1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 22及答案与解析 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. 1 What does the news item say about the pov
2、erty in Japan? （ A） In terms of poverty, Japan ranks fourth among developed countries. （ B） The poverty was mainly because of the inflation. （ C） There are many kids wandering in the streets for begging. （ D） The Japanese often complained about their embarrassing situations. 2 What measure had the a
3、mbassador anticipated the Security Council to take to fulfill the mission? （ A） Residents were asked to participate in the operation. （ B） Troops were brought in to help the African Union. （ C） Military forces were required to retreat soon. （ D） More fire engines were provided by the United Nations.
4、 3 Which of the following about the African Union is CORRECT? （ A） The AU alone could solve the peacekeeping problem in Somalia. （ B） All the demanded military forces arrived in time. （ C） Most of the troops present in Somalia are from Uganda. （ D） The AU is always questioned about its problem-solvi
5、ng capability. 4 Drop in new home sales is mainly due to （ A） declining home production. （ B） the prolonged tax policy. （ C） the decreasing GDP in the U.S. （ D） the economic downturn of the country. 5 According to Mark Vitner, （ A） there would be an instant hit with house enthusiasts. （ B） more and
6、more people expect to make use of the policy. （ C） advanced transportation technology would be brought in. （ D） the expected purchasing boom would go down until April. 6 Which of the following is NOT true about the train explosions in Madrid? （ A） The train explosions caused casualties. （ B） There a
7、re a lot of things remain undecided. （ C） The people involved in the events have been adjudicated. （ D） One of the suspects was convicted for masterminding the attacks. 7 The following are the Nobel Prize laureates in physiology or medicine EXCEPT （ A） Mario Capecchi. （ B） Oliver Smithies. （ C） Mart
8、in Evans. （ D） Christer Betsholtz. 8 What does the news item say about Mario Capecchi? （ A） He was born in U.S.A. during the Second World War. （ B） He received higher education from Harvard University. （ C） He works at the University of North Carolina. （ D） He is a very renowned professor in medicin
9、e. 9 What is the main idea of the news item? （ A） IRA vows to end its armed struggle against Britain. （ B） Different opinions on the IRA decision in the Northern Ireland. （ C） The Democratic Party was responsible for the contradiction. （ D） The goal of IRAs protest against British governance. 10 The
10、 likely cause of the Irish Republic Army announcing Truce declaration is （ A） to avoid its separation. （ B） to protect the victims. （ C） to inspire the morale. （ D） to settle the issue peacefully. 11 Which of the following about the earthquake in Iran is INCORRECT? （ A） Humanitarian work is ongoing
11、in the disaster area. （ B） The earthquake caused serious casualties. （ C） The survivors are trying to escape from the earthquake field. （ D） Food and clothes were reached to the hit area by land transportation. 12 Which of the following statements about the hadron collider is CORRECT? （ A） It has co
12、st about 10 billion dollars. （ B） It was designed by some scientists in Boston. （ C） It broke down before the first experiment. （ D） It was supposed to catch small particles. 13 The news is mainly about （ A） medical facilities on an airplane. （ B） the death of a woman passenger. （ C） the duty of fli
13、ght attendants. （ D） the fault of American Airlines. 14 According to the news, the American Airlines claims that （ A） the defibrillator functions normally. （ B） the oxygen bottles are more than enough. （ C） they are short of flight attendants. （ D） theyve done the regular pre-flight check. 15 The au
14、thor is taken to court just because （ A） he reveals some secrets. （ B） he offends the local authority. （ C） he fights against the owners. （ D） he writes about a specific locality. 16 According to the news, the Marche Saint-Pierre is a store that sells （ A） books. （ B） dolls. （ C） cloth. （ D） wallets
15、. 17 Scientists in Brazil have used frog skin to （ A） eliminate bacteria. （ B） treat burns. （ C） speed up recovery. （ D） reduce treatment cost. 18 What is NOT a feature of the new karaoke machine? （ A） It is featured by high technology. （ B） It allows you to imitate famous singers. （ C） It can autom
16、atically alter the tempo and tone of a song. （ D） It can be placed in specially designed theme rooms. 19 Chinas Internet users had reached_ by the end of June. （ A） 68 million （ B） 8.9 million （ C） 10 million （ D） 1.5 million 20 According to the WTO, Chinese exports rose _ last year. （ A） 21% （ B） 1
17、0% （ C） 0.22 （ D） 0.0473 21 According to the news, which trading nation in the top 10 has reported a 5 per cent fall in exports? （ A） The UK. （ B） The US. （ C） Japan. （ D） Germany. 22 Among the 21 species of sharks assessed by SSG, （ A） 10 are assessed as near threatened. （ B） 5 are listed as vulner
18、able. （ C） 5 are listed as near threatened. （ D） 21 are listed as endangered. 23 What is the main idea of the news item? （ A） French workers working condition is worsening. （ B） The French government offers fishermen aid deal. （ C） Fishermen have agreed to return to work soon. （ D） Fishermen launch
