1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 155及答案与解析 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 will be asked about what was said. Both the interview and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there
2、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 seconds to preview the questions. （ A） The gift is usually attractive. （ B） They see the gift as a discount. （ C） The gif
3、t save money for customers. （ D） The gift is worth the money. （ A） You want to save some money. （ B） You want to get a discount. （ C） The gift is on your shopping list. （ D） The gift is worth the money. （ A） Limit 1. （ B） Limit 3. （ C） Limit5. （ D） Limit6. （ A） Dont read the e-mail. （ B） Read the e-
4、mail and put it away. （ C） Show the e-mail to shopping experts. （ D） Consult an advisor about the e-mail. （ A） If I buy the goods, I will save more money. （ B） If I dont buy the goods, there will be no such goods. （ C） If I buy the goods, I will get a free gift. （ D） If I dont buy the goods, they wi
5、ll raise the price. （ A） To compare prices when buying. （ B） To ignore the high price. （ C） To buy things in advance. （ D） To wait to buy some better things. （ A） Dont read the number on the price tags. （ B） To ignore the high percentage of discount. （ C） To make sure the items are within your price
6、 range. （ D） To make a detailed calculation about the price. （ A） Stay focused are the key words when shopping. （ B） Kelly Grant tells us to make a shopping list and check it twice when shopping. （ C） Kelly Grant recommends the “ shop now, save later“ shopping way. （ D） Coupons are the things that t
7、he stores want you to come back again. （ A） Make a list and stay focused. （ B） Enjoy ourselves and buy whatever coming to mind. （ C） Buy the most money-saving items. （ D） Spend the money and save later. （ A） Number trick. （ B） Group shopping. （ C） Coupons with purchase. （ D） Shop now, save later. （
8、A） They dont think much of being healthy. （ B） They think regular exercise might improve their health. （ C） They think they could stay healthy without any exercise. （ D） They find outdoor activities benefit them most. （ A） Mental diseases. （ B） Sleep problems. （ C） High blood pressure. （ D） Heart pr
9、oblems. （ A） Healthy working attitude. （ B） Reducing risk of cancer. （ C） Cultivating a healthy sleeping mode. （ D） Alleviating headache. （ A） Endurance exercise. （ B） Flexibility exercise. （ C） Cardiovascular exercise. （ D） Strength training. （ A） A stronger heart. （ B） Stronger muscles. （ C） An en
10、ergetic lifestyle. （ D） The low risk of depression. （ A） It can help control stress, anxiety, and depression. （ B） It takes time to increase ones muscles size and strength. （ C） It reduces the risk of heart attack, cancer, and high blood pressure. （ D） It can be classified as a kind of endurance exe
11、rcise. （ A） Endurance exercise. （ B） Flexibility exercise. （ C） Cardiovascular exercise. （ D） Strength training. （ A） Endurance exercise. （ B） Cardiovascular exercise. （ C） Simple exercise. （ D） It depends on your need and age. （ A） It is just about any amount of physical activities that will improv
12、e fitness. （ B） It is just anything that you need to exert yourself to do to burn calories. （ C） It means all forms of vigorous activities or deliberate workouts. （ D） It includes every exercise which keeps your muscles long and supple. （ A） If one keeps inactive, it is preferred that he stays that
13、way. （ B） Family chores such as walking the dog and gardening are not exercises. （ C） One could start exercise regardless of the timing and age. （ D） The greatest benefit of exercise comes from continued efforts day in day out. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 155答案与解析 SECTION B INTERVIEW In this section you will hea
14、r ONE interview. The interview will be 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 ch
15、oices of A , B , C and D , and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. 1 【听力原文】 Interviewer(M) Kelly Grant(W) Now, listen to Part One of the interview. M: Christmas is coming, and the stores are going to try to keep you spending, s
16、o theyre relying on some psychological triggers to get your business. So here to expose a few tricks is Kelly Grant. Shes a senior consumer reporter for SmartMoney. com. Thanks for being with us. W: Hi! M: All right. Ive fallen for a lot of these, so help us now. W: Yeah. M: First one, gifts with pu
17、rchase. So many times I think Im getting such a good deal, because by spending a little bit more, I get a gift. W: And thats exactly what the stores want you to think right now.(1)Studies have shown that consumers are after-think of the gift with purchase, not just as you are spending extra money fo
18、r something that you might not ever want, but we also quit with the discount. You feel like if the gift is worth about 40 dollars, youre saving 40 dollars. Even that really isnt the case. So to avoid this trick,(2)you need to make sure that youre really sure the gift is just on your list and youre s
