1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 876及答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the mini-lecture, please complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word(s) you
2、 fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. 0 Daydreaming I. Daydreaming can be harmful because it was considered as A. a waste of 【 T1】 _ 【 T1】 _ B. a 【 T2】 _ of neurotic tend
3、encies 【 T2】 _ C. evidence of 【 T3】 _ or an escape from 【 T3】 _ life realities and responsibilities when it occurs 【 T4】 _ 【 T4】 _ II. However, daydreaming can be beneficial A. it is an effective technique of 【 T5】 _ 【 T5】 _ B. it contributes to -【 T6】 _ 【 T6】 _ powers of concentration the ability t
4、o 【 T7】 _ with others 【 T7】 _ C. it improves self-control ability and enhances 【 T8】 _ ability 【 T8】 _ D. it improves a persons ability to be better adapted to 【 T9】 _ 【 T9】 _ -【 T10】 _ 【 T10】 _ be more readily with new ideas E. Historically, many successful people got their best ideas while 【 T11】
5、_ 【 T11】 _ III. How to make a positive daydreaming? A. 【 T12】 _ yourself as vividly as possible 【 T12】 _ B. create an environment free from 【 T13】 _ 【 T13】 _ IV. General remarks A Suggestion: Put aside a few minutes daily, taking short 【 T14】 _ 【 T14】 _ B. Conclusion: Daydreaming, this 【 T15】 _ inve
6、stment, 【 T15】 _ highly benefit you physical and mental well-being. 1 【 T1】 2 【 T2】 3 【 T3】 4 【 T4】 5 【 T5】 6 【 T6】 7 【 T7】 8 【 T8】 9 【 T9】 10 【 T10】 11 【 T11】 12 【 T12】 13 【 T13】 14 【 T14】 15 【 T15】 SECTION B INTERVIEW In this section you will hear ONE interview. The interview will be divided into
7、TWO parts. At the end of each part, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the interview and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A , B , C and D , and mark the best answer
8、to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. （ A） She was engaged in another traffic accident. （ B） She had to send the other driver to the hospital. （ C） She had to look after the traffic before other police came. （ D） She was stuck in a traffic jam for a
9、while. （ A） Himself. （ B） Two. （ C） Three （ D） Four. （ A） Because she couldnt adjust it. （ B） Because Mr. Simpson forgot to remind her. （ C） Because there was no enough seatbelt. （ D） Because they had a long way to go. （ A） The door armrest. （ B） The dashboard. （ C） The windscreen. （ D） The front se
10、at. （ A） The road side. （ B） The main road. （ C） The side street. （ D） The pedestrian crossing. （ A） Because the lighting was very good along the stretch. （ B） Because he was riding with two ladies at the moment. （ C） Because he wanted to ensure the safety of two passers-by. （ D） Because he was a ne
11、w driver who tends to be cautious. （ A） Mr. Simpsons speeding. （ B） The two pedestrians at the junction. （ C） The other drivers drunk driving. （ D） Mr. Simpsons drunk driving. （ A） A breathalyzer test. （ B） A blood test. （ C） The certainty of his claim. （ D） No smell of wine in his breath. （ A） Mr.
12、Simpson will call the insurance company to check the car for compensation. （ B） The police will have the car towed away after the measurements of skid marks. （ C） The other driver will have the car repaired after the breathalyzer test. （ D） The car will be left there until the police get the written
13、 statements. （ A） Meet his wife in the hospital. （ B） Take his wife to hospital by taxi. （ C） Write a written statement to the police. （ D） Have his damaged car repaired. SECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS In this section there are several passages followed by fourteen multiple-choice questions. Fo
14、r each multiple-choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A , B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. 25 (1)On July 7th, I was traveling in London. I was having breakfast at a hotel very near Liverpool Street Station when the first explosion was detonated. Hearin
15、g the sirens and seeing Londons emergency personnel respond to the bombings brought back vivid memories of the events of Sept. 11, 2001. (2)People have not forgotten Sept. 11, 2001. Americans can still recall exactly where they were and what they were doing on that fateful day. But its understandabl
16、e that some remember it as historical fact, lacking the painful impact and immediacy they originally felt. If we allow a dimming of purpose to eliminate terrorism these terrorist attacks in London serve as another chilling reminder that were still at war. (3)Something constructive emerges from these
17、 tragic, horrible and unexplainable attacks. It is the message that we must remain vigilant in opposing an enemy who intentionally targets innocent civilians. (4)Since Sept. 11, 2001, the civilized nations of the world have remained mostly united in opposing these despicable, wanton acts of terror.
