1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 564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 Research shows that everyone dreams quite frequently every night. We usually remember just the last dream
3、 that we had before【 1】 . When we are dreaming, our【 2】are moving. If a person is prevented from dreaming but allowed to sleep, he or she becomes very up set. So we need to dream. Why do we dream? one explanation is that when the mind doesnt have to think about every day matters it is free to think
4、about the deeper concerns. It doesnt have to be【 3】and sensible. We have to represent out anxieties, fears and hopes through【 4】 . Freud believed that the conscious mind tries to control and cover up the enormous feeling, and that the unconscious feelings that we try to cover up are largely【 5】 . Th
5、e unconscious mind had to【 6】 its feeling to express its wishes. Jung was interested in world of religions and in【 7】 and spiritual ideas. He believed that our personalities are divided into three parts, the conscious, the unconscious, and the “【 8】 unconscious“, and that everyone has another, insid
6、e person in himself or herself, cared “anima“. Womens animus is【 9】 forceful and decisive. Language of dreams. Usually the only person who can really find the meaning behind a dream is the person who had the dream. But there are several common symbols we share with others. When you dreamed of flying
7、, perhaps you have an【 10】 complex, or you are trying to escape from your problems. 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.
8、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 are the speakers mainly discussing? （ A） Memberships in a food coup. （ B） The benefits of health food. （ C） Shoppi
9、ng in the supermarket. （ D） The current cost of food. 12 What change does the woman suggest the co -up make? （ A） Lowering its prices. （ B） Selling more household necessities. （ C） Changing its membership rules. （ D） Opening up more checkout lines. 13 What is one thing the members of the co - up mus
10、t do? （ A） Avoid junk food. （ B） Attend monthly meetings. （ C） Buy cleaning supplies at the co - up. （ D） Work at the co - up. 14 Why might the man join the co up? （ A） To save money on food. （ B） To buy food without additives. （ C） To do all his shopping in one place. （ D） To meet other health - co
11、nscious people. 15 Whats the advantage for the people who join the co-up for 6 month period? （ A） The membership fee is lower. （ B） They can help choose the products that will be sold. （ C） They may attend fewer meetings. （ D） They may go to the co-up more times per week. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Di
12、rections: 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 can we learn from the passage? （ A） The decision was made in a world summit on fightin
13、g 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. （ D） Blair announced that aid to Africa would rise from 25 million US dollars annually to 50 million by 2010. 16 The stranger could not hav
14、e been more than twenty-five years of age, and was a little above the ordinary: height; had he been a single hairs breadth taller, the matchless symmetry of his form would have been destroyed. His unclad limbs were beautifully formed; whilst the elegant outline of his figure, together with his beard
15、less cheeks, might have entitled him to the distinction of standing for the statue of the Polynesian Apollo; and indeed the oval of his countenance and the regularity of every feature reminded me of an antique bust. But the marble repose of. art was supplied by a warmth and liveliness of expression
16、only to be seen in the South Sea Islander under the most favorable developments of nature. The hair of Marnoo was a rich curling brown, and twined about his temples and neck in little close curling ringlet, which danced up and down continually when he was animated in conversation. His cheek was of a
17、 feminine softness, and his face was free from the least blemish of tattooing, although the rest of his body was drawn all over with fanciful figures, which-like the unconnected sketching usual among these natives-appeared to have been executed in conformity with some general design. The tattooing o
18、n his back in particular attracted my attention. The artist employed must indeed have excelled in his profession. Traced along the course of the spine was accurately delineated the slender, tapering, and diamond-checkered shaft of the beautiful “artu“ tree. Branching from the stem on each side, and
19、disposed alternately, were the graceful branches drooping with leaves all correctly drawn, and elaborately finished. In- deed, this piece of tattooing was the best specimen of the Fine Arts I had yet seen in Typee. A rear view of the stranger might have suggested the idea of a spreading vine tacked
20、against an infinite variety of figures; every one of which, however, appeared to have reference to the general effect sought to be produced. The tattooing I have described was of the brightest blue, and when contrasted with the light olive-color of the skin, produced a unique and even elegant effect
21、. A slight girdle of white tappa, scarcely two inches in width, but hanging before and behind in spreading tassels, composed the entire costume of the stranger. He advanced surrounded by the islanders, carrying under one arm a small roll of the native cloth, and grasping in his other hand a long and
22、 richly decorated spear. His mariner was that of a traveler conscious that he is approaching a comfortable stage in his journey. Every moment he turned good-humoredly to the throng around him, and gave some dashing sort of reply to their incessant queries, which appeared to convulse them with uncont
23、rolled mirth. (457) 17 The writer means for this passage to appeal to the readers _. （ A） senses （ B） religion （ C） morals （ D） thoughts 18 The style of this passage is _. （ A） humorous （ B） poetic （ C） detailed （ D） unrealistic 19 The rear view of the stranger _. （ A） is compared to a statue （ B） h
24、as matchless symmetry （ C） is compared to a garden vine （ D） is typical of a South Sea Islander 20 What is the color of the tattooing on his back? （ A） Brown. （ B） Yellow. （ C） Blue. （ D） Green. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this sectio
25、n. Choose the best answer to each question. 21 Britains first woman prime minister was_. （ A） Catherine （ B） Elizabeth （ C） Anne Boleyn （ D） Margaret Thatcher 22 _ is called the “Big Apple“ and is the largest city in the United States. （ A） Washington D. C. （ B） New York City （ C） Los Angeles （ D） C
26、hicago 23 Abraham Lincoln belonged to_. （ A） the Federalist Party （ B） the Whig Party （ C） the Republican Party （ D） the Democratic Party 24 The words “kid, child, offspring“ are examples of （ A） dialectal synonyms. （ B） stylistic synonyms. （ C） emotive synonyms. （ D） collocational synonyms. 25 Whic
