1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 355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, most people have in their minds a picture of their “ideal home“, but if you are s
3、tudents or people just beginning work, the practical limitations of money and location may prevent them from finding this ideal home. Several ideas for you to follow: . To stay at home for a while when leaving school: 1) many advantages while staying at home; 2) depending much on how you【 1】 your fa
4、mily. 【 1】 _ . To stay in your home area by renting a house or a flat: 1) cannot inviting your【 2】 to visit you freely; 【 2】 _ 2) would be rather unhappy if not getting on well with your【 3】 【 3】 _ . To ask【 4】 on campus for help in finding houses: 【 4】 _ 1) difficult in some areas because of a【 5】
5、student population; 【 5】 _ 2) many【 6】 not willing to rent rooms to students. 【 6】 _ . To share【 7】 with some other students: 【 7】 _ 1) very cheap rent; 2) no old people watching over; 3) and the housework shared with room-mates; 4) causing problems if having【 8】 characters. 【 8】 _ . To try a bed-si
6、tter one room that you use as a bedroom and sitting room【 9】 : 【 9】 _ 1) not very expensive rent; 2) easy to keep clean and cheap and to heat; 3) simple to make it feel like a real home; 4) may be always【 10】 if cooking; 【 10】 _ 5) might be hanging your wet clothes all round the room; 6) can be very
7、 lonely at first. 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. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the inte
8、rview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 What is the purpose of film Director Simon Shore in making the film “Get Real“? （ A） To present the real picture about adolescence in the West. （ B） To go against the general trend of f
9、ilm industry. （ C） To identify the various problems of the young. （ D） To help correct some wrong ideas about the young. 12 Who wrote the play of the film “Get Real“? （ A） Edward Smith did. （ B） Patrick Wilde did. （ C） John Smith did. （ D） John Hughes did. 13 According to Section 28, the Local Gover
10、nment Act, what are not allowed to do in school by teachers in England? （ A） Teachers are not allowed to preach religious ideas. （ B） Teachers are not allowed to present a negative picture of homosexuality. （ C） Teachers are not allowed to present a positive picture of homosexuality. （ D） Teachers a
11、re not allowed to present a negative picture of the government. 14 How did the two speakers comment on Ben Silverstones performance in the film? （ A） Mediocre. （ B） Not bad. （ C） Overacting. （ D） Affecting. 15 What are the film directors familys backgrounds? （ A） His dad was a businessman, so he was
12、 in mostly private boarding schools. （ B） His dad was a high school teacher, so he was in mostly private boarding schools. （ C） His dad was a diplomat, so he was in mostly private boarding schools. （ D） His dad was in the military, so he was in mostly private boarding schools. SECTION C NEWS BROADCA
13、ST 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 What do you know about the resort Cancun? （ A） There were 13,000 people needed to be m
14、oved. （ B） The hurricane came in 1988 killed 300 people. （ C） It is the largest resort in the world. （ D） It never experienced a mass evacuation. 17 Emily will land on the Yucatan _. （ A） early Sunday （ B） early Monday （ C） late Sunday （ D） late Monday 18 Mr Supachai stressed that _. （ A） the Doha r
15、ound cant be finished by 2006 （ B） strong political will is necessary （ C） nations can continue the negotiation even if there were no consensus among them （ D） Decembers conference to be held in Doha next year is important 19 Where were the Kuwaitis captured? （ A） Afghanistan and Iraq. （ B） Pakistan
16、 and Kyrgyzstan. （ C） India and Pakistan. （ D） Pakistan and Afghanistan. 20 According to the news, which of the following statements is true? （ A） Many detainees in Guantanamo Bay have been held for more than 2 years. （ B） U.S government doesnt permit Wilner to discuss their cases. （ C） Some of the
17、Kuwaitis are members of Taliban. （ D） Human rights group are deeply concerned about the situation of the detainees. 20 According to reports in major news outlets, a study published last week included a startling discovery: the nations Jewish population is in shrinking. The study, the National Jewish
18、 Population Survey, found 5.2 million Jews living in the United States in 2000, a drop of 5 percent, or 300,000 people, since a similar study in 1990 Whats truly startling is that the reported decline is not true. Worse still, the sponsor of the $6 million study, United Jewish Communities, knows it.