18、We have had some great successes in that effort. We have arrested perpetrators and plotters, and we have foiled planned attacks. We have reduced the power and scope of those who despise freedom and democracy: (5)The effort must continue. As we learned Thursday and in Madrid and Bali the enemies of f
19、reedom have not lost their resolve. We must not lose ours. (6)Ultimately, the only real defense from terrorist attacks is being able to find out about them in advance. Intelligence gathering has improved but needs to be even stronger, including consistently improving human intelligence and patrol. P
20、olice and ordinary citizens must be alert and encouraged to convey information. (7)Once a terrorist incident does occur, theres no such thing as a perfect response. By definition, a terrorist attack means people are being hurt or killed. But by studying the response to past attacks, we can better pr
21、epare to handle those in the future. (8)London is one of the most secure cities in the world, steeped in years of dealing with terrorism. The citys preparation and resolve was evident on Thursday. I am very impressed by Londons reaction to the bombings. Both the emergency personnel and the citizens
22、seemed prepared. The first responders were rapid, well-directed, organized and professional, in accordance with obviously well-tested plans. (9)As for the citizens, at least a dozen people told me in one way or another, “We knew this was going to happen: it was just a question of when.“ (10)That is
23、not only a realistic assessment: it also is a mindset that just might save lives. Political, business and community leaders are sometimes reluctant to talk about terrorism or stage drills to prepare their response because they dont want to frighten or upset people. But thats a mistake. People react
24、to e-mergencies more effectively when theyre not shocked by them. (11)Tony Blair and London Mayor Ken Livingstone have made preparedness a priority, and their efforts clearly paid off during Thursdays response to the attacks. (12)Theres another benefit to preparing for terrorism in advance. Part of
25、the damage the terrorists hope to inflict is the emotional reaction in the wake of the destruction. The reason its called “terrorism“ is that they want fear and its debilitating effects to linger long after the smoke has cleared. (13)By preparing citizens for the possibility of a terrorist attack, l
26、eaders can help minimize the emotional response in the wake of the destruction. (14)Finally, Thursdays attacks demonstrate that we must remain committed to confronting and eliminating terrorism. There are those who assert that the efforts to eliminate terror are somehow provoking the terrorists. Tha
27、t is wrong. The terrorists have been attacking innocent people long before Sept. 11, 2001, or the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq. (15)Seeing Prime Minister Blair speak so forcefully, with President Bush, President Jacques Chirac and other world leaders right behind him, was encouraging. Lets remember t
28、he unity the world shared after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (16)Free nations can and will disagree. But let us always remember that free people must be steadfast and resilient in defending our way of life. 26 The terrorist attack in London conveys to us the message that _. （ A） people in London d
29、id not feel painful （ B） we must be on the alert for terrorism （ C） we should stay at home to avoid terrorism （ D） the effort at anti-terrorism was in vain 27 In the authors opinion, which of the following is NOT the success weve achieved in the effort to fight against terrorist attack? （ A） We have
30、 arrested perpetrators and plotters. （ B） We have prevented planned attacks. （ C） We have combated and eliminated terrorism. （ D） We have reduced the power and scope of terrorists. 28 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the way to defend terrorist attacks? （ A） Improving human in
31、telligence and patrol. （ B） Alerting police and citizens to terrorism. （ C） Finding out terrorists before they attack. （ D） Studying the response to past attacks. 29 The sentence “. steeped in years of dealing with terrorism“ in the 8th paragraph means that_. （ A） London has been engaged in anti-ter
32、rorism for years （ B） London hasnt witnessed terrorism for years （ C） London has been targeted by terrorists for years （ D） London has been soaked in terrorist attacks for years 29 (1)Researchers who picked up and analyzed wild chimp droppings said on Thursday they had shown how the AIDS virus origi
33、nated in wild apes in Cameroon and then spread in humans across Africa and eventually the world. Their study, published in the journal Science, supports other studies that suggest people somehow caught the deadly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)from chimpanzees, perhaps by killing and eating them.
