1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 263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 Character Analysis of Shakespearean Plays I. Introduction characters are【 T1】 _ in every play【 T1】 _ conflicts usually lead to
3、 a final【 T2】 _【 T2】 _ an entry into plays: putting characters on【 T3】 _【 T3】 _ . Reasons for approaching Shakespearean plays by analyzing characters A. plays with active characters like people around us the chief【 T4】 _ of the genre【 T4】 _ it is natural to treat the play as we treat【 T5】 _ itself【
4、T5】 _ B. Shakespeares astonishing ability to【 T6】 _ characters【 T6】 _ individual【 T7】 _ of the characters requires an evaluation【 T7】 _ individual actors need to【 T8】 _ upon the motivations for【 T8】 _ their characters C. Shakespeares characters are often【 T9】 _ or puzzled by their【 T9】 _ own charact
5、ers 【 T10】 _ and weaknesses of character analysis【 T10】 _ A. value reminding people of the central concern:【 T11】 _【 T11】 _ helping people understand why Shakespeare【 T12】 _【 T12】 _ B. problems not enough【 T13】 _ about characters【 T13】 _ 1) key elements required in full character analysis are 【 T14】
6、 _【 T14】 _ 2) speculations often end up in inconclusive and【 T15】 _【 T15】 _ debates 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 In this section you will hear ONE interview. The interview will
7、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 mark
8、the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. （ A） Perseverance. （ B） Competition. （ C） Confidence. （ D） Anger. （ A） Advertising. （ B） Education. （ C） Catering. （ D） Real estate. （ A） By reading books about the President of the United States.
9、 （ B） By meeting many successful people. （ C） By working hard and become a success story himself. （ D） By doing researches on successful businessmen. （ A） The importance of smartness. （ B） The importance of humbleness. （ C） The importance of diligence. （ D） The importance of confidence. （ A） There i
10、s no one smarter than him. （ B） There is no one as bright as people think. （ C） There is no one more talented than him. （ D） There is no one as powerful as people think. （ A） Expanding the size of their offices. （ B） Getting a high salary. （ C） Getting the job done. （ D） Beating their competitors. （
11、 A） 20%. （ B） 40%. （ C） 60%. （ D） 80%. （ A） A talk show host. （ B） A lawyer. （ C） An advertising expert. （ D） A real estate agent. （ A） He treats him as an enemy. （ B） He treats him as a friend. （ C） He treats him as a genius. （ D） He treats him as a model. （ A） Ask himself “Why not me?“ （ B） Learn
12、from Bloomberg. （ C） Be a little angry. （ D） Make Larry King his hero. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 263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
13、and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. 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】 Character Analysis of Shakespearean Plays Good mo
14、rning, everyone. Last time I just gave a brief introduction to the Shakespearean play, today we will go further to discuss together how to understand a Shakespearean play. The most obvious way to begin an interpretation of a Shakespearean play is by evaluating the characters. (1) Any play involves c
15、haracters in a particular setting, doing particular things. (2) The plot will develop a conflict, which will usually inflict pain or distress on some people, and will lead to a final resolution of sorts in which some characters may die or be punished severely, while other characters survive or trium
16、ph or get substantially rewarded. (3) Hence, one clear entry into such a work is to put the characters on trial: Who is good? Who is bad? Why do certain people act in certain ways? Do any of the characters change? Where are my sympathies as I make my way through this play? As an interpreter, I am, i
17、n essence, the judge, and how shall I apportion my verdicts? Interpreting a play by analyzing the characters in it, judging them, and coming to some final evaluation of them is a natural way to approach Shakespeare for three main reasons. (4) The first is that these are plays, and they inevitably fe
18、ature active characters more or less recognizably like people around us. That, indeed, is the chief appeal of the genre. (5) So it is entirely natural to treat the play as we treat life itself, by responding to the people we see, the actions they carry out, the words they use, and the decisions they
19、 make. On the basis of these observations we will come to some conclusions about their characters and will discuss the play in those terms. (6) The second reason is that Shakespeare is famous, more than anything else, for his astonishing ability to create interesting, complex, and natural characters
