1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 820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 How to Ensure Survival in the College Dorm Life in college dorm can be hard, especially for the first-yea
3、rs. Here Shah J. Chaudhry gives them great tips for successful college dorm life. College students face certain degree of 【 B1】 _ in their 【 B1】 _ dorms. However, students need not be 【 B2】 _ about problems 【 B2】 _ and frustrations. Theyd better find the bright 【 B3】 _ of dorm 【 B3】 _ life. The foll
4、owing is the advice as how to 【 B4】 _ to it. 【 B4】 _ Shape up Everyone has his own way of getting things done. Since students are sharing dorm with each other, it is wise for them to reexamine their 【 B5】 _ . 【 B5】 _ Make Friends and Socialize Friends will make things 【 B6】 _ for people, so the best
5、 way 【 B6】 _ of a quick adjustment is making friends. It is strongly believed that dorm life provides great 【 B7】 _ for students to make close 【 B7】 _ friends. Tolerate and Co-exist Students will 【 B8】 _ meet mean people in college. In such 【 B8】 _ case, they must learn to put up with each other and
6、 stay in peace. Learn to Share It is wise for students to learn to share things with others, not only the facilities in the dorm, but also some personal 【 B9】 _ . 【 B9】 _ Have Fun With no parents around, enough freedom, and people of similar 【 B10】 _ , having fun is the most important part of dorm 【
7、 B10】 _ life, although the major task for students is to study. 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 questions that follow. Questions
8、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 What does the man do? （ A） He is an actor. （ B） He is a photographer. （ C） He is a director. （ D） He is a writer. 12 The man seem
9、s to prefer （ A） movie about people. （ B） movie of myth. （ C） action movie. （ D） movie about the Bible. 13 Why does the man do a lot of rehearsals with the actors? （ A） He wants the actors to feel safe and willing to create. （ B） He feels safe by doing these. （ C） He is afraid that actors may make m
10、istakes without rehearsals. （ D） He does not want many takes. 14 What will the audience probably feel when watching The Tailor of Panama? （ A） Excited. （ B） Happy. （ C） Mysterious. （ D） Sad. 15 Which of the following statements is true about the man? （ A） He often participates in writing film script
11、s. （ B） He sometimes does the camera himself. （ C） He does not like the actors to take risks in acting. （ D） He emphasizes the sense of security. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At th
12、e end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 What is the news item mainly talking about? （ A） Child mistreatment. （ B） Child trafficking. （ C） Child labour. （ D） Anti-slavery. 17 Which of the following is INCORRECT about the explosion? （ A） It happened at a bus d
13、epot. （ B） It killed more than 70 people and injured 26. （ C） It attacked a bus for the Ugandan capital Kampala. （ D） The bag exploded during the security check. 18 Who might be responsible for the explosion? （ A） Kampala terrorists. （ B） Nairobi terrorists. （ C） Somali insurgents. （ D） Not mentione
14、d. 19 Why did the protesters make such a protest? （ A） They thought the vote didnt cover enough voters. （ B） They believed there was widespread discrimination between parties. （ C） They believed there was vote-rigging in Sundays presidential election. （ D） They were avenging their presidential candi
15、date Vladimir Neklyaev. 20 The opposition protesters are asking for （ A） a fair reelection. （ B） Alexander Lukashenkos fourth term. （ C） Vladimir Neklyaevs winning. （ D） Alexander Lukashenkos impeachment or removal. 20 Driving along South Street, where the Los Angeles sprawl meets sprawling Orange C
16、ounty, you enter and leave Cerritos three times. Although the city is confusingly shaped, it is easy to tell where it begins. Overhead power cables abruptly disappear and run underground. The grass, watered by innumerable sprinklers, is a brighter shade of green. Indeed, a blind man could tell where
17、 the boundary lies. Crossing into Artesia there is a bump, followed by a series of clumsily patched potholes; a few hundred yards later you re-enter Cerritos and the road is smooth again. Cerritos cannot boast a glorious history, old money or natural beauty. Fifty years ago it was a flat area of far
18、mland known as Dairy Valley. These days, “its a terribly unremarkable place on the way to Disneyland,“ says Tom Irish, a property developer. Yet this small suburban city of some 55,000 people has become remarkable thanks to superb management and geographical good fortune. It reveals much about why A
