1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 751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 Self-discipline: the Foundation of Productive Living I. Issues to be noticed at the thought of self-disci
3、pline A Troubles for some people to become more productive B. The reason: lacking of (1)_ to start with (1)_ C. Multiple meanings of self-discipline in different fields: the ability and (2)_ in terms of productivity (2)_ the ability to change habits in personal development the ability to get up and
4、practice by (3)_ (3)_ the power to act on ideas by speaker II. The steps to become productive A. Start small, work (4)_ (4)_ the importance of implementation the comparison between it and the use of muscle a) more failure, less motivation, difficult to solve problems b) start developing it by (5)_ s
5、mall problems (5)_ c) the strength of it increases gradually d) similar process to (6)_ a habit rather than overcoming (6)_ B. Meanwhile, the importance of accountability and its remedial therapy rebuilding the (7)_ of muscle without assistance (7)_ differently, people need outside help to gain it a
6、gain others keep you (8)_ for each action and give you help (8)_ a) they are to be present in your daily life and work b) for instance: partner, family, (9)_, etc (9)_ III. Conclusion A. A lot of talks about the (10)_ to get things done (10)_ and implement systems they have memorized B. But self-dis
7、cipline remains to be the foundation of living productively. 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
8、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 statements is TRUE about professor Kimballs survey? （ A） Some people dont want to take it because its too time-consuming. （ B） Th
9、e results might not be objective enough. （ C） The survey aims to measure Americans happiness. （ D） The survey has been conducted for three months. 12 Which of the following statements about happiness is NOT true according to professor Kimball? （ A） Happiness means good luck in many languages. （ B） H
10、appiness as a kind of feeling is something like having a good life. （ C） Peoples feeling of happiness goes back to normal, quickly. （ D） The English word “happenstance“ is about luck that happens by chance. 13 Professor Kimball thinks the strong dip in peoples happiness after the earthquake in Pakis
11、tan _. （ A） shows that people all over the world care about Pakistan （ B） demonstrates earthquakes great influence （ C） doesnt make any sense because the survey results arent justified （ D） makes sense because everyone cares about other human beings 14 Whats professor Kimballs attitude towards Richa
12、rd Laird and his book on happiness? （ A） Positive. （ B） Negative. （ C） Indifferent. （ D） Ambiguous. 15 “Hedonic adaptation“ means that _. （ A） life is influenced by peoples feeling of happiness （ B） peoples feeling of happiness usually dips after news events （ C） the happiness goes back to normal af
13、ter a while （ D） the happiness depends on how well ones life is going 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 question
14、s. 16 According to the news, French President Chirac disagreed with President Bush on _. （ A） sending more NATO troops to Iraq （ B） changing the way NATO acts in Iraq （ C） contributing non-military NATO support for Iraq （ D） playing a new role in Iraq proposed by President Bush 17 The G-8 summit rea
15、ched an agreement on _ across the Middle East. （ A） providing aid and promoting democracy （ B） promoting democracy （ C） controlling a deadly disease （ D） Both B and C 17 Its easy to see why the price of gasoline is so upsetting to so many people. Gas prices are the one economic indicator you see all
16、 the time, prominently posted on big signs and the prices are at record levels, seemingly rising by the hour. Thats created a new pastime: driving around until you hit the big score, saving a nickel a gallon. Is this a good use of your time? Not really, once you calculate how long it takes to drive
17、around looking for a bargain and how much gas you burn doing it. If youre already at the financial brink, higher gas prices might push you over but for most people, they ought not to be that big a deal. Dont believe me? Here are the numbers. During its first five years, the average vehicle costs its
18、 owner around $725 a month, according to E, an automotive Web site. That includes depreciation, insurance, maintenance and such, but not gas. That averaged $1.94 a gallon last week, up 45 cents from a year ago. The average vehicle uses 550 gallons of gas annually. Do the math, and at todays price, i
19、t costs around $1,070 a year to fuel an average vehicle, up from $820. The difference: less than $25 a month. Forego the Big Gulp, hot dog and chips that you get along with your fill-up, and youll be ahead of the game. If you must worry, at least worry about the right thing: the way energy prices wi
20、ll slow down the economy if they stay at current levels. “Higher energy costs flow into every nook and cranny of the economy,“ says Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates. Each dollar-a-barrel price hike acts like a $20 million-a-day tax$7.3 billion a year on the rest of the
21、 economy, with another $13 million a day for natural gas, also in short supply. Oils up $12 a barrel in the past year, a levy that runs more than $100 billion annually. Even in an $11 trillion economy, that stings. Unlike previous price spikes, caused by supply shortages, the current jump is caused
22、largely by higher demand as the U.S. economy recovers, Chinas surges and the rest of the worlds fortunes improve. Thats the bad news part of the good economic news. But while supply and demand drive prices in the long term, in the short term theyre heavily influenced by financial players, such as tr
23、aders on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Yergin estimates that the combination of anxiety about the Middle East and financial players have added $6 to $8 a barrel to oil prices, which closed at $41.38 a barrel Friday. This means that even though world supplies are tight, oil could be knocked down
24、to about $30. Maybe we need some out-of-the-box thinking to dull this price spike. Sure, theres a long-term problem, requiring less demand or more supply. But for now, perhaps the Bush administration could use the 660-billion-barrel Strategic Petroleum Reserve to push prices down. One approach, sugg
25、ested by Loews CEO Jim Tisch, whose company has extensive energy holdings, is to trade some reserve oil for oil to be delivered in a year. Based on Fridays prices, we could swap six barrels today for seven wed get in 2005. That seems smarter than what were doing: filling the reserve at todays prices
26、. Think of it. Wed both save money and reduce current demand. The White House isnt going for that, however. “The president believes that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should be used only in the event of an emergency, not to manipulate prices,“ said White House spokesman Trent Duffy. It should be n
