1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 350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 Alan Turing and Computer science Computer plays very important role in todays world, which is the result
3、of many researchers efforts. The following is one of them. I. The process: 1) Inventor: Turing, an eccentric young【 1】 . 【 1】 _ 2) Function: A. Capable of scanning, or reading instructions encoded on a tape of theoretically【 2】 length. 【 2】 _ B. responding to the sequential【 3】 and modifying its mec
4、hanical response 【 3】_ if so ordered-the output of such a process, Turing demonstrated, could replicate logical human thought. 3) The different names of the device: A. The device in this【 4】 mind-experiment quickly acquired a name: the Turing machine.【 4】 _ B. Depending on the tape it scanned, the m
5、achine could【 5】 numbers or play chess or 【 5】 _ do anything else of a comparable nature. Hence his device acquired a new and even grander name: the【 6】 Turing Machine. 【 6】 _ II. Turings research paper relating to the device 1) Turings thoughts were recognized by the few readers capable of understa
6、nding them as theoretically interesting, even provocative. 2) But no one recognized that Turings machine provided a【 7】 for what would 【 7】 _ eventually become the electronic【 8】 computer. 【 8】 _ III. Comment: 1) Everyone who taps at a keyboard, opening a spreadsheet or a word-processing【 9】 ,【 9】 _
7、 is working on an incarnation of a Turing machine. 2) Turing remains a hero to proponents of【 10】 intelligence. 【 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
8、 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） Chemistry
9、. 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） hesi
10、tant （ 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 management tr
11、ainee 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 everyt
12、hing 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 According to the news, these militants_. （ A） suffered severe casualties （ B） were on the recently issued list of terrorists （ C） fought
13、with Saudi police forces （ D） were thought to be hiding in al-Rawdah district 17 Which statement is NOT true ? （ A） The girl was living with her mother. （ B） The landlady witnessed the crime. （ C） The girl and the suspect probably were dating. （ D） The girl was found dead on the floor. 18 We can lea
14、rn from the news that_. （ A） police provided detail in formations about the girl （ B） Tobago has a population of 1.2 million （ C） homicide increased in Tobago （ D） Tobago is generally a peaceful island 19 The reasons why the church wanted to burn Harry Potter books didnt include that _. （ A） it beli
15、eved that the books were an abhorrence to God （ B） it believed that the books would weaken the communication with God （ C） it believed that the existence of God had been confused by the book （ D） it believed that the books would ruin the lives of many young people 20 Which statement is not true? （ A
16、） The stories of Harry Potter are criticized in some other cities in U.S except New Mexico. （ B） Young people are fascinated with Harry Potter. （ C） Christian churches hate Harry Potter. （ D） Pastor Jack Brock planned to burn the Harry Potter books on Sunday. 20 Back in 1985, Viktor Cherkashin was a
17、 senior KGB officer at the Soviet Embassy in Washington. In the shadowy world of espionage, he had a good professional reputation-a spys spy. So when Robert Hanssen decided to switch sides, he sent a letter to Cherkashin offering to work for the Russians. “I would not have contacted you,“ Hanssen wr
18、ote, “if it were not reported that you were held in esteem within your organization.“ Today, Cherkashin, 69, is a prosperous Moscow businessman. He owns a big house in the suburbs and drives a light blue 1986 Chevrolet, a trophy car in the streets of Moscow. “Ive been on my pension now for 10 years,
19、“ he said when NEWSWEEK contacted him by phone last week. “Im in the private-security business.“ Cherkashin didnt want to discuss the Hanssen case. “I dont like to talk about other peoples affairs,“ said the former spymaster. He wasnt alone; no one in the Kremlin wanted to talk publicly about the ex
20、posure of Hanssen either. But that doesnt mean the Russians are bashful about spying on America. President Vladimir Putin, himself a former colonel in the now defunct KGB, has revived the fortunes of Russian intelligence agencies. Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer who defected to Britain in 1985, estim
21、ates that the number of Russian spies now in the United States has reached “a record figure-more than 300“. in Putin-style espionage, ideology is out, and so are most acts of subversion aimed at the United States. What Russia needs now is information: military, technological and economic. Putin want
22、s quick growth for Russias defense industry, sensing lucrative markets overseas. But he has written that it would take as many as 15 years for Russia to catch up with even the poorest countries in the West. “Scientific institutes wont be able to do it; it costs a lot of money,“ says Jolanta Darczews
23、ka, a Polish expert on Russias intelligence establishment. “Its better to steal-cheaper and faster.“ Like many other Russian agents in the United States, Hanssen apparently was mothballed by the Kremlin after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. His masters feared he might be exposed by a secur
24、ity breach in Moscow, and they were getting information of more immediate value from their mole in the CIA, Aldrich Ames, anyway. The intelligence agencies began a comeback under Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, another former spymaster. Then, a few weeks after Putin became Boris Yeltsins prime mini
25、ster in 1999, Hanssen was “reactivated“. With espionage picking up again, his counterintelligence know-how may have given Moscow a map of Americas defenses against spies. Putin purports not to care about Washingtons reaction to Russian spying. “During the Yeltsin years, they had instructions to avoi
26、d any scandals that would spoil relations with the West,“ says Gordievsky. “What Putin told his foreign-intelligence agency was, Dont worry. Im not afraid of scandals.“ What Putin may be worried about, however, is moles in his own security service. Some of the information revealed in the FBI affidav
27、it last week has touched off a wave of concern in Moscow. The Russians fear it could only have been obtained from a source within Russian intelligence, and that has led officials to suspect U.S. infiltration into the SVR. “If you look at the affidavit, they have documents from the archive of the SVR
