1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 111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 Study Activities in University In order to help college and university students in the process of learnin
3、g, four key study activities have been designed and used to encourage them to make knowledge their own. essay writing: central focus of university work esp. in the humanities, e.g.【 1】 _ 【 1】 _ Benefits: 1) helping to select interesting content in books and to express understanding. 2) enabling teac
4、hers to know progress and to offer【 2】 _ 【 2】 _ 3) familiarizing students with exam forms. seminars and classroom discussion: another form to internalize knowledge in specialized contexts. Benefits: 1)【 3】 _ enables you to know the effectiveness of your 【 3】_ expression and others response to your s
5、peech immediately. 2) Within the same period of time, more topics can be dealt with than in【 4】 _ 【 4】 _ 3) The use of a broader range of knowledge is encouraged. individual tutorials: a substitute for group discussion. Format: from teacher【 5】 _ to flexible conversation. 【 5】 _ Benefit: encouraging
6、 ideas and interaction. lectures: a most【 6】 _ used study activity. 【 6】 _ Disadvantages: 1) less【 7】 _ than discussions or tutorials. 【 7】 _ 2) more demanding in note-taking. Advantages: 1) providing a general【 8】 _ of a subject under discussion.【 8】_ 2) offering more easily understood versions of
7、a theory. 3) updating students on【 9】 _ developments. 【 9】 _ 4) allowing students to following different【 10】 _. 【 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 section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and th
8、en 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 Mr Fischer believes that _. （ A） those gloomy forecasts is about to become true （
9、B） EU enlargement and its Constitution must be carried out at the same time （ C） ELI people will accept the Constitution calmly （ D） Constitution must be ratified by 15 EU country 12 Fischer doesnt agree with the critics, because he believe the constitution brings benefit for EU except that _. （ A）
10、the decisions can be taken more easily （ B） ELI s relationship to the member states is clearly regulated （ C） the voting procedures in the European Council have become more elaborate （ D） the role of the Commission President has been defined 13 According to Fischer, what is the most important thing
11、about the EU Constitution? （ A） The Tax Articles in the Basic Law. （ B） The procedures are becoming clear. （ C） The threat of terrorism. （ D） The fundamental rights have been defined clearly. 14 Fischer pointed out that _. （ A） EU people are hostile to Constitution （ B） EU has dual nature which woul
12、d be preserved for a long time （ C） the Greens just did the right thing in attracting citizen （ D） the ELI Parliament should elect the Commission President from its own ranks 15 Which statement is not true? （ A） In Fischer s opinion, Ell Constitution will resolve many problems remained unresolved fo
13、r ten years. （ B） EU Constitution will make the EU more effective. （ C） Core Europe can be used to describe the present EU. （ D） Fischer now is a Foreign Minister. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions
14、that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Which statement is not true about Doha round? （ A） It is not sure whether the Dora round can be finalized in several months. （ B） 148 nations are involved in this round （ C） These nations have to achi
15、eve a deal before they reach an agreement on the negotiating package, （ D） WTO chief is not pessimistic about the future. 17 Mr Supachai stressed that （ A） the Doha round can t be finished by 2006 （ B） strong political will is necessary （ C） nations can continue the negotiation even if there were no
16、 consensus among them （ D） December s conference to be held in Doha next year is important 18 Where were the Kuwaitis captured? （ A） Afghanistan and Iraq. （ B） Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan. （ C） India and Pakistan. （ D） Pakistan and Afghanistan. 19 Which statement is true? （ A） Many detainees in Guantana
17、mo Bay have been held for more than 2 years. （ B） U.S government doesnt permit Wilner to discuss their cases. （ C） Some of the Kuwaitis are members of Taliban. （ D） Human rights group are deeply concerned about the situation of the detainees. 20 What do Microsoft expect XP to do? （ A） They expect th
18、at XP will attract users to use their new product. （ B） They expect that XP will enhance American economy. （ C） They expect that XP will slow down computer sales. （ D） They expect that XP will replace the old editions. 20 The bizarre antics of sleepwalkers have puzzled police, perplexed scientists,
