1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 501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 Online Shopping Increasingly popular with adults and young people, online shopping gives you 【 1】 _to var
3、ious products and services. It can save your time, money and help 【 1】 _ you research product details and【 2】 _prices and features directly online. But 【 2】 _ shoppers often encounter some common problems of shopping online: 1. Careful search: it is hard to choose a supplier from so many websites an
4、d 【 3】 _, you have to search carefully using brand names or the names of types of 【 3】 _ products. Listen to others advice and recommendations about good sites. Remember to check proper【 4】 _such as postal address and phone number in order to get in 【 4】 _ touch if you have questions about the servi
5、ce. 2.【 5】 _issue; vital to consumers. If you take some simple 【 5】 _ 【 6】 _you can enjoy shopping online with a high degree of security. For instance, 【 6】 _ do not send your credit card details in an【 7】 _, which can be copied easily to 【 7】 _ others. 3. Due consideration: be cautions if the onlin
6、e advertisement or junk email offer sounds【 8】 _. Remember the hidden extra, which can push up the price of your 【 8】 _ online purchase. Postage and packing costs, and Customs charges for goods from overseas can add greatly to the【 9】 _. 【 9】 _ If you do have problems with an online purchase, contac
7、t your local Trading Standards office or involve the【 10】 _too when a fraud has taken place. 【 10】 _ 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 questi
8、ons 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 Employees in the US are paid for their time. This means that they are supposed to _. （ A） work hard wh
9、ile their boss is around （ B） come to work when there is work required to be done （ C） work with initiative and willingness （ D） work through their lunch break 12 One of the advantages of flexible working hours is that_. （ A） pressure from work can be reduced （ B） working women can have more time at
10、 home （ C） traffic and commuting problems can not be solved （ D） personal relationships in offices can be improved 13 On the issue of working contracts in the US, which statement is NOT correct? （ A） Performance at work matters more than anything else. （ B） There are laws protecting employees workin
11、g rights. （ C） Good reasons must be provided in order to fire workers. （ D） Working contracts in the US are mostly short-term ones. 14 We can assume from the interview that an informal atmosphere might be found in_. （ A） small firms （ B） major banks （ C） big corporations （ D） law offices 15 The inte
12、rview is mainly about_in the USA. （ A） office hierarchies （ B） office conditions （ C） office roles （ D） office life 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 w
13、ill be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Which of the following information about Warren Buffett is correct? （ A） He has been giving 1. 5 billion dollars to charity each year. （ B） He will give presents to a foundation in commemoration of his late wife every year. （ C） He has talked about
14、 his plan with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. （ D） His children will succeed him as the chief executive of the Berkshire Hathaway Corporation. 17 The Gates Fundation has set aside millions of dollars to develop educational technology （ A） in developing countries （ B） in developed countries （ C）
15、in the United States （ D） in North America 17 Christianity did not take the world by storm. It began as an offshoot of Judaism with a small group of believers in ancient Palestine, where Jesus Christ lived. In 63 BC Palestine fell into the hands of the Romans. From 40 to 4 BC Palestine was ruled by
16、the Roman puppet king Herod, a half-Jew and tyrant. The Jews living there no longer enjoyed prosperous independence as their ancestors had during the reigns of David and Solomon. Many longed for the Messiah, the expected leader sent by God to rescue the Jews from their enemies. One ancient Jewish pr
17、ophet had foretold the coming of a descendant of the royal house of David who would restore the former glories of the Jews and another prophet had said that the Messiah would come from Bethlehem, which happened to be the birthplace of Jesus, so the Jews believed Jesus to be the divine Messiah. There
18、 is little material about the life of Jesus in non-Christian writings of the ancient world. What we know about him comes almost entirely from the writings of his followers, especially the first three of the four Gospels in the New Testament. The early Church considered these four gospels to be the f
19、our best books of the many written about Jesus. They give a vivid picture of his birth and his wandering ministry. With a few chosen followers, Jesus spent his last three years preaching a new religion and working miracles healing the sick, raising the dead and stilling winds. His two principal comm
20、andments were to love God and to love your neighbor as yourself. His teachings and miracles attracted great crowds of people who flock to see and hear him. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, one of his twelve disciples, Jesus was arrested in Jerusalem and crucified on Good Friday, but was said to have rise
21、n from the dead three days later. Before he died, Jesus entrusted his followers the mission to carry the good news (The kingdom of heaven is near!) to the ends of the world. This task was at first largely carried out by his disciples, notably by St. Peter and St. John. At first Christianity centered
22、 around Jerusalem and the religion was considered to be exclusively Jewish. For many years the followers of Jesus confined their preaching to Jews. The founding of Christianity as a separate religion was largely the result of the missionary activities of Paul. Though Paul had not been a companion of
23、 Jesus, he was said to have seen Jesus after his resurrection, and was widely recognized as an apostle. As he knew Greek, Paul was able to preach the message of Christ to the Greek-speaking people. More than anyone else, he saw Christianity not merely as a Hebrew sect but as a religion open to all b
24、elievers. He inspired people with his own missionary zeal and passionate eloquence, traveled far and wide through the cities of Asia Minor and Greece, and even to Rome, leaving behind his a line of devoted communities. Certain letters he wrote in Greek were circulating widely and were read with eage
25、rness. They were full of interest because these letters discussed practical day-to-day problems as they arose. Mission churches were founded in many towns and great numbers of people embraced the new faith. It particularly had a large following among the poor and the slaves. By the end of the first
26、century AD, the Church was firmly established. The next stage in the history of Christianity is from 100 down to the year 313. It was a period of further expansion of Christianity. In the second century it was rapidly outstripping the other religions of the Roman Empire. Around 200 a Christian write
27、r wrote that in his day there were Christians in almost every town. 18 Who contributed most to the founding of Christianity as a religion open to all believers other than the Jews? （ A） The Messiah. （ B） St. Peter. （ C） Solomon. （ D） Paul. 19 In which century was Christianity rapidly surpassing the
28、other religions of the Roman Empire? （ A） The 1st century AD （ B） The 2nd century Ad （ C） The 3rd century AD （ D） The 4th century AD 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 20 The Maori peopl
29、e are natives of （ A） Australia. （ B） Canada. （ C） Ireland. （ D） New Zealand. 21 Which of the following is a typical tone language? （ A） English. （ B） Chinese. （ C） German. （ D） French. 22 Through communication, some elements of one culture may enter another culture and become part of that culture.
