2013年英语专业八级考试听力真题

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英语专业八级考试试题

英语专业八级考试试题Listening ComprehensionSection A: News Report(选择的五条新闻来自不同的播报员，请根据提供的中文大纲判断是哪个播报员的报道。

)1.(关于近期某个城市的洪水灾害) "由于连续多日的暴雨，城市部分地区发生严重洪水灾害，居民的生活受到了严重影响。

" (由一个具有浓重美国口音的女播报员报道)2.(关于一部备受瞩目的电影获得票房成功) "《XYZ》这部备受期待的科幻电影在全球上映后获得了巨大成功，票房收入已经超过了预期。

" (由一个具有英国口音的男播报员报道)3.(关于全球气候变化的讨论) "在最近的联合国气候变化大会上，各国代表就如何应对气候变化进行了深入讨论。

" (由一个具有澳大利亚口音的女播报员报道)4.(关于一位著名运动员的退役声明) "在接受采访时，该著名运动员表示他计划在未来的比赛中退役，他感谢粉丝们一直以来的支持。

" (由一个具有加拿大口音的男播报员报道)5.(关于某个国家决定从另一个国家撤军) "在经过多日的谈判后，某大国决定从争议地区撤军，以缓和与该地区的紧张局势。

" (由一个具有南非口音的女播报员报道)Section B: Conversations(请根据对话内容判断主题和涉及人物之间的关系。

)1.主题：预订酒店房间人物关系：客户与酒店前台服务员2.主题：求职面试人物关系：面试官与应聘者3.主题：购买家具人物关系：客户与家具店销售员4.主题：讨论旅游计划人物关系：朋友之间5.主题：讨论电影剧情人物关系：夫妻之间。

2013专八真题及各种答案

What Do Active Learners Do?There are difference between active learning and passive learning.Characteristics of active learners:I. reading with purposesA. before reading: setting goalsB. while reading: (1) ________II. (2) ______ and critical in thinkingi.e. information processing, e.g.-- connections between the known and the new information-- identification of (3) ______ concepts-- judgment on the value of (4) _____.III. active in listeningA.ways of note-taking: (5) _______.B.before note-taking: listening and thinkingIV. being able to get assistanceA.reason 1: knowing comprehension problems because of (6) ______.B.Reason 2: being able to predict study difficultiesV. being able to question informationA. question what they read or hearB. evaluate and (7) ______.VI. Last characteristicA. attitude toward responsibility-- active learners: accept-- passive learners: (8) _______B. attitude toward (9) ______-- active learners: evaluate and change behaviour-- passive learners: no change in approachRelationship between skill and will: will is more important in (10) ______.Lack of will leads to difficulty in college learning.1．According to the interviewer, which of the following best indicates the relationship between choice and mobility?A．Better educatio n →greater mobility →more choices．B．Better education →more choices →greater mobility．C．Greater mobility →better education →more choices．D．Greater mobility →more choices →better education．2．According to the interview，which of the following details about the first poll is INCORRECT?A．Shorter work hours was least chosen for being most important．B．Chances for advancement might have been favoured by young people．C．High income failed to come on top for being most important．D．Job security came second according to the poll results．3．According to the interviewee，which is the main difference between the first and the second poll?A．The type of respondents who were invited．B．The way in which the questions were designed．C．The content area of the questions．D．The number of poll questions．4．What can we learn from the respondents’answers to items 2，4 and 7 in the second poll?A．Recognition from colleagues should be given less importance．B．Workers are always willing and ready to learn more new skills．C．Psychological reward is more important than material one．D．Work will have to be made interesting to raise efficiency．5．According to the interviewee，which of the following can offer both psychological and monetary benefits?A．Contact with many people．B．Chances for advancement．C．Appreciation from coworkers．D．Chances to learn new skills 6．According to the news item，“sleep boxes”are designed to solve the problems of A．airports．B．passengers．C．architects．D．companies．7．Which of the following is NOT true with reference to the news?A．Sleep boxes can be rented for different lengths of time．B．Renters of normal height can stand up inside．C．Bedding can be automatically changed．D．Renters can take a shower inside the box．8．What is the news item mainly about?A．London’S preparations for the Notting Hill Carnival．B．Main features of the Notting Hill Carnival．C．Police's preventive measures for the carnival．D．Police participation in the carnival．9．The news item reports on a research finding aboutA．the Dutch famine and the Dutch women．B．early malnutrition and heart health．C．the causes of death during the famine．D．nutrition in childhood and adolescence．10．When did the research team carry out the study?A．At the end of World War II．B．Between 1944 and 1945．C．In the 1950s．D．In 2007．TEXT AThree hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or 1etter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters．“The coffee houses particularly are．very roomy for a free conversation，and for reading at an easier rate all manner of printed news，”noted one observer．Everything changed in 1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, TheNew York Sun，pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news，thus giving advertisers access to a wider audience．The penny press，followed by radio and television，turned news from a two-way conversation into a one—way broadcast，with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media．Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house．The internet is making news more participatory，social and diverse，reviving the discursive characteristics of" the era before the mass media．That will have profound effects on society and politics．In much of the world．the mass media are flourishing．Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2005 and 2009．But those global figures mask a sharp decline in readership in rich countries．Over the past decade，throughout the Western world，people have been giving up newspapers and TV news and keeping up with events in profoundly different ways．Most strikingly, ordinary people are increasingly involved in compiling，sharing，filtering，discussing and distributing news．Twitter lets people anywhere report what they are seeing．Classified documents are published in their thousands online．Mobile·phone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social-networking sites and shown on television newscasts．Social-networking sites help people find，discuss and share news with their friends．And it is not just readers who are challenging the media elite．Technology firms including Google，Facebook and Twitter have become important conduits of news．Celebrities and world leaders publish updates directly via social networks；many countries now make raw data available through“open government”initiatives．The internet lets people read newspapers or watch television channels from around the world．The web has allowed new providers of news，from individual bloggers to sites，to rise to prominence in a very short space of time．And it has made possible entirely new approaches to journalism，such as that practiced by WikiLeaks，which provides an anonymous way for whistleblowers to publish documents．The news agenda is no longer controlled by a few press barons and state outlets．In principle，every liberal should celebrate this．A more participatory and social news environment，with a remarkable diversity and range of news sources，is a good thing．The transformation of the news business is unstoppable，and attempts to reverse it are doomed to failure．As producers of new journalism，individuals can be scrupulous with facts and transparent with their sources．As consumers，they can be general in their tastes and demanding in their standards．And although this transformation does raise concerns，there is much to celebrate in the noisy, diverse，vociferous，argumentative and stridently alive environment of the news businessin the ages of the internet．The coffee house is back．Enjoy it．11．According to the passage，what initiated the transformation of coffee-house news to mass-media news?A．The emergence of big mass media firms．B．The popularity of radio and television．C．The appearance of advertising in newspapers．D．The increasing number of newspaper readers．12．Which of the following statements best supports“Now, the Hews industry isreturning to something closer to the coffee house”?A Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6％between 2005 and 2009．B．People in the Western world are giving up newspapers and TV news．C．Classified documents are published in their thousands online．D．More people are involved in finding，discussing and distributing news．13．According to the passage，which is NOT a role played by information technology? A．Challenging the traditional media．B．Planning the return to coffee-house news．C．Providing people with access to classified files．D．Giving ordinary people the chance to provide news．14．The author’S tone in the last paragraph towards new journalism is A．optimistic and cautious．B．supportive and skeptical．C．doubtful and reserved．D．ambiguous and cautious．15．In“The coffee house is back”，coffee house best symbolizesA．the changing characteristics of news audience．B．the more diversified means of news distribution．C．the participatory nature of news．D. the more varied sources of news．TEXT BParis is like pornography．You respond even if you don’t want to．You turn a corner and seea vista，and your imagination bolts away。

