1、专业英语八级-试卷864及答案解析 (总分：142.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、LISTENING COMPREHENS(总题数：6，分数：50.00)1.PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION_2.SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the mini-lecture, please complete the gap-filling task on A
2、NSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task._Aspects that May Facilitate ReadingI. Deter
3、mining your【T1】 1 【T1】 2A. Reading for【T2】 3: 【T2】 4like reading the novel Harry PottyB. Reading for information:like reading in a(n)【T3】 5of the library【T3】 6II. Prior knowledgeA. An initial key in helping you【T4】 7【T4】 8what the article will be aboutwhether it will interest you whether it is famil
4、iar to youB. A help for the reader tofind some material【T5】 9【T5】 10build his or her【T6】 11of the new text【T6】 12III. InterestA. providing you with an extra【T7】 13for reading【T7】 14B. making you care more about what the author has to sayIV.【T8】 15your progress (reading with a pencil) 【T8】 16A. askin
5、g questions on【T9】 17【T9】 18B. noting words you dont understandC. 【T10】 19ideas you like【T10】 20V. Summarizing the main pointsA. listing the【T11】 21of each paragraph【T11】 22B. lumping together paragraphs with【T12】 23【T12】 24C. putting key ideas into your own wordsD.【T13】 25 the common thoughts or th
6、read【T13】 26VI. Mapping out the essayA. creating a(n)【T14】 27of the essay【T14】 28B. having a picture of something in your mind in various shapese.g., lists, diagrams,【T15】 29【T15】 30（分数：30.00）(1).【T1】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(2).【T2】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(3).【T3】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(4).【T4】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(5).【T5】（分数：2.00
7、）填空项1:_(6).【T6】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(7).【T7】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(8).【T8】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(9).【T9】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(10).【T10】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(11).【T11】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(12).【T12】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(13).【T13】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(14).【T14】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_(15).【T15】（分数：2.00）填空项1:_3.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear
8、ONE interview. The interview will be divided into TWO parts. At the end of each part, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the interview and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choi
9、ces of A , B , C and D , and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions._A.People prefer to put their private picture online.B.People just put their preferable pictures online.C.Pictures with microphone are prohibited online.D.Pictures
10、are not allowed to be copied online.A.People can sign up for whatever website they like.B.People can copy whatever online into their own computer.C.People can attack every personal computer they like.D.People can sanitize whatever website they like.A.By sanitizing the websites they often surf.B.By s
11、ending them to Miss New Jersey.C.By supervising them with proper advice.D.By comparing them with their jealous friends.A.Copying and pasting pictures on your personal homepage.B.Sanitizing your photos before putting them online.C.Blacklisting all your angry and jealous friends.D.Sending photos via e
12、mails rather than websites.A.To better help their children with these sites.B.To narrow the generation gap.C.To follow the fashionable trend.D.To set an example for their children.A.The childs academic performance.B.The childs character and personality.C.The childs computer skills.D.The childs willi
13、ngness to communicate.A.Keeping updated with current internet applications.B.Splitting the bill with their children for going online.C.Getting the password of their childs online account.D.Asking their kids to watch the language on their sites.A.Frequently change their passwords of online accounts.B
14、.Put their photos online frequently and randomly.C.Guarantee the decency of language on their sites.D.Use their real full name for their online account.A.Their potential employers.B.Their future spouse.C.Their childhood teachers.D.Their financial advisors.A.Use first name only.B.Use a name of cartoo
15、n characters.C.Use an invented name.D.Use their parents name.二、READING COMPREHENSIO(总题数：10，分数：44.00)4.PART II READING COMPREHENSION_5.SECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONSIn this section there are several passages followed by fourteen multiple-choice questions. For each multiple-choice question, there
16、 are four suggested answers marked A , B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer._(1) I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five years ago was not a tall man. But to a five-year-old, he was a giant. We sat side by side,
17、watching the sun go down behind the old Texaco service station across the busy street, a street that I was never allowed to cross unless accompanied by an adult, or at the very least, an older sibling. (2) Cherry-scented smoke from Grandpas pipe kept the hungry mosquitoes at bay while gray, wispy sw
18、irls danced around our heads. Now and again, he blew a smoke ring and laughed as I tried to target the hole with my finger. I, clad in a cool summer night, and Grandpa, his sleeveless T-shirt, sat watching the traffic. We counted cars and tried to guess the color of the next one to turn the corner.
