1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 292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 Journey in Catastrophes: Three Forms of Violent Storms I. Winds and storms A. Winds moving in violent storms bringing about a
3、great deal of【 T1】 _【 T1】 _ being so strong that is terrifying B. Storms occurring: the【 T2】 _ of massive hot air and cold air【 T2】 _ gales: strong enough to uproot trees and blow down chimneys, etc. thunderstorms: hot enough to expand the air to【 T3】 _【 T3】 _ C. Gales and thunderstorms: happening a
4、ll over the world D. Tornadoes, waterspouts and hurricanes: happening only【 T4】 _【 T4】 _ II. Tornado A. Basic knowledge a very violent wind-storm in the【 T5】 _ over land【 T5】 _ cause: gathering of【 T6】 _ hot, moist air and cold, dry air【 T6】 _ season: generally March through August time of occurrenc
5、e:【 T7】 _【 T7】 _ B. Damage of a tornado making【 T8】 _ things into dangerous weapons【 T8】 _ sucking everything in【 T9】 _【 T9】 _ tearing,【 T10】 _ things【 T10】 _ III. Waterspout A. A tornado that happens【 T11】 _【 T11】 _ B. Sucking up water IV. Hurricane A Basic information other names: tropical cyclone
6、s,【 T12】 _, and willy-willies【 T12】 _ beginning over tropical oceans in late summer speed: between 12 and 24 miles per hour blowing in a large spiral around a relative calm center, known as the【 T13】 _: generally 20 to 30 miles wide【 T13】 _ the storm: likely to extend outward 400 miles B. Damages br
7、inging【 T14】 _, high winds, and storm surges【 T14】 _ flattening trees and buildings flooding everything with the torrential rain sometimes sweeping inland over sea walls and【 T15】 _【 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
8、】 14 【 T14】 15 【 T15】 15 Why We Dont Like English Classes I. Peoples【 T1】 _ of how to learn English【 T1】 _ A. Preconception: intention registration paying attending classes: then one will get【 T2】 _【 T2】 _ B. Actually, classes are a(n)【 T3】 _way of learning English【 T3】 _ II. Things students can do
9、at an English class A lot of【 T4】 _ are spent when attending English classes【 T4】 _ A Listening to bad English from peers B. Having the poor【 T5】 _【 T5】 _ C. Reading a boring textbook textbook makes【 T6】 _ easier【 T6】 _ but makes learning boring D. Learning stupid grammar rules 【 T7】 _ of so many gr
10、ammar rules is impossible【 T7】 _ the practice of them in speaking is also impossible as a result, test score may be improved but【 T8】 _【 T8】 _ E. Doing useless【 T9】 _【 T9】 _ reviewing the useless grammar rules testing English but not teaching any English F. Getting boring homework【 T10】 _【 T10】 _ us
11、ually a grammar exercise or a composition usually you dont care about the subject of the composition G.【 T11】 _ cant be gained【 T11】 _ this fact is ignored by teachers how to avoid making【 T12】 _ is seldom taught【 T12】 _ how to pronounce or use dictionary to learn about word pronunciation is seldom
12、taught III.【 T13】 _ to replace boring classes with interesting things【 T13】 _ A. Watching International or English-language channel B. Attending【 T14】 _ or speaking English with friends【 T14】 _ C. Reading interesting texts and books D. Reading and listening to English: increasing the【 T15】 _【 T15】 _
13、 E. Writing compositions for yourself instead of teachers 16 【 T1】 17 【 T2】 18 【 T3】 19 【 T4】 20 【 T5】 21 【 T6】 22 【 T7】 23 【 T8】 24 【 T9】 25 【 T10】 26 【 T11】 27 【 T12】 28 【 T13】 29 【 T14】 30 【 T15】 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 292答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will
14、 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) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for
15、note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. 0 【听力原文】 Journey in Catastrophes: Three Forms of Violent Storms Good morning. Todays lecture will continue our journey in catastrophes. In this session, we are going to have a brief look at three forms of violent storms: tornadoes
16、, waterspouts and hurricanes. As we know, sometimes winds move in violent storms which do a great deal of damage and are so strong that they are terrifying. These storms happen when a mass of hot air meets a mass of cold air. Winds are measured by the speed at which they travel. They are called gale
17、s when they are strong enough to uproot trees and blow down chimneys, and at sea to whip up high waves with long crests that curl over and break in great patches of foam. Thunderstorms happen when hot, damp air rises from the ground and meets cold air. As it mixes with colder air, there are very vio
18、lent up currents and down currents and swirling eddies of air, and great clouds foam. The lightning flashes when accompanying thunderstorms are enormous sparks caused by electric changes in the air. They have such great heat that the air they touch expands violently, making the sound we call thunder
