1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 494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 Library Looking up material for a research paper in a library should begin with the main【 1】 _ 【 1】 _ You
3、 can find cards bearing key information about the books in the library in the small drawers. We have three types of cards for each book, namely, 【 2】 _cards, author cards and title cards. 【 2】 _ They are all【 3】 _ ordered. For the 【 3】 _ sequence of author cards,【 4】 _ names 【 4】 _ come first; while
4、 for title cards, articles like the, a, an are【 5】 _. 【 5】 _ On each card there is a【 6】 _number, 【 6】 _ through which you can easily find the book among the shelves. But if the book is stored only on the 【 7】 _ stacks, you must have the help of a 【 7】 _ librarian to get the book. In that case, you
5、need to fill in a call slip. Before you can take the book out, the librarian must charge the book to your library card. With the help of an electronic device, the information of your borrowings are all stored in a 【 8】 _.You must return the book within one 【 8】 _ month. Or you can ask for a【 9】 _ 【
6、9】 _ Otherwise, you will have to pay fine for 【 10】 _ 【 10】 _ books. 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
7、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 the following statements is TRUE about Miss Greens university days? （ A） She felt bored. （ B） She felt lonely. （ C） She cheri
8、shed them. （ D） The subject was easy. 12 Which of the following is NOT part of her job with the Department of Employment? （ A） Doing surveys at workplace. （ B） Analyzing survey results. （ C） Designing questionnaires. （ D） Taking a psychology course. 13 According to Miss Green, the main difference be
9、tween the Department of Employment and the advertising agency lies in _. （ A） the nature of work. （ B） office decoration. （ C） office location. （ D） work procedures. 14 Why did Miss Green want to leave the advertising agency? （ A） She felt unhappy inside the company. （ B） She felt work there too dem
10、anding. （ C） She was denied promotion in the company. （ D） She longed for new opportunities. 15 How did Miss Green react to a heavier workload in the new job? （ A） She was willing and ready. （ B） She sounded mildly eager. （ C） She was a bit surprised. （ D） She sounded very reluctant. SECTION C NEWS
11、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 given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 According to the news item, Japans economic growth in the second quarter was_le
12、ss than the first quarter. （ A） 0.6 percent. （ B） 3.4 percent. （ C） 4 percent. （ D） 3 percent. 16 Britains excitable press sometimes gets into a flap over odd issues. One recent example is the Daily Telegraph, Britains best-selling broadsheet. As David Cameron announced that Britain and the euro zon
13、e would part waysnormally fertile ground for the right-wing ragit splashed on the story that an examiner had advised teachers “you dont have to teach a lot“ to pass the tests set by the exam board for which she worked. Today, as the same examiner was hauled in front of the Commons select committee o
14、n education, its main headline was “Teachers giving students exam questions“. Concerns about how Englands exam system works are long-standing: the Commons committees ongoing investigation into the administration of examinations was initiated some time back. Nor is the concern limited to the English
15、system, the committee is looking outside England and the Daily Telegraph also recorded an examiner from the WJEC, the Welsh exam board, as saying, “Were cheating.“ Part of the reason is the inexorable rise in exam passes. Ever since the system was reformed in 1988, school children have been graded b
16、y their absolute rather than their relative performance. When the reforms were enacted, roughly 5% got the top grades. Over the past ten years, the proportion gaining the highest marks has doubled from 9.4% to almost 20%. A second reason is gripes from university tutors and employers, who reckon tha
17、t school leavers are not as accomplished as they used to be. Even the most selective universities now provide remedial courses to address the gaps in the knowledge of their newly recruited undergraduates. Meanwhile the Confederation of British Industry frets that poor standards of English and maths
18、among school leavers could hinder economic growth. At the select committee today, Steph Warren, a former geography teacher who was filmed implying that the exams set by Edexcel, her employer, were easy, set out to explain her position. She had been quoted out of context, she said. The film was made
