1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 300（无答案）SECTION A MINI-LECTUREDirections: 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. Wh
2、en 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 Ben Buchanan and A, Magic BookThe Texas teen is devouring the 672 pages of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Pr
3、ince written by J. K.Rowling. When Buchanan got the first Harry Potter book in 1998, he was struggling with difficulty in reading.But when his mom read the first chapter aloud to him, he was determined to conquer his first “real“ book.I. The success of Rowlings books:1)over 【1】_ of Rowlings books pr
4、inted in U.S 【1】_2)kidsreading and 【2】_ each title fervently. 【2】_However, whether all of this hype of countdowns and midnight trips to book-stores translates into a lifelong reading habit remains unclear.II. Our society now needed a reading renaissance:1)A study shows: adult 【3】_ have dropped 10 pe
5、rcentage points. 【3】_A. the loss of readers possiblly 【4】_ to the booming world of technology;【4】_B. 【5 】_ offer experience that cant be gained from these other sources. 【5】_2)Thr facts reflect: fewer kids are reading for 【6】_. 【6】_A. This 【7】_ retreat from books not taken a toll on reading ability.
6、 【7】_B. this indicates a poor future in reading ability developmentthevery reason why many educators are hoping the Harry Potterseries can work some 【8】_. 【8】_III. The Harry Potter series has “broken the rules“:1)the book was as exciting as a video game;2)59 percent of U.K. kids think the books have
7、 【9】_ their reading skills;【 9】_3)【10 】_. say the books are the reason they read more. 【10】_Part of the allure of The Harry Potter is the thrilling story, with well-developed characters and an avalanche of magical moments.1 【1】2 【2】3 【3】4 【4】5 【5】6 【6】7 【7】8 【8】9 【9】10 【10】SECTION B INTERVIEWDirecti
8、ons: 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 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.11 Jack
9、 met Cole with the purpose of_.（A）enquiring about a degree（B） getting some information about a grant（C） inquiring about the qualification for a degree（D）discussing the complexity of the grant system 12 Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the award according to Cole?（A）The award is paid direct to a
10、 college.（B） The award involves tuition and other course fees.（C） The award is paid direct to local education authorities.（D）The award includes a fee element and a maintenance element. 13 The following are true of mandatory grants EXCEPT that_.（A）mandatory grants are paid by local education authorit
11、ies（B） mandatory grants are only paid to students who are attending designated courses（C） mandatory grants are only paid to students who are attending non-designated courses（D）one has to satisfy some qualifying conditions if he wants to obtain mandatory grants 14 The following are the qualifications
12、 for a mandatory grant EXCEPT that_.（A）one has been admitted to a designated course（B） one has been in Britain for three years before a course begins（C） one has attended a higher-education course for two years with a grant（D）one has to participate in some examinations which are highly competitive 15
13、 When local education authorities decide how much a grant is, they will take the following factors into consideration EXCEPT_.（A）where one will be while studying（B） ones examination results（C） additional allowance one is able to get（D）whether one lives with his parents or in a hall of residence SECT
14、ION C NEWS BROADCASTDirections: 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 After meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, _ came to his new official resi
15、dency, Number 10 Downing Street,（A）Tony Blair（B） the King（C） Gordon Brown（D）president of Iraq 17 According to the news, who claimed responsibility for the rocket attack?（A）A 36-year-old Israeli man.（B） Palestinian militants.（C） Israels offensive.（D）Hamas 18 50 Palestinians or so have been killed in
16、the raids which began _ ago.（A）12 weeks（B） 12 days（C） 2 weeks（D）2 days 19 Who gathered in a Rome square Saturday for the Family Day rally?（A）Married couples.（B） Demonstrators.（C） Children.（D）Family associations. 20 According to the news, Italy would be more _ if it gave rights to unmarried and gay c
17、ouples.（A）open（B） developed（C） democratic（D）civilized 20 In 17th-century New England, almost everyone believed in witches. Struggling to survive in a vast and sometimes unforgiving land, Americas earliest European settlers understood themselves to be surrounded by an inscrutable universe filled with
18、 invisible spirits, both benevolent and evil, that affected their lives. They often attributed a sudden illness, a household disaster or a financial setback to a witchs curse. The belief in witchcraft was, at bottom, an attempt to make sense of the unknown.While witchcraft was often feared, it was p
19、unished only infrequently. In the first 70 years of the New England settlement, about 100 people were formally charged with being witches; fewer than two dozen were convicted and fewer still were executed.Then came 1692. In January of that year, two young girls living in the household of the Reveren
20、d Samuel Parris of Salem Village began experiencing strange fits. The doctor identified witchcraft as tile cause. After weeks of questioning, the girls named Tituba, Parriss female Indian slave, and two local women as the witches who were tormenting them.Judging by previous incidents, one would have
21、 expected the episode to end there. But it didnt. Other young Salem women began to suffer fits as well. Before the crisis ended, 19 people formally accused others of afflicting them, 54 residents of Essex County confessed to being witches and nearly 150 people were charged with consorting with the d
22、evil. What led to this?Traditionally, historians have argued that the witchcraft crisis resulted from factionalism in Salem Village, deliberate faking, or possibly the ingestion of hallucinogens by the afflicted. I believe another force was at work. The events in Salem were precipitated by a conflic
23、t with the Indians on the northeastern frontier, the most significant surge of violence in the region in nearly 40 years.In two little-known wars, fought largely in Maine from 1675 to 1678 and from 1688 to 1699, English settlers suffered devastating losses at the hands of Wabanaki Indians and their
24、French allies. The key afflicted accusers in the Salem crisis were frontier refugees whose families had been wiped out in the wars. These tormented young women said they saw the devil in the shape of an Indian. In testimony, they accused the witchesreputed ringleaderthe Reverend George Burroughs, fo
25、rmerly pastor of Salem Villageof bewitching the soldiers dispatched to fight the Wabanakis. While Tituba, one of the first people accused of witchcraft, has traditionally been portrayed as a black or mulatto woman from Barbados, all the evidence points to her being an American Indian. To the Puritan
26、 settlers, who believed themselves to be Gods chosen people, witchcraft explained why they were losing the war so badly. Their Indian enemies had the devil on their side.In late summer, some prominent New Englanders began to criticize the witch prosecutions. In response to the dissent, Governor Sir
27、William Phips of Massachusetts dissolved in October the special court be had established to handle the trials. But before he stopped the legal process, 14 women and 5 men had been hanged. Another man was crushed to death by stones for refusing to enter a plea. The war with the Indians continued for
28、six more years, though sporadically. Slowly, northern New Englanders began to feel more secure. And they soon regretted the events of 1692.Within five years, one judge and 12 jurors formally apologized as the colony declared a day of fasting and prayer to atone for the injustices that had been commi
29、tted. In 1711, the state compensated the families of the victims.And last year, more than three centuries after the settlers reacted to an external threat by lashing out irrationally, the convicted were cleared by name in a Massachusetts statute, its a story worth rememberingand not just on Hallowee
30、n. 21 Which of the following does NOT describe peoples understanding of universe and witchcraft?（A）Existent.（B） Mysterious.（C） Scared.（D）Fiendish. 22 The author adds that the witchcraft crisis of 1692 also arose from（A）the clash between European settlers and the Indians.（B） disagreements among Europ
31、ean settlers in Salem.（C） the delusion of the sick in Salem.（D）the pretension of the sick in Salem. 23 “.one would have expected the episode to end there“ in the fourth paragraph means that（A）things might not go from bad to worse.（B） the doctor tried to cure fits.（C） more people suffered from fits.（
32、D）the situation was further aggravated. 24 It can be inferred from the passage that（A）Puritan settlers witnessed the witchcraft of American Indians.（B） frontier refugees couldnt admit their own defeat.（C） the early European settlers lacked the sense of security.（D）hundreds of American Indians died o
33、f the witchcraft accusation. 25 A suitable title for the passage would be（A）The Significance of Salems Witch Trials.（B） European Settlers and American Indians.（C） The Reflection on the Details of Salems Witch Trials.（D）Campaigning on the Indian Frontier. 25 Feld, the shoemaker, was annoyed that his
