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2007年英语专业八级考试听力真题MP3附试题及答案
SECTION A Mini-lecture In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You willhear the lecture once only. While listening, takenotes on the important points. You notes will not be marked, but you will need them tocomplete a gap-filling task for after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be giventwo minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task onAnswer sheet one. Use the blank sheet for note-tanking.
What Can We Learn from Art? I. Introduction
A. Differences between general history and art history — Focus: — general history: (1)_____
— art history: political values, emotions, everyday life, etc. B. Significance of study More information and better understanding of human society and civilization II. Types of information A. Information in history books is (2)_____ — facts, but no opinions
B. Information in art history is subjective — (3)_____ and opinions e.g. — Spanish painter's works: misuse of governmental power — Mexican artists' works: attitudes towards social problems III. Art as a reflection of religious beliefs A. Europe: (4)_____ in pictures in churches
B. Middle East: pictures of flowers and patterns in mosques, palaces Reason: human and (5)_____ are not seen as holy C. Africa and the Pacific Islands: masks, headdresses and costumes in special ceremonies Purpose: to seek the help of (6)_____ to protect crops, animals and people. IV. Perceptions of Art
How people see art is related to their cultural background. A. Europeans and Americans — (7)_____
— expression of ideas B. People in other places — part of everyday life
— (8)_____ use V. Art as a reflection of social changes A. Cause of changes: (9)_____ of different cultures.
B. Changes — tribal people: effects of (10)_____ on art forms — European artists: influence of African traditional art in their works — American and Canadian artists: study of Japanese painting
Now listen to the Mini-lecture.
Good morning, today’s lecture is the very first of a series of lectures on art history, so I’d liketo spend some time discussing with you the following topic: Why do we need to study arthistory? And what can we learn from it?
First of all, I’d say, if you study art history, this might be a good way to learn more about aculture than it’s possible to learn in general history classes. You know, most typical historycourses concentrate on politics,economics and war, but art history focuses on much morethan this. Because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also their religiousbeliefs, emotions etc. In addition, information about the daily activities of our ancestors can beprovided by art, like what people did for a living, what kind of dress they wore, what ceremoniesthey held etc. In short, art can express the essential qualities of a time and a place, and thestudy of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than can be found in most history booksand enables us to learn more things about human society and civilization.
The second point I’d like to make is about the type of information. In history books, informationis objective, that is facts about political economic life of a country are given,but opinions arenot expressed.Art, on the other hand, is subjective.It reflects personal emotions andopinions. For example, Francisco Goya was a great Spanish painter and also perhaps the firsttruly political artist. In his famous painting, The Third of May 1808, he showed soldiers shootinga group of simple people. His description of soldiers and their victims has become a symbol ofthe enormous power or the misuse of this power that the government can have over itspeople. Over 100 years later, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Mexican artistsdepicted their deep anger and sadness about social problems.In summary, through art youcan find a personal and emotional view of history.
Thirdly, art can reflect a culture’s religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religiousart was almost the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings werefilled with paintings that showed people and stories from the Bible. By contrast, one of themain characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is), its absence of human andanimal images. This reflects the Islamic belief that these images are unholy. Thus, on palaces,mosques and other buildings, Islamic artists have created unique decoration of great beautywith images of flowers of geometric forms, for example, circles, sq
uares and triangles. The sameis true of other places, like Africa and Pacific Islands. Art also reflects the religious beliefs oftraditional cultures in these places. As a matter of fact, religion is the purpose for this art andit’s, therefore, absolutely essential to it. Traditional art in Africa and Pacific Islands is differentfrom Christian art. Christian art influences people’s religious feelings towards God. But the goalof traditional art in Africa and Pacific Islands is the influence of spiritual powers, That is godsto enter people’s lives. Each tribe or village there had special ceremonies with songs and dancesto make sure that crops, animals and people are healthy and increasing in number. The dancersin the ceremonies wear masks， Head dresses and costumes that they believe are necessary toinfluence gods. So these masks, head dresses themselves, are revelry part of the art. As wesaid, art depends on culture, different forms of art result from different cultures. Similarly, theway that people view art also depends on their cultural background. This is my fourth point. Formost Europeans and Americans, art is mainly for decoration. It is something on a museum wallor in a glass case. It makes their homes more attractive. People look at it and admire it:
"Oh,what a beautiful painting!" Besides, ideas are expressed in this art. This is a wonderful statue,and admiring it,I might say:
"It makes such a strong anti-war statement." But in other places,art is not considered to be separated from everyday existence. It has a function, it has apractical role to play in people’s lives. A person in a tribal society might look at a mask and say:
"Oh, this is a good mask. It would keep my house safe." In brief, the way in which people enjoyor appreciate art depends on their culture. To conclude my lecture, we can say that art is areflection of various cultures. But at the same time, we have to remember that art also reflectsthe changes in society that take place when different cultures influence one another. As peoplefrom tribal societies move to urban areas, their values and beliefs change accordingly and theirtraditional art forms begin to lose their function. At the same time, urban artists begin tolearn a lot from traditional art. For example, African masks and figures had a great influence onPicasso’s works. And many American and Canadian artists study the simplicity of Japanesepainting. The result is that as the world gets smaller, the art of each culture becomes moreinternational.
