1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 384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 American Way: Freedom The heart of the American calendar is July 4. Americans have celebrated this da
3、te as “Independence Day“ since 1776. In a【 1】 atmosphere of this holiday, patriotic speeches remind Americans of their【 2】 . July 4 represents the heartbeat of America:freedom. When Americans think of freedom they often think of【 3】 . American - style democracy tries to protect individual rights. Pe
4、ople in other cultures may not understand this【 4】 . Privacy is one good example of individual rights. Personal freedom in America often means the right to ones own【 5】 . American dont want to invade someones privacy, even if they know the person quite well. They prefer to keep many “family matters“
5、 private.【 6】 , individuals may not share in conversation such information as salary, age,【 7】 status or religion. In American culture, freedom also implies equality. For Americans, equality refers to equal worth and equal【 8】 . In America, people can still hear rags - to - fiches stories often enou
6、gh to【 9】 it in the minds of many. Freedom arouses strong feelings for Americans. However, problems still exist. One individuals freedom can【 10】 with the rights of others. The path to freedom is not completely smooth but for Americans it is worth travelling. SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this
7、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 The interviewer
8、 believes that _. （ A） advertising cant be a kind of lying （ B） advertising must be a kind of lying （ C） advertising is most likely to be a kind of lying （ D） advertising may be a kind of lying 12 How many years has this advertising man been in the ad. business for? （ A） Fifteen years. （ B） Sixteen
9、years. （ C） Fourteen years. （ D） Ten years. 13 What kind of work does he find most interesting? （ A） Making ad. plans. （ B） Selling products successfully. （ C） Developing new markets. （ D） Making a new product. 14 What does advertising function as according to this ad. man? （ A） A determiner that le
10、ads people to bring the product into their lives. （ B） A complete lie that leads people to buy the product. （ C） As a stable value which makes people believe what the product has. （ D） As a promotion which makes people aware of the new product. 15 What will determine that people will continue to use
11、 the product? （ A） The products own worth. （ B） The products design. （ C） The .products advertising. （ D） The proudcts pric 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 ite
12、m, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Which player did Michael Chang defeat in the 3rd set _. （ A） Jim Courier （ B） Andre Medvedev （ C） Magnus Larsen （ D） Jan Seimerink 17 Which of the following players was once two time French Open Champion? （ A） Michael Chang. （ B） Pete Sampr
13、as. （ C） Sergei Brugera. （ D） Jacob Hasi 18 The U.S. Space Agency NASA says _ orbiting Mir space station has lost its primary and backup oxygen sources. （ A） Americas （ B） Britains （ C） Russias （ D） Japans 19 If the problem is not fixed, _. （ A） the 3 - member crew would have to die （ B） the 5 - mem
14、ber crew would have to die （ C） the 5 - member crew would have to abort the mission （ D） the 3 - member crew would have to abort the mission 20 Mirs two primary sources of oxygen have stopped working and now _ of oxygen inside Mirs cabin. （ A） there is little supply （ B） there is still enough supply
15、 （ C） there is several days supply （ D） there is only two days supply 20 Benjie Goodhart is in his late 30s, adores his partner and has a young son. But the thought of marriage has paralyzed him with fear. And its all thanks to his parents perfect marriage. Benjie Goodheart felt the pressure of want
16、ing an idealized version of his parents relationship. According to Christine Northam, a relationship counselor with Relate. “Its like having a terribly clever elder brother at schoolit sets a competitive standard,“ she says. “Its a normal anxiety about a big change, and youve got the added pressure
17、of wanting an idealized version of your parents relationship. “It seems such anxiety is not uncommon. “As much as its hard to cope with parents being imperfect, cheating, splitting,“ says therapist Tracey Cox, “it is sometimes harder to be presented with the ideal happy marriage.“ Avy Joseph is a co
18、gnitive behavioral therapist and founder of CityMinds. “Its quite common for people to put pressure on themselves,“ he says, “if theyve grown up in an environment where, in their view, things have been perfect. “ Overcoming these fears involves accepting your marriage may not be perfect, but if it i
19、snt you will cope. Just because something isnt perfect doesnt mean its worthless. And if your marriage ends in divorce, it doesnt define you as a failure. “Your own worth isnt dependent on the success of your marriage,“ says Joseph. Working at Relate, Christine Northam knows no marriage is perfect.
