1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 741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 Greek Mythology Greek mythology concerns the ancient Greek gods and heroes, the (1)_of the world, and the
3、 origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices, attempting to explain the origins of the world, and details the lives and (2)_of a wide variety of mythological creatures. I. The early periods of the Greek literature 1. Iliad and Odyssey; epic poems, focus on the (3)_ 2. Theogony an
4、d Works and Days; two poems by Homers near contemporary accounts of the genesis of the world, the succession of (4)_ 3. Myths; Homeric Hymns, epic poems, lyric poems, tragedians, writings of scholars and poets, texts of the Roman Empire 4. Greek gods and heroes featured prominently in the decoration
5、 of (5)_ II. Greek mythology influence Many poets and artists have derived (6)_ from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in these mythological themes. 1. Culture The poetry of Ovid became a major influence on the diffusion and (7)_of Greek mythology 2. Arts Ar
6、tists portrayed subjects from Greek mythology along with more conventional (8)_themes 3. Literature In northern Europe, Greek mythology mostly has obvious impact on literature 4. Western civilization The 18th century Enlightenment; Insisting on the scientific and philosophical (9)_of Greece and Rome
7、 Romanticism Greek mythology became popular again and inspired contemporary poets, such as Keats, Byron and Shelley Influence on the Americans; American authors believed that myths should provide (10)_ SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen careful
8、ly 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 Which of the following is NOT a point made by Daniel at the beginning par
9、t? （ A） All media people try to be objective. （ B） All people have some prejudice. （ C） Unlike radio and TV, newspapers are impersonal. （ D） People cannot avoid showing their bias. 12 Daniel thinks it would be _ to reveal ones bias too readily. （ A） wrong （ B） improper （ C） natural （ D） justifiable
10、13 Daniel look on himself as a _. （ A） sportsman （ B） public servant （ C） mayor （ D） policeman 14 According to Daniel, the biggest problem for a TV host is to _. （ A） become anxious （ B） become self-important （ C） become confident （ D） become self-conscious 15 What does Daniel find most attractive a
11、bout his profession? （ A） visibility （ B） high salary （ C） high pressure （ D） feeling of accomplishment 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
12、 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 According to the WTO, Chinese exports rose _year. （ A） 21%. （ B） 10%. （ C） 22%. （ D） 4.73%. 17 According to the news, which trading nation in the top 10 has reported a 5 percent fall in exports? （ A） The UK. （ B） The US. （ C） Japan. （ D） Germany. 17 We come in
13、 different colors: red, black, white, yellow and brown, have a variety of political systems, social systems, religious views or none at all; we are different intellectually, have different educational systems, different socio-economic classes; psychologically we are normal, abnormal, neurotic, psych
14、otic, we speak different languages, and have different customs and costumes. Studying human beings biologically and physiologically leads us to very different conclusions about how alike or different we are from each other. Very different indeed, every human being on the planet, all 5.3 billion of u
15、s, has the same number of bones, of the same type, serving the same purposes; each of us has 46 chromosomes, 23 from each parent, and these chromosomes, genes and the DNA and RNA of which they are integral parts, are in every single human being; every cell, every membrane, every tissue, and every or
16、gan is the same everywhere. We all have a heart, a circulatory system, 2 lungs, a liver, 2 kidneys, a brain and nervous system, a reproductive system, digestive and excretory systems, musculature, in short, we are the same biologically and our bodies perform the same functions everywhere on the plan
17、et. And as we learned in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, if you prick us, any of us, “do we not bleed“? Of course we do, and we bleed red blood no matter what the color of our skin, or the language we speak, the clothing we wear, the gods we worship, or our geographical home. Man is of a piece
