写、加词、造词、换词(冠词作小错计)、大移位、时态错误,每个错误扣0.5分。

例:loved →love;task —test;trip —t rap;flee—flea;have finished—finsh(ed)5.一些特例的扣分标准:下列情况不扣分:World War I →WorldWar Onerace car →racecarwell-balanced→well balance d90 percent →90%6. 总分只有0.5分时,以1分计算;其余总分中如含小数点的,小数舍去,保留整数,如12.5→12;7.5 →77. 空白卷一律打0分。

英语专业四级考试历年听写原文(1993年——2006年)Package Holidays(1993)Package holidays,coveringa two weeks' stayin an attractive place,are increasinglypopular. Once you get to theairport,itisup t o thetouroperatorto see that you getsafely to your destination.Everythingis laidonfor you.There is, infact,noreasonfor you to botherto arrange anything yourselves.You make friends andhave a g ood time.But there is very littlech ancethatyou will really get to know thelocal people.Thisis evenlesslikelyon a coach tour, whenyou spendalmost your entire ti me traveling.Of course,therea re carefully planned stopsfor you tovisit historicbuildings and monuments. You may visit the beautifu l, the historic,the ancient. Buttime is always short.There is alsothea dded disadvantage of beingoblige dto spend you holidaywith agroup ofpeopleyou havenever metbefore.TheAmericanFamily (1994)TheAmerican family unit is changing. There used tobemainly two typesof families, theextended and the nuclear. The former include dmother, father, children, andsomeother relatives such as gr andparents,living inthe same house ornearby. Thenasthe econ omy progressedfromagriculturaltoindustrial,people beganmovingto different partsof the country in order to search for jobopportuni ties. Thesemoves split up th e extendedfamily.Thenuclear familyconsistingof only parents andchildren has therefore become f ar more wide spread.Today’sfam ily,however, can be composed ofdiversecombinations.With the divorce ratenearlyonein two, there'sanincrease in single-parent homes—afather ormother livingwith one or more children.Blend ed families occur whendivorcedmen and women remarryand combine the childrenfrom former marria ges into anewfamily. On the oth er hand,thereis an increase in chil dless couples while one in riveAmericans livesalone.UnidentifiedFlyingObjects (1995)There are many explanations forwhy UFOsvisitthe Earth. /The most popularone is that they maybe visitors from other planets./ Tofly suchaircraft,their bu ilders mustdevelop differentformsofaviation,/because theyseem to flymuch fasterthan normalaircraft./ TheUFOs,it is believed, must contain scientists/ from other planetswho are studying lif eon earth./ It is evenbelieved that severalsuch aircraft may have land ed on earth/ and the space visitors may be living amongst us./But the re are alsolessfantasticexplana tionsavailable./Althoughsome si ghtings of UFOs are difficulttoexplain,most can beexplain edquite easily./ Inmanycasestheobservers mighthavemade a mistake./Theymighthaveseen a weatherballoon or an aircraft./ Or the lighttheysaw inthesky mighthavebeen light fromtheground,/reflectedonto thec louds./However, the exact causeofmany sightingsstill remaineda mystery.The IndianMedicineMan (1996)Amongthe Indians of North America, the medicine man wasa ve ry important person.He couldcu re illnessand he couldspeaktothe spirits. Thespiritswere the supernatural forces thatcontrolled the world. The Indiansbelieved thatbad spiritsmade peopleill. So whenp eople wereill, the medicine man tried to help them by using magic. He spoke to the good spirits and asked fo r theirhelp.Many peoplewerec ured,because theythoughtthe spirits werehelping them,but rea lly these people cured themselves.S ometimes your own mindis the best doctor for you.Themedicinemenw ereoften successful for another reaso n,too.Theyknewaboutplantsthat really cancureillness.A lot of medicines are made from the plantsthatwereused by medicine men hundred of yearsago.Legal Age forMarriage(1997)Throughout the United States, th e legalage formarriageshowssome difference. The mostco mmonage without parents’ consen tis18for both females and mal es. However, personswho areunde r ageintheir home state cangetmarried in anotherstate, and thenreturntothe home statelegall y married.Eachstate issues it sown marriagelicense.Both resident s and non-residentsare qualifi ed for suchalicense.The fees andceremoniesvary greatly from state tostate. Moststates,for ins tance, have a blood testrequiremen t, but a few do not.Most statespermit eithera civilor reli giousceremony,but a few require the ceremony tobe religious.In moststates a waiting period is requi redbefore the license is issued.Thisperiodis fromone tofivedays depending on the state. A three-da y-wait isthe most common.In some states there isno required waiting period.The Railways in Britain(1998)The success of early railways, suc has thelinesbetweenbig citie s,/ ledtoa great increaseinra ilwaybuilding in Victorian tim es./ Between 1835and1865 abo ut25000kilometersoftrackwerebuilt,/and over100 rail way companies