1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 209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 Using Computers Our college is now equipped with the most【 1】 teaching aids and a first-class computer ce
3、ntre. We have plans to use computers in language teaching. In the computer centre, the main frame computers are used for【 2】 and making tests. Now Ill particularly talk about the use of the【 3】 or mini computers with the TV screen. Were trying to put all kinds of reading comprehension texts and ques
4、tions on the screens, so that the individual student can select a test or a reading comprehension passage from a【 4】 list. Basically, were using it as a sort of【 5】 at the moment. If the student gets the answer wrong, the machine will【 6】 . The system is very advantageous. Firstly, students can choo
5、se the thing they want to【 7】 . Secondly they can get immediate【 8】 from the machine on whether they are making progress or not. However, it doesnt provide the【 9】 feature in language learning, the practice of speaking to another human being or human beings. Its just an【 10】 device. 1 【 1】 2 【 2】 3
6、【 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 seconds
7、 to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 From the interview, we know that Tom is _. （ A） meeting an old friend （ B） receiving a psychological test （ C） applying for a job （ D） American 12 Tom got his bachelors degree in _. （ A） Engineering Management （ B） Arch
8、itecture （ C） Mathematics （ D） Management Sciences 13 Tom can speak several foreign languages except _. （ A） German （ B） French （ C） Spanish （ D） Arabic 14 Which of the following personalities is not mentioned by Tom during the interview? （ A） having maintained good relations with other people （ B）
9、being patient enough （ C） keeping secrets （ D） being undetermined sometimes 15 According to the interview, Tom may not remember _. （ A） the names of his clients （ B） the addresses of his clients （ C） the requirements of his clients （ D） the telephone numbers of his clients SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST D
10、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 According to the report, the sound sources that need to be restrained do NOT include _. （
11、A） underwater explosions （ B） oil and gas exploration （ C） whistling of ships （ D） sonar navigation 17 When did Bolivian president Carlos present his resignation to Parliament last time? （ A） in February （ B） in March （ C） in April （ D） in May 18 Israel does not want to release the Palestinians _. （
12、 A） who had attacked against Israeli citizens （ B） who are in good health （ C） who lived along the Gaza Strip （ D） who have served the majority of their sentences 19 Where did the London people crowd waiting for the announcement? （ A） Hyde Park （ B） Downing Street （ C） Times Square （ D） Trafalgar Sq
13、uare 20 Where will the Group of Fight summit be held? （ A） England （ B） Ireland （ C） Scotland （ D） France 20 From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can now be cure
14、d by modern drugs and surgery. It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased enormously. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredi
15、ble slaughter of men, women and children on the roads. Man versus the motor-car! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen. It has been rightly said that when a man
16、 is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a mans very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They swear, they are i
17、ll mannered and aggressive, willful as two-year-olds and utterly selfish. All their hidden frustrations, disappointments and jealousies seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving. The surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the motorist and seems to condone his behavior.
18、Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy tragic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is desecrated by road networks; and the mass annual slaughter becomes nothing more than a statistic, to be conveniently forgotten.
19、 It is high time a world code were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are notoriously lax and even the strictest are not strict enough. A code which was universally accepted could only have a dramatically beneficial effect on the
20、accident rate. Here are a few examples of some the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should b
21、e raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can impair a persons driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws (where they exist) should be made much stricter. Maximum and minimum speed limits sh
22、ould be imposed on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for manufacturers, as has been done in the USA. All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned. These measures may sound inordinately harsh. But surely nothing should be considered as too severe if it r
23、esults in reducing the annual toll of human life. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor-cars. 21 What is the main idea of this passage? （ A） Traffic accidents are mainly caused by motorists. （ B） Thousands of people the world over are killed each year. （ C） The laws of some countries a
24、bout driving are too lax. （ D） Only stricter traffic laws can prevent accidents. 22 What does the author think of society toward motorists? （ A） Society smiles on the motorists. （ B） Huge car parks are built in the cities and towns. （ C） Victims of accidents are nothing. （ D） Society condones their
25、rude driving. 23 Why does the author say “his car becomes the extension of his personality“ (in Para. 2)? （ A） Driving can show his real self. （ B） Driving can show the other part of his personality. （ C） Driving can bring out his character. （ D） His car embodies his temper. 24 The attitude of the a
26、uthor is _ toward motor cars. （ A） ironical （ B） critical （ C） appealing （ D） militant 24 Yet the difference in tone and language must strike us, as soon as it is philosophy that speaks: that change should remind us that even if the function of religion and that of reason coincide, this function is
27、performed in the two eases by very different organs. Religions are many, reason one. Religion consists of conscious ideas, hopes, enthusiasms, and objects of worship; it operates by grace and flourishes by prayer. Reason, on the other hand, is a mere principle or potential order, on which indeed we