19、till spending in budget. M: There are a lot of psychological tricks here. For example, the purchase limits. Sometimes, I just want one and I see a good deal but it says: limit 5. Maybe I should get more than just one. This is such a good deal, isnt it? W: Thats exactly the trick. They want you to se
20、e the limit and think, wow, this wasnt here. Then people would just be filling their carts with this and its so amazing. And their studies have shown that(3)if theres a limit in pleasure more like a little, the higher the limit, the more likely youre to buy. So you should really be thinking about ho
21、w many of something you need, and try to ignore the fact that theres stacking limit on everything. M: How can you ignore those e-mails that you keep getting about this sale and that sale? W:(4)Dont open your e-mail. Close your eyes. Thats really the best advice.(5)I mean the stores really know what
22、were hard-wired to think about, that is the scarcity. If you know the sale is ending, they want you to act on impulse, and start running out and buying something. But this time of year, the fact is the sales just keep coming, so you dont actually need to do that. So when youre looking through your e
23、-mails, try to avoid opening any of the ones, unless youre going to make a purchase from that store anyway, otherwise just delete it on red. This is the end of Part One of the interview. Questions J to 5 are based on what you have just heard. 1. Why do the customers want gift with purchase? 2. Accor
24、ding to Kelly Grant, when is the gift with purchase acceptable? 3. Which of the following purchase limits would most attract people to buy? 4. What is the advice about the e-mail trick? 5. What is the psychological rationale of the trick of sale e-mail? 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据句 (1)可知，顾客会把赠品
25、当作节省的钱，也就是视为打折，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题设题点在人物建议处。访谈一开始就提到商家惯用的一个小伎俩是 gift with purchase，即 “购物送礼 ”， Kelly Grant告诫大家要警惕这种小把戏，根据句 (2)可知，当消费者碰到 “购物送礼 ”这种活动时，要确定这个礼物是 否是你所需要的，而且是否是在购物清单内的，因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题设题点在条件关系处。访谈中提到商家会利用 the purchase limits抓住顾客的心理，诱使其多消费。根据句 (3)可知
26、，限购的数量越多，越能吸引消费者多购买，故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 会话 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题设题点在人物建议处。根据句 (4)可知，应对电邮销售最好的办法是不打开电邮，闭上眼睛不去读，故答案为 A。 【 知识模块】 会话 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在解释说明处。在谈到如何处理那些发布促销信息的邮件时， Kelly Grant建议大家不要打开那些邮件，根据句 (5)可知，商家是利用消费者生怕打折促销会稍纵即逝的心理，从而促进消费，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 6 【听力原文】 M: Got it. You know, its really a n
27、umbers game. Because a lot of times when youre looking at these different deals, its like:(10-1)save 30% , save 50%. But are you really saving that much money when youre looking at your purchase? W: Thats what their purpose is for. Youll see a lot of times in the advertising that theyll type out the
28、 savings, and the interest is in the fine print. Almost youll see what the new price is on something and when they do that. Its basically a visible trick. Whatever you see, first, youre more likely to become attached to the deal. And the price in comparison is not going to look such a big deal. I me
29、an if youre saving $500, it does not really matter if the TV is still $1 ,500. The advertising works in such a tricky way that(6)you might think youre getting that much a better price, because the savings are significant. M: Right. Sometimes the purchase really isnt that large of a purchase, so you
30、know, 30% is not that big of a deal. But when you see 30% , you think: wow, Im getting a really good deal here. Its funny how the numbers are working there, and they know that. W: They do, and they want us just to splash around this time of a year.(7)So really you should make sure youre looking for
31、the items that are between your price range and then start to see if therere sales that are might abroad, something even better and a little bit cheaper for you. M: Yeah, I got it.(10-2)And shop now, save later. Is that a trick? W: Well. You see a lot of these, especially with closing stores at this
32、 time of year and this is a way that consumers tried to think they are going to game a system, because they are going to buy something a little bit today and get todays sale,(10- 3)and they are going to get coupons to come back in two weeks and buy a little bit more than even with better prices.(8)S
33、o for this one, you know somebodys sales are right there now, just try to focus on what deals they are currently and they are not trying to play games. M: So I think the key words here are just “stay focused“. You know you have a list, you have your budget. Try not to be fond of them if you dont hav
34、e to. W: Exactly.(9)Make that list and check it twice. And jusl make sure you are not deviating from it, or if you feel imposed to do so and you really look at it, make sure thats as smart as it looks. M: Well, thats what we are going to set out to do. W: Yeah. M: Thanks Kelly for helping us adults
