1、专业英语八级（对话听力）模拟试卷 3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 Prof. Adler mentioned an illustration of beefsteak in order to prove （ A） the importance of eating a beefsteak. （ B） eating eggs and toast is important for learning another language. （ C） learning another language is as easy as eating eggs and toast.
3、（ D） full ownership of a book comes only when one marks it up. 2 Marking up a book helps in reading EXCEPT （ A） it keeps the reader wide awake. （ B） it enhances thinking. （ C） it helps people remember the thoughts they had. （ D） it keeps the reader merely conscious. 3 Gone with the Wind is supposed
4、to be read （ A） in a state of relaxation. （ B） in the most active way of which you are capable. （ C） with the aim of accomplishing something. （ D） with a view to answer great fundamental questions. 4 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? （ A） Reading a book is like a conversation between y
5、ou and the author. （ B） A reader is supposed to be solely on the receiving end. （ C） The learner is supposed to question himself and the teacher as well. （ D） Marking a book is an expression of ones opinion with the author. 5 Prof. Adler mentioned the following ways of marking up a book EXCEPT （ A）
6、underlining. （ B） vertical lines at the margin. （ C） Star, asterisk, or other doodad. （ D） copying of key words and phrases. 6 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about Mike Scott? （ A） He was employed as Apples CEO. （ B） He was actually employee number 5 when he first came into Apple. （
7、C） He is of the same age with Mike Markkula, Apples first backer. （ D） He had the nickname of “Scotty“. 7 According to Mike Scott, in the early days, Steve Jobs_ （ A） was more particular about details. （ B） was as assertive as he is today. （ C） was paying attention to the detail of products as well
8、as to people. （ D） was probably less particular. 8 What is Mike Scotts attitude towards his early decision to let the two Steves do the publicity? （ A） Regretful. （ B） Satisfied. （ C） Neutral. （ D） Impartial. 9 According to Mike Scott what was one of the big internal arguments at that time? （ A） The
9、y just could not do Apple II cheap enough to get to under a thousand dollars. （ B） They wanted to make Apple II $1195. （ C） The profit margin was not satisfactory enough. （ D） The distributors and retail stores were hard to deal with. 10 What can we infer about the price of iPad? （ A） The price of i
10、Pad is unreasonably high. （ B） The price of iPad is higher than Apple II. （ C） The price of iPad is higher than Apple II. （ D） The price of iPad is reasonable. 11 What can jobs and work provide according to the speaker? （ A） They can provide material happiness. （ B） They can provide psychological ha
11、ppiness. （ C） They can provide workshops. （ D） They can provide psychological well-being as well as material things. 12 Some institutions dealing with mental health problems are establishing workshops because （ A） they need more financial support. （ B） they want to provide patients with an opportuni
12、ty to earn a living. （ C） they believe that work can help patients to gain renewed self-confidence. （ D） they believe that work can help cure all acute symptoms of patients. 13 What is the purpose of mentioning the craftsman who shapes some material into an object that may be either useful or beauti
13、ful or both? （ A） In order to show he enjoys craftsmanship. （ B） In order to show he is good at shaping materials. （ C） In order to show the value of a teamwork. （ D） In order to show the pride and sense of accomplishment stimulated by the job. 14 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT accor
14、ding to the interview? （ A） Working in a team also provides a sense of accomplishment. （ B） A sense of belonging from an organization can provide employees with self-confidence. （ C） Working for a team does not provide the same pride as working individually does. （ D） The human being longs for a sen
15、se of being accomplished. 15 What is Professor Sayles attitude towards workaholics? （ A） They usually have the inferiority complex. （ B） They perform an insignificant proportion of American business. （ C） They will probably not have the regrets that many “normal“ people face at middle age. （ D） They
16、 usually suffer from low self-esteem. 16 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the cause of the generation gap? （ A） Young peoples opportunity to choose their own life styles. （ B） Parents expectation on their children to do better than they did. （ C） The speed at which changes take place in mo
17、dern society. （ D） The value of elderly people for their wisdom. 17 How will teenagers probably act if their parents value honesty? （ A） They will keep their word. （ B） They will speak slang. （ C） They will wear summer clothes in freezing winter. （ D） They will enjoy telling a lie. 18 What does the
18、speaker suggest parents to do in the face of the unavoidable? （ A） Parents should fight teenagers. （ B） Parents should fight a tide. （ C） Parents should adapt to teenagers. （ D） Parents should float away from the problems. 19 Which of the following is INCORRECT according to the dialogue? （ A） Parent
