2019英语专八模拟试卷及答案（七）

　　SECTION B INTERVIEW 10分

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　　[00:25.83]In this section

　　[00:26.80]you will hear ONE interview.

　　[00:28.81]The interview

　　[00:29.67]will be divided into TWO parts.

　　[00:32.21]At the end of each part,

　　[00:33.63]five questions will be asked

　　[00:35.60]about what was said.

　　[00:36.97]Both the interview

　　[00:38.35]and the questions

　　[00:39.40]will be spoken ONCE ONLY.

　　[00:42.06]After each question

　　[00:43.73]there will be a ten-second pause.

　　[00:46.73]During the pause,

　　[00:47.67]you should read the four choices

　　[00:49.83]of A, B, C and D,

　　[00:52.46]and mark the best answer

　　[00:53.99]to each question

　　[00:55.08]on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

　　[00:56.89]You have THIRTY seconds

　　[00:59.00]to preview the questions.

　　[01:30.97]Now, listen to Part One

　　[01:32.49]of the interview.

　　[01:34.16]Questions 1 to 5 are based on

　　[01:36.54]Part One of the interview.

　　[01:39.05]W: Welcome to our show.

　　[01:40.53]Have you heard the saying

　　[01:42.36]that driving is

　　[01:43.16]the most dangerous thing

　　[01:45.16]that most of us

　　[01:45.66]will do in our lives?

　　[01:47.37]So what can be done

　　[01:49.05]to make it safer?

　　[01:50.64]I think we all know an intersection

　　[01:52.60]or a stretch of road

　　[01:54.16]that is dangerous

　　[01:55.36]and needs to be fixed.

　　[01:57.42]Well, there's

　　[01:58.40]some federal money available

　　[02:00.02]through

　　[02:00.43]the Black Spot funding program.

　　[02:02.37]Jamie Briggs is an MP;

　　[02:05.23]he's also the Assistant Minister

　　[02:07.02]for Infrastructure

　　[02:08.30]and Regional Development.

　　[02:10.06]Welcome, Jamie.

　　[02:11.61]M: Thanks. New South Wales

　　[02:13.78]has appointed John Cobb

　　[02:15.30]as the chair

　　[02:16.18]of the Black Spot

　　[02:17.37]consultative panel,

　　[02:18.83]and many of your listeners

　　[02:20.33]know John is

　　[02:21.16]a very experienced parliamentarian.

　　[02:23.54]And, John knows transport

　　[02:25.75]needs very well

　　[02:26.73]in New South Wales,

　　[02:28.24]and he brings a level

　　[02:29.43]of experience

　　[02:30.26]to the Black Spot committee,

　　[02:31.71]which will ensure we get

　　[02:33.22]the best value of money

　　[02:34.75]that we want,

　　[02:35.74]but also improve

　　[02:38.18]our productive capacity

　　[02:39.26]on important metro but also,

　　[02:41.91]importantly,

　　[02:42.80]regional roads.

　　[02:44.26]W: Today we're broadcasting

　　[02:46.35]not just

　　[02:47.14]to the Riverina,

　　[02:48.27]but to the southwest

　　[02:49.30]and the southeast of the state.

　　[02:51.44]People in the regions

　　[02:52.65]will know these roads,

　　[02:54.03]and know that there are issues

　　[02:55.77]with some of them,

　　[02:56.94]what can they do

　　[02:57.87]if there's a bad stretch of road?

　　[03:00.01]The council knows about it,

　　[03:01.55]but what can they do?

　　[03:03.19]M: Well, look,

　　[03:04.30]in respect to this program,

　　[03:06.11]the Federal Government

　　[03:07.15]runs the Black Spot Program.

　　[03:09.81]It's a $60 million program a year,

　　[03:12.42]spread across the states.

　　[03:13.87]Obviously, New South Wales

　　[03:16.26]gets a good share of that.

　　[03:17.77]What people can do

　　[03:19.00]with their local government

　　[03:20.33]particularly is to identify

　　[03:22.86]black spots

　　[03:23.50]which have had a crash history,

　　[03:25.64]where there have been incidents

　　[03:27.79]over the last two or three years.

