1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 29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 The Journey of Self Improvement I. Phases of the journey of self improvement A. The first phase: relyi
3、ng on【 B1】 _, speakers, or tapes【 B1】 _ to tell you: 1)You can do it 2)Everything you need is【 B2】 _ of you【 B2】 _ This is the basis for all self improvement Everything hangs upon that simple fact B. The second phase: absorbing knowledge【 B3】 _【 B3】 _ 1)Starting to look for ways to achieve your goal
4、s Gaining knowledge on【 B4】 _, visualization,【 B4】 _ goal setting etc. Each discovered method is effective only for a while 2)Feeling overwhelmed with【 B5】 _【 B5】 _ There is so much to learn but so little time There seems to be so many keys to success C. The third phase: putting the pieces of the pu
5、zzle【 B6】 _【 B6】 _ 1)Realizing that your way of thinking is linked to your power to shape reality. 2)Realizing that your beliefs were acting like【 B7】 _【 B7】 _ D. The fourth phase: realizing a natural process to achievement 1)The cycle completes full circle You come back to the first phase But this
6、time you are conscious of it 2)Your【 B8】 _ of this point reaches a deeper level【 B8】 _ that you couldnt feel before because you are not hindered by formula you are【 B9】 _ by nature in its simplicity【 B9】 _ II. Advice A. Starting to see how everything fits together B. Realizing that there is no one k
7、ey to【 B10】 _【 B10】 _ 1 【 B1】 2 【 B2】 3 【 B3】 4 【 B4】 5 【 B5】 6 【 B6】 7 【 B7】 8 【 B8】 9 【 B9】 10 【 B10】 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: 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 e
8、nd of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Which of the following about Amys background is INCORRECT? （ A） She was born in Illinois and grew up in California. （ B） She went to a public high school. （ C） She graduat
9、ed from Yale University. （ D） Her parents were very strict with her. 12 According to the interview, Amy was believed to be _ at her young age. （ A） carefree （ B） relaxed （ C） independent （ D） diligent 13 As an immigrant and outsider in the U.S., （ A） Amy was obsessed with cultural and international
10、issues. （ B） Amy chose economics as a major in university. （ C） Amys parents had high hopes for her in sciences. （ D） Amy paid great attention to markets and privatization. 14 Which of the following about the death of Amys aunt is CORRECT? （ A） She died in a serious traffic accident. （ B） She was mu
11、rdered at home in North Carolina. （ C） Her death put Amys family in so much pain. （ D） The police report owed her death to robbery. 15 The interview mainly focuses on （ A） Amys university experience in Harvard. （ B） Amys life experience and her new book. （ C） Amys ideas on immigration into America.
12、（ D） Amys general knowledge on international law. 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 questions. 16 The cause“ of
13、the crisis between America and Israel is that （ A） America asked Israel to stop occupying East Jerusalem. （ B） Israel refused to negotiate with Palestinian about Jerusalem issue. （ C） more new Jewish homes had been built in occupied East Jerusalem. （ D） the building project for Jewish homes in occup
14、ied East Jerusalem would go on. 17 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pays most attention to （ A） demands of politics in Israel. （ B） demands of economy worldwide. （ C） American-Israeli relations. （ D） long delayed negotiations. 18 What is the focus of the controversial amendment? （ A） Abortion cover
15、age. （ B） Health care insurance. （ C） Federal funds. （ D） New reform. 19 Which of the following statements about Ben Nelson is CORRECT? （ A） He killed the amendment. （ B） He supported the amendment. （ C） He broke the deal. （ D） He introduced the health care bill. 20 What is the main message of the n
16、ews item? （ A） President Obama is about to sign a treaty with Russia. （ B） America is working to control the spread of nuclear weapons. （ C） 5 billion dollars are invested on extending the life of weapons. （ D） 40 countries are about to attend the meeting on nuclear security. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 29答案与解析
17、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-lecture. When the lecture is
18、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 【听力原文】 The Journey of Self Improvement Good morning, everyone. In todays lecture I want to elaborate on the journey of self im
19、provement that all of you may experience. Do you still remember your first self improvement book? After reading it, you probably got “pumped“ up. You may have felt like you could do anything. Open that business, get that job, and get that raise. You felt unconquerable and then a couple of weeks late
