1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 353 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 Educational Values Life is rather hectic for students during the first week at North American universiti
3、es. However, students even the foreign students will find a great many differences in classroom dynamics from course to Course throughout their university careers. . Two requirements for students as follow. 1) active student【 1】 : 【 1】 _ A. courses frequently designed to include a large amount of【 2
4、】 ; 【 2】 _ B. oral participation frequently【 3】 and included in 【 3】 _ students final mark 2) to learn for the sake of learning: A.【 4】 likely given but not discussed; 【 4】 _ B. the written assignments expected to be completed Without【 5】 . 【 5】_ . Two characteristics of the teacher-student relation
5、ship. 1) one characteristic: the relaxed and informal【 6】 ; 【 6】 _ This special classroom provides an excellent learning environment where professors and students have【 7】 relationships. 【 7】 _ 2) another characteristic: trust. There is an【 8】 demands honesty on the part of all students. 【 8】 _ Any
6、kind of behavior such as cheating on tests and assignments is【 9】 . 【 9】 _ . A cooperative and a competitive spirit among students. International students will find many students willing to help them and should not be timid to ask for assistance if they need it. The competitive aspect shows itself i
7、n courses where student performance is graded【 10】 the others in the class. 【 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.
8、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 Before set up his pizza delivery service, he （ A） tested samples on potential clients. （ B） handed out product question
9、naires. （ C） assessed demand in different areas. （ D） trained staff for a few months. 12 According to , the Spanish fast food business （ A） is different from that of the U.S. （ B） has slowed slightly in its rate of growth. （ C） employs an increasing number of women. （ D） is experiencing a hard time.
10、 13 wants his trainee managers to （ A） develop a competitive attitude. （ B） try out some of the shop-floor jobs. （ C） spend some time working abroad. （ D） own an excellent academic records. 14 left the first company he worked for because it （ A） set the staff impossible targets. （ B） offered insuffi
11、cient financial rewards. （ C） provided inadequate support. （ D） offered staff few promotion opportunities. 15 What does plan to do in the future? （ A） Develop a chain of restaurants. （ B） Set up a franchise operation. （ C） Expand into the frozen food market. （ D） Open more branches abroad. SECTION C
12、 NEWS BROADCAST 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 After meeting with Queen Elizabeth , _ came to his new official residency
13、, Number 10 Downing Street, （ A） Tony Blair （ B） the King （ C） Gordon Brown （ D） president of Iraq 17 According to the news, who claimed responsibility for the rocket attack? （ A） A 36-year-old Israeli man. （ B） Palestinian militants. （ C） Israels offensive. （ D） Hamas 18 50 Palestinians or so have
14、been killed in the raids which began _ ago. （ A） 12 weeks （ B） 12 days （ C） 2 weeks （ D） 2 days 19 Who gathered in a Rome square Saturday for the Family Day rally? （ A） Married couples. （ B） Demonstrators. （ C） Children. （ D） Family associations. 20 According to the news,. Italy would be more _ if i
15、t gave rights to unmarried and gay couples, （ A） open （ B） developed （ C） democratic （ D） civilized 20 Outside, the rain continued to run down the screened windows of Mrs. Sennetts little Cape Cod cottage. The long weeds and grass that composed the front yard dripped against the blurred background o
16、f the bay, where the water was almost the color of the grass. Mrs. Sennetts five charges were vigorously playing house in the dining room. (In the wintertime, Mrs. Sennett was housekeeper for a Mr. Curley, in Boston, and during the summers the Curley children boarded with her on the Cape.) My expres
17、sion must have changed. “Are those children making too much noise?“ Mrs. Sennett demanded, a sort of wave going over her that might mark the beginning of her getting up out of her chair. I shook lily head no, and gave her a little push on the shoulder to keep her seated. Mrs. Sennett was almost ston
18、e-deaf and had been for a long time, but she could read lips. You could talk to her without making any sound yourself, if you wanted to, and she more than kept up her side of the conversation in a loud, rusty voice that dropped weirdly every now and then into a whisper. She adored talking. To look a