34、 (2)“It says that the chimpanzee group that gave rise to HIV. this chimp community resides in Cameroon,“ said Beatrice Hahn of the University of Alabama, who led the study. “But that doesnt mean the epidemic originated there because it didnt,“ Hahn, who has been studying the genetic origin of HIV fo
35、r years, said in a telephone interview. (3)“We actually know where the epidemic took off. The epidemic took off in Kinshasa, in Brazzaville.“ Kinshasa is in the Democratic Republic Congo, formerly Zaire, and faces Brazzaville, in Congo, across the Congo River. Studies have traced HIV to a man who ga
36、ve a blood sample in 1959 in Kinshasa, then called Leopoldville. Later analysis found the AIDS virus. (4)In people, HIV leads to AIDS but chimps have a version called simian immune deficiency virus: (SIV)that causes them no harm. Humans are the only animals naturally susceptible to HIV. AIDS was onl
37、y identified 25 years ago. The virus now infects 40 million people around the world and has killed 25 million. Spread in blood, sexual contact and from mother to child during birth or breastfeeding, HIV has no cure and there is no vaccine, although drug cocktails can control it. (5)And like so many
38、new infections, AIDS appears to have been passed to humans from animals they slaughtered. SIV has been found in captive chimps but Hahn wanted to show it could be found in the wild too. Her international team got the cooperation of the government in Cameroon and they hired skilled trackers. (6)“The
39、chimps in that area are hunted. Its certainly impossible to see them. It is hard to track them and find these materials,“ she said. But the trackers managed to collect 599 samples of droppings. Hahns lab found DNA, identified each individual chimp and then found evidence of the virus. (7)“We went to
40、 10 field sites and we found evidence of infection in five. We were able to identify a total of 16 infected chimps and we were able to get viral sequences from all of them,“ Hahn said. Up to 35 percent of the apes in some communities were infected. Not only that, they could find different varieties,
41、 called clades, of the virus. (8)“We found some of the clades were really, really very closely related to the human virus and others were not,“ she said. Chimps separated by a river were infected with different clades, Hahn said. And a river may have carried the virus into the human population. “So
42、how do you get from southern Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo?“ Hahn asked. “Some human must have done so. There is a river that goes from that southeastern corner of Cameroon down to the Congo River.“ (9)Ivory and hardwood traders used the Sangha River in the 1930s, when the original hu
43、man-to-human transmission is believed to have happened. Hahns study suggests the virus passed from chimpanzees to people more than once. “We dont really know how these transmissions occurred,“ Hahn said. (10)“We know that you dont get it petting a chimp, or from a toilet seat, just like you cant get
44、 HIV from a toilet seat. It requires exposure to infected blood and infected body fluids. So if you get bitten by an angry chimp while you are hunting it, which could do it.“ (11)Hahns study only applies the HIV group M, which is the main strain of the virus responsible for the AIDS pandemic. “Its q
45、uite possible that still other (chimpanzee SIV)lineages exist that could pose risks for human infection and prove problematic for HIV diagnostic and vaccines,“ her team wrote. 30 From the description in the passage, we learn that_. （ A） monkeys are also susceptible to HTV （ B） AIDS has killed 25 mil
46、lion people in the last 25 years （ C） vaccine has been developed to prevent AIDS （ D） AIDS can be cured by drug cocktails 31 According to the passage, HIV is spread through all the following EXCEPT _. （ A） blood （ B） sexual contact （ C） breastfeeding （ D） a toilet seat 32 It can be inferred from the
47、 passage that the virus is transmitted from chimps in Cameroon to humans most probably through _. （ A） some clades of the virus related to the human virus （ B） aborigines residing in the virgin forest of Cameroon （ C） Ivory and hardwood traders who were bitten by the chimps （ D） chimp droppings floa
48、ting in a river from Southern Cameroon to Congo 32 (1)After thirty years of married happiness, he could still remind himself that Victoria was endowed with every charm except the thrilling touch of human frailty. Though her perfection discouraged pleasures, especially the pleasures of love, he had l
49、earned in time to feel the pride of a husband in her natural frigidity. For he still clung, amid the decay of moral platitudes, to the discredited ideal of chivalry. In his youth the world was suffused with the after-glow of the long Victorian age, and a graceful feminine style had softened the manners, if not the natures, of men. At the end of t
