1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 66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 What Is Literary Writing? I . Distinguishing features of literary writing A. Primarily distinguishable
3、【 B1】 _:【 B1】 _ creative or artistic content B. Two differences from a specialized treatises: attracting not only a specific class of readers, but all human beings 【 B2】 _used more profoundly than when only to convey information【 B2】_ II. Literature is a vital record of the authors opinion A.【 B3】 _
4、used for the rhetorical effect【 B3】 _ B. Devices: tone, rhyme, rhythm,【 B4】 _, dialogue and its variations【 B4】_ such as dialects and slang, etc. III. Literary writing is, in essence, a response A【 B5】 _personal view trying to evoke a response in his reader【 B5】 _ IV. Literature is a process of comm
5、unication A. Personal motivation: a(n)【 B6】 _characteristic of literary writing【 B6】_ B. Things the artist needs to do: 【 B7】 _within himself【 B7】 _ reaching toward the truth V. The common nature of many different genres of the novel, like the detective novels A. Books, consisting of words that have
6、 been used to express something B. Subjective value judged by【 B8】 _【 B8】 _ C. Writers “literature“ should encompass: numerous different kinds of writers whose works endure D. The aim of every artist: to【 B9】 _changing life, which makes him【 B9】_ immortal VI. Conclusion Literature is an art form, a(
7、n)【 B10】 _to life.【 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
8、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 Mility Hopsons attitude towards lending money to family is_. （ A） supportive （ B） oppositive （ C） objective （ D） subjective 12 Which suggestion is NOT given by Mility
9、 Hopson while asked for lending money? （ A） Dont lend money when you cant afford it. （ B） Dont lend money when you will face bankruptcy. （ C） Make a documentation when lending money. （ D） Lend money only when there is profit. 13 While lending money, you must put all of the following in your document
10、ation EXCEPT _. （ A） the date and name （ B） the purpose of lending （ C） the amount of money （ D） the interest rate 14 Which reason backs up your behavior of not lending money though you love them? （ A） The fear of losing money. （ B） The fear of being bankrupt. （ C） The fear of seeing them go bankrup
11、t. （ D） The fear of seeing them hate you afterwards. 15 If you are the one borrowing money, all of the following are recommended to do EXCEPT to _. （ A） inform them when you cant pay back on time （ B） make a documentation with them （ C） tell them the purpose of borrowing （ D） make them feel you are
12、credible 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 With rapid economic growth and urbanization, which of t
13、he following become a growing problem to pristine rainforest in Malaysia? （ A） Wildlife poachers. （ B） Tai and Vietnamese. （ C） Government rangers. （ D） Endangered species. 17 The news item is mainly about_. （ A） economic growth in Malaysia （ B） urbanization in Malaysia （ C） government rangers in Ma
14、laysia （ D） wildlife protection in Malaysia 18 Which of the following statements Is INCORRECT? （ A） The victory by just 1 % widens Obamas victory margin over Mitt Romney. （ B） Barack Obama won nine crucial swing states. （ C） President Obama won significantly on Tuesday. （ D） Cuban American voters ar
15、e in favor of Democratic Party. 19 Why will the result reinforce the message that the Republicans need to do more to win the Hispanic vote? （ A） Because there are many Hispanic voters. （ B） Because there are many Latino voters. （ C） Because there are many Cuban American voters. （ D） Because there ar
16、e many Republican voters. 20 What is the purpose of the new rules on bonuses in banking industry? （ A） To save more money for the banking system. （ B） To help go through the financial crisis. （ C） To let bankers cautiously make economic decisions. （ D） To cut down the bonuses that bankers receive. 专
17、业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 66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-lecture
18、. 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】 What Is Literary Writing? Good morning, welcome to our writing class. Today wed like to take a gl
19、impse on literary writing. The term “ literary writing“ calls to mind works by writers such as Shakespeare, Milton or Wordsworth: definitive examples of all that the term implies. We instinctively associate the term with characteristics such as artistic merit, creative genius, and the expression of
20、mankinds noblest qualities. In this lecture I will explore some of the characteristics of this kind of writing. (1)Literary works are primarily distinguishable from other pieces of writing by their creative or artistic content. A piece of literature differs from specialized treatises on astronomy, p
