1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 720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 Three Main Literary Forms . Poetry Essential features: form and music evoking【 1】 【 1】 _ creating a(n)【 2
3、】 【 2】 _ imagination leading to new【 3】 , new feelings and experience【 3】 _ . Fiction A. Short story definition: a relatively brief【 4】 【 4】 _ subject matter: single incidents in daily life essential features:【 5】 , unity and 【 5】 _ 【 6】 【 6】 _ B. Novel One important technique:【 7】 【 7】 _ Three meth
4、ods: explicit presentation through【 8】 【 8】 _ presentation of character in【 9】 【 9】 _ presentation from within a character . Drama Origin: ancient Greek festival activities Structures of a play exposition rising action 【 10】 【 10】 _ falling action ending New styles and forms 1 【 1】 2 【 2】 3 【 3】 4 【
5、 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. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answ
6、er each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 What makes David interested in South East Asia? （ A） The pretty divine place. （ B） Its wonderful past. （ C） Fantastic birds and reptiles. （ D） A great number of temples. 12 Which of the following statements about happiness is T
7、RUE according to David? （ A） Happiness comes from ever going change. （ B） Happiness comes when you succeed in doing something. （ C） Happiness wears off when he finally comes back to England. （ D） Happiness stays even when he comes back to England. 13 What does David think is important if someone car
8、es about making television or radio programs? （ A） Money. （ B） Enthusiasm. （ C） New challenge. （ D） Professional knowledge. 14 Which of the following statements about change is NOT mentioned by David? （ A） Change can come from forces around you. （ B） Change can come from within yourself. （ C） Change
9、 can bring joy and satisfaction to you. （ D） Change sometimes can also let you down. 15 What can be inferred about Davids attitude toward change? （ A） Enthusiastic. （ B） Indifferent. （ C） Critical. （ D） Neutral. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.
10、 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 About the shelling, which of the following statements is CORRECT? （ A） It was nothing but a coincidence. （ B） It received little attention from the UN.
11、（ C） It killed several soldiers and injured some people. （ D） It was the gravest incident since 1953. 17 How did North Korea think about the artillery attack? （ A） They need judgment from the international associations. （ B） They want to solve the problem within the two nations. （ C） They want to co
12、ntinue fighting with South Korea. （ D） They want to get help from some other countries. 17 1 We are heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with a fervent passion for them when anyone challenges or questions them obviously. It is not that the ideas themselves are dear to
13、us, but rather that our self-esteem is threatened. We are by nature stubbornly pledged to defend our own from attack, whether it be our person, our family, our property, or our opinion. A United States senator once remarked to a friend of mine that God Almighty could not make him change his mind on
14、our Latin-American policy. We may surrender, but we rarely confess ourselves conquered. In the intellectual world, at least, peace is without victory. 2 Few of us take the pains to study the origins of our cherished beliefs; indeed, we have a natural dislike for so doing. We like to continue believi
15、ng what we have been accustomed to accepting as true, and the resentment aroused when doubt is cast upon our assumptions leads us to seek every manner of excuse for clinging to them. The result is that most of our so called reasoning consists of finding arguments for continuing to believe as we alre
16、ady do. 3 This natural and loyal support of our beliefsthis process of finding “good reasons“ to justify our routine beliefsis known to modern psychologists as “rationalization, clearly a new name for a very ancient thing. Our good reasons ordinarily have no value in promoting enlightenment, because
17、, no matter how solemnly they may be arranged, they are at bottom the result of personal preference or prejudice, and not of an honest desire to seek or accept new knowledge. 4 In our dreams, we are frequently engaged in self-justification, for we cannot bear to think ourselves wrong; yet we have co
18、nstant illustrations of our weaknesses and mistakes. So we spend much time finding fault with circumstances and conduct of others, and shifting onto them with great skill the burden of our own failures and disappointments. Rationalization is the self-exculpation which occurs when we feel ourselves,
19、or our group, accused of error. 18 Our reactions to others challenge of our beliefs may cover all of the following EXCEPT _. （ A） resentment （ B） self-justification （ C） disappointment （ D） defense 19 By quoting a US senators remark, the author intends to show _. （ A） God Almightys limitation （ B） h
20、uman resistance to conquest （ C） human dignity （ D） human pledge to their beliefs 20 In the eyes of the author, to defend our own beliefs is _. （ A） mistaken （ B） natural （ C） rational （ D） necessary 21 The author argues that the practice of rationalization is _. （ A） misguided （ B） original （ C） re
21、asonable （ D） well-grounded 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 The two large islands that make up the British Isles are_. （ A） Britain and Scotland （ B） Scotland and Ireland （ C） Grea
22、t Britain and Ireland （ D） Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23 Henry II was the first king of the_Dynasty. （ A） Windsor （ B） Tudor （ C） Malcolm （ D） Plantagenet 24 Which of the following is a typical tone language? （ A） Chinese. （ B） English. （ C） Japanese. （ D） All of the above. 25 The novel _ by
23、 Samuel Richardson is considered the first English psycho-analytical novel. （ A） Pamela （ B） Robinson Crusoe （ C） Jonathan Wild （ D） Amelia 26 The symbol marking the declination of the British Empire is （ A） World War II. （ B） The Suez Canal Crisis. （ C） The independence of British Colonies. （ D） Th
24、e establishment of the Commonwealth. 27 There are _ morphemes in the word “boyish“. （ A） one （ B） two （ C） three （ D） four 28 Functional Sentence Perspective was put forward by _. （ A） the London School （ B） the Prague School （ C） Boas and Sapir （ D） Post-Bloomfieldian linguists 29 The Scarlet Lette
