1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 134及答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the mini-lecture, please complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word(s)
2、 you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. 0 The Journey of Self Improvement I. Phases of the journey of self improvement A. The first phase: relying on【 T1】 _, speakers,
3、or tapes【 T1】 _ to tell you: 1)You can do it 2)Everything you need is【 T2】 _ of you【 T2】 _ This is the【 T3】 _ for all self improvement【 T3】 _ Everything hangs upon that simple fact B. The second phase: absorbing knowledge【 T4】 _【 T4】 _ 1)Starting to look for ways to achieve your goals Gaining knowle
4、dge on【 T5】 _, visualization,【 T5】 _ goal setting etc. Each discovered method is【 T6】 _ only for a while【 T6】 _ 2)Feeling overwhelmed with【 T7】 _【 T7】 _ There is so much to learn but so little time There seems to be so many keys to success C. The third phase: putting the pieces of the puzzle【 T8】 _【
5、 T8】 _ 1)Realizing that【 T9】 _ is linked to【 T9】 _ your power to shape reality. 2)Realizing that your beliefs were acting like【 T10】 _【 T10】 _ D. The fourth phase: realizing a(n)【 T11】 _ to achievement【 T11】 _ 1)The cycle completes full circle You come back to the first phase But this time you are c
6、onscious of it 2)Your【 T12】 _ of this point reaches a deeper level【 T12】 _ that you couldnt feel before because you are not hindered by formula you are【 T13】 _ by nature in its simplicity【 T13】 _ II. Advice A. Starting to see how everything【 T14】 _【 T14】 _ B. Realizing that there is no one key to【 T
7、15】 _【 T15】 _ 1 【 T1】 2 【 T2】 3 【 T3】 4 【 T4】 5 【 T5】 6 【 T6】 7 【 T7】 8 【 T8】 9 【 T9】 10 【 T10】 11 【 T11】 12 【 T12】 13 【 T13】 14 【 T14】 15 【 T15】 SECTION B INTERVIEW In this section you will hear ONE interview. The interview will be divided into TWO parts. At the end of each part, five questions wil
8、l be asked about what was said. Both the interview and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A , B , C and D , and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY
9、seconds to preview the questions. （ A） Millions of high school students are competing for 3,500 college spots. （ B） Princeton University ranks the best among the 361 colleges. （ C） Robert Franek is a co-author of the new Princeton Review rankings. （ D） Princeton Review is a guidebook for smart stude
10、nts. （ A） Because they are read by 110,000 students this year. （ B） Because they are designed for students in 361 colleges. （ C） Because they are of different sources and aspects. （ D） Because they are recommended by power experts. （ A） Harvard University. （ B） Yale University. （ C） Read College. （
11、D） MIT. （ A） Students in Reed College enjoy good relationships with the professors. （ B） There are more than 200 professors in Reed College. （ C） Reed Colleges only got regional reputation compared with other colleges. （ D） Reed College is well-known for its scientific subjects. （ A） It follows the
12、Ivy Leagues rankings. （ B） It gets information from school administrators. （ C） It analyses students SAT, ACT, GPA scores. （ D） It evaluates every college and university in US. （ A） Raising students tuition and charging them more dorm fees. （ B） Giving aid packages to students who come from rural ar
13、eas. （ C） Giving aid packages according to students academic performance. （ D） Evaluating the students needs and giving them aid packages accordingly. （ A） It is a very expensive private school. （ B） It is a super competitive university. （ C） It has a strong academic atmosphere. （ D） It has wonderfu
14、l athletic spirit. （ A） The campus of Pepperdine is on the beach. （ B） The students of Pepperdine score high marks. （ C） Girls in Pepperdine are quite beautiful. （ D） Male students in Pepperdine enjoy boating. （ A） University of Florida is No. 1 on the list. （ B） Ohio University is on the bottom of
15、the list. （ C） Alcohol abuse is common in party schools. （ D） Less study hours are required in party schools. （ A） The rankings of universities in the US. （ B） The reputations of universities in the US. （ C） The financial status of universities in the US. （ D） The professors in the US universities.
