[外语类试卷]专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷45及答案与解析.doc

1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 45及答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lectu

2、re. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 Writing a Research Paper I. Research Paper and Ordinary Essay A. Similarity in【 B1】 _:【 B1】 _ e.g. cho

3、osing a topic asking questions identifying the audience B. Difference mainly in terms of【 B2】 _【 B2】 _ 1. research paper: printed sources 2. ordinary essay: ideas in ones【 B3】 _【 B3】 _ II. Types and Characteristics of Research Papers A. Number of basic types: two B. Characteristics: 1. survey-type p

4、aper: to gather【 B4】 _【 B4】 _ to quote to【 B5】 _【 B5】 _ The writer should be【 B6】 _.【 B6】 _ 2. argumentative(research)paper: a. The writer should do more, e.g. to interpret to question, etc. b.【 B7】 _ varies with the topic, e.g.【 B7】 _ to recommend an action, etc. III. How to Choose a Topic for a Re

5、search Paper In choosing a topic, it is important to【 B8】 _.【 B8】 _ Question No. 1: your familiarity with the topic Question No. 2: availability of relevant information on the chosen topic Question No. 3: narrowing the topic down to【 B9】 _【 B9】 _ Question No. 4: asking questions about【 B10】 _【 B10】

6、_ The questions help us to work our way into the topic and discover its possibilities. 1 【 B1】 2 【 B2】 3 【 B3】 4 【 B4】 5 【 B5】 6 【 B6】 7 【 B7】 8 【 B8】 9 【 B9】 10 【 B10】 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions

7、that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 According to Janet, the factor that would most affect negotiations is （ A） English language proficiency. （

8、 B） different cultural practices. （ C） different negotiation tasks. （ D） the international Americanized style. 12 Janets attitude towards the Americanized style as a model for business negotiations is （ A） supportive. （ B） negative. （ C） ambiguous. （ D） cautious. 13 Which of the following can NOT be

9、 seen as a difference between Brazilian and American negotiators? （ A） Americans prepare more points before negotiations. （ B） Americans are more straightforward during negotiations. （ C） Brazilians prefer more eye contact during negotiations. （ D） Brazilians seek more background information. 14 Whi

10、ch group of people seems to be the most straightforward? （ A） The British. （ B） Germans. （ C） Americans. （ D） Not mentioned. 15 Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Japanese negotiators? （ A） Reserved. （ B） Prejudiced. （ C） Polite. （ D） Prudent. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In thi

11、s section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Mike Tyson was put in prison last August because he （ A） violated the traffic law. （ B） illegally attacked

12、a boxer. （ C） attacked sb. after a traffic accident. （ D） failed to finish his contract. 17 The licence granted to Tyson to fight will be terminated （ A） by the end of the year. （ B） in over a year. （ C） in August. （ D） in a few weeks. 18 The Russian documents are expected to draw great attention be

13、cause （ A） they cover the whole story of the former US president. （ B） the assassin used to live in the former Soviet Union. （ C） they are the only official documents released about Kennedy. （ D） they solved the mystery surrounding Kennedys assassination. 19 In the recent three months, Hong Kongs un

14、employment rate has （ A） increased slowly. （ B） decreased gradually. （ C） stayed steady. （ D） become unpredictable. 20 According to the news, which of the following statements is TRUE? （ A） Business conditions have worsened in the past three months. （ B） The past three months have seen a declining t

15、rend in job offers. （ C） The rise of unemployment rate in some sectors equals the fall in others. （ D） The unemployment rate in all sectors of the economy remains unchanged. 专业英语八级 （听力）模拟试卷 45答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lec

16、ture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-f

17、illing task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Writing a Research Paper I think as seniors, you are often required by your instructors to do some library research on this topic or that. And, in the end, you have to write a research paper, right? Then what is writing a

18、 research paper like? How are we going to write one? What are the steps in producing a research paper and what are the points we need to take care of? In todays lecture, Ill try to answer these questions. First of all, what is writing a research paper like? We may start by comparing it to an ordinar

19、y essay, a form of writing you are very familiar with. Writing a research paper is much like writing an essay. Both kinds of writing involve many of the same basic steps. That is choosing a topic, asking questions to define and develop the topic, identifying the audience, getting raw material to wor

