1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 528（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 Reading on the InternetI. Adolescent Internet readers1) AliciaShe is good at (1)_information online.She belie
3、ves that the Web will meet all her needs.2) JakeHe uses the Internet at school.He is more (2)_.He reads the topic sentence in a paragraph online.He uses the same reading strategies in (3)_text and Internet text.II. The (4)_of reading and Internet technology1) New forms of literacy require more:read
4、and write in the print world as well as in the(5)_worldthe definition of literacy is broadened2) Global competition and informational economy in workIt is necessary to know how to access, evaluate blinking graphics vivid color(7)_3) Most of the Internet text is expository. This text requires (8)_wit
5、h its concepts, vocabulary and organizational format. Expository text is usually found written as hypertext. IV. The path of Internet reading1) The path can be ever changing because of; the (9)_information on the Internet.websites being updated,removed and remodeled.2) Technology is transforming the
6、 (10)_of literacy.The skills of reading and using technology are converging.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
7、be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.11 Which of the following statements about creativity is INCORRECT?（A）Creativity stems from human beings novel thinking.（B） The duration of the creative process varies from person to person.（C） Creative pe
8、ople focus on novel thinking rather than on solutions.（D）The outcome of human creativity comes in varied forms.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
9、 given 10 seconds to answer the questions.12 What is the feature of TATP?（A）It is an simple explosive.（B） It is a military explosive.（C） It is made in U.S. factories.（D）It can be easily made indoors. 13 Richard Reid tried to bomb a plane with the bomb _.（A）provided by terrorists（B） stolen from the m
10、ilitary（C） made according to the methods shown in Internet（D）made in his lab 13 The reek of the twin towers rubble still permeated Lower Manhattan when Yaroslav Trofirnovs editor at The Wall Street Journal gave him an assignment that is the stuff of a foreign correspondents fantasies: to travel thro
11、ugh the lands of Islam and find out how Muslims were reacting to Americas tragedy. Fluent in Arabic and carrying an Italian passport, the Ukrainian-born Trofimov gained access to people who wouldnt speak to most Westerners, especially Americans. Over three years, he met jihadists in Yemen, politicia
12、ns in Bosnia, liberals in Tunisia, conservative clerics in Saudi Arabia, Hezbollah guerrillas in south Lebanon, caravaneers in mythic Timbuktu, and now gives us “Faith at War,“ part travel book, part political and cultural commentary, part adventure story and altogether superb, gracefully written gu
13、ide into what he calls “the Islamic universe“.The cosmological description is apt: the countries Trofimov visited seem, in their values, outlooks and aspirations, very distant from our own. “Faith at War“ serves as a kind of wormhole, through which we can enter that parallel universe and begin to co
14、mprehend it. The news it brings will not comfort those who believe that globalization is drawing us closer together. On his first stop, Cairo, undergraduates dining in a McDonald s a few days after 9ll 1 demonstrate that it s possible to delight in a Big Mac and in the fiery deaths of 3,000 American
15、s at the same time. “Everyone celebrated,“ an 18-year-old university student gushes as she dips her fries into ketchup, “cheering that America finally got what it deserved.“This and similar encounters lead Trofimov to conclude that poverty is not the root cause of Islamic extremism: “Often those wit
16、h the most bloodthirsty ideas were the well-to-do and the privileged who have had some experience with the West - and not the downtrodden and ignorant masses that are usually depicted as the font of anti-Western fury.“At his next destination, Saudi Arabia, Trofimov sips tea with a dissident who echo
17、es a mantra of the Bush administration - the Middle Easts repressive regimes are responsible for terrorism, and the key to defeating it is to democratize the region. The countrys justice minister, though, tells him that democracy is “un- Islamic“.Some of Trofimov s material is, unfortunately, dated,
18、 especially in the chapters dealing with Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraqi Shiite leaders express deep antipathy to the United States (“Even if you turn this country into heaven, we dont want it from you,“ says one); he might hear different opinions now that a Shiite dominated government is more or less i
19、n place.Trofimovs episodic narrative creates a mosaic of the Muslim universe, which is less monolithic than generally pictured. Each tile is exquisitely wrought, but the overall pattern is not always clear. Trofimov implies that in the eyes of a great many Muslims, what began as a war against terror
20、ism has morphed into a war against Islam- a clash of civilizations. But Muslims in more moderate countries like Tunisia and Mali dont seem to share that view, and I for one couldnt tell which vision is likely to prevail.That said, this book deserves a wide readership. The Muslims dont understand us,
21、 we dont understand them. “Faith at War“ goes a long way toward solving the second part of that dismal equation.14 Concerning the book, which of the following statements is NOT true?（A）It is partly a travel book.（B） It is partly a political one.（C） It is partly a cultural commentary.（D）It is partly
22、an academic one.15 According to Trofimov, who most often do harbor the extremist ideas?（A）The masses.（B） The well-to-do.（C） The poor people.（D）The better educated.16 As far as the problem of “Faith at War“ is concerned, which conclusion can NOT be drawn from the passage?（A）The author may attribute t
