1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 536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 There are two common set images of the Australian male: a)the【 1】 and Neanderthal male - great for a bill
3、 and a laugh. b)【 2】 - a businessman who conceals the dorsal fin of a shark under a grey suit. Characters of Australians: . Not【 3】 by nature, refer to each other on【 4】 , and speak their minds. . Men tend to get together to relax -【 5】 and going to the footy. . A typical Australian party【 6】 men an
4、d women. . Greeting. In【 7】 , men shake hands with others but women usually do not shake hands with other women. With good friends, males【 8】 each other on the shoulder, women kiss one another. . Being invited to a party: The host or the hostess introduces you to others; it is【 9】to bring gifts at t
5、he first meeting. . Being modest about【 10】 your own horn and achievements. 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 questions that follow. Question
6、s 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 The interviewer believes that _. （ A） advertising cant be a kind of lying （ B） advertising must be a kind of lying （ C） adverti
7、sing is most likely to be a kind of lying （ D） advertising may be a kind of lying 12 How many years has this advertising man been in the ad. business for? （ A） Fifteen years. （ B） Sixteen years. （ C） Fourteen years. （ D） Ten years. 13 What kind of work does he find most interesting? （ A） Making ad.
8、plans. （ B） Selling products successfully. （ C） Developing new markets. （ D） Making a new product. 14 What does advertising function as according to this ad. man? （ A） A determiner that leads people to bring the product into their lives. （ B） A complete lie that leads people to buy the product. （ C）
9、 As a stable value which makes people believe what the product has. （ D） As a promotion which makes people aware of the new product. 15 What will determine that people will continue to use the product? （ A） The products own worth. （ B） The products design. （ C） The .products advertising. （ D） The pr
10、oudcts pric 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 questions. 16 What is the deal between Google and Motorola? （ A） T
11、hey will cooperate to produce Android phones. （ B） They will merge into one company. （ C） Google will purchase one of the Motorola companies. （ D） Google will invest in Motorola Mobility in the stock market. 17 What is the market response to the acquisition news? （ A） Shares of Motorola Mobility ris
12、es. （ B） Shares of Motorola Mobility falls. （ C） Shares of Google rises. （ D） Shares of Google falls. 17 The concern throughout the world in 1988 for those three whales that were locked in the Arctic ice was dramatic proof that whales, several species of which face extinction, have become subjects o
13、f considerable sympathy. These are the recorded voices of whales. These monstrous creatures have been trumpeting their songs, one to another, in the worlds Oceans since the dawn of time, while overhead, great empires and civilizations have come and gone. Now, their time of decline has .come. It bega
14、n a long time ago. Four-thousand-year-old rock carvings show that the people who lived in what is now Norway were probably the first to seek out and kill whales in the sea. By around 890 AD, 3,000 years later, the practice had spread to the Basque people of France and Spain, who hunted whales from b
15、oats in the Bay of Biscay. In the centuries that followed, Whaling became an important industry in Denmark, England, Germany, the Netherlands, and, finally, in what would become America. Whaling went into dramatic decline, beginning around 1900. Today, whales are hunted commercially only by Norway,
16、Iceland and Japan. The worlds fascination with them, however, is at an all-time high, because so few of them are left, given their tragic history. Richard Ellis writes about whales, takes pictures of whales in the open sea, and sketches whales stranded on the beach. He says its a 20-year obsession t
17、hat began in the mid-1960s, when he designed a model of a great blue for the Museum of Natural History in New York “As I began to do the research, I realized that nobody knew anything about whales. And I couldnt really find any pictures of what they looked like: all I could find was pictures of dead
18、 whales. And I became very excited at the prospect of doing what seemed to be original research on something that was so peculiar, which was the largest animal that has ever lived on earth.“ So large, he discovered that the largest dinosaur weighed only half as much as the female blue whale. As he c
19、ontinued his research, he boarded scientific vessels, dove with whales in the Pacific, and even watched whales die at the hands of modern explosive-tipped harpoons. His sketches appeared in magazines and encyclopedias and at the center of what was then the beginning of a movement to save the whales.
