1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 81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 Character Analysis of Shakespearean Plays I . Character analysis character evaluation as the best way
3、to start the analysis of a Shakespearean play characters in a typical【 B1】 _doing particular things in every play【 B1】_ conflicts involved characters characters being on trial II. Three main reasons for approaching Shakespearean plays by analyzing characters A. Plays with active characters like peop
4、le around us the appeal of the genre seeing the play as the【 B2】 _itself【 B2】 _ B. Shakespeares ability to【 B3】 _characters【 B3】 _ individual personality with experience requiring an evaluation individual actors need to【 B4】 _upon the motivations for their【 B4】 _ characters C. The play including【 B5
5、】 _itself, for the reason that characters are【 B5】_ trying to understand their own characters III. The merits and weaknesses of the approach illustrated by【 B6】 _【 B6】_ interpretations of 19th century A. Values always reminding of the central concern 【 B7】 _【 B7】 _ keeping in touch with the reason w
6、hy Shakespeare【 B8】 _【 B8】 _ B. Problems not enough【 B9】 _about characters:【 B9】 _ 1)key elements in full character analysis needs are【 B10】 _【 B10】 _ 2)for the lack of evidence, the analysis often ending with trivial matters 1 【 B1】 2 【 B2】 3 【 B3】 4 【 B4】 5 【 B5】 6 【 B6】 7 【 B7】 8 【 B8】 9 【 B9】 10
7、 【 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 the following five questions.
8、 Now listen to the interview. 11 Donny Deutsch emphasizes the importance of_as the key to success. （ A） smartness （ B） humbleness （ C） diligence （ D） confidence 12 Through all the famous people Donny met, he found that there is no one who is_. （ A） smarter than him （ B） as bright as people think （ C
9、） more talented than him （ D） as powerful as people think 13 In Donnys view, compared with men, women are more concerned about_. （ A） the size of their offices （ B） the high salary （ C） the result of their jobs done （ D） the result of the competition 14 A little hatred is a metaphor to show you need
10、 to be_. （ A） hateful （ B） hostile （ C） unfriendly （ D） purposeful 15 Which of the following statements can best summarize the main idea of Donnys book? （ A） As long as you think, you may succeed. （ B） As long as you work hard, you may succeed. （ C） Women are superior to men in jobs. （ D） Only geniu
11、s can achieve success. 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 What is the current situation of cholera
12、in Port-au-Prince? （ A） Some people may have got the disease. （ B） 540 people have died of the disease. （ C） There is official evidence from the government. （ D） More than 8,000 people are in hospital. 17 According to the news item, Britain should not send two Somalis back because they_. （ A） have v
13、iolated laws of the European Court （ B） would commit crimes when back to their country （ C） have conducted serious crimes in England （ D） will face severe punishment if returning home 18 Who will pay legal fees for the two Somalis? （ A） European court. （ B） British authorities. （ C） Somali governmen
14、t. （ D） Human rights agency. 19 If the countrys investment rating is “junk“, it means that investors may_. （ A） not get high profit there （ B） not get profit there （ C） lose their money （ D） get into debt 20 Which of the following statements about Greece is INCORRECT? （ A） It gets an almost $400 bil
15、lions debt. （ B） It has already got more than $50 billions bailout. （ C） Greek workers protest against some of the cutting spending plans. （ D） It was not the only country whose investment ratings went down. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 81答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mi
16、ni-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 over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another
17、ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Character Analysis of Shakespearean Plays Good morning, everyone. Last time I just gave a brief introduction to the Shakespearean play, today we will go further to discuss together how to
18、understand a Shakespearean play. The most obvious way to begin an interpretation of a Shakespearean play is by evaluating the characters.(1)Any play involves characters in a particular setting, doing particular things. The plot will develop a conflict, which will usually inflict pain or distress on
19、some people, and will lead to a final resolution of sorts in which some characters may die or be punished severely, while other characters survive or triumph or get substantially rewarded. Hence, one clear entry into such a work is to put the characters on trial: Who is good? Who is bad? Why do cert
