1、专业英语八级（环境类新闻听力）模拟试卷 1及答案与解析 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. 1 What is the main message of the news
2、item? （ A） Iranian Foreign Minister appeals for the support of UN. （ B） Western countries calls for economic sanctions against Iran. （ C） The international Nuclear organization suspects Irans claim. （ D） Russian foreign minister calls for resumption of Iran nuclear talks. 2 What does the news item s
3、ay about the last round of talks? （ A） It reached an agreement on reducing the threat of use of nuclear weapons. （ B） It broke up without any breakthrough on a proposed fuel-swap plan. （ C） It did not directly deal with the controversial issue. （ D） It discussed Irans nuclear program. 3 Which of the
4、 following is mentioned as one of the reasons for the dwindling West African rainforest? （ A） The production of corn has been increased. （ B） More land is being cleared for agriculture. （ C） More monkeys have become extinct. （ D） The job security is the priority. 4 Which of the following is CORRECT?
5、 （ A） Only 15%20% of the rainforest is still standing. （ B） Only 5%15% of the rainforest is still standing. （ C） Only 50%70% of the rainforest is still standing. （ D） Only 15%30% of the rainforest is still standing. 5 According to the news item, how far was the center of the Tuesday earthquake from
6、the capital of Haiti? （ A） Just 5 kilometers. （ B） Just 10 kilometers. （ C） Just 15 kilometers. （ D） Just 25 kilometers. 6 Which of the following is CORRECT? （ A） In 1946, Haiti experienced a magnitude eight earthquake. （ B） In 1946, the Caribbean experienced a magnitude eight earthquake. （ C） In 19
7、46, the Pacific Rim experienced a magnitude eight earthquake. （ D） In 1946, the Dominican Republic experienced a magnitude eight earthquake. 7 According to the news item, what is on the top list of the contributions to pollution? （ A） Raising livestock. （ B） Clearing land for farms and ranches. （ C）
8、 Using fertilizers and agrochemicals in the land. （ D） Burning fossil fuels for transportation and electrical generation. 8 The news item implies that people around the world should_. （ A） eat less meat （ B） use less electricity （ C） use public transportation （ D） consume less dairy products 9 Accor
9、ding to Sean Gallagher, one of the reasons for his company to choose the site is that_. （ A） it is not totally undisturbed land. （ B） it is not near the conservation areas. （ C） it is not part of the natural landscape. （ D） it is designated by the federal government. 10 Which of the following is NOT
10、 one of the alternative energy sources? （ A） Wind. （ B） Solar. （ C） Geothermal. （ D） Fossil-fuels. 11 Which of the following is CORRECT? （ A） Fish is the only source of protein for people in Asia. （ B） Asians cannot afford fish because fish are exported to other regions. （ C） The solution for Asian
11、fishermen is to organize a conservation group. （ D） Over-fishing leads to the decline of fish stocks in all of the worlds oceans. 12 What does the news item say about the fish stocks in Asia? （ A） They are collapsing because of regional conflicts. （ B） They have undergone enormous fishing in the pas
12、t 20 years. （ C） They have gone down by up to 30 percent in the past 25 years. （ D） They are declining because some countries are forbidding fishing. 13 What is the main idea of the news item? （ A） Deforestation is speeding up in Brazil. （ B） Scientists fear the Amazon may face early destruction. （
13、C） A vicious cycle of destruction is taking place in the world. （ D） A newly funded study on the wild animals in the Amazon is still on. 14 According to Dan Nepstad, how many tons of carbon would be released due to a widespread death of trees in the Amazon? （ A） Up to 26 billion. （ B） Up to 36 billi
14、on. （ C） Up to 46 billion. （ D） Up to 56 billion. 15 What is the main idea of the news item? （ A） The natural disasters caused by the climate change. （ B） The consequences of climate change on agriculture. （ C） The possible effects of global warming on the United States. （ D） The effects of greenhou
15、se gas emissions on the global climate change. 16 According to the report, which of the following will NOT be affected by the global warming? （ A） Industrial production. （ B） Biological diversity. （ C） Hurricane activity. （ D） Energy production. 17 What is the Paris forum expected to achieve? （ A） W
16、ays to cooperate within the Major Economies will be found. （ B） A successor to the Kyoto global warming protocol will be agreed to. （ C） Ways to reduce human-induced greenhouse gas emissions will be found. （ D） Common ground on some issues concerning climate change will be found. 18 Where will the t
17、hird forum of three Major Economies meetings be held? （ A） Kyoto. （ B） Mexico. （ C） Copenhagen. （ D） The United States. 19 According to Michel Jarraud, people should NOT_. （ A） expect a quick drop of weather temperature. （ B） confuse local weather variability with climate change. （ C） assess unknown
