1、专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 88及答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the mini-lecture, please complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word(s)
2、you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. 0 Survival of English Language I . Introduction English widespread in【 T1】【 T1】 _ 【 T2】 show(s)how English survived【 T2】 _ II. Fi
3、ve periods of its【 T3】【 T3】 _ 1)410 CE to the mid-8th century 【 T4】 mercenaries coming and spreading【 T4】 _ their language among the Britons center of【 T5】 : York in Northumbia【 T5】 _ 2)Mid-8th century to 899 The Danes replaced the Anglo-Saxons to rule Northumbia, but were【 T6】 by Alfred of【 T6】 _ W
4、essex. Alfred called on people to【 T7】【 T7】 _ Center was shifted to【 T8】【 T8】 _ Alfreds【 T9】 enabled most of the existing【 T9】 _ laws and literary works to be in English. 3)959 to 1066 England was divided into【 T10】 and English【 T10】 _ speaking areas. Canute became ruler of【 T11】【 T11】 _ Center was
5、moved to London. Edward succeeded Canute and English gave way to【 T12】 .【 T12】 _ 4)1080 to the 17th century Written English【 T13】 before the advent of【 T13】 _ “ Provision of Oxford“. Since 14th century, English had gained renewed life. 【 T14】 English appeared in the 17th century.【 T14】 _ 5)1837 to t
6、oday English was used widely as a result of 【 T15】 , computer, the World Wide Web and【 T15】 _ rapid communication. 1 【 T1】 2 【 T2】 3 【 T3】 4 【 T4】 5 【 T5】 6 【 T6】 7 【 T7】 8 【 T8】 9 【 T9】 10 【 T10】 11 【 T11】 12 【 T12】 13 【 T13】 14 【 T14】 15 【 T15】 SECTION B INTERVIEW In this section you will hear ONE
7、 interview. The interview will be divided into TWO parts. At the end of each part, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the interview and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices
8、 of A , B , C and D , and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. （ A） English literature. （ B） Computer. （ C） Business administration. （ D） Finance. （ A） He received bachelors degree in English literature. （ B） He participated in
9、training programs after graduating from college. （ C） He had worked at least in two companies before this interview. （ D） He started working in a foreign representative office two years ago. （ A） Because the working environment was poor. （ B） Because the job was boring. （ C） Because the pay was rath
10、er low. （ D） Because he disliked his employer. （ A） To pursue personal interests. （ B） To make both ends meet. （ C） To improve the quality of family life. （ D） To realize individual value. （ A） Enthusiastic. （ B） Perseverant. （ C） Eloquent. （ D） Cooperative. （ A） Overtime work. （ B） Regular work. （
11、C） High salary. （ D） Varied work. （ A） Qualified. （ B） Questionable. （ C） Unsuitable. （ D） Apathetic. （ A） The employees can get paid sick leave every year. （ B） There is a hard and fast rule about asking for a sick leave. （ C） Paternity leave hasnt been mentioned in the contract yet. （ D） Male empl
12、oyees are entitled to paternity leave with full pay. （ A） Doctors note is not necessary for a one-day sick leave. （ B） Some employees used to take advantage of its loopholes. （ C） All the terms in it are preferred to the candidate. （ D） Paternity leave is as long as maternity leave when the first ch
13、ild is born. （ A） Self-introduction. （ B） Discussion about sick leave. （ C） Revision of contract. （ D） Job interview. 专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷 88答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the mini-lecture, please comp
14、lete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. 0 【听力原文】 Sur
15、vival of English Language Good morning. Twice in its history, English came very close to joining the list of dead languages.(1)Yet, this language of a small island not only survived, but lived to be spoken by an estimated 1. 5 billion people in the 21st century. Today we shall have a look at how Eng
16、lish escaped its extinction. Deatli is a common fate of unwritten languages.(2)But written records of the languages spoken on the island of Britain show us how the English language became the language of the island and how it survived. We now turn to those written records. (3)There are five critical
17、 periods in the survival of the English language. 1)410 CE to the mid-eighth century Early in the fifth century, Rome recalled its legions and told the Britons to defend themselves.(4)Rich, unprotected, and attacked from all sides, King Vortigern on the East coast invited Germanic mercenaries to cro
18、ss the channel to defend him against his enemies within and without. These mercenaries, mostly Angle and Saxon clans of Germanic peoples, called their language “ englisc“(pronounced “anglish“). The language of the Germanic mercenaries became the language of the conquered area.(5)From the seventh thr
