1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 666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 Irish Riverdance Riverdance displays modern Irish culture while it is based on an old, influential cultur
3、e with a love of complicated stories and poetic styles and prevailing from the 6th century to the 9th century. The development of Riverdance 1) With【 1】 _ starting in the 9th century this ever-influential culture 【 1】_ declined and never recovered indeed. The traditional love of story and song exist
4、ed in a form the peasants liked and without a distinctive Irish style till the【 2】 _ beginning at the end of the 19th century. 【 2】 _ 2) The Irish love of music has succeeded in surviving the change from Irish, 【 3】 _ to the language of the invader and has once more begun to blos 【 3】_ som and becom
5、e influential outside the country. 3) Irish music was reduced to being the language used in the countryside and 【 4】 _ as people moved to the cities, for young city people didnt like 【 4】_ “peasant music“. However, this has begun to change and since the 1980 s has taken off. Many top singers in the
6、world are Irish and quite a number of people are working for the music industry in Ireland. Riverdance is an ex- pression of that【 5】 _ and that ability to understand the new. 【 5】_ Riverdance is also a kind of【 6】 _ interesting pop song. 【 6】 _ 1) It uses song and dance to tell the story of a peopl
7、e whose spirit the Great Famine broke. As a result of this famine, two million people died or left Ireland by 1851 and【 7】 _ continued to decrease until 1961 【 7】 _ 2) People with ideas left for【 8】 _ The Irish in Ireland became hopeless 【 8】_ and unconfident and much of its modem culture is about t
8、he sadness of that time and the sorrow of saying goodbye to those who left. There is【 9】 _ 【 9】_ for this saying goodbye-“American Wake“. 3) The leaving didnt cease until the 1970 s because Independence in 1921 was followed by a civil war and an economic depression. Now it is common to see along【 10
9、】 _ from that time falling into ruin. 【 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 section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an inter
10、view. 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 interview with Dr. Mirkin was conducted by _. （ A） an athlete （ B） a journalist （ C） a sick man （ D） a student 12 By mentioning the case of Harvard footb
11、all players, Dr. Mirkin meant that _. （ A） too much exercise often leads to a shorter life span （ B） American football is too violent to be good for ones health （ C） to exercise when one is young doesnt guarantee a good health when one is older （ D） Harvard students are physically inferior to studen
12、ts from other universities 13 Disco dancing is an excellent exercise because _. （ A） the dancer keeps on moving vigorously （ B） it is most popular among young people today （ C） no other exercise can offer as much entertainment （ D） it benefits the dancer both physically and spiritually 14 Bicycling
13、and jogging are good exercise to train ones heart because they_. （ A） require a lot of strength （ B） are more interesting （ C） can reduce ones weight （ D） bring ones heartbeat to at least 120 a minute 15 Which of the following statements is TRUE? （ A） Young people need more exercise than other peopl
14、e. （ B） One can live longer than others if one has more exercise when one is young. （ C） Adults need more exercise than children. （ D） People can prolong their life span if they keep exercising. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully
15、 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 According to President Omar al-Bashir, if Sudan splits, （ A） the Sudanese constitution would be changed. （ B） there will be two kinds of laws. （ C） southerners living in
16、 the north will remain safe. （ D） cultural diversity will be considered in the law. 17 It can be inferred that President Omar al-Bashir is （ A） on the side of the south. （ B） on the side of the north. （ C） neutral. （ D） uncertain. 17 Historians have only recently begun to note the increase in demand
17、 for luxury goods and services that took place in eighteenth-century England. McKendrick has explored the Wedgwood firms remarkable success in marketing luxury pottery; Plumb has written about the proliferation of provincial theaters, musical festivals, and childrens toys and books. While the fact o
18、f this consumer revolution is hardly in doubt, three key questions remain: Who were the consumers? What were their motives? And what were the effects of the new demand for luxuries? An answer to the first of these has been difficult to obtain. Although it has been possible to infer from the goods an
19、d services actually produced what manufacturers and servicing trades thought their customers wanted, only a study of relevant personal documents written by actual consumers will provide a precise picture of who wanted what. We still need to know how large this consumer market was and how far down th
20、e social scale the consumer demand for luxury goods penetrated. With regard to this last question, we might note in passing that Thompson, while rightly restoring laboring people to the stage of eighteenth-century English history, has probably exaggerated the opposition in general; for example, labo
21、ring people in eighteenth- century England readily shifted from home-brewed beer to standardized beer produced by huge, heavily capitalized urban breweries. To answer the question of why consumers became so eager to buy, some historians have pointed to the ability of manufacturers to advertise in a
22、relatively uncensored press. This, however, hardly seems a sufficient answer. McKendriek favors a Velen model of conspicuous consumption stimulated by competition for status. The “middling sort“ bought goods and services because they wanted to follow fashions set by the rich. Again, we may wonder wh
23、ether this explanation is sufficient. Do not people enjoy buying things as a form of self-gratification? If so, consumerism could be seen as a product of the rise of new concepts of individualism and materialism, but not necessarily of the frenzy for conspicuous competition. Finally, what were the c
24、onsequences of this consumer demand for luxuries? McKendrick claims that it goes a long way toward explaining the coming of the Industrial Revolution. But does it? What, for example, does the production of high-quality pottery and toys have to do with the development of iron manufacture or textile m
