1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 606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 Aspects That May Facilitate Reading I. Determining your purpose A. Reading for (1)_: (1)_ like reading th
3、e latest Harry Potty Novel B. Reading for information: like reading in a(n) (2)_ of the library (2)_ II. Prior knowledge A. An initial key in helping you (3)_ (3)_ what the article will be about whether it will interest you whether it is familiar to you B. A help for the reader to find some material
4、 easy to understand build his or her (4)_ of the new text (4)_ III. Interest A. providing you with an extra (5)_ for reading (5)_ B. making you care more about what the author has to say IV. (6)_ your progress (reading with a pencil) (6)_ A asking questions on headlines and titles B. noting words yo
5、u dont understand C. (7)_ ideas you like . (7)_ V. Summarizing the main points A. listing the (8)_ of each paragraph (8)_ B. lumping together paragraphs with similar ideas C. putting key ideas into your own words D. (9)_ the common thoughts or thread (9)_ VI. Mapping out the essay A. creating a visu
6、al representation of the essay B. having a picture of something in your mind in various shapes e.g., lists, diagrams, (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 the
7、n 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 Which of the following is TRUE about the safety of putting photos online? （ A） Do n
8、ot copy or paste pictures to your website. （ B） Sanitizing your photos online guarantees their safety. （ C） Compared with emails, websites are safer to share photos. （ D） Even your friends may use your photos for a bad purpose. 12 What should be taken into account when deciding the way of supervisio
9、n over the child? （ A） The childs academic performance. （ B） The childs character and personality. （ C） The childs computer skills. （ D） The childs willingness to communicate. 13 What should the children do to ensure the possession of their sites? （ A） Frequently change their passwords of online acc
10、ounts. （ B） Put their photos online frequently and randomly. （ C） Guarantee the decency of language on their sites. （ D） Use their real full name for their online account. 14 To monitor their childrens online behavior, parents should NOT （ A） keep updated with current internet applications. （ B） spl
11、it the bill with their children for going online. （ C） get the password of their childs online account. （ D） ask their kids to watch the language on their sites. 15 As children grow up, their online photos and webpages may be viewed by authority from the fields of （ A） academic and professional. （ B
12、） military and supervisory. （ C） health-care and educational. （ D） political and economic. 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 t
13、o answer the questions. 16 Leading stock markets have been weighed down in the past few weeks, because of （ A） the high unemployment rate. （ B） the weak housing market. （ C） weakening economic recovery. （ D） the fear of weakening recovery. 17 The violence erupted in the southern Calabrian town of Ro
14、sarno, because _ （ A） two immigrants were shot by white local youths. （ B） two immigrants fought with white local youths. （ C） African farm workers clashed with two polices. （ D） local security forces shot two African immigrants. 18 _ migrants have been treated in hospital after the clashes. （ A） 75
15、0 （ B） 300 （ C） 21 （ D） 8 19 President Obama is now focusing on _ （ A） stabilizing the national economy （ B） creating money woes for many families. （ C） addressing daily issues that create money woes. （ D） preventing the collapse of big financial firms. 20 The White House advisory panel is set up to
16、 _ （ A） show cares to the middle class. （ B） create more jobs for the middle class. （ C） help the middle class go through the difficult decades. （ D） study and solve the problems the middle class faced. 20 St. Petersburg, the very name brings to mind some of Russias greatest poets, writers and compo
17、sers: Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky. The 19th century was a golden age for St. Petersburgs wealthy classes. It was a world of ballets and balls, of art and literature, of tea and caviar. The golden age ended with the advent of World War I. Working people were growing more and more discontented. I
18、n 1917, Communism came, promising peace and prosperity. St. Petersburg had become Petrograd in 1914. People wanted a Russian name for their city. Ten years later, the citys name changed again, this time to Leningrad. Then in 1991, Leningraders voted to restore the citys original name. Some people op
