1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 161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 What Is Literary Writing? I . Distinguishing features of literary writing A. Primarily distinguishable【 T1】 _:【 T1】 _ creative
3、 or artistic content B. Two differences from a specialized treatises: attracting not only a specific class of readers, but all【 T2】 _【 T2】 _ 【 T3】 _used more profoundly than when only to convey information【 T3】_ II. Literature is a vital record of the【 T4】 _【 T4】 _ A.【 T5】 _: used for the rhetorical
4、 effect【 T5】 _ B. Devices: tone, rhyme, rhythm,【 T6】 _, dialogue and its variations【 T6】_ such as dialects and slang, etc. III. Literary writing is, in essence, a【 T7】 _【 T7】 _ A【 T8】 _personal view trying to evoke a response in his reader【 T8】 _ IV. Literature is a process of【 T9】 _【 T9】 _ A. Perso
5、nal motivation: a(n)【 T10】 _characteristic of literary writing【 T10】_ B. Things the artist needs to do: 【 T11】 _within himself【 T11】 _ reaching toward the truth V. The common nature of many different genres of the novel, like the 【 T12】 _【 T12】 _ A. Books, consisting of words that have been used to
6、express something B. Subjective value judged by【 T13】 _【 T13】 _ C. Writers “literature“ should encompass: numerous different kinds of writers whose works endure D. The aim of every artist: to【 T14】 _changing life, which makes him【 T14】_ immortal VI. Conclusion Literature is【 T15】 _, a response to li
7、fe.【 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 will
8、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 se
9、conds to preview the questions. （ A） How to borrow money from relatives. （ B） What to notice when lending money to family members. （ C） How to deal with family members owing your money. （ D） Whether to lend money to relatives. （ A） Supportive. （ B） Op positive. （ C） Objective. （ D） Subjective. （ A）
10、Dont lend money when you cant afford it. （ B） Dont lend money when you will face bankruptcy. （ C） Make a documentation when lending money. （ D） Lend money only when there is profit. （ A） The date and name. （ B） The purpose of lending. （ C） The amount of money. （ D） The interest rate. （ A） To pay a m
11、edical bill. （ B） To make a trip. （ C） To purchase luxuries. （ D） To collect antiques. （ A） To have an intense feeling of guilty. （ B） To advise them to borrow money from others. （ C） To get a loan for them from the bank. （ D） To accommodate their requests. （ A） The person who likes to travel around
12、. （ B） The person who likes to borrow money. （ C） The person who is always asked to lend money. （ D） The person who is good at making money. （ A） The fear of losing money. （ B） The fear of being bankrupt. （ C） The fear of seeing them go bankrupt. （ D） The fear of seeing them hate you afterwards. （ A
13、） To inform them when you cant pay back on time. （ B） To make a documentation with them. （ C） To tell them the purpose of borrowing. （ D） To make them feel you are credible. （ A） You can reduce your interest rates. （ B） You can reconsider your terms of repayment. （ C） You should urge him to pay you
14、back. （ D） You may let him do housework to pay the debts. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 161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
15、MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word(s) 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】 What Is Literary Writing? Good morning, welcome to our writing
16、 class. Today wed like to take a glimpse on literary writing. The term “literary writing“ calls to mind works by writers such as Shakespeare, Milton or Wordsworth: definitive examples of all that the term implies. We instinctively associate the term with characteristics such as artistic merit, creat
17、ive genius, and the expression of mankinds noblest qualities. In this lecture I will explore some of the characteristics of this kind of writing. (1)Literary works are primarily distinguishable from other pieces of writing by their creative or artistic content.(2)A piece of literature differs from s
18、pecialized treatises on astronomy, political economy, philosophy, or even history, in part because it appeals, not to a particular class of readers only, but to men and women: and in part because, while the object of the treatise is simply to impart knowledge, one ideal end of the piece of literatur
19、e, whether it also imparts knowledge or not, is to yield aesthetic satisfaction by the manner of which it handles its theme.(3)In fundamental terms literature is an expression of life through the medium of “ language“ , but language used more profoundly than when used simply to convey information. (