英语专业8级考试满分听力答（5-13）

英语专业8级考试满分听力答（5-13）英语专业8级考试满分听力答案(Unit 5-13)Test FiveSection One Mini-lecture(1) heroic deeds (2) clay tablets (3) hero (4 ) music (5) rhythm and rhyme (6) Greek tragedies (7) fixed forms (8) imagination (9) scene (10)vary/differ Section Two Interview1.C2. D3.B4. B5.BSection Three News Broadcast6.D7. B8.D9.B 10. CTest SixSection One Mini-lecture(1) written information (2) writing techniques (3) different reading tasks (4 ) exact understanding (5) general understanding (6) independent (7) decoding (8) refining (9) main idea (10) key wordsSection Two Interview1.A2. A3.D 4 C. 5. BSection Three News Broadcast6. B8.D9.C 10. BTest SevenSection One Mini-lecture(1) lexical items (2) Anglo-Saxon (3) small (4 ) loan words (5) before (6) Latin (7) French (8) Greek (9) direct adoption (10) technicalSection Two Interview1.C2. A3.C4. B5.ASection Three News Broadcast6. B7. C8.A 9 .C 10. ATest EightSection One Mini-lecture(1)variations (2)negotiate (3)underlying (4 ) retrieval (5) recognize/distinguish (6) efficacy (7) attitude (8) Anthropological (9) range (10) processed Section Two Interview1.B2. C3.D4. B5.CSection Three News Broadcast6.C8.A9.A 10. DTest NineSection One Mini-lecture(1) Gold Rush (2) Laundry (3)fishermen (4 ) 1860s (5) first transcontinental railroad (6) descendants (7) strong (8) responsibility (9) education (10) acceptance/recognition Section Two Interview1.C2. A3.B4. D5.CSection Three News Broadcast6.C7. A8.C9.C 10. BTest TenSection One Mini-lecture(1) French (2) the Renaissance (3) borrowed (4 ) American(5)origins(6) the same thing (7) abstraction (8) relationships (9) formality (10) clear and accurateSection Two Interview1. B2. A3.C4.DSection Three News Broadcast6. B7. A8. D9. C 10. CTest ElevenSection One Mini-lecture(1) sound (2) imitation (3) secondary (4 ) heavy fall (5) Semantic (6) metaphor(7) substitution (8) steps/procedures (9) distinguish (10) meaningSection Two Interview1.B2. D3. B4. C5.ASection Three News Broadcast6.A7.D8.A9. B 10.CTest TwelveSection One Mini-lecture(1) Extended (2) advance/promote (3) less (4 ) working outside (5) Equality (6) parents (7) responsible (8) the same person (9) emotional support(10) potentialSection Two Interview2. B3. A4. D5.ASection Three News Broadcast6. B7. C8.C9. B 10. ATest ThirhteenSection One Mini-lecture(1) speculations (2) statistics (3) up-to-date/new (4) make reading entertaining/funny/interesting (5) too limited/too narrow/too insufficient (6) easy to approach/ easy to understand(7) readers/everybody (8) factual evidence (9) representative (10) accurate Section Two Interview1.C 2A . 3. B 4.A 5.DSection Three News Broadcast6. C7. A8.A9. A 10. C。

2013年英语专八考试真题及答案

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2013)GRADE EIGHTTIME LIMIT：195 MINPART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture ． You will hear the lecture ONCE ONL Y. While listening, take notes on the important points ． Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture ． When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE, using no more than three words in each gap ．Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are)both grammatically and semantically acceptable ． You may refer to your notes while completing the task ． Use the blank sheet for note-taking ．Now, listen to the mini-lecture ．There are difference between active learning and passive learning.Characteristics of active learners:I. reading with purposesA. before reading: setting goalsB. while reading: (1) ________II.(2) ______ and critical in thinkingi.e. information processing, e.g.-- connections between the known and the new information-- identification of (3) ______ concepts-- judgment on the value of (4) _____.III. active in listeningA.ways of note-taking: (5) _______.B.before note-taking: listening andthinking IV. being able to get assistanceA.reason 1: knowing comprehension problems because of (6) ______.B.Reason 2: being able to predict study difficulties--active learners: accept--passive learners: (8) _______B. attitude toward (9) ______--active learners: evaluate and change behaviour--passive learners: no change in approachRelationship between skill and will: will is more important in (10) ______.Lack of will leads to difficulty in college learning.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY . Listen carefully and then answer thequestions that follow ．Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEETTWO ． 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． According to the interviewer, which of the following best indicates the relationshipbetween choice and mobility?A ． Better education→ greater mobility → more choices．B ． Better education→ more choices → greater mobility ．C． Greater mobility→ better education → more choices．D ．Greater mobility→ more choices → better education．2．According to the interview ，which of the following details about the first poll is INCORRECT?A ． Shorter work hours was least chosen for being most important ．B ． Chances for advancement might have been favoured by young people ．C． High income failed to come on top for being most important．D ．Job security came second according to the poll results ．3． According to the interviewee ， which is the main difference between the first and the second poll?A ． The type of respondents who were invited ．B ． The way in which the questions were designed ．C． The content area of the questions．D ． The number of poll questions ．4． What can we learn from the respondents ’ answers to items 2， 4 and 7 in the second poll?A ． Recognition from colleagues should be given less importance ．B ． Workers are always willing and ready to learn more new skills．C．Psychological reward is more important than material one ．D ． Work will have to be made interesting to raise efficiency．5． According to the interviewee ， which of the following can offer both psychological and monetary benefits?A ． Contact with many people ．B ． Chances for advancement．C． Appreciation from coworkers ． D ． Chances to learn new skillsSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY ． Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow ．Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEETTWO ． Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news, At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions． Now listen to the news ．6． According to the news item ，“ sleep boxes” are designed to solve the problems ofA ． airports ．B． passengers．C． architects． D ．companies．7． Which of the following is NOT true with reference to the news?A ． Sleep boxes can be rented for different lengths of time ．B ． Renters of normal height can stand up inside ．C． Bedding can be automatically changed ．D ． Renters can take a shower inside the box．Question 8 is based on the following news．At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question．Now listen to the news ．8． What is the news item mainly about?A ． London ’S preparations for the Notting Hill Carnival．B ． Main features of the Notting Hill Carnival．C．Police's preventive measures for the carnival ．D ．Police participation in the carnival ．Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news ． At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions．Now listen to the news ．9． The news item reports on a research finding aboutA ． the Dutch famine and the Dutch women ．B ． early malnutrition and heart health ．C． the causes of death during the famine．D ． nutrition in childhood and adolescence ．10． When did the research team carry out the study?A ．At the end of World War II ．B ． Between 1944 and 1945．C． In the 1950s．D ． In 2007 ．PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEETTWO ． TEXT AThree hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or 1etter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters．“ The coffee houses particularly are． very roomy for a free conversation ， and for reading at an easier rate all manner of printed news，”noted one observer．Everything changed in 1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, The New York Sun，pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news， thus giving advertisers access to a wider audience．The penny press，followed by radio and television ，turned news from a two-way conversation into a one — way broadcast， with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media ．Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house．The internet is making news more participatory ，social and diverse，reviving the discursive characteristics of" the era before the mass media．That will have profound effects on society and politics．In much of the world ．the mass media are flourishing ．Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2005 and 2009． But those global figures mask a sharp decline in readership in rich countries ．Over the past decade，throughout the Western world ，people have been giving up newspapers and TV news and keeping up with events in profoundly different ways ． Most strikingly, ordinary people are increasingly involved in compiling ， sharing，filtering ， discussing and distributing news． Twitter lets people anywhere report what they are seeing． Classified documents are published in their thousands online ．Mobile · phone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social-networking sites and shown on television newscasts．Social-networking sites help people find， discuss and share news with their friends ．And it is not just readers who are challenging the media elite． Technology firms including Google ， Facebook and Twitter have become important conduits of news． Celebrities and world leaders publish updates directly via social networks ；many countries now make raw data available through “ open government” initiatives ． The internet lets people read newspapers or watchtelevision channels from around the world． The web has allowed new providers of news ， from individual bloggers to sites ， to rise to prominence in a very short space of time． And it has made possible entirely new approaches to journalism ， such as that practiced by WikiLeaks ，which provides an anonymous way for whistleblowers to publish documents． The news agenda is no longer controlled by a few press barons and state outlets ．In principle ， every liberal should celebrate this． A more participatory and social news environment ， with a remarkable diversity and range of news sources， is a good thing ． The transformation of the news business is unstoppable， and attempts to reverse it are doomed to failure ．As producers of new journalism ，individuals can be scrupulous with facts and transparent with their sources． As consumers， they can be general in their tastes and demanding in their standards．And although this transformation does raise concerns ，there is much to celebrate in the noisy, diverse， vociferous ， argumentative and stridently alive environment of the news business in the ages of the internet ． The coffee house is back． Enjoy it ．11． According to the passage， what initiated the transformation of coffee-house news to mass-media news?A ． The emergence of big mass media firms ．B ． The popularity of radio and television ．C． The appearance of advertising in newspapers ．D ． The increasing number of newspaper readers．12． Which of the following statements best supports“ Now, the Hews industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house”?A Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6 ％ between 2005 and 2009．B ．People in the Western world are giving up newspapers and TV news ．C． Classified documents are published in their thousands online ．D ． More people are involved in finding，discussing and distributing news．13． According to the passage， which is NOT a role played by information technology?A ． Challenging the traditional media ．B ．Planning the return to coffee-house news ．C．Providing people with access to classified files ．D ．Giving ordinary people the chance to provide news ．14． The author’ S tone in the last paragraph towards new journalism isA ． optimistic and cautious ．B． supportive and skeptical ．C． doubtful and reserved ．D． ambiguous and cautious．15． In“ The coffee house is back”， coffee house bestsymbolizes A ． the changing characteristics of news audience ．B ． the more diversified means of news distribution ．C． the participatory nature of news ．D. the more varied sources of news ．TEXT BParis is like pornography ．You respond even if you don ’t want to ．You turn a corner and see a vista，and your imagination bolts away 。

