1、专业英语八级（阅读）模拟试卷 174及答案与解析 SECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS In this section there are several passages followed by fourteen multiple-choice questions. For 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. 0 (1) S
2、ome one else had said that; “Like must marry like or therell be no happiness. “ Who was it? It seemed a million years since she had heard that, but it still did not make sense. (2) “But you said you cared. “ (3) “I shouldnt have said it. “ (4) Somewhere in her brain, a slow fire rose and rage began
3、to blot out everything else. (5) “Well, having been cad enough to say it “ (6) His face went white. (7) “I was a cad to say it, as Im going to marry Melanie. I did you a wrong and Melanie a greater one. I should not have said it, for I knew you wouldnt understand. How could I help caring for you you
4、 who have all the passion for life that I have not? You who can love and hate with a violence impossible to me? Why you are as elemental as fire and wind and wild things and I “ (8) She thought of Melanie and saw suddenly her quiet brown eyes with their far-off look, her placid little hands in their
5、 black lace mitts, her gentle silences. And then her rage broke, the same rage that drove Gerald to murder and other Irish ancestors to misdeeds that cost them their necks. There was nothing in her now of the well-bred Robillards who could bear with white silence anything the world might cast. (9) “
6、Why dont you say it, you coward! Youre afraid to marry me! Youd rather live with that stupid little fool who cant open her mouth except to say Yes or No and raise a passel of mealy mouthed brats just like her! Why “ “You must not say these things about Melanie!“ “ I mustnt be damned to you! Who are
7、you to tell me I mustnt? You coward, you cad, you You made me believe you were going to marry me “ “Be fair,“ his voice pleaded. “Did I ever “ She did not want to be fair, although she knew what he said was true. He had never once crossed the borders of friendliness with her and, when she thought of
8、 this fresh anger rose, the anger of hurt pride and feminine vanity. She had run after him and he would have none of her. He preferred a whey-faced little fool like Melanie to her. Oh, far better that she had followed Ellen and Mammys precepts and never, never revealed that she even liked him better
9、 anything than to be faced with this scorching shame! She sprang to her feet, her hands clenched and he rose towering over her, his face full of the mute misery of one forced to face realities when realities are agonies. “ I shall hate you till I die, you cad you lowdown lowdown “ What was the word
10、she wanted? She could not think of any word bad enough. (10) “Scarlett please “ (11) He put out his hand toward her and, as he did, she slapped him across the face with all the strength she had. The noise cracked like a whip in the still room and suddenly her rage was gone, and there was desolation
11、in her heart. (12) The red mark of her hand showed plainly on his white tired face. He said nothing but lifted her limp hand to his lips and kissed it. Then he was gone before she could speak again, closing the door softly behind him. (13) She sat down again very suddenly, the reaction from her rage
12、 making her knees feel weak. He was gone and the memory of his stricken face would haunt her till she died. (14) She heard the soft muffled sound of his footsteps dying away down the long hall, and the complete enormity of her actions came over her. She had lost him forever. Now he would hate her an
13、d every time he looked at her he would remember how she threw herself at him when he had given her no encouragement at all. (15) “Im as bad as Honey Wilkes,“ she thought suddenly, and remembered how everyone, and she more than anyone else, had laughed contemptuously at Honeys forward conduct. She sa
14、w Honeys awkward wigglings and heard her silly titters as she hung onto boys arms, and the thought stung her to new rage, rage at herself, at Ashley, at the world. Because she hated herself, she hated them all with the fury of the thwarted and humiliated love of sixteen. Only a little true tendernes
15、s had been mixed into her love. Mostly it had been compounded out of vanity and complacent confidence in her own charms. Now she had lost and, greater than her sense of loss, was the fear that she had made a public spectacle of herself. Had she been as obvious as Honey? Was everyone laughing at her?