were created. / Railwaytraveltransformed peopl e's lives./ Trainswere firstdesigne dtocarry goods. /However, alawin the 19th centuryforcedrailway companiesto runone cheap train a day/whichstoppedat every station and costonly a pennyamile. / Soonworking class passengersfound theycouldafford totravelbyrail./Cheap day excursion trains became popularandseasideresorts grew rapidly. /Therailwaysalso provided thousands of new jobs:/ building carriages, running the railwaysandrepairingthe tracks. /Railwayseven changed thetime. / The need torun the ra ilways on time meant that local tim ewas abolished/andclocksshowedthe sametimeall ove rthe country./United Nations Day(1999)The24th ofOctober iscelebra ted as UnitedNations Day. h isadaythatbelongs toeveryone. And it iscelebratedin most countriesof the world.Some countriesce lebrate for a weekinstead of aday. I nmanyparts ofthe world,schools havespecial programsfort heday. Boys and girlsinsome co mmunities decorate a UNtree.In othercommunities, young peopleput on playsaboutthe UN. Some lib raries exhibit children’sart worksfrom aroundtheworld.Schools celeb ratewiththe songs and dances of othercountries orgive parti es wherefoods of othercountriesareserved. No matter how the day iscelebrated,thepurpose ofthese celebrations is to help everyoneunderstand the UN, andthe important rolesit plays in world affairs.TheUN encouragespeop letolearnabout other lands and t heircustoms.In thisway, people can gainabetter understandingand appreciationofpeoplesallov erthe world.What We Know About Language (2000)Many thingsaboutlanguage are a mystery andwillrem ain so. However,we nowdoknow something about it. First, wekn owthatall human beings have a languageof some sort. No human r aceanywhere on earthisso backwardthatit hasno languageof itsownatall. Second, ther eis no such thing asaprimitivelanguage.Therearemany people swhosecultures are undeveloped butthelanguagesthey speakare byno means primitive.Ina llthelanguagesexistingin the worldtoday,thereare complex ities that must havebeen developedfor years.Third,weknowthat all languagesare perfectlyadequate. Each isaperfect meansof expressingits culture.And finally, weknowthatlanguage changes overtime, which isnatural and normalif a languageistosurvive.The language which remains unchangedis nothing butdead.Characteristics of A Good Reade r(2001)Toimproveyour readinghabits, youmust understandthecharacteristicsof agood reade r.First, thegoodreaderusual ly reads rapidly. Of course,he do es notread every pieceof material at the samerate.But whetherheis reading a newspaperora chapterin aphysicstext,hisreadingrate is relativelyfast. Hehas learned to read for ideasrather thanwordsone ata time.Next,thegood readercanrecognize and u nderstand generalideasand specific details.Thus he is able tocomprehend the material with a minimum o f effort and a maximumofinteres t.Finally, the goodreaderhasinhis command severalspecialskill s,which hecanapply to reading problemsas theyoccur. For the college student, the mosthelpfulofthese skillsincludemaking use of the variousaids tounderstan ding thatmost text booksprovid eandskim-reading foragener alsurvey.Disappearing Forests(2002)The world’s forests aredisappearing.As muchas1/3 ofthe t otal tree coverhas beenlost since agriculture began some10,000years ago.Theremaining forests are hometo halfof theworld’s spec ies, thus becomingthe chief resour cefortheir survival. Tropicalrai nforestsonce covered12% ofthe land ofthe planet,aswell as supporting atleasthalf oftheworld’sspeciesofplants and animals. Theserain forestsare home to millionsof people. B ut there areotherdemands on th em.For example,muchhas been c ut for timber.An increasingamoun tofforest land hasbeenused for industrialpurposes orforagricultural development suchas crop -growing.Bythe 1990’s lessth anhalfof the earth’soriginalrain forests remained,and they continued to disapp earat an alarming ratee very year. As a resulttheworld’s forests arenowfacing gradualextinction.Salmon(2003)Every year, millions ofsalmon swimfrom the oceaninto the mouths of rivers and then steadil y uptherivers.Passing throu gh waters, around rocks and waterfalls,the fish finally reach thei roriginalstreamsor lakes. They digoutnests inthe riverbedandlay their eggs. Then,exhaus tedby theirjourney, the parent salmondie.Theyhavefinishedthe task thatnaturehasgiv en them. Months, or yearslater, the youngfish start their triptotheocean.Theylive inthesalt water from 2-7years, until they,too are ready to swim back to reproduce.Theirlife cyclehelps man provide himse lf withabasicfood-fish.Whentheadult salmongat her atthe river mouthsfor the a nnualtrip up the rivers,they ar e inthe bestpossible condition, andnearly every harbor has i tssalmon fishingfleet readytocatc h thousandsfor markets.Money (2004)Moneyisacceptedacross t he world aspayment