1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 555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 Chemistry plays an important part in our life. The【 1】 _ of a clock, 【 1】_ the clothes we wear, and our l
3、eather shoes are all made【 2】 _ . 【 2】_ the water we drink is chemically purified. The glass and【 3】 _ of the mirror,【 3】 _ the manufacturing of light bulbs, the paint and plaster on our walls requirechemistry. The cooking, digestion and assimilation of the food are all chemical【 4】 _. 【 4】 _ The co
4、nstruction of an automobile may require many kinds of chemically made【 5】 _ 【 5】 _ Chemistry and its【 6】 _ have helped us to live longer. 【 6】 _ The science of medicine also【 7】 _ heavily upon chemistry. 【 7】_ And with【 8】 _ and antiseptics, surgery is no longer crude and limited. 【 8】_ Our increasi
5、ng knowledge of the chemical【 9】 _ that take place in the human body results in great strides in modem medicine. 【 9】 _ Fortunately, most of us do not need a profound knowledge of chemistry, but some understanding of chemistry should be a part of the【 10】 _ of every educated person. 【 10】 _ 1 【 1】 2
6、 【 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. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10
7、 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 The woman goes to the man with the aim to （ A） know what to write for the term paper. （ B） know how to narrow down her topic for the paper. （ C） ask if she can hand in the paper later than scheduled. （ D） ask fo
8、r a sick leave because of her ear. 12 According to the man, to postpone an exam, a student should do all the following EXCEPT （ A） filling in a special form. （ B） giving valid reasons. （ C） talking with the dean of the faculty. （ D） getting the doctors signature on the completed form. 13 The woman h
9、as given up the idea of writing about the formation of Death Valley because （ A） the topic covers too much. （ B） she has not done much research on that. （ C） it is rather a hard topic. （ D） she can not find enough references. 14 Which of the following statements about the lab job is NOT true? （ A） T
10、he lab assistant is to make preparations for the experiments. （ B） The lab assistant works during the busy hours of the lab. （ C） The lab assistant will work ten hours per week. （ D） The lab assistant sometimes have to work in the morning. 15 From the conversation we can see that the man is_to (with
11、) the woman. （ A） indifferent （ B） instructive （ C） helpful （ D） strict 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 questi
12、ons. 16 According to Mr. Blair, EU must _ if it is to survive. （ A） change its constitution （ B） change the present economic system （ C） adapt itself to the changing times （ D） launch a long-term budget 17 Mr. Blair has been accused by others of _. （ A） wanting to destroy Europes welfare state. （ B）
13、 destroying capitalism across the continent. （ C） encouraging political integration among EU members. （ D） changing the existing European social models. 17 Almost a century after his death, the well-known French author Jules Verne has once again managed to fire the imagination of people around the w
14、orld, this time with an unpublished novel, Paris in the 20th Century. The manuscript, completed in 1863 but long locked away in a safe, was uncovered only in 1989 by Vernes great-grandson, and it appeared in English translation just a few months ago. This 19th-century vision of the future describes
15、life among skyscrapers of glass and steel, high-speed trains, gas-powered automobiles, calculators, fax machines and a global communications network. The prescience of these forecasts matches what one would have expected from the author who introduced countless readers of his age to a host of techno
16、logical marvels, from submarines to helicopters and spacecraft. But in fact, Paris in the 20th Century is a tragedy. It describes the life of an idealistic young man who struggles to find happiness in the fiercely materialistic dystopia that Paris has become by 1920. Like George Orwells 1984, Vernes
17、 novel is a grim and troubling comment on the human costs of technological progress. That such a message should come from Jules Verne proves surprising to many. Most people particularly in America - assume that Verne wrote about the wonders of technology because he was himself an optimistic scientis
18、t. Many also believe Verne wrote primarily for children, crafting novels that were invariably exciting but intellectually shallow. These misconceptions show how Vernes current status has completely shadowed the reality of his life and writings. They are part of the continuing misunderstanding of thi