19、at the end of an exhausting training day during which she had been berated by teachers for setting an exam that their pupils had found difficult. That was why she had suggested that “you dont have to teach a lot“. But the scandal has raised some valid questions about who are the customers in the mar
20、ketised system. During the 1950s, when the O-level and A-level examinations were first devised, they were offered exclusively by universities. That actually made far less sense then than it does now: in 1950 just 3% of young people went to university; today some 45% of youngsters enrol. Yet followin
21、g the 1988 education reforms, the university boards lost out to new competitors. Some merged, some folded. The four main exam boards in England and Wales now comprise a department of the University of Cambridge, a profitable company and two charities. In the interests of transparency, I should discl
22、ose that the company, Edexcel, is itself owned by a publisher, Pearson, which, through its ownership of the Financial Times, also owns a stake in The Economist. That said, Pearson has never, to my knowledge, tried to influence the editorial content of this newspaper. And The Economist itself has its
23、 own educational venture: successful completion of a course will gain you a certificate of achievement signed by John Micklethwait, the editor of The Economist , no less. In todays Daily Telegraph, an anonymous examiner is quoted as saying that the “cause of the rot, ultimately, is competition betwe
24、en exam boards“. I think there is some truth in that remark. The problem with the existing system, as I see it, is that the exam boards do not see universities as being their customers. Rather, the customers are mostly school teachers. And, naturally enough, teachers want to enter their pupils for e
25、xams that they will pass. Instead of harnessing market forces to drive up standards, the system does precisely the opposite. It should be reformed to incentivise a race to the top. One way to do this would be to give universities a stronger role in setting school-leaving exams. However universities
26、are not as saintly as they like to pretend: grade inflation is also rife in higher education. According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency, the proportion of students who gained a first-class degree now stands at 14%, up from 10% a decade earlier. In some institutions, the proportion is far h
27、igher. So my suggestion is that universities should be given a greater say in judging the ability of school leavers, but that employers should also be given a greater say in judging the ability of university graduates. 17 It can be inferred from the passage that Daily Telegraph （ A） has an ill opini
28、on of David Cameron. （ B） is famous for its features and editorials. （ C） highlights the importance of education. （ D） probably takes up a right-wing stance. 18 Which of the following is TRUE about school leavers? （ A） They are not as brilliant as they used to be. （ B） Many of them dont want to cont
29、inue their study. （ C） Their knowledge falls short of university tutors expectation. （ D） Their performance poses a threat to the development of society. 19 According to the passage, Steph Warren （ A） was the scapegoat of educational system. （ B） denied the accusation of being cheating. （ C） was ind
30、ignant at journalists misinterpretation. （ D） was dismissed by the Commons committee. 20 According to the author, _should be blamed for the problem of the exam system. （ A） Edexcel （ B） Pearson （ C） exam boards （ D） The Economist 21 What is the main topic of the passage? （ A） School leavers. （ B） Ex
31、am system. （ C） Exam standards. （ D） Exam grades. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 22 Which of the following does NOT belong to the historical influence of the Bill of Rights? （ A） It
32、marks the replacement of the autocratic monarchy with a constitutional monarchy. （ B） It marks the end of medieval period the period of feudalism. （ C） It marks the beginning of the modern period the period of capitalism. （ D） It marks the beginning of the English Renaissance. 23 Britains first woma
33、n prime minister was_. （ A） Catherine （ B） Elizabeth （ C） Anne Boleyn （ D） Margaret Thatcher 24 _is the first important governess novel in the English literary history. （ A） Jane Eyre （ B） Emma （ C） Wuthering Heights （ D） She Walks in Beauty 25 _is reputed as the automobile capital of the world. （ A
