1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 713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 Tips on Having More Fruit to Keeping You Healthy I. A few steps you need to help have more fruit: 1) Havi
3、ng fruit around is the【 1】 . 【 1】 _ 2) Try keeping small amount out on【 2】 to remind yourself to reach for it at snack time. 【 2】 _ 3) Try putting【 3】 on the table at the same time as the rest of the meal. 【 3】 _ 4) Try using fruit in salads more often. II. Eating plenty of fruit is better than skip
4、ping the produce【 4】 【 4】 _ 1) Many of the nutrients in【 5】 to be found in fruit. 【 5】 _ 2) To get a【 6】 of these nutrients. 【 6】 _ 3) Not to completely【 7】 a lack of vegetables. 【 7】 _ III. The main factors that help people live longer: According to Dr David Demko, 4 other factors are equally impor
5、tant:【 8】 , diet,【 8】_ exercise and an alert mind. . The ways to be healthy and wealthy. 1) To give up some【 9】 hobbies and ways of life. 【 9】 _ 2) To keep on observing right【 10】 of diets, eating more fruit and veggies. 【 10】_ 1 【 1】 2 【 2】 3 【 3】 4 【 4】 5 【 5】 6 【 6】 7 【 7】 8 【 8】 9 【 9】 10 【 10】
6、SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In 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 lis
7、ten to the interview. 11 What strikes the woman most about the male robber is his_. （ A） clothes （ B） age （ C） physique （ D） appearance 12 The most detailed information about the woman robber is her_. （ A） manners （ B） talkativeness （ C） height （ D） jewelry 13 The interviewee is believed to be a ban
8、k_. （ A） receptionist （ B） manager （ C） customer （ D） cashier 14 Which of the following about the two robbers is NOT true? （ A） Both were wearing dark sweaters. （ B） Neither was wearing glasses. （ C） Both were about the same age. （ D） One of them was marked by a scar. 15 After the incident the inter
9、viewee sounded_. （ A） calm and quiet （ B） nervous and numb （ C） timid and confused （ D） shocked and angry 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 giv
10、en 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 According to the news, it was _who first leaked the name of Mrs. Wilson as a CIA operative. （ A） Manmohan Singh （ B） Mathew Cooper （ C） president Bush （ D） Karl Rove 16 The FDA may rescind its approval of Avastin, a colon-cancer drug. If the summer of 2009 w
11、as the season of “death panels,“ as the debate over health-care reform exploded, this is the season of “17. 5k dead women a year. “ Thats the body count scaremongers are predicting if the Food and Drug Administration rescinds its provisional approval of the drug Avastin for metastatic breast cancer,
12、 a decision expected by years end. Although the move has nothing to do with the new health-care law, uncertainty about “Obama-care“ has given opponents an opening to terrify people about whats cominglike bureaucrats rationing health care to save money. The reality is far different and, for those who
13、 care more about helping cancer patients than about scoring political points, much sadder. Thats because in 2008, when the FDA gave “fast track“ approval for Avastin in breast cancer that has metastasizedusually to the lungs, bones, liver, or brainit was conditional on the manufacturer, Genentech, r
14、unning additional clinical trials of the drugs safety and efficacy. There was good reason for that. Avastin is an angiogenesis inhibitor, a class of cancer drugs that have not lived up to their hype: although they stop one mechanism by which malignant cells grow blood vessels to sustain them, the ce
15、lls often activate a different mechanism and go on proliferating. Although Avastin does extend the lives of patients with metastatic colorectal and kidney cancer, and remains FDA-approved for those uses, the new studies show it does not work the same miracle against metastatic breast cancer (MBC). I
16、nstead, Avastin increased whats called progression-free survival (how long before cancer spreads or grows) by about one to three Weeks, depending on which chemo agent it was paired with. But it did not keep women alive any longer than chemo alone. To some advocates, progression-free survival without
17、 an increase in overall survival is still welcome, since it suggests patients have a better quality of life during their last months. But its hard to make that case for Avastin. Not only did it not keep women alive, but it also caused hypertension, hemorrhaging, bowel perforations, and other side ef
18、fects. “It seems as if the drugs toxicity cancels out any benefit,“ cancer surgeon David Gorski of the Karmanos Cancer Institute told me. Perforated bowels do not equal a better quality of life. These dismal results are what led an FDA panel to vote 121 in July to rescind the conditional approval of
19、 Avastin for MBC. Critics of health-care reform, predictably, saw nefarious motivesin particular, evidence that Obamacare will ration expensive drugs. (Avastin costs some $88,000 a year, though few patients live that long.) The Wall Street Journal editorialized about the “Avastin mugging,“ and Sen.
