1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 671（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 US ConstitutionIn Washington D. C., every year thousands of tourists visit the National Archives to view
3、the original US Constitution document which is on【1】display. This is the document that has shaped the US【2】for more than 180 years.In 1786 a call went out to all the states inviting them to send【3】to a meeting in Philadelphia in the spring of 1787. This meeting was the Constitutional Convention, a g
4、reat turning point in American history. No more important meeting has ever been held in America. To it came 55 men, among them some of the most famous men in the history, including George Washington, who【4】the convention, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. They worked steadily
5、 and in secret from May well into September and【5】only after they had written a new plan of government to be sent to the 13 states for approval. That was the Constitution of the United States.The makers of the Constitution knew that【6】would be necessary and that if there was no way of making them, t
6、he Constitution would no longer be useful. Since 1789,26【7】to the Constitution have been made. Ten of them were adopted immediately after the Constitution went into effect. They are the amendments called the Bill of Rights because they protect the right of【8】.It is something of a【9】 that the Constit
7、ution has lasted so long. It was made for a Union of 13 states with a total population of about three millions, most of whom were living on farms. Today it serves a highly industrialized nation of 50 states with a population of more than 200 millions most of whom are living in cities. Americans are
8、hopeful that a living Constitution will continue to guide their【10】in the future as it has in the past.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. Qu
9、estions 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 Which word is not used by Norberg-Hodge to describe the Ladakhi people?（A）open（B） happy（C） self-protected（D）humble12 Why wa
10、s the Ladakhi culture damaged?（A）Because India and China fought there（B） Because it becomes dependent on the import（C） Because the Indian government regarded this region as the front in war（D）Because the developing ways introduced are against the realities there13 As far as tourism concerned, local
11、people.（A）think their culture is being destroyed（B） feel it is a pity to lose the paradise（C） have different ideas from the foreigners（D）are fully aware of the consequences14 Ladakhi people think that the Westerns _.（A）are not rich（B） need not to work（C） are unintelligent（D）have the same lives as th
12、ose of them15 Ladakhi people usually _.（A）have few interests in the information provided by Norberg-Hodge（B） can understand the information（C） feel ashamed of their backwardness after knowing about the outside world（D）know how the outside world isSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTDirections: In this section y
13、ou 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 The news is mainly about the UN human rights investigators calling for（A）a better treatment of the US detainees at Guan
14、tanamo Bay.（B） an independent judicial body to bring the detainees to trial.（C） the immediate closure of the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay.（D）the implementation of international human rights law at Guantanamo Bay.16 If Najibullah Zazi is everything the FBI says he is, then the Afghan-born Denver
15、airport-shuttle-bus driver represents a new kind of menace for the U.S His arrest is a double blessing: it may have thwarted a terrorism plot, and it could give counter terrorism officials a goldmine of information on al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the state of the global jihad.It may be weeks before we
16、know if Zazi is indeed a terrorist. Although the FBI believes he and others were plotting to bomb targets in the U.S., Zazi has been charged only with lying to the authorities. He and his father Mohammed have denied involvement in any terrorism plot. The FBI is working to build a stronger case again
17、st the pair, and terrorism-related charges are expected imminently. But if it turns out the FBIs suspicions are accurate, then counter terrorism experts will be especially interested in Zazinot least because of his origins.Afghans “have not been a major component of the transnational jihadi network,
18、“ says Kamran Bokhari, director of Middle East analysis at the intelligence firm Stratfor. Afghan jihadis have tended to join the Taliban, which has traditionally limited its attentions to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. But Robert Grenier, a former CIA station chief in Pakistan, believes the Tal
