1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 366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 The Art of Listening I. In the last lecture, Communication competence: 1) personal motivation 2) communic
3、ation knowledge 3)【 1】 . In todays lecture, the Art of Listening Listening delivers benefits: 【 2】 to attract others to like their company. effective in their jobs Good Listening Skills: 1)【 3】 Be attentive Be impartial 【 4】 Summarize 2) Nonverbal Message 【 5】 Equal positioning Facial expression 【 6
4、】 3) Express Thoughts and Feelings 【 7】 Speak clearly 4) Communicate Without Being【 8】 【 9】 non-judgmentally Use “I“ messages. Poor Listening Skills: A poor listener, May be abrupt Will be easily distracted. Constantly interrupts, Changes the subject Looks at【 10】 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In
5、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 to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Which of t
6、he 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 cholesterol level in winter because （ A） they tend to take in less vitamin D in that season. （
7、 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 D. 13 Which of the following is TRUE about eye protection from sunburn? （ A） We can drink celery juice to prevent our eyes from
8、 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 Which of the following is NOT the authors view? （ A） Asians are at a higher risk of al
9、coholism. （ 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 man content of the book Survival, of the Sickest? （ A） It gives conventional account for medicine. （ B） It introduces the dietary regime f
10、or 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 carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you wil
11、l be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Which of the following statements is true? （ A） Nearly 80, 000 people are the victims of human traffickers worldwide every year. （ B） The UN was leading a new abolitionist movement to uproot this modern-day slavery. （ C） The new abolitionist movement
12、 is viewed as the great moral calling of our time. （ D） The State Department report is going to list individual countrys efforts to tackle the problem of human trafficking in the futur 17 The Iranian authorities were punishing victims of trafficking with all of the following methods EXCEPT_? （ A） be
13、atings （ B） life sentences （ C） imprisonment （ D） execution 18 President Bush said the United States will make sure Somalia does not become a safe haven for_. （ A） terrorists （ B） Islamists （ C） Taliban rebels （ D） warlords 19 According to the new research, the odd shape mounds were formed by_. （ A）
14、 chemical events （ B） geographical events （ C） microbes （ D） stromatolites 20 According to the scientists, it is possible for the primitive life to develop on other planets because the primitive life_. （ A） is the earliest life on earth. （ B） could be reserved in fossils. （ C） flourished on some 3.
15、4 billon years ago. （ D） can quickly develop into various forms. 20 This has been quite a week for literary coups. In an almost entirely unexpected move, the Swedish Academy have this lunchtime announced their decision to award this years Nobel prize for Literature to the British playwright, author
16、and recent poet, Harold Pinter and not, as was widely anticipated, to Turkish author Orhan Pamuk or the Syrian poet Adonis. The Academy, which has handed out the prize since 1901, described Pinter, whose works include The Birthday Party, The Dumb Waiter and his breakthrough The Caretaker, as someone
17、 who restored the art form of theatre. In its citation, the Academy said Pinter was “generally seen as the foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the 20th century,“ and declared him to be an author “who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces ent
18、ry into oppressions closed rooms. “ Until todays announcement, Pinter was barely thought to be in the running for the prize, one of the most prestigious and (at 1. 3m) lucrative in the world. After Pamuk and Adonis, the writers believed to be under consideration by the Academy included Americans Joy
19、ce Carol Oates and Philip Roth, and the Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer, with Margaret Atwood, Milan Kundera and the South Korean poet Ko Un as long-range possibilities. Following on from last years surprise decision to name the Austrian novelist, playwright and poet Elfriede Jelinek as laureate, ho
