1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 508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 On Reviewing and Improving Written Work Teachers feel very frustrated when they find small mistakes in st
3、udents writing that should be so easily picked up before submission. Another frustration is that words used are too (1)_. One explanation for this is students have a deep vocabulary but do not use it enough. Another reason might be that students spend (2)_time on the assignment, which leads to the u
4、nsatisfactory results. Here, some practical tips are offered for the improvement of students written work. 1.(3)_. Most students only use the surface vocabulary (about 20%) they have mastered, which is far from enough. The way out is to dive under the surface for better words and expressions. 2.Unde
5、rstand your problems and weaknesses. You can find them and keep them in mind through (4)_: understand the habitual mistakes you make or check your corrected work by a teacher for such information. Make a list of these things, and refer to it when checking your writing. 3.Listen to your writing. As y
6、ou write and re-read your work, your eye and brain get used to seeing the words, so you (5)_small mistakes. One way to check is to have someone else read your work or listen to your writing. Reading it aloud to yourself will be helpful too, but you have to (6)_. When you do this, you can catch some
7、mistakes and correct them. 4.Finding a friend or (7)_will do you benefits. However, compared with peers, the help from (8)_is not recommended, because they tend to do too much work than is good for you. Even a teacher cannot give you (9)_as a peer, for they have too many papers to check. Admittedly
8、the basic tips offered above add time to your writing activity. But taking time at the re-finish will definitely (10)_you: it makes a teacher, who gives you a grade, more pleased when reading your writing. SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen car
9、efully 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 Policewomen （ A） work together with policemen on the graveyard. （ B）
10、do the same thing as policemen. （ C） can have days off but policemen cannot. （ D） dont have to work double-backs. 12 As the interviewee says “two men“, she （ A） intends to mean two policemen. （ B） means two policemen. （ C） refers to a policeman and a policewoman. （ D） doesnt put stress on genders, j
11、ust referring to two persons, working as cops. 13 Wearing police uniform is _important. （ A） sometimes （ B） always （ C） not （ D） very 14 Most drunkers or trouble makers （ A） respect police persons. （ B） have a little more respect for policewoman than policeman. （ C） are likely to smack policewoman b
12、ecause a policewoman is not as strong as they are. （ D） always take it out on the policeman in his uniform. 15 The interviewee （ A） is afraid of dealing with drunk men. （ B） saw a drunk lady strike a guy with her bottle and lay his head wide open. （ C） can predict what a drunk woman is going to do.
13、（ D） is not full of confidence when she is dealing with a drunk woman. 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 will be given 10 seconds to answer the questio
14、ns. 16 Which of the following is not the reason for English couples divorce? （ A） Mrs. Turner moved the furniture for 38 years. （ B） Mr. Turner could not bear her. （ C） Mr. Turner had committed adultery since January. （ D） Mrs. Turner refused to stop the moving of furniture. 17 Why did the couple mo
15、ved from the matrimonial home into a caravan with some of the furniture fixed to the floor? （ A） They hoped it could cure Mrs. Turners illness. （ B） They were tired of old environment. （ C） They hoped the obsession would stop. （ D） They wanted to lead a new life. 17 We might marvel at the progress m
16、ade in every field of study, but the methods of testing a persons knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It really is extraordinary that after all these years educationists have still failed to device anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. For all the pious cla
17、im that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a persons true ability and aptitude. As anxiety-makers,
18、examinations are second to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the mark of success of failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It doesnt matter that you werent feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little things like that dont count: the
19、 exam goes on. No one can give of his best when he is in mortal terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of vicious competition where success and failure are clearly defined and measur
20、ed. Can we wonder at the increasing number of “drop outs“: young people who are written off as utter failures before they have even embarked on a career? Can we be surprised at the suicide rate among students? A good education should, among other things, train you to think for yourself. The examinat
21、ion system does anything but that. What has to be learnt is rigidly laid down by a syllabus, so the student is encouraged to memorize. Examinations do not motivate a student to read widely, but to restrict his reading; they do not enable him to seek more and more knowledge, but induce cramming. They
22、 lower the standards of teaching, for they deprive the teacher of all freedoms. Teachers themselves are often judged by examination results and instead of teaching their subjects, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques which they despise. The most successful candidates are no
23、t always the best educated; they are the best trained in the technique of working under duress. The results on which so much depends are often nothing more than a subjective assessment by some anonymous examiner. Examiners are only human. They get tired and hungry; they make mistakes. Yet they have
24、to mark stacks of hastily scrawled scripts in a limited amount of time. They work under the same sort of pressure as the candidates. And their word carries weight. After a judges decision you have the right of appeal, but not after an examiners. There must surely be many simpler and more effective w
25、ays of assessing a persons true abilities. Is it cynical to suggest that examinations are merely a profitable business for the institutions that run them? This is what it boils down to in the last analysis. The best comment on the system is this illiterate message recently scrawled on a wall: “I wer
26、e a teenage drop-out and now I are a teenage millionaire.“ 18 The main idea of this passage is _. （ A） examinations exert a pernicious influence on education （ B） examinations are ineffective （ C） examinations are profitable for institutions （ D） examinations are a burden on students 19 The fate of
27、students is decided by _. （ A） education （ B） institutions （ C） examinations （ D） students themselves 20 According to the author, the most important of a good education is _. （ A） to encourage students to read widely （ B） to train students to think on their own （ C） to teach students how to tackle e
28、xams （ D） to master his fate 21 Why does the author mention court? （ A） Give an example. （ B） For comparison. （ C） It shows that teachers evolutions depend on the results of examinations. （ D） It shows the results of court are more effective. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There
29、are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 22 In _, the English fleet defeated the Spanish Armada and established its supremacy over the sea. （ A） 1586. （ B） 1587. （ C） 1588. （ D） 1589. 23 What is the leading commercial crop of the South? （ A） Cotton.
