1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 237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 Five Bad Study Habits If you have prepared for the tests for many hours, and yet you still fail in the exam, you might have so
3、me bad study habits you need to rectify. Here, we discuss five bad study habits to help you check against your study behaviours. I.【 T1】 _【 T1】 _ Students try to write down【 T2】 _ of a lecture【 T2】 _ SOLUTION: a)Revisit the information and put it into a chart or【 T3】 _【 T3】 _ b)Review your notes fro
4、m days past c)Reflect and make【 T4】 _ between key concepts【 T4】 _ d)Create a(n)【 T5】 _ from your notes【 T5】 _ II. Highlighting the hook Abuse highlighter without doing【 T6】 _【 T6】 _ SOLUTION: a)Use highlighted information to create a practice exam b)Put highlighted words onto【 T7】 _ and practice the
5、m【 T7】 _ c)Develop a(n)【 T8】 _ highlighting strategy【 T8】 _ III. Rewriting notes Students assume that【 T9】 _ is good for memorization【 T9】 _ SOLUTION: a)【 T10】 _ class notes with classmates【 T10】 _ b)Create a practice exam from classmates notes c)Exchange practice exams d)【 T11】 _ until you understa
6、nd the material fully【 T11】 _ IV. Rereading the chapter Reread the chapter before an exam SOLUTION 【 T12】 _ rereading chapters into the active review steps【 T12】 _ and practice test V. Memorizing definitions Example: the definition of “propaganda“ SOLUTION: a)Memorize the definitions b)Give yourself
7、 a(n)【 T13】 _ practice test【 T13】 _ c)Explain the definition and【 T14】 _ of a term【 T14】 _ d)【 T15】 _ the term to others【 T15】 _ e)Test and retest yourself 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】 15 Single-se
8、x School I.【 T1】 _【 T1】 _ Co-ed: the【 T2】 _ of sexes, politically acceptable【 T2】 _ II. Research Single-Sex Versus Coeducational Schooling a)Conducted by FDE b)Released in【 T3】 _【 T3】 _ c)Conclusion: single-sex and co-ed are【 T4】 _【 T4】 _ UCLA Study Girls from single-sex schools are【 T5】 _ than co-e
9、d peers【 T5】 _ III. Advantages Gentler【 T6】 _: good for boys because they mature later than girls【 T6】_ Teachers understand how their students learn Homogeneity【 T7】 _ planning events and activities【 T7】 _ Allow children to learn in their own individual ways IV. Reasons Let children be themselves a)
10、Boys will be less【 T8】 _ in single-sex setting【 T8】 _ b)Girls will be more【 T9】 _【 T9】 _ 【 T10】 _【 T10】 _ a)Girls will learn mathematics, advanced science,【 T11】 _ etc.【 T11】 _ b)Boys will learn choirs and orchestras and【 T12】 _【 T12】 _ c)Break out of the【 T13】 _【 T13】 _ Socialization Single-sex sch
11、ooling will have more controlled【 T14】 _ for children【 T14】_ V. Blended or【 T15】 _schools【 T15】 _ Colorado: two distinct high schools under one roof 16 【 T1】 17 【 T2】 18 【 T3】 19 【 T4】 20 【 T5】 21 【 T6】 22 【 T7】 23 【 T8】 24 【 T9】 25 【 T10】 26 【 T11】 27 【 T12】 28 【 T13】 29 【 T14】 30 【 T15】 专业英语八级（听力）
12、模拟试卷 237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) you fill i
13、n 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】 Five Bad Study Habits Good morning everyone. Thank you for joining us today for the lecture series of study orientation for freshm
14、en. Today, we are going to talk about five bad study habits. Have you ever wondered how you can bomb a test after studying for hours? A poor test result after many hours of faithful studying is a real confidence buster! If this happens to you, its possible that your current study habits are failing
15、you! But you can turn it around. The process of learning is still a little mysterious, but studies do show that the most effective process for studying involves highly active behaviour over a period of time. In other words, to study effectively, you must read, draw, compare, memorize, and test yours
16、elf over time. The following study habits are least helpful when used alone. Firstly,1taking linear notes.2Linear notes are lecture notes that students take when they attempt to write down every word of a lecture. Linear notes occur when a student tries to write every word a lecturer says in sequenc
17、e, like writing a rambling essay with no paragraphs. You may be wondering: How can it be bad to capture every word of a lecture? Its not bad to capture every word of a lecture, but it is bad to think youre studying effectively if you dont mess with your linear notes in some way. You must revisit you
18、r linear notes and make relationships from one section to another. You should draw arrows from one related word or concept to another, and make a lot of notes and examples in the margins. Now here comes our solution to this bad habit. To reinforce information and to make it sink in, you must also re
