2009年英语专八真题听力

C. Businesses are not getting talented people.
D. Careers advice is not offered on the Internet.
PART II READING COMPREHENSION
[30 MIN]
In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple 鄄choice questions. Read
B. Toastmasters only accepts prospective professional speakers.
C. Toastmasters accepts members from the general public.
D. Toastmasters is an exclusive club for professional speakers.
Now listen to the news.
10. What is the main message of the news item?
A. Young people should seek careers advice.
B. Careers service needs to be improved.
we蒺d been exposed to during our travels in Europe and the United States. In thinking about what was possible
from Geneva, where we are based, we decided on a trip to Istanbul, a two 鄄hour plane ride from Zurich.

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In this section you will hear a mini鄄lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take
ed with the peculiarities of Istanbul and to give our children a chance to choose what they were particularly in 鄄
terested in seeing, we bought an excellent guidebook and read it thoroughly before leaving.
D. Victims were rescued immediately.
Question 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds
to answer the question.
seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱhe news.
8. The cause of the Indian train accident was
A. terrorist sabotage.
B. yet to be determined.
C. lack of communications.
seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.
6. Which of the following is the main cause of global warming?
A. Fossil fuel.
B. Greenhouse gases.
A. public speakers.
B. grammar teachers.
C. masters of ceremonies.
D. evaluators.
5. The interview mainly focuses on
A. the background information.
B. the description of training courses.
C. becoming aware of audience expectations.
D. learning how to get along with friends.
3. Toastmasters蒺general approach to training can be summarized as
notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap 鄄fill鄄
ing task after the mini鄄lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes,
the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.
TEXT A
We had been wanting to expand our children蒺s horizons by taking them to a place that was unlike anything
Friendly warnings didn蒺t change our planning, although we might have more prudently checked with the U.S.
State Department蒺s list of troublespots. We didn蒺t see a lot of children among the foreign visitors during our
C. Increased dryness.
D. Violent storm patterns.
7. The news item implies that
in the last report.
A. there were fewer studies done
B. there were fewer policy proposals
follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to
A. practice plus overall training.
B. practice plus lectures.
C. practice plus voice training.
D. practice plus speech writing.
4. Toastmasters aims to train people to be all the following EXCEPT
six鄄day stay in Istanbul, but we found the tourist areas quite safe, very interesting and varied enough even to
We envisioned the trip as a prelude to more exotic ones, perhaps to New Delhi or Bangkok later this year,
but thought our 11鄄and 13鄄year鄄olds needed a first step away from manicured boulevards and pristine monu 鄄
C. there was less agreement
D. there were fewer objectives
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Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20
C. the requirements of public speaking.
D. the overall personal growth.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that
D. bad weather.
9. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. The accident occurred on a bridge.
B. The accident occurred in New Delhi.
C. There were about 600 casualties.
answer each of the following five questions.
Now listen to the interview.
1. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. Toastmasters was originally set up to train speaking skills.
2. The following are job benefits by joining Toastmasters EXCEPT
A. becoming familiar with various means of communication.
B. learning how to deliver messages in an organized way.
ments.
What we didn蒺t foresee was the reaction of friends, who warned that we were putting our children 野in dan鄄
ger,冶 referring vaguely, and most incorrectly, to disease, terrorism or just the unknown. To help us get acquaint 鄄
and another ten minutes to complete the gap鄄filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for
note鄄taking.
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In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that
follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.
Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20