06专八听力试题

2006年英语专八考试真题听力 PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION35MIN SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you sill 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. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. Meaning in Literature In reading literary works, we are concerned with the meaning of one literary piece or another. However, finding out what something really means is a difficult issue. There are three ways to tackle meaning in literature. I. Meaning is what is intended by 1・ Apart from reading an author, s work in question, readers need to 1 read 2by the same author; 2 get familiar with 3at the time; 3 get to know cultural values and symbols of the same. n. Meaning exists in” the text itself. 1 some peoples view meaning is produced by the al properties of the text like 4,etc. 2 speaker5 s view meaning is created by both conventions of meaning and 5. Therefore, agreement on meaning could be created by common traditions and conventions of usage. But different time periods and different 6perspectives could lead to different interpretations of meaning in a text. III.Meaning is created by 7・ 1 meaning is8; 2 meaning is contextual; 3 meaning requires 9; practicing competency in reading -practicing other competencies background research in 10, etc. 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 colored 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 Greens university days A. She felt bored. B. She felt lonely. C. She cherished them. D. The subject was easy. 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 procedure. 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 was a bit surp