2013英语专八真题参考答案解析(整理自网络)

2013英语专八真题参考答案解析(整理自网络)阅读理解11.the appearance of advertisement in newspaper.12.more people are involved in finding, discussing and distributing news13.planning the return to coffee-house news.14.optimistic and cautious15.the participator nature of news.阅读理解第二篇16. regret17. more resturants to choose from18. can be happy if they want19. its implications for life20. thoughtfulness阅读理解第三篇21. Geographic location22. the government’s determination23. denmark’s energy-saving success offers the world a useful model24. the country’s previous experience of oil shortage25. energy saving cannot go together with economic growth.阅读第四篇26. shops try all kinds of means to please customers27. over-friendly28. customers have got a sense of superiority29. keep asking for more discounts30. the practice of frugality is of great importance人文知识31. 澳大利亚的全称是：the commonwealth of Austrilia32. 加拿大以什么著称，除了什么以外（矿产、森林、肥沃的土地）。

2013~2014年英语专业八级真题及详解【圣才出品】

2013年英语专业八级真题及详解TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2013)-GRADE EIGHT-TIME LIMIT: 150 MIN PART ⅠLISTENING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn 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) 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.Now listen to the mini-lecture. When it is over, you will be given THREE minutes to check your work.What Do Active Learners Do?There are differences between active learning and passive learning.Characteristics of active learners:I. reading with (1) _____ (1) _____A. before reading: setting goalsB. while reading: (2) _____ (2) _____ II. (3) _____ and critical in thinking (3) _____i.e. information processing, e. g.—connections between the known and the new information—identification of (4) ______ concepts (4) _____—judgment on the value of (5) _____ (5) _____ III. active in listeningA. ways of note-taking: (6) _____ (6) _____B. before note-taking: listening and (7) _____ (7) _____ IV. being able to get assistanceA. reason 1: knowing comprehension problems because of (8) _____ (8) _____B. reason 2: being able to predict study difficultiesV. being able to (9) _____ (9) _____A. question what they read or hearB. evaluate and (10) _____ (10) _____ VI. last characteristicA. attitude toward (11) _____ (11) _____—active learners: accept—passive learners: (12) _____ (12) _____B. attitude toward (13) _____ (13) _____—active learners: evaluate and change behavior—passive learners: no change in approachRelationship between skill and will:I. Skill means the tools to handle the studying and learning demands;II. Will means the (14) _____ to follow through; (14) _____ III. Will is more important in (15) _____; (15) _____ IV. Lack of will leads to difficulty in college learning.【答案与解析】(1) purpose(细节题。

