2019英语专八模拟试卷及答案（六）

　　SECTION B INTERVIEW 10分

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　[00:25.04]In this section

　　[00:26.32]you will hear ONE interview.

　　[00:28.64]The interview

　　[00:29.35]will be divided into TWO parts.

　　[00:32.14]At the end of each part,

　　[00:33.53]five questions will be asked

　　[00:35.08]about what was said.

　　[00:36.64]Both the interview

　　[00:37.96]and the questions

　　[00:39.19]will be spoken ONCE ONLY.

　　[00:41.39]After each question

　　[00:43.34]there will be a ten-second pause.

　　[00:46.29]During the pause,

　　[00:47.26]you should read the four choices

　　[00:49.24]of A, B, C and D,

　　[00:52.12]and mark the best answer

　　[00:53.50]to each question

　　[00:54.65]on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

　　[00:57.31]You have THIRTY seconds

　　[00:58.62]to preview the questions.

　　[01:30.48]Now, listen to Part One

　　[01:31.89]of the interview.

　　[01:33.67]Questions 1 to 5 are based on

　　[01:36.12]Part One of the interview.

　　[01:38.58]W: Welcome

　　[01:39.30]to our night show Books of Wisdom.

　　[01:41.92]Today, we are glad

　　[01:43.45]to have invited Mr. Philips,

　　[01:45.58]the chief editor of USA Today,

　　[01:48.00]to share his views on

　　[01:49.61]the national newspaper.

　　[01:51.28]M: Good evening.

　　[01:52.27]W: Good evening,

　　[01:52.82]Mr. Philips. Since e-papers

　　[01:55.54]and e-books are emerging

　　[01:56.78]as overwhelming alternatives

　　[01:59.10]to the printed kind nowadays,

　　[02:01.56]it is really sad to see

　　[02:03.65]that many newspapers

　　[02:04.69]are having a hard time,

　　[02:06.20]and some have even disappeared.

　　[02:09.05]M: That's true.

　　[02:10.22]E-papers are indeed developing

　　[02:12.21]more quickly

　　[02:12.92]than almost anyone predicted.

　　[02:15.19]W: But as far as I know,

　　[02:16.84]USA Today has been doing great,

　　[02:19.98]and it is now more

　　[02:21.37]than 30 years old.

　　[02:23.23]Could you tell us the secret

　　[02:24.79]of its success?

　　[02:26.39]M: I have to say that

　　[02:27.82]when USA Today began,

　　[02:29.72]few expected it would last this long.

　　[02:32.55]W: But at last it turns out

　　[02:34.54]that not only has it lasted,

　　[02:36.33]but also it has thrived.

　　[02:38.74]M: Yes.

　　[02:39.30]USA Today is the most widely read

　　[02:42.22]daily newspaper in America.

　　[02:44.62]It is also distributed

　　[02:46.52]in many other countries

　　[02:47.53]around the world.

　　[02:49.04]But that's only part of the story.

　　[02:51.09]The real remarkable success

　　[02:53.23]is the changes it made

　　[02:54.61]in the newspaper industry.

　　[02:56.42]USA Today changed the way

　　[02:58.45]papers look,

　　[02:59.62]the way reporters write,

　　[03:01.39]and the way news is gathered

　　[03:03.74]and delivered.

　　[03:04.78]W: It seems

　　[03:05.38]that USA Today set out

　　[03:07.44]to be different.

　　[03:08.98]That is the distinct feature of it,

　　[03:11.18]isn't it?

　　[03:12.02]M: You can say that again.

　　[03:13.32]When USA Today

　　[03:15.51]was first published,

　　[03:17.05]the newspaper industry was,

　　[03:18.90]um, in trouble.

　　[03:20.49]Fewer people were reading them.

　　[03:22.64]The papers were full

　　[03:23.83]of bad news about crime

　　[03:25.49]and killing.

　　[03:26.78]The stories on them were

　　[03:28.05]as long as a rope without an end.

　　[03:30.71]There were no color photos

　　[03:32.54]and graphics,

　　[03:33.50]and you could never find

　　[03:34.89]the latest scores

　　[03:35.81]of sports in them.

　　[03:37.37]W: And then USA Today

　　[03:39.21]changed all that?

　　[03:40.76]M: Definitely.

　　[03:41.36]For example,

　　[03:42.61]compared with those long stories

　　[03:44.76]from other newspapers,

　　[03:46.32]USA Today has shorter stories,

　　[03:49.47]most of which do not jump,

　　[03:51.43]or continue,

　　[03:52.05]from one page to another.

