1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 603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 Things to be Taught in Every School I. Introduction: Importance of students ability to deal with the real
3、 world. A. Speakers opinion: Advocating classes for students to enter the real world B. Students entering the world learn lessons in the (1)_ way (1)_ II. Five things to be taught as skills in every school. A. (2)_ (2)_ - financial terms: Ignorance of them lead to errors - credit score: The report c
4、ard of real world - (3)_ things: Differentiation, delaying and inner sense (3)_ B. Communicating effectively - the most important part (4)_ (4)_ - judgment of a person: most underrated or most valuable C. Social skills - dealing with people from different (5)_ (5)_ - how to socialize: a) cut the sla
5、ng: respecting foreign customs and speaking appropriately b) build rapport: the art of (6)_ and approaching people (6)_ D. (7)_ (7)_ - its role in our life every day: selling ideas and ourselves - not only the (8)_ of social skills and (8)_ effective communication - applicable to every job and caree
6、r E. (9)_ (9)_ - learn to make a “to do list“ - learn to (10)_ (10)_ 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 base
7、d 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 Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the author among things that are inherited from ancestors? （ A） Complexion. （ B） Diseases. （ C） Adapt
8、ation ability. （ D） Intelligence. 12 People are likely to have a higher cholesterol level in winter because （ A） they tend to take in less vitamin D in that season. （ B） they do less exercise and become weaker than usual. （ C） they need to eat much more greasy food to keep warm. （ D） they get less s
9、un to convert cholesterol into vitamin D. 13 Which of the following is TRUE about eye protection from sunburn? （ A） We can drink celery juice to prevent our eyes from being tanned. （ B） We should wear sunglasses after 10-munite exposure to the sun. （ C） We can do without eyewear when we go out on a
10、sunny day. （ D） We should put on sunglasses as soon as we go out in the sun. 14 Which of the following is NOT the authors view? （ A） Asians are at a higher risk of alcoholism. （ B） Organic vegetables are not always safer. （ C） We may rust from absorbing too much iron. （ D） Moderate amount of sun exp
11、osure is good. 15 Whats the main content of the book Survival of the Sickest? （ A） It gives conventional account for medicine. （ B） It introduces the dietary regime for the sick. （ C） It sees various medical issues in new light. （ D） It offers tips on survival in the wilderness. SECTION C NEWS BROAD
12、CAST 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 questions. 16 Which of the following is TRUE of Zimbabwe? （ A） It became independent from US in 19
13、80. （ B） It suffers from inflation and unemployment. （ C） It has many refugees fleeing from other countries. （ D） It has been ruled by Mugabe for two decades. 17 The farmers federations have said that the strike will last for （ A） two weeks. （ B） a month. （ C） an unknown period. （ D） three days. 18
14、What was the consequence of the 2001 protests in Argentina? （ A） Butchers and supermarkets were affected. （ B） The ex-president was overthrown. （ C） Roads to the capital were blocked （ D） Export taxes for farm products were cut. 19 What is the main idea of the news item? （ A） UK has trained far more
15、 nurses than it needs. （ B） UK is facing unemployment and downsizing. （ C） UK is losing its nurses to Australia in employment. （ D） UK should encourage nurses to work in Australia 20 According to Howard Catton, why do more nurses tend to work in Australia? （ A） Because of attractive salaries and a s
16、eries of incentives. （ B） Because of starting salaries and recruitment activity. （ C） Because of the convenient air travel between two countries. （ D） Because of the permanent residency and accommodation. 20 On July 7th, I was traveling in London. I was having breakfast at a hotel very near Liverpoo
17、l Street Station when the first explosion was detonated. Hearing the sirens and seeing Londons emergency personnel respond to the bombings brought back vivid memories of the events of Sept. 11, 2001. People have not forgotten Sept. 11, 2001. Americans can still recall exactly where they were and wha
18、t they were doing on that fateful day. But its understandable that some remember it as historical fact, lacking the painful impact and immediacy they originally felt. If we allow a dimming of purposeto eliminate terrorismthese terrorist attacks in London serve as another chilling reminder that were
