1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 538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 How Interpreters Work? . Understanding A. About words and expressions 【 1】 words may be left out: If not
3、knowing a key word or expression, a) admit or clarify the question if necessary, with the delegates. b) deduce from【 2】 B. About ideas/concepts 【 3】 of different kinds of texts thata) present logical argumentsb) present a sequence of【 4】 c) are descriptive, focusing on an event, a scene or a situati
4、on identification of the main ideas analysis of ideas linked by【 5】 . Memorization of a speech A. Objective to create a telegraphic version of the discourse to link its different parts through its semantic-logical connections B. Means of memorization concentrating on the ideas connecting main ideas
5、to a series of【 6】 focusing on the links among the main ideas .【 7】 of the content in another language A. Goal: make sure the audience understand the speech. B. Suggestions: enriching ones general vocabulary and style following the press in ones native language watching TV, see movies, etc. in the【
6、8】 language . Conclusion A. Interpreting is a profession that is all about communication: “make their own speech“【 9】 the speeches they interpret be faithful to the original speech as accurate as possible B. Interpreters should take advantage of all the possible【 10】 available in their working langu
7、ages. 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 each of the following five questions. N
8、ow listen to the interview. 11 What does the example of Czech speakers show? （ A） Its natural for language learners to make errors. （ B） Differences between languages cause difficulty. （ C） Difficulty stems from either difference or similarity. （ D） There exist differences between English and Czech.
9、 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. 12 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? （ A） Public pro
10、perty should be handed back to its original owners. （ B） Census was suggested to save the culture and language. （ C） Ethnic groups and languages are dying out in Chile. （ D） Ethnic groups should be given more autonomy. 13 Which of the following is CORRECT? （ A） One indigenous group only has two peop
11、le left. （ B） One indigenous group only has twelve people left. （ C） One indigenous group only has twenty people left. （ D） One indigenous group only has two thousand people left. 13 The old man stood there at a loss, his sunken eyes staring at the man seated behind the table. Raising his hand, he w
12、iped the sweat from his forehead and heavily wrinkled face. He didnt use the traditional kerchief and headband as usual, though he could feel the sweat running down his temple and neck, and he gave no reply to the man seated behind the table who went on asking him, “Why did you go in opening all the
13、 doors of the wards looking for your wife? Why didnt you come directly to Enquires?“ The old man kept silent. Why, though, was the man seated behind the table continuing to open one drawer after another? His eyes busy watching him, he said, “I came here the day before yesterday wanting the hospital
14、and looking for the mother of my children.“ The man seated behind the table muttered irritably, blaming himself for not having ever learned how to ask the right question, how to get a conversation going, and why it was that his question, full of explanations, and sometimes of annoyance, werent effec
15、tive. He puffed at his cigarette as he enquired in exasperation, “What s your wife s name?“ The old man at once replied, “Zeinab Mohamed.“ The man seated behind the table began flipping through the pages of the thick ledger; each time he turned over a page there was a loud noise that was heard by ev
16、eryone in the waiting room. He went on flipping through the pages of his ledger, pursing his lips listlessly, then nervously, as he kept bringing the ledger close to his face until finally he said, “Your wife came in here the day before yesterday?“ The old man in relief at once answered, “Yes, sir,
17、when her heart came to a stop.“ Once again irritated, the man seated behind the table mumbled to himself, “Had her heart stopped she wouldnt be here, neither would you.“ With his eyes still on the ledger, he said, “She s in Ward 4, but it s not permitted for you to enter her ward because there are o
18、ther women there.“ Yawning, he called to the nurse leaning against the wall. She came forward, in her hand a paper cup from which she was drinking. Motioning with his head to the man, he said, “Ward Number 4 -Zeinab Mohamed.“ The nurse walked ahead, without raising her mouth from the cup. The old ma
19、n asked himself how it was that this woman worked in a hospital that was crammed with men, even though she spoke Arabic. Having arrived at the ward, the nurse left him outside after telling him to wait; then, after a while, she came out and said to him, “There are two women called Zeinab Mohamed. On
20、e of them, though, has only one eye. Which one is your wife so that I can call her?“ The old man was thrown into confusion. One eye? How am I to know? He tried to recall what his wife Zeinab looked like, with her long gown and black headdress, the veil, and sometimes the black covering enveloping he
21、r face and sometimes removed and lying on her neck. He could picture her as she walked and sat, chewing a morsel and then taking it out of her mouth so as to place it in that of her first-born. Her children. One eye. How am 1 to know? tie could picture her stretched out on the bed, her eyes closed.
