1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 82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 UK Newspapers I . Brief introduction many national newspapers no national【 B1】 _titles【 B1】 _ being di
3、vided into three groups: mass market newspaper, middle- market newspaper, quality broadsheets II. Several particular aspects about UK Newspapers A. Size The Independent, The Times producing【 B2】 _edition【 B2】 _ The Guardian, The Observer switching to “Berliner“ The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegr
4、aph, and most parts of The Sunday Times being in【 B3】 _size【 B3】 _ B. Political leanings The Sun being Conservative, The Daily Mirror being【 B4】 _【 B4】 _ C. The middle-market newspaper particular readership 【 B5】 _women【 B5】 _ a cheap substitute for magazine sports sections aiming at the husband bei
5、ng most popular for being irony D. The quality papers being most famous to readers【 B6】 _【 B6】 _ E. The free【 B7】 _appearing recently【 B7】 _ F. One of the ways forward:【 B8】 _【 B8】 _ III. The development of Newspaper Company in different ways new sizes and formats held to arrest the decline in sales
6、 declined sales but increased【 B9】 _of news【 B9】 _ companies owning their own content 1)the best way to consume the content being on small sheets 2)most companies having their own【 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 Di
7、rections: 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. Now listen to the interview.
8、11 The best way to deal with the annoying co-workers can be summarized as_. （ A） changing your working place （ B） changing your own reaction （ C） trying to change them （ D） trying to tolerate them 12 The process to unhook yourself can be summarized as_. （ A） cooling yourself down plus good communica
9、tion （ B） deep breathing plus sending e-mail （ C） physical exercise plus documentation （ D） accusation plus taking action 13 To deal with boundary busters, youd better pay attention to ail of the following EXCEPT _. （ A） your temper （ B） the way of communication （ C） the road that you take （ D） the
10、tactics that you take 14 To deal with the person called wrecker, you should do all of the following EXCEPT _. （ A） trying to find out what he said about you （ B） treating other co-workers well （ C） giving a good impression on others （ D） catching him on the spot 15 What is the key to deciding on whe
11、ther you should quit or not? （ A） How bad the co-workers are. （ B） How much you can bear annoying people. （ C） How many annoying workers there are. （ D） How much you can change yourself. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and the
12、n answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 According to Pulitzer Center, which of the following is INCORRECT? （ A） Nearly one billion people couldnt get clean water. （ B） Water is a common problem in developed countries.
13、 （ C） The attention paid to water resource is not enough. （ D） Water is an increasingly pressing issue. 17 The movies shown at the festival are to_. （ A） raise public awareness of the water crisis （ B） celebrate World Water Day （ C） find measures to tackle the water crisis （ D） introduce what has be
14、en done on the water crisis 18 How many people have been killed in the fighting in Syria? （ A） Less than 70,000. （ B） Less than 7,000. （ C） More than 7,000. （ D） More than 70,000. 19 Whats the goal of the conference set up by the US and Russia? （ A） To help the rebels to fight against Syria. （ B） To
15、 work on establishing a new Syrian government. （ C） To come together to negotiate with Syria. （ D） To set wars fighting against the rebels in Syria. 20 The German economy grew by_in the third quarter of the year. （ A） 0.2% （ B） 0.5% （ C） 0.4% （ D） 0.6% 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 82答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE D
16、irections: 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 over, you will be given
17、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】 UK Newspapers Last time we talked about the newspaper in the USA, and this time we shall focus on that of the UK. Because of the small geograph
18、ical area of the UK, and the good travel infrastructure, there are many national newspapers unlike the United States, where most newspapers are printed and published locally.(1)Unlike France, the main national papers are morning newspapers: indeed, there are no national evening titles. UK newspapers
19、 are generally grouped into three, mass market newspaper in small size, or red-tops such as The Sun, middle-market newspaper in small size such as The Daily Mail, and quality broadsheets such as The Times. Unlike other European countries, there are no daily First, its size that matters.(2)In October
20、 2003, quality broadsheet The Independent began producing what it preferred to call a compact edition small-sized along with the main broadsheet sized newspaper. This had a stunning effect on circulation sales went up by 20% year-on-year and The Times followed suit launching its own compact edition.
