1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 323（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 How to Take Notes. Reasons for Note-taking- (1)to memory: sorting and recalling the information 【1】_-provide
3、(2)for the essay 【2】_. When to Take NotesA. Purpose-general survey-detailed studyB. Stages of reading-early stage-later stage. What and How Much to Note: Three WaysA. The writers (3)in the passage 【3】_(4)his ideas according to your own interests 【4】_ B. The discipline in which you are working-discip
4、line with original (5)e.g. History and Literature: 【5】_to include (6)in your notes 【6】_-other discipline: to (7)passages 【7】_C. Your own (8)in relation to your essay topic 【8】_. How to Take Notes: Three PrinciplesA. (9)【9】 _-clear headings-record of the author, title, publication details, etc.B. Fle
5、xible system: easy to rearrangeRoom for (10): wide margins 【10】_1 【1】2 【2】3 【3】4 【4】5 【5】6 【6】7 【7】8 【8】9 【9】10 【10】SECTION B INTERVIEWDirections: 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 intervie
6、w. 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 When does dreaming occur?（A）During passive sleep.（B） During active sleep（C） Between passive sleep and active sleep（D）After active sleep. 12 Why do we need active
7、sleep?（A）To prepare for passive sleep.（B） To rest our body.（C） To stay healthy.（D）To help us rest our minds. 13 Which kind of dream is amongst the most common types?（A）Dreams of violence.（B） Dreams about falling.（C） Anxiety dreams.（D）Dreams about famous people. 14 What is the cause of recurring drea
8、ms?（A）The individual has an unresolved problem in his waking life.（B） The individual is suffering from low level toothache.（C） The individual has a significant period in his baby life.（D）The individual wish to escape from something. 15 What is scientists attitude towards the saying that dreams about
9、 future will come true?（A）Positive.（B） Negative.（C） Neutral.（D）Not mentioned. SECTION 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 q
10、uestions.16 What did the government intend to do in the beginning?（A）Greatly restrict public smoking.（B） Ban smoking in all public places.（C） Supervise smoking in some bars.（D）Ban public smoking in England. 17 The staff who work in public places would favor the ban because（A）they dont have to inhale
11、 foul air.（B） they dont have to serve smokers.（C） they will get more tip from non-smokers.（D）there will be a rise on their salaries. 18 Present Kihaki has called for patience of the investigation of the scandals because（A）he didnt want to approve the resignation of Education Minister.（B） the resigne
12、d officials wanted the opportunity to prove their innocence.（C） he thinks corruption hasnt reached high levels of the government.（D）John Githongo gave testimony to visiting Kenya members of Parliament. 19 President Mohammad Abbas has been given the authority to bypass parliament because（A）Fatah Part
13、y intended to irritate the militant group Homos.（B） Fatah Party wanted to strengthen the legislative power.（C） Fatah Party was defeated in the Palestinian election.（D）Fatah Party suffered a stunning defeat in the constitutional court. 20 The discovery of the tomb will enable archeologists to know ab
14、out the life of（A）commons.（B） farmers.（C） aristocrats.（D）workers. 20 In the evenings, they go to the mall. Once a week or more. Sometimes, they even leave the dinner dishes in the sink so they will have enough time to finish all the errands. The father never comeshe hates shopping, especially with h
15、is wife. Instead, he stays at home to read the paper and put around his study: To do things that the other dads must be doing in the evenings. To summon the sand to come rushing in and plug up his ears with its roaring silence.Meanwhile, the mother arms herself with returns from the last trip. Her t
16、wo young daughters forget games of flashlight tag or favorite TV shows and strap on tennis shoes and seatbelts： and theyre off. On summer nights, when its light until after the fireflies arrive, the air is heavy and moist. The daughters unroll their windows and stick the whole of their heads out int
17、o the slate blue sky, feeling full force the sweaty, honey suckle air. In the cold mall, their rubber soles squeak on shiny linoleum squares. The younger daughter tries not to step on any cracks. The older daughter keeps a straight-ahead gaze; her sullen eyes count down each errand as its done.It is
18、 not until the third or, on a good night, the fourth errand that the trouble begins. The girls have wandered over to examine rainbow beach towels, perhaps, or some kind of pink ruffled bedspread. The mothers voice finds them from a few aisles away.Dinner squirms in the daughters stomachs. Now comes
