1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 594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 Leaving Home Generally, most people have in their minds a picture of their “ideal home“, but if you are s
3、tudents or people just beginning work, the practical limitations of money and location may prevent them from finding this ideal home. Serveral ideas for you to follow: I. To stay at home for a while when leaving school: 1)many advantages while staying at home; 2)depending much on how you 【 1】 _your
4、family. 【 1】 _ II. To stay in your home area by renting a house or a flat: 1)cannot inviting your 【 2】 _to visit you freely; 【 2】 _ 2)would be rather unhappy ifnotgeting on well with your【 3】 _ 【 3】 _ III. To ask 【 4】 _on campus for help in finding houses: 【 4】 _ 1)difficult in some areas because of
5、 a 【 5】 _ student population;【 5】 _ 2)many 【 6】 _not willing to rent rooms to students. 【 6】 _ IV. To share 【 7】 _with some other students: 【 7】 _ 1)very cheap rent; 2)no old people watching over; 3)and the housework shared with room-mates; 4)causing problems if having 【 8】 _ characters. 【 8】 _ V .T
6、o try a bed-sitterone mom that you use as a bedroom and sitting room 【 9】 _: 【 9】 _ 1)not very expensive rent; 2)easy to keep clean and cheap and to heat; 3)simple to make it feel like a real home; 4)may be always 【 10】 _if cooking; 【 10】 _ 5)might be hanging your wet clothes all round the room; 6)c
7、an be very lonely at first. 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. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end o
8、f the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 According to the interview, a nerd camp is a summer camp for children with _. （ A） athletic talents （ B） extremely smart minds （ C） musical gifts （ D） strong scientific intere
9、st 12 What do children do in a nerd camp? （ A） They spend most time playing. （ B） They spend most time studying. （ C） They try to learn how to get along with other kids. （ D） They go on tours of various universities. 13 The speakers view towards skipping grade is that _. （ A） smart kids should be al
10、lowed to skip grades for further development （ B） children should stay within the same group, however smart they may be （ C） parents complaints are important in deciding grade skipping （ D） children can skip piano class, but not reading or algebra class 14 As far as social behavior is concerned, sma
11、rt children usually _ children of similar age. （ A） act more politely than （ B） act more rudely than （ C） act just in a same way as （ D） hate to stay with 15 The speaker believes that _. （ A） intelligence can decide future success （ B） nerd campers will become extremely successful （ C） intelligence
12、can be very important for success （ D） intelligence makes it difficult to define success 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
13、answer the questions. 16 According to the findings by the American researchers, what is of help in relieving patients pain and worry? （ A） Brain. （ B） Skin. （ C） Medicine. （ D） A sharp needle. 17 Magnetic resonance imaging devices can show _. （ A） dependence on illegal drugs （ B） targeted points on
14、the body （ C） the change in the flow of blood （ D） whether a patient can be treated by acupuncture 17 Literature and Life In a reaction against a too-rigid, over-refined classical curriculum, some educational philosophers have swung sharply to an espousal of “life experience“ as the sole source of l
15、earning. Using their narrow interpretation of John Deweys theories as a base for support, they conclude that only through “doing“ can learning take place. Spouting such phrases as “Teach the child, not the subject,“ they demand, without sensing its absurdity, an end to rigorous study as a means of o
16、pening the way to learning. While not all adherents to this approach would totally eliminate a study of great books, the influence of this philosophy bas been felt in the public school curricula, as evidenced by the gradual subordination of great literature. What is the purpose of literature? Why re
17、ad, if life alone is to be our teacher? James Joyce states that the artist reveals the human situation by re-creating life out of life, Aristotle that art presents universal truths be- cause its form is taken from nature. Thus, consciously or otherwise, the great writer reveals the human situation m
18、ost tellingly, extending our understanding of ourselves and our world, We can soar with the writer to the heights of mans aspirations, or plummeting with him to tragic despair. The works of Steinbeck, Anderson, and Salinger; the poetry of Whitman, Sandburg, and Frost; the plays of Ibsen, Miller, and
19、 ONeill; all present starkly realistic portrayals of lifes problems. Reality? Yes! But how much wider is the understanding we gain than that attained by viewing life through the keyhole of our single existence Can we measure the richness gained by the young reader venturing down the Mississippi with
20、 Tom and Huck, or cheering Ivanhoe as he battles the Black Knight; the deepening understanding of the mature reader of the tragic South of William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams, of the awesome determination and frailty of Patrick Whites Australian pioneers? This function of literature, the enlargi
21、ng of our own life sphere, is of itself of major importance. Addition- ally, however, it has been suggested that solutions of social problems maybe suggested in the study of literature. The overweening ambitions of political leaders-and their sneering contempt for the law-did not appear for the firs
22、t time in the writings of Bernstein and Woodward; the problems, and the consequent actions, of the guilt ridden did not await the appearance of the bearded psychoanalyst of the twentieth century. Federal Judge Learned Hand has written, “I venture to believe that it is as important to a judge called
23、upon to pass on a question of constitutional law, to have at least a bowing acquaintance with Thucydides, Gibbon, and Carlyle, with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Milton, with Montaigne and Rabelais, with Plato, Bacon, Hume, and Kant, as with the books which have been specifically written on the sub
24、ject. For in such matters everything turns upon the spirit in which he approaches the questions before him. “But what of our dissenters? Can we overcome the disapproval of their “life experience classroom“ theory of learning? We must start with the field of agreement-that education should serve to i
