1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 327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 People usually communicate by spoken and written language, yet they can also communicate without words an
3、d this kind of communication often is more important than getting the content of the message across. Body language falls into this category of communication. . Need for body language 1)When connecting with a person, we have to make it clear how the content of a spoken message needs to be 【 1】 _. And
4、 how we do this tells something about 【 2】 _ between people. 2)Often 【 3】 _ are inadequate for this purpose, and therefore we use body language. - e. g. looking someone in the eyes means something different than not looking someone in the eyes . Functions and features of body language 1)Body languag
5、e decides to a large extent 【 4】 _ of our communication, and therefore we should - learn to use our body language for a purpose - learn to understand and explain body language of others 2)How we can explain body language depends on - situation - culture - relationship we have with the person - 【 5】
6、_ of the other 3)Body language is interlinked with - spoken language - a whole pattern of 【 6】 _ from a person 4)Body language signs can 【 7】 _each other to - make a meaning clear - strengthen the meaning of what we communicate 5)Some groups have developed a whole specific body language which can be
7、 very explicit in its meaning and is used to communicate where the use of words may be difficult or dangerous. . Specific use of body language 1)Body language is used especially to express feelings. -People may give out double messages: one message in words and 【 8】 _ message in body language. - Mos
8、t people believe more steadily their impression of how a person acts through body language than what is said through words. - People tend to 【 9】 _ the spoken words if they do not correspond with the body language. 2)How we come across to someone is decided only for a small part by the words we spea
9、k but for a large part by our body language. -To leave a good impression, it is important for us to know and control our body language. - The person on the receiving end of our body language will have a feeling or impression difficult to describe, which is called 【 10】 _. 1 【 1】 2 【 2】 3 【 3】 4 【 4】
10、 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 to answer
11、each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 According to the interview, what happened since Mary Ann were 100? （ A） She had a blimp ride. （ B） She had a horse ride. （ C） She touched the Hollywood sign. （ D） She stayed at home. 12 Where was Mary Ann born? （ A） In a small vil
12、lage. （ B） North of Chicago. （ C） In Washington. （ D） In Hawaii. 13 What does she want to do for her 106th? （ A） She wants to meet pop singer. （ B） She wants to meet a superstar. （ C） She wants to see a movie star. （ D） She wants to see a movie. 14 According to the interview, which of the following
13、is not tree? （ A） The older she got the more comfortable she was with herself. （ B） As she got older she no longer ran sacred anymore. （ C） Now, a lot of people think that part of aging is that they dont get to do the things that they could do, they become inactive, they sit around and watch televis
14、ion. （ D） When they are getting older they can go out and have fun. 15 From the interview, we can know what is the most important when you are getting old? （ A） Health. （ B） Possessions. （ C） Attitude towards aging. （ D） Daily life. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear
15、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 Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ A） A camera phone was used to record the execution of Saddam Hussein. （ B） The vid
16、eo was spread over the Internet. （ C） Mobile phones were banned in the execution. （ D） There was no clue yet as to who took the footage. 17 The video has led to_. （ A） peoples greater confidence on the government （ B） lighter tension between Sunni and Shiite （ C） sympathy for Saddam （ D） peoples mor
17、e intensive hatred for Saddam 18 Tom Stevenson was _. （ A） sentenced to death （ B） questioned at a police station （ C） found responsible for five deaths （ D） in no connection with the murders 19 What kind of relationship did Tom Stevenson tell reporters was there between those being murdered and he
18、himself? （ A） They were lovers. （ B） They were strangers. （ C） They were neighbors. （ D） They were friends. 20 Which of the following statements about the flood is TRUE? （ A） Twenty-two people have been killed in the flood. （ B） In the deadliest incident, fourteen people were killed. （ C） Dozens of
19、people have been left stranded in factories, （ D） There were no police officers hurt in the rescuing work, 20 Up goes gold, down goes the dollar. Most economists hate gold. Not, you understand, that they would turn up their noses at a bar or two. But they find the reverence in which many hold the me
20、tal almost irrational, That it was used as money for millennia is irrelevant: it isnt any more. Modern money takes the form of paper or, more often, electronic data. To economists, gold is now just another commodity. So why is its price soaring? Over the pest week, this has topped $ 450 a troy ounce
21、, up by 9% since the beginning of the year and 77% since April 2001. Ah, comes the reply, gold transactions are denominated in dollars, and the rise in the price simply reflects the dollars fall in terms of other currencies, especially the euro, against which it hit a new low this week. Expressed in
22、 euros, the gold price has moved much less. How- ever, there is no iron link, us it were, between the value of the dollar and the value of gold. A rising price of gold, like that of anything else, can reflect an increase in demand as well as a depreciation of its unit of account. This is where gold
23、bulls come in. The fall in the dollar is important, but mainly because as a store of value the dollar stinks. With a few longish rallies, the greenback has been on a downward trend since it came off the gold standard in 1971. Now it is suffering one of its sharper declines. At the margin, extra dema
24、nd has come from those who think dollars-indeed any money backed by nothing more than promises to keep inflation low-a decidedly risky investment, mainly because America, with the worlds reserve currency, has been able to create and borrow so many of them. The least painful way of repaying those dol
25、lars is to make them worth less. The striking exception to this extra demand comes from central banks, which would like to sell some of the gold they already have. As a legacy of the days when their currencies were backed by the metal, central banks still hold one-fifth of the worlds gold. Last mont
26、h the Bank of France said it would sell 500 tonnes in coming years. But big sales by central banks can cause the price to plunge-as when the Bank of England sold 395 tonnes between 1999 and 2002. The result was an agreement between central banks to co-ordinate and limit future sales. If the price of