forgoodsorservices. People usemoneyto buy food,clothesand hundreds ofo ther things. In the past, manydifferent things wereusedas mone y.People on Pacific islands once exchangedshells for goods.The Chine seused cloth and knives.In Afri ca,elephant tusks or salt were use d.Eventoday,some people in Afri caare stillpaid insalt. Coinswere first invented bytheChinese.Originally, theywereroundpieces ofmetal withaholein thecenter,so that a piece ofstringcouldkeep them together.This ma de doing business much easier, butp eople stillfound coins inconvenien tto carrywhenthey wanted tobuysomething expensive. Tosolve this problem, theChineseagain came up with thesolution.Theybegantousepaper moneyfor coins.Now papernotesare used throughout theworld.TheWrist Watch (2005)It isgenerallybelieved that wrist watchesare an exception / to th e normal sequenceintheevolu tion of man's jewelry. /Reversing theusual order, theywere firstwornbywomen,/ and then adopted by men. /In the old days, queensincludedwristwatchesamong theircrown jewelry. /Later,they were wornby Swiss workers and farmer s./ UntilWorld War I, Americans associated the watchwithfor tunehunters. / Thenarmyofficersdiscovered that the wristwatch was most practical for active combat./Racecar driversalsolov ed to wear wrist watches,/and pilots foundthem most useful w hile flying./ Soon mendared towear wristwatcheswithout f eeling self-conscious./By1924, so me30 percent of man's watcheswer e worn onthewrist. /Today,the figure is90percent./And th ey are now worn by both menand w omen/ for practicalpurposes rather than fordecoration.The Internet (2006)The Internetis themost significant progress in the field of commun ications. / Imagine a book that neve rends, a library with a million floors,/orimagine a researchpro jectwith thousandsofscientists/ working aroundtheclock forever./ This isthemagicofthe Internet./ Yet theInterne t has thepotential for good and bad./One can find well-organized,information-rich websites./ At the sametime,onecan also fi nd wasteful websites./ Mostwebsitesare knownasdifferent Inte rnet applications. /These include onlinegames, chat rooms(chatroo ms)andsoon. / These applications have greatpower, too. / Sometimesthe power can beso great /that young people mayeasily become vict ims to their attraction. / So we n eed torecognizetheseriousness o ftheproblem. / We mustworktogether to use itspowerforb etterends.专业四级标准听写二十篇TEM 4 Dictation PracticesPassage 1SaltWe donot know whenmanf irst beganto use salt,/ but wedo knowthat ithasbeen usedinmanydifferent waysthroughouthistory./Historicalevidence shows,forexample, thatpeoplewho livedover 3,000years ago ate slated fish./ Thousands of yearsa goin Egypt,salt wasusedto pres erve thedead./Stealing saltwas consideredamajor crimeduringsome periods of history./ In18th century,forinstance,/ ifaperson wascaughtstealing salt,he can be put i njail./History records that about ten thousandpeoplewere puti n jail duringthat century forstealing salt./About150 yearsbefore,in the year1553, /t aking more salt that one was allowed to was punishable asacrime./The offender’sear was cutoff.Salt wasanimportant item on the table of royalty./It was traditionally placed infront of the king w henhesat downtoeat./ Important guestsattheking’stable were seatednear the salt./ Less important guestswere givenseats fart herawayfrom it./(175words)Passage2PerceptionsAsk three peopleto look out of the same windowata busystre etandtell youwhat they see./P robably you will receivethreedifferent answers. /Eachperson see s thesamescene, but each perceives something different about it./Perceivinggoes inourminds. /Of thethree people who look out of the window / one maysaythathe se es a policeman givinga driver a tic ket./ Another may saythathe seesarush–hour traffic jam atthestreet corner./Thethird may tell youthat he sees awoman tryingto cross thestreetwith four children. /Forpercepti on isthe mind’s interpretation/ of wha tthe senses–in this case our eyes –tell us./Manypsychologiststoday are wo rking to try to explain /just howa personexperiences orperceive theworldaround him./ Usingascientificmethodthesepsychologists set upexperiments:/they are trying to find outwhat makes different people /perceivetotallydifferentthings about t he samescene./ (164words)Passage 3BalloonsBalloonshave been usedfor s port forabout onehundred years./There are two kinds of sport ball oons: gas and hot air. / Hot air ballo onsare safer than gasballoons,/whichmay catch fire./Hot air balloons are preferredby most ball oonists inthe United Statesbecau se of their safety. /They areal so cheaperand easier to manag erthan gas balloons. /Despitetheeaseof operating a balloon,/ pilotsmust watchthe weatherca refully./Sport balloon flight s arebest earlyinthemorning/ or late in theafternoon, wh enthe windislight./Overtheyears,balloonistshavetri