1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 682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 My Joy in Teaching and Learning I have been engaged in teaching Intensive Reading Course to PhD【 1】 of Sc
3、ience and Technology in Sichuan University. I started from scratch, from widereading and careful selection, to【 2】 a text book and write a guide for Doctorate Intensive Reading. Many of the texts are selected from Nobel【 3】 whose speeches give a wide scope of their fields as well as a wonderful summ
4、ary of their painstaking efforts leading to success. They are academically keen andalert. With many【 4】 of disciplined trainings, they have built up an【 5】 and synthetic mind, some still holding a very good memory. They are ambitious to【 6】 English to speak in the international science conference fo
5、r our motherland. They are eager to【 7】 their knowledge, skills, youth and wisdom to Chinas giant strides in the Twenty-first century. In my first lecture, I introduced Francis Bacon famous aphorism: “【 8】 makes a full man; conference a ready man; and【 9】 an exact man.“ I also added a line, “ Listen
6、ing makes a wise man. With a high demanding, with conscientious work, with the【 10】 Nobel Laureates speeches, with proper teaching and learning methods, they have really made dramatic progress. 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
7、 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 listen to the interview. 11 What subj
8、ect is Mr. Pitt good at? （ A） Art. （ B） French. （ C） German. （ D） Chemistry. 12 What does Mr. Pitt NOT do in his spare time? （ A） Doing a bit of acting and photography. （ B） Going to concerts frequently. （ C） Playing traditional jazz and folk music. （ D） Travelling in Europe by hitch-hiking. 13 When
9、 asked what a managers role is, Mr. Pitt sounds _. （ A） confident （ B） hesitant （ C） resolute （ D） doubtful 14 What does Mr. Pitt say he would like to be? （ A） An export salesman working overseas. （ B） An accountant working in the company. （ C） A production manager in a branch. （ D） A policy maker i
10、n the company. 15 Which of the following statements about the management trainee scheme is TRUE? （ A） Trainees are required to sign contracts initially. （ B） Trainees performance is evaluate.d when necessary. （ C） Trainees starting salary is 870 pounds. （ D） Trainees cannot quit the management schem
11、e. 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 Which of the following statements about the command change of
12、 troops is true? （ A） The US will take command from Afghanistan military as many as 12,000 troops. （ B） The command change would complete the expansion of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. （ C） The overall American force level in Afghanistan will increase after the command
13、change. （ D） The Command change took place a few days ago. 17 Why was Brent Bennett held in prison for more than two years? （ A） Because he was found guilty of torturing Afghan suspects in an unofficial anti-terrorism operation （ B） Because he said that American and Afghan officials supported his ac
14、tivities. （ C） Because he flew out of Afghanistan on Saturday. （ D） Because he helped one of the other two men get free in April 17 The study of philosophies should make our own ideas flexible. We are all of us apt to take certain general ideas for granted, and call them common sense. We should lear
15、n that other people have held quite different ideas, and that our own have started as very original guesses of philosophers. A scientist is apt to think that all the problems of philosophy will ultimately be solved by science. I think this is true for a great many of the questions on which philosoph
16、ers still argue. For example, Plato thought that when we saw something, one ray of light came to it from the sun, and another from our eyes and that seeing was something like feeling with a stick. We now know that the light comes from the sun, and is reflected into our eyes. We don t know in much de
17、tail how the changes in our eyes give rise to sensation. But there is every reason to think that as we learn more about the physiology of the brain, we shall do so, and that the great philosophical problems about knowledge are going to be pretty fully cleared up. But if our descendants know the answ
18、ers to these questions and others that perplex ns today, there will still be one field of which they do not know, namely the future. However exact our science, we cannot know it ns we know the past. Philosophy may be described as argument about things of which we are ignorant. And where science give
