专八听力预测试题二

星期2 Tuesday预测试题二

In 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. Some of the gaps may require a maximum of THREE words. 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.

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 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. Which of the following is CORRECT?

[A] The man is to advertise for his new book.

[B] The man specializes in communication.

[C] His talk is about communication techniques.

[D] His talk is actually an autobiography.

2. The man did all the following EXCEPT ______ to better his presentation performance.

[A] consulting some relevant books

[B] communicating with good speakers

[C] observing the preparation of good speakers

[D] doing performance comparison with good speakers

3. The man recommends the method of ______ to give a better presentation.

[A] practicing it before colleagues

[B] recording practice presentation rather than using colleagues

[C] asking colleagues to examine the recorded practice presentation

[D] learning from other real presentation videos

4. Which of the following is NOT what speakers tend to worry about when making a presentation?

[A] Too much nervousness.

[B] Rude audience.

[C] Self diffidence.

[D] Equipment failure.

5. In the man’s view, the way of really overcoming nervousness is

[A] preparing well.

[B] relaxing face muscles.

[C] concentrating on your recent enjoyments.

[D] doing breathing exercises.

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 ANSWER SHEET TWO.

Question 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. Which of the following in INCORRECT about the summit on Nuclear Security?

[A] It is the biggest international meeting since 1945.

[B] More than 50 countries have attended it.

[C] It is hosted by the US and called by President Obama.

[D] Ukraine has attended the summit.

7. The content of the summit is

[A] securing stocks of fissile material.

[B] highly enriched uranium.

[C] plutonium.

[D] material terrorists use to build nuclear bombs.

Question 8 and 9 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.

8. What is the news mainly talking about?

[A] A broken well leading to large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

[B] The high cost of tackling oil spill.

[C] Large number of people and boats being sent to help with the oil spill.

[D] The high compensation claims the oil company is facing.

9. The initially calculated figure of everyday cost is

[A] $33m.

[B] more than $33m.

[C] more than $6.6m.

[D] less than $6.6m.

Question 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.

Now listen to the news.

10. Which of the following is NOT true about the explosion?

[A] It could be heard from more than 8 km away.

[B] It caused a woman injured.

[C] The bomb was placed next to the wall housing women prisoners.

[D] It exploded 20 minutes after the warning was received.

W: Welcome to 'Mid Afternoon,' Dr Carter. [1.A]Now, I imagine you're here in Birmingham to promote your recently published book 'The Art of Giving Presentations', Is that right?

M: Well, not really, no! In fact the book isn't really recent at all — it came out at the beginning of last year, I'm actually here this week to give a series of talks outlining some ideas I've had since then.

W: So are these ideas the basis for your next book?

M: Well, it's really too early to talk about that!

W: I see, now tell me, [1.B]how did you become involved in this particular area of communication skills?

M: Well, many years ago, as a young sales executive, I had to give presentations, but I felt I wasn't doing them very well. My boss never actually criticized me, and my colleagues weren't doing any better than me, but the point was that I didn't feel satisfied with my performance. You see, if I'm doing something, I have to do it well.

W: So you decided to do something about improving your performance.

M: That's right. [2.A]I tried to find some books to help me but there weren't really any available in those days... so I eventually decided on a totally practical approach: [2.B] [2.C] [2.D]I tried to find out what my problem was by studying the way the best speakers gave presentations, by talking to them, even watching them prepare. Then I compared their performance with mine. W: And what was your main problem? Nervousness? I know that's mine.

M: Well I had always thought it was nervousness, and it's true that at the time I had no techniques for dealing with that. But I think audiences accept the fact that speakers get nervous, and it really doesn't matter. No, I discovered that my No. 1 problem was preparation. Nobody had ever told me anything about how to prepare, and I didn't really know how to do it properly. W: And when you realized that, what did you change?

M: Well, before, I used to go through the whole presentation in an empty room on my own. The first change in my approach came when I realized it's much more realistic and much more useful to do it in front of two or three colleagues.That way you get some feedback. Otherwise you have no idea whether or not your presentation is effective, or which parts might need further attention.

W: Is that the method you recommend now?

M: Well, not quite. What I would advise is to make a video of your practice presentation...

W: Instead of using colleagues?

M: No, [3.C]a recording of your presentation to them. Then it's easier for all of you to go back and see what's wrong and how it can be improved. It's actually much better than recording other people doing real presentations, however good they are.

W: So that's the preparation, but are there any factors which make the presentation itself difficult, even if you are prepared?

M: Well obviously, yes. [4.B]Some speakers imagine, quite wrongly, that every audience is unfriendly, at least at the beginning. And this affects their performance. [4.C]And then there may be a few people who worry about their lack of experience of public speaking. [4.D]But really what bothers most speakers is things like the OHP and the microphone - are they going to work, and so on.

W: Are there any techniques that are effective for overcoming feelings of anxiety?

M: Well, first I have to say that some people never manage to reduce their anxiety levels. What they can do is learn to relax their face muscles while they speak, so that they look relaxed, even though they feel just as anxious as before. In order to really reduce anxiety, some experts recommend concentrating on something that you enjoyed recently —but I find this is hopeless... I just forget what I was about to say! [5.D]For me though, what has worked is some simple breathing exercises, breathing in deeply and slowly while making a pause. This definitely slows down the heart rate. That's what I would try first of all.

W: Something we can all try — Dr Carter, thank you very much indeed.

Section C News Broadcast

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