[外语类试卷]专业英语八级模拟试卷551及答案与解析.doc

1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 551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 Clocks through Time It took human being a long time to invent diverse ways for telling time. About 3000 y

3、ears ago people first made a circle with a stick in the center of it to【 1】 the passage of time by noticing various marks on the circle the shadow of the stick fell across. Since these kinds of circles that are called【 2】 did not work without the sun, men had to find other ways to keep track of time

4、, including a【 3】 candle on which each stripe took about one hour to melt, a water clock which had a line with a number beside it for every hour and an【 4】 which followed the invention of glass blowing. The first clock with a face and an hour hand was invented about 600 years ago for few people. Wit

5、h the gradually【 5】 use of clocks, they were beautifully【 6】 , though they could not keep correct time. Scarcely had clocks been made small enough to be carried when watches came into use. As the beginning of the style of “grandfather clocks, “ which were enclosed in tall wooden boxes, the【 7】 clock

6、 was made in 1657. In 1700, there were clocks with minute and second hands. About 200 years later, a clock is commonly used in every house and a watch is almost used by every【 8】 gentleman. A newly created clock that shows the time exactly is so - called【 9】 clock. Nowadays such a clock has more and

7、 more complicated functions. 【 10】 as clocks and watches are, time means different things to different nations. 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.

8、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 How did the researcher get most of their data? （ A） By asking students to do questionnaires. （ B） Through giving each students a programmable paper for a week. （ C

9、） Through interviews. （ D） Through recording students acfvities. 12 Those students who say that what they do is more like work seem to do well in _. （ A） preparation for the future （ B） making money （ C） transition to work （ D） high school 13 Students rate _ the worst curriculum subject for engageme

10、nt. （ A） physical education （ B） computer （ C） history （ D） philosophy 14 What do the interviewee think as the first and most obvious requirement for teachem to achieve more engagement for students? （ A） To show the relevance of students doings to their life as much as possible. （ B） To make clear t

11、he goal of every lesson. （ C） To find out how well students are learning. （ D） To organize more group activities. 15 Challenge in the family gives children _. （ A） modeling （ B） new opportunities （ C） freedom from worry （ D） vision and direction SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section y

12、ou 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 It is _ who direct many Cosa Nostras activities in Palermo. （ A） Bernardo Provenzano （ B） Antonino Cina （ C） Salvatore

13、 Riina （ D） Antonino Rotolo 16 Since the Titanic vanished beneath the frigid waters of the North Atlantic 85 years ago, nothing in the hundreds of books and films about the ship has ever hinted at a connection to Japan - until now. Director James Camerons 200 million epic Titanic premiered at the To

14、kyo International Fihn Festival last Saturday. Among the audience for a glimpse of Hollywoods costliest film ever descendants of the liners only Japanese survivor. The newly rediscovered diary of Masabumix Hosono has Titanic enthusiasts in a frenzy, the document is scrawled in 4,300 Japanese charact

15、er on a rare piece of RMS Titanic stationery. Written as the Japanese bureaucrat steamed to safety in New York aboard the ocean liner Carpathia, which rescued 706 survivors, the account and other documents released by his grandchildren last week offer a fresh - and poignant - reminder of the emotion

16、al wreckage left by the tragedy. Hosono, then 42 and an official at Japans Transportation Ministry, was studying railway networks in Europe. He boarded the Titanic in Southampton, en route home via the US. According to Hosonos account, he was awakened by a loud knock on the door of his second - clas

17、s deck with the steerage passengers. Hosono tried to race back upstairs, but a sailor blocked his way. The Japanese feigned ignorance and pushed past. He arrived on deck to find lifeboats being lowered into darkness, flares bursting over the ship and an eerie human silence. He wrote:“ Not a single p

18、assenger would howl or scream.“ Yet Hosono was screaming inside. Women were being taken to lifeboats and men held back at gunpoint. “I tried to prepare myself for the last moment with no agitation, making up my mind not to do any- thing disgraceful as a Japanese,“ he wrote. “But still I found myself

