1、专业英语八级（对话听力）模拟试卷 2及答案与解析 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 followin
2、g five questions. Now listen to the interview. 1 Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of a “language hotspot“? （ A） Having a very high level of language diversity. （ B） Having high levels of language endangerment. （ C） Having relatively low level of scientific documentation. （ D） Having
3、speakers in more than 70% of the world. 2 According to Ms. Harrison, what do we lose when we lose a language? （ A） We lose time and seasons. （ B） We lose the human knowledge base. （ C） We lose grandly built monuments by which we can remember their achievements. （ D） We lose flora and fauna often not
4、 yet known by scientists. 3 Which of the following did Mrs. Harrison compare the erosion of languages to? （ A） The demolishment of Notre Dame Cathedral or the Great Pyramid of Giza. （ B） The erection of Notre Dame Cathedral or the Great Pyramid of Giza. （ C） The demolishment of flora and fauna. （ D）
5、 The erection of flora and fauna. 4 Why did Ms. Harrison mention the book Watching Ice and Weather Our Way? （ A） To show that it is not likely to keep the knowledge but not the language. （ B） To show that there are 99 distinct types of sea ice formations. （ C） To show that modern climate scientists
6、have little to learn from it. （ D） To show that it is likely to keep the knowledge but not the language. 5 What is Ms. Harrison most likely to suggest on minority speech communities? （ A） They should abandon their language to become richer. （ B） They should keep their languages, while becoming bilin
7、gual in a global tongue. （ C） They should only ask children to become bilingual. （ D） They should stick to their own languages by denying globalization. 6 Which is INCORRECT according to Jacob Yount about his business in China? （ A） The Chinese and Hong Kong end of his company has different function
8、s. （ B） It was not easy when he first registered business in China. （ C） He had the social media like Twitter when the business just started. （ D） Registering the Hong Kong company was relatively easy. 7 Jacobs advice for someone considering opening up their own business in China is to have “solid p
9、eople“, which means:_. （ A） people who are strong （ B） people who are royal （ C） people who are healthy （ D） people who are loyal 8 How well does Jacob use Mandarin? （ A） He can go out and have a general conversation in Mandarin. （ B） He can talk about the ins and outs of a plastic mold with a Chine
10、se factory. （ C） He can only speak in Mandarin with his wife. （ D） He speaks only survival Chinese. 9 What does Jacob imply about his experience working with Chinese factories? （ A） He can win every battle and argument. （ B） The way of doing businesses is different between East and West. （ C） He is
11、happy because there is so much business in China. （ D） One can scare a Chinese factory by saying he is going to take his business elsewhere. 10 What will Jacob most probably do with his business in the years to come? （ A） He will move to the States and never return to China. （ B） He will expand his
12、business in the States with social media. （ C） He will open an office in the States to hit the glass ceiling. （ D） He will go to the States in person to make a more fluid supply chain from China to the U.S. 11 Which of the following does Li-Fi most probably stand for? （ A） Lightless Fidelity. （ B） L
13、ight Fidelity. （ C） LED Fidelity. （ D） Light Five. 12 Which of the following is NOT true with Li-Fi? （ A） Products involving it already exist. （ B） It may become an alternative to Wi-Fi. （ C） It can exacerbate the problem of capacity. （ D） The speed of it already exceeds some of the Wi-Fi routers. 1
14、3 Which of the following is NOT true with LEDs? （ A） Theyre conductor devices. （ B） Theyre replacing incandescent light. （ C） Theyre the future of light. （ D） Theyre more efficient than fluorescent tubes. 14 Why does Dr Povey say the fact that light waves can not penetrate walls is a bonus? （ A） Bec
15、ause more energy can be concentrated. （ B） Because it can save a lot of money. （ C） Because it doesnt pose risks to health. （ D） Because secrets can be better protected. 15 Why can Li-Fi related devices be used on a plane? （ A） For they are not as heavy as the traditional ones. （ B） For they dont in
16、terfere with the equipment. （ C） For they are cheaper. （ D） For they are a new technology. 16 Where and whom can Mitt Romney get the support from? （ A） South Caralina, a governor. （ B） South Caralina, a liberal. （ C） New Hampshire, a governor. （ D） Iowa, a liberal. 17 Who came fourth in New Hampshir
17、e? （ A） Rick Santorum. （ B） Newt Gingrich. （ C） Rick Perry. （ D） Jon Huntsman. 18 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as Mitt Romneys advantage? （ A） That he is non-ideological. （ B） That he is a businessman. （ C） That he did a good job in Massachusettss finances. （ D） That he doesnt have scanda
