2019专八听力全真模拟练习mp3附文本（20）

2019专八听力全真模拟练习mp3附文本（20）

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2019专八听力全真模拟练习二十篇

　　[00:23.34]TEST 20

　　[00:24.66]SECTION A MINI-LECTURE

　　[00:27.96]In this section

　　[00:28.82]you will hear a mini-lecture.

　　[00:31.04]You will hear the mini-lecture

　　[00:32.58]ONCE ONLY.

　　[00:33.95]While listening to the mini-lecture,

　　[00:35.78]please complete the gap-filling task

　　[00:37.86]on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write

　　[00:40.38]NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

　　[00:42.02]for each gap.

　　[00:43.84]Make sure the word(s) you fill in

　　[00:47.02]is (are) both grammatically

　　[00:49.66]and semantically acceptable.

　　[00:52.13]You may use the blank sheet

　　[00:53.66]for note-taking.

　　[00:55.29]You have THIRTY seconds

　　[00:56.68]to preview the gap-filling task.

　　[01:29.13]Now listen to the mini-lecture.

　　[01:31.23]When it is over,

　　[01:32.44]you will be given THREE minutes

　　[01:33.90]to check your work.

　　[01:35.78]Structure of

　　[01:36.58]the Canadian Government

　　[01:38.51]Good afternoon, everyone.

　　[01:40.08]Today we'll be continuing

　　[01:41.47]our discussion

　　[01:42.24]of the Canadian government,

　　[01:44.27]with the focus on its structure.

　　[01:46.39]As a former British colony,

　　[01:48.27]Canada's system of government

　　[01:49.86]was based on the British system

　　[01:51.66]of parliamentary democracy.

　　[01:54.01]This is often referred to as

　　[01:55.06]〝Westminster-style〞

　　[01:56.85]democracy,

　　[01:57.96]named after the British House

　　[01:59.22]of Commons.

　　[02:00.28]Like New Zealand and Australia,

　　[02:02.27]many Canadian laws,

　　[02:03.63]political practices

　　[02:05.08]and customs were brought

　　[02:06.78]from the〝Old Country〞

　　[02:08.55]and adapted to

　　[02:09.38]the different conditions

　　[02:10.61]of the new country.

　　[02:11.85]At first glance, the similarities

　　[02:13.67]between British

　　[02:14.78]and Canadian political conditions

　　[02:16.75]are great;

　　[02:17.93]but when we look more closely,

　　[02:19.56]we can see important differences

　　[02:21.26]which have arisen from

　　[02:22.41]the experience of governing a huge

　　[02:24.95]but sparsely populated country.

　　[02:27.50]We'll divide our discussion

　　[02:28.79]into three parts: the official head,

　　[02:31.13]the Canadian system of government

　　[02:32.95]and the Canadian Parliament.

　　[02:34.91]Now, first,

　　[02:35.99]the official head of Canada.

　　[02:37.62]Like Britain,

　　[02:38.54]Canada is a monarchy.

　　[02:40.37]The official head of state

　　[02:41.54]is the Queen,

　　[02:42.71]who is also the Queen

　　[02:44.50]of Great Britain, Australia,

　　[02:46.19]New Zealand

　　[02:47.13]and other former British colonies.

　　[02:49.77]The Queen is Canada's queen

　　[02:51.51]in her own right; if, for example,

　　[02:54.39]Britain decided to

　　[02:55.38]become a republic,

　　[02:56.68]the Queen would still be

　　[02:57.82]the Queen of Canada.

　　[02:59.34]Because she does not live

　　[03:00.28]in Canada,

　　[03:01.08]she is represented by an official

　　[03:02.95]called the Governor General.

　　[03:05.29]When heads of state visit Canada,

　　[03:07.14]they will first be greeted

　　[03:08.43]by the Governor General

　　[03:09.72]before being welcomed

　　[03:11.07]by the Prime Minister.

　　[03:12.73]Both the Queen

　　[03:13.41]and the Governor General

　　[03:14.54]occupy roles

　　[03:15.66]which are largely ceremonial.

　　[03:17.98]Most Canadians would be unable

　　[03:19.50]to tell you the name

　　[03:20.64]of the current Governor General,

　　[03:22.58]or identify him or her in a picture.

　　[03:25.53]And while the Queen

　　[03:26.42]and her family are regarded

　　[03:27.95]with affection by most Canadians,

　　[03:30.06]the monarchy as such bears

　　[03:32.00]little relevance to

　　[03:32.95]the governing of modern Canada.