19、and fascinated writers for centuries. There is an endless supply of stories about sleepwalkers. Person have been said to climb on steep roofs, solve mathematical problems, compose music, walk though plate glass windows, and commit murder in their sleep. How many of these stories have a basic in fact
20、, and how many are pure fakery? No one knows, but if some of the most sensational stories should be taken with a barrel of salt, others are a matter of record. In Revere, Massachusetts, a hundred policemen combed a waterfront neighborhood for a lost boy who left his home in his sleep and woke up fiv
21、e hours later on a strange sofa in a strange living room, with no idea how he had gone there. There is an early medical record of a somnambulist who wrote a novel in his sleep. And the great French writer Voltaire knew a sleepwalker who once got our of bed, dressed himself, made a polite bow, danced
22、 a minute, and then undressed and went back to bed. At the university of Iowa, a student was reported to have the habit of getting up in the middle of the night and walking three-quarters of a mile to the Iowa River. He would take a swim and then go back to his room to bed. The world s champion slee
23、pwalker was supposed to have been an Indian, Pandit Ramrakha, who walked sixteen miles along a dangerous road without realizing that he had left his bed. Second in line for the title is probably either a Vienna housewife or a British farmer. The woman did all her shopping on busy streets in her slee
24、p. The farmer, in his sleep, visited a veterinarian miles away. The leading expert on sleep in American claims that he had never seen a sleepwalker. He is Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman, a physiologist at the University of Chicago. He is said to know more about sleep than any other living man, and during th
25、e last thirty-five years had lost a lot of sleep watching people sleep. Says he, “Of course, I know that there are sleepwalkers because I have read about them in the newspapers. But none of my sleepwalkers ever walked, and if I were to advertise for sleepwalkers for an experiment, I doubt that I d g
26、et many takers.“ Sleepwalking, nevertheless, is a scientific reality. Like hypnosis, it is one of those dramatic, eerie, awe - inspiring phenomena that sometimes border on the fantastic. It lends itself to controversy and misconceptions. What is certain about sleepwalking is that it is a symptom of
27、emotional disturbance, and that the only way to cure it is to remove the worries and anxieties that cause it. Doctors say that somnambulism is much more common than is generally supposed. Some have set estimated that there are four million somnambulists in the United States. Others set the figure ev
28、en higher. Many sleepwalkers do not seek help and so are never put on record, which means that an accurate count can never be made. The simplest explanation of sleepwalking is that it is the acting out of vivid dream. The dream usually comes from guilt, worry, nervousness, or some other emotional co
29、nflict. The classic sleepwalker is Shakespeare s Lady Mac Beth. Her nightly wanderings were caused by her guilty conscience at having committed murder. Shakespeare said of her, “The eyes are open but their sense is shut.“ The age-old question is: Is the sleepwalker actually awake or asleep? Scientis
30、ts have decided that he is about half-and-half. Like Lady Mac Beth, he had weighty problems on his mind. Dr. Zelda Teplitz, who made a ten-year study of the subject, say, “Some people stay awake all night worrying about their problems. The sleepwalker thrashes them out in his sleep. He is awake in t
31、he muscular area, partially asleep in the sensory area.“ In other words, a person can walk in his sleep, move around, and do other things, but he does not think about what he is doing. There are many myths about sleepwalkers. One of the most common is the idea that it s dangerous or even fatal to wa
32、ken a sleepwalker abruptly. Experts say that the shock suffered by a sleepwalker suddenly awakened is no greater than that suffered in waking up to the noise of an alarm clock. Another mistaken belief is that sleepwalkers are immune to injury. Actually most sleepwalkers trip over rugs or hump their
33、heads on doors at some time or other. What are the chances of a sleepwalker committing a murder or doing something else extraordinary in his sleep? Some cases of this have been reported, but they very rarely happen. Of course the few cases that are reported receive a great deal of publicity. Dr. Tep