20、. Unlike many other dramatists whose characters do not invite very complex investigation, Shakespeare has the ability to fill a play with scores of characters, (7) each of whom talks in a language and acts in a way which indicates a sharply focused individual personality with a very particular respo
21、nse to experience. Hence, it is, once again, natural to treat them as fully realized people whose conduct requires an evaluative judgment. Then, too, the fact that we are dealing with plays always keeps the approach through character analysis alive, (8) because theatre productions depend on individu
22、al actors, and individual actors need to reflect upon the motivations for their characters. They have to, in a sense, discover their human qualities and become the stage people whose lives they enact. Thus, the dramatic tradition of continuing to mount Shakespeare productions ensures that the analys
23、is of character will remain a powerful force in the interpretation of the plays. (9) The third major reason why character analysis is an important approach to Shakespeares plays is that Shakespeares characters are often intrigued or puzzled by their own characters. That is, they may make their chara
24、cters part of the dramatic “problem“ of the fiction we are exploring. When, for example, Hamlet or Macbeth or Othello starts to wrestle with his own character, trying to understand his own motivation, feelings, and actions, that moment places the nature of the character as an essential element in th
25、e work. In other words, the plays themselves put character analysis directly on the table. The approach to a Shakespeare play which places the analysis of character at the centre of the process was particularly strong in the nineteenth century, and (10) the literary interpretations from that period
26、often illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of that approach. (11) The great value of character analysis is that it always reminds us that, whatever else we may want to talk of, the central concern is particular human beings. Whatever else King Lear is about, it is centrally about a suffering old
27、man, whose unique character brings upon him almost unimaginable suffering. Whatever we make of Hamlet, we cannot forget that the people in the play drive Ophelia insane and lead her to suicide, and that she is an innocent and loving young woman. (12) Focusing upon the characters in the play always k
28、eeps us in touch with a major reason why Shakespeare matters his works constantly illuminate human nature in all sorts of moving ways. That said, however, treating the interpretation of a play as primarily a matter of evaluating character can create problems. (13) One major problem, of course, is th
29、at in many instances we do not know enough about a character to arrive at a sufficiently full understanding of his or her personality. We know almost nothing of Hamlets childhood, or Bolingbrokes inner thoughts, or Lady Macbeths sexuality. (14) Thus, key elements required in any full character analy
30、sis are missing. (15) Of course, we can speculate on such matters, but such speculations can often end up in inconclusive and often trivial debates, because there is not enough evidence. So we can find criticism by the analysis of character degenerating into explorations of the girlhood of Shakespea
31、res heroines, endless arguments about whether or not the Macbeths had any children, how old Hamlet might be or whether he is really insane or not, whether Falstaff is a coward or not, how black Othello really is, or what Antony and Cleopatra really talk about when they are alone together. Shakspeare
32、an plays are great inheritance as well as wealth for the humankind. The characters in his plays give us lots of insights to know and to talk with Shakespears soul. I hope my lecture has led you on the way to the thought of this great player. Thank you for listening. W: (1) An extremely competitive s
33、pirit of confidence and perhaps a little bit of hatred are just some of the guiding principles that help one guy from Queens rise to the top of the advertising world. Donny Deutsch says the key to his success was asking one simple question of himself “Why not me?“ (2) Now the advertising whiz who tu
34、rns CNBC talk show host offers up his winning formula in his first book, Often Wrong, Never in Doubt, Unleash the Business Rebel Within. Donny, good morning. Nice to see you. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 involved 【试题解析】 根据句 (1)可知，任何戏剧中都有在特定场景中做着特定事情的角色，故答案为 involved。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 resolution 【试题解析】 根据句 (
