1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 651（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 Good WritingEducators in English-speaking countries have developed a set of basic characteristics of good Eng
3、lish writingunity, (1)_, emphasis, development and clarity.Here, a different set of concepts are introduced: 1. Good writing is good thinking:It should be (2)_.having something insightfulto say about the topic. It is not simply (3)_.It may1) enlighten you or (4)_the subject; 2) make you feel somethi
4、ng similar; 3) make you feel exactly (5)_.2. Good writing Involves thoughtful (6)_:It is the result of 99% of hard work and 1 % ofinspiration.3. Good writing is directed toward an audience; The audience determines1) diction and sentence structure; 2) the sentence length and patterns; 3) the overall
5、(7)_; 4) details that should be included.4. Good writing achieves a clear (8)_:5. Good writing expresses ideas clearly:It reflects good thinking, which should be put into precise, (9) _, and lucid articles.For non-native speakers of English, clear expre ssion involves being (10)_.SECTION B INTERVIEW
6、Directions: 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.
7、11 If after vigorous exercise a persons pulse rate remains high for a long while, he or she _.（A）has an unusually strong heart（B） must be suffering from some disease（C） should go to the hospital to have a check-up（D）needs to reduce the intensity of the exercise 12 One way in which exercise can impro
8、ve our health is that it helps us to _.（A）lose weight（B） sweat（C） build muscles（D）gain confidence 13 Dieting is not an effective way to lose weight unless _.（A）it is accompanied by exercising（B） you drink nothing but milk（C） you avoid eating fatty meat（D）you take more vitamins when exercising 14 The
9、 problem with most Americans diet is that they _.（A）drink too much milk（B） drink too much alcohol（C） consume too much meat and sugar（D）dont get enough thiamine 15 According to Dr. Mirkin, drugs such as amphetamines cannot increase an athletes performance, _.（A）because they actually do harm to his or
10、 her health（B） because they only stimulate his or her imagination（C） because they increase his or her strength only temporarily（D）because they actually slow down his or her reactions SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTDirections: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then ans
11、wer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.16 Which of the following statements about rescue efforts is TRUE?（A）They are hindered by rain, blocked roads, etc.（B） They are made by Manilas GMA television.（C） Philippine air force ha
12、s joined in the rescue efforts.（D）Red Cross calls for rescue efforts of the government. 16 Near the end of a five-day tour of highly automated, high-tech Japanese factories, the American visitor was overwhelmed and feeling a little inferior. Watching a string of gleaming stereo sets move down an ass
13、embly line, he turned to the plant manager and said, “Gosh, even your industrial design is better than ours.“Ah, yes, “ replied the manager, “but America has treasures that Japan can never hope to possess. “You mean our mineral wealth and bountiful farms? “Ah, no. I was referring to Caltech and MIT.
14、 “Americas scientific institutions-its technological universities and government laboratories-are the envy of the world, producing ideas, devices and medicines that have made the U.S. prosperous, improved the lives of people around the globe and profoundly affected their perception of the world and
15、the universe. This tremendous creativity is reflected in the technical reports that are published in scientific journals throughout the world. Fully 35% of them come from scientists doing their research at American institutions.Yet American dominance can no longer be taken for granted. Many recent U
16、.S. achievements and awards stem in large measure from generous research grants of the past, and any weakening of government and industry commitment to support of basic research could in the next few decades cost the nation its scientific leadership. Some slipping is already divalent. In high-energy
17、 physics, where Americans once reigned supreme, Western Europe now spends roughly twice as much money as the U. S. Result: the major high-energy physics discoveries of the past few years have been made not by Americans but by Europeans.Even so, money alone cannot guarantee scientific supremacy. Free
18、dom of inquiry, an intellectually stimulating environment and continuous recruitment of the best minds must accompany it. That combination has been achieved in many U.S. institutions-educational, governmental and industrial-but perhaps nowhere more successfully than at the National Institutes of Hea
19、lth, Bell Laboratories and Caltech.17 Americas technological universities and government laboratories are generally _.（A）loved by scientists in other parts of the world（B） disliked by scientists in other parts of the world（C） admired by scientists in other parts of the world（D）jealous of scientists
20、in other parts of the world18 Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?（A）35% of technical reports published in scientific journals are written by Scientists doing their research in America.（B） 35% of all scientific journals are issued by American scientific societies.（C） 35