21、olitical economy, philosophy, or even history, in part because it appeals, not to a particular class of readers only, but to men and women: and in part because, while the object of the treatise is simply to impart knowledge, one ideal end of the piece of literature, whether it also imparts knowledge
22、 or not, is to yield aesthetic satisfaction by the manner of which it handles its theme.(2)In fundamental terms literature is an expression of life through the medium of “ language“ , but language used more profoundly than when used simply to convey information. Literature is a vital record of what
23、people have seen in life: what they have experienced of it, what they have thought and felt about those aspects of it which have the most immediate and enduring interest for all of us.(3)So literary writing, having creative and artistic content, is more carefully structured and uses words for the rh
24、etorical effect of their flow, their sound, and their emotive and descriptive qualities.(4)Literary writers can also employ tone, rhyme, rhythm, irony, dialogue and its variations such as dialects and slang, and a host of other devices in the construction of a particular prose work, poem or play. Li
25、terary writing is, in essence, a “response“,(5)a subjective personal view which the writer expresses through his themes, ideas, thoughts, reminiscences, using his collection of words to try to evoke a response in his reader. It is not only a question of the artist looking into himself but also a que
26、stion of his looking into others with the experience he has of himself. He writes with sympathy because he feels that the other man is like him. Literature is a process of communication: it “helps us to understand life“. Perhaps we should also consider the motivation of the writer as a factor which
27、distinguishes literary from other forms of writing. The writers motivation is the energy that pulls together the strands of his creativity in the shaping of the finished work.(6)Personal motivation is an essential characteristic of literary writing. It is the engine behind creativity, some of the gr
28、eat themes not only in literary writing, but in all the arts: love, death, war, and peace, seem to provide permanent inspiration for artists. So perhaps an inventory of literary writers motives should include the overflowing of their passions, their desire for self-expression, an abiding fascination
29、 with humanity in all its variety, the need to come to grips with relationships as they really are in the world as it really is, the striving after an ideal world which can exist only in the imagination, and, perhaps at the heart of it all, the need to form, shape things of beauty.(7)The artist need
30、s to resolve conflicts within himself, to reach an understanding, to search for some credible meaning of life, death, and everything. He is always reaching toward some sort of truth: an artistic creative truth, a truth that resides in the individual artist and needs to be grasped, made real, made un
31、derstandable. Perhaps in some cases the artists motivation could be seen as a need to create other worlds, in order that they can project real conflicts onto another plane. The many different genres of the novel constitute a particular challenge to the concept of “ literary writing“. Detective novel
32、s, and science fiction novels, for example, are creative, imaginative, depictions of life. We might question their seriousness as literature, or whether they can achieve the high ideals of art, but then we might equally well question the meaning of “ seriousness“ , and “ the high ideals of art“. Pop
33、ular novels may not deal with lifes great conflicts, or search for truth and beauty, and they may deal with the dark side of life, or escape into the fantastic, but can they still be considered “literature“ ? Do they still make an important contribution to our understanding of the world, as “real“ l
34、iterature does? Obviously “literary“ works take an event, an aspect of life as a nucleus and construct a world around that core. They are works about real people, engaged in the real business of living. They convey knowledge, understanding, experience and are hence considered important. Yet they hav
35、e in common with the detective and science fiction novels that they are books, consisting of words that have been used to express something, words that may or may not be read, and may or may not succeed in conveying an understanding of the world they depict. In my view it comes down to subjective va
36、lue judgments. I believe literature is a “broad church“ which ought to be able to deal with any subject,(8)and that ultimately it is individual reader, or readers all together, who decide on the value of any particular work and on whether or not it deserves a place in the annals of literary history.
