1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 33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 Leaving Home Generally for students or for people just beginning work, there are practical【 1】 _of 【 1】_ m
3、oney and location which may prevent them from finding this ideal home. You can refer to the following ideas To stay at home for a while until things improve【 2】 _. There are many advantages to 【 2】 _ staying at home, on the other hand, a lot depends on how you get on with your family. To stay in you
4、r home area, friends and the local newspapers are always a good source of infor- mation. If you are going to work in a new area, there are【 3】 _agencies. 【 3】 _ For students, many colleges and universities have officers. Of course, you can often live on campus, but many students would rather find th
5、eir own house in the town. However, in some areas this is difficult because of a large student【 4】 _ 【 4】 _ Digs might be the answer. However, you may find that digs have the same【 5】 _as living 【 5】_ at home. Sharing a flat with some other students may seem a better answer. This can be very【 6】 _ 【
6、 6】 _ However, there may be problems if your【 7】 _are different. 【 7】_ If you think that having other people around all the time will not be pleasant, perhaps you should try a bed-sitter. A bed-sitter is not very expensive; by putting up pictures on the walls and perhaps buying some【 8】 _of your own
7、s you can make it feel like a real home. 【 8】 _ The disadvantages are that you have to cook in the rooms so it may be always full of food smells; you may have to have your wet clothes【 9】 _all round the room to dry 【 9】 _ If all this makes you think that it would be better to stay in the safety of y
8、our parents homes, remember that thousands of students move into their own accommodation every year, and 【 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 th
9、en 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 each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 What subject is Mr. Pitt good at? （ A） Art. （ B） French. （ C） German. （ D） Chemist
10、ry. 12 What does Mr. Pitt NOT do in his spare time? （ A） Doing a bit of acting and photography. （ B） Going to concerts frequently. （ C） Playing traditional jazz and folk music. （ D） Travelling in Europe by hitch-hiking. 13 When asked what a managers role is. Mr. Pitt sounds _. （ A） confident. （ B） h
11、esitant. （ C） resolute. （ D） doubtful. 14 What does Mr. Pitt say he would like to be? （ A） An export salesman working overseas. （ B） An accountant working in the company. （ C） A production manager in a branch. （ D） A policy maker in the company. 15 Which of the following statements about the managem
12、ent trainee scheme is TRUE? （ A） Trainees are required to sign contracts initially. （ B） Trainees performance is evaluated when necessary. （ C） Trainees starting salary is 870 pounds. （ D） Trainees cannot quit the management scheme. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear
13、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 What do you know about the attack? （ A） It killed 60 Iraqi Shias （ B） It happened 14 miles from the capital （ C） No one claimed the
14、 responsibility （ D） Even Iraqis felt terrible 17 Three British soldiers were killed in _. （ A） the tanker attack （ B） a fighting happened in a Shia city （ C） a blast happened in al-Amarah （ D） the battle with Shia gunmern 18 How much did the Queen spend after attending a performance at La Scala in
15、Milan this evening? （ A） 6, 020. （ B） 440. （ C） 6, 460. （ D） 6, 202. 19 The Queen Mother, for instance, is happy to have her name used in advertisements for the following EXCEPT _. （ A） the morning cereal Weetabix （ B） HP Sauce （ C） Kimberley Clark （ D） Cigarettes by Abdullah 20 From the news we kno
16、w Englands Queen is _. （ A） extravagance （ B） pride （ C） popular （ D） economical 20 A Frenchman, the psychologist Alfred Binet, published the first standardized test of human intelligence in 1905. But it was an American, Lewis Terman, a psychology professor at Stanford, who thought to divide a test
17、takers “mental age“, as revealed by that score, by his or her chronological age to derive a number that he called the “intelligence quotient“, or IQ. It would be hard to think of a pop-scientific coinage that has had a greater impact of the way people think about themselves and others. No country em
18、braced the IQand the application of IQ testing to restructure societymore thoroughly than the U.S. Every year millions of Americans have their IQ measured, many with a direct descendant of Binets original test, the Stanford-Binet, although not necessarily for the purpose Binet intended. He developed
