1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 252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 Success Personality According to a Gallup survey, a number of qualities are common among successful peopl
3、e. Here are five of the most important. 1. Common seine. It refers to the ability to make【 1】 judgements on daily affairs. To some people, the key ability for success is simplifying. Since common sense is not a quality a person is born with, it can be【 2】 . Observation is another way to increase one
4、s【 3】 of common sense. 2. Knowing ones field. On-the-job experience convinced many achievers of the importance of【 4】 knowledge. Successful people always know what they arc doing and continue the learning process. 3.【 5】 . It includes strong【 6】 and the ability to set goals. After having clear goals
5、 for their lives and careers, top achievers persevere until the work is accomplished. 4. General intelligence. This essential quality involves your ability to comprehend difficult concepts quickly and to【 7】 them clearly. General intelligence is not only a(n)【 8】 capacity, but also wide interests an
6、d a thirst of knowledge. 5. The ability to get things done. High achievers are【 9】 in completing their work. They have organizational ability, good work habits and they are hard-working. Besides the five listed here, there are other factors that influence success: leadership,【 10】 , and luck, etc. I
7、f you cultivate these qualities, you might become one of the top achievers in our society. 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 f
8、ollow. 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 Baltimore New Compact Schools differ from typical public schools in that _. （ A） their model permits school
9、to cluster their resources, personnel and funds （ B） they charge lower tuition （ C） they are smaller （ D） they does a lot of fund-raising 12 In the summer program, the students attendance rate was _. （ A） ninety percent （ B） One hundred percent （ C） ninety-five percent （ D） eighty percent 13 The New
10、 Compact project is different from the Edison Project because in it _. （ A） teachers are discovering for themselves what children and parents need （ B） there is someone telling teachers how to teach and what to learn （ C） teachers are from better background （ D） students and parents go to school tog
11、ether 14 The Core knowledge Curriculum teaches all of the following except _. （ A） world civilization （ B） language development （ C） physics and chemistry （ D） literature 15 Why does the interviewee think that teaching institutions should be community-based? （ A） Because it costs less. （ B） Because
12、teachers will learn quickly. （ C） Because it is required by experts. （ D） Because the cultural patterns are diverse. 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
13、will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Indias new Prime Minister Manmohan Singh? （ A） He is a member of the Congress Party. （ B） He was born in a foreign country. （ C） He is known as the architect of Indias economic reform. （ D） He is from a min
14、ority group. 17 The Congress Party brought enormous pressure on Sonia Gandhi in order to _. （ A） force her to resign as party leader （ B） persuade her to take the post as Prime Minister （ C） force her to transfer the power to Manmohan Singh （ D） ask her to give in to protestors 18 According to a U.S
15、. defense official, General Sanchez _. （ A） may be removed from his present post in Iraq （ B） may be appointed as the top U.S. commander in Iraq （ C） is responsible for the prisoner abuse in Iraq （ D） is in disagreement with the Pentagon 19 According to a Washington Post report, General Sanchez migh
16、t have _ the abuse of prisoners. （ A） seen （ B） ordered （ C） denied （ D） forbidden 20 According to U.S. officials, _. （ A） the U.S. has detected an Iranian spy service network （ B） the U.S. has broken the codes used in Iranian spy communications （ C） the U.S. would improve its ability to gather inte
17、lligence on Iran （ D） an Iraqi politician has revealed important intelligence to Iran 20 Web Du Bois was born a free man in his small village of Great Barington, Massachusetts, three years after the Civil War. For generations, the Du Bois family had been an accepted part of the community since befor
18、e his great-grandfather had fought in the American Revolution. Early on, Du Bois was given an awareness of his African-heritage, through the ancient songs his grandmother taught him. This awareness set him apart from his New England community, with an ancestry shrouded in mystery, in sharp contrast
19、to the precisely accounted history of the Western world. This difference would be the foundation for his desire to change the way African-Americans co-existed in America. As a student, Du Bois was considered something of a prodigy who excelled beyond the capabilities of his white peers. He found wor
20、k as a correspondent for New York newspapers, and slowly began to realize the inhibitions of social boundaries he was expected to observe every step of the way. When racism tried to take his pride and dignity, he became more determined to make sure society recognized his achievements. Clearly, Du Bo
21、is showed great promise, and although he dreamt of attending Harvard, some influential members of his community arranged for his education at Fisk University in Nashville. His experiences at Fisk changed his life; and he discovered his fate as a leader of the black struggle to free his people from o
22、ppression. At Fisk, Du Bois became acquainted with many sons and daughters of former slaves, who felt the pain of oppression and shared his sense of cultural and spiritual tradition. In the South, he saw his people being driven to a status of little difference from slavery, and saw them terrorized a
23、t the polls. He taught school during the summers in the eastern portion of Tennessee, and saw the suffering firsthand. He then resolved to dedicate his life to fighting the terrible racial oppression that held the black people down, both economically and politically. Du Boiss determination was rewar