OK, this brings us to the end of our lecture. I hope that after today’s lecture,
you’llunderstand better the significance of the study of art history. Art enables us to know moreabout human history, for example,people’s views and opinions about certain historical events,and what’s more important, about different cultures, their religious beliefs, perception of artetc.
Now you have 2 minutes to check your notes. And then please complete the gap-filling task onAnswer Sheet 1 in 10 minutes.
Section B interview
In this section you will hear everything once only.Listen carefully and then answer the questions thatfollow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your colored 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 following five questions.
Now listen to the interview
1. According to Nigel, most problems of air travel are caused by
A. Unfavorable weather conditions.
B. Airports handling capacity.
C. Inadequate ticketing service.
D. Overbooking.
2. Which of the following is not mentioned as compensation for volunteers for the next fightout?
A. Free ticket.
B Free phone call
C. Cash reward
D. Seat reservation
3. Why does Niget suggest that business travelers avoid big airports?【2007英语新课标卷听力mp3】
A Because all flights in and out of there are full.
B. Because the volume of traffic is heavy.
C. Because there are more popular flights.
D. Because there are more delays and cancellations.
4. According to Nigel, inexperience travelers are likely to make the following mistakes except.
A Booking on less popular flights.
B. buying tickets at full price.
C. carrying excessive luggage.
D. planning long business trips.
5. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. The possibility of discounts depends on a travel agent’s volume of business.
B. Longer flights to the same destination maybe cheaper.
C. It is advisable to plan every detail of a trip in advance.
D. arranging for stopovers can avoid overnight travel
W: Nigel Linge is editor of Business Travel Weekly. Nigel, thanks for being on the show. Now,what kind of problems do airline passengers face nowadays? M: Well, most of the problems are caused by the heavy volume of traffic. You know, all airportshave a limit to the number of take-offs and landings they can handle.
W: So what seems to be the problem?
M: All flights from a busy airport arrive and leave at more or less the same time. If 60 aircraftare scheduled to take off between 5 p. m. and 5:15, and the airport can only handle 120 anhour, that means some will always be late landing or taking-off. And if the weather is bad, oh,you can imagine what the situation is like. So passengers have to be loaded into each plane,and then the planes have to line up to take off.
W: So waiting at the lounge or on the plane is quite common.
M: Certainly. And another problem that’s very common is over-booking. Quite often you hearan announcement on the airport loudspeakers:
1. W: John, is Mark coming for tea tomorrow?
M: Yes, I told you yesterday, Tracy.
W: Oh, did you? Sorry, I must have forgotten.
2. W: What’s the hurry? We’d like you to stay for dinner.
M: Well, thank you, but Helen and I have to meet my parents at the railway station.
3. W: Hi, Tom. We have to start the meeting without you.
M: I know. My flight was delayed because of the heavy rain.
W: But you are just in time for the discussion.
4. M: How much are these shoes?
W: Oh, they are 35 dollars a pair.【2007英语新课标卷听力mp3】
M: Do you have Size 9.
W: I’m afraid they are sold out.
5. M: Hi, I’m thinking of taking a trip during the Christmas holidays.
W: Where would you like to go?