19、protests over rising fuel costs. 24 The protests by fishermen coincided with a workers strike over Sarkozys plans to （ A） downsize the workforce. （ B） trim workers health insurance. （ C） cut back on pension spending. （ D） extend the retirement age. 25 According to USGBC, buildings take up_of carbon
20、emissions in the U.S. （ A） 17% （ B） over 1/3 （ C） almost 1/3 （ D） 0.7 26 What is the biggest driving force for the green build movement? （ A） Legislation. （ B） The need to cut costs. （ C） Climate change. （ D） Soaring fuel prices. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 22答案与解析 SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this se
21、ction 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. 1 【听力原文】 Poverty is not first thing that comes to mind when you think of Japan. After all, there are no children b
22、egging on the streets in major cities here. You do not often see Japanese citizens publicly venting their frustrations over the countrys economic decline. But senior government researcher Aya Abe says Japan has the fourth-highest rate of poverty among developed countries. She says she sees that pove
23、rty in schools where students admit to only bathing once a week. Some cannot afford to buy pencils for class. Abe attributes the increase in child poverty to the countrys changing demographics, struggling economy and high social security premiums. She says fewer people live in three-generation house
24、holds, where the parents and grandparents work. The number of single mothers has increased. The salary for young fathers has declined with the economic downturn. And social security premiums have increased in the last 20 years, putting families on the threshold of poverty. Abe says studies conducted
25、 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)pointed to rising poverty in Japan before the global economic crises in 2008. 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题问及日本的贫困问题。新闻指出，政府高级研究员 Abe说日本的贫困指数在发达国家中排名第四，可见 A的表述正确。新闻提到，在日本的大城市看不到孩子沿街乞讨；日本市民也不会轻易透露出国家经济不景气。可见C、 D与新闻报道不相符。新闻中没有提到通货膨胀， B不能选。 【知识模
26、块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 UN extends African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia. South African Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo says he voted for the resolution, but adds he was not enthusiastic about it. Kumalo said he had expected the Security Council to make a firm decision about deploying U.N, peacekeeping tr
27、oops to Somalia to supplement the African Union mission there. The African Union, its like, when your house is on fire, the neighbors come with the buckets of water, but the neighbors are not the fire engine. The fire engine is the United Nations. So we want to see the United Nations getting involve
28、d on the ground in Somalia because that issue belongs to the United Nations. It cannot be left only to the African Union. The AU has pledged 8,000 troops to a peacekeeping mission. But, six months in, fewer than one-quarter of them have arrived. There are currently 1,700 AU troops, all from Uganda.
29、2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 新闻指出， Kumalo表示他希望联合国安全理事会能坚定决心，派遣联合国维和部队去索马里以协助非洲联盟完成使命。故正确答案是 B。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 新闻指出，维护和平是联合国的问题，不能只依靠非洲联盟。非洲联盟央求 8000人的军队来完成维护和平的使命，但是在 6个月内，只有不到四分之一的军队抵达，目前的 1700名军人全部来自乌干达。 选项 A、 B、 D与新闻内容不相符，故正确答案是 C。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 The Commerce Department said sales fell by 1
30、1.3% to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 355,000 homes, down from a revised 400,000 in October. The fall reflects the extension of first-time buyer tax credits, which had been due to expire in November. The total was far lower than analysts had expected, and the data wiped out early gains in sha
31、res on Wall Street. The main Dow Jones index closed only slightly higher, up 1.51 points, or 0.01%, to 10,466.44. Home sales had been boosted by buyers looking to take advantage of the tax credit, but now that they have been extended to April, the incentive to buy has disappeared, analysts say. As a
32、 result, “buyer traffic is likely to be flat until spring,“ predicted Mark Vitner at Wells Fargo Securities. The median sales price for November was $217,000. 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题问及销售下降的主要原因是什么。新闻指出，预计 11月份到期的首次购买抵税的延长促使销售下降。 A选项的 prolonged tax policy与原文中the extension of first-time buyer tax credit同
33、义，故为正确答案。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 新闻指出，随着购买诱因的消失，富国银行证券的 Mark Vitner预测购买热潮在春季到来之前也将随之退却。故正确答案是 D。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 Relatives of the victims of the train bombings in Madrid have condemned as excessively lenient the verdict in the trial of those involved in the attacks in the Spanish capital in
34、2004. Three of those at the heart of the al-Qaeda inspired conspiracy received multiple life sentences. But nobody was convicted for masterminding the bombings and some defendants received relatively light sentences. The Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said justice had been done.
