1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 157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） He is a local volunteer. （ B） He is a member of parliament. （ C） He is the Ministe
3、r of Transportation. （ D） He is the project engineer for upgrading roads and bridges. （ A） His experience may help fix dangerous intersections of roads. （ B） His experience may contribute to raising more federal fund. （ C） His experience may enhance the committees work efficiency. （ D） His experienc
4、e may ensure the most efficient use of the federal fund. （ A） It is run by the government of New South Whales. （ B） It has an annual budget of $60 million. （ C） The Federal Government runs it for coastal states. （ D） It requires the application from states. （ A） By filling in some online forms about
5、 local crash history. （ B） By identifying some black spots of the local committees. （ C） By recognizing accident-prone roads and reporting them. （ D） By donating money to the funding program on the Internet. （ A） It has adopted many new safety policies. （ B） It has got a great economic result. （ C）
6、It functions poorly due to a lack of funding. （ D） It is in serious deficit. （ A） They will be whitewashed soon. （ B） Nothing has been said about them in the election. （ C） There will be a specific program to upgrade them. （ D） They have to wait for more funding to come. （ A） It attracts funding to
7、the local economic development. （ B） It ensures the best value of the freight exported overseas. （ C） It enhances the productive capacity of the economic infrastructure. （ D） It makes significant profit in the local infrastructure projects. （ A） It involves $1.5 billion investment to upgrade bridges
8、. （ B） It involves plans of transporting the staff easily to the airports. （ C） It involves projects of decreasing the freight capacity of ports. （ D） It involves the private investment besides the federal funding. （ A） Some businesses have already provided fund to upgrade the roads. （ B） It has not
9、 yet been involved in the program. （ C） The government tries to exclude it. （ D） It fights to get involved. （ A） Business sector provides investment through pricing. （ B） Private sectors are given incentives to fund infrastructure. （ C） Businesses are set up in certain areas to help fund roads. （ D）
10、 Private investment is needed to deal with Labors debt. （ A） The cultural aspect of a complaint. （ B） How to make a complaint. （ C） How to handle a complaint. （ D） The psychological aspect of a complaint. （ A） The linguistic part of the complaining. （ B） The cultural behavior of being straightforwar
11、d. （ C） Taking the products back to the stores. （ D） Understanding the refund policy of the stores. （ A） To teach what to say. （ B） To teach relevant body language. （ C） To provide store information. （ D） To provide cultural background. （ A） To show that the return policy may differ from store to st
12、ore. （ B） To show that the clothes didnt fit her daughter. （ C） To express her anger for not getting money back. （ D） To indicate she wasnt used to these kind of stores. （ A） She was mad at him. （ B） She thought he was at fault. （ C） She was infuriated with his attitude. （ D） She reminded herself th
13、at he was not to blame. （ A） $20. （ B） $36.99. （ C） $4.99. （ D） $32. （ A） What the problem is. （ B） What correction she wants. （ C） A neutral tone. （ D） Showing her anger. （ A） Give them the cultural information about complaint. （ B） Give them a model letter and ask them to write one similar to that
14、. （ C） Familiarize the students with necessary vocabularies. （ D） Show the students the necessary writing styles and formats. （ A） Face-to-face verbal complaint. （ B） Written complaint. （ C） Phone complaint. （ D） E-mail complaint. （ A） Creating a situation where students can complain. （ B） Providing
15、 model complaints for students to follow. （ C） Analyzing the languages and structures for complaints. （ D） Giving students practice on how to complain by role play. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 157答案与解析 SECTION B INTERVIEW In this section you will hear ONE interview. The interview will be divided into TWO parts.
