[外语类试卷]专业英语八级模拟试卷685及答案与解析.doc

1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 685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 How to Present a Seminar Paper To involve their students more actively in the learning process, many univ

3、ersity teachers usually conduct seminars, in which one student is asked to give his ideas on a certain topic and other students discuss the ideas. There are two stages involved in presenting a paper at a seminar. One is the 【 1】 _stage which includes researching and writing up a topic. 【 1】_ The oth

4、er stage is the presentation stage when you actually present the paper to the audience. Two ways in which you can present your paper: a. 【 2】 _copies 【 2】 _ of your paper beforehand to all the participants so that they could read it before the seminar and know about your ideas, b. Reading it aloud t

5、o the 【 3】 _ who are likely to make their own notes. Comparatively 【 3】 _ speaking, the first method is the more 【 4】 _way of conducting a 【 4】 _ seminar. However, you will have to introduce your paper at a seminar because the participants may have forgotten about your ideas or because they may have

6、 no time to read your paper. Nine points you have to follow when introducing your paper: 1)Decide on a time 【 5】 _for your talk and stick to it. 【 5】 _ 2)Write out your spoken presentation in the way you are going to speak. 3)Stick to the major points and【 6】 _details. 【 6】 _ 4)Do your best to make

7、your presentation interesting, but do not tell jokes and 【 7】 _. 【 7】 _ 5)Write out and 【 8】 _what you intend to say until you would 【 8】 _ not make any error. 6)Make 【 9】 _notes se that you can find your way easily from it 【 9】 _ to the full notes when you forget something. 7)Speak from the outline

8、 notes at the seminar. 8)Make eye contact with your audience and judge their 【 10】 _. 【 10】 _ 9)Repeat your main points briefly and invite questions or comments in order to make a strong ending. 1 【 1】 2 【 2】 3 【 3】 4 【 4】 5 【 5】 6 【 6】 7 【 7】 8 【 8】 9 【 9】 10 【 10】 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: I

9、n 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 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Simon Fa

10、nshawe presents different peoples opinions on British manners because_. （ A） he wants to let the audience know how people think of manners （ B） he proves that the issue of manners is a question of individual taste （ C） he thinks how people think of social manners should be diversified （ D） he hopes

11、to bring the attention of the audience to the public opinion 12 According to Simon, what is the truth concerning numerous rules of dos and donts? （ A） They indicate class and status. （ B） They are trip-wires for everybody. （ C） They should be known by all. （ D） They are complicated and dull. 13 Acco

12、rding to Simon, which of the following is NOT the purpose in keeping table manners? （ A） To share food. （ B） To reduce violence. （ C） To bring about comfort. （ D） To show off cultivation. 14 According to Simon, what is the influence of bad manners on people? （ A） People do not feel a big deal. （ B）

13、People feel rather humiliated. （ C） People feel shocked and hurt. （ D） People feel angry and exasperated. 15 According to Simon, when anybody is to stay in any other culture, he should do the following EXCEPT_. （ A） make clear all the detailed customs （ B） be curious and asking questions （ C） rememb

14、er the fundamentals （ D） seek ways to defuse conflict 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 Which stat

15、ement is not true about Doha round? （ A） It is not sure whether the Doha round can be finalized in several months. （ B） 148 nations are involved in this round. （ C） These nations have to achieve a deal before they reach an agreement on the negotiating package. （ D） WTO chief is not pessimistic about

16、 the future. 17 Mr Supachai stressed that _. （ A） the Doha round cant be finished by 2006 （ B） strong political will is necessary （ C） nations can continue the negotiation even if there were no consensus among them （ D） Decembers conference to be held in Doha next year is important 17 Literature and

17、 Life In a reaction against a too-rigid, over-refined classical curriculum, some educational philosophers have swung sharply to an espousal of “life experience“ as the sole source of learning. Using their narrow interpretation of John Deweys theories as a base for support, they conclude that only th