19、 his test as a way of identifying public school students who needed extra help in learning, and that is still one of its leading uses. But the broader and more controversial use of IQ testing has its roots in a theory of intelligencepart science, part sociologythat developed in the late 19th century
20、, before Bintes work and entirely separate from it. Championed first by Charles Darwins cousin Francis Galton, it held that intelligence was the most valuable human attribute, and that if people who had a lot of it could be identified and put in leadership positions, ail of society would benefit. Te
21、rman believed IQ tests should be used to conduct a great sorting out of the population, so that young people would be assigned on the basis of their scores to particular levels in the school system, which would lead to corresponding socioeconomic destinations in adult life. The beginning of the IQ-t
22、esting movement overlapped with the eugenics move- merithugely popular in America and Europe among the “better sort“ before Hitler gave it a bad namewhich held that intelligence was mostly inherited and that people-deficient in it should be discouraged from reproducing. The state sterilization that
23、Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes notoriously endorsed in a 1927 Supreme Court decision was done with an IQ score as justification. The American IQ promoters scored a great coup during World War I when they persuaded the Army to give IQ tests to 1.7 million inductees. It was the worlds first mass admini
24、stration of an intelligence test, and many of the standardized tests in use today can be traced back to it: the now ubiquitous and obsessed-over SAT(Study Ability Test); the Wechsler, taken by several million people a year, according to its publisher; and Termans own National Intelligence Test, orig
25、inally used in tracking elementary school children. All these tests took from the Army the basic technique of measuring intelligence mainly by asking vocabulary questions (synonyms, antonyms, analogies, reading comprehension). 21 According to Termons theory, a twelve-year-old boys mental age is 10,t
26、hen his IQ number is about_. （ A） 0.8 （ B） 0.9 （ C） 1.0 （ D） 1.2 22 IQ test is origin ally used to_. （ A） find out the students who need extra help in learning （ B） assign young people to different majors （ C） select the acceptable recruits for army （ D） select the leaders for society 23 The viewpoi
27、nt that intelligence was mostly inherited and people deficient in intelligence should be discouraged from reproducing was held by_. （ A） IQ-testing movement （ B） Eugenic movement （ C） Hitler （ D） both IQ-testing and Eugenic movements 24 What does the author probably mean by “scored a great coup“ (se
28、e Para.5)? （ A） Failed. （ B） Succeeded. （ C） Criticized. （ D） Advocated. 24 From an early age, Grace Mahoneys life was ruled by fear. She recalls having her first panic attack in nursery school, and “it kind of progressed from there,“ said Ms. Mahoney, 38, of Jackson Hole, Wyo. The attacks would str
29、ike randomly, even waking her up. She became so frightened of having an attack that she avoided situations where she didnt have control. “We would visit my uncle in New York who lived on the 39th floor and my father would walk up all 39 flights with me because I wouldnt get in the elevator,“ she sai
30、d. Ms. Mahoney never told anyone about her distress. “Adults would say, Oh, shes just shy, “she said. “But I was scared and depressed.“ Finally, at age 18, she was diagnosed with panic disorder, a serious anxiety condition. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety disorders affe
31、ct 19.1 million people in the United States, and women have twice the risk as men. Their effects can be devastating. “These disorders cause as much interference in functioning as the most severe chronic physical disorders like pulmonary disease or cardiovascular problems,“ said David H. Barlow, the
32、director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. Studies show that these disorders account for billions a year in medical costs. Symptoms can mimic illnesses like heart attacks, and sufferers are three to five times more likely to see doctors and six times more likely t
33、o be hospitalized. Anxiety disorders include panic disorder, which are episodes of intense fear; phobias, which are irrational fears of a place or thing; generalized anxiety disorder, which is chronic worrying; post-traumatic stress disorder, linked to a traumatic event; and obsessive-compulsive dis
34、order, which involves repetitive behavior or disturbing thoughts. Many disorders overlap. For instance, the fear of having a panic attack can lead to phobias. During a panic attack- a type of fight-or-flight response, a mechanism that protects us from danger-the autonomic nervous system activates th
