1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 644 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 Advertising Media in America In the United States, there are many media for advertising. The oldest kind
3、 is the newspaper.【 1】 _ ads it carries help 【 1】_ people seek jobs, houses or services. Magazines may run unusually attractive ads in color. Magazines like Time and Readers Digest are good for national advertising due to their【 2】 _ Highly specialized, 【 2】_ 【 3】 _ magazines appeal to a wide variet
4、y of interests, such 【 3】_ as sports, boating and dress-making. They are read by a limited but【 4】 _ audience. 【 4】 _ Radio is a favorite choice to advertisers because it has an audience【 5】 _ . Radio advertising can be used for national 【 5】_ and local campaigns.【 6】 _ radio is used for larger 【 6】
5、 _ campaigns. Yet its use has declined since the【 7】 _ of 【 7】_ television, which, as a major medium, can combine the powerful selling features of the newspaper, the radio and the 【 8】 _ 【 8】 _ 【 9】 _ advertising includes in-store banners, window 【 9】_ posters, leaflets and other printed matters. Ot
6、her modes of advertising include direct-mail advertising 【 which involves sending advertising materials by mail to lists of【 10】 _ customers】 , outdoor advertising, and so forth. 【 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 se
7、ction you will hear 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 According to the
8、passage, during the 18th and 19th centuries cities were small in size mainly because （ A） the urban pupulation was stable. （ B） few people lived in cities. （ C） transport was backward. （ D） it was originally planned. 12 Cities survived in those days largely as a result of （ A） the trade activities t
9、hey undertook. （ B） the agricultural activities in the nearby areas. （ C） their relatively small size. （ D） the non-economic roles they played. 13 Cities survived in those days largely as a result of （ A） the trade activities they undertook. （ B） the agricultural activities in the nearby areas. （ C）
10、 their relatively small size. （ D） the non-economic roles they played. 14 Urban people left cities for the following reasons EXCEPT （ A） more economic opportunities. （ B） a freer social and political environment. （ C） more educational opportunities. （ D） a more relaxed religious environment. 15 Why
11、did the early cities fail to grow as quickly as expected throughout the 18th century? （ A） Because the countryside attracted more people. （ B） Because cities did not increase in number. （ C） Because the functions of the cities changed. （ D） Because the number of city people was stable. SECTION C NEW
12、S 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 to answer the questions. 16 Whats the main purpose of the prime minister? （ A） Establish a ship factory.
13、（ B） Establish a close relationship with other leaders. （ C） Establish a membership of the Bureau. （ D） Nothing to do. 17 To show _, the U.S. invites the Koizumi. （ A） their friendship （ B） their favorable feeling （ C） their politeness （ D） their hospitality 17 According to reports in major news out
14、lets, a study published last week included a startling discovery: the nations Jewish population is in shrinking. The study, the National Jewish Population Survey, found 5.2 million Jews living in the United States in 2000, a drop of 5 percent, or 300,000 people, since a similar study in 1990 Whats t
15、ruly startling is that the reported decline is not true. Worse still, the sponsor of the $6 million study, United Jewish Communities, knows it. Both it and the authors have openly admitted their doubts. They have acknowledged in interviews that the population totals for 2000 and 1990 were reached by
16、 different methods and are not directly comparable. The survey itself also cautions readers, in a dauntingly technical appendix, that judgment calls by the researchers may have led to an undercount. When the research director and project director were asked whether the data should be construed to in
17、dicate a declining Jewish population, they flatly answered no. In addition, other survey researchers interviewed pointed to other studies with population estimates as high as 6.7 million. Despite all this, the two figures 5.2 million now, 5.5 million then are listed by side in the survey, leaving th
18、e impression that the population has shrunk. The result, predictably, has been a rash of headlines trumpeting the illusionary decline, in turn touching off jeremiads by rabbis and. moralists condemning the religious laxity behind it. Whether out of ideology, ego, incompetence or a combination of all