19、t Mrs. Sennett made me think of eighteenth-century England and its literary figures. Her hair must have been sadly thin, because she always wore, indoors and out, either a hat or a sort of turban, and sometimes she wore both. The rims of her eyes were dark; she looked very ill. Mrs. Sennett and I co
20、ntinued talking. She said she really didnt think shed stay with the children another winter, Their father wanted her to, but it was too much for her. She wanted to stay right here in the cottage. The afternoon was getting along, and I finally left because I knew that at four oclock Mrs. Sennetts “si
21、t down“ was over and she started to get supper. At six oclock, from my nearby cottage, I saw Theresa coming through the rain with a shawl over her head. She was bringing me a six-inch-square piece of spicecake, still hot from the oven and kept warm between two soup plates. A few days later I learned
22、 from the twins, who brought over gifts of firewood and blackberries, that their father was coming the next morning, bringing their aunt and her husband and their cousin. Mrs. Sennett had promised to take them all on a picnic at the pond some pleasant day. On the fourth day of their visit, Xavier ar
23、rived with a note. It was from Mrs. Sennett, written in blue ink, in a large, serene, ornamented hand, on linen-finish paper: Tomorrow is the last day Mr Curley has and the Children all wanted the Picnic so much. The men can walk to the Pond but it is too far./or the Children. I see your Friend has
24、a car and I hate to ask this but could you possibly drive us to the Pond tomorrow morning?. Very sincerely your, Carmen Sennett After the picnic, Mrs. Sennetts presents to me 60 were numberless. It was almost time for the children to go back to school in South Boston. Mrs. Sennett insisted that she
25、was not going; their father was coming down again to get them and she was just going to stay. He would have to get another housekeeper. She said this over and over to me, loudly, and her turbans and kerchiefs grew more and more distrait. (8) One evening, Mary came to call on me and we sat on an old
26、table in the back yard to watch the sunset. (9) “Papa came today,“ she said, “and weve got to go back the day after tomorrow. (10) “Is Mrs. Sennett going to stay here?“ (11) “She said at supper she was. She said this time she really was, because shed said that last year and came back, but now she me
27、ans it.“ (12) I said, “Oh dear,“ scarcely knowing which side I was on. (13) “It was awful at supper. I cried and cried.“ (14) “Did Theresa cry?“ (15) “Oh, we all cried. Papa cried, too. We always do.“ (16) “But dont you think Mrs. Sennett needs a rest?“ (17) “Yes, but I think shell come, though. Pap
28、a told her hed cry every single night at supper if she didnt, and then we all did.“ (18) The next day I heard that Mrs. Sennett was going back with them just to “help settle.“ She came over the following morning to say goodbye, supported by all five children. She was wearing her traveling hat of bla
29、ck satin and black straw, with sequins. High and somber, above her ravaged face, it had quite a Spanish-grandee air. (19) “This isnt really goodbye,“ she said. “I11 be back as soon as I get these bad, noisy children off my hands.“ (20) But the children hung on to her skirt and tugged at her sleeves,
30、 shaking their heads frantically, silently saying, “No! No! No!“ to her with their puckered-up mouths. 21 According to the narrator, Mrs. Sennett wears a hat because she_. （ A） is often outside （ B） wants to look like a literary figure （ C） has thin hair （ D） has unique taste in clothing 22 Consider
31、ing the events of the entire passage, it is most reasonable to infer that Mrs. Sennett calls the children bad because she_. （ A） is bothered by the noise they are making （ B） doesnt like them hanging on her skirt （ C） doesnt want to reveal her affection for them （ D） is angry that they never do what
32、 she tells them 23 Considering how Mrs. Sennett is portrayed in the passage, it is most reasonable to infer that the word ravaged, as it is used in this line “High and somber, above her ravaged face, it had quite.“ most nearly means that her face reveals_. （ A） irritation and annoyance （ B） resentfu
33、lness and anger （ C） age and fatigue （ D） enthusiasm and excitement 24 What is the main insight suggested by the conversation in paragraph 9 -paragraph 17? （ A） The Curley family cries to manipulate Mrs. Sennett into doing what they want. （ B） The narrator regrets that she is not going to Boston and
34、 is a little jealous of Mrs. Sennett. （ C） Mrs. Sennett is happy to leave the Curley family because they are always whining and crying. （ D） Mrs. Sennett intends to return to the Cape soon because she has discovered that they have been manipulating and taking advantage of her. 25 Which of the follow
