1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 405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 Argumentation: Functions and Strategies I. Functions of argumentation: You can use argumentation to 1) ma
3、ke a point in (1)_, (1)_ 2) persuade a friend to lend you money, 3) talk an employer into giving you a day off. It helps see through (2)_arguments that others may make. (2)_ II. Five strategies in advancing an argument: 1. Use Tactful, polite Language not to anger opponents by referring to their opi
4、nions in (3)_terms. (3)_ 2. Point Out Common Ground to point out common ground? opinions that you share. Readers will be (4)_to your idea. (4)_ 3. Acknowledge Differing Viewpoints First, it helps you (5)_in the opposing position. (5)_ Second, it gives the impression that you are willing to look at a
5、n. issue (6)_. (6)_ Several techniques to acknowledge differing viewpoints. 1) divide your thesis into two parts. 2) use one or two sentences in the introduction to (7)_the alternative position. (7)_ 3) use a paragraph to summarize opposing opinions. 4. Grant the Merits of Differing Viewpoints You w
6、ill lose credibility if you argue against something that clearly (8)_. (8)_ 5. Rebut Differing Viewpoints To rebut means to (9)_with an opposing view. (9)_ A rebuttal can take two forms. 1) You can first mention (10)_of the other side. (10)_ 2) You can present the first point and rebut that point, t
7、hen move on to the second. 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 seconds to answer each of the follow
8、ing five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Which of the following statements about Doctor David Ho is correct? （ A） He was Time magazines man of the year in 2006 for his achievement. （ B） Hes a scientific director for AIDS Treatment at Rockefeller University. （ C） He was the lead researcher
9、 in the new study against AIDS. （ D） He was skeptical of the results of the new study. 12 What did this study accomplish? （ A） The study allows doctors to control the part of HIV thats active in the body quite well. （ B） The hidden pool of HIV is named as the reservior through this study. （ C） The h
10、idden pool of HIV is lowered modestly in the four patients. （ D） The hidden pool of HIV could be reduced more than 80 percent. 13 What does Doctor David Ho say about the measurement of the test results? （ A） modest （ B） not so accurate （ C） not so cautious （ D） interesting 14 What does the implicati
11、on of the study? （ A） The results of the study show that it is a step in the direction of a possible cure of AIDS. （ B） The results of the study show that the sleeping cells could be activated by this drug. （ C） The results of the study show that the drugs could get at the virus in the sleeping cell
12、s. （ D） The results of the study show that the risk of the AIDS will not go away. 15 What will the future study in this respect be like according to Doctor David Ho? （ A） More patients will be studied to see if the observation of the study could be confirmed. （ B） The scientists will not be so caref
13、ul or cautious in carrying out such research. （ C） All the studies will reach 50 or 100 patients before we know more about this particular technique. （ D） The scientists will experiment on other particular techniques other than the one used in this study. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this
14、 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 Which of the following statements is true? （ A） Nearly 80,000 people are the victims of human traffickers wo
15、rldwide every year. （ B） The UN was leading a new abolitionist movement to uproot this modern-day slavery. （ C） The new abolitionist movement 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
16、 trafficking in the future. 17 The Iranian authorities were punishing victims of trafficking with all of the following methods EXCEPT _? （ A） beatings （ 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
17、 （ A） terrorists （ B） Islamists （ C） Taliban rebels （ D） warlords 19 According to the new research, the odd shape mounds were formed by_. （ A） chemical events （ B） geographical events （ C） microbes （ D） stromatolites 20 According to the scientists, it is possible for the primitive life to develop on
18、 other planets because the primitive life_ （ A） is the earliest life on earth. （ B） could be reserved in fossils. （ C） flourished on some 3.4 billon years ago. （ D） can quickly develop into various forms. 20 Manners nowadays in metropolitan cities like London are practically non-existent. It is noth
19、ing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her, as he ought to. In fact, it is saddening to note that if a man does offer his seat to an older woman, it is nearly a Continental m
20、an or one from the older generation. This question of giving up seats in public transport is much argued about by young men, who say that, since women have claimed equality, they no longer deserve to be treated with courtesy and that those who go out to work should take their turn in the rat race li
21、ke anyone else. Women have never claimed to be physically as strong as men. Even if it is not agreed, however, that young men should stand up for younger women, the fact remains that courtesy should be shown to the old, the sick and the burdened. Are we really so lost to all ideals of unselfishness
22、that we can sit there indifferently reading the paper or a book, saying to ourselves “First come, first served,“ while a gray-haired woman, a mother with a young child or a cripple stands? Yet this is all too often seen. Conditions in travel are really very hard on everyone, we know, but hardship is
23、 surely no excuse. Sometimes one wonders what would have been the behavior of these stout young men in a packed refugee train on its way to a prison-camp during the War. Would they have considered it only right and their proper due to keep the best places for themselves then? Older people, tired and
24、 irritable from a days work, are not angle, either far from it. Many a brisk argument or an insulting quarrel breaks out as the weary queues push and shove each other to get on buses and tubes. One cannot commend this, of course, but one does feel there is just a little more excuse. If cities are to
25、 remain pleasant places to live in, however, it seems imperative, not only that communications in transport should be improved, but also that communication between human beings should be kept smooth and polite. All over cities, it seems that people are too tired and too rushed to be polite. Shop ass
26、istant wont bother to assist, taxi-drivers growl at each other as they dash dangerously round corners, bus conductors pull the bell before their desperate passengers have had time to get on or off the bus, and so on and so on. It seems to us that it is up to the young and strong to do their small pa
