1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 510（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 AdvertisementsAn intelligent person will not allow himself to be influencedby advertisements. Instead, he wil
3、l try to get to know about the【1】_ regulating them. Secondly, he will try 【1】_to make sure whether he can believe in advertisements.Honest advertisements can be extremely useful because theysave a lot of time and【2】_ by putting sellers in touch 【2】_with buyers in a quick and simple way.The dishonest
4、 advertiser hopes to sell his goods quicklyto make a large profit before【3】_ begin. 【3】_There are also semi-dishonest advertisers who make【4】_ for their products which they know perfectly well 【4】_to be incapable of【5】_ 【5】_With no advertising,【6】_ would be sold, so 【6】_the cost of each article woul
5、d be higher. The more you advertise,the more【7】_ you can afford to sell your products. 【7】_As advertisers become more and more expert at their work,they appeal to all【8】_ to increase sales: greed, 【8】_【9】_ , love of a bargain, fear of the disapproval of other 【9】_people, etc.However, more and more c
6、ustomers are also becomingsuspicious of and【10】_ to high-powered advertising. 【10】_This is producing a deliberately modest type of advertisement. Please move on to Section B.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 ON
7、CE 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 According to the interviewee Mrs, Sutter, the mason
8、for limiting population is that _.（A）population is directly related to consuming food and other resources which are being run out（B） underdeveloped countries have great problems in increasing productivity to produce more materials（C） people are destroying living environment（D）there is less space for
9、 people to live in 12 Why is it necessary to limit population even in Europe and America?（A）They can save more to meet the needs of underdeveloped world.（B） Europe and America shouldnt shirk the responsibility of the whole world.（C） The number of people in Europe and America is no less than that in
10、underdeveloped world.（D）Europe and America consume a far greater proportion of the worlds resources and food. 13 Under what circumstances is it possible to increase population?（A）We increase productivity and produce more food.（B） We eat less food and use less material.（C） We find another planet to l
11、ive on.（D）The developed world is willing to help the underdeveloped world. 14 Free birth control technique should be compulsory for all the people EXCEPT _.（A）upper-middle class people（B） high IQ intelligentsia（C） those who have less than 3 children（D）those who have more than 3 children 15 What is t
12、his interview mainly about?（A）The need to control population both in underdeveloped and developed world.（B） How to control population in Europe.（C） Scarcity of food in the world.（D）Population and Environment. SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTDirections: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Lis
13、ten 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 Why were there hundreds of mourners in the Australian city of Newcastle who gathered to mourn the death of twenty people killed in bombings last year?（A）Beca
14、use Newcastle is the home of three of the victims.（B） Because these people died in Newcastle last year.（C） Because four Islamist fighters have been found guilty of involvement in the bombings in Newcastle.（D）Because Newcastle is the city where there are many friends and relatives of the victims.16 R
15、oger Rosenblatts book Black Fiction, in attempting to apply literary rather than sociopolitical criteria to its subject, successfully alters the approach taken by most previous studies. As Rosenblatt notes, criticism of Black writing has often served as a pretext for expounding on Black history. Add
16、ison Gayles recent work, for example, judges the value of Black Fiction by overtly political standards, rating each work according to the notions of Black identity which it introduces.Although fiction assuredly springs from political circumstances, its authors react to those circumstances in ways ot
17、her than ideological, and talking about novels and stories primarily as instruments of ideology outwits much of the fictional enterprise. Rosenblatts literary analysis discloses affinities and connections among works of Black fiction which solely political studies have overlooked or ignored.Writing
18、acceptable criticism of Black fiction, however, presupposes giving satisfactory answers to a number of questions. First of all, is there a sufficient reason, other than the racial identity to the authors, to group together works by Black authors? Second, how does Black fiction make itself distinct f
19、rom other modern fiction with which it is largely contemporaneous? Rosenblatt shows that Black fiction constitutes a distinct body of writing that has an identifiable, coherent literary tradition. Looking at novels written by Blacks over the last eighty years, he discovers recurring concerns and des
20、igns independent of chronology. These structures are related to the themes, and they spring, not surprisingly, from the central fact that the Black characters in these novels exist in a predominantly White culture, whether they try to conform to that culture or rebel against it.Black Fiction does le
21、ave some aesthetic questions open. Rosenblatts theme-based analysis permits considerable objectivity, he even explicitly states that it is not his intention to judge the merit of the various works, yet his reluctance seems misplaced, especially since an attempt to appraise might have led to interest
22、ing results. For instance, some of the novels appear to be structurally diffuse. Is this a defect, or are the authors working out of, or trying to forge, a different kind of aesthetic? In addition, the style of some Black novels, like Jean Tommers Cane, verges on expressionism or surrealism; does th
23、is technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted, a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression?In spite of such omissions, what Rosenblatt does include in his discussion makes for an astute and worthwhile stu
24、dy. Black Fiction surveys a wide variety of novels, bringing to our attention in the process some fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon Johnsons Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man. Its argument is tightly constructed, and its forthright, lucid style exemplifies levelheaded and penetra
