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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（majormistakes），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）。

WorldWarI→worldwarone

andthenadopted→.Andthenadopted

3）冠词、单复数错误。

untilthebeginning→untilbeginning。

parent→parents

4）小错误扣分规范：

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规范：

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。

loved→love；

task—test；

trip—trap；

flee—flea；

havefinished—finsh（ed）

5.一些特例的扣分规范：

下列情况不扣分：

WorldWarI→WorldWarOne

racecar→racecar

well-balanced→wellbalanced

90percent→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→7

7.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）

PackageHolidays（1993）

Packageholidays,coveringatwoweeks'

stayinanattractiveplace,areincreasinglypopular.Onceyougettotheairport,itisuptothetouroperatortoseethatyougetsafelytoyourdestination．Everythingislaidonforyou．Thereis,infact,noreasonforyoutobothertoarrangeanythingyourselves．Youmakefriendsandhaveagoodtime.Butthereisverylittlechancethatyouwillreallygettoknowthelocalpeople．Thisisevenlesslikelyonacoachtour,whenyouspendalmostyourentiretimetraveling．Ofcourse,therearecarefullyplannedstopsforyoutovisithistoricbuildingsandmonuments.Youmayvisitthebeautiful,thehistoric,theancient.Buttimeisalwaysshort．Thereisalsotheaddeddisadvantageofbeingobligedtospendyouholidaywithagroupofpeopleyouhavenevermetbefore．

TheAmericanFamily（1994）

TheAmericanfamilyunitischanging.Thereusedtobemainlytwotypesoffamilies,theextendedandthenuclear.Theformerincludedmother,father,children,andsomeotherrelativessuchasgrandparents,livinginthesamehouseornearby.Thenastheeconomyprogressedfromagriculturaltoindustrial,peoplebeganmovingtodifferentpartsofthecountryinordertosearchforjobopportunities.Thesemovessplituptheextendedfamily.Thenuclearfamilyconsistingofonlyparentsandchildrenhasthereforebecomefarmorewidespread.Today’sfamily,however,canbecomposedofdiversecombinations.Withthedivorceratenearlyoneintwo,there'

sanincreaseinsingle-parenthomes—afatherormotherlivingwithoneormorechildren.Blendedfamiliesoccurwhendivorcedmenandwomenremarryandcombinethechildrenfromformermarriagesintoanewfamily.Ontheotherhand,thereisanincreaseinchildlesscoupleswhileoneinriveAmericanslivesalone.

UnidentifiedFlyingObjects（1995）

TherearemanyexplanationsforwhyUFOsvisittheEarth./Themostpopularoneisthattheymaybevisitorsfromotherplanets./Toflysuchaircraft,theirbuildersmustdevelopdifferentformsofaviation,/becausetheyseemtoflymuchfasterthannormalaircraft./TheUFOs,itisbelieved,mustcontainscientists/fromotherplanetswhoarestudyinglifeonearth./Itisevenbelievedthatseveralsuchaircraftmayhavelandedonearth/andthespacevisitorsmaybelivingamongstus./Buttherearealsolessfantasticexplanationsavailable./AlthoughsomesightingsofUFOsaredifficulttoexplain,mostcanbeexplainedquiteeasily./Inmanycasestheobserversmighthavemadeamistake./Theymighthaveseenaweatherballoonoranaircraft./Orthelighttheysawintheskymighthavebeenlightfromtheground,/reflectedontotheclouds./However,theexactcauseofmanysightingsstillremainedamystery.

TheIndianMedicineMan（1996）

AmongtheIndiansofNorthAmerica,themedicinemanwasaveryimportantperson.Hecouldcureillnessandhecouldspeaktothespirits.Thespiritswerethesupernaturalforcesthatcontrolledtheworld.TheIndiansbelievedthatbadspiritsmadepeopleill.Sowhenpeoplewereill,themedicinemantriedtohelpthembyusingmagic.Hespoketothegoodspiritsandaskedfortheirhelp.Manypeoplewerecured,becausetheythoughtthespiritswerehelpingthem,butreallythesepeoplecuredthemselves.Sometimesyourownmindisthebestdoctorforyou.Themedicinemenwereoftensuccessfulforanotherreason,too.Theyknewaboutplantsthatreallycancureillness.Alotofmedicinesaremadefromtheplantsthatwereusedbymedicinemenhundredofyearsago.

LegalAgeforMarriage（1997）

ThroughouttheUnitedStates,thelegalageformarriageshowssomedifference.Themostcommonagewithoutparents’consentis18forbothfemalesandmales.However,personswhoareunderageintheirhomestatecangetmarriedinanotherstate,andthenreturntothehomestatelegallymarried.Eachstateissuesitsownmarriagelicense.Bothresidentsandnon-residentsarequalifiedforsuchalicense.Thefeesandceremoniesvarygreatlyfromstatetostate.Moststates,forinstance,haveabloodtestrequirement,butafewdonot.Moststatespermiteitheracivilorreligiousceremony,butafewrequiretheceremonytobereligious.Inmoststatesawaitingperiodisrequiredbeforethelicenseisissued.Thisperiodisfromonetofivedaysdependingonthestate.Athree-day-waitisthemostcommon.Insomestatesthereisnorequiredwaitingperiod.

