1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 31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 In Britain, the top spectator sport is football. This sport was seriously【 1】 _ as an organized game in 18
3、48Later, the Football Associa- 【 1】 _ tion was formed to draw up rules and【 2】 _the interests of the game. Over 360 clubs are 【 2】 _ registered with the FA and about many other local clubs are members of regional associations. The British concentrate their interest on the top【 3】 _teams which are co
4、ntrolled by the 【 3】 _ Football League and the Scottish Football League. During the season, a large number of spectators attend the professional matches. The matches happen every Saturday afternoon and【 4】 _on 【 4】 _ weekday evenings and holidays. If the international matches are available, the play
5、ers are selected from different League teams. They often compete with the most famous football teams in the world. Another kind of football invented in England is rugby. It is often regarded as the sport of 【 5】 _class associations, as until recenfly it was generally only played in public schools. N
6、ow, 【 5】 _ both kinds of football are popular in Britain. There are about 1,700【 6】 _Rugby Union clubs. 【 6】 _ Like the football teams, rugby teams often have challenging matches inside and outside. Cricket is the most【 7】 _English game with England. It is dated up to 1500. During 【 7】 _ Summer, peo
7、ple in school, towns and even villages are keen on this sports. The highlights of the cricketing year are the Test Matches played between the professional English team and teams from India, Pakistan, the West Indies, Australia and New Zealand. The English team also goes on tour in these countries. T
8、he horse-racing is called the sport of【 8】 _. The race courses must 【 8】_ Be【 9】 _by the Jockey Club. The most fashionable of all race meetings is held in early June at 【 9】 _ Ascot. It lasts four days and is always attended by the Queen. Ticket applications for the Royal Enclosure have to be made m
9、onths in advance and are only granted after careful【 10】 _ 【 10】 _ 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
10、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 interviewees first job was with_. （ A） a newspaper. （ B） the government. （ C） a construction firm. （ D） a private company. 12 The in
11、terviewee is not self-employed mainly because_. （ A） his wife likes him to work for a firm. （ B） he prefers working for the government. （ C） self-employed work is very demanding. （ D） self-employed work is sometimes insecure. 13 To study architecture in a university one must_. （ A） be interested in
12、arts. （ B） study pure science first. （ C） get good exam results. （ D） be good at drawing. 14 On the subject of drawing the interviewee says that_. （ A） technically speaking artists draw very well. （ B） an artists drawing differs little from an architects. （ C） precision is a vital skill for the arch
13、itect. （ D） architects must be natural artists. 15 The interviewee says that the job of an architect is_. （ A） more theoretical than practical. （ B） to produce sturdy, well-designed buildings. （ C） more practical than theoretical. （ D） to produce attractive, interesting buildings. SECTION C NEWS BRO
14、ADCAST 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 Where did this bomb attack happen? （ A） Izmir （ B） Kusadasi （ C） London （ D） Istan
15、bul 17 Which one is not true? （ A） This attack happened 10 days after the suicides bombings in London （ B） All the victims injured were sent to the nearby hospitals （ C） This was one of the series of attacks against British interests （ D） There was one Briton killed and five injured 18 According to
16、the news, why does U. S. become the butt of worlds jokes? （ A） Because of the Clintons scandal. （ B） Because of the Ballot debacle. （ C） Because of the democracy. （ D） Because Bush will be the president. 19 The statement“Washington, we have a problem“was said by_. （ A） Romes La Republic. （ B） The Fr
17、ench-language Swiss daily 24 Hems. （ C） A Russian daily. （ D） British tabloid the Dally Mirror. 20 State Department spokesman Richard Boucher was forced to tell journalists“I think pretty much most of the world-maybe most of the World outside this room - understands that this is a regular, normal, l
18、egal, clear, _, open process for United States dem （ A） transport （ B） transparent （ C） apparent （ D） obscure 20 “I do. “To Americans those two words carry great meaning. They can even change your life. Especially if you say them at your own wedding. Making wedding vows is like signing a contract. N
19、ow Americans dont really think marriage is a business deal. But marriage is serious business. It all begins with engagement. Traditionally, a young, man asks the father of his sweetheart for permission to marry her. If the father agrees, the man later proposes to her. Often he tries to surprise her
20、by“popping the question“ in a romantic way. Sometimes the couple just decides together that the time is right to get married. The man usually gives his fiance a diamond ring as a symbol of their engagement. They may be engaged for weeks, months or even years. As the big day approaches, bridal shower
21、s and bachelors parties provide many useful gifts. Today many couples also receive counseling during engagement. This prepares them for the challenges of married life. At last its time for the wedding. Although most weddings follow long-held traditions, theres still room for American individualism.
