1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 126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 Exposition Exposition is writing that explains. Most of the books in university li- braries are examples
3、of exposition. Although exposition is often formal and【 1】 _, it appears also in 【 1】_ magazines and newspapers, in any place where people look for explana- tions. It is a writing with which we attempt to control our world, whether our means of doing so is a complicated system of philosophy or a coo
4、k book or a medical instruction. Exposition is a wide net. If the【 2】 _ purpose of the writer is to 【 2】 _ tell a story, the writing is【 3】 _ rather than exposition. If the writer 【 3】 _ tends to tell us how something looks, we may call it【 4】 _ .The subject 【 4】_ of the expository writer may be peo
5、ple, things, ideas or a combination of these, but always he is a man thinking, interpreting, informing and per- suading. He is more likely to appeal to our【 5】 _ by using evidence and 【 5】_ logic. 【 6】 _ seldom is a piece of writing pure exposition. So the exposito- 【 6】_ ry writer will do well to r
6、emember that his primary purpose -the purpose that guides and shapes his total organization-is to explain by【 7】 _ 【 7】_ and to show relationships. The writing of exposition begins in an understanding of the broad pur- pose to be achieved. It begins in the writers head. Before the writing, the expos
7、itory writer must ask himself four questions: What specific purpose do I intend to make? Is it worth making? For whom am I making? And how can I best convey my point to my readers?【 8】 _ the writer has careful- 【 8】_ ly answered these questions, no amount of good grammar and correct spell- ing will
8、save him, and his composition is already worthless even before he begins to scrible. Once the writer is【 9】 _ what point he intands to 【 9】_ make, his comportion is already half organized. With his reader in mind, he has already solved many of his problems of diction and【 10】 _ as well.【 10】_ 1 【 1】
9、 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 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、10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 This meeting is the _ of its kind （ A） 13th （ B） 16th （ C） 110th （ D） 100th 12 The first speaker of this meeting is _. （ A） Dr Scott Macleod （ B） Dr. Chen Zhili （ C） Mary Smith （ D） Dr. Saul Lloy 13 When will
11、the first set of workshop session begin? （ A） At 10:00 AM. （ B） At 8:00 AM. （ C） At 1030 AM. （ D） At 8:30 PM. 14 Which of the following statements about Dr. Chen Zhili is NOT true? （ A） He is a Chinese scientist. （ B） He experienced several setbacks in study in the past decade. （ C） He as well as hi
12、s Chinese colleagues has made many breakthroughs in the last decade. （ D） He is going to express his hearty thanks for the international aids he has received in the past decade. 15 Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ A） This is an international conference. （ B） This is an academic Confe
13、rence. （ C） This is a formal occasion. （ D） The language used in this conversation is informal. 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 seco
14、nds to answer the questions. 16 Which player did Michael Chang defeat in the 3rd set _. （ A） Jim Courier （ B） Andre Mcdvedev （ C） Magnus Larsen （ D） Jan Seimerink 17 Which of the following players was once two time French Open Champion? （ A） Michael Chang. （ B） Pete Sampras. （ C） Sergei Brugera （ D）
15、 Jacob Hasic 18 The U.S. Space Agency NASA says _ orbiting Mir space station has lost its primary and backup oxygen sources. （ A） Americas （ B） Britains （ C） Russias （ D） Japans 19 If the problem is not fixed, _. （ A） the 3 - member crew would have to die （ B） the 5 - member crew would have to die （
16、 C） the 5 - member crew would have to abort the mission （ D） the 3 - member crew would have to abort the mission 20 Mirs two primary sources of oxygen have stopped working and now _ of oxygen inside Mirs cab-in. （ A） there is little supply （ B） there is still enough supply （ C） there is several days
17、 supply （ D） there is only two days supply 20 Americans life has once again been greatly changed by the new age of science and technology since the Second World War. Everything has speeded up to a tremendous rate. Information is immediate, nobody has to wait to hear any news. There is a television s
18、et in every house. There is instant printing which has changed the way that offices and the universities run. But perhaps the biggest change is the telephone. People no longer write letters to one another. They pick up the telephone. Every house has at least two, sometimes three, four and five telep
19、hones. Every office bas many telephones. It speeds things up. And its cost is not much. Perhaps the biggest difference is in the growth of computers. Computers can think, can remember, can calculate faster than any human brain. A computer can hold more than a million facts in its memory. There are c
20、omputers that are so big they would fill this entire auditorium with machinery. Businesses and banks are now managed by computers. Parts of the government are managed by computers. Students grades, their marks are all managed by computers. However, if a computer makes a mistake about one of you, it
21、is terribly difficult to correct that mistake. And sometimes a computer does make mistake, never learned by another computer and the same mistake will go into other computers. So in many ways people have become the servants of computers who are bigger and cleverer than they are. Of course, computers
22、 speed up every operation because computers can immediately record, remember facts and produce new information that it combines with these facts. It makes science possible. Modem science would not be possible without the computers to do the calculations: Life is complicated. People need to know many
23、 technical skills to get money from a bank. You have to know how to work the automatic teller that will give you your money. You have to know how to use the new punch button telephones. Everything is very complicated. Many Americans find it so complicated, that they try to escape by drinking alcohol
24、. Alcoholism is a major disease in America. Some people take drugs and some people belong to strange religion looking for some meaning in their life. I think perhaps you read about the terrible event in Guyana, when people who belong to a strange religion all committed suicide. This sort of thing wo
25、uld not have happened fifty years ago. It is a by-product of an age that has become too complicated for people to live in happily. There are many contradictions in American society. Because of the complex way of life people are no longer the optimistic, self- reliant free people that they were when