2013专八真题及各种答案

免费2013专八真题及答案TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2013)GRADE EIGHTTIME LIMIT：195 MINPART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture．You will hear the lecture ONCE ONL Y. While listening, take notes on the important points．Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture．When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE, using no more than three words in each gap．Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are)both grammatically and semantically acceptable．You may refer to your notes while completing the task．Use the blank sheet for note-taking．Now, listen to the mini-lecture．What Do Active Learners Do?There are difference between active learning and passive learning.Characteristics of active learners:I. reading with purposesA. before reading: setting goalsB. while reading: (1) ________II. (2) ______ and critical in thinkingi.e. information processing, e.g.-- connections between the known and the new information-- identification of (3) ______ concepts-- judgment on the value of (4) _____.III. active in listeningA.ways of note-taking: (5) _______.B.before note-taking: listening and thinkingIV. being able to get assistanceA.reason 1: knowing comprehension problems because of (6) ______.B.Reason 2: being able to predict study difficultiesV. being able to question informationA. question what they read or hearB. evaluate and (7) ______.VI. Last characteristicA. attitude toward responsibility-- active learners: accept-- passive learners: (8) _______B. attitude toward (9) ______-- active learners: evaluate and change behaviour-- passive learners: no change in approachRelationship between skill and will: will is more important in (10) ______.Lack of will leads to difficulty in college learning.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．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．According to the interviewer, which of the following best indicates the relationship between choice and mobility?A．Better educatio n →greater mobility →more choices．B．Better education →more choices →greater mobility．C．Greater mobility →better education →more choices．D．Greater mobility →more choices →better education．2．According to the interview，which of the following details about the first poll is INCORRECT? 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A．Recognition from colleagues should be given less importance．B．Workers are always willing and ready to learn more new skills．C．Psychological reward is more important than material one．D．Work will have to be made interesting to raise efficiency．5．According to the interviewee，which of the following can offer both psychological and monetary benefits?A．Contact with many people．B．Chances for advancement．C．Appreciation from coworkers．D．Chances to learn new skillsSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY．Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news, At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions．Now listen to the news．6．According to the news item，“sleep boxes”are designed to solve the problems of A．airports．B．passengers．C．architects．D．companies．7．Which of the following is NOT true with reference to the news?A．Sleep boxes can be rented for different lengths of time．B．Renters of normal height can stand up inside．C．Bedding can be automatically changed．D．Renters can take a shower inside the box．Question 8 is based on the following news．At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question．Now listen to the news．8．What is the news item mainly about?A．London’S preparations for the Notting Hill Carnival．B．Main features of the Notting Hill Carnival．C．Police's preventive measures for the carnival．D．Police participation in the carnival．Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news．At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions．Now listen to the news．9．The news item reports on a research finding aboutA．the Dutch famine and the Dutch women．B．early malnutrition and heart health．C．the causes of death during the famine．D．nutrition in childhood and adolescence．10．When did the research team carry out the study?A．At the end of World War II．B．Between 1944 and 1945．C．In the 1950s．D．In 2007．PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．TEXT AThree hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or 1etter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters．“The coffee houses particularly are．very roomy for a free conversation，and for reading at an easier rate all manner of printed news，”noted one observer．Everything changed in 1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, The New York Sun，pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news，thus giving advertisers access to a wider audience．The penny press，followed by radio and television，turned news from a two-way conversation into a one—way broadcast，with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media．Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house．The internet is making news more participatory，social and diverse，reviving the discursive characteristics of" the era before the mass media．That will have profound effects on society and politics．In much of the world．the mass media are flourishing．Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2005 and 2009．But those global figures mask a sharp decline in readership in rich countries．Over the past decade，throughout the Western world，people have been giving up newspapers and TV news and keeping up with events in profoundly different ways．Most strikingly, ordinary people are increasingly involved in compiling，sharing，filtering，discussing and distributing news．Twitter lets people anywhere report what they are seeing．Classified documents are published in their thousands online．Mobile·phone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social-networking sites and shown on television newscasts．Social-networking sites help people find，discuss and share news with their friends．And it is not just readers who are challenging the media elite．Technology firms including Google，Facebook and Twitter have become important conduits of news．Celebrities and world leaders publish updates directly via social networks；many countries now make raw data availablethrough“open government”initiatives．The internet lets people read newspapers or watch television channels from around the world．The web has allowed new providers of news，from individual bloggers to sites，to rise to prominence in a very short space of time．And it has made possible entirely new approaches to journalism，such as that practiced by WikiLeaks，which provides an anonymous way for whistleblowers to publish documents．The news agenda is no longer controlled by a few press barons and state outlets．In principle，every liberal should celebrate this．A more participatory and social news environment，with a remarkable diversity and range of news sources，is a good thing．The transformation of the news business is unstoppable，and attempts to reverse it are doomed to failure．As producers of new journalism，individuals can be scrupulous with facts and transparent with their sources．As consumers，they can be general in their tastes and demanding in their standards．And although this transformation does raise concerns，there is much to celebrate in the noisy, diverse，vociferous，argumentative and stridently alive environment of the news business in the ages of the internet．The coffee house is back．Enjoy it．11．According to the passage，what initiated the transformation of coffee-house news to mass-media news?A．The emergence of big mass media firms．B．The popularity of radio and television．C．The appearance of advertising in newspapers．D．The increasing number of newspaper readers．12．Which of the following statements best supports“Now, the Hews industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house”?A Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6％between 2005 and 2009．B．People in the Western world are giving up newspapers and TV news．C．Classified documents are published in their thousands online．D．More people are involved in finding，discussing and distributing news．13．According to the passage，which is NOT a role played by information technology? A．Challenging the traditional media．B．Planning the return to coffee-house news．C．Providing people with access to classified files．D．Giving ordinary people the chance to provide news．14．The author’S tone in the last paragraph towards new journalism isA．optimistic and cautious．B．supportive and skeptical．C．doubtful and reserved．D．ambiguous and cautious．15．In“The coffee house is back”，coffee house best symbolizesA．the changing characteristics of news audience．B．the more diversified means of news distribution．C．the participatory nature of news．D. the more varied sources of news．TEXT BParis is like pornography．You respond even if you don’t want to．You turn a corner and see a vista，and your imagination bolts away。