20、4)Literature is a vital record of what people have seen in life: what they have experienced of it, what they have thought and felt about those aspects of it which have the most immediate and enduring interest for all of us.(5)So literary writing, having creative and artistic content, is more careful
21、ly structured and uses words for the rhetorical effect of their flow, their sound, and their emotive and descriptive qualities.(6)Literary writers can also employ tone, rhyme, rhythm, irony, dialogue and its variations such as dialects and slang, and a host of other devices in the construction of a
22、particular prose work, poem or play. (7)Literary writing is, in essence, a “ response“ ,(8)a subjective personal view which the writer expresses through his themes, ideas, thoughts, reminiscences, using his collection of words to try to evoke a response in his reader. It is not only a question of th
23、e artist looking into himself but also a question of his looking into others with the experience he has of himself. He writes with sympathy because he feels that the other man is like him. (9)Literature is a process of communication: it “helps us to understand life“. Perhaps we should also consider
24、the motivation of the writer as a factor which distinguishes literary from other forms of writing. The writers motivation is the energy that pulls together the strands of his creativity in the shaping of the finished work.(10)Personal motivation is an essential characteristic of literary writing. It
25、 is the engine behind creativity, some of the great themes not only in literary writing, but in all the arts: love, death, war, and peace, seem to provide permanent inspiration for artists. So perhaps an inventory of literary writers motives should include the overflowing of their passions, their de
26、sire for self-expression, an abiding fascination with humanity in all its variety, the need to come to grips with relationships as they really are in the world as it really is, the striving after an ideal world which can exist only in the imagination, and, perhaps at the heart of it all, the need to
27、 form, shape things of beauty.(11)The artist needs to resolve conflicts within himself, to reach an understanding, to search for some credible meaning of life, death, and everything. He is always reaching toward some sort of truth: an artistic creative truth, a truth that resides in the individual a
28、rtist and needs to be grasped, made real, made understandable. Perhaps in some cases the artists motivation could be seen as a need to create other worlds, in order that they can project real conflicts onto another plane. The many different genres of the novel constitute a particular challenge to th
29、e concept of “ literary writing“.(12)Detective novels, and science fiction novels, for example, are creative, imaginative, depictions of life. We might question their seriousness as literature, or whether they can achieve the high ideals of art, but then we might equally well question the meaning of
30、 “ seriousness“ , and “ the high ideals of art“. Popular novels may not deal with lifes great conflicts, or search for truth and beauty, and they may deal with the dark side of life, or escape into the fantastic, but can they still be considered “literature“? Do they still make an important contribu
31、tion to our understanding of the world, as “real“ literature does? Obviously “literary“ works take an event, an aspect of life as a nucleus and construct a world around that core. They are works about real people, engaged in the real business of living. They convey knowledge, understanding, experien
32、ce and are hence considered important. Yet they have in common with the detective and science fiction novels that they are books, consisting of words that have been used to express something, words that may or may not be read, and may or may not succeed in conveying an understanding of the world the
33、y depict. In my view it comes down to subjective value judgments. I believe literature is a “broad church“ which ought to be able to deal with any subject,(13)and that ultimately it is individual reader, or readers all together, who decide on the value of any particular work and on whether or not it
34、 deserves a place in the annals of literary history. Writers aim to show us “ the world“ , but no single writer can do this, and “ literature“ should encompass numerous different kinds of writers because each is trying to show us something which cannot be shown as a whole. Each can only give us his