19、mericas suburbs are so appealing, and how they are changing. Like an increasing number of suburbs, Cerritos is both a bedroom community and an economic engine. It began to prosper in the early 1970s when it encouraged car dealers to cluster near the motorway that clips its western edge. Fully 27 out
20、fits now trade there, making it the largest such centre in a car-obsessed state. Cerritos also has a shopping mall and a “town center“, otherwise known as an office park. As a result, it has far more jobs than working residents. Last year the city collected $483 in sales taxes per person more than t
21、he glitzy city of Santa Monica. And it has leased, not sold, its land, so a future stream of money is guaranteed. What goes on inside the offices seems less important to locals than what they look like. The city has municipal codes to rival those of notoriously staid Irvine, a planned city in Orange
22、 County: dont even think about installing a rotating, blinking or oscillating sign. Sculptures adorn car dealers forecourts. Cerritoss busy library is covered with titanium; its Wal-Mart is clad in granite. It has an opulent performing arts centre that will host some 140 impeccably populist acts thi
23、s year. Building work is underway on the local jail, known for good reason as the “sheriffs hotel“. Although Cerritos has a contract with Los Angeless county sheriff for its policing, it pays for the building and the officers. They have some of the easiest jobs in California. So far this year 53 ser
24、ious assaults have been recorded, a bit less than one per cop. The city is so peaceful, says Daryl Evans, the police captain, that gang members from nearby cities occasionally meet there to play basketball, knowing they will not be attacked by rivals. Of course, many American cities have built parks
25、, performing-arts centres and fancy libraries while struggling financially. The key to Cerritoss success may be the timing of its investments. Cities such as Cleveland and Baltimore poured money into museums and other grand projects in the vain hope that they would lure businesses and young, creativ
26、e folk. Cerritos began by building pipelines and roads, then moved on to business parks, policing and schools (including Californias best high school). Only when it was rolling in money did it break out the titanium. Local officials attribute the citys success to fiscal discipline and the ability to
27、 follow a long-term plan. That, in turn, is the result of its political culture. Cerritos has a tradition of powerful, long-serving city managers, to whom local politicians frequently defer. As Laura Lee, the mayor, explains, “There are many things we, as elected officials, do not understand.“ Voter
28、s, it seems, like this arrangement greatly. In a 2002 poll, an astonishing 96% of residents said they were satisfied with the provision of public services. Such single-mindedness is particularly striking given the citys diversity. In 1980 whites comprised more than half of the population. These days
29、 Asians do. Striving immigrants are cause and consequence of the citys excellent schools: in Cerritos High School, pupils who speak inadequate English score better in mathematics tests than those who speak English fluently. Yet the newcomers have not formed ghettos. The last census showed that white
30、s and Asians were more intermixed in Cerritos than in all but 16 other American cities. Whites were even more mixed-up with blacks and Hispanics. These days Cerritos faces strong competition. Its car mall has inspired imitators; as a result, the value of sales has flattened while the number of vehic
31、les sold seems to be falling. As the city ages, public services will come under increasing strain. Drastic decline is unlikely, but the city may be overtaken though it is almost certain that the places doing the overtaking will be bland, car-oriented and suburban. 21 The word “sprawl“ in the first p
32、aragraph indicates that （ A） the landscape of Orange County is of little variety. （ B） parts of Orange County extend untidily in different directions. （ C） Orange County is located in a plain of considerable size. （ D） Orange County is located in a mountainous area. 22 Which of the following does NO
33、T serve as an example to show local peoples concern of Cerritoss landscape? （ A） The local jail known as the “sheriffs hotel“. （ B） Grass watered by innumerable sprinklers. （ C） The library covered with titanium. （ D） The Wal-Mart clad in granite. 23 According to the fifth paragraph, we can infer th
34、at （ A） the total number of cops in Cerritos is no less than 53. （ B） gang members of nearby cities enjoy immunity in Cerritos. （ C） the crime rates in Cerritos are relatively low. （ D） Los Angeles country sheriff is responsible for the expense of policing Cerritos. 24 Which of the following does NO
35、T account for Cerritos success? （ A） Superb management. （ B） Wealth of previous generations. （ C） Advantageous location. （ D） Proper timing of investments. 25 According to the passage, what impression can we get on Cerritos? （ A） Its geographic boundaries are of remarkably regular shape. （ B） It is
36、a thriving commercial center rather than a residential site. （ C） It boasts a lifestyle that is rich in art and recreation. （ D） It is one of the most staidly planned cities in the region. 25 At the Prado Museum in Madrid visitors can peer into the past in a new exhibit of 19th century photographs,
37、which show artworks crammed on the walls wherever they would fit. Lithographs, paintings and plans chart the higgledy-piggledy development of one of Europes best-loved art-treasure troves. Similarly, Londons British Museum opened a new Enlightenment Gallery this year to celebrate the historic role o
38、f museums as centers of learning, displaying among other things intricate catalogs of 17th century botanical specimens. While such exhibits enshrine the past, ambitious new plans for the future are transforming the dusty halls of some of Europes most revered galleries. In Germany, Spain, Italy and B
39、ritain, museums are scrambling to create bigger, more-dazzling exhibition spaces, smart new restaurants and shops, study centers and inviting public areas. The push reflects a shift in how the public regards its artistic institutions. “People want more than the old-style museum,“ says John Lewis, ch
40、airman of the Wallace Collection, a gallery of 17th and 18th-century paintings, porcelain and furniture in London, “We are driven to become more an arm of the entertainment and education industries rather than the academic institutions we used to be.“ New galleries will increase the museums current
41、exhibition space to more than 160,000 square meters not including the 13,000 square meters for cafeterias, restaurants, theaters and offices, all linked by tree-lined paths. No European museum expansion is more ambitious than Berlins restoration of Museum Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the
42、city center. The $2.1 billion project slated for completion in 2015 aims to turn the island into the largest art complex in Europe, covering all the major cultures in six museums filling 88,000 square meters. The Alte Nationalgalerie, an ornate classical temple built in 1866, reopened two years ago,
43、 displaying 19th-century artists, including German Romantics. Renovation of the neighboring Bode Museum, with its collection of Medieval and Renaissance art, is well underway, and the Neues Museum is being rebuilt to house Egyptian and prehistoric works. There are even plans to reconstruct the adjac
44、ent Hohenzollern Palace to showcase Berlins extensive collection of non-European art. And British architect David Chipperfield has been commissioned to create a striking new entrance to the whole complex. These institutions are hoping to repeat the triumph of Londons Tate Museum, which spent S243 mi
45、llion to convert a disused power station into a gallery of modern art. When the Tate Modern opened in 2000, director Sir Nicholas Serota described its creation as part of a “sea change“ in culture, with visual arts becoming the most popular creative medium. His remark has proved amazingly prescient:
46、 in 2002, the top two attractions among foreign tourists to London were the Tate Modern and the refurbished British Museum. A year after the Tate Modern opened, its impact on the local economy was estimated at nearly $200 million far higher than the $42 million the Mc Kinsey consulting firm first es
47、timated the museum would contribute when it developed the business plan in 1996. Smaller galleries, too, are hoping to cash in. Italian Culture Minister Giuliano Urbani plans to transform Florences charming Uffizi Gallery into a world-class cultural destination. When completed in 2006, the “nuovo Uf
48、fizi“ will accommodate 7,000 visitors daily, nearly double its current capacity. “We will surpass even the Louvre,“ predicts Urbani. Expansion helps show off prized works to maximum effect. In Berlin, collections divided between east and west Germany are being united, and expanded gallery space will
49、 allow them to be shown together. The Uffizi renovation will enable some of the museums most famous pieces, by Giotto and Cimabue, now scattered throughout the building, to be displayed together at the second-floor entrance. At the Prado, a new lecture hall and temporary exhibition galleries mean the permanent collection will no longer have to be partly stored when short-term traveling shows come to town. Some purists oppose the idea of t