19、posed the name change altogether. Others thought it was just too soon. Old, run-down Soviet Leningrad, they said, was not the St. Petersburg of 19th-century literature. What, then, is St. Petersburg? In the confusing post-Communist world, no one really knows. The quiet, if Soviet-style, dignity is g
20、one. The Communist sayings are down and gaudy advertising up. Candy bars and cigarettes are sold from boxy, tasteless kiosks. And clothing? Well, anything goes. Everyone wants to be a little different. But many people do not know the true meaning of freedom. Personal crime has gone up, up, up in the
21、 past few years. Yet in spite of this, you can still find some of the citys grand past. Stand at the western tip of Vasilievsky Island. To the right is the elegant Winter Palace, former home of the czars. Its light blue sides and white classical columns make it perhaps St. Petersburgs most graceful
22、building. It houses one of the worlds most famous art museums: the Hermitage. Inside, 20km of galleries house thousands of works of art. Look over your right shoulder. The massive golden dome of St. Isaacs Cathedral rises above the skyline. Youll see, too, why St. Petersburg is called a“floating cit
23、y.“ Standing there, nearly surrounded by water, you can see four of the citys 42 islands. Cross the bridge and turn behind the Winter Palace. In the middle of the huge Palace Square stands the Alexander Column. It commemorates Russias victory over Napoleon. The 650-ton granite column is not attached
24、 to the base in any way. Its own weight keeps it upright. Hoisted into place in 1832, it has stood there ever since. Continue to Nevsky Prospekt, the heart of the old city. Let the crowds hurry by while you take your time. Admire the fine carving on bridges and columns, above doorways and windows. C
25、ross over canals and pass by smaller palaces and other classical structures. Let your eyes drink in the light blues, greens, yellows and pinks. Take time to wander among Kazan Cathedrals semi circle of enormous brown columns. Or, if you prefer Russian-style architecture, cross the street and follow
26、the canal a short distance. The Church of the Resurrection occupies the site where Czar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881. Travel outside the city to Petrodvorets Palace for a taste of old imperial grandeur. After a visit to France in the late 17th century, Peter the Great decided to build a pal
27、ace for himself better than Versailles. His dream never came true in his lifetime. It took almost two centuries to complete the palace and park complex. Seldom does any city have the chance to reinvent itself. That chance has now come to St. Petersburg. A few people might hope to return to the glory
28、 of the past, but most know that is impossible. They want to preserve the best of past eras and push ahead. You can bet the city wont be old St. Petersburg, but something altogether different 21 In 1935, St Petersburg was called （ A） St. Petersburg. （ B） Petrograd. （ C） Leningrad. （ D） Vasilievsky.
29、22 Why is St. Petersburg called a “floating city“? （ A） It is nearly surrounded by water. （ B） It has four islands. （ C） It is famous for its ship industry. （ D） It is a big island. 23 Which of the following is NOT inside the city, according to the passage? （ A） the Winter Palace. （ B） St. Isaacs Ca
30、thedral. （ C） Kazan Cathedral. （ D） Petrodvorets Palace. 24 Which of the following details of St. Petersburg is INCORRECT? （ A） It is a city with a grand history. （ B） The personal crime rate is increasing. （ C） Few heritages are left from the past. （ D） It gets the opportunity to change. 25 The aut
31、hors attitude towards the future of St. Petersburg is （ A） optimistic. （ B） wavering. （ C） sceptical. （ D） unclear. 25 I was taken by a friend one afternoon to a theatre. When the curtain was raised, the stage was perfectly empty save for tall grey curtains which enclosed it on all sides, and presen
32、tly through the thick folds of those curtains children came dancing in, singly, or in pairs, till a whole troop of ten or twelve were assembled. They were all girls; none, I think, more than fourteen years old, one or two certainly not more than eight. They wore but little clothing, their legs, feet
33、 and arms being quite bare. Their hair, too, was unbound; and their faces, grave and smiling, were so utterly dear and joyful, that in looking on them one felt transported to some Garden of Hesperides, a where self was not, and the spirit floated in pure ether. Some of these children were fair and r
34、ounded, others dark and elf-like; but one and all looked entirely happy, and quite unself-conscious, giving no impression of artifice, though they had evidently had the highest and most careful training. Each flight and whirling movement seemed conceived there and then out of the joy of being dancin
