1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 524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 Reading Faster The only way to read faster is to read faster,and it is a serious suggestion. I. Guideline
3、s of (1)_ get your body ready set a (2)_ relaxation (3)_concentration II. Concrete ways of reading faster 1) (4)_with“Just Do It“; 2) Move your eyes (5)_; 3) (6)_the assignment and read the headings, charts and so on; 4) Avoid (7)_. III. Skills to improve the efficiency of reading 1) Skillful reader
4、s (8)_reading rate according to their purpose and the nature of the material; 2) Skim die passage for the key words and ideas; 3) Pay attention to the (9)_that follow, and focus on the answers appearing in the passage; 4) Pay attention to the (10)_part of the passage. SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions:
5、 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 each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Which
6、of the following countries or regions where AIDS is spreading much faster is NOT mentioned by Bill Smith? （ A） the former Soviet Union （ B） South Africa （ C） India （ D） China 12 Why has Africa been more affected by AIDS than any other place in the world? （ A） Because Africa is the place from where A
7、IDS starts to spread worldwide. （ B） Because Africans are too brave and resourceful in trying many things. （ C） Because there were not systems in place both to prevent people from contracting it and spreading it. （ D） Because Africans are ready to see some changes in every field. 13 All the followin
8、g medicines are available now EXCEPT _? （ A） medicine that stops mother-to-child transmission （ B） medicine that gives most young adults who take it a normal life span （ C） medicine that gives all adults a chance to live normal lives （ D） medicine that gives little kids that get the HIV positive a g
9、ood chance to grow up and live normal lives 14 What is the purpose of Bill Smiths AIDS foundation? （ A） To prevent people from contracting and spreading AIDS. （ B） To carry out research on how to prevent the spread of AIDS. （ C） To keep up with the rate of the epidemic growing. （ D） To promote AIDS
10、awareness and prevention. 15 What is President Smiths view on the incident of Karl Rove? （ A） The president in office shouldnt make a decision about the people who work for him. （ B） Decision should be made after all the facts are available. （ C） The prosecutor should make the final decision. （ D） A
11、ll the people who are involved should take a vote on the final decision. 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 quest
12、ions. 16 The safty debate is now focused on protection of _. （ A） the spectators and officials （ B） the cars （ C） the sports stars （ D） All of the above 17 Mosley, head of the FIA, has promised _. （ A） further actions to force speeds up （ B） further actions to force speeds down （ C） no further actio
13、ns to force speeds up （ D） no further actions to force speeds down 17 The bizarre antics of sleepwalkers have puzzled police, perplexed scientists, and fascinated writers for centuries. There is an endless supply of stories about sleepwalkers. Person have been said to climb on steep roofs, solve mat
14、hematical problems, compose music, walk though plate glass windows, and commit murder in their deep. How many of these stories have a basic in fact, and how many are pure fakery? No one knows, but if some of the most sensational stories should be taken with a barrel of salt, others are a matter of r
15、ecord. In Revere, Massachusetts, a hundred policemen combed a waterfront neighborhood for a lost boy who left his home in his sleep and woke up five hours later on a strange sofa in a strange living room, with no idea how he had gone there. There is an early medical record of a somnambulist who wrot
16、e a novel in his sleep. And the great French writer Voltaire knew a sleepwalker who once got our of bed, dressed himself, made a polite bow, danced a minute, and then undressed and went back to bed. At the university of Iowa, a student was reported to have the habit of getting up in the middle of th
17、e night and walking three-quarters of a mile to the Iowa River. He would take a swim and then go back to his room to bed. The worlds champion sleepwalker was supposed to have been an Indian, Pandit Ramrakha, who walked sixteen miles along a dangerous road without realizing that he had left his bed.
