1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 336（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 The Commercialisation of Science and TechnologyScience and technology and the role of commercialisation in th
3、at area are very interesting question. And its an issue which is going to be increasingly important, world wide. An overview of the relationship between science 2)Another one - only 1/10 ideas taken to the final (7); 【7】_.3)The third one - Most people cannot guarantee a (8)return on their 【8】_.inves
4、tment. Companies and (9)ideas: 【9】_.1)Because of various reasons, the technology would likely become outmoded;2)Some companies (10)other specialized individuals or organisations 【10】_.to do research on their behalf;3)Governments need to encourage and facilitate the interaction of the domesticfirms w
5、ith overseas companies.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 interview. At the end of the interview you will b
6、e given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.11 Why does Old Fred do something stupid?（A）He has some mental problems.（B） He is too old to know what he is doing.（C） He wants to have a good Christmas.（D）He has got into the habit of stealing. 12 How do t
7、he average British policemen think about not being armed?（A）They dont really think about it.（B） They dislike it very much.（C） They worry about it greatly.（D）They want a reform. 13 In the opinion of the interviewee, what do the English people love?（A）Violence.（B） Compromise.（C） Firearms.（D）Police. 14
8、 What did the man mentioned in the interview once do?（A）He threatened the police.（B） He took some hostages.（C） He robbed a bank.（D）He locked himself in a house. 15 What was the most important factor in solving the problem of the man who threated people?（A）Power（B） Skills.（C） Patience.（D）Weapons. SEC
9、TION 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 Which country was accepted as a member of the European Union on Satur
10、day?（A）Turkey.（B） The southern part of Cyprus.（C） The northern part of Cyprus.（D）The whole country of Cyprus. 17 When did the country officially enter the European Union?（A）On May 1.（B） On October 1.（C） On May 4.（D）On January 1. 18 Whats the former Cypriot Presidents attitude towards Cyprus entry in
11、to the European Union?（A）Optimistic.（B） Pessimistic.（C） Critical.（D）Suspicious. 19 During his talk with King Abdullah, President Bush _.（A）denied that U. S. soldiers were to blame for their abuse of prisoners in Iraq（B） refused to admit that it was an error to launch the war on Iraq（C） made an apolo
12、gy for American soldiers abuse of prisoners in Iraq（D）required Jordan to give help in fighting against terrorism 20 According to the news report, President Bush was sorry for the following EXCEPT _.（A）the abuse of Iraqi prisoners（B） the Iraqi prisoners humiliation（C） that many people didnt understan
13、d America（D）that those responsible for the abuse were not brought to justice 20 It was a little after 5 a.m. in my home when Jerzy Dudek, the Polish goalkeeper of Liverpool Football Club, saved a penalty from Andriy Shevcbenko, a Ukrainian playing for AC Milan. The save ended the most exciting sport
14、ing event you will ever see, secured for Liverpool the top European soccer championship for the first time in 21 years, and allowed me to breathe. Within seconds, my wife had called from London, and the e-mails started to flood in - the first from TIMEs Baghdad bureau, others from Sydney, London, Wa
15、shington and New York. In my fumbled excitement, I misdialed my brothers phone number three times. Then Steven Gerrard, Liverpools captain, lifted the trophy, and behind the Cantonese chatter of the TV commentators I could just make out 40,000 Liverpudlian voices singing their clubs anthem, Youll Ne
16、ver Walk Alone. And thats when I started to cry.Apart from the big, obvious things - love, death, children - most of the really walloping emotional highs and lows of my life have involved watching Liverpool. There was the ecstasy of being in the crowd when the club won the European championship in 1
17、978, and the horror of settling down in my office for a 1985 European championship game - only to watch Juventus fans get crushed to death when some Liverpool supporters rioted. Through long experience, my family has come to know that their chances of having a vaguely pleasant husband and father on
18、any given Sunday depend largely on how Liverpool fared the previous day. But what on earth makes this - lets admit it - pretty unsophisticated devotion to the fortunes of men Ive never met and dont really want to so powerful?Fandom - the obsessional identification with a sports team - is universal.
