1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 38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 Creative Thinking I. Facts to be known about creative thinking A. People are creative by nature B. It
3、isnt developed enough in【 B1】 _【 B1】 _ C. Its the distinctive【 B2】 _ of human being【 B2】 _ II. The role of creative thinking in all areas of ones life A. Creative thinking will always be【 B3】 _ whatever you do【 B3】 _ it gives one the edge that really differentiates himself from other people it helps
4、 generate what repetitive procedure should first be developing the skill of it helps one to get to【 B4】 _ of a field【 B4】 _ it helps one【 B5】 _ a new set of procedures to follow【 B5】 _ it helps one to absorb new knowledge and experiences B. Creative thinking is the key to opportunities wide applicat
5、ion of mans creativity in the Internet, airplane, etc. a whole new realm of opportunities resulting from【 B6】 _【 B6】 _ a)a happier home atmosphere b)more【 B7】 _ brought about by diet and exercise【 B7】 _ c)an additional stream of income brought about by a side business d)interpersonal relationship br
6、ought about by gym and network C. Creativity promotes initiative and【 B8】 _【 B8】 _ people having strong sense of personal responsibility and initiative with initiative, people becoming more optimistic one of the best ways to cope with the【 B9】 _【 B9】 _ III. Easiest ways to develop creative thinking,
7、 and your gains A. Taking your ideas seriously and【 B10】 _【 B10】 _ B. Getting to know the true power of creative thinking 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 caref
8、ully 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 According to the interview, controversy over the book “A Million Little
9、 Pieces“ lies in its （ A） authenticity. （ B） originality. （ C） content. （ D） genre. 12 According to James Frey, which of the following statements is INCORRECT about his book? （ A） Its related to drugs and alcohol addiction. （ B） Its a recollection of his life. （ C） Its beyond the realm for a memoir.
10、 （ D） Its a biography of him. 13 Which of the following is NOT mentioned about James Frey? （ A） He acknowledged there were deceptions in the book. （ B） He admitted he had altered some things in the book. （ C） He had told Oprahs producer the changes in the book. （ D） He had never expected the reactio
11、n to the book. 14 James Frey changed the instance of “I cut my cheek“ in his book because （ A） the reality was not ridiculous. （ B） the reality was not true. （ C） the reality was hard to describe. （ D） the reality was worthless to write. 15 Most events described in the book occurred （ A） before Jame
12、s Frey was an addict or alcoholic. （ B） before James Frey went to a treatment center. （ C） when James Frey was getting addicted. （ D） when James Frey was receiving treatment. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the
13、 questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 The score of _ ended with 3-1. （ A） Manchester United vs. Porto （ B） Chelsea vs. Liverpool （ C） Porto vs. Chelsea （ D） Manchester United vs. Liverpool 17 The U.S. government closes its emba
14、ssy in Yemen, because （ A） it received bomb threat from al Qaeda. （ B） there might be some security threats against it. （ C） al Qaeda set off an explosive onboard a plane. （ D） the relationship between U.S. and Yemen becomes tense. 18 Some critics attitude towards the presidents response to the situ
15、ation is （ A） supportive. （ B） indifferent. （ C） opposed. （ D） unsatisfied. 19 Belgian students were forced off a Ryanair flight because （ A） they fought with cabin staff on the plane. （ B） they fought with each other on the plane. （ C） they had a confrontation with cabin staff. （ D） they carried ha
16、zardous materials. 20 According to the budget airline, the disagreement began after （ A） the police were called by the airline staff. （ B） some had to pay an extra fee for overweight luggage. （ C） some werent allowed to carry excess hand luggage. （ D） Spanish police ordered all passengers off the pl
17、ane. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 38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-l
18、ecture. 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】 Creative Thinking Good morning, everyone. In todays lecture, Id like to discuss the very ho
19、t issue: creative thinking, which is especially important for college students. Whether you personally believe it or not, we are all creative by nature. Every one of us. Think back to“ when you were a child and there will lay all the proof you need to realize this simple fact. The problem is that cr
