2019专八听力全真模拟练习mp3附文本(13)

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2019专八听力全真模拟练习mp3附文本(13)

  2019专八考试将于2019年3月23日上午开考,专八听力占整个试卷25分,是除阅读外第二大分值题型,需要通过长期的积累和多听多练才能提高此题型得分率,在考试前期新东方在线整理了20套专八听力全真模拟练习题,音频内容完全按照专八听力考试形式,包含minilecture和conversation希望对大家自测练习有所帮助。

2019专八听力全真模拟练习二十篇

  [00:20.88]TEST 13

  [00:24.96]SECTION A MINI-LECTURE

  [00:27.65]In this section

  [00:29.04]you will hear a mini-lecture.

  [00:30.86]You will hear the mini-lecture

  [00:32.65]ONCE ONLY.

  [00:33.79]While listening to the mini-lecture,

  [00:36.19]please complete the gap-filling task

  [00:38.64]on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write

  [00:40.70]NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

  [00:42.45]for each gap.

  [00:43.51]Make sure the word(s) you fill in

  [00:47.11]is (are) both grammatically

  [00:49.68]and semantically acceptable.

  [00:51.55]You may use the blank sheet

  [00:53.85]for note-taking.

  [00:55.13]You have THIRTY seconds

  [00:57.32]to preview the gap-filling task.

  [01:29.37]Now listen to the mini-lecture.

  [01:31.16]When it is over,

  [01:32.65]you will be given THREE minutes

  [01:34.43]to check your work.

  [01:35.55]Chinese Americans

  [01:38.45]Good morning.

  [01:38.92]We'll continue with

  [01:40.36]our introduction

  [01:41.15]to American minorities.

  [01:42.55]Today's focus is on

  [01:44.37]Chinese Americans.

  [01:45.55]For many years it was common

  [01:47.65]in the United States

  [01:48.74]to associate Chinese Americans

  [01:50.69]with restaurants and laundries.

  [01:52.58]People did not realize

  [01:54.33]that the Chinese had been

  [01:55.57]driven into these occupations

  [01:56.89]by prejudice and discrimination

  [01:58.77]that used to face them

  [02:00.17]in this country.

  [02:00.96]The first group of Chinese came

  [02:03.08]during the California Gold Rush

  [02:04.70]of 1849.

  [02:05.86]Like most of the other people,

  [02:07.97]they had come to search for gold.

  [02:09.89]In that largely unoccupied land,

  [02:12.09]they staked a claim for themselves

  [02:14.13]by placing markers in the ground.

  [02:15.85]However, either

  [02:17.41]because the Chinese were

  [02:18.61]so different from the others or

  [02:20.17]because they worked so patiently

  [02:21.81]that they sometimes succeeded

  [02:23.30]in turning a seemingly worthless

  [02:25.03]mining claim into a profitable one,

  [02:27.03]they became the scapegoats

  [02:28.97]of their envious competitors.

  [02:30.05]They were harassed in many ways.

  [02:32.05]Often they were prevented

  [02:33.61]from working on their claims;

  [02:35.00]some localities even

  [02:36.57]passed regulations forbidding them

  [02:38.29]to own claims.

  [02:39.45]Therefore, these Chinese had to

  [02:41.53]seek out other ways

  [02:42.47]of earning a living.

  [02:43.35]Some of them began to do

  [02:44.91]the laundry for the white miners;

  [02:46.47]others set up small restaurants.

  [02:48.21]Some others went to work

  [02:50.00]as farmhands or as fishermen.

  [02:51.77]In the early 1860s,

  [02:54.16]a second group of Chinese

  [02:55.32]arrived in California.

  [02:56.73]This time,

  [02:57.73]they were imported as work crews

  [02:59.49]to construct

  [03:00.22]the first transcontinental railroad.

  [03:02.08]The work was so strenuous

  [03:03.91]and dangerous,

  [03:04.71]and it was carried on

  [03:05.90]in such a remote part of the country

  [03:07.57]that the railroad company

  [03:08.98]could not find other laborers

  [03:10.77]for the job.