20、ain people act in certain ways? Do any of the characters change? Where are my sympathies as I make my way through this play? As an interpreter, I am, in essence, the judge, and how shall I apportion my verdicts? Interpreting a play by analyzing the characters in it, judging them, and coming to some
21、final evaluation of them is a natural way to approach Shakespeare for three main reasons. The first is that these are plays, and they inevitably feature active characters more or less recognizably like people around us. That, indeed, is the chief appeal of the genre.(2)So it is entirely natural to t
22、reat the play as we treat life itself, by responding to the people we see, the actions they carry out, the words they use, and the decisions they make. On the basis of these observations we will come to some conclusions about their characters and will discuss the play in those terms. (3)The second r
23、eason is that Shakespeare is famous, more than anything else, for his astonishing ability to create interesting, complex, and natural characters. Unlike many other dramatists whose characters do not invite very complex investigation, Shakespeare has the ability to fill a play with scores of characte
24、rs, each of whom talks in a language and acts in a way which indicates a sharply focused individual personality with a very particular response to experience. Hence, it is, once again, natural to treat them as fully realized people whose conduct requires an evaluative judgment. Then, too, the fact t
25、hat we are dealing with plays always keeps the approach through character analysis alive,(4)because theatre productions depend on individual actors, and individual actors need to reflect upon the motivations for their characters. They have to, in a sense, discover their human qualities and become th
26、e stage people whose lives they enact. Thus, the dramatic tradition of continuing to mount Shakespeare productions ensures that the analysis of character will remain a powerful force in the interpretation of the plays. The third major reason why character analysis is an important approach to Shakesp
27、eares plays is that Shakespeares characters are often intrigued or puzzled by their own characters. That is, they may make their characters part of the dramatic “problem“ of the fiction we are exploring. When, for example, Hamlet or Macbeth or Othello starts to wrestle with his character, trying to
28、understand his motivation, feelings, and actions, that moment places the nature of the character as an essential element in the work. In other words,(5)the plays themselves put character analysis directly on the table. The approach to a Shakespeare play which places the analysis of character at the
29、centre of the process was particularly strong in the nineteenth century, and(6)the literary interpretations from that period often illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of that approach.(7)The great value of character analysis is that it always reminds us that, whatever else we may want to talk of
30、, the central concern is particular human beings. Whatever else King Lear is about, it is centrally about a suffering old man, whose unique character brings upon him almost unimaginable suffering. Whatever we make of Hamlet, we cannot forget that the people in the play drive Ophelia insane and lead
31、her to suicide, and that she is an innocent and loving young woman.(8)Focusing upon the characters in the play always keeps us in touch with a major reason why Shakespeare mattere his works constantly illuminate human nature in all sorts of moving ways. That said, however, treating the interpretatio
32、n of a play as primarily a matter of evaluating character can create problems.(9)One major problem, of course, is that in many instances we do not know enough about a character to arrive at a sufficiently full understanding of his or her personality. We know almost nothing of Hamlets childhood, or B
33、olingbrokes inner thoughts, or Lady Macbeths sexuality.(10)Thus, key elements required in any full character analysis are missing. Of course, we can speculate on such matters, but such speculations can often end up in inconclusive and often trivial debates, because there is not enough evidence. So w
34、e can find criticism by the analysis of character degenerating into explorations of the girlhood of Shakespeares heroines, endless arguments about whether or not the Macbeths had any children, how old Hamlet might be or whether he is really insane or not, whether Falstaff is a coward or not, how bla
35、ck Othello really is, or what Antony and Cleopatra really talk about when they are alone together. Shakspearean plays are great inheritance as well as wealth for the humankind. The characters in his plays give us lots of insights to know and to talk with Shakespears soul. I hope my lecture has led y
