1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 630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. 1 LAND USE A problem related to the competition for land use is whether crops should be used to produce foo
3、d or fuel. 【 L1】 _ areas will be examined in this respect. Firstly, the problem should be viewed in its 【 L2】 _ perspective. When oil prices rose sharply in the 1970s, countries had to look for alternatives to solve the resulting crisis. In developing countries, one of the possible answers to it is
4、to produce alcohol from 【 L3】 _ material. This has led to a lot of research in this area particularly in the use of 【 L4】 _ The use of this material resulted from two economic reasons: a 【 L5】 _ in its price and low【 L6】 _ costs. There are other starchy plants that can be used to produce alcohol, li
5、ke the sweet 【 L7】 _ or the cassava plant in tropical regions, and 【 L8】 _ and sugar beet in non-tropical regions. The problem with these plants is that they are also the peoples staple food in many poor countries. Therefore, farmers there are faced with a choice: crops for food or for fuel. And far
6、mers naturally go for what is more 【 L9】_ As a result, the problems involved are economic in nature, rather than technological. This is my second area under consideration. Finally, there have already been practical applications of using alcohol for fuel. Basically, they come in wo forms of use: pure
7、 alcohol as is the case in 【 L10】 _ , and a combination of alcohol and gasoline known as gasohol in Germany. 1 【 L1】 2 【 L2】 3 【 L3】 4 【 L4】 5 【 L5】 6 【 L6】 7 【 L7】 8 【 L8】 9 【 L9】 10 【 L10】 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then
8、 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 The Baltimore New Compact Schools differ from typical public schools in that _. （ A）
9、 their model permits school to cluster their resources, personnel and funds （ B） they charge lower tuition （ C） they are smaller （ D） they does a lot of fund-raising 12 In the summer program, the students attendance rate was _. （ A） ninety percent （ B） one hundred percent （ C） ninety-five percent （
10、D） eighty percent 13 The New Compact project is different from the Edison Project because in it _. （ A） teachers are discovering for themselves what children and parents need （ B） there is someone telling teachers how to teach and what to learn （ C） teachers are from better background （ D） students
11、and parents go to school together 14 The Core knowledge Curriculum teaches all of the following except _. （ A） world civilization （ B） language development （ C） physics and chemistry （ D） literature 15 Why does the interviewee think that teaching institutions should be community-based? （ A） Because
12、it costs less. （ B） Because teachers will learn quickly. （ C） Because it is required by experts. （ D） Because the cultural patterns are diverse. 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
13、 end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 According to United Nations records, people all over the world are getting older because of _. （ A） good health care and other services （ B） fewer and fewer challenges and pressures （ C） more international discussions b
14、etween countries （ D） better medicine and more food 16 Between the eighth and eleventh centuries A.D., the Byzantine Empire staged an almost unparalleled economic and cultural revival, a recovery that is all the more striking because it followed a long period of severe internal decline. By the early
15、 eighth century, the empire had lost roughly two-thirds of the territory it had possessed in the year 600, and its remaining area was being raided by Arabs and Bulgarians, who at times threatened to take Constantinople and extinguished the empire altogether. The wealth of the state and its subjects
16、was greatly diminished, and artistic and literary production had virtually ceased. By the early eleventh century, however, the empire had regained almost half of its lost possessions, its new frontiers were secure, and its influence extended far beyond its borders. The economy had recovered, the tre
17、asury was full, and art and scholarship had advanced. To consider the Byzantine military, cultural, and economic advances as differentiated aspects of a single phenomenon is reasonable. After all, these three forms of progress have gone together in a number of states and civilizations. Rome under Au
18、gustus and fifth century Athens provide the most obviously examples in antiquity. Moreover, an examination of the apparent sequential connections among military, economic, and cultural forms of programs might help explain the dynamics of historical change. The common explanation of these apparent co
19、nnections in the case of Byzantium would run like this: when the empire had turned back enemy raids on its own territory and had begun to raid and conquer enemy territory, Byzantine resources naturally expanded and more money became available to patronize art and literature. Therefore, Byzantine mil
20、itary achievements led to economic advances, which in turn led to cultural revival. No doubt this hypothetical pattern did apply at times during the course of recovery. Yet it is not clear that military advances invariably came first, economic second, and intellectual advances third. In the 860s the
21、 Byzantine Empire began to recover from Arab incursions so that by 872 the military balance with the Abbasid Caliphate had been permanently altered in the empires favor. The beginning of the empires economic revival,however, can be placed between 810 and 830. Finally, the Byzantine revival of learni
22、ng appears to have begun even earlier. A number of notable scholars and writers appeared by 788 and, by the last decade of the eighth century, a cultural revival was in full bloom, a revival that lasted until the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Thus the commonly expected order of military revival fo
23、llowed by economic and then by cultural recovery was reversed in Byzantium. In fact, the revival of Byzantine learning may itself have influenced the subsequent economic and military expansion. 17 Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage? （ A） The Byzantine Empire was a uni
24、que case in which the usual order of military and economic revival preceding cultural revival was reversed. （ B） After 810 Byzantine economic recovery spurred a military and, later, cultural expansion that lasted until 1453. （ C） The revival of Byzantine learning is an inexplicable phenomenon, and i
25、ts economic and military precursors have yet to be discovered. （ D） The revival of the Byzantine Empire shows cultural rebirth preceding economic and military revival, the reverse of the commonly accepted order of progress. 18 The primary purpose of the second paragraph is which of the following? （
26、A） To show that Augustan Rome and fifth-century Athens are examples of cultural, economic, and military expansion against which all subsequent cases must be measured. （ B） To suggest that cultural, economic, and military advances have tended to be Closely interrelated in different societies. （ C） To
27、 argue that, while the revivals of Augustan Rome and fifth-century Athens were similar, they are unrelated to other historical examples. （ D） To indicate that, wherever possible, historians should seek to make comparisons with the earliest chronological examples of revival, 19 It can be inferred tha
28、t by the eleventh century the Byzantine military forces_. （ A） had reached their peak and begun to decline （ B） had eliminated the Bulgarian army （ C） were comparable in size to the army of Rome under Augustus （ D） were strong enough to withstand the Abbasid Caliphates military forces 20 It can be i
29、nferred that the Byzantine Empire sustained significant territorial losses_. （ A） in 600 （ B） during the seventh century （ C） soon after the revival of Byzantine learning （ D） in the century after 873 21 Which of the following does the author mention as crucial evidence concerning the manner in whic
30、h the Byzantine revival began? （ A） By the early eleventh century the Byzantine Empire had regained much of its lost territory. （ B） The Byzantine cultural revival lasted until 1453. （ C） TheByzantine economic recovery began in the 900s. （ D） The revival of Byzantine learning began toward the end of
31、 the eighth century. 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 Tories are the forerunners of_ , which still bears the nickname today. （ A） the Labour Party （ B） the Liberal Party （ C） th
32、e Social Democratic Party （ D） the Conservative Party 23 The majority of the current population in the UK are descendants of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT （ A） the Angles. （ B） the Celts. （ C） the Jutes. （ D） the Saxons. 24 How many morphemes is the word “undesirability“ composed of?
