[外语类试卷]专业英语八级模拟试卷26及答案与解析.doc

1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 26 及答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: 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.

2、 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. 0 A Career in Accounting As a field of study and work, accounting is expanding throughout the world. A job

3、in accounting promises good 【 1】 _and excellent promotion opportunities, yet suffers 【 1】 _ only slightly from changes in business cycles or from 【 2】 _variations in employment. 【 2】_ Bookkeeping is a starting point for a career in private accounting. It is essential for an【 3】 _.The financial 【 3】

4、_ records of an organizations are the【 4】 _on which 【 4】_ accounting is based. One can attend business or commercial schools to learn the【 5】 _of accounting practices, which include typing, 【 5】 _ shorthand, bookkeeping and, more recently, accounting and computer programming. As the principles and【

5、6】 _of 【 6】_ accounting have grown more complex, the training now lasts 【 7】 _years. 【 7】_ There are some alternatives to commercial schools such as home-study or【 8】 _schools. Whats more, education in 【 8】_ accounting has become a【 9】 _function of the 【 9】_ universities, incorporating business admi

6、nistration, business law, etc. To sum up, there are two paths towards a career in accounting. One is through employment and the other through 【 10】 _examinations. 【 10】_ 1 【 1】 2 【 2】 3 【 3】 4 【 4】 5 【 5】 6 【 6】 7 【 7】 8 【 8】 9 【 9】 10 【 10】 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will h

7、ear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 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. 11 Mike_ that playing baseball is a

8、lifetime career. （ A） agrees （ B） disapproves （ C） hopes （ D） doubts 12 Mike began to play baseball at _. （ A） 24 （ B） 27 （ C） 18 （ D） 20 13 Mike went to Mexico to play the winter season primarily because _. （ A） it helped him earn extra money （ B） his season was over （ C） he needed more experience

9、（ D） he could improve his skills 14 For a playoff player, the whole season lasts _ months. （ A） 6 （ B） 8 （ C） 10 （ D） 11 15 What does Mike find most attractive in baseball? （ A） It is a spectator sport. （ B） It is fun to win. （ C） It is what he exactly likes. （ D） It is a professional sport. SECTION

10、 C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Which of the following does not characterize Mercury? （ A） nearest of a

11、ll planets to the sun （ B） extremely hot （ C） little known to people （ D） biggest of all planets 17 The spacecraft will make a journey of over _ years. （ A） six （ B） nine （ C） twelve （ D） sixteen 18 Which of the following is true according to the report? （ A） The spacecraft will fly direct to Mercur

12、y. （ B） The spacecraft will fly three times past Mercury. （ C） The spacecraft was launched a week later than planned. （ D） There is no specific task for this journey. 19 The ceremony held by Gypsies also serves to call peoples attention to discrimination against them, especially in （ A） Eastern Euro

13、pe （ B） Northern Europe （ C） Western Europe （ D） Southern Europe 20 The ceremony was observed with all the following EXCEPT （ A） speeches （ B） mournful music （ C） parade （ D） visit 20 1 The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ough

14、t to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become “better“ people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who dont go. 2 But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high

15、school graduates are attending, those who dont fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each others experiments and write false letters of recommendation in intense competition for admission t

16、o graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop outoften encouraged by college administrators. 3 Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselvesthey are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But thats a condemnation of the students as a whole, and doesnt

17、explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. Weve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cant absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army

18、 of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either. 4 Some adventuresome educators and watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics ups

19、ide down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesnt make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn thingsmaybe its just the other way around, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely on

20、es who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much b

21、etter. But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up. 21 By “fit the pattern“ (in Para. 2) the author means that _. （ A） college graduates earn more money （ B） college graduates are morally sounder （ C） college graduates are more liberal （ D） all of the above 22 It is hinted that the reason that ma

22、ny students fail in college is that _. （ A） they are spoiled by their parents （ B） college education is incapable of cultivating them （ C） college education is misleading （ D） they are ruined by the corrupt society 23 The view of college education as held by the author seems to be _. （ A） self-contr

23、adictory （ B） popular （ C） unconventional （ D） radical 23 1 Women, by virtue of the availability of such outlets as crying for the expression of emotion, are likely to suffer from fewer psychological disturbances than men. 2 I know of no studies on the expression of the emotions in businesswomen. Bu

24、t the increase in psychological disorders among women in recent years suggests that women in business may be attempting to restrain the normal expression of their emotions. If so, I would say that this is not good. Women in business who believe that in order to succeed they must imitate men are bark

25、ing up the wrong tree. 3 I am not suggesting that every time one runs into a major frustration, one ought to have a good cry. I think this would be silly. Crying should be reserved for the appropriate situation, and that is whenever ones organism indicates the necessity. In this respect the American

26、 male has a great deal to learn from American femaleswhether in business or out of it. In business the emotions that are likely to be called into play tend to be the angry emotions, and crying is not a natural way of expressing such emotions. Opportunities to blow off steam in ways appropriate to th

27、e occasion should be provided until such time as we have strived to produce human beings who have learned to deal with their frustrations in a constructive manner. 4 It would be absurd to suggest that the psychological disorders from which men suffer in America are the result of not crying. The inab