18、 phenomena with their own observations. （ D） use some cases against the World Meteorological Organization. 20 What does the news item imply? （ A） Every year people in Europe record climate changes. （ B） Every year scientists issue the latest weather statistics. （ C） Every year weather extremes appea
19、r somewhere in the world. （ D） Every year exceptional approaches are taken to combat warm weather. 专业英语八级（环境类新闻听力）模拟试卷 1答案与解析 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 i
20、tem, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 1 【听力原文】 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he discussed Iran s nuclear program with European Union high representative chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi. All agree the dormant nuclear talks should
21、 be revived as soon as possible. The last round of talks, which were held in January in Istanbul, broke up without any breakthrough on a proposed fuel-swap plan. Under the plan, Iran would agree to end its uranium enrichment program in exchange for enriched foreign material. Western powers suspect I
22、ran is planning to build nuclear weapons. Tehran denies this, saying its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Lavrov said a more detailed approach is needed to ensure Iran does not pursue nuclear weapons. Western countries charge that Irans nuclear program breaks the terms of the international
23、Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, who spoke at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, did not directly deal with this controversial issue? Instead, he lashed out at the major nuclear powers, claiming their huge stockpiles of weapons pose the greatest
24、 threat to the survival of humankind. Iranian minister Salehi said the indefinite extension of the NPT does not mean the indefinite possession of nuclear weapons. He said the production, possession, development, use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, under any pretext, is illegitimate, immoral and
25、 inhumane. 1 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 环境类 2 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 环境类 3 【听力原文】 In West Africa, the Guinean Rainforest is rapidly disappearing. A new study says increased production of cocoa, cassava and oil palm has meant more land is being cleared for agriculture. This could have major long-term consequences for
26、climate change and food security. Since the days of independence, West Africa has done a pretty good job of feeding itself. But scientist James Gockowski said that success has come at a terrible price, the loss of vast areas of rainforest. Its estimated only 15 to 20 percent of the rainforest that o
27、nce stretched across coastal West Africa is still standing. And most of that is in protected areas, such as parks and forest reserves. The loss has meant biodiversity extinction. One primate that has become extinct is Colobus Monkey. It hasnt been sighted since the late 1970s and was declared extinc
28、t in 2000. 3 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 环境类 4 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 环境类 5 【听力原文】 Earthquake hit Haiti hard, with extensive damage and many casualties. Compared to the well-known seismic areas like the Pacific Rim, the Caribbean seems geologically quiet, but this area where tectonic plates meet has a long history of
29、earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. In 1946, the Dominican Republic, just across the border from Haiti, experienced a magnitude eight earthquake, which triggered a tsunami. Other major recorded earthquakes in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries may have been produced by movement of the same fault t
30、hat caused Tuesdays disaster. Earthquakes generally occur when the tectonic plates that make up the Earths crust move suddenly. Eric Calais, a geophysicist, says that sudden movement can follow a buildup of stress as adjacent plates struggle to move past each other. In this case, the damage was caus
31、ed by movement of a “strike-slip fault.“ In other cases, the plates may move up and down, rather than from side to side. Either way, the release of energy can cause tremendous damage. How much damage depends on several factors. The center of the earthquake was a scant 10 kilometers beneath the surfa
32、ce, and just 15 kilometers from the capital. Tuesdays quake has been followed by a series of aftershocks, which Stuart Sipkin of the US Geological Survey says are pretty typical. Many of the aftershocks have been measured at over magnitude 5 enough to cause additional damage, including toppling stru
33、ctures weakened by the original earthquake. 5 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 环境类 6 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 环境类 7 【听力原文】 A panel of 27 experts with the UN Environment Program looked through previous UN reports to assess what economic activities generate the most pollution and use the most resources. Most of the data comes
34、from the industrialized world. Not surprisingly, burning fossil fuels for transportation and electrical generation top the list for their contributions to climate change, acid rain and toxic pollution. But the report singles out food production as the other major factor driving environmental degrada
