1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 657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 By some estimates, there are as many as 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States, toiling in fa
3、rm fields, restaurant kitchens and construction sites. Theyre in the country illegally, but the employers who hire them are also breaking the law. But the presence of illegal workers on a home renovation crew, and the contractors insistence on payment in cash dont dissuade【 1】 _clients. 【 1】 _. Plen
4、ty of employers even pay taxes and【 2】 _ on illegal workers. 【 2】 _. Many workers carry fake Social Security and green cards, and when theyre hired,employers【 3】 _ those fake numbers with the federal government. 【 3】 _. There is a way the employer can tell if those numbers are fake. As Chris Bentley
5、 of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services explains, all it takes is a toll free phone call, which “allows them to, in a matter of seconds, take the information and【 4】 _ it against 450 million social security administration files, 【 4】 _. and an additional 65 million Department of Homeland S
6、ecurity files.“ But few employers make the call. The program is【 5】 _ 【 5】 _. Companies cant be held responsible for failing to spot【 6】 _ documents. 【 6】 _. And although federal law【 7】 _ employing illegal workers, 【 7】 _. it is rarely enforced. Some agents oversee a huge district that includes mos
7、t of Southern California and parts of Nevada. They deal with port security, airport security, money laundering, narcotics, financial fraud, and organized crime, as well as trade in counterfeit goods, state secrets, and human beings.【 8】 _ out illegal workers is just not a major concern, 【 8】 _. unle
8、ss youre talking about a work site with national security implications, like Los Angeles International Airport or a nuclear plant.That situation【 9】 _ those 【 9】 _. who feel that American citizens are losing out to a black market system that lowers wages and cuts into the【 10】 _ base. 【 10】 _. 1 【 1
9、】 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 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、 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 According to the interview, what happened since Mary Ann were 100? （ A） She had a blimp ride. （ B） She had a horse ride. （ C） She touched the Hollywood sign. （ D） She stayed at home. 12 Where was Mary Ann bor
11、n? （ A） In a small village. （ B） North of Chicago. （ C） In Washington. （ D） In Hawaii. 13 What does she want to do for her 106th? （ A） She wants to meet pop singer. （ B） She wants to meet a superstar. （ C） She wants to see a movie star. （ D） She wants to see a movie. 14 According to the interview, w
12、hich of the following is not true? （ A） The older she got the more comfortable she was with herself. （ B） As she got older she no longer ran Sacred anymore. （ C） Now, a lot of people think that part of aging is that they dont get to do the things that they could do, they become inactive, they sit ar
13、ound and watch television. （ D） When they are getting older they can go out and have fun. 15 From the interview, we can know what is the most important when you are getting old? （ A） Health. （ B） Possessions. （ C） Attitude towards aging. （ D） Daily life. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this
14、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 The sharp rise of European stock markets is a result of （ A） the prevention of the spreading of Greece crisis
15、. （ B） the announcement of a one-trillion-dollar international financial package. （ C） the large gains European stock markets have made. （ D） the European deal to provide loans to Europe countries. 17 Why has the euro gained an interest rate? （ A） It is the result of the rise of stock markets. （ B）
16、Because bank shares have risen especially strongly. （ C） Because the debts of governments such as Greece and Portugal have fallen. （ D） Because the central banks began to buy governments debts in the markets. 17 She broke off with a little shudder. It was a relief to Framton Nuttel when the aunt bus
17、tled into the room with a whirl of apologies for being late in making her appearance. “I hope Vera has been amusing you?“ she said. “She has been very interesting,“ said Framton. “I hope you dont mind the open window,“ said Mrs. Sappleton briskly. “My husband and brothers will be home directly from
18、shooting, and they always come in this way. Theyve been out for snipe in the marshes today, so theyll make a fine mess over my poor carpets. So like you menfolk, isnt it?“ She rattled on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity of birds, and the prospects for duck in the winter. To Framton it
19、was all purely horrible. He made a desperate but only partially successful effort to turn the talk on to a less ghastly topic; he was conscious that his hostess was giving him only a fragment of her attention, and her eyes were constantly straying past him to the open window and the lawn beyond. It
20、was certainly an unfortunate coincidence that he should have paid his visit on this tragic anniversary. “The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence of mental excitement, and avoidance of anything in the nature of violent physical exercise,“ announced Framton, who laboured under the t
21、olerably widespread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of ones infirmities, their cause and cure. “On the matter of diet they are not so much in agreement,“ be continued. “No?“ said Mrs. Sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a yawn at the last
22、moment. Then she suddenly brightened into alert attention-but not to what Framton was saying. “Here they are at last!“ she cried. “Just in time for tea, and dont they look as if they were muddy up to the eyes!“ Framton shivered slightly and turned towards the niece with a look intended to convey sym
23、pathetic comprehension. The child was staring out through the open window with a dazed horror in her eyes. In a chill shock of nameless fear Framton swung round in his seat and looked in the same direction. In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window, they
24、 all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: “I said, Bertie, why do you bound?“ Fram
