1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 507 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 A Career in Accounting As a field of study and work, accounting is expanding throughout the world. A job
3、 in accounting promises good 【 1】 _and excellent promotion opportunities, yet suffers 【 1】 _ only slightly from changes in business cycles or from 【 2】 _variations in employment. 【 2】_ Bookkeeping is a starting point for a career in private accounting. It is essential for an【 3】 _.The financial 【 3】
4、 _ records of an organizations are the【 4】 _on which 【 4】_ accounting is based. One can attend business or commercial schools to learn the【 5】 _of accounting practices, which include typing, 【 5】 _ shorthand, bookkeeping and, more recently, accounting and computer programming. As the principles and【
5、 6】 _of 【 6】_ accounting have grown more complex, the training now lasts 【 7】 _years. 【 7】_ There are some alternatives to commercial schools such as home-study or【 8】 _schools. Whats more, education in 【 8】_ accounting has become a【 9】 _function of the 【 9】_ universities, incorporating business adm
6、inistration, business law, etc. To sum up, there are two paths towards a career in accounting. One is through employment and the other through 【 10】 _examinations. 【 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
7、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 Pauline failed to catch the flig
8、ht because _. （ A） her ticket was not confirmed （ B） she booked her ticket at the wrong place （ C） she didnt have the right documents （ D） her visa had run out 12 Which of the following did NOT occur? （ A） Pauline visited one of Londons parks. （ B） Pauline went to the airport by taxi. （ C） Pauline c
9、ontacted the airline by telephone. （ D） Pauline stayed the night in London. 13 In Ibiza, Pauline took a taxi because _. （ A） she had too much luggage （ B） nobody came to pick her up （ C） the plane was delayed （ D） her friends home was far away 14 Pauline learned her friends address in _. （ A） Newcas
10、tle （ B） Gatwick （ C） London （ D） Luton 15 From the conversation we get the impression that _. （ A） some official agencies in London are efficient （ B） taxi drivers abroad always overcharge strangers （ C） customs formalities in Britain are flexible （ D） travel agents tend to misinform people SECTION
11、 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 given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 The H5N1 bird flu has been found in all the following places EXCEPT （ A
12、） Australia. （ B） Maharashtra. （ C） France. （ D） Austria. 16 Americas most relentless examiner, the Educational Testing Service, has developed computer software, known as E-rater, to evaluate essays on the Graduate Management Admission Test. Administered to 200,000 business school applicants each ye
13、ar, the GMAT includes two 30- minute essays that test takers type straight into a computer. In the past, those essays were graded on a six-point scale by two readers. This month, the computer will replace one of the readers with the proviso that a second reader will be consulted if the computer and
14、human-reader scores differ by more than a point. Its one thing for a machine to determine whether a bubble has been correctly filled in, but can it read outside the lines, so to speak? Well, yes and no. E-Rater “learns“ what constitutes good and bad answers from a sample of pregraded essays. Using t
15、hat information, it breaks the essay down to its syntax, organization and contents. The software checks basics like subject-verb agreement and recognizes phrases and sentence structures that are likely to be found in high- scoring essays. Of course, the machine cannot “get“ a clever turn of phrase o
16、r an unusual analogy. “If Im unique, I might not fall under the scoring instructions,“ concedes Frederic McHale, a vice president at the GMAT Council. On the other hand, E-Rater is mercilessly objective and never tired halfway through a stack of essays. The upshot: in pretrial tests, E-Rater and a h
17、uman reader were just as likely to agree as were two readers. “Its not intended to judge a persons creativity,“ says Darrell Laham, co-developer of the Intelligent Essay Assessor, a computer grading system similar to E-Rater. “Its to give students a chance to construct a response instead of just poi
18、nting at a bubble.“ That wont reassure traditionalists, who argue that writing simply cant be reduced to rigid adjective plus subject plus verb formulations. “Writing is a human act, with aesthetic dimensions that computers can only begin to understand,“ says David Sehaafsman, professor of English e
19、ducation at Teachers Colleges of Columbia University. The Kaplan course, a leader in test prep, has taken a more pragmatic approach: it has issued a list of strategies for “the age of the computerized essay.“ One of its tips: use transitional phrases like “therefore,“ and the computer just might thi
20、nk you re Dickens. 17 E-Rater is described as _. （ A） a substitute for GMAT （ B） Americas most relentless examiner （ C） a machine to grade bubble-filling papers （ D） a computer-grading system 18 In Paragraph 2 the expression “read outside the lines“ refers to the ability to _. （ A） understand studen
21、t essays （ B） report scores （ C） recognize a wrong bubble （ D） judge a persons creativity 19 Frederic McHale implies that if the test taker is unique, he would _. （ A） get a top grade （ B） get an average grade （ C） be at an advantage （ D） be at a disadvantage 20 It seems that Professor Schaafsman ag
22、rees with _. （ A） traditionalists （ B） Darrell Laham （ C） supporters of E-Rater （ D） the Kaplan course designers 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 21 The United Sates ranks_ in the expo
23、rt of rice in the world. （ A） the first （ B） the second （ C） the third （ D） the fourth 22 The most important prehistoric monument of the Iberians was_. （ A） Maiden Castle in Wiltshire （ B） Stonehenge in Wiltshire （ C） Amesbury in Wiltshire （ D） Leeds Castle in Kent 23 Between 1960 and 1990, a large
24、number of people moved from_. （ A） core cities to the suburbs （ B） rural areas to cities （ C） small cities to large cities （ D） none of the above 24 The notion Signified vs. Signified is _contribution. （ A） Chomskys （ B） Saussures （ C） Bloomfields （ D） Hallidays 25 The British established _ colonies
25、 along the east coast of North America between 1607 and 1733. （ A） 11 （ B） 12 （ C） 13 （ D） 14 26 _is not one of Mark Twains works. （ A） The Adventures of Tom Sawyer （ B） The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn （ C） Life on the Mississippi （ D） The Portrait of a Lady 27 _ studies the total stock of morphe
