1、专业英语八级（ INTERVIEW）强化练习试卷 4及答案与解析 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. 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
2、following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 1 What is Robert worried more about? （ A） Mankind. （ B） Global wanning. （ C） Earths survival. （ D） Disappearing glaciers. 2 What is the relationship between human element and global warming in Roberts eyes? （ A） Human elements cause global warmi
3、ng. （ B） Human elements make global warming worse. （ C） Global warming changes human elements. （ D） Global warming will cause human distinction. 3 What is Roberts view on Al Gores idea? （ A） He agrees it is urgent for us to do something. （ B） He agrees it is too late to stop glaciers from melting. （
4、 C） He agrees people should be more worried about rising sea. （ D） He agrees Gore worried too much about disease. 4 What is Roberts reason to support alternative energy? （ A） It has strong economic impact. （ B） It affects the US foreign policies. （ C） It reduces carbon consumption. （ D） It maintains
5、 USs control in energy. 5 Which one is NOT the impact of the Three Mile Island calamity? （ A） It frightened people. （ B） It aroused media concern. （ C） It crippled US nuclear power. （ D） It was a national disaster. 6 Why does Old Fred do something stupid? （ A） He has some mental problems. （ B） He is
6、 too old to know what he is doing. （ C） He wants to have a good Christmas. （ D） He has got into the habit of stealing. 7 How do the average British policemen think about not being armed? （ A） They dont really think about it. （ B） They dislike it very much. （ C） They worry about it greatly. （ D） They
7、 want a reform. 8 In the opinion of the interviewee, what do the English people love? （ A） Violence. （ B） Compromise. （ C） Firearms. （ D） Police. 9 What did the man mentioned in the interview once do? （ A） He threatened the police. （ B） He took some hostages. （ C） He robbed a bank. （ D） He locked hi
8、mself in a house. 10 What is the most important factor in solving the man who threatened people? （ A） Power. （ B） Skills. （ C） Patience. （ D） Weapons. 11 What is Steven Slater? （ A） A cyclist. （ B） A coach on cycling. （ C） An expert on tourism. （ D） A tourist. 12 Which of the following is essential
9、for all cycling tours? （ A） A helmet. （ B） Lamps. （ C） Sun cream. （ D） Insect repellent. 13 Why should cyclists wear something that can easily be seen? （ A） To attract the motorists. （ B） To stand out. （ C） To ensure safety. （ D） To enjoy the scenery better. 14 According to Steven, cyclists should p
10、repare all the following EXCEPT _while cycling in hot weather. （ A） water （ B） sun cream （ C） insect repellent （ D） cycling capes 15 How should cyclists prepare for the worst? （ A） They should always carry enough money in case of difficulty. （ B） They should carry a spare set of batteries for bicycl
11、e lamps. （ C） They should never ride on their own. （ D） They should keep a puncture repair kit and a basic tool kit at hand. 16 What is more difficult for students when learning to complain? （ A） The linguistic part of the complaining. （ B） The cultural behavior of being straightforward. （ C） Taking
12、 the products back to the stores. （ D） Understanding the refund policy of the stores. 17 Why did Lida Baker mention her experience returning her daughters clothes? （ A） To show it is important to have cultural background. （ B） To show that the clothes didnt fit her daughter. （ C） To express her ange
13、r for not getting money back. （ D） To indicate she wasnt used to these kind of stores. 18 In the example of the complaint letter, how much does she what to refund? （ A） $20. （ B） $36.99. （ C） $4.99. （ D） $32. 19 What is considered unnecessary in a letter of complaint? （ A） What the problem is. （ B）
14、What correction she wants. （ C） A neutral tone. （ D） Showing her anger. 20 What is the most important part of teaching complaining? （ A） Creating a situation where students can complain. （ B） Providing model complaints for students to follow. （ C） Analyzing the language and structures for complaints
15、. （ D） Giving students practice on how to complain by role play. 专业英语八级（ INTERVIEW）强化练习试卷 4答案与解析 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of t
16、he interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 1 【 听力原文】 Alison van Diggelen (W) Robert Ballard (M) W: Hello and welcome to Fresh Dialogues. Today Im interviewing Robert Ballard, ocean explorer and discoverer of the Titanic. Tha
17、nk you for joining us. Dr. Ballard, I want to thank you very much for being on Fresh Dialogues today. M: Pleasure to be here. W: A question came up last night about global warming and you had a bidirectional answer. Can you explain what you meant by that? Youre not worried about the planet? M: Im no
18、t worried about the earth. There have been times in earths history, in the Cretaceous (period) for example, 90 million years ago, when it was a lot warmer than it is now. (1 -1) There were no glaciers, there wasnt an ice cube on the planet, sea-level was much higher. Were just the latest bad thing,