18、rough “doing“ can learning take place. Spouting such phrases as “Teach the child, not the subject,“ they demand, without sensing its absurdity, an end to rigorous study as a means of opening the way to learning. While not all adherents to this approach would totally eliminate a study of great hooks,

19、 the influence of this philosophy has been felt in the public school curricula, as evidenced by the gradual subordination of great literature. What is the purpose of literature? Why read, if life alone is to be our teacher? James Joyce states that the artist reveals the human situation by re-creatin

20、g life out of life; Aristotle that art presents universal truths because its form is taken from nature. Thus, consciously or otherwise, the great writer reveals the human situation most tellingly, extending our understanding of ourselves anti our world. We can soar with the writer to the heights of

21、mans aspirations, or plummeting with him to tragic despair. The works of Steinbeck, Anderson, and Salinger; the poetry of Whitman, Sandburg, and Frost; the plays of Ibsen, Miller, and ONeill; all present starkly realistic portrayals of lifes problems. Reality? Yes! But how much wider is the understa

22、nding we gain than that attained by viewing life through the keyhole of our single existence. Can we measure the richness gained by the young reader venturing down the Mississippi with Tom and Huck, or cheering Ivanhoe as be battles the Black Knight; the deepening understanding of the mature reader

23、of the tragic South of William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams, of the awesome determination and frailty of Patrick Whites Australian pioneers? This function of literature, the enlarging of our own life sphere, is of itself of major importance. Addition- ally, however, it has been suggested that sol

24、utions of social problems maybe suggested in the study of literature. The overweening ambitions of political leaders and their sneering contempt for the law-did not appear for the first time in the writings of Bernstein and Woodward; the problems, and the consequent actions, of the guilt ridden did

25、not await the appearance of the bearded psychoanalyst of the twentieth century. Federal judge Learned Hand has written, “I venture to believe that it is as important to a judge called upon to pass on a question of constitutional law, to have at least a bowing acquaintance with Thucydides, Gibbon, an

26、d Carlyle, with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Milton, with Montaigne and Rabelais, with Plato, Bacon, Hume, and Kant, as with the books which have been specifically written on the subject. For in such matters everything tums upon the spirit in which he approaches the questions before him. “But what

27、 of our dissenters? Can we overcome the disapproval of their “life experience classroom“ theory of learning? We must start with the- field of agreement that education should serve to improve the individual and society. We must educate them to the understanding that the voice of human experience shou

28、ld stretch our human faculties, and open us to learning. We must convince them-in their own personal language perhaps-of the “togetherness“ of life and art; we must prove to them that far from being separate, literature is that part of life which illuminates life. (578) 18 According to the passage,

29、the end goal of great literature is _. （ A） the recounting of dramatic and exciting stories, and the creation of characters （ B） to create anew a synthesis of life that illuminates the human condition （ C） the teaching of morality and ethical behavior （ D） to portray lifes problem 19 In the authors

30、opinion, as seen in this passage, one outcome of the influence of the “life experience“ adherents has been _. （ A） the gradual subordination of the study of great literature in the schools （ B） a narrowed interpretation of the theories of John Dewey （ C） a sharp swing over to “learning through doing

31、“ （ D） an end to rigorous study as a way of learning 20 As the author sees it, one of the most important gains from the study of great literature is _. （ A） enrichment of our understanding of the past （ B） broadening of our approaches to social problems （ C） that it gives us a bowing acquaintance wi

32、th great figures of the past （ D） that it provides us with vicarious experiences which provide a much broader experience than we can get from experiences of simply our own lives alone 21 The authors purpose in this passage is to _. （ A） list those writers who make up the backbone of a great literatu

33、re curriculum （ B） compare the young readers experience with literature to that of the mature readers （ C） plead for the retention of great literature as a fundamental part of the curriculum （ D） advocate the adoption of the “life experience“ approach to teaching 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MI

