1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 626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 Greek Mythology Greek mythology concerns the ancient Greek gods and heroes, the (1)_of the world, and the
3、 origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices, attempting to explain the origins of the world, and details the lives and (2)_of a wide variety of mythological creatures. I. The early periods of the Greek literature 1. Iliad and Odyssey; epic poems, focus on the (3)_ 2. Theogony an
4、d Works and Days; two poems by Homers near contemporary accounts of the genesis of the world, the succession of (4)_ 3. Myths; Homeric Hymns, epic poems, lyric poems, tragedians, writings of scholars and poets, texts of the Roman Empire 4. Greek gods and heroes featured prominently in the decoration
5、 of (5)_ II. Greek mythology influence Many poets and artists have derived (6)_ from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in these mythological themes. 1. Culture The poetry of Ovid became a major influence on the diffusion and (7)_of Greek mythology 2. Arts Ar
6、tists portrayed subjects from Greek mythology along with more conventional (8)_themes 3. Literature In northern Europe, Greek mythology mostly has obvious impact on literature 4. Western civilization The 18th century Enlightenment; Insisting on the scientific and philosophical (9)_of Greece and Rome
7、 Romanticism Greek mythology became popular again and inspired contemporary poets, such as Keats, Byron and Shelley Influence on the Americans; American authors believed that myths should provide (10)_ SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen careful
8、ly 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 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about Davids personal back
9、ground? （ A） He had excellent academic records at school and university. （ B） He was once on a PhD program at Yale University. （ C） He received professional training in acting. （ D） He came from a single-parent family. 12 David is inclined to believe in _. （ A） aliens （ B） UFOs （ C） the TV character
10、 （ D） government conspiracies 13 David thinks he is fit for the TV role because of his _. （ A） professional training （ B） personality （ C） life experience （ D） appearance 14 From the interview, we know that at present David feels _. （ A） a sense of frustration （ B） haunted by the unknown things （ C）
11、 confident but moody （ D） successful yet unsatisfied 15 How does David feel about the divorce of his parents? （ A） He feels a sense of anger. （ B） He has a sense of sadness. （ C） It helped him grow up. （ D） It left no effect on him. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear
12、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 McDonalds has been criticized for its _. （ A） high prices （ B） fatty foods （ C） sanitation problems （ D） poor nutrition 17 Accordin
13、g to this passage, more than _ of Americans are obese. （ A） 20% （ B） 30% （ C） 40% （ D） 50% 17 Whatever Happened to the Paperless Office? For office innovators, the unrealized dream of the “paperless“ office is a classic example of high-tech hubris. Todays office is drowning in more paper than ever b
14、efore. But after decades of publicity, American offices may finally be losing their paper obsession. The demand for paper used to exceed the growth of the US economy, but the past two or three year have seen a marked slowdown in sales. Analysts attribute the decline to a variety of causes. Escaping
15、our craving for paper, however, will be anything but a cold-turkey affair. There are some functions that paper serves where a screen display doesnt work. In the early to mid 90s, a booming economy and improved desktop printers helped boost paper sales by 6 to 7 percent each year. But now, plain whit
16、e office paper will see less than a 4 percent growth rate, despite the strong overall economy. A primary reason for the changes is that for the first time ever, some 47 percent of the workforce entered the job market after computers had already been introduced to offices. In addition, analysts point
17、 to the lifeless employment market for white-collar workersthe primary driver of office paper consumptionfor the shift in paper usage. The changing attitudes toward paper have finally caught the attention of paper companies, says Richard Harper, a researcher at Microsoft and coauthor of the book, Th
18、e Myth of the Paperless Office (2002). “All of a sudden, the paper industry has started thinking, We need to learn more about the behavioral aspects of paper use,“ he says. To reduce paper use, some companies are working to combine digital and paper capabilities. For example, Xerox Corp. is developi
19、ng electronic paper: thin digital displays that respond to a stylus, like a pen on paper. Notations can be easily erased or saved digitally. Even with such technological advances, the improved capabilities of digital storage continues to act against “ paperlessness“, argues Paul Saffo, a technology
20、forecaster at the Institute for the Future, a think tank in Palo Alto, Calif. In his prophetic and metaphorical 1989 essay, “The Electronic Pinata, “ he wrote“ , The information industry today is like a huge electronic pinata, composed of a thin paper crust surrounding an electronic core.“ The growi
21、ng paper crust “is most noticeable, but the hidden electronic core that produces the crust is far largerand growing more rapidly. The result is that we are becoming paperless, but we hardly notice at all.“ “Thats one of the great ironies of the information age,“ Saffo says. “ Its just common sense t
22、hat the more you talk to someone by phone or computer, it inevitably leads to a face-to-face meeting.“ As buzzwords go, “ paperless“ has been known for a long time with little or no results. The term “paperless clearing houses“ was probably first coined in a 1966 article in the Harvard Business Revi
23、ew in reference to the emergence of digital data storage. But “ paperlessness“ did not enter the publics imagination until 1975, when a Business Week article entitled “ The Office of the Future“ predicted that by 1990“most record-handling will be electronic.“ Throughout the 1980s and 90s, the term “
24、paperless“ came to embody technologys promise to permanently change the way people do business. The enthusiasm sometimes took on a life of its own, with the trendiest companies demanding “ paperlessness“ long before it was practical. 18 The word “hubris“ (Line Para. 1) most probably means_. （ A） arr
25、ogance （ B） disadvantage （ C） imperfectness （ D） triumph 19 Which of the following may be responsible for the current slowdown in paper sales? （ A） Decline in economic growth. （ B） The convenience of desktop printing. （ C） Increased use of computers in the office. （ D） The unfavorable situation in o