19、(3) Once again, I was caught in the middle of circumstances. The fourth born of six children, it was not uncommon that I was either too young or too old for something. This night I was both. While my two baby brothers slept inside the house, my three older siblings played with friends around the cor
20、ner, where I was not allowed to go. I stayed with Grandpa, and that was okay with me. I was where I wanted to be. My grandfather was babysitting while my mother, father and grandmother went out. (4) Thirsty? Grandpa asked, never removing the pipe from his mouth. (5) Yes, was my reply. (6) How would
21、you like to run over to the gas station there and get yourself a bottle of Coke? (7) I couldnt believe my ears. Had I heard it right? Was he talking to me? On my familys modest income, Coke was not a part of our budget or diet. A few tantalizing sips was all I had ever had, and certainly never my ow
22、n bottle. (8) Okay, I replied shyly, already wondering how I would get across the street. Surely Grandpa was going to come with me. (9) Grandpa stretched his long leg out straight and reached his huge hand deep into the pocket. I could hear the familiar jangling of the loose change he always carried
23、. Opening his fist, he exposed a mound of silver coins. There must have been a million dollars there. He instructed me to pick out a dime. After he deposited the rest of the change back into his pocket, he stood up. (10) Okay, he said, helping me down the stairs and to the curb, Im going to stay her
24、e and keep an ear out for the babies. Ill tell you when its safe to cross. You go over to the Coke machine, get your Coke and come back out. Wait for me to tell you when its safe to cross back. (11) My heart pounded. I clutched my dime tightly in my sweaty palm. Excitement took my breath away. (12)
25、Grandpa held my hand tightly. Together we looked up the street and down, and back up again. He stepped off the curb and told me it was safe to cross. He let go of my hand and I ran. I ran faster than I had ever run before. The street seemed wide. I wondered if I would make it to the other side. Reac
26、hing the other side, I turned to find Grandpa. There he was, standing exactly where I had left him, smiling proudly. I waved. (13) Go on, hurry up, he yelled. (14) My heart pounded wildly as I walked inside the dark garage. I had been inside the garage before with my father. My surroundings were fam
27、iliar. I heard the Coca-Cola machine motor humming even before I saw it. I walked directly to the big old red-and-white dispenser. I knew where to insert my dime. I had seen it done before and had fantasized about this moment many times. (15) The big old monster greedily accepted my dime, and I hear
28、d the bottles shift. On tiptoes I reached up and opened the heavy door. There they were: one neat row of thick green bottles, necks staring directly at me, and ice cold from the refrigeration. I held the door open with my shoulder and grabbed one. With a quick yank, I pulled it free from its bondage
29、. Another one immediately took its place. The bottle was cold in my sweaty hands. I will never forget the feeling of the cool glass on my skin. With two hands, I positioned the bottleneck under the heavy brass opener that was bolted to the wall. The cap dropped into an old wooden box, and I reached
30、in to retrieve it. I was cold and bent in the middle, but I knew I needed to have this souvenir. Coke in hand, I proudly marched back out into the early evening dusk. Grandpa was waiting patiently. He smiled. (16) Stop right there, he yelled. One or two cars sped by me, and once again, Grandpa stepp
31、ed off the curb. Come on, now, he said, run. I did. Cool brown foam sprayed my hands. Dont ever do that alone, he warned. I held the Coke bottle tightly; fearful he would make me pour it into a cup, ruining this dream come true. He didnt. One long swallow of the cold beverage cooled my sweating body
32、. I dont think I ever felt so proud. (17) There we sat, side by side, watching the sun go down behind the old Texaco service station across the busy street. A street I had been allowed to cross by myself. Grandpa stretched his long legs down over two stairs. I dangled mine, a bit closer to the first
33、 step this time, Im sure.（分数：10.00）(1).From the first three paragraphs, we can infer that _.（分数：2.00）A.the author would prefer playing with his three older siblings to staying with his grandpaB.they were living in the suburbs where there were not too much traffic on the roadC.the grandpa was always
34、the one to babysit for the author and his siblingsD.the author enjoyed the time that he spent with his grandpa(2).By saying I was caught in the middle of circumstances in the third paragraph, the author means_.（分数：2.00）A.he was facing a dilemma and did not know what decision to makeB.he was caught w
35、hen he was doing something that he was not supposed to doC.he was either too young or too old for something as the fourth born of six childrenD.he was doing something that required him to consider different circumstances(3).The authors grandpa was described as being all the following EXCEPT _.（分数：2.
36、00）A.considerateB.stingyC.carefulD.kind(4).From the passage we can infer that the relationship between the author and his Grandpa was _.（分数：2.00）A.closeB.remoteC.tenseD.impossible to tell(5).Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?（分数：2.00）A.It was the first time that the author
37、 crossed the street by himself.B.It was the first time that the author went in that garage.C.The author bought the Coca-Cola from a vending machine.D.The authors grandpa kept an eye on him the whole time.(1) Vibrations in the ground are a poorly understood but probably widespread means of communicat
38、ion between animals. (2) In 1975, tens of thousands of people were evacuated from a city, a few hours before a large earthquake struck it. Scientists regard earthquakes as unpredictable, and pre-emptive evacuations such as this as therefore impossible. What gave the game away, according to the local
39、 authorities, was the strange behaviour of animals such as rats, snakes, birds, cows and horses. (3) It could have been a lucky coincidence. It seems unlikely that these animals could have detected seismic pre-shocks that were missed by the sensitive vibration-detecting equipment that clutters the w
40、orlds earthquake laboratories. But it is possible. And the fact that many animal species behave strangely before other natural events such as storms, and that they have the ability to detect others of their species at distances which the familiar human senses could not manage, is well established. S
41、uch observations have led some to suggest that these animals have a kind of extra-sensory perception. What is more likely, though, is that they have an extra sense-a form of perception that people lack. The best guess is that they can feel and understand vibrations that are transmitted through the g
42、round. (4) Almost all the research done into animal signaling has been on sight, hearing and smell, because these are senses that people possess. Humans have no sense organs designed specifically to detect terrestrial vibrations. But, according to researchers who have been meeting in Chicago at a sy
43、mposium of the society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, this anthropocentric approach has meant that interactions via vibrations of the ground (a means of communication known as seismic signaling) have been almost entirely over-looked. These researchers believe that such signals are far more
44、 common than biologists had realized-and that they could explain a lot of otherwise inexplicable features of animal behavior. (5) Until recently, the only large mammal known to produce seismic signals was the elephant seal, a species whose notoriously aggressive bulls slug it out on beaches around t
45、he world for possession of harems of females. But Caitlin OConnell-Rodwell of Stanford University, who is one of the speakers at the symposium, suspects that a number of large terrestrial mammals, including rhinos, lions and elephants also use vibration as a means of communication. At any rate they
46、produce loud noises that are transmitted through both the ground and the air-and that can travel farther in the first than in the second. Elephants, according to Dr OConnell-Rodwell, can transmit signals through the ground this way for distances of as much as 50km when they trumpet, make mock charges or stomp their feet. (6) Seismic vibrations do not qualify as signals unless they are being received and understood. But it has