35、 But the opposition leader Mariano Rajoy said more investigation was needed. His partys Foreign Affairs spokesman Gustavo de Aristegui told the BBC that many questions remained unanswered. “Certain details of these atrocious attacks that we still think are unknown. We still dont know who gave the or
36、der. We still dont know who built those bombs and we still dont know who was the coordinator of the cells that carried out these attacks. And I think that we need to know, we must know exactly what happened there.“ 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题问及马德里火车爆炸事件。新闻指出，在马德里火车爆炸事件中，并没有人被判主谋罪，这与 D的说法相悖，故 D为答案。其他选项均在新闻中
37、证实。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 This year, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine goes to Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells. Professor Christer Betsholtz of the Karolin
38、ska Institute, announcing the winners of perhaps the most prestigious award in medicine. Mario Capecchi, orphaned during World War II in his native I-taly, made his way to the United States and earned a doctorate from Harvard University in 1967. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Human Genet
39、ics and Biology at the University of Utah and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Oliver Smithies is a British-born American holding the post of Excellence Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题问及诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主。
40、新闻指出， 2007年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主是 Mario Capecchi、 Martin Evans和 Oliver Smithies。选项 A、 B、 C与新闻内容相符，本题为反选题，故正确答案是 D。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 新闻指出， Mario Capecchi出生于意大利，二战时期成为孤儿，然后他只身前往美国，于 1967年获得哈佛大学博士学位，目前是犹他大学杰出的人类遗传学和生物遗传 学教授，同时是美国国家科学学院成员。选项 A、 C、 D与新闻内容描述不符，故 B为正确答案。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 For the past 3
41、6 years, the Irish Republican Army has been waging an armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland. The IRA has been fighting the British Army and security forces as well as pro-British paramilitary groups as it tried to reach its ultimate goal, a united Ireland. More than 3,600 people ha
42、ve been killed during the past three decades that have come to be known as “The Troubles“. In a statement released at the end of July, the IRA said it has formally ordered an end to its armed campaign. It instructed its units, in the statements words, “to dump arms“ and said IRA members must now foc
43、us on “purely political and democratic programs through exclusively peaceful means.“ The statement also called on IRA volunteers not to engage in “any other activities.“ The British and Irish governments welcomed the IRA decision, but in Northern Ireland, reaction was mixed, split along sectarian li
44、nes. Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA reacted positively while the largest pro-British party the Democratic Unionists urged caution. 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题问及新闻的主要内容是什么。新闻一开始先介绍相关背景，接着提到，在 7月底，爱尔兰共和军 (IRA)正式下令结束 (与英国的 )武装冲突。故 A是答案。其他选项均为片面或错误的信息。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题问及爱尔兰共和军宣布停战的可能的原
45、因是什么。新闻指出，爱尔兰共和军指挥其军队放下武器，呼吁用和平的方式达到纯粹的政治和民主计划。故 D为正确答案。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【听力原文】 In Iran, more than 28,000 bodies have been recovered from the earthquake-stricken city of Bam. And officials say the death toll could now reach 50,000. Tens of thousands of people have been left bereaved and homeless. And s
46、earch and rescue efforts are now turning to humanitarian work. Aid workers are pleading for more clothing, blankets and medicine. From the air, the devastation to the ancient city of Bam is evident. On the ground, trucks are carrying much-needed supplies into the city. Bulldozers are clearing the ru
47、bble. And those who survived last Fridays pre-dawn quake are doing what they can to help. 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 新闻指出，伊朗地震中死亡人数达到 5万，成千上万的人失去亲人、无家可归；灾后的搜寻和救援转向人道主义工作；生活的必需品用卡车运往这个城市；在地震中幸存的人们正在努力做着自己能做的事情。选项 A、 B、 D与新闻内容相符，故选 C(幸存者努力帮助别人，而不是试图逃离灾区 )。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 It was supposed to be the greates
48、t science experiment ever, and its certainly the most expensive. The large hadron collider designed to recreate the Big Bang theory with colliding particles has so far cost nearly 10 billion dollars and counting. Scientists are hoping to catch sight of the theorized but never seen Higgs Boson partic
49、le. The so-called God Particle that gives matter its mass. But within days of kicking off last year the hadron collider broke down. A Helium leak in the cooling system took about a year to repair. And the latest hiccup, a piece of crusty French bread that found its way into the colliders inner workings disrupting work for weeks. So coincidence or something more. Well, according to two physicists the culprit may be the Higgs Boson particle traveling back in time to destroy itself. 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 事实细节题。新闻开头提到，这被认为是有史以来最伟大、最昂贵的科学实验，这台大型强子对
