1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 156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） There were worse times, but the earth survived. （ B） Global warming does not harm
3、the earth at all. （ C） Human beings do not do so much harm to the earth as estimated. （ D） Global warming does not do so much harm to the earth as estimated. （ A） Mankind. （ B） Global warming. （ C） Earths survival. （ D） Disappearing glaciers. （ A） Resources depletion. （ B） Energy problem. （ C） Uncon
4、trolled population growth. （ D） Clean water shortage. （ A） Human activities cause global warming. （ B） Global warming will cause human distinction. （ C） Global wanning happens because we are in a natural cycle. （ D） Both the natural cycle and humans contribute to global warming. （ A） Human elements
5、cause global warming. （ B） Human elements make global warming worse. （ C） Global warming changes human elements. （ D） Global warming will cause human distinction. （ A） It is urgent for us to do something. （ B） It is too late to stop glaciers from melting. （ C） People should be more worried about the
6、 rising sea. （ D） Gore worried too much about disease. （ A） Global warming. （ B） Spread of disease. （ C） Melting glaciers. （ D） Disappearing animals. （ A） It has strong economic impact. （ B） It affects the USs foreign policies. （ C） It reduces carbon consumption. （ D） It maintains the USs control in
7、 energy. （ A） It frightened people. （ B） It aroused medias concern. （ C） It crippled the US nuclear power. （ D） It was a national disaster. （ A） A large percentage of energy is contributed by nuclear energy. （ B） The US has made great progress in nuclear energy. （ C） The US lags behind in the use of
8、 nuclear energy. （ D） There is no online nuclear power in the US. （ A） Teacher. （ B） Clergyman. （ C） Policeman. （ D） Criminal. （ A） He has some mental problems. （ B） He is 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. （ A） They
9、want to spend their Christmas in a prison. （ B） People do not have sympathy for them. （ C） They are the same as Old Sam. （ D） There are many of them. （ A） Excited. （ B） Delighted. （ C） Worried. （ D） Sad. （ A） Because they dont like it. （ B） Because they are worried about it. （ C） Because being armed
10、 is foreign to their nature. （ D） Because they want a reform. （ A） Old Sam. （ B） The American policeman. （ C） The British policeman. （ D） The organized professional criminals. （ A） Violence. （ B） Compromise. （ C） Firearms. （ D） Police. （ A） He threatened to kill himself. （ B） He took some hostages.
11、（ C） He robbed a bank. （ D） He threatened other people. （ A） He broke into the house and captured the man. （ B） He fired at the house. （ C） He talked with the man. （ D） He took the mans wife to the scene. （ A） Power. （ B） Skills. （ C） Patience. （ D） Weapons. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 156答案与解析 SECTION B INTERVI
12、EW 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 will be a ten-second pause. During the pau
13、se, 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. 1 【听力原文】 Interviewer(W) Robert Ballard(M) Now, listen to Part One of the interview. W: Hello and welcome to Fresh Dialogues. Toda
14、y Im interviewing Robert Ballard, ocean explorer and discoverer of the Titanic. Thank 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. C
15、an you explain what you meant by that? Youre not worried about the planet? M: Im not worried about the earth.(1)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. There were no glaciers, there wasnt an ice cu
16、be on the planet, sea level was much higher. Were just the latest bad thing, maybe, thats happening to the earth. So, Im not really worried about the earths survival. W: What about mankind? M:(2)I worry about mankind. Sometimes I see this tombstone that says “the human race came and went but it was
17、politically correct. “ As a scientist I am not politically correct. My job is not to be politically correct. My job is to call it as I see it.(3)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
18、 population growth and multiply it times our footprint. Everyone 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 to drop their footprint. W: Are you talking specifically about their
19、carbon footprint? M: Exactly. W: Are you saying there is a human element to global warming? M:(4-1)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, b
20、oth sides tend to be right and wrong.(4-2/5)You do have the natural warming 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 a
21、bout the human cycle. What people are worried about is if you steepen it 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. This is the end of Part One of the
22、 interview. Questions 1 to 5 are based on what you have just heard. 1. Why is the interviewee not really worried about the earths survival? 2. What is Robert worried about more? 3. According to Robert, what is the biggest problem for the human race? 4. According to the interviewee, which is the CORR
23、ECT statement about global warming? 5. What is the relationship between human element and global warming in Roberts eyes? 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据句 (1)可知，在地球发展的历史上曾经有过更糟糕的年代，那时没有冰层，地球上没有冰块，海平面比现在高很多，因此罗伯特并不是 很担心地球的存亡，故 A为答案。 【知识模块】 会话 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据句 (2)可知，他更担心的是人类，故 A为答案。
24、【知识模块】 会话 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据句 (3)可知，人类面临的最大问题是人口数量太大，并且自身无法控制人口的增长，故 C为答案。 【知识模块】 会话 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据句 (4一 1)和句 (42)可知， 我们处在地球变暖的周期中，同时人类活动也有助于气候变暖，故 D为答案。 【知识模块】 会话 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在人物观点处。根据句 (5)可知，在冰河世纪之间会有自然的气候变暖现象出现，正如我们人类现在处于的这样一个时期，但是人类的足迹又使得变暖的情况加剧，所以答案为 B
25、。 【知识模块】 会话 6 【听力原文】 W: Do you agree with Al Gore that theres an urgent drive for us as Americans to do something? M:(6-1)If 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 sti
