1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 248及答案与解析 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
2、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. （ A） A new brand of sunscreen. （ B） A website and smartphone app. （ C） A new smartphone
3、. （ D） An electronic device. （ A） His desire to make profits. （ B） His worries about the safety of products. （ C） His curiosity about the rating of products. （ D） His interest in building websites. （ A） Businessmen who travel a lot. （ B） Patients who need medical advice. （ C） Supporters of animal ri
4、ghts. （ D） Government officials. （ A） To inform consumers whether there is an upgrade. （ B） To inform consumers the mainstream of consumption. （ C） To inform consumers only about the values embedded in products. （ D） To inform consumers whether they are virtuous shoppers. （ A） By scanning the bar co
5、de with their smartphone. （ B） By visiting the website through their smartphone. （ C） By getting access to the database of GoodGuide. （ D） By consulting the brochure offered by GoodGuide. （ A） Fragrance-free. （ B） Climate Change. （ C） Animal Welfare. （ D） Ingredient Safety. （ A） Report to the govern
6、ment. （ B） Download a green personal app. （ C） Track consumers purchases. （ D） Recommend a better alternative. （ A） To help GoodGuide track consumers purchases. （ B） To help shoppers consume more thoughtfully. （ C） To help consumers find cheaper products. （ D） To help the government stop climate cha
7、nge. （ A） Behavioral economics. （ B） Behavioral psychology. （ C） Psychological behavior. （ D） Psychological economics. （ A） Turn being a good shopper into an online game. （ B） Launch apps appealing to adult customers. （ C） Focus on products from the United States. （ D） Add some online games to the a
8、pp. （ A） Because they worth the money. （ B） Because they seem to mean saving money. （ C） Because they are of good quality. （ D） Because they are free of charge. （ A） You want to save some money. （ B） You want to get a discount. （ C） The gift is on your shopping list. （ D） The gift is worth the money
9、. （ A） Limit 1. （ B） Limit3. （ C） Limit5. （ D） Limit6. （ A） Dont read the e-mail. （ B） Report the e-mail. （ C） Buy something on sale. （ D） Shop online. （ A） If you buy the goods, you will save more money. （ B） If you dont buy the goods, you will have to buy them at full price. （ C） If you buy the go
10、ods, you will get a free gift. （ D） If you dont buy the goods, they will raise the price. （ A） To provide a better shopping experience. （ B） To have consumers ignore the high price. （ C） To clear out warehouses for new goods. （ D） To get rid of outdated products. （ A） Dont read the number on the pri
11、ce tags. （ B） Ignore the high percentage of discount. （ C） Make sure the items you need are within your price range. （ D） Make a detailed calculation about the price. （ A） Stay focused are the key words when shopping. （ B） Kelly Grant tells us to make a shopping list and check it twice when shopping
12、. （ C） Kelly Grant recommends the “shop now, save later“ shopping way. （ D） Coupons are the things that the stores want you to come back again. （ A） Make a list and stay focused. （ B） Enjoy ourselves and buy whatever comes to our mind. （ C） Buy the most money-saving items. （ D） Spend money and save
13、later. （ A） Number trick. （ B） Group shopping. （ C） Coupons with purchase. （ D） Shop now, save later. （ A） More than 23% of the population. （ B） More than 33% of the population. （ C） Less than 53% of the population. （ D） Less than 83% of the population. （ A） For the stimulation. （ B） For the taste.
14、（ C） For nutrition. （ D） For health. （ A） A type of coffee bean. （ B） An artificial flavoring. （ C） An alkaloid stimulant. （ D） A kind of prescription drug. （ A） One cup of coffee contains about 10 milligrams of caffeine. （ B） One cup of coffee contains twice as much caffeine as a cup of tea. （ C） O
15、ne cup of coffee contains as much caffeine as a cup of cola. （ D） One cup of coffee contains much less caffeine than a cup of cola. （ A） China. （ B） The US. （ C） Japan. （ D） Ethiopia. （ A） In Ethiopia. （ B） In Japan. （ C） In Europe. （ D） In Latin America. （ A） Sleepy. （ B） Thrilled. （ C） Thirsty. （
16、D） Frustrated. （ A） In the mid-16th century. （ B） In the mid-17th century. （ C） In the mid-18th century. （ D） At the beginning of the 19th century. （ A） Its soil. （ B） Its industrious people. （ C） Its climate. （ D） Its annual rainfall. （ A） The Robusta beans are grown at higher altitudes. （ B） Arabi
17、ca coffee is usually black or dark brown. （ C） Robusta coffee contains less caffeine than Arabica coffee. （ D） The Arabica beans are used to make premium coffee. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 248答案与解析 SECTION B INTERVIEW In this section you will hear ONE interview. The interview will be divided into TWO parts. At
18、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 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 questi
19、on on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. 1 【听力 原文】 W: Welcome to our program Technology when you apply sunscreen to your face, have you ever found yourself wondering if the lotion is safe? If your answer is “yes“, what will you do? Will you search the Internet for he
20、lp? Are there any websites providing readily available answers to tell the safety of one product or another? Today, we have invited Dara ORourke, a professor of environmental and labor policy at the University of California, Berkeley, to share his solution to this delicate issue. M: Thank you Maria.
