1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 676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 The Problems of Taking English Courses Through English When students take courses through the medium of E
3、nglish, they have to face psychological, cultural and linguistic problems. Psychological problems: a. the fear of the 【 1】 _: the fear of the difficulty of academic 【 1】 _ learning and the fear of 【 2】 _ in examinations. 【 2】 _ b. Possible 【 3】 _ because of separation from his family. 【 3】 _ Cultura
4、l problems: 1. arranging satisfactory 【 4】 _. 【 4】 _ 2. getting used to British life. 3. settling into a strange environment and a new academic 【 5】 _. 【 5】 _ 4. learning a new set of social 【 6】 _. 【 6】 _ 5. expressing appropriate 【 7】 _. 【 7】 _ 6. understanding a different kind of humor. 7. learni
5、ng how to make friends. Linguistic problems: -Students of non-English speaking countries have little 【 8】 _ 【 8】 _ opportunity to practise using English. -Students of non-English speaking countries have great difficulty in understanding what a native speaker of English says. The reasons are: a. Engl
6、ish people speak very quickly. b. Everyday spoken English is different from 【 9】 _ English 【 9】 _ students have learnt. c. Students do not practise listening to English people. How to overcome these linguistic difficulties? -Attending English classes. -Using a language 【 10】 _ as much as possible. 【
7、 10】 _ -Listening to programs in English on the radio and TV. -Taking every opportunity to communicate with native English-speaking people. 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. List
8、en 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 Nicole s project _ . （ A） had students write about American his
9、tory （ B） encouraged students to write stories about local history （ C） taught students how to use scanners and other multimedia devices （ D） had students build a database of pictures of their grandparents 12 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the interview? （ A） She believes str
10、ongly in the value of reading. （ B） Her children all read a lot because she herself is a teacher of English. （ C） The story writing component of the project was originally not her idea. （ D） All the students at her school have local history in their curriculum. 13 Which of the following is NOT menti
11、oned when Irene talked about the writing part in the project? （ A） They had some historians come and talk to English students about local history. （ B） Students could choose to write in pairs. （ C） They had a third-grade teacher to add notes to tough terminology. （ D） Stories were sent to a historia
12、n to make sure that everything was historically accurate. 14 In the process of purling the stories on the Internet, _ . （ A） each student was responsible for one story （ B） computer students first had to decide whether a story was good or not （ C） webpages were created by Dreamweaver. （ D） Irene had
13、 elementary students pick the webpages that they liked best 15 Before she began to teach computer, Irene _ . （ A） hated computers （ B） only had some basic knowledge of computers （ C） was a computer geek （ D） was teaching maths and writing SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will
14、 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 Senators are considering alternatives to （ A） the health insurance program. （ B） the public facilities program. （ C） the heal
15、th bill program. （ D） the law enforcement program. 16 Fair Fares Railways: Cheaper Tickets Will Not Solve Rails Problems Most of the time, parliamentary committee reports embody every foreign stereotype of the Britishdry, reserved and slightly dull, with only the occasional flash of sarcasm to light
16、en the mood. Not so those of the transport committee. Its latest report, on rail fares, accuses the rail industry of “ holding passengers to ransom “ with “extravagant“ fares and an “impenetrable jungle“ of ticket types. Some of these criticisms are fair. Ticketing arrangements, especially for long
17、distance journeys, are Byzantine: the National Fares Manual describes over 70 ticket types within its 102 pages. Stung by public criticism, several big train companies, including Virgin, GNER and First Great Western, promise to simplify things. The MPS are on shakier ground with their complaints The
18、y point to the amount of state money given out to the railways 4.4 billion this year, with 5. 3 billion planned for next yearand argue that train firms should be forced to cut prices. Costly tickets, they claim, are “ pricing many passengers out of the market“. That is a tough argument to sustain at
19、 a time when more people than ever are using the railways. On some parts of the network, overcrowding, not under-use, is the biggest problem, with commuter routes into big cities such as London, Leeds and Manchester especially jammed. Fares on these routes are already capped. Thats unwise, says Step
20、hen Glaister of Imperial College. “ If there is traffic jams in the system, then the economically correct solution is higher prices,“ he says. “Otherwise you just end up with shortages and queues.“ Giving railway firms greater freedom to set their own prices would let them spread demand around peak
21、times, cutting traffic jams. The only way to reduce traffic jams and prices together is to do things like lengthening platforms and upgrading signals,. which would mean more people could be carried in the busiest areas. That would require tough decisions. A big improvement to the railway network wou
22、ld be expensive, and the government has shown little enthusiasm for increasing subsidies still further. Extra cash could be found by closing little-used (and heavily subsidised) rural lines, but that would be unpopular with fans of rail transport, who argue that branch lines provide a vital service
23、to the poor and the earless. The report occasionally hints at such dilemmas, only to shy away from discussing them in a satisfactory way. The transport committee plans a broader look at rail policy next year. Perhaps then it will do a more thorough job. 17 Parliamentary committee reports are mention
24、ed in the first paragraph to highlight_. （ A） typical characteristics of British people （ B） general features of government reports （ C） the peculiarity of the transport committees reports （ D） wrong opinions about the rail industry 18 The word “Byzantine“ (Line 3, Para. 2) most probably means_. （ A
25、） absurd （ B） complex （ C） excessive （ D） puzzling 19 The author believes that raising railway ticket prices is_. （ A） the result of government underfunding （ B） not complying with the market rules （ C） an effective way to relieve crowding （ D） vital to maintain the railway system 20 Which of the fo
26、llowing is one of the chief problems confronting the train companies? （ A） They are blamed by the public for overcharging. （ B） They have no freedom of pricing. （ C） They lack funds to upgrade main-line services. （ D） They have not sufficiently used rural lines. 21 Which of the following is true of
