1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 177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 UK Newspapers I . Brief introduction many【 T1】 _newspapers【 T1】 _ no national【 T2】 _titles【 T2】 _ being divided into three gro
3、ups: mass market newspaper, middle-market newspaper, quality broadsheets II. Several particular aspects about UK Newspapers A. Size The Independent, The Times producing【 T3】 _edition【 T3】 _ The Guardian, The Observer switching to “ Berliner“ The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, and most parts
4、of The Sunday Times being in【 T4】 _size【 T4】 _ B.【 T5】 _【 T5】 _ The Sun being Conservative, The Daily Mirror being【 T6】 _【 T6】 _ C. The middle-market newspaper particular readership 【 T7】 _women【 T7】 _ a cheap【 T8】 _for magazine【 T8】 _ 【 T9】 _aiming at the husband【 T9】 _ being most popular for being
5、 irony D. The quality papers being most famous to readers【 T10】 _【 T10】 _ E. The free【 T11】 _appearing recently【 T11】 _ F. One of the ways forward:【 T12】 _【 T12】 _ III. The development of Newspaper Company in different ways new sizes and【 T13】 _held to arrest the decline in sales【 T13】 _ declined sa
6、les but increased【 T14】 _of news【 T14】 _ companies owning their own content 1)the best way to consume the content being on small sheets 2)most companies having their own【 T15】 _【 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
7、 【 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 be asked about what was said. Both the interview and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be
8、 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） How to change your annoying co-workers. （ B） How to unhook yourself. （ C） How to handle c
9、onflicts between co-workers. （ D） How to deal with the annoying co-workers. （ A） To stop complaining. （ B） To take action. （ C） The way to change others. （ D） Forming a correct understanding. （ A） Changing your working place. （ B） Changing your own reaction. （ C） Trying to change them. （ D） Trying t
10、o tolerate them. （ A） Cooling yourself down plus good communication. （ B） Deep breathing plus sending e-mail. （ C） Physical exercise plus documentation. （ D） Accusation plus taking action. （ A） Personal space invaders. （ B） Noisy co-workers. （ C） Those wasting your time. （ D） Those fighting with you
11、. （ A） Your temper. （ B） The way of communication. （ C） The road that you take. （ D） The tactics that you take. （ A） Because they nag you all the time. （ B） Because they play a double game with you. （ C） Because they hurt you emotionally. （ D） Because they do harm to your body. （ A） Trying to find o
12、ut what they said about you. （ B） Treating other co-workers well. （ C） Giving a good impression on others. （ D） Catching them on the spot. （ A） To carry out your own PR campaign. （ B） To flatter your colleagues. （ C） To detect the back-stabbing. （ D） To be yourself. （ A） How bad the co-workers are.
13、（ B） How much you can bear annoying people. （ C） How many annoying workers there are. （ D） How much you can change yourself. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 177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, ple
14、ase complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO 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
15、力原文】 UK Newspapers Last time we talked about the newspaper in the USA, and this time we shall focus on that of the UK.(1)Because of the small geographical area of the UK, and the good travel infrastructure, there are many national newspapers unlike the United States, where most newspapers are printe
16、d and published locally.(2)Unlike France, the main national papers are morning newspapers: indeed, there are no national evening titles. UK newspapers are generally grouped into three, mass market newspaper in small size, or red-tops such as The Sun, middle-market newspaper in small size such as The
17、 Daily Mail, and quality broadsheets such as The Times. Unlike other European countries, there are no daily all-sport newspapers. I will talk about them from the following several aspects: First, its size that matters.(3)In October 2003, quality broadsheet The Independent began producing what it pre
18、ferred to call a compact edition small-sized along with the main broadsheet sized newspaper. This had a stunning effect on circulation sales went up by 20% year-on-year and The Times followed suit launching its own compact edition. Both newspapers are now exclusively available in compact form. The G
19、uardian, which denounced the original shift to compact before planning and then junking its own compact format, switched in September 2005 to a mid-size format between newspaper in small size and broadsheet, known as the “ Berliner“. This is roughly the same width as a newspaper in small size(thus e