19、. Gales and thunderstorms happen all over the world. Tornadoes, waterspouts and hurricanes happen only in certain areas. Tornadoes happen in the tropics over land, especially over the southern states of USA and also over southern-eastern Australia and north-west India. A tornado is a very violent wi
20、ndstorm, in which the air whirls rapidly upward in a grayish funnel-shaped cloud, with its tip near the ground. It twists and sways in the sky like a diving thing and moves in a straight line over the countryside at about 6 to 30 miles per hour. No one knows exactly what starts a tornado, but it cer
21、tainly happens when extremely hot, moist air meets cold, dry air. When two kinds of air try to pass each other, they get locked together, and the hot air spirals upward more and more quickly until it may be whirling round at between 400 and 500 meters per hour. Tornado season is generally March thro
22、ugh August, although tornadoes can occur at any time of year. They tend to occur in the afternoons and evenings: over 80 percent of all tornadoes strike between noon and midnight. Tornadoes do a vast amount of damage, even though they seldom last for more than an hour or two. The speed of the whirli
23、ng air makes quite small things such as grains of sand into dangerous weapons. Once in America a corn cob picked up by a tornado was shot through a horses skull and killed the horse. The hot air spiraling upward sucks everything in its path, rather as a vacuum cleaner does. Tornadoes have been known
24、 to tear steel bridges from their foundations, to uproot large trees, and to lift trains off their lines. People and animals have been lifted and carried some distances: a horse, for example, was once picked up, carried 2 miles, and put down again unhurt. A waterspout is a tornado that happens over
25、sea. The whirling air sucks up water, and the waterspout moves along with a hissing, roaring, crashing noise. Sometimes tiny fishes are caught up, and their scales make the whirling column sparkle. When a waterspout passes from sea to land it becomes a tornado. Hurricanes are even more terrible than
26、 tornadoes. Nowhere are they more terrible and more frequent than in the West India, and the name “hurricane“ comes from the name of the West Indian god of storms, Hunraken. They are called tropical cyclones in India, typhoons in China and Japan, and willy-willies in northern Australia. Hurricanes b
27、egin over tropical oceans in late summer. August and September are peak months during the hurricane season that lasts from June 1 through November 30. Hot, moist air rises as if in a chimney, perhaps over a tropical islet. It gets pulled by the turning of the Earth into a whirling movement, faster a
28、nd faster until it is like an enormous thick gramophone record of air whirling madly round as it moves across the sea at between 12 and 24 miles per hour. Hurricane winds blow in a large spiral around a relative calm center known as the “eye“. The “eye“ is generally 20 to 30 miles wide, and the stor
29、m may extend outward 400 miles. As a hurricane approaches, the skies will begin to darken and winds will grow in strength. As a hurricane nears land, it can bring torrential rains, high winds, and storm surges. Many hurricanes never reach land but die out over the tropical oceans, having perhaps mov
30、ed as much as 1800 miles during their life of 9 to 25 days. Those that reach land die swiftly, for they need the heat and moisture of ocean air. But before dying they cause terrible destruction. They flatten trees and buildings, flood everything with the torrential rain they bring with them, and som
31、etimes create enormous waves which sweep inland over sea walls and harbors. In a terrible typhoon in Japan in 1934, over 4000 people were killed and ships were lifted over sea walls into the streets. Hurricanes are given names, always feminine ones such as Besty or Alice. The first of the season is
32、given a name beginning with A, the second with B, and so on. Hurricanes in some years have reached Janey or Katy. OK, that is all for this session. Thank you! 【知识模块】 听力填空 1 【正确答案】 damage harm loss 【试题解析】 录音材料提到，风在风暴中的移动带来极大的危害 (damage)，由此可知答案为 damage，或其同义词 harm或 loss。 【知识模块】 听力填空 2 【正确答案】 meeting ga
33、thering 【试题解析】 讲座提到了风暴的形成原理，即 “大量热空气和冷空气相遇形成了风暴 ”，结合题目可知答案为 meeting gathering。 【知识模块】 听力填空 3 【正确答案 】 make thunder 【试题解析】 此处考查雷暴的情况。讲座提到，极热的空气碰撞，发出的声音我们称之为雷声。由空格前的 to提示这里是不定式结构，故用 make thunder表达。 【知识模块】 听力填空 4 【正确答案】 in certain areas in some areas 【试题解析】 此题说的是 3种风暴的共性，录音提到，龙卷风、海龙卷和飓风都只在一定区域发生，因此答案为 i