TheRailwaysinBritain（1998）

Thesuccessofearlyrailways,suchasthelinesbetweenbigcities,/ledtoagreatincreaseinrailwaybuildinginVictoriantimes./Between1835and1865about25000kilometersoftrackwerebuilt,/andover100railwaycompanieswerecreated./

Railwaytraveltransformedpeople'

slives./Trainswerefirstdesignedtocarrygoods./However,alawinthe19thcenturyforcedrailwaycompaniestorunonecheaptrainaday/whichstoppedateverystationandcostonlyapennyamile./Soonworkingclasspassengersfoundtheycouldaffordtotravelbyrail./Cheapdayexcursiontrainsbecamepopularandseasideresortsgrewrapidly./Therailwaysalsoprovidedthousandsofnewjobs:

/buildingcarriages,runningtherailwaysandrepairingthetracks./Railwaysevenchangedthetime./Theneedtoruntherailwaysontimemeantthatlocaltimewasabolished/andclocksshowedthesametimealloverthecountry./

UnitedNationsDay（1999）

The24thofOctoberiscelebratedasUnitedNationsDay.hisadaythatbelongstoeveryone.Anditiscelebratedinmostcountriesoftheworld.Somecountriescelebrateforaweekinsteadofaday.Inmanypartsoftheworld,schoolshavespecialprogramsfortheday.BoysandgirlsinsomecommunitiesdecorateaUNtree.Inothercommunities,youngpeopleputonplaysabouttheUN.Somelibrariesexhibitchildren’sartworksfromaroundtheworld.Schoolscelebratewiththesongsanddancesofothercountriesorgivepartieswherefoodsofothercountriesareserved.Nomatterhowthedayiscelebrated,thepurposeofthesecelebrationsistohelpeveryoneunderstandtheUN,andtheimportantrolesitplaysinworldaffairs.TheUNencouragespeopletolearnaboutotherlandsandtheircustoms.Inthisway,peoplecangainabetterunderstandingandappreciationofpeoplesallovertheworld.

WhatWeKnowAboutLanguage（2000）

Manythingsaboutlanguageareamysteryandwillremainso.However,wenowdoknowsomethingaboutit.First,weknowthatallhumanbeingshavealanguageofsomesort.Nohumanraceanywhereonearthissobackwardthatithasnolanguageofitsownatall.Second,thereisnosuchthingasaprimitivelanguage.Therearemanypeopleswhoseculturesareundevelopedbutthelanguagestheyspeakarebynomeansprimitive.Inallthelanguagesexistingintheworldtoday,therearecomplexitiesthatmusthavebeendevelopedforyears.Third,weknowthatalllanguagesareperfectlyadequate.Eachisaperfectmeansofexpressingitsculture.Andfinally,weknowthatlanguagechangesovertime,whichisnaturalandnormalifalanguageistosurvive.Thelanguagewhichremainsunchangedisnothingbutdead.

CharacteristicsofAGoodReader（2001）

Toimproveyourreadinghabits,youmustunderstandthecharacteristicsofagoodreader.First,thegoodreaderusuallyreadsrapidly.Ofcourse,hedoesnotreadeverypieceofmaterialatthesamerate.Butwhetherheisreadinganewspaperorachapterinaphysicstext,hisreadingrateisrelativelyfast.Hehaslearnedtoreadforideasratherthanwordsoneatatime.Next,thegoodreadercanrecognizeandunderstandgeneralideasandspecificdetails.Thusheisabletocomprehendthematerialwithaminimumofeffortandamaximumofinterest.Finally,thegoodreaderhasinhiscommandseveralspecialskills,whichhecanapplytoreadingproblemsastheyoccur.Forthecollegestudent,themosthelpfuloftheseskillsincludemakinguseofthevariousaidstounderstandingthatmosttextbooksprovideandskim-readingforageneralsurvey.

DisappearingForests（2002）

Theworld’sforestsaredisappearing.Asmuchas1/3ofthetotaltreecoverhasbeenlostsinceagriculturebegansome10,000yearsago.Theremainingforestsarehometohalfoftheworld’sspecies,thusbecomingthechiefresourcefortheirsurvival.Tropicalrainforestsoncecovered12%ofthelandoftheplanet,aswellassupportingatleasthalfoftheworld’sspeciesofplantsandanimals.Theserainforestsarehometomillionsofpeople.Butthereareotherdemandsonthem.Forexample,muchhasbeencutfortimber.Anincreasingamountofforestlandhasbeenusedforindustrialpurposesorforagriculturaldevelopmentsuchascrop-growing.Bythe1990’slessthanhalfoftheearth’soriginalrainforestsremained,andtheyco