20、r, you were down again. So you went to the bookstore and got another book. Another incredible high after you read it. You believed in yourself, took action, felt invincible and then a couple weeks later, you became down again. This depicts the first phase that people go through on their journey of s
21、elf improvement. They rely on books, speakers, or tapes to “pump“ them up, to tell them that they can do it. Its true though. You can do it. Everything you need to accomplish anything you want is already inside of you. You can do it. This is the basis, the foundation, the thesis if you will, of all
22、self improvement. Everything hangs upon that simple fact. This addiction to the pump of “I can do“ it lasts until that fact gets deep in your mind. Once that happens, you go on to the second phase of self improvement, which is mass absorption of knowledge. You start looking for the how to part. Its
23、not enough to know that everything you need is already inside of you. You want to know how to use that something which is inside of you to achieve your goals. Slowly you start to gain knowledge on positive thinking, visualization, goal setting, the power of beliefs, re-framing, discipline, etc. You
24、find you have some measure of success with each “tool“ you discover, but you then realize its only effective for a little while. There are so many pieces to the puzzle of human achievement out there that you feel overwhelmed with information. You feel as if theres so much to learn and so little time
25、 and each time you think you found the key to it all, you read about yet, another key to success, and another, and another, to the point where you go on a seemingly never ending hunt to gather all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle together. This is the phase where most people get stuck. They start cha
26、sing their own tails. One more book, one more article, one more principle, one more tip, then Ill find that missing link Im looking for. They never apply what they learn and instead seek comfort in knowledge alone. Whats worse is that some stubbornly insist on one principle, thinking thats its the k
27、ey to it all, like affirmations, or visualization, but they inevitably find out that its not what they were looking for. When youve read enough literature on the subject of goal achievement and start to apply some of the knowledge youve learned, you then start the journey of your third phase. This t
28、hird phase involves putting the pieces of the puzzle together. You cease looking at the things you learned as separate from one another and you start to realize that they are all part of one big picture. You start putting two and two together. You realize that positive thinking is linked to your pow
29、er of choice to shape reality, which then influences the way you perceive things, hence influences your future actions. You realize your beliefs were acting like lens that perceived reality to be conducive to your beliefs, thereby shaping your actions without even knowing it. Slowly you start to mer
30、ge the little pieces into bigger pieces in order to assemble the big picture and then the fourth and final phase hits you like a ton of bricks. The fourth and final phase of self improvement involves realizing that there is a natural process to human achievement and the cycle then completes full cir
31、cle. You come back to the first phase, namely that everything you needed to accomplish anything you wanted was inside of you, but this time, you are conscious of it. You understand it on a deeper level that you couldnt feel before, because now youre not hindered by formula or technique, but rather f
32、reed by nature in all its simplicity. Realize that there is a natural process to achieving your goals. Long before any self improvement books were ever written, people were achieving great things without them. They didnt need Tony Robbins or Jim Rohn. It was inside them the entire time. The reason w
33、hy you see so much literature on self improvement whenever you go to a bookstore is that people have forgotten this basic fact, that what they are seeking is already within them, that they already have the means within them to achieve their goals. These books just provide people with the “pump“ to w
34、ake them up. Now the search begins for the how. When they accept the fact that they have what it takes and go on that how to phase, they find themselves overwhelmed with so much information that they just dont know what to make of it. In addition, how to deal with the barrier when you find yourself