20、“I dont know anybody who is 100% happy with their marriage. Most marriages go through ups and downs. Youre idealizing it. You have a false impression of what real marriage is like. Most married people hate each other at times, frankly. You cant be perfectly in love all the time.“ So marriage is not
21、the happy ending of the fairy-tales. I love the fact that, 44 years after they married, my parents still hold hands, make each other giggle, and tease each other. But they would doubtless balk at the idea that their marriage is perfect. Mum suffers from terrible vertigo, yet Dad persists in taking e
22、normous detours every holiday through a mountain range. Dad could spend a week looking at a ruined church, whereas Mum could do the Acropolis in five minutes flat. Hundreds more took place along the recurring themes of what time to leave for the airport (Mum, six hours before a flight; Dad, six minu
23、tes), how to pour a drink (Mum, fill a large glass to the brim; Dad, quarter-fill a thimble) and how best to pass leisure time (Mum, bulk-buying from catalogue companies; Dad, reading every column inch of the newspaper). They arent perfect. They just love each other enough to deal with the imperfect
24、ions. As Cox says: “What they are good at is having faith, loving each other and finding compromises to make them both happy. No one breezes through (marriage) without working at it.“ And yes, I would hope to have a marriage as successful as theirs. But I know it will take some work. Im ready for th
25、at. I finally got down on one knee this year. After waiting for the perfect romantic moment, I realized it would probably never come. I had prevaricated long enough. So I asked her on the spur of the moment, while I was unpacking the shopping from the car, with Wendy in a bath towel standing in our
26、driveway asking why Id put Fred in the boot of the car (hed insisted) while he banged on the rear windscreen, pronouncing loudly about his latest fecal production. The proposal wasnt on a moonlit beach or over a candlelit dinner, but slap bang in the minutiae of everyday life, in alt its hilarious,
27、glorious ridiculousnessand because of the person she is, Wendy loved it. And so it is that I find myself marching towards my impending nuptials, eyes wide open, resolve secure, safe in the knowledge that I am punching well above my weight with the woman who will be my wife. Benjie and Wendy were mar
28、ried last Saturday. 21 Benjie Goodhart is afraid of being married because_. （ A） his parents have a perfect marriage （ B） his parents hare a terrible marriage and have divorced （ C） he is afraid of a big change in his life （ D） he feels pressure of maintaining a perfect marriage 22 According to expe
29、rts, why do people feel the pressure of having a perfect marriage? （ A） Because people fear that their marriage will not be satisfactory. （ B） Because if a marriage ends in divorce, it means that they are a failure. （ C） Because they want to compete with others their happy marriage. （ D） All of them
30、. 23 What does “balk“ mean in the third paragraph? （ A） accept （ B） refuse to comply （ C） suspect （ D） challenge 24 According to the last paragraph, all of the following statements are correct EXCEPT_. （ A） No marriage is perfect but they know how to deal with the imperfections. （ B） A happy marriag
31、e needs the great efforts from both parties. （ C） Only a few people have smooth marriage without efforts. （ D） A happy marriage needs the compromise from both parties. 25 The authors proposal of marriage can be described as_. （ A） romantic （ B） realistic （ C） plain （ D） exciting 25 New data released
32、 today from the Partnership for a Drug Free America suggest that not only are girls now drinking more than boys, they turn to drugs and alcohol for more serious reasons as well. The report, which analyzed results from the 2009 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS), a survey of teen attitudes an
33、d behaviors, shows that the number of middle-and high-school girls who say they drink has increased by 11 percent in the past year. Boys have stayed at about the same level, hovering around 52 percent. These numbers are more indicative of a long-term trend than a sudden uptick. In 2005 the rate of g
34、irls who had used alcohol in the past year as surveyed by the partnership hit 57 percent, only to fall back to 55 percent in 2007 and 53 percent in 2008. (During that same time, boys continued to fall within a couple of percentage points of 50 percent, but the changes were not statistically signific
