1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 16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. 1 Take a taxi in Shanghai and you will pay more than you would for a ride of 【 1】 _ distance in Beijing. Buy
3、 a beer at an international bar in Shanghai, and the same holds true. Go out for an Italian, German or French meal and ditto. And yet, according to a survey released yesterday by Mercer Human 【 2】 _ Consulting, Beijing is the most expensive city on the Chinese mainland. “There are some things that m
4、ight be more expensive in Shanghai, but the 【 3】 _ we have is based on a basket of goods,“ said Ilya Bonick, Mercers regional head of information services. Mercers cost of living survey is one of a handful of annual reports produced by international 【 4】 _. It takes into consideration such things as
5、 housing, food, 【 5】 _, clothing, household goods and transportation. Meals of noodles or jiaozi are not included in the report whereas products 【 6】 _ are likely to buy and are available in all the cities surveyed, such as Coca-Cola and Pantene shampoo. This year, Hong Kong, the most expensive Chin
6、ese city, took ninth 【 7】 _. The top three in the world are Tokyo, Osaka and London. The good news is that Chinese cities are getting cheaper, driven by a US dollar 【 8】 _ in value. “Chinese cities have dropped significantly in the rankings as the 【 9】 _ is pegged to the US dollar and has therefore
7、been affected by the dollars depreciation,“ said Marie-Laurence Sepede, Mercers research manager, in a release. “The shift in the China ranking is the most surprising,“ Bonick said. “We have seen it become more 【 10】 _.“ Another factor for the drop, said Bonick, is the wider availability of products
8、 the company uses to measure. 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 follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end
9、 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 （ B） EU enlargement and its Constitution must be carded out at the same time （ C） EU people wi
10、ll 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） the decisions can be taken more easily. （ B） EUs relationship to the member states is clearly r
11、egulated （ 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 about the EU Constitution? （ A） The Tax Articles in the Basic Law （ B） The procedures are becom
12、ing 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 would be preserved for a long time （ C） the Greens just did the right thing in attracting citizen （ D）
13、the EU Parliament should elect the Commission President from its own ranks 15 Which statement is not true? （ A） In Fischers opinion, EU Constitution will resolve many problems remained unresolved for ten years （ B） EU Constitution will make the EU more effective （ C） Core Europe can be used to descr
14、ibe 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 that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Accord
15、ing to the news, _ have been killed in the war. （ A） 1,713 （ B） 1,711 （ C） 1,782 （ D） 1,730 17 Which statement is not true? （ A） Bush met Iraqi Prime Minister on Friday （ B） Brzezinski is a member of Republican Party （ C） American people have no much confidence in the war in Iraq （ D） Bush believed
16、that the future would be tough 18 According to Bushs strategy for military success, the enemies included _. （ A） Saddam Husseins former regime members （ B） terrorists trained by al-Jaafari （ C） war criminals （ D） all of above 19 Who will be glad to see that stunning waves? （ A） Fishermen （ B） Scient
17、ists （ C） Tourists （ D） Surfers 20 Whats the purposes of the team experts to set sail? （ A） Their goal is only to prove the huge waves existence （ B） They went to study the waves （ C） They wanted to ride one as well as to prove its existence （ D） They get sail just out of fun 21 The bizarre antics o
18、f sleepwalkers have puzzled police, perplexed scientists, 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 t
19、heir sleep. How many of these stories have a basic in fact, 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
20、 a lost boy who left his home in his sleep and woke up five 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
21、got our of bed, dressed himself, made a polite bow, danced 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
22、then go back to his room to bed. The worlds champion sleepwalker 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. T
23、he woman did all her shopping on busy streets in her sleep. 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
24、more about sleep than any other living man, and during the 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 adverti
25、se for sleepwalkers for an experiment, I doubt that Id get 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
26、 certain about sleepwalking is that it is a symptom of 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 somna
27、mbulists in the United States. Others set the figure even 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 fro
28、m guilt, worry, nervousness, or some other emotional conflict. The classic sleepwalker is Shakespeares 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:
29、 Is the sleepwalker actually awake or asleep? Scientists 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 sleep
30、walker thrashes them out in his sleep. He is awake in the 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 com
31、mon is the idea that its dangerous or even fatal to waken 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. Ac
32、tually most sleepwalkers trip over rugs or bump their 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 a
33、re reported receive a great deal of publicity. Dr. Teplitz 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 slee
34、p that is against their own moral code. As for the publicized 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 sleepwal
35、ker who ever got beyond his own front door. Parent often explain their childrens - or their own nocturnal oddities as sleepwalking. Sleepwalking is used as an excuse for all kinds of irrational behavior. There is a case on record of a woman who dreamed that her house was on fire and flung her baby o
36、ut of the window. Dr. Teplitz believes that this instance 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 th
37、e keys, bolt the windows, and rip up all sorts of gadgets 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
38、to wake someone else in the family who can then shake 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 n
39、othing to become alarmed about, the problems that cause 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 worlds champion
40、sleepwalker? （ A） The man walked sixteen miles along 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
41、 is caused by emotional conflict or guilty conscience. （ 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 sleep
42、walkers are partially asleep in their sensory area. （ C） maintained that it is a mistaken belief that sleepwalkers are immune to injury. （ D） A and . 25 The writer makes it obvious that _. （ A） sleepwalkers are often awakened by dangers （ B） the underlying cause of sleepwalking is more serious than
43、sleepwalking itself （ C） most sleepwalkers are deranged or insane （ D） All of the above. 26 “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 rewrite
44、s a crucial chapter of history. Its subtitle is “Synaesthesia 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
45、to sight and touch); and he speculated that the mysteries 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.
46、 But the notion that there was an essential separation among 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 t
47、hey ate something. The condition was called synaesthesia. Its 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. Peop
48、le who claimed to have it couldnt agree about exactly what 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 18
49、83, “the latter is scandalized and almost angry at the heresy of the former.“ I have come across via the color historian John Gage an amusing account from some years later by the phonologist Roman Jakobson, who studied a multilingual woman with synaesthesia. The woman described to him perceiving colors when she heard consonants and vowels or even whole words: “As time went on words became simply sounds, differently colored, and the more outstanding one color was, the better
