1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 696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 Reading on the Internet: The Link between Literacy and Technology With access to the Internet at home and
3、 in classrooms, Alicia and Jake, growing up (1)_the Internet as a source of information, represent an equal number of boys and girls who use the Internet to search for information, to complete school research or exchanging e-mails. The (2)_of reading and technology on the Internet is causing educato
4、rs to take a new look at what it means to be (3)_in todays society. New forms of literacy call upon students to know how to read and write not only in the print world but also in the (4)_world and to access the best information in the shortest time to identify and solve the most important problems a
5、nd then communicate this information. Being able to successfully use the Internet places special demands on the reader. First, the Internet reader must be able to handle the sheer (5)_of text, which can be described as massive. Second, a reader must be able to (6)_all the features of a webpage and q
6、uickly decide which one will likely be the most helpful in accessing information. Third, being able to read online text requires familiarity with its concepts, vocabulary, and organizational format. Information on the Internet is ever changing, with websites continually being updated, removed, or (7
7、)_, which requires a rethinking of what it means to be a reader or even a literate person. Because of technology, our definition of reading has changed to include websites, (8)_, e-mail, discussion boards, chat rooms, instant messaging. Technology is (9)_the nature of literacy. How can educators hel
8、p students use their reading strategies to understand the electronic word? Many literacy educators are currently watching the convergence of literacy and technology, and they are (10)_answers to this very question. SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. L
9、isten 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 The Tribal Law and Order Act is to （ A） serve as a link betw
10、een tribal and federal systems. （ B） give tribes more power to govern the country. （ C） provide more resources for tribal communities. （ D） stimulate Native American population growth. 12 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a stereotype of Native Americans? （ A） Men sitting on horseback. （ B）
11、 Men with a bow and arrow. （ C） Men sitting in a tent. （ D） Men with full-feathered headdress. 13 Vincent Schilling gives the following information about Native Americans living condition EXCEPT （ A） economy. （ B） transportation. （ C） education. （ D） security. 14 Which of the following statements is
12、 INCORRECT? （ A） Native Americans leaving the reservation are deemed to leave for good. （ B） Internet has not been made the best use of on the reservation. （ C） Vincent returns to the reservation when he gets crazed. （ D） Vincent is strongly tied to his native heritage. 15 The interview mainly focus
13、es on （ A） the modern life of Native Americans. （ B） the distribution of Native Americans. （ C） the opportunities for Native Americans. （ D） the native heritage from Native Americans. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then a
14、nswer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 What is the main idea of the news item? （ A） Somalia is re-infected with polio virus. （ B） Somalia has successfully eradicated polio. （ C） Somalia suffers from indigenous polio. （
15、D） Polio still persists in developing countries. 17 According to the WHO, what does the success that Somalia has achieved show? （ A） Polio can be re-infected with virus originating from other countries. （ B） Polio can be eventually wiped out however persistent it may seem. （ C） Polio can be eradicat
16、ed from areas where no central government functions. （ D） Polio can be eliminated from developing countries where it persists. 17 Our public debates often fly off into the wild blue yonder of fantasy. So its been with the Federal Communications Commissions new media-ownership rules. Were told that,
17、unless the FCCs decision is reversed, it will worsen the menacing concentration of media power and that this will-to exaggerate only slightly-imperil free speech, the diversity of opinion and perhaps democracy itself. All this is more than overwrought; it completely misrepresents reality. In the pas
18、t 30 years, media power has splintered dramatically; people have more choices than ever. Travel back to 1970. There were only three major TV networks (ABC, CBS, NBC); now, theres a fourth (Fox). Then, there was virtually no cable TV; now, 68 percent of households have it. Then, FM radio was a backwa
19、ter; now there are 5,892 FM stations, up from 2,196 in 1970. Then, there was only one national newspaper (The Wall Street Journal); now, there are two more (USA Today and The New York Times ). The idea that “big media“ has dangerously increased its control over our choices is absurd. Yet much of the
20、 public, including journalists and politicians, believe religiously in this myth. They confuse size with power. Its true that some gigantic media companies are getting even bigger at the expense of other media companies. But its not true that their power is increasing at the publics expense. Popular
21、 hostility toward big media stems partly from the growing competition, which creates winners and losers and losers complain. Liberals dont like the conservative talk shows, but younger viewers do. A June poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that viewers from the ages of
22、 18 to 29 approved of “hosts with strong opinions“ by a 58 percent to 32 percent margin. Social conservatives despise what one recently called “the raw sewage, ultra violence, graphic sex and raunchy language“ of TV. But many viewers love it. Journalists detest the cost and profit pressures that res
23、ult from stiff com petition with other news and entertainment outlets. Its the tyranny of the market: a triumph of popular tastes. Big media companies try to anticipate, shape and profit from these tastes. But media diversity frustrates any one company from imposing its views and values on an unwill
24、ing audience. People just click to another channel or cancel their subscription. The paradox is this: the explosion of choices means that almost everyone may be offended by something. A lot of this free-floating hostility has attached itself to the FCC ownership rules. The backlash is easily exagger
25、ated. In the Pew poll, 51 percent of respondents knew “nothing“ of the rules; an additional 36 percent knew only “a little“. The rules would permit any company to own television stations in areas with 45 percent of U. S. households, up from 35 percent now. The networks could buy more of their affili
