1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 775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 The human body is suitably described as “a highly complex self w genera- tor“because if it is given the r
3、ight fuel, it is capable of both curing and【 1】 【 1】_ _ off diseases, our body can be compared to a matching, if it is not prop- edy looked after, it will become【 2】 _,sluggish, or clogged and parts of 【 2】_ the mechanism will not be kept in good working order. In order to function expertly, our bod
4、y needs carbohydrates, protein, fat, 【 3】 _ and minerals, coupled with regular exercise. But an excessive in- 【 3】_ take of carbohydrates should be avoided because they will mostly【 4】 _ to 【 4】 _ fat. Protein is important for tissue building. The recommended minimum a- 【 5】_ mount the average perso
5、n needs is【 5】 _ grams a day, an excess or a defi- ciency of which is not advisable as it is indispensable to human growth. Animal fats, good sources of energy, are sometimes likely to cause in- 【 6】_ creased cholesterol levels in tbe【 6】 _ so people suffering from heart com- plaints should avoid ea
6、ting them. Vitamins are also regarded as essential requirements fox health. Deficiency 【 7】_ of vitamins, whether A or C, will reduce our bodys resistance to【 7】 _ Calcium, iron and iodine are the important minerals we need. Milk, liver, lemils and dates are rich in minerals. 【 8】 _ Natural foods ar
7、e always best. Don t rely on too much on “【 8】 _ foods“, appetizing and labouring- saving as they are, because the preserva- 【 9】_ tires, artificial colouring and additives in the【 9】 _ foods we buy will do us harm. Besides the factors of climate, age and occupation, in order to achieve a 【 10】_ bal
8、anced diet, we must also consider the following four points:【 10】 _ environment, employment and emotional stress. 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 answ
9、er 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 mentioned by the author among things that are inherited fro
10、m ancestors? （ A） Complexion. （ B） Diseases. （ C） Adaptation ability. （ D） Intelligence. 12 People are likely to have a higher cholesterol level in winter because （ A） they tend to take in less vitamin D in that season. （ B） they do less exercise and become weaker than usual. （ C） they need to eat m
11、uch more greasy food to keep warm. （ D） they get less sun to convert cholesterol into vitamin D. 13 Which of the following is TRUE about eye protection from sunburn? （ A） We can drink celery juice to prevent our eyes from being tanned. （ B） We should wear sunglasses after 10-munite exposure to the s
12、un. （ C） We can do without eyewear when we go out on a sunny day. （ D） We should put on sunglasses as soon as we go out in the sun. 14 Which of the following is NOT the authors view? （ A） Asians are at a higher risk of alcoholism. （ B） Organic vegetables are not always safer. （ C） We may rust from a
13、bsorbing too much iron. （ D） Moderate amount of sun exposure is good. 15 Whats the man content of the book Survival, of the Sickest? （ A） It gives conventional account for medicine. （ B） It introduces the dietary regime for the sick. （ C） It sees various medical issues in new light. （ D） It offers t
14、ips on survival in the wilderness. 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 questions. 16 The reasons why the church wa
15、nted to burn Harry Potter books didnt include that _. （ A） it believed that the books were an abhorrence to God （ B） it believed that the books would weaken the communication with God （ C） it believed that the existence of God had been confused by the book （ D） it believed that the books would ruin
16、the lives of many young people 17 Which statement is not true? （ A） The stories of Harry Potter are criticized in some other cities in U.S except New Mexico. （ B） Young people are fascinated with Harry Potter. （ C） Christian churches hate Harry Potter. （ D） Pastor Jack Brock planned to burn the Harr
17、y Potter books on Sunday. 17 In sixteenth-century Italy and eighteenth-century France, waning prosperity and increasing social unrest led the ruling families to try to preserve theft superiority by withdrawing from the lower and middle classes behind barriers of etiquette. In a prosperous community,
18、 on the other hand, polite society soon adsorbs the newly rich, and in England there has never been any shortage of books on etiquette for teaching them the manners appropriate to their new way of life. Every code of etiquette has contained three elements: basic moral duties; practical rules which p
19、romote efficiency; and artificial, optional graces such as formal compliments to, say, women on their beauty or superiors on their generosity and importance. In the first category are considerations for the weak and respect for age. Among the ancient Egyptians the young always stood in the presence
20、of older people. Among the Mponguwe of Tanzaia, the young men bow as they pass the huts of the elders. In England, until about a century ago, young children did not sit in their parents presence without asking permission. Practical rules are helpful in such ordinary occurrences of social life as mak
21、ing proper introductions at parties or other functions so that people can be brought to know each other. Before the invention of the fork, etiquette directed that the fingers should be kept as clean as possible; before the handkerchief came into common use, etiquette suggested that after spitting, a
22、 person should rub the spit inconspicuously underfoot. Extremely refined behavior, however, cultivated as an art of gracious living, has been characteristic only of societies with wealth and leisure, which admitted women as the social equals of men. After the fall of Rome, the first European society
23、 to regulate behavior in private life in accordance with a complicated code of etiquette was twelfth-century Province, in France. Provence had become wealthy. The lords had returned to their castle from the crusades, and there the ideals of chivalry grew up, which emphasized the virtue and gentlenes
24、s of women and demanded that a knight should profess a pure and dedicated love to a lady who would be his inspiration, and to whom he would dedicate his valiant deeds, though he would never come physically close to her. This was the introduction of the concept of romantic love, which was to influenc
25、e literature for many hundreds of years and which still lives on in a debased form in simple popular songs and cheap novels today. In Renaissance Italy too, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a wealthy and leisured society developed an extremely complex code of manners, but the rules of beha