18、ls in family affairs. 19 Which is NOT Mitt Romneys weakness? （ A） He remains vague on some issues. （ B） He is a Mormon. （ C） He is rich. （ D） He lacks sense of leadership. 20 What can best describe the correspondents opinion of Mitt Romneys chance of winning the South Caralina primary? （ A） Hes cert
19、ain that he will win. （ B） Hes not sure. （ C） Hes optimistic, but not certain. （ D） He thinks that Mitt Romneys chance will be slim. 21 Which of the following is NOT the background information of a possible attack on Iran? （ A） US president is going to pay a visit to Benjamin Netanyahu. （ B） Iran se
20、ems getting progress on a nuclear bomb. （ C） Theres a presidential election in America. （ D） It looks likely that Iran will retaliate if attacked. 22 What can you infer from the interview about the presidential election in America? （ A） Most voters dont like Israel. （ B） Mr. Obama may lose the elect
21、ion if he attacks Iran. （ C） Voters want a president that seems adamant on the Iranian nuclear issue. （ D） Benjamin Netanyahu is a warmonger. 23 Why doesnt Steven support an attack? （ A） Because he loves peace. （ B） Because the attack will certainly leave facilities unscathed. （ C） Because Israel ca
22、nt afford such an attack. （ D） Because the attack might be counter-productive. 24 Which of the following CANNOT be affected at all by an attack? （ A） Nuclear facilities. （ B） Irans nuclear process. （ C） Irans determination. （ D） Irans nuclear know-how. 25 According to Steven, what is the best scenar
23、io of the issue? （ A） That America, not Israel conducts the attack. （ B） That people inside Iran overthrow the government. （ C） That Iran gets its way. （ D） That America wages a war on Iran and forces a regime change. 专业英语八级（对话听力）模拟试卷 2答案与解析 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will h
24、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. 1 【听力原文】 M: By some estimates, half
25、of the worlds 7,000 languages will disappear in the next century. K. Linda Harrison, a linguist at Swarthmore College, has made a career documenting some of them and advocating for keeping them alive. Welcome to our talk, Ms. Harrison. So, what is a “language hotspot“, and what are the characteristi
26、cs of the typical hotspot? W: “Language hotspot“ is a term I coined in 2006, inspired by the biodiversity hotspots model. Languages are unevenly distributed around the globe, both geographically and demographically, and they face uneven threats. The hotspots model helps us to visualize and track thi
27、s global trend, and to prioritize resources. (1) A language hotspot is a contiguous region which has, first of all, a very high level of language diversity. Secondly, it has high levels of language endangerment. Thirdly, it has relatively low levels of scientific documentation, like recordings, dict
28、ionaries, grammars, etc. Weve identified two dozen hotspots to date, in places such as Oklahoma, Paraguay, India, Papua New Guinea and Siberia. With a scientific team from National Geographic, we are visiting the hotspots to take the pulse of some of the worlds most endangered languages. The hotspot
29、s model allows us to visualize the complex global distribution of language diversity, to focus research on areas of greatest urgency, and also to predict where we might encounter languages not yet known to science. This was recently borne out by our documentation of Koro, a small language in India t
30、hat is new to science. M: (2) What do we lose when we lose a language? W: The human knowledge base is eroding as we lose languages, worsened by the fact that most of them have never been written down or recorded. In “When Languages Die“, I wrote “When we lose a language, we lose centuries of human t
31、hinking about time, seasons, sea creatures, reindeer, edible flowers, mathematics, landscapes, myths, music, the unknown and the everyday“ Only some cultures erect grandly built monuments by which we can remember their achievements. But all cultures encode their genius in their languages, stories, a
32、nd lexicons. Each language is a unique expression of human creativity. We find millennia of careful observation of the natural world and human behavior, knowledge of flora and fauna, often not yet known or identified by scientists, and some of the secrets of how to live sustainably in challenging en
33、vironments like the Arctic. (3) We would be outraged if Notre Dame Cathedral or the Great Pyramid of Giza were demolished to make way for modern buildings. We should be similarly appalled when languages monuments to human genius far more ancient and complex than anything we have built with our hands
34、 erode. M: Talking about language and local ecology, you say losing one entails losing the other. If most things are translatable, is it possible to keep the knowledge but not the language? W: Its possible, but not likely, and its not the usual case we see everywhere from the Arctic to Amazonia. (4)