35、ing does the passage suggest is the result of Mrs. Sennetts loss of hearing? （ A） She is often frustrated and short-tempered. （ B） She can lip-read. （ C） She dislikes conversation. （ D） She is a shy and lonely woman. 25 Think all of Kansas is flat) Think again. The Flint Hills. in the eastern part o
36、f the state, fan out over 183 miles from north to south, stretching 30 to 40 miles wide in parts, the land folding into itself, then popping up in gentle bumps, with mounds looming far off on the horizon. Seemingly endless, the landscape offers up isolated images-a wind-whipped cottonwood tree, a ru
37、sted cattle pen, a spindly windmill, an abandoned limestone schoolhouse, the metal-gated entrance to a hilltop cemetery. Proud of the regions beauty, Kansas has seen to it that 48 miles of its Highway 177, leading through the heart of the hills, are designed the Flint Hills National Scenic Byway. Th
38、is stretch starts about 50 miles northeast of Wichita and leads north to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, one of the few place left in the United States where a visitor can see the grasses that once covered so much of the American heartland. While up to a million head of cattle graze each su
39、mmer in the Flint Hills rolling pastures, theyre long gone from Wichita, a metropolitan area of half a million people, at the confluence of two narrow curving rivers. But when a strong dusty wind blows through, its a reminder of the citys roots as a wild cow town. The Flint Hills Scenic Byway winds
40、through almost treeless rolling land where bison once roamed; they have been replaced by prairie chicken, great blue herons, coyote, deer, collared lizards, bobcats and, of course, cattle. The route starts in the tiny ranch town of Cassoday (population 130), where the dirt Main Street has a few weat
41、hered 19th-century wooden buildings housing an antiques store and a cafe popular with cowboys, truck drivers and bikers. It then goes through a handful of small towns and past the tallgrass prairie preserve to Council Grove, a former staging area on the Santa Fe Train. But what this ribbon of a high
42、way offers most is wide-open space. For dramatic effect, visit at sunset when the sky is awash in reds, purples and blues. Of late, tourist amenities have been beefed up in Flint Hills, especially in Chase County, made famous by William Least Heat-Moons 1991 book “PrairyEarth.“ In Cottonwood Falls,
43、with about 1,000 residents, the two-block shopping district is dominated by the grand Chase County Courthouse, the oldest country courthouse (1873) still in use in Kansas. Made of native honey-hued limestone with a red mansard roof, it resembles a small chateau. In small shops along Broadway Street,
44、 a bumpy road paved in red brick, you can find Western gear at Jim Bell yet even they cannot separate sport from politics, cannot ignore the brooding enmity that still lingers from the 35-year Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula, that only ended with World War II. When the verdict is announc
45、ed at midday on June 1 in Zurich, Switzerland, the impact will be felt in both the presidential Blue House in Seoul and the prime ministers official residence in Tokyo. The desire on both sides to host the World Cup Finals is almost beyond price. Witness Republic of Koreas proposal to give away all
46、of its profits from the event, (anything from US $78 million to US $420 million) to the worlds 194 foot balling nations; or Japans plan to fill empty stadiums around the country with hi-tech, 3-D “virtual reality“ screenings, using the income to set up a fund to promote soccer far and wide into the
47、21st century. First, though, they have to win a majority vote from the 21 members of the executive committee of FIFA, footballs world governing body. The moment the verdict is announced, Im sure my mind will spin back to his proverb spoken by a famous Republic of Korean in 1979: “Even if the rooster
48、 is strangled, the dawn will still arrive without fail.“ They were the words of then jailed dissident Kim Young-sam, now president of Republic of Korea. Like most Koreans, President Kim is a football fan. In Japan. where the rise of soccer, and with it the J. League, has been a relatively recent phe
49、nomenon, the quest for World Cup 2002 is summed up by the slogan: “four million spectators, 40 billion viewers“-a reference to the projected television audience for the 64 games involving 3 nations, and the three weeks of global exposure the tournament will bring for the host nations trade and technology, its lifestyle, and its potential for everythi