26、verall job market. 20 Because of_, the public get to know the term “paperless“. （ A） The Myth of the Paperless Office （ B） The Electronic Pinata （ C） Harvard Business Review （ D） The office of the Future 21 What does Paul Saffo mean by “one of the great ironies of the information age“ (Line 16. Para
27、. 4)? （ A） Digital innovations have increased paper consumption. （ B） The “paperless“ office remains an unrealistic dream. （ C） Electronic technology puts an end to reliance on paper. （ D） Demand for paper drives the development of information industry. 22 To which of the following is the author lik
28、ely to agree? （ A） It is hard to change the habit of using paper. （ B） There is a big reduction in the amount of paper being used. （ C） The paper industry has responded to the change in the way paper is used. （ D） Electronic and intelligent paper is the future trend. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (1
29、0 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 23 Tess is a character created by （ A） D. H. Lawrence. （ B） James Joyce. （ C） Thomas Hardy. （ D） Dylan Thomas. 24 Through the 19th century, the United States expanded its territories
30、greatly, and the Louisiana Territory is what America acquired from_. （ A） Mexico （ B） Spain （ C） the United Kingdom （ D） France 25 _, the great Roman general, invaded Britain for the first time in 55 BC. （ A） Claudius （ B） Julius Caesar （ C） Robert Lee （ D） Stephen Lang 26 The Old English period end
31、ed with （ A） the Renaissance. （ B） the Industrial Revolution. （ C） the Norman Conquest. （ D） the Hundred Years War. 27 Tony Blair may interview in the with officials coming from foreign countries. （ A） Capitol （ B） Buckingham Palace （ C） Kremlin （ D） Winter Palace 28 The pair of words “high“ and “lo
32、w“ are _. （ A） gradable opposites （ B） converse opposites （ C） co-hyponyms （ D） synonyms 29 Which of the following is NOT an English noble title? （ A） Duke （ B） Baron （ C） Earl （ D） Count 30 _ was invented by Dr. Zamenhof. （ A） TG grammar （ B） Esperanto （ C） Grimms Law （ D） CP 31 _ is the effect of
33、language in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated. （ A） Metaphor （ B） Simile （ C） Personification （ D） Irony 32 The 18th century witnessed a new literary form-the modern English novel, which is contrary to the medieval romance, gives a _, presentation of life of the common peo
34、ple. （ A） romantic （ B） realistic （ C） prophetic （ D） idealistic 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for anything but the old verities and truths of the heart, the old universal truths lacking which any story is ephemeral and doomed
35、- love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice. Until he does so he labors under a curse. He writes not of love but of lust, of defeats in which nobody loses anything of value, of victories without hope and worst of all without pity or compassion, his grieves grieve on no universal
36、 bones, leaving no scars. He writes not of the heart but of the glands. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 45 Yao Jiaxin, a 21-year-old student at the Xian Conservatory of Music, was convicted of homicide after stabbing a cyclist to
37、 death. On the night of October 20, 2010, Yao killed 26-year-old Zhang Miao, the mother of a two-year-old, by stabbing her six times. The attack occurred after he saw her writing down his vehicles license plate number following an accident, and feared that the “peasant woman would be hard to deal wi
38、th.“ What do you think of this incident? Please write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay. In the first part of your writing you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. I
39、n the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization , grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 626答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directio
40、ns: 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. When the lecture is over, you will be given two min
41、utes 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】 Greek Mythology Good morning, everyone. Todays topic is the Greek mythology. (1) Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the anc
42、ient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece and are part of religion in modern Greece and around the world. Modern scholars refer to, and study the myth
43、s in an attempt to throw light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece, its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself. Greek mythology is embodied, explicitly, in a large collection of narratives, and implicitly in Greek representational arts,
44、such as vase-paintings and votive gifts. (2)Greek myth attempts to explain the origins of the world, and details the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and mythological creatures. These accounts initially were handed down in an oral-poetic tradition; today t
45、he Greek myths are known primarily from Greek literature. The oldest known Greek literary sources, (3) the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey, focus on events surrounding the Trojan War. (4) Two poems by Homers near contemporary Hesiod, the Theogony and the Works and Days, contain accounts of the genesis
46、of the world, the succession of divine rulers, the succession of human ages, the origin of human woes, and the origin of sacrificial practices. Myths also are preserved in the Homeric Hymns, in fragments of epic poems of the Epic Cycle, in lyric poems, in the works of the tragedians of the fifth cen
47、tury BC, in writings of scholars and poets of the Hellenistic Age and in texts from the time of the Roman Empire by writers such as Plutarch and Pausanias. Archaeological findings provide a principal source of detail about Greek mythology, with gods and heroes featured prominently in the decoration
48、of many artifacts. Geometric designs on pottery of the eighth century BC depict scenes from the Trojan cycle as well as the adventures of Heracles. In the succeeding Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, Homeric and various other mythological scenes appear, supplementing the existing literary
49、 evidence. Greek mythology has exerted an extensive influence on the culture, the arts, and the literature of Western civilization and remains part of Western heritage and language. (6)Poets and artists from ancient times to the present have derived inspiration from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in these mythological themes. With the rediscovery of classical antiquity in Renaissance, (7) th
