1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 691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 Daydreaming . Daydreaming can be harmful because it was considered as A. a waste of time B. a 【 1】 _ of n
3、eurotic tendencies 【 1】 _ C. evidence of 【 2】 _ or an escape from 【 2】 _ life realities and responsibilities when it occurs 【 3】 _ 【 3】 _ . However, daydreaming can be beneficial A. it is an effective technique of 【 4】 _ 【 4】 _ B. it contributes to intellectual growth powers of concentration the abi
4、lity to 【 5】 _ with others 【 5】 _ C. it improves serf-control ability and enhances 【 6】 _ ability 【 6】 _ D. it improves a persons ability to be better adapted to practical, immediate concerns solve everyday problems be more readily with new ideas E. Historically, many successful people got their bes
5、t ideas while relaxing and daydreaming. . How to make a positive daydreaming? A. (7)_ yourself as vividly as possible 【 7】 _ B. create an environment free from 【 8】 _ 【 8】 _ . General remarks A. Suggestion: Put aside a few minutes daily, taking short 【 9】 _【 9】 _ B. Conclusion: Daydreaming, this 【 1
6、0】 _ investment, 【 10】 _ highly benefit you physical and mental well-being. 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. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Question
7、s 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 Which word is not used by Norberg-Hodge to describe the Ladakhi people? （ A） Open. （ B） Happy. （ C） Self-protected （ D） Humble.
8、 12 Why was the Ladakhi culture damaged? （ A） Because India and China fought there. （ B） Because it becomes dependent on the import. （ C） Because the Indian government regarded this region as the front in war. （ D） Because the developing ways introduced are against the realities there. 13 As far as
9、tourism concerned, local people _. （ A） think their culture is being destroyed （ B） feel it is a pity to lose the paradise （ C） have different ideas from the foreigners （ D） are fully aware of the consequences 14 Ladakhi people think that the Westerns _. （ A） are not rich （ B） need not to work （ C）
10、are unintelligent （ D） have the same lives as those of them 15 Ladakhi people usually _. （ A） have few interests in the information provided by Norberg-Hodge （ B） can understand the information （ C） feel ashamed of their backwardness after knowing about the outside world （ D） know how the outside wo
11、rld is 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 Why do other European countries criticize Ireland? （ A） T
12、hey worry that the Irish Republics budget plan will undermine the stability of European Unions. （ B） EU countries fear that Irish Republics finance plan will cause inflation. （ C） Other countries will have to cut taxes. （ D） Other EU countries must increase government spending, too. 17 What is TRUE
13、about the Irish Republics economy? （ A） It was the most successful among the EU countries. （ B） It has increased 8% in the last five years. （ C） The unemployment rate has reached its lowest level for 5 years. （ D） The commodity prices have decreased greatly in the country. 17 Throughout the U.S. stu
14、dents are getting out their No. 2 pencils, ready endure a stress- packed four hours of bubbling in answers for the Dec. 12 administration of the ACT, part of some 1.5 million expected to take the test this school year. Standardized tests have been a scourge of student life in America for more than 5
15、0 years, but its fair to say theyre more pressure-packed and ubiquitous than ever before. The ACT and its counterpart, the SAT, have become one of the largest determining factors in the college-admissions process, particularly for elite schools. At least this years applicants should be familiar with
16、 the format by now: students in the U.S. are taking more standardized tests than ever before, and at ages long before college beckons. The earliest record of standardized testing comes from China, where hopefuls for government jobs had to fill out examinations testing their knowledge of Confucian ph
17、ilosophy and poetry. In the Western world, examiners usually favored giving essays, a tradition stemming from the ancient Greeks affinity for the Socratic method. But as the Industrial Revolution (and the progressive movement of the early 1800s that followed) took school-age kids out of the farms an
18、d factories and put them behind desks, standardized testing emerged as an easy way to test large numbers of students quickly. In 1905, French psychologist Alfred Binet began developing a standardized test of intelligence, work that would eventually be incorporated into a version of the modem IQ test