  [03:11.51]As in the case of their predecessors,

  [03:13.18]these Chinese

  [03:14.39]were almost all males

  [03:15.43]and they encountered

  [03:16.39]a great deal of prejudice.

  [03:17.42]The hostility grew especially

  [03:19.63]strong after the railroad project

  [03:21.49]was completed,

  [03:22.35]and the imported laborers

  [03:23.70]returned to California,

  [03:24.81]all out of work.

  [03:26.07]Because there were

  [03:27.23]so many more of them this time,

  [03:28.67]these Chinese drew even

  [03:30.29]more attention than

  [03:31.22]the earlier group did.

  [03:32.27]They were so different

  [03:33.74]in every aspect:

  [03:34.63]in their physical appearance,

  [03:36.02]in their language, and in their religion.

  [03:38.45]They were contemptuously called

  [03:39.95]"heathen Chinese".

  [03:41.35]When times were hard,

  [03:43.19]they were blamed

  [03:44.19]for working for lower wages

  [03:45.72]and taking jobs away from white men.

  [03:47.65]And these white men were actually

  [03:49.37]recent immigrants themselves.

  [03:50.74]Anti-Chinese riots broke out

  [03:52.71]in many cities,

  [03:53.58]and some even developed into

  [03:54.94]arson and bloodshed.

  [03:56.11]The Chinese were

  [03:57.36]not allowed to make legal appeals

  [03:58.94]and they were not accepted as

  [03:59.95]American citizens.

  [04:00.81]Californians began to demand

  [04:02.88]that no more Chinese

  [04:04.02]be permitted to enter their state.

  [04:05.67]Finally, in 1882,

  [04:08.09]the Congress passed

  [04:09.42]the Chinese Exclusion Act,

  [04:11.00]which stopped the immigration

  [04:12.49]of Chinese laborers.

  [04:13.50]Many Chinese returned to

  [04:15.19]their homeland,

  [04:16.03]and their numbers declined sharply

  [04:17.46]in the early part of this century.

  [04:18.87]However, during WWII,

  [04:21.45]when China was an ally

  [04:22.80]of the United States,

  [04:23.67]the exclusion laws were ended.

  [04:25.51]A small number of Chinese

  [04:27.11]were allowed to immigrate each year,

  [04:28.71]and Chinese could

  [04:29.88]become American citizens.

  [04:31.00]In 1965, in a general revision

  [04:33.95]of American immigration laws,

  [04:35.26]many more Chinese

  [04:36.50]were permitted to settle here.

  [04:37.96]From the start,

  [04:39.15]the Chinese had lived apart

  [04:40.63]in their own separate neighborhoods,

  [04:41.97]which came to be known as

  [04:42.93]"Chinatowns ".

  [04:43.64]In each of them the residents

  [04:45.47]organized an unofficial government

  [04:47.27]to make rules

  [04:48.07]for the community

  [04:48.85]and to settle disputes.

  [04:49.95]Many people couldn't find jobs

  [04:52.41]on the outside,

  [04:53.37]so they went into business

  [04:54.67]for themselves,

  [04:55.42]primarily to serve

  [04:56.42]their own neighborhood.

  [04:57.40]As for laundries and restaurants,

  [04:59.12]some of them soon spread

  [05:00.35]in the city,

  [05:01.39]since such services continued to be

  [05:04.01]in demand among non-Chinese too.

  [05:05.88]To this day, certain Chinatowns,

  [05:08.66]especially those

  [05:09.55]of San Francisco and New York,

  [05:10.95]are busy,

  [05:11.59]thriving communities.

  [05:12.52]They have become great attractions

  [05:14.37]for tourists and for those

  [05:15.65]who enjoy Chinese food.

  [05:16.73]Most of today's Chinese Americans

  [05:18.86]are the descendants

  [05:20.00]of some of the early miners

  [05:21.17]and railroad workers.

