1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 1及答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lectur
2、e. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 Five Main Literary Movements in American History I. Transcendentalism born in(1)_: the north eastern pa
3、rt of the US(1)_ people can achieve spirituality without(2)_(2)_ individualism was highly praised Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature as a representative of the movement II. Romanticism spread from Britain and Germany centered on imagination and strong emotions American works include the supernatural and fo
4、cus on human(3)_(3)_ Edgar Allen Poe: best known for tales of(4)_(4)_ III. Realism started in France focused on events that were ordinary and typical rather than extraordinary many writers were also concerned with(5)_(5)_ Mark Twain: wrote about ordinary life in the (6)_ part of America(6)_ IV. Natu
5、ralism had roots in France a persons behavior is influenced by(7)_(7)_ a person cannot escape his destiny or fate Jack London: humans behave like animals in (8)_(8)_ V. Modernism started in Europe probably can be described with the word(9)_(9)_ find out what doesnt work and replace it with what does
6、 Ezra Pound:“ compl etely changed the concept of (10)_(10)_ 1 (1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5 (5) 6 (6) 7 (7) 8 (8) 9 (9) 10 (10) SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an i
7、nterview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Which of the following factors is NOT mentioned by Edward in choosing the location of a house? （ A） Way of life one enjoys leading. （ B） Proximity to the
8、 work place. （ C） Convenience of other family members. （ D） Distance from relatives and friends. 12 According to Edward, which of the following is CORRECT? （ A） A sociable person is suitable to live in the city suburbs. （ B） Suburban houses are more expensive than houses in cities. （ C） City suburbs
9、 are conveniently located for commuting to work. （ D） City suburbs are popular among the young generation. 13 Why are the town houses rarely less expensive than semi-detached houses? （ A） Because they are usually built on expensive property. （ B） Because they take too much space in cities. （ C） Beca
10、use they have larger room for price to go up. （ D） Because they are built luxuriously and elegantly. 14 If you decide to buy an old house, youd better （ A） have a professional surveyor check it thoroughly. （ B） have the owner repair and renovate it thoroughly. （ C） find out the remaining life expect
11、ancy of the house. （ D） check all things yourself to make sure they work well. 15 What is Edwards idea about the size of a garden attached to a house? （ A） The bigger, the better. （ B） The smaller, the better. （ C） It depends on the owners preference and time. （ D） It depends on the size of the hous
12、e. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 According to news, the West Virginia coal mine disaster （ A）
13、caused minor injuries. （ B） was the worst one since 1984. （ C） was caused by terrorist attack. （ D） happened in early morning. 17 The rescue operation has stopped temporarily because （ A） the weather was bad. （ B） there was risk of another blast. （ C） there was another blast. （ D） no survivor has be
14、en found. 18 Which of the following statements about Mr. Singh is INCORRECT? （ A） His family was too poor to send him to school. （ B） He strongly advocated the new law. （ C） He was an economist as well as a politician. （ D） He attributed his success to education. 19 Researchers say light exercise ma
15、y help to （ A） reduce the risk of difficult labor. （ B） improve the intelligence of the baby. （ C） control weight in the womb. （ D） have larger babies. 20 Heavy babies tend to （ A） be overweight. （ B） be healthier. （ C） be thinner later in life. （ D） get mental diseases. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 1答案与解析 SECTIO
16、N A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over,
17、you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Main Literary Movements in American History Good morning, everyone. Todays lecture is the very first of a series of lectures
18、on the main literary movements in United States history. In this class, we are going to cover five different movements in literature and discuss the origins and common beliefs of each movement. In this, our first class, Id like to take some time to give you an overview of these five movements as a s
19、tarting point. Ill go over the period of time each movement covers, the place in the US where it got its start, the key figures in each movement, and the core beliefs of each. We wont have time in the course to cover all literary movements, so were going to be focusing on the general time period of
20、the 19th and 20th centuries. More specifically, this course will cover most of the important literary movements from 1830 to around 1940. The first literary movement well be looking at in detail is called Transcendentalism. The reason we choose this as our starting point is that writers of this move
21、ment or period are the first to show a clear difference from British writers and British cultural tradition and heritage. Before this time, American writers and British writers shared similar views of the world and saw the world through the same lens. We sometimes refer to Transcendentalism as Ameri
22、can Transcendentalism to differentiate it from an earlier philosophical movement in Europe. American Transcendentalism was born in New England, the north-eastern part of the United States around the 1830s. Writers in this movement believed, in very general terms, that nature. God, and the individual
23、 human were united, were the same, and that individuals did not need organized religion. American Transcendentalists also extolled individualism and encouraged individuals to be reliant on themselves and their development as human beings. Transcendentalists very often were active in social movements
24、. Arguably the most important figure of this movement was Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose book called Nature, published in 1836, remains one of the movements most read works. The second movement were going to talk about is Romanticism, though it is more a series of movements in art, music and literature
25、which lasted about 50 years and spread from Britain and Germany to other parts of the world. Basically, romanticism is centered on strong emotions and imagination rather than rational thought, and there is an emphasis in American Romanticism to focus on the supernatural and on human psychology. Many
26、 works in this genre tell stories full of strong emotion, unexplained phenomenon, and unusual occurrences. One of the most well known writers considered to be a Romantic writer is Edgar Allen Poe. who is known for his stories filled with mystery and who wrote many works we might now call psychologic