35、own small fragment of understanding. Ultimately it is those works which endure that should be considered “ literature“ , those which have succeeded in holding firm a fragment of life, to be seen, to be read, to be understood. Perhaps we should let a writer have the last word on summing up the writer
36、s art:(14)The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed, so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that i
37、s immortal since it will always move. In conclusion, literary writing does embody certain distinguishing characteristics.(15)It is a self-conscious, imaginative mode of writing which uses words not just to convey information, but as an art form. Ultimately it is a response to life. This is the end o
38、f the lecture. Thank you very much! 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 feature characteristic 【试题解析】 本题考查对信息的概括。根据句 (1)可知，文学作品区别于其他形式作品的特点主要在于它的内容富于创造性、艺术性。根据题干可知，应填名词“特征 ”，故答案为 feature或 characteristic。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 human beings 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (2)可知，文学作品与那些专题论文，诸如天文学、政治经济学、哲学甚至是历史，有很大的不 同，部分原因可能是文学作品吸引的不
39、仅是某一类特定的读者，而且还吸引所有的男人与女人，即全人类，所以填 human beings。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 language 【试题解析】 本题设题点在转折处。根据句 (3)可知，从根本上讲，文学是一种以语言为媒介来表达生活的方式，而文学中的语言比仅仅传达信息时所用的语言更为深刻、广泛，故答案为 language。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 authors opinion 【试题解析】 本题设题点在分论点处。 根据句 (4)可知，文学记录的是人们所见、所经历、所思、所感的东西，这些东西具有及时性，并且令人很感兴趣，换句话说，文学就是作者的观点，所以填 au
40、thors opinion。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 Words 【试题解析】 本题设题点在结果处。根据句 (5)可知，文学写作拥有创造性、艺术性的内容，以及缜密的布局结构。词汇应用也非常讲究修辞手法，故答案为Words，注意首字母大写。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 irony 【试题解析】 本题设题点在信息列 举处。根据句 (6)可知，文学作家可以使用像音调、押韵、节奏、讽刺、对话，以及像方言、俚语这样的语言变体等语言工具来组织特定的散文、诗歌或剧本，故答案为 irony。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 response 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句
41、 (7)可知，文学写作本质上就是对生活的反映，所以填 response。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 subjective 【试题解析】 本题设题点在定义概念处。根据句 (8)可知，文学写作是指作者使用其所掌握的词汇， 通过主题、观点、思想、回忆来表达主观的个人观点，以引起读者的共鸣，故答案为 subjective。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 communication 【试题解析】 本题设题点在分论点处。根据句 (9)可知，文学写作是一个交流的过程，它 “有助于我们了解生活 ”，所以填 communication。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 essenti
42、al 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (10)可知，作者个人的写作动机是文学作品的一个本质特征，故答案为 essential。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 resolving conflicts 【试题解析】 本题设题点在具体措施处。根据句 (11)可知，艺术家需要在文学作品中解决自己的内心冲突，获得理解，寻求生命、死亡以及任何事情的本质意义，故答案为 resolving conflicts，注意应使用 -ing形式。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 detective novels science fictions 【试题解析】 本题设题点在分论点处。根据句 (1
43、2)可知，例 如：侦探小说和科幻小说都是对生活创造性、想象性的描述，所以填 detective novels science fictions。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 readers 【试题解析】 本题设题点在并列关系处。根据句 (13)可知，文学作品的价值要由每个读者来评定，决定它是否有资格在文学历史长河中占据一席之地，故答案为readers。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 arrest 【试题解析】 本题设题点在目的处。根据句 (14)可知，每个艺术家的目的都是通过艺术的手法抓住不断变化的生活，使其固定下来，以便在上百年后，当陌生人来看的时候，它能够再次鲜活起来
44、，因为这样才是生活，故答案为 arrest。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 an art form 【试题解析】 本题设题点在结语处。根据句 (15)可知，文学作品是自我意识和富有想象力的写作模式，这些语言不仅用来传达信息，而且还是一种艺术形式，故答案为 an art form。 【知识模块】 听力 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 que
45、stions 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 question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You ha
46、ve THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. 16 【听力原文】 Interviewer(M) Mility Hopson(W) Now, listen to Part One of the interview. M: What if one day, one member of your family turns to you for lending him or her some money?(1)With the dos and donts of lending money to family, we are joined by Mility H
47、opson, GMA financial contributor and president of Ariel Capital Management. Welcome. W: Thank you. M: So can we narrow it down? Is there a yes-no answer to the question: should you lend family money? W:(2)I wouldnt call it a yes-no answer: I would start with a very basic idea. Before you think about
48、 this familiar obligation issue, lets start with:(3 - 1)Can you afford it? And if you cant afford it, that answers the question right away. Also can you afford it if they dont pay you back? A bank thinks about the same thing. They assess the risk of the loan they are going to make,(3 - 2)and they do
49、nt make loans that are going to make them insolvent. You shouldnt either, but if you go down this path, the one thing that I suggest you that helps mute some of the resentment or problems that can occur:(3 - 3)document it. Documentation helps a lot. M: So those are the guidelines basically. Youre saying: write it down on paper, sign it, date it, and interest rates. Someon