21、 The case you mentioned just now often took place in my daily life as well. And that was why I began to build GoodGuide. W: Could you tell us more about it? M: Well, (1) GoodGuide was founded in 2007. It is a website and smartphone app that rates 140,000 consumer products in the US, according to the
22、ir safety, environmental sustainability and the ethics of the firms that make them. W: Sounds quite helpful especially in times of electronic commerce. But considering the amount of the products you have to rate, I suppose it must be a hard work. M: Yes, but (2) my own worries about the safety of a
23、product triggered off my devotion to this app. Together with a team of chemists, lots of testing and a chunk of venture capital later, I spent more than two years on building this website to offer consumers practical advice on what to buy and not to buy. W: That is really impressive. I bet it has ga
24、ined lots of users so far. M: Yes. It is quite popular all over our country. W: Who are the greatest users of GoodGuide? M: So far, GoodGuide has mostly been used by shoppers who are already keen to know about any issues connected with products they buy. W: Could you give us some specific examples?
25、M: Sure. (3) For example, there are mothers who are concerned about their childrens health, older people who face chronic illnesses or supporters of a cause, such as animal rights. W: I see. M: The hope behind the app is that the idea of finding out about a products background will become the mainst
26、ream. W: Have you made any upgrades or service expansion since GoodGuide was founded? M: Of course. (4) Now GoodGuide has launched an online service called The Purchase Analyzer. It is designed to inform consumers not just about the values embedded in products, but also about whether they are the vi
27、rtuous shoppers they say they want to be. W: Could you show us how to use the service? M: Yes, to use the new service, users need to create a GoodGuide account, set up a filter to make purchase decisions based on issues they care about, which can range from whether the user favors organic products t
28、o buying only from firms with a good human-rights record, and then sync their accounts from different shopping sites so that GoodGuide can rate their purchases. (5) When the customer scans the bar code on a product with the camera in their smartphone, the app identifies it and checks in a database t
29、o score how it shapes up. This is the end of Part One of the interview. Questions 1 to 5 are based on what you have just heard. 1. What is this interview mainly about? 2. According to the interview, what caused the man to build GoodGuide? 3. According to the interview, who of the following are among
30、 the greatest users of GoodGuide? 4. Why did GoodGuide launch The Purchase Analyzer? 5. How do customers get information about products via GoodGuide? 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士在访谈开头从人们对商品安全的担忧引出了男士对这一问题的解决方法 建立 GoodGuide，根据句 (1)可知， GoodGuide成立于 2007年，是一个具有手机应用客户端的网站，它根据产品的安全性、环境可持续性和生产厂家的道德标准对美国 140 000件
31、商品做出了评分。下文也主要是在介绍这个网站和它的手机应用软件，因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 句 (2)中，男士说他对于商品安全性的担忧引发了他开发这款软件的热忱，因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 句 (3)中，男士列举了一些 GoodGuide的主要客户：关心孩子健康的妈妈们，患有慢性病的老人们，或者支持诸如动物权利等事业的人们，因此答案为 C。 【知识 模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据句 (4)可知， GoodGuide现已推出了一项名为购物分析家 (The Purchase Analy
32、zer)的在线服务，它不仅是为告知消费者商品的价值而设计的，也是为了告知消费者，他们是否是自己想要做的那种有道德的购物者。因此答案为D。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据句 (5)可知，当用户用智能手机上的相机扫描商品上的二维码时， GoodGuide就可以识别这个商品并从数据库中检索它的资料，对它的生产 过程进行评分。即用户通过 GoodGuide获取商品信息的方式是用智能手机扫描商品上的二维码，因此答案为 A。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: I see. The first step is simple enough, but could you
33、give us an example of setting up the filter? M: Yes. Some of the sample filters include Fragrance-free, Climate Change, Animal Welfare and Ingredient Safety so you can filter based on your most pressing concerns. (6) If youre primarily worried about the impact a product has on the planet, you can fi
34、lter by Climate Change, or if you are looking for beauty products that have not been tested on animals, check Animal Welfare. W: (7-1) What if the product that the customer scans scores badly? M: (7-2) If the product scores badly, the app will recommend an alternative item that is better for you, yo
35、ur family, your wallet, and our world. W: Wow, it is just like a green personal assistant. M: Yes. (8) Besides, the app tracks consumers purchases to see how well they fit with their selected values and gives a sort of personal virtue rating. We hope, in this way, the shopper can consume more though
