1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 383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 In the schools of ancient times, the most important examinations were spoken. Usually the students were s
3、upposed to say poetry aloud or give【 1】 or discuss questions. Although the concrete forms of examinations were various, they were alike in their essence, that is, they were spoken, which partly remains till today. However, modern examinations take a different form a written form, which was developed
4、 in the 19th century due to the increase in【 2】 and the development of modern industry. But in the process of examination, teachers and students are supposed to act like【 3】 but not human. Commonly there are two types of tests used in modern schools. They are called “objective“ test and “ subjective
5、“ test respectively. With the former one concentrated on the【 4】 of facts while the latter one on personal【 5】 , the two are different in many ways. Of course they both have advantages and disadvantages. So far as the “objective“ test is concerned, it is fair, above all, and then it is very efficien
6、t because its form of answer is simple and objective, and it is easy to be【 6】 But as this way of testing sometimes depends too much on “【 7】 “, it is ultimately not very satisfactory. As for the “subjective“ test, it usually refers to “【 8】 “ tests, which, comparatively speaking, contains less elem
7、ent of luck and thus can better reflect the students ability of putting facts together into a meaningful whole. However, because this form of testing requires students to write long answers, the students ability of【 9】 becomes a disturbing factor. Besides, the examiners feelings are different, that
8、is to say, they are subjective when scoring students answers. Therefore, the “subjective“ test is not so fair as the “objective “ one. From the above, we know that whatever kinds of tests we take, it would be【 10】 , and problems would arise. However, if we combine these two types together, we would
9、get a clearer picture of students ability through testing. 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 interview you will be given 10 seco
10、nds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 _ in British and American English have diverged very much according to the speakers. （ A） Regular noun plural forms （ B） Irregular noun plural forms （ C） Verb tenses （ D） None of the above items 12 The past tense of
11、the verb “eat“ _. （ A） is spelled differently in British and American English （ B） is pronounced differently in British and American English （ C） is pronounced to rhyme with “get“ in American English （ D） is pronounced to rhyme with “late“ in British English 13 In _, we usually dont hear the soundin
12、g of r after vowels like “bird“. （ A） Scotland （ B） Ireland （ C） the whole of the western counties of England （ D） areas around New York City 14 As for the pronunciation of “a“ in a word like “dance“, _ （ A） all Americans pronounce it as ae （ B） all British people pronounce it as a: （ C） educated sp
13、eakers in Britain pronounce it as a: （ D） people in American West pronounce it as a: 15 Both of the two speakers agree that _. （ A） in Britain and America people speak utterly different languages （ B） there are few things identical in British and American English （ C） British and American English ar
14、e imcomprehensible to each other （ D） British and American English are understandable between the two people 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 will be
15、given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 How did this accident happen? （ A） The train was controled by outlaws. （ B） The bus went past a stop sign. （ C） The train went past a stop sign. （ D） The bus hit the oncoming train itsel 17 How was the bus driver? （ A） He was dead. （ B） He was injured. （
16、C） He was gone. （ D） It was not clear. 18 Which programme is season finale top-rated prime-time drama? （ A） Youll never forget. （ B） ER. （ C） Law vast old hemlocks of primeval growth stood darkling in their forest shadows, their branches hung with long hoary moss; while feathery larches, turned to b
17、rilliant gold by autumn frosts, lighted up the darker shadows of the evergreens. It was one of those hazy, calm, dissolving days of Indian summer, when everything is so quiet that the faintest kiss of the wave on the beach can be heard, and white clouds seem to faint into the blue of the sky, and so
18、ft swathing bands of violet vapor make all earth look dreamy, and give to the sharp, clear- cut outlines of the northern landscape all those mysteries of light and shade which impart such tenderness to Italian scenery. The funeral was over-the tread of many feet, bearing the heavy burden of two brok
