1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 659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 Daydreaming . Daydreaming can be harmful because it was considered as A. a waste of time B. a 【 1】 _ of n
3、eurotic tendencies 【 1】 _ C. evidence of 【 2】 _ or an escape from 【 2】 _ life realities and responsibilities when it occurs 【 3】 _ 【 3】 _ . However, daydreaming can be beneficial A. it is an effective technique of 【 4】 _ 【 4】 _ B. it contributes to intellectual growth powers of concentration the abi
4、lity to 【 5】 _ with others 【 5】 _ C. it improves serf-control ability and enhances 【 6】 _ ability 【 6】 _ D. it improves a persons ability to be better adapted to practical, immediate concerns solve everyday problems be more readily with new ideas E. Historically, many successful people got their bes
5、t ideas while relaxing and daydreaming. . How to make a positive daydreaming? A. (7)_ yourself as vividly as possible 【 7】 _ B. create an environment free from 【 8】 _ 【 8】 _ . General remarks A. Suggestion: Put aside a few minutes daily, taking short 【 9】 _【 9】 _ B. Conclusion: Daydreaming, this 【 1
6、0】 _ investment, 【 10】 _ highly benefit youphysical and mental well-being. 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 section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions
7、 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 Edward, in deciding the location of a house, people should consider all the following EXCEPT （ A） the type of life
8、they enjoy. （ B） the price of the house. （ C） the distance between the house and the place of work. （ D） the school their children can attend. 12 Which of the following is an ideal place for quiet people to live in? （ A） The city. （ B） The downtown. （ C） Tile countryside. （ D） City suburbs. 13 Accor
9、ding to the interview, which is the most common type of houses? （ A） Detached houses. （ B） Semi-detached houses. （ C） Town houses. （ D） Old houses. 14 What does Edward think of old houses compared to new ones? （ A） They are definitely cheaper. （ B） They are too old to live in. （ C） They may be cheap
10、er but repairs and renovation cost much. （ D） They need to be checked professionally from time to time. 15 What is Edwards attitude when talking about gardens attached to houses? （ A） Disapproval. （ B） Excitement. （ C） Uncertainty. （ D） Indifference. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this sect
11、ion 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 What is the main idea of the news item? （ A） The new broadened mediation effort is favored by Robert Mugabe. （ B）
12、 The mediations will be continued by Thabo Mbeki under supervision. （ C） Mr. Mbeki is faced with a lot of international pressure for being biased. （ D） Mr. Mbekis role as a mediator is replaced by the United Nations. 16 Bermard Bailyn has recently reinterpreted the early history of the United States
13、 by applying new social research findings on the experiences of European migrants. In his reinterpretation, migration becomes the organizing principle for rewriting the history of preindustrial North America. His approach rests on four separate propositions. The first of these asserts that residents
14、 of early modern England moved regularly about their countryside; migrating to the New World was simply a “natural spillover“. Although at first the colonise held little positive attraction for the English - they would rather have stayed home - by the eighteenth century people increasingly migrated
15、to America because they regarded it as the land of opportunity. Secondly, Bailyn holds that, contrary to the notion that used to flourish in America history textbooks, there was never a typical New World community. For example, the economic and demographic character of early New England towns varied
16、 considerably. Bailyns third proposition suggests two general patterns prevailing among the many thousands migrants: one group came as indentured servants, another came to acquire land. Surprisingly, Bailyn suggests that those who recruited indentured servants were the driving forces of transatlanti
17、c migration. These colonial entrepreneurs helped determine the social character of people who came to preindustrial North America. At first, thousands of unskilled laborers were recruited; by the 1730s, however, American employers demanded skilled artisans. Finally, Bailyn argues that the colonies w
18、ere a half- civilized hinterland of the European culture system. He is undoubtedly correct to insist that the colonies were part of an Anglo-American empire. But to divide the empire into English core and colonial periphery, as Bailyn does, devalues the achievements of colonial culture, as Bailyn cl
