1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 54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 Information Superhighway at Work The changes in how we communicate make it necessary to change how we thin
3、k about communication. The Information Superhighway is a new way of looking at 【 1】 _ communication. It can be broken down into 【 1】 _. four components. People arc the travelers and【 2】 _ of the Superhighway. 【 2】 _. Many people plan, design, establish, maintain, and develop the appliances of the Su
4、perhighway. Others investigate the news, do the programming, and produce ideas. 【 3】 _ is the information on the Superhighway. It travels o- 【 3】 _. ver the Superhighway and remains as varied as the people who send and re- ceive it. Networks are the roadways that carry information between appliances
5、. They are used to 【 4】 data, graphics, and video across neigh- 【 4】 _. borhoods, states and countries. Right now, we become familiar with televi- sion, radio, telephone, 【 5】 _ and wireless networks. 【 5】 _. Appliances are the 【 6】 _ of the Information Superhighway. 【 6】_. They are the devices peop
6、le use to 【 7】 _ ,send, and receive in- 【 7】_. formation. Many appliances, such as telephones, fax machines, computers and modems, are popular nowadays. The Information Superhighway is the combination and 【 8】 【 8】_. _ of all four components, and it wll connect us all and 【 9】 【 9】_. _ everyone. Now
7、, the Information Superhighway is under 【 10】 _ , and 【 10】_. very soon more lanes are to be added in an ever - growing network of com- munications information, innovation, and opportunity. 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 thi
8、s 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 Why did Mr. G
9、reen have a terrible fuel bill last winter? （ A） Because his wife overheated the house. （ B） Because his mother overheated the house. （ C） Because his wife s mother overheated the house. （ D） Because he overheated the house. 12 In fact, people will feel very comfortable if the temperature in winter
10、is _. （ A） 70F （ B） 80F （ C） 75F （ D） 65F 13 Whats the most popular heating system according to the engineer? （ A） Every room has a heater. （ B） The Central room has a heater. （ C） A heat chamber heats air and passes the warm air through ducts and openings into rooms. （ D） The rooms are installed wi
11、th blowers or convection. 14 Whats the shortcoming of the small individual air conditioners? （ A） Its too cold for people to adapt themselves to the temperature. （ B） The temperature of the rooms is uncomfortable. （ C） The temperature of the rooms is quite uneven. （ D） Its difficult to install them
12、in the rooms. 15 Its important to have vapor seals on the warm side to _. （ A） avoid gas when the air cools （ B） avoid mist when the air cools （ C） avoid rapor when the air cools （ D） avoid moisture when the air cools SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE
13、 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 South Korean Law -makers planned for an Asiawide coalition against _. （ A） Japans invasion （ B） Japans violation of human rights （ C） Japans disto
14、rtion of history （ D） Japans cruelty 17 Protests in South Korea have not _. （ A） escalated into civic campaigns nationwide （ B） called for a boycott of Japanese goods （ C） postponed joint military exercises with Tokyo （ D） established a neutral just body to settle such a dispute 18 When did George W
15、, Bush present a letter to Congress? （ A） Friday. （ B） Thursday. （ C） Tuesday. （ D） Monday. 19 Last year exports to China was boosted by _. （ A） 25 percent （ B） 24 percent （ C） 23 percent （ D） 22 percent 20 The annual review will continue _. （ A） in White House （ B） in the Pentagon Building （ C） in
16、the United Nations （ D） on the Capitol Hill 20 I have no statistics on this, but conversation with friends and dozens of person-on-the-street interviews I saw and heard last month convince me that a lot of Americans felt a sense of personal loss at the death of John F. Kennedy Jr. Their grief was pa
17、lpable and clearly genuine. Yet I couldnt help wondering how many would have reacted this way to the death of a relative, a mother or father, sure. But what about uncle John, who lives across town; or Cousin Tara, who moved to another state; or even, Grandma, whom we see once or twice a year, from t
18、he other Side of the country? For many of us, the concept of family is a lot narrower than it used to be. Today children go away to college, and take up careers wherever opportunity seems greatest. So instead of growing up in an extended family, with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins involved
19、in our day-to-day lives, many of us are truly con- netted only to our parents and siblings. Many kids today knew little of the lives of relatives outside the nuclear family, and dont care deeply about them. Whether were aware of it or not, this estrangement creates a void. “People have an inherent n
20、eed to feel connected, “says Joy Browne, a psychologist and talkshow host in the U.S. “And theyll do it in whatever ways are easiest for them. “When family members are distant, what could be easier than .forming a connection to celebrities-especially glamorous ,public-spirited ones like the Kennedys
21、“. This sort of false intimacy isnt new, of course. People wept when Rudolph Valentime died in 1926 and when the Lindberghs lost their baby in 1932. Its natural and in most ways harmless to identify with the famous. But todays combination of busy lives, fragmented families and saturation media cover
22、age of celebrities means this is the only intimacy many of us experience outside our immediate family. And thats unhealthy, because these celebrity relationships are not two way. For that, we need to stay connected to our own families. Well never turn back the clock to keep families from scattering.