22、For example, the usual place for a wedding is in a church. But some people get married outdoors in a scenic spot. A few even have the ceremony while sky-diving or riding on horseback! The couple may invite hundreds of people or just a few close friends. They choose their own style of colors, decorat
23、ions and music during the ceremony. But some things rarely change. The bride usually wears a beautiful, long white wedding dress. She traditionally wears “some- thing old, something new, something borrowed and something blue“. The groom wears a formal suit or tuxedo. Several close friends participat
24、e in the ceremony as attendants, including the best man and the maid of honor. As the ceremony begins, the groom and his attendants stand with the minister, facing the audience. Music signals the entrance of the brides attendants, followed by the beautiful bride. Nervously, the young couple repeats
25、their vows. Traditionally, they promise to love each other “for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health“, But sometimes the couple has composed their own vows. They give each other a gold ring to symbolize their marriage commitment. Finally the minister announces the big
26、 moment: “I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss your bride!“ At the wedding reception, the bride and groom greet their guests. Then they cut the wedding cake and feed each other a bite. Guests mingle while enjoying cake, punch and other treats. Later the bride throws her bouquet of flowers
27、to a group of single girls. Tradition says that the one who catches the bouquet will be the next to marry. During the reception, playful friends “decorate“ the couples car with tissue paper, tin cans and a “Just Married“ sign. When the reception is over, the newlyweds run to their “decorated“ car an
28、d speed off. Many couples take a honeymoon, a one-to two-week vacation trip, to celebrate their new marriage. Almost every culture has rituals to signal a change in ones life. Marriage is one of the most basic life changes for people of all cultures. So its no surprise to find many traditions about
29、getting married. . . even in America. Yet each couple follows the traditions in a way that is uniquely their own. 21 The word “business“ occurs twice in the first paragraph, what does the second “business“ mean? （ A） Trade. （ B） Affair. （ C） Duty. （ D） Right. 22 There are many traditions about getti
30、ng married, which of the following is Not mentioned in this passage? （ A） The engagement. （ B） The wedding ceremony. （ C） The bridal party. （ D） The marriage application. 23 Which of the following can reflect American individualism? （ A） Holding their wedding ceremony in a scenic spot. （ B） Choosing
31、 their groomsman and a maid of honor. （ C） Choosing their wedding dress. （ D） Inviting their best friends. 24 In the authors opinion _. （ A） American young couples have no chance to show their individualism in their marriage （ B） American young couples dont like to following long-held traditions （ C
32、） American young couples are inclined to follow the marriage traditions （ D） American young couples marry in their own way 24 My familys slave-era history has survived in rich detail, thanks to my aggressively talkative great-grandfather John Wesley Staples (1865-1940), who was conceived in the clos
33、ing days of the Civil War and became the first freeborn black person in the Staples family line. My family has always treasured these stories, but my generation is just beginning to realize the value of the gift John Wesley left us. Most black families have found it impossible to learn even the most
34、 basic facts about ancestors who were born as slaves. Thats partly because enslaved people do not appear in the public record as full-fledged human beings-with families, addresses, surnames and occupations-until after Emancipation in 1865. Even more of their stories were lost in the early 20th centu
35、ry, when black families reacted to the stigma of slavery by forbidding their elderly relatives to talk about it at all. This produced a truncated view of black American history, in which slaves were seen as anonymous victims-defined only by suffering-and the heroic roles were largely reserved for th
36、eir freeborn descendants. John Wesley spoke often of his enslaved mother, Somerville, and the stories he left behind have allowed us to locate her in the public records and to piece together the basic outlines of her life. The portrait is still sketchy. But its already clear that she was a formidabl
37、e person, who had high ambitions for herself and her Son. Somerville was most likely born in the 1820s in Virginia. Her adolescent years would have been dominated by the upheaval that followed the bloody slave rebellion mounted by Nat Turner. Fearful of being murdered in their beds, white lawmakers
38、curtailed the already meager fights of free blacks, with the aim of driving them out of the state. For slaves, the ensuing exodus of free blacks they knew must have seemed like the end of even the possibility of freedom. By the 1860s, Somerville had been sold to the Lowry family in Bedford County, w
39、here she became the property of Triplett Lowry, a doctor. As was common at the time, she conceived a child by young Marshall Lowry, the farm manager, and gave birth to John Wesley, whom she named after the abolitionist theologian and founder of the Methodist Church. In the oral tradition passed down
40、 through the generations, Marshall Lowry is named as John Wesleys father. That Somerville named him - instead of keeping his identity secret as many enslaved mothers did - suggests that the truth was more important to her than traditional plantation etiquette. As a servant in an educated household,
41、she would have had a close vantage point to observe middle-class culture and aspirations-which may account for the fact that my great- grandfather could read and write. Born on the Fourth of July in 1865, the year of Emancipation, John Wesley was one of those freedom babies of whom much was expected
42、. He was still a young man in February 1886, when his mother walked into the Bedford County registrars office to record the purchase of a little under a half-acre of land, bought for the princely sum of 50. By then she had married a laborer named John Staples. But she registered the property in her
43、name only, a gesture of independence that was common among free black women of the period. This purchase of land-a momentous act in the lives of former Slaves-would have set a powerful example for her son. John Wesley lived up to his familys expectations. He and his wife, Eliza, established a large
44、family and a successful farm in the Virginia countryside. They joined with two adjacent neighbors to build the one-room schoolhouse where their children were educated, and hired the teacher who worked there, partly in exchange for room and board. He drove a fancy Model T Ford-and let it be known tha
45、t he paid for the car in cash-while his neighbors moved about in horse-drawn carriages. At a time when the Ku Klux Klan was in ascendance, he and his family made frank use of rifles to protect their property and themselves. The men of my fathers generation-born in the teens and 20s-worshiped John We
46、sley and conceived of him as a self-made man who had no antecedents in the family. John Wesley seemed to think differently. The stories about his mother that he told my father and his brothers were a clever way of shifting attention away from himself while elevating the person who produced him. By p
47、resenting Somervilles story to his children and grandchildren again and again, John Wesley was paying homage to the often-neglected generation of striving slaves who paved the way for the freedmen. My success does not begin with me-John Wesley seemed to be saying-I stand on the shoulders of an extra
48、ordinary woman who happens to have been born a slave. 25 According to the passage, the ancestor of the “I“, Somerville _. （ A） had a pure blood son （ B） was educated （ C） was an ambitious woman （ D） had never been emancipated 26 Among the following conclusion drawn from the passage, which of them is NOT true? （ A） The narrator, “T“ is with mixed blood. （ B） My great-grandfather was worshiped as a self-made man. （ C） My family suffered a lot in the time of Ku Klux Klan. （ D） John Wesley attributed his success to his great mother. 26 An international team