36、ou on the way to the thought of this great player. Thank you for listening. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 setting 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (1)可知，任何戏剧中都有不同人物在特定的场景中做着特定的事情，故答案为 setting。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 life 【试题解析】 本题设题点在结果处。根据句 (2)可知，我们看待戏剧就像看待人生一样，故答案为 life。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 create 【试题解析】 本题设题点在原因解释处。根据句 (3)可知
37、，莎士比亚出名的另一原因在于 他创造人物的惊人能力，故答案为 create。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 reflect 【试题解析】 本题设题点在原因解释处。根据句 (4)可知，戏剧是通过演员的表演呈现出来的，演员需要思考形成戏剧人物性格的动因是什么，故答案为reflect。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 character analysis 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (5)可知，戏剧本身就直接将人物性格分析展现出来，故答案为 character analysis。 【知识 模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 literary 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据
38、句 (6)可知，那个时代的文学分析体现了人物性格分析的优点和不足之处，故答案为 literary。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 human beings 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (7)可知，这种分析法总是在提醒我们，无论我们谈论什么，都不能离开关注的中心，即人类，故答案为 human beings。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 matters 【试题解析 】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (8)可知，这种对人物性格的分析也能够使我们了解莎士比亚如此重要的原因，故答案为 matters。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 knowledge 【试题解析】 本题
39、考查重要细节。根据句 (9)可知，问题之一在于我们对于人物了解得太少，以至于不能对其性格做出全面的分析，这里缺少名词，故答案为knowledge。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 missing 【试题解析】 本题设题点在结果处。根据句 (10)可知，获得全面性格分析的一些关键因素会缺失，故答案为 missing。 【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 questi
40、ons 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】 Interviewer(W)Donny Deutsch(M) W: An extremely competitive spirit of confidence and perhaps a l
41、ittle bit of hatred. Those are just some of the guiding principles that help one guy from bottom to the top of the advertising world. Donny Deutsch says the key to success was asking one simple question of himself “Why not me?“ Now the advertising expert offers up his winning formula in his first bo
42、ok, “ Often Wrong, Never in Doubt, Unleash the Business Rebel Within“. Donny, good morning. Nice to see you. M: Good to see you. W: Why not me? How did you come up with that? M: Every time Ive met a successful person in business or president of the United States, just somebody whos made it to the ve
43、ry important position, I always notice that beyond the obvious toolbox of being bright and hard-working, they almost all take the naive sense of entitlement of: Why shouldnt I be the president of the United State? Why shouldnt I be the anchor of Todays Show? And until you say that, that next level c
44、an not have it. It doesnt mean that youre guaranteed,(1 - 1)but if you dont believe it, if you dont feel entitled, it isnt going to happen. W: You write about this a lot in the book.(1-2)Its all about confidence. M: Yes. W: I would say after knowing you for a year or two now, you have a certain amou
45、nt of confidence that some people who know you probably think is healthy and other people think it crosses the line into self-conceit. Is that fair? M: Yes. Thats fair. I mean if you dont believe in yourself, nobody else is going to, but at the same time, you know the title of the book is “Often Wro
46、ng, Never in Doubt“. W: Right. So where did the confidence come from? Who instilled that in you? M: You know the bottom line is its OK to fail, and you have to embrace failure. As I have met many people in my agency, such as all the Fortune 50 CEOs, and Ive yet to meet the genius, I realize that as
47、you go through life, when you meet the top of the heap, you know they are smart, terrific. W: Wait. Just now you talked about the genius, and you dont think you meet people who are smarter than you? M:(2)I think a lot of people are smarter. But Ive still yet to meet a genius one. Once people underst
48、and that all the people they read about are very talented, bright people, but you know, not as bright as you think sometimes. So once you realize that, its very empowering. Just like people think what we do for a living is incredibly difficult, yet if they sat in the chair, and did it for a while, t
49、hey can also do that! W: By the way, you dont treat women as sex objects because you also say women are superior in business. M: Well, I guess there it is that I believe in business. The whole chapter they give me a man and a woman of the same talent, I will take the woman every time.(3)I think theyre superior in business, because I have found throughout my career that males were so
