[外语类试卷]专业英语八级模拟试卷52及答案与解析.doc

1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 52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 Introductory Lecture to University Study In order to adjust well to university life, freshmen usually have

3、 to understand the organization of the university they study in and some particular requirements of the degree they are pursuing. . Structure of the University A. Structure of the faculty 1Faculty-【 1】 【 1】 _. 2【 2】 -divisional head 【 2】 _. 3Department-departmental head B. People students usually me

4、et 1【 3】 (Wednesday and Thursday morning or【 4】 【 3】 _. 2Lecturers (once or twice a week) 【 4】 _. . Some Requirements of the Degree A. Teaching arrangements 1【 5】 : about an hour long, one person talks to a group of students 【 5】 _. 2Tutorials: about【 6】 long, presentation and discussion in groups 【

5、 6】 _. made up of12to15students 3Between the two types of arrangements,【 7】 are more important for learning.【 7】_. B. Other factors concerning university study 1【 8】 of essays 【 8】 _. 2Delivery of written materials 3Plagiarism a) It means taking other peoples work without acknowledging it. b) Studen

6、ts committing plagiarism run the risk of【 9】 the 【 9】 _. subject or even being denied entry to the university. C. Last suggestion:【 10】 with the school authority. 【 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

7、 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 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 According to Mungham, _ is the

8、only newspaper that gives China serious consideration. （ A） The Times （ B） The Financial Times （ C） The Thames （ D） The Independent 12 According to the passage, the British press tends to report _ about China. （ A） classic disaster （ B） great achievement （ C） common peoples lives （ D） political news

9、 13 According to the passage, Chinas present achievement cannot be found in Britain press because _. （ A） the public is not very interested in the world outside Britain （ B） British journalists refuse to report these achievements （ C） the British government forbids them to report （ D） the British pr

10、ess doesnt think the achievement in China is worthwhile to be reported 14 According to the passage, the major function of BEC is _. （ A） propagandistic （ B） entertaining （ C） instructive （ D） informative 15 The attitude Geoff Mungham holds towards propaganda is _. （ A） sarcastic （ B） indifferent （ C

11、） no comment （ D） optimistic SECTION 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 The general election will be held o

12、n _. （ A） Friday （ B） Wednesday （ C） Thursday （ D） Monday 17 Mail and Telegraph endorsed _. （ A） Tony Blair （ B） William Hague （ C） the Liberal Democrats （ D） Labor Party 18 Palestinians Say that _. （ A） Israeli Prime Minister is sincere to call for ceasefire （ B） Sharon s appeal to stop ongoing vio

13、lence is a “lie“ （ C） they believe this time will soon witness ceasefire （ D） they feel relieved America supports ceasefire 19 The Arafat aide thought that Israeli Prime Minister calls for ceasefire because _. （ A） Sharons government aimed at alleviating international pressure on Israel （ B） Sharons

14、 government felt guilty of their excessive use of force （ C） Sharons government is demanded by the United States to stop fire （ D） Sharons government is opposed by its people 20 A roadside bomb exploded on Israeli border with Egypt late on Tuesday, and then _. （ A） Israeli soldiers carried out the a

15、ppeal to stop fire （ B） Israeli soldiers continue to patrol under interim peace deals （ C） Israeli soldiers returned fire （ D） Israeli soldiers returned fire and soon initiated another fighting 20 I want to make use of this short gathering to make clear our working requirement. This is a big company

16、, and all clerks should know how to produce good effects, of course, including me, manager-in-chief. Everyone here, I think, must know how to distinguish the right from the wrong, But it is not enough to know what is right and what is wrong. One must also be able to apply this knowledge to actual, c

17、oncrete situations. For that, the virtue of prudence is essential. St Thomas Aquinas referred to prudence as the “rudder virtue”, the one that “steers” the others. Without it, we are like someone adrift in a boat, tossed in this direction or that by the wind, the waves, and the current. Unfortunatel