23、 But parents can help by telling their kids stories about their grandparents, aunts and cousins, and by keeping the relatives informed of the kids latest activities and interests. Technology can encourage more frequent, more casual contact. Its no chore to dash off an email to Granddad. Better yet,
24、take a vacation with members of your extended family-and not at anyones home. A week or so of relaxed interaction can be a great way to turn up family ties. And when tragedy happens, theres no substitute for family. Because no matter how much we cry for the Kennedys, they cant be there to cry for US
25、. Thank you for todays program. Now lets listen to a song. 21 The author is _. （ A） talking on the phone （ B） talking on the television （ C） talking on the radio （ D） talking on the platform 22 Many children know little of the lives of relatives because _. （ A） they have no time （ B） they are from t
26、he nucleus family （ C） they have never met them before （ D） they dont like them 23 Who is Joe Brown? （ A） He is an expert in mental workings. （ B） He is an actor. （ C） He is a writer on the importance of friends and relatives. （ D） He is a clinical psychologist and talkshow host. 24 People form a cl
27、ose connection to celebrities not because _. （ A） they have busy lives （ B） they live far away from their relatives and friends （ C） they cannot escape media coverage of celebrities （ D） they work with those celebrities 25 The purpose of the passage is to _. （ A） stay connected to our own families a
28、nd relatives （ B） remain intimate with celebrities （ C） stop crying for celebrities （ D） learn how to love both families and celebrities 25 Since the Titanic vanished beneath the frigid waters of the North Atlantic 85 years ago, nothing in the hundreds of books and films about the ship has ever hint
29、ed at a connection to Japan - until now. Director James Camerons 200 million epic Titanic premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival last Saturday. Among the audience for a glimpse of Hollywoods costliest film ever descendants of the liners only Japanese survivor. The newly rediscovered diar
30、y of Masabumix Hosono has Titanic enthusiasts in a frenzy. The document is scrawled in 4,300 Japanese character on a rare piece of RMS Titanic stationery. Written as the Japanese bureaucrat steamed to safety in New York aboard the ocean liner Carpathia, which rescued 706 survivors, the account and o
31、ther documents released by his grandchildren last week offer a fresh - and poignant - re- minder of the emotional wreckage left by the tragedy. Hosono, then 42 and an official at Japans Transportation Ministry, was studying railway networks in Europe. He boarded the Titanic in Southampton, en route
32、home via the US. According to Hosonos account, he was awakened by a loud knock on the door of his second - class deck with the Steerage passengers. Hosono tried to race back upstairs, but a sailor blocked his way. The Japanese feigned ignorance and pushed past. He arrived on deck to find lifeboats b
33、eing lowered into darkness, flares bursting over the ship and an eerie human silence. He wrote:“ Not a single passenger would howl or scream.“ Yet Hosono was screaming inside. Women were being taken to lifeboats and men held back at gunpoint. “I tried to prepare myself for the last moment with no ag
34、itation, making up my mind not to do any- thing disgraceful as a Japanese, “he wrote.” But still I found myself looking for and waiting for any possible chance of survival.“ Then an officer shouted, “Room for two more!“ Hosono recalled: “I myself was deep in desolate thought that I would no more be
35、able to see my beloved wife and children.” Then he jumped into the boat. When Hosono arrived in Tokyo two months later, he was met with suspicion that he had survived at someone elses expense. The culture of shame was especially strong in prewar Japan. In the face of rumors and bad press, Hosono was