18、Second in line for the title is probably either a Vienna housewife or a British farmer. The woman did all her shopping on busy streets in her sleep. The farmer, in his deep, visited a veterinarian miles away. The leading expert on sleep in American claims that he had never seen a sleepwalker. He is
19、Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman, a physiologist at the University of Chicago. He is said to know more about sleep than any other living man, and during the last thirty-five years had lost a lot of sleep watching people sleep. Says he, “Of course, I know that there are sleepwalkers because I have read about t
20、hem in the newspapers. But none of my sleepwalkers ever walked, and if I were to advertise for sleepwalkers for an experiment, I doubt that Id get many takers.“ Sleepwalking, nevertheless, is a scientific reality. Like hypnosis, it is one of those dramatic, eerie, aweinspiring phenomena that sometim
21、es border on the fantastic. It lends itself to controversy and misconceptions. What is certain about sleepwalking is that it is a symptom of emotional disturbance, and that the only way to cure it is to remove the worries and anxieties that cause it. Doctors say that somnambulism is much more common
22、 than is generally supposed. Some have set estimated that there are four million somnambulists in the United States. Others set the figure even higher. Many sleep-walkers do not seek help and so are never put on record, which means that an accurate count can never be made. The simplest explanation o
23、f sleepwalking is that it is the acting out of vivid dream. The dream usually comes from guilt, worry, nervousness, or some other emotional conflict. The classic sleepwalker is Shakespeares Lady Mac Beth. Her nightly wanderings were caused by her guilty conscience at having committed murder. Shakesp
24、eare said of her, “The eyes are open but their sense is shut.“ The age-old question is: Is the sleepwalker actually awake or asleep? Scientists have decided that he is about half-and-half. Like Lady Mac Beth. he had weighty problems on his mind. Dr. Zelda Teplitz, who made a ten-year study of the su
25、bject, say, “Some people stay awake all night worrying about their problems. The sleepwalker thrashes them out in his sleep. He is awake in the muscular area. partially asleep in the sensory area.“ In other words, a person can walk in his sleep, move around, and do other things, but he does not thin
26、k about what he is doing. There are many myths about sleepwalkers. One of the most common is the idea that its dangerous or even fatal to waken a sleepwalker abruptly. Experts say that the shock suffered by a sleepwalker suddenly awakened is no greater than that Suffered in waking up to the noise of
27、 an alarm clock. Another mistaken belief is that sleepwalkers are immune to injury. Actually most sleepwalkers trip over rugs or bump their heads on doors at some time or other. What are the chances of a sleepwalker committing a murder or doing something else extraordinary in his sleep? Some cases o
28、f this have been reported, but they very rarely happen. Of course the few cases that are reported receive a great deal of publicity. Dr. Teplitz say, “Most people have such great inhibitions against murder or violence that they would awakenif someone didnt waken them.“ In general, authorities on sle
29、epwalking agree with her. They think that people will not do anything in their sleep that is against their own moral code. As for the publicized cases, Dr. Teplitz points out, “Sleepwalking itself is dramatic.sleepwalkers can always find an audience. I think that some of their tall tales get exagger
30、ated in the telling.“ In her own file of case histories, there is not one sleepwalker who ever got beyond his own front door. Parent often explain their childrensor their ownnocturnal oddities as sleepwalking. Sleepwalking is used as an excuse for all kinds of irrational behavior. There is a case on
31、 record of a woman who dreamed that her house was on fire and flung her baby out of the window. Dr. Teplitz believes that this instance of irrational behavior was not due to somnambulism. She believes the woman was seriously deranged or insane, not a sleepwalker. For their own protection, chronic sl
32、eepwalkers have been known to tie themselves in bed, lock their doors, hide the keys, bolt the windows, and rip up all sorts of gadgets or wake themselves if they should get out of bed. Curiously enough, they have an uncanny way of avoiding their own traps when they sleepwalk, so none of their trick
33、s seem to work very well Some sleepwalkers talk in their sleep loudly enough to wake someone else in the family who can then shake them back to their senses. Children who walk in their sleep usually outgrow the habit. In many adults, too, the condition is more or less temporary. If it happens often,