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By skill, I mean the tools to handle the studying and learning demands placed on you,like how to read with purpose, when and where to get assistance if you are having difficulty. Bywill, I mean the desire and motivation to follow through. Here I'd like to emphasize that skill isnothing without will. For example, you may have a friend who is knowledgeable, but notmotivated in the classroom, even though he reads widely and can intelligently discuss a varietyof issues, he does little school work and rarely studies. In other words, students, such asthese, may have the skills to do well, but for some reason, they simply do not have the will. Andbecause skill and will go hand in hand, unmotivated students, those who do not have the will,may experience difficulty in college.OK, today we discuss the differences between an active learner and a passive one, andsome useful study strategies that may eventually help you become an active learner.SECTION B INTERVIEWInterviewer: Good morning, Mr. West. Nice to have you on ore" program.Interviewee: Good morning.Interviewer: OK. We all work or very few people can get away withnot working. Work is a factof life when we're adults. But before, there wasn't a lot of choice in the selection of work. Nowthings are different.With greater mobility, the mobility that is offered when people havegreater opportunities for higher education or training, more and more people are able to choosethe fields that interest them . They can and do have opinions about what makes one job forthem better than another job. So, Mr. West, what do people actuallywant from their jobs?What are workers' opinions, you know, about what makes one job better than another?Interviewee: Well, to answer your questions, I'd like to look at two polls, two surveys. Theywere both done in the 1990s. The purposes were to find out what issues or jobcharacteristics were especially important to workers.Interviewer: Umm. What were they?Interviewee: Some of you might guess that the answer is obvious.Interviewer: I think so.Interviewee: You might say "oh people just want higher salaries,more money." But let's see ifthat's true.Interviewer: OK.Interviewee: Now, the first poll. The first poll was taken in 1990, and this poll askedrespondents to choose what was the most important to them among five items. And they wereonly allowed to choose one out of the five items.Interviewer: So what were the five items?Interviewee: Alright. The first item was important and meaningful work. The second was highincome. The third was chances for advancement, promotion and so on. The fourth item wasjob security, and the fifth was shorter work hours, OK?Interviewer: It would be interesting to know the survey results.Interviewee: Yes, now let me tell you the results. 50% considered important and meaningfulwork the most important characteristic of a job. They didn't choose high income. Interesting.Anyway, 24% did say high income was the most important characteristic of a job. Of theremaining, 16% said chances for advancement was most important. Maybe these were youngerworkers, starting out on a career. 6% said job security and fmally4% said shorter work hourswas most important.Interviewer: I think what's striking about the results is that by far workers valued importantand meaningful work as more important than any of the other characteristics, that includedsalary.Interviewee: Yeah. Now I'm going to tell you about another poll, and this poll was taken ayear later in 1991, and it asked the respondents to reflect on how important certain jobcharacteristics were in their work.And this is a different type of poll because whereas in thefirst poll, respon- dents had to choose only one out of five, in this poll they wanted theirrespondents to react to each item separately. You know, this is to rank each item as "notimportant", "somewhat important", "important" or "very important". So they have four choicesfor each item.Interviewer: Sorry to interrupt you. How many items altogether?Interviewee: Oh, the poll had 16 items. Let me give you a few examples.Interviewer: OK.Interviewee: The second item they asked about is interesting work. They asked howimportant is interesting work to you. And again, I'm just going to tell you about how manypeople said it was very important. In this case, 78% of the respondents ranked this as veryimportant to them.Interviewer: 78%?Interviewee: Yes, 78%. This is a key point, I think. One often sees people working for a lotless if they enjoy their work.Interviewer: That's true.Interviewee: The fourth item they asked about was opportunity to learn new skills. Howimportant is that to you? 68% ranked this as very important. And I think that goes again to theidea of interest level, personal satisfaction, and the idea that people want their work to bemeaningful.Interviewer: Definitely.Interviewee: Another item, item NO. 7, recognition from coworkers.. 62% of therespondents said that this was very important. It was important for them to be recognized, tobe respected, and acknowl- edged for the work they've done. And I see recognition as apsychological benefit. There's no monetary reward necessarily attached to it, althoughsometimes they could be. But more people are looking for the psychological reward in termsof appreciation.Interviewer: It seems to me that people value psychological reward a lot more than money.Interviewee: That's right. At least the poll result seemed to say so. Now, let's take a look atanother item, NO. 14.Interviewer: OK!Interviewee: NO. 14 was chances for promotion. 53% said that this was very important tothem. It was im portant to them to have opportunities for advancement, chances forpromotion. And I think this goes along with high income and recognition. That's both apsychological reward, promo tion, as well as a monetary reward.Interviewer: Umm.Interviewee: 15 is contact with a lot of people. Some people arevery people-oriented, and52% said that this was very important to them.Interviewer: So we can see workers do have a lot of things that are very huportant to them.Interviewee: Yes, but you can also see the variation in numbers. But a note of caution here.These are av erages, and polls talk about averages. But still I think it is important for employersto become more aware of polls like these because it might allow them to keep their workerssatisfied in ways that maybe they haven't thought of before.Interviewer: Yeah, OK. Thank you very much Mr. West for talking to us on the program.Interviewee: Pleasure.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTNews 1:A Moscow company is now marketing "Sleepboxes"-freestanding, mobile boxes with beds insidefor travelers stranded overnight, or those in need of a quick snooze . The Sleepboxes aremeant to be installed in airports and rented for 30 minutes to several hours at a time . ASleepbox is currently installed at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow. "We travela lot and many times we faced a problem of rest and privacy in airports," saysco-designerMikhail Krymov of design firm Arch Group, who together with Alexei Goryainov came up with theidea of Sleepbox. "And as we are architects, we like to think of solutions." Measuring 1.4 meterswide, two meters in length and 2.3 meters in height, Sleepboxes star feature is a two-meter-long bed made of polymer foam and pulp tissue that changes bed linen automat- ically. It 'alsocomes with luggage space, a ventilation system, WiFi, electric sockets and an LCD TV.News 2:Police in London are lining up a huge police operation for the Notting Hill Carnival in the wake ofthe rioting and looting that hit the city earlier this month. More than a million people areexpected to head to west London over the course of the colorful two-day event, which featuresmusic, parades, dancing and stalls serving up Caribbean favorites like jerk chicken and rice andpeas. Some 5,500 officers will be on duty at the carnival on Sunday and 6,500 on Monday-apublic holiday in Britain-with 4,000 additional officers deployed elsewhere across the city ontop of usual police numbers, London's Metropolitan Police said. Commander Steve Rodhousesaid creating a safe environment at the carnival is "a top priority" for the police force.News 3:Growing up starved of calories may give you a higher risk of heart disease 50 years on,research suggests. Researchers in the Netherlands tracked the heart health of Dutch womenwho lived through the famine at the end of World War II. Those living on rations of 400-800calories a day had a 27% higher risk of heart disease in later life. It's the first direct evidencethat early nutrition shapes future health, they report in the European Heart Journal. The Dutchfamine of 1944-45 gave researchers in Hol- land a unique opportunity to study the long-term effects of severe malnutrition in childhood and adolescence. A combination of factors-including failed crops, a harsh winter and tlie war-caused thousands of deaths among peopleliving in the west of the Netherlands.The women, who were aged between 10 and 17 at thetime, werefollowed up in 2007.The team found those who were severely affected by thefamine had a 27% greater risk of developing heart disease than those who had enough to eat.。

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(5分) ( ) 11. Where did the woman go? A. She went to the restaurant. B. She went to the hospital. C. She went to the bookshop. ( ) 12. Which country are they probably in? A. China. B. Canada. C. America. ( ) 13. How will the man go to the factory? A. On foot. B. By taxi. C. By bus. ( ) 14. How long will they stay in New York? A. A week. B. Two days. C. One day. ( ) 15. What mustn’t he do? A. Watch TV. B. Play computer games. C. Do some cleaning. 四、语篇理解听短文，根据短文内容选择正确的答案。

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以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的英语专业八级考试听力试题，希望能给大家带来帮助，SECTION A STATEMENTIn this section you will hear nine statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.1. Who is the speaker?A. An insurance agent.B. A fireman.C. A safeguard.D. A politician.2. What can we infer about Susan?A. She dresses fashionably as she spends plenty of money on them.B. She looks fashionable though she doesn’t spend much on dresses.C. She doesn’t spend much money on her dresses.D. She often spends too much money on her dresses.3. What does the statement mean?A. The room was too dry.B. The room was not dry enough.C. The paint was wet.D. The paint was too dry.4. We learn from the statement thatA. Lucy is very interested in video games.B. Lucy shows no interest in video games.C. Lucy often plays video games if she is free.D. Lucy plays better than her friends.5. What can we learn about Andrew?A. His petrol is used up.B. He just got his car filled.C. His car had a little petrol left when reaching the garage.D. He had a car accident.6. The speaker suggests thatA. appearances are not important.B. appearances are everything.C. lothes make the men.D. we should never trust appearances.7. What does the speaker say about Thurber?A. He is a great writer.B. His blind eye prevented him from writing good novels.C. His success depended on his childhood experience.D. He worked so hard in writing as to lose one of his eyes.8. What does the speaker imply?A. I knew the time of the concert from him.B. He didn’t tell me the time of the concert.C. He told me the time of the concert, but it was unnecessary.D. The concert began before I knew the time.9. The speaker suggests thatA. we should read every two lines carefully.B. we should find hidden and implied meanings.C. we should keep our eyes open for the book.D. we should get the meaning of every word.KEY TO LISTENING COMPREHENSION1.A2.C3.B4.B5.A6.D7.A8.C9.B 10.ASECTION A STATEMENT1. “我认为你们的保险单没有划定看待火灾造成的损失踪的保障。