16、 She began to shake at the thought. (16) Her hand dropped to a little table beside her, fingering a tiny china rose-bowl on which two china cherubs smirked. The room was so still she almost screamed to break the silence. She must do something or go mad. She picked up the bowl and hurled it viciously
17、 across the room toward the fireplace. It barely cleared the tall back of the sofa and splintered with a little crash against the marble mantelpiece. (17) “This,“ said a voice from the depths of the sofa, “is too much. “ (18) Nothing had ever startled or frightened her so much, and her mouth went to
18、o dry for her to utter a sound. She caught hold of the back of the chair, her knees going weak under her, as Rhett Butler rose from the sofa where he had been lying and made her a bow of exaggerated politeness. “ It is bad enough to have an afternoon nap disturbed by such a passage as Ive been force
19、d to hear, but why should my life be endangered?“ He was real. He wasnt a ghost. But, saints preserve us, he had heard everything! She rallied her forces into a semblance of dignity. 1 The sentence “a slow fire rose and rage began to blot out everything else“ contains a(n) _. （ A） euphemism （ B） exa
20、ggeration （ C） synecdoche （ D） metaphor 2 It is suggested that Ashley cared for Scarlett because_. （ A） the cliche about marriage was out of date （ B） he didnt want to hurt such a pure girl （ C） he admired her passion and courage （ D） the unattainable is always the best 3 Ashley were depicted in the
21、 passage as a_man. （ A） stiff and submissive （ B） cautious and proud （ C） stubborn and timid （ D） disloyal and vain 4 It can be inferred from Para. 14 and Para. 15 that_. （ A） Ashleys implication had drawn Scarlett near to him （ B） Honey Wilkes once stood between Scarlett and Ashley （ C） Scarlett fe
22、lt a shameful regret about her own behavior （ D） Scarlett decided not to care about other peoples view 5 Butlers remark in the last paragraph was made with a tone of_. （ A） anger and protest （ B） warning and persuasion （ C） hatred and threat （ D） tease and joke 5 (1) When university tuition costs ne
23、arly trebled from 3,375 a year to 9,000 in 2012, students were promised value for money, more choice and higher life-time earnings than non-graduates. But the first students to pay the new fees, many of whom graduated last summer, are not having it easy. (2) According to the National Union of Studen
24、ts, nearly half of those who graduated in 2015 are back living with their parents. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned that the “graduate premium“ is likely to shrink as more people get degrees. (3) And there could be more bad news on the horizon. Sharon Walpole, the chief executive of Not G
25、oing to Uni, says some large employers plan to reduce their graduate intake when the apprenticeship levy a tax on employers with a wage bill of 3m or more is launched in spring 2017. “Businesses forced to pay huge sums to fund apprenticeships are planning to replace some of their graduates with appr
26、entices to recoup their investment. Theres a real risk that they will be cutting jobs just as graduates are coming out with debts equal to a third of the average mortgage,“ Walpole says. (4) So we asked recent graduates if university is still worth it: (5) Leah Maclean, 22, graduated from the Univer
27、sity of Nottingham with a first in history and politics. “There are a lot of great graduate schemes but there is also a lot of competition. Amazon was about the 15th one I applied for and the only one that offered me a place. I was lucky because not only did I get to join an international company th
28、at is taking me in the right career direction but I was also assigned to fashion, an area I really enjoy. I got a sign-on bonus and a good enough salary to be able to afford to live in rented accommodation in London. “ (6) “University was expensive,“ he says. “I got a letter when I started paying it
29、 back in April and it said I owed 50,000. It was about 10k more than I expected I didnt know that the interest had been mounting up from the first term. “ (7) Sam OConnor, 22, who graduated with a 2 2 in biomedical science from Queen Mary University of London and now works in marketing for the Londo
30、n Imaging Centre, says: “When you spend the money to get a degree you expect to get a return on your investment, so I hope my earnings will be high enough to pay it back without too much trouble. I owe about 42,000 and dont feel I got the amount of education I paid for. I came in with very good A-le
31、vels and fired up to do well but the course didnt engage me. The lab work was good but the lectures were pretty mundane and there was a lot of remember this and regurgitate it on a test paper. “ (8) “I took on marketing-based roles for my university snow sports club and, about halfway through my cou
32、rse, I decided to go in that direction and not pursue a science-based career. It was the right decision, though job hunting was disheartening at first. I did a short internship and then some marketing for a ski-boot fitting company. It was a good experience but a bit of a struggle financially. Then,