27、rt to stop such deterioration. 21 From what you have read, would you expect manners to improve among people_? （ A） who are physically weak or crippled （ B） who once lived in a prison-camp during the War （ C） who live in big modern cities （ D） who live only in metropolitan cities 22 What is the write
28、rs opinion concerning courteous manners towards women? （ A） Now that women have claimed equality, they no longer need to be treated differently from men. （ B） It is generally considered old-fashioned for young men to give up their seats to young women. （ C） Ladies first should be universally practic
29、ed. （ D） Special consideration ought to be shown to them. 23 What does the author try to convey by giving the example of stout young men in a packed refugee train during the War? （ A） Young men do not need to consider their behaviour during War time. （ B） Young men need to care more about themselves
30、 during War time. （ C） Conditions in travel are really very hard during War time. （ D） Young men should not use hardship as an excuse for their bad behaviour. 24 According to the author, communication between human beings would be smoother if_. （ A） people were more considerate towards each other （
31、B） people were not so tired and irritable （ C） women were treated with more courtesy （ D） public transport could be improved 25 What is the possible meaning of the word “deterioration“ in the last line of the last paragraph? （ A） worsening of general situation （ B） lowering of moral standards （ C） d
32、eclining of physical constitution （ D） spreading of evil conduct 25 It was eleven oclock that night when Mr. Pontellier returned from Kleins hotel. He was in an excellent humor, in high spirits, and very talkative. His entrance awoke his wife, who was in bed and fast asleep when he came in. He talke
33、d to her while he undressed, telling her anecdotes and bits of news and gossip that he had gathered during the day. From his trousers pockets he took a fistful of crumpled bank notes and a good deal of silver coin, which he piled on the bureau indiscriminately with keys, knife, handkerchief, and wha
34、tever else happened to be in his pockets, she was overcome with sleep, and answered him with little half utterances. He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest in things which concerned him, and valued so little his conversatio
35、n. Mr. Pontellier had forgotten the bonbons and peanuts for the boys. Notwithstanding he loved them very much, and went into the adjoining room where they were resting comfortably. The result of his investigation was far from satisfactory. He turned and shifted the youngsters about in bed. One of th
36、em began to kick and talk about a basket full of crabs. Mr. Pontellier returned to his wife with the information that Raoul had a high fever and needed looking after. Then he lit a cigar and went and sat near the open door to smoke it. Mrs. Pontellier was quite sure Raoul had no fever. He had gone t
37、o bed perfectly well, she said, and nothing had ailed him all day. Mr. Pontellier was too will acquainted with fever symptoms to be mistaken. He assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room. He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If
38、it was not a mothers place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his brokerage business. He could not be in two places at once; making a living for his family on the street, and staying at home to see that no harm befell them. He talked in a monotonous, in
39、sistent way. Mrs. Pontellier sprang out of bed and went into the next room. She soon came back and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning her head down on the pillow. She said nothing, and refused to answer her husband when he questioned her. When his cigar was smoked out he went to bed, and in half a
40、minute he was fast asleep. Mrs. Pontellier. was by that time thoroughly awake. She began to cry a little, and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her peignoir. Blowing out the candle, which her husband had left burning, she slipped her bare feet into a pair of satin mules at the foot of the bed and went
41、 out on the porch, where she sat down in the wicker chair and began to rock gently to and fro. It was then past midnight. The cottages were all dark. A single faint light gleamed out from the hallway of the house. There was no sound abroad except the hooting of an old owl in the top of a water-oak,
42、and the everlasting voice of the sea, that was not uplifted at that soft hour. It broke like a mournful lullaby upon the night. The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontelliers eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them. She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her
43、loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm. Turning, she thrust her face, steaming and wet, into the bend of her arm, and she went on crying there, not caring any longer to dry her face, her eyes, her arms. She could not have told why she was crying. Such experiences as the
44、foregoing were not uncommon in her married life. They seemed never before to have to have weighed much against the abundance of her husbands kindness and a uniform devotion which had come to be tacit and self-understood. An indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part o
45、f her consciousness, filled her whole being with a vague anguish. It was like a shadow, like a mist passing across her souls summer day. It was strange and unfamiliar; it was a mood. She did not sit there inwardly upbraiding her husband, lamenting at Fate, which had directed her footsteps to the pat
46、h which they had taken. She was just having a good cry all to herself. The mosquitoes made merry over her, biting her firm, round arms and nipping at her bare insteps. The little stinging, buzzing imps succeeded in dispelling a mood which might have held her there in the darkness half a night longer
47、. 26 Mr. Pontellier came back in a/an_state of mind. （ A） excited （ B） exasperated （ C） depressed （ D） dejected 27 Mr. Pontellier felt extremely frustrated because _. （ A） his wife overslept （ B） his wife greeted late （ C） his wife was indifferent to his talk （ D） his wife showed too much interest i
48、n his talk 28 Mr. Pontellier scolded his wife for_. （ A） she neglected their children （ B） she abused their children （ C） she seldom played with them （ D） she failed to clean the room their children slept in 29 Mrs. Pontellier cried_ after she was reproached by her husband. （ A） little （ B） a lot （
49、C） moderately （ D） controllably 30 Mrs. Pontellier was seized by a sense of_after she awoke at midnight. （ A） joy （ B） hostility （ C） depression （ D） tolerance 30 Teachers and other specialists in early childhood education recognize that children develop at different rates. Given anything that resembles a well-rounded life with adults and other children to listen to, talk to, do things with their minds will acq
