1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 570（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 Three Main Literary Forms. Poetry Essential features: form and music evoking【1】 【1】_creating a(n)【2】 【2】_imag
3、ination leading to new【3】, new feelings and experience【3】_. Fiction A. Short story definition: a relatively brief【4】 【4】_subject matter: single incidents in daily life essential features:【5】, unity and 【5】_【6】 【6】_B. Novel One important technique:【7】 【7】_Three methods: explicit presentation through【
4、8】 【8】_presentation of character in【9】 【9】_presentation from within a character . Drama Origin: ancient Greek festival activities Structures of a play exposition rising action 【10】 【10】_falling action ending New styles and forms1 【1】2 【2】3 【3】4 【4】5 【5】6 【6】7 【7】8 【8】9 【9】10 【10】SECTION B INTERVIEWD
5、irections: 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.1
6、1 The interviewees first job was with_.（A）a newspaper.（B） the government.（C） a construction firm.（D）a private company. 12 The interviewee is not self-employed mainly because_.（A）his wife likes him to work for a firm.（B） he prefers working for the government.（C） self-employed work is very demanding.（
7、D）self-employed work is sometimes insecure. 13 To study architecture in a university one must_.（A）be interested in arts.（B） study pure science first.（C） get good exam results.（D）be good at drawing. 14 On the subject of drawing the interviewee says that_.（A）technically speaking artists draw very well
8、.（B） an artists drawing differs little from an architects.（C） precision is a vital skill for the architect.（D）architects must be natural artists. 15 The interviewee says that the job of an architect is_.（A）more theoretical than practical.（B） to produce sturdy, well-designed buildings.（C） more practi
9、cal than theoretical.（D）to produce attractive, interesting buildings. 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 questions
10、.16 Why was Charles Taylor accused of crimes against humanity?（A）Because he has waged many wars.（B） Because he supported rebels in Sierra Leone in the 1990s.（C） Because he has wrongly prosecuted war crime suspects.（D）Because he started the civil war in the 1990s.16 Commercial VicesThe commercial vic
11、es are gambling, prostitution, and drugs. The appeals of the commercial vices are so strong and widespread that attempts to prohibit them in western democracies have always failed. Even in totalitarian regimes with unrestricted police and draconian punishments, such as Islamic countries, there is on
12、ly partial success.The evils of these vices are threefold: Those who practice them suffer, the criminals who sell them prosper, and the enforcement organizations are expensive, unsuccessful, and often corrupt bureaucracies.Two commercial vices have been accepted as unstoppable but their evils have b
13、een minimized by legalization and regulation. These are the particular drug, alcohol, and gambling.The United States attempted to prohibit alcohol and failed. The Mafia made its accumulated capital by bootlegging alcohol. The gangsters of the twenties and thirties were in the alcohol business just a
14、s the drug peddlers of today are in the drug business. Both settled trade disputes with gunfire. When alcohol prohibition was repealed and sale by licensed dealers was instituted, the Mafia went out of the liquor business and the revenue agents assigned to stop the illegal business went out of busin
15、ess too. The quality of regulated liquor became assured and taxes, not high enough to motivate bootlegging, became a source of public revenue. Consumption of legal alcohol became only slightly greater than the consumption of illegal alcohol had been.If we follow the alcohol example with all other dr
16、ugs, the same benefits will obtain. Much more than that, the temptation of “forbidden fruit“ will disappear. The jailing of petty drug pushers will stop, together with their training as future serious criminals in the crime schools which are our jails. If we transfer the huge sums wasted on fruitles
17、s interdiction efforts and on punishment to serious education and rehabilitation programs, the drug problem will retreat to the trivial level it was fifty years ago.Gambling is another example of “If you can t lick em, join em.“ At one time all but private gambling at home was illegal. So the Mafia
18、ran the numbers rackets and the secret games and the bookmaking where “law abiding“ citizens did their unstoppable gambling. Now governments run lotteries and license and supervise casinos so the gangsters are largely out, cheating is minimal, and governments earn revenue instead of paying police. H
19、ere, again, an education program would cost little and do much good.Prostitution is an even more emotional problem. Addiction to sex is genetic and permanent and deprivation has many penalties. Here, again, legalization and regulation .will immediately eliminate the pimps and gangsters and reduce th
20、e police force. With periodic medical examination and licensing of the practitioners, and perhaps of the customers, there will be a radical reduction in the spread of venereal diseases, including AIDS. For those already diseased there can be a matching of buyer and seller by coding their license car