27、the text? （ A） Spending more to avoid high traffic appeals to commuters. （ B） The government is aware of the high cost of railway operation. （ C） The train companies plan to spend their money more rationally. （ D） The transport committee supports the improvement of railway system. 一、 PART III GENERA
28、L KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 22 The following words, EXCEPT_, form a minimal set and three minimal pairs. （ A） beat （ B） bit （ C） bet （ D） hat 23 The Prime Minister in Britain is head of （ A） the Sh
29、adow Cabinet. （ B） the Parliament. （ C） the Opposition. （ D） the Cabinet. 24 The brains neurological specialization for language is called linguistic_, which is specific to human beings. （ A） specialization （ B） production （ C） lateralization （ D） assimilation 25 Christmas Day, December 25th, celebr
30、ates the _ of Christ, and is the greatest of Christian festivals. （ A） birth （ B） death （ C） Crucifixion （ D） Resurrection 26 The head of the British Government is the _. （ A） Queen （ B） Prime Minister （ C） Governor in General （ D） Queen Regent 27 Sons and Lovers is an autobiographical novel of _. （
31、 A） D.H. Lawrence （ B） Thomas Hardy （ C） Henry James （ D） Arnold Bennett 28 Ronald Reagan used to be a _. （ A） basketball player （ B） sports radio announcer （ C） conservative political columnist （ D） sports writer 29 The state of California is on _. （ A） the Atlantic Coast （ B） the Gulf of Mexico （
32、C） the Pacific Coast （ D） Carribean Sea 30 _ is an American poet whose great work Leaves of Grass written in unconventional meter and rhyme, celebrates the self, death as a process of life, universal brotherhood, and the greatness of democracy. （ A） . .Cummings （ B） Walt Whitman （ C） Robert Frost （
33、D） Ezra Pound 31 Robert Louis Stevenson is a representative of _ in English literature. （ A） Neo-Romanticism （ B） Pre-Romanticism （ C） Romanticism （ D） Aestheticism 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING enjoyment of his activities in Britain and the passage of time are the only real help here. Looking now at the
34、cultural problems, we can see that some of them are of a very practical nature, e. g., arranging satisfactory accommodation; getting used to British money (or the lack of it!), British food and weather (neither is always bad! ). Some of the cultural difficulties are less easy to define: they are bou
35、nd up with the whole range of alien customs, habits and traditions-in other words, the British way of life. Such difficulties include: settling into a strange environment and a new academic routine; learning a new set of social habits, ranging from the times of meals to the meanings of gestures; exp
36、ressing appropriate greetings; understanding a different kind of humor; and learning how to make friends. Being open-minded and adaptable is the best approach to some of the difficulties listed here. The largest category is probably linguistic . Lets look at this in some detail. Most students will h
37、ave learnt English at school, but if theyve already been to colleges or universities in their own countries, theyll have studied mostly in their own language except, perhaps, for reading some textbooks and journals in English. In other words, theyll have had little everyday opportunity to practise u
38、sing English. When foreign learners first have the opportunity to speak to an English-speaking person, they may have a shock; they often have great difficulty in understanding! There are a number of reasons for this. Ill just mention three of them. Firstly, it seems to students that English people s
39、peak very quickly. Secondly, they speak with a variety of accents. Thirdly, different styles of speech are used in different situations, e. g. everyday spoken English, which is colloquial and idiomatic, is different from the English used for academic purposes. For all of these reasons students will
40、have difficulty, mainly because they lack practice in listening to English people speaking English. Dont forget, by the way, that if students have difficulty in understanding English-speaking people, these people must also have difficulty in understanding the students! What can a student do then to
41、overcome these difficulties? Well, obviously, he can benefit from attending English classes and if a language laboratory is available, use it as much as possible. He should also listen to programs in English on the radio and TV. Perhaps most important of all, he should take every available opportuni
42、ty to meet and speak with native English-speaking people. He should be aware, however, that English people are, by temperament, often reserved and may be unwilling to start a conversation. Nevertheless, if he has the courage to take the initiative, however difficult it may seem to be, most English p
43、eople will respond. He will need patience and perseverance! Other difficulties that the student may have, e. g. note-taking, writing, reading, etc., will be dealt with in other talks. 1 【正确答案】 unknown 2 【正确答案】 failure 3 【正确答案】 homesickness 4 【正确答案】 accommodation 5 【正确答案】 routine 6 【正确答案】 habits 7 【正
44、确答案】 greetings 8 【正确答案】 everyday 9 【正确答案】 academic 10 【正确答案】 laboratory 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
45、given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 10 【听力原文】 Nicole: Tell me, how does a multimedia and maths teacher end up leading a project that has students writing stories about local history? Irene: My lab is the high schools multimedia lab. When deve
46、loping my program, the district decided that they would like to have one room-my room-house all new technologies. So nine years ago, I received several scanners that, at the time, cost about 1100, and I wanted to have a project that put them to good use. I asked my students to look for really old pi
47、ctures that maybe their grandparents or their parents had in their possession. The first pictures that a student brought in were in a box of maybe 80 photographs that her grandmother had in her attic. Some of the photos were over a hundred years old! There were photographs of football players, sport
48、s activities, old buildings-just wonderful pictures. The kids loved seeing grandma in a bathing suit! So, thats how the project started. We started scanning the photos and we built ourselves a database. The second year we did the same thing: we brought in more photos, and we continued to scan. Nicol
49、e: So, how did the story writing component come about? Irene: Im an advocate of reading, having four of my own children. When they were younger I read to them all the time, and today they are all strong readers. I thought, wouldn t it be neat if one of the English teachers could have her students write stories that my students could associate with our old pictures. We cou