35、2)可知，戏剧情节通常会制造一场冲突，这场冲突使得某些人遭受痛苦与悲伤，而且都会得到一个结局，一些人可能死亡或者受到严厉的惩罚，而另一些人会幸存下来或者成功或者获得可观的回报。因此答案为resolution。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 trial 【试题解析】 根据句 (3)可知，这种作品的一个清晰的突破口就是去审判这些角色，所以答案为 trial。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 appeal 【试题解析】 根据句 (4)可知，戏剧里的人物形象或多或少地与我们周围的人相似，这是戏剧的吸引力所在。因此答案为 appeal。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 life 【试
36、题解析】 根据句 (5)可知，我们看待戏剧就像看待人生一样，这是一件很自然的事，故答案为 life。 【知识 模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 create 【试题解析】 根据句 (6)可知，通过分析人物角色来解读莎士比亚的第二个原因是，莎士比亚拥有惊人的创造人物的能力，故答案为 create。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 personality 【试题解析】 根据句 (7)可知，戏剧中每个角色的一言一行都深刻地反映出他们具有一定经历的个性，所以答案为 personality。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 reflect 【试题解析】 根据句 (8)可知，戏剧是通过 演员的表
37、演呈现出来的，演员需要思考形成戏剧人物性格的动因是什么，故答案为 reflect。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 intrigued 【试题解析】 根据句 (9)可知，人物性格分析是了解莎士比亚戏剧的一个重要方法，它的第三个主要原因是莎士比亚戏剧中的人物通常会被自己的性格所吸引或迷惑。因此答案为 intrigued。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 Strengths 【试题解析】 根据句 (10)可知，那个时代的文学分析通常说明人物性格分析的优点和缺点，故答 案为 Strengths。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 human beings 【试题解析】 根据句 (
38、11)可知，人物性格分析的巨大价值在于它总是在提醒我们，无论我们谈论什么，都不能离开关注的中心：人类。因此答案为 human beings。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 matters 【试题解析】 根据句 (12)可知，这种对人物性格的分析也能够使我们了解莎士比亚为何如此重要，故答案为 matters。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 knowledge 【试题解析】 根据句 (13)可知，一个主要问题在于我们对人物了解得太少，以至于不能对其性格做出全面的分析。这里缺少名词，故答案为 knowledge。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 missing 【试题解析
39、】 根据句 (14)可知，获得全面性格分析的一些关键因素缺失，故答案为 missing。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 trivial 【试题解析】 根据句 (15)可知，我们可以对这类事情进行推测，但是这种推测因为缺乏足够的证据，所以 经常以没有结果和微不足道的争论而告终。因此答案为trivial。 【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 par
40、t, 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 question on ANSWER SHEET
41、TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. 16 【听力原文】 M: Good to see you. W: (3-1) “Why not me?“ How did you come up with that? M: (3-2) Every time Ive met a successful person in business or the President of the United States, just somebody whos made it to the pivotal, beyond the obvious
42、toolbox of being bright and hardworking, they have this almost naive sense of entitlement of: Why shouldnt I be the President of the United States? Why shouldnt I be the anchor of TODAY Show? And until you say that, that next level cannot have.it doesnt mean that you are guaranteed, but if you dont
43、believe it, if you dont feel entitled, it isnt going to happen. W: (4) You write about this a lot in the book. Its all about confidence. M: Yes. W: I would say after knowing you for a year or two now, you have a certain amount of confidence that some people who know you probably think is healthy and
44、 other people think it crosses the line into cocky. Is that fair? M: Yes. Thats fair. I mean if you dont believe in yourself, nobody else is going to, but at the same time, you know the title of the book is “Often Wrong, Never in Doubt“. W: Right. So where did the confidence come from? Who instilled
45、 that in you? M: You know the bottom line is its OK to fail, and you have to embrace failure. As I have met many people in my agency, such as all the Fortune 500 CEOs, Ive yet to meet the genius. W: Wait. Just now you talked about the genius, and you dont think you meet people who are smarter than y
46、ou? M: (5) I think a lot of people are smart, but Ive still yet to meet a genius one. As you go through life, when you meet the top of the heap, you know they are smart, terrific. Once you understand that all the people you read about are very talented, bright people, but you know, not as bright as
47、you think sometimes, so once you realize that, its very empowering. Just like people think what we do for a living is incredibly difficult, yet if they sat in the chair, and did it for a while, they can also do that ! This is the end of Part One of the interview. Questions 1 to 5 are based on what y
48、ou have just heard. 1. What is mentioned as a principle to guide Donny to success? 2. Which field did Donny work in? 3. How did Donny come up with the question “Why not me?“ 4. What does Donny emphasize in his book? 5. What does Donny think of all the people he has met? 16 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 (1)可知，
49、具有强烈竞争意识的自信以及一点点的仇恨，正是能帮助一个人从广告行业的底层爬到顶层的指导原则。因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据句 (2)可知，唐尼以前是一位广告奇才。因此答案为 A。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据句 (31)和句 (3-2)可知，唐尼每次遇到成功人士或 美国总统，总会发现他们除了具备成功所需要的聪明和努力外还具备一种 “为什么不是我 ”的自信。因此，唐尼是通过接触成功人士提出 “为什么不是我 ”这一问题的，答案为B。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据句 (4)可知，唐尼的书中大量谈及自信。因此答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 20 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据句 (5)可知，唐尼认为很多人都很聪明，但