34、） London （ B） Los Angeles （ C） Toronto （ D） Detroit 26 “Alive“ and “dead“ form a pair of_. （ A） converse antonymy （ B） complementary antonymy （ C） gradable antonymy （ D） marked antonymy 27 The United States bought Louisiana from _. （ A） France （ B） Spain （ C） Britain （ D） Mexico 28 What marked the b
35、eginning of the Romantic Age? （ A） The finish of the novel Oliver Twist. （ B） The use of rimed couplet. （ C） The publication of the work named Lyrical Ballads. （ D） The finish of the prose Utopia. 29 The level of syntactic representation that exists before movement takes place is commonly termed as
36、the _. （ A） Surface structure （ B） Deep structure （ C） Phrase structure （ D） syntactic structure 30 _proposed the idea of the surface structure and the deep structure. （ A） Bloomfield （ B） Halliday （ C） Saussure （ D） Chomsky 31 The Renaissance began in _ in the early 14(上标 )th century. （ A） Britain
37、（ B） Italy （ C） France （ D） Greek 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING it does mean that most of them, at most of the time, mostly agree with each others ideas about what is right and wrong, desirable and undesirable, and so on. They also agree, mostly, with each others assumptions about human nature, social rel
38、ationships and so on. One of the most important things to understand Americans is how devoted they are to “individualism“. They have been trained since very early age to consider themselves as separate individuals who are responsible for their own situations and destinies. SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINE
39、SE Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. 43 【正确答案】 100年前，一位伟大的美国人 今天我们就在他的荫庇下 签署了解放宣言。这项重要法令的颁布，对于千百万灼烤于非正义残焰中的黑奴，犹如带来希望之光的硕大灯塔，恰似结束漫漫长夜禁锢的欢畅黎明。 然而， 100年后，黑人依然没有获得自由。 100年后，黑人依然悲惨地蹒跚于种族 隔离和种族歧视的枷锁之下。 100年后，黑人依然生活在物质繁荣浩海的贫困孤岛上。 100年后，黑人依然在美国社会中向隅而泣，依然感到自己在国土家园中流离漂泊。所以，我们今天来到这里，要把这骇人听
40、闻的情况公诸于众。 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 44 【正确答案】 On College Students Living Off Campus Recently there has been a heated debate among college students on whether they should be allowed to live off campus Some students maintain
41、that they are adults so they should be granted the right to have their own separate rooms and enjoy privacy, while some others hold the opposite opinion As far as I am concerned, students should not be granted the right to live off campus for the following reasons. Its not necessary for students to
42、live outside the campus. Firstly, colleges provide sufficient and inexpensive dormitories for students, most of which, as far as I know, are clean and equipped with all the necessary facilities. Secondly, living on campus secures a good environment for study. The prime task of students is to study a
43、nd acquire knowledge. A room on campus serves this purpose much better than one off campus. It provides college students with much more convenience to consult teachers or classmates whenever they are confronted with a problem in study. Thirdly, living in dormitories, together with their contemporari
44、es, helps college students maintain closer relationships with classmates and enjoy friendships. On the contrary, renting houses off campus leads to less communication and emotional exchanges with other students and teachers, which will do harm to the development of students. So its quite unnecessary
45、 and even detrimental for students to live off campus. Students should be forbidden to live off campus. Firstly, on the part of colleges, since they are obligated to be liable for students safety, they should pay attention to the security of all the students, and thus the sensible decision to make i
46、s to ask all of them to live inside the campus for better administration. Secondly, as we all know, living off campus means everything is dependent on the landlord. This might pose a great threat to students safety. Therefore, for the good of students, colleges shouldnt grant them the right to live
47、off campus. All things considered, its unnecessary Or even harmful for students to live off campus. Students should drop the idea of living off campus and focus on how to manage their life on campus and prepare themselves well in study for a bright future. 【试题解析】 这是一篇议论型作文，要求考生对有关大学生校外租房的问题提出自己的看法。根
48、据题目要求，文章的结 构安排如下： 第一部分 (第一段 )阐明当前校外租房问题在大学生中引起了热烈的争论，并提出自己的观点：不应该给予大学生校外租房居住的权利。 第二部分从两个方面具体阐述为什么不应该给予大学生校外租房居住的权利： 1没有必要到校外租房，因为学校提供了便宜且条件不错的宿舍，住宿舍有利于学习，也有利于与同学保持良好的关系，这对大学生身心发展都有好处。具体说来 2不能到校外租房，原因在于：一方面学校有保障学生安全的职责，为便于管理，学校一般不允许学生到校外租房居住；另一方面，校外租 房确实不安全。具体说来 第三部分 (最后一段 )总结指出校外租房不必要甚至有害，大学生应该放弃这种想法，集中精力在校园内搞好学习和生活。