35、ant. ) These arent the only data to note issues involving girls and drinking. According to Monitoring the Future, an ongoing study that monitors the habits and attitudes of young Americans, the number of high-school students who admitted being drunk in the previous 30 days has changed dramatically f
36、or boys compared with girls. In 1998, 39 percent of boys reported being drunk in the previous 30 days, compared with 26.6 percent of girls. Ten years later, in 2008, 29.2 percent of boys reported being drunk during the 30-day period, while girls stayed relatively steady at 26.2 percent. “The numbers
37、 go down for boys and girls, but they go down much more dramatically for boys,“ says Amelia Arria, director of the center on young adult health and development at the University of Maryland, School of Public Health. “It represents a 25 percent decrease for boys, but only a 1 percent decrease for gir
38、ls. Girls are staying kind of level, and boys are dropping. “ For years, boys were the focus of underage-drinking interventions, but for the past decade, researchers have seen a close in the gender gap. Researchers speculate that more products devoted to making drinking easier and tastierthe sugar-l
39、aden beverages known as alco-popsare a factor. “Theres a whole new raft of products that have come out in the last 10 to 12 years that were oriented to young females,“ says David Jerigan, executive director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth. “Alcohol now gets sold to girls as a functional
40、 food: it gets sold with calorie information, a drink of fitness, a drink with health benefits. “ But girls may be less concerned about their figure than they are about, well, everything else. The Partnership for a Drug Free America results also show that girls are more likely to associate drugs and
41、 alcohol with a way to avoid problems and relieve stress. (Boys, on the other hand, show dramatic increases in seeing drugs and alcohol as social lubricants, in 2009 compared with 2008, they were 16 percent more likely to see them as a way to make socializing easier, and 23 percent more likely to la
42、bel drinking as a necessary ingredient for a party. ) Teen girls are more likely to be attuned to their feelings, says Leslie Walker, M.D., director of adolescent medicine at Seattle Childrens Hospital, and therefore may seek alcohol as a way to self-medicate. “Girls tend to be more internalized wit
43、h issues that are happening anyway. It makes sense that if they have some stress and things that they are dealing with, theyre going to take care of themselves instead of reaching out. “ Recent research on the adolescent brain has shown significant differences between males and females. Arria says,
44、“Girls tend to be more sensitive to emotional stress, neurologically. Girls mature a little bit earlier in parts of the brain; boys develop later in those areas.“ That increased sensitivity, she says, combined with more relaxed attitudes and easier access to alcohol, may explain the difference in bo
45、ys and girls when it comes to drinking. Its also possible that the more developed emotional brain allows girls to be more self-aware and honest about their motivations than boys. “I think early on, girls are more willing to admit negative emotions than boys,“ says Eric Wagner, professor at the Rober
46、t Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work at Florida International University.“They might be drinking for the same reasons as boys, but boys are much less likely to admit those reasons.“ In his interventions with high-school students, says Wagner, kids are still very much drawn to tradition
47、al gender stereotypes, with boys associating drinking with a type of macho culture. The stress of figuring out gender roles, of doing well in school, and of the larger social and economic realities has led this generations teenagers to be more anxious than previous generations, says Walker. “Its a p
48、articularly stressful time for kids right now. Theyre seeing their parents stressed right now about the economy and jobs and thinking, what is there going to be for me? “ Adults, says Walker, often minimize the stress felt by their children, which can seem trivial compared with grown-up problemsafte
49、r all, kids dont have to worry about paying the mortgage. But to teenagers, that stress is very real, and the coping mechanisms they use to deal with that stress set a lifelong pattern. “Theyre learning the tools right then for what theyre going to use to handle adversity for the rest of their lives.“ And as more and more studies show the danger of alcohol on developing brains, its important that the tools they use now wont damage them later. 26 Which of the following best indicates