20、wever, the secretive Academy has once again confounded the bookies. Pinters victory means that the prize has been given to a British writer for the second time in under five years; it was awarded to VS Naipaul in 2001. European writers have won the prize in nine out of the last 10 years so it was wi
21、dely assumed that this years award would go to a writer from a different continent. The son of immigrant Jewish parents, Pinter was born in Hackney, London on October 10, 1930. He himself has said that his youthful encounters with anti-semitism led him to become a dramatist. Without doubt one of Bri
22、tains greatest post-war playwrights, his long association with the theatre began when he worked as an actor, under the stage name David Baron. His first play, The Room, was performed at Bristol University in 1957; but it was in 1960 with his second full-length play, the absurdist masterpiece The Car
23、etaker, that his reputation was established. Known for their menacing pauses, his dark, claustrophobic plays are notorious for their mesmerising ability to strip back the layers of the often banal lives of their characters to reveal the guilt and horror that lie beneath, a feature of his writing whi
24、ch has garnered him the adjective “Pinteresque. “ He has also written extensively for the cinema: his screenplays include The Servant (1963), and The French Lieutenants Woman (1981). Pinters authorial stance, always radical, has become more and more political in recent years. An outspoken critic of
25、the war in Iraq (he famously called President Bush a “mass murderer“ and dubbed Tony Blair a “deluded idiot“), in 2003 he turned to poetry to castigate the leaders of the US and the UK for their decision to go to war (his collection, War, was awarded the Wilfred Owen award for poetry). Earlier this
26、year, he announced his decision to retire from playwriting in favour of poetry, declaring on BBC Radio 4 that. “I think Ive stopped writing plays now, but I havent stopped writing poems. Ive written 29 plays. Isnt that enough?“ In 2002, Pinter was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus and underwen
27、t a course of chemotherapy, Which he described as a “personal nightmare“. “Ive been through the valley of the shadow of death,“ he said afterwards. “While in many respects I have certain characteristics that I had, Im also a very changed man. “ Earlier this week it was announced that he is to act in
28、 a production of Krapps Last Tape by Samuel Beckett as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the English Stage Company at Londons Royal Court Theatre. Horace Engdahl, the Academys permanent secretary, said that Pinter was overwhelmed when told he had won the prize. “He did not say many words,
29、“ he said. “He was very happy. “ 21 Which category of writing does the passage belong to? （ A） Narration. （ B） Description. （ C） Persuasion. （ D） Exposition. 22 Pinter was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature because （ A） the Academy always made a surprising decision. （ B） he was born of a immigra
30、nt Jewish family. （ C） the last prize was given to a different continent. （ D） he made a great contribution to the art form of theatre. 23 _was not anticipated as the Nobel prize winner, but announced as laureate finally. （ A） Elfriede Jelinek. （ B） Orhan Pamuk. （ C） Adonis. （ D） Joyce Carol. 24 Whi
31、ch of the following statements is NOT true? （ A） Pinters first play was called The Room. （ B） Some of the Pinters works were radical and political. （ C） Pinter decided to write poems instead of plays. （ D） Pinter was very calm when he knew he won the prize. 24 St. Petersburg, the very name brings to
32、 mind some of Russias greatest poets, writers and composers: Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky. The 19th century was a golden age for St. Petersburgs wealthy classes. It was a world of ballets and balls, of art and literature, of tea and caviar. The golden age ended with the advent of World War I. Wo
33、rking people were growing more and more discontented. In 1917, Communism came, promising peace and prosperity. St. Petersburg had become Petrograd in 1914. People wanted a Russian name for their city. Ten years later, the citys name changed again, this time to Leningrad. Then in 1991, Leningraders v
34、oted to restore the citys original name. Some people opposed the name change altogether. Others thought it was just too soon. Old, run-down Soviet Leningrad, they said, was not the St. Petersburg of 19th-century literature. What, then, is St. Petersburg? In the confusing post-Communist world, no one
