1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 667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 American Jazz Musician Louis Armstrong Armstrong was born in New Orleans. He was so poor during his child
3、hood that sometimes【 1】 garbage cans for supper. 【 1】 _ . The spirit of Armstrongs world not【 2】 by: 【 2】 _ 1) the【 3】 of poverty and 【 3】 _ 2) the dangers of wild living. . Armstrongs life before 1920s: 1) Armstrongs dancing for pennies and【 4】 for his supper【 4】 _ with a strolling quartet of other
4、 kids. 2) Having his dreams like other American boys, regardless of his point of social【 5】 . 【 5】_ 3) The places he played and the people he knew were sweet and【 6】 at one end of the spectrum and rough at the other. 【 6】 _ 4) Experiences, pomp, humor, erotic charisma, grief, majesty, the profoundly
5、 gruesome and monumentally spiritual came into his【 7】 . 【 7】 _ . Armstrongs life from 1920 on: 1) Armstrong would be angry if somebody intended to challenge him. 2) Musicians were used to have “cutting sessions“: battles of【 8】 and stamina. 【 8】 _ 3) The melodic and rhythmic vistas Armstrong【 9】 so
6、lved the mind-body problem. 【 9】 _ Louise Armstrong was so great that the big bands sounded like him, their featured improvisers took direction from him, and every school of jazz since has had to address how he【 10】 the basics of the idiom-swing, blues, ballads and Afro-Hispanic rhythms. 【 10】 _ 1 【
7、 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 interview. At the end of the interview you will be giv
8、en 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 According to the conversation what is Dr. Gus purpose? （ A） To have a talk with exhibitor. （ B） To purchase a lab. （ C） To discuss the possibility of negotiation with the Universal Computers Ltd （ D） To inq
9、uire more information about the scientific apparatus. 12 They have been concerned with the following terms EXCEPT_. （ A） millions of instructions per second （ B） discount （ C） remote connection （ D） management committee 13 From the conversation we know if we buy more products from the Universal Comp
10、uters Ltd.,_. （ A） we can earn more mone （ B） we can benefit more （ C） they will give us more service （ D） they will move their main building to China 14 When can exhibitor expect to get an answer? （ A） Within a month or two. （ B） By Tuesday. （ C） Very soon. （ D） Immediately. 15 From the conversatio
11、n we can deduce that_. （ A） they have a good beginning of trading （ B） they are eager to know each other （ C） they want to shake hands in Beijing （ D） they hate the barriers between them SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and the
12、n answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 In order to help the people in remote areas of 11 countries hit by the tsunami, a massive effort is underway to get all the following things for them except _. （ A） food （ B） oi
13、l （ C） water （ D） medical care 16 Commercial Vices The commercial vices are gambling, prostitution, and drugs. The appeals of the commercial vices are so strong and widespread that attempts to prohibit them in western democracies have always failed. Even in totalitarian regimes with unrestricted pol
14、ice and draconian punishments, such as Islamic countries, there is only partial success. The evils of these vices are threefold: Those who practice them suffer, the criminals who sell them prosper, and the enforcement organizations are expensive, unsuccessful, and often corrupt bureaucracies. Two co
15、mmercial vices have been accepted as unstoppable but their evils have been minimized by legalization and regulation. These are the particular drug, alcohol, and gambling. The United States attempted to prohibit alcohol and failed. The Mafia made its accumulated capital by bootlegging alcohol. The ga
16、ngsters of the twenties and thirties were in the alcohol business just as the drug peddlers of today are in the drug business. Both settled trade disputes with gunfire. When alcohol prohibition was repealed and sale by licensed dealers was instituted, the Mafia went out of the liquor business and th
17、e revenue agents assigned to stop the illegal business went out of business too. The quality of regulated liquor became assured and taxes, not high enough to motivate bootlegging, became a source of public revenue. Consumption of legal alcohol became only slightly greater than the consumption of ill
18、egal alcohol had been. If we follow the alcohol example with all other drugs, the same benefits will obtain. Much more than that, the temptation of “forbidden fruit“ will disappear. The jailing of petty drug pushers will stop, together with their training as future serious criminals in the crime sch
19、ools which are our jails. If we transfer the huge sums wasted on fruitless interdiction efforts and on punishment to serious education and rehabilitation programs, the drug problem will retreat to the trivial level it was fifty years ago. Gambling is another example of “If you can t lick em, join em
20、.“ At one time all but private gambling at home was illegal. So the Mafia ran the numbers rackets and the secret games and the bookmaking where “law abiding“ citizens did their unstoppable gambling. Now governments run lotteries and license and supervise casinos so the gangsters are largely out, che
21、ating is minimal, and governments earn revenue instead of paying police. Here, again, an education program would cost little and do much good. Prostitution is an even more emotional problem. Addiction to sex is genetic and permanent and deprivation has many penalties. Here, again, legalization and r
22、egulation .will immediately eliminate the pimps and gangsters and reduce the police force. With periodic medical examination and licensing of the practitioners, and perhaps of the customers, there will be a radical reduction in the spread of venereal diseases, including AIDS. For those already disea
