1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 515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 What is a research proposal? 1)intended to convince others that - you have a worthwhile 【 1】 _ - you have
3、 the 【 2】 _ and work-plan to complete it 2)usually structured in the same way as 【 3】 _ . How to write a research proposal? 1)Title - to be concise and 【 4】 _ - often in terms of a functional relationship 2)Abstract - a brief summary of about 300 words - including 【 5】 _, the rationale for study, th
4、e hypothesis, the method and main findings 3)Introduction - purpose: to provide the background for the research problem - frame: to paint your research question in broad brushes and bring out its significance to put the research question in the context of a current hot area, or an older area still v
5、iable to provide a brief but appropriate 【 6】 _ to provide the contemporary context 4)【 7】 _ - many different ways to organize this part - use of subheadings to bring order and coherence to this part 5)Methods -purpose: to provide your work plan and describe the activities necessary for the completi
6、on of your project - guiding principle: sufficient information to justify the soundness of the methodology to demonstrate your knowledge of 【 8】 _ and prove that your method is the most appropriate to use qualitative method and justify it to be more elaborate than what is required for traditional qu
7、antitative research 6)Results - no results at the proposal stage - to have some idea of data to be collected and statistical procedures to be used 7)Discussion - to convince readers of 【 9】 _ of the proposed research - to include merits as well as 【 10】 _ of your research 1 【 1】 2 【 2】 3 【 3】 4 【 4】
8、 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 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer
9、each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 For most people who have sleeping troubles, which of the following is the most usual cause? （ A） Their room is not cozy. （ B） They are busy and occupied. （ C） They have chronic disease. （ D） They take a nap after lunch. 12 What is
10、 the advice Dr. Getsy gives those who struggle with insomnia due to the health condition? （ A） Lying in bed as long as possible. （ B） Taking some sleeping pills to relax. （ C） Staying awake as long as they can. （ D） Scheduling when to be away or asleep. 13 People should stay away from caffeine after
11、 lunch because （ A） its effect may linger for almost 10 hours. （ B） it disturbs the way people feel in daytime. （ C） it accelerates heartbeat and respiration. （ D） they may want to take a catnap. 14 Which of the following is TRUE about taking a nap? （ A） Napping for 2 hours is better than for 40 min
12、utes. （ B） It does not revive you ff the nap lasts too long. （ C） You should never take a nap after lunch. （ D） The longer you sleep, the better you will feel. 15 Which of the following is NOT one of Dr. Getsys tips on fighting sleeping troubles? （ A） Create a comfortable sleeping environment. （ B）
13、Prioritize sleep if you are haunted by sleeplessness. （ C） Climb into bed early and lie awake to relax. （ D） Show perseverance and prepare for a long battle. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that f
14、ollow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Which of the following statements is CORRECT? （ A） The fire broke out due to the gun fighting. （ B） A dozen of victims were trapped by the fire. （ C） The attack was the deadliest since December 2006. （ D） T
15、he gunmen brought the fuel tanks to the building. 16 On the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Representative Charles A. Eaton, Republican of New Jersey, made his case in the House for why the nation should enter the Second World War. “Mr. Speaker,“ his speech began, “yesterday against t
16、he roar of Japanese cannon in Hawaii our American people heard a trumpet call; a call to unity; a call to courage; a call to determination once and for all to wipe off of the earth this accursed monster of tyranny and slavery which is casting its black shadow over the hearts and homes of every land.
