1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 249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） Personal income and taxes. （ B） Real estate and inheritances. （ C） Retirement acco
3、unts and pensions. （ D） Money, marriage and finances. （ A） It has nothing to do with finances. （ B） It may cause damage to your income. （ C） It can generate a lot of money. （ D） It may put your assets in a risky position. （ A） It is easy to talk about money problem before marriage. （ B） It is wise t
4、o show your entire property status before marriage. （ C） Money conversations are necessary before marriage. （ D） Marriage may end up with serious damage to your life. （ A） Marriage has nothing to do with income. （ B） Marriage may help one get better paid. （ C） Marriage can lower ones income. （ D） Ma
5、rriage is easier when ones income is good. （ A） Your spouse can inherit your assets without paying taxes on them. （ B） Your children can inherit your assets without paying taxes on them. （ C） If a couple file their taxes jointly, it will surely save a lot of money （ D） Marriage penalty will not be c
6、ollected when you retire. （ A） Tuition fees. （ B） Food and lodging. （ C） Inheritances. （ D） Housing. （ A） Personal income. （ B） Taxes. （ C） Real estate. （ D） Stocks. （ A） Life insurance. （ B） Health insurance. （ C） Unemployment insurance. （ D） Auto insurance. （ A） Marriage is beneficial to all of yo
7、ur insurances. （ B） Marriage is sustained by the money you owned. （ C） Marriage is more economical than being single. （ D） Marriage has nothing to do with finance. （ A） The less discussion the better. （ B） The more discussion the better. （ C） You may consult your parents. （ D） You may consult an adv
8、isor. （ A） Information about Canadian universities which offer postgraduate degree. （ B） Information about Canadian university ranking system. （ C） Information about Canadian business opportunities. （ D） Information about Canadian real estates. （ A） The University of British Columbia. （ B） The Unive
9、rsity of Toronto. （ C） McGill University. （ D） The University of Montreal. （ A） It is the best university in Canada. （ B） It is second to McGill University in research performance. （ C） It is noted for curricula in literary criticism and communications theory. （ D） It is famous for the number of cel
10、ebrities it has educated. （ A） Its fields of studies are the best among all the universities in Canada. （ B） It has educated many famous people in various fields. （ C） It has over 300 fields of studies with the highest average admission grade. （ D） Its faculty consists of Nobel laureates and Rhodes
11、Scholars. （ A） It owns the most beautiful campus in the world. （ B） Its scholarship is easy to obtain. （ C） It has produced 12 Nobel laureates. （ D） It has produced 26 Olympic medalists. （ A） Nearly 100 years ago. （ B） More than 100 years ago. （ C） Nearly 200 years ago. （ D） More than 200 years ago.
12、 （ A） Innovative spirit. （ B） West Coast spirit. （ C） Challenging spirit. （ D） Entrepreneurial spirit. （ A） Literary criticism. （ B） Communications theory. （ C） Economics. （ D） Advanced research. （ A） It is part of the Royal Botanical Garden. （ B） It holds a collection of 8,000 different kinds of pl
13、ants. （ C） It contains many gardens. （ D） It follows the occidental architectural style. （ A） Its business school. （ B） Its MBA programs. （ C） Its faculties in business. （ D） Its curriculum in business. （ A） Senior manager. （ B） Assistant manager. （ C） Senior engineer. （ D） Assistant engineer. （ A）
14、Her ability to work in a team. （ B） Her working style. （ C） Her opinion on her manager. （ D） Her career plan. （ A） Be an excellent team player. （ B） Cooperate with assistant engineers as a team. （ C） Treat male and female employees equally. （ D） Be easy-going. （ A） She is rather bossy. （ B） She alwa
15、ys has her own way. （ C） She is a born leader. （ D） She is too easy-going. （ A） Ambitious. （ B） Considerate. （ C） Generous. （ D） Sensitive. （ A） He made a typo in a document. （ B） He didnt audit the accounts properly. （ C） He forgot to submit the required data. （ D） He sent an e-mail to a wrong pers
16、on. （ A） Adviser. （ B） Accountant. （ C） Supervisor. （ D） Investor. （ A） Dishonest. （ B） As good as Tracys. （ C） Easy-going. （ D） Ambitious. （ A） He has enough money to live off for a whole year. （ B） He has enough money to live off for about 3 months. （ C） He does not make any savings at all. （ D） H
17、e has invested his money somewhere. （ A） Try to explain to his boss the truth. （ B） Move to live with Tracys brother. （ C） Spend his savings on living. （ D） Find another job as soon as possible. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 249答案与解析 SECTION B INTERVIEW In this section you will hear ONE interview. The interview wi
18、ll 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 will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A , B , C and D , and ma
