1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 1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. W
2、hen 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 American Group Dynamics Today, in Western research institutes and university department, much work is done
3、as a team project and American group dynamics is a topic we should be familiar with. . The View of Professional and 【 1】 _ Relationships 1. Separate the two relationships no need to 【 2】 _ with your co-workers no need to socialize with your co-workers after office hours 2. Neglect the conflicting pe
4、rsonalities or 【 3】 _ put aside your negative attitude towards a coworker and . Equality and Participation 1. Everyone is treated as 【 4】 _ express his/her opinion freely 2. A leaders role not dominate a group not the important person make sure everyone 【 5】 _ act more like 【 6】 _ than a boss make s
5、ure the discussion stays on topic 3. Group members talk to each other . Compromises 【 7】 _ 1. Give or 【 8】 _ your ideas to the group 2. Take or accept the ideas of other members . Rules for Team Meetings 1. An agenda a list of items to be discussed; 【 9】 _ of discussion 2. A 【 10】 _ for decision mak
6、ing everyone participates everyone takes ownership 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
7、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 According to Samantha Heller, people tend to eat milk chocolate because （ A） it is less bitter than dark chocolate. （ B） it is more healthy than dark ch
8、ocolate. （ C） it has special flavor with many nutrients. （ D） it is less expensive than dark chocolate. 12 Samantha Heller suggests that to get benefits from chocolate, you may （ A） take nutrients out of chocolate. （ B） make cocoa powder on your own. （ C） make hot chocolate by yourself. （ D） consult
9、 an expert on chocolate, 13 According to the interview, chemicals contained in green tea actually help （ A） refresh ones memory. （ B） combat some diseases. （ C） revive ones spirits. （ D） improve ones physique. 14 Ginger can be used to deal with all of the following diseases or symptoms EXCEPT （ A） a
10、rthritis. （ B） morning sickness. （ C） nausea. （ D） flu. 15 According to Samantha Heller, people should eat a product from other animals （ A） every two days. （ B） every other day. （ C） together with fruits. （ D） in small amounts. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear ever
11、ything 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 statements about rescue efforts is TRUE? （ A） They are hindered by rain, blocked roads, etc. （ B） They are made
12、by Manilas GMA television. （ C） Philippine air force has joined in the rescue efforts. （ D） Red Cross calls for rescue efforts of the government. 17 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is blamed for （ A） getting involved in a bribery. （ B） dealing in an illegal transaction. （ C） endangering
13、 national security. （ D） being negligent of his duty. 18 Michael Chertoff defends himself asserting that he made the deal because （ A） Arabic terrorists will not attack the USA any more. （ B） it is essential to maintain an active trading environment. （ C） there is no need to block a companys control
14、 over terminals. （ D） it is not fair to cut off business with foreign companies. 19 Rwanda is not allowed to hear the trial because （ A） Norway is well-known for its fair jurisdiction. （ B） the UN tribunal is in favor of European countries. （ C） the death penalty still exists in the country. （ D） Mi
15、chel Bagaragaza is a genocide suspect. 20 According to the news, what did Iran resume on Monday? （ A） Production of fuel for nuclear reactors. （ B） Small-scale uranium enrichment. （ C） Completion of nuclear weapons. （ D） Maintenance of atomic weapons. 21 She broke off with a little shudder. It was a
16、 relief to Framton Nuttel when the aunt bustled into the room with a whirl of apologies for being late in making her appearance. “I hope Vera has been amusing you?“ she said. “She has been very interesting,“ said Framton. “I hope you dont mind the open window,“ said Mrs. Sappleton briskly. “My husba
17、nd and brothers will be home directly from shooting, and they always come in this way. Theyve been out for snipe in the marshes today, so theyll make a fine mess over my poor carpets. So like you menfolk, isnt it?“ She rattled on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity of birds, and the prosp
18、ects for duck in the winter. To Framton it was all purely horrible. He made a desperate but only partially successful effort to turn the talk on to a less ghastly topic; he was conscious that his hostess was giving him only a fragment of her attention, and her eyes were constantly straying past him
19、to the open window and the lawn beyond. It was certainly an unfortunate coincidence that he should have paid his visit on this tragic anniversary. “The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence of mental excitement, and avoidance of anything in the nature of violent physical exercise,“
20、announced Framton, who laboured under the tolerably widespread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of ones infirmities, their cause and cure. “On the matter of diet they are not so much in agreement,“ he continued. “No?“ said Mrs. Sappleton, in a vo
21、ice which only replaced a yawn at the last moment. Then she suddenly brightened into alert attention-but not to what Framton was saying. “Here they are at last!“ she cried. “Just in time for tea, and dont they look as if they were muddy up to the eyes!“ Framton shivered slightly and turned towards t
22、he niece with a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension. The child was staring out through the open window with a dazed horror in her eyes. In a chill shock of nameless fear Framton swung round in his seat and looked in the same direction. In the deepening twilight three figures were walki
23、ng across the lawn towards the window, they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dus
24、k: “I said, Bertie, why do you bound?“ Framton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat; the hall door, the gravel drive, and the from gate were dimly noted stages in his headlong retreat. A cyclist coming along the road had to run into the hedge to avoid imminent collision. “Here we are, my dear,“ said
25、the bearer of the white mackintosh, coming in through the window, “fairly muddy, but most of its dry. Who was that who bolted out as we came up?“ “A most extraordinary man, a Mr. Nuttel,“ said Mrs. Sappleton, “could only talk about his illnesses, and dashed off without a word of goodbye or apology w
26、hen you arrived. One would think he had seen a ghost.“ “I expect it was the spaniel,“ said the niece calmly. “He told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of pariah dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the