M: Well, maybe somewhere warm and sunny.
W: How about a tour to Southeast Asia?
6. M: Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s welcome Jane Carter. Jane, you are so young. How can you sing so well?
W: Well, Mr. Green. I like singing very much. And I’ve been doing this for a while, above all I have Mr James as my teacher.
M: No wonder. I believe you’ll do a wonderful job tonight. Now ladies and gentlemen, Jane Carter.
7. W: Happy birthday, Jimmy. Are you ready for the next present?
M: You mean there’s more besides the watch?
W: Come with us. It’s in the car. Now, here we are. You’ve been talking about this for months.
M: Oh, it’s a new computer. It’s just what I want. I’m so happy about it. Thank you so much, Mum and Dad.
8. W: Excuse me, sir?
M: Can I help you?
W: My name is Jane Smith. I’m a designer, looking for a job.
M: See my secretary. She will set you up with the test.
W: When?
M: Next month.
W: I can’t wait that long.
M: Excuse me?
W: I can’t wait a month. I need something sooner.
M: I’m sorry.
9. M: Hi, Lily, how’s your new flat?
W: It’s great. I really like it.
M: How big is it?
W: It’s one big room, but it has a bathroom and a small kitchen, too.
M: How far is it from the office.
W: It’s only about 10 minutes.
M: 10 minutes by bus or by car?
W: On foot. I walked to work this morning. I was 10 minutes early.
M: You are lucky. I was 10 minutes late.
W: What happened
M: All the buses came late.
W: What did Susan say?
M:She was late too.
W: What happened to her?
M: She took the train, and it was late too.
W: Well then you’re really lucky after all. But what are you going to do tomorrow.
M: I’ll start 15 minutes earlier.
M: Good afternoon, everybody and welcome to this class on English words. I hope that all of you can hear me. If not, please let me know. I am Pref. John Morris. I’ll be your teacher for the next 13 weeks. As you can probably tell, this is one of popular and crowded classes. Indeed, every time these courses are offered, this room is very full. Why is that? Well, in order to use the English language, it’s very important to have at least a basic understanding of how words are formed. Just to mention one figure, and there are many. There are about one million words in English. If you are an English learner, you might wonder how you can possibly remember all of these words. Well, for one thing you don’t have to. No native speaker exists who knows all of the words in the English language. Besides there are shortcuts. Shortcuts? Yes, for example, if you know how words are formed by using parts of words from other languages, such Greek and French, you’ll understand a good number of English words when you first come across them. Let me put it this way. Knowing the rules will help you master a large number of words. This is probably the No. 1 reason why this class is so popular.
2007年高考全国卷I英语听力录音稿
1. W: John, is Mark coming for tea tomorrow?
M: Yes, I told you yesterday, Tracy.
W: Oh, did you? Sorry, I must have forgotten.
2. W: What’s the hurry? We’d like you to stay for dinner.
M: Well, thank you, but Helen and I have to meet my parents at the railway station.
3. W: Hi, Tom. We have to start the meeting without you.
M: I know. My flight was delayed because of the heavy rain.
W: But you are just in time for the discussion.
4. M: How much are these shoes?
W: Oh, they are 35 dollars a pair.
M: Do you have Size 9.
W: I’m afraid they are sold out.
5. M: Hi, I’m thinking of taking a trip during the Christmas holidays.
W: Where would you like to go?
M: Well, maybe somewhere warm and sunny.
W: How about a tour to Southeast Asia?
6. M: Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s welcome Jane Carter. Jane, you are so young. How can you sing so well?
W: Well, Mr. Green. I like singing very much. And I’ve been doing this for a while, above all I have Mr James as my teacher. M: No wonder. I believe you’ll do a wonderful job tonight. Now ladies and gentlemen, Jane Carter.
7. W: Happy birthday, Jimmy. Are you ready for the next present?
M: You mean there’s more besides the watch?
W: Come with us. It’s in the car. Now, here we are. You’ve been talking about this for months.
M: Oh, it’s a new computer. It’s just what I want. I’m so happy about it. Thank you so much, Mum and Dad.
8. W: Excuse me, sir?
M: Can I help you?
W: My name is Jane Smith. I’m a designer, looking for a job.
M: See my secretary. She will set you up with the test.