18、biologically; all equally effective organisms whether Amazon Indian, Australian aborigine, Parisian artist, Greek sailor, Chinese student, American astronaut, Russian soldier, or Palestinian citizen. Well then, you ask, how is that so many groups of people disparage other groups, persecute them, and
19、 claim superiority over them? Why is it that some groups of people still hunt animals, wear little or no clothing, have little or no technology, while others are very sophisticated in their technology, industry, transportation, communication, food gathering and storage? It is, of course, a matter of
20、 culture and the civilization that emerges and evolves from it. Though man is man everywhere, where he lives, when he lives there, with whom he lives there, all affect how he lives: that is, what he believes, what he wears, his customs, his gods, his rituals, his myths and literature, his language a
21、nd his institutions. These are man-made artifacts that each group develops over time, living together, facing the same problems, needing and desiring the same things. They are his culture, his identity. The interactions of two powerful forces in all human life: nature (biology) and nurture (culture
22、and civilization), shape us. Each culture has its own distinctive ways of seeing, feeling, thinking, speaking, believing, and just as no two humans are identical in all respects, so no two cultures are identical in all respects. But, wherever humans have lived and live today, there is culture with a
23、ll of its elements embedded in a civilization that expresses that core of thought and feeling in its language, its institutions and other social organizations. All civilizations and the cultures that nourish them have hierarchies, social institutions, language, art of all kinds, religion or a system
24、 of spiritual beliefs of some kind, laws, customs, rituals (other than religious) and ceremonies. A study of anthropology and make it very clear that humans have created divisions and exacerbated superficial external difference for their own ulterior purposes whether political, social, economic or r
25、eligious. The truth is that we are much more alike in very basic ways than we are different. If you wear one type of garment and I wear another, we both wear some kind of garment. Our culture demands it. If you speak one language and I another, we both speak so that others will understand us; we mus
26、t communicate with each other. Nothing is gained by overemphasizing differences, but much is lost, If we understood our differences as cultural variations of our basic, universal humanity it could restore sanity and peace to this often turbulent world. Muslims and Jews, Catholics and Protestants, Se
27、rbs and Croats, blacks and whites, we are all human and need the same things to survive and to thrive. Different does not mean inferior or superior; it does not mean better or worse; right or wrong. It means only that artificial distinctions have been made by society, and these have denied our unive
28、rsal humanity that is cell deep and incontrovertible. Differences produce variety of thought, feeling, and action and that can be very stimulating to peaceful and creative solutions to human problems. Can we accept our biological brotherhood and put aside our man-made, artificial, cultural enmities?
29、 What men have made, their culture and civilizations, men can unmake, can improve. What would be gained if we did that? What would be lost? 18 Which of the following is NOT mentioned? （ A） Racial difference. （ B） Civilization difference. （ C） Cultural difference. （ D） Biological difference. 19 From
30、the last paragraph we can deduce that_. （ A） differences mainly come from culture （ B） differences can be neglected （ C） we will gain nothing if giving up differences （ D） we will lose anything if keeping differences 20 The best title for this passage could be _. （ A） Every One Is Created Equal （ B）
31、 Culture And Civilization （ C） Human Differences （ D） Cultural Differences 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 21 Which of the following sound combinations is permissible in English? （ A）
32、 kibl. （ B） bkil. （ C） ilkb. （ D） libk. 22 The United States lies between two oceans,_to its east and_to its west. （ A） the Pacific Ocean; the Atlantic Ocean （ B） the Atlantic Ocean; the Pacific Ocean （ C） the Indian Ocean; the Atlantic Ocean （ D） the Pacific Ocean; the Indian Ocean 23 The largest r