19、 Both it and the authors have openly admitted their doubts. They have acknowledged in interviews that the population totals for 2000 and 1990 were reached by different methods and are not directly comparable. The survey itself also cautions readers, in a dauntingly technical appendix, that judgment
20、calls by the researchers may have led to an undercount. When the research director and project director were asked whether the data should be construed to indicate a declining Jewish population, they flatly answered no. In addition, other survey researchers interviewed pointed to other studies with
21、population estimates as high as 6.7 million. Despite all this, the two figures5.2 million now, 5.5 million thenare listed by side in the survey, leaving the impression that the population has shrunk. The result, predictably, has been a rash of headlines trumpeting the illusionary decline, in turn to
22、uching off jeremiads by rabbis and. moralists condemning the religious laxity behind it. Whether out of ideology, ego, incompetence or a combination of all three, the respected charity has invented a crisis. United Jewish Communities is the coordinating body for a national network of Jewish philanth
23、ropies with combined budgets of $2 billion. Its population surveys carry huge weight in shaping community policy. This is not the first time the survey has set off a false alarm. The last one, conducted by a predecessor organization, found that 52 percent of American Jews who married between 1985 an
24、d 1990 did so outside the faith. That number was a fabrication produced by including marriages in which neither party was Jewish by anyones definition, including the researchers. Its publication created a huge stir, inspiring anguished sermons, books and conferences. It put liberals on the defensive
25、, emboldened conservatives who reject full integration into society and alienated ordinary folks by the increasingly xenophobic tone of Jewish communal culture. The new survey, to its credit, retracts that figure and offers the latest survey has spawned a panic created by the last one. So why did th
26、e organization flawed figures once again? Some scholars who have studied the survey believe the motivation then came partly out of a desire to shock straying Jews into greater observance. Its too early to tell if thats the case this time around. What is clear is the researchers did their job with li
27、ttle regard to how their data could be misconstrued. They used statistical models and question formats that, while internally sound, made the new survey incompatible with the previous one. For example, this time the researchers divided the population of 5.2 million into two groups“highly involved“ J
28、ews and “people of Jewish background“ and posed most questions only to the first group. As a result, most findings about belief and observance refer only to a subgroup of American Jews, making comparisons to the past impossible. We cant afford to wait a decade before these figures are revised. The f
29、alse population decline must be corrected before it further sours communal discourse. The United Jewish Communities owes it to itself and its public to step forward and state plainly what it knows to be true: American Jews are not disappearing. 21 According to the passage, which of the following sta
30、tements is NOT true about the National Jewish Population Survey? （ A） It found a decline of 300,000 Jews in ten years. （ B） It was carried out by United Jewish Communities. （ C） This is the first time United Jewish Communities has made mistakes in the population survey. （ D） The reported decline is
31、not reliable. 22 How does the population survey get it wrong in 2000? （ A） The population total in 2000 was reached by different method from that in 1990. （ B） There might be some problems with the judgment calls by the researchers. （ C） United Jewish Communities offered not enough financial support
32、 to the survey. （ D） It is the result of the rash of headlines leaving the impression that the population has declined. 23 Rabbis and moralists consider the Jewish population decline as the result of _. （ A） Jewish negligence of their religious belief （ B） Jewish incompetence in America （ C） Jewish
33、self-esteem （ D） the combination of all the three above 24 It can be inferred from the passage that _. （ A） United Jewish Communities is sponsored by a single company （ B） population surveys by United Jewish Communities are important in shaping community policy of the Jewish in America （ C） the rese
