1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 101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 A Career in Accounting As a field of study and work, accounting is expanding throughout the world. A job
3、in accounting promises good 【 1】 _ and excellent promotion opportunities, yet suffers 【 1】 _ only slightly from changes in business cycles or from 【 2】 _ variations in employment. 【 2】 _ Bookkeeping is a starting point for a career in private accounting. It is essential for an【 3】 _. The financial 【
4、 3】 _ records of an organizations are the【 4】 _ on which 【 4】 _ accounting is based. One can attend business or commercial schools to learn the【 5】 _ of accounting practices, which include typing, 【 5】 _ shorthand, bookkeeping and, more recently, accounting and computer programming. As the principle
5、s and【 6】 _ of 【 6】 _ accounting have grown more complex, the training now lasts 【 7】 _ years. 【 7】 _ There are some alternatives to commercial schools such as home-study or【 8】 _ schools. Whats more, education in 【 8】 _ accounting has become a【 9】 _ function of the 【 9】 _ universities, incorporatin
6、g business administration, business law, etc. To sum up, there are two paths towards a career in accounting. One is through employment and the other through 【 10】 _ examinations. 【 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 s
7、ection 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 Mike _ that play
8、ing baseball is a lifetime career. （ A） agrees （ B） disapproves （ C） hopes （ D） doubts 12 Mike began to play baseball at _. （ A） 24 （ B） 27 （ C） 18 （ D） 20 13 Mike went to Mexico to play the winter season primarily because _. （ A） it helped him earn extra money （ B） his season was over （ C） he neede
9、d more experience （ D） he could improve his skills 14 For a playoff player, the whole season lasts _ months. （ A） 6 （ B） 8 （ C） 10 （ D） 11 15 What does Mike find most attractive in baseball? （ A） It is a spectator sport. （ B） It is fun to win. （ C） It is what he exactly likes. （ D） It is a professio
10、nal sport. 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 of the following does not characterize Mercury?
11、 （ A） nearest of all planets to the sun （ B） extremely hot （ C） little known to people （ D） biggest of all planets 17 The spacecraft will make a journey of over _ years. （ A） six （ B） nine （ C） twelve （ D） sixteen 18 Which of the following is true according to the report? （ A） The spacecraft will fl
12、y direct to Mercury. （ B） The spacecraft will fly three times past Mercury. （ C） The spacecraft was launched a week later than planned. （ D） There is no specific task for this journey. 19 The ceremony held by Gypsies also serves to call peoples attention to discrimination against them, especially in
13、 _. （ A） Eastern Europe （ B） Northern Europe （ C） Western Europe （ D） Southern Europe 20 The ceremony was observed with all the following EXCEPT _. （ A） speeches （ B） mournful music （ C） parade （ D） visit 20 1 The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All hi
14、gh school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become “better“ people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who dont go. 2 But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that
15、 close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who dont fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each others experiments and write false letters of recommendation in intense com
16、petition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop outoften encouraged by college administrators. 3 Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselvesthey are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But thats a condemnation of the students
17、 as a whole, and doesnt explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. Weve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cant absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can
18、no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either. 4 Some adventuresome educators and watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those su
19、rveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesnt make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn thingsmaybe its just the other way around, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learn
20、ing people are merely ones who have Been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is goo
21、d, more has to be much better. But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up. 21 By “fit the pattern“ (in Para. 2) the author means that _. （ A） college graduates earn more money （ B） college graduates are morally sounder （ C） college graduates are more liberal （ D） all of the above 22 It is hinted
22、 that the reason that many students fail in college is that _. （ A） they are spoiled by their parents （ B） college education is incapable of cultivating them （ C） college education is misleading （ D） they are ruined by the corrupt society 23 The view of college education as held by the author seems
23、to be _. （ A） self-contradictory （ B） popular （ C） unconventional （ D） radical 23 1 Women, by virtue of the availability of such outlets as crying for the expression of emotion, are likely to suffer from fewer psychological disturbances than men. 2 I know of no studies on the expression of the emoti
24、ons in businesswomen. But the increase in psychological disorders among women in recent years suggests that women in business may be attempting to restrain the normal expression of their emotions. If so, I would say that this is not good. Women in business who believe that in order to succeed they m
25、ust imitate men are barking up the wrong tree. 3 I am not suggesting that every time one runs into a major frustration, one ought to have a good cry. I think this would be silly. Crying should be reserved for the appropriate situation, and that is whenever ones organism indicates the necessity. In t
26、his respect the American male has a great deal to learn from American femaleswhether in business or out of it. In business the emotions that are likely to be called into play tend to be the angry emotions, and crying is not a natural way of expressing such emotions. Opportunities to blow off steam i
27、n ways appropriate to the occasion should be provided until such time as we have strived to produce human beings who have learned to deal with their frustrations in a constructive manner. 4 It would be absurd to suggest that the psychological disorders from which men suffer in America are the result