36、 dismissed from his post in 1914. He worked at the office part -time until retiring in 1923. His grandchildren say he never mentioned the Titanic again before his death in 1939. Even then, shame continued to haunt the family. In newspapers, letters and even a school textbook, Hosono was denounced as
37、 a disgrace to Japan. Readers Digest reopened the wound in 1956 with an abridged Japanese version of Walter Loads best seller. A Night to remember, which described “Anglo-Saxons” as acting bravely on the Titanic, while “Frenchmen, Italians, Americans, Japanese and Chinese were disgraceful.” Citing h
38、is fathers diary, one of Hosonos sons, Hideo, launched a letter - writing campaign to restore the family name. But nobody in Japan seemed to care. The diary resurfaced last summer. A representative for a US foundation that plans to hold an exhibition of Titanic artifacts in Japan next August found H
39、osonos name on a passenger list. A search led him to Ha-ruomix Hosono, a well -known composer, and to his cousin Yuruoi, Hideos daughter. She revealed that she had her grandfathers dairy as well as a collection of his letters and postcards. “I was floored,“ says Mixchael Findley, cofounder of the Ti
40、tanic International Society in the US “This is a fantastic, fresh new look at the sinking and the only one written on Titanic stationery immediately after the disaster.“ The information allows enthusiasts to rearrange some historical minutes, such as which lifeboat Hosono jumped into. More chilling,
41、 the account confirms that the crew tried to keep foreigners and third -class passengers on the ships lower deck, effectively ensuring their name. The diary cannot correct injustice, but Hosonos family hopes it will help clear his name. The Titanic foundation also hopes to capitalize on the diary an
42、d the movie to promote its upcoming exhibition. To that end, Haruomix Hosono, the composer, has been asked to give a talk at next months public premiere of Titanic! The diary cannot, of course, match Camerons fictionalized epic for drama and intrigue. But at least Masabumix Hosonos tale really happe
43、ned. 26 _ was among the descendants of the Liner s only Japanese survivor. （ A） Masabumix Hosono. （ B） Yuriko. （ C） Cameron. （ D） RMS. 27 Why was Masabumix denounced as a disgrace to Japan? （ A） Because he killed some people on the Titanic. （ B） Because he was then an official. （ C） Because he was d
44、ismissed from his ministry post. （ D） Because the culture of shame was too strong. 28 In the sentence “Women were being taken to lifeboats and men held back at gunpoint“ (paragraph 4) the phrase “hold back” has the meaning of _. （ A） keep back （ B） keep up （ C） keep on （ D） keep to 29 What important
45、 role did the diary really play? （ A） It corrected injustice. （ B） It was as vivid as the movie “Titanic“. （ C） It proved what Masabumix said was true. （ D） It made the Japanese believe what Masabumix had said. 30 In the sentence “Even then, shame continued to haunt the family“ (paragraph 6), the wo
46、rd “haunt“ has the meaning of _. （ A） occur to （ B） often occur to （ C） hunt （ D） attack 30 Primary Colors The movie Primary Colors is about a grey-haired, gravel-voiced, doughnut-loving Governor from a Southern American state who is running in a US presidential campaign. He has a colourful past tha
47、t is in danger of grabbing frontpage deadlines and a no-nonsense lawyer wife, whose accent would be right at home n a prestigious Chicago law school. The similarities with president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary seem hard to ignore. The book Primary Colors, published under the byline “Anonymous“
48、, became best-seller when it came out not long after the 1992 American presidential election in which Clinton was elected to the White House. It appeared to be a thinly veiled account of what happened during that campaign. But Mike Nichols, the director of Primary Colors the movie, insists that there is no direct relationship between fiction and fact. John Travolta, who plays governor Jack Stanton, agrees. He says that of course there are elements of Clinton in the movie character, but then there