  [05:22.22]Those immigrants

  [05:23.62]had been uneducated farm laborers

  [05:25.71]in the vicinity of Canton

  [05:26.91]in Southeast China

  [05:28.25]before they came to America.

  [05:29.74]Even after having lived here

  [05:32.19]for several generations,

  [05:33.63]Chinese Americans

  [05:34.88]retain many aspects

  [05:36.32]of their ancient culture.

  [05:37.59]For example,their family ties

  [05:39.95]continue to be remarkably strong.

  [05:41.84]Members of the family lend

  [05:43.95]each other moral support

  [05:44.97]and also practical help

  [05:46.59]when necessary.

  [05:47.67]From a very young age,

  [05:49.55]children are taught

  [05:50.72]with the old values and attitudes,

  [05:52.47]including respect for their elders

  [05:54.35]and a feeling of responsibility

  [05:56.43]to the family.

  [05:57.22]This helps to explain

  [05:58.63]why there is so little juvenile

  [06:00.26]delinquency among them.

  [06:01.31]The high regard for education,

  [06:03.57]and the willingness to work

  [06:05.24]very hard to gain advancement,

  [06:06.71]are two other noteworthy

  [06:08.43]characteristics of them.

  [06:09.44]These explain

  [06:10.79]why so many descendants

  [06:12.21]of uneducated laborers

  [06:13.41]have succeeded in becoming doctors,

  [06:15.20]lawyers and other professionals.

  [06:17.32]By the way,

  [06:18.43]many of the most outstanding

  [06:20.38]Chinese American scholars,

  [06:21.97]scientists, and artists

  [06:23.44]are more recent arrivals.

  [06:25.10]They come from China's

  [06:26.43]former upper class

  [06:27.72]and represent its high cultural traditions.

  [06:30.00]Chinese Americans make up only

  [06:32.34]a tiny fraction

  [06:33.43]of the American population.

  [06:34.59]They live chiefly in California,

  [06:36.61]New York, and Hawaii.

  [06:38.10]As American attitudes

  [06:39.79]toward minorities

  [06:41.09]and toward ethnic differences

  [06:42.67]have changed in recent years,

  [06:43.97]the long-hated Chinese

  [06:45.49]have gained wide acceptance.

  [06:47.72]Today,they are generally

  [06:49.49]admired for

  [06:50.56]many remarkable characteristics,

  [06:51.89]and are often held up

  [06:53.07]as an example worth following.

  [06:54.47]And their numerous contributions to

  [06:56.51]their adopted land

  [06:57.84]are much appreciated.

  [06:58.75]Now, we are coming to

  [07:00.11]the end of our lecture.

  [07:01.19]Today we've talked

  [07:02.44]about what Chinese Americans

  [07:03.84]have undergone

  [07:04.81]since the California Gold Rush

  [07:06.23]of 1849.

  [07:07.39]Our focus for the next week

  [07:09.32]will be on African Americans.

  [07:11.20]Thank you for your attention.

  [07:12.45]Now, you have THREE minutes

  [07:16.21]to check your work.

  [10:15.80]This is the end

  [10:17.13]of Section A Mini-lecture.

  [10:18.87]SECTION B INTERVIEW

  [10:21.43]In this section

  [10:22.75]you will hear ONE interview.

  [10:24.63]The interview

  [10:25.88]will be divided into TWO parts.

  [10:28.04]At the end of each part,

  [10:29.98]five questions will be asked

  [10:31.85]about what was said.

  [10:33.15]Both the interview

  [10:34.64]and the questions

  [10:35.81]will be spoken ONCE ONLY.

  [10:37.74]After each question

  [10:39.85]there will be a ten-second pause.

  [10:42.29]During the pause,

  [10:43.97]you should read the four choices

  [10:46.22]of A, B, C and D,

  [10:48.63]and mark the best answer

  [10:50.28]to each question

  [10:51.77]on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

  [10:53.26]You have THIRTY seconds

  [10:55.44]to preview the questions.