　　[03:29.98]They can identify

　　[03:30.87]those black spots

　　[03:32.27]to the committee,

　　[03:33.20]they don't need all

　　[03:34.73]that much information,

　　[03:35.98]and they can fill it out themselves.

　　[03:38.17]The local government body

　　[03:39.87]is the best way

　　[03:40.86]to move to get the best outcome,

　　[03:42.83]and then the committee

　　[03:44.36]will make the considerations,

　　[03:45.94]what are the best value projects.

　　[03:48.29]Projects can be up to

　　[03:49.57]$2 million in federal contribution.

　　[03:52.65]The state and local government

　　[03:54.65]can put in more, of course.

　　[03:56.69]Black spots usually mean

　　[03:58.57]that we're not getting

　　[03:59.79]the best value,

　　[04:00.81]particularly in regional areas,

　　[04:03.19]that we can get from the roads.

　　[04:05.07]So this program can really

　　[04:06.94]make a big difference

　　[04:08.48]in that respect.

　　[04:10.03]W: And the funding

　　[04:10.51]was specifically set up,

　　[04:12.71]but if there was an intersection

　　[04:14.66]or a stretch of road,

　　[04:15.74]with a crash history,

　　[04:17.28]it would be addressed?

　　[04:19.08]M: Well, that's right,

　　[04:20.73]and it was a funding program

　　[04:22.79]set up

　　[04:23.39]initially by

　　[04:24.05]the Howard Government,

　　[04:24.96]and has continued since that time,

　　[04:27.59]and it's got a great track record.

　　[04:29.75]It's got a terrific economic outcome,

　　[04:32.42]economic history,

　　[04:33.63]and it's also got a really important

　　[04:35.66]contribution to

　　[04:37.01]our safety performance

　　[04:38.42]of many of our metro

　　[04:40.04]and regional roads.

　　[04:41.37]And many of your listeners

　　[04:42.86]will know well

　　[04:43.54]that there are many local roads

　　[04:45.43]which carry

　　[04:45.90]heavy amounts of freight,

　　[04:47.21]and make contributions

　　[04:48.52]to our economic development...

　　[04:50.72]which are unsafe at times.

　　[04:53.21]And, as economic activity

　　[04:55.64]increases in our region,

　　[04:57.16]we need to fix those

　　[04:58.86]to ensure we get the best value.

　　[05:01.26]This is the end

　　[05:02.56]of Part One of the interview.

　　[05:04.88]Questions 1 to 5 are based on

　　[05:07.08]what you have just heard.

　　[05:09.84]1. Who is Jamie Briggs?

　　[05:23.32]2. According to the interview,

　　[05:25.96]what can we know

　　[05:27.16]about John Cobb?

　　[05:39.15]3. Which of

　　[05:40.87]the following statements

　　[05:42.20]about the Black Spot Program

　　[05:44.11]is CORRECT?

　　[05:55.56]4. How do people

　　[05:57.49]in New South Wales

　　[05:58.91]join in the Black Spot Program?

　　[06:11.14]5. How is the performance record

　　[06:14.25]of the Black Spot Program?

　　[06:25.90]Now, listen to Part Two

　　[06:27.30]of the interview.

　　[06:28.70]Questions 6 to 10 are based on

　　[06:31.06]Part Two of the interview.

　　[06:33.59]W: Is that part of the difficulty too,

　　[06:35.58]that the roads and bridges

　　[06:37.23]weren't designed

　　[06:38.01]for some semi-trailers,

　　[06:39.70]let alone B-doubles?

　　[06:41.70]M: Well, indeed,

　　[06:42.74]in respect of bridges,

　　[06:44.00]during the campaign,

　　[06:45.31]the Coalition announced

　　[06:46.74]a program specifically

　　[06:48.60]to deal with bridges,

　　[06:49.88]and that'll be something

　　[06:51.02]that the Deputy Prime

　　[06:52.21]Minister Warren Truss

　　[06:53.40]will be shortly talking more about.

　　[06:56.28]We will have

　　[06:57.01]a specific bridge program

　　[06:58.59]to upgrade bridges

　　[07:00.08]in regional areas.