19、maybe, thats happening to the earth. (1 -2) So, Im not really worried about the earths survival. W: What about mankind? M: (1 - 3) I worry about mankind. Sometimes I see this tombstone that says, “the human race came and went but it was politically correct. “ As a scientist I am not politically corr
20、ect. My job is not to be politically correct. My job is to call it as I see it. And I see that the biggest problem the human race has is that there are too many of us. You cant have uncontrolled population growth. And then to take that population growth and multiply it times our footprint. Everyone
21、wants to be an American and that would be the worst thing in the world. if everyone imitated us, because we consume so much. An important thing for Americans to do is drop their footprint. W: Are you talking specifically about their carbon footprint? M: Exactly. W: Are you saying there is a human el
22、ement to global wanning? M: Absolutely. I mean, were in a natural cycle. The real argument is; how much of this is a natural cycle and how much is added by humans? Hey folks; its both. Whenever you have a tremendous controversy, both sides tend to be right and wrong. (2) You do have the natural warm
23、ing between ice ages like the one that were experiencing, but you are increasing the seriousness of it with the human footprint. The concern most people have is that we cant do much about the natural cycle, but we can do a lot about the human cycle. What people are worried about is if you steepen it
24、 too much, evolution cant keep up and you get extinction. You dont have adaptation to change. you have extinction and I think thats what people are really worried about; they do see extinction. W: Do you agree with Al Gore that theres an urgent drive for us as Americans to do something? M: (3-1) If
25、you want to know the truth; its too late. Okay. All the ice is going to melt. Theres a lag and its already in the system. In fact people dont want to say that because they still want people to change their ways. (3-2) But when it comes to glaciers and Polar Regions; its going to melt. Sea level is g
26、oing to come up. W: Are you saying we should do nothing? M: No Im not. I was taught, when it doubt, try the truth. Its never too late to change your ways. (3- 3) Im not so worried about warming, because thats going to happen and its happening. Im more worried about disease; Im more worried about pan
27、demics. Im more worried about that than the sea level rising. At least we can walk inland. But Im more worried about the spread of disease. Thats a bigger threat. W: What are your views on alternative energy? The ocean is over 70% of the earth, what about taking advantage of the power of waves? M: A
28、s an American, (4 - 1) Im more pro alternative energy because it so affects our relationships with other countries than it does economic impact. I dont like being dependent upon oil thats controlled by countries that dont like us. So, Im more concerned about that than I am moving away from fossil fu
29、el to wind energy or solar energy. (4-2) Im more worried about how it affects our foreign policy. So I come down more on that concern than reducing our carbon footprint. W: What about wave energy? M: Wave energy is a lot harder. Im actually very pro nuclear. I thought the Three Mile Island calamity
30、was an absolute disaster. (5 - 1) A disaster for our country, because Im very pro nuclear energy. I think its safe if done wisely. I envy what France has done. I think theyre up to 90%. But because of that horrible tragedy and (5-2) how it frightened people.and the media added to that fear. I was a
31、little upset with that, which media has a wonderful capability of doing.(5-3) that we lost a generation of bringing more and more nuclear power online. W: Well Dr. Ballard, I really appreciate your taking the time. M: Pleasure, pleasure. 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据句 (1一 1)、句 (12)和句 (13)可知，那时没有冰层，地球上没有冰块，海平
32、面比现在高很多，因此罗伯特并不是很担心地球的存亡，更担心的是人类，故 A为答案。 【知识模块】 会话 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据句 (2)可知，在冰河纪之间会有自然的气候变暖现象出现，正如我们人类现在就处在这样一个时期，但是人类的足迹又使得变暖的情况加剧，所以答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据句 (31)、句 (32)和句 (33)可知，现在采取行动为时已晚，冰正在融化，我们已经迟了一步；冰层和两极正在消融，海平面正在上升 ，罗伯特不是特别担心变暖，因为这是必然要发生并且也正在发生着的事情。因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 4 【正确答
33、案】 B 【试题解析】 根据句 (4一 1)和句 (42)可知，罗伯特赞成替代能源，因为与它的经济影响相比，它更能影响我们与他国的关系，罗伯特更担心它对外交政策的影响。与降低碳排放量相比罗伯特更担心这个方面。因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (51)、句 (52)和句 (53)可知，对国家来讲这是场灾难，让人们非常恐慌，媒体助长了恐慌，我们错失了一个利用更多核能源的时代，因此正确答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 6 【听力原文】 Interviewer (W) Superintendent (M) W: Well, Mr. Fox. Would
34、you please describe your feelings towards criminals? M: It is true to say there are criminals, certain types of criminals who policemen have. er. I have to be very careful with what I say. W: Umm. M: You see, I know a . a person who has been caught so many times that hes. hes become part and parcel