19、rk the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. 1 【听力原文】 M: Youve spent your life building your nest egg, and protecting your assets and then it happens. You fall in love. But is marriage a good financial move for you? (1) On todays money, m
20、arriage and your finances. Money in Todays Financials editor Jean Chatzky will give us some advice. Jean, hey! W: Hey! M: So marriage is a beautiful thing. But look at it from sort of like a cold hard financial perspective, is it a smart thing to get married? W: (2) It rolls a lot of peoples assets
21、into a risky position. Because. think about it this way, we are getting married later, which means we are coming at marriage by the time that we have houses, retirement accounts, we may have kids from a previous marriage, we wanna take care of all of those things, and just tying the knot can actuall
22、y put those assets in a precarious position. M: And having that money talk when you are in love is so hard, isnt it? W: Its hard when you are not in love. I mean, I only say I do what I do for a very specific reason, talking about money used to and still does at some point make me completely nuts an
23、d (3) if you dont have these conversations, then you are going to really do yourself serious financial damage. M: Although it is a tough job to talk about money, you gotta have the talk, right? W: Yeah, thats true! M: OK! First, lets talk about income. Now here is a question for you. (4-1) Can getti
24、ng married lower your income? W: (4-2) It absolutely can. Because if, lets say, you are toward retirement age, and you are earning more money in retirement as a single than getting married. And it can actually lower the amount of money that you have to draw on from alimony. M: Now, I always thought
25、according to taxes, like everyone says, oh, getting married is so good for your taxes, you always end up saving money on taxes. Is it true or not? W: Not necessarily. If you file jointly, thats probably the best way to go, but there is the thing called marriage penalty and it doesnt go away when you
26、 get older. You can actually lose money to taxes. (5) If you get married, your spouse is going to inherit all of your assets without paying any taxes on them. But it may mean that your kids do not. This is the end of Part One of the interview. Questions 1 to 5 are based on what you have just heard.
27、1. What is the main topic of the interview? 2. What may be the financial result of getting married? 3. According to Jean Chatzky, which of the following statements is CORRECT? 4. What is the relationship between marriage and income? 5. What can we know about taxes and marriage? 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据句
28、 (1)可知，此次访谈的主题是金钱、婚姻和财产，因此答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据句 (2)可知，婚姻会使很多人的财产处于一种风险的境地，故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (3)可知，婚前谈论财产问题是有必要的，否则可能会造成严重的个人财产损失，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (4一 1)和句 (4 2)可知，婚姻可能会降低个人收益， Jean举了退休金的例子给予说明，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据句 (5)可知
29、，当配偶继承对方财产时，不必缴税，但当子女继承父母财产时则必须缴税，故答案为 A。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 M: That screams a prenup, right? I mean, you should just get a prenup, which means you have to fill out an agreement before marriage. W: Well, a lot of people really do need to look at the prenup question. The older you are, the more you c
30、ome to the party with, particularly if you come to the party with either kids from a previous marriage or a business. You gotta protect that, and that means getting a lawyer in your court and a lawyer in his and sitting down at the table. M: Well, lets talk about kids. (6-1) If you have grown kids,
31、how does getting married later in life affect them? W: (6-2) You have to look at the question of inheritances. If your new spouse is gonna all of a sudden inherit everything that you have, your kids are all of a sudden not going to unless you take care of that in your wills and with the prenup. M: O
32、K. (7-1) Lets talk about the pros of getting married. Financially, whats the good side of that? W: (7-2) There are some good things in terms of real estate. If you own a house and your spouse owns a house, when you get married you are allowed to take a $500,000 capital gain rather than a $250,000 ca
33、pital gain as you could as a single person. You may have to live in that house for a couple of years before you sell it and rent the other one, but that can be a huge amount of money to stock in the bank. M: It sounds reasonable to have a certain marriage. W: Yeah, thats right! (8) Also you are gonn
34、a save money on auto insurance premiums and homeowner insurance premiums. (9) So there are some good things and two together can definitely live more cheaply than two apart. M: And again, you know its just important to have the money discussion no matter how painful it is, right? W: (10) Absolutely.
