1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 654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 How to Write a Book Review I. The definition of a book review A. a descriptive and critical or evaluative
3、 account of a book B. a summary of content and an analysis of structure II. Two approaches to book reviewing A. the descriptive review giving the essential (1)_ about a book (1)_ B. the critical review describing and evaluating the book III. Basic requirements and minimum essentials A. Knowledge of
4、the book (2)_ (2)_ B. Mastery of the genre in the work C. Description, not a summary of the book D. Something about, not a biography of, the author E. (3)_ appraisal (3)_ IV. Five preliminary mechanical steps A. Reading the book (4)_ (4)_ B. Noting effective passages for quoting C. Noting your impre
5、ssions as you read D. (5)_ what you have read (5)_ E. Aiming at achieving a single impression V. Starting the outline A. Getting an over-all grasp of the organization B. Determining the central point to be made C. Eliminating (6)_ or irrelevancies (6)_ D. Filling in gaps or omissions VI. Making the
6、draft A. The opening paragraph in a position of emphasis, and setting the (7)_ of the paper (7)_ B. The main body being (8) organized by the outline (8)_ logical development of the central point C. The concluding paragraph summing up or (9)_ (9)_ making the final judgment introducing no new ideas VI
7、I. (10)_ the draft (10)_ A. Correcting all mistakes in grammar and punctuation B. Looking for unity, organization and logical development C. Verifying quotations for accuracy and checking the references 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
8、this section 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 Where will
9、 this special straw probably be most useful? （ A） In restaurants. （ B） On car trips. （ C） In science laboratories. （ D） On camping trips. 12 How does the man describe the water purifier? （ A） Small and lightweight. （ B） Solid and heavy. （ C） Bulky but weightless. （ D） Large but necessary. 13 Accordi
10、ng to the man, what does the water purifier remove from the water? （ A） Minerals. （ B） Chemical pollutants. （ C） Salt. （ D） Germs. 14 According to the man, what sort of safety feature is used on the filters7 （ A） They become clogged before losing effectiveness. （ B） Theyre equipped with built-in mea
11、suring devices. （ C） Their safety, limits are clearly marked. （ D） They change color when no longer effective. 15 The filter discussed in this conversation would probably best clean water obtained from which of the following? （ A） Inland seas. （ B） Factories. （ C） Drug companies. （ D） Mountain strea
12、ms. 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 to answer the questions. 16 After meeting with Queen Elizabeth II,_came to his new offic
13、ial residency, Number 10 Downing Street. （ A） Tony Blair （ B） the King （ C） Gordon Brown （ D） president of Iraq 16 Big Break Grows in Popularity Talk to any parent of a student who took an adventurous gap year (a year between school and university when some students earn money, travel, etc.) and a m
14、isty look will come into their eyes. There are some disasters and even the most motivated, organised gap student does require family back-up, financial, emotional and physical. The parental mistiness is not just about the brilliant experience that has matured their offspring; it is vicarious living.
15、 We all wish pre-university gap years had been the fashion in our day. We can see how much tougher our kids become; how much more prepared to benefit from university or to decide positively that they are going to do something other than a degree. Gap years are fashionable, as is reflected in the hug
16、e growth in the number of charities and private companies offering them. Pictures of Prince William working hard in Chile have helped, but the trend has been gathering steam for a decade. The range of gap packages starts with backpacking, includes working with charities, building hospitals and schoo
17、ls and, very commonly, working as a language assistant, teaching English. With this trend, however, comes a danger. Once parents feel that a well-structured year is essential to their would be undergraduates progress to a better university, a good degree, an impressive resume and well paid employmen
18、t, as the gap companies promotional statements suggest it might be, then parents will start organizing and paying for the gaps. Where there are disasters, according to Richard Oliver, director of the gap companies umbrella organization, the Year Out Group, it is usually because of poor planning. Tha
19、t can be the fault of the company or of the student, he says, but the best insurance is thoughtful preparation. “When people get it wrong, it is usually medical or, especially among girls, it is that they have not been away from home before or because expectation does not match reality.“ The point o
20、f a gap year is that it should be the time when the school leaver gets to do the thing that he or she fancies. Kids dont mature if mum and dad decide how they are going to mature. If the 18-year-olds way of maturing is to loaf around on Hampstead Heath soaking up sunshine or spending a year working
21、with fishermen in Cornwall, then thats what will be productive for that person. The consensus, however, is that some structure is an advantage and that the prime mover needs to be the student. The 18-year-old who was dispatched by his parents at two weeks notice to Canada to learn to be a snowboardi
22、ng instructor at a cost of 5, 800, probably came back with little more than a hangover. The 18-year-old on the same package who worked for his fare and spent the rest of his year instructing in resorts from New Zealand to Switzerland, and came back to apply for university, is the positive counterbal
23、ance. 17 It can be inferred from the first paragraph that parents of gap students may_. （ A） help children to be prepared for disasters （ B） receive all kinds of support from their children （ C） have rich experience in bringing up their offspring （ D） experience watching children grow up 18 Accordin
24、g to the text, which of the following is true? （ A） The popularity of gap years results from an increasing number of charities. （ B） Prince William was working hard during his gap year. （ C） Gap years are not as fashionable as they were ten years ago. （ D） A well-structured gap year is a guarantee o