21、 Both newspapers are now exclusively available in compact form. The Guardian, which denounced the original shift to compact before planning and then junking its own compact format, switched in September 2005 to a mid-size format between newspaper in small size and broadsheet, known as the “ Berliner
22、“. This is roughly the same width as a newspaper in small size(thus easy to open using public transport), but taller, and therefore giving more flexibility in page design. Its sister paper The Observer also followed suit in January 2006. The Daily Telegraph is the only remaining weekday broadsheet.
23、It apparently gained from The Times when the latter switched to newspaper in small size, and sees the broadsheet size as being a differentiator some advertising has claimed that Telegraph readers have a “broader view“. (3)The Sunday Telegraph and most sections of The Sunday Times are also in broadsh
24、eet size. The second aspect is the political leanings in some papers. The two most-popular newspapers are The Sun and The Daily Mirror. Bitter rivals, the papers traditionally hold very differing political views.(4)The Sun being Conservative since the early 1970s, while The Mirror being Labor. The S
25、un veered towards Tony Blairs Labor Party six weeks before his victory in 1997, and has supported Labor in subsequent general elections in 2001 and 2005. However, recently the paper has been more critical of Gordon Brown, and more supportive of the leader of the opposition, David Cameron. Third,(5)t
26、he middle-market newspaper in small sizes, The Daily Mail and The Daily Express are concerned with a very different readership that of affluent women. Weekend supplements and carefully-placed sponsorship ensure that these titles are a cheap alternative to a magazine, while sports supplements aimed a
27、t the husband aim to broaden their readership. The Daily Mail has a reliable right-wing agenda, and is mocked by some for their over alarmist headlines, particularly about political asylum seekers, house prices and “ things that give you cancer“ in 2009, The Daily Mail claimed in the same month that
28、 coffee would “ give you cancer“ , as well as “cure you from cancer“ in different stories. However, its formula, said by former owner Lord Northcliffe to give his readers a “ daily hate“ , has made The Daily Mail one of the most popular newspapers in the UK. Fourth,(6)the quality papers the “broadsh
29、eets“ , though not that size anymore, are probably the most famous to readers overseas. The Times, the UKs oldest national newspaper, is not the most popular that accolade falls to The Daily Telegraph, known affectionately as The Daily Torygraph because of the staunch support to the Conservative Par
30、ty. The Independent, The Guardian and the financial newspaper The Financial Times make up the rest of the so-called quality papers. Its important to notice, though, that the mass-market newspaper in small size sell up to four times as many copies as the broadsheets and if youre looking in vain for T
31、he London Times, such a newspaper title has never, in fact, existed The Times has always been a national newspaper. The Guardian, once based in Manchester, was known as The Manchester Guardian until the sixties. Fifth,(7)a relatively recent phenomenon in the newspaper industry has been the free morn
32、ing papers. Free weekly papers are fairly common, supported by advertising and carrying little in the way of editorial. But now, with the launch of Associates “Metro“ and similar titles in many metropolitan areas, these newspapers thrive on public transport and in busy cities. Sixth,(8)consolidation
33、 seems one of the ways forward. The Times and The Suns parent company also owns Sky television, the UKs satellite television service. The Guardian group now owns the Smooth FM and Real Radio stations, as well as probably the biggest Internet presence for a newspaper. On a local scale, the Kent Messe
34、nger group also owns the local KM fm radio stations in many areas of Kent, and aggressively cross-promotes them. New sizes and formats were held to arrest the decline of newspaper buying. In June 2004, newspaper sales were declining year-by-year by 4.7% the only increases worldwide, in fact, coming
35、in developing countries. However, reductions in size for some of the newspapers meant a temporary increase in circulation. And,(9)while newspaper sales have been slowly declining, consumption of news can be claimed to have vastly increased: whether from the Internet, or one of the many non-stop news