25、ills? It is perfectly possible to have the psychology and reality of a consumer society without a heavy industrial sector. The future exploration of these key questions is undoubtedly necessary. It should not, however, diminish the force of the conclusion of recent studies: the insatiable demand in
26、eighteenth-century England for frivolous as well as useful goods and services foreshadows our own world. 18 In the first paragraph, the author mentions McKendrick and Plumb most probably in order to _. （ A） contrast their views on the luxury consumerism in eighteenth-century England （ B） indicate th
27、e inadequacy of the traditional approaches to eighteenth-century English history （ C） support the contention that key questions about eighteenth-century consumerism remain unanswered （ D） give examples of historians who have explored the eighteenth-century consumerism in England 19 Concerning the an
28、swer to who the consumers were, the writer of the passage seems to_. （ A） doubt that laboring people were also involved in the consumer revolution （ B） exaggerate the extent of the demand for luxury goods （ C） agree with Thompson on the scale of the market （ D） prefer home-brewed beer to standardize
29、d beer produced by urban breweries 20 According to the Velen model, the “middling sort“ of customers bought luxury goods to_. （ A） gratify themselves （ B） show individualism （ C） keep up with the Joneses （ D） boast of their wealth 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten mult
30、iple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 21 The names Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday came from_. （ A） Christianity （ B） Anglo-Saxons Teutonic religion （ C） Druidism （ D） Norman belief 22 Which of the following is the best well-known novel by William So
31、merset Maugham? （ A） Liza of Lambeth. （ B） The Moon and Sixpence. （ C） Complete Short Stories. （ D） Of Human Bondage. 23 Hollywood is in the state of _. （ A） Los Angeles （ B） New York （ C） California （ D） San Francisco 24 Melbourne is located _. （ A） in Canada （ B） in New Zealand （ C） in Ireland （ D
32、） in Australia 25 New Zealand is the worlds largest exporters of （ A） lamb. （ B） expertise. （ C） honey. （ D） potatoes. 26 In 1954, _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his “mastery of the art of modern narration“. （ A） T.S. Eliot （ B） Ernest Hemingway （ C） John Steinbeck （ D） William Fau
33、lkner 27 In English the letter combination “mis -“ in the word “misunderstand“ is called _. （ A） suffix （ B） prefix （ C） free morpheme （ D） root 28 The Hispanics mainly refer to the ethnic people immigrating to the U. S. from _. （ A） Latin America （ B） South Africa （ C） Canada （ D） Russia 29 Who was
34、 recognized throughout his life as the leader of transcendentalism movement? （ A） William Cullen Bryant. （ B） Edgar Allan Poe. （ C） Ralph Waldo Emerson. （ D） Henry David Thoreau. 30 Pride and Prejudice was written by _. （ A） Jane Austen （ B） Emily Bronte （ C） Jane Eyre （ D） Charlotte Bronte 二、 PART
35、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 involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: (1)For a wrong wor
36、d, 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 The board deemed its urgent that these files must be printed right away. SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Direct
37、ions: Translate the following text into English. 32 我们两个伟人的国家，交往的历史已经有 200年了，跨越厂三个世纪。两同人民友谊和合作的动人事迹还历历在日。 19世纪 60年代，中国数以万计的华工参加了美国横贯东西部大铁路的修建工作。他们不顾严寒、饥饿和待遇菲薄的恶劣条件，当别的建筑队伍都撤下来的时候，只有中国这支队伍坚持到底。最后一根枕木是由四位华下铺上的。无数人为这个工程献出了生命。 1991年伊利诺伊州曾经专门派人到上海用 3 000个道钉做了个纪念碑。他们说，中国筑路工人的最大贡献就是沟通了美国东西部的大通道，并由此推动厂美国的统一
38、， 这是一个重要的因素。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. 33 I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed, “ we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day
39、on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their chara
40、cter. I have a dream today! When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and hamlet, from every state and city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of Gods childrenblack men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Catholics and Protestantswill be able to join hands and t
41、o sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 34 At present, there is heated discussion on the losses caused by road accident
42、s and the suggested ways to reduce road accidents. Then what are your comments on the issue? You are to write a paper of approximately 400 words on this issue. In the first part of your paper, you should present the losses caused by road accidents and in the second part you should suggest some ways
43、to reduce road accidents with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with 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. Wri
44、te your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 666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
45、 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-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Good morning, everyone. Today, we are going to talk about
46、 Irish Riverdance. Riverdance is an expression of modern Irish culture, but it is based on a culture, which had its golden era from the 6th to the 9th century. Before that period, Irish culture was oral and based on a love of complicated stories and poetic styles. But in the 6a century something won
47、derful happened-writing was introduced by missionaries. From then on, the culture of Ireland began to develop in ways impossible before and had considerable influence in northern Europe in the period up till the 9th century. With the invasions which began in the 9th century this golden age collapsed
48、 and there never was any real recovery. There were no wealthy kings to sponsor the poets and scholars so the traditions survived only in a form which the peasants liked. The love of story and song did not die but no real attempt was made to find a distinctive Irish style until the end of the 19th ce
49、ntury when Irish Nationalism began to influence writers, in English called Anglo-Irish literature. There are many famous writers from that period. There is also William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, and Samuel Beckett, all of whom have received the Nobel Prize for Literature. In all, Ireland has received the Nobel Literature P