21、ds.A valid objection to legalization (or de-criminalization) of vices is that this very action will encourage their practice by seeming to be an official endorsement. This objection can be finessed by what was done with “Blue Laws“ which tried to impose unacceptable “virtues“ but which could not be
22、repealed. They were not repealed but merely stopped being enforced.The enforcement budgets can then be converted to treatment and education to discourage and diminish practice of the vices. Laws providing regulation and licensing can still be passed. Logically they are inconsistent with laws forbidd
23、ing, but so what? They can be enforced anyway.17 Legalization and regulation of commercial vices would bring all the following benefits EXCEPT _.（A）the police force could be reduced（B） illegal dealers would be forced out of business（C） there would be no more drug dealers（D）the practices might become
24、 a source of revenue 18 “Forbidden fruit temptation“ means_.（A）the criminals would like to take chances（B） people are tempted to try the commercial vices（C） people are tempted to bootleg drugs, etc（D）the practitioners would like to join Mafia 19 After legalization and regulation of prostitution, the
25、 main cause of reduction in the spread of venereal diseases would probably be_.（A）the practitioners would be licensed （B） the practitioners would receive regular medical examination（C） the practitioners already diseased would be made known（D）those already diseased could choose each other as partner
26、一、PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.20 The Republic of Ireland was independent in the year of_.（A）1920（B） 1945（C） 1918（D）192221 The Lake District, which is well-known for its beautiful scene
27、ry, is located in the_.（A）south of Scotland（B） northwest of England（C） north of Wales（D）east of England22 _was an important immigration reception spot in late 19th century and early 20th century.（A）Ellis Island（B） San Francisco（C） Hawaii（D）Miami23 “Hamburger“ is of_origin.（A）French（B） German（C） Chin
28、ese（D）Spanish24 Henry David Thoreaus work _ , has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.（A）Daisy Miller（B） White Fang（C） Walden（D）The Prince and the Pauper25 Which movie is not awarded the Oscars best movie?（A）American Beauty（B） A Beautiful Mind（C） Shakespeare in Lov
29、e（D）Secret Window26 “Whats in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called“ (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2,43-45) To what characteristics of language does Shakespeare refer?（A）Creativity.（B） Productivity.（C） Duality.（D）Arbitrari
30、ness.27 What is the relationship between “livestock“ and “cattle“?（A）Polysemy.（B） Antonymy.（C） Homonymy.（D）Hyponymy. 28 The objective of the Chartist Movement was democratic rights for all men, and it took its name from “_“.（A）The Bill of Rights（B） The Agreement of the People（C） The Peoples Charter（
31、D）The Great Charter 29 _ has won the name of “the father of American literature“.（A）Washington Irving（B） Captain John Smith（C） Benjamin Franklin（D）Henry Longfellow二、PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)Directions: Proofread the given passage. The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicate
32、d 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 the end of the line.(2)For a missing word, mark the p
33、osition of the missing word with a “ sign and write t30 Whatever the case, there is often a tentative quality here, as if the directors are reluctant to commit strongly to anything on screen, including an image that doesnt quaver.SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHDirections: Translate the following text i
34、nto English. 31 在十二世纪及随后的几个世纪中，练金术在欧洲得到广泛的研究，并引起许多有学问的人的注意 .虽然他们制造金子的种种尝试注定了是要失败的，但是他们的工作却使许多新的化学知识和实验方法得以发展。然而后来欧洲的许多炼金术士却是十足的骗子,他们施展各种诡计诈骗那些信以主真的人因而练金术也就场名扫地。到了十六世纪前半期，炼金术士的目标已经由制造黄金为制造药物了。他们特别是要寻求一种名为“ 长生不老 ”的奇异物质。一种能治百病的灵丹妙药。而且有些人认为事实将证明这种灵丹妙药和“哲人之石“ 是同一物质。化学的这个阶段差不多一直延续到 1700 年。 SECTION B ENGLI
35、SH TO CHINESEDirections: Translate the following text into Chinese.32 Chinese leaders believe it is necessary to hold the nation together, to keep it growing, to keep moving toward its destiny. Chinas economic growth has made it more and more dependent on the outside world for investment, markets, a
36、nd energy. Computers and the Internet, fax machines and photocopiers, modems and satellites all increase the exposure to people, ideas, and the world beyond Chinas borders. The effect is only just beginning to be felt. Indeed, greater openness is profoundly in Chinas own interest. If welcomed, it wi
37、ll speed economic growth, enhance the world influence of China and stabilize society. Without the full freedom to think, question, create, China will be at a distinct disadvantage, competing with fully open societies in the Information Age where the greatest source of national wealth is what resides
38、 in the human mind. 三、PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic.33 Ever since Chinas Opening Policy, a great number of students have gone abroad to pursue education, the majority of whom stayed abroad after graduation. But to everyones surprise
39、, they are now casting eyes homeward and returning in waves. What is your opinion of the wave? Write an essay of about 400 words entitled:Returning: Not an Easy WayIn the first part of your writing you should state your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appr
40、opriate 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 composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
