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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2006)

2006年专业八级听力真题及答案

PARTI LISTENING COMPREHESION Section A Mini-lecture

Section B Interview

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 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. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Miss Green’s university days? A. She felt bored. B. She felt lonely.

C. She cherished them. D. The subject was easy.

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2. Which of the following is NOT part of her job with the Department of Employment? A. Doing surveys at workplace. B. Analyzing survey results. C. Designing questionnaires. D. Taking a psychology course.

3. According to Miss Green, the main difference between the Department of Employment and the advertising agency lies in A. the nature of work. B. office decoration. C. office location. D. work procedures.

4. Why did Miss green want to leave the advertising agency? A. She felt unhappy inside the company. B. She felt work there too demanding.

C. She was denied promotion in the company. D. She longed for new opportunities.

5. How did Miss Green react to a heavier workload in the new job? A. She was willing and ready. B. She sounded mildly eager. C. She a bit surprised.

D. She sounded very reluctant.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

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 based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news. 6. The man stole the aircraft mainly because he wanted to A. destroy the European Central Bank. B. have an interview with a TV station.

C. circle skyscrapers in downtown Frankfurt. D. remember the death of a US astronaut.

7. Which of the following statements about the man is TRUE? A. He was a 31-year-old student from Frankfurt.

B. He was piloting a two-seat helicopter he had stolen. C. He had talked to air traffic controllers by radio.

D. He threatened to land on the European Central Bank.

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.

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8. The news is mainly about the city government’s plan to A. expand and improve the existing subway system. B. build underground malls and parking lots. C. prevent further land subsidence. D. promote advanced technology.

Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news.

9. According to the news, what makes this credit card different from conventional ones is A. that it can hear the owner’s voice. B. that it can remember a password. C. that it can identify the owner’s voice. D. that it can remember the owner’s PIN.

10. The newly developed credit card is said to said to have all the following EXCEPT A. switch. B. battery. C. speaker. D. built-in chip.

听力原文Part 1, Listening Comprehension SECTION A MINI-LECTURE

Good morning! In today's lecture we shall discuss what meaning is in literary, works. When we read novels, poems, etc. , we invariably ask ourselves a question—that is, what does the writer mean here? In other words, we are interested in finding out the meaning. But meaning is a difficult issue in literature. How do we know what a work of literature is supposed to mean or what its real meaning is? I'd like to discuss three ways to explain what meaning is.

No. 1, meaning is what is intended by the author. ( Q1)

No. 2, meaning is created by and contained in the text itself.

And No. 3 , meaning is created by the reader.

Now, let's take a look at the first approach—that is, meaning is what is intended by the author. Does a work of literature mean what the author intended to mean? And if so, how can 精品文档