34、n certain areas或 in some areas。若笔记没有记录，可根据下文推测，录 音原文分别提到 Tornadoes happen in the tropics over land、 A waterspout is a tornado that happens over sea以及 Hurricanes begin over tropical oceans ，由此可知这 3种风暴的发生不是在全世界范围，而只是在某个特定的区域。 【知识模块】 听力填空 5 【正确答案】 tropics 【试题解析】 讲座提到，龙卷风发生在热带陆地，填入录音原词 tropics即可。 【知识模 块
35、】 听力填空 6 【正确答案】 extremely 【试题解析】 录音原文提到龙卷风的成因，即 “当极热、潮湿的空气遇到寒冷、干燥的空气就会形成龙卷风 ”。可知答案为 extremely。若此处笔记没有记录，根据录音内容可知这 3种风暴都是极端气候现象，由此可推测出答案。 【知识模块】 听力填空 7 【正确答案】 afternoons and evenings 【试题解析】 此题询问龙卷风发生的时间。讲座谈到，他们通常发生在下午和傍晚。填 afternoons and evenings。 【知识模块】 听力填空 8 【正确答案】 quite small 【试题解析】 此题讲述的是龙卷风的危害。
36、录音材料提到，气旋的速度会让很小的 (quite small)事物诸如细小的沙粒成为危险的武器，结合题目可知答案为 quite small。 【知识模块】 听力填空 9 【正确答案】 its path 【试题解析】 在谈论龙卷风的危害时，讲座提到，上旋的热气能将一路经过的所有东西都吸走。填入录音原词 its path。 【知识模块】 听力填空 10 【正确答案】 uprooting and lifting 【试题解析】 此题仍是讲龙卷风的危害。录音中提到 Tornadoes have been known to tear steel bridges ， to uproot large tree
37、s， and to lift trains off their lines，包含 3个动词 tear,uproot,lift，题目给出的是动名词 tearing，答案为uprooting and lifting。听音时要记下关键动词。 【知识模块】 听力填空 11 【正确答案】 over sea 【试题解析】 此题讲述的是第二种风暴 waterspout。录音中提到 “海龙卷是在海域发生的龙卷风 ”，因此答案为 over sea。注意答案是 over sea，切不可因为粗心大意而写成 overseas，笔记时应注意这一点。 【知识模块】 听力填空 12 【正确答案】 typhoons 【试题解
38、析】 录音材料提到， “飓风在印度被叫做热带气旋 (tropical cyclones)，在中国和日本被叫做台风 (typhoons)，在澳大利亚北部被叫做大旋风 (willy-willies)”，由此可知答案为 typhoons。 【知识模块】 听力填空 13 【正确答案】 eye 【试题解析】 录音原文提到， “风眼 ”一般有 20英里到 30英里宽，可知答案为eye。 【知识模块】 听力填空 14 【正确答案】 torrential rains 【试题解析】 讲到飓风的损害时，讲座提到，随着飓风接近陆地，它会带来暴雨、狂风和巨浪。题目已经给出了狂风和巨浪，因此填入表述暴雨的 torren
39、tial rains。 【知识模块】 听力填空 15 【正确答案】 harbors 【试题解析】 讲座最后提到了飓风的危害。录音原文提到 create enormous waves which sweep inland over sea walls and harbors，结合题目可知答案为harbors。 【知识模块】 听力填空 15 【听力原文】 Why We Dont Like English Classes Good afternoon. Welcome to attend todays lecture on why we dont like English classes. Its
40、well known that English classes are the most popular way in which people study English. They are so amazingly popular that most people do not even think about how to learn English. The process is automatic: I want to learn English, so I sign up for an English course. I will pay some money, sit in cl
41、ass for a few hours a week, and_I will get good English. This is very surprising, because English classes are a very poor way of learning English. We have spent a large part of our lives in English classes and we know what they are like. With all our knowledge of English classes and courses, we woul
42、d be surprised if we met a person who has learned to speak English very well by going to English classes. If you attend English classes, you spend many hours a week on them. Often, you also spend lots of your money. What do you get for your time and money? Here is what you can do at an English class
43、: Listen to some bad English. The pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary of other students will be bad. Surely listening to these people will not make your English better. Say five sentences in English. There are usually 10-20 students in the class, so there is little time for you to speak English.
44、Normal English classes are very poor speaking practice. Read a boring textbook. Almost all English teachers use textbooks. Want to know why? Because it makes their work easier. They dont have to prepare for every class. They just do the next unit in the book. Textbooks make teaching easy. And they m
45、ake learning boring and ineffective. You have to read stupid stories about Michael Jackson or a woman who lived in the African jungle for two years. Then you have to answer questions about them and talk about them with other students. This is madness! All this nonsense that you dont care about makes
46、 you think that learning English is boring. Listen to a few grammar rules, such as “the present continuous tense is used for talking about developing and changing situations“. Learning grammar rules is the stupidest thing you can do. Here are the two main reasons. First, it is impossible to memorize
47、 all those hundreds of grammar rules anyway. And second, when speaking English, you dont have time to think: “What tense should I use? Lets see. I want to present the idea of action continuing up to the present time, so I should use the present perfect tense.“ You want to use your English naturally.
48、 Grammar rules may improve your scores in tests, but they do not improve your English. Do some grammar exercises. After talking about grammar rules, teachers usually give you some exercises, such as multiple choice or gap filling tests. Grammar exercises have two functions: one, they make you repeat the grammar rules: two, they test your English. The first function is useless because grammar rules are useless. The second function, testing, is okay if you want to co