33、iver in the United Kingdom, which runs 355 kilometres and empties into the Bristol Strait, is _. （ A） the Severn River （ B） the Clyde River （ C） the Thames River （ D） the Potomac River 24 In the 20th century, under the influence of Freuds theory of psycho-analysis, a number of writers adopted the _
34、method of novel writing. （ A） stream of consciousness （ B） Symbolism （ C） Imagism （ D） Naturalism 25 In Britain the real power was in_. （ A） the Monarch （ B） the Home of Lords （ C） the House of Commons （ D） the Queen 26 Old English has a vocabulary of about_words. （ A） 30,000 to 40,000 （ B） 50,000 t
35、o 60,000 （ C） 70,000 to 80,000 （ D） 80,000 to 90,000 27 Australia was originally one colony of_. （ A） America （ B） Canada （ C） England （ D） New Zealand 28 “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?“ is a well-known line written by _. （ A） Keats （ B） Byron （ C） Shelley （ D） Burns 29 A word is a symb
36、ol that _. （ A） is used by the same speech community （ B） represents something else in the world （ C） is both simple and complex in nature （ D） shows different ideas in different sounds 30 Geographically, Scotland is divided into three main regions:_, the Midland Valley and the Southern Uplands. （ A
37、） the Lowlands （ B） the Highlands （ C） the Pennines （ D） the Lake District 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING in many places where it had【 M8】 _ never been away, it grew better. The World Heath Organization【 M9】 _ estimates that 1.7 billion people(a third of the earths population) suffer from tuberculosis. Eve
38、n when the infection rate was falling, population growth kept the number of clinical cases more or less constantly at 8 million a year. Around 3 million of those people【 M10】 _ died, nearly all of them in poor countries. 31 【 M1】 32 【 M2】 33 【 M3】 34 【 M4】 35 【 M5】 36 【 M6】 37 【 M7】 38 【 M8】 39 【 M9
39、】 40 【 M10】 SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Directions: Translate the following text into English. 41 中国是人类文明最早的发源地之一，中华文明也是世界上最古老的文明之一。从文字、青铜器等在中国出现并被使用开始，古老的中华大地便迎来了古代文明的晨曦。造纸术、火药、印刷术、指南针等发明，是中华民族对世界文明的突出贡献。孔子、老子等伟大思想家在两千多年前创立的哲学思想，经后世哲人丰富与发展，对中国及世界其他地区都产生了巨大的影响。中国古代的睿智哲贤提倡的“四海之内皆兄 弟 ”、 “和为贵 ”“海纳百川 ”
40、等思想主张，对中华文明与其他文明间的交流和融合产生着重要的影响。在数千年间，中国各族人民创造并不断丰富着自己的文明，中华民族以灿烂的文化艺术和光辉的科技成就屹立于世界民族之林。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. 42 The old man would surely be proud. This week some 300 representatives, from 35 different countries, gathered in Beijings Gre
41、at Hall of the People for the first-ever Confucius Institute conference. This was no philosophical pow-wow, but the worlds largest-ever conference on teaching Chinese as a foreign language. Confucius Institutes are Chinas answer to the Alliance Francaise, Germanys Goethe Institute and the British Co
42、uncil, and officials hope they will help meet a growing global demand for Chinese-language education.Confucius Institutes have got off to a roaring start. The first was established in Tashkent in Uzbekistan in June 2004, the 75th in Cracow in Poland exactly two years later. No other Chinese internat
43、ional franchise has done as well. Officially, they are overseen by Hanban, the agency charged by the Education Ministry with promoting the teaching of Chinese overseas. But Hanbans staff of only around 50 can barely cope with the volume of applications, on top of its other duties which include admin
44、istering Hanyu Shuipin Kaoshi, the standard test of proficiency in Chinese. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 43 Advertising has grown to be an industry worth many billions of dollars across the world. Almost all public space has s
45、ome advertisements in sight and all forms of media, from newspapers to the Internet, are also filled with adverts. Whilst this helps companies sell their produces, and helps consumers to learn what is on offer, many believe that this huge amount of advertising can be harmful. What do you think? Writ
46、e an essay of about 400 words. In the first part of your essay 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 make a summary. You should
47、supply an appropriate title for your essay. 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 essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 741答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this sect
48、ion 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. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check yo
49、ur 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】 Greek Mythology Good morning, everyone. Todays topic is the Greek mythology. (1) Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ri
