1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 749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 Information Superhighway at Work The changes in how we communicate make it necessary to change how we thi
3、nk about communication. The Information Superhighway is a new way of looking at【 1】 _ communication. It can be broken down into 【 1】 _ four components. People are the travelers and【 2】 _of the Superhighway. 【 2】 _ Many people plan, design, establish, maintain, and develop the appliances Of the Super
4、highway. others investigate the news, do the programming, and produce ideas. 【 3】 _ is the information on the Superhighway. It travels over 【 3】 _ the Superhighway and remains as varied as the people who send and receive it. Networks are the roadways that carry information between appliances. They a
5、re used to【 4】 _ data, graphics, and video across neigh 【 4】 _ borhoods, states and countries. Right now, we become familiar with television, radio, telephone,【 5】 _ and wireless networks. 【 5】 _ Appliances are the【 6】 _ of the Information Superhighway. 【 6】 _ They are the devices people use to【 7】
6、_, send, and receive information.【 7】_ Many appliances, such as telephones, fax machines, computers and modems, are popular nowadays. Now The Information Superhighway is the combination and【 8】 【 8】 _ _ of all four components, and it wll connect us all and【 9】 【 9】 _ _ everyone. Now, the Information
7、 Superhighway is under【 10】 _, and 【 10】 _ very soon more lanes are to be added in an ever - growing network of communications information ,innovation ,and opportunity. 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 he
8、ar 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 listen to the interview. 11 Paul Ray said they discovered that
9、 a clear cultural change was happening in many areas except_. （ A） peoples lives （ B） environmental issues （ C） consumption patterns （ D） media advertisements 12 According to Ray, the official culture is featured by _. （ A） small government （ B） dynamic media （ C） materialism （ D） the massive suppor
10、t from most Americans 13 Why do cultural creatives regard themselves alone in the society? （ A） They are seldom mentioned by mass media. （ B） They dont express themselves. （ C） They have to sacrifice many things which are parts of their old lives. （ D） All of the above. 14 Why are there so many wome
11、n among Cultural Creatives, according to Ray? （ A） Because they are not burdened so much as men. （ B） Because they are more sensitive and feel more. （ C） Because they will push for change and for a better world because of their husbands. （ D） Because they have more intelligence and skills. 15 Ray sa
12、id he had been an activist, involved in_. （ A） anti-discrimination movement （ B） environmental movement （ C） non-violence movement （ D） human rights movement SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that f
13、ollow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 The news is mainly about _. （ A） the history of Germans in the World Cup Football Championships （ B） the performance of the teams in the World Cup Football Championship （ C） the victory of the host nation i
14、n the beginning （ D） the response of the football fans 16 The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed. The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. Many in these countries are looking at th
15、is process and worrying “Wont the wave of business concentration turn into an uncontrollable anti-competitive force?“ Theres no question that the big are getting bigger and more powerful. Multinational corporations accounted for less than 200/00 of international trade in 1982. Today the figure is mo
16、re than 25% and growing rapidly. International affiliates account for a fast-growing segment of production in economies that open up and welcome foreign investment. In Argentina, for instance, after the reforms of the early 1990s, multinationals went from 43% to almost 70% of the industrial producti
17、on of the 200 largest firms. This phenomenon has created serious concerns over the role of smaller economic firms, of national businessmen and over the ultimate stability of the world economy. I believe that the most important forces behind the massive M rather, they are themselves and as such do no
18、t use their energy putting on a performancemaintainning pretence, and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behin
19、d a mask. Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge. They can separate facts from opinions and dont pretend to have all the answers. They listen to others, evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions. Although winners can admire and respect other pe
20、ople, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them. Winners do not play “helpless“, nor do they play the blaming game. Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 3
21、4 With the pace of life becoming fast, modern people find themselves under stress all too often. What is your view on coping with the stress? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: How to Handle Stress in Our Life? In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main
22、 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. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above in
23、structions may result in a loss of marks. Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 749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 marke
24、d, 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】 Information Superh
25、ighway At Work The Information superhighway is a new way of looking at electronic Communication. It can be broken down into four components: people, content, networks, and appliances. People are the travelers and builders of the superhighway. We travel the stuperhighway every time we make a phone ca
26、ll, receive a fax , watch TV, or search the World Wide Web. Today, in many American communities, teachers, school administators, and librarians use the information superhighway to find new information and materials, share ideas and lesson plans with colleagues, and bring guests and experts to their
27、classrooms. Communities use it to relay local information and to reach out the world beyond them. Families send email to each other, research vacation destinations, and share Information on child nutrition via the information superhighway. The Information superhighway also create jobs. Many people p