34、litz say, “Most people have such great inhibitions against murder or violence that they would awaken - if someone didnt waken them.“ In general, authorities on sleepwalking agree with her. They think that people will not do anything in their sleep that is against their own moral code. As for the pub
35、licized cases, Dr. Teplitz points out, “Sleepwalking itself is dramatic.sleepwalkers can always find an audience. I think that some of their tall tales get exaggerated in the telling.“ In her own file of case histories, there is not one sleepwalker who ever got beyond his own front door. Parent ofte
36、n explain their children s - or their own - nocturnal oddities as sleepwalking. Sleepwalking is used as an excuse for all kinds of irrational behavior. There is a ease on record of a woman who dreamed that her house was on fire and flung her baby out of the window. Dr. Teplitz believes that this ins
37、tance of irrational behavior was not due to somnambulism. She believes the woman was seriously deranged or insane, not a sleepwalker. For their own protection, chronic sleepwalkers have been known to tie themselves in bed, lock their doors, hide the keys, bolt the windows, and rip up all sorts of ga
38、dgets or wake themselves if they should get out of bed. Curiously enough, they have an uncanny way of avoiding their own traps when they sleepwalk, so none of their tricks seem to work very well. Some sleepwalkers talk in their sleep loudly enough to wake someone else in the family who can then shak
39、e them back to their senses. Children who walk in their sleep usually outgrow the habit. In many adults, too, the condition is more or less temporary. If it happens often, however, the sleepwalker should seek help. Although sleepwalking itself is nothing to become alarmed about, the problems that ca
40、use the sleepwalking may be very serious. 21 What does the phrase “taken with a barrel of salt“ mean at end of the second paragraph? （ A） Inconceivable. （ B） Unbelievable. （ C） Suspected （ D） Implausible. 22 Who was supposed to be the world s champion sleepwalker? （ A） The man walked sixteen miles a
41、long a dangerous road （ B） The boy walked five hours in his sleep. （ C） The student habitually walked to the Iowa River and swam in his sleep. （ D） The man danced a minuet in his sleep. 23 What is true of sleepwalking according to the passage? （ A） It is caused by emotional conflict or guilty consci
42、ence. （ B） It is the acting out of a vivid dream. （ C） Somnambulists are asleep during their sleepwalking. （ D） It is dangerous to waken a sleepwalker. 24 Dr. Zelda Teplitz _. （ A） studied sleepwalking for at least ten years （ B） concluded that sleepwalkers are partially asleep in their sensory area
43、 （ C） maintained that it is a mistaken belief that sleepwalkers are immune to injury （ D） A and B 25 The writer makes it obvious that _. （ A） sleepwalkers are often awakened by dangers （ B） the underlying cause of sleepwalking is more serious than sleepwalking itself （ C） most sleepwalkers are deran
44、ged or insane （ D） all of the above 25 “Visual Music“ is a fine-tuned, highly diverting, deceptively radical exhibition about the relationship of music and modem art, lately arrived here at the Hirshhorn Museum. In its hippy-trippy way, it rewrites a crucial chapter of history. Its subtitle is “Syna
45、esthesia in Art and Music Since 1900.“ Aristotle formulated the idea that each of the five senses-smell, taste, touch, hearing and sight-had its own proper and distinct sphere of activity. There were overlaps, he said (movement pertained both to sight and touch); and he speculated that the mysteries
46、 of color harmony might have something to do with musical harmony, an idea that would resonate for centuries. Musical harmony, as an expression of geometry, was thought to be useful to the study of art and architecture from the Renaissance on. But the notion that there was an essential separation am
47、ong the sensual spheres persisted into the early 19th century. At the same time reports began to emerge of rare people who said they experienced two sensations simultaneously: they saw colors when they heard sounds, or they heard sounds when they ate something. The condition was called synaesthesia.
48、 It s no coincidence that scientific interest in synaesthesia coincided with the Symbolist movement in Europe, with its stresses on metaphor, allusion and mystery. Synaesthesia was both metaphorical and mysterious. Scientists were puzzled. People who claimed to have it couldnt agree about exactly wh
49、at they experienced. “To ordinary individuals one of these accounts seems just as wild and lunatic as another but when the account of one seer is submitted to another seer,“ noted the Victorian psychologist and polymath Sir Francis Galton in 1883, “the latter is scandalized and almost angry at the heresy o