19、s author, a result of some severely abridged translations and simplified adaptations for Hollywood cinema. In troth, Verne was neither a scientist nor an engineer: he was simply a writer - and a very prolific one. Over his lifetime, Verne produced more than 2 novels. Yet his works were carefully gro
20、unded in fact, and his books inspired many leading scientists, engineers, inventors and explorers, including William Beebe (the creator and pilot of the first bathysphere), Admiral Richard Byrd (a pioneer explorer of Antarctica), Yuri Gagarin (the first human to fly in space) and Neil Armstrong (the
21、 first astronaut to walk on the moon). Vernes novels were thus profoundly influential, and perhaps uniquely so. Although novels with scientific foundation had been written before, Verne raised the technique of scientific description to a fine art. And this type of science fiction, based on accurate
22、descriptions of science and technology, has tended to dominate the trend ever since. But Vernes devotion to technical detail does not reflect an confidence in the virtues of science. Indeed, his earliest writings - a mixture of plays, essays and short stories - were distinctly critical of science an
23、d technology. It was only the strict monitor of his publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, that steered Verne toward what eventually made him famous: fast-paced adventure tales heavily flavored with scientific lessons and an optimistic ideology. And although his own attitude was quite different, Verne offe
24、red little resistance to Hetzel. After the release of his initial book in 1863, the first in a series of novels published under the banner “Extraordinary Voyages: Voyages in Known and Unknown Worlds“, Verne explained to his friends at the Paris stock market (where he had been working part-time to ma
25、ke ends meet) about his accomplishment. “My friends I ye just written a novel in a new style. If it succeeds, it will be a gold mine.“ He was right. Under Hetzel s continual guidance, Verne created one novel after another, each fundamentally of this same type. But most of the works published after H
26、etzel s death in 1886 show Verne returning to his original themes - championing environmentalism, anticapitalism and social responsibility while questioning the benefits that science and technology could bring to an imperfect world. To understand how Vernes later writings could differ so completely
27、from popular image of him requires a closer understanding of the man and his times. 18 How does the author think about “Paris in the 20th Century“? （ A） He thinks it is a comedy. （ B） This 19th-century vision of the future describes life among skyscrapers of glass and steel, high-speed trains, gas-p
28、owered automobiles, calculators, fax machines and a global communications network. （ C） It describes the life of an unidealistic young man who struggles to find happiness in the fiercely materialistic dystopia that Paris has become by 1920. （ D） He thinks the Jules Verne has once again managed to fi
29、re the imagination of people around the world and it is a grim and troubling comment on the human costs of technological progress. 19 In the sentence “In math, Verne was neither a scientist nor an engineer: he was simply a writer and a very prolific one.“, the word “prolific“ probably means _ （ A） p
30、rimitive （ B） diligent （ C） rich （ D） fruitful 20 Through what kind of novels, did Verne make himself success? （ A） Fast-paced adventure tales heavily flavored with scientific lessons and an optimistic ideology. （ B） To mix futuristic narratives with detailed, plausible descriptions of new technolog
31、y. （ C） Through novels such as Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864; translated 1874) and Around the World in 80Days (1873; translated 1874). （ D） Bright, entertaining adventure stories that celebrated the possibilities of technology. 21 According to the passage, how does the author think about
32、Jules Verne? （ A） A stranger. （ B） A scientist whose job was to discover the future and cast new technology in a darker light. （ C） From the start, the father of science fiction was gravely concerned with the dangers of technology. （ D） He was either a scientist or an engineer. 一、 PART III GENERAL K
33、NOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 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 At beginning
34、 of the 2nd world war, Britain took the policy of _. （ A） appeasement （ B） active attack （ C） peace （ D） neutral 24 Australia is the worlds largest exporter of _. （ A） meat （ B） wheat （ C） sugar （ D） wool 25 In 1812, the United States fought the first war with （ A） France. （ B） Britain. （ C） Spain.