19、The greatest book ever on the psychology of being a fan, Nick Hornbys Fever Pitch, was written about a London soccer team but easily translated into a film about the Boston Red Sox. Particularly in the U. S., it seems possible to be a fan of a team thats based far from where you have ever lived, but
20、 I suspect the origins of my obsession are more common. I didnt have much choice in the matter. Both my parents were born in tiny row houses a stones throw from Liverpools stadium. My father took me to my first game as a small child, and from the moment I saw what was behind the familiar brick walls
21、 - all those people ! That wall of noise! The forbidden, dangerous smells of cigarettes and beer! I was hooked.We fans like to describe our passion in religious terms, as if the places our heroes play are secular cathedrals. Its easy to see why. When you truly, deeply love a sports team, you give yo
22、urself up to something bigger than yourself, not just because your individuality is rendered insignificant in the mass of the crowd, but because being a fan involves faith. No matter what its current form may be, your team is worthy of blind devotion - or will soon redeem itself. Belief is all. As B
23、rooklyn Dodgers fans said in the 1950s: wait til next year.But as you get older, it becomes harder to believe. Yes, the Dodgers won the World Series in 1955; but they arent ever coming back from Los Angeles. Loss of faith can set in. That, however, is when you appreciate the deeper benefits of being
24、 a fan. For me, following one soccer team has been the connective tissue of my life. I left Liverpool to go to college and have never had the slightest desire to live there again, but wandering around the world, living in seven different cities in three continents, my passion was the thing that gave
25、 me a sense of what “home“ meant. Being a fan became a fixed point, wherever I lived; it was - it is - one of the two or three things that I think of as making me, well, me.But fandom does more. than defeat distance and geography. It acts as a time machine. There is only one thing that I have done c
26、onsistently for nearly 50 years, and that is support Liverpool. To be a fan is a blessing, for it connects you as nothing else can to childhood, and to everything and everyone that marked your life between your time as a child and the present. So when I sat in Hong Kong at dawn last week watching th
27、e game on TV, I didnt have to try to manufacture the tiny, inconsequential strands that make up a life. They were there all around me. Tea at my Grandmas after a game; a favorite uncle who died too young; bemused girlfriends who didnt get it (I married the one who did); the 21st birthday cake that m
28、y mother iced in Liverpools colors; my tiny daughters in their first club shirts; the best friends with whom Ive long lost touch. What does being a fan mean? It means youll never walk alone. 21 The passage was probably written in _.（A）1978（B） 1985（C） 1999（D）2006 22 Which of the following is NOT true
29、 about the author?（A）He is a fan of Liverpool football team.（B） He is calm when watching football games.（C） His emotions are often greatly influenced by whether Liverpool can win the match.（D）His family members understand his great enthusiasm about Liverpool. 23 The word “random“ in paragraph 3 is c
30、losest in meaning to _.（A）football team（B） sports fanaticism（C） psychological disorder（D）unreasonable behavior 24 The author is a fan of Liverpool because _.（A）his parents are Liverpool fans（B） his favorite football player is in Liverpool（C） his father took him to watch the game when he was small（D）
31、he often watched Liverpool games on TV when he was small 25 According to the author, random can do all EXCEPT _.（A）to shorten distance（B） to remind you of childhood（C） to give you a sense of home（D）to make you find true love 25 Isnt it amazing how one person, sharing one idea, at the right time and
32、place can change the course of your lifes history? This is certainly what happened in my life. When I was 14, I was hitchhiking from Houston, Texas, through El Paso on my way to California. I was following my dream, journeying with the sun. I was a high school dropout with learning disabilities and
33、was set on surfing the biggest waves in the world, first in California and then in Hawaii, where I would later live.Upon reaching downtown El Paso, I met an old man, a bum, on the street comer. He saw me walking, stopped me and questioned me as I passed by. He asked me if I was running away from hom
34、e, I suppose because I looked so young. I told him, “Not exactly, sir,“ since my father had given me a ride to the freeway in Houston and given me his blessings while saying, “It is important to follow your dream and what is in your heart, son.“The bum then asked me if he could buy me a cup of coffe