19、still at war. Something constructive emerges from these tragic, horrible and unexplainable attacks. It is the message that we must remain vigilant in opposing an enemy who intentionally targets innocent civilians. Since Sept. 11, 2001, the civilized nations of the world have remained mostly united i
20、n opposing these despicable, wanton acts of terror. We have had some great successes in that effort. We have arrested perpetrators and plotters, and we have foiled planned attacks. We have reduced the power and scope of those who despise freedom and democracy. The effort must continue. As we learned
21、 Thursdayand in Madrid and Balithe enemies of freedom have not lost their resolve. We must not lose ours. Ultimately, the only real defense from terrorist attacks is being able to find out about them in advance. Intelligence gathering has improved but needs to be even stronger, including consistentl
22、y improving human intelligence and patrol. Police and ordinary citizens must be alert and encouraged to convey information. Once a terrorist incident does occur, theres no such thing as a perfect response. By definition, a terrorist attack means people are being hurt or killed. But by studying the r
23、esponse to past attacks, we can better prepare to handle those in the future. London is one of the most secure cities in the world, steeped in years of dealing with terrorism. The citys preparation and resolve was evident on Thursday. I am very impressed by Londons reaction to the bombings. Both the
24、 emergency personnel and the citizens seemed prepared. The first responders were rapid, well-directed, organized and professional, in accordance with obviously well-tested plans. As for the citizens, at least a dozen people told me in one way or another, “We knew this was going to happen; it was jus
25、t a question of when.“ That is not only a realistic assessment; it also is a mindset that just might save lives. Political, business and community leaders are sometimes reluctant to talk about terrorism or stage drills to prepare their response because they dont want to frighten or upset people. But
26、 thats a mistake. People react to emergencies more effectively when theyre not shocked by them. Tony Blair and London Mayor Ken Livingstone have made preparedness a priority, and their efforts clearly paid off during Thursdays response to the attacks. Theres another benefit to preparing for terroris
27、m in advance. Part of the damage the terrorists hope to inflict is the emotional reaction in the wake of the destruction. The reason its called “terrorism“ is that they want fear and its debilitating effects to linger long after the smoke has cleared. By preparing citizens for the possibility of a t
28、errorist attack, leaders can help minimize the emotional response in the wake of the destruction. Finally, Thursdays attacks demonstrate that we must remain committed to confronting and eliminating terrorism. There are those who assert that the efforts to eliminate terror are somehow provoking the t
29、errorists. That is wrong. The terrorists have been attacking innocent people long before Sept. 11, 2001, or the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq. Seeing Prime Minister Blair speak so forcefully, with President Bush, President Jacques Chirac and other world leaders right behind him, was encouraging. Lets
30、remember the unity the world shared after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Free nations can and will disagree. But let us always remember that free people must be steadfast and resilient in defending our way of life. 21 The terrorist attack in London conveys to us the message that （ A） people in Londo
31、n did not feel painful. （ B） we must be on the alert for terrorism. （ C） we should stay at home to avoid terrorism. （ D） the effort at anti-terrorism was in vain. 22 In the authors opinion, which of the following is NOT the success weve achieved in the effort to fight againt terrorist attack? （ A） W
32、e have arrested perpetrators and plotters. （ B） We have prevented planned attacks. （ C） We have combated and eliminated terrorism. （ D） We have reduced the power and scope of terrorists. 23 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the way to defend terrorist attacks? （ A） Improving hu
33、man intelligence and patrol. （ B） Alerting police and citizens to terrorism. （ C） Finding out terrorists before they attack. （ D） Studying the response to past attacks. 24 The sentence “. steeped in years of dealing with terrorism“ in the 8th paragraph means that （ A） London has been engaged in anti
34、-terrorism for years. （ B） London hasnt witnessed terrorism for years. （ C） London has been targeted by terrorists for years. （ D） London has been soaked in terrorist attacks for years. 25 The citizens emotional response after the terrorist attack can be reduced by （ A） leaders good organization. （