20、David Vitter accused the FDA of “assigning a value to a day of a persons life. “ If Avastin did extend lives for, lets say, $ 10,000 a day, Vitter might have a case. But it doesnt extend life at all. That makes allegations like the 17,500 dead women (from a right-wing blag) “utter demagoguery of the
21、 most vile and despicable sort,“ Gorski wrote on the blog Science-Based Medicine. There are stories galore of women with metastatic breast cancer who are alive “because of Avastin.“ Indeed, patients have been flooding the airwaves and blogosphere with claims that Avastin helped them. But the only wa
22、y to tell whether Avastin deserves the credit for keeping patients alive is through large studies. “There are always patients who live longer than average,“ biostatistician Donald Berry of the MD?Anderson Cancer Center told me. “They attribute it to the treatment; people love to make attributions.“
23、But when the proportion of patients alive at any given time in a study is the same whether they are receiving Avastin or notas the two large trials foundthen crediting Avastin is “very likely wrong. “ That some women did live longer on Avastin, Berry explained, “may simply reflect the natural hetero
24、geneity of the disease and say nothing about the therapy. “ Doctors can keep prescribing Avastin for metastatic breast cancer off-label, though insurers will not pay for it. Some activists welcome that. There is “no evidence of clinical benefit from Avastin, yet there is harm,“ says Fran Visco, pres
25、ident of the National Breast Cancer Coalition. “We need to demand more of treatment before we unleash it on the public. “ Science-based medicine isnt always pretty. But its better than politics-based medicine, which is what some critics of the Avastin decision are practicingand much better than delu
26、ding ourselves into thinking something works when it doesnt. 17 What does “scaremonger“ mean in the second paragraph? （ A） A prophet who can predict what will happen in the future. （ B） A person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble. （ C） A scientist who is specialized in medicine. （ D
27、） A sociologist who is concerned about social issues. 18 Which of the following is NOT the benefit of Avastin? （ A） It can help malignant cells grow blood vessels to sustain them. （ B） It can extend the lives of patients with metastatic colorectal and kidney cancer. （ C） It can extend the lives of p
28、atients with breast cancer. （ D） It can help patients have a better quality of life during their last months. 19 Why may the FDA rescind its approval of Avastin? （ A） Because it may cause breast cancer to metastasize to other organs （ B） Because it did not keep women alive. （ C） Because it may cause
29、 side effects. （ D） Because its toxicity outweighs its benefits. 20 Opponents criticize FDAs rescinding its approval of Avastin because_. （ A） Avastin is too expensive （ B） they think Obama will ration health care to save money （ C） few women benefit from the use of Avastin （ D） Avastin is effective
30、 in dealing with cancers 21 The best title of the passage is_. （ A） Its not about rationing （ B） Why the FDA may reverse course on Avastin （ C） A value to a day of a persons life （ D） Avastin, a controversial medicine 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice q
31、uestions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 22 Grice introduced four categories of maxims, which of the following means that we should be clear in our meaning? （ A） The maxim of quantity. （ B） The maxim of quality. （ C） The maxim of manner. （ D） The maxim of relation. 23 Both
32、syntax and semantics are the branches of linguistics. The former studies the rules governing the combination of words into sentences, the latter （ A） the form of words. （ B） the meaning of language. （ C） the sound patterns of language. （ D） the change of language. 24 Starting from the pre-linguistic
33、 cooing and babbling stage, children move through the _stages, gradually acquiring all the elements and skills of language. （ A） one-word, two-word and three-word （ B） one-word, two-word and multiword （ C） one-word, multiword and sentence （ D） one-word, two-word, three-word and multiword 25 Who put