25、ton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat; the hall door, the gravel drive, and the front gate were dimly noted stages in his headlong retreat. A cyclist coming along the road had to run into the hedge to a void imminent collision. “Here we are, my dear,“ said the bearer of the white mackintosh, comin
26、g in through the window, “fairly muddy, but most of its dry. Who was that who bolted out as we came up?“ “A most extraordinary man, a Mr. Nuttel,“ said Mrs. Sappleton, “could only talk about his illnesses, and dashed off without a word of goodbye or apology when you arrived. One would think he had s
27、een a ghost.“ “I expect it was the spaniel,“ said the niece calmly. “He told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of pariah dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the creatures snarling and grinning and foam
28、ing just above him. Enough to make anyone lose their nerve.“ Romance at short notice was her speciality. 18 It can be inferred from the passage that Mrs. Sappleton was all EXCEPT _. （ A） courteous, （ B） extroverted. （ C） talkative. （ D） deceitful 19 Which adjective can best describe Framtons feeling
29、 when talking with Mrs. Sappleton? （ A） Apprehensive. （ B） Churlish. （ C） Glum. （ D） Respectful. 20 The word “infirmities“ in the sixth paragraph probably means _. （ A） personalities. （ B） behaviors. （ C） ailments. （ D） accomplices. 21 Framion dashed off without a word of goodbye or apology because
30、_. （ A） he could not bear Mrs. Sappletons chattering. （ B） he suffered from a severe mental illness. （ C） he was afraid of the brown spaniel. （ D） he was horrified by the three men. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the
31、 best answer to each question. 22 _ was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature. （ A） Thomas Wyatt （ B） William Shakespeare （ C） Philip Sidney （ D） Thomas Campion 23 After Thomas Becket rejected the Constitutions of Clarendon Henry II _. （ A） appointed him Chancellor of England （ B
32、） made him Archbishop of Canterbury （ C） drove him into exile （ D） increased the jurisdiction of the church courts 24 Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is the best and most representative sermon by_. （ A） Michael Wigglesworth （ B） Jonathan Edwards （ C） Thomas Paine （ D） Thomas Hooker 25 The Emanc
33、ipation Proclamation is issued by_. （ A） George Washington （ B） Abraham Lincoln （ C） John F. Kennedy （ D） Thomas Jefferson 26 Cromwell was made _. （ A） King of England （ B） Lord of the rings （ C） Lord of Protector （ D） King of Kings 27 The National Health Service in Britain offers a full package of
34、medical services to （ A） the unemployed. （ B） every resident. （ C） citizens under the age of 16. （ D） residents aged over 60. 28 The following are all products imported by Australia from China EXCEPT （ A） food. （ B） textiles. （ C） steel products. （ D） electronics. 29 Which of the following exposed t
35、he evils of the meatpacking industry? （ A） The Jungle. （ B） The Octopus. （ C） The History of the Standard Oil Company. （ D） The Shame of the Cities. 30 Which of the following is a tragedy written by Shakespeare? （ A） Hamlet. （ B） Dr. Faustus. （ C） Frankenstein. （ D） Sense and Sensibility. 31 The fir
36、st European settlement on Australia began in _. （ A） 1901 （ B） 1788 （ C） 1770 （ D） 1787 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 in
37、volved. 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 32 To groom mor
38、e good teachers for the states schools, the Board of Regents proved a pilot program two years ago that authorized groups like Teach for America to create their own masters degree programs. SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Directions: Translate the following text into English. 33 从前有个愚人，有一天想上是上去买双新鞋。他便先用
39、之子把脚量了量。拿了根稻杆，记下尺码。 可是因为急于赶路，把稻杆忘在家里了。他来到市上，找到了卖鞋的摊子，摸了摸口袋，记尺码的稻杆不见 了，就对卖鞋的说： “尺码忘家里了，不晓得大小，让我回家拿尺码去 !”说罢，拔腿就跑。他急急忙忙回家拿了那根稻杆，又急急忙忙赶回市上来 ，一来一去，花了很多时间。等他赶回市上，天已晚了，集市已经散了 。他白忙了一阵，还是没有买到鞋子，那时，有人问他： “你是给自己买鞋子，还是替别人买 ?” 愚人回答说： “我自己穿的呀 !”那人又问他： “那么，你身上不是长着脚么 ?又何必带尺码呢 !” SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directi
40、ons: Translate the following text into Chinese. 34 Ever since the ancient Romans imposed their language on neighboring barbarians, the teaching of Latin has been inseparable from cultural politics. In the Middle Ages, Latin was the preserve of the Church, whose leaders believed that the language was
41、 inherently holier than the vernacular, and who used Latin as a means of establishing a distance between priests and their parishioners. In the Renaissance, the classics were seen as a beneficial source of eternal, universal truths“From Cicero Ive learned to be myself,“ an Italian humanist announced
42、and such a belief persisted well into the nineteenth century. The argument for the improving qualities of Latin is still made by the American Classical League, which points to studies showing that schoolchildren who have studied Latin achieve higher standardized test scores than their non-Latinist p
43、eers. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 35 Nowadays, many coined words such as Chaonv emerge. Some people say these words are simple and concise in form, but others dont think they are standard enough to be accepted by Cihai. What
44、is your opinion? Write an essay about 400 words to state your view. 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 conc
45、lusion 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 657答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lectu
46、re 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 minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-fil
47、ling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 By some estimates, there are as many as 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States, toiling in farm fields, restaurant kitchens and construction sites. Theyre in the country illegally, but the employers who hire the
48、m are also breaking the law. But the presence of illegal workers on a home renovation crew, and the contractors insistence on payment in cash dont dissuade potential clients. As one contractor points out, “When you go into a restaurant, do you ask if everybody is legal in the kitchen? No! You know, people dont do that. When you go to get your car fixed, no. So nobody does it in construction, either.“ That said, the contractor - who prefers not to use his name - figures lie pays his workers better than the average for illegal labor. “I try to give peo
