1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 730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. 1 Note-taking in Lectures For listeners, note-taking is an essential way to achieve better understanding of
3、 a lecture. It involves many separate skills, four of which will be analyzed here. . Understand what 【 1】 _ says. 1. severe strain: 2 reasons word 【 2】 _ in speech. new words 2. solution: concentrate on what are most important . Sort out the main points. 1. focus on the title: write down the title 【
4、 3】 _ and completely. 2. be aware of signals of what is important or unimportant. signals indicating importance: 【 4】 _ speak slowly or loudly use a greater range of intonation employ a combination of the devices signals 【 5】 _ deliver sentences quickly, softly use a narrow range of intonation use 【
5、 6】 _ pauses . Write down 【 7】 _ quickly and clearly. 1. use abbreviation 2. select words that give 【 8】 _ (nouns, verbs, adjectives) 3. write one point on each line 4. find time to write 【 9】 _ . Show the connections between the various points the listeners has noted. 1. use spacing, underlining, 【
6、 10】 _ 2. number points 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. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of th
7、e interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Susan had always been interested in _. （ A） multimedia education （ B） multimedia devices （ C） multicultural education （ D） multicultural communication 12 Susan _. （ A） has been co
8、mfortable working with computers from the very beginning （ B） used to be afraid of computers （ C） decided to enroll in a computer course （ D） dreamed of becoming a computer expert 13 Her first Internet project _. （ A） was a simple one about health （ B） started when they had computers in the classroo
9、m that were connected to the Internet （ C） received congratulatory letters from students parents （ D） was rewarded a phone line by her administrator 14 What was Susans motive for carrying on the project? （ A） Her passion. （ B） Her administrators demand. （ C） Peer pressure. （ D） Students encouragemen
10、t. 15 Which of the following was NOT mentioned by Susan when she talked about her personal rewards? （ A） Her project changed parents attitude towards the Internet. （ B） Her projects have had a positive impact. （ C） A class in Canada purchased computers because they were eager to be on her project. （
11、 D） She got to collaborate with a lot of talented teachers. 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 Whic
12、h of the following was NOT on the agenda of the G20 meeting? （ A） Iraq debts. （ B） WTO talks. （ C） Financial disasters. （ D） Possible sanctions. 17 The G20 is a(n) _ organization. （ A） International （ B） European （ C） Regional （ D） Asian 17 The Greeks have a second Battle of. Marathon on their hands
13、. Their adversaries this time are not invading Persians, as in 490 B. C. , but environmentalists and archaeologists in growing numbers. They are closing ranks in opposition to plans to build a water sports complex at the historic battleground for use during the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Opposition to
14、 the construction has been gaining strength in Greece and the rest of Europe since the plans were announced more than a year ago. After standing back from the controversy at first, American archaeologists are now speaking out against the project as a threat to the site of one of the most decisive ba
15、ttles in antiquity. In the current issue of Archaeology, a magazine of the Archaeological Institute of America, Dr. Nancy C. Wilkie, the organizations president, called on colleagues “to join in the effort to preserve this important historic and natural site.“ Dr. Wilkie said the battlefield needed
16、to be preserved because even after all this time, the plain, where the outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians, and the adjacent wetlands, where many Persian soldiers perished, “have yet to be fully investigated by archaeologists.“ Environmentalists challenged the decision to create two arti
17、ficial lakes for the rowing and canoe and kayak competitions, a grandstand and other buildings in the area of the coastal wetlands. They said the construction would not only intrude on the battle site but would endanger the wetlands, which are a haven for 176 species of birds and many rare plants an
18、d a vital stopover for migratory birds, including the rare glossy ibis. A number of appeals seeking to stop the construction are before an administrative court. Defending the construction, .Greek Olympic organizers insisted that Marathon was hardly a pristine landscape. Summer tourists flock to the
19、Skinias beach, where the Persians are thought to have landed, and parts of the plain are already altered with farms and villages. The organizers noted, that one of the lakes would replace an old airstrip. Their plans also include protection for the wetlands as a national park. “It is impossible to c
20、reate something like Waterloo or Gettysburg in this area,“ George Kazantzopoulos, environmental program manager for the Olympic organizers, has said. “It is already ruined. But Dr. Dorothy King emphasized the intangibles of the issue. “The importance of the site is as much in its symbolismit would b
21、e the equivalent of putting a theme park in the middle of the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.“ Promoters of the construction have argued that the actual battlefield would not be affected because parts of what is now considered the site, including the Sehinias beach, were three to six feet beneath
22、the sea in antiquity. But Dr. Wilkie, in her editorial, noted that a geological study conducted under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens contradicted such claims. By drilling bore holes to a depth of 26 feet across the plain, geologists determined that the topography