edunsuccessfully to cross the Atlantic./Itwasn't until1978thatthree Americanballoonists succeeded./ It tookthem just six daysto make thetrip/from their homes in the United State s to Paris, France. / Theirvoyagecap tured the imagination of the whol e world. / (143words)Passage 4 YouFound aJob, Now How do YouSaveMoney?Saving your hard earnedmoney canbedifficult, / as mostof us enjoy spendingrather than saving,/I certainlyhad a tough time hold ingonto mymoney every payday./When Igot my first few paychecks,/right away I spent the cold, hardcash I’d earnedby hard work. /ButIquickly realizedthatthissort of spending wouldn’t really h elp meget thethings I wanted./SoI madeapact with myself.I promise that beforeIdidanythi ng with themoney,/I would depositatleast 50% ofthe money in to mysaving account./That wa y, I eliminatedthe temptation to s pendthatmoney./After I got used to saving my m oney,/ itwasmuch easierfor me notto betempted to buythingswhenIsaw them. /When I sawa CD or video gamethat lookedappealing, /Ilearnedtoa sk myself, “Do I really need this?” /Asking this questionhelpedmeappreciate mymoneyandnotletit slip out ofmywal let quite so fast./ (173 words)Passage5Online Health ForumThere are many aspectsto health,i llnessandhealing./Among all the teachingsthere is one themethat is universalto them all/ andthatisthe unquestionable ben efitachieved bycommunicating with others about health and its related issues./Itis with this singlephilosophy inmind/ that we h ave developed thissite asaforum for communication./Dealing witha medicalconcernisoftendifficu lt. /Connecting with others whoaregoingthrough the same thin g/canmakea worldof difference./ Our mission is to develop online communities to help youmake t hose connections. / Youcan postquestions,comments and respondt omessages fromothers. / We’ve g ot varioustopics, andwe’re adding more all thetime. / If youdon’tsee the topic youare lookingfor, / just let us know andwe will con sider a messageboard for it. /W ehope you decideto becomearegularparticipant/andhel ptomake this agreat resource. / (158words)Passage6WordsHow menfirst learnto inven twords isunknown,/in otherwords,the origin oflanguage isamystery./All we really know that is men, unlike animals,/ somehowinvented certain soundsto expressthoughtsandfeelings,/actions andthings,so that theycancommunicatewith each other; /andthat later they agreedupon certain signs,called letters,/which couldbe represent those sounds,andwhich couldbe wri tten down. /Those sounds,whethe rspoken or written inletters, wer callwords. / Thepower ofword s,thenlies in their associations, / thatis, thethings theybring up beforeour minds. /Wordsbeco mefilled withmeaningforus by experience;/ and thelonger werliv e, themore we reminded ofthe gl adand sad events/ of our pastby certainwords werread and learn, / the morethenumberof the words/ thatmeanssomethingtousincrease./ (149 words)Passage 7Teacher-student RelationshipTherelationship between a tea cher andastudent canbe either good or bad, helpful orharmful. /Eitherway, therelationship canaffectthe student for the restofhis life./ A goodteacher-student relationship will makethe teacher’sjobworthwhile./A badrelationshipcan discouragethest udent fromlearning /and maket eaching an unpleasanttask./Inorder to have a good teacher-student relationship, /respect bet ween teacher and studentisvery important./ Ifthe teacher istoo strict,he frightensthe student. / Ifthe teacheristoo friendly, thestudent maybecome lazyand stop learning hard. / The t eacher’sattitude and approach should be in between those twoextremes./As forthestudent, his properrespect totheteachermustbe shown all thet ime. / He should be eager tolearnandwillingtowork hard./Inconclusion, a good teacher-s tudent relationship can beben eficial to both./ Thestudent absorb s knowledge eagerly andenjoyab le, / and the teacher gainssatisfacti on from his work. /(163 words)Passage 8NearsightednessWeak eyesightisatermthat is generallyused to referto near sightedeyes./ Peoplewhoare nea rsighted can see wellat a short ran ge, /but anythingveryfar a wayislikelyto be unclear./ T heterm“weakeyesight” is misleading, /for in nearsighted eyesthelens of theeye is actually too strong./The nearsightedle ns isso powerfulthatit focuses thelight comingonto the eye soquickly./Nearsightednessis common, and its growth maybe grade d;/oftenthe unclearness ofdistantobject isso slight at first /thataperson may not recognize thecondition. /Nearsightedness is frequently discoveredfirstatschool./I tisherethat a studentfir st realizes the difficultyofseein gwordsonthe blackboard,/ whereas others in the class have no trouble readingthe blackboardat all. /Afterdiscovery, nearsightedness caneasilybe corre cted. /You just needs apairof glasses/whichcandecrease the po。

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