22、The old man was thrown into confusion and found himself saying, “When I call her, shell know my voice.“ The nurse doubted whether he was in fact visiting his wife; however, giving him another glance; she laughed at her suspicions and asked him, “How long have the two of you been married? Again, he w
23、as confused as he said, Allah knows best thirty, forty years .“ 14 What does the title of the passage “The Unseeing Eye“ suggest? （ A） The old man had very poor vision. （ B） The old man s wife had an eye problem. （ C） The old man failed to see what be should have seen. （ D） The old man s wife was no
24、t easy to recognize. 15 Which of the following can be inferred about the old man seated behind the table? （ A） He showed much tolerance to the old man. （ B） He often pat on airs before people of lower status. （ C） He refused to respond to the old man s enquiries. （ D） He seemed to lose his patience
25、too easily. 16 The word muttered in Line 1, Paragraph 2 means_. （ A） complained （ B） denoted （ C） groaned （ D） refuted 17 Which of the following words best describes the old man s mood when he could not answer the nurse s questions? （ A） Surprised. （ B） Puzzled. （ C） Irritated. （ D） Reserved. 18 Whi
26、ch of the following may least reveal the old man s Arabian identity? （ A） His religious belief. （ B） His attitude toward the nurse. （ C） His memories of his spouse. （ D） His kerchief and headband. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this sect
27、ion. Choose the best answer to each question. 19 In England no females were allowed to vote in national elections before_. （ A） 1918 （ B） 1920 （ C） 1928 （ D） 1945 20 Charles Dickens wrote all of the following EXCEPT （ A） Oliver Twist. （ B） David Copperfield. （ C） A Tale of Two Cities. （ D） Heart of
28、Darkness. 21 Which of the following is a central vowel? （ A） e （ B） i （ C） u （ D） 22 Beowulf was written in_. （ A） Old English （ B） Middle English （ C） Early Modern English （ D） French 23 Which of the following is NOT a free morpheme? （ A） Bed. （ B） Tree. （ C） Dance. （ D） Children. 24 The first writ
29、ing which made Mark Twain nationally famous was （ A） The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. （ B） Life on the Mississippi. （ C） The Gilded Age and Innocents Abroad. （ D） The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. 25 Which of the following statements is true of the vocal cords? （ A） In male adults the vo
30、cal cords are typically longer than in female adults. （ B） In male adults the vocal cords are typically shorter than in female adults. （ C） In male adults the vocal cords are typically thinner than in female adults. （ D） The vocal cords in both male and female adults are of the same length. 26 Which
31、 one of the four novels was written by Norman Mailer? （ A） The heart of the matter. （ B） Cry, the Beloved Country. （ C） The Harp in the South. （ D） The Naked and the Dead. 27 On which of the following streets is the financial centre of the US located? （ A） Fleet Street. （ B） Downing Street. （ C） Wal
32、l Street. （ D） Burke Street. 28 The poem I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain was written by _. （ A） Walt Whitman （ B） Emily Dickinson （ C） Harriet Beecher Stowe （ D） Mark Twain 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On
33、other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find new things for himself. 【 M3】 _ Parents vary greatly on their degree of strictness towards their children. 【 M4】 _ Some may be especially stri
34、ct in money matters. Others are severe over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. In general, the controls imposing represent the needs of the parents and the values of the 【 M5】 _ community as much as the childs own happiness. As regards the development of moral standards in the g
35、rown child, 【 M6】_ consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that “Example is better than precept“. If they are not sincere and do not practice what that they preach, their children
36、 may grow confused 【 M7】 _ and emotionally secure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, 【 M8】_ and realize they have been in some extent fooled. A sudden awareness of a 【 M9】 _ marking difference between their parents principles and their morals can 【 M10】 _ be a dangerous disappointmen
37、t. 29 【 M1】 30 【 M2】 31 【 M3】 32 【 M4】 33 【 M5】 34 【 M6】 35 【 M7】 36 【 M8】 37 【 M9】 38 【 M10】 SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Directions: Translate the following text into English. 39 偶然也会有一座小岛出现在地平线上，我们不知其名，但它却给人以神秘之感，那是海底峰峦的顶部，孤独、凄凉、无瑕、偏僻地矗立在海上。人们喜爱岛屿，是否因为在这难以驾驭的广大世界里有这样 叫块易于管理的领地，人们就不知不觉地要据为已有 ?我想到那
38、座岛屿一直就在那里 (除非它只不过是耐心的珊瑚虫的作品 )，并且倘若我返回发现它在等待着我时，这小岛还会仍然在原地不动。当我想到这些时，我就感受到一种奇特的情感。为什么会这样，我自己也说不清。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. 40 The study of law has been recognized for centuries as a basic intellectual discipline in European universities. Howe
39、ver, only in recent years has it become a feature of undergraduate programs in Canadian universities. Traditionally, legal learning has been viewed in such institutions as the special preserve of lawyers, rather than a necessary part of the intellectual equipment of an educated person. Happily, the
40、older and more continental view of legal education is establishing itself in a number of Canadian universities and some have even begun to offer undergraduate degrees in law. If the study of law is beginning to establish itself as part and parcel of a general education, its aims and methods should a
41、ppeal directly to journalism educators. Law is a discipline which encourages responsible judgment. On the one hand, it provides opportunities to analyze such ideas as justice, democracy and freedom. On the other, it links these concepts to everyday realities in a manner which is parallel to the link
42、s journalists forge on a daily basis as they cover and comment on the news. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 40 Some people hold the view that a students success in university study follows the same pattern as that of farming, whi
43、ch is characterized by the sowing the seeds, nurturing growth and harvesting the rewards process. Write an essay of about 400 words on the topic given below to support this view with your own experience as a university student SOWING THE SEEDS NURTURING GROWTH AND HARVESTING THE REWARDS. In the firs
44、 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. 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 composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR 专业英语八级模拟试卷 538答案与解析