19、s us a hope of knowledge it is often reasonable to suspend judgment. That is one reason why Marx and Engels quite rightly wrote to many philosophical problems that interested their contemporaries. But we have got to prepare for the future, and we cannot do so rationally without some philosophy. Some
20、 people say we have only got to do the duties revealed in the past and laid down by religion, and god will look after the future. Other say that the world is a machine and the course of future events is certain, whatever efforts we may make. Marxists say that the future depends on ourselves, even th
21、ough we are part of the historical process. This philosophical view certainly does inspire people to very great achievements. Whether it is true or not, it is powerful guide to action. We need a philosophy, then, to help us to tackle the future. Agnosticism easily becomes an excuse for laziness and
22、conservatism. Whether we adopt Marxism or any other philosophy, we cannot understand it with-out knowing something of how it developed. That is why knowledge of the history of philosophy is important to Marxists, even during the present critical days. 18 What is the main idea of this passage? （ A） T
23、he argument whether philosophy will ultimately be solved by science or not. （ B） The importance of learning philosophies, especially the history of philosophy. （ C） The difference between philosophy and science. （ D） A discussion about how to set a proper attitude towards future. 19 The example of w
24、hat Plato thought in the passage shows that _ . （ A） the development of science really can solve a great many of the problems on which philosophers still argue （ B） Plato knew nothing about Physics （ C） the scientists have achieved a lot in terms of light theory （ D） different people have different
25、ways of perception 20 What field can our descendants NOT know? （ A） The origin of human beings. （ B） Some questions that perplex us today. （ C） Many philosophical problems which Marx and Engels wrote about rather little. （ D） The future. 21 How many kinds of ideas are there about the future? （ A） Tw
26、o. （ B） Three. （ C） Four. （ D） Five. 22 What are the functions of studying philosophies mentioned in the passage? （ A） The study of philosophies would make our own idea flexible. （ B） The study of philosophies would help prepare us for the future and guide our actions. （ C） The study of philosophies
27、 would enable us to understand how things develop as to better tackle the future. （ D） All of the above. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 23 _ was one of the founders of modern science
28、 and materialism. （ A） Francis Bacon （ B） George Herbert （ C） Thomas More （ D） Philip Sidney 24 _ is the capital of Australia. （ A） Melbourne （ B） Perth （ C） Adelaide （ D） Canberra 25 _is known as the automobile capital of the world. （ A） Chicago （ B） Detroit （ C） Toledo （ D） Cleveland 26 _is the st
29、udy of the phonic medium of language. （ A） Phonetics （ B） Phonology （ C） Phone （ D） Phoneme 27 “Hamburger“ is of_origin. （ A） French （ B） German （ C） Chinese （ D） Spanish 28 Degradation can be illustrated by the following example _. （ A） lewd ignorant （ B） silly foolish （ C） last pleasure （ D） knave
30、 boy 29 In 1964-1966, major resource of natural gas were discovered in the British sector of _. （ A） North Sea （ B） Ireland （ C） Wales （ D） London 30 Degradation can be illustrated by the following example_. （ A） lewd改成 ignorant （ B） silly改成 foolish （ C） last改成 pleasure （ D） knave改成 boy 31 What is t
31、he Republic of Ireland called in Irish? （ A） Irea （ B） Aire. （ C） Eare. （ D） Eire. 32 A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of_. （ A） presence of obstruction （ B） absence of obstruction （ C） manner of articulation （ D） place of articulation 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING conference a rea
32、dy man; and writing an exact man.“ I also added a line, “Listening makes a wise man.“ These four skills should go together to form English proficiency. It is matched with another word “efficiency“ namely, in the shortest possible time, to achieve the best possible results. Students find this idea qu
33、ite convincing. With a high demanding, with conscientious work, with the inspiring Nobel Laureates speeches, with proper teaching and learning methods, they have really made dramatic progress. By the end of a term and a halt, every EHD. candidate could speak in the English conference about their res
34、earch field, their topics including “On Passive Stabilization“, “Sediment Problems and Long-Term Use of the Three Gorges Reservoirs Rechargeable Lithium Battery“ “Time Saving in Refueling Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development of Leather Industry“ Not only speakin
