[外语类试卷]专业英语八级模拟试卷514及答案与解析.doc

1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 514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 Computer Literacy Today well discuss computer literacy. I. Common ways of (1)_will be changed. A. E-mail

3、will replace mail delivery. B. Bills and pay checks will be delivered in the (2)_version. C. Greeting cards will be sent from computers. D. Shopping malls will be cyber malls. II. Our homes will be run by computers. A. Computers will adjust the temperature. B. (3)_will be linked to the computer. C.

4、Light fixtures will adjust to the right level of light. III. The way of business will be entirely changed. A. Business will be conducted via interactive (4)_. B. Documents and files will be stored on computer hard drives. C. Many workers will work (5)_via the computer. D. On-board computer will guid

5、e directions. IV. The (6)_will also join the computer age. A. Every student will have access to a computer. B. Text books will be on disks. C. Students will have access to reference materials via the computer. D. Students turn in the (7)_of their homework. E. (8)_will be given at the end of tests vi

6、a computer. F. Some classes will be conducted by interactive teleconferences. V. Our (9)_will also be affected by the use of computers. A. The home communication system and TV-service will be integrated into one system. B. Newspapers and magazines will be read (10)_. VI. Conclusion: In the future pe

7、ople will need to acquire computer literacy to become productive. SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear 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

8、10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 According to Samantha Heller, people tend to eat milk chocolate because （ A） it is less bitter than dark chocolate. （ B） it is more healthy than dark chocolate. （ C） it has special flavor with many nutrients.

9、（ D） it is less expensive than dark chocolate. 12 Samantha Heller suggests that to get benefits from chocolate, you may （ A） take nutrients out of chocolate. （ B） make cocoa powder on your own. （ C） make hot chocolate by yourself. （ D） consult an expert on chocolate, 13 According to the interview, c

10、hemicals contained in green tea actually help （ A） refresh ones memory. （ B） combat some diseases. （ C） revive ones spirits. （ D） improve ones physique. 14 Ginger can be used to deal with all of the following diseases or symptoms EXCEPT （ A） arthritis. （ B） morning sickness. （ C） nausea. （ D） flu. 1

11、5 According to Samantha Heller, people should eat a product from other animals （ A） every two days. （ B） every other day. （ C） together with fruits. （ D） in small amounts. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the qu

12、estions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Which of the following is CORRECT? （ A） Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis. （ B） President Obama said that he wants to move beyond the past. （ C） Today is as same a

13、s usual. （ D） No anti-government protesters are on the streets. 17 How many hostages did Islamic students hold? （ A） 400 （ B） 52 （ C） 30 （ D） 100 17 In the late 1960s many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely critic

14、ized: Ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lot capacities. Skyscrapers are also lavish comsumers, and wasters of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in N

15、ew York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowattsenough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day. Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The beat loss (or gain)through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typ

16、ical masonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double- glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare as well as heat gain. However, mi

17、rror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings. Skyscrapers put a severe strain on a citys sanitation facilities, too. ( if fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewag

18、e each year- as much as a city the size of Stanford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109,000. ) Skyscrapers also interfere with television reception, block bird flyways, and obstruct air traffic. In Boston in the late 1960s, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers woul

19、d kill the grass on Boston Common. Still, people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them-personal ambition, civic pride, and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space. 18 The main purpose of the passage is to _. （ A） compare

20、 skyscrapers with other modern structures （ B） describe skyscrapers and their effect on the environment （ C） advocate the use of masonry in the construction of skyscrapers （ D） illustrate some architectural designs of skyscrapers 19 According to the passage, what is one disadvantage of skyscrapers t

21、hat have mirrored walls? （ A） The exterior surrounding air is heated （ B） The windows must be cleaned daily. （ C） Construction time is increased （ D） Extra air-conditioning equipment is needed 20 According to the passage, in the late 1960s some residents of Boston were concerned with which aspect of

22、 skyscrapers? （ A） The noise from their construction （ B） The removal of trees from building sites （ C） The harmful effects on the citys grass （ D） The high cost of rentable office space 21 The author raises issues that would most concern which of the following groups? （ A） Electricians. （ B） Enviro

23、nmentalists. （ C） Aviators. （ D） Teachers. 22 Where in the passage does the author compare the energy consumption of skyscrapers with that of a city? （ A） Lines 4 -6. （ B） Lines 7 - 10. （ C） Lines 12 - 14. （ D） Lines 15 - 16. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-

24、choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 23 _is the representative of the aesthetic movement and advocates the principle of “art for arts sake“. （ A） Bernard Shaw （ B） Oscar Wilde （ C） Lawrence （ D） Hardy 24 Which of the following is correct? （ A） Superordinate is t

25、he word more specific in meaning. （ B） Hyponym is the word more general in meaning. （ C） Co-hyponyms are the hyponyms of the same superordinate. （ D） Flower is the co-hyponym of “rose“, “morning glory“, “carmination“. 25 The process in which a L2 learner adapts himself/herself to the culture and val