16、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 134答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the mini-lecture, please complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word(s)
17、you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. 0 【听力原文】 The Journey of Self Improvement Good morning, everyone. In todays lecture I want to elaborate on the journey of self imp
18、rovement that all of you may experience. Do you still remember your first self improvement book? After reading it, you probably got “pumped“ up. You may have felt like you could do anything. Open that business, get that job, and get that raise. You felt unconquerable and then a couple of weeks later
19、, you were down again. So you went to the bookstore and got another book. Another incredible high after you read it. You believed in yourself, took action, felt invincible and then a couple weeks later, you became down again. This depicts the first phase that people go through on their journey of se
20、lf improvement. They rely on books, speakers, or tapes to “pump“ them up, to tell them that they can do it. Its true though. You can do it. Everything you need to accomplish anything you want is already inside of you. You can do it. This is the basis, the foundation, the thesis if you will, of all s
21、elf improvement. Everything hangs upon that simple fact. This addiction to the pump of “I can do“ it lasts until that fact gets deep in your mind. Once that happens, you go on to the second phase of self improvement, which is mass absorption of knowledge. You start looking for the how to part. Its n
22、ot enough to know that everything you need is already inside of you. You want to know how to use that something which is inside of you to achieve your goals. Slowly you start to gain knowledge on positive thinking, visualization, goal setting, the power of beliefs, refraining, discipline, etc. You f
23、ind you have some measure of success with each “tool“ you discover, but you then realize its only effective for a little while. There are so many pieces to the puzzle of human achievement out there that you feel overwhelmed with information. You feel as if theres so much to learn and so little time
24、and each time you think you found the key to it all, you read about yet, another key to success, and another, and another, to the point where you go on a seemingly never ending hunt to gather all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle together. This is the phase where most people get stuck. They start chas
25、ing their own tails. One more book, one more article, one more principle, one more tip, then Ill find that missing link Im looking for. They never apply what they learn and instead seek comfort in knowledge alone. Whats worse is that some stubbornly insist on one principle, thinking thats its the ke
26、y to it all, like affirmations, or visualization, but they inevitably find out that its not what they were looking for. When youve read enough literature on the subject of goal achievement and start to apply some of the knowledge youve learned, you then start the journey of your third phase. This th
27、ird phase involves putting the pieces of the puzzle together. You cease looking at the things you learned as separate from one another and you start to realize that they are all part of one big picture. You start putting two and two together. You realize that positive thinking is linked to your powe
28、r of choice to shape reality, which then influences the way you perceive things, hence influences your future actions. You realize your beliefs were acting like lens that perceived reality to be conducive to your beliefs, thereby shaping your actions without even knowing it. Slowly you start to merg
29、e the little pieces into bigger pieces in order to assemble the big picture and then the fourth and final phase hits you like a ton of bricks. The fourth and final phase of self improvement involves realizing that there is a natural process to human achievement and the cycle then completes full circ
30、le. You come back to the first phase, namely that everything you needed to accomplish anything you wanted was inside of you, but this time, you are conscious of it. You understand it on a deeper level that you couldnt feel before, because now youre not hindered by formula or technique, but rather fr
31、eed by nature in all its simplicity. Realize that there is a natural process to achieving your goals. Long before any self improvement books were ever written, people were achieving great things without them. They didnt need Tony Robbins or Jim Rohn. It was inside them the entire time. The reason wh
32、y you see so much literature on self improvement whenever you go to a bookstore is that people have forgotten this basic fact, that what they are seeking is already within them, that they already have the means within them to achieve their goals. These books just provide people with the “pump“ to wa
33、ke them up. Now the search begins for the how. When they accept the fact that they have what it takes and go on that how to phase, they find themselves overwhelmed with so much information that they just dont know what to make of it In addition, how to deal with the barrier when you find yourself st