21、% of all scientists come from America.（D）35 % of all scientists are doing research at American institutions.19 According to the passage, in the competition for scientific leadership, _.（A）applied research is of the greatest significance（B） basic research is of the greatest significance（C） research i
22、n high-energy physics is of the greatest significance（D）research in high-tech fields is of the greatest significance20 The example given in the last but one paragraph is mainly used to show _.（A）western Europe is spending more money than America in certain fields（B） Europeans are making more discove
23、ries than Americans in retain fields（C） European scientists are more intelligent than American scientists（D）Americas scientific leadership is being replaced by European countries21 Which of the following is not mentioned as a necessary part to maintain Americas scientific leadership?（A）Money.（B） Com
24、bination of various disciplines.（C） Joint efforts of the most intelligent scientists.（D）Favorable academic atmospher一、PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.22 The pair of words “buy“ and “sell“
25、are _（A）gradable opposites.（B） relational opposites.（C） complementary opposites.（D）contradictory opposites.23 For nearly 400 years, Britain was under the Roman occupation, but the Romans never conquered the tribes of_.（A）Celts（B） Scotland（C） Saxons（D）Britain24 The most important prehistoric monument
26、 of the Iberians was_.（A）Maiden Castle in Wiltshire（B） Stonehenge in Wiltshire（C） Amesbury in Wiltshire（D）Leeds Castle in Kent25 Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States (1801 - 1809) and the principal author of（A）The Rising Glory of America.（B） The Wild Honey Suckle.（C） The Ind
27、ian Burying Ground.（D）The Declaration of Independence.26 The _ are immigrants from Latin America which was once a large colony of the Spanish Empire.（A）blacks（B） Hispanics（C） Pilgrim Fathers（D）Jews 27 _is the ideal users knowledge of the rules of his language and_is the actual realization of this kn
28、owledge in linguistic communication.（A）Competence, performance（B） Performance, competence（C） Parole, langue（D）Langue, parole28 Feudalism in Britain began in the seventh century, developed during the _ and ended in the Bourgeois Revolution.（A）Enclosure（B） Norman Conquest（C） Glorious Revolution（D）reig
29、n of Queen Victoria 29 The Deserted Village was written by_, the outstanding representative of the sentimentalist school.（A）Bums（B） Pope（C） Goldsmith（D）Wordsworth 30 The Hispanics mainly refer to the ethnic people immigrating to the U. S. from _.（A）Latin America（B） South Africa（C） Canada（D）Russia 31
30、 Which of the following about bound morpheme is NOT true?（A）Bound morpheme can not occur unattached.（B） Bound morphemes are never words.（C） All the prefixes are bound morphemes.（D）Bound morphemes sometimes can be used alone. 二、PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)Directions: Proofread the
31、 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 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 pro
32、vided at the end of the line.(2)For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ sign and write t32 Beyond the stars, the astronaut saw nothing but the space.SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHDirections: Translate the following text into English. 33 谁能否认海的伟大呢?我爱海，并不仅仅因为她的颜色美丽，和藏在海底那有趣的玩意
33、儿，而是爱她的胸襟广阔，化污秽为清洁。她容纳无数的细流，尽管它们的颜色有黑的也有黄的，一旦流到了海的怀抱，便立刻变成碧绿的了。碧绿是代表和平，代表一种静美。一个人，哪怕他的脾气犹如虎狼 那么凶暴，我相信如果长住在海滨，一定会变得和羔羊一般驯良；同时，那些心怀狭隘的人，如果常与海做朋友，我相信他也会改变成豪爽、痛快的性格。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESEDirections: Translate the following text into Chinese.34 When the Kodak Brownie was launched in 1900, its slog
34、an was “you press the button and we do the rest“. Photographers no longer had to be amateur scientists adept at mixing chemicals in darkened rooms. Photography quickly became a mass-market phenomenon.A century later, digital photography awaits a similar breakthrough. Digital cameras are increasingly
35、 popular they accounted for around a quarter of world-wide camera sales last year bat they arc not for everybody. Getting the most out of a digital camera requires a PC to store, edit, distribute and print images. For many people, it is all too much trouble. According to Esatman Kodak, 80% of digita
36、l-camera owners still use film cameras more than half the time, and fewer than 20% of the 30 billion digital photos taken each year are ever printed out. Printing is simply too demanding.The industry is now trying to solve this problem, since prints are what make money. At the moment, that money goe
37、s mainly to the makers of paper and ink cartridges for color printers, notably HP (formerly Hewlett-Packard). Indeed, the business is so lucrative that the European Union recently launched a probe into whether printer makers were illegally forcing consumers to buy their ink cartridges.三、PART VI WRIT
38、ING (45 MIN)Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic.35 Albert Einstein said, “Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration“. It seems that hard work is a crucial factor to be successful. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