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专业英语八级（听力）-试卷130(总分50, 做题时间90分钟)1. LISTENING COMPREHENSIONPART I LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to themini-lecture, **plete 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.Understanding DepressionI. Misunderstanding of depression—Mistakenly believe that **es from【T1】______【T1】______—【T2】______ the depressed person's low energy【T2】______— A wrong belief that the depressed attitude can be【T3】______【T3】______II. Causes of depression1. Genetics— depression runs in families2. Life events— e.g.【T4】______ of a close family member or friend can lead to depression【T4】______3. Family and social environment— it includes【T5】______ living situations such as poverty: homelessness:【T5】______and【T6】______ in the family, relationships, or community【T6】______4.【T7】______【T7】______— substance use and abuse have impacts on moodIII.【T8】______ of depression【T8】______1. Depressed mood2. Weight【T9】______【T9】______3. Sleep【T10】______【T10】______4. Feelings of guilt or【T11】______【T11】______5. Brain fog6. Thoughts of【T12】______【T12】______IV. Means to survive depression1.【T13】______【T13】______— help people understand depression and what they can do about it2. Medication—make sure to get the right dose3. A combination of both4. Suggestion for friends:— help the【T14】______ depressed person receive the right treatment【T14】______rather than cheer up them or【T15】______ with them【T15】______SSS_FILL1.【T1】SSS_FILL2.【T2】SSS_FILL3.SSS_FILL4.【T4】SSS_FILL5.【T5】SSS_FILL6.【T6】SSS_FILL7.【T7】SSS_FILL8.【T8】SSS_FILL9.【T9】SSS_FILL10.【T10】SSS_FILL11.【T11】SSS_FILL【T12】SSS_FILL13.【T13】SSS_FILL14.【T14】SSS_FILL15.【T15】SECTION B INTERVIEWIn 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, you 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.SSS_SINGLE_SEL16.A She doesn't know how to do with lottery e-mails.B She is overwhelmed by the amount of spam mail.C She dares not to click the inbox button any more.D She doesn't know how to check e-mails in a proper way.SSS_SINGLE_SEL17.A Be aware of whom you give your e-mail address.B Ask your friends and contacts to delete your emails.C Use different address for work email and home email.D Leave your e-mail address to someone you can trust.SSS_SINGLE_SEL18.A Because third parties will do harm to you.B Because your e-mail address will be sold.C Because illegal individuals are nowhere.D Because the internet is lack of supervision.SSS_SINGLE_SEL19.A Gather e-mail addresses **panies such as Yahoo and Hotmail.B Leave e-mail addresses on the message board for third parties.C Create a new e-mail account.D Search for e-mails addresses.SSS_SINGLE_SEL20.A They can be easily gathered by illegal software.B They are provided by Yahoo or Hotmail.C They are not worthy of signing up.D They can sell your information to third parties.SSS_SINGLE_SEL21.A Most people don't care about e-mail leakage.B It is impractical to create a new account for everyone.C It is unrealistic to fight back against the spammers.D Antispam tools are installed in users' accounts.SSS_SINGLE_SEL22.A It filters messages into categories.B It helps to separate junk mails.C It deletes all the incoming messages.D It lists all the potential threats.SSS_SINGLE_SEL23.A Blue font.B Return address.C Capitalization.D Obscene content.SSS_SINGLE_SEL24.A You are unaware of the dangers online.B You get a mail claims to be from a bank.C You are asked to give information about your account password.D You are asked to click on a link and visit an unfamiliar site.SSS_SINGLE_SEL25.A Strategies to deal with spam e-mails.B People's view on the Internet.C Phenomenon of phishing.D ISP technology.1。

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专业英语八级（听力）-试卷159(总分60,考试时间90分钟)1. LISTENING COMPREHENSIONPART I LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION B INTERVIEWIn 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 ONL Y. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you 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.【点此下载音频文件】1.A. Demanding.B. Attractive.C. Effortless.D. Unhealthy.2.A. It is good for spiritual well-being.B. It helps you relax psychologically.C. It can give you a pair of strong legs.D. It helps you get a more flexible body.3.A. Breathing.B. Postures.C. Meditation.D. Dieting.4.A. Because they follow the lead of famous people.B. Because they like to try something new.C. Because yoga can make friends through practicing yoga together.D. Because yoga is beneficial to their health.5.A. Stronger will.B. Flexible body.C. More relaxation.D. Better health.【点此下载音频文件】6.A. A super flexible body.B. A tremendously strong body.C. An independent personality with strong will power.D. A peaceful mind.7.A. Because we feel healthy enough.B. Because they are less important than making money.C. Because they cause no visible impact on our daily routine.D. Because we are feeling tired and have no time to exercise.8.A. It was caused by yoga exercise.B. Yoga helped alleviate it.C. It was caused by cardio exercise.D. Yoga helped exacerbate it.9.A. Because yoga provides stress relief.B. Because yoga is easy.C. Because yoga is fashionable.D. Because yoga is cool.10.A. They are good for all people.B. They are as good as yoga.C. They may not be suitable for old people.D. They help lose weight.【点此下载音频文件】11.A. Senior manager.B. Assistant manager.C. Senior engineer.D. Assistant engineer.12.A. Her ability to work in a team.B. Her working style.C. Her ambition.D. Her career plan.13.A. He/She should be an excellent team player.B. He/She should cooperate with assistant engineers as a team.C. He/She should treat male and female employees equally.D. He/She should be easygoing.14.A. She is rather bossy.B. She always has her own way.C. She is a born leader.D. She is not easy-going.15.A. Ambitious.B. Considerate.C. Generous.D. Sensitive.【点此下载音频文件】16.A. He made a typo in a document.B. He didn't audit the accounts properly.C. He forgot to submit the required data.D. He sent an e-mail to a wrong person.17.A. Adviser.B. Accountant.C. Supervisor.D. Investor.18.A. Dishonest.B. As good as Tracy's.C. Easy-going.D. Ambitious.19.A. He has enough money to live off for a whole year.B. He has enough money to live off for about 3 months.C. He does not make any savings at all.D. He deposits his savings at his parents'.20.A. Try to explain to his boss the truth.B. Move and live with Tracy's brother.C. Spend his savings on living.D. Quickly get another job.。

