1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 684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 Writing Experimental Reports I. Content of an experimental report e.g. study subject/area study purpose 【
3、 B1】 _【 B1】 _ II. Presentation of an experimental report providing details regarding readers as【 B2】 _【 B2】 _ III. Structure of an experimental report feature: highly structured and【 B3】 _【 B3】 _ sections and their content: INTRODUCTION:【 B4】 _; why you did it【 B4】 _ METHOD: how you did it RESULTS:
4、what you found out 【 B5】 _: what you think it shows【 B5】 _ IV. Sense of readership 【 B6】 _: reader is the marker【 B6】 _ 【 B7】 _: reader is an idealized, hypothetical,【 B7】 _ intelligent person with little knowledge of your study tasks to fulfill in an experimental report: introduction to relevant ar
5、ea necessary background information development of clear arguments definition of technical terms precise description of data【 B8】 _【 B8】 _ V. Demands and expectations in report writing early stage: understanding of study subject/area and its implications basic grasp of the reports format later stage
6、: 【 B9】 _ on research significance【 B9】 _ things to avoid in writing INTRODUCTION: inadequate material 【 B10】 _ of research justification for the study【 B10】 _ 1 【 B1】 2 【 B2】 3 【 B3】 4 【 B4】 5 【 B5】 6 【 B6】 7 【 B7】 8 【 B8】 9 【 B9】 10 【 B10】 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will h
7、ear 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 Paul Ray said they discovered tha
8、t a clear cultural change was happening in many areas except_. （ A） peoples lives （ B） environmental issues （ C） consumption patterns （ D） media advertisements 12 According to Ray, the official culture is featured by _. （ A） small government （ B） dynamic media （ C） materialism （ D） the massive suppo
9、rt from most Americans 13 Why do cultural creatives regard themselves alone in the society? （ A） They are seldom mentioned by mass media. （ B） They dont express themselves. （ C） They have to sacrifice many things which are parts of their old lives. （ D） All of the above. 14 Why are there so many wom
10、en among Cultural Creatives, according to Ray? （ A） Because they are not burdened so much as men. （ B） Because they are more sensitive and feel more. （ C） Because they will push for change and for a better world because of their husbands. （ D） Because they have more intelligence and skills. 15 Ray s
11、aid he had been an activist, involved in_. （ A） anti-discrimination movement （ B） environmental movement （ C） non-violence movement （ D） human rights movement SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that
12、follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Which of the following is NOT true according to the news? （ A） Born This Way Foundation is founded to create a kinder and braver world. （ B） People from Health and Human Services and Harvard will attend th
13、e launching. （ C） Whitneys The Bodyguard held the record with 21 weeks at Number One. （ D） The past week became the biggest sales week of Adeles 21 album. 17 Which of the following statements of the Billboard is INCORRECT? （ A） Adele now has been in the top spot for more weeks than other female arti
14、sts. （ B） Adeles 21 album has sold more than 7.3-million copies all over the world. （ C） Part of Me takes Katy Perry to NO.l on the Billboard Hot 100 the first time. （ D） The first week of Katy Perrys new single became her best career sales week. 17 1 Women, by virtue of the availability of such out
15、lets as crying for the expression of emotion, are likely to suffer from fewer psychological disturbances than men. 2 I know of no studies on the expression of the emotions in businesswomen. But the increase in psychological disorders among women in recent years suggests that women in business may be
16、 attempting to restrain the normal expression of their emotions. If so, I would say that this is not good. Women in business who believe that in order to succeed they must imitate men are barking up the wrong tree. 3 I am not suggesting that every time one runs into a major frustration, one ought to
17、 have a good cry. I think this would be silly. Crying should be reserved for the appropriate situation, and that is whenever ones organism indicates the necessity. In this respect the American male has a great deal to learn from American femaleswhether in business or out of it. In business the emoti
18、ons that are likely to be called into play tend to be the angry emotions, and crying is not a natural way of expressing such emotions. Opportunities to blow off steam in ways appropriate to the occasion should be provided until such time as we have strived to produce human beings who have learned to
19、 deal with their frustrations in a constructive manner. 4 It would be absurd to suggest that the psychological disorders from which men suffer in America are the result of not crying. The inability to cry is but one reflection of many indicating that the American male has not been taught how to use
20、his emotions efficiently, and it is this general inefficient use of his emotions, rather than one particular expression of them, that is principally at fault. Nevertheless, it is agreed by most authorities that crying is a beneficial means of relieving the person of tensions which seek expression in
21、 this particular manner. It is far better that the energies which seek release in such emotional expression find an outlet in weeping than that they should be shut up to seek unexpected expression through the bodies. 18 We can infer from the passage that _. （ A） men usually tend to restrain the expr
22、ession of their emotions （ B） there are more women than men experiencing emotional disturbances （ C） businesswomen learn from men in expressing their emotion for success （ D） women tend to cry because they can easily have psychological disorders 19 The expression “. barking up the wrong tree“ (Para.
