1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 260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 English Business Letter Format I. Demands of stationery businesses: the first page: paper with the printed letterhead succeedi
3、ng pages: sheets of【 T1】 _ and color【 T1】 _ 【 T2】 _ : sheets without letterhead【 T2】 _ II. Matters needing attention identical typeface and size 【 T3】 _ English【 T3】 _ neat【 T4】 _【 T4】 _ . Sections of a traditional business letter A. return address justify each line left exclude【 T5】 _【 T5】 _ B. the
4、 date of the letter keep one or two【 T6】 _ between the return dress and the date【 T6】 _ C.【 T7】 _【 T7】 _ contain the recipients full name and postal address D.【 T8】 _【 T8】 _ include the recipients name and title E. the body avoid extremely short and very long paragraphs use indented paragraphs or【 T
5、9】 _ paragraphs【 T9】 _ avoid【 T10】 _【 T10】 _ F. the closing G. the printed name of the author leave space above it for【 T11】 _【 T11】 _ type the job title below the printed name H. additional matters put a “cc“ list at the bottom when【 T12】 _ are necessary【 T12】 _ include the initials of the typist n
6、ote【 T13】 _【 T13】 _ IV. Supplementary requirements resist templates which are usually【 T14】 _【 T14】 _ 【 T15】 _ “Office Bobs offer of help“【 T15】 _ 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】 SECTION B INTERVIEW I
7、n 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 will be a ten-second pause. During the pause,
8、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） How to set a bedtime. （ B） How to make your bed comfortable. （ C） How to get more effective sleep. （ D） How to stay awake. （ A）
9、Because they have some health problems. （ B） Because they do not eat right. （ C） Because they do little exercise. （ D） Because they are too busy working. （ A） They should set a bedtime. （ B） They should set an alarm to wake them up. （ C） They should not lie awake in bed. （ D） They should stick to th
10、eir sleep schedule. （ A） At any time in a day as long as they wish. （ B） At the time when they plan to sleep. （ C） As early as they can at night. （ D） As late as they can at night. （ A） Go to bed at 3 a. m. （ B） Go to bed as usual. （ C） Get up at 10 a. m. （ D） Wake up naturally. （ A） A boot camp. （
11、B） Quitting drinking. （ C） An overnight change. （ D） Learning to smoke. （ A） Make sleep a priority. （ B） Make their workplaces comfortable. （ C） Have sleeping pills at night. （ D） Do more exercise during the day. （ A） Because caffeine will keep people awake. （ B） Because most people will go to bed a
12、fter ten at night. （ C） Because caffeine can stay with people up to 10 hours. （ D） Because caffeine can throw peoples sleeping habits into disorder. （ A） Ambivalent. （ B） Subjective. （ C） Objective. （ D） Ambiguous. （ A） No more than one hour. （ B） Less than 20 minutes. （ C） No more than two hours. （
13、 D） Less than 45 minutes. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 260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 g
14、ap. Make sure the word(s) 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 【听力原文】 English Business Letter Format Good morning, everyone. I believe that some of the English majo
15、rs wanna work for foreign trade companies after graduation. So today I will focus on English business letter format which is very useful. When a business that has letterhead stationery writes an English business letter, paper with the printed letterhead is used as the first page and (1) sheets of ma
16、tching quality and color without the letterhead are used as succeeding pages, if any. A business with very good quality printing might generate the letterhead graphic with an image embedded in a word processor document. (2) An individual normally wont use letterhead stationery and wont attempt to fa
17、ke it. An attempt at letterhead that produces a tacky result or that conveys pompousness produces effects that you want to avoid. In an English business letter, everything that you “type“ should be in the same typeface and in the same size. (3) You should use “formal English“ and you should check yo
18、ur grammar and spelling very carefully. (4) You should arrange things neatly. You should consider the space between lines and paragraphs. In a conventional English business letter you should see these parts from the top to the bottom. The first part is return address. This item is the postal address
19、 of the author of the letter. Each line of it is left justified. Normally the return address is at the top of the page, but you can move it down a little to improve over-all appearance. (5) Do not put e-mail addresses here if you need to convey an e-mail address, do it in the body of the letter. The