20、eative thinking is something thats not emphasized or developed enough in secondary education. Its encouraged in primary school, but slowly discouraged later on as you are taught to follow instruction instead. The irony here is that creative thinking is one of the most important skills that you will
21、ever develop in your life and its one of the only things that humans will ever have a monopoly on. No animal or supercomputer can compare to the human capability of creative thinking. Creative thinking is a critical life skill and its the byproducts of creative thinking that make it such an importan
22、t skill worth developing. Creative thinking helps in all areas of your life. To illustrate, lets look at one component of your life, namely work as it takes up a majority of your time to show this simple fact. At the beginning, one of the most important point is that creativity will always be in dem
23、and, regardless of what industry youre working in. Its cross marketable and if youve developed your creative thinking skills to a point where you can draw upon it at any time, its one of those things that will give you the edge that really differentiates yourself from other people. If you think abou
24、t it, most jobs out there are “sys-temized“, meaning that each person is trained to engage in repetitive activity. Businesses want to profit and in order to profit, they have to develop efficient systems where each worker is doing their part well and in order to do their part well, they must be cons
25、tantly executing roughly the same set of procedures. Anybody can execute a given set of procedures with training, but it takes creative thinking to generate what that procedure should be in the first place. Because of that, developing creative thinking skills is one of the quickest ways to get to th
26、e top of your respective field because instead of following procedure, you initiate and create it. By utilizing your creative thinking, you can present those ideas and more often than not, if approved by management, you will be the one initiating and creating a new set of procedures to follow. So in
27、stead of following the repetitive system that was laid before you, you lead thanks to your creative thinking. You implement your ideas and as you do, you start to absorb new knowledge and experiences that will help you further down the road. You start separating yourself from other people and what t
28、his does is it starts to open a whole new set of opportunities. Secondly, creative thinking is the key that opens doors to a whole new realm of opportunities. Look at what the Internet did. The airplane. The automobile. The opportunities that resulted from these creative endeavors are countless. Eve
29、rywhere you look, you see the end result of mans creative thinking at work. When you use creative thinking, you create opportunities all around you. So as you start researching time management, health and fitness, business and finance, and use your creative thinking to “stitch“ together the knowledg
30、e youve acquired and implement the ideas that result, which creates opportunities that seem to come pouring into your life. You spend more time with the wife and kids, have a happier home atmosphere, you have more energy thanks to your diet and exercise, you save money and create an additional strea
31、m of income that you use to finance a side business youre working on, you meet people that can help you with your business at the gym and network with them, etc. The opportunities will come thanks to the fruits of your creative thinking. Thirdly, creative thinking promotes initiative and optimism. T
32、o be more specific, creative thinking gets you out of playing a passive role and puts you in more aggressive mode. A strong sense of personal responsibility and initiative gets instilled and that in turn, really makes you feel “alive“ because you feel firmly in control of your life. With that newfou
33、nd strong sense of initiative, you become less of a pessimist and more of an optimist because even if a problem represents itself, you know you have the creative faculty to figure out what the solution is. As a result, in a world where change is so constant, creative thinking becomes one of the best
34、 ways to cope with it. Creative thinking is one of the most important ways you can develop that initiative of doing it yourself. So take the initiative and see what path creative thinking leads you on. So whats the easiest way to develop creative thinking skills? Its to take seriously your ideas and