26、vior of fashionable society had little influence on the daily life of the lower classes. Indeed many of the rules, such as how to enter a banquet room, or how to use a sword or handkerchief for ceremonial purposes, were irrelevant to the way of life of the average working man, who spent most of his
27、life outdoors or in his own poor hut and most probably did not have a handkerchief, certainly not a sword, to his name. Yet the essential basis of all good manners does not vary. Consideration for the old and weak and the avoidance of banning or giving unnecessary offence to others is a feature of a
28、ll societies everywhere and at all levels from the highest to the lowest. 18 One characteristic of the rich classes of a declining society is their tendency to _. （ A） take in the recently wealthy （ B） retreat within themselves （ C） produce publications on manners （ D） change the laws of etiquette 1
29、9 Which of the following is NOT an element of the code of etiquette? （ A） Respect for age. （ B） Formal compliments. （ C） Proper introductions at social functions. （ D） Eating with a fork rather than fingers. 20 According to the writer which of the following is put of chivalry? A knight should _. （ A
30、） inspire his lady to perform valiant deeds （ B） perform deeds which would inspire romantic songs （ C） express his love for his lady from a distance （ D） regard his lady as strong and independent 21 Etiquette as an art of gracious living is quoted as a feature of which country? （ A） Egypt. （ B） 18th
31、 century France. （ C） Renaissance Italy. （ D） England 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 22 The Civil Rights leader who promoted non-violent policy and gave the famous speech “I have a d
32、ream“ is_. （ A） Martin Luther King （ B） Malcolm X （ C） Booker T. Washington （ D） Marcus Garvey 23 _is the flightless bird which has become a symbol of New Zealand. （ A） Emu （ B） Kiwi （ C） Weka （ D） Pukeko 24 “This orphan has a father.“ is an example of _. （ A） contradiction （ B） inconsistency （ C） t
33、autology （ D） implicature 25 The capital of New Zealand is_. （ A） Auckland （ B） Christchurch （ C） Dunedin （ D） Wellington 26 The first English colony in the New Continent was founded at_, Virginia in 1607. （ A） Plymouth （ B） Georgia （ C） Jamestown （ D） Saratoga 27 The _ is lying between America to t
34、he east and Asia. （ A） Atlantic （ B） Pacific （ C） Indian Oceam （ D） Arctic 28 The two leading parties in Britain are _. （ A） the Conservative Party and the Labor Party （ B） the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party （ C） the Liberal Party and the Labor Party （ D） the Democratic Party and the Labor
35、 Party 29 Hawthorne generally concerned himself with such issues as _ in his fictions. （ A） the evil in mans heart （ B） the material pursuit （ C） the racial conflict （ D） the social inequality 30 In 1066, Britain was conquered by _. （ A） Rome （ B） Portman （ C） Vikings （ D） Norman 31 In the following
36、 descriptions of the Neoclassical Period, which is WRONG? （ A） The Neoclassical Period is prior to the Romantic Period. （ B） Henry Fielding is one of the representatives of the Neoclassical period. （ C） The modem English novel came into being in the Neoclassical period. （ D） Neoclassical Period is a
37、lso known as the Age of Enlightenment. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING the common mans homes with their inevitable pomegranate trees and jars of goldfish, no less than the rich mans mansions and gardens; the open-air tea houses where men loll on rattan armchairs under cypress tress, spending twenty cents fo
38、r a whole afternoon in summer; the enclosed teashops where in winter men eat steaming-hot mutton fried with onion and drink pehkan and where the great rub shoulders with the humble; the wonderful theaters, the beautiful restaurants, the bazaars, the lantern streets and the curio streets; the temple
39、fairs which register the days of the month. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 35 Chinese visitors are received with mixed feelings by overseas destinations. On the one hand, Chinese visitors are the largest portion of luxury consum
40、ers in the world. On the other hand, they are usually noisy, tacky and uncivil. For example, some of them are used to talking loudly in public areas. What measures could be taken to regulate Chinese tourists behaviors? Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for you
41、r essay. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 775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-
42、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】 The first and basic consideration in achieving a balanced and healthy diet is not how much
43、 or how little we eat, but what we eat. The body is a highly complex self - genera- tar, that is to say, provided it is given the right fuel, It is capable of both curing and warding off disease. Like any other machine, however, if it is inexpertly cared for, over taxed or insufficiently used, it wi
44、ll become rusty, sluggish or clogged and parts of its mechanism may even grind to a halt, The proper care of the body requires an understanding of its needs, allowing for variations resulting from climate, age occupation or even other factors. To keep in good running order, the body requires the raw
45、 materials for growth and the replacement of tissues when necessary. Our bodies burn food like fuel to produce the energy we need. Basically we need carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals, together with regular but not excessive exercise. Carbohydrates are found in foods such as bread, p
46、otatoes and sugar. They are excellent energy producers, but if eaten too excess may be largely converted to fat and a reduction in the amount of carbohydrates or “starchy“ foods is one of the obvious ways to reduce weight, since most of us eat too much of them any- way. Protein, found in meat and ch
47、eese, is used for tissue building and in- tile developed countries most people eat a- bout 110g daily which is a good deal more than the recommended minimum of 70g a day. In underdeveloped countries where food is scarce and periodical famine may occur, children in particular suffer from protein defi
48、ciency, since ibis is the material most needed for growth. Animal fats, e. g, butter, are also good sources of energy, but are sometimes held to cause increased cholesterol levels in the blood ( which may lead to fatty deposits in the arteries) and are therefore best avoided by people suffering from
49、 certain forms of heart disease, vegetable tats being recommended as a substitute. Vitamins are another essential requirement for health. There are about forty known vitamins, but the most generally referred to are A, B, C, D and E. Deficiency of Vitamin A, found mainly in carrots, rosehips, liver, etc, is alleged to affect the vision and the skin and reduce resista
