1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 27及答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lectu
2、re. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 Types of Language Testing I. Placement sort new students into【 B1】 _【 B1】 _ test the students【 B2】 _ r
3、ather than specific points of learning【 B2】 _ Interview as a good form of placement tests: -【 B3】 _both positive and negative factors that【 B3】 _ are not revealed by written tests - assess both oral production and fluency II. Diagnostic also called【 B4】 _ or progress tests【 B4】 _ check students prog
4、ress after learning a particular point the results【 B5】 _ those learning well, meanwhile,【 B5】 _ give feedback to those not III.【 B6】 _【 B6】 _ also called attainment tests examine a longer period of learning than diagnostic tests determine which level a student lies with【 B7】 _ standard【 B7】 _ IV. P
5、roficiency assess the students ability in【 B8】 _【 B8】 _ test students ability to repair【 B9】 _ in communication【 B9】 _ An example of proficiency test: TOEFL - Listening Comprehension: to measure the ability to understand English as it is spoken in US - Structure and Written Expression: to examine th
6、e knowledge of structural and【 B10】 _ points in standard written English【 B10】 _ - Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension: to test the ability to understand a variety of reading materials 1 【 B1】 2 【 B2】 3 【 B3】 4 【 B4】 5 【 B5】 6 【 B6】 7 【 B7】 8 【 B8】 9 【 B9】 10 【 B10】 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions:
7、In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 What do
8、es Alex Winston think of her age? （ A） She desires to look younger. （ B） She is excited that she looks mature. （ C） She doesnt have a problem with her age. （ D） She wishes she could go back to her teenage years. 12 Alex Winston quit opera mainly because of （ A） lack of identity. （ B） inability to mi
9、mic. （ C） lack of interest. （ D） inability to read music. 13 The host thinks Alex Winston is marked by her （ A） different style. （ B） distinctive voice. （ C） young age. （ D） cool music. 14 What happened to Alex Winston when she was in New York? （ A） She was terribly sick. （ B） She wrote songs with a
10、 guitar. （ C） She felt excited about everything. （ D） She went through a tedious time. 15 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? （ A） Alex Winston wants to share the stage with some specific musicians. （ B） Dont Care About Anything was composed by Alex Winston. （ C） Sister Wife is a band ma
11、de up of close friends. （ D） Alex Winston started bands at an early age. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the quest
12、ions. 16 The cause of issuing travel alerts in Europe was （ A） bad weather. （ B） political factors. （ C） risks of terror attacks. （ D） not known. 17 There are reports of intelligence about a scheme for simultaneous attacks from （ A） an Afghan German. （ B） a German Afghan. （ C） a Pakistani German. （
13、D） a German Pakistani. 18 Which of the following statements is CORRECT? （ A） Venice gets flooding four times a year. （ B） Scores of people got injured in the flood. （ C） The authorities have cleared up the cost of repairs. （ D） The deepest flood on record in Venice was in 1966. 19 What happened this
14、 morning? （ A） A Hartford Distributors employee was fired. （ B） Eight employees were killed by a gunman. （ C） The regular meeting was interrupted by a gunman. （ D） Investigators found out the motive of the murder. 20 The gunman Thornton was supposed to _ this morning. （ A） be fired by company offici
15、als for a disciplinary problem （ B） be punished by company officials for a disciplinary problem （ C） go with a union official and talk about a disciplinary problem （ D） talk with company officials to resolve a disciplinary problem 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 27答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this sec
16、tion you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check y
17、our notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Types of Language Testing Good morning, everyone. Today, well talk about the language tests. As we know, the testing history in the world can be traced back to nearl
18、y two thousand years ago. And in todays lecture, Id like to mainly discuss the different types of language testing. The first one is a placement test, which is designed to sort new students into teaching groups, so that they can start a course at approximately the same level as the other students in
19、 the class. It is concerned with the students present standing, and so relates to general ability rather than specific points of learning. As a rule, the results are needed quickly so that teaching may begin. A variety of tests is necessary because a range of different activities is more likely to g