  [11:26.61]Now, listen to Part One

  [11:28.79]of the interview.

  [11:29.98]Questions 1 to 5 are based on

  [11:32.85]Part One of the interview.

  [11:34.59]M: Finding comfort in food.

  [11:37.28]Eating the right dishes

  [11:38.67]can lift our spirits

  [11:39.89]and swallow up stress.

  [11:41.39]Well, here with more

  [11:43.07]on how food affects our mood is

  [11:45.44]Dr. Susan Kleiner,

  [11:46.86]a nutritionist, and the author

  [11:48.94]of The Good Mood Diet.

  [11:50.93]Susan, good morning.

  [11:52.15]W: Good morning, Kim Bold.

  [11:54.29]M: So I'm very curious about this.

  [11:56.66]Are there foods that actually

  [11:58.65]have happy chemicals in them?

  [12:00.40]W: Oh, absolutely. You know,

  [12:03.27]how we feel,

  [12:04.55]how we cope with stress,

  [12:05.80]how we think,

  [12:06.75]and how clearly we think

  [12:08.87]are all directly

  [12:10.61]affected by the food that we eat.

  [12:12.91]M: OK. We actually went out

  [12:16.04]and asked people what food they ate

  [12:17.73]in order to make themselves happy.

  [12:19.51]And they said

  [12:20.50]that some kinds of food do

  [12:22.11]make them happy,

  [12:22.99]such as chocolate, pizza,

  [12:25.16]Thai food and etc.

  [12:26.91]As for me, pizza would be

  [12:29.30]my happy food.

  [12:30.26]But those aren't the foods

  [12:31.67]that actually make you happy.

  [12:32.82]Right?

  [12:33.57]W: Well, it could be.

  [12:35.18]You know, all of those are part of it.

  [12:38.66]But there are foods

  [12:39.79]that really directly affect our brain

  [12:42.48]with certain chemicals.

  [12:44.01]Fish is really a big happy food.

  [12:47.47]It's got protein in brain,

  [12:50.01]and it is free of fat

  [12:52.05]and full of vitamin D.

  [12:53.98]All of those help raise

  [12:55.90]our neural chemistry and

  [12:57.55]that makes us feel happy.

  [12:58.95]Potatoes, cereals and great carps

  [13:01.72]actually get protein into the brain.

  [13:03.98]Fruits and vegetables,

  [13:05.80]milk and dairy products,

  [13:07.39]all are great for raising mood.

  [13:09.76]And crunchy foods,

  [13:11.22]like popcorn,

  [13:12.17]are fabulous for making us

  [13:13.69]feel happy.

  [13:14.36]M: why is it so?

  [13:15.90]W: The actual chewing mechanism

  [13:17.96]raises neurotransmitter levels

  [13:20.41]in the brain.

  [13:21.25]So combining all these together

  [13:23.52]creates wonderful combinations.

  [13:25.97]For instance,

  [13:26.98]potatoes with chili on top even.

  [13:29.17]Those are great combinations.

  [13:31.22]M: OK. Then you got

  [13:33.25]a very happy dinner, right?

  [13:34.90]W: Yes.

  [13:35.91]This is the end of Part One

  [13:38.54]of the interview.

  [13:40.11]Questions 1 to 5 are based on

  [13:44.24]what you have just heard.

  [13:44.65]1. According to the woman,

  [13:46.90]what can be directly affected

  [13:49.12]by the foods we eat?

  [14:00.32]2. What's Kim's happy food?

  [14:12.28]3. Which of the following is

  [14:16.59]INCORRECT about fish?

  [14:27.21]4. Which of the following foods

  [14:31.20]can make people happy?

  [14:42.40]5. Why can popcorn

  [14:45.02]make us feel happy?

  [14:56.26]Now, listen to Part Two

  [14:57.82]of the interview.

  [14:58.72]Questions 6 to 10 are based on

  [15:02.08]Part Two of the interview.