35、 And if you cant do it yourself, sit down with an advisor and do it together, but do it. M: OK, Jean, thank you so much for the great advice. It should be very helpful for the audience. W: My pleasure to share my ideas with you! This is the end of Part Two of the interview. Questions 6 to 10 are bas
36、ed on what you have just heard. 6. What should people consider before marriage if they have kids? 7. According to the interview, which of the following does marriage contribute to financially? 8. Which of the following insurances does marriage save money on? 9. Which of the following statements abou
37、t marriage and finance is CORRECT? 10. What does Jean advise us to do about the money discussion before marriage? 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (6 1)和句 (6 2)可知，在被问及再婚对成年的孩子有何影响时， Jean建议再婚前一定要考虑遗产继承的问题，否则你的孩子可能会一无所有，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (7一 1)和句 (7 2)可知，婚姻对不动产有好处，如果男女双方都有房子，可以得到更多的资金收益，故答案
38、为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据句 (8)可知，婚姻有助于节省保险金，包 括汽车保险和房产保险，故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (9)可知，婚姻在经济上是有好处的，两个人一起生活肯定要比两个人各自生活省钱，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据句 (10)可知，结婚的双方必须讨论财产问题，如果自己做不到，可以咨询相关顾问一起讨论，故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【听力原文】 W: John. I heard that you were planning to
39、go to Canada for your postgraduate study. M: Yes. My family is moving there for business the coming summer. W: Oh, I see. Any particular school you are considering to enroll in? M: Nope. (1) That is why I am meeting you. I know that you finished your Bachelors Degree there. W: Yes. I got my degree f
40、rom the University of Toronto. M: Wow. It is one of the top universities in Canada, is that correct? W: Yes. (2) You know the University Ranking by Academic Performance places the University of Toronto the second in the world in research performance. M: Marvelous. What was your major then? W: I majo
41、red in literary criticism since I am fond of literary classics. M: Isnt your major one of the best curricula offered by the university? W: You bet. Academically, (3) the University of Toronto is noted for curricula in literary criticism and communications theory. M: I heard that a lot of famous peop
42、le graduated from there. W: So far the University of Toronto has educated two Governors General, and four Prime Ministers of Canada, four foreign leaders, fourteen Justices of the Supreme Court, and has been affiliated with ten Nobel laureates. M: That is amazing. Are you familiar with other univers
43、ities in Canada as well? W: Sure. You may consider McGill University as another option. M: I know McGill University is situated in Montreal and it is ranked among the top three universities within Canada and the top 70 worldwide by different ranking agencies. W: It seems you have done your homework
44、as well. Yes. (4/5-1) McGill offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of studies with the highest average admission grade of any Canadian university, which makes its scholarships extremely hard to attain. M: That is OK. I remember one newspaper said that McGills campus was quite beautiful. W:
45、Sure. (5-2) In 2012, Travel & Leisure rated McGills campus as one of the 17 most beautiful university campuses in the world. M: Besides its wonderful campus, I bet it is also a birthplace for many famous people. W: Definitely. (5-3) McGill counts among its alumni 12 Nobel laureates and 138 Rhodes Sc
46、holars, both the most in the country, two Canadian prime ministers, 13 justices of the Canadian Supreme Court, four foreign leaders, 28 foreign ambassadors, nine Academy Award winners, three Pulitzer Prizewinners, and 28 Olympic medalists. This is the end of Part One of the conversation. Questions 1
47、 to 5 are based on what you have just heard. 1. What are the speakers mainly talking about? 2. According to the University Ranking by Academic Performance, which school is the second in the world in research performance? 3. What do we know about the University of Toronto? 4. Why are McGills scholars
48、hips so hard to attain? 5. Which of the following statements about McGill University is CORRECT? 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 对话开头女士说，她听说男士要去加拿大读硕士，之后又询问男士是否想好了该申请哪所学校，男士在句 (1)中回答说，今天约女士见面就是为了这件事，因为他知道女士在加拿大读的本科。由此可知，接下来的对话应该是围绕加拿大有硕士培养资格的学校的信息展开的，因此答案为 A。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据句 (2)可知，在研究领域的表现方面，根据学
49、术表现的大学排名把多伦多大学排在全世界第二的位置。因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (3)可知，多伦多大学最著名的课程是文学批评与传播学理论。因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (4)可知，麦吉尔大学为学生提供超过 300个领域的学位证书，它是全加拿大大学入学分数要求最高的学校，这使得它的奖学金非常难申请。因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (5 1)可知，麦吉尔大学的奖学金非常难 申请，因此 B错误；根据句 (5 2)可知，麦吉尔大学的校园在全世界最美校园排行榜上名列前17，因此 A错误；根据句 (5 3)可知，麦吉尔大学培养出了 12名诺贝尔奖获得者、 28名奥林匹克奖牌获得者，因此 C正确， D错误。故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 16 【听力原文】 M: I will put McGill on my list. How about the University of British Columbia? W: Well, or we can call