27、oted that Bush excoriated Bill Clinton for using the reserve to drive down heating-oil prices to help Al Gore. Sure, that was political but not necessarily unsound economically. OK, even if you insist on thinking inside the box, just remember that although the big picture is well worth your worry, y
28、our gas bills not worth obsessing over. After all, at the current prices, conservings important even mental energy. 18 According to the passage, the average owner spends $725 a month on the following with the exception of_. （ A） depreciation （ B） insurance （ C） maintenance （ D） gas 19 According to t
29、he author, what is the most serious consequence of the current higher oil price? （ A） The economy will slow down. （ B） Fewer people can afford to drive. （ C） People try to save pennies a gallon. （ D） People are wasting time looking for cheap oil. 20 Which of the following is NOT the cause for the cu
30、rrent jump of oil prices according to the passage? （ A） U.S. economy recovers. （ B） Chinas economy is developing fast. （ C） The rest of the world is becoming rich. （ D） The supply of oil is becoming less and less. 21 “Excoriated“ in the sixth paragraph is closest in meaning to_. （ A） exasperated （ B
31、） censured （ C） praised （ D） prevented 22 The author thinks the White House should_. （ A） limit the oil prices （ B） manipulate prices by using the reserve （ C） save money （ D） reduce demand 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Ch
32、oose the best answer to each question. 23 When the Hundred Years War ended in 1453, the only part of France that was still in the hands of the English is_. （ A） Paris （ B） Calais （ C） Aquitaine （ D） Anjor 24 Which of the following does not belong to the general principles of the form of U.S. governm
33、ent? （ A） Federalism. （ B） The separation of powers. （ C） Respect for the constitution and the rule of law. （ D） Constitutional monarchy. 25 John Donnes works include the following EXCEPT （ A） The Sun Rising. （ B） Holy Sonnets. （ C） An Essay of Dramatic Poesy. （ D） A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
34、. 26 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism? （ A） To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being. （ B） To put the stress on traditional values. （ C） To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment. （ D） To advocate a conscio
35、us break with the past. 27 Which part of the Island of Great Britain is the most populous part? （ A） Scotland. （ B） England. （ C） Wales. （ D） Ireland. 28 Harlem, which was _ by origin, is located in （ A） Spanish. New York （ B） Dutch. New York （ C） Dutch. Chicago （ D） Spanish. Chicago 29 The morpheme
36、 “vision“ in the common word “television“ is a (n) _. （ A） bound morpheme. （ B） bound form. （ C） inflectional morpheme. （ D） free morpheme. 30 Which two countries are linked by tunnel under the English Channel? （ A） The United States and Germany. （ B） The United Kingdom and Germany. （ C） The United
37、Kingdom and France. （ D） The United States and France. 31 The first English colony in America established in （ A） New Jersey. （ B） New York （ C） Jamestown. （ D） Georgia. 32 The character of _ is representative of the English bourgeoisie at the earlier stages of its development. （ A） Tom Jones （ B） S
38、amson （ C） Robinson Crusoe （ D） Roderick Random 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING personal development fans consider it the ability to change habits. Musicians consider it the ability to get up and practice every day, so they never fall behind in their level of skill and muscle memory. One angle I like to loo
39、k at self-discipline from, while not entirely containing the concept and all that it entails, can certainly be helpful: self-discipline is the power to act on ideas. It is the ability to take things from thoughts and realize them through actions and real results. Learning or creating a perfect syste
40、m for processing, acting on and organizing email efficiently is not going to be worth a damn until you can force yourself to do it whenever you check your email. Knowledge itself is only part of the path. Knowledge is not productivity. Its not efficiency. Its a necessary step, and the first step tow
41、ards those things, but implementation is the step that makes it worth the time and effort spent learning. Primarily, remember to start small, work up to big. If you havent been able to implement ideas in real life on a small scale, then the chances that you can do something big this week, such as ki
42、ck a ten-year smoking habit, are pretty small. It can and has been done, but good luck trying. There are exceptions to every rule. This is where the comparison of self-discipline to the use of a muscle is important, because if you keep trying to tackle the big problems in your life from the get-go,
43、you set yourself up to fail again and again. The more you fail on the big things, the more motivation you lose and the more it looks like the problems are too big to be beaten. Start developing your self-discipline skills by conquering small problems; if you find yourself drinking excessively and wa
44、nt to handle it, then start your first drink after everyone else has finished their first couple of rounds. Its a small change, but your success will set you up to succeed in the next stage, which may be cutting out one night of drinking per weekend altogether. Gradually, the strength of your self-d
45、iscipline increases, and the greater your success will be in tackling problems and implementing new changes. If you want to create a habit rather than defeat it, its a very similar process. For instance, if you find yourself constantly unable to maintain a new email processing system, start by makin
46、g an end-of-week appointment every week that you force yourself to keep. Process all your messages and clear out your inbox during that session, and continue this until it is second nature. You can then trial it on a more regular basis. Dont start out expecting unused muscles to be strong. In the me
47、antime, the role of accountability, the remedial therapy of self-discipline is crucial. When a person has, for some reason or another, allowed muscles to decrease to the point where they literally cant use them, they go through a long process of therapy, gradually rebuilding the strength in those mu
48、scles until they can use them without assistance. Its not impossible for this to happen with self-discipline; someone who once possessed plenty of it can allow it to decrease by failing to use restraint and letting bad habits commandeer their life. I know this happened to me, and it wasnt easy to fi
49、x. There is a point where you let your self-discipline weaken so much that its impossible to get it back without outside assistance. That point is where accountability comes into play; having someone to push you and force you to do what you cant force yourself to do. They keep you accountable for each action, and not only give you an angry stare when you fail,