19、create all your class notes in another form.3You have to revisit the information and put it all into a chart or shrinking outline. Right before every new lecture, you should review your notes from days past and predict the next days material.4You should reflect and make relationships between key con
20、cepts before you sit down for a new lecture.5You should prepare for your exams by creating a fill-in-the-blank test from your notes. Secondly, highlighting the book. Are you guilty of highlighter abuse? Reckless highlighting is the root cause for many bad test grades! Bright colours on a page make a
21、 big visual impact, so it seems like a lot of good studying is going on when you read and highlight.6Highlighting does make important information stand out on a page, but that doesnt do you much good if you dont do something active with that information. Reading highlighted words again and again is
22、not active enough. Our solution to this is to use the information you highlight to create a practice exam.7Put highlighted words onto flashcards and practice until you know every term and concept. Identify key concepts and use them to create practice essay questions.8You should also develop a colour
23、-coded highlighting strategy. Highlight new words in one colour and new concepts in another, for example. You could also highlight separate topics according to a colour code for more impact. Thirdly, rewriting notes.9Students rewrite notes under the assumption that repetition is good for memorizatio
24、n. Repetition is valuable as a first step, but its not that effective all alone. You should rewrite your notes in the shrinking outline method, but follow up with self-testing methods. Better still,10switch class notes with a classmate and create a practice exam from his/her notes. Exchange practice
25、 exams to test each other.11Repeat this process a few times until you are comfortable with the material. Fourthly, rereading the chapter. Students are often encouraged to re-read a chapter on the night before an exam to reinforce what theyve learned. Rereading is a good tactic as a last step. Just l
26、ike the other study habits mentioned above, rereading is only one part of a puzzle.12My advice is that make sure to use active steps like charts, shrinking outlines, and practice tests and follow up with rereading your chapter. Fifthly, memorizing definitions. Students spend a lot of time using flas
27、hcards to memorize definitions. This is a good study method, as long as its a first step in the process of learning. As students progress through the grade levels, they are expected to progress in cognitive skills. Once youve exited middle school, you cant expect to do well in an exam by memorizing
28、the definitions of terms. You must learn to memorize a definition and then define the significance of the new vocabulary terms you encounter. If youre in high school or college, you should be prepared to explain how terms are relevant in the subject, compare them to similar concepts, and explain why
29、 they matter at all. Heres a real life example: 1. In middle school you might learn to memorize the definition of propaganda. 2. In high school you might encounter this as a term, but youll need to memorize the definition and learn to recognize propaganda materials from World War II and other times.
30、 3. In college you should be able to define propaganda, come up with examples from the past and from today, and explain how propaganda has affected different societies at different times. Our solution to this is something like this: Once you have memorized the definitions of your terms,13give yourse
31、lf a short essay practice test.14Make sure you are able to define a term and explain why it is significant.15Be able to compare and contrast your term to other terms of similar significance. The act of testing and retesting yourself somehow makes the information stick. OK. I have explained five bad
32、study habits and their solutions to you. I am sure you will find your study efficient and effective if you follow our advice. Next time, we will discuss how to prepare for a college exam. 【知识模块】 听力填空 1 【正确答案】 Taking linear notes 【试题解析】 讲座阐述了五个坏的学习习惯以及相应的解决办法。本题考查第一个坏习惯 做线性笔记。因此本题填入 Taking linear not
33、es。 【知识模块】 听力填空 2 【正确答案】 every word 【试题解析】 本题考查的是线性笔记的含义。讲座提到，线性笔记是指学生尝试把讲座里面的每一个词都记录下来。空格缺少的是 every word。 【知识模块】 听力填空 3 【正确答 案】 (shrinking)outline 【试题解析】 在谈到对 taking linear notes的解决办法时，讲座首先提到，我们复习笔记的时候，可以把笔记转换成图表或简略的大纲。因此，这里填的是(shrinking)outline。 【知识模块】 听力填空 4 【正确答案】 relationships 【试题解析】 讲座提到，我们可以回