20、 “I was one of those people who used to stand on street comers and ask for people to sign petitions, which at that time were directed towards the Japanese and the Soviets. Because in that period of time, late 60s and early 70s, the Japanese and the Soviets were killing tens of thousands of sperm, pa
21、rticularly in the North Pacific. And we thought that getting the worlds opinion on paper would make them say, Oh look, all these people dont like what we are doing. We will stop. Well, of course, they didnt stop.“ Not at first, commercial whaling peaked in the mid-1960s, with more than 60,000 whales
22、 killed each year. The International Whaling Commission, a group of member nations aimed at regulating the industry, began to make recommendations to end commercial whaling entirely. Why kill whales for soap, or fuel or paints and varnishes, even margarine, if we had substitutes for all those produc
23、ts? The seemingly senseless slaughter focused the worlds attention on the whale and consequently the International Whaling Commission or IWC. “And since its said nowhere in the constitution of the IWC that you had to be whaling nation to join, you have countries like Kenya and the Seychelles. Switze
24、rland is a member of the 1WC, a country not known for its whaling history. Countries joined because they felt that this was something that needed to be done. “ By 1986, the Commission had passed a moratorium on commercial whaling. But since the organization had no enforcement powers, it could and ca
25、n not impose sanctions on violators. Only a few nations, Japan, Iceland, and Norway, continue to hunt whales commercially. Richard Ellis says there is something magical about this animal caught in the net of life and time, and we must continue to fight to preserve it, because in the end we are reall
26、y protecting a small part of ourselves and our earth. 18 Who might be the first to find and kill whales in the sea, according to the passage? （ A） The Basque people of France and Spain. （ B） People in what would become Norway. （ C） People from Denmark and the Netherlands. （ D） People in what would b
27、ecome America. 19 Richard Ellis is best described as a whale （ A） writer. （ B） photographer. （ C） researcher. （ D） hunter. 20 Commercial whaling （ A） was most active in the mid-1960s. （ B） has been ended entirely. （ C） has been strictly regulated. （ D） is still very popular. 21 The International Wha
28、ling Commission (IWC) was an organization that （ A） a country could join only when being a whaling nation. （ B） had the right to end commercial whaling entirely. （ C） collected the worlds opinion to show concerns for whales. （ D） had no authority for punishing violators. 22 Which of the following is
29、 NOT true, according to the passage? （ A） Several species of whales now face extinction. （ B） The world is less fascinated with whales nowadays now. （ C） Norway, Iceland and Japan are the only commercial whaling nations. （ D） The blue whale is the largest animal in the world. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNO
30、WLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 23 The_schools in Britain would admit children without reference to their academic abilities. （ A） comprehensive （ B） secondary （ C） independent （ D） grammar 24 Christianity
31、was first brought to England by the_. （ A） Romans （ B） Celts （ C） Anglo-Saxons （ D） Danes 25 Charles Lamb is the representative of the_writing in the Romantic Age. （ A） poem （ B） prose （ C） novel （ D） drama 26 2_is the masterpiece written by Walt Whitman. （ A） Leaves of Grass （ B） Evangeline （ C） A
32、Psalm of Life （ D） The Song of Hiawatha 27 According to Krashen, _refers to the gradual and subconscious development of ability in the first language by using it naturally in daily communication. （ A） acquisition （ B） learning （ C） competence （ D） performance 28 The use of one name for that of anoth
33、er associated with it is rhetorically called _. （ A） synecdoche （ B） metonymy （ C） substitution （ D） metaphor 29 Which of the following historic events is of little significance to America? （ A） World War . （ B） The Glorious Revolution. （ C） Boston Tea Party. （ D） Tile Vietnam War. 30 The British Pr
34、ime Minister is appointed by_. （ A） the Queen （ B） the Speaker （ C） the House of Commons （ D） the House of Lords 31 The largest and most important museum in Britain is _. （ A） the British Museum （ B） the Victoria and Albert Museum （ C） the Imperial War Museum （ D） the National Gallery 32 _ refers to