　　[03:35.51]We see that Canada

　　[03:36.47]and Britain have

　　[03:37.29]the same official head of state.

　　[03:39.14]Then, what is special

　　[03:40.96]about the Canadian government

　　[03:42.34]as compared against

　　[03:43.50]the British government?

　　[03:45.12]This brings us to the second part

　　[03:46.62]of our discussion,

　　[03:47.86]the system of government.

　　[03:49.60]The biggest difference

　　[03:50.35]between Canada

　　[03:51.18]and the UK is

　　[03:52.51]that Canada is a federation—

　　[03:54.77]that is, it has ten provinces

　　[03:56.94]and three territories,

　　[03:58.70]each with their own government,

　　[04:00.94]which have joined

　　[04:01.82]to form one country.

　　[04:03.33]The government of the

　　[04:04.20]whole country is referred to

　　[04:05.46]as the〝federal government〞

　　[04:07.86]to distinguish it from

　　[04:08.96]the lower level governments

　　[04:10.36]of each province.

　　[04:11.73]These provinces

　　[04:12.50]all have a great deal of power

　　[04:13.91]in relation to

　　[04:14.96]the federal government.

　　[04:16.63]Canada was

　　[04:17.71]the first political community

　　[04:18.52]to combine federalism with

　　[04:20.22]a British system of government,

　　[04:22.48]a model which was later

　　[04:23.63]applied to other areas

　　[04:25.16]in the British Commonwealth,

　　[04:26.27]notably

　　[04:27.43]in Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria

　　[04:29.94]and India—

　　[04:31.31]large countries

　　[04:32.27]with powerful regional

　　[04:33.56]and ethnic divisions.

　　[04:35.63]Canada's founding fathers

　　[04:37.00]of Confederation, who,

　　[04:38.55]between 1864 and 1867,

　　[04:42.16]had to decide what sort

　　[04:43.53]of government the new country

　　[04:44.89]was to have,

　　[04:46.40]chose the British model

　　[04:47.63]of government over the model

　　[04:49.29]being enacted in the United States.

　　[04:51.71]The American system

　　[04:52.59]was characterized by〝checks

　　[04:54.27]and balances〞on political power.

　　[04:56.64]In contrast, the founding fathers

　　[04:58.49]preferred the British system

　　[05:00.17]because they wanted

　　[05:01.01]a strong central government.

　　[05:02.92]The British model offered

　　[05:04.06]〝strength, order and authority〞,

　　[05:06.57]which they thought was preferable

　　[05:07.97]to the weakness

　　[05:08.80]of the American system.

　　[05:10.42]In the American system,

　　[05:11.60]the President and

　　[05:12.32]the Congress frequently battle

　　[05:14.09]over policy.

　　[05:15.34]Finally, we'll talk about

　　[05:16.64]the Canadian Parliament.

　　[05:18.18]The Parliament is divided

　　[05:19.24]into a lower house called

　　[05:20.89]the House of Commons, and

　　[05:22.36]an upper house called the Senate.

　　[05:24.40]Canadians vote in elections

　　[05:25.65]for people whom they want to

　　[05:27.24]represent them

　　[05:28.05]in the House of Commons.

　　[05:29.42]These Members

　　[05:29.94]of Parliament(MPs)

　　[05:32.22]each fill a 〝seat〞

　　[05:33.28]in the House of Commons,

　　[05:34.45]which represents

　　[05:35.38]a particular electoral district.

　　[05:38.01]Electoral districts are based on

　　[05:39.50]the population rather than

　　[05:41.11]the geographic size,

　　[05:42.98]so there are more MPs

　　[05:44.67]from urban areas and very few

　　[05:46.92]from the sparsely settled,

　　[05:48.64]wilder regions of Canada.

　　[05:50.57]The House of Commons contains

　　[05:51.91]about three hundred seats.

　　[05:53.79]Because most of

　　[05:54.57]the Canadian population

　　[05:55.72]is concentrated in Ontario

　　[05:57.71]and Quebec,

　　[05:58.90]these two provinces have

　　[06:00.41]the most seats,

　　[06:01.86]and therefore the most power

　　[06:03.14]in the House of Commons.

　　[06:04.88]This has caused a lot of trouble,

　　[06:06.30]because the provinces

　　[06:07.74]with smaller populations

　　[06:09.55]feel they are not adequately

　　[06:11.14]listened to by 〝Central Canada〞.