27、 gold marches higher, this agreement will presumably be ripped up, although a dollar crisis might make central banks think twice about switching into paper money. Will the overhang of central-bank gold drag the price down again? Not necessarily. As James Grant, gold bug and publisher of Grants Inter
28、est Rate Observer, a newsletter, points out, in recent years the huge glut of government debt has not stopped a sharp rise in its price. 21 In economists eyes, gold is something _. （ A） they look down upon （ B） that can be exchanged in the market （ C） worth peoples reverence （ D） that should be repl
29、aced by other forms of money 22 According to the author, one of the reasons for the rising of gold price is _. （ A） the increasing demand for gold （ B） the depreciation of the euro （ C） the link between the dollar and gold （ D） the Increment of the value of the dollar 23 We can infer from the third
30、paragraph that _. （ A） the decline of the dollar is inevitable （ B） America benefits from the depreciation of the dollar （ C） the depreciation of the dollar is good news to other currencies （ D） investment in the dollar yields more returns than that in gold 24 The phrase “ripped up“ (Line 1, Paragra
31、ph 5) most probably means _. （ A） strengthened （ B） broadened （ C） renegotiated （ D） torn up 25 According to the passage, the rise of gold price _. （ A） will not last long （ B） will attract some central banks to sell gold （ C） will impel central banks to switch into paper money （ D） will lead to a d
32、ollar crisis 25 Behind the brewing war over protecting patients records in an age of HMOs and online medicine. Technology is a two-edged sword. Rarely is this as clear as it is in the realm of health care. Technology allows doctors to test their patients for generic defects-and then to turn around a
33、nd spread the results throughout the world via the Internet. For someone in need of treatment, thats good news. But for someone in search of a job or an insurance policy, the ridings can be all bad. Last week President Bill Clinton proposed a corollary to the patients bill of rights now before Congr
34、ess: a right to medical privacy. Beginning In 2002, under rules set to become law in February, patients would be able to stipulate the conditions under which their personal medical data could be divulged. They would be able to examine their records and make corrections. They could learn who else had
35、 seen the information. Improper use of records by a caregiver or insurer could result in both civil and criminal penalties. The plan was, said Clinton, “an unprecedented step toward putting Americans back in control of their own medical records.“ While the administration billed the rules as an attem
36、pt to strike a balance between the needs of consumers and those of the health-care industry, neither doctors nor insurance companies were happy. The doctors said the rides could actually erode privacy, pointing to a prevision allowing managed-care plans to use personal in- formation without consent
37、if the purpose was “health-care operations.“ That, physicians said, was a loophole through which HMOs and other insurers could pry into the doctor-patient relationship, in the name of assessing the quality of care. Meanwhile, the insurers protested that the rules would make them vulnerable to lawsui
38、ts. They were especially disturbed by a provision holding them liable for privacy breaches by “business partners“ such as lawyers and accountants. Both groups agreed that privacy protections would drive up the cost of health care by at least an additional $ 3.8 billion, and maybe much more, over the
39、 next five years. They also complained about the increased level of federal scrutiny required by the new rules enforcement provisions. One aim of the rules is to reassure patients about confidentiality, thereby encouraging them to be open with their doctors. Today various cancers and sexually transm
40、itted diseases can go untreated because patients are afraid of embarrassment or of losing insurance coverage. The fear is real: Clinton aides noted that a January poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates found that one in six U.S. adults had at some time done something unusual to conceal medical
41、 information, such as paying cash for services. 26 The author begins his article with “technology is a two-edged sword“ to _. （ A） show that doctors improper use of technology can end up in bad results （ B） call on people s attention to the potential danger technology can bring to us （ C） warn of th
42、e harm patients are prone to suffer （ D） show the advantages and disadvantages of technology 27 According to the proposal made by President Clinton, patients will be able to do the following EXCEPT _. （ A） enjoy more rights to their medical records （ B） be open with their doctors （ C） decide how to
43、use their medical information （ D） sue their insurers for improper use of their medical records 28 Doctors tend to think that the rules _. （ A） may ruin doctor-patient relationship （ B） can do more harm than good （ C） will prevent doctors from doing medical research （ D） will cod up in more health c
44、are cost and poorer medical service 29 The example of the January poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates is used to show that （ A） American patients concealment of their medical information has become a big concern （ B） a large portion of patients would rather leave their diseases untreated （
45、C） concealing medical information is widespread in the U.S. （ D） paying cash for medical service is a common practice among American patients 30 From the article we can learn that （ A） American government will tighten its control over the use of patients personal information （ B） doctors and insurer
46、s are both against the rules for the same reasons （ C） patients are entitled to have complete control of their medical information （ D） the new rules put insurers in a very disadvantageous position 30 Minority youths are more likely to face trial as adults. A white kid sells a bag of cocaine at his
47、suburban high school. A Latino kid does the same hi his inner-city neighborhood. Both get caught. Both are first-time offenders. The white kid walks into juvenile court with his parents, his priest, a good lawyer and medical coverage. The Latino kid walks into court with his mom, no legal resources
48、and no insurance. The judge lets the white kid go with his family; hes placed in a private treatment program. The minority kid has no such option. Hes detained. There, hi n nutshell, is what happens more and more often in the juvenile-court system. Minority youths arrested on violent felony charges
49、in California are more than twice as likely as their white counterparts to be transferred out of the juvenile-justice system and tried as adults, according to a study released last week by the Justice Policy Institute, a research center hi San Francisco. Once they are in adult courts, young black offenders are 18 times more likely to be jailed-and Hispanics seven times more likely-than are young white offenders. “Discrimination against kids