34、archers did their job with high responsibility （ D） American Jewish reject full integration into society 25 When the author is talking about the Jewish Population Survey, he seems _. （ A） to believe the shrinking of the Jews in America （ B） to support the rejection of full integration into society （
35、 C） to blame United Jewish Communities （ D） to be willing to tolerate the fault of United Jewish Communities 25 It is difficult for an agency as old as J. Walter Thompson, which will turn 140 next year, to record some firsts at so venerable an age. But it will do just that with a rare changing of th
36、e guard. Thompson, which works for blue-chip advertisers like Diageo, Ford Motor, Kellogg, Merrill Lynch, Nestl6, Pfizer and Reckitt Benckiser, will announce today that Bob Jeffrey, president for its North American operations, will be promoted to chief executive, effective Jan. 1. Mr. Jeffrey, in be
37、ing named the ninth chief executive of Thompson since 1864, succeeds Peter A Schweitzer, who will become chairman, a post that is now vacant. Mr. Schweitzer, 64, will also relinquish his duties as worldwide president to Michael Madel, now president for the Thompson operations in Europe, the Middle E
38、ast and Africa. Mr. Jeffrey, 50, will become the first Thompson chief executive to have spent most of his advertising career outside the agency. He joined Thompson five years ago as president of the flagship New York office; he came from the agency now known as Lowe it was hard to be sure which gear
39、 the car was about to engage. Several times I hit fifth gear when aiming for third. Chrysler apparently anticipated this problem, as a brief warning chimes to let you know when youre in reverse. Neither the PT Cruiser convertible nor the New Beetle is perfect. But for fun in the sun or even the fall
40、 what could be better? Both cars brought constant waves, smiles, and stories from passersby. Whats a convertible about if it isnt looking good on the road and brightening your day? 36 Those who choose Volkswagens New Beetle or Chryslers PT Cruiser are mainly interested in their_. （ A） practicality （
41、 B） fun to drive （ C） prices （ D） style 37 Which of the following statements is right according to the passage? （ A） The New Beetle Convertible and the New Beetle hatchback are practically of the same model. （ B） More fun to drive means more horsepower. （ C） The New Beetle Convertible leaves people
42、with the impression that its only a car made for a lady. （ D） The New Beetle Convertible was uncomfortable to use in winter. 38 Which of the following is NOT among the shortcomings of Volkswagens New Beetle named by the author? （ A） Its reputation as a “chick car“. （ B） Its folded top sits above a t
43、iny trunk, with only five cubic feet of capacity and accessible through a smaller porthole. （ C） Crank the steering into a turn and the car follows like an eager puppy. （ D） As with the New Beetle hatchback, the windshield is far away, and the wipers clear only a small slit of a view in front. 39 Th
44、e PT Cruiser excels the New Beetle Convertible with all the following qualities EXCEPT that _. （ A） its cutesy look （ B） the back seat is comfortable for two people, and the trunk is roomy （ C） the back seats fold forward in case you need to carry some long cargo （ D） the 220-horsepower turbocharged
45、 engine in the GT model makes the Cruiser seriously quick, which backs up its hot-rod looks. But after that, the driving experience falls apart 40 “It was hard to be sure which gear the car was about to engage. Several times I hit fifth gear when aiming for third. Chrysler apparently anticipated thi
46、s problem, as a brief warning chimes to let you know when youre in reverse.“ In the last 3rd paragrap （ A） the design of the car deserves applauding （ B） the designer really cares about the drivers practical needs （ C） this problem of the PT Cruiser is quite noteworthy （ D） none of the above 一、 PART
47、 III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 41 The first writer in America to win the Nobel Prize in literature is_. （ A） Mark Twain （ B） Jack London （ C） Sinclair Lewis （ D） Ernest Hemingway 42 The ori
48、ginal American flag contains 13 horizontal stripes and 13 white stars arranged _ to symbolize unity and equality of those colonies. （ A） in a circle （ B） in rows （ C） between the stripes （ D） above the first stripe 43 Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the _. （ A） British Supreme Court （ B） Police
49、 of Scotland （ C） London police force （ D） Horse Guards of London 44 The native people of New Zealand are_. （ A） Maoris （ B） Indians （ C） Aborigines （ D） Celts 45 The draft of the Declaration of Independence was written by_. （ A） John Adam （ B） George Washington （ C） Benjamin Franklin （ D） Thomas Jefferson 46 In1066