28、 of not crying. The inability to cry is but one reflection of many indicating that the American male has not been taught how to use his emotions efficiently, and it is this general inefficient use of his emotions, rather than one particular expression of them, that is principally at fault. Neverthel
29、ess, it is agreed by most authorities that crying is a beneficial means of relieving the person of tensions which seek expression in this particular manner. It is far better that the energies which seek release in such emotional expression find an outlet in weeping than that they should be shut up t
30、o seek unexpected expression through the bodies. 24 We can infer from the passage that _. （ A） men usually tend to restrain the expression of their emotions （ B） there are more women than men experiencing emotional disturbances （ C） businesswomen learn from men in expressing their emotion for succes
31、s （ D） women tend to cry because they can easily have psychological disorders 25 The expression “. barking up the wrong tree“ (Para. 2) probably means _. （ A） crying among the trees improperly （ B） shouting at the wrong person （ C） having a wrong idea （ D） saying something wrong by mistake 26 Accord
32、ing to the author, which of the following statements is true? （ A） American men should learn from American women in business. （ B） One should express ones emotion constructively. （ C） It is not manly for a person to cry. （ D） American males are taught how to use emotions efficiently. 27 The authors
33、main purpose to write this article is _. （ A） to tell how women express emotions efficiently （ B） to prove crying is the best way of emotional outlet （ C） to explain the reasons of psychological disorders （ D） to argue for a psychologically healthier expression of emotions 27 1 Between about 1910 an
34、d 1930, new artistic movements in European art were making themselves felt in the United States. American artists became acquainted with the new art on their trips to Paris and at the exhibitions in the famous New York gallery “291“ (named after its address on Fifth Avenue) of the photographer Alfre
35、d Stieglitz. But most important in the spread of the modern movements in the United States was the sensational Armory Show of 1913 held in New York, in which the works of many of the leading European artists were seen along with the works of a number of progressive American painters. 2 Several of th
36、e American modernists who were influenced by the Armory Show found the urban landscape, especially New York, an appealing subject. Compared with the works of the realist painters, the works of American modernists were much further removed from the actual appearance of the city, they were more intere
37、sted in the “feel“ of the city, more concerned with the meaning behind appearance. However, both the painters of the “Ash Can School“ and the later realists were still tied to nineteenth-century or earlier styles, while the early modernists shared in the international breakthroughs of the art of the
38、 twentieth century. 3 The greatest of these breakthroughs was Cubism, developed most fully in France between 1907 and 1914, which brought about a major revolution in Western painting. It overturned the rational tradition that had been built upon since the Renaissance. In Cubism, natural forms were b
39、roken down analytically into geometric shapes. No longer was a clear differentiation made between the figure and the background of a painting., the objects represented and the surface on which they were painted became one. The Cubists abandoned the conventional single vantage point of the viewer, an
40、d objects depicted from multiple viewpoints were shown at the same time. 28 The passage primarily concerned with _. （ A） the development of Cubism （ B） modern art movements in the United States （ C） contemporary artists in the United States （ D） the influence of photography on landscape painters 29
41、It can be inferred from the passage that European art trends probably affected United States art most during _. （ A） 1901 （ B） 1908 （ C） 1913 （ D） 1936 30 Why does the author mention Alfred Stieglitz? （ A） to demonstrate that photography was the major influence in modern art （ B） to compare him to o
42、ther artists of the time （ C） to point out that many artists learned their craft by studying with him （ D） to give an example of someone who had an influence on modern art 31 According to the author, which of the following was a favorite subject for American modernists? （ A） portraits of famous peop
43、le （ B） country scenes （ C） pictures of buildings interiors （ D） city landscapes 31 1 In the days of the Roses, France was still a sort of semi-detached part of England, a country much less foreign to an Englishman than Ireland was. A fifteenth century Englishman went to France as a matter of course
44、, but to Ireland only under protest. 2 He lay and thought about that England. The England over which the Wars of the Roses had been fought. A green, green England, with not a chimney-stack from Cumberland to Cornwall. An England still unhedged, with great forests alive with game, and wide marshes th
45、ick with wildfowl. An England with the same small group of dwellings repeated every few miles in endless permutation., castle, church, and cottages; monastery, church, and cottages; manor, church, and cottages. The strips of cultivation round the cluster of dwellings, and beyond that the greenness.
46、The unbroken greenness. The deep rutted lanes that ran from group to group, mired to bog in the winter and white with dust in the summer; decorated with wild roses or red wit hawthorn as the seasons came and went. 3 For thirty years, over this green uncrowded land, the Wars of the Roses had been fou
47、ght. But it had been more of a blood feud than a war. A Montague and Capulet affair, of no great concern to the average Englishman. No one pushed in at your door to demand whether you were York or Lancaster and to hale you off to a concentration camp if your answer proved to be the wrong one for the
48、 occasion. It was a small concentrated war, almost a private party. They fought a battle in your lower meadow, and turned your kitchen into a dressing-station, and then moved off somewhere or other to fight a battle somewhere else, and a few weeks later you would have a family row about the result because your wife was probably Lancaster and you were perhaps York, and it was all rather like following rival football teams today. 32 What had been taking place during the time of the Roses? （ A） the development of England （ B） a series of wars （ C） th