35、of the station. W: Umm. Hes been brought in all the time. M: Hes always in and hes a cheerful sort of character. And its his way of life. And this sort of people of course. are people that you. well, I say, have an affinity with, thats not the right word to use, but you have a closeness with, you kn
36、ow. W: They are part of your work, arent they? M: You know, Old Sam is always in. And you can always guarantee that Old Sam is always in. And you can always guarantee that (1) Old Fred will do something stupid about a week before Christmas so that he can spend Christmas in a certain prison. W: Which
37、 he likes. M: Which he likes because he has a good Christmas. Then, of course, you go to the other end of the scale where you have a hard-core minority who are the professional criminals. And of course, one has no sympathy for them. W: (2- 1) British policemen are not armed, that is they do not carr
38、y guns. How do policemen feel about this? M: (2-2) I dont think the average policeman really thinks about it, you know. I honestly think he does not think about it at all. I am sure he did, he would probably be a worried man. W: Umm. M: The reason I say that is this, that the average policemen in th
39、is country feels that the average Englishman or Britisher is such a person that the use of arms and that sort of thing is foreign to his nature. W: Um, he just wouldnt think of using a pistol or something. M: Of course, it is true to say that there are certain elements in the world who are. . .er. r
40、esorting to firearms. W: The organized .professional criminals? M: The organized professional criminals, this sort of people. Well, of course, one takes ones chances which you dont think about, you know? W: But your impression is that England is not a violent society. M: (3- 1) Well, T dont think we
41、 are a violent people. You see, I think as a nation, if I can put it that way, we are. . . er. . . (3 - 2) we love compromise, you know? W: Umm. M: Everything we do is a compromise and I think in that. . . er. . . because of that I think probably we are not so violent. W: Have you faced a man with a
42、 weapon for instance? M: I havent faced a man with a weapon. (4) I have had an occasion where I had a man he has. . . er. . . locked himself into a house and he wouldnt come out and he was threatening people with all sorts of things. W: What did you do in that particular case? M: Well, you just go a
43、nd sit down and have a chat with him. You talk to him. You start talking outside the building and you walk in and you eventually get to the bottom of the stairs and you talk and talk and you try to build up some understanding or some common point, some common denominator between you. W: Understandin
44、g? M: Understanding. . . once you do that then you have this. . . W: You mean you have to get his trust first? M: I think so. W: This is what you did on this particular occasion? M: Yes, and I hope this doesnt sound pompous? W: No. M: And this is it and of course, everything works out quite well. (5
45、) You have got to be patient. 6 【正确答 案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (1)可知， Old Fred在圣诞节前犯罪的目的是想在监狱里度过他的圣诞节，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据句 (21)和句 (22)可知，当被问及英国的警察对不配备枪支作何感想时，警长说：一般警察都不考虑这个问题，故答案为 A。 【知识模块】 会话 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 访谈中提到，英国不是一个暴力的社会，根据句 (31)和句 (32)可知，英国人喜欢和解而不是暴力，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 9 【正确答案】 D 【试
46、题解析】 在被问及是否面对过携带武器装备的罪犯时，根据句 (4)可知，访谈中提到的罪犯是把自己锁在房子里不出来，故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 会话 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 在谈到面对威胁人们的罪犯时，警长提到首先要取得罪犯的信任，根据句 (5)可知，耐心是很重要的，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 11 【听力原文】 Interviewer (W) Steven Slater (M) W: Welcome everybody. And today Id like to introduce you to my guest, Steven Slater, who is going
47、to talk to us something about cycling tours. Steven, welcome. M: Thank you. And welcome everybody. W: So (1) Steven, as a coach at the Sunshine Cycling Club, can you tell us something about preparing for a cycling tour? M: Well, for anyone who is considering going on a tour, the first thing to consi
48、der is safety. Because with the correct equipment, and good riding habits, cycling tours can be so much fun, and indeed, very rewarding. W: So what should people consider first? M: Its very important indeed to consider what you wear. Naturally, this is largely determined by the time of year and wher
49、e you actually plan to travel to. So what I propose to give is a general guide. (2) But whatever the weather, time of year or destination, a good quality helmet is essential. They are not expensive but have, in the past, saved many lives. But dont try to cut corners by buying a secondhand helmet. They may look to be in perfect condition but you can never tell. Always invest in a new one. Any good bicycle shop can advise you on one that will suit your needs. So get advice from the