20、 second part is the date of the letter. It is aligned with the return address. (6) Formerly there was a single space between the return address and the date, but some current styles allow double spaces. (7) The third item is inside address. It involves the full name of the intended recipient of the
21、letter and that persons postal address. Each line of the inside address is justified at the left margin. No e-mail address appears here. You can put blank lines between the date and the inside address to fill the page better and to improve the appearance. (8) Next comes the salutation. Use the same
22、name as the inside address, including the title. If the addressee is not a friend, you should write “Dear Mr. Brown,“ or “Dear Mrs. Smith,“ or “Dear Ms. Jones,“ or the like. A letter to a close associate might use “Dear Mike,“ or “Dear Sally,“. There is at least one space between the inside address
23、and the salutation. You can put a little more to improve the over-all appearance. The fifth part is the core of the letter the body. The body is single spaced. Ordinarily the body contains more than one paragraph. Avoid both extremely short and very long paragraphs. (9) You can use either indented p
24、aragraphs, in which the first line is indented more than the rest, or block paragraphs, in which all lines begin at the left margin. With block paragraphs you must leave extra space between paragraphs one blank line or one “empty paragraph“ is often used, but you can also use Words extra space befor
25、e or after paragraphs; the extra space should probably not exceed the size of an empty paragraph. With indented paragraphs, extra space between paragraphs is common, but optional. Indented paragraphs should be avoided if the return address was aligned at the left margin. (10) Special effects like bu
26、lleted lists and paragraphs whose left and right edges are both indented should be used very sparingly avoid them as much as you can. Likewise, consider whether having your paragraphs fully justified, i. e. both left and right edges squared off, will make the letter look too much like a form letter
27、or a piece of junk mail. What comes sixth is the closing. This item is something like “Yours truly,“ or “Sincerely,“. It is normally vertically aligned with the return address. Next item is the printed name of the author, which is aligned with the return address, the date, and the closing. (11) Leav
28、e enough space above it for signature. If you have a job title and this letter is being written as part of that job, it is common to type the job title directly below the printed name. An individual writing a letter normally doesnt include a job-title line. (12) Finally, if you are supplying copies
29、to people other than the addressee, it is common to put a “cc“ list at the bottom of the last page “cc“ originally stood for “carbon copy to“. If someone other than yourself typed the letter, you will include your initials in capital letters followed by the typists initials in lower case. (13) If th
30、ere are enclosures, that fact is often noted there too. Furthermore, your instructor may have told you not to use a template. Do what your instructor told you. (14) Many of MS-Words templates appear to have been created more to show off weird or fancy effects than to produce a well-done product usef
31、ul to the ordinary user. Some of Words templates encourage you to produce a tacky documentresist the temptation. If youre using Word 97, our friend “Office Bob“ may pop up when you type the letters salutation. (15) If your instructor told you not to use templates, decline “Office Bobs offer of help“
32、. OK, todays lecture is over. I hope it will enable you to know exactly how to write a business letter. Next lecture will be held on Monday. See you then. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 matching quality 【试题解析】 本篇讲座的主题是英语商务信件的格式。根据句 (1)可知，第一页之后的部分用质量和颜色与之匹配的信纸，故答案为 matching quality。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 individual
33、s 【试题解析】 根据句 (2)可知，个人写信通常不会用带信头的信纸 ，也不会试图仿造，故答案为 individuals。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 formal 【试题解析】 根据句 (3)可知，写商务信件应该用正式英语。因此答案为formal。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 arrangement 【试题解析】 根据句 (4)可知，写商务信件应该把信件内容安排得整齐有序，所以答案为 arrangement。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 e-mail addresses 【试题解析】 根据句 (5)可知，回 信地址部分不能写电子邮件地址，如果需要，电子邮件地址可
