1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 34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 How Practice Can Damage Your English I. New interpretations of speaking and writing in learning Englis
3、h A. Speaking and writing stand for mistakes making speaking and writing【 B1】 _ the mistakes【 B1】 _ incorrect sentences occur when writing later, a bad habit formed: making the same mistakes B. The more【 B2】 _, the worse English becomes【 B2】 _ C. Solution to the problem: never make mistakes write si
4、mple but correct sentences add more【 B3】 _ ones gradually【 B3】 _ copy only correct sentences from the beginning D. Speaking and writing: not the way to【 B4】 _ mistakes【 B4】 _ speaking: unlikely to improve grammar or vocabulary 【 B5】 _: likely to correct English sentences【 B5】 _ people: likely to cor
5、rect a few mistakes but not many II. Conclusion:【 B6】 _【 B6】 _ A. The use of rules of error-free speaking dont open the mouth at the very beginning get more input by reading and listening in English follow【 B7】 _to learn【 B7】 _ B. The techniques to learn the correct usage of English 【 B8】 _ may tell
6、 the correct usage【 B8】 _ the other person may tell how to use learn the correct way to speak C. The【 B9】 _ to use this technique【 B9】 _ already know your saying is wrong the other person will correct you when making mistakes use it only【 B10】 _【 B10】 _ 1 【 B1】 2 【 B2】 3 【 B3】 4 【 B4】 5 【 B5】 6 【 B6
7、】 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 end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of t
8、he following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Madonna felt morally obliged to help children in the African nation of Malawi because （ A） she once tried to adopt a child there. （ B） she wants to continue her career in Africa. （ C） she shared something in common with them. （ D） she beli
9、eved in salvation through faith and work. 12 According to the interview, which of the following statements is CORRECT? （ A） Madonna has no idea why people could be so cynical. （ B） Madonna may not be a good foster parent in the public eye. （ C） Madonnas house had collapsed when she was a child. （ D）
10、 Madonna lost both of her parents when she was a little girl. 13 During the interview, Madonna indicates that （ A） people appreciate others being cynical. （ B） people are more generous and unselfish than before. （ C） shes not so open-minded as people around her. （ D） its natural that peoples charity
11、 efforts are being doubted. 14 Social workers go to Madonnas home to do the following EXCEPT （ A） insure that she is a good parent. （ B） insure that her foster kid is in good health. （ C） conduct psychological evaluations. （ D） advise her to donate some money. 15 According to the interview, what is
12、Madonnas life goal? （ A） To gain worldwide fame and earn a lot of money. （ B） To follow her heart and do what she wants to. （ C） To fully tap her potential and protect the earth. （ D） To sing much more fantastic songs for her fans. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear e
13、verything 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 Greek bonds are downgraded as junk status because （ A） share prices in New York and London fell by over 2%. （ B） the Greek debt cris
14、is could spread to other countries. （ C） the bond holders may not be repaid in full. （ D） Greek bonds could trigger a financial crisis. 17 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? （ A） Stock markets in Europe and America have dropped considerably. （ B） There may be a wider financial crisis in
15、 case of Greek default. （ C） A further round of selling has been under way. （ D） Portugal has seen credit rating downgraded. 18 Whats the main idea of this news item? （ A） Officials in the Philippines are incompetent at overcoming floods. （ B） Natural disasters hit the Philippines and caused casualt
16、ies. （ C） Evacuation centers in the Philippines need to be improved. （ D） The northern Philippines have been pounded by heavy rain. 19 According to the news, _ hit 30 cities in the Philippines. （ A） Typhoon Ketsana （ B） a landslide （ C） Typhoon Parma （ D） a flood 20 According to the news, lethal inj
17、ection is considered to be （ A） cruel. （ B） common. （ C） mild. （ D） unusual. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 34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
18、, 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 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】 How Practice Can Da
19、mage Your English Good morning, everyone. Today, I am going to talk about the negative role of practice in English learning. If you ask “How can I learn to speak English better?“, many people will tell you “Practice, practice, practice“. “Speak and write in English whenever you can“ they will say. A
20、ll English classes are full of activities which involve speaking and writing which are supposed to help you with your English. We agree that practice can be very useful. Its even necessary to learn English well. So whats the problem? The problem is that for many learners, “speaking“ or “writing“ mea
21、ns “making a lot of mistakes“. Some people make a mistake in every sentence! If you dont make many mistakes, then you can speak or write in English and it can only help. But if you make many mistakes, then every time you write or speak, you reinforce your mistakes. As you write or speak, you repeat
22、your mistakes constantly and your incorrect habits become stronger. Imagine this situation: You are writing an e-mail message in English. Your English is not perfect and you want to write the message quickly. You write incorrectly: “I want speak English.“ When you write a sentence, you also read it.