26、they were pioneers, when they were conquering the new land. Now people are becoming more pessimistic. Very often they are lonely. The doctors who have the most work are psychiatrists trying to help people find ways that they can again be happy. Often efficiency replaces good quality. We still have t
27、wo classes of people. Too much money is still in the hands of too few people. The rich capitalists no longer wear black hats and stripped trousers. They have faces that nobody knows because now they are called the “multi - national corporations. “They are the great faceless companies like General Mo
28、tors, General Fords, United States Steel. There are no longer any faces like Mr. Rockefeller or Mr. Ford. They have become faceless forces, which control our government and control the money. The poorest class is still mostly made up of black people, minority people, Spanish speaking Americans. And
29、the poorest people have not benefited from the new age of science and technology. So Americans are no longer the happy care-free people that they once were. 21 According to the passage, the characteristic of a highly technological society is _. （ A） its electronic technology （ B） peoples way of livi
30、ng （ C） wide use of television （ D） its rapidness and efficiency in doing things 22 Which of the following statements can best describe the telephone in the U. S? （ A） Its very inexpensive. （ B） It saves a lot of trouble. （ C） Its very convenient. （ D） A ,B and C 23 In authors opinion, _. （ A） witho
31、ut computers, there would be no modern science （ B） computers are more intelligent than human beings （ C） computers will replace everything in the future （ D） computers never make mistakes 24 What makes American people more pessimistic? （ A） The fast pace and complicated way of life. （ B） Too much l
32、eisure time. （ C） Loose relationship between people. （ D） All of the above. 25 According to the author, America is a highly modern society, _. （ A） so people like it better than before （ B） but there is still a big gap between different classes （ C） all the people there lead a very happy life （ D） a
33、ll the industries and companies are in the hands of the goverment 25 The dark smoke that comes out of stacks or from a burning dump contains tiny bits of solid or liquid matter. The smoke also contains many gases, most of which cannot be seen. Altogether, they make up the serious problems of air pol
34、lution. In so many places it keeps us from seeing the sun, irritates our eyes, causes us to cough, and makes us ill. Air pollution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. Some northern European countries have had “black snow“ from pollutants that have traveled thro
35、ugh the air from other countries and have fallen with the snow. So air pollution is really a global problem. Air pollution can kill babies, older people ,and those who have respiratory(呼吸道的 ) diseases. In London, in 1952, four thousand people died in one week as a result of a serious air-pollution e
36、pisode. In 1948, in the small town of Donora, Pennsylvania, twenty people died in a four-day period of bad air pollution. At levels often found in cities, air pollution increases the risks of certain lung diseases, such as emphysema, bronchitis, and asthma. Of course, smoking and other factors help
37、to cause these illnesses, too, but these cases have increased greatly during recent years as air pollution has become worse. Air pollution can cause both airplane and auto accidents because it cuts down visibility. There are other possible health dangers from air pollution that we dont know much abo
38、ut. For example, scientists are trying to find out whether chemicals that reach us from the air may cause changes in our cells. These changes might cause babies to be born with serious birth defects. Scientists are trying to learn how all the many chemicals we are apt to take into our bodies from ai
39、r, water, food, and even medicines act together to affect our health and the way our bodies work. That is another reason why it is so important to begin to control pollution now instead of waiting until we learn all the answers. Air pollution costs us a lot of money. It soils and corrodes our buildi
40、ngs. It damages farm crops and forests. It has a destructive effect on our works of art. The cost of all this damage to our government is astronomical. It would be much more worthwhile, both for us and for the environment, to spend our tax dollars on air pollution control. 26 The author mentions peo
41、ple dying of air pollution in _. （ A） Illinois （ B） Pennsylvania （ C） New Jersey （ D） Washington 27 Air pollution causes airplane accidents because _. （ A） pilots become iii （ B） visibility is reduced （ C） engines fail. （ D） the air is too hot 28 Scientists are trying to find a link between pollutio
42、n and _. （ A） intelligence levels （ B） antisocial behavior （ C） birth defects （ D） divorce percentage 29 Scientists have not yet determined _. （ A） all of the effects of pollution on the human body （ B） how pollution can be controlled successfully （ C） when the atmosphere first became polluted （ D）
43、how to wash the black snow clean 30 We can conclude that _. （ A） civilization may be doomed if pollution is not controlled （ B） pollution is more serious in Europe than it is in America （ C） most people do not know that pollution is a serious problem （ D） black snow is not so serious compared with w
44、hite snow 30 In the late 1960s many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized: Ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lot capaciti
45、es. Skyscrapers are also lavish comsumers, and wasters of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowattsenough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for
46、a day. Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The beat loss (or gain)through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical masonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers
47、have begun to use double- glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings. Skyscrapers put a severe strain o
48、n a citys sanitation facilities, too. ( if fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year- as much as a city the size of Stanford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109,000. ) Skyscrapers also interfere with television reception, block bird flyways, and obstruct air traffic. In Boston in the late 1960s, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common. Still, people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have alw