34、uck there. Heres my advice: Youve got to start seeing how everything fits together. Realize that there is no one key to success. I know youve read countless books and articles that highlight one principle as the key to success, like believing, or perseverance, or hard work. Clear your mind of that k
35、ind of narrow minded thinking right now. Once you figure out how to achieve your goals naturally, you wont need those books like you used to. Youll have come full circle and thats when the real fun begins. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 books 【试题解析】 讲座的主题为 “the journey of self improvement(自我提高的过程 )”，随后提到第一个阶段，录
36、音原文提到 rely on books， speakers， or tapes，很容易得到答案 books。表示举例、并列的词句后是要点。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 already inside 【试题解析】 根据录音原文 “你已具备了你所需要的一切 ”，对照题目，由此可知答案为 already inside。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 basis foundation thesis 【试题解析】 根据录音 This is the basis， the foundation， the thesis if you will，of all self improvement，
37、可确认答案为 basis或 foundation或 thesis。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 massively 【试题解析】 此题涉及自我提高过程中的第二阶段，即 “大量吸收资讯 ”。此空需要一个修饰动词 absorb的副词故将文中提到的 mass变为副词 massively。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 positive thinking 【试题解析】 录音原文提到了 6个并列名词或短语： positive thinking, visualization,goal setting,the power of beliefs， reframing， discipline，
38、对照题目，可知答案为 positive thinking。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 effective 【试题解析】 根据录音 “但你会发现每一个你发现的工具都只是在短期内有效 ”，空格处缺少的是形容词 effective。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 information 【试题解析】 录音原文提到 “ 会感觉对资讯不知所措 ”，对照题目，可知答案为 information。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 together 【试题解析】 此题涉及自我提高过程中的第三阶段，即 putting the pieces of the puzzle together，
39、对照题目，可知答案为 together。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 positive thinking 【试题解析】 讲座提到，你会发现积极性思考与你选择现实形成的能力息息相关。空格出缺少的正是 positive thinking。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 lens 【试题解析】 录音材料提到了 两个 realize，其后一个表明 “你会发现，信仰就像透镜一样 ” ，此空填入原文提到的 lens一词。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 natural process 【试题解析】 讲座提到的第四个阶段是自我提高，包括认识到提高有一个自然过程，可见这里填入 na
40、tural process。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 understanding comprehension realization 【试题解析】 此题具体谈论自我提高过程的最后一个阶段。录音中 提到 “你明白(understand)你以前所不明白的深层含义，因为 ” ，由此可知答案为understanding。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 freed 【试题解析】 此题解释对自己有更深层次了解的原因，即 freed by nature in all its simplicity，对照题目，由此可知答案为 freed。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 fit
41、s together 【试题解析】 在讲座的最后，演讲人讲到了相关的建议。其中提到，你会开始看到每 件事实如何在一起的。填入录音原词 fits together即可。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 success 【试题解析】 此题转换话题，谈论如何处理所遇到的困难。其中提到 Realize that there is no one key to success，由此可知答案为 success。 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION B INTERVIEW In this section you will hear ONE interview. The interview will b
42、e divided into TWO parts. At the end of each part, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the interview and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A , B , C and D , and mark t
43、he best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. 16 【听力原文】 W: Two million high school seniors are gearing up this fall to apply to nearly 3,500 US colleges. So, which are the strongest academically that are toughest to get into, and yah, of cours
44、e top party schools. We all need to know that, right? Well the Princeton Review ranks The Best 361 Colleges: The Smart Students Guide to Colleges. Robert Franek is the lead author. Rob, good morning, good to see you again. M: Well. Thanks for having me back. W: Look at the size of this thing. I mean
45、 this is a lot of information here. And. M: Its a lot of information, youre right. Weve reached up to so many students110,000 students to put best 361 colleges this year. W: So this is a survey of just the students then with their feedback on their campuses? M: Exactly. We think we know a lot about
46、schools at Princeton Review, but we went directly to whom we considered power experts. W: To the source? How does, how does this differ to US News and World Reports rankings, and Newsweek along with Kaplans rankings? M: Yah, it is just that.Its a qualitative survey of the students experience both ac
47、ademically, as well as outside the classroom. W: All right So lets take a look at some of the strongest schools academically talking first here. And usually of course we expect the Harvards, Princetons, Yales, which theyre up there as well, but this year, kind of a little bit of surprise is, Reed Co
48、llege in Portland, Oregon score highest marks. M: Yeah! No. 1. Ur. Best overall. W: Why is it? You surprised? M: Actually not surprised. I mean, Reed College is a great school. Its got great regional reputation, and growing national reputations, only 1,300 students, but a wonderful liberal arts, lib
49、eral arts school, we went directly to students, they told us that their professors were great, both inside as well as outside the classroom. W: Tiny school! About ten students per class? M: Yeah! Well. Its averaged. uh. ten to one, student to faculty ratio. So certainly small and they pride themselves on their relationships with the pr