  [15:03.82]M: OK. Let's talk

  [15:05.82]about stressed-out food or foods

  [15:08.07]that you do tend to eat

  [15:09.47]when you're stressed.

  [15:10.36]People interviewed said

  [15:11.80]that they might prefer anything salty,

  [15:13.86]or a piece of chocolate,

  [15:15.04]or even some kind of drinks.

  [15:16.81]Well, as far as you are concerned,

  [15:18.88]what are the real stress busters?

  [15:21.00]W: Well. Healthy fats,

  [15:23.20]believe it or not,

  [15:24.34]are great for coping with stress,

  [15:26.34]such as nuts, seeds, olives,

  [15:29.33]olive oil, etc.

  [15:31.16]M: Yes.

  [15:32.19]W: Peanuts, peanut butter

  [15:33.95]and then again dairy foods

  [15:36.24]are great stress-busters.

  [15:37.77]They help decrease anxiety

  [15:39.53]and anger.

  [15:40.66]And so again,

  [15:41.78]combinations get protein

  [15:43.61]and vitamin B6.

  [15:45.65]So lean beef and turkey

  [15:47.59]are good choices.

  [15:48.79]Making yourself a turkey sandwich

  [15:51.06]on the whole-grain bread

  [15:52.61]seems a great idea.

  [15:54.25]M: OK, our final mood here

  [15:56.61]is energetic.

  [15:57.65]How to be energetic? People

  [16:00.12]who we interviewed also showed

  [16:01.72]their preference to something

  [16:03.03]with sugar,

  [16:03.72]as candy bars or a protein shake.

  [16:06.10]OK, now I mean we all do it.

  [16:08.49]Sugar, caffeine, you know.

  [16:10.04]W: Right.

  [16:10.83]M: Are any of those unharmful?

  [16:12.86]W: Well.

  [16:13.70]There are some good ones there.

  [16:15.61]The liquid is really critical.

  [16:17.52]So water of course is very good.

  [16:20.17]M: Keeping yourself hydrated.

  [16:21.91]W: Keeping yourself well hydrated.

  [16:24.11]There's nothing more important

  [16:25.80]for all of your moods than

  [16:27.49]to keep yourself

  [16:28.82]drinking plenty of water.

  [16:29.78]But there are other things,

  [16:31.11]such as eggs and soy.

  [16:33.06]Eggs and soy are fast foods,

  [16:35.31]so they actually create channels

  [16:37.84]to allow nutrients into the brain

  [16:39.53]and poisonous substances out.

  [16:42.24]It's so important to have them

  [16:43.79]in your diet every day.

  [16:45.17]And of course,

  [16:46.31]everyone loves chocolate.

  [16:48.06]But we can also have coffee, tea,

  [16:50.71]a little bit of caffeine.

  [16:52.30]They are stimulating drinks.

  [16:54.67]M: So it's a pick-me-up

  [16:56.51]in the morning.

  [16:57.30]It's great before exercise.

  [16:58.60]You don't want too much,

  [17:00.04]because it can make you feel lousy

  [17:01.65]rather than better.

  [17:02.48]W: Or too late in the day.

  [17:04.13]M: Right! An interesting stuff,

  [17:06.37]Dr. Susan Kleiner,

  [17:07.20]thank you so much!

  [17:08.72]Good to have you here!

  [17:09.97]W: Thank you! Nice to be here!

  [17:11.86]This is the end of Part Two

  [17:14.52]of the interview.

  [17:15.68]Questions 6 to 10 are based on

  [17:18.59]what you have just heard.

  [17:20.80]6. Which of the following CANNOT

  [17:23.74]help with stress?

  [17:33.53]7. What food do people

  [17:38.04]prefer to make themselves energetic?

  [17:48.73]8. Which is the best liquid

  [17:53.36]in making us energetic

  [17:55.00]according to the woman?

  [18:06.27]9. Which of the following foods

  [18:09.09]do you need to eat every day?

  [18:19.52]10. What does this part

  [18:23.77]of the interview focus on?

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