對于英語專業(yè)的學(xué)生來說，聽力是學(xué)習(xí)過程中必不可少的一個(gè)過程，而想要提升專四聽力，就必須要多做訓(xùn)練。今天我們?yōu)榇蠹艺砹擞⒄Z專四考試聽力模擬試題訓(xùn)練，一起來看一下吧。

Artists

Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before.

What visual artists, like painters, want to say is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us.

Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and response; their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects. (166 words)

Useful Words and Expressions:

visual artist 視覺藝術(shù)家

selection n.選擇，挑選

countless」adj.無數(shù)的，數(shù)不盡的'

exceptional adj.例外的，異常的

a man of exceptional talent 具有特殊才能的人

exceptional weather 異常的氣候

exceptional promotion破格提升

motion n.運(yùn)動，動作

response n.響應(yīng)，反應(yīng)

call forth no response in sb. 's breast在某人心中不起反應(yīng)

in response to響應(yīng)，反應(yīng)

make no response不回答

indicate vt.顯示，象征

contemporary adj.當(dāng)代的，同時(shí)代的

without reference to不論，與……無關(guān)

Great Depression in the U.S

In 1929, the bills started to come in. American industry had produced too many goods. Americans could not afford to buy all of them. So factories had to cut down on their production. Many workers lost their jobs. Investors tried to get their money back. But businesses did not have enough money to pay them. Banks tried to get their money back from investors. But the investors could not pay, either. Too many people owed money. And few of them could pay their bills.

During the next few years, business got worse and worse. By 1932, banks all over the country were closing.

People without money could not buy goods, so more businesses closed. More and more people lost their jobs. By 1932, more than 12 million Americans were jobless. Millions more were earning barely enough to live on. The country was in a great depression they had never experienced before. (151 words)

Useful Words and Expressions:

bill n.賬單，票據(jù)

foot the bill otheb 付賬;負(fù)責(zé)

cut down on減少

investor n.投資者

barely adv.僅僅，剛剛

be arely of age剛成年

a barely furniished room陳設(shè)簡陋的房間

He barely escaped..他好不容易地才逃了出來。

live on v.繼續(xù)生活，靠……生活

depression n.沮喪，蕭條

Great Depression 大蕭條

以上就是為大家整理的英語專四考試聽力模擬試題訓(xùn)練，希望能夠?qū)Υ蠹矣兴鶐椭?。想要順利的通過專四考試，除了基礎(chǔ)知識外，還要多做模擬題，多訓(xùn)練，才能夠得到真正的提升。