28、may come to reflect but which exists in us ideally only, without variation or stress of any kind. We conform or do not conform to it; it does not urge or chide us, not call for any emotions on our part other than those naturally aroused by the various objects which it unfolds in their true nature an
29、d proportion. Religion brings some order into life by weighting it with new materials. Reason adds to the natural materials only the perfect order which it introduces into them. Rationality is nothing but a form, an ideal constitution which experience may more or less embody. Religion is a part of e
30、xperience itself, a mass of sentiments and ideas. The one is an inviolate principle, the other a changing and struggling force. And yet this struggling and changing force of religion seems to direct man toward something eternal. It seems to make for an ultimate harmony within the soul and for an ult
31、imate harmony between the soul and all that the soul depends upon. Religion, in its intent, is a more conscious and direct pursuit of the Life of Reason than is society, science, or art, for these approach and fill out the ideal life tentatively and piecemeal, hardly regarding the foal or caring for
32、 the ultimate justification of the instinctive aims. Religion also has an instinctive and blind side and bubbles up in all manner of chance practices and intuitions; soon, however, it feels its way toward the heart of things, and from whatever quarter it may come, veers in the direction of the ultim
33、ate. Nevertheless, we must confess that this religious pursuit of the Life of Reason has been singularly abortive. Those within the pale of each religion may prevail upon themselves, to express satisfaction with its results, thanks to a fond partiality in reading the past and generous draughts of ho
34、pe for the future; but any one regarding the various religions at once and comparing their achievements with what reason requires, must feel how terrible is the disappointment which they have one and all prepared for mankind. Their chief anxiety has been to offer imaginary remedies for mortal ills,
35、some of which are incurable essentially, while others might have been really cured by well-directed effort. The Greed oracles, for instance, pretended to heal our natural ignorance, which has its appropriate though difficult cure, while the Christian vision of heaven pretended to be an antidote to o
36、ur natural death the inevitable correlate of birth and of a changing and conditioned existence. By methods of this sort little can be done for the real betterment of life. To confuse intelligence and dislocate sentiment by gratuitous fictions is a short-sighted way of pursuing happiness. Nature is s
37、oon avenged. An unhealthy exaltation and a one-sided morality have to be followed by regrettable reactions. When these come, the real rewards of life may seem vain to a relaxed vitality, and the very name of virtue may irritate young spirits untrained in and natural excellence. Thus religion too oft
38、en debauches the morality it comes to sanction and impedes the science it ought to fulfill. What is the secret of this ineptitude? Why does religion, so near to rationality in its purpose, fall so short of it in its results? The answer is easy; religion pursues rationality through the imagination. W
39、hen it explains events or assigns causes, it is an imaginative substitute for science. When it gives precepts, insinuates ideals, or remolds aspiration, it is an imaginative substitute for wisdom I mean for the deliberate and impartial pursuit of all food. The condition and the aims of life are both
40、 represented in religion poetically, but this poetry tends to arrogate to itself literal truth and moral authority, neither of which it possesses. Hence the depth and importance of religion becomes intelligible no less than its contradictions and practical disasters. Its object is the same as that o
41、f reason, but its method is to proceed by intuition and by unchecked poetical conceits. 25 According to the author, science differs from religion in that _. （ A） it is unaware of ultimate goals （ B） it is unimaginative （ C） its findings are exact and final （ D） it resembles society and art 26 The au
42、thor states that religion differs from rationality in that _. （ A） it relies on intuition rather than reasoning （ B） it is not concerned with the ultimate justification of its instinctive aims （ C） it has disappointed mankind （ D） it has inspired mankind 27 According to the author, the pursuit of re
43、ligion has proved to be _. （ A） imaginative （ B） a provider of hope for the future （ C） a highly intellectual activity （ D） ineffectual 28 As used in the passage, the author would define “wisdom“ as _. （ A） the pursuit of rationality through imagination （ B） an unemotional search for the truth （ C）
44、a purposeful and unbiased quest for what is best （ D） a short-sighted way of pursuing happiness 28 We might marvel at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a persons knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It really is extraordinary that after all
45、 these years educationists have still failed to device anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. For all the pious claim that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of
46、working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a persons true ability and aptitude. As anxiety-makers, examinations are second to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the mark of success of failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in on
47、e fateful day. It doesnt matter that you werent feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little things like that dont count: the exam goes on. No one can give of his best when he is in mortal terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do.
48、 The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of vicious competition where success and failure are clearly defined and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of “drop outs“: young people who are written off as utter failures before they have even embarked on a career? Can we be surp
49、rised at the suicide rate among students? A good education should, among other things, train you to think for yourself. The examination system does anything but that. What has to be learnt is rigidly laid down by a syllabus, so the student is encouraged to memorize. Examinations do not motivate a student to read widely, but to restrict his reading; they do not enable him to seek more and more knowledge, but induce cramming. They lower the standards of teaching, for they deprive the teacher of all freed