26、ue system of the L2 community is called_. （ A） fossilization （ B） acculturation （ C） culture transmission （ D） displacement 26 _ is the central concern to Blakes concern in the Song of Innocence and Song of Experience. （ A） Childhood （ B） Woman （ C） Poetry （ D） Happiness 27 The four major modes of s

27、emantic change are _. （ A） extension, narrowing, elevation and degradation （ B） extension, generalization, elevation and degradation （ C） extension, narrowing, specialization and degradation （ D） extension, elevation, amelioration and degradation 28 What kind of sentence is “The green breeze sleeps

28、ferociously“ ? （ A） A meaningless sentence. （ B） A well-formed sentence. （ C） A nongrammatical sentence. （ D） All of the above. 29 John Keats was a poet of _. （ A） the 17th century （ B） the 18th century （ C） the 19th century （ D） the 20th century 30 A (n) _ is a unit that is of distinctive value. It

29、 is an abstract unit, a collection of distinctive phonetic features. （ A） phone （ B） sound （ C） allophone （ D） phoneme 31 The study of how we do things with words is the study of _. （ A） entailment （ B） presupposition （ C） speech acts （ D） metaphor 32 _is sometimes called the birthplace of America.

30、（ A） The Midwest （ B） The Great Plains （ C） New England （ D） The South 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING and the kinder they think the latter has been to them, the more they murmur at what they call the injustice of the former. Why have not I the riches, the rank, the power, of such and such, is the common ex

31、postulation with fortune; but why have not I the merit, the talents, the wit, or the beauty, of such and such others, is a reproach rarely or never made to nature. The truth is, that nature, seldom profuse, and seldom niggardly, has distributed her gifts more equally than she is generally supposed t

32、o have done. Education and situation make the great difference. Culture improves, and occasions elicit, natural talents. I made no doubt but that there are potentially, if I may use that pedantic word, many Bacons, Lockes, Newtons, Caesars, Cromwells, and Marlboroughs at the ploughtail, behind count

33、ers, and, perhaps, even among the nobility; but the soil must be cultivated, and the season favourable, for the fruit to have all its spirit and flavour. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 45 Nowadays with the economic reform going.

34、 further in China, there is increased pressure that people have to face. What do you think is the pressure that working people have? Write an essay of about 400 words on the topic given below. 1. THE PRESSURE THAT WORKING PEOPLE HAVE TO FACE IN CHINA In the first part of your writing you should pres

35、ent your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to f

36、ollow the above instructions ,may result in a loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 514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. You

37、r notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. 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

38、【听力原文】 Computer Literacy Good morning, everybody. Today, we are going to talk about computer literacy. Now is the time to become computer literate. Now is the time to become familiar and comfortable with the computer because in the future we will become virtually a paperless society and many daily a

39、ctivities will be linked to the computer. First, lets look at common ways of daily communication. Mail delivery to the home and business will be almost entirely phased out and e-mail will replace it. (2) Bills will come via the computer and be paid the same way. Pay checks will be electronically dep

40、osited to your bank account. On special occasions such as birthdays, greeting cards will be sent from your computer to your loved ones computer. Shopping malls will become cyber malls and we will do our shopping via the computer. You will be able to view on your monitor how you would look in a certa

41、in outfit you are considering to buy, imagine traveling over the entire mall in a comfortable place in front of your computer, click a button and the entire stock of a store will be at your finger tips. When you go to a store to shop you will not use money. You will use either a credit card or debit

42、 card, which will automatically deduct the amount if you purchase from your bank account. Second, our homes will be run by computers. Computers will adjust the temperature.(3) Home appliances will be linked to the computer. Imagine driving home from work and calling your computer and having it start

43、 dinner for you. Have it adjust the temperature so your home will be a comfortable temperature when you arrive. Window covering will be adjusted to allow the correct amount of sunlight in. Light fixtures will automatically adjust to the right level of the light in your home. Furthermore, the way of

44、business conducted is entirely changed. (4) Instead of long distance business trips, business will be conducted via interactive teleconferences. Documents and files will be stored on computers hard drives. Much of this is done today but in the future it will expand as we become a paperless society.

45、(5) Many workers will not have to go to a place of employment. They will work at their homes via the computers. For those who have to drive to work it will become less stressful as computers help to keep traffic congestion down. Cars will have onboard computers to keep them aware of road conditions,

46、 traffic backups, and which route is best to take. Onboard computer will also replace maps and give directions from your current location to where you are going. If you happen to get lost your computer will get you back to the correct road. In addition, the education system will also join the comput

47、er age. Every student will have access to a computer. Text books will be on disks. Students will have access to a vast amount of reference material via the computer modem from far away universities and other institutions. Home work will be done on the computer. (7) Instead of turning in papers on wh

48、ich you have done your homework you will either turn in a disk or send it to your teachers by a modem. Teachers will no longer have to spend hours grading papers. Homework and in class work will be graded by the computer. (8) Test will be taken on the computer and as soon as you finish you will know

49、 what your score is. At the end of the grading period your teacher will just punch a few keys on her computer and your report cards will be printed out as the computer keeps track of all your grades for the quarter. Some classes will be conducted by interactive teleconferences much the same as business conferences are conducted. This will give students in small schools the same education opportunities as those in the larger school systems. Finally, (9)