19、aims, that high culture in the colonies never matched that in England. But what of seventeenth-century New England, where the settlers created effective laws, built a distinguished university, and published books? Bailyn might respond that New England was exceptional. However, the ideas and institut
20、ions developed by New England Puritans had powerful effects on North American culture. Although Bailyn goes on to apply his approach to some thousands of indentured servants who migrated just prior to the revolution, he fails to link their experience with the political development of the United Stat
21、es. Evidence presented in his work suggests how we might make such a connection. These indentured servants were treated as slaves for the period during which they had sold their time to American employers. It is not surprising that as soon as they served their time they passed up good wages in the c
22、ities and headed west to ensure their personal independence by acquiring land. Thus, it is in the west that a peculiarly American political culture began, among colonists who were suspicious of authority and intensely anti- aristocratic. 17 The author of the passage states that Bailyn failed to _. （
23、 A） give sufficient emphasis to the cultural and political interdependence of the colonies and England （ B） take advantage of social research on the experiences of colonists who migrated to colonial North America specifically to acquire land （ C） relate the experience of the migrants to the politica
24、l values that eventually shaped the character of the United States （ D） investigate the lives of Europeans before they came to colonial North America to determine more adequately their motivations for migrating 18 According to the passage, Bailyn and the author agree on which of the following statem
25、ents about the cnhure of colonial New England? （ A） High culture of New England never equaled the high culture of England. （ B） The colonists imitated the high culture of England, and did not develop a culture that was uniquely their own. （ C） The Southern colonies were greatly influenced by the hig
26、h culture of New England. （ D） New England communities were able to create laws and build a university, but unable to create anything innovative in the arts. 19 The author of the passage is primarily concerned with _. （ A） comparing several current interpretations of early American history （ B） sugg
27、esting that new social research on migration should lead to revisions in current interpretations of early American history （ C） refuting an argument about early American history that has been proposed by social historians （ D） discussing a reinterpretation of early American history that is based on
28、new social research on migration 20 The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about Bailyns work? （ A） Bailyn underestimates the effects of Puritan thought on North American culture. （ B） Bailyns description of the colonies as part of an Anglo-Ame
29、rican empire is misleading and incorrect. （ C） Bailyn failed to test his propositions on a specific group of migrants to colonial North America. （ D） Bailyn overemphasizes the experiences of migrants to the New England colonies, and neglects the southern arm the western parts of the New England. 一、
30、PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 21 The Chinese Exclusion Act was carried out in_. （ A） 1880 （ B） 1882 （ C） 1920 （ D） 1949 22 Which of the following is NOT John Miltons work? （ A） Easter
31、Wings. （ B） Paradise Regained. （ C） Samson Agonistes. （ D） Paradise Lost. 23 As a philosophical and literary moment, _flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War. （ A） modernism （ B） rationalism （ C） sentimentalism （ D） transcendentalism 24 A traditional food enjoyed by Americans durin
32、g Thanksgiving Day is_. （ A） steam bun （ B） roast turkey （ C） roast duck （ D） fried fish 25 Edgar Allan Poe was most famous for his poems and _ stories. （ A） short comic （ B） long tragic （ C） long detective （ D） short grotesque 26 Which of the following writers is a novelist of the 20th century? （ A
33、） John Keats （ B） Charles Lamb （ C） Walter Scott （ D） James Joyce 27 Which of the following is a compound word? （ A） Unsad. （ B） Unsimplified. （ C） Sincerity. （ D） Undertake. 28 Which of the following is NOT the synonym of the word “die“? （ A） Kick the bucket. （ B） Pop off. （ C） Commence. （ D） Pass
