1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 709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 A problem-related to the competition for land use is whether crops should be used to produce food or fuel
3、. 【 1】 _ areas will be examined in this respect. 【 1】 _ Firstly, the problem should be viewed in its【 2】 _【 2】 _ perspective. When oil prices rose sharply in the 1970s, countries had to look for alternatives to solve the resulting crisis. In developing countries, one of the possible answers to it is
4、 to produce alcohol from【 3】 _ material. 【 3】 _ This has led to a lot of research in this area particularly in the use of【 4】 _.The use of this material resulted【 4】 _ from two economic reasons: a【 5】 _ in its price 【 5】 _ and low【 6】 _ costs. 【 6】 _ There are other starchy plants that can be used t
5、o produce alcohol, like the sweet【 7】 _ or the cassava plant【 7】 _ in tropical regions, and【 8】 _ and sugar beet in 【 8】 _ non-tropical regions. The problem with these plants is that they are also the peoples staple food in many poor countries. Therefore, farmers them are faced with a choice: crops
6、for food or for fuel. And farmers naturally go for what is more【 9】 _. As a result, the problems involved are【 9】 _ economic in nature, rather than technological. 7his is my second area under consideration. Finally, there have already been practical applications of using alcohol for fuel. Basically,
7、 they. come in two forms of use: pure alcohol as is the case in【 10】 _, and a【 10】 _ combination of alcohol and gasoline known as gasohol in Germany. 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
8、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 In the Black Forest, the acid rain is said to attack
9、all EXCEPT （ A） firs. （ B） metals. （ C） leaves. （ D） soils. 12 The percentage of firs dying in the Black Forest is （ A） 41%. （ B） 43%. （ C） 26%. （ D） 76%. 13 Germany is tackling part of the problem by introducing （ A） new car designing schemes. （ B） new car production lines. （ C） a new type of smoke
10、 stacks. （ D） new car safety standards. 14 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? （ A） Germany is likely to succeed in persuading her neighbors to reduce acid rain. （ B） The disastrous effects of acid rain are not confined to one area. （ C） German tourists are allowed to drive across their
11、neighbors borders. （ D） Germanys neighbors are in favor of the use of lead-free petrol. 15 On the issue of future solution of acid rain, the speakers tone is that of （ A） warning. （ B） pessimism. （ C） indifference. （ D） optimism. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear eve
12、rything 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 According to Magdalena Alvarez, at least_survivors died hours after the accident. （ A） 19 （ B） 26 （ C） 6 （ D） 153 17 Which of the foll
13、owing statements about the crash is TRUE? （ A） The number.of casualties was 153 on Wednesday. （ B） There accident killed 172 passengers on board. （ C） The crash took place when the plane was landing. （ D） The crash was caused probably by the engine fire. 17 Many cancer patients are finding now hope
14、in an unusual and controversial approach to cancer treatment. The new method has been developed by Carl Simonton, M. D. , a specialist in the science of tumours. He says the results can sometimes be “truly amazing“, when a cancer patient lets his mind take part in the treatment. Simonton recalls tha
15、t his first patient might have been thought to be a “hopeless“ case by some people. “He was a sixty-one-year-old man with very severe throat cancer. He had lost a great deal of weight. He could barely swallow his own saliva and could eat no food.“ “I taught him to relax and mentally see his disease,
16、“ Simonton states. “Then I had him picture an army of white blood ceils coming attacking and overcoming the cancer cells. The results of the treatment were both thrilling and frightening. Within two weeks his cancer had noticeably decreased and he was quickly gaining weight. I say it was frightening
17、 because I had never seen such a turnaround. I wasnt sure what was going on. I also didnt know what I would do if things went sour. But they didnt go sour.“ “We may believe that we have the power in our own bodies to overcome cancer. But then we have to admit that we also have the power to bring on
18、the disease in the first place. With those patients who are willing to stay with us and try, we always find that the cancer has filled some emotional need.“ Dr. Simonton urges patients to have positive self-views. Those who wish to change their beliefs and improve their self-image are given a casset
19、te tape to play three times a day. The recorded voice of Dr. Simonton speaks calmly: “Take a deep breath. Blow it out. As you blow it out, say to yourself, Relax. Now, I want you to mentally see your disease. Picture the way it seems to you. It may look like a piece of hamburger with strands going o
20、ut into other areas. However, it seems to you perfectly fine. Force yourself to draw this mental picture.“ “Now, if youre receiving radiation therapy, I want you to picture your treatment. See the treatment as a beam of millions of tiny bullets of energy coming down. They hit all the cells in the ar
21、ea. The normal cells have a great ability to repair the little bit of damage the radiation does. But the cancer cells are much less able to repair this damage, so they die. This is the whole purpose of the treatment. Picture this happening. Picture the cancer shrinking. “ The taped voice continues:
22、“If youre receiving pills by mouth, see yourself take those pills. See them melt in your stomach. Then see them going into the bloodstream. See them flow around to where the cancer is. They are poison to the cancer cells and they die. See the cancer shrink. Now the white blood cells come in and pick
23、 up the dead and dying cancer cells. “ Dr. Simonton says he has no “new“ discoveries. He claims he is following in the footsteps of others. He quotes Eugene Pendergrass, M, D. , past president of the American Cancer Society. Sixteen years ago Pendergrass said, “There is strong evidence that the dise
24、ase is affected by emotional stress. It is my deep hope that we can widen the search. We must include the possibility that within our minds is a power. It can send out strong forces. These forces can either hasten or stop the progress of this disease.“ 18 Which of the following statements best expre
25、sses the main idea of the passage? （ A） The body has an important effect on the mind. （ B） Radiation and pills can destroy cancer cells. （ C） Cancer patients must learn to express their negative feelings. （ D） Cancer treatment can sometimes help more if the patient forms positive mental pictures. 19