　　[06:13.79]For example, in the 1997 election,

　　[06:16.73]because of its large population,

　　[06:18.66]Ontario elected 103 MPs,

　　[06:21.93]whereas the prairie provinces

　　[06:23.69]of Saskatchewan

　　[06:24.85]and Manitoba each only

　　[06:26.65]had 14 MPs.

　　[06:28.66]As is the case in Britain,

　　[06:30.36]MPs generally all belong to

　　[06:32.38]political parties.

　　[06:34.10]The party that wins

　　[06:34.94]the most seats forms

　　[06:36.43]the government;

　　[06:37.54]the party leader

　　[06:38.26]becomes the Prime Minister,

　　[06:39.96]and so, like in the UK,

　　[06:42.19]the most important person

　　[06:43.34]in the Canadian government

　　[06:45.06]is the Prime Minister.

　　[06:46.57]The Cabinet,

　　[06:47.31]chosen by the Prime Minister,

　　[06:49.38]consists of senior MPs

　　[06:51.21]from the governing party.

　　[06:52.70]They are usually given

　　[06:53.58]particular areas of responsibility,

　　[06:55.99]like external affairs,

　　[06:57.76]multiculturalism,

　　[06:59.20]or health and education.

　　[07:00.92]The Senate, the upper house,

　　[07:02.46]is not elected.

　　[07:03.87]It is appointed by

　　[07:04.66]the Governor General,

　　[07:06.01]who acts on the recommendation

　　[07:07.46]of the Prime Minister.

　　[07:08.90]The Senate is not like

　　[07:09.86]the US Senate, but analogous to

　　[07:12.34]the House of Lords in the UK,

　　[07:14.71]although the Lords

　　[07:15.68]can earn their seats by right of birth

　　[07:17.94]as well as by being appointed.

　　[07:20.04]To balance the fact

　　[07:21.08]that the Commons is dominated by

　　[07:23.25]MPs from populous Ontario

　　[07:25.77]and Quebec, senators are,

　　[07:27.30]by tradition,

　　[07:28.86]picked to represent the regions

　　[07:30.22]more equally.

　　[07:31.54]Well, today we have covered

　　[07:33.04]the structure of

　　[07:33.86]the Canadian Government

　　[07:34.89]in terms of three aspects:

　　[07:36.80]the official head,

　　[07:37.80]the Canadian system

　　[07:39.01]of government

　　[07:39.96]and the Canadian Parliament.

　　[07:41.80]You are expected to read

　　[07:42.71]the recommended material

　　[07:44.02]after class.

　　[07:45.28]Next week's lecture

　　[07:46.08]will be focused

　　[07:47.26]on Canadian Prime Ministers.

　　[07:49.73]Now, you have THREE minutes

　　[07:51.45]to check your work.

　　[10:53.08]This is the end

　　[10:53.90]of Section A Mini-lecture.

　　[10:57.45]SECTION B INTERVIEW

　　[11:00.61]In this section

　　[11:01.62]you will hear ONE interview.

　　[11:03.81]The interview

　　[11:04.49]will be divided into TWO parts.

　　[11:07.10]At the end of each part,

　　[11:08.76]five questions will be asked

　　[11:10.50]about what was said.

　　[11:12.07]Both the interview

　　[11:13.09]and the questions

　　[11:14.17]will be spoken ONCE ONLY.

　　[11:16.69]After each question

　　[11:17.98]there will be a ten-second pause.

　　[11:20.22]During the pause,

　　[11:21.42]you should read the four choices

　　[11:23.36]of A, B, C and D,

　　[11:26.32]and mark the best answer

　　[11:27.82]to each question

　　[11:28.91]on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

　　[11:31.01]You have THIRTY seconds

　　[11:32.48]to preview the questions.

　　[12:04.47]Now, listen to Part One

　　[12:05.79]of the interview.

　　[12:07.38]Questions 1 to 5 are based on

　　[12:09.37]Part One of the interview.

　　[12:11.84]W: We continue now

　　[12:12.70]with something to think

　　[12:13.61]about as you plan

　　[12:14.76]your summer vacation.

　　[12:16.07]When it comes to lodging,

　　[12:17.40]hotels are the first

　　[12:18.72]and often the only option

　　[12:20.51]considered by most people.

　　[12:22.43]But now a growing group

　　[12:23.59]of travelers are finding comfort

　　[12:25.03]in full-fledged home

　　[12:27.04]away from home.

　　[12:28.28]And here with more

　　[12:29.40]is Travelzoo's editor Gabe Saglie.

　　[12:32.00]Good to see you, Gabe.

　　[12:33.28]M: Good to see you.

　　[12:34.57]W: Zoo is a little bit of a fantasy.

