[外语类试卷]专业英语八级模拟试卷655（无答案）.doc

1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 655（无答案）SECTION A MINI-LECTUREDirections: 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. Wh

2、en 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 Influence of the Language of Latin on EnglishI. Introduction:The influence of Latin on Old English was profou

3、nd. Reason:It was considered as the language of a highly developed (1)_.II. Two aspects of its influence on Englishi. Influence on Words: grouped by time and (2)_into five periods:A. the Zero PeriodOrigin; Germanic tribes contact with the RomanCharacteristic: short wordsDealing Range; military matte

4、rs, cooking, trade, and (3)_Example; camp, kettle, cheap, and wineB. the First PeriodTime: borrowed during Julius Caesars English adventures (55 BC) and the Roman Conquest (43 -449 AD)Characteristic: most vanished, only a few remained as (4)_Example: Kent, Devon and CumberlandC. the Second PeriodTim

5、e: from Augustines mission of 597Division; two main sub-periodsa. the EarlyPreference Range; 1) (5)_Example: mass, pope2) household words Example: cap, plant3) words relating to education Example: Latin, schoolReason underneath; Christianitys immediate impacton seventh-century Britain b. the Benedic

6、tineCharacteristic: direct translation of Latin terms Example; (6)_, resurrectionD. the Third PeriodTime; beginning in 1066 with William the Conqueror Origin; Norman French more (7)_ VSmore learned, written Example; example/exemplary; machine/machinate Another special point; Untranslated Latin words

7、 are introduced (8)_for the 1st time.E. the Modern PeriodTime; beginning with the advent of ModernEnglish, usually dated to 1500. Characteristic; compounds with roots Field of Application of Roots; 1) widely used ones; -ation, -ana, -ite, -ism, ex-, co-, -ist, and de-2) (9)_ used ones; mille-, matri

8、-, menti-, and reticul-3) commercially used ones ii. Influence on GrammarOrigin; the artificial structure of (10)_Result; stigma and benefitSECTION B INTERVIEWDirections: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5

9、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 Whats Miss Patty Chings problem?（A）To be a keen photographer is too costly.（B） She has to develop 10 rolls of films.（C） All her films were

10、 vanished.（D）After the trip, she was too tired to choose a good photo service. 12 According to Denis, if we want to get the consumers right, we should _.（A）spend more money（B） complain to the manager（C） fight for them（D）wait for a sale 13 The Consumer of the Month is _.（A）Denis（B） Wendy（C） Patty（D）A

11、lvin 14 When the store had a sale, the belt which Mr. Alvin Lok liked priced at _.（A）$100（B） $150（C） $200（D）$30015 Which of the following items is tree?（A）Miss Patty Chings tour lasted 3 weeks.（B） Top-class Photo services compensated Miss Ching because the judge ordered them to pay compensation.（C）

12、According to Wendy, the problem with sale prices is that the reductions may not be enough.（D）Mr. Alvin Lok was surprised because at the sale the price of the belt had reduced by only fifty dollars. SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTDirections: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen careful

13、ly 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 one was not mentioned in the conclusion document issued by the summit?（A）the EU would develop a strategic partnership with China（B） the EU had decided to lift the

14、 arms ban later this year（C） the EU would try to resolve the trade dispute with China quickly（D）the EU promised to intensify dialogue in all areas 17 According to Asselborn, which would lay down a solid road for the lifting?（A）the strategic partnership between the EU and China（B） the dialogue in all

15、 areas（C） the British effort to strike a deal on the EU code of conduct on arms exports（D）the US-EU relationship 17 Most episodes of absent-mindedness-forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room-are caused by a simple lack of attention, says Schacter. “Youre supposed

16、 to remember something, but you havent encoded it deeply.Encoding, Schacter explains, is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impact on recalling it later. Failure to encode properly can create annoying situations. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket, for example, and