19、 three, the respected charity has invented a crisis. United Jewish Communities is the coordinating body for a national network of Jewish philanthropies with combined budgets of $2 billion. Its population surveys carry huge weight in shaping community policy. This is not the first time the survey has
20、 set off a false alarm. The last one, conducted by a predecessor organization, found that 52 percent of American Jews who married between 1985 and 1990 did so outside the faith. That number was a fabrication produced by including marriages in which neither party was Jewish by anyones definition, inc
21、luding the researchers. Its publication created a huge stir, inspiring anguished sermons, books and conferences. It put liberals on the defensive, emboldened conservatives who reject full integration into society and alienated ordinary folks by the increasingly xenophobic tone of Jewish communal cul
22、ture. The new survey, to its credit, retracts that figure and offers the latest survey has spawned a panic created by the last one. So why did the organization flawed figures once again? Some scholars who have studied the survey believe the motivation then came partly out of a desire to shock strayi
23、ng Jews into greater observance. Its too early to tell if thats the case this time around. What is clear is the researchers did their job with little regard to how their data could be misconstrued. They used statistical models and question formats that, while internally sound, made the new survey in
24、compatible with the previous one. For example, this time the researchers divided the population of 5.2 million into two groups “highly involved“ Jews and “people of Jewish background“ and posed most questions only to the first group. As a result, most findings about belief and observance refer only
25、to a subgroup of American Jews, making comparisons to the past impossible. We cant afford to wait a decade before these figures are revised. The false population decline must be corrected before it further sours communal discourse. The United Jewish Communities owes it to itself and its public to st
26、ep forward and state plainly what it knows to be true: American Jews are not disappearing. 18 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true about the National Jewish Population Survey? （ A） It found a decline of 300,000 Jews in ten years. （ B） It was carried out by United J
27、ewish Communities. （ C） This is the first time United Jewish Communities has made mistakes in the population survey. （ D） The reported decline is not reliable. 19 How does the population survey get it wrong in 2000? （ A） The population total in 2000 was reached by different method from that in 1990.
28、 （ B） There might be some problems with the judgment calls by the researchers. （ C） United Jewish Communities offered not enough financial support to the survey. （ D） It is the result of the rash of headlines leaving the impression that the population has declined. 20 Rabbis and moralists consider t
29、he Jewish population decline as the result of _. （ A） Jewish negligence of their religious belief （ B） Jewish incompetence in America （ C） Jewish self-esteem （ D） the combination of all the three above 21 It can be inferred from the passage that _. （ A） United Jewish Communities is sponsored by a si
30、ngle company （ B） population surveys by United Jewish Communities are important in shaping community policy of the Jewish in America （ C） the researchers did their job with high responsibility （ D） American Jewish reject full integration into society 22 When the author is talking about the Jewish Po
31、pulation Survey, he seems _. （ A） to believe the shrinking of the Jews in America （ B） to support the rejection of full integration into society （ C） to blame United Jewish Communities （ D） to be willing to tolerate the fault of United Jewish Communities 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Direct
32、ions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 23 The chief reason for early settlers to come to the New Continent was_. （ A） to seek better opportunity （ B） to escape religious persecution （ C） to satisfy the urge for adventure （ D） Both A an
33、d B 24 Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of conversational implicature? （ A） Calculability. （ B） Cancellability. （ C） Non-detachability. （ D） Changeablity. 25 The book from which “all modern American literature comes“ refers to_. （ A） The Great Gatsby （ B） The Sun Also Rises （ C） Moby