34、在正文部分提到，故答案为 email addresses。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 spaces 【试题解析】 根据句 (6)可知，以前在回信地址和写信日期之间空一行，但现在可以空两行，故答案为 spaces。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 inside address 【试题解析】 根据句 (7)可知，信件的第三个组成部分是信内地址，所以答案为inside address。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 the salutation 【试题解析】 根据句 (8)可知，信件的第四个组成部分是称呼语，所以答案为 the salutation。 【知识模块】 听力 9
35、 【正确答案】 block 【试题解析】 根据句 (9)可知，正文部分可以采取首行缩进的格式，也可以采取齐头的格式，所以答案为 block。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 special effects 【试题解析】 根据句 (10)可知，像项目符号列表和左右缩进的段落这样的特殊效果应该尽量少用 尽可能地避免使用它们。因此答案为 special effects。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 signature 【试题解析】 根据句 (11)可知，应在打印的名字上方留足空白来签名。因此答案为 signature。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 extra copi
36、es 【试题解析】 根据句 (12)可知，商业信件的末尾标注 “cc”时，表示 “抄送给 ” ，即除了收信人之外，该信函还需要抄送给他人，故答案为 extra copies。 【知识模块】 听 力 13 【正确答案】 enclosures 【试题解析】 根据句 (13)可知，如果有附件，应该在信的末尾提到，因此答案为enclosures。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 weird or fancy 【试题解析】 根据句 (14)可知，文字处理系统的模板常常是为了营造出古怪或花哨的效果，而不是为了给普通用户提供一个有用的好产品，故答案为 weird or fancy。 【知识模块】 听
37、力 15 【正确答案】 decline 【试题解析】 根据句 (15)可 知，如果你的领导告诉你不要使用模板，这时你应拒绝 “Office Bob提供的帮助 ”，所以答案为 decline。 【知识模块】 听力 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
38、 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 question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. 16 【听力
39、原文】 M: (1) With the hassles of life and other tough hours in the day, more and more people are getting by on less and less sleep. What can you do to get more effective rest? Joining us now is Dr. Joanne Getsy, medical director of the Drexel Sleep Center. Dr. Getsy, welcome! W: Good morning! M: Good
40、to have you here. We talk about insomnious people who cant seem to get to sleep. (2-1) But there are also some people, including me, who just dont sleep because were just too busy. I meant to go to bed at nine last night. It was 22:30 before I climbed into bed. So how do you separate the two? W: Oh,
41、 (2-2) I think most people who complain of trouble sleeping are really in your category. There is just the 24-hour world, but we have too much to do, so there is just not enough time for sleep. And I think the important thing is that people dont understand the importance of sleep. You know, we exerc
42、ise and we eat right and we try to do what is right for us. But we forget that sleep is as important as all of those things. M: It is not a luxury. Its a health thing. Many people dont realize that, however. The National Institute of Health says 10% to 15% of the general population struggles with ch
43、ronic insomnia. And some of those people do fall into the category of, they cant sleep, as much as they try, they cant. W: Thats right! And when we see them at sleep centers, we can usually determine from what they tell us whether they really have insomnia and have trouble sleeping from a true sleep
44、 disorder or whether they just cant seem to find the time for sleep. M: Alright. (3-1) Primary insomnia, again, are people who cant sleep enough because of the health condition. But they simply cant get to sleep. You have got some advice for them, including “To stay asleep, you must stay awake.“ W:
45、(3-2) Yes! The important thing is to keep a schedule. (4) People who have trouble sleeping really need to keep the schedule where they schedule when their sleep is going to be. We must try to find the time when were going to be asleep and the time when we must stay awake. M: (5-1) Even in fact Im no
46、t tired until 3 a. m.? W: (5-2) Then you go to bed at 3 a. m. M: Go to bed at 3 a. m.? And then get up and go to work at 7 or 8 a. m.? W: Exactly! We make a schedule and that means there is no point in lying in bed awake for 2 hours. Your mind wants to see production. M: (3-3) You say “Set a bedtime
47、.“ and “Dont lie awake in bed.“ W: Absolutely right! M: (3-4) And also “Persevere.“ 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 the topic of the interview? 2. Why do most people have trouble sleeping? 3. Which of the following sugg
48、estions is NOT given to those with primary insomnia? 4. When does Dr. Getsy advise people with trouble sleeping to sleep? 5. According to Dr. Getsy, what should the man do if he isnt tired until 3 a. m.? 16 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话开头，句 (1)中男士就指出，由于生活中的琐事以及白天紧张的工作，越来越多的人睡觉的时间越来越少，之后又提出一个问题：怎样才能得到更有效的休息 ?并且
49、接下来的对话是围绕这一问题展开的，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正 确答案】 D 【试题解析】 句 (2一 1)中男士提到，也有一些人，包括男士自己在内，无法入睡是因为太忙；句 (22)中女士指出，她认为大多数抱怨睡眠有问题的人都属于男士这一范畴。因此，大多数人有睡眠问题是因为他们太忙了，答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 句 (31)中男士指出，患有原发性失眠症的人指的是因为健康状况问题而无法得到充足睡眠的人，他们就是无法入睡，并且提到女士对这类人群有一些建议，其中包括： “要入睡，你就必须先保持清醒 ”，在句 (3-2)中，女士对此进行了确认，并且指出，重要的是遵循一个时间表；句 (33)和句 (34)中男士
