1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 560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 On Reviewing and Improving Written Work Teachers feel very frustrated when they find small mistakes in st
3、udents writing that should be so easily picked up before submission. Another frustration is that words used are too (1)_. One explanation for this is students have a deep vocabulary but do not use it enough. Another reason might be that students spend (2)_time on the assignment, which leads to the u
4、nsatisfactory results. Here, some practical tips are offered for the improvement of students written work. 1.(3)_. Most students only use the surface vocabulary (about 20%) they have mastered, which is far from enough. The way out is to dive under the surface for better words and expressions. 2.Unde
5、rstand your problems and weaknesses. You can find them and keep them in mind through (4)_: understand the habitual mistakes you make or check your corrected work by a teacher for such information. Make a list of these things, and refer to it when checking your writing. 3.Listen to your writing. As y
6、ou write and re-read your work, your eye and brain get used to seeing the words, so you (5)_small mistakes. One way to check is to have someone else read your work or listen to your writing. Reading it aloud to yourself will be helpful too, but you have to (6)_. When you do this, you can catch some
7、mistakes and correct them. 4.Finding a friend or (7)_will do you benefits. However, compared with peers, the help from (8)_is not recommended, because they tend to do too much work than is good for you. Even a teacher cannot give you (9)_as a peer, for they have too many papers to check. Admittedly
8、the basic tips offered above add time to your writing activity. But taking time at the re-finish will definitely (10)_you: it makes a teacher, who gives you a grade, more pleased when reading your writing. SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen car
9、efully 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 What was most important, according to Kofi Annan （ A） Getting the WHO
10、 work （ B） Looking at the figures and statistics and the devastation （ C） Getting the leaders speaking up （ D） Discussing the issue with the WHO and the UNAIDS 12 How did Annan see the individuals struggle through the course of the illness? （ A） He was concerned with the statistics （ B） He was conce
11、rned with the suffering and the pain （ C） He was concerned with the medication （ D） He was concerned with the UNs activities there 13 Annan hoped that the governments could increase assistance in the areas of_ （ A） treatment, funds, prevention and getting organizations involved （ B） prevention, educ
12、ation, treatment and getting organizations involved （ C） education, leadership, prevention and treatment （ D） treatment, education, prevention and leardership 14 Annan was pleased with Dr. Lees approach of lying to get the AIDS medication to_ （ A） three billion people in four years （ B） three millio
13、n people in four years （ C） four million people in three years （ D） three million people in five years 15 Why did Annan meet the seven top pharmaceutical companies? （ A） He urged them to provide more medications for these countries （ B） He urged them to reduce the production of the medications （ C）
14、He urged them to lower the prices of the medications （ D） He urged them to produce more effective medications 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
15、 given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 What can we learn from the passage? （ A） The decision was made in a world summit on fighting against terrorism. （ B） Africa will benefit a lot from this decision. （ C） The decision was made by common consent of its member countries from the beginning. （
16、D） Blair announced that aid to Africa would rise from 25 million US dollars annually to 50 million by 2010. 16 Bank of America, holding company for the San Francisco-based Bank of America, was once unchallenged as the nations biggest banking organization. At its peak, it had more branches hi Califor
17、nia, 1,100 more than the U.S. Postal Service. It was also a highly profitable enterprise. But since 1980, Bank of Americas earnings have been down or flat. From March 1985 to March 1986, for example, earnings per share dropped 50.8 percent. Samuel H. Armacost, president and CEO, has confessed that h
18、e doesnt expect a turnaround soon. Some of Bank of Americas old magic seems to have rubbed off on New Yorks Citibank, perennial rival for top banking honors. Thanks to aggressive growth policies, Citicorps assets topped Bank of Americas for the first time in 1983 and by a healthy margin. Citibank ha
19、s also been generating profits at a fast clip, enabling it to spend lavishly on campaigns to enter new markets-notably Bank of Americas turf in California. The bad times Bank of America is currently facing are partly the result of the good times the bank enjoyed earlier. Based in a large and populou
20、s state and operating in a regulated environment, Bank of America thrived. Before deregulation, banks could not compete by offering savers a higher return, so they competed with convenience. With a branch at every crossroads, Bank of America was able to attract 40 percent of the California deposit m
21、arket-a source of high earnings while the legal maximum payable to depositors was much lower than the interest on loans. The progressive deregulation of banking forced Bank of America to fight for its customers by offering them competitive rates. But how could this mammoth bureancracy, with its expe
22、nsive overhead, offer rates as attractive as its loaner competitors? Pruning the establishment was foremost in the minds of Bank of America policymakers. But cutbacks have proceeded slowly. Although the bank is planning to consolidate by offering full services only in key branches, so far only about