23、sed there can be a matching of buyer and seller by coding their license cards. A valid objection to legalization (or de-criminalization) of vices is that this very action will encourage their practice by seeming to be an official endorsement. This objection can be finessed by what was done with “Blu
24、e Laws“ which tried to impose unacceptable “virtues“ but which could not be repealed. They were not repealed but merely stopped being enforced. The enforcement budgets can then be converted to treatment and education to discourage and diminish practice of the vices. Laws providing regulation and lic
25、ensing can still be passed. Logically they are inconsistent with laws forbidding, but so what? They can be enforced anyway. 17 Legalization and regulation of commercial vices would bring all the following benefits EXCEPT _. （ A） the police force could be reduced （ B） illegal dealers would be forced
26、out of business （ C） there would be no more drug dealers （ D） the practices might become a source of revenue 18 “Forbidden fruit temptation“ means_. （ A） the criminals would like to take chances （ B） people are tempted to try the commercial vices （ C） people are tempted to bootleg drugs, etc （ D） th
27、e practitioners would like to join Mafia 19 After legalization and regulation of prostitution, the main cause of reduction in the spread of venereal diseases would probably be_. （ A） the practitioners would be licensed （ B） the practitioners would receive regular medical examination （ C） the practit
28、ioners already diseased would be made known （ D） those already diseased could choose each other as partner 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 20 Which of the following states is the firs
29、t state that passed the compulsory education law in the United States? （ A） Massachusetts. （ B） Texas. （ C） Iowa. （ D） California. 21 In the following dialogue, the maxim of_is not observed. F: What time is it? M: Its terribly cold in here. （ A） quality （ B） quantity （ C） relevance （ D） manner 22 Ch
30、ristopher Marlowe is the first playwright who writes in _in the history of English literature. （ A） free verse （ B） heroic couplet （ C） blank verse （ D） sonnet 23 _is a mild, indirect or less offensive word or expressive one, so it is usually the substitution for taboo. （ A） Pun （ B） Slang （ C） Euph
31、emism （ D） Metaphor 24 Westminster Palace is the seat of _. （ A） British Houses of Parliament （ B） The prime ministers office （ C） crowns residence （ D） Christian organization 25 The poem Isabella was written by_. （ A） Shelly （ B） Byron （ C） Wordsworth （ D） Keats 26 _ is Canadas leading trading part
32、ner. （ A） China （ B） America （ C） Japan （ D） Britain 27 Words like “Xerox“ and “Kodak“ are formed by _. （ A） back-formation （ B） blending （ C） coinage （ D） acronym 28 The Novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by_. （ A） Henry James （ B） O. Henry （ C） Harriest Beecher Stower （ D） Mark T
33、wain 29 _ can be simply defined as the study of meaning. （ A） Syntax （ B） Semantics （ C） Pragmatics （ D） Linguistics 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 e
34、ach case, only ONE word is involved. 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 “ “ sig
35、n and write t 30 George couldnt remember when he first met Mr. Anderson, but he was sure it was a Sunday because everybody was at the church. SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Directions: Translate the following text into English. 31 清晨往松林里去散步。我在林荫路畔发现了一束被人遗弃了的蔷薇。蔷薇的花色还是鲜艳的，一朵紫红，一朵嫩红，一朵是病黄的象牙色中带着几分血晕。 我把
36、蔷微拾在手里了。 青翠的叶上已经凝集着细密的露珠，这显然是昨夜被人遗弃了的。 这是可怜的少女受了薄幸的男子的欺绐 ?还是不幸的青年受了疯狂的妇人的玩弄呢 ? 昨晚上甜蜜的私语，今朝的冷清的露珠 我把蔷薇拿到家 里来了，我想找个花瓶来供养它。 花瓶我没有，我在一只墙角卜寻着了一个断了颈子的盛洒的上瓶。 蔷薇哟，我虽然不能供养你以春酒，但我要供养你以清洁的流泉，清洁的索心。你在这破土瓶中虽然不免要凄凄寂寂地飘零，但比遗弃正路旁被人践踏了的好吧 ? SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into C
37、hinese. 32 I was slow to understand the deep grievances of women. This was because,as a boy,I had envied them. Before college,the only people I had ever known who were interested in art or music or literature,the only ones who read books,the only ones who ever seemed to enjoy a sense of ease and gra
38、ce were the mothers and daughters. Like the menfolk,they fretted about money,they scrimped and made-do. But,when the pay stopped coming in,they were not the omens who had failed. Nor did they have to go to war,and that seemed to me a blessed fact. By comparison with the narrow,ironclad days of fathe
39、rs,there was an expansiveness,I thought,in the clays of mothers. They went to see neighbors,to shop in town,to run errands at school,at the library,at church. No doubt,had I looked harder at their lives,I would have envied them less. It was not my fate to become a woman,so it was easier for me to se
40、e the graces. Few of them held jobs outside the home,and those who did filled thankless roles as clerks and waitresses. I didnt see,then,what a prison a house could be,since houses seemed to me brighter,handsomer places than any factory. I did not realize-because such things were never spoken of-how
41、 often women suffered from mens bullying. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 33 Nowadays, the world population has been increasing sharply, there might be various reasons for the trend. Then , what is your opinion? Sharp Increase in
42、 World Population You are to write a paper of approximately 400 words on this issue. In the first part of your paper, you should present your interpretation of the pictures above and in the second part you should give your reasons for the increase in population 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. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 667答案与解析