16、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 the best answer to each que
17、stion on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. 1 【听力原文】 Interviewer(W) Jamie Briggs(M) Now, listen to Part One of the interview. W: Welcome to our show. Have you heard the saying that driving is the most dangerous thing that most of us will do in our lives? So what can
18、be done to make it safer? I think we all know an intersection or a stretch of road that is dangerous and needs to be fixed. Well, theres some federal money available through the Black Spot funding program.(1)Jamie Briggs is an MP: hes also the Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Devel
19、opment. Welcome, Jamie. M: Thanks. New South Wales has appointed John Cobb as the chair of the Black Spot consultative panel, and many of your listeners know John is a very experienced parliamentarian.(2)And, John knows transport needs very well in New South Wales, and he brings a level of experienc
20、e to the Black Spot committee, which will ensure we get the best value of money that we want, but also improve our productive capacity on important metro but also, importantly, regional roads. W: Today were broadcasting not just to the Riverina, but to the southwest and the southeast of the state. P
21、eople in the regions will know these roads, and know that there are issues with some of them, what can they do if theres a bad stretch of road? The council knows about it, but what can they do? M:(3)Well, look, in respect to this program, the Federal Government runs the Black Spot Program. Its a $60
22、 million program a year, spread across the states. Obviously, New South Wales gets a good share of that.(4)What people can do with their local government particularly is to identify black spots which have had a crash history, where there have been incidents over the last two or three years. They can
23、 identify those black spots to the committee, they dont need all that much information, and they can fill it out themselves. The local government body gets used to getting the best outcome, and then the committee makes the considerations, what are the best value projects. Projects can be up to $2 mi
24、llion in federal contribution. The state and local government can put in more, of course. Black spots usually mean that were not getting the best value, particularly in regional areas, that we can get from the roads. So this program can really make a big difference in that respect. W: And the fundin
25、g was specifically set up, but if there was an intersection or a stretch of road, with a crash history, that it would be addressed? M:(5)Well, thats right, and it was a funding program set up initially by the Howard Government, and has continued since that time, and its got a great track record. Its
26、 got a terrific economic outcome, economic history, and its also got a really important contribution to our safety performance of many of our metro and regional roads. And many of your listeners will know well that there are many local roads which carry heavy amounts of freight, and contributions to
27、 our economic development, which are unsafe at times. And, as economic activity increases in our region, we need to fix those to ensure we get the best value. This is the end of Part One of the interview. Questions 1 to 5 are based on what you have just heard. 1. Who is Jamie Briggs? 2. From the int
28、erview, what can we know about John Cobb? 3. Which of the following statements about the Black Spot Program is CORRECT? 4. How do people in New South Wales join in the Black Spot Program? 5. How is the performance record of the Black Spot Program? 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在问题陈述处。根据句 (1)可知， Jamie Brigg
29、s是议会议员 (MP)，是负责基础设施和地方发展的助理部长，因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 2 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题设题点在定语从句处。根据句 (2)可知，约翰 柯布给 “黑点计划 ”委员会带来了一些经验，这将确保项目资金能够发挥其最大的价值，因此答案为 D。 【知识模块】 会话 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据句 (3)可知， “黑点计划 ”是由联邦政府运作，每年有 6000千万美元的预算，覆盖各个州，新南威尔士占很大份额，因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (4)可知，当地
30、人也可以参与 “黑点计划 ”，将那些以前出过事故的道路找出来，并向委员会指认这些 “黑点 ”，因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据句 (5)可知， “黑点计划 ”的运行记录非常好，带来很好的经济效益，提升了很多地铁和地方道路的安全运行水平，因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 会话 6 【听力原文】 W: Is that part of the difficulty too, that the roads and bridges werent designed for some semi-trailers, let alone B-d
31、oubles? M:(6)Well, indeed, in respect of bridges, during the campaign, the Coalition announced a program specifically to deal with bridges, and thatll be something that the Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss will be shortly talking more about. We will have a specific bridge program to upgrade bridge
32、s in regional areas. And, your listeners in New South Wales know that those bridges which were, as you say, built many years ago, are now carrying significant loads, which we want them to carry. W: Well, what do you want our regions to do? M: We want our regions to do better, we want our regions to
33、be sending more of our high quality primary produce to ports to get onto ships, to export overseas, and to do that we need the most effective road network.(8- 1)And the Australian Governments committing to spending significant amounts to upgrade major roads, in Sydney, for instance, were committing
