1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 758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 Cosmetics are now more popular than ever before. The agency responsible for regulating the【 1】 is the Foo
3、d and Drug Administration. A cosmetic is expected to cleanse, beautify, promote attractiveness, or change【 2】 For action to be taken against a cosmetic, it must be proven【 3】 in a court of law. But before a cosmetic is sold to the public, the FDA does not have【 4】 to review the safety of cosmetics o
4、r its ingredients. Cosmetics are tested constantly by the FDA for【 5】 Generally, customers complaints are deodorants, antiperspirants and hair【 6】 . Some cosmetics firms guarantee that cosmetics are safe and properly labeled. They test their products in【 7】 . Recently, the first step in the CTFA pro
5、gram assuring cosmetic safety is the【 8】 of cosmetic finns with the FDA. The second step is calling for the manufacturers to list the ingredients in their【 9】 . The third step is providing the FDA with information on all consumer complaints they receive. These【 10】 should assure that tighter control
6、s are being placed on the cosmetics industry. 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 inter
7、view. 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 the background information of a possible attack on Iran? （ A） US president is going to pay a visit to Benjamin Netanyahu. （ B）
8、Iran seems getting progress on a nuclear bomb. （ C） Theres a presidential election in America. （ D） It looks likely that Iran will retaliate if attacked. 12 What can you infer from the interview about the presidential election in America? （ A） Most voters dont like Israel. （ B） Mr. Obama may lose th
9、e election if he attacks Iran. （ C） Voters want a president that seems adamant on the Iranian nuclear issue. （ D） Benjamin Netanyahu is a warmonger. 13 Why doesnt Steven support an attack? （ A） Because he loves peace. （ B） Because the attack will certainly leave facilities unscathed. （ C） Because Is
10、rael cant afford such an attack. （ D） Because the attack might be counter-productive. 14 Which of the following CANNOT be affected at all by an attack? （ A） Nuclear facilities. （ B） Irans nuclear process. （ C） Irans determination. （ D） Irans nuclear know-how. 15 According to Steven, what is the best
11、 scenario of the issue? （ A） That America, not Israel conducts the attack. （ B） That people inside Iran overthrow the government. （ C） That Iran gets its way. （ D） That America wages a war on Iran and forces a regime change. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everythi
12、ng 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 What is the main idea of the news item? （ A） The mechanical breakdowns of artificial heart. （ B） The first artificial heart implanted in a
13、human chest. （ C） Various types of artificial pumps have come into play. （ D） Doctors achieve milestone using artificial heart with no beat. 17 According to Dr William Cohn, the artificial heart_. （ A） mimics the action of the heart found in humans （ B） provides the blood flow of a natural human hea
14、rt （ C） produces pulses by a continuous-pump mechanism （ D） uses a small spinning turbine to keep blood flowing at a steady rate 17 The Wisdom of the ages, all the stories that have delighted mankind for centuries, are easily and cheaply available to all of us within the covers of books but we must
15、know how to avail ourselves of this treasure and how to get the most from it. The most unfortunate people in, the world are those who have never discovered how satisfying it is to read good books. I am most interested in people, in meeting them and finding out about them. Some of the most remarkable
16、 people I have met existed only in a writers imagination, then on the pages of his book, and then, again, in my imagination. I have found in books new friends, new societies, new worlds. If I am interested in people, others are interested not so much in *ho as in how. Who in the books includes every
17、body from science-fiction superman two hundred centuries in the future all the way back to the first figures in history; how covers everything from the ingenious explanations of Sherlock Holmes to the discoveries of science and ways of teaching manners to children. Reading is a pleasure of the mind,
18、 which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works along with the authors or even goes beyond his. Your expe
19、rience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand. Every book stands by itself, like a one-family house, but books in a library are like houses in a city. Although they are separate, together they all add up to something; they are co
20、nnected with each other and with other cities. The same ideas, or related ones, turn up in different places; the human problems that repeat themselves in tire repeat themselves in literature, but with different solutions according to different writings at different times. Books influence each other;
21、 they link the past, the present and the future and have their own generations, like families. Wherever you start reading you connect yourself with one of the families of ideas, and, in the long run, you not only find out about the world and the people in it; you find out about yourself, too. Readin
22、g can only be fun if you expect it to be. If you concentrate on books somebody tells you ought to read, you probably wont have fun. But if you put down a book you dont like and try another till you find one that means something to you, and then relax with it, you will almost certainly have a good ti
23、me and if you become, as a result of reading, better, wiser, kinder, or more gentle, you wont have suffered during the process. 18 The best title for this passage can be _. （ A） How to Develop Your Interest in Reading （ B） Books and Magazines: Part of Your Life （ C） Writing and Writers （ D） The Plea
24、sures of Reading 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 19 The utterances that perform an act rather than state a fact or describe a state are called （ A） constative. （ B） speech act. （ C） p
25、erformatives. （ D） discourse. 20 The novel Emma is written by （ A） Mary Shelley. （ B） Charlotte Bronte. （ C） Elizabeth C. Gaskell. （ D） Jane Austen. 21 The largest and smallest states of the United States are _. （ A） Alaska and Rhode Island （ B） Texas and Maine （ C） Texas and Rhode Island （ D） Alask
26、a and Maine 22 Chomsky defines “competence“ as the ideal users_ of the rules of his language. （ A） instinct （ B） knowledge （ C） performance （ D） realization 23 _ describes in detail a communist society. （ A） Robin Hood （ B） Vanity Fair （ C） Utopia （ D） The Waste Land 24 The founder of Behaviorism is