27、h is the largest city in Scotland? （ A） Cardiff. （ B） Edinburgh. （ C） Glasgow. （ D） Manchester. 26 In Britain,_was the forerunner of the Liberal Party. （ A） the Labour （ B） the Conservative Party （ C） the Whigs （ D） the Tories 27 Theodore Dreiser set forth his_concept of the American society in his
28、early works. （ A） romantic （ B） historical （ C） naturalistic （ D） realistic 28 In Britain, popular newspapers are also called_ （ A） tabloids （ B） quality （ C） broadsheets （ D） junk 29 Psycholinguistics investigates the interrelation of language and _. （ A） a speech community （ B） its diversity （ C）
29、human mind （ D） human behavior 30 A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of_. （ A） presence of obstruction （ B） absence of obstruction （ C） manner of articulation （ D） place of articulation 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING they suffer nigh rates of poverty; they face prejudice founded on in
30、accurate stereotypes; they are excluded from the mainstream of American life on the basis of supposed group characteristics; and they are offered few meaningful roles in their society. In addition, the aged may face such problems as nigh rates of victimization by criminals, a heavy, burden of chroni
31、c illness and medical expenses, and psychological problems that result from their loss of independence and their sense of being unwanted. In America, childhood is romanticized, youth is idolized, middle age does the work, wields the power and pays the bills, and old age gets little or nothing for wh
32、at it has already done. For many elderly Americans old age is a tragedy, a period of quiet despair, deprivation, desolation and muted rage. The tragedy of old age is not that each of us must grow old and die but that the process of doing so has been made unnecessarily painful, humiliating and isolat
33、ing through insensitivity, ignorance, and poverty. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 34 Different people have different character traits. Each of us is unique. Are our essential qualities in character inherited at birth or conditio
34、ned by circumstances? Write an essay stating your view on this question. Requirement: In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis or view. In the middle part you should support your view with examples or details, and then your writing should have a good conclusion. Marks will be
35、 awarded for content, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Length: Approximately 400 words. Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 564答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You
36、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. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to c
37、omplete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Good afternoon, everyone. Today well talk about some facts of dreaming. Some people thought that they never dreamed or hardly ever dreamed. Only a third of the men and nearly half of the women thought tha
38、t they dreamed several times a night. In fact, research shows that everyone dreams quite frequently every night. Moreover, we all dream many times every night but we dont usually remember our dreams. If we do remember our dreams, they are usually the last ones that we had before waking up. Other peo
39、ple know when we are dreaming because they can see our eyelids moving. If they wake us up at that moment we will remember our dream. Research by Dr Keitman at the University of Chicago has shown this. He has also tried waking people up when their eyelids arent moving, and they have told him that the
40、y werent dreaming. If a person is prevented from dreaming but allowed to sleep, he or she becomes very upset. So the dream is important to us, and we need to dream. Then why do we dream? One popular theory is that we spend most of our day thinking about practical matters, shopping, getting to work,
41、seeing our friends, etc. We spend very little of our time thinking about our deep anxieties, fears, and hopes, although these are very important. When the mind doesnt have to think about everyday matters it is free to think about these deeper concerns, and it doesnt have to be logical and sensible b
42、ecause it doesnt have to communicate to other people. For example, time is unimportant in dreams. If something happened to you ten years ago and something else yesterday then it doesnt matter if they are combined. Also if you havent experienced something but would like to, then it can be real in you
43、r dream. Very often your deeper minds dont seem to have words in them and we have to represent our anxieties, fears and hopes through pictures. Two important psychologists are often referred to when people talk about dreams. One is Freud who believed that the deep, unconscious mind has a powerful in
44、fluence over the conscious mind. He held the belief that the conscious mind tries to control and cover up the enormous feeling which have such power, and he thought that the unconscious feelings which we struggle to cover up are largely sexual. Freud said that the conscious mind would not allow the
45、unconscious mind to express its wishes in a clear kind of way, so the unconscious mind had to symbolize its feelings. He thought that all long pointed objects represent the male: sticks, umbrellas, trees, knives, etc., and that all hollow objects represent the female: boxes, cupboards, ovens, ships,
46、 rooms, etc. The other famous psychologist is Jung. He was a friend of Freud and worked with him. However, he developed his own ideas about people. Jung was interested in world of religions and in mystical and spiritual ideas. He believed that our personalities are divided into three parts: the cons
47、cious, the unconscious and the “collective unconscious“. He thought that we all share the same “collective unconscious“ and he studied religions and beliefs all over the world to prove it. He found that there are heroes and magicians and fairies and dragons in stories everywhere, and he believed tha
48、t these heroes, etc. represent our wish to be brave and good, our need for help against difficult problems and our fear of the unknown and the frightening within ourselves. He had another theory which is useful when people want to interpret a dream. He believed that every man has within him the char
49、acteristics of a woman, imagination, poetry, gentleness. He called this other, inside person the “anima“ of a man. And he said that in every woman there is an “animus“ which is aggressive, forceful and decisive. If a woman dreamed of a man, Freud would say that she was wishing for a lover, but Jung might say that she was dreaming of the animus part of herself, or she was dreaming of an original model of a hero or evil person, etc. As to the language of dreams, it is very difficult to find a clear meani