34、$1.5 billion, as part of the WestConnex proposal, which has an impact on our freight capacity, of course, getting our stuff to airports and to ports.(7)But this program, while its small, makes a significant contribution to our regional development because it ensures we get productive capacity on man
35、y roads which are suffering from substandard infrastructure. And, what Ive asked John Cobb to do is to lead this committee and get the best value for the money that we allocate each year. W: Should the business sector, businesses that set up in certain areas be asked to help fund roads? M:(9/10-1)We
36、ll, indeed they are on some occasions, and part of the challenge the country has, as both state and federal governments deal with Labors debt is to increasingly find ways to attract private sector investment. Sometimes thats through pricing.(8-2)The private sector is involved in the WestConnex proje
37、ct, and is incentivized to be involved. So, of course, in that instance, its attractive to both federal, state governments, but also the private sector, and(10-2)well increasingly be looking at ways to attract private sector investment into our important economic infrastructure. W: All right, its ti
38、me to end todays program. Thank you, Jamie. Thanks for talking with us. M: 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 will be done to bridges in regional areas? 7. Why can the Black Spot program contribute a lot to the
39、local economy? 8. Which of the following is mentioned in the interview about the WestConnex proposal? 9. What can we know about the role of business sector in the program? 10. Which of the following statements is CORRECT about private investment in economic infrastructure? 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话
40、问答处。根据句 (6)可知，桥梁的升级是联合政府在竞选中就已纳入的计划，不久会有一个专门的项目用于升级各地方的桥梁，因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题设题点在因果关系处。根据句 (7)可知，修复升级道路对地区的发展做出了重要贡献，因为它能确保许多不合格的基础设施得到改造并发挥出更大的生产能力，因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 会话 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题设题 点在举例处。根据句 (81)可知，澳大利亚政府投入了大量资金升级主要道路，以悉尼为例，政府已经按照 “西区连通 ”项目的提议，投入了 15亿美元进行基础设施建设，这一项目对机场和
41、港口的货运能力产生了积极影响。由句 (82)可知，在 “西区连通 ”的项目中，私营企业投入资金并参与其中，因此答案为 D。 【知识模块】 会话 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据句 (9)可知，某些企业已经参与了某些资助项目，国家仍致力于进一步寻找吸引私营企业投资的方法，因此答案为A。 【知识模块】 会话 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据句 (10一 1)和句 (102)可知，国家面临的挑战就是进一步寻找吸引私营部门投资的方法，这有时是通过定价来实现的。不难看出，私营部门被鼓励为基础设施建设提供资金，因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】
42、 会话 11 【听力原文】 Avi Arditti(M) Lida Baker(W) Now, listen to Part One of the interview. M: Im Avi Arditti, and this week on Wordmaster:(1)a lesson in complaining, English teacher Lida Baker is with us from Los Angeles to discuss this topic. Welcome, Lida. W: Thanks. Well, as far as I know, the first pa
43、rt of any complaint is a factual statement about what the problem is.(2)But theres another part to learn thats more important. There are students from a lot of cultures where this cultural behavior we have in the United States of being very straightforward about what we think and what we want thats
44、the part that would be a lot harder for them than the linguistic part of complaining, which is just saying “here is the problem. M: Its OK in the United States to complain, its OK to take a product back to a store, and I think this is something that a student would have to understand before he or sh
45、e could actually put the complaint into action. But Lida, how would you put this into context, into a classroom? How would you teach? W: I think in teaching,(3)the first step is providing that cultural background, such as the return policy of a store,(4)and understanding that it isnt the same from o
46、ne store to the next. I had an incident a few weeks ago where I bought some clothes for my daughter from a store where I just assumed that if they didnt fit her, because she wasnt with me at the time, I just assumed that if they didnt fit I could bring them back. And they didnt fit, and I went back
47、to the store, and to my utter surprise this store would not return my money. It would only give me a store credit or allow for an exchange. And I was very shocked because I was used to shopping in stores that provided you with a full refund for your money. M: What did you say to the clerk? Im curiou
48、s, how did you handle that? W:(5)I expressed my surprise. But at the same time, I reminded myself that this is notyou know, the clerks are the people in the first line of fire. But we have to remember that they are not the ones who set the store policy. This is the end of Part One of the interview.
49、Questions 1 to 5 are based on what you have just heard. 1. What is the interview about? 2. What is more difficult for students when learning to complain? 3. What is the first step in teaching how to make a complaint? 4. Why did Lida Baker mention her experience returning her daughters clothes? 5. What was Lidas attitude towards the clerk who refused to refund the clothes for her? 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点在问题陈述处。根据句 (1)可知， Lida Baker是一位英语老师，将要讨论如何进行投诉这一话题，因此 B为答案。 【知识模块】 会话 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题设题点为转折处。根据句 (