34、 however, the sleepwalker should seek help. Although sleepwalking itself is nothing to become alarmed about, the problems that cause the sleepwalking may be very serious. 18 What does the phrase “taken with a barrel of salt“ mean at end of the second paragraph? （ A） inconceivable （ B） unbelievable （
35、 C） suspected （ D） implausible 19 Who was supposed to be the worlds champion sleepwalker? （ A） The man walked sixteen miles along a dangerous road. （ B） The boy walked five hours in his sleep. （ C） The student habitually walked to the Iowa River and swam in his sleep. （ D） The man danced a minuet in
36、 his sleep. 20 What is true of sleepwalking according to the passage? （ A） It is caused by emotional conflict or guilty conscience. （ B） It is the acting out of a vivid dream. （ C） Somnambulists are asleep during their sleepwalking. （ D） It is dangerous to waken a sleepwalker. 21 Dr. Zelda Teplitz _
37、. （ A） studied sleepwalking for at least ten years. （ B） concluded that sleepwalkers are partially asleep in their sensory area. （ C） maintained that it is a mistaken belief that sleepwalkers are immune to injury. （ D） A and B 22 The writer makes it obvious that_ （ A） sleepwalkers are often awakened
38、 by dangers （ B） the underlying cause of sleepwalking is more serious than sleepwalking itself （ C） most sleepwalkers are deranged or insane （ D） All of the above. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to ea
39、ch question. 23 _ is the leading corn-producing state in the US. （ A） Iowa （ B） Pennsylvania （ C） New Jersey （ D） Delaware 24 _is considered as the forerunner of using the “stream of consciousness“ and his writing techniques include symbolism. （ A） Bernard Shaw （ B） William Butler Yeats （ C） James J
40、oyce （ D） David Herbert Lawrence 25 The following were all great contributors to the American Republic EXCEPT （ A） Thomas Jefferson. （ B） William Penn. （ C） George Washington. （ D） Benjamin Franklin. 26 Greetings, farewells and comments on the weather in English are_function. （ A） phatie （ B） inform
41、ative （ C） performative （ D） recreational 27 President Franklin D. Roosevelts actions to get America out of the depression was called_. （ A） the New Freedom （ B） the New Democracy （ C） the New Deal （ D） the New Conservatism 28 Speakers Comer located in_, where speaker can deliver their eloquent spee
42、ch. （ A） British Museum （ B） Westminster （ C） Hyde Park （ D） Greater London 29 Generally speaking, the eastern American cities are (more) _ than the western ones. （ A） populous and industrialized （ B） sparsely populated and agricultural （ C） bigger and richer （ D） smaller and poorer 30 Which of the
43、following is NOT of British origin? （ A） Charles Darwin （ B） Florence Nightingale （ C） Barbra Streizand （ D） Hitchcock 31 Jane Eyre is well-known figure created by _. （ A） Charlotte Bronte （ B） Emily Bronte （ C） Jane Bronte （ D） Mary Bronte 32 _ is concerned with the social significance of language
44、variation and language use in different speech communities. （ A） Psycholinguistics （ B） Sociolinguistics （ C） Historical linguistics （ D） General linguistics 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING all the people who are involved make available whatever information will be made available. I know that Valeries husba
45、nd, Joseph Wilson, is a good man, a career diplomat who voted for my opponent in 1992. He voted for former President Bush. But I think what happened to her and whats happened to him were terrible. Katie Couric: What do you make of Republicans who claim Democrats would like nothing better than to see
46、 Karl Rove out of the picture because he is such a brilliant political strategist. Bill Smith: Oh, there is something to that. He is a brilliant political strategist and hes proved brilliantly effective, at destroying Democrats personally. He is good at playing psychological head games that damage o
47、ur side. But, you know, were supposed to be good enough to be there. I dont think we should wish anybody ill personally. Whatever the facts are, it was wrong to reveal a patriotic CIA agents identity to punish her husband, a patriotic career diplomat, for telling the truth instead of telling a lie.
48、No, that was not right. But before we all say what should be done and to whom it should be done, we need to have all the facts. 11 【正确答案】 B 12 【正确答案】 C 13 【正确答案】 C 14 【正确答案】 A 15 【正确答案】 B SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and th
49、en answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 15 【听力原文】 Formula One is under fire again. The safety debate is raging a consequence of volunteer official Graham Beveridges death during the Australian Grand prix in Melbourne this month. It is a debate the sport is well used to: It began with Jackie Stewart in the late 1960s. It reappeared in 1994 with the deaths of Ayrton Sen