25、mprove the individual and society. We must educate them to the understanding that the voice of human experience should stretch our human faculties, and open us to learning. We must convince them- in their own personal language perhaps-of the “togetherness“ of life and art; we must prove to them that
26、 far from being separate, literature is that part of life which illuminates life. (578) 18 According to the passage, the end goal of great literature is _. （ A） the recounting of dramatic and exciting stories, and the creation of characters （ B） to create anew a synthesis of life that illuminates th
27、e human condition （ C） the teaching of morality and ethical behavior （ D） to portray lifes problem 19 In the authors opinion, as seen in this passage, one outcome of the influence of the “life experience“ adherents has been _. （ A） the gradual subordination of the study of great literature in the sc
28、hools （ B） a narrowed interpretation of the theories of John Dewey （ C） a sharp swing over to “learning through doing“ （ D） an end to rigorous study as a way of learning 20 As the author sees it, one of the most important gains from the study of great literature is _. （ A） enrichment of our understa
29、nding of the past （ B） broadening of our approaches to social problems （ C） that it gives us a bowing acquaintance with great figures of the past （ D） that it provides us with vicarious experiences which provide a much broader experience than we can get from experiences of simply our own lives alone
30、 21 The authors purpose in this passage is to _. （ A） list those writers who make up the backbone of a great literature curriculum （ B） compare the young readers experience with literature to that of the mature readers （ C） plead for the retention of great literature as a fundamental part of the cur
31、riculum （ D） advocate the adoption of the “life experience“ approach to teaching 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 The history of the U.S. is generally agreed to have begun in_. （ A）
32、 1620 （ B） 1607 （ C） 1776 （ D） 1492 23 Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf? （ A） Canada. （ B） New Zealand. （ C） Great Britain. （ D） The United States of America. 24 _ is the representative of Romantic criticism. （ A） William Hazlitt （ B） Walter Scott （ C） Jane Austen （ D） Charles Lamb 2
33、5 _designed and flew a successful plane in 191 （ A） Glenn E. Curiss （ B） The Wright brothers （ C） Henry Ford （ D） J.P. Morgan 26 Main Street is written by_who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930. （ A） Ernest Hemingway （ B） Sinclair Lewis （ C） John Steinbeck （ D） F. Scott Fitzgerald 27 _analys
34、is is a process of grammatical analysis according to which a syntactic construction can be analyzed into its basic units. （ A） TG （ B） IC （ C） LAD （ D） ST 28 The “Gunpowder Plot“ is associated with a marl called _. （ A） John Milton （ B） Oliver Cromwell （ C） Guy Fawkes （ D） John Bunyan 29 The chief f
35、orce that motivated John Bunyan to write The Pilgrim s Progress was his _. （ A） political commitment （ B） religious fervency （ C） artistic pursuit （ D） long suffering in the prison 30 _ is the most important of all American crops. （ A） Wheat （ B） Corn （ C） Cotton （ D） Rice 31 _refers to words whose
36、several meanings are related to one another. For example the verb “open“ may mean unfold, expand, reveal, etc. （ A） Synonymy （ B） Antonymy （ C） Hyponymy （ D） Polysemy 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING this pigment is similar with that found in the retina 【 M9】 _ of the eye. One layer down, in the derma, there
37、 is similar varietion in thickness, mostly to protect 【 M10】 _ underlying tissue. 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 加入世贸组织，是中国对外开放的新起点。我们将在更大范围和更深程度上参与国际经济合
38、作与竞争。中国将进一步向亚洲和世界开放，向各国的企业家、投资者开放。我们恪守入世承诺，有步骤地扩大开放领域，降低关税水平，取消非关税壁 垒。我们也将不断完善法治，创造更加公平透明和可预见的市场环境。同时，我们还将大力实施 “走出去 ”战略，鼓励中国各种所有制企业走向世界。 中国人民热爱和平，中国的发展需要和平。中国经济的发展，不会对任何国家和地区构成威胁。无论现在还是将来，中国始终是维护世界和平促进共同发展的重要力量。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. 43 W
39、e do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat, or calculated the length of the year, or ploughed the field; but we know all about the killers and destroyers. People think a great deal of them, so much so that on all the highest ill s in the great cities of the world you will
40、 find the figure of a conqueror or a general or a soldier. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are those that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are, hut they are not the most civilized. Ani
41、mals fight; so do savages; hence to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in which an animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 44 Some people simply see education as going
42、to schools or colleges, or as a means to secure good jobs; most people view education as a lifelong process. In your opinion, how important is education to modern man? Write a composition of about 300 words on the following topic: Education As A Lifelong Process In the first part of your writing you
43、 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 appropriacy. Fa
44、ilure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 594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
45、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 complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Leaving Home Good morning. To
46、day, we are going to talk about an interesting topic, that is, should you live with parents or leave home after graduation from school? A persons home reflects his character just as clearly as the clothes he wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Most people have in th
47、eir minds a picture of their “ideal home“; but in general, and particularly for students or for people just beginning work, there are practical limitations of money and location which may prevent them from finding this ideal home. Not having enough moneys in fact, often means that the only way of ge
48、tting along when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things improve financially. There are many advantages to staying at home your clothes are usually washed for you, your meals are cooked and you already have your circle of friends around you. Parents are often very generous in asking for only a little help with paying the rent, and you do not usually have to pay the bills for electricity, etc. On the other hand, a lot depends on how you get on with your family. Do your parents like your friends? Are you p