35、e. I told him, “No, sir, but a soda would be great.“ We walked to a comer malt shop and sat down on a couple of swiveling stools while we enjoyed our drinks.After conversing for a few minutes, the friendly bum told me to follow him, He told me that he had something grand to show me and share with me
36、. We walked a couple of blocks until we came upon the downtown El Paso Public Library.We walked up its front steps and stopped at a small information stand. Here the bum spoke to a smiling odl lady, and asked her if she would be kind enough to watch my things for a moment while he and I entered the
37、library. I left my belongings with this grandmotherly figure and entered into this magnificent hall of learning.The bum first led me to a table and asked me to sit down and wait for a moment while he looked for something special amongst the shelves. A few moments later, he returned with a couple of
38、old books under his arms and set them on the table. He then sat down beside me and spoke. He started with a few statements that were very special and that changed my life. He said, “There are two things that I want to teach you, young man, and they are these: “number one is to never judge a book by
39、its cover, for a cover can fool you.“ He followed with, “I bet you think Im a bum, dont you, young man?“I said, “Well, uh, yes, I guess so, sir.“Well, young man, Ive got a little surprise for you. I am one of the wealthiest men in the world. I have probably everything any man could ever want. I orig
40、inally come from the Northeast and have all the things that money can buy. But a year ago, my wife passed away, bless her soul, and since then I have been deeply reflecting upon life. I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of which was what it would be like to li
41、ve like a bum on the streets. I made a commitment to myself to do exactly that for one year. For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that. So, you see, dont ever judge a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you.“Number two is to learn how to read, my boy, for there is on
42、ly one thing that people cant take away from you, and that is your wisdom.“ At that moment, he reached forward, grabbed my right hand in his and put them upon the books hed pulled from the shelves. They were the writings of Plato and Aristotle - immortal classics from ancient times.The bum then led
43、me back past the smiling old woman near the entrance, down the steps and back on the streets near where we first met. His parting request was for me to never forget what he taught me. 26 We can infer from the passage that at 14, the author _.（A）did not do well in his study（B） did not like his mother
44、（C） planned to live in California all his life（D）did not like his life in Huston 27 The author recognized the old man as a bum probably because _.（A）the old man asked for money from him（B） the old man was sleeping on the street comer（C） the old man was poorly dressed（D）the old man told him so 28 Whi
45、ch of the following statements is TRUE about the old man?（A）He was a bum.（B） His wife died when he was young.（C） He knew the author.（D）He had thought the author a truant. 29 The old man implied to the author that _.（A）truths couldnt be disguised by covers（B） wisdom could come from reading（C） his wif
46、es death made him depressed for years（D）be liked the life of a bum 30 The author probably feels _ the old man.（A）grateful to（B） sympathetic for（C） uneasy about（D）indifferent to 30 It takes a while, as you walk around the streets of Nantes, a city of haft a million people on the banks of the Loire Ri
47、ver, to realize just what it is that is odd. Then you get it: there are empty parking slots, which is highly unusual in big French towns.Two decades of effort to make life more livable by dissuading people from driving into town Nas made Nantes a beacon for other European cities seeking to shake dep
48、endence on the automobile.The effects were clear recently during Mobility Week, a campaign sponsored by the European Union that prompted more than 1,000 towns across the Continent to test ways of making their streets, if not car free, at least manageable. “That is an awfully difficult problem,“ ackn
49、owledges Joel Crawford, an author and leader of the “car free“ movement picking up adherents all over Europe. “You cant take cars out of cities until there is some sort of alternative in place. But there are a lot of forces pointing in the direction of a major reduction in car use, like the rise in fuel prices, and concerns about global warming.“Last week, proclaiming the slogan “In Town, Without my Car !“ hundreds of c