19、, dubbed the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. By World War I, standardized testing was standard practice: aptitude quizzes called Army Mental Tests were conducted to assign U.S. servicemen jobs during the war effort. But grading was done manually at first, an arduous task that undermined standardiz
20、ed testings goal of speedy mass assessment. It would take until 1936 for the first automatic test scanner was developed, a rudimentary computer called the IBM 805. It used electrical current to detect marks made by special pencils on tests, giving rise to the now-ubiquitous bubbling-in of answers. (
21、Modem optical scanners opt to use simple No. 2 pencils, as their darker lead is most scanner-friendly.) The SAT and the ACT are by far the most famed standardized tests today. The SAT came first, founded in 1926 as the Scholastic Aptitude Test by the College Board, a non-profit group of universities
22、 and other educational organizations. The original test lasted 90 minutes, with 315 questions testing knowledge of definitions, basic math and even an early iteration of its famed fill-in-the-blank analogies (e.g. blue: sky:_:grass). By 1930, the test grew and assumed its now-familiar form, with sep
23、arate verbal and math tests. By the end of World War II, the test was accepted by enough universities that it became a standard right-of-passage for college-bound high school seniors. It remained largely unchanged (save the occasional tweak) until 2005, when the analogies were done away with and a w
24、riting section was added. (That extra section is graded separately from the verbal test, boosting the elusive perfect SAT score from 1600 to 2400.) In 1959, an education professor at the University of Iowa named Everett Franklin Lindquist (who later pioneered the first generation of optical scanners
25、 and the development of the GED test) developed the ACT test as a competitor to the SAT. Originally an acronym for American College Testing, the exam also included a section to guide students toward a course of study by asking questions about their interests. In addition to math, reading and English
26、 skills, the ACT assesses students on their knowledge of scientific facts and principles; the test scored on a scale of 36. Both the ACT and SAT have found their niche. The ACT is more commonly accepted in the Midwest and South, while schools on the coast show a preference for the SAT. Students also
27、 show a propensity for one test or the other: the SAT is geared toward testing logic, while the ACT is considered more a test of accumulated knowledge. One thing both tests have in common? Their names no longer have any official meaning. Any pretense of the letters standing for acronyms was dropped
28、decades ago. Theyre now simply the ACT and SAT. In the 21st century, however, the SAT and ACT are just part of a gauntlet of tests students may face before reaching college. The College Board also offers SAT II tests, designed for individual subjects ranging from Biology to Geography. The marathon,
29、four-hour Advanced Placement examinations which some universities accept for students who want to opt out of introductory college-level classes remain popular: nearly 350,000 took the AP U.S. History test last year, the most popular subject test offered. Theres also the PSAT, taken in the junior yea
30、r as preparation for the full-blown SAT and as an assessment for the coveted National Merit Scholarships. And weve still only covered high school one of the main criticisms of President Bushs 2001 “No Child Left Behind“ education reform was its expansion of state-mandated standardized testing as mea
31、ns of assessing school performance. Now most students are tested each year of grade school as well. That means that by the time they graduate to collegewhere the essay, the experiment and the case study still rule the reprieve from bubble-filling and time limits is a welcome one, indeed. 18 What doe
32、s “scourge“ mean in Paragraph 1? （ A） part （ B） composite （ C） way （ D） suffering 19 Which of the following is NOT true about standardized testing? （ A） It originated from China. （ B） It is favored by colleges as well as students. （ C） It became the usual way of testing by World WarI. （ D） It plays
33、an important role in college admission process. 20 Which of the following is NOT true about SAT and ACT? （ A） The two tests score on different scales. （ B） The two tests are focused on different subjects. （ C） The ACT stands for American College Testing. （ D） The ACT was designed to compete against
34、the SAT. 21 It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _. （ A） Standardized testing is very popular in the States. （ B） Standardized testing is used to assess school performance. （ C） Standardized testing is efficient in choosing elite students. （ D） People dislike the practice of assessing sch