17、” Last year, Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, made the case for war in Iraq this way: “And if we dont go at Iraq, that our effort in the war on terrorism dwindles down into an intelligence operation,“ he said. “We go at Iraq and it says to countries that support terrorists, there remain
18、six in the world that are as our definition state sponsors of terrorists, you say to those countries: we are serious about terrorism, were serious about you not supporting terrorism on your own soil. The linguist and cultural critic John McWhorter cites these excerpts in his new book. They not only
19、are typical of speeches made in Congress on both occasions, he argues, but also provide a vivid illustration of just how much the language of public discourse has deteriorated. Riddled with sentence fragments, run-ons and colloquialisms like “go at,“ Senator Brownbacks speech is still intelligible,
20、but in Mr. McWhorters view, it is emblematic of a creeping casualness that is largely to the nations detriment. “We in America now are an anomaly,“ Mr. McWhorter said over lunch at a restaurant in Midtown Manhattan this week. “We have very little sense of English as something to be dressed up. Its j
21、ust this thing that comes out of our mouths. We just talk. “ Mr. McWhorter, 38, a professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, is hardly the first to complain about Americans brazen disregard for their native tongue. But unlike many others, he says, the problem is not an epi
22、demic of bad grammar. As a linguist, he says, he knows that grammatical rules are arbitrary and that in casual conversation people have never abided by them. Rather, he argues, the fault lies with the collapse of the distinction between the written and the oral. Where formal, well-honed English was
23、once de rigueur in public life, he argues, it has all but disappeared, supplanted by the indifferent cadences of speech and ultimately impairing our ability to think. This bleak assessment notwithstanding, Mr. McWhorter, an intense, confident and-perhaps not surprisingly-loquacious man is not a curm
24、udgeon or a fuddy-duddy. Nor, for that matter, a nerd, despite a resume that bristles with intellectual precociousness. Self-taught in 12 languages-including Russian, Swedish, Swahili, Arabic and Hebrew, which he initially took up as a Philadelphia preschooler when he was 4-he is a respected expert
25、in Creole languages. A college graduate at 19 and a tenured professor at 33, he has published seven previous books, including the controversial, best seller, “Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America“, in which he accused middle-class blacks of embracing anti-intellectualism and a cult of vic
26、timology. An African-American who is an outspoken critic of affirmative action, welfare and reparations, he has aroused the ire of many liberals and earned a reputation as a conservative. 17 In John McWhorters view, the speech made by Senator Sam Brownback in Congress is an example of _ public disco
27、urse. （ A） war-time （ B） political （ C） critical （ D） deteriorated 18 According to the passage, John McWhorter seems to mainly suggest that_. （ A） formal language should be used in public speeches （ B） people should abide by grammar rules when they talk （ C） Americans should think as much as they ca
28、n before they start to talk （ D） African-Americans should not treat themselves as victims of a cult 19 The following adjectives can be applied to John McWhorter EXCEPT_. （ A） garrulous （ B） ill-tempered （ C） intellectual （ D） conservative 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are
29、ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 20 The Peasant Uprising of 1381 did not direct against_. （ A） the rich clergy （ B） the lawyers （ C） the landowners （ D） the town traders 21 Queen Mary burnt at stake some_men and women who refused to change back
30、to the Catholic faith. （ A） 300 （ B） 350 （ C） 400 （ D） 450 22 _is the first successful black poet in the America history. （ A） Paul Laurence Dunbar （ B） Edwin Arlington Robinson （ C） Theodore Dreiser （ D） Mark Twain 23 _was Edmund Spensers masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the greatest p
31、oems in the English language. （ A） Amoretti （ B） The Shepheardes Calendar （ C） The Faerie Queene （ D） Four Hymns 24 The founder of the American drama is _. （ A） Arthur Miller （ B） Eugene O Neill （ C） Tennesee Williams （ D） Clifford Odets 25 At beginning of the 2nd world war, Britain took the policy
32、of _. （ A） appeasement （ B） active attack （ C） peace （ D） neutral 26 Easter falls officially on the _ Sunday after the full moon of March. （ A） first （ B） second （ C） third （ D） fourth 27 _ studies the total stock of morphemes of a language, particularly those items which have clear semantic referen
