1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 86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 By some estimates, there are as many as 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States, toiling in far
3、m fields, restaurant kitchens and construction sites. Theyre in the country illegally, but the employers who hire them are also breaking the law. But the presence of illegal workers on a home renovation crew, and the contractors insistence on payment in cash dont dissuade【 1】 _clients. 【 1】 _. Plent
4、y of employers even pay taxes and【 2】 _ on illegal workers. 【 2】 _. Many workers carry fake Social Security and green cards, and when theyre hired,employers【 3】 _ those fake numbers with the federal government. 【 3】 _. There is a way the employer can tell if those numbers are fake. As Chris Bentley
5、of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services explains, all it takes is a toll free phone call, which “allows them to, in a matter of seconds, take the information and【 4】 _ it against 450 million social security administration files, 【 4】 _. and an additional 65 million Department of Homeland Se
6、curity files.“ But few employers make the call. The program is【 5】 _ 【 5】 _. Companies cant be held responsible for failing to spot【 6】 _ documents. 【 6】 _. And although federal law【 7】 _ employing illegal workers, 【 7】 _. it is rarely enforced. Some agents oversee a huge district that includes most
7、 of Southern California and parts of Nevada. They deal with port security, airport security, money laundering, narcotics, financial fraud, and organized crime, as well as trade in counterfeit goods, state secrets, and human beings.【 8】 _ out illegal workers is just not a major concern, 【 8】 _. unles
8、s youre talking about a work site with national security implications, like Los Angeles International Airport or a nuclear plant.That situation【 9】 _ those 【 9】 _. who feel that American citizens are losing out to a black market system that lowers wages and cuts into the【 10】 _ base. 【 10】 _. 1 【 1】
9、 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 interview. At the end of the interview you will be given
10、10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 What was most important, according to Kofi Annan _. （ A） Getting the WHO work （ B） Looking at the figures and statistics and the devastation （ C） Getting the leaders speaking up （ D） Discussing the issue with
11、the WHO and the UNAIDS 12 How did Annan see the individuals struggle through the course of the illness? （ A） He was concerned with the statistics （ B） He was concerned with the suffering and the pain （ C） He was concerned with the medication （ D） He was concerned with the UNs activities there 13 Ann
12、an hoped that the governments could increase assistance in the areas of _. （ A） treatment, funds, prevention and getting organizations involved （ B） prevention, education, treatment and getting organizations involved （ C） education, leadership, prevention and treatment （ D） treatment, education, pre
13、vention and leardership 14 Annan was pleased with Dr. Lees approach of rying to get the AIDS medication to _. （ A） three billion people in four years （ B） three million people in four years （ C） four million people in three years （ D） three million people in five years 15 Why did Annan meet the seve
14、n top pharmaceutical companies? （ A） He urged them to provide more medications for these countries （ B） He urged them to reduce the production of the medications （ C） He urged them to lower the prices of the medications （ D） He urged them to produce more effective medications SECTION C NEWS BROADCAS
15、T 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 man was convicted for （ A） dishonesty. （ B） manslaughter. （ C） murder. （ D） having
16、a gun. 17 Which of the following is TRUE? （ A） Mark Eastwood had a licence for a revolver. （ B） Mark Eastwood loved to go to noisy parties. （ C） Mark Eastwood smashed the window of a house. （ D） Mark Eastwood had a record. 18 How many missing American servicemen have been positively confirmed dead i
17、n Vietnam so far? （ A） 67. （ B） 280. （ C） 84 （ D） 1,648.00 19 According to the search operation commander, the recovery of the missing Americans is slowed down because （ A） the weather conditions are unfavourable. （ B） the necessary documents are unavailable. （ C） the sites are inaccessible. （ D） so
18、me local people are greedy. 20 According to the news, Vietnam may be willing to help America mainly because of （ A） its changed policy towards America. （ B） recent international pressure. （ C） its desire to have the US trade embargo lifted. （ D） the impending visit by a senior US military officer. 2