18、y, the virtue of prudence has too often been confused with caution. Thus, the “prudent” person is one who never “rocks the boat” and is especially careful to avoid offending those who are in a position to advance their interests-or to thwart them. The word that actually comes closest to functioning

19、as a synonym for prudence is “discernment”. The prudent person is one who can “size up” a situation and decide, or discern, what is the wisest and most moral course of action to take. Accordingly, prudence doesnt answer the question, “What is the right thing in principle to do?” Rather, “What is the

20、 right thing for me (or for us) to do in this situation?” The prudent person fully examines a situation and seeks advice from others. (Reaching out to others for counsel before acting is one of the classic marks of a prudent person.) A judgement is made in the light of this examination and advice, a

21、nd then a decision is made. The exercise of prudence presupposes that the person knows the relevant moral principles, has a fund of experience from which to draw, has the ability to make the best use of the experience, and has a capacity to learn from others (which means a capacity to listen attenti

22、vely to what others are saying). The prudent person can also recognise the implications of a given situation and of a line of action to be taken under the circumstances. The prudent person has the vision and foresight to anticipate obstacles and to plan to surmount them. In the final analysis, the p

23、rudent person has the ability to take every relevant factor and circumstance into account and then to make a moral decision in light of it all. So, I hope we can try to be a prudent per- son and apply this virtue of prudence to our work, and do better and achieve more in our work. 21 The auther is _

24、. （ A） talking about the importance of prudence. （ B） talking about the necessity of caution. （ C） talking about the significance of discernment. （ D） trying to inform of how to distinguish the right from the wrong. 22 According to St Thomas Aquinas prudence is not _. （ A） the rudder virtue. （ B） st

25、eering the others. （ C） the virtue without which people are like someone adrift in a boat, tossed in this direction or that by the wind, the waves, and the current. （ D） the virtue to rock the boat. 23 In this passage which word can function as a synonym for “discernment”? （ A） Caution. （ B） Prudenc

26、e. （ C） Cleverness. （ D） Perception. 24 What is one of the classic marks of a prudent person? （ A） Fully examining a situation. （ B） Seeking help from others. （ C） Reaching out to others for counsel before acting. （ D） Making a judgement very slowly. 25 “size up” in the talk means _. （ A） make a cor

27、rect measure of （ B） make a considered estimate of （ C） make a beautiful design of （ D） make a quick understanding of 25 The sea lay like an unbroken mirror all around the pine - girt, lonely shores of Orrs Island. Tall, kingly spruces wore their regal crowns of cones high in air, sparkling with dia

28、monds of clear exuded gum; vast old hemlocks of primeval growth stood darkling in their forest shadows, their branches hung with long hoary moss; while feathery larches, turned to brilliant gold by autumn frosts, lighted up the darker shadows of the evergreens. It was one of those hazy, calm, dissol

29、ving days of Indian summer, when everything is so quiet that the faintest kiss of the wave on the beach can be heard, and white clouds seem to faint into the blue of the sky, and soft swathing bands of violet vapor make all earth look dreamy, and give to the sharp, clear-cut outlines of the northern

30、 landscape all those mysteries of light and shade which impart such tenderness to Italian scenery. The funeral was over, -the tread of many feet, bearing the heavy burden of two broken lives, had been to the lonely graveyard, and had come back again, - each footstep lighter and more unconstrained as

31、 each one went his way from the great old tragedy of Death to the common cheerful of Life. The solemn black clock stood swaying with its eternal “tick - tock, tick -tock,” in the kitchen of the brown house on Orrs Island. There was there that sense of a stillness that can be felt, - such as settles

32、down on a dwelling when any of its inmates have passed through its doors for the last time, to go whence they shall not return. The best room was shut up and darkened, with only so much light as could fall through a little heart- shaped hole in the window - shutter, - for except on solemn visits, or

33、 prayer- meetings or weddings, or funerals, that room formed no part of the daily family scenery. The kitchen was clean and ample, with a great open fireplace and wide stone hearth, and oven on one side, and rows of old - fashioned splint - bottomed chairs against the wall. A table scoured to snowy