20、ive an accurate overall picture of a students level than a single assessment. Sometimes one member of staff sees each student individually before the final class allocation is made. This procedure has several advantages. It helps to complete the assessment for each individual student by disclosing f
21、actors which are not revealed by the written tests, either positive ones such as a friendly, outgoing character or a higher level of production than a writing test suggests, or negative ones such as a slight stammer or more than average shyness. Perhaps the greatest advantage of the interview is tha
22、t there is now the opportunity to assess both oral production(the ability to make English sounds)and fluency(the ability to sound English in a social situation)at one and the same time. Secondly, let us look at diagnostic tests. This test, sometimes called a formative or progress test, checks on stu
23、dents progress in learning particular elements of the course. It is used, for example, at the end of a unit in the course book or after a lesson designed to teach one particular point. These tests can take the form of an extension of the lesson from a practice phase into an assessment phase. They ca
24、n provide information about progress which may be used systematically for remedial work. The diagnostic test tries to answer the question “How well have the students learned this particular material?“ If his learning has been successful, the results will give a considerable lift to the students mora
25、le and he is likely to approach the next learning tasks with fresh enthusiasm. If he finds he has not mastered the point at issue, the test should give him clear indication of how he falls short, so that he can do some useful revision. Next, achievement test. An achievement test, also called an atta
26、inment test, looks back over a longer period of learning than the diagnostic test, for example a years work, or a whole course, or even a variety of different courses. It is intended to show the standard which the students have now reached in relation to other students at the same stage. This standa
27、rd may be established for a country, as with school-leaving certificates; or it may relate to an individual school or group of schools which issues certificates to students attending courses. But the important point which is common to all these situations is that the standard remains constant as far
28、 as possible from course to course and from year to year and is external to the individual class or textbook. Lastly, proficiency. The aim of a proficiency test is to assess the students ability to apply in actual situations what he has learnt. It seeks to answer the question: “Having learnt this mu
29、ch, what can the student do with it?“ This type of test is not usually related to any particular course because it is concerned with the students current standing in relation to his future needs. Efforts must be made to use in the tests the kind of language which actually occurs in the situation the
30、 student will meet. For example, a test which sets out to assess the proficiency of a student hoping to follow a university course in an English-speaking country would need to take into account not only his level of skill in listening to lectures, but also his ability to take notes, to make full use
31、 of what is gained from the lecture in his subsequent writing. An important element in proficiency testing is to assess in some way the students ability to repair breakdowns in communication, by asking for a repetition or an explanation, for example, or by rephrasing what he has just tried to say. A
32、 rather typical example of a standardized proficiency test is the Test of English as a Foreign Language or TOEFL. It is used by nearly 1,000 institutions of higher education in the United States as an indicator of a prospective students ability to undertake academic work in English. The TOEFL consis
33、ts of the following sections: Listening Comprehension measures the ability to understand English as it is spoken in the United States. Structure and Written Expression measures mastery of important structural and grammatical points in standard written English. Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension te
34、sts the ability to understand the meanings and uses of words in written English as well as the ability to understand a variety of reading materials. Proficiency tests sometimes add sections that involve free writing and/or oral production. Lastly, I want to remind you that though it is convenient to