19、 looking for and waiting for any possible chance of survival.“ Then an officer shouted, “Room for two more “ Hosono recalled:“ I myself was deep in desolate thought that I would no more be able to see my beloved wife and children.“ Then he jumped into the boat. When Hosono arrived in Tokyo two month

20、s later, he was met with suspicion that he had survived at someone elses expense. The culture of shame was especially strong in prewar Japan. In the face of rumors and bad press, Hosono was dismissed from his post in 1914. He worked at the office part -time until retiring in 1923. His grandchildren

21、say he never mentioned tile Titanic again before his death in 1939. Even then, shame continued to haunt the family. In newspapers, letters and even a school textbook, Hosono was denounced as a disgrace to Japan. Readers Digest reopened the wound in 1956 with an a- bridged Japanese version of Walter

22、Loads best seller. A Night to remember, which described , Anglo - Saxons“ as acting bravely on the Titanic, while “Frenchmen, Italians, Americans, Japanese and Chinese were disgraceful.“ Citing his fathers diary, one of Hosonos sons, Hideo, launched a letter -writing campaign to restore the family n

23、ame. But nobody in Japan seemed to care. The diary resurfaced last summer. A representative for a US foundation that plans to hold an exhibition of Titanic artifacts in Japan next August found Hosonos name on a passenger list. A search led him to Ha-ruomix Hosono, a well- known composer, and to his

24、cousin Yuruoi, Hideos daughter. She revealed that she had her grandfathers dairy as well as a collection of his letters and postcards. “I was floored,“ says Mixchael Findley, cofounder of the Titanic International Society in the US “This is a fantastic, fresh new look at the sinking and the only one

25、 written on Titanic stationery immediately after the disaster.“ The information allows enthusiasts to rearrange some historical minutes, such as which lifeboat Hosono jumped into. More chilling, the account confirms that the crew tried to keep foreigners and third - class passengers on the ships low

26、er deck, effectively ensuring their name. Tile diary cannot correct injustice, but Hosonos family hopes it will help clear his name2 The Titanic foundation also hopes to capitalize on the diary and the movie to promote its upcoming exhibition. To that end, Haruomix Hosono, the composer, has been ask

27、ed to give a talk at next months public premiere of Titanic! The diary cannot, of course, match Camerons fictionalized epic for drama and intrigue. But at least Masabumix Hosonos tale really happened. 17 _ was among the descendants of the Liner s only Japanese survivor. （ A） Masabumix Hosono. （ B） Y

28、uriko. （ C） Cameron. （ D） RMS. 18 Why was Masabumix denounced as a disgrace to Japan? （ A） Because he killed some people on the TitaniC （ B） Because he was then an official. （ C） Because he was dismissed from his ministry post. （ D） Because the culture of shame was too strong. 19 In the sentence “Wo

29、men were being taken to lifeboats and men held back at gunpoint“ ( paragraph 4),the phrase“ hold back“ has the meaning of _. （ A） keep back （ B） keep tip （ C） keep on （ D） keep to 20 What important role did the diary really play? （ A） It corrected injustice. （ B） It was as vivid as the movie “Titani

30、c“. （ C） It proved what Masabumix said was tree. （ D） It made the Japanese believe what Masabumix had said 21 In the sentence “Even then, shame continued to haunt the family“ (paragraph 6), the word “haunt“has the meaning of _. （ A） occur to （ B） often occur to （ C） hunt （ D） attack 一、 PART III GENE

31、RAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 22 The Hundred Years War from 1337 to 1453 happened between England and （ A） the Netherlands. （ B） France. （ C） India. （ D） Germany. 23 _are the two parties dominating

32、 the political scene in the U.S. （ A） Conservative Party and Labour Party （ B） Liberal Party and Conservative Party （ C） Democrats and Republicans （ D） National Party and Labour Party 24 After the Norman Conquest the official language in England was_. （ A） Anglo-Saxon （ B） Spanish （ C） Latin （ D） Fr

33、ench 25 Why does America confront the mineral resources problems? （ A） There are few mineral resources in America. （ B） Excessive explorations and large consumption have exhausted many resources that are not renewable. （ C） Geographic change and Climate effect. （ D） Terrorist has burnt it over. 26 L