28、, said Oleg Kalugin, the former KGB general who says he brought Cherkashin to Washington. “Some of the references are from 1999.“ There were no Russian defectors from that time who could have provided the Americans with the information, officials say. So are Washington and Moscow back to a spy-vs.-s
29、py standoff?. Gordievsky, among others, thinks Russian intelligence may have misread the new Bush administration, predicting it would be more “pragmatic“ and easier to work with than the Clinton White House. But so far, Washington has been no pushover. Bush advisers like Defense Secretary Donald Rum
30、sfeld insist that the United States will go ahead with a national missile defense system, despite Russias opposition. Last week Moscow had to back down a bit, stressing its willingness to talk about a missile shield. As Robert Hanssen has learned, intelligence is hardly a sure thing. 21 In Putin-sty
31、le espionage, _. （ A） ideology is out, and most acts of subversion are aimed at the United States （ B） the aim of its ideology is to subvert the United States （ C） ideology and most acts of subversion aimed at the United States are out-dated （ D） ideology and most acts of subversion aimed at the Uni
32、ted States are in the open air 22 Hanssen apparently was mothballed by the Kremlin after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 in part because _. （ A） his masters feared he might be exposed by a Security breach in the United States （ B） they were getting information of more immediate value from t
33、heir mote in the CIA, Aldrich Amos through various means （ C） they can at least use Aldrich Ames, whose information is of more immediate value （ D） both A and B 23 Hanssen was reactivated because _. （ A） espionage was reactivated （ B） his knowledge of counterintelligence might help Moscow understand
34、 how America defends against spies （ C） Aldrich Ames had been exposed and arrested by FBI （ D） he knew the names of many US spies in Russia 24 In the last paragraph, Gordievsky thinks that _. （ A） Washington and Moscow are back to a spy-vs.-spy standoff （ B） Russian intelligence, predicting the new
35、Bush administration would be more “pragmatic“ and easier to work with than the Clinton White House, may have misread the new Bush administration （ C） Russian intelligence may have misread the new Bush administration, because he predicts it would be more “pragmatic“ and easier to work with than the C
36、linton White House （ D） Washington has been no pushover 25 What does the sentence imply: “As Robert Hanssen has learned, intelligence is hardly a sure thing.“? （ A） He shouldnt have counted on the chances of not being exposed. （ B） It is hard to predict whether the Bush Administration would be more
37、“pragmatic“ and easier to work with or not. （ C） Moscow had to back down a bit, stressing its willingness to talk about a missile shield. （ D） Both A and . 25 Author Emma Heathcote-James has spent nine years looking into real-life ghost stories, collecting tales from hundreds of people who claim to
38、have seen evidence of an afterlife. The 27-year-old started her research at university and her thesis was turned into a BBC documentary that she re-wrote as her debut bestseller Seeing Angels. The book prompted so many people to write to her with their ghostly experiences that she used them for a se
39、cond book After Death Communication, which has just been released in paperback. Her new book They Walk Among Us describes sances with mediums who can summon solid ghosts out of thin air. While working on the book she invited a medium to her home in the Cotswolds to demonstrate a form of ghostly comm
40、unication where spirits take over the body. She explained: “This medium came to my house, sat in my front room, and went into a trance. An old mans body just appeared over the top of the medium- he turned into an old man right in front of me. I was absolutely terrified at first-his hands became all
41、arthritic and rheumatoid and his voice was old and staggered. The lights in my old cottage were going mad, going up and down by themselves but they had never done it before or since.“ Emma added: “The old man spoke to my boyfriend Paul and asked him to take the mediums pulse. Paul, an army doctor, f
42、elt his wrist and said think hes dead -but he wasnt, he had let the spirit take him over.“ They Walk Among Us tells stories of people like Nick McGlynn, who was reunited with his wife Marie during a sance. She spoke to him through a medium hours after dying in hospital from multiple organ failure. N
43、ick recalls the moment, halfway through the sance, when he heard his wife for the first time: “A fairly weak voice said, Nick, Nick Im home, Im home, in the special way I used to announce my arrival to her when I came home. He says he told her he was happy for her, and that she thanked him for stayi
44、ng with her in hospital and told him: “I want you to have a ball. Go out and have a good time.“ Emma says these paranormal experiences are “as natural as the sun and the rain“ and since the books release last month shes had hundreds more letters from readers. She adds: “Its such a huge subject, I fe
45、el like I am on the tip of a massive iceberg“. “After the first book there were so many letters that the second one wrote itself.“ One miraculous tale retold in After Death Communication is that of Dave Barber, who believes his dead grandmother saved him from drowning. Dave describes the day he almo
46、st died swimming with his son: “As neither my wife or I can swim we sat at the side of the pool, watching my son splash about. I decided to climb into the shallows and join in the fun. Almost immediately, I slipped, and fell. As he lay at the bottom of the pool Dave saw a “white mist“ at the end, wh
47、ich got closer until he saw his dead grandmother emerge from it. “Her arms were outstretched towards me and she was dressed in a white silken gown,“ he says. “Suddenly, I was aware that my nine-year-old son had dived in to save me. He was banging my head on the floor of the pool in an effort to lift
48、 me. My grandmother, Amelia, was now very close and 1 knew that if I turned to her, I would die. I looked at my son and knew he needed me. Immediately, the pain returned, I felt myself rising through the water and I blacked-out.“ 26 Author Emma Heathcote-James has at least written _ books telling re
49、al-life ghost stories. （ A） one （ B） two （ C） three （ D） four 27 The author believes the medium had let the spirit take him over because _. （ A） he used his hands to gesticulate （ B） the authors boyfriend thinks so （ C） many people in the cottage were going mad （ D） his pulse stopped beating for sometime 28 In the story told by Nick McGlynn, _. （ A