　　[12:37.31]I would love to do this with my

　　[12:38.51]whole family: go away

　　[12:40.11]and rent a house.

　　[12:41.31]A lot more people are doing it,

　　[12:42.84]so is this a trend?

　　[12:44.40]M: Well. I love the great hotels,

　　[12:46.22]and they are always going to

　　[12:47.38]be the No. 1 choice really

　　[12:48.80]for travelers.

　　[12:50.01]They are convenient, easy to book

　　[12:51.47]and you know

　　[12:52.06]what you are getting.

　　[12:53.40]But more people

　　[12:54.08]are traveling today

　　[12:54.97]and for a greater variety of

　　[12:56.39]reasons than ever before.

　　[12:57.93]So vacation rentals offer

　　[12:59.32]probably greater options now,

　　[13:01.51]depending on the kind of the trip

　　[13:02.94]that you want to take.

　　[13:04.27]W: You're literally

　　[13:04.94]renting somebody's home, right?

　　[13:06.88]M: Yes. You get amenities

　　[13:07.79]like fully-equipped kitchens,

　　[13:09.48]washer dryers, and things

　　[13:10.81]like internet access and parking,

　　[13:12.75]which usually have standard fare

　　[13:14.04]at the vacation rentals.

　　[13:15.95]W: You usually think it's going to

　　[13:17.69]be more expensive automatically

　　[13:19.21]than a hotel would be,

　　[13:20.63]but that's often not the case.

　　[13:22.07]Am I right?

　　[13:23.09]M: Yes. When I was

　　[13:24.07]doing research for the segment,

　　[13:25.45]I found that, for example,

　　[13:26.88]a castle in the French countryside,

　　[13:28.98]a medieval castle

　　[13:30.33]that sleeps 34 people on 20 acres

　　[13:32.84]for 7,000 dollars for the week

　　[13:35.51]comes out

　　[13:36.14]about 200 dollars per person

　　[13:38.94]for the entire week.

　　[13:40.51]In the French countryside,

　　[13:42.04]on 20 acres in a castle,

　　[13:44.19]that's amazing.

　　[13:45.31]Travelers published

　　[13:46.27]a two-bedroom condo

　　[13:47.64]in Orlando this week for 95 dollars

　　[13:50.33]that sleeps six.

　　[13:51.79]While you're right next to

　　[13:52.99]Disney World,

　　[13:54.03]steps away from SeaWorld

　　[13:55.78]and Universal Studios,

　　[13:57.77]this is a great value option

　　[13:59.12]for a family.

　　[14:00.77]W: The only concern

　　[14:01.80]that I might raise would be

　　[14:03.04]that, with a hotel,

　　[14:04.83]if you have any problems,

　　[14:06.33]you go and complain to

　　[14:07.51]the management.

　　[14:08.58]You know,

　　[14:09.15]they are going to be responsive.

　　[14:10.91]You are going to need

　　[14:11.73]that same level of service

　　[14:13.19]if you have any problems

　　[14:14.31]in a rental type situation. Right?

　　[14:17.28]This is the end of Part One

　　[14:18.90]of the interview.

　　[14:20.10]Questions 1 to 5 are based on

　　[14:22.13]what you have just heard.

　　[14:24.04]1. Which of the following

　　[14:26.50]is NOT an advantage of hotels?

　　[14:38.55]2. Which is NOT mentioned

　　[14:40.89]about the amenities

　　[14:42.06]in vacation rentals?

　　[14:53.44]3. How much does

　　[14:55.80]a medieval castle

　　[14:56.75]in the French countryside

　　[14:57.83]cost a head per week?

　　[15:09.44]4. What is the woman's

　　[15:11.11]only concern

　　[15:12.13]in terms of vacation rentals?

　　[15:24.03]5. Which of the following is

　　[15:26.12]INCORRECT according to

　　[15:27.40]this part of the interview?

　　[15:38.81]Now, listen to Part Two

　　[15:40.47]of the interview.

　　[15:41.93]Questions 6 to 10 are based on

　　[15:44.26]Part Two of the interview.

　　[15:46.68]M: The answer is yes. I mean,

　　[15:48.35]you needn't worry about that,

　　[15:49.58]because they can provide

　　[15:50.55]the same level of service to you.

　　[15:52.37]But you have to do

　　[15:52.95]a little bit more homework

　　[15:54.55]on your own to guarantee that,

　　[15:56.24]first of all, you are protecting

　　[15:57.86]your investment.