27、_. （ A） Chomsky （ B） Saussure （ C） Bloomfield （ D） Labov 25 The excerpt from Chapter 10 of Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence ends with the conflict between Paul and his mother. The cause of the conflict was probably Paul and his mothers opposing views towards_. （ A） life. （ B） art. （ C） culture. （ D）
28、 politics. 26 When pitch, stress and sound length are tied to the sentence rather than the word in isolation, they are collectively known as （ A） tone. （ B） pronunciation. （ C） voicing. （ D） intonation. 27 The famous trial scene between Portia and Shylock comes from _. （ A） A Midsummer Nights Dream
29、（ B） Twelfth Night （ C） The Merchant of Venice （ D） As You Like It 28 Ralph Waldo Emerson was a representative of _. （ A） romanticism （ B） realism （ C） surrealism （ D） transcendentalism 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me. Occasionally, if I am very fortu
30、nate, I place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happy quiver of a bird in full song. I am delighted to have the cool waters of a brook rush thought my open finger. To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. To me the page ant of
31、 seasons is a thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my finger tips. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 41 As a fourth-year student about to graduate from a university, you have been through many courses a
32、nd activities. In retrospect, some of these courses and activities might be relevant in cultivating your personalities. What do you think could be improved in the university to better cultivate your personality? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: What Could Universities Improv
33、e to Cultivate Students Personality? 专业英语八级模拟试卷 758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-
34、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】 Never before have so many cosmetics been available to make men
35、 and women more attractive, more desirable, and more socially acceptable. Never before have Americans used such a wide variety and large volume of cosmetic products. Most of these products are safe for use, but it is very important that you observe some common-sense safety roles. The Food and Drug A
36、dministration, or FDA, is the federal agency which has been assigned by the Congress to assure the safety of the American cosmetics supply. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Art defines a cosmetic as an article which is to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed onto the body to cleanse, beautif
37、y, promote attractiveness, or change appearance. The law gives the FDA authority to take legal action against a cosmetic only after its dangers can be proved in a court of law. The FDA does not have authority to review the safety of cosmetics or their ingredients before they are sold to the public.
38、To fulfill its duty under the law, the FDA constantly tests cosmetic products for unsafe substances or harmful bacteria. The priority for this testing is based on consumer complaints about specific cosmetic products. Whenever a trend seems to be developing in consumer complaints, the FDA gives its a
39、ttention to the group of cosmetics causing these complaints. Among the types of products which cause most complaints are deodorants and antiperspirants, hair preparations, and make up for the eyes. Often the adverse effect, reported by the consumer, is not serious and disappears when use of the part
40、icular product is discontinued. But improper use of some cosmetics can cause serious and permanent injury. In the past few years, the cosmetics industry has come a long way in providing further guarantees that cosmetics are safe and properly labeled. Cosmetics companies test their products, either i
41、n their own laboratories or through other laboratories. Recently, the cosmetics industry trade association, the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association (CTFA), developed with the FDA a voluntary program which should assist the FDAs efforts in assuring that cosmetics are harmless. The first step
42、 of the program is the voluntary listing of cosmetic firms with the FDA. The second step calls for the manufacturers to list with the FDA the ingredients in their products, except for flavors and fragrances. The third step requires companies to provide the FDA with information on all consumer compla
43、ints they receive. These programs should contribute toward even greater assurances that cosmetics will be safe. 1 【正确答案】 safety of cosmetics 2 【正确答案】 appearance 3 【正确答案】 harmful 4 【正确答案】 authority 5 【正确答案】 bacteria 6 【正确答案】 preparations 7 【正确答案】 laboratories 8 【正确答案】 voluntary listing 9 【正确答案】 produ
44、cts 10 【正确答案】 programs 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 answer each of the following
45、five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 【听力原文】 W: Welcome to News Analysis. (1) Just ahead of the visit to the United States by Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel Some speculate that Israel is ever more likely to attack Irans nuclear facilities. Here with me is Steven, correspo
46、ndent from The Economist. Good evening, welcome. Can you first tell us more background information. Why the bombing? Why now? M: Well, stand-off between Iran and western countries has existed for quite a long time. It looks as if it is about to fail. Iran has continued enriching uranium. It is acqui
47、ring the technology it needs for a weapon. Deep underground, at Fordow, near the holy city of Qom, it is fitting out a uranium-enrichment plant that many say is invulnerable to aerial attack. Iran does not yet seem to have chosen actually to procure a nuclear arsenal, but that moment could come soon
48、. Some analysts, especially in Israel, judge that the scope for using force is running out. When it does, nothing will stand between Iran and a bomb. W: So they decide an attack might be the best solution. M: Yes, the air is thick with the prophecy of war. Leon Panetta, Americas defence secretary, h
49、as spoken of Israel attacking as early as April. (2) Others foresee an Israeli strike designed to drag in Barack Obama in the run-up to Americas presidential vote, when he will have most to lose from seeming weak. W: In your opinion, is the attack justified and if so should they carry it out? M: A decision to go to war should be based on the argument that war is warranted and likely to succeed. Irans intentions are malign and the consequences of its having a weapon would be grave. Faced by such a regime yo