W: When?
M: Next month.
W: I can’t wait that long.
M: Excuse me?
W: I can’t wait a month. I need something sooner.
M: I’m sorry.
9. M: Hi, Lily, how’s your new flat?
W: It’s great. I really like it.
M: How big is it?
W: It’s one big room, but it has a bathroom and a small kitchen, too.
M: How far is it from the office.
W: It’s only about 10 minutes.
M: 10 minutes by bus or by car?
W: On foot. I walked to work this morning. I was 10 minutes early.
M: You are lucky. I was 10 minutes late.
W: What happened
M: All the buses came late.
W: What did Susan say?
M:She was late too.
W: What happened to her?
M: She took the train, and it was late too.
W: Well then you’re really lucky after all. But what are you going to do tomorrow.
M: I’ll start 15 minutes earlier.
M: Good afternoon, everybody and welcome to this class on English words. I hope that all of you can hear me. If not, please let me know. I am Pref. John Morris. I’ll be your teacher for the next 13 weeks. As you can probably tell, this is one of popular and crowded classes. Indeed, every time these courses are offered, this room is very full. Why is that? Well, in order to use the English language, it’s very important to have at least a basic understanding of how words are formed. Just to mention one figure, and there are many. There are about one million words in English. If you are an English learner, you might wonder how you can possibly remember all of these words. Well, for one thing you don’t have to. No native speaker exists who knows all of the words in the English language. Besides there are shortcuts. Shortcuts? Yes, for example, if you know how words are formed by using parts of words from other languages, such Greek and French, you’ll understand a good number of English words when you first come across them. Let me put it this way. Knowing the rules will help you master a large number of words. This is probably the No. 1 reason why this class is so popular.
2007年高考全国卷I英语听力录音稿
1. W: John, is Mark coming for tea tomorrow?
M: Yes, I told you yesterday, Tracy.
W: Oh, did you? Sorry, I must have forgotten.
2. W: What’s the hurry? We’d like you to stay for dinner.
M: Well, thank you, but Helen and I have to meet my parents at the railway station.
3. W: Hi, Tom. We have to start the meeting without you.
M: I know. My flight was delayed because of the heavy rain.
W: But you are just in time for the discussion.
4. M: How much are these shoes?
W: Oh, they are 35 dollars a pair.
M: Do you have Size 9.
W: I’m afraid they are sold out.
5. M: Hi, I’m thinking of taking a trip during the Christmas holidays.
W: Where would you like to go?
M: Well, maybe somewhere warm and sunny.
W: How about a tour to Southeast Asia?
6. M: Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s welcome Jane Carter. Jane, you are so young. How can you sing so well?
W: Well, Mr. Green. I like singing very much. And I’ve been doing this for a while, above all I have Mr James as my teacher.
M: No wonder. I believe you’ll do a wonderful job tonight. Now ladies and gentlemen, Jane Carter.
7. W: Happy birthday, Jimmy. Are you ready for the next present?
M: You mean there’s more besides the watch?
W: Come with us. It’s in the car. Now, here we are. You’ve been talking about this for months.
M: Oh, it’s a new computer. It’s just what I want. I’m so happy about it. Thank you so much, Mum and Dad.
8. W: Excuse me, sir?
M: Can I help you?
W: My name is Jane Smith. I’m a designer, looking for a job.
M: See my secretary. She will set you up with the test.
W: When?
M: Next month.
W: I can’t wait that long.
M: Excuse me?
W: I can’t wait a month. I need something sooner.
M: I’m sorry.
9. M: Hi, Lily, how’s your new flat?
W: It’s great. I really like it.
M: How big is it?
W: It’s one big room, but it has a bathroom and a small kitchen, too.
M: How far is it from the office.
W: It’s only about 10 minutes.
M: 10 minutes by bus or by car?
W: On foot. I walked to work this morning. I was 10 minutes early.
M: You are lucky. I was 10 minutes late.
W: What happened
M: All the buses came late.
W: What did Susan say?
M:She was late too.
W: What happened to her?
M: She took the train, and it was late too.
W: Well then you’re really lucky after all. But what are you going to do tomorrow.
M: I’ll start 15 minutes earlier.