23、he hatred towards Americans to the clash of civilizations.（B） The book tries to provide an insight into the Islamic world.（C） The book provides a solution to the problem.（D）The author do not provide a satisfied picture of the whole Islamic world.一、PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There
24、 are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.17 William won the Battle of Hastings. Later, on_, he was crowned King of England.（A）Easter Day（B） St. Andrews Day（C） Christmas Day（D）Boxing Day18 A fault line runs the length of New Zealand, which means that
25、 it often has （A）floods.（B） volcanic eruptions.（C） earthquakes.（D）droughts.19 Ireland is unique among European countries for_.（A）its small population（B） its beautiful scenery（C） its rich natural resources（D）its century-long population decline20 _, which began publishing in 1785, is the United Kingdo
26、ms oldest daily newspaper.（A）The Times（B） The Observer（C） The Guardian（D）The News of the World21 Strong affinity to the Chinese and Oriental literature can be found in the works of _.（A）Mark Twain（B） Ezra Pound（C） Emily Dikinson（D）Arthur Miller22 The name Australia comes from the Latin words meaning
27、 _.（A）happy land（B） southern land（C） big land（D）rich land 23 Pygmalion is a play by _.（A）William Shakespeare（B） Oscar Wilde（C） George Bernard Shaw（D）William B.Yeats 24 The English Civil War is also called _.（A）the Cromwell War（B） the Puritan Revolution（C） the Hundred Years War（D）the Wars of the Rose
28、s 25 The 18th century in English literature is an age of _.（A）novel（B） poem（C） prose（D）play 26 _ is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.（A）Linguistics（B） Syntax（C） Morphology（D）language 二、PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)Directions: Proofread the given pas
29、sage. 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 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 t
30、he end of the line.(2)For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ sign and write t26 It often happens that a number of applicants with almost identicalqualifications and experience all apply for the same position. In his 【M1】_educational background, special skills and work exp
31、erience, there is much, 【M2】_if anything, to choose between half a dozen candidates. How then does theemployer make a choice? Usually on the basis of an interview.There are many arguments for and against the interview as a selectionprocedure. The main argument against it is that it results in a whol
32、e subjective 【M3】_decision. As often as not, employers do not choose best candidates, they 【M4 】_choose the candidate who makes a good first impression with them. Some 【M5】_employers, of course, reply to this argument by saying that they have becomeso experienced in interviewing staff so that they a
33、re able to make a sound 【M6】_assessment of each candidate s likely performance.The main argument in favor of the interview-is that an employer isconcerned not only with a candidate s ability, but about the suitability of 【M7 】_his or her personality for the particular work situation. Many employers,
34、for example, will overlook occasional efficiencies from their secretary 【M8】_provided that she has a pleasant personality.It is perhaps true to say, therefore, that the real purpose of an interviewis not to assess the assessable aspects of each candidate but to make a guessat the more tangible thing
35、s, such as personality, character and social ability. 【M9】_Fortunately, both for the employers and applicants for jobs, there are many 【M10】_people of great ability who simply do not interview well.27 【M1】28 【M2】29 【M3】30 【M4】31 【M5】32 【M6】33 【M7】34 【M8】35 【M9】36 【M10】SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHDir
36、ections: Translate the following text into English. 37 克隆人、千年虫、互联网我们触目所见的许多东西都在挑战我们的思维和传统。虽然我们应当有勇气来接受和不断地超越人类的局限，可是并非一切发展都无懈可击。无限制的发展和无限制的挥霍一样的可怕，所以西方科学家生活在隐忧中，对未来的科学又喜又惊，反思科学发展成了他们的日常工作之一。我们或许还可以争辩说，中国人还生活在争取富足的道路上，不必杞人忧天。也许对于生活在科学门槛前面的中国人来说，科学仍然神秘而美丽，明艳照人。SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESEDirections: T
37、ranslate the following text into Chinese.38 The balance of nature is a very elaborate and very delicate system of checks and counterchecks. It is continually being altered as climates change, as new organisms evolve, as animals or plants permeate to new areas. But the alterations have in the past, f
38、or the most part, been slow, whereas with the arrival of civilized man, their speed has been multiplied manifold: from the evolutionary time-scale, where change is measured by periods of ten or a hundred thousand years, they have been transferred to the human time-scale in which centuries and even d
39、ecades count.Everywhere man is altering the balance of nature. He is facilitating the spread of plants and animals into new regions, sometimes deliberately, sometimes unconsciously. He is covering huge areas with new kinds of plants, or with houses, factories, slag-heaps and other products of his ci
40、vilization. He exterminates some species on a large scale, but favors the multiplication of others. In brief, he has done more in five thousand years to alter the biological aspect of the planet than has nature in five million.三、PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)Directions: Write a composition of about 400 wo
41、rds on the following topic.38 Year 2006 was thought by many Chinese to be a lucky year in which to get married, whereas 2005 and 2007 were not. As a result, the number of young people who chose to tie the knot in the “blessed year“ hit a historic high. What do you think of such a “wedding rush“? Wri
42、te an essay of about 400 words to state your view.WEDDING RUSHIn 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.Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
