1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 680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 Culture shock is a painful experience we go through when we encounter many new things in another country
3、and we【 1】 _ in some very strange ways. There are 【 1】 _ five phases or stages of culture shock: sensory overload, helplessness,【 2】 _, depression and frustration 【 2】 _ when we nm into obstacles in a new country. And here are six areas of life that cause culture shock: 1. The【 3】 _. We will see so
4、ninny 【 3】 _ strange new things when we set foot on a new land. 2. The greetings. A common way of greeting at home may lead to a【 4】 _ in a new country because【 4】 _ we are thought to have poked into other peoples personal affairs. 3.【 5】 _. We may be shocked to find that 【 5】 _ in the new country m
5、en and women hug and kiss much more in public than we are accustomed to. 4. Personal【 6】 _ between people talking. 【 6】 _ We dont understand why a person will be backing away from us or why a person may be【 7】 _ closer to us in the【 7】 _ process of communicating with us. That can be a shock to the s
6、ystem as well. 5.【 8】 _. We always struggle to understand 【 8】 _ what people are saying. We usually have a very hard lime in the classroom, when we struggle to follow the instructor who speaks very fast and to get the【 9】 _ needed for passing the【 9】 _ 6. Food, which is a very emotional part of life
7、. In a new land, we find our favorite foods may not be available or are prepared quite differently. However, when we have eventually overcome the culture shock, we will have the【 10】 _ to feel at home 【 10】 _ anywhere in the world. 1 【 1】 2 【 2】 3 【 3】 4 【 4】 5 【 5】 6 【 6】 7 【 7】 8 【 8】 9 【 9】 10 【
8、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 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now
9、 listen to the interview. 11 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about Mike Scott? （ A） He was employed as Apples CEO. （ B） He was actually employee number 5 when he first came into Apple. （ C） He is of the same age with Mike Markkula, Apples first backer. （ D） He had the nickname of “Sco
10、tty“. 12 According to Mike Scott, in the early days, Steve Jobs_ （ A） was more particular about details. （ B） was as assertive as he is today. （ C） was paying attention to the detail of products as well as to people. （ D） was probably less particular. 13 What is Mike Scotts attitude towards his earl
11、y decision to let the two Steves do the publicity? （ A） Regretful. （ B） Satisfied. （ C） Neutral. （ D） Impartial. 14 According to Mike Scott what was one of the big internal arguments at that time? （ A） They just could not do Apple II cheap enough to get to under a thousand dollars. （ B） They wanted
12、to make Apple II $1195. （ C） The profit margin was not satisfactory enough. （ D） The distributors and retail stores were hard to deal with. 15 What can we infer about the price of iPad? （ A） The price of iPad is unreasonably high. （ B） The price of iPad is higher than Apple II. （ C） The price of iPa
13、d is higher than Apple II. （ D） The price of iPad is reasonable. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this 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
14、 What is the passage primarily concerned with? （ A） The study of Emu oil （ B） the use of Emu oil （ C） The effect of Emu oil （ D） neither of above choices 16 The cornerstone of the White House was laid October 13, 1792, on a site selected by President George Washington. Plans for the house were drawn
15、 by Irish-born architect James Hoban, who also superintended its construction. (Hoban also supervised the reconstruction of the house after it was burned by the British in 1814, and the erection of the north and south porticos some years later. ) The exterior sandstone walls were painted during the
16、course of construction, causing the building to be termed the “White House“ from an early date. For many years, however, people generally refered to it as the “Presidents House“ or the “Presidents Palace“. The White House was first occupied by President and Mrs. John Adams in November 1800. Most of
17、the buildings interior had not yet been completed, and Mrs. Adams used the unfinished East Room to dry the family wash. During Thomas Jeffersons administration, the east and west terraces were constructed. Jeffersons also opened the house each morning to all visitors-an extension of the democratic s
18、implicity he favored and practiced in his social life When James Madison became President in 1809, his wife, the famous Dolley Madison, introduced some of the brilliance and glitter of Old World courts into the social life of the White House. Then, on August 24, 1814, British forces captured Washing
19、ton and burned the house in retaliation for the destruction by American troops of some public buildings in Canada. Although only the partially damaged sandstone walls and interior brickwork remained, reconstruction of the building began in 1815. And the White House was ready for occupancy by Preside
20、nt James Monroe in September 1817. The south portico was built in 1824; the large north portico over the entrance and the driveway, in 1829. Throughout its history, the White House has kept pace with modern improvements. Spring water was piped into the building in 1834, gas lighting was introduced i
21、n 1848, and a hot-water heating system was in- stalled in 1853. During Andrew Johnsons administration, the east terrace was removed entirely. In 1881, the first elevator was installed. And in 1891, during Benjamin Harrisons administration, the house was wired for electricity. When Theodore Roosevelt
22、 moved into the White House in 1901, its interior was a conglomeration of styles and periods, and the house itself needed extensive structural repairs. Congress appropriated money to repair and refurnish the house and to construct new offices for the president. (399) 17 This article focuses most cle
23、arly on _. （ A） the architectural beauties of the White House （ B） early residents of the White House （ C） improvements in the White House （ D） the history of the White House to 1950 18 The burning of the White House by the British was an act of _. （ A） jealousy （ B） self-defense （ C） retribution （
24、D） negligence 19 The passage suggests that the White House has always been a(n) _. （ A） ornate symbol of democracy （ B） modest residence for the President （ C） masterpiece by James Hoban （ D） functional seat of government 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choi
25、ce questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 20 The most important transcendentalist in the 19th century America is （ A） Thoreau. （ B） Emerson. （ C） Hawthorne. （ D） Whitman. 21 After the Wars of the Roses the rule of_began. （ A） the Plantagenet （ B） the Yorkists （ C） the La
