1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 332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 About Wetlands in the U.S.A. People enjoy a famous soup (SHE-CRAB SOUP)in North Carolina because the days
3、 of the regional soup may be getting fewer and fewer: “no wetlands, no seafood“. . The current situation of wetlands: 1)California has lost 【 1】 _of wetlands 91 percent, 【 1】 _ and the rate of loss of wetlands is an acre per minute. 2)21 other states have losted at least halfof their 【 2】 _ 【 2】 _ .
4、 The key value of wetlands: 1)Each acre of wetland is worth 【 3】 _more money than 【 3】_ an acre of ocean in the benefits; 2)Wetlands act like sponges and 【 4】 _like our kidney: 【 4】_ A. filtering out hazardous materials like dirt, chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers; B. serving as large 【 5】 _area
5、s. 【 5】 _ 3)More important than ocean 【 6】 _in the diversity of species supported. 【 6】_ . The possible measures to protect wetlands: 1)Convince people to stop 【 7】 _or doing business in former wetlands; 【 7】_ 2)Encourage developers and businesses to stay in 【 8】 _cities; 【 8】_ 3)Get the government
6、to stop developers from building in wetlands; 4)Raise 【 9】 _of this serious issue; 【 9】 _ 5)Protest the destruction of wetlands when we see it. . The only solution: An increase in 【 10】 _in favor of protecting wetlands. 【 10】_ which both the builders and the government will listen. 1 【 1】 2 【 2】 3 【
7、 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
8、to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the author among things that are inherited from ancestors? （ A） Complexion. （ B） Diseases. （ C） Adaptation ability. （ D） Intelligence. 12 People are likely to have a higher chol
9、esterol level in winter because （ A） they tend to take in less vitamin D in that season. （ B） they do less exercise and become weaker than usual. （ C） they need to eat much more greasy food to keep warm. （ D） they get less sun to convert cholesterol into vitamin 13 Which of the following is TRUE abo
10、ut eye protection from sunburn? （ A） We can drink celery juice to prevent our eyes from being tanned. （ B） We should wear sunglasses after 10-munite exposure to the sun. （ C） We can do without eyewear when we go out on a sunny day. （ D） We should put on sunglasses as soon as we go out in the sun. 14
11、 Which of the following is NOT the authors view? （ A） Asians are at a higher risk of alcoholism. （ B） Organic vegetables are not always safer. （ C） We may rust from absorbing too much iron. （ D） Moderate amount of sun exposure is good. 15 Whats the main content of the book Survival of the Sickest? （
12、 A） It gives conventional account for medicine. （ B） It introduces the dietary regime for the sick. （ C） It sees various medical issues in new light. （ D） It offers tips on survival in the wilderness. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen car
13、efully 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 What made it hard for the rescue teams to approach the earthquake zone? （ A） The quakes destruction to roads. （ B） The collapse of the buildings. （ C） The torrenti
14、al rain at night. （ D） The loss of electrical power. 17 How many people recognized the man in the pictures within 2 days? （ A） 24. （ B） 3. （ C） 640. （ D） 48. 18 Which one is NOT included in the clue that helped the police identify the man? （ A） His picture. （ B） His apartment number. （ C） His pseudo
15、nym. （ D） His vita. 19 What is the main idea of the news item? （ A） The Citigroup has been worst hit by the international credit crisis. （ B） The Citigroup has already started to reduce the size of its business. （ C） The Citigroup has encountered great losses in the credit crisis. （ D） The Citigroup
16、 has decided to take measures to deal with great losses. 20 The police locked their suspicion on Vlado Taneski when they found that （ A） his reports covered the confidential information. （ B） the three murder cases all involved elderly women. （ C） all the victims had some similarities with his late
17、mother. （ D） he was responsible for the disappearance of a women. 20 The music industry, hurt by a decline in CD sales and the continued free swapping of files on the Internet, took the drastic action last week filing more than 250 lawsuits against consumers. But whatever catharsis record executives
18、 and their lawyers may feel, the courts cannot solve the music industrys fundamental problem. Nor does the answer lie in getting people to pay for each music file they download from the Internet. Instead of clinging to late-20th-century distribution technologies, like the digital disk and the down-
19、loaded file, the music business should move into the 21st century with a revamped business model using innovative technology, several industrys experts say. They want the music industry to do unto the file-swapping services what the services did unto the music companieseclipse them with better techn
20、ology and superior customer convenience. Their vision might be called “everywhere Internet audio“. Music fans instead of downloading files on KaZaAwhether they were using computers, home stereos, radios or handheld devices-would have access to all music the record companies hold in their vaults. Lis
21、teners could request that any song be immediately streamed to them via the Internet. If consumers could do this, the argument goes, they would have no interest in amassing thousands of songs on their hard drives. There would be no “theft“ of music, because no one would bother to take possession of t
22、he song. To clinch music fans loyalty to the new system, and make them willing to pay for it, the music companies and the supporting industry would need to provide attractively priced, easy-to-use services to give consumers full access to the hundreds of thousands of songs available to them. Consume
23、rs could still ask for song titles or artists, as they do now on KaZaA. But they could also, for example request rock n roll tunes like Hat that appeared for more than three weeks in Billboards Top 10 during the 1960 s. Or they could ask for early 1990s guitarists that sound like Eric Clapton, or ne
24、w mists similar in style to Alanis Morissette. Requests could be intricate, like asking for music subsequently recorded by the original members of the Lovins Spoonful. Or they could be simple, like requesting light jazz for dinner-party background music. The system would be interactive and could lea
25、rn each users tastes. As listeners voted thumbs up or down to tunes (should they choose to), the service would amend their personal libraries accordingly. If it worked, it would be as if we each had our own private satellite radio channelscustomizable collection of tunes for hundreds of millions of
26、audiences of one. It is a compelling business model, and the current music companies, as the owners of the content, could be at the fore of the system. A tiny taste of such an approach is available on Internet radio networks like . On such services, listeners can essentially customize a radio statio