28、ility to cry is but one reflection of many indicating that the American male has not been taught how to use his emotions efficiently, and it is this general inefficient use of his emotions, rather than one particular expression of them, that is principally at fault. Nevertheless, it is agreed by mos

29、t authorities that crying is a beneficial means of relieving the person of tensions which seek expression in this particular manner. It is far better that the energies which seek release in such emotional expression find an outlet in weeping than that they should be shut up to seek unexpected expres

30、sion through the bodies. 24 We can infer from the passage that _. （ A） men usually tend to restrain the expression of their emotions （ B） there are more women than men experiencing emotional disturbances （ C） businesswomen learn from men in expressing their emotion for success （ D） women tend to cry

31、 because they can easily have psychological disorders 25 The expression “. barking up the wrong tree“ (Para. 2) probably means _. （ A） crying among the trees improperly （ B） shouting at the wrong person （ C） having a wrong idea （ D） saying something wrong by mistake 26 According to the author, which

32、 of the following statements is true? （ A） American men should learn from American women in business. （ B） One should express ones emotion constructively. （ C） It is not manly for a person to cry. （ D） American males are taught how to use emotions efficiently. 27 The authors main purpose to write th

33、is article is _. （ A） to tell how women express emotions efficiently （ B） to prove crying is the best way of emotional outlet （ C） to explain the reasons of psychological disorders （ D） to argue for a psychologically healthier expression of emotions 27 1 Between about 1910 and 1930, new artistic mov

34、ements in European art were making themselves felt in the United States. American artists became acquainted with the new art on their trips to Paris and at the exhibitions in the famous New York gallery “291“ (named after its address on Fifth Avenue) of the photographer Alfred Stieglitz. But most im

35、portant in the spread of the modern movements in the United States was the sensational Armory Show of 1913 held in New York, in which the works of many of the leading European artists were seen along with the works of a number of progressive American painters. 2 Several of the American modernists wh

36、o were influenced by the Armory Show found the urban landscape, especially New York, an appealing subject. Compared with the works of the realist painters, the works of American modernists were much further removed from the actual appearance of the city, they were more interested in the “feel“ of th

37、e city, more concerned with the meaning behind appearance. However, both the painters of the “Ash Can School“ and the later realists were still tied to nineteenth-century or earlier styles, while the early modernists shared in the international breakthroughs of the art of the twentieth century. 3 Th

38、e greatest of these breakthroughs was Cubism, developed most fully in France between 1907 and 1914, which brought about a major revolution in Western painting. It overturned the rational tradition that had been built upon since the Renaissance. In Cubism, natural forms were broken down analytically

39、into geometric shapes. No longer was a clear differentiation made between the figure and the background of a painting: the objects represented and the surface on which they were painted became one. The Cubists abandoned the conventional single vantage point of the viewer, and objects depicted from m

40、ultiple viewpoints were shown at the same time. 28 The passage primarily concerned with _ . （ A） the development of Cubism （ B） modern art movements in the United States （ C） contemporary artists in the United States （ D） the influence of photography on landscape painters 29 It can be inferred from

41、the passage that European art trends probably affected United States art most during _ . （ A） 1901 （ B） 1908 （ C） 1913 （ D） 1936 30 Why does the author mention Alfred Stieglitz? （ A） to demonstrate that photography was the major influence in modern art （ B） to compare him to other artists of the tim

42、e （ C） to point out that many artists learned their craft by studying with him （ D） to give an example of someone who had an influence on modern art 31 According to the author, which of the following was a favorite subject for American modernists? （ A） portraits of famous people （ B） country scenes

43、（ C） pictures of buildings interiors （ D） city landscapes 31 1 In the days of the Roses, France was still a sort of semi-detached part of England, a country much less foreign to an Englishman than Ireland was. A fifteenth-century Englishman went to France as a matter of course, but to Ireland only u

44、nder protest. 2 He lay and thought about that England. The England over which the Wars of the Roses had been fought. A green, green England, with not a chimney-stack from Cumberland to Cornwall. An England still unhedged, with great forests alive with game, and wide marshes thick with wildfowl. An E

45、ngland with the same small group of dwellings repeated every few miles in endless permutation: castle, church, and cottages; monastery, church, and cottages; manor, church, and cottages. The strips of cultivation round the cluster of dwellings, and beyond that the greenness. The unbroken greenness.

46、The deep-rutted lanes that ran from group to group, mired to bog in the winter and white with dust in the summer; decorated with wild roses or red wit hawthorn as the seasons came and went. 3 For thirty years, over this green uncrowded land, the Wars of the Roses had been fought. But it had been mor

47、e of a blood feud than a war. A Montague and Capulet affair, of no great concern to the average Englishman. No one pushed in at your door to demand whether you were York or Lancaster and to hale you off to a concentration camp if your answer proved to be the wrong one for the occasion. It was a smal

48、l concentrated war, almost a private party. They fought a battle in your lower meadow, and turned your kitchen into a dressing-station, and then moved off somewhere or other to fight a battle somewhere else, and a few weeks later you would have a family row about the result because your wife was probably Lancaster and you were perhaps York, and it was all rather like following rival football teams today. 32 What had been taking place during the time of the Roses? （ A） the development of England （ B