23、 So the incorrect sentence goes into your head. The next time you write a message, you will be more likely to write “I want finish“ or “I want be happy“. Why? Because “I want speak English“ is fresh in your head youve just used it! And when you write “I want do something“ the second time, youve got
24、a “bad habit“, or a reinforced mistake. Now do you see our point? You write you make mistakes those mistakes become your habit, they become your way of writing in English. So, the more you write, the worse your English becomes. We have said that you need practice to learn English. We have also said
25、that when you practice, you reinforce your mistakes. Michal suggests a simple solution to this paradox: Never make mistakes! According to what he says, it is close to the truth that you have never written an incorrect English sentence. You knew many grammatical structures and you used only those tha
26、t you knew. Your sentences were similar to sentences which you knew to be correct. You followed good examples, so all your sentences were good. In the beginning, you could write only very simple sentences, but all the simple sentences were correct. Then as you advanced, you added more and more compl
27、icated structures, and again all your sentences were correct. Because of this approach, you were never reinforcing bad habits. You never had any bad habits! From the beginning, you copied only correct sentences. With every sentence that you wrote, you reinforced your good habits. On the other side,
28、if you make many mistakes, speaking and writing is not the way to eliminate them! On the contrary, it reinforces them, as we have shown earlier. You have to realize that speaking does not improve your grammar or your vocabulary. Its really very simple. Can you learn a new word from yourself? If you
29、dont know how to say “Good bye“ in English, can you invent it by yourself? No, you cant. You can only learn it by reading or listening to English. So what you should do if you cant help but make mistakes in your English sentences? If you make mistakes, that means you dont know how to say things in E
30、nglish. You need to learn how to say them. You wont learn that by speaking or writing. You must read and listen to correct English sentences. You can speak and write later when you can already build correct English sentences and want to improve your fluency. Perhaps you can benefit from corrections
31、if you get a few corrections per week. But when there are many mistakes, you become unable to concentrate on them. If a teacher returns your composition with 20 corrected mistakes, how many of these corrections can you keep in your mind? Besides, your teacher is not always there. What if youre writi
32、ng an e-mail message on your own or talking to someone else? Other people usually ignore your mistakes, and even your teacher does not point out all of them. The conclusion would be that fighting your mistakes is not easy, so its better to avoid making mistakes altogether. First, try to be more care
33、ful by using the rules of error-free speaking. If you still make a lot of mistakes, or if you find that the rules are killing your motivation, you probably shouldnt open your mouth just now. Instead, try to get more input by reading and listening in English. True, but believe us you can learn Englis
34、h with almost no mistakes. How? You can fill your brain with correct sentences and imitate them. You can simply follow good examples. Moreover, sometimes you can say or write something which you think is wrong. You can do it if you want to learn how to say something in English. For example, if you a
35、re talking to a native speaker, you can do this: First, say “Im not sure how to say this in English, but.“ and then say your sentence which is probably wrong. And the other person can tell you how to say it in English correctly. From that you learn the correct way to say the sentence. Notice that th
36、is technique is only safe if you know that you are saying something which may be wrong, or you are sure that the other person will correct you if you make a mistake. And you use it only occasionally. In summary, it should be noted that practice can also serve as a negative factor in English learning