26、ncastrians （ D） the Tudors 22 The most famous imagist poem by Ezra Pound is （ A） Hugh Selwyn Mauberley. （ B） A Pact. （ C） In a Station of the Metro. （ D） A Virginal. 23 One of the contributions of Theodore Roosevelt as president was_. （ A） the banning of child labor （ B） the giving of voting right t
27、o women （ C） in the field of natural conservation （ D） in urban renovation 24 _is the first important essayist and the founder of modern science in England. （ A） Philip Sydney （ B） Francis Bacon （ C） Edmund Spencer （ D） Christopher Marlowe 25 In 1689, the Bill of Rights, which ensured that the King
28、would never be able to ignore Parliament, was passed under the reign of （ A） Charles I. （ B） William of Orange. （ C） James II. （ D） Oliver Cromwell. 27 Which of the following statements is NOT correct? （ A） Words and phrases are organized according to syntactic categories. （ B） Lexical categories ar
29、e commonly known as parts of speech. （ C） Only major lexical categories are open categories. （ D） Both major and minor lexical categories are open categories. 28 Gullivers Travels was written by_. （ A） Daniel Defoe （ B） Charles Dickens （ C） Jonathan Swift （ D） Joseph Addison 29 Ezra Pound was a poet
30、 excelling at _. （ A） romanticism （ B） surrealism （ C） imagism （ D） impressionism 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING in laboratories throughout the world, researchers spend at least as much time trying to disprove a theory as they do trying to prove it. Eventually, those ideas that dont prove false are accepte
31、d. But fingerprinting was developed by the police, not by scientists, and it has never been subjected to rigorous analysis you cannot go to Harvard, Berkeley, or Oxford and talk to the scholar working on fingerprint research. Yet by the early twentieth century, fingerprinting had become so widely ac
32、cepted in American courts that further research no longer seemed necessary, and none of any significance has been completed. The discussion of fingerprinting is only the most visible element in a much larger debate about how forensic science fits into the legal system. For years, any sophisticated a
33、ttorney was certain to call upon expert witnesses to assert whatever might help his ease. And studies have shown that juries are in fact susceptible to the influence of such experts. Until recently, though, there were no guidelines for qualification; nearly anybody could be called an expert, which m
34、eant that, unlike other witnesses, the expert could present his “opinion“ almost as if it were fact. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 42 With the mobile phones entrance into the common families, the phone calls in the classes have
35、 become a hot issue. Some people consider it as a natural development with the economic progress of our county. Others believe that the phones are luxuries that will distract the students and do harm to them. Whats your opinion? Write an article of about 400 words on this topic. You should supply a
36、title for your article. In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awa
37、rded 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 680答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lec
38、ture 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-f
39、illing task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Good morning. The topic for todays lecture is culture shock. Culture shock is that, experience, often a somewhat painful experience that we have when we go from our home country to another country, particularly for the fi
40、rst time that weve gone overseas. We grow up in our home culture, we are very, very familiar with it. Now suddenly as we get ready to go off to another country, we are going to encounter many new things. And well react in some very strange ways. This is what we call culture shock. Lets talk about so
41、me phases or stages of culture shock. I m going to talk about five stages. The first one is sensory overload. When we fast arrive in the new country, we are going to see many new things, new and different from what we are accustomed to. The landscape may look different, the building may look differe
42、nt, the people may look different, the, uh, the behavior of people may look different, the vehicles that may be different, so many new firings Mud of exciting to us, and we just take in a lot of new stimuli until we are just saturated with it after the couple of days. Thats what we call sensory over
43、load. Another phase is one of helplessness. Before long, we are going to find that there are more and more things that we cannot do very easily, whether its, uh, in shopping, or, are going to be areas where were going to feel helpless much like a child thats learning about life, new things back in t
44、he home country, but need an adult to help him through it. Were going to feel isolated, thirdly, at times when we cant communicate effectively.uh, were just not getting through to people, or maybe people arent caring enough about us or, we may think they arent caring enough about us, and we will fee
45、l isolated. Fourthly, we may become depressed at times. Particularly at the time of holidays, Thats always at a time that we want to feel good. We think about our family. We think about our friends. And here we are in a strange land. We dont have our family and friends. And get depressed. And fifthl
46、y, one of the things that happens is that as we nm into more and more obstacles, more and more frustrations in the new country, we start thinking about the old country where we came from and how good things were there, how smoothly everything went. Ok, those are five of the phases, then, of culture
47、shock. Now well turn our attention to some areas of life that can cause culture shock. One of them is the ar rival itself. When we arrive in the new country, we see so many new things. And thats shocking to us. Were not accustomed to it. Secondly, the greetings. We re accustomed to certain greetings
48、 in our homeland. For example, we may have the expression that says something like “How much money do you make?“ very common expression. But suddenly if you use the same expression for a greeting in the new country, we may get a very negative re spouse, because a person may think we are prying into
49、their personal business, and were shocked by that. We dont expect it, and dont understand it. Thirdly, we notice that physical contact in the new land may be quite different. We may be shocked to find that in the new country, women and men have much more physical contact with each other in public than were accustomed to, and were shocked by it. This adds more to our culture shock. F