19、0 Mr Duffy raised his eyes from the paper and gazed out of his window on the cheerless evening landscape. The river lay quiet beside the empty distillery and from time to time a light appeared in some house on Lucan Road. What an end! The whole narrative of her death revolted him and it revolted him
20、 to think that he had ever spoken to her of what he held sacred. The cautious words of a reporter won over to conceal the details of a commonplace vulgar death attacked his stomach. Not merely had she degraded herself; she had degraded him. His souls companion! He thought of the hobbling wretches wh
21、om he had seen carrying cans and bottles to be filled by the barman. Just God, what an end! Evidently she had been unfit to live, without any strength of purpose, an easy prey to habits, one of the wrecks on which civilization has been reared. But that she could have sunk so low! Was it possible he
22、had deceived himself so utterly about her? He remembered her outburst of that night and interpreted it in a harsher sense than he had ever done. He had no. difficulty now in approving of the course he had taken. As the light failed and his memory began to wander he thought her hand touched his. The
23、shock which had first attacked his stomach was now attacking his nerves. He put on his overcoat and hat quickly and went out. The cold air met him on the threshold; it crept into the sleeves of his coat. When he came to the public house at Chapel Bridge he went in and ordered a hot punch. The propri
24、etor served him obsequiously but did not venture to talk. There were five or six working-men in the shop discussing the value of a gentlemans estate in County Kildare. They drank at intervals from their huge pint tumblers, and smoked, spitting often on the floor and sometimes dragging the sawdust ov
25、er their heavy boots. Mr Duffy sat on his stool and gazed at them, without seeing or hearing them. After a while they went out and he called for another punch. He sat a long time over it. The shop was very quiet. The proprietor sprawled on the counter reading the newspaper and yawning. Now and again
26、 a tram was heard swishing along the lonely road outside. As he sat there, living over his life with her and evoking alternately the two images on which he now conceived her, he realized that she was dead, that she had ceased to exist, that she had become a memory. He began to feel ill at ease. He a
27、sked himself what else could he have done. He could not have lived with her openly. He had done what seemed to him best. How was he to blame? Now that she was gone he understood how lonely her life must have been, sitting night after night alone in that room. His life would be lonely too until he, t
28、oo, died, ceased to exist, became a memory - if anyone remembered him. 21 Mr Duffys immediate reaction to the report of the womans death was that of （ A） disgust. （ B） guilt. （ C） grief. （ D） compassion. 22 It can be inferred from the passage that the reporter wrote about the womans death in a _ man
29、ner. （ A） detailed （ B） provocative （ C） discreet （ D） sensational 23 Mr Duffy left home to go to the public house because （ A） he felt hungry. （ B） he began to feel mental pain. （ C） it was very cold inside. （ D） he wanted to talk to someone. 24 we can infer from the last paragraph that Mr Duffy wa
30、s in a(n)_ mood. （ A） angry （ B） fretful （ C） irritable （ D） remorseful 25 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? （ A） Mr Duffy once confided in the woman. （ B） Mr Duffy felt an intense sense of shame. （ C） The woman wanted to end the relationship. （ D） They became
31、estranged probably after a quarrel. 25 A magazines design is more than decoration, more than simple packaging. It expresses the magazines very character. The Atlantic Monthly has long attempted to provide a design environment in which two disparate traditions - literary and journalistic - can co-exi
32、st in pleasurable dignity. The redesign that we introduce with this issue - the work of our art director, Judy Garlan - represents, we think, a notable enhancement of that environment. Garlan explains some of what was in her mind as she began to create the new design: “I saw this as an opportunity t
33、o bring the look closer to matching the elegance and power of the writing which the magazine is known for. The overall design has to be able to encompass a great diversity of styles and subjects - urgent pieces of reporting, serious essays, lighter pieces, lifestyle-oriented pieces, short stories, p