34、away. 29 How many syllables does the word “syllable“ have? （ A） 1 （ B） 2 （ C） 3 （ D） 4 30 Which of the following is a compound word? （ A） Unsad. （ B） Unsimplified. （ C） Sincerity. （ D） Undertake. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING all such characters escaped the mere push of circumstance by imagining a future
35、so vividly that they headed for it? These are the words of the well-known thinker Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, and they show that people can literally daydream themselves to success. Fosdick, aware of the wonderful power of positive daydreaming, offered this advice: “Hold a picture of yourself long an
36、d steadily enough in your minds eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible. Picture yourself as winning and that will contribute remarkably to success. Do not picture yourself as anything, and you will drift like an abandone
37、d ship at sea.“ To get the results you should picture yourselfas vividly as possibleas you want to be. The important thing to remember is to picture these desired objectives as if you had already attained them. Go over several times the details of these pictures. This will deeply impress them on you
38、r memory, and these memory traces will soon start influencing your everyday behavior toward the attainment of the goal. While exercising your imagination, you should be alone and completely undisturbed. Some individuals seem to have the ability to tune into their private selves in the midst of the n
39、oisiest crowds or company.But most of us, especially when the experience is new, require an environment free from outside distraction. To sum up what we have discussed today, I strongly recommended that each of us should put aside a few minutes daily, taking short 10- or 15-minute vacations.Daydream
40、ing is highly beneficial to your physical and mental well-being, and you will find that this inexpensive investment in time will add up to a more creative and imaginative, a more satisfied, and a more self-fulfilled you. It offers us a fuller sense of being intensely alive from moment to moment, and
41、 this, of course, contributes greatly to the excitement and joy of living. 1 【正确答案】 symptom 【试题解析】 讲座的主题是白日梦，在提到人们对白日梦看法的时候，讲座人提到了一种观点，即把它看作是 “浪费时间或神经质倾向的症状 ”，由此可知答案为 symptom。 2 【正确答案】 maladjustment 【试题解析】 第 2题和第 1题同属于解释人们对于白日梦的看法，录音中提到“regarded as evidence of maladjustment or an escape from life re
42、alities and responsibilities“，可知此处答案为 maladjustment。 3 【正确答案】 habitually 【试题解析】 紧接着讲座人提到了不好的后果，即做白日梦最终成了一种习惯时，人们就会试图逃避责任。录音中多次提及 habitual daydreaming，由此可知答案为 habitually。 4 【正确答案】 relaxation 【试题解析】 在讲完人们对白口梦的一般误解之后，录音提到了从科学的角度对白日梦的认识，由此可知答案为 relaxation。 5 【正确答案】 interact and communicate/interact/comm
43、unicate 【试题解析】 此处讲的是白日梦的益处，与考题中已给出的两点并列的是interact and communicate，也可只填入其中一个动词。 6 【正确答案】 creative thinking 【试题解析】 C点是紧接上文白日梦的益处， Dr Jerome Singer发现白日梦能够 improved self-control and enhanced creative thinking ability，由此可知答案为 creative thinking。 7 【正确答案】 picture 【试题解析】 第 7题和第 8题说的是如何使得白日梦积极有益，录音提到 “you sh
44、ould picture as vividly as possible”，因此答案为 picture。 8 【正确答案】 outside distraction 【试题解析】 录音提到，训练想象力时应该要独处，大部分人需要一个环境 free from outside distraction，由此可知答案为 outside distraction。 9 【正确答案】 vacations 【试题解析】 最后综述的时候，提到了一些建议，其中一点为 “taking short 10- or 15-minute vacations”，故答案为 vacations。 10 【正确答案】 inexpensi
45、ve/low-cost/easy 【试题解析】 总结全篇时录音原文把白日梦比作一项投资，并进而说这是一项inexpensive investment，联系到题目，可知答案为 inexpensive或近义词 low-cost或 easy。 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 inte
46、rview. 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. 10 【听力原文】 Interviewer(W) Edward Fox (M) W: Today Id like to welcome Edward Fox, a seasoned real-estate agent, who is going to talk to us about buying a house.
47、Hello, Edward. M: Hello. W: Now Edward, for most people buying a house is a major life event, and probably the single most expensive item they are ever likely to buy. What precautions do they have to take before a real purchase? Can you give some suggestions? M: You are right in saying buying a hous
48、e costs a lot. But as to me, the most important thing to consider before buying any property is the location. W: Location? M: Right. Because it is where you plan to spend a large part of your life. Or, indeed, the rest of your life in some circumstances. Therefore, consider the type of life you enjo
49、y leading. If you are a very sociable person who enjoys nightclubs and discos, you may consider something close to a city. Anyway, a city is convenient for all types of nightlife. W: Then, for those who seek a quiet life, do you recommend a house in the countryside? M: Well, countryside is a tranquil place. However, do remember that proximity to the place of work also counts. Indeed, we spend most of our life at w