30、 （ B） Tobacco. （ C） Sugar cane. （ D） Rice. 24 _is the most important writer of the 17th century in English literature. （ A） William Shakespeare （ B） Geoffrey Chaucer （ C） John Milton （ D） Christopher Marlowe 25 D.H. Lawrence is famous for his novels written under the influence of_theory of psychoana
31、lysis. （ A） Sigmund Freuds （ B） Bernard Shaws （ C） George Eliots （ D） James Joyces 26 The capital of Northern Ireland is （ A） Belfast. （ B） Birmingham. （ C） Edinburgh. （ D） Cardiff. 27 The word “performance“ is an example of_in word formation. （ A） acronym （ B） blending （ C） derivation （ D） back for
32、mation 28 What is not the element in defining language? （ A） systemic （ B） arbitrary （ C） symbol （ D） visual 29 In broad/narrow, correct/wrong, boss/employee, and left/right, there are _ kinds of opposites. （ A） 1 （ B） 2 （ C） 3 （ D） 4 30 The Tories were the forerunners of _. （ A） the Labour Party （
33、B） the Liberal Party （ C） the Workers Party （ D） the Conservative Party 31 Shelleys masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from （ A） the Bible. （ B） a German legend. （ C） a Greek play. （ D） One Thousand and One Nights. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING rather, it is t
34、he triumph of material wants over humanity.“ 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 44 Nowadays, traditional Chinese cultural elements could be found in many different aspects of our daily life. Some people are clapping for the re-intro
35、duction of the traditional culture in this new era. While others hold the idea that business interest is really whats behind all the seemingly prosperous cultural phenomena, what are the reasons for these two different standings on this issue, and what about your ideas? Write an essay of no less tha
36、n 400 words on the following topic: Traditional Chinese Elements:Cultural Prosperity of Business Interests? In the first part of your essay 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
37、 what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 508答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Di
38、rections: 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. When the lecture is over, you will be given t
39、wo 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 【听力原文】 On Reviewing and Improving Written Work As a teacher, one of the more frustrating things about checking students writing is finding small mistak
40、es that are (or should be) so easily picked up before the writing assignment is submitted. Another frustration is seeing words that are just too easy and simplisticwe (teachers) know that you (students) know more than you think you know! This means, you have a deep vocabulary but you dont use it eno
41、ugh. Of course we teachers also understand that writing is difficult and that you want to finish your homework and get on with life. However, if you take a little more time once you have finished a writing activity (paragraph, report, essay etc.) there can be a much more satisfactory outcome all rou
42、nd.for yourself, your teachers and your language ability (your grade). It might also be useful beyond your language studies and even beyond university. Here are some practical tips for you to think about and use. First, up-grade your vocabulary. Most students write using their existing and largely s
43、urface vocabularywords that come to you without much thought. This is understandable because, as you write and think you have to juggle many things in your mind. Your vocabulary is like an iceberg. You can only see 20% of an iceberg above the water, but most of it is below the surface. Similarly you
44、 know and recognize many more words than you actively use. You can improve your writing by up-grading, or improving, your vocabulary by diving under the surface for better words and expressions. Second, understand your problems and weaknesses. This is fairly simple:understand what kinds of mistakes
45、you make (often very small ones) or habits you have that weaken your writing. If you dont know, look back at any work that has been corrected by a teacher. Often the same mistakes are made. Do you forget or mix up articles (a, an, the)? Are all your sentences about the same length or similar structu
46、re? You might also look at whatever writing textbook you have used and list the kinds of things that it focuses on. It might also have checklists you could use. Make a list of these things, keep it somewhere prominent and refer to it when you check your writing. Next, listen to your writing. As you
47、write and re-read your work, your eye and brain become used to seeing the words. In fact, according to research at an English university, it doesnt matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter is at the right place. The rest can be a tota
48、l mess and you can still read it without problem. One way to check is to have someone else read your work. However, thats not always possible. Instead, listen to your writing. Read your own writing aloud onto a tape or MD. Even reading it aloud to yourself will help, but you have to vocalize, or say
49、, the words clearly. As you do this you may catch some things. Pause and make corrections to your writing as you listen, and do it a number of times to be sure. At first you may be shy doing this recording and even shocked at hearing yourself speaking in a foreign language. But if you can sing in front of people at least you can do this. Finally, finding a friend or peer review is very helpful too. It is advisable to have another person re