20、asy to open using public transport), but taller, and therefore giving more flexibility in page design. Its sister paper The Observer also followed suit in January 2006. The Daily Telegraph is the only remaining weekday broadsheet. It apparently gained from The Times when the latter switched to newsp
21、aper in small size, and sees the broadsheet size as being a differentiator some advertising has claimed that Telegraph readers have a “broader view“. (4)The Sunday Telegraph and most sections of The Sunday Times are also in broadsheet size. (5)The second aspect is the political leanings in some pape
22、rs. The two most-popular newspapers are The Sun and The Daily Mirror. Bitter rivals, the papers traditionally hold very differing political views.(6)The Sun being Conservative since the early 1970s, while The Mirror being Labor. The Sun veered towards Tony Blairs Labor Party six weeks before his vic
23、tory in 1997, and has supported Labor in subsequent general elections in 2001 and 2005. However, recently the paper has been more critical of Gordon Brown, and more supportive of the leader of the opposition, David Cameron. Third ,(7)the middle-market newspaper in small sizes, The Daily Mail and The
24、 Daily Express are concerned with a very different readership that of affluent women.(8)Weekend supplements and carefully-placed sponsorship ensure that these titles are a cheap alternative to a magazine,(9)while sports supplements aimed at the husband aim to broaden their readership. The Daily Mail
25、 has a reliable right-wing agenda, and is mocked by some for their over alarmist headlines, particularly about political asylum seekers, house prices and “ things that give you cancer“ in 2009, The Daily Mail claimed in the same month that coffee would “give you cancer“ , as well as “cure you from c
26、ancer“ in different stories. However, its formula, said by former owner Lord Northcliffe to give his readers a “ daily hate“ , has made The Daily Mail one of the most popular newspapers in the UK. Fourth,(10)the quality papers the “broadsheets“ , though not that size anymore, are probably the most f
27、amous to readers overseas. The Times, the UKs oldest national newspaper, is not the most popular that accolade falls to The Daily Telegraph, known affectionately as The Daily Torygraph because of the staunch support to the Conservative Party. The Independent, The Guardian and the financial newspaper
28、 The Financial Times make up the rest of the so-called quality papers. Its important to notice, though, that the mass-market newspaper in small size sell up to four times as many copies as the broadsheets and if youre looking in vain for The London Times, such a newspaper title has never, in fact, e
29、xisted The Times has always been a national newspaper. The Guardian, once based in Manchester, was known as The Manchester Guardian until the sixties. Fifth,(11)a relatively recent phenomenon in the newspaper industry has been the free morning papers. Free weekly papers are fairly common, supported
30、by advertising and carrying little in the way of editorial. But now, with the launch of Associates “Metro“ and similar titles in many metropolitan areas, these newspapers thrive on public transport and in busy cities. Sixth,(12)consolidation seems one of the ways forward. The Times and The Suns pare
31、nt company also owns Sky television, the UKs satellite television service. The Guardian group now owns the Smooth FM and Real Radio stations, as well as probably the biggest Internet presence for a newspaper. On a local scale, the Kent Messenger group also owns the local KM fm radio stations in many
32、 areas of Kent, and aggressively cross-promotes them. (13)New sizes and formats were held to arrest the decline of newspaper buying. In June 2004, newspaper sales were declining year-by-year by 4.7% the only increases worldwide, in fact, coming in developing countries. However, reductions in size fo
33、r some of the newspapers meant a temporary increase in circulation. And,(14)while newspaper sales have been slowly declining, consumption of news can be claimed to have vastly increased: whether from the Internet, or one of the many non-stop news channels available to UK viewers. Newspaper companies
34、 own their content. The best way of consumption of this content at present is on small sheets of dead, pulped, reformed, wood. It requires no recharging: losing a newspaper is not a major problem: and delivery and availability is easy.(15)However, all national papers now have their own websites: som
35、e are shifting classified advertising away from the printed paper. Content is a useful commodity and the way this is presented in the future may well change. The cleverest newspapers will adapt to use their content in different ways. Thank you for attending the lecture. If you have interests in othe
36、r topics, please tell me now and we will talk about it next time. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 national 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (1)可知，由于英国国土面积较小，加之完善的旅游设施，因此有很多国家性的报纸，这与美国的大多数报纸在本地内印刷出版有很大不同，所以填 national。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 evening 【试题解析】 本题设题 点在对比处。根据句 (2)可知，英国是没有晚报的，故答案为 evening。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 compact 【试题解
37、析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (3)可知，报纸版面的大小也很关键，从 2003年 10月起，独立报开始出版压缩版报纸，故答案为 compact。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 broadsheet 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (4)可知，周日电讯报和周日时代报的大部分板块仍然保持大版面的形式，故答案为 broadsheet。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 Political leanings 【试题解析】 本题考点设在分论点处。根据句 (5)可知，关于英国报纸的第二个方面是其政治倾向，所以填 Political leanings，此外注意首字母须大写。 【知识模块
38、】 听力 6 【正确答案】 Labor 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对比处。根据句 (6)可知，不同报纸有不同的政治倾向，镜报倾向于工党，故答案为 Labor，注意首字母大写。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 affluent 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (7)可知，有些中端市场的文摘，如每日邮报和每日快报，它们的读者群体主要是比较富裕的女性，故答案为 affluent。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 substitute alternative 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (8)可知，周末刊物和精心的赞助确保了这些报纸是较为便宜的杂志替代品，所以填 sub
39、stitute alternative。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 sports supplements 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (9)可知，针对男性的体育报纸旨在为了扩大读者群，所以填 sports supplements。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 overseas 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (10)可知，高质量的报纸是最受海外读者欢迎的，故答案为 overseas。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 morning papers 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (11)可知，最近报业出现了免费早报，故 答案为 morn
40、ing papers，注意用复数。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 consolidation 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (12)可知，联合是发展趋势之一，故答案为 consolidation。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 formats 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (13)可知，设计不同尺寸和版式的报纸主要是为了抑制日益减少的报纸销量，所以填 formats。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 consumption 【试题解析】 本题设题点在转折处。根据句 (14)可知，报纸的销售量下降了，但是人们对新闻的 “消费 ”量却增长了，故答案为
41、 consumption。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 websites 【试题解析】 本题设题点在转折处。根据句 (15)可知，所有的国家级报纸都有自己的网站，故答案为 websites。 【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 questions will be asked about what was said. Bo
42、th 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 seconds to preview the questions.
43、16 【听力原文】 Interviewer(M) Katherine Crowley(W) Now, listen to Part One of the interview. M:(1)If you would like to know how to deal with the aggravating people who make you dread of going into the office, Katherine Crowley, the writer of a book called Working with You Is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself
44、from Emotional Traps at Work will tell you the answer. She joins us now. Good to have you with us. W: Good morning. M:(2- 1)What surprised me when I read this book is you say “Quit complaining, do something“. You say the best thing to do is to change yourself because you are not going to change the
45、other person. W: Thats right.(3)What I found in working with many thousands of people over the last 20 years is that its futile to try and change another person. So, the best thing you can do is begin by changing your internal reaction and then we give you very concrete tools for how to change your
46、experience. M: Whats this business about unhooking yourself? W:(4-1)Well, we give you this process. Its actually four steps and the first two steps are to cool down your system. Because as we all know, when those co-workers really annoy you, you immediately get upset.(4 - 2)So the first two steps ar
47、e deep breathing or doing some sort of physical exercise if you can run out of the building and walk around the block. M: Yeah. You say you spend a lot of time talking people off the ledge, which is essentially calming them down. But once youve done that and that seems very intuitive, then what do w
48、e do? W:(4- 3)Well, the next two steps would be taking action. To unhook verbally as what we say, you should find something to move the situation forward and take the high road not accusatory but a win-win kind of communication, and then you look for a business tool whether its documentation of some
49、 kind or sending out an e-mail or referring to a job description. M: Okay, but doesnt it seem a little defeatist to say you have to change yourself? Is it really “me“ that has to change as supposed to the other person? W: Well, have you ever changed anybody? No, you cant. You cant change somebody. But if you can change your rea
