1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 150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 Educational Values Life is rather hectic for students during the first week at North American universitie
3、s. However, students even the foreign students will find a great many differences in classroom dynamics from course to course throughout their university careers. . Two requirements for students as follow. 1) active student【 1】 _: 【 1】 _ A. courses frequently designed to include a large amount of【 2
4、】 _; 【 2】_ B. oral participation frequently【 3】 _ and included in students final mark【 3】 _ 2) to learn for the sake of learning: A.【 4】 _ likely given but not discussed; 【 4】_ B. the written assignments expected to be completed without【 5】 _ 【 5】_ . Two characteristics of the teacher-student relati
5、onship. 1) one characteristic: the relaxed and informal【 6】 _; 【 6】_ This special classroom provides an excellent learning environment where professors and students have【 7】 _ relationships. 【 7】_ 2) another characteristic: trust. There is an “【 8】 _“ demands honesty on the part of all students. 【 8
6、】_ Any kind of behavior such as cheating on tests and assignments is【 9】 _. 【 9】 _ . A cooperative and a competitive spirit among students. International students will find many students willing to help them and should not be timid to ask for assistance if they need it. The competitive aspect shows
7、itself in courses where student performance is graded【 10】 _ the others in the class. 【 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 then answer the questions that
8、 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 The interviewees first job was with _. （ A） a newspaper （ B） the government （ C） a construction firm （ D） a pr
9、ivate company 12 The interviewee is not self-employed mainly because _. （ A） his wife likes him to work for a firm （ B） he prefers working for the government （ C） self-employed work is very demanding （ D） self-employed work is sometimes insecure 13 To study architecture in a university one must _. （
10、 A） be interested in arts （ B） study pure science first （ C） get good exam results （ D） be good at drawing 14 On the subject of drawing the interviewee says that _. （ A） technically speaking artists draw very well （ B） an artists drawing differs little from an architects （ C） precision is a vital sk
11、ill for the architect （ D） architects must be natural artists 15 The interviewee says that the job of an architect is _. （ A） more theoretical than practical （ B） to produce sturdy, well-designed buildings （ C） more practical than theoretical （ D） to produce attractive, interesting buildings SECTION
12、 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 Where did this bomb attack happen? （ A） Izmir. （ B） Kusadasi. （ C） Lond
13、on. （ D） Istanbul. 17 Which one is not true? （ A） This attack happened 10 days after the suicides bombings in London. （ B） All the victims injured were sent to the nearby hospitals. （ C） This was one of the series of attacks against British interests. （ D） There was one Briton killed and five injure
14、d. 18 According to the news, why does U.S. become the butt of world s jokes? （ A） Because of the Clinton s scandal. （ B） Because of the Ballot debacle. （ C） Because of the democracy. （ D） Because Bush will be the president. 19 The statement “Washington, we have a problem“ was said by _. （ A） Rome s
15、La Republic （ B） the French-language Swiss daily 24 Heures （ C） a Russian daily （ D） British tabloid the Daily Mirror 20 State Department spokesman Richard Boucher was forced to tell journalists “I think pretty much most of the world - maybe most of the world outside this room- understands that this
16、 is a regular, normal, legal, clear, _, open process for United State （ A） transport （ B） transparent （ C） apparent （ D） obscure 20 “I do.“ To Americans those two words carry great meaning. They can even change your life. Especially if you say them at your own wedding. Making wedding vows is like si
17、gning a contract. Now Americans don t really think marriage is a business deal. But marriage is serious business. It all begins with engagement. Traditionally, a young man asks the father of his sweetheart for permission to marry her. If the father agrees, the man later proposes to her. Often he tri
18、es to surprise her by “popping the question“ in a romantic way. Sometimes the couple just decides together that the time is right to get married. The man usually gives his fianc6e a diamond ring as a symbol of their engagement. They may be engaged for weeks, months or even years. As the big day appr
19、oaches, bridal showers and bachelors parties provide many useful gifts. Today many couples also receive counseling during engagement. This prepares them for the challenges of married life. At last its time for the wedding. Although most weddings follow long-held traditions, theres still room for Ame
20、rican individualism. For example, the usual place for a wedding is in a church. But some people get married outdoors in a scenic spot. A few even have the ceremony while sky-diving or riding on horseback! The couple may invite hundreds of people or just a few close friends. They choose their own sty
21、le of colors, decorations and music during the ceremony. But some things rarely change. The bride usually wears a beautiful, long white wedding dress. She traditionally wears “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue“. The groom wears a formal suit or tuxedo. Several close
22、 friends participate in the ceremony as attendants, including the best man and the maid of honor. As the ceremony begins, the groom and his attendants stand with the minister, facing the audience. Music signals the entrance of the brides attendants, followed by the beautiful bride. Nervously, the yo
23、ung couple repeats their vows. Traditionally, they promise to love each other “for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health“. But sometimes the couple has composed their own vows. They give each other a gold ring to symbolize their marriage commitment. Finally the ministe
24、r announces the big moment: “I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss your bride!“ At the wedding reception, the bride and groom greet their guests. Then they cut the wedding cake and feed each other a bite. Guests mingle while enjoying cake, punch and other treats. Later the bride throws her
25、bouquet of flowers to a group of single girls. Tradition says that the one who catches the bouquet will be the next to marry. During the reception, playful friends “decorate“ the couples car with tissue paper, tin cans and a “Just Married“ sign. When the reception is over, the newlyweds run to their
26、 “decorated“ car and speed off. Many couples take a honeymoon, a one-to-two-week vacation trip, to celebrate their new marriage. Almost every culture has rituals to signal a change in ones life. Marriage is one of the most basic life changes for people of all cultures. So its no surprise to find man