25、f university success. 19 The word “packages“ (Line 6. Para. 2) means_. （ A） parcels carried in travelling （ B） a comprehensive set of activities （ C） something presented in a particular way （ D） charity actions 20 What can cause the disasters of gap years? （ A） Intervention of parents. （ B） Irrespon
26、sibility of the companies. （ C） A lack of insurance. （ D） Low expectation. 21 An 18-year-old is believed to take a meaningful gap year when he/she_. （ A） lives up to his/her parents expectations （ B） spends time being lazy and doing nothing （ C） learns skills by spending parents money （ D） earns his
27、 or her living and gains working experience 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 Renaissance began in Italy in the early _ century and was usually thought of as beginning in_in Engl
28、and. （ A） 13th; 1458 （ B） 13th; 1485 （ C） 14th; 1458 （ D） 14th; 1485 23 The place that Christopher Columbus landed was_. （ A） India （ B） islands in Asia （ C） the current territory of the United States of America （ D） islands in the now West Indies 24 The morpheme “vision“ in the common word “televis
29、ion“ is a (n) （ A） bound morpheme. （ B） bound form. （ C） inflectional morpheme. （ D） free morpheme. 25 In a Station of the Metro is regarded by critics as a classic specimen of_. （ A） the absurd poetry （ B） the transcendental poetry （ C） the romantic poetry （ D） the imagist poetry 26 The United Stat
30、es bought Louisiana from _. （ A） France （ B） Spain （ C） Britain （ D） Mexico 27 Of Human Bondage was written by_. （ A） William Somerset Maugham （ B） Aldous Huxley （ C） Charles Dickens （ D） John Boynton Priestley 28 The most elemental grammatical units in a language are_. （ A） phones （ B） words （ C） m
31、orphemes （ D） phrases 29 _ was not one of the greatest 20th century American playwrights. （ A） Eugene Oneill （ B） Tennessee Williams （ C） Arthur Miller （ D） William Faulkner 30 Which of the following is a U.K. news agency? （ A） Reuters （ B） Tass News Agency （ C） AFP News Agency （ D） The Associated P
32、ress 31 The Catcher in the Rye was written by （ A） Joyce Carol Oates. （ B） Arthur Miller. （ C） Jerome David Salinger. （ D） Vladimir Nabokov. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING in many places where it had【 M8】 _ never been away, it grew better. The World Heath Organization【 M9】 _ estimates that 1.7 billion peop
33、le(a third of the earths population) suffer from tuberculosis. Even when the infection rate was falling, population growth kept the number of clinical cases more or less constantly at 8 million a year. Around 3 million of those people【 M10】 _ died, nearly all of them in poor countries. 32 【 M1】 33 【
34、 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 English. 42 那时河里热闹极了：船大半泊着，小半在水上穿梭似的来往。停泊着的都在近市的那一边，我们的船自然也夹在其中。因为这边略略的挤，便觉得那边十分的疏了。在每一只船从那边过去时，我们能画出它的轻轻的 影和曲曲的波，在我们的心上；这显示着是空，且显着是静了。那时处处都是歌声和凄厉的
35、胡琴声，圆润的歌喉，确乎是很少的。但那生涩的，尖脆的调子能使人有少年的，粗率不拘的感觉，也正可快我们的意。况且多少隔开些儿听着，因为想象与渴慕的作美，总觉得更有滋味；而竞发的喧嚣，抑扬的不齐，远近的杂沓，和乐器的嘈嘈切切，合成另一意味的谐音，也使我们无所适从，如随着大风而走。这实在因为我们的心枯涩已久了，变为脆弱：故偶然润泽一下，便疯狂似的不能自主了。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. 43 Fourscore and seven years ago, our
36、fathers brought forth upon 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 Civil War, testing whether that Nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great ba
37、ttlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who gave their lives that Nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this
38、ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated to the great task remaini
39、ng before us; that from these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that this Nation, under GOD, shell have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the People by the People and for the People shall not perish from the ear
40、th. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 43 On a Chinese college campus, usually several college students share a dormitory. Unfortunately some college students do not pay enough attention to living in a shared environment. For instan
41、ce, they may ignore the sanitation of their dormitory or they may suddenly start to play music while others are sound asleep. Hence the idea of making dormitory policies to curb these indecencies has become popular on campus. You are in favour of this idea and have therefore decided to write to your
42、 university campus radio a passage entitled: IN SUPPORT OF DORMITORY POLICIES You are to write a passage of approximately 400 words on this issue. In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropria
43、te details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or 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. Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业
44、英语八级模拟试卷 654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. Wh
45、en 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 【听力原文】 How to Write a Book Review Good morning, todays lecture is about how to write a book review. First of
46、 all, let me explain to you what a book review is. A book review is a descriptive and critical or evaluative account of a book. Like the book report, it provides a summary of content and an analysis of structure, yet you will also assess the value of a book and recommend the book to other readers. T
47、here are two approaches to book reviewing: the descriptive and the critical. A descriptive review is one in which the writer, without over-enthusiasm or exaggeration, gives the essential information about a book. This is done by description and exposition, by stating the perceived aims and purposes
48、of the author, and by quoting striking passages from the text. A critical review is one in which the writer describes and evaluates the book, in terms of accepted literary and historical standards, and supports this evaluation with evidence from the text. The following pointers are meant to be sugge
49、stions for writing a critical review. Firstly, basic requirements. Simply stated, the reviewer must know two things in order to write a critical review: the work being reviewed and the requirements of the genre to which the work belongs, such as novel, short story, biography, poetry, etc. Knowledge of the work demands not only an attempt to und