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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2013)-GRADE EIGHT-PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSection A Mini-lectureIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Y our notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE, using no more than three words in each gap. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. Y ou may refer to your notes while completing the task. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.Now, listen to the mini-lecture.What Do Active Learners Do?Good morning. Today, I’ll discuss what is active learning and, uh, what do active learners do? In order to define active learning, I’ll look at the differences between active learning and passive learning by examining six characteristics of active learners and contrasting them with those of passive learners.OK. Let’s start with the first characteristic. Active learners tend to read with the purpose of understanding and remembering. I’d bet that no one deliberately sits down to read with the purpose of not understanding the text. However, I’m sure that some of you have been in a situation, probably more than once, where you “read”, quote and unquote, an assignment, closed the text, and thought, “What the world was that about?” When you interact with a text in this manner you are reading passively. Active readers, on the other hand, set goals before they read and check their understanding as they read. When they finish, they can explain the main points and know that they have understood what they have read.Now, the second characteristic of active learners is to reflect on information and think critically. Being reflective is an important part of active learning, because it means that you are thinking about the information. In other words, you’re processing the information. For instance, you may make connections between the new information and what you already know, identify concepts you may not understand very well, or evaluate the importance of what you are reading. An active learner reflects constantly in this way. In contrast, passive learners may read the text and listen to lectures, and even understand most of what is read and heard, but they do not take that crucial next step of actually thinking about it.Let’s move onto the third one. The third characteristic is to listen actively by taking comprehensive notes in an organized way. Like what you should be doing now. We lecturers are always amazed at the number of students who engage in activities other than listening andnote-taking in their lecture classes. We’ve seen students reading newspapers, doing an assignment for another class, or chatting with a classmate. Perhaps the all-time winner for passive learning, however, was a student who regularly came to my class with a pillow and fell asleep. Unlike these students, active learners are engaged learners. They listen actively to the professor for the entire class period and they write down as much information as possible. To be an active note-taker, you must be more than simply present. You have to think about the information before you write.The fourth characteristic is to get assistance when they are experiencing problems. Because active learners are constantly monitoring their understanding, they know when their comprehension breaks down, and they ask for help before they become lost. In addition, active learners often predict the courses (or even particular concepts within courses) that may give them trouble. They have a plan in mind for getting assistance should they need it. Active learners may seek assistance from their professors or peers. Although passive learners may seek help at some point, it is often too little, too late. In addition, because passive learners do not reflect and think critically, they often don’t even realize that they need help.The next characteristic is to question information. This means that active learners raise questions on information that they read and hear, while passive learners accept both the printed page and the words of their professors as “truth.”Of course, active learners don’t question everything, but they do evaluate what they read and hear. When new information fails to “fit in”with what they already know, they may differ in the conclusions they draw or in the inferences they make.The last characteristic, which I think is the most fundamental one, is to accept much of the responsibility for learning. Active learners understand that the responsibility for learning must come from within, while passive learners often want to blame others for their lack of motivation, poor performance, time-management problems, and other difficulties that they might experience. When active learners don’t perform as well as they’d hoped, they evaluate why they didn’t do well, and change those studying behaviours the next time. Passive learners, on the other hand, often approach every course in the same manner and then get angry with professors when their performance is poor. It is only when students accept the responsibility for their own learning that they can truly be called active learners.So, from what I’ve said so far, you can see that being an active learner involves both skill and will. By skill, I mean the tools to handle the studying and learning demands placed on you, like how to read with purpose, when and where to get assistance if you are having difficulty. By will, I mean the desire and motivation to follow through. Here, I’d like to emphasize that skill is nothing without will. For example, you may have a friend who is knowledgeable but not motivated in the classroom. Even though he reads widely and can intelligently discuss a variety of issues, he does little school work and rarely studies. In other words, students such as these may have the skills to do well; but for some reason they simply do not have the will. And because skill and will go hand-in-hand, unmotivated students, those who do not have the will, may experience difficulty in college.OK. Today we’ve discussed the differences between an active learner and a passive one, and some useful study strategies that may eventually help you become an active learner.Now, you have 2 minutes to check your notes, and then please complete the gap-filling task on Answer Sheet One in ten minutes.This is the end of the gap-filling task.Sections B and C of Listening Comprehension are on side B. Please turn to side B.Section B InterviewIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.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.Interviewer (I): Good morning, Mr. West. Nice to have you on our programme.Mr. West (W): Good morning.I: OK. We all work or very few people can get away with not working. Work is a fact of life when we’re adults. But before, there wasn’t a lot of choice in the selection of work. Now, things are different. With greater mobility, the mobility that is offered when people have greater opportunities for higher education or training, more and more people are able to choose the fields that interest them. They can and do have opinions about what makes one job for them better than another job. So, Mr. West, what do people actually want from their jobs?What are workers’ opinions, you know, about what makes one job better than another?W: Well, to answer your questions, I’d like to look at two polls, two surveys. They were both done in the 1990s. The purposes were to find out what issues, or job characteristics, were especially important to workers.I: Mm. What were they?W: Some of you might guess that the answer is obvious.I: I think so.W: You might say “Oh, people just want higher salaries, more money.” But let’s see if that’s true. I: OK.W: Now, the first poll. The first poll was taken in 1990, and this poll asked respondents to choose what was most important to them among five items. And they were only allowed to choose one out of the five items.I: So, what were the five items?W: Alright. The first item was “important and meaningful work”, the second was “high income”, the third was “chances for advancement”, promotion and so on; the fourth item was “job security”, and the fifth was “shorter work hours”. OK?I: It would be interesting to know the survey results.W: Yes. Now let me tell you the results. 50% considered “important and meaningful work” the most important characteristic of a job. They didn’t choose “high income”…interesting.Anyway, 24% did say “high income” was the most important characteristic of a job. Of theremaining, 16% said “chances for advancement”was most important. Maybe, these were younger workers … starting out on a career. 6% said “job security”, and finally … 4% said “shorter work hours” was most important.I: I think what’s striking about the results is that …by far…workers valued important and meaningful work … as more important than any of the other characteristics … that included salary.W: Yeah. Now, I’m going to tell you about another poll, and this poll was taken a year later, in 1991. And it asked respondents to reflect on how important certain job characteristics were in their work. And this is a different type of poll …because …whereas in the first poll respondents had to choose only one out of five. In this poll they wanted the respondents to react to each item separately, you know, this is to rank each item as “not important”, “somewhat important”, “important” or “very important”. So they had four choices for each item.I: Sorry to interrupt you. How many items altogether?W: Oh, the poll had sixteen items. Let me give you a few examples.I: OK.W: The second item they asked about is “interesting work”…they asked “how important is interesting work to you?” And again, I’m just going to tell you about how many people said it was very important. In this case, 78% of the respondents ranked this as very important to them.I: 78%?W: Yes, 78%. This is a key point I think. One often sees people working for a lot less if they enjoy their work.I: That’s true.W: The fourth item they asked about was “opportunity to learn new skills”… how important is that to you? 68% ranked this as very important, and I think that goes again to the idea of interest level …personal satisfaction …and the idea that people want their work to be meaningful.I: Definitely.W: Another item, item No. Seven, “recognition from coworkers”. 62% of the respondents said that this was very important. It was important for them to be recognized, to be respected and acknowledged for the work they’d done. And I see recognition as a psychological benefit.There’s no monetary reward necessarily attached to it, although sometimes there could be …but more people are looking for the psychological reward … in terms of appreciation.I: It seems to me that people value psychological reward a lot more than money.W: That’s right. At least the poll results seem to say so. Now, let’s take a look at another item, number fourteen.I: OK.W: Number fourteen was “chances for promotion”. 53% said that this was very important to them. It was important to them to have opportunities for advancement …chances for promotion … and I think this goes along with high income and recognition. There’s both a psychological reward to promotion as well as a monetary reward.I: Mm.W: Fifteen is “contact with a lot of people”. Some people are very people-oriented, and 52% saidthis was very important to them.I: So, we can see workers do have a lot of things that are very important to them.W: Yes. But you can also see the variation in numbers. But a note of caution here … these are averages, and polls talk about averages. But still, I think it’s important for employers to become more aware of polls like these …because it might allow them to keep their workers satisfied … in ways that maybe they hadn’t thought of before …I: Yeah. OK. Thank you very much, Mr. West, for talking to us on the programme.W: Pleasure.Section C News BroadcastIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.A Moscow company is now marketing “Sleepboxes”– freestanding, mobile boxes with beds inside – for travelers stranded overnight, or those in need of a quick snooze. The Sleepboxes are meant to be installed in airports and rented for 30 minutes to several hours at a time.A Sleepbox is currently installed at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow.“We travel a lot and many times we faced a problem o f rest and privacy in airports,” says co-designer Mikhail Krymov of design firm Arch Group, who together with Alexei Goryainov came up with the idea of Sleepbox. “And as we are architects, we like to think of solutions.”Measuring 1.4 meters wide, 2 meters in length and 2.3 meters in height, Slee pbox’s star feature is a two-meter-long bed made of polymer foam and pulp tissue that changes bed linen automatically.It also comes with luggage space, a ventilation system, WiFi, electric sockets and an LCD TV.Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.Police in London are lining up a huge police operation for the Notting Hill Carnival in the wake of the rioting and looting that hit the city earlier this month.More than a million people are expected to head to west London over the course of the colorful two-day event, which features music, parades, dancing and stalls serving up Caribbean favorites like jerk chicken and rice and peas.Some 5,500 officers will be on duty at the carnival on Sunday and 6,500 on Monday – a public holiday in Britain – with 4,000 additional officers deployed elsewhere across the city on top of usual police numbers, London's Metropolitan Police said.Commander Steve Rodhouse said creating a safe environment at the carnival is “a top priority” for the police force.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.Growing up starved of calories may give you a higher risk of heart disease 50 years on, research suggests.Researchers in the Netherlands tracked the heart health of Dutch women who lived through the famine at the end of World War II.Those living on rations of 400-800 calories a day had a 27% higher risk of heart disease in later life.It’s the first direct evidence that early nutrition shapes future health, they report in The European Heart Journal.The Dutch famine of 1944-45 gave researchers in Holland a unique opportunity to study the long-term effects of severe malnutrition in childhood and adolescence.A combination of factors –including failed crops, a harsh winter and the war –caused thousands of deaths among people living in the west of the Netherlands.The women, who were aged between 10 and 17 at the time, were followed up in 2007. The team found those who were severely affected by the famine had a 27% greater risk of developing heart disease than those who had had enough to eat.THIS IS THE END OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION.PLEASE PROCEED TO THE NEXT PART.。