26、ate stations a step that, critics say, would jeopardize “local control and content. At best, thats questionable. Network programs already fill most of affiliates hours. To keep local audiences, any owner must satisfy local demands, especially for news and weather programming. But the symbolic backla
27、sh against the FCC and big media does pose one hidden danger. For some U.S. house holds, over-the-air broadcasting is the only TV available, and its long-term survival is hardly ensured. Both cable and the Internet are eroding its audience. In 2002 cable programming had more primetime viewers than b
28、roadcast programming for 1he first time (48 percent vs. 46 percent). Streaming video, now primitive, will improve; sooner or later certainly in the next 10 or 15 years-many Web sites will be TV channels. If over-the-air broadcasting declines or disappears, the big losers will be the poor. Broadcast
29、TV will survive and flourish only if the networks remain profitable enough to bid for and provide competitive entertainment, sports and news programming. The industrys structure must give them a long-term stake in over-the-air broadcasting. Owning more TV stations is one possibility. If Congress pre
30、vents that, it may perversely hurt the very diversity and the people that its trying to protect. 18 When the author talks about FCCs decision in the first paragraph, _. （ A） he is in favor of it. （ B） his view is balanced. （ C） he is slightly critical of it. （ D） he is strongly critical of it. 19 Al
31、l of the following are peoples worries EXCEPT that _. （ A） the bigger media companies become, the more powerful they are. （ B） the bigger media companies become, the fewer our choices are. （ C） the mass will become victims of the expansion of media companies. （ D） other media companies will pay for
32、the expansion of some companies. 20 The word “raunchy“ in the fourth paragraph probably means _. （ A） audacious. （ B） emotive. （ C） refined. （ D） obscene. 21 According to the passage, the wide spread of cable and Internet will be detrimental to _. （ A） the affluence. （ B） the privileged. （ C） the ne
33、edy. （ D） the elderly. 22 It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author _. （ A） advocates the Congresss rejection of ownership rules. （ B） calls for the Congresss approval of FCCs decision. （ C） expresses his concern over the future of media companies. （ D） speaks up for big media compa
34、nies as well as poor people. 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 “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. “ is one of the epigrams found in （ A） Bacons Of Studies. （
35、B） Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress. （ C） Fieldings Tom Jones. （ D） Johnsons A Dictionary of the English Language. 24 The majority of French Canadians live in （ A） Quebec. （ B） Ontario. （ C） Newfoundland. （ D） Nova Scotia. 25 _ is the outstanding representative of Aestheticism in British literature his
36、tory. （ A） Wilde （ B） Yeats （ C） T.S. Eliot （ D） Rossetti 26 The main rivers parting in Britain run from_ （ A） north to south （ B） south to north （ C） east to west （ D） west to east 27 The maxim of manner is a subcategory of_. （ A） speech act （ B） polite principle （ C） cooperative principle （ D） acq
37、uisition rule 28 Which of the following is NOT one of the official languages in New Zealand? （ A） Maori. （ B） English. （ C） New Zealand Sign Language. （ D） French. 29 In Shakespeares famous play Romeo and Juliet, what were Romeos and Juliets surnames? （ A） Rosncrantz and Guidenstem （ B） Goneril and
38、Regan （ C） Montague and Capulet （ D） Faidherbe and Carmontelle 30 Jan Fleming, the creator of James Bond, is well-known for writing _. （ A） detective stories （ B） science fiction （ C） spy stories （ D） adventure stories 31 The two oldest universities in Britain are _ and _. （ A） Oxford; Yale （ B） Har
39、vard; Edinburgh （ C） Cambridge; Oxford （ D） Harvard; Cambridge 32 Prometheus Unbound was written by （ A） Shelly. （ B） Byron. （ C） Keats. （ D） Wordsworth. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING the freedom to feel unencumbered by the past and more emotionally attached to things to come. As Albert Einstein once said
40、, “Life for the American is always becoming, never being.“ 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 36 Students living in the campus have different views on visitation hours established for girlsdormitory, while you can visit boysdomitory
41、 at any time. What is your view? You are to write a letter of approximately 400 words on this issue to the House Council of studentsDormitory. In the first part of your letter you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate de
42、tails. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary. Marks will be awarded 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
43、英语八级模拟试卷 696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. Wh
44、en 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】 Reading on the Internet: The Link between Literacy and Technology A girl Ill call Alicia is a whiz on
45、 the Internet. She knows how to effectively use a search engine to locate information. She uses links, headings, graphics, and video and audio clips to help her gather information. When reading on the Internet, Alicia believes that the Web will meet her needs. She can usually find the information sh
46、e seeks, and if for some reason she cannot find the needed information she blames herself rather than the technology. When asked if she ever looks for something on the Internet and does not find it, Alicia replies, “Thats the thing. Usually you spell it wrong or you are not searching for the right t
47、hing.“ Alicia is growing up reading the Internet as a source of information. Jake uses the Internet regularly at school. Unlike Alicia, Jake is a little more skeptical about the truthfulness of information found there, and he often relies upon a book to confirm information found on the Internet. Eve
48、n though he prefers books, Jake can effectively use the Internet, and he applies the same reading strategies he uses in print reading. When asked to describe his Internet reading strategies, Jake talks of reading the first sentence in a paragraph because that is the topic sentence, which tells about
49、 the paragraph. If Jake decides the topic sentence will help him find information he needs then he will continue reading the remainder of the paragraph, much like what he would do in reading print text. Jake is applying what he knows about reading print text to reading Internet text. These descriptions of adolescent Internet readers become even more complete when we study how the Internet is used by adolescents. Alicia and Jake h