23、 40 branches have been closed. Cutbacks through attrition have reduced the work force from 83,000 to fewer than 73,000; wholesale layoffs, it seems, would not fit the tradition of the organization. And they would intensify the morale problems that already threaten the institution. 17 According to th
24、e passage, New Yorks Citibank _. （ A） is a dark horse in the field of banking （ B） has been growing in a moderate way （ C） has been making efforts to conquer the markets of Bank of America （ D） has more branches than Bank of America now 18 Which of the following is NOT the reason for which Bank of A
25、merica thrived? （ A） Its turf California was a state with a large number of population. （ B） The economic environment that was controlled by the government. （ C） Its deposit rate was higher than that of other banks. （ D） Its large amount of branches. 19 The phrase “mammoth bureaucracy“ in Line 2, Pa
26、ragraph 4 refers to _. （ A） its expensive overhead （ B） its large amount of branches （ C） its long history （ D） corruption of its leaders 20 Now the most important factor for a bank to win in competition seems to be _. （ A） higher deposit rate （ B） flexibility of capital （ C） high banking honors （ D
27、） support of the government 21 Which of the following conclusions can NOT be drawn from the passage? （ A） The U.S. Postal Service had lass than 1,100 branches in California a few decades before. （ B） The profit of the Bank of America has been reducing since the 1980s. （ C） The prospect of the Bank o
28、f America is not quite promising. （ D） Moral problem is also a factor that leads to the decline of the Bank of America. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 22 Britains longest rivers are_
29、. （ A） the Severn and the Clyde （ B） the Thames and the Clyde （ C） the Clyde and the Humber （ D） the Severn and the Thames 23 Ten amendments introduced by James Madison in 1789 were added to the Constitution. They are known as_. （ A） the Articles of Confederation （ B） the Bill of Rights （ C） the Civ
30、il Rights （ D） Federalist Papers 24 The Civil War cost America_lives. （ A） 60,000 （ B） 618,000 （ C） 6.18e+006 （ D） 208000 25 If America had a national poet in the 20th century, it is certainly_. （ A） Frost （ B） Pound （ C） Poe （ D） Whitman 26 In first language acquisition, imitation plays_. （ A） a ba
31、sic role （ B） a significant role （ C） a minor role （ D） no role 27 The famous Old Faithful is located in_. （ A） the Grand Canyon （ B） the Great Basin （ C） the Great Central Plain （ D） the Yellow Stone National Park 28 The Deserted Village was written by_, the outstanding representative of the sentim
32、entalist school. （ A） Burns （ B） Pope （ C） Goldsmith （ D） Wordsworth 29 Which of the following matches of chief city and the state it belongs to is NOT correct? （ A） Chicago-Illinois （ B） Philadelphia-Pennsylvania （ C） San Francisco-Utah （ D） Houston-Texas 30 Generally speaking, the eastern American
33、 cities are (more) _ than the western ones. （ A） populous and industrialized （ B） sparsely populated and agricultural （ C） bigger and richer （ D） smaller and poorer 31 The most densely populated region of America is _. （ A） the southeastern part （ B） the northeastern part （ C） the northwestern part
34、（ D） the Middle Plains 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING he had returned home from the campaign 6. _ trail to retrieve his tax information. But politically, the timing is awkward, 7. _ Despite his victory in the Iowa caucuses, Mr. Santorum has not come close to winning everywhere else and is trailing badly in
35、 the polls for the Florida primary, 8. _ He has been trying to beat back rumors he is aiming for the vice-presidential slot 9. _ or that he will quit the race and urge his conservative supporters to back Newt Gingrich in effort to stop the more moderate Mitt Romney. 10._ SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH
36、 Directions: Translate the following text into English. 42 中华民族历来尊重人的尊严和价值。还在遥远的古代，我们的先人就已提出 “民为贵 ”边墨想，认为 “天生万物，唯人为贵 ”，一切社会的发展和进步，都取决于人的发展和进步，取决于 人的尊严的维护和价值的发挥。中国共产党领导人民进行革命、建设和改革，就是要确保全中国人民获得广泛的自由、民主和人权。今天中国所焕发出来的巨大活力，是中国人民拥有广泛自由、民主的生动写照。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the follo
37、wing text into Chinese. 43 What is globalization? The short answer is that globalization is the integration of everything with everything else. A more complete definition is that globalization is the integration of markets, finance, and technology in a way that shrinks the world from a size medium t
38、o a size small. Globalization enables each of us, wherever we live, to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before and at the same time allows the world to reach into each of us farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before. I believe this process is almost e
39、ntirely driven by technology. Theres a concept in strategic theory, stating that capabilities create intentions. In other words, if you give people B-52s, they will find-ways to use them. This concept is quite useful when thinking about globalization, too. If I have a cell phone that can call around
40、 the world at zero marginal cost to 180 different countries, I will indeed call around the world to 180 different countries. If I have Internet access and can do business online, a business in which my suppliers, customers, and competitors are all global, then I will be global, too. And I will be gl
41、obal whether there is a World Trade Organization agreement or not. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 44 What are the important things in your life? People have different ideas about this question. You are asked to write an article
42、on this point to express your opinion. Write an article of 400 words on this. You should supply a title for your article. In the first 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 essay on the ANSWER SHEET. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 560答案与解析