28、lan, design, build, maintain, and develop the net- works and appliances of the superhighway. others investigate the news, create the programming, and come up with the ideas that make our journeys on the superhighway information and entertaining. Content is the information on the superhighway. People
29、 created the Information superhighway to share ideas, entertainment, and data quickly, easily, and over great distances. The content that travels over the superhighway is as varied as the people who send and receive it. It can be a comedy show transmitted over broadcast or cable television networks,
30、 or it can be an e-mail message between old friends. It can also be the voice mail of a school principal, or the online database of a small business. Today, every kind of inform action can be transmitted to anywhere at anytime. The content carried over the superhighway is immense and growing constan
31、tly. Are you looking for a play or a poem by Shakespeare7 Its out there. You need not worry if you have no time to visit a library during work hours. The library of Congress and hundreds of other public libraries around the world are electronically open for everybody, at any time of the day or night
32、. You can even download country profiles from the CLAs world fact book. And newspapers are making their archives available on the Information superhighway to allow readers to compile an individual collection of stories or receive a personalized copy of the paper. Networks are the roadways that carry
33、 content between appliances. When you make a phone call to a friend, it is a network that connects you. Today, phone, cable, fiber-op-tic, and satellite networks are used to carry many different forms of information in addition to voice communication. They are used to transmit data, graphics, and vi
34、deo across neighborhoods, states, and countries. And these networks ape connected to each other thanks to the National Information Infrastructure. The Internet includes computer networks connected by satellites, cables, and telephone wires. The in-formation superhighway includes many different netwo
35、rks that can connect at various junctions, just as streets, state roads, and interstate highways all connect. Right now, we are now familiar with television, radio, and telephone networks. However, fiber-optic and wireless networks are increasingly providing us with faster and more far-reaching comm
36、unications. Appliances are the on-ramps of the Information super- highway. They are the devices people use to access, send, and receive content. Many appliances, such as telephones and fax machines, are already used in homes and work- places. others, like computers and modems, are becoming increasin
37、gly more common. The Information superhighway is the combination and interaction of all four components. People create content and use appliances to send and receive it over networks. And it has influenced us a lot. Beepers and cellular telephones connect doctors with their offices and patients any
38、where and anytime. Cable TV brings a wealth of educational and entertainment channels in- to our homes. Teleconferencing allows us to talk face-to-face with colleagues and teachers across the country. In education, in business, and in private life, the Information super- highway benefits everyone. T
39、he education community benefits from access to new and exciting resources on the Information superhighway. Teachers go online to discuss issues with colleagues and to download lesson plans. Students access information, visit places of interest around the country and the world, and use university lib
40、raries to do research. Administrators exchange ideas across the country. Parents contact teachers by voice mail or e-mail. The Information superhighway is an excellent forum for debate, as well as a place for like-minded individuals to come together. The way we work is changing profoundly. Technolog
41、y already enables networked companies to share data and ideas between offices. Soon, collaborating on a project with colleagues far and near will be as easy as walking into an office down the hall. A personal computer with a modem allows insurance agents, for example, to hook up to the database at t
42、heir headquarters, to search for and retrieve client files, get up-to-the-minute rate information, and speed up processing. Now, the Information superhighway is under construction, but unlike a road waiting for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the superhighway is aheady open. Every month more onramps and
43、lanes are being added, linking small towns, cities, states, and countries in an ever-growing network of communications information, innovation, and opportunity. 1 【正确答案】 electronic 【试题解析】 “electronic”电子的来自 “electron”-“a stable elementary particle having s unit negative electric charge and a rest mas
44、s of approx”电子； “electric”为“of or operated by electricity”电的。 2 【正确答案】 builders 【试题解析】 Travelers and builders are generall two kinds of people who aye connected with the Superhighway. 3 【正确答案】 content 【试题解析】 Ideas， entertainment， data are called in- formation “content”为“the meaning or significance o
45、f a literary or artistic work”内容； “in formation”为“a collection of facts or data”信息。 4 【正确答案】 transmit 【试题解析】 “transmit”为 “send from one person， thing， or place to another”传送； Networks are just used to send varied kinds of data， graphics， and video across states， countries， “networks”为 “openwork stru
46、ctures in which roads are interconnected so as to have information”网络。 5 【正确答案】 fiber-optic 【试题解析】 “fiberoptic”为 “of the technology of light transmission through very fine， flexible glass or plastic fibers.”光纤的。 6 【正确答案】 on-ramps 【试题解析】 “appliances”为 “devices， esp， those operated by gas， or electric
47、ity， designed for household use”设备，装置； “onramps”为 “inclined surfaces or roadways connecting different levels”斜坡。 7 【正确答案】 access 【试题解析】 “access”为 “v to obtain； n a means of approachig or entering” 8 【正确答案】 interaction 【试题解析】 “interaction”由 “interact”来 “inter”是 “prefix， between，among； mutual， recipro
48、cal”之意，而 “interact”为 “to effect on each other”互相作用。 9 【正确答案】 benefit 【试题解析】 “benefit”为 “to helpful or advantageous to”有利于。 10 【正确答案】 construction 【试题解析】 “construction”为 “the act， process， or business of building”建设。 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.
49、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. 10 【听力原文】 Interview with PAUL RAY: AD: How did you discover the C