27、n to their individual tastes. But crucial to the future of everywhere Internet audio, many believe, lies in widespread wireless Internet access, because wireless means portability. “Wireless gives the record companies a chance to do it all over again, and this time get it right,“ said Jim Griffin, t
28、he former head of technology at Geffen Records and now the chief executive of the music publisher Cherry Lane Digital. Mr. Griffin is also a founder of pholist.org, home of an active online discussion of music s future on the Internet. Many of the brightest industry insiders, academies, lawyers, mus
29、icians, industry critics, broadcasters and venture capitalists assemble at pholist.org daily to debate the music business beyond downloading. Many say wireless holds the key. Myriad portable devices already offer Internet access. Some, like the BlackBerry, maintain an always-on wireless Internet con
30、nection. Some business-oriented devices, like the Palm Tungsten, now play high-fidelity music in the MP3 format. Newer cellphones also offer MP3 functions, and include extra features like digital cameras and FM radios. The seers once thought portable devices would connect to the Internet via cellpho
31、ne technology. But it now appears that Hi-Fi hotspots,-wireless Internet access hubsmay eventually provide blanket cover- age in urban areas and became the dominant means of connection. But there are big obstacles to overcome. To make “everywhere Internet audio“ profitable, the music industry must d
32、evelop a system to collect money from users and divide it fairly among performers, song-writers and others involved in creating music. How this would work is already causing hot debate. Mr. Griffin and many others in the pholist.org discussion advocate an Internet fee that would create a revenue poo
33、l to be distributed according to song popularity. Current recording industry sales in the United States work out to about $2.50 a month per person. As CDs sales declined, a digital musical Surcharge, or something similar, could be assessed by Intemet providers. At regular intervals, the industry cou
34、ld sample what music is being streamed to users, to determine the distribution of money to the responsible parties. By using sampling, as opposed to detailed census techniques, listeners would not have to worry about invasions of their privacy. This idea would turn the recording industrys business m
35、odel upside down. Institutions are genetically averse to massive change. But the payoff could be huge. Right now, for example, the industry incurs large costs from its CD distribution model. The industry also has many intermediaries, including distributors and promoters. To take a band from obscurit
36、y to popularity is expensive, but that is what music labels must do if they want shelf space at the record store. Recording companies are in constant quest of superstars, because fewer than 10 percent of CDs released make a profit. Revenues generated by the best sellers must try to cover the losses
37、incurred by less popular releases. In this context, the Internet could be a godsend to musicians as well. It can distribute a digital copy of a song to a few or to millions of listeners with virtually no cost difference. Music companies would have more incentive to nurture minor artists. As a societ
38、y and culture, many argue, we would be much better served by such an approach. Market forces, alone would not produce such a system. It would take enormous industry cooperation, which could only occur with government approval, lest it be deemed a violation of antitrust laws. The need for cooperation
39、 and leadership is clear. Children should not wind up in court because they are fanatical about their favorite pop stars. If the music industry devised an affordable, equitable, and convenient alternative to file sharing, the fans would come, money in hand. 21 According to the passage, music industr
40、y should_. （ A） continue free swapping of files on the Internet （ B） continue to use late-20th-century distribution technologies （ C） use more advanced technology and provide convenience to customers （ D） bring lawsuits against consumers for the music files they download from the Internet 22 It is s
41、uggested that to make fans willing to pay for the music they get from the internet, the music companies and the related industry should do the following EXCEPT_. （ A） give them full access to the music they like （ B） provide acceptable prices （ C） satisfy their needs immediately （ D） permit them to
42、possess the music in their own way 23 _ has tried such an approach as “everywhere Internet audio“. （ A） KaZaA （ B） （ C） pholist.org （ D） Black Berry 24 Which of the following statements best explains “wireless holds the key“? （ A） Wireless Internet access is crucial to the development of music indu
43、stry. （ B） Wireless telephone should be used universally. （ C） Wireless Internet connection is applicable without question. （ D） Wireless Internet connection will be the most profitable means of connection. 25 It can be inferred from the passage that_. （ A） CD sales are on the increase （ B） for big
44、profits music companies would not employ minor artists if they use “everywhere Internet audio“ system （ C） many people assemble at phoniest, org daily only to discuss downloading music on Internet （ D） the new system is applicable with government approval and industry cooperation 25 If there was one
45、 thing Americans had a right to expect from Congress, it was a federal plan to help the elderly pay for prescription drugs. It is a promise that has been made again and againin particularly high decibels during the last presidential election. The House and Senate have passed bills, and although both
46、 are flawed, this page has urged Congress to finish work on them as a first step toward fulfilling this longstanding commitment. Unfortunately, things have changed. The government cannot afford the program now. That is the fault of President Bush and the Republican majorities in the House and Senate
47、. They broke the bank with their enormous tax cuts. The country is facing the largest budget deficit in history, and there is no realistic plan for getting it under control. The limited version of a prescription drug benefit now being considered in Congress would cost about $ 400 billion over 10 yea
48、rs. Older Americans had a right to expect that help, but they do not have a right to demand it, not when it would be financed by borrowing, with the hills to be paid by their grandchildren. Mr. Bush, a specialist in pain avoidance, told people that they could have the programs they wanted- prescript
49、ion drugs for the elderly, better schools for children-along with modest tax cuts for the middle class and whoppers for the wealthy. When 9/11 occurred, the president simply added the war on terror, and then the war on Saddam Hussein, to the list. For all his talk about fiscal conservatism, Mr. Bush has never ve