26、ll want people to change their ways.(6-2)But when it comes to glaciers and Polar Regions, its going to melt. Sea level is going to come up. W: Are you saying we should do nothing? M: No, Im not. I was taught, when in doubt, try the truth. Its never too late to change your ways.(6- 3)Im not so worrie
27、d about warming, because thats going to happen and its happening.(7)Im more worried about disease: Im more worried about pandemics. 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 y
28、our views on alternative energy? The ocean is over 70% of the earth, what about taking advantage of the power of waves? M: As an American,(8 - 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
29、oil thats controlled by countries that dont like us. So, Im more concerned about that than I am moving away from fossil fuel to wind energy or solar energy.(8 - 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
30、about wave energy? M: Wave energy is a lot harder. Im actually very pro nuclear. I thought the Three Mile Island calamity was an absolute disaster.(9- 1)A disaster for our country, because Im very pro nuclear energy. I think its safe if done wisely. I envy what France lias done. I think theyre up to
31、 90%.(9-2/10)But because of that horrible tragedy and how it frightened people.and the media added to that fear, I was a little upset with that, which media has a wonderful capability of doing.that we lost a generation of bringing more and more nuclear power online. W: Well, Dr. Ballard, I really ap
32、preciate your taking the time. M: Pleasure, 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 Roberts view on Al Gores idea? 7. According to Robert, what is a bigger threat? 8. What is Roberts reason to support alternative ene
33、rgy? 9. Which of the following is NOT the impact of the Three Mile Island calamity? 10. What can we learn about the situation of nuclear energy in the US? 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在因果关系处。根据句 (61)、句 (62)和句 (63)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；冰川和两极的冰层正在消融，海平面正在上升 ，罗伯特不是特别担心变暖，他认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
34、。 【知识模块】 会话 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在人物观点处。根据句 (7)可知，罗伯特并不担心气候变暖，因为这必然会发生，并且正在发生，他担心的是疾病问题，他认为疾病传播是更大的威胁，因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在人物观点处 。根据句 (8一 1)和句 (82)可知，罗伯特赞成替代能源，因为与它的经济影响相比，它更能影响我们与其他国家的关系，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 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (9一 1)和句 (
35、92)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 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题设题 点在对话问答处。根据句 (10)可知，由于之前的核能灾难，美国核能源发展落后了一代的时间，因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 11 【听力原文】 Interviewer(W) Mr. Fox(M) Now, listen to Part One of the interview. W: Well, Mr. Fox, would you please describe your feelings towa
36、rds criminals? M:(1)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 of the station. W: Umm. Hes been brought
37、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 know. W: They are part of your work, arent th
38、ey? 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(2)Old Fred will do something stupid about a week before Christmas so that he can spend Christmas in a certain prison. W: Which he likes. M:(3)Which he likes because he has
39、 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: British policemen are not armed, that is they do not carry guns. How do policemen feel about this? M:(4)I d
40、ont 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:(5)The reason I say this is that the average policemen in this country feels that the average Englishman or Britisher
41、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. This is the end of Part One of the interview. Questions 1 to 5 are based on what you have just heard. 1. What is the profession of Mr. Fox? 2. Why does
42、Old Fred do something stupid? 3. What can we know about professional criminals? 4. If a British policeman thinks about not bearing arms, what does he probably feel? 5. Why does the interviewee say that the average British policemen dont really think about not being armed? 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题设题点在提问
43、陈述处。根据句 (1)可知，对于有些罪犯，警察或受访人 (“I”)要小心说话，这里警察与第一人称代词 “I”是同位语关系，可以推断受访人的职业是警察，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题设题点在结果状语从句处。根据句 (2)可知， Old Fred在圣诞节前犯罪的目的是想在某个监狱里度过他的圣诞节，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话回答处。根据句 (3)可知，有些罪犯与 Old Sam相比是另一个极端，他们是数目较少的职业罪犯，没有人同情他们，故答案为B。 【知识模块】 会话 14 【正确答案】
44、C 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据句 (4)可知，当被问及英国的警察对不配备枪支有何感想时，受访人说一般警察都不考虑这个问题，如果他们考虑这个问题，他们就会十分焦虑，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题 设题点在对话问答处。根据句 (5)可知，受访人认为携带武器不符合英国人的本性，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 16 【听力原文】 M: Of course, it is true to say that there are certain elements in the world who are. er. resorting to f
45、irearms. W: The organized professional criminals? M:(6)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:(7)Well, I dont think we are a violent pe
46、ople. You see, I think as a nation, if I can put it that way, we are.er.we love compromise, you know? W: Umm. M: Everything we do is a compromise and I think in that.er.because of what I think probably we are not so violent. W: Have you faced a man with a weapon for instance? M: I havent faced a man
47、 with a weapon.(8)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:(9)Well, you just go and sit down and have a chat with him. You talk to him.
48、 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: Understanding? M: Understanding. Once you do that then you have th
49、is. 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.(10)You have got to be patient. This is the end of Part Two of the interview. Questions 6 to 10 are based on what you have just heard. 6. Who would probably use firearms according to the interview? 7. According to the interviewee, wh
