1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 154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 Statistic . The defendant is guilty or not? Expert: 1) A DNA sample【 1】 _ defendants. 【 1】 _ 2) The possi
3、bility of odds is one in million. Defense lawyer: Counter the fact that if in a city of three million people, there are【 2】 _【 2】_ matching each other s DNA. . Unjust discrimination? 1) Universities add additional points to minority group students. They unlawfully make an easier【 3】 _ for those stud
4、ents. 【 3】_ 2) Annie was kept from【 4】 _. Her lawyer used statistics to show 【 4】_ that workers, who were not in【 5】 _ group, with the same 【 5】_ qualifications were promoted. 3) Tobacco companies won the cases because of the【 6】 _ 【 6】_ Warning: statistics should be【 7】 _ along with other evidence.
5、 【 7】_ . Statistics in calculation: 1)【 8】 _ analysis: e.g. Bert could no longer work. Statisticians 【 8】_ predict how long he could work and how long he could have made. 2) Multiple regression analysis: Statistician finds the “best fit“ for all the sample data when multiple independent【 9】 _ are at
6、 work. 【 9】_ . Statistics on the witness stand: -experts know how to make statistics【 10】 _ 【 10】 _ -cross examine and challenge the validity of statistics 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
7、 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 Pauline failed to catch the flight because_. （
8、A） her ticket was not confirmed （ B） she booked her ticket at the wrong place （ C） she didnt have the right documents （ D） her visa had run out 12 Which of the following did NOT occur? （ A） Pauline visited one of Londons parks. （ B） Pauline went to the airport by taxi. （ C） Pauline contacted the air
9、line by telephone. （ D） Pauline stayed the night in London. 13 In Ibiza, Pauline took a taxi because_. （ A） she had too much luggage （ B） nobody came to pick her up （ C） the plane was delayed （ D） her friends home was far away 14 Pauline learned her friends address in_. （ A） Newcastle （ B） Gatwick （
10、 C） London （ D） Luton 15 From the conversation we get the impression that_. （ A） some official agencies in London are efficient （ B） taxi drivers abroad always overcharge strangers （ C） customs formalities in Britain are flexible （ D） travel agents tend to misinform people SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST D
11、irections: 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 is not the reason for English couples divorce? （ A） Mrs. Turner mov
12、ed the furniture for 38 years. （ B） Mr. Turner could not bear her. （ C） Mr. Turner had committed adultery since January. （ D） Mrs. Turner refused to stop the moving of furniture. 17 Why did the couple moved from the matrimonial home into a caravan with some of the furniture fixed to the floor? （ A）
13、They hoped it could cure Mrs. Turners illness. （ B） They were tired of old environment. （ C） They hoped the obsession would stop. （ D） They wanted to lead a new life. 18 What was the motivation of the massacre in 1982? （ A） Saddam hated Shiite. （ B） Shiite rebelled. （ C） A revenge for a failed assas
14、sination. （ D） Declaring war on Shiite. 19 Which statement is not true? （ A） The preliminary investigation into the massacre has been finished. （ B） Dozens of people were killed in that massacre. （ C） Saddam would be the only one who had to face death penalty if convicted. （ D） That massacre happene
15、d 50 miles north of Baghdad. 20 All these happened in 1980s except_. （ A） the massacre of dozens of Shiite villagers （ B） the suppression of a Shiite revolt in the south （ C） the campaign to drive Iraqi Kurds （ D） war on Kuwait 20 Linguists have found that sign languages and spoken languages share m
16、any features. Like spoken languages, which use units of sounds to produce words, sign languages use units of form. These-units are composed of four basic hand forms: hand shape, such as an open hand or closed fist; hand location, such as on the middle of the forehead or in front of the chest; hand m
17、ovement, such as upward or downward; and hand orientation, such as the palm facing up or out. In spoken languages units of sound combine to make meaning. Separately, b, e, and t have no meaning. However, together they form the word bet. Sign languages contain units of form that by themselves hold no
18、 meaning, but when combined create a word. Spoken languages and sign languages differ in the way these units combine to make words, however. In spoken languages units of sound and meaning are combined sequentially. In sign languages, units of form and meaning are typically combined simultaneously. I