35、 say that the purpose of any test can be defined in this way, there are in practice several different purposes for every test. Now, to sum up, in todays lecture, we have discussed some main types of language testing, namely, placement, diagnostic, achievement and proficiency. In our next lecture, we
36、 will take a look at the evolution of the language testing. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 teaching groups 【试题解析】 讲座的主题是 “types of language testing(语言测试的类别 )”。其中，第一种是安置性测试 (placementtests)，即把新生分为不同的教学组 (sort new students into teaching groups)。此处填入原文原词 teaching groups。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 general ability 【试题解析】 安
37、置性测试关注 的是学生目前的状况，看综合能力而不是看具体的知识点。此处填入原文出现的 generalability“综合能力 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 disclose 【试题解析】 讲座提到，有的教员在期末考试之前单独会见每个学生，这有助于通过发现笔试所发现不了的因素来完整评估每个学生。在原文中出现的单词是disclosing，但根据题目，每个小点的动词用的都是原形。故此处填入动词原形disclose。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 formative 【试题解析】 说到诊断性测试 (diagnostic test)的时候，讲座说，该测试有时被称为影响发展的或进步的
38、测试 (formative or progress test)。题目已经给出了progress，此处应填入 formative。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 encourage 【试题解析】 演讲人说，如果学生的学习是成功的，测试结果会大大提升他的士气、让他充满热情地去开始下一个学习任务。也就是说，测试结果能够鼓励成绩好的学生。此处应填入 encourage。这道题无法直接从原文获得答案， 需要根据笔记的内容进行总结。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 Achievement 【试题解析】 讲座接下来提到的是成绩测试 (achievement tests)。根据题目，此处应填入
39、Achievement，注意 A要大写。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 constant 【试题解析】 讲座提到，最重要的是该标准尽可能地在不同课程、年复一年的过程中都保持不变 (standard remainsconstant)，并且延伸到个人课堂或者教科书中。此处填入原文出现的 constant。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 actual situations 【试题解析】 讲座还说到熟练程度测试 (proficiency)。这种测试的目的是评估学生把所学知识应用到实际情况中的能力。此处填入原文出现的 actual situations“实际情况 ”。 【知识模块】 听力
40、 9 【正确答案】 breakdowns 【试题解析】 熟练程度测试还有另一个重要因素，就是用某些方法来评估学生修复沟通失败的能力，比如：通过要求重复、解释，或者通过更换措辞重新讲 述自己刚刚试图表达的话。此处填入原文出现的 breakdowns“(沟通 )失败 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 grammatical 【试题解析】 讲座提到，结构和写作表达衡量的是对标准英语写作中重要的结构点与语法点的掌握。此处应填入原文出现的 grammatical“语法的 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section
41、you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 【听力原文】 M: Well, we have
42、 Alex Winston in the studio today. Hi, Alex. W: Nice to see you. M: How old are you? W: I am 23, but for some reason everyone thinks Im 19. I dont know who started that rumor, but Im 23. M: Ive seen on a lot of posts that youre 19! W: I mean, the thing is, most people would probably be excited about
43、 that, but Im really okay with my age. Im like. can you guys get it right? Im 23. I never want to re-live those teenage years. Im totally content being 23. M: How did you start out performing? W: Well, I feel like Ive been doing it my entire life. I started taking music lessons and singing when I wa
44、s about ten. I started bands at a pretty young age and played with my friends back in Detroit. Ive always known that I wanted to do this. It was all I was ever interested in doing. I never had, outside of music, any extracurricular activities mat I took part in. M: Are. are you a classically-trained
45、 opera singer? W: I guess. I took opera lessons. I cant read music to save my life, but I would just copy and get away with it. I think that they thought I could read music, but I cant. I would just listen. I did that for about ten years. I would listen to my teacher and the melodies. She would sing
46、 it. It was really me just mimicking. Thats one of the reasons I decided I didnt want to do that anymore. I felt that I really couldnt be creative with opera. Youre supposed to sound this way here. Youre supposed to crescendo here. Youre supposed to do that. I had no sense of identity while singing
47、that kind of music. M: Who and what are some of your influences? W: Well, really all over the place. Detroit, definitely because of Motown and Stooges. When you come from a place like Detroit, youre really proud of what you have there. I grew up listening to a lot of that stuff, but also early rock-
48、and-roll like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis. I feel like as I grew older, Ive been working with different musicians, people that are constantly showing me different things. One of my old bandmates was really into metal and 80s rock, so I really got into that, too. I also lo
49、ve country, folk, and strong female voices, like Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, PJ Harvey, and Kate Bush. M: I was trying to think of comparisons, but I was having a really hard time because your voice is so different. I could definitely see a lot of that in your music. I couldnt really define it, which is cool because its so hard to find something so original. W: That makes me really happy,