　　[07:01.58]And, your listeners

　　[07:03.12]in New South Wales know

　　[07:04.48]that those bridges which were,

　　[07:06.20]as you say, built many years ago,

　　[07:08.86]are now carrying significant loads,

　　[07:11.61]which we want them to carry.

　　[07:13.52]W: Well, what do you want

　　[07:15.69]our regions to do?

　　[07:17.31]M: We want our regions

　　[07:18.19]to do better; we want our regions

　　[07:21.22]to be sending more

　　[07:22.38]of our high quality

　　[07:23.63]primary produce

　　[07:24.82]to ports to get onto ships,

　　[07:27.37]to export overseas,

　　[07:29.84]and to do that we need

　　[07:31.09]the most effective road network.

　　[07:33.12]And the Australian Government's

　　[07:34.87]committing to

　　[07:35.67]spending significant amounts

　　[07:37.34]to upgrade major roads,

　　[07:38.96]in Sydney, for instance,

　　[07:40.53]we're committing $1.5 billion,

　　[07:44.34]as part of

　　[07:44.95]the WestConnex proposal,

　　[07:46.86]which has an impact on

　　[07:48.28]our freight capacity,

　　[07:49.88]of course, getting our stuff

　　[07:51.73]to airports and to ports.

　　[07:53.99]But this program,

　　[07:55.72]while it's small,

　　[07:56.78]makes a significant

　　[07:58.35]contribution to

　　[07:59.41]our regional development

　　[08:00.44]because it ensures

　　[08:02.35]we get productive capacity

　　[08:04.33]on many roads

　　[08:05.56]which are suffering

　　[08:06.65]from substandard infrastructure.

　　[08:08.95]And, what I've asked John Cobb

　　[08:11.68]to do is to lead this committee

　　[08:14.20]and get the best value for

　　[08:15.22]the money

　　[08:16.00]that we allocate each year.

　　[08:18.04]W: Should the business sector,

　　[08:20.29]businesses that set up

　　[08:21.63]in certain areas be asked

　　[08:22.66]to help fund roads?

　　[08:25.43]M: Well, indeed they are

　　[08:27.33]on some occasions,

　　[08:28.60]and part of the challenge

　　[08:30.09]the country has,

　　[08:30.89]as both state

　　[08:32.41]and federal governments deal

　　[08:33.78]with Labor's debt,

　　[08:35.20]is to increasingly find ways

　　[08:37.00]to attract private sector

　　[08:38.75]investment.

　　[08:39.68]Sometimes that's

　　[08:40.86]through pricing.

　　[08:42.24]The private sector is involved

　　[08:43.51]in the WestConnex project,

　　[08:46.26]and is incentivized

　　[08:47.63]to be involved.

　　[08:48.90]So, of course, in that instance,

　　[08:51.38]it's attractive to both federal,

　　[08:53.37]state governments,

　　[08:54.25]but also the private sector,

　　[08:56.44]and we'll increasingly

　　[08:57.74]be looking at ways

　　[08:58.91]to attract private sector

　　[09:00.49]investment into our important

　　[09:02.65]economic infrastructure.

　　[09:04.26]W: All right,

　　[09:05.47]it's time to end today's program.

　　[09:07.56]Thank you, Jamie.

　　[09:08.74]Thanks for talking with us.

　　[09:10.30]M: My pleasure.

　　[09:12.45]This is the end

　　[09:13.48]of Part Two of the interview.

　　[09:15.52]Questions 6 to 10 are based on

　　[09:17.97]what you have just heard.

　　[09:19.67]6. What will

　　[09:22.44]the Deputy Prime Minister

　　[09:24.02]Warren Truss

　　[09:24.84]be shortly talking more about?

　　[09:36.84]7. Why can the WestConnex project

　　[09:40.43]contribute a lot to

　　[09:41.54]the local economy?

　　[09:52.80]8. Which of the following is

　　[09:55.29]mentioned about

　　[09:56.10]the WestConnex proposal?

　　[10:07.62]9. What can we know

　　[10:09.92]about the role

　　[10:10.63]of the business sector

　　[10:11.94]in the program?

　　[10:23.32]10. Which of

　　[10:25.25]the following statements

　　[10:26.47]is CORRECT

　　[10:27.12]about private investment

　　[10:28.64]in economic infrastructure?

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