33、ces. （ A） Phonology （ B） Lexicography （ C） Lexicology （ D） Morphology 28 It was the expedition of _ that led to Britains claim to Australia. （ A） Abel Tasman （ B） George Bass （ C） James Cook （ D） W.C.Wentworth 29 _ is the second largest city in England, which is metropolitan district and an industri
34、al and manufacturing city. （ A） Birmingham （ B） Glasgow （ C） Manchester （ D） Edinburgh 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING so some of its members have the right to sit in the House of 4._ Lords, and some newspapers take a surprising interest in their private life.) The middle class consists chiefly in well-to-d
35、o businessmen and professional people 5._ of all kinds. The working class are chiefly manual and unskilled workers. The most obvious difference between them is in their accent. Middle-class people use slightly varying kinds of “received pronunciation“ which is a kind 6._ of English spoken by BBC ann
36、ouncers and taught to overseas pupils. Typical working-class people speak many different local accents which are generally 7. _ felt to be rather beautiful and uneducated. One of the biggest barriers of social 8._ equality in England is the two-class education system. To have been to a so-called “pu
37、blic school“ immediately marks you out as one of the middle class. The middle classes tend to live a more formal life than working-class people, and usually more 9._ cultured. Their midday meal is “lunch“ and they have a rather formal evening meal called “dinner“, whereas the working mans dinner, if
38、 his working hours permitted, 10._ is at midday, and his smaller, late-evening meal is called supper. SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Directions: Translate the following text into English. 40 在民俗村除了可饱览各民族的建筑风格外，还可欣赏中国名 山大川中的二十个著名景观。这些景观有四个达到 “世界之最 ”的水平：世界最大的人造石林、最大的人造榕树、最大的人造瀑布、最大的人造溶洞。 面积达两万五千平方米的人造石林
39、，精心选择了云南石林的 “梁祝相会 ”、 “龙腾虎跃 ”、 “阿诗玛 ”等著名景观，使各种造型有机组合，集中反映了石林地貌的奇妙和佳妙。 体现现代声、光科技之神奇的音乐喷泉，位于翠湖南端水面。主水柱高达四十米，水珠覆盖面积为一千二百平方米，整个喷泉犹如一朵巨大的出水芙蓉，配上五颜六色的灯光，绚丽多彩，尤其是瞬间出现的四百平方米的大型水幕，映着 “欢 迎您来中国民俗文化村 ”的激光显字，十分引人注目。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. 41 In a way, D
40、-Day sums up for us the whole of World War II. It was the frontal clash of two ideas, a collision between the possibility of human freedom and its nullification. Even now, we are still learning what to make of it, still trying to know whether we are dwarfed by the scale of such an effort or whether
41、what happened that day still enlarges us. It certainly enlarges the veterans of Normandy and their friends who died in every zone of that war. Its tempting to politicize the memory of a day so full of personal and national honor, too easy to allude to the wars of our times as if they naturally mirro
42、red World War II. The ironic starkness of the forces that met on the beaches of Normandy makes that temptation all the greater. But beyond the resemblance of young soldiers dying in wars 60 years apartl, there is no analogy, and that is something we must remember today as well. D-Day was the result
43、of broad international accord. By D-Day, Europe had been at wartotal warfor nearly five years, at profound cost to its civilian population. American civilians, in turn, had willingly made enormous material sacrifices to sustain the war effort. There was no pretense that ordinary life would go on uni
44、nterrupted and no assumption that America could go it alone. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 41 The current lottery craze in China has reached college campuses, where the promise of overnight wealth easily goes to the heads of so
45、me students. Some college students say they buy lottery tickets just for fun, others admit that they do have high hopes. What do you have to say to the second group of students if you object to their behavior? Write an essay of about 400 words to give you advice with your focus on why you think that
46、 way. 1. Does Life Depend on Sheer Luck? In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary
47、. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above 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 515答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You wi
48、ll 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 two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to com
49、plete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 I think as seniors, you must be often required by your instructors to do some literary research on this topic or that. But do you fully understand what a research proposal means or how important it is? To put it bluntly, ones research is only as good as ones proposal. An ill-conceived prop