19、n American Sign Language (ASL) signs follow a certain order, just as words do in spoken English. However, in ASL one sign can express meaning that would necessitate the use of several words in speech. For example, the words in the statement “! stared at it for a long time“ each contain a unit of mea
20、ning. In ASL, this same sentence would be expressed as a single sign. The signer forms “look at“ by making a V under the eyes with the first and middle fingers of the right hand. The hand moves out toward the object being looked at, repeatedly tracing an oval to indicate “over a long time“. To expre
21、ss the adverb “intently“ the signer squints the eyes and purses the lips. (To purse the lips is like saying mmmm; pull back and tighten the lips with the lips closed.) Although the English words used to describe the ASL signs are written out in order, in sign language a person forms the signs “look
22、at“, “long time“, and “intently“ at the same time. ASL has a rich system for modifying the meaning of signs. Verbs such as “look at“ can be changed to indicate that the activity takes place without interruption, repeatedly, or over a long time. The adjective “sick“, for example, is formed by placing
23、 the right middle finger on the forehead and the left middle finger on the stomach. By forming the sign “sick“ and repeatedly moving the left hand in a circle, the signer can indicate that someone is characteristically or always sick. Facial grammar, such as raised eyebrows, also can modify meaning.
24、 For example, a signer can make the statement “He is smart“ by forming the ASL sign for “smart“ -placing the middle finger at the forehead - and then quickly pointing it outward as if toward another person to indicate “he“. To pose the question “Is he smart?“ the signer accompanies this sign with ra
25、ised eyebrows and a slightly tilted head. People who sign sometimes use finger spelling to represent letters of the alphabet. In some sign languages, including ASL, finger spelling serves as a way to borrow words from spoken language. A deaf person might, for example, choose to fingerspell “d-o-g fo
26、r “dog“ instead of using a sign. Several types of finger spelling systems exist. Linguists still have much to learn about the worlds sign languages. What has become clear is that hundreds, if not thousands, of sign languages exist around the world. 21 According to the passage, which of the following
27、 statements is TRUE? （ A） Linguists have found that sign languages and spoken languages differ from each other in many fea- tures. （ B） Like spoken languages, which use units of form to produce words, sign languages use units of sounds. （ C） Separately, b, e, and t have a meaning and together they f
28、orm the word bet. （ D） Spoken languages contain units of form that by themselves hold no meaning, but when combined create a word. 22 In the sentence “In spoken languages units of sound and meaning are combined sequentially.“, the word “sequentially“ can be replaced by _. （ A） separately （ B） togeth
29、er （ C） consequently （ D） subsequently 23 According to the passage, what is the role of finger spelling in sign language? （ A） It is to represent letters of the alphabet. （ B） Finger spelling serves as a way to differ from spoken language. （ C） Finger spelling means you can spell the word by fingers
30、. （ D） It is a convenient way to communicate with the other people. 24 What is the main idea of the passage? （ A） The difference between spoken language and sign language. （ B） A new way to communicate. （ C） Sign language. （ D） Language and culture. 24 I am ashamed to begin with saying that Touraine
31、 is the garden of France; that remark has long ago lost its bloom. The town of Tours, however, has something sweet and bright, which suggests that it is surrounded by a land of fruits. It is a very agreeable little city; few towns of its size are more ripe, more complete, or, I should suppose, in be
32、tter humor with themselves and less disposed to envy the responsibilities of bigger places. It is truly the capital of its smiling province; a region of easy abundance, of good living, of genial, comfortable, optimistic, rather indolent opinions. Balzac says in one of his tales that the real Tourang
33、eau will not make an effort, or displace himself even, to go in search of a pleasure; and it is not difficult to understand the sources of this amiable cynicism. He must have a vague conviction that he can only lose by almost any change. Fortune has been kind to him: he lives in a temperate, reasona
34、ble, sociable climate, on the banks, of a river which, it is true, sometimes floods the country around it, but of which the ravages appear to be so easily repaired that its aggressions may perhaps be regarded (in a region where so many good things are certain) merely as an occasion for healthy suspe