25、ting criticism.17 The author objects to criticism of Black fiction like that by Addison Gayle because it_.（A）emphasizes purely literary aspects of such fiction（B） misinterprets the ideological content of such fiction（C） misunderstands the notions of Black identity contained in such fiction（D）substit
26、utes political for literary criteria in evaluating such fiction18 The author of the passage is primarily concerned with _.（A）evaluating the soundness of a work of criticism（B） comparing various critical approaches to a subject（C） discussing the limitations of a particular kind of criticism（D）summari
27、zing the major points made in a work of criticism19 The author believes that Black Fiction would have been improved, had Resenblatt_.（A）evaluated more carefully the ideological and historical aspects of Black fiction（B） attempted to be more objective in his approach to novels and stories by Black au
28、thors（C） explored in greater detail the recurrent thematic concerns of Black fiction throughout its history（D）assessed the relative literary merit of the novels he analyzes thematically20 The authors discussion of Black Fiction can be best described as_.（A）pedantic and contentious（B） critical but ad
29、miring（C） ironic and deprecating（D）argumentative but unfocused21 It can be inferred that the author would be LEAST likely to approve of which of the following?（A）An analysis of the influence of political events on the personal ideology of Black writers.（B） A critical study that applies sociopolitica
30、l criteria to autobiographies by Black authors.（C） A literary study of Black poetry that appraises the merits of poems according to the political acceptability of their themes.（D）An examination of the growth of a distinct Black literary tradition within the context of Black history.22 The author ref
31、ers to James Weldon Johnsons Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man most probably in order to_.（A）point out affinities between Rosenblatts method of thematic analysis and earlier criticism（B） clarify the point about expressionistic style made earlier in the passage（C） qualify the assessment of Rosenblat
32、ts book made in the first paragraph of the passage（D）give a specific example of one of the accomplishments of Rosenbaltts?work一、PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.23 The Church of England is
33、not free to change its form of worship, as laid down in_ without the consent of Parliament.（A）the Bill of Rights（B） the Provisions of Oxford（C） the Constitutions of Clarendon（D）the Book of Common Prayer24 Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as（A）parole.（B） language.（C） sy
34、stem.（D）langue.25 The famous trial scene between Portia and Shylock comes from_.（A）A Midsummer Nights Dream（B） Twelfth Night（C） The Merchant of Venice（D）As You lake It 26 The general election in Britain is held every_years.（A）four（B） three（C） six（D）five27 Which of the following is NOT an English nob
35、le title?（A）Duke（B） Baron（C） Earl（D）Count 28 Gender is mostly a category of the noun and pronoun. In English, the gender distinctions are determined _; in French, they are _.（A）grammatically; arbitrary（B） free; determined by the biological gender（C） arbitrarily; fixed（D）by the biological gender; gra
36、mmatical29 _ control most of the wealth and the politics of the United States of America.（A）The WASPS（B） The Blacks（C） The Indians（D）The Hispanics 30 Uncle Toms Cabin was written by _.（A）Nathaniel Hawthorne（B） Harriet Beecher Stowe（C） Stephen Crane（D）Eugene ONeil 31 Dr. Martin Luther King, _, was as
37、sassinated in March 196（A）a white clergyman（B） a black clergyman（C） a black senator（D）a white senator 32 In July 1789, ten amendments added to the American constitution limiting the powers of federal government and protecting the rights of all citizens were called（A）Bill of Rights.（B） Civil Rights.（
38、C） Declaration of Independence.（D）Bill of Confederation. 二、PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)Directions: Proofread the given passage. The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the
39、passage and correct it in the following way:(1)For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.(2)For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ sign and write t33 Confronted with such a shrinking job market, plent
40、y of graduates are anxious about work, even part-time jobs.SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHDirections: Translate the following text into English. 34 雨声渐渐的住了，窗帘后隐隐的透进清光来。推开窗户一看，呀!凉云散了，树叶上的残滴，映着月儿，好似荧光千点，闪闪烁烁的动着。真没想到苦雨孤灯之后，会有这么一幅清美的图画!凭窗站了一会儿，微微的觉得凉意侵人。转过身来，忽然眼花缭乱，屋子里的别的东西，都隐在光云里；一片幽辉，只浸着墙上画中的安琪儿。这白衣的安琪儿，
41、抱着花儿，扬着翅儿，向着我微微的笑。SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESEDirections: Translate the following text into Chinese.35 “To be or not to be.“ Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world. They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous
42、words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but for every thinking man and woman. To be or not to be to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely. A philosopher once wanted to know whether he was alive or not, w
43、hich is a good question for everyone to Out to himself occasionally. He answered it by saying: “I think, therefore I am.“But the best definition of existence I ever saw was one written by another philosopher who said: “To be is to be in relations.“ If this is true, then the more relations a living t
44、hing has, the more it is alive. To live abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity of our relations. Unfortunately we are so constituted that we get to love our routine. But apart from our regular occupation how much are we alive? If you are interested only in your regular occupatio
45、n, you are alive only to that extent. So far as other things are concerned poetry and prose, music, pictures, sports, unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs you are dead.三、PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic.36 Some people
46、 think that children should begin their formal education at a very early age and should spend most of their time on school studies. Others believe that young children should spend most of their time playing. Which view do you agree with? Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an approp
47、riate title for your essay.In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