33、（ A） Seven. （ B） Two （ C） Three. （ D） Four. 25 Robert Louis Stevenson is a representative of _ in English literature. （ A） Neo-Romanticism （ B） Pre-Romanticism （ C） Romanticism （ D） Aestheticism 26 _ was the first great prose stylist of American Romantism, and among the first of the moderns to write
34、 good history and biography as literaryentertainment. （ A） Hemingway （ B） Whitman （ C） Irving （ D） Cooper 27 Miltons Paradise Lost was based on （ A） Roman myth. （ B） the Bible. （ C） Greek myth. （ D） Shakespeares plays. 28 After the War of Independence, Americans designed a new system. What it? （ A）
35、Feudalism. （ B） Socialism. （ C） Federalism. （ D） Capitalism. 29 The longest reign in British history was_. （ A） Queen Victoria （ B） Queen Elizabeth （ C） King Henry （ D） Queen Charlotte 30 The American Civil War broke out in _. （ A） 1860 （ B） 1861 （ C） 1862 （ D） 1863 31 Who was the “father of English
36、 poetry“ ? （ A） Francis Bacon. （ B） John Milton. （ C） Robert Burns, （ D） Geoffrey Chaucer. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN) Directions: Proofread the given passage. The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is
37、 involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: (1)For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. (2)For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ “ sign and write t 31 A new stu
38、dy uses advanced brain-scanning technology to cast light onto a topic that 【 M1】 _ psychologists have puzzled over more than half a century: social conformity. The study 【 M2】 _ was based on a famous series of laboratory experiment from the 1950s by a social 【 M3】 _ psychologist, Dr. Solomon Asch. I
39、n those early studies, the subjects were shown two cards. On the first was a vertical line. On the second were three lines, one of them the same length with that on the first card. Then the subjects were asked to say which two 【 M4】 _ lines were like, something that most 5-year-olds could answer cor
40、rectly. But Dr. Asch 【 M5】 _ added a twist. Seven other people, in cahoots with the researchers, also examined the lines and gave their answers before the subjects did. And Sometimes these confederates unconsciously gave the right answer. 【 M6】 _ Dr. Asch was astonished at what happened next. After
41、thinking hard, 【 M7】 _ three out of four subjects agreed with the incorrect answers given by the confederates at least 【 M8】 _ once. And one in four conformed 50 percent of the time. Dr. Asch, who died in 1996, always wondered about the findings. Did the people who gave in to group do so knowing tha
42、t their answers was right? Or did the social pressure actually change their perceptions? The researchers found that social conformity showed up in the brain like activity in regions that 【 M9】 _ are entirely devoted to perception. But independence of judgment-standing up for ones beliefs - showed up
43、 as activity in brain areas involved in emotion, the study found, suggesting that there be a cost for going against the group. 【 M10】_ 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
44、 English. 42 第一回进山东，春正发生，出潼关沿着黄河古道走，同车里坐着几个和尚 和尚使我们与古代亲近 恍惚里，春秋战国的风云依然演义，我这是去了鲁国之境了。鲁国的土地果然肥沃，人物果然礼仪，狼虎的秦人能被接纳吗 ?深沉的胡琴从那一簇蓝瓦黄墙的村庄里传来，音韵绵长，和那一条并不知名的河，在暮色苍茫里蜿蜒而来又蜿蜒而去，弥漫着，如麦田上浓得化也化不开的雾气，我听见了在泅水岸上，有了 “逝者如斯夫 ”的声音，从孔子一直说到现在。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into Chine
45、se. 43 I used to find notes left in the collection basket, beautiful notes about my homilies and about the writers thoughts on the daily scriptural readings. The person who penned the notes would add reflections to my thoughts and would always include some quotes from poets and mystics he or she had
46、 read and remembered and loved. The notes fascinated me.Here was someone immersed in a search for truth and beauty. Words had been treasured, words that were beautiful. And I felt as if the words somehow delighted in being discovered, for they were obviously very generous to the as yet anonymous wri
47、ter of the notes. And now this person was in turn learning the secret of sharing them. Beauty so shines when given away. The only truth that exists is, in that sense, free. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 44 There is a saying “We
48、 must live in the present, If we dwell on the past, we will lose the present. “To what extent and in what ways do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain and illustrate your answer. You are to write a composition in no less than 400 words, on the above topic. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 630答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lectur