23、was little changed since the battle. The site for the proposed water sports center, the research showed, was not beneath the sea 2,500 years ago. But international pleas and recent protests at Marathon have so far left the Olympic organizers unmoved. While work on the $ 44 million project continues,
24、 they have defended the construction as possibly the best thing that could happen to Marathon. It is, they said, a way to rescue the site from earlier unplanned and often shabby development. Environmentalists and archaeologists, fearing that the project would instead attract more commercial developm
25、ent, said they were not ready to give up the fight and, like the defeated Persians, flee to their ships. 18 The opposition to the construction came from _. （ A） Greece （ B） other European countries （ C） America （ D） all of the above 19 The construction might produce the following harmful effects EXC
26、EPT _. （ A） destroying a historic battleground （ B） greatly reducing Greeces tourist income （ C） ruining a natural stopover for migratory birds （ D） making further archeological investigation impossible 20 The promoters of the construction have argued that _. （ A） the sports complex would be too sma
27、ll to alter the historic site （ B） some areas of the battlefield are now beneath the sea （ C） the site is already ruined and the construction will rescue it （ D） the project would boom the sluggish economy 21 Dr. Dorothy is _. （ A） an environmental program manager of Greece （ B） a Greek official in
28、charge of the construction （ C） a scholar opposing the construction of the sports complex （ D） a scholar in support of the Construction of the sports complex 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each que
29、stion. 22 Christianity was first brought to England by the_. （ A） Romans （ B） Celts （ C） Anglo-Saxons （ D） Danes 23 The process in which a L2 learner adapts himself/herself to the culture and value system of the L2 community is called_. （ A） fossilization （ B） acculturation （ C） culture transmission
30、 （ D） displacement 24 Sapir-Whorfs hypothesis meditate on the relationship between _. （ A） language and thought （ B） mind and speech （ C） language and society （ D） society and thought 25 _approach is a study of language from the points of view of its development in the course of time. （ A） Synchroni
31、c （ B） Chronological （ C） Diachronic （ D） Linear 26 What degree is offered in community colleges in the United States? （ A） Masters degree. （ B） Doctors degree. （ C） Bachelors degree. （ D） Associate degree. 27 The main rivers parting in Britain run from_ （ A） north to south （ B） south to north （ C）
32、east to west （ D） west to east 28 The “Gunpowder Plot“ is associated with a man called_. （ A） John Milton （ B） Oliver Cromwell （ C） Guy Fawkes （ D） John Bunyan 29 The Capital of New Zealand is _. （ A） Melbourne （ B） Perth （ C） Wellington （ D） Liverpool 30 The five great tragedies written by Shakespe
33、are are Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and_. （ A） King Lear （ B） Julius Caesar （ C） Twelfth Night （ D） Antony and Cleopatra 31 The natives of the continent of America are the _. （ A） Canadians （ B） Indians （ C） Mexicans （ D） Hispanics 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN) D
34、irections: Proofread the given passage. The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: (1)For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the cor
35、rect one in the blank provided at the end of the line. (2)For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ “ sign and write t 32 When does a neutron from one atom collides with the nucleus of another atom, a chain reaction can occur. SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Directions: Transla
36、te the following text into English. 33 我这个无可救药的中国丈夫喜欢吃中餐，更乐于挽袖下厨。从前在欧洲当留学生时我就喜欢在自己的蜗居里玩锅碗，弄瓢盆，演奏个人打击乐音乐会，并常常请一帮穷留学生分享我的杰作。不过妻子精于法式烹饪并且酷爱维持室内清洁。中国疱丁总是喜欢什么都油煎油爆，是一个大油 耗子和大污染源，因此妻子根本不理会中国疱丁的一厢情愿并毫不留情地请其下岗。有一天，下岗厨师终于忍不住请妻子让贤： “亲爱的，今天我想做中国菜，做一桌川菜，让咱们一饱口福。你把厨房借给我好吗 ?”“没问题 !不过油烟不要大大。 ”习惯于清水煮菜的夫人叮嘱道，显得有些兴奋，
37、也有些担心。我这位厨师关好厨房门，然后就在里面兴高采烈丁零当啷地演奏起锅碗瓢分别打击乐并跳起了锅边舞。菜谱早在一周前就已经定好。很快浓烈的川菜香在房子里弥漫开来。我端出第一道香喷喷的 “哆来咪发嗦 ”几盘凉菜：撒满香菜的松花蛋、撒满辣椒面的凉拌猪耳朵 丝、四川泡菜。 “快来，亲爱的 !”我得意洋洋地大叫。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. 34 When flying over Nepal, its easy to soar in your imaginatio
38、n and pretend youre tinya butterflyand drifting above one of those three-dimensional topographical maps architects use, the circling contour lines replaced by the terraced rice paddies that surround each high ridge. Nepal is a small country, and from the windows of our plane floating eastward at 12,
39、000 feet, one can see clearly the brilliant white mirage of the high Himalayas thirty miles off the left window. Out the right window, the view is of three or four high terraced ridges giving sudden way to the plains of India beyond. There were few roads visible below, most transportation in Nepal b
40、eing by foot along ancient trails that connect and bind the country together. There is also a network of dirt airstrips, which was fortunate for me, as I had no time for the two-and-a-half week trek to my destination. I was on a flight to the local airport. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Wr
41、ite a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 34 Suppose your friend, a college graduate who signed an agreement with a university months ago, tells you that he has changed his mind and signed a new agreement with a better university. How will you react to this? Will you support him i
42、n doing so or would rather have acted otherwise ? Write an essay of about 400 words clarifying your attitude 1. When Credit and Interest Are at Odds In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropr
43、iate details. 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 appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 730答案与 解析