37、. Hope all of you can find the solution to it from todays lecture. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 reinforce increase 【试题解析】 讲座的主题是 “the negative role of practice in English learning(练习在英语学习中的消极作用 )”，在提到人们对于 practice看法的时候，讲座人提到了“但如果你练习时有很多错误，那么，每当你写作或说话时，你是在巩固你的错误 ”，由此可知答案为 reinforce或 increase。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案
38、】 practice speaking and writing 【试题解析】 此题谈论练习的消极作用，录音中提到 “因此，你写得越多，犯的错误也就越多。 ”根据原文可知， speaking writing都是练习的方式，因此答案应为 practice或 speaking and writing。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 complicated complex difficult 【试题解析】 此题谈到避免犯错的方法，从简单到复杂。录音中提到 “随着你不断进步，你使用越来越复杂的结构，你所有的句子又都是正确的。 ”可知答案为complicated，也可填入近义词 complex或
39、difficult。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 eliminate eradicate get rid of 【试题解析】 在谈论练习会引发错误后，此题从另一方面谈到练习并不能减少错误。录音原文 “另一方面，如果你犯了许多错误，谈话和写作并不能成为消除错误的方法 ”，由此可知答案为 eliminate或 eradicate， get fid of。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 reading and listening 【试题解析】 此题说明如果不能避免犯错，应该怎么办。录音原文中提到 “你必须通过听和读来纠正错误 ”，由此可知答案为 listening and read
40、ing。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 avoid making mistakes 【试题解析】 此题处于结论部分，录音提到 “结论是：如果你无法战胜错误，那么你最好避免错误 ”。由此可知答案为 avoid making mistakes。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 good examples correct sentences 【试题解析】 此题是回答原文中 How?如何在学习英语时几乎不犯错误这一问题。原文录音 “你可以把正确的句子都塞 进脑子并对其进行模仿。你只要遵照好的例子即可。 ”由此可知答案为 good examples或 correct sentences。
41、【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 native speakers 【试题解析】 此题涉及如何学习正确英语的一些方法。录音中提到 “比如，如果你正在跟一个说本族语的人交谈，你就可以这样做 ”，由此可知答案为 native speakers。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 conditions preconditions premises 【试 题解析】 最后综述的时候，提到了一些方法后，进一步说明某一具体方法的使用条件，录音 Notice that this technique is only safe if 因此可以概括出答案为 conditions或 preconditions，
42、 premises。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 occasionally now and then 【试题解析】 此题反映了上一题的具体内容，谈到 3个前提条件，其中第三个为you use it only occasionally，联系到题目 ，可知答案为 occasionally，也可填其近义表达 now and then。 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer t
43、he 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: Its been nearly many years since Madonna first made headlines for trying to adopt a
44、 small child from the African nation of Malawi. And shes since become a voice for the more than 1 million children or orphans in that country and now shes behind the film on that subject. And tonight, we have Madonna here on our show. Welcome, Madonna. W: Thanks. M: Well. We watched your film / Am B
45、ecause We Are last night. and its amazing. Why have you felt the commitment to help those children? W: Something about their situation connected to me, and in a way I was going on my own journey and connecting to these children and wanting to in a way heal myself whilst helping them. M: And hearing
46、about their suffering? Something opened to you? W: Yeah. I grew up as a motherless child. I had a roof over my head and I had food and I had a school to go to. And I still thought that my world was going to collapse on me, so how could it be for these children who, most of them, having lost both of
47、their parents, having no roof over their head, no food to eat, how horrifying and frightening it must be for them! M: You know, I wonder how this revelation came to you, you know, this is going to be a thing, for you. This is not how people see you. W: I think having children and having a family for
48、ce you to think about people besides yourself, I mean you dont really have a choice, I think I just got to a point in my life. I thought I have so much, and its a great tragedy if I dont use what I have to make the world a better place. I know that sounds silly, or cheesy, or like a clich6, whatever
49、. but its the truth. If I was challenging people to open up their minds and their hearts, then I had to be willing to stand at the front of the line. And. and I appreciate and understand how people could be cynical, thats fine, I accept that. M: Why do you appreciate that people can be cynical? W: Because I think we live in a society, that, where people are naturally su