35、（ D） Mexico. 26 Shakespeares greatest tragedies are _. （ A） Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth （ B） Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet （ C） Hamlet, Carolinas, King Lear and Macbeth （ D） Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth 27 Thoreaus _is full of eco-wisdom. （ A） Nature （ B） S
36、elf-Reliance （ C） Walden （ D） Moby Dick 28 By advancing the theory of _ , Bacon showed the new empirical attitutes toward truth about nature and bravely challenged the medieval scholasticists. （ A） inductive reasoning （ B） deductive reasoning （ C） education （ D） scientific experimentation 29 The Gif
37、t of the Magi was written by （ A） Theodore Dreiser. （ B） O Henry. （ C） William Faulkner. （ D） Mark Twain. 30 The notion of superordinate is related to _ . （ A） synonymy （ B） homonymy （ C） polysemy （ D） hyponymy 31 The common thread throughout American literature has been the emphasis on （ A） Realism
38、. （ B） Sentimentalism. （ C） Individualism. （ D） Romanticism. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING the right half works on pictures, patterns and forms. We need both halves working together. The better the connections, the more harmonious the two halves work. And, 【 M7】 _ according to research findings, women hav
39、e the better connections. In the schools throughout the world girls tend to be better than boys 【 M8】 _ In “language subjects“ and boys better at math and physics. We 【 M9】 _ shant know for a while, partly because we dont know of any precise relationship between abilities in school subjects and the
40、functioning of the two halves of the brain, and we cannot understand how the two halves interact via the corpus callosum. But this striking difference must have sorne effect and, because the difference is in the parts of the brain involving in intellect ,【 M10】 _ We should be looking for differences
41、 in intellectual processing. 32 【 M1】 33 【 M2】 34 【 M3】 35 【 M4】 36 【 M5】 37 【 M6】 38 【 M7】 39 【 M8】 40 【 M9】 41 【 M10】 SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Directions: Translate the following text into English. 42 它们保护自己的幼儿是一刻也不肯懈怠的。两只眼睛好像燃着的两团烈火。脖子时常要竖着向四方倾听。全身的神经好像紧张得要断裂一样。这样加 紧的防御，有时还要变为攻击。即使你不怀敌意地走近它们，
42、它们也要发出一种怪怪的叫声，飞来啄你。摄取食物的时候，它们自己也决不肯先吃，只是咯咯地唤着鸡雏。假如有别的同类要来分争，不管是雄是雌，它们一样地总要毫不留情地扑啄。睡眠或者下雨的时候，要把自己的鸡雏抱在自己的胸胁下，可怜胸脯上的羽毛要抱到一根也没有的程度。像这样的生活，要持续两三个月之久。在这期间，它们的性生活是完全停止的。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. 43 On the second night of the ground war, I realized
43、 that darkness would never fall. To the south of my position with the 42nd Field Artillery Brigade near the border of Iraq and Kuwait, the sky glowed deep red. Kuwaits oil was going up in flames. From the first moments of Desert Storm, I was amazed by the sheer scale of the campaign. As the sky brig
44、htened on the first morning of the invasion, I stared at my own column of tanks, trucks, and other support vehicles stretching as far as I could see front and back, with identical lines on either side from horizon to horizon. But if there was a war to fight, it wasnt here. We made progress as fast a
45、s we could. Once in a while we stopped, and soldiers dashed around carrying powder explosives. Then with a roar our big guns launched a rain of fire ahead of our advancing columns to soften up the enemy. During four days of advance, the unit, attached to the Armys VII Corps, fired an ear-numbing 5,4
46、40 artillery rounds and 1,286 rockets. The invasion route took us north, deep into Iraq. Then we turned sharply southeast and headed toward Kuwait. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 44 Students have many resources on campus ,TV set
47、 is one of them. But many resources are misused or not fully used. Take TV set for example, because it is in the campus center, it has always caused congestion and wasting studentstime. Write a proposal to the director of the campus on this problem. In the first part of your letter you should presen
48、t 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 555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. Y