35、g had surely never been a labour to them, either in rehearsal or performance. There was no tiptoeing and posturing, no hopeless muscular achievement; all was rhythm, music, light, air, and above all things, happiness. Smiles and love had gone to the fashioning of their performance; and smiles and lo
36、ve shone from every one of their faces and from the clever white turnings of their limbs. Amongst them though all were delightful there were two who especially riveted my attention. The first of these two was the tallest of all the children, a dark thin girl, in whose every expression and movement t
37、here was a kind of grave, fiery love. During one of the many dances, it fell to her to be the pursuer of a fair child, whose movements had a very strange soft charm; and this chase, which was like the hovering of a dragonfly round some water lily, or the wooing of a moonbeam by the June night, had i
38、n it a most magical sweet passion. That dark, tender huntress, so full of fire and yearning, had the queerest power of symbolising all longing, and moving ones heart. In her, pursuing her white love with such wistful fervour, and ever arrested at the very moment of conquest, one seemed to see the gr
39、eat secret force that hunts through the world, on and on, tragically unresting, immortally sweet. The other child who particularly enhanced me was the smallest but one, a brown-haired fairy crowned with a half moon of white flowers, who wore a scanty little rose-petal-coloured shift that floated abo
40、ut her in the most delightful fashion. She danced as never child danced. Every inch of her small head and body was full of the sacred fire of motion; and in her little pas seul she seemed to be the very spirit of movement. One felt that Joy had flown down, and was inhabiting there; one heard the rip
41、pling of Joys laughter. And, indeed, through all the theatre had risen a rustling and whispering; and sudden bursts of laughing rapture. I looked at my friend; he was trying stealthily to remove something from his eyes with a finger. And to myself the stage seemed very misty, and all things in the w
42、orld lovable; as though that dancing fairy had touched them with tender fire, and made them golden. God knows where she got that power of bringing joy to our dry hearts: God knows how long she will keep it! But that little flying Love had in her the quality that lie deep in colour, in music, in the
43、wind, and the sun, and in certain great works of art the power to see the heart free from every barrier, and flood it with delight. 26 From this passage, it can be inferred that （ A） the dancing girls are all very beautiful. （ B） the girls come from all over the world. （ C） the two tallest girls are
44、 the outstanding dancers. （ D） the girls performance is very successful. 27 Which of the following statements contains a metaphor? （ A） ., and smiles and love shone from every one of their faces. （ B） ., which was like the hovering of a dragonfly round some water lily. （ C） That dark, tender huntres
45、s, so full of fire and yearning, had. （ D） In her, pursuing her white love with such wistful fervour. 28 According to the author, the tallest girl among the children （ A） danced with a serious expression. （ B） was a dark and rounded girl. （ C） acted as a hovering dragonfly. （ D） pursued her love in
46、the dance. 29 The sentence “. to myself the stage seemed very misty.“ in the 5th paragraph implies that the author （ A） did not get a good seat. （ B） was short sighted. （ C） was a bit sleepy. （ D） was just too moved. 30 Which of the following is NOT the point of the last paragraph? （ A） To describe
47、how fantastic the dance is. （ B） To express his gratefulness to god. （ C） To show his deep feeling after seeing the dance. （ D） To share with readers his understanding of the dance. 30 This has been quite a week for literary coups. In an almost entirely unexpected move, the Swedish Academy have this
48、 lunchtime announced their decision to award this years Nobel prize for Literature to the British playwright, author and recent poet, Harold Pinter and not, as was widely anticipated, to Turkish author Orhan Pamuk or the Syrian poet Adonis. The Academy, which has handed out the prize since 1901, des
49、cribed Pinter, whose works include The Birthday Party, The Dumb Waiter and his breakthrough The Caretaker, as someone who restored the art form of theatre. In its citation, the Academy said Pinter was “generally seen as the foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the 20th century,“ and declared him to be an author “who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppressio
