1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 768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 Conversational Skills People who usually make us feel comfortable in conversations are good talkers. And
3、they have something in common, i.e. skills to put people at ease. I. Skill to ask questions 1)Be aware of the human nature: readiness to answer others questions regardless of【 B1】 _;【 B1】 _ 2)Start a conversation with some personal but unharmful questions, e.g. questions about ones【 B2】 _ job,【 B2】
4、_ questions about ones activities in the【 B3】 _;【 B3】 _ 3)Be able to spot signals for further talk. II. Skill to【 B4】 _ for answers【 B4】 _ 1)Dont shift from subject to subject, sticking to the same subject: signs of【 B5】 _ in【 B5】 _ conversation; 2)Listen to【 B6】 _ of voice,【 B6】 _ if people sound u
5、nenthusiastic, then change subject; 3)Use eyes and ears, steady your gaze while listening. III. Skill to laugh Effects of laughter: ease peoples【 B7】 _;【 B7】 _ help start【 B8】 _【 B8】 _ IV. Skill to part 1)Importance: open up possibilities for future friendship or contact; 2)Ways: men: a smile, a【 B9
6、】 _;【 B9】 _ women: same as【 B10】 _ now;【 B10】 _ how to express pleasure in meeting someone. 1 【 B1】 2 【 B2】 3 【 B3】 4 【 B4】 5 【 B5】 6 【 B6】 7 【 B7】 8 【 B8】 9 【 B9】 10 【 B10】 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the quest
7、ions 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 Why does Chris enjoy driving a taxi? （ A） Because he can do something which helps people. （ B） Becaus
8、e he is able to decide exactly what he does. （ C） Because he can travel to different parts of the city. （ D） Because he can earn a lot of money. 12 What does he need to do as a taxi driver? （ A） To give travel information to passengers. （ B） To know his way around the city very well. （ C） To spend a
9、 lot of time waiting at stations. （ D） To predict where he will find work. 13 What does he find about most of his passengers? （ A） They are happy to chat to him. （ B） They only give one-word answers. （ C） They have interesting stories to tell. （ D） They dislike taxi drivers. 14 According to Chris, w
10、hen do some people get annoyed? （ A） They have a long wait for the taxi. （ B） The taxi fare is high. （ C） The driver talks too much. （ D） The journey takes longer than usual. 15 Why does he feel he is well-suited to his job? （ A） Because he grew up wanting to be a taxi driver. （ B） Because he likes
11、being friendly for short periods. （ C） Because he was once a shop assistant. （ D） Because he enjoys driving long distances. 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 ite
12、m, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 What is the problem with Russias space station? （ A） It has lost its primary 6xygen sources. （ B） It has lost its backup oxygen sources. （ C） It has lost both the primary and the backup oxygen sources. （ D） It has last neither the primary o
13、r the backup oxygen sources. 17 What problems has the space station experienced in the past six months? （ A） Generator malfunction. （ B） Computer error. （ C） A collision with another station. （ D） All the above. 18 There are _ Russian(s) and _ American(s) on board. （ A） one, one （ B） one, two （ C） t
14、wo, two （ D） two, one 18 The proposal of a single six-year term for the President of the United States has been around for a long time. High-minded people have urged it from the beginning of the Republic. The Constitutional Convention turned it down in 1787, and recurrent efforts to put it in the Co
15、nstitution have regularly failed in the two centuries since. Quite right: it is a terrible idea for a number of reasons among them that it is at war with the philosophy of democracy. The basic argument for the one-term, six-year presidency is that the quest for reelection is at the heart of our prob
16、lems with self-government. The desire for reelection, it is claimed, drives Presidents to do things they would not otherwise do. It leads them to make easy promises and to postpone hard decisions. A single six-year term would liberate presidents from the pressures and temptations of politics. Instea
17、d of worrying about reelection, they would be free to do only what was best for the country. The argument is superficially attractive. But when you think about it, it is profoundly antidemocratic in its implications. It assumes Presidents know better than anyone else what is best for the country and
18、 that the people are so wrongheaded and ignorant that Presidents should be encouraged to disregard their wishes. It assumes that the less responsive a President is to popular desires and needs, the better President he or she will be. It assumes that the democratic process is the obstacle to wise dec
19、isions. The theory of American democracy is quite the opposite. It is that the give-and-take of the democratic process is the best source of wise decisions. It is that the Presidents duty is not to ignore and override popular concerns but to acknowledge and heed them. It is “that the Presidents acco
20、untability to the popular will is the best guarantee that he or she will do a good job. The one-term limitation, as Gouverneur Morris, final draftsman of the Constitution, persuaded the convention, would “destroy the great motive to good behavior,“ which is the hope of reelection. A President, said
21、Olive Ellsworth, another Founding Father, “should be reelected if his conduct prove worthy of it. And he will be more likely to render himself worthy of it if he be rewardable with it.“ The ban on reelection has other perverse consequences. Forbidding a President to run again, Gouverneur Morris said
22、, is “as much as to say that we should give him the benefit of experience, and then deprive ourselves of use of it.“ George Washington stoutly opposed the idea. “I can see no propriety,“ he wrote, “in precluding ourselves from the service of any man, who on some great emergency shall be deemed unive
23、rsally most capable of serving the public.“ A single six-year term would release Presidents from the test of submitting their records to the voters. It would be an impeachment of the democratic process itself. The Founding Fathers were everlastingly right when they turned down this well-intentioned
24、but ill-considered proposal 200 years ago. 19 The main idea of the passage is that the United States Presidents should _ （ A） have wide political experience （ B） serve for a term of less than six years （ C） serve for a term of more than six years （ D） be allowed to be reelected 20 According to the a
25、uthor, what is the main argument for a one-term, six-year presidency? （ A） It would lessen corruption at the presidential level. （ B） It would result in a more democratically elected government. （ C） It would reduce the role of political calculations in presidential decisions. （ D） It would promote
26、a presidency more responsive to the will of the people. 21 Why does the author think that a six-year presidency is antidemocratic? （ A） It would result in a President less responsive to the will of the people. （ B） It would leave no way of removing an unpopular President from power. （ C） It would un
27、dermine time-tested electoral procedures. （ D） It would give an unfair advantage to one portion of the electorate. 22 In line 3 of the 4th paragraph, “acknowledge and heed“ are best interpreted as meaning _. （ A） ask for and follow （ B） recognize and clarify （ C） believe in and put into practice （ D
28、） pay attention to and consider 23 What do the comments of Gouverneur Morris and George Washington (Pars.6) suggest? （ A） Presidents should be guaranteed two terms in office. （ B） The behavior of a President can best be evaluated over two terms of office. （ C） The experience gained in one presidenti
29、al term is valuable for the next. （ D） Experience is not a guarantee of continued excellence in office. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 24 Which two parties are dominating the politic
30、al scene in the U.S. now? （ A） The Democratic Party and the National Party. （ B） The Conservative party and the Liberty Party. （ C） The Republican Party and the Democratic Party. （ D） The Labor Party and the National Party. 25 _is the largest city of the Great Plains. （ A） Colorado （ B） Denver （ C）
31、Cleveland （ D） Chicago 26 Whose presidential term is the longest in the U.S.? （ A） Franklin Roosevelt. （ B） George Washington. （ C） Thomas Jefferson. （ D） Abraham Lincoln. 27 What was called the severest of many plagues that took place between 1348 and 1350? （ A） Black Death. （ B） Black Day. （ C） Bl
32、ack Mail. （ D） Black Age. 28 _, the largest province in Canada geographically, is famous for its strong French culture. （ A） Quebec （ B） Ontario （ C） British Columbia （ D） Manitoba 29 The two official languages in Ireland are （ A） English and Gaelic. （ B） Gaelic and Irish. （ C） English and Maori. （
33、D） Gaelic and Maori. 30 Which of the following exposed the evils of the meatpacking industry? （ A） The Jungle （ B） The Octopus （ C） The History of the Standard Oil Company （ D） The Shame of the Cities. 32 The present Sovereign of U. K. is _. （ A） Queen Elizabeth Il （ B） Tony Blaire （ C） George W. Bu
34、sh （ D） John Howard 33 Whose name is used to call New World “America“ ? （ A） Columbus. （ B） Vespucci. （ C） Francois Dr. ake. （ D） Cartier. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING only the scholar stands high.“ 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 37
35、In some pilot programmes, teachers salaries are linked with students evaluation. If a teacher fails in the students evaluation, his or her salary will hurt. Some people applaud this new practice, thinking that it would improve the teaching quality. Others, however, disagree with it, because it may m
36、islead teachers to please their students. What is your opinion? Should teachers salaries be linked with students evaluation? Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 768答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear
37、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 your notes, and anot
38、her ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Conversational Skills Good morning. Todays lecture will focus on how to make people feel at ease in conversations. I guess all of you sitting here can recall certain people who just se
39、em to make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if youve known them half your life. These people who have that certain something that makes us feel comfortable have something in common, and once we know what that is, we can go about getting some of that
40、something for ourselves. How is it done? Here are some of the skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they will help you put people at their ease, make them feel secure, and comfortable, and turn acquaintances into friends. First of all, good talkers ask questions. Almost anyone, no
41、 matter how shy, will answer a question. In fact, according to my observation, very shy persons are often more willing to answer questions than extroverts. They are more concerned that someone will think them impolite if they dont respond to the questions. So most skillful conversationalists recomme
42、nd starting with a question that is personal, but not harmful. For example, once a famous American TV presenter got a long and fascinating interview from a notoriously private billionaire by asking him about his first job. Another example, one prominent woman executive confesses that at business lun
43、ches, “I always ask people what they did that morning. Its a dull question, but it gets things going.“ From there, you can move on to other matters, sometimes to really personal questions. Moreover, how your responder answers will let you know how far you can go. A few simple catchwords like “Really
44、?“ “Yes?“ are clear invitations to continue talking. Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen for answers. This point seems obvious, but isnt in fact. Making people feel comfortable isnt simply a matter of making idle conversation. Your questions have a point. Youre really asking,
45、 “What sort of person are you?“ and to find out, you have to really listen. There are at least three components of real listening. For one thing, real listening means not changing the subject. If someone sticks to the topic, you can assume that he or she is really interested in it. Another component
46、 of real listening is listening not to just words but to tones of voice. I once mentioned D. H. Lawrence to a friend. To my astonishment, she launched into an academic discussion of the imagery in Lawrences works. Midway through, I listened to her voice. It was, to put it mildly, unanimated, and it
47、seemed obvious that the imagery monologue was intended solely for my benefit, and I quickly changed the subject. At last, real listening means using your eyes as well as your ears. When your gaze wanders, it makes people think theyre boring you, or what they are saying is not interesting. Of course,
48、 you dont have to stare, or glare at them. Simply looking attentive will make most people think that you think theyre fascinating. Next, good talkers are not afraid to laugh. If you think of all the people you know who make you feel comfortable, you may notice that all of them laugh a lot. Laughter
49、is not only warming and friendly, its also a good way to ease other peoples discomfort. I have a friend who I enjoy watching in gatherings of other people who do not know each other well. The first few minutes of talk are a bit uneasy and hesitant, for the people involved do not yet have a sense of each other. Invariably, a light comment or joke is made, and my friends easy laughter