26、mes of a language, particular those items which have clear semantic references. （ A） Phonology （ B） Lexicography （ C） Lexicology （ D） Morphology 28 The author of The Great Gatsby is _, who is best known for his novels and short stories. （ A） Ernest Hemingway （ B） Sinclair Lewis （ C） F. Scott Fitzger
27、ald （ D） Jack London 29 The largest city in Australia is _. （ A） Alaska （ B） Sydney （ C） Canberra （ D） Perth 30 A historical study of language is a study of _ language. （ A） synchronic （ B） diachronic （ C） prescriptive （ D） comparative 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING and poles nad scaffolding about in prepa
28、ration for the Jubilee celebration. I had sent a couple of attempts on the subject to the Bulletin, and had got encouragement in Answer to Correspondents. And now the idea of “Sons of the South“ or “Song of the Republic“ came. I wrote it and screwed up courage to go down to the Bulletin after hours,
29、 intending to chop the thing into the letter box, but just as I was about to do so, or rather making up my mind as to whether Id shove it in, or take it home and have another look at the spelling and the dictionary, the door opened suddenly and a haggard woman stood there. And I shoved the thing int
30、o her hand and got away round the comer, feeling something like a person who had been nearly caught on the premises under suspicious circumstances and was not safe yet by any means. I hadnt the courage to go near the Bulletin often again, but used to lie awake at night and get up very early and slip
31、 down to the nearest news agents on Thursday mornings, to have a pep at the Bulletin, in fear and trembling and half furtively, as if the news - agent - another hard - life woman, by the way, named Mrs. Furlong-would guess my secret. At last, sick with disappointment, I went to the office and saw Mr
32、. Archibird, who seemed surprised, encouraged me a lot and told me that they were holding the “Song of a Re- public“ over for a special occasion-Eight Hours Day. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 43 1. Nowadays, the world populatio
33、n has been increasing sharply, there might be various reasons for the trend. Then, what is your opinion? Sharp Increase in World Population You are to write a paper of approximately 400 words on this issue. In the first part of your paper, you should present your interpretation of the pictures above
34、 and in the second part you should give your reasons for the increase in population with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follo
35、w the a bove instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 507 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 n
36、otes 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 the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力
37、原文】 A Career in Accounting Accounting is a growing field throughout the world today. It generally offers good starting salaries and excellent opportunities to move-ahead. As we pointed out, many people with top jobs in management have risen through the accounting office. In addition, jobs in account
38、ing are only slightly affected by changes in business cycles or by seasonal variations in employment. Those accountants who have become CPAs enjoy a professional status similar to that of doctors or lawyers. In fact, there are two major paths that a career in accounting might follow. One is through
39、employment by a business or government organization in its accounting office. This is the broad area of internal accounting within which there are many different specialties such as taxes, financial planning and budgeting, and internal auditing. To rise to the top of the field in private accounting
40、requires a combination of both fiscal and management ability. One starting point for a career in private accounting is bookkeeping. Modern accounting practices grew out of bookkeeping procedures about a hundred years ago. Indeed, a knowledge of bookkeeping is essential for an accountant. The financi
41、al records of an organization are the raw materials on which accounting is based. Large organizations keep separate books of account or ledgers for many different accounts, activities, and operations. Many clerical workers with an aptitude for bookkeeping study accounting in order to acquire additio
42、nal skills. Business or commercial schools in many countries train people in the fundamentals of accounting practices. A business or commercial school offers training in the kinds of jobs performed by white-collar, or office workers. These traditionally include typing, stenography (shorthand), and b
43、ookkeeping; more recently many commercial schools have also added courses in accounting and computer programming. Most commercial schools offer night classes to enable someone already holding down a daytime job to work and study at the same time. As the principles and procedures of accounting have g
44、rown more complex, the trend has Been to extend the training to a two-year period. In addition to the commercial schools, a variety of home-study or correspondence schools also offer training in accounting. In this case, the student buys a package that usually consists of textual material and assign
45、ment papers. The student reads a section of the text and does the homework related to it. He or she then mails the homework to the headquarters of the school, where the paper is corrected and returned. If the student receives a satisfactory grade he or she goes on to the next textual section and ass
46、ignment; if not, the student is usually asked to repeat the previous lesson. While many commercial and correspondence schools flourish today, education in accounting is tending to become regular function of the universities. This corresponds with the general movement to give accounting the status of
47、 a profession. Indeed, the entire field is changing from a white-collar occupation to profession. Certainly, most people who wish to become CPAs now take university courses in accounting and related subjects in order to be as fully prepared as possible for the certification examinations. This is the
48、 second major path to a career in accounting. A large number of universities now have business schools that offer regular four-year programs leading to a bachelors degree in accounting, business administration, business law, and other areas that equip the student for professional ormanagement careers in business. An accounting student in a university commercial college has the enormous advantage of being able to take courses in many of the related fields that are important to him or her. In fact, on the certification examination, which is prepared by a