33、 through a recruitment agency, I found a marketing internship with a private company providing medical diagnostic images. They gave me a job two months into the three-month internship and Im earning around 23,000. The medical knowledge I gained from my degree is very useful when I speak to clinics a
34、nd doctors. “ (9) “Id been living in London as a student but Ive moved back home to a village near Guildford while I find another place to rent. I get on well with my parents and Ive friends around because a lot of them are living back home too. “ (10) Rachel Kreuder, 22, graduated from Anglia Ruski
35、n University with a 2:1 degree in psychology. She is back home, unemployed and planning her next move: “I was working so hard in my final year that I didnt get to apply for jobs so I thought I would give myself a year to earn some money and learn to drive. I got a sales assistant job in a jewellers
36、and it was boring. I saw other people going straight into graduate jobs and what I was doing seemed a waste of time. I was unhappy and stressed so I left and did seven months as a teaching assistant. “ (11) “I decided teaching wasnt for me and I was in a bit of a panic about it all, then somebody me
37、ntioned social work and I realised I could work in mental health, something that really interests me. “ (12) “I dont regret going to university but I wish I had gone into it a bit more beforehand. My psychology degree alone isnt enough to go into social work so it will take me up to two years to get
38、 the qualifications and training I need. “ (13) “I dont know exactly how much I owe in student loans but based on what other people owe I think it is probably around 40,000. Im not worried about it yet. Im back at home and thats fine; its different but Ive settled back in pretty well. “ (14) Joe Ale
39、xander, 22, graduated from the University of Exeter with a 2:1 in politics and sociology and worked for a digital media company until it folded: “I first applied to Sony Music and got through all the stages. Then, after the final interview for a marketing role I received a voicemail saying they had
40、decided to keep on the present intern. I wasnt sure what to do next so I got in touch with an agency called Inspiring Interns. They invited me to their office and helped me make a short video to introduce myself that went on their site. When I got home there were emails inviting me to four interview
41、s. “ (15) “I was offered a job in business development with a digital media agency. I really enjoyed it, but unfortunately the company folded a few months ago. Now Im looking for a new challenge but with a lot more experience behind me. Im lucky to have been able to move back to live with my parents
42、 in London where there are more jobs. “ (16) “University was definitely worth it. However, its alarming that the fees are set to increase even higher. University is not for everyone but we should all have the right to attend. Its ludicrous to put financial obstacles in the way of people not so fortu
43、nate, and potentially risk a chasm between young people who think they can or cannot afford a university degree. “ 6 According to the author, what is the impact of apprenticeship levy? （ A） More graduates go back to live with their parents. （ B） The companies are forced to fire some graduates. （ C）
44、Some students give up the plan to go to university. （ D） The burden of tuition debts is getting heavier. 7 Among the mentioned graduates, who actively adjusted his/her career direction? （ A） Leah Maclean. （ B） Sam OConnor. （ C） Rachel Kreuder. （ D） Joe Alexander. 8 What can we infer about Rachel Kre
45、uder? （ A） She has already got her own new career planning. （ B） She felt scared about her future work as a teacher. （ C） She has wasted quite a lot of time in university. （ D） She found her vocational training inadequate. 9 Joe Alexander mainly criticizes_caused by higher fees. （ A） unfair employme
46、nt （ B） wealth polarization （ C） social inequality （ D） education degradation 9 (1) “Weve been wondering what planet were first going to look for life on. Now we know. Rory Barnes, of the University of Washington, puts it nicely. Proxima Centauri, the star closest to the sun, has a planet. That plan
47、et weighs not much more than Earth and is therefore presumably rocky. And it orbits within its parent stars habitable zonemeaning that, given an atmosphere, its surface temperature is likely to permit liquid water. (2) A prize discovery, then, for astrobiologists such as Dr. Barnes. The discoverers
48、themselves are a transnational team of astronomers who have been using telescopes at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in the Atacama desert, in Chile, for planet-hunting. They have inferred its existence from its effect on its parent stars light, and their paper in Nature describes what they
49、have been able to deduce about it. (3) Proxima Centauri b, as it is known, probably weighs between 1.3 and three times as much as Earth and orbits its parent star once every 11 days. This puts its distance from Proxima Centauri itself at 7m kilometres, which is less than a twentieth of the distance between Earth and the sun. It can remain temperate in such a close orbit only because Proxima is a red dwarf, and thus much cooler than the sun. It is not the on