19、en lives, had been to the lonely graveyard, and had come back again-each footstep lighter and more unconstrained as each one went his way from the great old tragedy of Death to the common cheerful of Life. The solemn black clock stood swaying with its eternal “tick - rock, tick - tock“ in the kitche
20、n of the brown house on Orrs Island. There was there that sense of a stillness that can be felt, such as settles down on a dwelling when any of its inmates have passed through its doors for the last time, to go whence they shall not return. The best room was shut up and darkened, with only so much l
21、ight as could fall through a little heart - shaped hole in the window - shutter-for except on solemn visits, or prayer - meetings or weddings, or funerals, that room formed no part of the daily family scenery. The kitchen was clean and ample, with a great open fireplace and wide stone hearth, and ov
22、en on one side, and rows of old - fashioned splint - bottomed chairs against the wall. A table scoured to snowy whiteness, and a little work - stand whereon lay the Bible, the Missionary Herald, and the Weekly Christian Mirror, before named, formed the principal furniture. One feature, however, must
23、 not be forgotten-a great sea - chest, which had been the companion of Zephaniah through all the countries of the earth. Old, and battered, and unsightly it looked, yet report said that there was good store within of that which men for the most part respect more than anything else; and, indeed, it p
24、roved often when a deed of grace was to be done - when a woman was suddenly made a widow in a coast gale, or a fishing - smack was run down in the fogs off the banks, leaving in some neighboring cottage a family of orphans, - in all such cases, the opening of this sea - chest was an event of good om
25、en to the bereaved; for Zephaniah had a large heart and a large hand, and was apt to take it out full of silver dollars when once it went in. So the ark of the covenant could not have been looked on with more reverence than the neighbors usually showed to Captain Pennels sea - chest. 26 The author d
26、escribes Orrs Island in a(n) _ manner. （ A） emotionally appealing, imaginative （ B） rational, logically precise （ C） factually detailed, objective （ D） vague, uncertain 27 According to the passage, the “best room“ _. （ A） has its many windows boarded up （ B） has had the furniture removed （ C） is use
27、d only on formal and ceremonious occasions （ D） is the busiest room in the house 28 From the description of the kitchen we can infer that the house belongs to people who _. （ A） never have guests （ B） like modem appliances （ C） are probably religious （ D） dislike housework 29 The passage implies tha
28、t _. （ A） few people attended the funeral （ B） fishing is a secure vocation （ C） the island is densely populated （ D） the house belonged to the deceased 30 From the description of Zephaniah we can tell that he _. （ A） was physically a very big man （ B） preferred the lonely life of a sailor （ C） alwa
29、ys stayed at home （ D） was frugal and saved a lot of money 30 James Michener In his long writing life, James Michener aimed to donate at least 90 percent of what he earned from his 43 novels. He seems to have more than made his goal; at his death, in October 1997, his assets were estimated at less t
30、han US $ 10 million. He had given away US $ 117 million. Michener makes a good example for other philanthropists, not just in how much he gave, but in his style of giving. The writer worked hard at doing good, following up his donations to see how the money was used. He gave to things for which he h
31、ad a passion, and he had a lot of fun in doing so. Michener was 90, when he died. He was on Fortune magazines list of Americas top 25 philanthropists - the only writer in a crowd of tycoons. Asked, shortly before his death, whether he ever wished he had his millions back, he said sure, so that he sh
32、ould have the pleasure of giving them away again. Too often, says Nelson Aldrich, editor of The American Benefactor, a magazine about philanthropists, the rich give without much imagination. “They give to the college they went to, and the hospital where theyll die, “ Aldrich says. “And most of the r
33、ich are stingy ;few give even as much as 10 percent, the traditional title. They hold on to the myth of not dipoing into capital. “ Michener did, in fact, give to his college - US $ 7.2 million to Swarthmore, in Pennsylvania. He called it a repayment for the US $ 2, 000 basketball scholarship they g
34、ave him in 1925. As he wrote to the college president in 1969, “Coming as I did from a family with no income at all, and with no prospects whatever, college was the narrow door that led from darkness into light. “ His will leaves almost everything to Swarthmore, including future royalties from his b