20、k with, outlining the paper, writing it, and, finally, revising it. These are the steps shared between research paper writing and essay writing. Is there any difference, you may ask. Yes. What makes a research paper different is that much of your raw material comes not from your own head, but from p

21、rinted sources: mainly books and periodicals in the library. Collecting raw material, that is reading books and taking notes, is very much like the process of brainstorming at the prewriting stage of an ordinary essay. Generally speaking, there are two basic types of research papers, and a paper may

22、 belong to either type. It may be a survey of facts and opinions available on a given topic or an analytical argument that uses those facts and opinions to prove a point. Your instructor may tell you which kind of paper you are expected to write. If not, you yourself should eventually choose between

23、 surveying and arguing. You will then have a definite way of managing your sources. Now, lets take a look at how you are going to write a survey-type research paper or an argumentative research paper. In a survey-type research paper, you gather facts and a variety of opinions on a given topic. You m

24、ake little attempt to interpret or evaluate what your sources say or to prove a particular point. In stead, through quotation, summary, and paraphrase, you try to provide a representative sampling of facts and opinions, to give an objective report on your topic. You explain the pros and cons of vari

25、ous attitudes or opinions, but you dont side definitely with any one of them. While in an argumentative research paper, you do considerably more. You do hot simply quote, paraphrase, and summarize as you do in a survey-type paper. You interpret, question, compare, and judge the statements you cite.

26、You explain why one opinion is sound and another is not; why one fact is relevant and another is not; why one writer is correct and another is mistaken. Whats more, your purpose may vary with your topic. You may try to explain a situation, to recommend a course of action, to reveal the solution to a

27、 problem, or to present and defend a particular interpretation of a historical event or a work of art. But whether the topic is space travel or trends in contemporary American literature, an argumentative research paper deals actively I say it again, actively with the statements it cites. It makes t

28、hese statements work together in an argument that you create, that is, an argument leading to a conclusion of your own. In the next part of the lecture, Id like to talk about one of the basic steps in writing I mentioned earlier in the lecture, that is how to choose a topic. Choosing a topic for a r

29、esearch paper is in some ways like choosing a topic for an ordinary essay, but there are some differences. As you think about your topic, ask yourself these questions: Question number one: Do you really want to know more about this topic? This is the initial question you have to ask yourself, becaus

30、e research on any subject will keep you busy for weeks. You certainly do not wish to waste your time on something you have little interest in. You will do it well only if you expect to learn something interesting or important in the process. Question number two: Are you likely to find many sources o

31、f information on this topic? You cannot write a research paper without consulting a variety of sources. If only one source or none at all is readily available, you should rethink your topic or choose another. Question number three: Can you cut the topic down to a manageable size? Be reasonable and r

32、ealistic about what you can do in a short period, say, two to four weeks. If your topic is “The American Revolution“, youll scarcely have time to make a list of books on your subject, let alone read and analyze them. So try to find something specific, such as “The Role of Thomas Jefferson in the Ame

33、rican Revolution“ or “The Franco-American Alliance“. Question number four: What questions can you ask about the topic itself? Questions help you get the topic down to a manageable size, discover its possibilities, and find the goal of your research, that is, the specific problem you want to investig

34、ate. Suppose you want to write about the issue of financing a college education a topic not only current, but also directly linked to the lives of most college students and their families. You could ask at least two or three pointed questions: How much does educational opportunity depend on financia

35、l status? Is financial aid going to the students who need it most? How much should universities and colleges charge their students? You can ask yourself these questions or more as you start work on the research paper. Okay. To sum up, in todays lecture, weve looked at some of the issues in research

36、paper writing, like the basic steps, types of research paper, and how to choose a topic. In our next lecture, well concentrate on how to identify the audience, how to work out an outline, and how to edit the draft. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 basic steps 【试题解析】 原文提到 Both kinds of writing involve many of the

37、same basic steps。由此可知，研究性论文和普通的评论性文章有相同的基本步骤。此空后给的三个例子为一般写论文的基本步骤，由此也可推断出答案。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 raw material 【试题解析】 原文提到 “研究性文章和其他类型的文章不同之处是 你的原始材料来自于书面的东西，而不是你的脑子。 ”由此可知，原材料的不同，是研究性论文和普通评论性文章的根本不同点。因此，两类文体的不同点在于 raw material。题干中关键词为 difference，在听音时应注意听力原文中 Is there any difference后的内容。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【