35、 implement them. When you do, you give a subtle signal to yourself that implies your ideas are worth it, and when you implement those ideas and see the opportunities and the beneficial byproducts that ensue, youll then know the true power of creative thinking. Encourage and breathe life into it. Do
36、not stifle it. Let it soar free. To sum up, creative thinking is one of the best skills you will ever develop in your lifetime and the great thing about it is you already have it within you. You just have to develop it. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 secondary education 【试题解析】 讲座的主题是创造性思维，其中说到创造性思维在中学教育(seconda
37、ry education)中并没有被充分地强调或展开，可知答案为 secondary education。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 capability ability 【试题解析】 此题讲到创造性思维是人类拥有的最重要和独特的技能，即任何动物或超级计算机都无法与人的创造性思维能力 (capability)相比较，可知答案为capability或 ability。提示词 compare to后的信息是常考之处，应注意做笔记。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 in demand required demanded 【试题解析】 此题谈论创造性思维的角色 和作用，原文录音 “其
38、中最重要的一点是：创造性思维一直备受需求 ”，可知答案为 in demand或 required， demanded。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 the top 【试题解析】 录音材料提到，发展创造思维技能让你用最短的时间在自己的行业脱颖而出，用原文提及的 the top o 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 initiate and create 【试题解析】 此题谈论创造力在重复性工作中的重要性，录音材料提到，因为你是在创造它，而不是紧跟流程，可 知答案为 initiate and create。表因果的信息是常考之处，笔记中不可忽视。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】
39、 creative endeavors creative thinking 【试题解析】 此题讲述创造性思维和机会之间的关系。录音原文提到，由这些创意 (creative endeavors)所产生的机会数不胜数，可知答案为 creative endeavors或creative thinking。注意，文章中反复提到的概念或关键词也是常考之处。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 energy 【试题解析】 此题具体举例说明创造性思维可带来机会。录音中提到，由于你的日常饮食和锻炼，你获取了更多的能量 (energy)，由此可知答案为 energy。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 o
40、ptimism 【试题解析】 录音中提到 Thirdly， creative thinking promotes initiative and optimism，由此可知答案为 optimism。序列词之后的信息是常考之处，笔记时应特别注意。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 constant change 【试题解析】 此题解释说明创造力为何能使人们变得乐观，原文录音 “结果，在不断变化 (where change is so constant)的世界里。创造性思维成了与之抗衡的最佳方式之一。 ”对照题目，由此可知答案为 constant change。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确
41、答案】 implementing them carrying them out 【试题解析】 文章先谈论创造性思维的重要性，在总结部分提出如何培养此项 技能，并给予回答，即 Its to take seriously your ideas and implement them，由此可知答案为 implementing them或 carrying them out。总结部分的内容是重要信息，在笔记中不可忽视。此外，语气的转变也应引起注意，特别是对问题的回答。 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will h
42、ear 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】 W: Tonight, exclusive, the
43、 controversial book everyone is talking about, “A Million Little Pieces.“ The biggest non-fiction seller of last year. But is it some kind of fraud? Now, author James Freys first interview on the sensational claims against his memoir of addiction and rehabilitation. Hes here for the hour. Welcome, J
44、ames. M: Thanks. W: Whats your side, James? M: My side is I wrote a memoir. I never expected the book to come under the type of scrutiny that it has. A memoir literally means my story. A memoir is a subjective retelling of events. W: But it is supposed to be factual events. The memoir is a form of b
45、iography. M: Yes. Memoir is within the genre of non-fiction. I dont think its necessarily appropriate to say Ive cheated anyone. The book is 432 pages long. The total page count of disputed events is 18, which is less than five percent of the total book. You know, that falls comfortably within the r
46、ealm of whats appropriate for a memoir. W: James, with the kind of incredible life youve had, why embellish anything? M: I mean, Ive acknowledged that there were embellishments in the book, that Ive changed tilings, that in certain cases things were toned up, in certain cases things were toned down,
47、 that names were changed, that identifying characteristics were changed. Theres a great debate about memoir and about what should be most properly served, the story or some form of journalistic truth. Memoirs dont generally come under the type of scrutiny that mine has. W: People reading a memoir ex
48、pect it to be a true story, whether its Alan Alda doing a memoir of his life or James Frey doing a memoir of his, that the facts written down as they happened or their perception of their happening. M: Its an individuals perception of what happened in their own life. This is my recollection of my li
49、fe. A lot of the events I was writing about took place between 15 and 25 years ago. A lot of the events took place while I was under the influence of drugs and alcohol. I still stand by my book. I still stand by the fact that its my story. Its a truthful retelling of the story. W: Are you surprised at the furor? M: I am surprised. Ive been surprised over and over again throughout this wh