34、helper, Sobel, was so insensitive to his reverie that he wouldnt for a minute cease his fanatic pounding at the other bench. He gave him a look, but Sobels bald head was bent over the last as he worked, and he didnt notice. The shoemaker shrugged and continued to peer through the partly frosted wind
35、ow at the near-sighted haze of falling February snow. Neither the shifting white blur outside, nor the sudden deep remembrance of the snowy Polish village where he had wasted his youth could turn his thoughts from Max, the college boy (a constant visitor in the mind since early that morning when Fol
36、d saw him trudging through the snowdrifts on his way to school), whom he so much respected because of the sacrifices he had made throughout the yearsin winter or direst heatto further his education.An old wish returned to haunt the shoemaker: that he had had a son instead of a daughter, but this ble
37、w away in the snow for Fold, if anything, was a practical man. Yet he could not help but contrast the diligence of the boy, who was a peddlers son, with Miriams unconcern for an education. True, she was always with a book in her hand, yet when the opportunity arose for a college education, she had s
38、aid no, she would rather find a job. He had begged her to go, pointing out how many fathers could not afford to send their children to college, but she said she wanted to be independent. As for education, what was it, she asked, but books, which Sobel, who diligently read the classics, would as usua
39、l advise her on. Her answer greatly grieved her father.A figure emerged from the snow, and the door opened. At the counter the man withdrew from a wet paper bag a pair of battered shoes for repair. Who he was the shoemaker for a moment had no idea, then his heart trembled as he realized, before he h
40、ad thoroughly discerned the face, that Max himself was standing there, embarrassedly explaining what he wanted done to his old shoes. Though Fold listened eagerly, he couldnt hear a word, for the opportunity that had burst upon him was deafening.He couldnt exactly recall when the thought had occurre
41、d to him, because it was clear he had more than once considered suggesting to the boy that he go out with Miriam. But he had not dared speak, for if Max said no, how would he face him again? Or suppose Miriam, who harped so often on independence, blew up in anger and shouted at him for his meddling?
42、 Still, the chance was too good to let by: all it meant was an introduction. They might long ago have become friends had they happened to meet somewhere, therefore was it not his dutyan obligationto bring them together, nothing more, a harmless connivance to replace an accidental encounter in the su
43、bway, lets say, or a mutual friends introduction in the street? Just let him once see and talk to her, and he would for sure be interested. As for Miriam, what possible harm for a working girl in an office, who met only loudmouthed salesmen and illiterate shipping clerks, to make the acquaintance of
44、 a fine scholarly boy? Maybe he would awaken in her a desire to go to college; if notthe shoemakers mind at last came to grips with the truthlet her marry an educated man and live a better life.26 From the first paragraph, we get the impression that（A）Feld may not have a happy childhood.（B） Feld che
45、rished his childhood memories.（C） Feld thought highly of man of perseverance.（D）Feld lived an affluent but empty life. 27 It can be inferred from the passage that Felds daughter was all EXCEPT（A）forceful.（B） absent-minded.（C） realistic.（D）determined. 28 When Feld saw Max, he was（A）astonished.（B） emb
46、arrassed.（C） perplexed.（D）ecstatic. 29 The phrase “harped on“ in “who harped so often on independence“ in the fourth paragraph means（A）thought about.（B） talked about.（C） worried about.（D）troubled about. 30 Which is the main idea of the passage?（A）Feld is anxious about repairing Maxs worn shoes.（B） F
47、eld is an impossible dreamer with fanciful thoughts.（C） Feld wants his daughter to improve her chances in life.（D）Feld appreciates the qualities of diligence and persistence. 30 American economists once spoofed university education as the only industry in which those who consume its product do not p
48、urchase it; those who produce it do not sell it, and those who finance it do not control it. That apt description, made in the 1970s, has been undermined since then by the emergence of the first for-profit universities in the United States. Controlled by entrepreneurs, these schools which number abo
49、ut 700 and counting sell a practical education to career-minded students and make a good buck doing it. They are now expanding abroad, creating the first multinational corporations in a sector long suspicious of balance sheets.The companies are lured by a booming market in which capitalist competition is still scarce. The number of unive