35、e adrenal glands to produce adrenaline and noradrenaline. Blood rushes to the large muscle groups, the heart beats rapidly, breathing accelerates-giving the person greater abilities to run from or fight a predator. But when theres nothing to be afraid off, the response itself becomes scary. Why are
36、women more at risk for these disorders? While no one knows all the reasons, experts say that genes and environment play a large role. “We have genes that predispose us to anxiety,“ Dr. Barlow said. “Yet many people have these genes and never suffer any untoward consequences. There has to be interact
37、ion with learning and environment, so the environment turns on the genes.“ Early learning experiences set off these genes, he said. “Despite the advances weve made, most girls are not social ized to experience as much mastery and control as boys are.“ What about hormones?“ They dont seem to play int
38、o the genesis of these disorders as far as we know,“ Dr. Barlow said. But hormonal fluctuations may exacerbate anxious symptoms, said Dr. Catherine Bimdorf, director of the Payne Whitney Womens Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. “Its the up and down in the menstrual cycle that can lead to dis
39、regulation of brain chemistry, which may increase vulnerability.“ The encouraging news is that most anxiety disorders are treatable with therapy or medication, or both. The first line of defense is cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on changing distorted thinking and confronting painful sit
40、uations. Medications like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and older tricyclics are commonly prescribed. Benzodiazepines are sometimes used short term but they can be habit forming. The crucial step is to get help. Anxiety disorders will make your world smaller and smaller, Ms. Ross said. “Yo
41、u start turning down a promotion because youre afraid to fly, or you start taking roundabout ways to avoid going over a bridge, and then you start avoiding all bridges. Left untreated, these disorders will seep into all areas of your life.“ 25 According to the passage, the panic disorder_. （ A） caus
42、es great physical harm as well （ B） will severely influence peoples mental health only （ C） more often occurs in men （ D） confines a lot of people in their home 26 Which of the following conclusion is NOT true according to the passage? （ A） The most important step in curing anxiety disorder is to ge
43、t help from others. （ B） Hormones sometimes cause panic disorder. （ C） The girls usually do not have the mastery and control as boys have. （ D） Most anxiety disorders are treatable. 26 The Internet of the future should be a worldwide marketplace fully accessible by mobile customers everywhere, the l
44、eading networking specialists and content providers all agree. Yet any number of pitfalls lie ahead for the worldwide data network. Current networking technology has allowed only limited mobile access up until now. A small Finnish firm, however, is promoting a solution to connect portable devicescel
45、l phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or laptopsreliably and securely to the Internet. “Access to the World Wide Web will eventually be as foolproof as telephoning is now,“ says Panu Pietikaeinen, chief executive officer of Firma NetSeal Technologies of Espoo, Finland. While the Global Syste
46、m for Mobile Communications (GSM) radio network spans the globe, only small bits of data can be transmitted over it. Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) can handle broadband traffic, but only within their local transmitting area. Thats mainly why new wireless transmission techniques such as Bluetoo
47、th can send data without at cables, but only up to a distance of about ten meters. Until now, any user who wanted to move between coverage areas would tediously have to close the old connection manually and then dial in again to the new network. RoamMate software will automate the process by establi
48、shing a mobile, secure Internet connection without the user having to give any thought to infrastructure concerns such as cover age areas. “This kind of software, if it really works, would certainly be in line with our business goals,“ says Carsten Meincke of AOL, the worlds largest online service provider. Meincke sees the latest technological developments as headed toward uninterrupted Internet access anyway, whether its from a car, a cellphone, or other portable devices. “We need to free ourselves from the idea that only one kind of device can get us onlin