35、 the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation. （ A） Phonology （ B） Morphology （ C） Semantics （ D） Sociolinguistics 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING then they depend upon 【 M3】_ their own common sense, not at all upon their university learning and upon 【 M4】_ philosophical theo
36、ries. And in case of the English nation, it must be 【 M5】_ acknowledged that this instinctive method has been extremely successful. The last people from whom praise can be expected, even for what is worth of all praise, are the English. The Englishman all the time is 【 M6】_ studying, considering, tr
37、ying to find fault. Why should he try to find fault? So that he will not make any mistakes at a later day. He was inherited the 【 M7】_ trouble caution of his ancestors in regards to mistakes. It must be granted 【 M8】_ that his caution has saved him from a number of very serious mistakes that other n
38、ations have made. It must also be acknowledged that he exercises a fair amount of moderation in the opposite direction-this modern Englishman; he has learned caution of other kind, which his ancestors 【 M9】_ taught him. “Power should be used with moderation; for whoever finds himself among valiant m
39、en will discover that no man is superior than others. “【 M10】 _ 33 【 M1】 34 【 M2】 35 【 M3】 36 【 M4】 37 【 M5】 38 【 M6】 39 【 M7】 40 【 M8】 41 【 M9】 42 【 M10】 SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Directions: Translate the following text into English. 43 但那时我年少，血旺气盛，誓与凡俗抗争到底 ，于是连哄带骗将一净高 1.74米女孩拐回家做起了太太，这一壮举颇为 “残
40、废 ”们扬了一段眉吐了半口气。 将大大置回家中后我才意识到我的悲哀，这一愤世之举不仅未了我 “终生残废 ”之恨而又平添了 “终生遗憾 ”，我从未享受过男人坚定有力的胳膊窝勾着大太姣荚柔滑的后脖子上街遛弯的幸福。 这一幸福对我来说不仅意味着双脚要离开这生我养我的土地，而且神圣的肚脐亦将昭之于众。 现在，每每出门，高扬的手壁牢牢地挂在太太的肩头，其状如猴子紧紧扒着电杆，任凭大大在马路上将我拖来拖去 痛苦的我常常痛苦的想，如果 能重活一回，我再也不与世俗去抗争，因为与世抗争是要付出代价的。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the
41、following text into Chinese. 44 Mr. Starr is too good a historian to offer any pat explanation; instead, he concentrates on the extraordinary array of people and events that have led from the mythical land of Queen Calafia, through the rule of Spain and Mexico, and on to the governorship of Arnold S
42、chwarzenegger. What other state in America would have elected an iron-pumping film star with an Austrian accent? Moreover, he does so with such elegance and humor that his book is a joy to read. What emerges is not all Californian sunshine and light. Think back to the savage violence that accompanie
43、d the 1849 Gold Rush; or to the exclusion orders against the Chinese; or to the riots that regularly marked industrial and social relations in San Francisco. California, it should be remembered, was very much the wild west, having to wait until 1850 before it could force its way to statehood. So wha
44、t tamed it? Mr. Starrs answer is a combination of great men, great ideas and great projects. He emphasizes the development of Californias infrastructure; the extraordinary system of aqueducts and canals that transferred water from the north of the state to the arid south; the development of agricult
45、ure; the spread of the railroads and freeways; and, perhaps the most important factor for todays hi-tech California, the creation of a superb set of public universities. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 45 Currently, every college
46、 student knows that ability is important. They would like to attend various training programs and apply for different certificates so that they are more competent. Do you think that attending training programs and getting more certificates can improve competence? Write an essay of about 400 words en
47、titled: Do More Certificates Stand for Better Ability? 专业英语八级模拟试卷 536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
48、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 【听力原文】 Good moring, everybody. Today my topic is ab
49、out the Australians. There are two common set images of the Australian male. The first is the naive and Neanderthal male - great for a beer and a laugh. The other is the tough adventurer - a businessman who conceals the dorsal fin of a shark under a grey suit. This entrepreneur type figure is a firm sports enthusiast and takes well to putting Australia on the global map. Good examples are media giants Rupert Murdoch, and Alan B