19、s are often complained to be out of touch with modern world. （ B） Parents often talk too much about certain problems. （ C） Parents are usually possessive and dominant. （ D） Parents often have sense of humor in parent-child relationship. 20 Why do teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles
20、? （ A） Because they want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own. （ B） Because they have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste. （ C） Because they have no other way to enjoy themselves better. （ D） Because they want to irritate their parents. 专业英语八级（对话听力）模拟试卷 3答案与解析 SECT
21、ION 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. Now listen
22、to the interview. 1 【听力原文】 F: “Dont ever mark in a book!“ Thousands of teachers, librarians and parents have so advised. But Professor Mortimer Adler disagrees. He thinks so long as you own the book and neednt preserve its physical appearance, marking it properly will grant you the ownership of the
23、book in the true sense of the word and make it a part of yourself. Welcome to our show, Mr. Adler, so why do you think marking up a book is so essential? M: Well, there are two ways in which one can own a book. The first is the property right you establish by paying for it, just as you pay for cloth
24、es and furniture. But this act of purchase is only the first step to possession. (1) Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a part of it is by writing in it. An illustration may make the point clear. You buy a beefsteak and transfer it f
25、rom the butchers icebox to your own. But you do not own the beefsteak in the most important sense until you consume it and get it into your bloodstream. I am arguing that books, too, must be absorbed in your bloodstream to do you any good. F: I see. Then what if the book is a first edition of “Parad
26、ise Lost“, a rare edition, or a richly manufactured volume? M: I would say, Id no more scribble all over a first edition of “Paradise Lost“ than Id give my baby a set of crayons and an original Rembrandt! Id buy myself a cheap edition and pay my respect to the author. F: How does marking up a book h
27、elp in reading? M: (2) First, it keeps you awake, and I dont mean merely conscious; I mean wide awake. In the second place, reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or written. The marked book is usually the thought-through book. Finally, writing h
28、elps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed. F: Can you explain, please? M: Sure. If reading is to accomplish anything more than passing time, it must be active. You cant let your eyes glide across the lines of a book and come up with an understanding of what you hav
29、e read. (3) Now an ordinary piece of light fiction, like, say, Gone with the Wind, doesnt require the most active kind of reading. The books you read for pleasure can be read in a state of relaxation, and nothing is lost. But a great book, rich in ideas and beauty, a book that raises and tries to an
30、swer great fundamental questions, demands the most active reading of which you are capable. Well, the physical act of writing, with your own hand, brings words and sentences more sharply before your mind and preserves them better in your memory. To set down your reaction to important words and sente
31、nces you have read, and the questions they have raised in your mind, is to preserve those reactions and sharpen those questions. You can pick up the book the following week or year, and there are all your points of agreement, disagreement, doubt and inquiry. Its like resuming an interrupted conversa
32、tion with the advantage of being able to pick up where you left off. F: (4) And that is exactly what reading a book should be: a conversation between you and the author. M: Right. Presumably he knows more about the subject than you do; naturally youll have the proper humility as you approach him. Bu
33、t dont let anybody tell you that a reader is supposed to be solely on the receiving end. Understanding is a two-way operation; learning doesnt consist in being an empty receptacle. The learner has to question himself and question the teacher. He even has to argue with the teacher, once he understand
34、s what the teacher is saying. And marking a book is literally an expression of your differences, or agreements of opinion, with the author. F: How should we mark up a book in an intelligent way? M: There are all kinds of devices for marking a book intelligently and fruitfully. Heres the way I do it:
35、 (5) Underlining for major points, or for important or forceful statements. Vertical lines at the margin are used to emphasize a statement already underlined. Star, asterisk, or other doodads at the margin are used sparingly, to emphasize the ten or twenty most important statements in the book. Numb
36、ers in the margin are to indicate the sequence of points the author makes in developing a single argument. Number of other pages in the margin serves to indicate where else in the book the author made points relevant to the point marked. Circling of key words or phrases is recommendable. I write in
37、the margin, or at the top or bottom of the page, for the sake of recording questions and perhaps answers, and of reducing a complicated discussion to a simple statement. I also use the end-papers at the back of the book to make a personal index of the authors points in the order of their appearance.