24、ded with a scholarship to Harvard, where he began the first scientific sociological studies in the United States. He felt that through science, he could dispel the irrational prejudices and ignorance that prevented racial equality. He went on to create great advancements in the study of race relatio
25、ns, but oppression continued with segregation laws, lynching, and terror tactics on the rise. Du Bois then formed the Niagara Movement, and in 1909, was a vital part in establishing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was also the editor of the NAACP magazine The Crisi
26、s from 1910 to 1934. In this stage of his life, he encouraged direct assaults on the legal, political, and economic system, which he felt blossomed out of the exploitation of the poor and powerless black community. He became the most important black protest leader of the first half of the 20th centu
27、ry. His views clashed with Booker T. Washington, who felt that the black people of America had to simply accept discrimination, and hope to eventually earn respect and equality through hard work and success. Du Bois wrote The Souls of Black Folk in 1903, criticizing Booker, claiming that his ideas w
28、ould lead to a perpetuation of oppression instead of freeing the black people from it. Du Boiss criticism lead to a branching out of the black civil rights movement, Bookers conservative followers, and a radical following of his critics. Du Bois had established the Black Nationalism that was the ins
29、piration for all black empowerment throughout the civil rights movement, but had begun during the progressive era. Although the movement that germinated from his ideas may have taken on a more violent form, Web Du Bois felt strongly that every human being could shape their own destinies with determi
30、nation and hard work. Fie inspired hope by declaring that progress would come with the success of the small struggles for a better life. 21 Du Boiss family was respected in the village because _. （ A） the Civil War had eliminated racial discrimination in the U.S. （ B） his grandmother could recite th
31、e history of the western world （ C） Du Bois was considered something of a prodigy and very promising （ D） his great-grandfather had fought in the American war of independence 22 He first became aware of a racial disparity because of _. （ A） the vagueness of his African ancestry （ B） the unfair treat
32、ment of him at school （ C） the miserable sufferings of the slaves （ D） the inhibitions haunting his parents 23 It was in _ that he decided to dedicate his life to the struggle against racial oppression. （ A） Harvard （ B） Barington （ C） Fisk （ D） Washington 24 Du Bois differs from Booker politically
33、in that he _. （ A） believed hard work and success were the only way to win respect （ B） rejected the idea of tentative tolerance of racial discrimination （ C） encouraged organized violence as part of the struggle for equality （ D） took it as his ultimate goal to build an independent nation of blacks
34、 24 The bizarre antics of sleepwalkers have puzzled police, perplexed scientists, and fascinated writers for centuries. There is an endless supply of stories about sleepwalkers. Persons have been said to climb on steep roofs, solve mathematical problems, compose music, walk through plate-glass windo
35、ws, and commit murder in their sleep. How many of these stories have a basis 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 w
36、aterfront neighborhood for 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 got there. There is an early medical record of a somnambulist who wrote a novel in his sleep. And the great French writer Voltaire kne
37、w a sleepwalker who once got out of bed, dressed himself, made a polite bow, danced a minuet, 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.
38、He would take a swim and 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 housewi
39、fe or a British farmer. The 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 America claims that he has never seen a sleepwalker. He is Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman, a physiologist at the University of Chic
40、ago. He is said to know more about sleep than any other living man, and during the last thirty-five years has 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 sleepers ever walked, and
41、if I were to advertise 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 misc
42、onceptions. What is 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 estimated that there are fou
43、r million somnambulists 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 a vivid dream. The dream
44、usually comes from guilt, worry, nervousness, or some other emotional conflict. The classic sleepwalker is Shakespeares Lady Macbeth. 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
45、-old question is: ls the sleepwalker actually awake or asleep? Scientists have decided that he is about half-and-half. Like Lady Macbeth, he has weighty problems on his mind. Dr. Zeida Teplitz, who made a ten-year study of the subject, says, “Some people stay awake all night worrying about their pro
46、blems. The sleepwalker 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
47、 of the most common 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 immu
48、ne to injury. Actually most sleepwalkers trip over rugs or bump their heads on doors at some time or other. 25 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? （ A） There is no accurate figure of the number of sleepwalkers. （ B） Stories of sleepwalkers are all fantasies. （ C）
49、 Sleepwalkers can be considered half awake in their sleep. （ D） Voltaire knew a sleepwalker who once danced a minuet in sleep. 26 Dr. Kleitman _. （ A） has lost so much sleep that he is now suffering from insomnia （ B） has conducted experiments on sleepwalkers （ C） has slept more than any other living man of his age （ D） does not believe that there are any sleepwalkers at all 27 According to experts on sleepwalking, sleepwalkers _. （ A） can commit murder or other dangerous things （ B） can be f