35、 really knows. The quiet, if Soviet-style, dignity is gone. The Communist sayings are down and gaudy advertising up. Candy bars and cigarettes are sold from boxy, tasteless kiosks. And clothing? Well, anything goes. Everyone wants to be a little different. But many people do not know the true meanin
36、g of freedom. Personal crime has gone up, up, up in the past few years. Yet in spite of this, you can still find some Of the citys grand past. Stand at the western tip of Vasilievsky Island. To the right is the elegant Winter Palace, former home of the czars. Its light blue sides and white classical
37、 columns make it perhaps St. Petersburgs most graceful building. It houses one of the worlds most famous art museums: the Hermitage. Inside, 20km of galleries house thousands of works of art. Look over your right shoulder. The massive golden dome of St. Isaacs Cathedral rises above the skyline. Youl
38、l see, too, why St. Petersburg is called a “floating city. “ Standing there, nearly surrounded by water, you can see four of the citys 42 islands. Cross the bridge and turn behind the Winter Palace. In the middle of the huge Palace Square stands the Alexander Column. It commemorates Russias victory
39、over Napoleon. The 650-ton granite column is not attached to the base in any way. Its own weight keeps it upright. Hoisted into place in 1832, it has stood there ever since. Continue to Nevsky Prospekt, the heart of the old city. Let the crowds hurry by while you take your time. Admire the fine carv
40、ing on bridges and columns, above doorways and windows. Cross over canals and pass by smaller palaces and other classical structures. Let your eyes drink in the light blues, greens, yellows and pinks. Take time to wander among Kazan Cathedrals semi circle of enormous brown columns. Or, if you prefer
41、 Russian-style architecture, cross the street and follow the canal a short distance. The Church of the Resurrection occupies the site where Czar Alexander was assassinated in 1881. Travel outside the city to Petrodvorets Palace for a taste of old imperial grandeur. After a visit to France in the lat
42、e 17th century, Peter the Great decided to build a palace for himself better than Versailles. His dream never came true in his lifetime. It took almost two centuries to complete the palace and park complex. Seldom does any city have the chance to reinvent itself. That chance has now come to St. Pete
43、rsburg. A few people might hope to return to the glory of the past, but most know that is impossible. They want to preserve the best of past eras and push ahead. You can bet the city wont be old St. Petersburg, but something altogether different. 25 In 1935, St. Petersburg was called （ A） St. Peters
44、burg. （ B） Petrograd. （ C） Leningrad. （ D） Vasilievsky. 26 Why is St. Petersburg called a “floating city“? （ A） It is nearly surrounded by water. （ B） It has four islands. （ C） It is famous for its ship industry. （ D） It is a big island. 27 Which of the following is NOT inside the city, according to
45、 the passage? （ A） the Winter Palace. （ B） St. Isaacs Cathedral. （ C） Kazan Cathedral. （ D） Petrodvorets Palace. 28 Which of the following details of St. Petersburg is INCORRECT? （ A） It is a city with a grand history. （ B） The personal crime rate is increasing. （ C） Few heritages are left from the
46、past. （ D） It gets the opportunity to change. 29 The authors attitude towards the future of St. Petersburg is （ A） optimistic. （ B） wavering. （ C） sceptical. （ D） unclear. 29 I was taken by a friend one afternoon to a theatre. When the curtain was raised, the stage was perfectly empty save for tall
47、grey curtains which enclosed it on all sides, and presently through the thick folds of those curtains children came dancing in, singly, or in pairs, till a whole troop of ten or twelve were assembled. They were all girls; none, I think, more than fourteen years old, one or two certainly not more tha
48、n eight. They wore but little clothing, their legs, feet and arms being quite bare. Their hair, too, was unbound; and their fates, grave and smiling, were so utterly dear and joyful, that in looking on them one felt transported to some Garden of Hesperides, a where self was not, and the spirit float
49、ed in pure ether. Some of these children were fair and rounded, others dark and elf-like; but one and all looked entirely happy, and quite unself-conscious, giving no impression of artifice, though they had evidently had the highest and most careful training. Each flight and whirling movement seemed conceived there and then out of the joy of beingdancing had surely never been a labour to them, either in rehearsal or performance. There was no tiptoeing and posturing, no hopeless muscular achievement; all was rhythm