37、 Writers aim to show us “ the world“ , but no single writer can do this, and “ literature“ should encompass numerous different kinds of writers because each is trying to show us something which cannot be shown as a whole. Each can only give us his own small fragment of understanding. Ultimately it i
38、s those works which endure that should be considered “ literature“ , those which have succeeded in holding firm a fragment of life, to be seen, to be read, to be understood. Perhaps we should let a writer have the last word on summing up the writers art:(9)The aim of every artist is to arrest motion
39、, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed, so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. In conclusion,
40、literary writing doe* embody certain distinguishing characteristics. It is a self-conscious , imaginative mode of writing which uses words not just to convey information, but as an art form.(10)Ultimately it is a response to life. This is the end of the lecture. Thank you very much! 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答
41、案】 feature characteristic 【试题解析】 本题考查对信息的概括。根据句 (1)可知，文学作品区别于其他形式作品的特点主要在于它的内容富于创造性、艺术性。根据题干可知，应填名词“特征 ”，故答案为 feature或 characteristic。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 language 【试题解析】 本题设题点在转折处。根据句 (2)可知，从根本上讲，文学是一种以语言为媒介来表达生活的方式，而文学中的语言比仅仅传达信息 时所用的语言更为深刻、广泛，故答案为 language。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 Words 【试题解析】 本题设题点在结果
42、处。根据句 (3)可知，文学写作拥有创造性、艺术性的内容，以及缜密的布局结构。词汇应用也非常讲究修辞手法，故答案为Words，注意首字母大写。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 irony 【试题解析】 本题设题点在信息列举处。根据句 (4)可知，文学作家可以使用像音调、押韵、节奏、讽刺、对话，以及像方言、俚语这样的语言变体等语言工具来组织特 定的散文、诗歌或剧本，故答案为 irony。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 subjective 【试题解析】 本题设题点在定义概念处。根据句 (5)可知，文学写作是指作者使用其所掌握的词汇，通过主题、观点、思想、回忆来表达主观的个人观点，以
43、引起读者的共鸣，故答案为 subjective。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 essential 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (6)可知，作者个人的写作动机是文学作品的一个本质特征，故答案为 essential。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 resolving conflicts 【试题解析】 本题设题点在具体措施处。根据句 (7)可知，艺术家需要在文学作品中解决自己的内心冲突，获得理解，寻求生命、死亡以及任何事情的本质意义，故答案为 resolving conflicts，注意应使用 -ing形式。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 readers 【试题
44、解析】 本题设题点在并列关系处。根据句 (8)可知，文学作品的价值要由每个读者来评定，决定它是否有资格在文学历史长河中占据一席之 地，故答案为readers。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 arrest 【试题解析】 本题设题点在目的处。根据句 (9)可知，每个艺术家的目的都是通过艺术的手法抓住不断变化的生活，使其固定下来，以便在上百年后，当陌生人来看的时候，它能够再次鲜活起来，因为这样才是生活，故答案为 arrest。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 response 【试题解析】 本题设题点在结语处。根据句 (10)可知，文学作品的本质最终还是对生活的反映，故答案为 res
45、ponse。 【知识模块】 听力 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 the following five q
46、uestions. Now listen to the interview. 11 【听力原文】 Interviewer(M)Mility Hopson(W) M: What if one day, one member of your family turns to you for lending him or her some money? With the dos and donts of lending money to family, we are joined by Mility Hopson, GMA financial contributor and president of
47、Ariel Capital Management. Welcome. W: Thank you. M: So can we narrow it down? Is there a yes-no answer to the question: should you lend family money? W:(1)I wouldnt call it a yes-no answer: I would start with a very basic idea. Before you think about this familiar obligation issue, lets start with:(
48、2- 1)Can you afford it? And if you cant afford it, that answers the question right away. Also can you afford it if they dont pay you back? A bank thinks about the same thing. They assess the risk of the loan they are going to make,(2 - 2)and they dont make loans that are going to make them insolvent
49、. You shouldnt either, but if you go down this path, the one thing that I suggest you that helps mute some of the resentment or problems that can occur:(2 - 3)document it. Documentation helps a lot. M: So those are the guidelines basically. Youre saying: write it down on paper, sign it, date it, and interest rates. Someone said, the interest rates are low, so this is a good deal. We do look at family as a good de