27、al thrillers or horror stories. Poe thought that the human mind and imagination are factors in how we define reality. Our next movement is Realism, a movement which started in France in the mid 19th century before spreading to other areas, including the United States in the 1870s. This movement was,
28、 in many ways, a reaction to Romanticism in that it rejected strange and, indeed, romantic tales and aimed to show society and humanity as it was in real life. Realists focused on events that were ordinary, usual and typical rather than extraordinary or exotic. Many writers of this movement were als
29、o involved with social change, and writing about real conditions of real people was seen as one way to educate the general public for the need for change. One of this movements most easily recognizable names is Mark Twain, whose most famous stories were about everyday life in the American south, tha
30、t is, the south eastern states of the US, and who worked throughout his life on a variety of social issues including ending slavery and giving workers more rights. Naturalism is an offshoot of Realism, and also had its roots in France. Both movements focused on the reality of everyday ordinary life,
31、 but Naturalism focused on how the outside world, that is, a persons environment, influences and, perhaps, determines that persons behavior. Naturalism generally believes that a person has a destiny or fate, and that person can do little to change that destiny or fate. Many writers in this movement
32、focused on problems in society, like poverty. One of the movements most famous writers. Jack London, wrote books which compared animal behavior to human behavior, showing that human behavior is not all that different from animal behavior in extreme circumstances. The next movement we are going to lo
33、ok at is Modernism, which, of course, stretches beyond literature into music and art. The movement itself started in Europe in the late 19th century, as with many of the other movements, spread to America shortly after. The tumultuous period ending in World War I and World War II were seen by many a
34、s proof that the modern world was horrific and chaotic, and the end of World War II was seen as the start of a new era of humanity, either for good or for bad. Modernism reflects these thoughts, and writers in the Modernist era were looking, generally, to look beyond the old, the traditional, and we
35、re trying to find meaning in a new world. If we have to choose one word to describe this movement, we would probably choose the word “progress“. Modernists were concerned with finding out what doesnt work in the world and replacing it with what does. One major figure of the American branch of Modern
36、ism was Ezra Pound, who, among other things, revolutionized poetry. OK. In todays lecture, weve had a brief look at the origins and common beliefs of the five different movements in American literature. In our next lecture, we will discuss each movement in detail. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 New England 【知识模
37、块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 organized religion 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 psychology 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 mystery 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 social change 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 southern 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 his environment 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 extremely circumstances 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 progress 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 poetry 【知识模块】 听力 SECTI
38、ON B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen t
39、o the interview. 11 【听力原文】 W: Today Id like to welcome Edward Fox, a seasoned real-estate agent, who is going to talk to us about buying a house. Hello, Edward, good to see you. M: Hello. W: Now Edward, I think for most people buying a house is a major life event, and probably the single most expens
40、ive item they are ever likely to buy. What precautions do they have to take before a real purchase? Can you give some suggestions? M: You are right in saying buying a house costs a lot. But as to me, the most important thing to consider before buying any property is the location. W: Location? M: Rig
41、ht. Because it is where you plan to spend a large part of your life. Or, indeed, the rest of your life in some circumstances. Therefore. consider the type of life you enjoy leading. If you are a very sociable person who enjoys nightclubs and discos, you may consider something close to a city. Anyway
42、, a city is convenient for all types of nightlife. W: Then, for those who like to seek a quiet life, do you recommend a house in the countryside? M: Well, countryside is a tranquil place. However, do remember that proximity to the place of work also counts. Indeed. we spend most of our life at work,
43、 and you dont want to have to spend two or more hours every day traveling to work, do you? W: Absolutely. M: Therefore, transport is of the utmost importance. City suburbs, however, are often conveniently located for commuting to work, or for shopping, without being in the heart of a busy city. W: B
44、ut houses in the suburbs are far more expensive than those in cities. M: They seem to be, but actually houses located in cities can often exceed the price of suburban houses, so check out the prices. You may be surprised. W: Really? So we should consider our place of work and personality in choosing
45、 the location. Is that so? M: Im afraid you have to take family into consideration as well. You may prefer a house that is away from a busy street or main road. And of course, remember that children have to attend school. If you have children, or you plan to have children, location is a very importa
46、nt factor. And of course, remember that a family influences the size of the property. W: Oh, I see. How many types of houses can we choose? M: There are various types of houses. The first is called detached houses, which stand alone, and are not joined by another building. Then there are semi-detach
47、ed houses, which are the most common. This is because they are, in fact, two houses joined together, and therefore take up less space. And there are town houses, too, which are many houses joined together to form a long row. But I dont think that town houses are less expensive than semidetached hous
48、es. They rarely are. This is because they are usually built in cities where the price of the property is very expensive. W: Then what about old houses? They must be cheaper than new ones. M: Maybe they are. But if the house is too old, you may be faced with expensive repairs and renovation bills. So
49、 have a house thoroughly checked by a professional surveyor before you decide to buy. W: I agree. Its economical to buy old houses only when they are in good condition. By the way, a lot of property has a garden attached to it. Do you think its a good choice? M: Its true that a lot of property has a garden. If you enjoy gardening, thats fine. But if you dont enjoy gardening then you may prefer a small garden, a