23、 2) probably means _. （ A） crying among the trees improperly （ B） shouting at the wrong person （ C） having a wrong idea （ D） saying something wrong by mistake 20 According to the author, which of the following statements is true? （ A） American men should learn from American women in business. （ B） O
24、ne should express ones emotion constructively. （ C） It is not manly for a person to cry. （ D） American males are taught how to use emotions efficiently. 21 The authors main purpose to write this article is _. （ A） to tell how women express emotions efficiently （ B） to prove crying is the best way of
25、 emotional outlet （ C） to explain the reasons of psychological disorders （ D） to argue for a psychologically healthier expression of emotions 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 22 _parti
26、cularly happens on the Queens birthday. （ A） Trooping the Color （ B） The Eisteddfod （ C） Bonfires （ D） Masquerades 23 When any of the maxims under the cooperative principle is flouted, _ might arise. （ A） impoliteness （ B） contradictions （ C） mutual understanding （ D） conversational implicatures 24
27、Robert Browning is often associated with_. （ A） stream of consciousness （ B） dramatic monologue （ C） heroic couplet （ D） multiple points of view 25 What criterion is NOT used to classify the English vowels? （ A） The openness of the mouth. （ B） The shape of the lip. （ C） The length of the vowels. （ D
28、） The position of the teeth. 26 St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both （ A） America and Mexico. （ B） America and Canada. （ C） America and Cuba. （ D） America and Brazil. 27 The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by_. （ A） Henry James （ B） O. Henry （ C） Harriet Beecher St
29、ower （ D） Mark Twain 28 In general, childrens holophrastic sentences begin_. （ A） in the late part of the first year or the early part of the second year （ B） in the second half of the second year （ C） between two and three years old （ D） between four and five years old 29 Hollywood is in the state
30、of _. （ A） Los Angeles （ B） New York （ C） California （ D） San Francisco 30 Who was 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. 31 _ refers to the events following the
31、 climax of a drama or novel in which a resolution or clarification takes place. （ A） Anti-climax （ B） Climax （ C） Suspense （ D） Denouement 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING it is the first opening of love. In youth we take and give, dedicate and possess rapture and anguish are mingled, until parenthood brings
32、 a dedication that, to be happy, must ask for no return. All these are new horizons of content, which the lust of holding, the enemy of love, slowly contaminates. Loss, sorrow and separation come, sickness and death; possession, that tormented us, is nothing in our hands; it vanishes. Loves elusive
33、entrenchment, his ubiquitous pretence, again become apparent; and in age we may reach a haven that asking for nothing knows how to enjoy. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 44 Olympic Games are the most watched sports event in the g
34、lobe. Yet the staging of the Olympics is notoriously costly. Some people argue that investment in hosting the Olympics is a waste of money, while others say that longer-term benefits from the Olympics are more substantial than short-term reward. What is your opinion? Write an essay of about 400 word
35、s. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 684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 th
36、em 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-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Writing Experimental Reports Good morning
37、, everyone. Today well discuss some preliminaries concerning how to write experimental reports. When you first signed up for a course in university, like a psychology course, chances are that you didnt really expect what was coming in your study; particularly, the course emphasis on methodology and
38、statistics. For a few of you, this may have come as a pleasant surprise, provided that you have already known something about the course. For most, however, I dare say, it will undoubtedly have been a shock to the system. No doubt in other parts of your course study, you will read books and journals
39、, examining, critically, models and theories, assumptions and hypotheses put forward by scholars and specialists. My task today is to help you understand some of the important features of experimental reports, because you will have to write up some kind of report of this nature if your course gives
40、prominence to practical work, especially experimenting. Then what is an experimental report? All a report is, really, is the place in which you tell the story of your study, like what you did, why you did it, what you found out in the process, and so on. In doing this, you are more like an ancient s
41、toryteller, whose stories were structured in accordance with widely recognized and long-established conventions, than a modern novelist who is free to dictate form as well as content. Moreover, like the storyteller of old, although you will invariably be telling your story to someone who knows quite
42、 a bit about it already, you are expected to present it as if it had never been heard before. This means that you will need to spell out the details and assume little knowledge of the area on the part of your audience. Then, perhaps, you may ask, what is the nature of the conventions governing the r
43、eport? A clue, I think, can be found in its basic structure. A highly structured and disciplined report is written in sections, and these sections, by and large, follow an established sequence. What this means is that, in the telling, your story is to be cut up into chunks: different parts of the st
44、ory are to appear in different places in the report. What you did and why you did it appear in the section called INTRODUCTION. How you did it is in the METHOD section. And what you found out is in the RESULT section. And, finally, what you think it shows appears in the DISCUSSION part. As you can s
45、ee, the report, therefore, is a formal document composed of a series of sections in which specific information is expected to appear. We will discuss the precise conventions governing each section as we go along. For example, what are the subsections in the METHOD? But today, I will introduce to you
46、 certain general rules straight away. The first of these concerns the person to whom you should address your report, whom I shall call “your reader“. A very common mistake, especially early on, is to assume that your reader is the person who will be marking the report. In reality, however, the marke
47、r will be assessing your report on behalf of someone elsean idealized, hypothetical person who is intelligent but unknowledgeable about your study and the area in which it took place. Your marker will, therefore, be checking to see that you have written your report with this sort of reader in mind.
48、So you need to make sure that you have: 1. introduced the reader to the area relevant to your study; 2. provided the reader with the background necessary to understand what you did and why you did it; 3. spelt out and developed your arguments clearly; 4. defined technical terms; And 5. provided prec
49、ise details of the way in which you went about collecting and analyzing the data that you obtained. In short, you should write for someone who knows little about your area of study, taking little for granted about your readers knowledge of your area of study. So when in doubt, spell it out. This is my advice to you. If you find this