25、r was written by _. （ A） Joseph Conrad （ B） Herman Melville （ C） Nathaniel Hawthorne （ D） Ralph Waldo Emerson 30 The 18th century in English literature is an age of _. （ A） novel （ B） poem （ C） prose （ D） play 31 Chaucers English belongs to the period of _. （ A） Old English （ B） Middle English （ C）
26、Early Modern English （ D） Modern English 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burdens of a long twilight struggle, year in, and year out, “rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation“a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, pove
27、rty, disease, and war itself. Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort? In the long history of the world, only a few generation have been granted the role
28、 of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibilityI welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country a
29、nd all who serve itand the glow from that fire can truly light the world. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 35 In recent years, more and more advertisements have been flooding into our lives. Some advertisements exert negative effe
30、cts on the youth. Therefore some people suggest that advertisements be banned. Do you agree or disagree with this? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your view on the following topic: Should Advertisements Be Banned? In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument
31、, 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 awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may
32、 result in a loss of marks. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 720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 t
33、ask 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】 Three Main Litany Forms Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to our litera
34、ture class. Today were going to talk about the three main literary forms. They are poetry, fiction and drama. First of all, lets discuss poetry. Poetry is fairly easy to recognize but difficult to define precisely but some of its essential features can be recognized and described. First, the most di
35、stinctive characteristics of poetry is form and music. Poetry is concerned with not only what is said but also how it is said. The form, the language, imagery and symbols, especially rhythm and rhyme, are much more important in poetry than in any other type of literature. Second, poetry evokes emoti
36、ons rather than expresses facts. Poetry in its best sense is something intensely emotional. Third, poetry means having a poetic experience. A poem is a happening of what the poet intended to happen to us. Poets create poetry to evoke responses from readers as the latter experience and read the word
37、on the page or hear the poem being recited. If nothing happens to us, no poem exists as far as we are concerned.Poets created for us the meaningful poetic experience out of the chaotic details of life. They say what we want to say from our hearts, from our own experience. Therefore, poetry intends t
38、o evoke not only the full flavor of emotions but also the profound impact and insight of physical, mental or imaginary experience. Imagination, then, is also an essential quality of poetry. Poets may start out with concrete, common things seen every day; but with certain words, imagery and symbols,
39、they lead us into the world of imagination. An old topic gives us new feeling, and a simple idea is clothed with beauty. Finally,poetry often leads us to new perceptions, new feelings and experience of which we have not previously been aware. Great poetry creates not only experiences but also new pe
40、ople out of its readers. The last literary form were going to talk about is drama. Drama developed from the result of certain closely related human characteristics, most importantly the desire to imitate and pretend. People often enter-tain themselves by acting out a story with plot, characters and
41、dialogue. The word“ drama“ came from the Greek verb“ dran“, which means to act or do. Thus the soul of the word“ drama“ is action. The first drama was born out of the ancient Greek festival activities to worship the god Dionysus, ruler over vegetation and wine. Classical playwrights are likely to wr
42、ite traditional plays. Such a play, according to the conventional requirements, develops around a central figure involved in some conflict of opposing forces. Generally speaking, if the hero is defeated in the end, the play is a tragedy; if the hero wins, the play is a comedy. Traditionally, comedie
43、s were written about common people, while a tragedy centered on a great person.The structure of such a play is divided into exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and ending. However, later playwrights and critics modified some of the classical requirements and developed new styles and fo
44、rms. Shakespeare to some extent showed that common people could be fit subjects for tragedy; Ibsen not only had tragic characters from common life but also adopted prose instead of poetry as the language of tragedy. Many contemporary playwrights have rebelled against the traditional distinction betw
45、een tragedy and comedy. They believe that a play often possesses elements of both and thus cannot actually be labeled as either. The Theater of the Absurd has shown such a belief. These plays have less or little character motivation, action, or rational coherence in the traditional sense. 1 【正确答案】 e
46、motions 2 【正确答案】 poetic experience 3 【正确答案】 perceptions 4 【正确答案】 fictional narrative 5 【正确答案】 brevity 6 【正确答案】 intensity 7 【正确答案】 characterization 8 【正确答案】 direct exposition 9 【正确答案】 action 10 【正确答案】 climax SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen ca
47、refully 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. 10 【听力原文】 (I Interviewer; D David) I: Which area, of all the ones that
48、youve visited, is your favorite, David? D: Oh, I find that almost impossible to answer really. Urn you know, different places for different things. The South Seas are a pretty divine sort of place to be, you know, I mean Fiji, the islands east of there; the people are so charming and amazing. Er, an
49、d then Im very fond of South East Asia because its got such wonderful past; its got so many temples buried in jungles and so on. And the Galapagos Islands with fantastic birds and reptiles. I dont know, its very difficult. I: I wonder what makes you come back to England? D: Well, as a matter of fact, of course thats the trick, isnt it?