19、ough the mid-eighth centuries York in Northumbria, famed for its schools and for its literary productions, was the center of the English-speaking world. 2)Mid-eighth century to 899 By the mid 700s, the Anglo-Saxons were on the receiving end of slaughter and ruined by Danish armies. The Danes overran
20、 all the Anglo-Saxon areas, including Northumbria, the heartland of literacy in Anglo-Saxon England. Wessex, ruled by Alfred the Great, remained the only area still controlled by English-speakers. The Danes were neither united nor had a united command: Alfred did.(6)Eventually, Alfred forced the Dan
21、es back. Danish Northumbria submitted to Alfred in 886. After a century and more of death and destruction, very few literate English-speaking people remained.(7)Alfred set out to revive the language through education and writing. In 891 he sent out a call for anybody who could read or write. Outside
22、 of his personal staff, the handwriting of only eight new people appeared in the earliest records.(8)The center of literary production shifted from York in Northumbria to Winchester in Wessex. (9)Due to Alfreds education programs, most of the existing laws, poems, songs and stories were in the West
23、Saxon dialect of his Wessex. Alfred died in 899. 3)959 to 1066 In 959, King Edgar, the great-grandson of Alfred, ruled both Danes and Saxons in England. The incompetent King Ethelred the Unready succeeded Edgar. He could not control the Danes. More Danes invaded: civil war followed. This second time
24、, violent battles ended in a tie.(10)The Danish leader, Canute, and Saxon King-elect, Edmund Ironsides, divided the country into Danish and English speaking areas.(11)Canute and Edmund made a compromise that a united kingdom went to whoever died first. Two years later, Edmund died: Canute became Kin
25、g of all England in 1018. With Canute the center of literary production moved to London. English remained a written language, at least for sermons and laws. Widower Canute wedded Emma, daughter of the Duke of Normandy. She was the mother of Edward, who became king after Canutes heir from his marriag
26、e to Emmas death.(12)Raised in Normandy, Edward preferred the French. In 1066, the French-speaking Normans conquered England. Norman French, based in London, became the only language of literature, law, and court. This third time, English became the language of the brutally oppressed illiterate. The
27、 language again seemed heading for extinction. 4)1080 to the 17 th century (13)After 1080, only a few written documents in English appeared: a last chronicle entry in 1134: a manual for religious women from around 1200. During the twelfth and most of the thirteenth centuries, we have no written reco
28、rds of English laws, poetry, songs, or stories. In 1258 the bilingual French-English “Provisions of Oxford“ , granting some rights to barons, showed up as the first public document in English. In the 14th century the English language resurfaced as a legal and literary language. Orally transmitted En
29、glish poetry was preserved in written form in the Auchinleck Manuscript from 1325 to 1330. In 1344 the first petition in English appeared. In the last quarter of the century, Chaucer wrote his works, including The Canterbury Tales, in English. During this same period, John Wycliffe translated the Bi
30、ble into English, the language of the common people. In the fifteenth century, English gave further signs of renewed life. In 1413, King Henry IV wrote the first royal will in English. Religious plays were in English. By the late sixteenth century, we see the flowering of English theater with Shakes
31、peare and Marlowe and Jonson.(14)Modern English arrived in the 17th century. The English language won this “Battle of Britain“. 5)1837 to Today In the nineteenth century, the “sun never set on the British Empire“ was in the English language.(15)By the twentieth century, the Empire included India, Ca
32、nada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Bermuda. English, of course, was also the language of the United States. The United States did its part to spread the language to the Philippines and Samoa. There is, however, a substantial di
33、fference between the wide-spread, yet irregular, distribution of English in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and today. That difference is the computer, the World Wide Web, and rapid communication. Today, not surprisingly, the English language is global in use. English-speakers built the
34、 first electronic computing machines during World War II, which heralded the computer age. Years later, the technology that created the Internet and the World Wide Web is primarily the product of speakers and writers of the English language. Instruction manuals and technical documents, as well as pr
35、inters, keyboards, and monitors are for users of English. Now, youve got to know the five critical periods of English language. Although other languages across history reached the comers of their then known world, the English language survived near extinction: its written records now endlessly circl