17、dont pay attention to what you did because youre involved in a conversation, you 11 probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in your wardrobe. “Your memory itself isnt failing you, says Schacter, “Rather, you didnt give your memory system the information it needed, Lack of interes

18、t can also lead to absent-mindedness. “A man who can recite sports statistics from 30 years ago,“ says Zelinski, “may not remember to drop a letter in the mail- box.“ Women have slightly better memories than men, possibly because they pay more attention to their environment, and memory relies on jus

19、t that.Visual cues can help prevent absent-mindedness, says Schacter. “But be sure the cue is clear and available,“ he cautions. If you want to remember to take a medication with lunch, put the pill bottle on the kitchen table-dont leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that you ke

20、ep in a pocket.Another common episode of absent-mindedness: walking into a room and wondering why youre there. Most likely, you were thinking about something else. “Everyone does this from time to time,“ says Zelinski. The best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room, and

21、 youll likely remember.18 Why does the author think that encoding properly is very important?（A）It helps us understand our memory system better.（B） It enables us to recall something from our memory.（C） It expands our memory capacity considerably.（D）It slows down the process of losing our memory. 19

22、One possible reason why women have better memories than men is that_.（A）they have a wider range of interests（B） they are more reliant on the environment（C） they have an unusual power of focusing their attention（D）they are more interested in whats happening around them 20 A note in the pocket can har

23、dly serve as a reminder because_.（A）it will easily get lost（B） its not clear enough for you to read（C） its out of your sight（D）it might get mixed up with other things 21 What do we learn from the last paragraph?（A）If we focus our attention on one thing, we might forget another.（B） Memory depends to

24、a certain extent on the environment.（C） Repetition helps improve our memory.（D）If we keep forgetting things, wed better return to where we were. 22 What is the passage mainly about?（A）The process of gradual memory loss.（B） The causes of absent-mindedness.（C） The impact of the environment on memory.（

25、D）A way of encoding and recalling. 一、PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.23 The Romans leaded by_came with 10,000 soldiers and landed on the shore of Kent in 55 BC.（A）Claudius（B） Hadrian（C） Ca

26、esar（D）Plaulius24 The metropolitan police force of London is under the direct control of_.（A）the Prime Minister（B） the Defense Minister（C） the Home Secretary（D）the Queen25 The British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations in（A）1921.（B） 1931.（C） 1945.（D）1950.

27、26 What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry“?（A）A simple sentence.（B） A coordinate sentence.（C） A complex sentence.（D）None of the above.27 Which of the following words is NOT the example of semantic narrowing?（A）Tail.（B） Deer.（C） Meat.（D）Corn.28 Which of the foll

28、owing words is inflectional?（A）unfair（B） carefree（C） submarine（D）going 29 Which movie is not awarded the Oscars best movie?（A）American Beauty（B） A Beautiful Mind（C） Shakespeare in Love（D）Secret Window 30 _draws on the Jewish experience and tradition and examines subtly the dismantling of the self by

29、 an intolerable modern history.（A）Allen Ginsberg（B） John Updike（C） Saul Bellow（D）J.D.Salinger 31 A phoneme is_.（A）a set of different realizations of a phone（B） a set of contrastive allophones in free variation（C） a set of phones in complementary distribution（D）a set of phonetically similar noncontra

30、stive phones 32 In English many nouns can be turned into verbs without any change to their form. For instance, the noun walk can be turned into the verb to walk. This phenomenon is known as _ in morphology.（A）compounding（B） derivation（C） conversion（D）inflection 二、PART IV PROOFREADING that from these

31、 honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that this Nation, under GOD, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the People by the People and for the People shall not perish from the earth.三、PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)

32、Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic.45 Nowadays the telephone plays a very important role in our life. It makes our life more convenient. However, it has its disadvantages.You are to write an essay of approximately 400 words on both the positive and negative eff

33、ects of the telephone on modern life. Support your ideas with reasons and examples.In the first part of your letter you should present 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 with a summary.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.