34、N) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 22 Many Scottish names begin with M, Mc or Mac, which means_. （ A） father of （ B） sun of （ C） son of （ D） some of 23 Lying between the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains is one

35、 of the worlds greatest continental rivers_. （ A） the Mississippi River （ B） the Ohio River （ C） the Hudson River （ D） the Columbia River 24 _refers to the identical part of culture between two societies owing to some similarities in the natural environment and psychology of human beings. （ A） Cultu

36、ral overlap （ B） Cultural imperialism （ C） Cultural diffusion （ D） Cultural expansion 25 Greetings, farewells and comments on the weather in English are_function. （ A） phatie （ B） informative （ C） performative （ D） recreational 26 Theodore Dreiser set forth his _ concept of the American society in h

37、is early works. （ A） romantic （ B） historical （ C） naturalistic （ D） realistic 27 _ is an approach to linguistics in which mathematical techniques and concepts are applied, often with the aid of a computer. （ A） Syntactical linguistics （ B） Computational linguistics （ C） Textual （ D） Neurolinguistic

38、s 28 The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of_. （ A） Romeo and Juliet （ B） The Faerie Queen （ C） Tamburlaine （ D） The Canterbury Tales 29 Canada occupies about _ of the North American continent. （ A） 1/3 （ B） 1/2 （ C） 1/4 （ D） 1/5 30 An allophone refers to

39、any of the different forms of a _. （ A） phoneme （ B） morpheme （ C） word （ D） root 31 The modem English began in the _ century. （ A） 14th （ B） 15th （ C） 16th （ D） 17th 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING but most of what I am going to My also applies to the second method; and indeed may be useful to remember any

40、 time you have to speak in public. You will probably be expected to introduce your paper even if it has been circulated beforehand. There are two good reasons for this. One is that the participants may have read the paper but forgotten some of the main points. The second reason is that some of the p

41、articipants may not in fact have had time to read your paper, although they may have glanced through it quickly. They will therefore not be in a position to comment on it, unless they get some idea of what it is all about. When you are introducing your paper, what you must not do is simply read the

42、whole paper aloud. This is because: Firstly, if the paper is a fairly long one, there may not be enough time for discussion. From your point of view, the discussion is the most important thing. It is very helpful for you if other people criticize your work: in that way you can improve it. Secondly,

43、a lot of information can be understood when one is reading. It is not so easy to pick up detailed information when one is listening. In other words, there may be lack of comprehension or understanding. Thirdly, it can be very boring listening to something being read aloud. Anyway, some of your audie

44、nce may have read your paper carefully and will not thank you for having to go through all of it again. Therefore, what you must do is the following nine points: 1. Decide on a time limit for your talk. Tell your audience what it is. Stick to your time limit. This is very important. 2. Write out you

45、r spoken presentation in the way that you intend to say it. This means that you must do some of the work of writing the paper again, in a sense. You may think that this is a waste of time, but it isnt. If a speaker tries to make a summary of his paper while he is standing in front of his audience, t

46、he results are usually disastrous. 3. Concentrate only on the main points. Ignore details. Hammer home the essence of your argument. If necessary, find ways of making your basic points so that your audience will be clear about what they are. 4. Try to make your spoken presentation lively and interes

47、ting. This doesnt necessarily mean telling jokes and anecdotes. But if you can think of interesting or amusing examples to illustrate your argument, use them. 5. If you are not used to speaking in public, write out everything you have to say, including examples, etc. Rehearse what you are going to s

48、ay until you are word perfect. 6. When you know exactly what you are going to say, reduce it to outline notes. Rehearse your talk again, this time from the outline notes. Make sure you can find your way easily from the outline notes to the full notes, in case you forget something. 7. At the seminar,

49、 speak from the outline notes. But bring beth sets of notes and your original paper to the meeting. Knowing that you have a full set of notes available will be good for your self-confidence. 8. Look at your audience while you are speaking. The technique to use is this. First read the appropriate parts of your notes silently (if you are using outline notes, this won