26、 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as part of the new approach to cancer treatment? （ A） Having a positive sell-view. （ B） Trying to feel happy. （ C） Attempting to relax oneself. （ D） Forming a picture of the treatment. 20 Which of the following is NOT implied in the passage? （ A） Large number
27、s of patients are willing to try the new treatment. （ B） The negative power in our bodies may cause cancer. （ C） Emotional stress may lead to cancer. （ D） Positive forces of our minds can prevent cancer from growing. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice qu
28、estions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 21 Unlike Britain, Australia has a written Constitution, which came into effect in （ A） 1911. （ B） 1901. （ C） 1902. （ D） 1904. 22 The meaning that can be found in the dictionary is the_meaning of a word. （ A） connotative （ B） cultural
29、 （ C） iconic （ D） denotative 23 Which of the following is NOT a bound morpheme? （ A） un-. （ B） -er. （ C） Self. （ D） #NAME? 24 The Tories were the forerunners of_, which still bears this nickname today. （ A） the Labour Party （ B） the Conservative Party （ C） the Liberal Party （ D） the Social Democrati
30、c Party 25 The majority of back-formed words are （ A） nouns. （ B） adjectives. （ C） verbs. （ D） adverbs. 26 “Whats in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called“ (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2,43-45) To what characteristics of
31、language does Shakespeare refer? （ A） Creativity. （ B） Productivity. （ C） Duality. （ D） Arbitrariness. 27 The Canadian political system consists of （ A） the Governor General, the House of Commons and the Senate. （ B） the Prime Minister, the Executive and the Judiciary. （ C） the Legislature, the Exec
32、utive and the Judiciary. （ D） the Legislature, the House of Commons and the Senate. 28 The study of speech sounds in language or a language with reference to their distribution and patterning and to tacit rules governing pronunciation is called _. （ A） Phonology （ B） Syntax （ C） Semantics （ D） Etymo
33、logy 29 An Englishman uses “I“ to refer to himself, while a German uses “ich“, a Spaniard “yo“. This is an example of language _. （ A） duality （ B） displacement （ C） transmission （ D） arbitrariness 30 _is the capital of Scotland since the 15th century. （ A） Manchester （ B） Edinburgh （ C） Liverpool （
34、 D） Cardiff 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING rather, it is the triumph of material wants over humanity.“ 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 42 It was reported in the press some time ago that a few second-and third-year students in a provinci
35、al university decided to try their hand at business in order to get prepared for the future. They opened six small shops near their university. Their teachers and classmates had different opinions about this phenomenon. Some thought that the students business experience would help them adapt better
36、to society after graduation, while others held a negative view, saying that running shops might occupy too much of the students time and energy which should otherwise be devoted to their academic study. What do you think? Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. Should Universi
37、ty Students Go In For Business? In the first part of your writing you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be
38、 awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. ANSWER SHEET ONE 专业英语八级模拟试卷 709答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You
39、 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. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to
40、complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Today Im going to consider very briefly a problem concerned with the competition for land use. That is, that is, whether crops should be used to produce food, or to, should be used to produce fuel. And u
41、m in considering this problem, I will look at three main areas. Tile historical background to the problem, the nature of the problems involved in, in the competition for land use, and some examples. In considering file historical background, mn, we should look at the oil crisis of the 1970s. Um due
42、to the rapidly increase in, in, or the rapid, due to the rapid trend in increasing oil prices leading to an energy crisis, many countries have looked for alternative, er, energy sources to make them independent of other countries fossil fuels. Examples of alternative energy sources include such thin
43、gs as solar power, the harnessing of wind, and wi, the wind and waves, tides, and also the production of biogas. Biogas is methane which is pro duced from human and animal waste. A particularly interesting possibility for ina developing countries has been the conversion of plant mate rial to alcohol
44、. This, this is interesting because in many developing countries there is a large agricultural sector, and at the same time a small industrial sector, and thus the, the possibility of using the agricultural sector to, to produce fuel, urn, is of interest to those countries. Scientific research is go
45、ing on in the production of alcohol, for example, from sugar. And there are two, um, two economic reasons for tiffs. Fast of all the world price of sugar has fallen dramatically, or the world price of sugar has fallen in very real terms in the last decade, which, this has caused a problem for those
46、economies which are dependent on their sugar production as it gives them an alternative, er, possibility for using their sugar. And secondly, sugar is the most efficient source of alcohol. Therefore it is relatively economical to make fuel by distilling alcohol from it. In addition to sugar there ar
47、e other starchy plants that can be used to make alcohol. For example in tropical countries, such plants as the cassava plant and the sweet potato are good sources from which alcohol can be made, and in, in non-tropical countries you have such things as com and sugar beet. Now there is a problem aris
48、ing from the fact that alcohol can be distilled from starchy plants, and that is, that many poor countries use precisely these starchy plants, or these starch-rich crops, er, for their food as a staple diet. So in, in many such countries theres, theres a conflict ff you like, between the choice of w
49、hether to produce these crops for fuel, or to to produce these crops, er, for, for food and for their use as their staple diet. It is in fact an economic problem rather than a technical problem as the poor farmers will tend to choose that which is most profitable. Indeed it is an economic problem, not, not necessarily a technologic, al problem. The technology for the conversion of alcohol from starchy plants has been i