19、that what-if-I-threw-up-right-this-second? or where-is-a-rabbit-hole-for-me-to-fall-into? feeling that they get around this time of evening, at the mall. The older one shakes her ponytails at the younger one. Her blue eyes hiss the careful-dont-cry warning, but the younger ones cheeks only get redde
20、r. Toe by toe, the daughters edge towards housewares where they finger lace placemats or trace patterns in the store carpet with sneakered soles. The mothers voice still finds them, shaking with rage. Finally, heels slapping in her sandals, she strides towards them and then keeps going. They follow,
21、 catching her word-trail, “Stupid people. Stupid，stupid，stupid. I HATE stupid people.“ Its the little skips between steps the younger one takes to keep up with her mothers tong, angry legs. Its the car door slamming and the seat belt buckle yanked into place. Its those things that tell the daughters
22、 how the next few hours will go.In the car, the older one sighs and grinds her back teeth. The younger one feels her face get hotter and her eyes start to swell. She stares at an ice cream stain on the back of the front seat and sees a pony, a flower, and a fairy in that splash of chocolate mint chi
23、p. The mother begins on both at once. “And when we get home, if your shoes are still in the TV room, Im throwing them out. Same for books. No more shit house. No more lazy, ungrateful kids.“ And so on and so on through the black velvet sky and across the Hershey bar roads. On into the house with a s
24、lap or two. “Youll be happy when Im in my grave,“ wails at them as they put on their nightgowns and brush their teeth. The older one sets a stone jaw and the younger one tries not to sob as she opens wide, engulfing her small hand and scrubbing each and every molar.The father is not spared. The volc
25、anic mother saves some up just for him. “Fucking lousy husband. Do-nothing father. “And on like that for an hour or so more. Then in the darkest part of the night, its bare feet and cool hands on a small sweaty forehead. Kisses and caresses and “Sorry Mom got a little mad.“ Promises for that pink ru
26、ffled bedspread or maybe a new stuffed animal. Long fingers rake through the younger ones curls. “Tomorrow evening, well get you some kind of treat. Right after dinner, well go to the mall.“ 21 From the first paragraph, we get the impression that（A）the father is inert.（B） their life is bustling.（C）
27、the evenings are exciting.（D）the mother is constantly nagging. 22 According to the passage, the two daughters seem to（A）enjoy the evenings shopping in the beginning.（B） be reluctant to run errands with the mother.（C） enjoy browsing various kinds of items.（D）be glad to help their mother with housewor
28、k. 23 The word “squirms in the fourth paragraph probably means（A）moves.（B） squirts.（C） wriggles.（D）digests. 24 Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe the mother?（A）Irritable.（B） Remorseful.（C） Amiable.（D）Discontented. 25 Which category of writing does the text belong to?（A）Narration.（B）
29、 Description.（C） Persuasion.（D）Exposition. 25 For one brief moment, after years of fear and loathing, America seemed ready to make peace with the SAT. When the University of California several years ago threatened to treat the test like a bad batch of cafeteria food and tell applicants not to buy it
30、, the College Board junked the bewildering analogy questions (Warthogs are to pigs as politicians are to what?), created a writing section (including producing an essay), added tougher math questions and more reading analysisand had everybody talking about the new-and-improved SAT.Then the first stu
31、dents to take SAT: The Sequel were seen stumbling out of the testing centers as if they had just run a marathon, and all the happy talks ended. With the three hours and 45 minutes stretching to five hours with breaks and instructions, it got worse. Nobody is sure how, but moisture in some SAT answer
32、 sheets caused pencil marks to bleed or fade, producing more than 5,000 tests with the wrong scores. Even after that was fixed, several universities reported a sharp drop in their applicants average scores, which many attributed to exhaustion, and more colleges told applicants they would no longer h
33、ave to take the SAT.All of which stoked interest in the ACT, the SATs less famous and less feared rival based in lowa City, Iowa. The shorter test is now becoming a welcome alternative for many high schoolers who no longer see a need to endure the usual SAT trauma. “I think the ACT is a true player
34、in the college-admissions game these days, “says Robyn Lady, until recently a college counselor at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Although most Jefferson students still take the SAT, the number of ACTs there has tripled in the last two years. Its a shift that, if it continu