34、oetry. We dont want lighter pieces to seem too heavy, and we dont want heavier pieces to seem too pretty. We also use a broad range of art and photography, and the design has to work well with that, too. At the same time, the magazine needs to have a consistent feel, needs to underscore the sense th
35、at everything in it is part of one Atlantic world.“ The primary typefaces Garlan chose for this task are Times Roman, for a more readable body type, and Bauer Bodoni, for a more stylish and flexible display type (article titles, large initials, and so on). Other aspects of the new design are structu
36、ral. The articles in the front of the magazine, which once flowed into one another, now stand on their own, to gain prominence. The Travel column, now featured in every issue, has been moved from the back to the front. As noted in this space last month, the word “Monthly“ rejoins “The Atlantic“ on t
37、he cover, after a decade-long absence. Judy Garlan came to The Atlantic in 1981 after having served as the art director of several other magazines. During her tenure here The Atlantic has won more than 300 awards for visual excellence, from the Society of illustrators, the American Institute of Grap
38、hic Arts, the Art Directors Club, Communication Arts, and elsewhere. Garlan was in various ways assisted in the redesign by the entire art-department staff. Robin Gilmore, Barnes, Betsy Urrico, Gillian Kahn, and Lisa Manning. The artist Nicholas Gaetano contributed as well: he redrew our colophon (t
39、he figure of Neptune that appears on the contents page) and created the symbols that will appear regularly on this page (a rendition of our building), on the Puzzler page, above the opening of letters, and on the masthead. Gaetano, whose work manages to combine stylish clarity and breezy strength, i
40、s the cover artist for this issue. 26 Part of the new design is to be concerned with the following EXCEPT （ A） variation in the typefaces. （ B） reorganisation of articles in the front. （ C） creation of the Travel column. （ D） reinstatement of its former name. 27 According to the passage, the new des
41、ign work involves （ A） other artists as well. （ B） other writers as well. （ C） only the cover artist. （ D） only the art director. 28 This article aims to （ A） emphasize the importance of a magazines design. （ B） introduce the magazines art director. （ C） persuade the reader to subscribe to the magaz
42、ine. （ D） inform the reader of its new design and features. 28 WHY SHOULD anyone buy the latest volume in the ever-expanding Dictionary of National Biography? I do not mean that it is bad, as the reviewers will agree. But it will cost you 65 pounds. And have you got the rest of volumes? You need the
43、 basic 22 plus the largely decennial supplements to bring the total to 31. Of course, it will be answered, public and academic libraries will want the new volume. After all, it adds 1,068 lives of people who escaped the net of the original compilers. Yet in 10 years time a revised version of the who
44、le caboodle, called the New Dictionary of National Biography, will be published. Its editor, Professor Colin Matthew, tells me that he will have room for about 50,000 lives, some 13,000 more than in the current DNB. This rather puts the 1,068 in Missing Persons in the shade. When Dr Nicholls wrote t
45、o The Spectator in 1989 asking for names of people whom readers had looked up in the DNB and had been disappointed not to find, she says that she received some 100, 000 suggestions. (Well, she had written to “other quality newspapers“ too. ) As soon as her committee had whittled the numbers down, th
46、e professional problems of an editor began. Contributors didnt file copy on time; some who did sent too much: 50,000 words instead of 500 is a record, according to Dr Nicholls. There remains the dinner-party game of whos in, whos out. That is a game that the reviewers have played and will continue t
47、o play. Criminals were my initial worry. After all, the original edition of the DNB boasted. Malefactors whose crimes excite a permanent interest have received hardly less attention than benefactors. Mr John Gross clearly had similar anxieties, for he complains that, while the murderer Christie is i
48、n, Crippen is out. One might say in reply that the injustice of the hanging of Evans instead of Christie was a force in the repeal of capital punishment in Britain, as Ludovie Kennedy (the author of Christies entry in Missing Persons) notes. But then Crippen was reputed as the first murderer to be caught by telegraphy (he had tried to escape by ship to America). It is surprising to find Max Miller excluded when really not very memorable names get in. There has been a conscious effort to put in artists and architects from the Middle Ages. About their lives not much is alway