35、nse. He is surrounded by fine old traditions, religious, social, architectural, culinary; and he may have the satisfaction of feeling that he is French to the core. No part of his admirable country is more characteristically national. Normandy is Normandy, Burgundy is Burgundy, Provence is Provence;
36、 but Touraine is essentially France. It is the land of Rabelais, of Descartes, of Balzac, of good books and good company, as well as good dinners and good houses. George Sand has somewhere a charming passage about the mildness, the convenient quality, of the physical conditions of central France, “s
37、on climat ouple et chaud, ses pluies abondantes et courtes.“ In the autumn of 1882 the rains perhaps were less short than abundant; but when the days were fine it was impossible that anything in the way of weather could be more charming. The vineyards and orchards looked rich in the fresh, gay light
38、; cultivation was everywhere, but everywhere it seemed to be easy. There was no visible poverty; thrift and success presented themselves as matters of good taste. The white caps of the women glittered in the sunshire, and their well-made sabots clicked cheerfully on the hard, clean roads. Touraine i
39、s a land of old chateaux, a gallery of architectural specimens and of large hereditary properties. The peasantry have less of the luxury of ownership than in most other parts of France; though they have enough of it to give them quite their share of that shrewdly conservative look which, in the litt
40、le, chaffering, place of the market-town, the stranger observes so often in the wrinkled brown masks that surmount the agricultural blouse. This is, moreover, the heart of the old French monarchy; and as that monarchy was splendid and picturesque, a reflection of the splendor still glitters in the c
41、urrent of the Loire. Some of the most striking events of French history have occurred on the banks of that river, and the soil it waters bloomed for a while with the flowering of the Renaissance. The Loire gives a great “style“ to a landscape of which the features are not, as the phrase is, prominen
42、t, and carries the eye to distances even more poetic than the green horizons of Touraine. It is a very fitful stream, and is sometimes observed to run thin and expose all the crudities of its channel, a great defect certainly in a river which is so much depended upon to give an air to the places it
43、waters. But I speak of it as I saw it last; full, tranquil, powerful, bending in large slow curves, and sending back half the light of the sky. Nothing can be finer than the view of its course which you get from the battlements and terraces of Amboise. As I looked down on it from that elevation one
44、lovely Sunday morning, through a mild glitter of autumn sunshine, it seemed the very model of a generous, beneficent stream. The most charming part of Tours is naturally the shaded quay that overlooks it, and looks across too at the friendly faubourg of Saint Symphorien and at the terraced heights w
45、hich rise above this. Indeed, throughout Touraine, it is half the charm of the Loire that you can travel beside it. The great dike which protects it, or, protects the country from it, from Blois to Angers, is an admirable road; and on the other side, as well, the highway constantly keeps it company.
46、 A wide river, as you follow a wide road, is excellent company; it heightens and shortens the way. 25 From this essay, we can see all of the following except that_. （ A） Touraine is an area frequently devastated by floods （ B） Touraine is surrounded by a land of fruits （ C） the peasantry here are wo
47、rse off than in most other parts of France （ D） the peasantry here are more conservative 26 Touraine features all of the following except _. （ A） the shaded quay （ B） the Loire （ C） the great dike （ D） French history 27 As the author sees it,_. （ A） the Loire is a wide river which follows a wide roa
48、d （ B） that you can travel beside the Loire reduces the charm of it （ C） people here hate to see the Loire exposing all the crudities of its channel （ D） the Loire is always full, tranquil, and powerful 28 Which of the following word is not proper for Touraine? （ A） Prominent. （ B） Green. （ C） Amiab
49、le. （ D） Taste. 29 “In the autumn of 1882 the rains perhaps were less short than abundant; but when the days were fine it was impossible that anything in the way of weather could be more charming.“ This tells us that_. （ A） the rainfall of that autumn was scarce （ B） weather during that period was utterly terrible （ C） althoug