35、es, could change the balance of entrancetest power, since the Fairfax County, Va. ,magnet sends more kids to the Ivy League than almost any other U. S. school.The SAT, with a maximum 2,400 points, and the ACT, with a maximum 36 points, are scored differently, but otherwise are no more different from
36、 each other than American football differs from the Canadian version. Students usually do equally well on each. The SATs new 25-minute essay is required, while the ACTs essay is optional. The SAT is three hours and 45 minutes long. The comparable ACT is three hours and 25 minutes. The SAT has three
37、sections: critical reading, math and writing. The ACT has math, science, reading and English sections, plus optional writing. The ACT with the writing test costs $ 43, more than the SATs $ 41.50, but the ACT is only $ 29 without the writing section.Several high-school guidance counselors say they as
38、sume the ACT, with 1.2 million test takers in the class of 2005 compared with 1.5 million for the SAT, will eventually catch up, in part because so many educators are advising their students to try both. Wendy Andreen, counselor at Memorial Senior High School in Houstonwhere the SAT has been supreme
39、says she tells students every year they should take both tests to be safe, and many are beginning to listen, with ACTs up 18 percent since 2002. Deb Shaver, director of admissions at Smith College, says counselors are steering students to the ACT “because there is less hysteria surrounding the ACTs,
40、 and students feel less stressed about taking the test.“The mistakes made in the scoring of the October 2005 SAT by Pearson Educational Measurement, the College Boards subcontractor, have not been forgotten, counselors say. The SAT suffered from damaging news stories as details of the errors came ou
41、t bit by hit. In the end, 4, 411 students had scores reported to colleges that were lower than they actually earned and had to be corrected; 17 percent of the corrections were for more than 40 points. College Board president Gaston Caperton apologized, saying the mishap “brings humility, and humilit
42、y makes us more aware, empathetic and respectful of others.“But many counselors, who often complain about the New York City-based nonprofits influence over their students futures, say they have their doubts. “I think the College Board sees this as a purely technical problem that they can solve throu
43、gh purely technical means, “says Scott White, a counselor at Montclair ( N. J. ) High School. “I dont think they appreciate the damage that was done to their already shaky credibility.“ 26 The analogy of SAT to bad cafeteria food indicates that（A）the SAT is undesirable.（B） the SAT should be replaced
44、.（C） the SATa keepers are blamed.（D）the SATs critics are praised. 27 “The happy talk“ in the second paragraph probably refers to（A）the suggestion that the SAT should be reformed.（B） the idea that the SAT will be improved.（C） the concept that the SAT will be substituted.（D）the belief that the SAT has
45、 been improved. 28 Which of the following statements is NOT true about the ACT?（A）Many students now prefer to take the ACT.（B） The ACT could hardly be the SATs adversary.（C） The ACT has taken the lead over the SAT.（D）Some people think highly of the ACT. 29 Many American educators now tend to（A）be in
46、 favor of the ACT.（B） be slightly critical of the SAT.（C） sit on the fence in the dispute.（D）be strongly critical of the SAT. 30 The mistake made in the scoring of the October 2005 SAT has led to（A）an experience of humiliation.（B） the resignation of head of the Board.（C） more or less a crisis of tru
47、st.（D）the breakdown of computer systems. 31 The best title for the passage might be（A）The Shaky Credibility.（B） Repeated Promises of Reform.（C） Can the SAT Be Made Better?（D）Can the ACT Take Down the SAT? 31 David Landes, author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So
48、Poor, credits the worlds economics and social progress over the last thousand years to “Western civilization and its dissemination.“ The reason, he believes, is that Europeans invented systematic economic development. Landes adds that two unique aspects of Europeans culture were crucial ingredient i
49、n EUropes economic growth.First, Landes espouses a generalized form of Max Webers thesis that the values of work, initiative, and investment made the difference for Europe. Despite his emphasis on science, Landes does not stress the notion of rationality as such. In his view, “what counts is work, thrift, honesty, patience, tenacity.“ The only route to economic success for individuals or states is working hard, spending less than you earn, and investing the rest in product