27、y traditions about getting married.even in America. Yet each couple follows the traditions in a way that is uniquely their own. 21 The word “business“ occurs twice in the first paragraph, what does the second “business“ mean? （ A） Trade. （ B） Affair. （ C） Duty. （ D） Right. 22 There are many traditio
28、ns about getting married, which of the following is Not mentioned in this passage? （ A） The engagement. （ B） The wedding ceremony. （ C） The bridal part4t. （ D） The marriage application. 23 Which of the following can reflect American individualism? （ A） Holding their wedding ceremony in a scenic spot
29、. （ B） Choosing their groomsman and a maid of honor. （ C） Choosing their wedding dress. （ D） Inviting their best friends. 24 In the authors opinion, _ （ A） American young couples have no chance to show their individualism in their marriage （ B） American young couples doll t like to following long-he
30、ld traditions （ C） American young couples are inclined to follow the marriage traditions （ D） American young couples marry in their own way 24 Cancun means “snakepit“ in the local Mayan language, and it lived up to its name as the host of an important World Trade Organization meeting that began last
31、 week. Rather than tackling the problem of their high agricultural tariffs and lavish farm subsidies, which victimize farmers in poorer nations, a number of rich nations derailed the talks. The failure by 146 trade delegates to reach an agreement in Mexico is a serious blow to the global economy. An
32、d contrary to the mindless cheering with which the breakdown was greeted by antiglobalization protesters at Cancun, the worlds poorest and most vulnerable nations will suffer most. It is a bitter irony that the chief architects of this failure were nations like Japan, Korea and European Union member
33、s, themselves ads for the prosperity afforded by increased global trade. The Cancun meeting came at the midpoint of the W.T.O. s “development round“, of trade liberalization talks, one that began two years ago with an eye toward extending the benefits of freer trade and markets to poorer countries.
34、The principal demand of these developing nations, led at Cancun by Brazil, has been an end to high tariffs and agricultural subsidies in the developed world, and rightly so. Poor nations find it hard to compete against rich nations farmers, who get more than $300 billion in government handouts each
35、year. The talks appeared to break down suddenly on the issue of whether the W.T.O. should extend its rule- making jurisdiction into such new areas as foreign investment. But in truth, there was nothing abrupt about the Cancan meltdown. The Japanese and Europeans had devised this demand for an unwiel
36、dy and unnecessary expansion of the W.T.O. s mandate as a poison pill-to deflect any attempts to get them to turn their backs on their powerful farm lobbies. Their plan worked. The American role at Cancun was disappointingly muted. The Bush administration had little interest in the proposal to expan
37、d the W.T.O. s authority, but the American farm lobby is split between those who want to profit from greater access to foreign markets and less efficient sectors that demand continued coddling from Washington. That is one reason the United States made the unfortunate decision to side with the more p
38、rotectionist Europeans in Cancun, a position that left American trade representatives playing defense on subsidies rather than taking a creative stance, alongside Brazil, on lowering trade barriers. This was an unfortunate subject on which to show some rare trans-Afiantic solidarity. The resulting “
39、coalition of the unwilling“ lent the talks an unfortunate north-versus-south cast. Any hope that the United States would take the moral high ground at Cancun, and reclaim its historic leadership in pressing for freer trade, was further dashed by the disgraceful manner in which the American negotiato
40、rs rebuffed the rightful demands of West African nations that the United States commit itself to a clear phasing out of its harmful cotton subsidies. American business and labor groups, not to mention taxpayers, should be enraged that the administration seems more solicitous of protecting the most i
41、ndefensible segment of United States protectionism rather than of protecting the national interest by promoting economic growth through trade. For struggling cotton farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, and for millions of others in the developing world whose lives would benefit from the further lowering o
42、f trade barriers, the failure of Cancun amounts to a crushing message from the developed world -one of callous indifference. 25 The author mentions that Cancun means “snakepit“ in the local Mayan language. Snakepit possibly means _. （ A） a place or state of chaotic disorder and distress （ B） snake h
43、ole （ C） snake trap （ D） a place or situation of potential danger 26 Who will be the victims of the Cancun failure? （ A） Farmers in developed countries. （ B） Farmers in developing countries. （ C） Businessmen in the U.S.A. （ D） W.T.O 27 Originally the Cancun meeting aimed at _ （ A） raising tariffs an
44、d agricultural subsidies in the developed countries （ B） extending the benefits of freer trade and markets to poorer countries （ C） demanding continued support from Washington （ D） United State commitment to a clear phasing out of its cotton subsidies 28 Which of the following statements is true abo
45、ut the Americas role at Cancun meeting? （ A） America supported the expansion of W.T.O. s jurisdiction on foreign investment. （ B） America supported such nations as Brazil, Mexico and African countries. （ C） America took a stand on government economic protection for domestic producers through restric
46、tions on foreign competitors. （ D） America took a moral high ground in pressing for freer trade. 29 If can be inferred from the passage that _ （ A） the Cancun meeting was a step forward toward the economic globalization （ B） the Cancun meeting began two years ago （ C） the developing countries called
47、 for lowering tariffs and agricultural subsidies in the developed countries （ D） agreement between America and European Union can frequently be seen on international affairs 29 Skeletal remains with animal bone blades tied to the feet testify to skating s existence as early as 10,000 BC. These remai
48、ns were found in the Netherlands. Scandinavia is called the mother of skating because of the sport s popularity there, beginning around 1000AD. Ice skating was primarily a means of transportation at first, although documents from the Netherlands indicate that speed races were held in towns as early as the 15th century. American athlete Jackson Haines is known as the father of modem figure skating. Haines was born in 1840 in New York City. After studying dance and ballet, he became a dancing master and applied his dancing techniques to figure skating. He performed around the world and becam