34、anguage can refer to things that are not present in the immediate situation of the speaker. For example, if someone says I was afraid, it is not necessary that the speaker is still afraid. Which of the following terms describes this property of language? （ A） Arbitrariness. （ B） Motivation; （ C） Int

35、erchangeability. （ D） Displacement. 27 All of the following pairs of sounds except _ are distinguished from each other by the feature “+voiced“. （ A） /p/ and/b/ （ B） /t/and/d/ （ C） /k/ and/g/ （ D） /m/and /n/ 28 Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained were written by_. （ A） Francis Bacon （ B） Alexander P

36、ope （ C） John Dryden （ D） John Milton 29 Which of the following is a tragedy written by Shakespeare? （ A） Hamlet. （ B） Dr. Faustus. （ C） Frankenstein. （ D） Sense and Sensibility. 30 In 1689, the Bill of Rights, which ensured that the King would never be able to ignore Parliament, was passed under th

37、e reign of （ A） Charles . （ B） William of Orange. （ C） James . （ D） Oliver Cromwell. 31 The Prime Minister in Britain is head of _. （ A） the Shadow Cabinet. （ B） the Parliament. （ C） the Opposition. （ D） the Cabinet. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING 30 percent of the time, they said that what they were doing

38、 was like play; 30 percent neither; and they reported that for 10 percent of their time, what they were doing was like both work and play. Interviewer: In your follow-up studies, you concluded that students who often say that what they are doing is like both work and play are more likely to go on to

39、 college or make a successful transition to work. Interviewee: Those students who say that whatever they do is more like work seem to do well in high school. Although they say that what they are doing is work and they dont enjoy it at the moment, they record on the response sheet that the activity i

40、s important to their future. So they understand that, “Okay. This is work. Its not pleas- ant. But it will profit me in the future.“ Those kids who say that what they do is mostly play enjoy their activities, but they dont think of them as being important for the future. But the best situation is wh

41、en a person sees a life activity as both work and play. Unfortunately, only about I0 percent of the time do students report this experience. Some kids never report that they have this experience. The worst thing is to frequently feel that what you do is neither enjoyable right now nor good preparati

42、on for the future. Interviewer: Weve published many articles on multiple intelligences and learning styles. Do you think people of a certain kind of intelligence are more likely to have the flow experience? Interviewee: It depends on whether there are opportunities for your particular skill or intel

43、ligence. If you are musically inclined, for instance, and there is no opportunity to play music at your school and no other place to get the experience of playing, then you are at a disadvantage. In some cultures, there will be opportunities for one kind of intelligence more than for another. The le

44、arning disability that may be an obstacle to experiencing flow is the inability to concentrate. Concentration is one of the hallmarks of the flow experience. If you have, for instance, an attention deficit, it may be difficult to get focused enough. Interviewer: Have you found that any curriculum su

45、bjects lend themselves to more engagement than others? Interviewee: Yes. There have been quite a few dissertations on this topic. Typically, students rate history the worst subject for engagement, whereas they rate anything having to do with computers high. And vocational subjects seem to be better

46、than academic subjects for encouraging engagement. Students get flow from group work, from individual tasks, and from quizzes much more often than they do from listening to the teacher or from watching audiovisuals. Interviewer: What recommendations do you have for teachers who want to structure ins

47、tructional activities to achieve more flow or more engagement for students? Interviewee: The more they can show the relevance of what theyre doing to the life of the student, the better. Thats the first and most obvious requirement. You also have to make clear the goal of every lesson. The student m

48、ust know what he or she is supposed to achieve at the end. And teachers need a way to find out how well the students are learning. Computer-assisted teaching can be quite useful because there you can see your progress and you can change and correct your work as you move along. The fact that students

49、 feel positive about group activities suggests the need for more group work. Theres too little group activity in high school except in science labs where two or three kids have to solve a problem or learn something together. There are many things that adults could do to make learning more engaging to students. Interviewer: What family characteristics are most conducive to inspiring a love of learning? Interviewee: Modeling is the best strategy. If the kid grows up seeing that hi