35、ooks. Michener always described himself as a founding, born in New York City and raised by Mabel Michener, a Quaker widow, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She lived, he said, by taking in other peoples children and other peoples laundry. For his last 15 years, Michener lived modestly in Austin, Texas,
36、where he has moved to write the 1, 000 - page saga Texas. Each of his big best sellers, including Texas, Hawaii and Covenant made about US $ 5million. And there were 20 of them. Whats more, he still collected royalties from the musical and movie South Pacific, which was inspired by his first book, T
37、ales of the South Pacific, written when he was 40. Frail from kidney disease in his last years, Michener was pretty much confined to a reclining chair in a small study, simply decorated. There were few personal possessions besides some photos of himself and his last wife, and as unframed faded poste
38、r of Tahiti. A source of pleasure and company in those years was the Texas Centre for Writers. His largest gift, totalling US $ 64.2 million, went to the University of Texas, with US $ 18 million going to found and support the writers centre. He got a lot back, he said-“ You meet bright people, you
39、can consult with anybody there, and there are 23 libraries on campus. “ Every year Michener would meet with the 10 incoming students, one by one, and he went out with them every fall to the salt Lick barbecue restaurant. He often ate at the college cafeteria, centre director James Magnuson recalls.
40、He enjoyed their barbecue chicken special. His gift to the Texas Centre included hundreds of modern American paintings worth a total of US $ 31 million. His US $ 25 million collection of Japanese prints had already been donated to Honolulus city art gallery. His next largest gift was $ 11.5 million
41、to two museums and the library in his hometown of Doylestown. Micheners smaller gifts also reveal a lot about where his affections lay. And they reveal that it was a very good thing to have James Michener working in your vicinity. While researching Alaska, for example, he lived in a log cabin near t
42、he tiny Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka. He used the campus library and sat and talked to students in the cafeteria. After he left, he gave the college US $ 750, 000 for scholarships. After living in Houston on write Space, he endowed a college scholarship fund for the children of Nasa employees pu
43、rsuing careers in science or engineering. Since 1982, 73 scholarships have been given out. After writing Centennial, on the settling of the West, Michener donated US $ 50, 000 to help pay for the Nebraska National Trails Museum. The University of Miami, where Michener did his research for Caribbean,
44、 got US $ 1 million for a writing programme for graduate students, especially those from the islands. Similarly, after finishing Poland, Michener established a US $ 400, 000 fund to support Polish writers. Michener considered himself a professional writer, not an author; “author“ struck him as a pre
45、tentious term. Like his writing, his philanthropy was intended to educate; thus this support of colleges, libraries and museums. Michener was generous to writers whose books were very different from him. For exapmle, he endowed a US $ 30, 000 as year fellowship at the University of Houston named for
46、 Donald Barthelme, a notably surreal and sophisticated fiction writer. Michener endowed eight fellowships a year for graduates of the Univeristy of Iowa Writers Workshop, where the books produced tend to be slimmer, subtler and moodier than the typical Michener. The money was to support the young po
47、ets and novelists for a year while they struggled to get published. Frank Conroy, workshop director, remembers, “It wasn t just a case of, heres some money, go and do good. He was a man who knew it was not easy to do good. You have to think, and think hard, to do good. “ 31 Which of the following is
48、 true according to the text? （ A） James Michener is an industrious and successful writer, and also an industrious and successful philanthropist. （ B） Shortly before his death, James Michener wished he had his millions back. （ C） James Michener graduated from the University of Texas. （ D） Michener ga
49、ve generously to the writers whose styles were very similar to his. 32 When was James Michener born? （ A） 1990. （ B） 1907 （ C） 1908 （ D） 1905 33 Which title is more appropriate to express the primary idea? （ A） A Generous Writer. （ B） A Joyful Philanthropist. （ C） A Imaginative Philanthropist. （ D） An Unforgetable Benefactor. 33 The Death of a Spouse For much of the world, the death of Richard Nixon was the end of a complex public life. But researchers who study bereavement wonde