34、forth the well-known linguistic formula “SrsR“? （ A） Ferdinand de Saussure. （ B） L. Bloomfield. （ C） Max Wertheimer. （ D） Noam Chomsky. 26 Field, mode and tenor analysis belong to the field of _. （ A） interference （ B） idiolect （ C） dialect （ D） register 27 Hemingway is a _ according to Gertrude Ste
35、in. （ A） lost generation （ B） beat generation （ C） romanticist （ D） transcedentalist 28 Robert Burns is remembered mainly for his songs written in the _ dialect on a variety of subjects. （ A） England （ B） Welsh （ C） Scottish （ D） Irish 29 G. B Shaws play Mrs. Warrens Profession is a realistic exposu
36、re of the _ in the English society. （ A） slum land lordism （ B） political corruption （ C） inequality between men and women （ D） economic exploitation of women 30 Which of the following is NOT a U.K. newspaper? （ A） The Guardian. （ B） Christian Science Monitor. （ C） The Daily Telegraph. （ D） The Time
37、s. 31 Which of the following cities is called the “cradle of American liberty“? （ A） Boston. （ B） New York. （ C） Philadelphia. （ D） Washington. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING and her time was limited, and the only free moment she had was at the following Thursday; she was spending the morning at the【 5】 _
38、Luxembourg and should I give her a little luncheon at Foyots 【 6】 _ afterwards? Foyots is a restaurant at which the French senators eat, and it was far beyond my means that I had never even thought 【 7】 _ of going there. But I was flattered and I was very young to have 【 8】 _ learned to say no to a
39、woman Few men, I may add, learn this until they are too old to make it of any consequence to a woman what they say. I had eighty francs (gold francs) to last for me the rest 【 9】 _ of month, and a modest luncheon should not cost more than fifteen.【 10】 _ If I cut out coffee for the next two weeks I
40、could manage well enough. 32 【 M1】 33 【 M2】 34 【 M3】 35 【 M4】 36 【 M5】 37 【 M6】 38 【 M7】 39 【 M8】 40 【 M9】 41 【 M10】 SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Directions: Translate the following text into English. 42 我想不起来哪一个熟人没有手机。今天没有手机的人是奇怪的，这种人才需要解释。我们的所有社会关系都储存在手机的电话本里，可以随时调出使用。古代只有巫师才能拥有这种法宝。 手机刷新了人与人的关系。会
41、议室门口通常贴着一条通告：请与会者关闭手机。可是会议室里的手机铃声仍然响成一片。我们都是普通人，并没有多少重要的事情。尽管如此，我们也不会轻易关掉手机。打开手机象征我们与这个世界的联系。手机反映出我们的 “社交饥渴症 ”。最为常见的是，一个人走羞走着突然停下来，眼睛盯着手机屏幕发短信。他不在乎停在马路中央还是厕所旁边。 为什么对于手机来电和短信这么在乎 ?因为我们迫切渴望与社会保持联系。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. 43 It is his nature
42、to confer benefits, but he is ashamed to receive them; for the former is the part of a superior, the latter of an inferior. And when he has received a benefit, he is apt to confer a greater in return; for thus his creditor will become his debtor and be in the position of a recipient of his favour. I
43、t is characteristic of the high-minded man, again never or reluctantly to ask favours, but to be ready to confer them, and to be lofty in his behaviour to those who are high in station and favoured by fortune, but affable to those of the middle ranks; for it is a difficult thing and a dignified thin
44、g to assert superiority over the former, but easy to assert it over the latter. A haughty demeanour in dealing with the great is quite consistent with good breeding, but in dealing with those of low estate is brutal, like showing off one s strength upon a cripple. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directi
45、ons: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 44 As we know, womens social status have been improved. But they cant eliminate all the discriminations. You are asked to write an article to explain what caused womens liberation and what problems are still around. In the first par
46、t of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the seeond part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar
47、and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 713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 note
48、s 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 complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Tips on Having More Fruit to Keeping You Healthy Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, Id like to talk about working more fruit into your diet so as to provide better protection against chronic health problems like heart disease, diabetes and cancer. People may