34、顾重要的概念并把它们之间的关系整理清楚。故填 relationships。 【知识模块】 听力填空 5 【正确答案】 fill-in-the-blank test 【试题解析】 本题考查解决做线性笔记这种坏习惯的方法。可以在笔记里面挖空设置题目来准备考试。因此本题填入 fill-in-the-blank test.注意 fill-in-the-blank单词之间要使用连字符号。 【知识模块】 听力填空 6 【正确答案】 anything active 【试题解析】 在谈到讲座的第二点 在书本上划重点时录音提到，在书本上划重点能突出重点内容，但如果不对这些重点内容采取一些积极的手段，学习效果仍不
35、够好。因此这里填入 anything active。 【知识模块】 听力填空 7 【正确答案】 flashcards 【试题解析】 讲座提到，我们可以把重要的词写在抽认卡上，不断地练习，直到全部弄懂。答案为 flashcards。 【知识模块】 听力填空 8 【正确答案】 colo(u)r-coded 【试题解析】 讲座提到，可以制定一套颜色代码来做记录。因此，这里填colo(u)r-coded。 【知识模块】 听力填空 9 【正确答案】 repetition 【试题解析】 此处考查第三个坏 习惯 rewriting notes。讲座提到，学生以为重复抄写就有助于记忆。因此，这里填 rep-e
36、tition。 【知识模块】 听力填空 10 【正确答案】 Switch/Exchange 【试题解析】 本题考查的是学生如何让重复抄写变得更有效。讲座提到，学生可以与同班同学交换笔记，并用同学的笔记来命题。这里填 Switch或 Exchange。根据题目设置的要求，首字母应大写。 【知识模块】 听力填空 11 【正确答案】 Repeat this process 【试题解析 】 本题考查如何让重复抄写变得更有效的方法。可以与同班同学互相交换做测试题目，并且重复几次这个过程，直到弄懂这些资料为止。本题填入Repeat this process。 【知识模块】 听力填空 12 【正确答案】 I
37、ntergrate/Incorporate 【试题解析】 本题考查考生综合理解信息及整合信息的能力。讲座提到，要运用积极的步骤和测试练习，再重新阅读章节。上文也提到重新阅读章节只是其中的一部分而已。题目设问的方式不能填 use，必须填一个与 into能搭配的动词，这里需要填的是 “整合 ”，即 integrate或 incorporate。 【知识模块】 听力填空 13 【正确答案】 short essay 【试题解析】 本题考查记住定义的方法。讲座讲到，一旦已经记住一些术语的定义，可以找一篇短文进行测试。这里填入 short essay。 【知识模块】 听力填空 14 【正确答案】 sign
38、ificance 【试题解析】 讲座提到，要确定自己能够对一个概念下定义而且能够解释其重要性。这里需要填一个名词，要把 significant转换成 significance。 【知识模块】 听力填空 15 【正确答案】 Compare and contrast 【试题解析】 讲座提到，要能够对比与对照意义相似的概念。因此，这里填的是Compare and contrast。这里要注意的是 compare and contrast两个都要填上。因为 compare比较的是 “异与同 ”，而 contrast比较的是 “不同 ”。 【知识模块】 听力填空 15 【听力原文】 Single-sex
39、 School Good morning, everyone. Today, we are going to talk about a special type of schooling, single-sex school. Some people are interested in the questions like: what are the advantages of single-sex education? Is single-sex education better than coeducation? What does available research have to s
40、ay about the subject? First of all,1lets look at the background of single-sex school.2We have spent several generations advancing the equality of the sexes. Beginning with the womens suffrage movement and continuing through to the present day many legal and social barriers to womens equality with me
41、n have been removed. Much progress has been made. With that in mind coeducation which is based on that laudable theme of equality seems like the right way to go. Thats why most private and public schools use the coeducation model. Most of the time that works well. On the other hand some research see
42、ms to suggest that boys and girls learn in different ways. Research shows that a girls brain is different from a boys brain. If you accept that premise, coeducation probably will not work satisfactorily for every child. Coeducation does have the advantage of being politically acceptable. Recently pu
43、blic schools have begun to experiment with single-sex classes, and, in some cases, single-sex schools. Now, more about the research about single-sex school. Perhaps the most revealing research on single-sex versus coeducation is Single-Sex Versus Coeducational Schooling: A Systematic Review.3This st
44、udy was commissioned by the Federal Department of Education and was released in 2005. What were its conclusions?4Basically it seems to conclude that there is not enough evidence to suggest single-sex education is better than coeducation or vice-versa. Another national study from UCLA Graduate School
45、 of Education & Information Studies claims to show that5girls from single-sex schools have an edge over their co-ed peers. Thirdly, is single-sex school the right setting for your child? Some children thrive in a single-sex school. Why?6For one thing, the social pressures can be gentler. Your child
46、can grow at his own pace. This often is a good thing for boys as they mature later than girls. The faculty at single-sex schools understand how their students learn. They adapt their teaching styles to those specific needs. There are other advantages as well.7For example, since a single-sex school i
47、s basically homogeneous, that simplifies planning events and activities as you only have to consider boys or girls as the case may be. The conventional thinking thirty years ago was that coeducation would somehow break down gender stereotypes. But that didnt always happen. The proponents of single-s
48、ex education argue that boys in coeducational settings are less likely to take courses in the arts or tackle advanced academic subjects simply to avoid being typecast as a nerd. Similarly girls avoid the sciences and technology subjects because they dont want to appear to be tomboys. Single-sex schools are flourishing once again as parents realize that allowing their son or daughter to learn in his or her own individual way is a very important consideration in choosing a school. Now, lets look at three