　　[15:59.02]I mean, think about

　　[16:00.36]buying something on Ebay,

　　[16:02.10]all kinds of steps you take

　　[16:03.55]to guarantee

　　[16:04.14]that you are buying something

　　[16:05.31]that is legitimate.

　　[16:06.81]Do a vacation memo,

　　[16:08.20]see the reviews by former renters,

　　[16:10.40]and get a contract

　　[16:11.40]before you send any money.

　　[16:13.43]Use a credit card instead of cash,

　　[16:14.94]or money order, and make sure

　　[16:16.64]you get an array of contact

　　[16:18.10]information once you need

　　[16:19.49]at the vacation rental.

　　[16:21.24]W: Let's go through

　　[16:21.97]some situations.

　　[16:23.53]This might be a good idea,

　　[16:25.30]and the first

　　[16:25.93]was my fantasy vacation,

　　[16:27.82]to get away with my family,

　　[16:29.56]or family reunion

　　[16:30.71]or something like that.

　　[16:32.46]M: Yes. And some families

　　[16:33.74]are better equipped to be

　　[16:34.98]under the same roof than others,

　　[16:36.77]no doubt about that, but think

　　[16:38.36]about the fact that

　　[16:39.25]if you rent a four-bedroom house

　　[16:40.74]versus renting four hotel rooms,

　　[16:42.88]you are going to have extras

　　[16:44.03]for the family,

　　[16:45.33]like your own kitchen

　　[16:46.24]to make small talks while dinner

　　[16:47.66]is being made,

　　[16:48.81]your own backyard to play games,

　　[16:50.83]your own garage,

　　[16:52.04]and your rental cars.

　　[16:53.78]So there is definitely something

　　[16:54.85]to be set for

　　[16:56.13]those large groups of people

　　[16:57.65]like birthday getaways,

　　[16:59.26]singles' parties.

　　[17:00.65]You don't have to worry

　　[17:01.55]about disturbing your neighbors

　　[17:03.41]if you are having a party late

　　[17:05.18]at night,

　　[17:06.13]or there is a phone call

　　[17:07.05]from the front desk

　　[17:07.97]to tell you to keep it down.

　　[17:09.97]W: But what about a couple's

　　[17:11.08]romantic getaway?

　　[17:12.84]In some cases, you say,

　　[17:13.90]that sounds ideal.

　　[17:15.54]M: Yes. My wife and I

　　[17:16.76]have spent a large sum of money

　　[17:18.37]on a hotel in Hawaii.

　　[17:20.34]But now we have

　　[17:21.21]another romantic getaway;

　　[17:23.21]we are considering

　　[17:23.85]a vacation rental.

　　[17:25.37]Because we like

　　[17:25.99]making our own breakfast

　　[17:27.12]in the morning,

　　[17:28.12]almost feeling like

　　[17:29.06]we get some of the management

　　[17:30.35]we have at home,

　　[17:32.05]while traveling thousands of miles

　　[17:33.45]away from home.

　　[17:34.65]W: Do you have

　　[17:35.72]any particular locations

　　[17:37.29]where they are better to rent

　　[17:38.84]and do the hotel thing?

　　[17:40.85]M: Cities like New York,

　　[17:42.06]San Francisco,

　　[17:42.85]Chicago with a hotel

　　[17:44.89]industry just as good as it can be,

　　[17:47.17]the hotel is probably

　　[17:48.06]the best way to go

　　[17:49.15]in those peak seasons.

　　[17:50.55]In other areas like Florida,

　　[17:52.02]Southern California, Hawaii,

　　[17:54.51]Mexico, vacation rentals could be

　　[17:56.77]a great option for you.

　　[17:58.37]W: Good stuff here.

　　[17:59.21]Gabe Sagile. Thanks.

　　[18:01.89]This is the end of Part Two

　　[18:03.59]of the interview.

　　[18:04.96]Questions 6 to 10 are based on

　　[18:06.93]what you have just heard.

　　[18:09.32]6. Which of the following

　　[18:11.47]is NOT what you should do

　　[18:12.51]to ensure your renting safety?

　　[18:24.45]7. Which of the following

　　[18:26.28]is NOT an advantage

　　[18:27.90]of vacation rentals?

　　[18:39.18]8. Why does the man consider

　　[18:41.02]a vacation rental

　　[18:42.53]for another romantic getaway

　　[18:44.52]with his wife?

　　[18:55.47]9. Where are vacation rentals NOT

　　[18:58.41]a good option?

　　[19:09.31]10. What does this part of the interview

　　[19:12.23]focus on?

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