35、out in knowing what the shopping is really for. W: Its my pleasure. This is the end of Part Two of the interview. Questions 6 to 10 are based on what you have just heard. 6. What is the purpose of the stores emphasizing the savings in the deals? 7. According to the interview, how to avoid the number
36、 trick? 8. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT according to the interview? 9. In general, what should we do when shopping? 10. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a sale trick in the interview? 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在因果关系处。在被问及商家搞活动是否真的省钱时，Kelly Grant指出商家真正的目的是利用这种方式来促销，根据句 (6)可知，
37、节省后折算的价格也许仍然很高，但这种手段往往会让顾客觉得自己捡到了便宜，从而忽视了商品的高价格，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题设题点在人物建议处。 根据句 (7)可知，顾客应该寻找在其价格区间内的产品，然后再去寻找打折品，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题设题点在人物建议处。在被问及 shop now ， save later Is that a trick?时， Kelly Grant指出商家的目的是利用购物返券吸引顾客再次消费，根据句 (8)可知， Kelly Grant建议消费者应关注当前的交易，不要
38、被商家购物返券的小伎俩所欺骗，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题设题点在人物建议处。根据句 (9)可知，顾客应该列出购物表，然后核对，并保证不去购买列表以外的东西，故答案为 A。 【知识模块】 会话 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题为综合细节归纳题。根据句 (10一 1)、句 (10一 2)和句 (103)可知，没有提到的销售技巧是 BGroup shopping“团购 ”，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 11 【听力原文】 Interviewer(M) Mrs. Ralph(W) Now, listen to Part One of t
39、he interview. M: Mrs. Ralph, we know that you have done some of the largest studies on exercise and health. Would you like to give us some tips on how to exercise and keep fit? W: I would be glad to. M: I have been doing what I can to stay healthy. But my friends are mostly(1)young and healthy. They
40、 say they are doing fine without exercises. Is regular workout really that important? W: Sure it is. If one doesnt exercise regularly, hes missing out a lot. A person who is inactive may increase his chance of disease. For one thing,(2)he may have sleep problems or easily catch a cold, to say the le
41、ast. And obesity is often the result of lack of exercises. So high blood pressure and heart problems may develop as he grows old. On the other hand, if one adds regular activities to his life, he is sure to benefit. M: What are some of benefits, can you tell us? W: Yes.(3)If you work out regularly,
42、studies suggest, youll reduce your risk of heart attack, cancer, and high blood pressure. Youre likely to extend your life with vigorous exercise. Even moderate exercise half an hour of light physical activity most days will lessen your chance of disease. Besides, regular workouts, regardless of int
43、ensity, can help you control stress, anxiety, and depression. M: Hmm. That sounds amazing. No wonder I will feel restless if I omit one or two sessions when I am too busy. But another question is, what types of exercise are there to keep fit? W: Basically, there are four types of workout that help u
44、s get in shape. The first type is(4)cardiovascular exercise. This exercise helps strengthen the heart by working it harder. Swimming, running, brisk walking, vigorous rowing, or just anything that you need to exert yourself to do to burn calories and make the heart beat faster.(5)Eventually, your he
45、art becomes more efficient and your pulse rate will be slower at a given level of exertion. M: Like an athlete, you mean? W: Exactly. But an athlete strives to do his best to come out first, while we want simply to stay healthy. This is the end of Part One of the interview. Questions 1 to 5 are base
46、d on what you have just heard. 1. According to the interviewer, what attitude do most young people hold towards keeping healthy? 2. Which is NOT one of the risks for a person to stay inactive? 3. What could be the benefit of regular workout? 4. According to the interviewee, which type of exercise do
47、es “brisk walking“ belong to? 5. What may be the result of cardiovascular exercise? 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题设题点在转折处。根据句 (1)可知，大多数年轻人都认为自己不需要锻炼就可以保持健康，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题设题点在列举处。受访者认为经常锻炼是很重要的，并指出缺少运动会增加患病的几率，根据句 (2)可知，缺乏锻炼的人可能会睡眠不好，容易感冒，而且随着年龄的增长会出现高血压和心脏 问题，对话中并没有提到精神疾病，故答案为 A。 【知识
48、模块】 会话 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在列举处。根据句 (3)可知，经常锻炼的人可以降低心脏病、癌症和高血压的风险，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题设题点在列举处。受访者指出有四种锻炼方式能让人保持健康。第一种方式是 cardiovascular exercise，根据句 (4)可知，游泳、跑步、快步走等任何能够燃脂并加速心跳的运动都属于加速血液循环的运动 方式，故答案为C。 【知识模块】 会话 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题设题点在列举处。根据句 (5)可知， cardiovascular exertise最终
49、可以使心脏工作更有效，并能降低脉搏速率，故答案为 A。 【知识模块】 会话 16 【听力原文】 M: Right. What about the second type? W: The second type is endurance exercise. That trains the heart, lungs, and muscles to work hard for a longer time. Thus, while regular 20 minutes walks may help you live longer, regular one-hour walks can help you play longer.(6)The third type is strength training, which builds muscles. The improvement is little felt and fleeting at first, but regular use of the same muscles eventually increases t