35、g, the students were also required to write detailed outline, make graphs and charts, write abstract, give report, answer questions, organize the conference or preside over the workshop meeting. Professors of English who were invited to ask questions in the workshops graded the students according to
36、 the same criteria fully discussed. When everything was smoothly done, when the PhDs spoke on their research work fluently and confidently in English, you might ask, “How do you feel at that moment?“ I could frankly answer, “Superb“ or Id directly quote from Keats, “Its not through envy of thy happy
37、 lot. But being too happy in thine happiness-.“ Now let me come to my learning. I dont think I was born terrifically brainy to be a good teacher. But I can assure you I am diligent in learning and good at learning. When studying at West China Union University, I was major in English Literature and m
38、inor in Music. Besides requirements such as Composition, Translation, Literature, Piano, Harmony, I also chose Physics as optional for 8 credits. I find them all very useful in my later life. After graduation, I learned Russian from the very beginning and taught college Russian for two years. In my
39、mid-career I turned from an undergraduate English language teacher to be a rotor of post-graduates (M. A.) orientated in Contemporary English and American Literature. When I was forty I studied under the professors of British Council in Shanghai Foreign Language Institute for half a year. At fifty I
40、 became a student and visiting scholar in America for a month and got certificate at Sit (Student of International Training ) in Vermont. At sixty I studied and did cooperative research on Shakespeare in Oxford University. Right now, I hold the same enthusiasm in studying Einsteins relativity, Plank
41、s quantum theory, Chaos theory and genetics engineering, Clones etc. Of course, my knowledge is rather superficial and it is dangerous to be a rolling stone. I think it is not the knowledge itself, but the satisfaction of knowing that something is known that makes me happy. 1 have got what Francis B
42、acon called “only by kindling a light in nature“ and what Freud called “oceanic feeling“ thats why they are so helpful in my qualifications of being a teacher of English for the RH.Ds. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 candidates 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 edit 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 Laureates 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 years 【知识模块】
43、听力 5 【正确答案】 analytical 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 master 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 dedicate 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 Reading 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 writing 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 inspiring 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the question
44、s 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. 10 【听力原文】 Mr. Williams: Good morning, Mr. Pitt. Do sit down. Mr. Pitt: Thank you. Mr. W.: First of all, Mr.
45、 Pitt, Id like you to tell me a bit about what you ye been doing. Mr. P.: Well, I left school after Id done my A-levels. Mr. W.: Ah, yes, A-levels. What subjects did you take? Mr. P.: I took four subjects: French, German. chemistry and, uh, art. Chemistry washt my cup of tea but art has always been.
46、 Mr. W.: Art? Mr. P.: Well, I really wanted to study Art. It didnt turn out like that because a friend of my father s offered me a jobhe s an accountant in London. A quite big firm, you know. Mr. W.: I see. A fLrm of accountants. Interesting! In your application, you say that you 0nly spent nine mon
47、ths with this firm of accountants. Why was that? Mr. P.: It was nearly a year actually. Well, to be quite honest, I didnt llke it. I just couldnt seem to get interested in the job although there were fairly good prospects. So I got a place at the Art College to do a three-year diploma course. Mr. W.
48、: I see. Now, Mr. Pitt, what about hobbies and interests? Uh, what do you do in your spare time? Mr. P.: I like jazz, traditional and folk music. I don t play, of course, but I go to quite a lot of concert.s, and I go to the theatre occasionally and act a bit myself. I m in the local dramatic societ
49、y. I read quite a lot and I ve done a bit of photography. Also, I ye travelled a lot -hitchhiked all over Europe -last year, that was. Mr. W.: Very interesting, Mr. Pitt. I think that s all I wanted to ask about your background. Now, let s talk about the management trainee scheme. What exactly do you think a manager does? Mr. P.: I don t know a great deal about the work. Mr W But have you got any ideas about it? You must have thought about it. Mr. P.: Well, er, I suppose he has a
