1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 61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 Modern Examinations In the schools of ancient times, the most important examinations were spoken. Usually
3、the students were supposed to say poetry aloud or give 【 1】 _ 【 1】 _or discuss questions. Although the concrete forms of exami nations were various, they were alike in their essence, that is, they were spoken, which partly remains till today. However, modern examinations take a different form a writ
4、ten form, which was developed in the19th century due to the increase in 【 2】 【 2】_ _and the development of modern industry. But in the process of examination, teachers and students are supposed to act like 【 3】 _ 【 3】_ but not human. Commonly there are two types of tests used in modern schools, they
5、 are called “objective“ test and “subjective“ test respectively. With the former one concentrated on the 【 4】 _of facts while the latter one 【 4】 _ on personal 【 5】 _, the two are different in many ways. Of course 【 5】 _ they both have advantages and disadvantages. So far as the “objective“ test is
6、concerned, it is fair, above all, and then it is very efficient because its form of answer is simple and objective, and it is easy to be 【 6】 _ 【 6】 _ But as this way of testing sometimes depends too much on “【 7】 _ 【 7】_ , it is ultimately not very satisfactory. As for the “subjective“ test, it u s
7、ually refers to “【 8】 _ “tests, which, comparatively speaking, 【 8】 _ contains less element of luck and thus can better reflect the students abili ty of putting facts together into a meaningful whole. However, because this form of testing requires students to write long answers, the students ability
8、 of 【 9】 _becomes a disturbing factor. Besides, the examiners 【 9】 _ feelings are different, that is to say, they are subjective when scoring students answers. Therefore, the “subjective“ test is not so fair as the “objective“ one. From the above, we know that whatever kinds of tests .we take, it wo
9、uld be 【 10】 _, and problems would arise. However, if we 【 10】_ combine these two types together, we would get a clearer picture of students ability through testing. 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
10、everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully 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 From the content of the conversation,
11、 where does this interview take place? （ A） At a public forum. （ B） On TV. （ C） In an auditorium. （ D） In a classroom. 12 According to Dr. Smith, what is one of the most important points in learning a foreign language? （ A） Exposing oneself to the target culture. （ B） Attending regularly a good lang
12、uage program. （ C） Developing good note -taking skills. （ D） Coming up with a study plan. 13 Dr. Smith suggests that _. （ A） a realistic goal for learners is to reach a certain level of language proficiency, not native fluency （ B） students can achieve native -like pronunciation through focused stud
13、y （ C） learners should interact with native speakers to gain greater fluency （ D） teachers need to help students foster a good self- esteem and confidence 14 What kinds of activities would help Dr. Smith in his own study? （ A） Listening to information and then discussing it with others. （ B） being i
14、nvolved m group or class projects. （ C） Reading books and magazines for news. （ D） Keeping a journal and exchanging with a friend. 15 Which point was NOT mentioned in the. interview? （ A） People often have different learning styles. （ B） Setting reachable goals should be paramount in learning. （ C）
15、Pronunciation practice is key to improve comprehensibility. （ D） Learning is a step- by- step process. 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
16、10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 The Israeli couple ended kissing on _. （ A） Tuesday morning （ B） Tuesday evening （ C） Wednesday morning （ D） Wednesday evening 17 During the contest the couple were _. （ A） sitting （ B） standing （ C） lying （ D） half sitting and half standing 18 About Herb Ellio
17、t, which of the following is wrong? （ A） He has broken the world mile record in running. （ B） He is an Australian. （ C） He is the coach of Percy Cerutty. （ D） He is lean and tough. 19 About Rercy Cerutty, which of the following is right? （ A） He is an excellent coach. （ B） He is lean and tough. （ C）
18、 He is the perfect racing machine. （ D） He is a specialist in a 1.6 -kilometer distance running. 20 In the 1960 Rome Olympics, Elliot _. （ A） won the final by a 20-metre margin and made a new world record （ B） won the final by a 2-metre margin and made a new world record （ C） won the semi-final by a
19、 20-metre margin and broke a world record （ D） won the semi-final by a 2-metre margin and broke a world record 20 You ask me what is poverty? Listen to me. Here I am, dirty, smelly and with no “proper“ underwear on and with the stench of my rotting teeth near you. I will tell you. Listen to me, list
20、en without pity. I cannot use your pity. Listen with understanding. Put yourself in my dirty, worn out, iii - fitting shoes, and hear me. Poverty is getting up every morning from a dirt - and illness - stained mattress. The sheets have long since been used for diapers. Poverty is living in a smell t
21、hat never leaves. This is a smell of urine, sour milk, and spoiling food sometimes joined with the strong smell of long - cooked onions. Onions are cheap. If you have smell this smell, you did not know how it came. It is the smell of the outdoor privy. It is the smell of young children who can not w
22、alk the long dark day in the night. It is the smell of the mattresses where years of “accidents“ have happened. It is the smell of the milk which has gone sour because the refrigerator long has not worked, and it costs money to get it fixed. It is the smell of rotting garbage. I could bury it, but w
23、here is the shovel? Shovels cost money. Poverty is being tired. I have always been tired. They told me at the hospital when the last baby came that I had chronic anemia caused from poor diet, a bad case of worms, and that I need a corrective opera tion. I listened politely-the poor are always polite
24、. The poor always listen. They dont say there is no mon ey for iron pills, or better food, or warm medicine. The idea of an operation is frightening and costs so much that,if I have dared, I would have laughed. Who takes care of my children? Recovery from an operation takes a long time. ,I have thre