　　[03:54.14]It uses color photos,

　　[03:55.87]and colorful charts

　　[03:57.35]and graphics.

　　[03:58.21]It does not include

　　[03:59.44]much international news,

　　[04:01.05]but it does have lots of sports,

　　[04:03.34]entertainment

　　[04:04.07]and human interest stories.

　　[04:06.01]W: And it is supposed

　　[04:07.33]to appeal to younger readers,

　　[04:09.51]am I right?

　　[04:10.16]M: Exactly.

　　[04:11.27]Young readers have been raised

　　[04:12.82]watching television,

　　[04:14.51]so they have trouble,

　　[04:15.48]uh, paying attention

　　[04:16.77]to longer stories.

　　[04:18.33]They want to be entertained,

　　[04:19.82]not informed.

　　[04:21.24]But, just as no one

　　[04:22.88]is born successful,

　　[04:24.61]USA Today was mocked

　　[04:26.37]by many people at the beginning.

　　[04:28.33]Other newspapers called it

　　[04:30.29]"McPaper".

　　[04:31.49]They were comparing it

　　[04:32.59]to McDonald's fast food,

　　[04:34.49]which, you know,

　　[04:35.73]isn't very healthy.

　　[04:36.76]It fills you up,

　　[04:38.07]but it doesn't have much nutrition.

　　[04:40.77]This is the end

　　[04:41.96]of Part One of the interview.

　　[04:44.30]Questions 1 to 5 are based on

　　[04:46.61]what you have just heard.

　　[04:48.64]1. What is this interview

　　[04:51.89]mainly about?

　　[05:03.14]2. Why does the woman say

　　[05:05.51]newspapers today

　　[05:06.79]are having a hard time?

　　[05:18.76]3. Which of the following statements

　　[05:21.95]about USA Today is CORRECT?

　　[05:34.81]4. According to the man,

　　[05:37.72]what is the real success

　　[05:39.32]of USA Today?

　　[05:50.98]5. Why did USA Today make

　　[05:54.69]the changes?

　　[06:04.65]Now, listen to Part Two

　　[06:07.29]of the interview.

　　[06:09.09]Questions 6 to 10 are based on

　　[06:11.33]Part Two of the interview.

　　[06:14.56]W: They meant

　　[06:15.17]that McPaper looked good,

　　[06:16.75]but the news

　　[06:17.83]and articles in it were not

　　[06:19.32]so important, is that correct?

　　[06:21.76]M: Yes. People said USA Today

　　[06:24.72]"dumbed down"

　　[06:25.42]the news.

　　[06:26.50]Do you know what "dumb down"

　　[06:28.20]means?

　　[06:28.84]W: Yeah, I think it means

　　[06:30.66]to make things too simple.

　　[06:32.38]Like, you want to make it easy

　　[06:34.21]to understand,

　　[06:35.33]but you make it too easy.

　　[06:37.13]So it's like writing

　　[06:38.67]for a little child.

　　[06:39.99]M: That's exactly right.

　　[06:41.61]If you make something too simple,

　　[06:43.54]people get mad.

　　[06:44.90]They think that the writer

　　[06:46.52]thinks they're stupid.

　　[06:48.06]But a funny thing happened then.

　　[06:50.47]More and more people

　　[06:51.62]started reading USA Today.

　　[06:54.43]About a year after it started,

　　[06:56.08]it had a circulation of more

　　[06:57.90]than one million.

　　[06:59.21]Today, its circulation is

　　[07:01.44]past two million.

　　[07:02.82]W: Wow. That is really dramatic,

　　[07:05.48]considering the mockery they got

　　[07:07.66]at the very start.

　　[07:08.70]Since circulation is the number

　　[07:11.47]of papers

　　[07:11.77]that are read each day,

　　[07:13.57]it means that now USA Today

　　[07:16.29]distributes more than

　　[07:17.62]two million copies

　　[07:18.87]of each issue.

　　[07:20.16]M: Yes. When other papers saw

　　[07:22.57]the circulation of USA Today grew,

　　[07:25.47]they could not stay calm

　　[07:27.11]any more.

　　[07:28.36]So, they started

　　[07:29.34]to copy USA Today's style.

　　[07:32.29]Their stories got shorter,

　　[07:34.04]and they started using lots

　　[07:35.82]of color photos

　　[07:36.77]and charts.

　　[07:37.66]They replaced serious news

　　[07:39.49]with feature stories.

　　[07:41.05]Soon, it became normal

　　[07:42.59]for newspapers

　　[07:43.79]to look like USA Today.

　　[07:46.12]W: But I guess the change

　　[07:47.38]of style isn't the only factor

　　[07:49.62]that makes USA Today so popular.

　　[07:52.76]M: Of course.

　　[07:53.44]Another significant factor

　　[07:55.75]in its success is timeliness.

　　[07:58.18]W: Timeliness?

　　[07:59.22]Doesn't it mean

　　[07:59.96]that newspapers arrive at readers'

　　[08:02.42]doors on time each day?

　　[08:04.95]How can it be a significant factor

　　[08:07.38]as other papers can be punctual

　　[08:09.45]as well?

　　[08:10.33]M: Nope! Timeliness here

　　[08:12.42]means newspapers' ability

　　[08:13.92]to report the latest news.

　　[08:16.00]Daily newspapers have a deadline,

　　[08:18.35]which is the time they have

　　[08:20.06]to stop writing

　　[08:21.21]and start printing the paper.

　　[08:23.12]The deadline used

　　[08:24.44]to cause papers

　　[08:25.84]to leave out news.

　　[08:27.38]This was especially true

　　[08:28.69]between East Coast papers

　　[08:30.91]and West Coast sports scores.

　　[08:33.44]Basketball,

　　[08:34.23]football and baseball games

　　[08:36.12]would end

　　[08:36.73]on the West Coast at 11 p.m.

　　[08:39.29]But that's 2 a.m.

　　[08:41.17]Eastern time.

　　[08:42.32]It was too late

　　[08:43.62]to put the score of the game

　　[08:45.06]in the next day's paper.

　　[08:46.67]USA Today,

　　[08:47.86]however, used satellites

　　[08:50.21]to transmit news.

　　[08:51.54]It set later deadlines,

　　[08:53.35]so that it could include

　　[08:55.12]the West Coast scores.

　　[08:56.91]This, alone,

　　[08:58.01]caused many people

　　[08:58.99]to buy the paper.

　　[09:00.38]W: But today most papers

　　[09:02.43]use satellites.

　　[09:03.82]So why has USA Today's

　　[09:06.13]circulation

　　[09:06.92]kept growing?

　　[09:08.28]M: Excellent question.

　　[09:09.50]Uh, actually,

　　[09:10.69]USA Today

　　[09:12.31]has changed nowadays.

　　[09:14.60]Though it still looks colorful,

　　[09:16.17]it has started

　　[09:16.99]to become more like

　　[09:18.43]traditional papers.

　　[09:19.44]Its stories are getting longer,

　　[09:21.64]and it has

　　[09:22.53]more international news.

　　[09:24.52]It has changed because people

　　[09:26.60]are changing.

　　[09:28.03]The paper needs to appeal to

　　[09:29.64]more educated readers,

　　[09:31.02]because they're the ones

　　[09:33.03]with money and the ones

　　[09:34.73]who read papers at all.

　　[09:36.42]Also, it needs to sell

　　[09:38.80]more papers overseas.

　　[09:40.52]International

　　[09:41.29]and literate readers don't want

　　[09:43.36]"dumbed down"news.

　　[09:45.80]W: I get it. The key is

　　[09:47.57]"keeping up with the time."

　　[09:49.25]M: Exactly.

　　[09:50.19]W: Thank you

　　[09:51.23]for sharing your information

　　[09:52.38]about USA Today.

　　[09:54.31]M: You are welcome.

　　[09:55.52]This is the end

　　[09:57.50]of Part Two of the interview.

　　[09:59.26]Questions 6 to 10 are based on

　　[10:01.95]what you have just heard.

　　[10:03.70]6. Why did people say

　　[10:07.59]USA Today

　　[10:08.71]"dumbed down"the news?

　　[10:20.60]7. What is the circulation

　　[10:23.49]of USA Today now?

　　[10:35.73]8. What did

　　[10:37.62]other newspapers do

　　[10:39.00]when they saw the success

　　[10:40.57]of USA Today?

　　[10:52.18]9. What is the other factor

　　[10:54.85]in the success of USA Today

　　[10:57.11]besides its changing of style?

　　[11:09.47]10. Why can USA Today's

　　[11:12.87]circulation keep growing?

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