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下面是店铺给大家整理的历年英语专业八级考试听力，供大家参阅!2015年英语专业八级考试听力真题SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section,you will hear a mini-lecture.You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over,you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE， using no more than three words in each gap. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes while completing the task. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. Now listen to the mini-lecture.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.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.Theresa thinks that the present government is ___________.A.doing what they have promised to schoolsB.creating opportunities for leading universitiesC.considering removing barriers for state school pupilsD.reducing opportunities for state school pupils2.What does Theresa see as a problem in secondary schools now?A.Universities are not working hard to accept state school pupils.B.The number of state pupils applying to Oxford fails to increase.C.The government has lowered state pupils' expectations.D.Leading universities are rejecting state school pupils.3.In Theresa's view, school freedom means that schools should ____________.A.be given more funding from education authoritiesB.be given all the money and decide how to spend itC.be granted greater power to run themselvesD.be given more opportunities and choices4.According to Theresa, who decides or decide money for schools at the present?A.Local education authorities and the central government.B.Local education authorities and secondary schools together.C.Local education authorities only.D.The central government only.5.Throughout the talk, the interviewer does all the following EXCEPT ____________A.asking for clarificationB.challenging the intervieweeC.supporting the intervieweeD.initiating topicsSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark thebest answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.6.What is the main idea of the news item?A.Fewer people watch TV once a week.B.Smartphones and tablets have replaced TV.C.New technology has led to more family time.D.Bigger TV sets have attracted more people.Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.Now listen to the news.7.How many lawmakers voted for the marijuana legalization bill?A.50.B.12.C.46.D.18.8.The passing of the bill means that marijuana can be ____________.A.bought by people under 18B.made available to drug addictsC.provided by the governmentD.bought in drug storesQuestions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.9.What did the review of global data reveal?A.Diarrhea is a common disease.B.Good sanitation led to increase in height.C.There were many problems of poor sanitation.D.African children live in worse sanitary conditions.10.The purpose of Dr Alan Dangour's study was most likely to ___________.A.examine links between sanitation and death from illnessB.look into factors affecting the growth of childrenC.investigate how to tackle symptoms like diarrheaD.review and compare conditions in different countries答案：Section A Mini-lecture1.parts of language2.other features3.rhythm4.having the ability5.a particular subject6.knowledge or experience7.reinterpreting8.predicting/making predictions9.types of predictions10.contentsSection B Interview1-5 DCBACSection C News Broadcast6-10 CADBB2014年英语专业八级考试听力真题SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section,you will hear a mini-lecture.You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening,take notes on the importantpoints. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them tocomplete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over,you will be given twominutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task onANSWER SHEET ONE，using no more than three words in each gap. Make sure the word(s)you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your noteswhile completing the task. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. Now listen to the mini-lecture.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer thequestions that 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 10seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview betweenOscar winning actress Angelina Jolieand Cianons Andrew DamonNow listen to the interview.1.What is the main purpose of Angelina's visit to Iraq?[A] To draw attention to the refugee crisis. [B] To look after refugees in Iraq.[C] To work for U.N.H.C.R. [D] To work out a plan for refugees.2.From the interview we know that Angelina _________.[A] was strongly opposed to officials’ opinions [B] thought young kids should be givenpriority[C] was much worried about the lack of action [D] proposed that policies be made promptly3.Which of the following BEST explains what the global community should do?[A] To supenise the construction of schools. [B] To take prompt and effective actions.[C] To provide water and power supply. [D] To prevent instability and aggression.4.Accorciing to Angelina, what is the key issue in solving the refugee problem?[A] The current situation in Iraq. [B] The politics in the Middle East[C] Refugees returning to normal life. [D] International and domestic efforts.5.Angelina saw her trip to Iraq significant because she could_________.[A] help others know where the problems were [B] help bring NGOs back to the region[C] talk to different people there [D] read the official papersSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn 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.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.6.What is the main idea of the news item?[A] Alitalia's attempt to help Wind Jet out. [B] Cancellation of flights at Rome Airport[C] Problems caused by Wind Jet's cash shortage. [D] Expected changes of Wind Jefs flight desUnations.Question 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.7.What did the researchers discover in northern Kenya?[A] A human tooth. [B] A human skull.[C] Three species of humans. [D] Three human fossils.8.What was the significance of the discovery?[A] Tlie findings were publislied in Nature. [B] It supported an existing assumption.[C] Most research questions were answered. [D] More research efforts were encouraged.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.9.The airport originally decided to cover up tlie poster because __________[A] some international travellers complained [B] the art exhibition was to be postponed[C] other artists works were absent from ads [D] real-life models would appear on the scene10.What was the reaction of the National Galleries of Scotland?[A]Horrified. [B] Indignant. [C] Surprised. [D] Outraged.答案：Section A Mini-lecture1. physical2. a demand3. blood pressure4. Category5. a job6. signals7. body or mind8. advantage9. accept10. reasonable speed Section B Interview1-5 DCBCCSection C News Broadcast 6-10 BDBAC。

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2. 观点与要求 So, what do you think? Is a sound social environment necessary for people to have high moral standards and be good to others?
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第二部分：写作要求 In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
（3）有的只讨论 “be good to others”（善待他人）和kindness的重要性
要学习雷锋帮助别人要善待父母和同学要爱护动物和保护环境
kindness is important
英语专业八级考试在线课堂
❖ 问题二：观点不明确或者没有观点作文要求：What do you think? Is a sound social environment necessary for
people to have high moral standards and be good to others?
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Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic：
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Is a sound social environment necessary for people to be good to others?