34、 Dick （ D） The Adventures of Huckberry Finn 26 William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following EXCEPT _. （ A） normal contemporary speech patterns （ B） humble and rustic life as subject matter （ C） elegant wording and inflated figures of speech （ D） intensely subjective feeling to
35、ward individual experience 27 _ are the earliest inhabitants of the British islands. （ A） Anglo-Saxons and Celts （ B） English （ C） Welsh （ D） Scots 28 _ is considered as the founder of American drama. （ A） Miller （ B） ONeill （ C） Williams （ D） Faulkner 29 There are _ political divisions on the islan
36、d of Great Britain. （ A） one （ B） two （ C） three （ D） four 30 The objective of the Chartist Movement was democratic rights for all men, and it took its name from “_“. （ A） The Bill of Rights （ B） The Agreement of the People （ C） The Peoples Charter （ D） The Great Charter 31 Which part in America is
37、the earliest to be found and taken over by early settlers? （ A） The Atlantic and GulfCoastal Plain. （ B） The Appalachians and their foothills. （ C） The interior lowlands. （ D） The Cordillera. 32 _is generally regarded as the beginning of modem world history. （ A） The Renaissance （ B） The English Ref
38、ormation （ C） The English Civil War （ D） the Glorious Revolution 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING if we are searching for a word but cannot remember it; if a relative or colleague has had a stroke which has influenced 【 M6】 _ their language; if we observe a child acquire language; if 【 M7】 _ we try to learn
39、a second language ourselves as an adult; or if we are visually impaired or hearing-impaired or if we meet anyone else who is. As we shall see, all these examples 【 M8】 _ of what might be called “ language in exceptional circumstances “ reveal a great deal about the processes evolved in speaking, 【 M
40、9】 _ listening, writing, and reading. But given that language processes were normally so automatic, we also need to carry out careful 【 M10】 _ experiments to get at what is happening. 33 【 M1】 34 【 M2】 35 【 M3】 36 【 M4】 37 【 M5】 38 【 M6】 39 【 M7】 40 【 M8】 41 【 M9】 42 【 M10】 SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGL
41、ISH Directions: Translate the following text into English. 43 在这同时，要进一步办好国家企业再就业服务中心。企业再就业服务中心要向下岗职工按时足额发放基本生活费，并代他们缴纳社会保险金。对确有困难的中西部地区和老工业基地，中央财政将继续给予支持。不过，各地领导部门要引导职工转变择业观念，努力开拓就业门路，搞好职业培训，使更多的下岗职工尽早实现再就业。 各级政府要通力合 作，加强督促检查，保证各项再就业政策落实到位。我们要鼓励和引导有条件的企业实行主辅分离，转岗分流安置富余人员，创办独立核算、自负盈亏的经济实体。在做好上述工作的同时，
42、我们要积极推进改革，逐步形成独立于企业事业单位之外、奖金来源多渠道、管理服务社会化的、有中国特色的社会保险体系。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. 44 However, by being so long in the lowest form I gained an immense advantage over the cleverer boys. They all went on to learn Latin and Greek and splendid th
43、ings like that. But I was taught English. We were considered such dunces that we could learn only English. Mr Somervell a most delightful man, to whom my debt is great was charged with the duty of teaching the stupidest boys the most disregarded thing namely, to write mere English. He taught it as n
44、o one else has ever taught it. Not only did we learn English parsing thoroughly, but we also practiced continually English analysis. He took a fairly long sentence and broke it up into its components by means of black, red, blue, and green inks. We did it almost daily. As I remained in the Third For
45、m three times as long as anyone else, I had three times as much of it. I learned it thoroughly. Thus I got into my bones the essential structure of the ordinary British sentence which is a noble thing. And when in after years my school fellows who had won prizes and distinction for writing such beau
46、tiful Latin poetry and pithy Greek epigrams had to come down again to common English, to earn their living or make their way, I did not feel myself at any disadvantage. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 45 Nowadays, network games a
47、re popular among college students. Many play network games in their spare time for relaxation. There are also many who are so obsessed with network games that they play truant, and others even commit crimes for one reason or another. What do you think of network games! Write an essay of about 400 wo
48、rds on the following topic: Should Network Games Be Banned in College? In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In 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 644 答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LEC