35、 In native cultures we observe the decline of languages and life ways occurring in parallel. Theres an astonishing book called Watching Ice and Weather Our Way. In it, the Yupik elders describe, define and draw sketches of 99 distinct types of sea ice formations which their language gives specific n
36、ames to. Their climate science amazes us with its precision, predictive power, and depth of observation. Modern climate scientists have much to learn from it. As the Arctic ice melts, and new technologies like snowmobiles advance, Yupik ice-watching becomes the passion of the elderly few. Their know
37、ledge of ice, their words for it, and the hunting skills and life ways are all receding together with the Yupik language itself. M: Many of the peoples you describe are, from our point of view, desperately poor. “Development“ tends to fold them into the bigger, and richer society, but kills their la
38、nguages. How can the tradeoff be resolved? W: No one, no matter how poor, becomes richer by abandoning one language to learn another, and in fact I suggest they become poorer from it. People of all ages, especially children, can easily be bilingual. New research shows that bilingualism strengthens t
39、he brain, by building up what psychologists call the cognitive reserve. In addition, heritage-language retention provides access to the cultural knowledge base and support a stronger ethnic identity and cultural pride. It is a pernicious and false message of globalization that language choice is sub
40、tractive, that is, you must abandon your heritage language to speak only a dominant tongue. Around the globe, we see minority speech communities, from Aymara to Zapotec, Aka to Mowhawk, pushing back against this ideology. (5) They are making a strategic decision to keep their languages, while becomi
41、ng bilingual in a global tongue. We can all contribute to making the world safe for linguistic diversity. It requires a shift in attitudes. If we can learn to value the intellectual diversity that is fostered by linguistic variety, we can all help to ensure its survival. No one knows where the next
42、brilliant idea will emerge; no culture has a monopoly on human genius. M: All right. Its so nice talking with you. Thanks a lot for sharing with us your insights into the human language. W: My pleasure indeed. 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。这位语言学家所说的语言危机热点有三个特征：一是有很高的语言多样性，二是要有很高的面临灭绝的危险，三则是没有很多相关的对此语言的科学记录。
43、所以把 D排除。 【知识模块】 对话 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 理解题。 The human knowledge base is eroding as we lose languages， worsened by the fact that most of them have never been written down or recorded关键要理解 erode这个词，意为 “逐渐消失 ”。 D只是众多举例中的一个，较片面。 【知识模块】 对话 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 理解题。按照语言学家的说法，语言的消失就像巴黎圣母院或是金字塔被毁一样，所以 A为正确答案， B项
44、中的 erection为 “建立 ”，而非 “消失 ”。 【知识模块】 对话 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 理解题。主持人问既然可以翻译，有没有可能保存知识而不保留语言，这位语言学家答道： “Its possible， but not likely”，为了表明可能性不大，他举了 Watching Ice and Weather Our Way一书，书中记录了 99种不同的海冰形成，用了特别的当地语言作为名称。随着语言的消失，这些相关的知识也将消失，所以选 A，知识和语言不太可能分割。 【知识模块】 对话 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 推断题。这位语言学家的观点非常明确，对于少数语言
45、群体来说，保持自身的独特性很重要，但是融入全球也很重要，她建议学会双语，既保持自身又融入国际。 【知识模块】 对话 6 【听力原文】 W: Jacob Yount, along with his wife and business partner, Leeds, are the founders of JLmade, a Suzhou-based company that helps manufacture promotional items for major Western brands. Hello, welcome to our show, Mr. Yount. So you grad
46、uated from university in the U.S., and almost right after, came to China. What encouraged you to make such a drastic move? Did you know a lot about China before you left? M: I think you might have known more than me, Tom. I had commencement ceremony, graduation, and the next day I was on a plane to
47、China. W: My biggest questions are not so much about opening up your own business, but about doing it in China. Are you a wholly owned foreign enterprise or do you share the business with a Chinese business partner? What is it like opening up your own business in China? M: Were not a wholly-owned fo
48、reign enterprise. Were a Hong Kong company and a Chinese company. I am partners with my wife, who is native Chinese. (1) The Chinese ends of the company deals with the administration while the invoicing and profit are done from the Hong Kong end. Representative offices in China are getting tighter a
49、nd tighter, its not as easy to hire and fire people, and set up your administration. (1) When we first registered, it was tough. It was Leeds, my wife, who went around from office to office figuring out what papers to get. It was a headache, but it wasnt impossible. There would be whole days where we would just try to figure out how to get the internet hooked up. Everyday was almost a little mountain to climb, small administrative tasks turned into things that were probably a big waste of time. (1) I wish social media would have been available in