38、 The front end-papers are, to me, the most important. Some people reserve them for a fancy bookplate; I reserve them for fancy thinking. After I have finished reading the book and making my personal index on the back end-papers, I turn to the front and try to outline the book, not page by page, or p
39、oint by point, but as an integrated structure, with a basic unity and an order of parts. This outline is, to me, the measure of my understanding of the work. F: Great there. I really appreciate your way of reading. We usually read “between the lines“ to get the most of anything, but here with Profes
40、sor Mortimer Adler, we learned how to “write between the lines“. Thank you, Mr. Adler. M: Any time. 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 理解题。 Mortimer Adler教授说边看书边做笔记才是真正意义上拥有书籍，就如同牛排一样，买来放在冰箱里并没有拥有它，只有吃下去融入血液才有意义。所以这提到牛排，目的在于说 writing between the lines的重要性。 【知识模块】 对话 2 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 辨别题。教授提到看书做笔记的三种作用，一是让人全神贯注(wide
41、 awake)，所以 A正确，而非只 是保持意识 (merely conscious)，因此 D不正确。二是积极的阅渎促进人的思考，动笔记下思想点滴也促进了读者的思考，这是 B，三是能帮助人们记住所读内容和感触，此为 C。 【知识模块】 对话 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 理解题。教授说，如果阅读不仅仅是为了消磨时光，就应该是积极的。但是普通小说，如飘，不需要最投入的阅读。休闲类的读物只要以放松的状态去面对即可，什么也没有丢失掉 (nothing is lost)，所以选 A。 【知识模块】 对话 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 辨别题。教授指出，我们在学习的过程中应该学会把自己的思
42、考些下来，就像在和书的作者对话，我们应该有质疑的能力，而非一直处于接收的一端，读者不是空的接收器。 (But dont let anybody tell you that a reader is supposed to be solely on the receiving end Understanding is a twoway operation；learning doesnt consist in being an empty receptacle ) 【知识模块】 对话 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 辨别题。教授最后提到了自己是如何做书札的， D选项应该为circling the
43、 key words and phrases有出入，所以答案为 D。 【知识模块】 对话 6 【听力原文】 W: When Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple in 1976, they couldnt be trusted to run the company. (1) So, Mike Markkula, Apples first backer, and the man that guided the company early on, brought in a CEO to do the adult things needed to ke
44、ep a company running. His choice for CEO was Michael Scott, who had previously worked with him at Fairchild. Today we have the pleasure of talking with Mr. Scott. So tell us, Scott, you were employee number seven when you came into Apple, right? M: No, because I assigned the employee numbers. I was
45、employee number seven, because I wanted number seven. (1) I was actually employee number five at that time. So I was 007, of course, as a joke. W: What was it like when you came into the company? You were recruited by Mike Markkula, Apples first investor, right? M: Markkula and I went way back. We b
46、oth started in 1967-68,I think. We started the same day at Fairchild. (1) He wanted the nickname “Mike“, so I got the nickname “Scotty“. Coincidentally, we also have the same birthday, except hes a year and a day older. We worked together at Fairchild for five years, he went on to Intel and I went o
47、n to National Semiconductor. We always stayed in touch because we had lunch on our birthday. So he called me, I guess in 1976, and said that hed met these two guys that wanted to do a home computer. He could handle the marketing, but he wanted me to handle the details. So I met with him and the two
48、Steves and read the business plan, which was quite wrong because it said TI was going to be our major competitor. And for some reason, they never got into the PC business. F: When you were running around with everyone in those early days, was Steve Jobs then as assertive as he is today? Its funny he
49、aring about you guys doing these manufacturing things and now there are these legends of him tearing down an iPod the night before it releases because it doesnt make the proper clicking sound. Was he as particular then as he is said to be now, or in the early days, was he learning and acting differently? M: No, (2) he was maybe more particular. In the original Apple II case, Jobs wanted a rounded edge on it so it didnt have a hard feel. They spent weeks and weeks arguing exactly how rounded it would be. (2) So that attention to detail is what Steve i