36、 channels available to UK viewers. Newspaper companies own their content. The best way of consumption of this content at present is on small sheets of dead, pulped, reformed, wood. It requires no recharging: losing a newspaper is not a major problem: and delivery and availability is easy.(10)However
37、, all national papers now have their own websites: some are shifting classified advertising away from the printed paper. Content is a useful commodity and the way this is presented in the future may well change. The cleverest newspapers will adapt to use their content in different ways. Thank you fo
38、r attending the lecture. If you have interests in other topics, please tell me now and we will talk about it next time. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 evening 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对比处。根据句 (1)可知，英国是没有晚报的，故答案为 evening。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 compact 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (2)可知，报纸版面的大小也很关键，从 2003年 10月起，独立报开始出版压缩版报纸，故答案为 compact
39、。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 broadsheet 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (3)可知， 周日电讯报和周日时代报的大部分板块仍然保持大版面的形式，故答案为 broadsheet。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 Labor 【试题解析】 本题设题点在对比处。根据句 (4)可知，不同报纸有不同的政治倾向，镜报倾向于工党，故答案为 Labor，注意首字母大写。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 affluent 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (5)可知，有些中端市场的文摘，如每日邮报和每日快报，它们的读者群体主要是比较富裕的女性，故答案为 afflu
40、ent。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 overseas 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (6)可知，高质量的报纸是最受海外读者欢迎的，故答案为 overseas。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 morning papers 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (7)可知，最近报业出现了免费早报，故答案为 morning papers，注意用复数。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 consolidation 【试题解析】 本题考查重要细节。根据句 (8)可知，联合是发展趋势之一，故答案为 consolidation。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 co
41、nsumption 【试题解析】 本题设题点在转折处。根据句 (9)可知，报纸的销售量下降了，但是人们对新闻的 “消费 ”量却增长了，故答案为 consumption。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 websites 【试题解析】 本题设题点在转折处。根据句 (10)可知，所有的国家级报纸都有自己的网站，故答案为 websites。 【知 识模块】 听力 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer
42、 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】 Interviewer(M)Katherine Crowley(W) M: If you would like to know how to deal with the
43、 aggravating people who make you dread of going into the office, Katherine Crowley, the writer of a book called Working with You Is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself from Emotional Traps at Work will tell you the answer. She joins us now. Good to have you with us. W: Good morning. M: What surprised me wh
44、en I read this book is you say “Quit complaining, do something“. You say the best thing to do is to change yourself because you are not going to change the other person. W: Thats right.(1)What I found in working with many thousands of people over the last 20 years is that its futile to try and chang
45、e another person. So, the best thing you can do is begin by changing your internal reaction and then we give you very concrete tools for how to change your experience. M: Whats this business about unhooking yourself? W:(2 -1)Well, we give you this process. Its actually four steps and the first two s
46、teps are to cool down your system. Because as we all know, when those co-workers really annoy you, you immediately get upset.(2 - 2)So the first two steps are deep breathing or doing some sort of physical exercise if you can run out of the building and walk around the block. M: Yeah. You say you spe
47、nd a lot of time talking people off the ledge, which is essentially calming them down. But once youve done that and that seems very intuitive, then what do we do? W:(2-3)Well, the next two steps would be taking action. To unhook verbally as what we say, you should find something to move the situatio
48、n forward and take the high road not accusatory but a win-win kind of communication, and then you look for a business tool whether its documentation of some kind or sending out an e-mail or referring to a job description. M: Okay, but doesnt it seem a little defeatist to say you have to change yours
49、elf? Is it really “me“ that has to change as supposed to the other person? W: Well, have:you ever changed anybody? No, you cant. You cant change somebody. But if you can change your reaction to them, youll have a much better love-work life. M: Yeah, but they are still going to be annoying, arent they? W: Thats right. They are not going to change, so in