25、e children. When I left them with “Granny“ the last time I had a job, I came home to find the baby covered with fly specks, and a diaper, that had not been changed since I left. When the dried diaper came off, bits of my babys flesh came with it. My other child was playing with a sharp bit of broken
26、 glass, and my oldest was playing alone at the edge of a lake. I made twenty - two dollars a week, and a good nursery school costs twenty dollars a week for three children. I quit my job. Poverty is dirty. You can say in your clean clothes coming from your clean house. “Anybody can be clean. “Let me
27、 explain about housekeeping with no money. For breakfast I give my three children/grits with no oleo or cornbread without eggs and oleo. This does not use up many dishes. What dishes there are, I wash in cold water and with no soap. Even the cheapest soup has to be saved for the babys diapers. Look
28、at my hands, so cracked and red. Once I saved for two months to buy a jar of Vaseline for my hands and the babys diaper rash. When I have saved enough, I went to buy it and the price had gone up two cents. The baby and I suffered on. I have to decide every day if I can bear to put my cracked sore ha
29、nds into the cold water and strong soap. But you ask, why not hot water? Fuel costs money. If you have a wood fire it costs money. If you burn electricity, it costs money. Hot water is a luxury. I do not have luxuries. I know you will be surprised when ! tell you how young I am. I look so much older
30、. My back has been bent over the wash tubs everyday for so long, I cannot remember I ever did anything else. Every night I wash every stitch my school age child has on and just hope her clothes will be dry by morning. 21 According to the passage, which of the following statements is implied? （ A） Po
31、verty means lack of money. （ B） Poverty means smelly, （ C） Poverty means tired. （ D） Poverty means dirty. 22 According to the passage, which of the following statements can not be considered as the reason of the “smelly“ house of the poor? （ A） The outdoor privy is smelly. （ B） The refrigerator has
32、gone out of order. （ C） The housewife cannot afford the time to clean the mattress. （ D） It is costy to bury rotting garbage. 23 According to the passage the poor is always tired because _. （ A） they had chronic anemia caused from poor diet （ B） they had many children （ C） they had to work for twent
33、y-two dallors a week （ D） they had no one to take good care of their children 24 According to the passage Which of the following statements is NOT the reason for “Poverty is dirty“? （ A） Hot water is a luxury. （ B） The poor had no money for soap. （ C） Cold water does not help wash the dishes clean.
34、（ D） The children of the poor always make their clothes too dirty to be washed clean. 25 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? （ A） The poor need understanding. （ B） The poor need empathy. （ C） The poor are always polite. （ D） The poor need your pity. 25 When the fi
35、rst white man arrived in Samoa, they found blind men, who could see well enough to de scribe things in detail just by holding their hands over objects. In France, just after the First World War , Jules Romaine tested hundreds of blind people and found a few who could tell the different light and dar
36、k. In Italy the neurologist Cesare Lomrose discovered a blind girl who could “see“ with the tip of her nose and the lobe of her left ear. In 1956 a blind schoolboy in Scotland was taught to differentiate between colored lights and learned to pick out bright objects several feet away. In 1960 a medic
37、al board examined a girl in Virginia and found that, even With thick bandages over her eyes, she was able to distinguish different colors and read short sections of large print. Rose Kuleshova can see with her fingers. She is not blind, but because she grew up in a family of blind people she learned
38、 to read Braille to help them and then went on to teach herself to do other things with her hands. The neurologist Shaefer made an intensive study with her and found that , securely blindfolded with only her arms stuck through a screen, she could differentiate among three primary colors. To test the
39、 possibility that the cards reflected heat differently, he heated some and cooled others without affecting her response to them. He also found that she could read newsprint and sheet music under glass, so texture was giving her no clues. Tested by the psychologist Novomeisky, she was able to identif
40、y the color and shape of patches of light projected on to her palm or on to a screen. In rigidly controlled tests, with a blind fold and a screen and a piece of card around her neck so wide that she could not see round it, Rose read the small print in a newspaper with her elbow. And, in the most con
41、vincing demonstration of all, she repeated these things with someone standing behind her pressing hard on her eyeballs. Nobody can cheat under this pressure; it is even difficult to see clearly for minutes after it is released. 26 The first white man to visit Somoa found men who _. （ A） were not ent
42、irely blind （ B） described things by touching them （ C） could see with their hands （ D） could see when they held hands 27 What is the main idea of the first paragraph? （ A） Very few people have the sensitivity of the blind. （ B） Blind people can manage to see things , but only vaguely. （ C） The eyes
43、 are not the only way of seeing. （ D） It is possible to localise the photo sensitive areas of the body. 28 Why did Shaefer put the paper under glass? （ A） To make things as difficult as possible. （ B） To stop the reflection of heat. （ C） To prevent Rose from feeling the print. （ D） To stop her from
44、cheating. 29 What was the most difficult test of her ability? （ A） To read through glass-blindfolded. （ B） To identify the colour and shape of light on a screen while securely blindfolded. （ C） To carry out tasks with someone pressing on her eyeballs. （ D） To work from behind a screen, blindfolded a
45、nd with a card round her neck. 30 Patches are _. （ A） rays （ B） waves （ C） spots （ D） lines 30 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great
46、 civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of the field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altog
47、ether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate we can not consecrate, we can not hallow-this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long
48、 remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from th
49、ese honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the ea
