1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 198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 France in the Twentieth Century I. France in World War I 1914: Germany declared war on France and【 T1】 _【 T1】 _ The Allies won
3、 the battle of Verdun, but 700,000 lives were lost 【 T2】 _: the Germans surrendered【 T2】 _ II. Post-World War I France The 1920s: brimming with【 T3】 _, including British【 T3】 _ and American expatriates The early 1930s: the worldwide【 T4】 _【 T4】 _ III. France in World War II 1939: Britain and France
4、were forced to declare war on Germany with Germans【 T5】 _ into Poland【 T5】 _ 1940: - The French Army collapsed, and Paris was taken without a fight - France was divided into an occupied zone and an unoccupied zone - General Charles de Gaulle organized a government【 T6】 _【 T6】 _ to support the resist
5、ance effort 【 T7】 _: German troops marched into the unoccupied zone【 T7】 _ June 6, 1944: The Allies finally landed on the beaches of Normandy 1944: The allies entered Paris; French troops entered the city first IV.【 T8】 _ France【 T8】 _ Cities and architectural treasures had been bombed to bits Natio
6、nal pride was shattered by defeat and accusations of【 T9】 _【 T9】 _ Politics: - Charles de Gaulle returned to power and urged France to adapt to the modern world - France alienated【 T10】 _and urged Europeans【 T10】 _ to create a power bloc Literature: - Pessimism of【 T11】 _【 T11】 _ - Le petti Prince -
7、 “Theater of the absurd.“ Fashion: - haute couture was revolutionized 【 T12】 _【 T12】 _ - Cannes V. France after 1968 1968: A series of students and【 T13】 _riots【 T13】 _ and a general strike occurred 1969: Charles de Gaulle【 T14】 _【 T14】 _ Mitterrand: most influence on 20th-century French society aft
8、er de Gaulle Jacques Chirac: elected in 1995 The Channel Tunnel: - Continental Europe was linked to Britain - The road and rail link handles【 T15】 _of all the traffic【 T15】 _ between the two countries 1 【 T1】 2 【 T2】 3 【 T3】 4 【 T4】 5 【 T5】 6 【 T6】 7 【 T7】 8 【 T8】 9 【 T9】 10 【 T10】 11 【 T11】 12 【 T1
9、2】 13 【 T13】 14 【 T14】 15 【 T15】 15 The Importance of Literature I. Definition of Literature The word “literature“ dates back to【 T1】 _【 T1】 _ In connection with ideas Characteristic of expression and form Poetry, novels, history,【 T2】 _, and essays【 T2】 _ Gets better with age II. Views of Literatur
10、e Individual【 T3】 _reading literature【 T3】 _ a)Expand vocabulary b)Educate on international issues and cultures c)Improve【 T4】 _and self-discipline【 T4】 _ d)Be more creative e)【 T5】 _【 T5】 _ Refusal to read literature a)Less willing to【 T6】 _for entertainment【 T6】 _ b)Spoiled by TV c)Boring or hard
11、to understand III. Historical and Cultural Benefits of Literature Example of【 T7】 _【 T7】 _ Created entertainment Our language was shaped and influenced by him Historical benefit: appreciate history in a(an)【 T8】 _ way【 T8】 _ a)Themes of everyday life remain the same b)Readers of novels written years
12、 ago feel【 T9】 _ to the past【 T9】 _ c)Reader can also【 T10】 _the past and the present【 T10】 _ Cultural benefit: insights into the ways of life, 【 T11】 _views of people in a time and place【 T11】 _ Example: different versions of Cinderella Different elements denote different pervasive【 T12】 _【 T12】 _
13、in a given culture Loss of readership a)The advent of entertainment from【 T13】 _【 T13】 _ b)Literature has been adapted for popular【 T14】 _【 T14】 _ c)Reading the book is replaced by “watching the movie“ Side effect: a(n) 【 T15】 _【 T15】 _ 16 【 T1】 17 【 T2】 18 【 T3】 19 【 T4】 20 【 T5】 21 【 T6】 22 【 T7】
14、23 【 T8】 24 【 T9】 25 【 T10】 26 【 T11】 27 【 T12】 28 【 T13】 29 【 T14】 30 【 T15】 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 198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 SHE
15、ET 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 【听力原文】 France in the Twentieth Century Good morni
16、ng, everyone. Today we will continue our discussion about French history, particularly French history in the 20th Century. We may divide the 20th century portion of history into five periods: World War I, post-World War I, World War II, post-World War II, and after 1968. First of all, France in Worl
17、d War I. In 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne,1the German Army declared war on France and quickly invaded. Drawn-out battles in hellish trenches led to devastating losses on both sides. The Allies, namely France, Britain and the United States, won t
18、he battle of Verdun, but 700,000 lives were lost.2The tide finally turned and the Germans surrendered in 1918, ceding the hotly-contested regions of Alsace and Lorraine back to France. But at what price? It is evidenced by the long lists of names recorded on solemn memorials in every French town. Pa
19、ris, on the other hand, emerged from the wreckage of World War I with its customary elan.3In the 1920s, it was a gold mine of literary talent, brimming with British and American expatriates like Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, Henry Miller and Gertrude Stein. Marcel Proust define
20、d the “coming of age novel“ with his A la Recherche du temps perdu. Once again, this giddily optimistic period was short-lived.4The worldwide economic depression caught up with France in the early 1930s. Now, about France in World War II. In this period of time, ominous military build-up began in Ge
21、rmany and Italy.5The Germans reclaimed Alsace-Lorraine in 1936, and invaded Poland in 1939. Because Britain and France had treaties with Poland, they were forced to declare war on Germany. France was overconfident of its famed Maginot Line, a fortified wall stretching across Alsace-Lorraine; the Ger
22、mans approached from Belgium, surrounded it and seized it handily. In 1940, the French Army collapsed, and Paris was taken without a fight. The country was divided into an occupied zone and an unoccupied zone, with its seat of government in Vichy. A famous World War I general, Henri Philippe Petain,
23、 was made leader, and the Vichy government was later judged to have collaborated with the Nazis. General Charles de Gaulle, the Under-secretary of State for National Defense, had fled to London.6He organized a government in exile to support the Free French in their resistance effort.7When the Allies
24、 landed in French North Africa in 1942, German troops marched into the unoccupied zone. Two long years later, the Allies finally got a foothold on the beaches of Normandy, June 6, 1944, and entered Paris in 1944. Allied commander Dwight Eisenhower very diplomatically allowed French troops to enter t
25、he city first, to riotous cheers, heartfelt embraces, and unashamed tears. 8Fourthly, about Post-War France. Frances position in 1945 was more tenuous than it had been for centuries. Its cities and architectural treasures had been bombed to bits by both the Germans and the Allies.9Its national pride
26、 was shattered by defeat and accusations of collaboration. In a world now dominated by the United States and the Soviet Union, where did France fit in? Immediately after the war, thousands of suspected collaborators were executed. Former colonies like Indochina and Algeria were deemed too troublesom
27、e and divested. Charles de Gaulle returned to power and urged France to “marry the century“ and adapt to the modern world.10Alienating his wartime AlliesBritain, Russia and the U.S. he urged Europeans to stick together and create a power bloc. French culture underwent yet another resurgence,11led by
28、 the chic pessimism of existentialist philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Antoine de Saint-Exuperys Le petit Prince depicted a world without poetry and love. Playwrights Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco pioneered the “theater of the absurd.“ Clothing designers Chanel, Dior, St. Laurent,
29、 Givenchy and other designers revolutionized haute couture in the postwar years.12Frances importance in European and world cinema is evidenced by the International Film Festival in Cannes each year. De Gaulle held onto power for 10 years after having installed the V Republic in 1958. That marked the
30、 fifth period of modern France.13In 1968, a series of students and leftist riots and a general strike paralyzed the country,14and the next year, he stepped down. He was succeeded by his former Prime Minister George Pompidou. Subsequent elections swung between rightists and leftists. After de Gaulle,
31、 Mitterrand has had the most influence on 20th-century French society. He declared, “Visitors will come to see the Paris of architecture, sculpture, museums and gardens; a city open to imagination, ideas and youth“ The conservative, Jacques Chirac, ex-mayor of Paris, was elected in 1995 and finished
32、 his second term in 2007. But another Mitterrand project changed forever the relationship of France and England. With British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Mitterrand agreed to create one of the 20th centurys grandest engineering projects: the Channel Tunnel. When French and British construction
33、 workers met beneath the English Channel in 1990, Continental Europe was linked to Britain for the first time in 7,000 years.15Today, the road and rail link handles one third of all the traffic between the two countries. Although leaders like de Gaulle, Pompidou, Giscard, Mitterrand and Chirac were
34、wildly different, France has continued to function with continuity and minimal turmoil. The system of cohabitationoverlapping terms of office of a president and a premier from opposing political campsseems to give French government the checks and balances it needs. France continues to both impress a
35、nd confound the rest of the world, just as it always has! OK. With this background, you should understand the chain of events and the artistic and architectural trends that accompanied historic events in France. As you visit monuments and museums during our orientation program next week, we hope tha
36、t having this background will help you enjoy more fully your cross-cultural experience in France. 【知识模块】 听力填空 1 【正确答案】 quickly invaded 【试题解析】 录音首先讲到法国在一战时期的情况。 1914年德国军队向法国宣战并且很快侵占了法国。本题填 quickly invaded。 【知识模块】 听力填空 2 【正确答案】 1918 【试题解析】 本题是细节题，考查德国在一战时投降的时间。根据讲座内容，德国是在 1918年投降。因此，填 1918。 【知识模块】 听力填
37、空 3 【正确答案】 literary talents 【试题解析】 在 20世纪 20年代，法国是文学家们的金矿，这里居住着海明威、菲茨杰拉德、乔伊斯等美国和英国的旅法作家。因此本题答案可概括为 literary talents。 【知识模块】 听力填空 4 【正确答案】 (economic)depression 【试题解析】 20世纪 30年代早期，世界经济大萧条席卷法国。因此本题的答案为 (economic)depression。 【知识模块】 听力填空 5 【正确答案】 invasion 【试题解析】 1936年，德军占领了法国的阿尔萨斯一洛林， 并于 1939年入侵波兰。本题的答案为
38、 invasion。本题考查的是将 invade转化为 invasion。 【知识模块】 听力填空 6 【正确答案】 in exile 【试题解析】 戴高乐将军组织了流亡政府 (government in exile)支持 “自由法国 ”的抵抗运动。因此本题的答案为 in exile。 【知识模块】 听力填空 7 【正确答案】 1942 【试题解析】 本题考查某个事件发生的时间年份。录音提到， 1942年当同盟军踏上了法属北非的土地上，德国军队就向这片未被 占领的地区进发。 【知识模块】 听力填空 8 【正确答案】 Post-War 【试题解析】 此题考查法国在 20世纪的第四个时期 战后法国
39、。因此本题填Post-War。 【知识模块】 听力填空 9 【正确答案】 collaboration 【试题解析】 本题问的是法国的民族荣誉感受挫源自哪两个方面。讲座提到，一是法国战败，二是法国被指控勾结外敌。因此，这里填的是 collaboration。 【知识模块】 听力填空 10 【正确答案】 wartime Allies 【试题解析】 二战胜利以后，戴高乐将军逐渐疏远了法国在二战时期的盟友英国、苏联和美国，并敦促欧洲国家团结起来，建立一个强大的联盟。本题的答案为 wartime Allies。 【知识模块】 听力填空 11 【正确答案】 existentialist philosoph
40、y 【试题解析】 录音提到。法国文化经历了又一次死灰复燃，这次是由存在主义哲学家萨特和加缪的悲观主义引导的。因此本题填 existentialist philosophy。 【知识模块】 听力填空 12 【正确答案】 Cinema(industry) Film(industry) 【试题解析】 本题考查考生通过例子概括信息点的能力。问题问的是法国的哪方面在二战后还发生了重大的变化。讲座中提到的是：国际戛纳电影节佐证了法国对欧洲以及世界电影的影响。因此，这里填的是 Cinema(industry)或Film(industry)。 【知识模块】 听力填空 13 【正确答案】 leftist 【试题
41、解析】 1968年，法国爆发了一系列的学生和左翼分子的暴动，还引发了一次导致全国陷入瘫痪状态的大罢工。因此本题 的答案为 leftist。 【知识模块】 听力填空 14 【正确答案】 stepped down 【试题解析】 录音提到， 1968年法国学生和左翼分子的暴动以及全国大罢工导致了戴高乐在次年下台。即戴高乐在 1969年下台。本题填入动词的过去式stepped down。 【知识模块】 听力填空 15 【正确答案】 one third/1 3 【试题解析】 今天，英法大隧道的道路和铁路承载了英国和法国之间三分之一的交通。因此本题的答案为 one third或 1 3。 【知识模块 】
42、听力填空 15 【听力原文】 The Importance of Literature Good morning, everyone. Today, I will give you a brief account of the importance of literature. My talk today will cover three parts. The first part is about the definition of literature; the second part is about views of literature and third, about histor
43、ical and cultural benefits of literature. First of all, lets talk about literature itself. The word “literature“ just looks boring. Very English very old very stuffy. Not anything you want much to do with. It sounds like something over-educated. Non-working white-hairs from the motherland sit around
44、 and talk about it all day because they have nothing better to do.1I mean, the word itself dates back to the 14th century. The definition, as given on is a noun meaning2“writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essent
45、ial features, and poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.“ Somehow, that doesnt exactly make it sound better. Maybe its because I just completed two literature classes and a minor in English, but I would definitely argue that while literature and the concept of literature may be very old, th
46、e importance it holds has not faded if anything it grows even stronger and even more important as time goes on. Like wine, it simply gets better with age. Secondly, views of literature.3Reading has a wide range of benefits to an individual.4It can expand vocabulary, educate on world issues and cultu
47、res, improve memory and self-discipline, increase the flow of ones creative juices,5and last but not least, entertain. Nonetheless, I know only a small handful of my peers that are willing to sit down and enjoy a piece of good literature that has shaped the culture of the world that we live in. I qu
48、ote a recent saying from one of my friends while hiking, “I refuse to read it because there are too many words.“ We werent even talking about some ancient work that is hard to get through. We were talking about Harry Potter books that are written at around a 4th or 5th grade reading level.6For some reason, people today have become less willing to work for their entertainment. Weve been spoiled by television to the point that all we want to do in our free time is to allow our bodies and minds to vegetat