38、正确答案】 head 【试题解析】 由上一题的同一句话可知普通评论性文章的原材料来源于个人的思想，即 ideas in ones head。本题的答案通过简单的转换，也可方便地从录 音原文中获得。也可填 mind。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 facts and opinions 【试题解析】 以下是调查研究性论文的主要特点。首先，从原文 In a survey-type research paper,you gather the facts anda variety of opinions on a given topic可知。在撰写调查研究性论文时需要搜集事实和各种各样的观点，即

39、 factsand opinions。本题答案可直接从录音原文获得，也可根据搭配习惯 及文章主旨，总结原文内容填入 data。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 summarize/paraphrase/sum up/make a summary 【试题解析】 说到调查研究性论文的写作，报告中说， through quotation，summary， and paraphrase， you ，上一格中用了 to quote，此处与之并列，可以填 summary和 paraphrase的相应动词。本题的难点在于题目中的词是原文内容的提炼和总结。对于这一点，考生应特别留意。若填 report，

40、则与第 2点 to quote重复，不对。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 objective 【试题解析】 原文提到：作者需要提供最具代表性的事实或观点，对所阐述的观点进行客观的描述。此外，原文还指出作者本人不能对任何一种态度或观点表示明确的支持，即在写调查研究性论文时，作者需持客观态度。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 Purpose 【试题解析】 论证性文章的第 2个特点是 your purpose may vary with your topic，即写作 目的因写作内容不同而不同。题目中给出的 “to recommend all action， etc ”是表示目的的，根据

41、此也可推断出此空可填 purpose一词。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 ask questions 【试题解析】 选择论题的方法就是提出问题，即 ask questions，文章后面列举了在选择和确定论题时需要提出的 4个问题。考生可以通过研读考题发现需要填入空格的词。题目中，紧接着这句话的是 Question No 1， QuestionNo 2，Question No 3， Question No 4等字样，因此作为概括性的一句话，必定是 ask questions无疑。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 a manageable size 【试题解析】 录音中与本题相关的信

42、息是： “你能否把你的题目削减到你可以掌控的大小。 ”随后的一段中，演讲者继续提到 “你可以提一些问题来帮助你把题目削减到你可以掌控的大小 ”，据此，可知所缺的信息是 a manageable size。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 the topic itself 【试 题解析】 根据原文 What questions can you ask about the topic itself可填入恰当的词。 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE O

43、NLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 【听力原文】 M: Im talking to Janet Holmes who has spent man

44、y years negotiating for several well-known national and multinational companies. Hello, Janet. W: Hello. M: Now Janet, youve experienced and observed the negotiation strategies used by people from different countries and speakers of different languages. So, before we come on to the differences, coul

45、d I ask you to comment first of all on what such encounters have in common? W: OK, well, Im just going to focus on the situations where people speak English in international business situations. M: I see. Now not everyone speaks English to the same degree of proficiency. So maybe that affects the si

46、tuation? W: Yes, perhaps. But thats not always so significant. Well, because, I mean, negotiations between business partners from different countries normally mean that we have negotiations between individuals who belong to distinct cultural traditions. M: Oh, I see. W: Well, every individual has a

47、different way of performing various tasks in everyday life. M: Yes, but, but isnt it the case that in a business negotiation they must come together and work together, to a certain extent? I mean, doesnt that level out the style of. the style of differences somewhat? W: Oh, Im not so sure. I mean, t

48、here are people in the so-called Western World who say that in the course of the past 30 or 40 years that a lot of things have changed a great deal globally. And that as a consequence national differences have diminished or have got fewer, giving way to some sort of international Americanized style.

49、 M: Yeah, Ive heard that. Now some people say that this Americanized style has acted as a model for local patterns. W: Maybe it has, maybe it hasnt. Because, on the one hand, there does appear to be a fairly unified, even uniform style of doing business, with certain basic principles and preferences you know, like “time is money“, that sort of thing. But at the same time its very important to remember that we