35、tion. Raising livestock and clearing land for farms and ranches are significant greenhouse-gas emitters. Fertilizers and pesticides are the largest contributors to water pollution. And the world s insatiable appetite is depleting the planets fisheries and using up land and fresh water at an alarming
36、 rate. The growing demand for meat and dairy products is putting particular strain on the environment. According to co-author Sangwon Suh at the University of California, Santa Barbara “In order to raise cattle, basically you need to consume a lot of feed, and in order to produce feed, you need to u
37、se land, fertilizers and agrochemicals which, in turn, affect our environment.“ The report concludes that, “A substantial reduction of impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal products. “ 7 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 环境类 8 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 环境类 9 【听力原文】 While some
38、 environmental groups argue for the development of such alternative energy sources as wind, solar, geothermal and bio-fuels, others warn of the negative ecological impacts that might come from large-scale projects. Such appears to be the case with the Tessera project, planned to be one of the bigges
39、t solar developments in the American southwest. Company vice president for market strategy and regulatory affairs, Sean Gallagher says the objections raised by some environmentalists are understandable, given the scale of the project, and Tessera is prepared to address their concerns. One of the mai
40、n groups raising objections to the Mojave project is California Unions for Reliable Energy, which sent its own biologist to the project site. At a recent hearing of the California Energy Commission, biologist Scott Cashen said the company had not adequately assessed the impact the solar farm could h
41、ave on desert wildlife. Another southern California-based group, The Wildlands Conservancy, also raised questions about why the project was being sited on pristine desert land near federally protected conservation areas. Among the animals environmentalists say could be adversely affected by the sola
42、r power development would be the desert tortoise and the fringe-toed lizard. But Sean Gallagher says his company chose this site both because of its suitability for transmitting power over nearby Southern California Edison lines and because it is not totally undisturbed land. 9 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 环境类 1
43、0 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 环境类 11 【听力原文】 “Too Many Fish in the Sea“ was a popular American song in the 1960s. If written today, the lyrics might be “Too Few Fish in the Sea“. In all of the worlds oceans, fish stocks have declined dramatically. In Asia, they have gone down by up to 30 percent in the past 25 y
44、ears. Fishermen have to go farther out to sea than they used to and they return with fewer, smaller fish in their nets. Stephen Hall, head of the WorldFish Center, a Malaysian research institute, says the main reason for the decline is over-fishing, which he calls the biggest threat to Asias oceans.
45、 The effects of declining fish stocks on the region are enormous. Asia is not only the world s biggest producer of fish products, Asians also consume more seafood than anyone else in the world. It is an important part of most peoples diets and accounts for about half of the protein intake in the reg
46、ion. As people in Asia have become more affluent, the demand for fish has grown, and prices have gone up. Poor Asians find it harder and harder to afford fish. And individual fishermen find it increasingly difficult to make a living. Stephen Hall says many in the region live on less than a dollar a
47、day. Some fishermen think that if fish stocks in their area are depleted, they can just go to the waters of another country. That does not work, however, as stocks are collapsing everywhere. Andy Cornish, director of conservation at the Hong Kong office of the WWF conservation group, predicts that t
48、he competition for seafood will lead to increasing conflict in the region. 11 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 环境类 12 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 环境类 13 【听力原文】 Researcher Dan Nepstad calls it a “perfect storm“ of deforestation: as fire and ranching destroy the Amazon forest in Brazil, the remaining trees release less moisture,
49、producing a dryer climate that kills more trees. It adds up to a vicious cycle of destruction. A World Bank-funded study released early this year predicted the Amazon could become a grassy savannah by the end of the century. Nepstad produced a report for the World Wildlife Fund for Nature or WWF that was released at the Bali climate change conference. He says substantial destruction could come much sooner than that. Nepstad says a widespread death of trees in the Amazon of the scale he is predicting would release up to 26 billion tons of