35、B） preparing for terrorism in advance. （ C） escaping from the attack in time. （ D） confronting terrorism positively. 26 A suitable title for the passage would be （ A） July 7th Terrorist Attack in London. （ B） The war against terrorism. （ C） Terrorism after Sept. 11, 2001. （ D） Lessons from terrorist
36、 attack in London. 26 Researchers who picked up and analyzed wild chimp droppings said on Thursday they had shown how the AIDS virus originated in wild apes in Cameroon and then spread in humans across Africa and eventually the world. Their study, published in the journal Science, supports other stu
37、dies that suggest people somehow caught the deadly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from chimpanzees, perhaps by killing and eating them. “It says that the chimpanzee group that gave rise to HIV. this chimp community resides in Cameroon,“ said Beatrice Hahn of the University of Alabama, who led th
38、e study. “But that doesnt mean the epidemic originated there because it didnt,“ Hahn, who has been studying the genetic origin of HIV for years, said in a telephone interview. “We actually know where the epidemic took off. The epidemic took off in Kinshasa, in Brazzaville.“ Kinshasa is in the Democr
39、atic Republic Congo, formerly Zaire, and faces Brazzaville, in Congo, across the Congo River. Studies have traced HIV to a man who gave a blood sample in 1959 in Kinshasa, then called Leopoldville. Later analysis found the AIDS virus. In people, HIV leads to AIDS but chimps have a version called sim
40、ian immune deficiency virus (SIV) that causes them no harm. Humans are the only animals naturally susceptible to HTV. AIDS was only identified 25 years ago. The virus now infects 40 million people around the world and has killed 25 million. Spread in blood, sexual contact and from mother to child du
41、ring birth or breastfeeding, HTV has no cure and there is no vaccine, although drug cocktails can control it. And like so many new infections, AIDS appears to have been passed to humans from animals they slaughtered. SIV has been found in captive chimps but Hahn wanted to show it could be found in t
42、he wild too. Her international team got the cooperation of the government in Cameroon and they hired skilled trackers. “The chimps in that area are hunted. Its certainly impossible to see them. It is hard to track them and find these materials,“ she said. But the trackers managed to collect 599 samp
43、les of droppings. Hahns lab found DNA, identified each individual chimp and then found evidence of the virus. “We went to 10 field sites and we found evidence of infection in five. We were able to identify a total of 16 infected chimps and we were able to get viral sequences from all of them,“ Hahn
44、said. Up to 35 percent of the apes in some communities were infected. Not only that, they could find different varieties, called clades, of the virus. “We found some of the clades were really, really very closely related to the human virus and others were not,“ she said. Chimps separated by a river
45、were infected with different clades, Hahn said. And a river may have carried the virus into the human population. “So how do you get from southern Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo?“ Hahn asked. “Some human must have done so. There is a river that goes from that southeastern comer of Came
46、roon down to the Congo River.“ Ivory and hardwood traders used the Sangha River in the 1930s, when the original human-to-human transmission is believed to have happened. Hahns study suggests the virus passed from chimpanzees to people more than once. “We dont really know how these transmissions occu
47、rred,“ Hahn said. “We know that you dont get it petting a chimp, or from a toilet seat, just like you cant get HTV from a toilet seat. It requires exposure to infected blood and infected body fluids. So if you get bitten by an angry chimp while you are hunting it, which could do it.“ Hahns study onl
48、y applies the HTV group M, which is the main strain of the virus responsible for the AIDS pandemic. “Its quite possible that still other (chimpanzee SIV) lineages exist that could pose risks for human infection and prove problematic for HTV diagnostic and vaccines,“ her team wrote. 27 According to H
49、ahn, the HTV epidemic originated in （ A） Cameroon. （ B） Kinshasa and Brazzaville. （ C） Congo River. （ D） Nile River. 28 From the description in the passage, we learn that （ A） monkeys are also susceptible to HTV. （ B） AIDS has killed 25 million people in the last 25 years. （ C） vaccine has been developed to prevent AIDS. （ D） AIDS can be cured by drug cocktails. 29 According to the passage, HIV is spread through all the following EXCEPT （ A） blood. （