36、tfully. Our goal is to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions that reflect their preferences and values. We believe that as more consumers buy better products, retailers and manufacturers face compelling incentives to make products that are safe, environmentally sustainable and produced u
37、sing ethical sourcing of raw materials and labor. W: (9-1) But in my opinion consumers rarely change their buying habits, even when confronted with scientific and other data. M: Yes. (9-2) That is why we have drawn on insights from behavioral economics, which show shoppers can be greatly influenced
38、by peer pressure and by information passed on to them by people they know. The app tries to take advantage of these pressures. W: Em, that makes some sense but how do you put the idea into practice? M: The virtue rating will inform a consumer how well they are doing according to the values which the
39、y espouse. That measurement gives an incentive to do better. Soon, the rating will be able to be shared with others on social-media sites such as Facebook, which could inspire shoppers to consume more thoughtfully. W: I see. It sounds reasonable. (10-1) And do you have any future plans for this wond
40、erful app? M: I am sorry to say that this is a secret but I can expose a little. (10-2) In fact we are planning to turn being a good shopper into an online game in the near future. W: So that GoodGuide can appeal to the younger generation? M: You are quite insightful! The younger generation does nee
41、d some guidance when shopping, but they also need fun. W: Yes. And they are endowed with strong purchasing power as well. One more question: do you intend to include information about foreign goods in this app in the future? M: Definitely. But that is a huge project and we need more time to expand a
42、nd improve. W: Well, Mr. ORourke, thank you very much for staying with us today. M: My pleasure. This is the end of Part Two of the interview. Questions 6 to 10 are based on what you have just heard. 6. Which filter should you choose if you are worried about the impact a product has on the planet? 7
43、. What will the app do if the product the customer scans scores badly? 8. Why does the app give a personal virtue rating? 9. What is the theory the man applied to change customers buying habits? 10. What does GoodGuide plan to do in the near future? 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据句 (6)可知，如果你主要担心商品对这个星球的影响，你应该选
44、择 “气候变化 ”这一项。因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据句 (71)与句 (72)可知，如果用户扫描的商品评分很低，GoodGuide就会为用户推荐更好的替代商品。因此答案为 D。 【 知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据句 (8)可知， GoodGuide这款软件会跟踪用户的消费情况来检验用户的消费行为与他们所选的消费价值观的契合度，从而给出个人的道德评分， GoodGuide希望用这种方式，让用户购物时更加慎重。因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据句 (91)与句 (92)可知，
45、即使面对科学的数据，消费者也很少改变他们的购物习惯，所以为了改变这一情况，男士提到，他们运用了行为经济学的理论。因此答案为 A。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 句 (101)中，女士问男士对于这款软件的将来有没有什么计划，男士在句 (102)中回答说，他们打算把 “做一个好的消费者 ”做成一款网络游戏。因此答案为 A。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【听力原文】 M: Christmas is coming, and the stores are going to try to keep you spending, so theyre relying on some p
46、sychological triggers to get your business. So here to expose a few tricks is Kelly Grant. Shes a senior consumer reporter for SmartMoney. com. Thanks for being with us. W: Hi! M: All right. Ive fallen for a lot of these, so help us now. W: Yeah. M: First one, gifts with purchase. So many times I th
47、ink Im getting such a good deal, because by spending a little bit more, I get a gift. W: And thats exactly what the stores want you to think right now. Studies have shown that consumers often overvalue the gift with purchase, not just as you are spending extra money for something that you might not
48、ever want, but we also quit with the discount. (1) You feel like if the gift is worth about 40 dollars, youre saving 40 dollars, even if that really isnt the case. So to avoid this trick, (2) you need to make sure that youre really sure the gift is just on your list and youre still spending within b
49、udget. M: There are a lot of psychological tricks here. For example, the purchase limits. Sometimes, I just want one and I see a good deal but it says: limit 5. Maybe I should get more than just one. This is such a good deal, isnt it? W: Thats exactly the trick. They want you to see the limit and think, wow, this wasnt here. Then people would just be filling their carts with this and its so amazing. And their studies have shown that (3) if theres a limit in pleasure more like a little, the higher the limit, the more likely