M: Good afternoon, everybody and welcome to this class on English words. I hope that all of you can hear me. If not, please let me know. I am Pref. John Morris. I’ll be your teacher for the next 13 weeks. As you can probably tell, this is one of popular and crowded classes. Indeed, every time these courses are offered, this room is very full. Why is that? Well, in order to use the English language, it’s very important to have at least a basic understanding of how words are formed. Just to mention one figure, and there are many. There are about one million words in English. If you are an English learner, you might wonder how you can possibly remember all of these words. Well, for one thing you don’t have to. No native speaker exists who knows all of the words in the English language. Besides there are shortcuts. Shortcuts? Yes, for example, if you know how words are formed by using parts of words from other languages, such Greek and French, you’ll understand a good number of English words when you first come across them. Let me put it this way. Knowing the rules will help you master a large number of words. This is probably the No. 1 reason why this class is so popular.
2007年高考全国卷I英语听力录音稿
1. W: John, is Mark coming for tea tomorrow?
M: Yes, I told you yesterday, Tracy.
W: Oh, did you? Sorry, I must have forgotten.
2. W: What’s the hurry? We’d like you to stay for dinner.
M: Well, thank you, but Helen and I have to meet my parents at the railway station.
3. W: Hi, Tom. We have to start the meeting without you.
M: I know. My flight was delayed because of the heavy rain.
W: But you are just in time for the discussion.
4. M: How much are these shoes?
W: Oh, they are 35 dollars a pair.
M: Do you have Size 9.
W: I’m afraid they are sold out.
5. M: Hi, I’m thinking of taking a trip during the Christmas holidays.
W: Where would you like to go?【2007英语新课标卷听力mp3】
M: Well, maybe somewhere warm and sunny.
W: How about a tour to Southeast Asia?
6. M: Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s welcome Jane Carter. Jane, you are so young. How can you sing so well?
W: Well, Mr. Green. I like singing very much. And I’ve been doing this for a while, above all I have Mr James as my teacher. M: No wonder. I believe you’ll do a wonderful job tonight. Now ladies and gentlemen, Jane Carter.
7. W: Happy birthday, Jimmy. Are you ready for the next present?
M: You mean there’s more besides the watch?
W: Come with us. It’s in the car. Now, here we are. You’ve been talking about this for months.
M: Oh, it’s a new computer. It’s just what I want. I’m so happy about it. Thank you so much, Mum and Dad.
8. W: Excuse me, sir?
M: Can I help you?
W: My name is Jane Smith. I’m a designer, looking for a job.
M: See my secretary. She will set you up with the test.
W: When?
M: Next month.
W: I can’t wait that long.
M: Excuse me?
W: I can’t wait a month. I need something sooner.
M: I’m sorry.
9. M: Hi, Lily, how’s your new flat?
W: It’s great. I really like it.
M: How big is it?
W: It’s one big room, but it has a bathroom and a small kitchen, too.
M: How far is it from the office.
W: It’s only about 10 minutes.
M: 10 minutes by bus or by car?
W: On foot. I walked to work this morning. I was 10 minutes early.
M: You are lucky. I was 10 minutes late.
W: What happened
M: All the buses came late.
W: What did Susan say?
M:She was late too.
W: What happened to her?
M: She took the train, and it was late too.
W: Well then you’re really lucky after all. But what are you going to do tomorrow.
M: I’ll start 15 minutes earlier.
M: Good afternoon, everybody and welcome to this class on English words. I hope that all of you can hear me. If not, please let me know. I am Pref. John Morris. I’ll be your teacher for the next 13 weeks. As you can probably tell, this is one of popular and crowded classes. Indeed, every time these courses are offered, this room is very full. Why is that? Well, in order to use the English language, it’s very important to have at least a basic understanding of how words are formed. Just to mention one figure, and there are many. There are about one million words in English. If you are an English learner, you might wonder how you can possibly remember all of these words. Well, for one thing you don’t have to. No native speaker exists who knows all of the words in the English language. Besides there are shortcuts. Shortcuts? Yes, for example, if you know how words are formed by using parts of words from other languages, such Greek and French, you’ll understand a good number of English words when you first come across them. Let me put it this way. Knowing the rules will help you master a large number of words. This is probably the No. 1 reason why this class is so popular.
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