30、This phenomenon is called_. （ A） cultural overlap （ B） cultural imperialism （ C） cultural diffusion （ D） cultural expansion 23 The Norman Conquest started a continual flow of _ words into English. （ A） Latin （ B） Greek （ C） Danish （ D） French 24 Ralph Waldo Emerson was a representative of_. （ A） rom
31、anticism （ B） realism （ C） surrealism （ D） transcendentalism 25 Which of the following is NOT the fiction created by Virginia Woolf? （ A） The Waves. （ B） Mrs. Dalloway. （ C） A Room with Ones Own. （ D） To the Light House. 27 A subfield of linguistics that studies the sentence structure of language is
32、 called （ A） syntax. （ B） register. （ C） morphology. （ D） phonology. 28 _ refers to the sameness or close similarity of meaning. （ A） Polysemy （ B） Homonymy （ C） Antonymy （ D） Synonymy 29 It is in the year of _ that Columbus discovered the New World. （ A） 1592 （ B） 1492 （ C） 1591 （ D） 1491 二、 PART I
33、V PROOFREADING they are connected with each other and with other cities. The same ideas, or related ones, turn up in different places; the human problems that repeat themselves in life repeat themselves in literature, but with different solutions according to different writings at different times. R
34、eading can only be fun if you expect it to be. If you concentrate on books somebody tells you “ought“ to read, you probably wont have fun. But if you put down a book you dont like and try another till you find one that means something to you, and then relax with it, you will almost certainly have a
35、good time-and if you become as a result of reading, better, wiser, or more gentle, you wont have suffered during the process. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 33 An English newspaper is currently running a discussion on whether yo
36、ung people in China today are (not) more self-centred and unsympathetic than were previous generations. And the paper is inviting contributions from university students. You have been asked to write a short article for the newspaper to air your views. Your article should be about 300 words in length
37、. In the first part of your article you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. You should supply a title for your article
38、Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instructions may result loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 501答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear
39、 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. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete t
40、he gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 The Internet offers some significant advantages to shoppers, and is becoming increasingly popular with both adults and young people. It can give you access to products and services which are not available in your
41、local stores. It can save time, and help you avoid crowds. It can save you money, as some kinds of products are substantially cheaper in other countries. It can help you research product details and make comparisons of prices and-features, before you physically visit a store for a demonstration. Pur
42、chase by credit card is the usual method of payment, which has restricted the ability of young people to shop online. Recent developments in the introduction of pre-paid payment cards that can be credited with money by adults, are likely to stimulate suppliers to target more products and marketing a
43、t a youth market, fuelling a rapid growth in children buying goods online. There are some common problems of shopping online. Finding the product, and choosing a supplier, can be hard, as there are so many websites and online retailers. Careful searching using brand names or the names of types of pr
44、oducts may save you time checking out lots of sites. One good place to start may be to use the online service of a high-street store that is well known to you. This has the additional advantage that you can complain in person or return goods if necessary. Listen to others advice and recommendations
45、about good sites to use and about their experiences. There are many good online retailers with no high street stores, but remember to check that there are proper contact details including postal address and phone number so that you can get in touch ff you have doubts or questions about their service
46、. Your ISP may have allied with certain retailers to give their operations a prominent position on their web- site, but this does not mean that those retailers offer you the best deals. Shopping directory sites, such as www.british- may help you to find UK-based online retailers. There are also serv
47、ices that can help you find bargains, as sites like www. checkaprice .com compare prices from a range of different online retailers. Safety and security during online ordering and payment are vital to consumers, and a lack of confidence, e about security among many people has held back the growth of
48、 online shopping. The news media sometimes has stories of commercial websites being infiltrated by computer hackers, or credit card numbers being stolen online. However it is likely that frauds are less likely to get hold of your credit card details over the Internet than they are over the phone, th
49、rough the post or in a restaurant. If you take some simple precautions you can enjoy shopping online with a high degree of security. Make sure you are on a “secure“ site before you give your name, address or credit card details. Look for a padlock or a key symbol, which are usually in the bottom corner of your screen. On a secure site, your in- formation is scrambled into code, (encrypted) before