27、 creatures snarling and grinning and foaming just above him. Enough to make anyone lose their nerve.“ Romance at short notice was her speciality. 21 It can be inferred from the passage that Mrs. Sappleton was all EXCEPT （ A） courteous. （ B） extroverted. （ C） talkative. （ D） deceitful. 22 Which adjec
28、tive can best describe Framtons feeling when talking with Mrs. Sappleton? （ A） Apprehensive. （ B） Churlish. （ C） Glum. （ D） Respectful. 23 The word “infirmities“ in the sixth paragraph probably means （ A） personalities. （ B） behaviors. （ C） ailments. （ D） accomplices. 24 Framton dashed off without a
29、 word of goodbye or apology because （ A） he could not bear Mrs. Sappletons chattering. （ B） he suffered from a severe mental illness. （ C） he was afraid of the brown spaniel. （ D） he was horrified by the three men. 25 Long-married couples often schedule a weekly “date night“ a regular evening out wi
30、th friends or at a favorite restaurant to strengthen their marital bond. But brain and behavior researchers say many couples are going about date night all wrong. Simply spending quality time together is probably not enough to prevent a relationship from getting stale. Using laboratory studies, real
31、-world experiments and even brain-scan data, scientists can now offer long-married couples a simple prescription for rekindling the romantic love that brought them together in the first place. The solution? Reinventing date night. Rather than visiting the same familiar haunts and dining with the sam
32、e old friends, couples need to tailor their date nights around new and different activities that they both enjoy, says Arthur Aron, a professor of social psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The goal is to find ways to keep injecting novelty into the relationship. The activ
33、ity can be as simple as trying a new restaurant or something a little more unusual or thrilling like taking an art class or going to an amusement park. The theory is based on brain science. New experiences activate the brains reward system, flooding it with dopamine and norepinephrine. These are the
34、 same brain circuits that are ignited in early romantic love, a time of exhilaration and obsessive thoughts about a new partner. (They are also the brain chemicals involved in drug addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder.) Most studies of love and marriage show that the decline of romantic love
35、over time is inevitable. The butterflies of early romance quickly flutter away and are replaced by familiar, predictable feelings of long-term attachment. But several experiments show that novelty simply doing new things together as a couple may help bring the butterflies back, recreating the chemic
36、al surges of early courtship. Over the past several years, Dr. Aron and his colleagues have tested the novelty theory in a series of experiments with long-married couples. In one of the earliest studies, the researchers recruited 53 middle-aged couples. Using standard questionnaires, the researchers
37、 measured the couples relationship quality and then randomly assigned them to one of three groups. One group was instructed to spend 90 minutes a week doing pleasant and familiar activities, like dining out or going to a movie. Couples in another group were instructed to spend 90 minutes a week on “
38、exciting“ activities that appealed to both husband and wife. Those couples did things they didnt typically do attending concerts or plays, skiing, hiking and dancing. The third group was not assigned any particular activity. After 10 weeks, the couples again took tests to gauge the quality of their
39、relationships. Those who had undertaken the “exciting“ date nights showed a significantly greater increase in marital satisfaction than the “pleasant“ date night group. While the results were compelling, they werent conclusive. The experiment didnt occur in a controlled setting, and numerous variabl
40、es could have affected the final results. More recently, Dr. Aron and colleagues have created laboratory experiments to test the effects of novelty on marriage. In one set of experiments, some couples are assigned a mundane task that involves simply walking back and forth across a room. Other couple
41、s, however, take part in a more challenging exercise their wrists and ankles are bound together as they crawl back and forth pushing a ball. Before and after the exercise, the couples were asked things like, “How bored are you with your current relationship?“ The couples who took part in the more ch
42、allenging and novel activity showed bigger increases in love and satisfaction scores, while couples performing the mundane task showed no meaningful changes. Dr. Aron cautions that novelty alone is probably not enough to save a marriage in crisis. But for couples who have a reasonably good but sligh
43、tly dull relationship, novelty may help reignite old sparks. And recent brain-scan studies show that romantic love really can last years into a marriage. Last week, at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference in Albuquerque, researchers presented brain-scan data on several men an
44、d women who had been married for 10 or more years. Interviews and questionnaires suggested they were still intensely in love with their partners. Brain scans confirmed it, showing increased brain activity associated with romantic love when the subjects saw pictures of their spouses. Its not clear wh
45、y some couples are able to maintain romantic intensity even after years together. But the scientists believe regular injections of novelty and excitement most likely play a role. 25 Acconding to the passage, which is the right way for long-married couples to have a date night? （ A） To find their fri
46、ends to chat in a cafe. （ B） To have a walk and talk about their future plans. （ C） To take a training class together. （ D） To go to see a movie they, both enjoy. 26 The application of the novelty theory is NOT affected by （ A） brains reward system. （ B） brain chemicals. （ C） a couples present relat
47、ionship. （ D） the means of experiments. 27 The word “mundane“ in Paragraph 12 means （ A） original. （ B） ordinary. （ C） imaginative. （ D） novel. 28 In Dr. Arons early experiment, （ A） he gave a very systematic and conclusive experiment. （ B） he used brain scan to help him. （ C） he gained a relatively
48、 satisfactory result. （ D） he proves novelty can save an unsuccessful marriage. 29 Which of the following is NOT true about the novelty theory? （ A） It provides a way for long-married couples to improve their relationship. （ B） It helps to explain why some couples passion for each other can last lon
49、g. （ C） It is the result of many means of scientific experiments. （ D） It reveals that some couples are doing wrong when they date. 30 Jonas Frisen had his eureka moment in 1997. Back then, scientists suspected that there was a special type of cell in the brain that had the power to give rise to new brain cells. If they could harness these so-called neural stem cells to regenerate damaged brain tissue, they might someday find a cure for such brain diseases a