35、ools by means of standardized testin 22 What is the authors attitude towards standardized testing? （ A） Neutral. （ B） Approving. （ C） Disapproving. （ D） Sympatheti 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to ea
36、ch question. 23 There is no written constitution in UK. It is made up of the following EXCEPT （ A） Statute Law. （ B） the Common Laws. （ C） Conventions. （ D） Property Law. 24 _, located at the southern end of Lake Michigan, is the second largest city in the US. （ A） New York （ B） Washington D.C. （ C）
37、 Chicago （ D） Philadelphia 25 _was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. （ A） Twelfth Night （ B） The Faerie Queen （ C） Utopia （ D） Discovery of Guiana 26 To the west of mainland America lies the_. （ A） Atlantic Ocean （ B） Pacific Ocean （ C） Indian Ocean （ D） Arctic Ocean 27 A traditional food enjoyed by Ame
38、ricans during Thanksgiving Day is_. （ A） steam bun （ B） roast turkey （ C） roast duck （ D） fried fish 28 Which of the following is NOT true of Winston Churchill? （ A） He served as Prime Minister for 2 non - consecutive terms. （ B） He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. （ C） He instigated a re
39、ign of terror. （ D） He first came into power during the Battle of Britain. 29 The Deserted Village was written by _, the outstanding representative of the sentimentalist school. （ A） Bums （ B） Pope （ C） Goldsmith （ D） Wordsworth 31 Francis Scott Fitzgerald was famous for _. （ A） The Great Gatsby （ B
40、） The Sound and the Fury （ C） A Farewell to Arms （ D） The Grapes of Wrath 32 _ is the core of leader ship of the British government. （ A） Parliament （ B） Privy council （ C） Central government （ D） Cabinet 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING all such characters escaped the mere push of circumstance by imagining
41、a future so vividly that they headed for it? These are the words of the well-known thinker Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, and they show that people can literally daydream themselves to success. Fosdick, aware of the wonderful power of positive daydreaming, offered this advice: “Hold a picture of yoursel
42、f long and steadily enough in your minds eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible. Picture yourself as winning and that will contribute remarkably to success. Do not picture yourself as anything, and you will drift like an
43、 abandoned ship at sea.“ To get the results you should picture yourself as vividly as possible as you want to be. The important thing to remember is to picture these desired objectives as if you had already attained them. Go over several times the details of these pictures. This will deeply impress
44、them on your memory, and these memory traces will soon start influencing your everyday behavior toward the attainment of the goal. While exercising your imagination, you should be alone and completely undisturbed. Some individuals seem to have the ability to tune into their private selves in the mid
45、st of the noisiest crowds or company.But most of us, especially when the experience is new, require an environment free from outside distraction. To sum up what we have discussed today, I strongly recommended that each of us should put aside a few minutes daily, taking short 10- or 15-minute vacatio
46、ns.Daydreaming is highly beneficial to your physical and mental well-being, and you will find that this inexpensive investment in time will add up to a more creative and imaginative, a more satisfied, and a more self-fulfilled you. It offers us a fuller sense of being intensely alive from moment to
47、moment, and this, of course, contributes greatly to the excitement and joy of living. 1 【正确答案】 symptom 【试题解析】 讲座的主题是白日梦，在提到人们对白日梦看法的时候，讲座人提到了一种观点，即把它看作是 “浪费时间或神经质倾向的症状 ”，由此可知答案为 symptom。 2 【正确答案】 maladjustment 【试题解析】 第 2题和第 1题同属于解释人们对于白日梦的看法，录音中提到“regarded as evidence of maladjustment or an escape f
48、rom life realities and responsibilities“，可知此处答案为 maladjustment。 3 【正确答案】 habitually 【试题解析】 紧接着讲座人提到了不好的后果，即做白日梦最终成了一种习惯时，人们就会试图逃避责任。录音中多次提及 habitual daydreaming，由此可知答案为 habitually。 4 【正确答案】 relaxation 【试题解析】 在讲完人们对白口梦的一般误解之后，录音提到了从科学的角度对白日梦的认识，由此可知答案为 relaxation。 5 【正确答案】 interact and communicate/in
49、teract/communicate 【试题解析】 此处讲的是白日梦的益处，与考题中已给出的两点并列的是interact and communicate，也可只填入其中一个动词。 6 【正确答案】 creative thinking 【试题解析】 C点是紧接上文白日梦的益处， Dr Jerome Singer发现白日梦能够 improved self-control and enhanced creative thinking ability，由此可知答案为 creative thinking。 7 【正确答案】 picture 【试题解析】 第 7题和第 8题说的是如何使得白日梦积极有益，录音提到 “you should picture as vividly as possible”，因此答案为 picture。 8 【正确答案】 out