36、e the entire world. So much for today. Thank you for your attention. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 the 21st century 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 written records 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 survival 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 Germanic 【知识模块】 听 力 5 【正确答案】 English-speaking world 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 defeated 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 revive English
37、 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 Winchester 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 education programs 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 Danish 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 a united kingdom 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 Norman French 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 verged on extinction 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 Modern 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 colonization 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION B INTERVIEW In
38、 this section you will hear ONE interview. The interview will be divided into TWO parts. At the end of each part, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the interview and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, y
39、ou should read the four choices of A , B , C and D , and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. 16 【听力原文】 Interviewer(W)Mr. Smith(M) Now, listen to Part One of the interview. W: Good morning, Mr. Smith. Have a seat, please! M: Tha
40、nks a lot. W: OK, next lets get down to the business. What is your major? M: My major is business administration. I am especially interested in marketing. W: Marketing? Nice! That perfectly suits our qualifications. Have you received any degrees? M: Yes.(1-1/2-1)First, I received my bachelors degree
41、 in English literature, and then an MBA degree. W: That sounds you did a good job in your university. Do you feel that you have received a good general training? M: (1-2/2-2)Yes, I have studied in an English training program and a computer training program since I graduated from university. I am cur
42、rently studying finance at a training school. W: Your resume says that you have had one-year experience working in a foreign representative office in Shanghai, may I ask why you left? M: (2 - 3)I worked in a foreign representative office for one year.(2 - 4/3) However, I left there two years ago bec
43、ause the work they gave me was rather dull. I found another job that is more interesting. W: (4-1)You mean you couldnt work to live, you enjoy whatever you do, right? M: (4-2)Yes, I will love whatever I do. W: But, does your present employer know you are looking for another job? M: No, I havent disc
44、ussed my career plans with my present employer, but I am sure he will understand. W: If you believe you are a good fit for the position, please talk about what kind of personality you think you have. M: (5 - 1)I always approach things very enthusiastically. When I begin something, I dont like to lea
45、ve it half-done. I cant concentrate on something new until the first thing is finished. W: And what are your personal weaknesses? M: (5-2)Im afraid Im a poor talker. Im not comfortable talking with the people whom I have just met for the first time. That is not very good for business, so I have been
46、 studying public speaking. W: It is very difficult for somebody to see ones own weakness. Are you more of a leader or a follower? M: I dont try to lead people.(5-3)Id rather cooperate with everybody, and get the job done by working together. This is the end of Part One of the interview. Questions 1
47、to 5 are based on what you have just heard. 1. Which major did the candidate get for a masters degree? 2. Which of the following statements about Mr. Smiths background is INCORRECT? 3. Why did the candidate leave the foreign representative office? 4. According to the candidate, what is his purpose o
48、f working? 5. Which of the following does NOT describe the candidates personality? 16 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 19 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 20 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 21 【听力原文】 Now, listen to Part Two of the interview. W: You know, most workers are working under great press
49、ure. How about overtime work? M: Overtime work is very common in companies.(6- 1)I can work overtime if its necessary, but I dont think we will work overtime every day. W: Do you like regular work? M: (6-2)No, I dont like regular work. I am interested in different projects with new opportunities. But I can do regular work if the company needs me to do so. Everything becomes routine after a while. But its up to us to make that