34、whiteness, and a little work - stand whereon lay the Bible, the Mixssionary Herald, and the Weekly Christian Mirror, before named, formed the principal furniture. One feature, however, must not be forgotten, - a great sea - chest, which had been the companion of Zephaniah through all the countries o

35、f the earth. Old, and battered, and unsightly it looked, yet report said that there was good store within of that which men for the most part respect more than anything else; and, indeed, it proved often when a deed of grace was to be done - when a woman was suddenly made a widow in a coast gale, or

36、 a fishing - smack was run down in the fogs off the banks, leaving in some neighboring cottage a family of orphans, - in all such cases, the opening of this sea - chest was an event of good omen to the bereaved; for Zephaniah had a large heart and a large hand, and was apt to take it out full of sil

37、ver dollars when once it went in. So the ark of the covenant could not have been looked on with more reverence than the neighbors usually showed to Captain Pennels sea - chest. 26 The author describes Orrs Island in a(n) _ manner. （ A） emotionally appealing, imaginative （ B） rational, logically prec

38、ise （ C） factually detailed, objective （ D） vague, uncertain 27 According to the passage, the “best room” _. （ A） has its many windows boarded up. （ B） has had the furniture removed. （ C） is used only on formal and ceremonious occasions. （ D） is the busiest room in the house. 28 From the description

39、 of the kitchen we can infer that the house belongs to people who _. （ A） never have guests. （ B） like modem appliances. （ C） are probably religious. （ D） dislike housework. 29 The passage implies that _. （ A） few people attended the funeral. （ B） fishing is a secure vocation. （ C） the island is den

40、sely populated. （ D） the house belonged to the deceased. 30 From the description of Zephaniah we can tell that he _. （ A） was physically a very big man. （ B） preferred the lonely life of a sailor. （ C） always stayed at home. （ D） was frugal and saved a lot of money. 30 James Michener In his long wri

41、ting life, James Michener aimed to donate at least 90 percent of what he earned from his 43 novels. He seems to have more than made his goal; at his death, in October 1997, his assets were estimated at less than US $ 10 million. He had given away US $ 117 million. Michener makes a good example for o

42、ther philanthropists, not just in how much he gave, but in his style of giving. The writer worked hard at doing good, following up his donations to see how the money was used. He gave to things for which he had a passion, and he had a lot of fun in doing so. Michener was 90, when he died. He was on

43、Fortune magazines list of Americas top 25 philanthropists-the only writer in a crowd of tycoons. Asked, shortly before his death, whether he ever wished he had his millions back, he said sure, so that he should have the pleasure of giving them away again. Too often, says Nelson Aldrich, editor of Th

44、e American Benefactor, a magazine about philanthropists, the rich give without much imagination. “They give to the college they went to, and the hospital where they 11 die,” Aldrich says. “And most of the rich are stingy; few give even as much as 10 percent, the traditional title. They hold on to th

45、e myth of not dipoing into capital.” Michener did, in fact, give to his college - US $ 7.2 million to Swarthmore, in Pennsylvania. He called it a repayment for the US $ 2,000 basketball scholarship they gave him in 1925. As he wrote to the college president in 1969,”Coming as I did from a family wit

46、h no income at all, and with no prospects whatever, college was the harrow door that led from darkness into light.” His will leaves almost everything to Swarthmore, including future royalties from his books. Michener al- ways described himself as a founding, born in New York City and raised by Mabel

47、 Michener, a Quaker widow, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She lived, he said, by taking in other peoples children and other peoples laundry. For his last 15 years, Michener lived modestly in Austin, Texas, where he has moved to write the 1,000 -page saga Texas. Each of his big best sellers, including

48、Texas, Hawaii and Covenant made about US $ 5 million. And there were 20 of them. Whats more, he still collected royalties from the musical and movie South Pacific, which was inspired by his first book, Tales of the South Pacific, written when he was 40. Frail from kidney disease in his last years, Michener was pretty much confined to a reclining chair in a small study, simply decorated. There were few personal possessions besides some photos of himself and his last wife, and as unframed faded poster of Tahit