35、stuck there. Heres my advice: Youve got to start seeing how everything fits together. Realize that there is no one key to success. I know youve read countless books and articles that highlight one principle as the key to success, like believing, or perseverance, or hard work. Clear your mind of that
36、 kind of narrow minded thinking right now. Once you figure out how to achieve your goals naturally, you wont need those books like you used to. Youll have come full circle and thats when the real fun begins. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 books 【试题解析】 讲座的主题为 “the journey of self improvement(自我提高的过程 )”，随后提到第一个阶段
37、，录音原文提到 rely on books， speakers， or tapes，很容易得到答案 books。表示举例、并列的词句后是要点。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 already inside 【试题解析】 根据录音原文 “你已具备了你所需要的一切 ”，对照题目，由此可知答案为 already inside。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 massively 【试题解析】 此题涉及自我提高过程中的第二阶段，即 “大量吸收资讯 ”。此空需要一个修饰动词 absorb的副词，故将文中提到的 mass变为副词 massively。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 po
38、sitive thinking 【试题解析】 录音原文提到了 6个并列名词或短语： positive thinking,visualization,goal setting,the power of beliefs， renaming， discipline，对照题目，可知答案为 positive thinking。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 information 【试题解析】 录音原文提到 “ 会感觉对资讯不知所措 ”，对照题目，可知 答案为 information。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 together 【试题解析】 此题涉及自我提高过程中的第三阶段，即 p
39、utting the pieces of the puzzle together，对照题目，可知答案为 together。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 lens 【试题解析】 录音材料提到了两个 realize，其后一个表明 “你会发现，信仰就像透镜一样 ” ，此空填入原文提到的 lens一词。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确 答案】 understanding comprehension realization 【试题解析】 此题具体谈论自我提高过程的最后一个阶段。录音中提到 “你明白(understand)你以前所不明白的深层含义，因为 ” ，由此可知答案为understandi
40、ng。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 freed 【试题解析】 此题解释对自己有更深层次了解的原因，即 freed by nature in all its simplicity，对照题目，由此可知答案为 freed。 【 知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 success 【试题解析】 此题转换话题，谈论如何处理所遇到的困难。其中提到 Realize that there is no one key to success，由此可知答案为 success。 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you wi
41、ll 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: Good evening. Im Ha
42、rry. Our guest today is Amy Chua, who is a Professor of Law at Yale University and the author, most recently, of World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability. Amy, welcome back to Berkeley. W: Thank you very much. M: Where were you born and raised? W
43、: I was born in Champaign, Illinois, and spent the first eight years of my life in West Lafayette, Indiana. And then my father you can figure out that hes an academic we were at Purdue and then we moved to Berkeley, California, when I was eight, and I grew up here. M: So you went to the public schoo
44、ls in Berkeley? W: I went to El Cerrito High School, a public school yes, very public. M: Looking back, how do you think your parents shaped your thinking about the world? W: Its complicated. A lot of it was accidental. My parents were both immigrants from the Philippines. They were ethnic Chinese,
45、but they grew up in the Philippines. And my parents actually eloped to MIT, so, not the first place M: I hope they took books with them! W: Not the first place I would elope to, but thats where they ended up. I grew up with my three younger sisters in a fairly typical Chinese immigrant family. We ha
46、d to work; we had to work very hard. My parents were fairly strict and a lot was expected of us, and we did not enjoy the same freedoms that a lot of our friends did. M: I would imagine a real emphasis on education and books? W: Yes. Yes, principally education, books, and family. I think that would
47、be the core. M: Where were you educated after El Cerrito High? W: I went to Harvard. I applied just to that one place. I was going to Berkeley, but I went to Harvard. I went to Harvard Law School, as well, and then practiced on Wall Street for a while, and then eventually moved my way into academics
48、, and I now teach at Yale. M: As an undergraduate in Harvard, you majored in economics, right? W: Yes, thats right. M: What led you to the law? Why did you decide to go to law school? W: Sadly, I think it was really just a default decision. Again, maybe playing to stereotypes too much, but my parent
49、s had high hopes for me in the sciences. I was actually pre-med, and I chose economics because it wasnt applied I started off in applied math, and economics was, I thought, at least a soft science; hoping that maybe that would appease my parents. But I enjoyed it very much and I focused on development while I was at Harvard. M: What kind of law did you practice, once you started practicing? W: W