19、ibans worldview has changed a great deal since the government it ran was overthrown by the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. “The Afghan Taliban see themselves quite differently now from 9/11: many of the leaders now see themselves as part of the global jihad,“ says Grenier, who now heads the consulting fi
20、rm ERG Partners.So it wouldnt be a surprise if the Taliban decided to mount a plot against targets in the U.S. “There are probably people in the Taliban who are saying, To get rid of the U.S., its not enough to fight them here,“ says Lawrence Korb, a national-security expert at the Center for Americ
21、an Progress. After all, he points out, al-Qaedas rationale for attacks on the U.S. was “to get us out of Saudi Arabia.“Nor is the sentiment restricted to the ranks of the Taliban. “Lots of Afghans see the U.S. presence as an occupation, and I can easily see how some of them would be motivated to str
22、ike at the U.S. wherever they can,“ Grenier says. Korb points out that there is a great deal of anger among Afghans over U.S. policies in their country. “There are people who feel we didnt keep our promisesPresident Bush talked of a Marshall Plan for Afghanistan,“ he says. “Some Afghans now wonder i
23、f were not just like the Soviets.“Its hard to know if the Taliban has been specifically recruiting Afghans for international operations. If Zazi turns out to be linked to a terrorism plot, he may be no more than “an instrument of opportunity, someone who got in touch with them, who shared their ideo
24、logy, and whom they thought they could use,“ says Bokhari.Apart from Zazis Afghan background, counter terrorism experts will be especially keen to know about his associations in Pakistan. The FBI says Zazi has admitted he spent time at an al-Qaeda camp in Pakistan in 2008, receiving training in weap
25、ons and explosives. If that is true, then Zazi could be a very valuable source of information on how al-Qaeda trains jihadis now. What U.S. counter terrorism officials know about jihadi training camps is based mostly on intelligence gleaned after al-Qaedas.bases in Afghanistan were overrun in 2001.
26、Relatively little is known about the camps in Pakistan, which are located close to the border with Afghanistan.“If Zazi met or trained with terrorists along the Afghan-Pakistan border, any insights we glean could add considerably to our ever expanding base of knowledge on al-Qaeda or other terrorist
27、 groups,“ says a U.S. counter terrorism official. “Thats a good thing for us and very bad thing for our enemies.“17 Which of the following is NOT true about Zazi?（A）He is a terrorist.（B） He was born in Afghan.（C） He was once in Pakistan.（D）He is a driver at Denver airport.18 What does “menace“ mean
28、in Paragraph 1?（A）blessing（B） benefit（C） threat（D）intelligence19 Which of the following is NOT true about the Taliban?（A）The Taliban and the global jihad are separate terrorist groups.（B） The Afghan jihadis wanted to become members of the Taliban.（C） The Taliban is becoming a major composite of the
29、global jihad.（D）The Taliban tend to regard themselves as part of the global jiha20 What can be inferred from Zazis arrest?（A）It may have prevented a terrorism attack.（B） It might greatly benefit U.S. Intelligence.（C） It might force U.S. to change its policies in Afghan.（D）It may prove Afghans malici
30、ous attitude toward U.S21 Zazis issue shows the following EXCEPT _.（A）Afghans are angry with U.S. policies.（B） The Taliban are not alone in fighting against the U.S（C） The Taliban is training Afghans to attack U.S. targets.（D）The Taliban may make use of Afghans hatred to U.S一、PART III GENERAL KNOWLE
31、DGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.22 Led by_, the barons forced Henry HI to accept_.（A）Simon de Montfort; the Great Charter（B） Simon de Montfort; the Provisions of Oxford（C） Thomas Becket; the Great Charter（D）Thom
32、as Becket; the Provisions of Oxford23 The Immigration Restriction Act became known as the White Australia policy because it used dictation test to deny entry to_.（A）non-white immigrants（B） white immigrants（C） black immigrants（D）Asian immigrants24 One of the measures taken by the Roosevelt Administra
33、tion in the New Deal was to_.（A）close down more banks（B） further loosen the control of financial institutions（C） adopt a number of labor laws to raise the role of labor in the relations of production（D）encourage farm production25 Of the following words, _ is NOT a derivation.（A）national（B） discard（C
34、） worker（D）playboy26 The poem To Autumn was written by（A）Shelly.（B） Byron.（C） Wordsworth.（D）Keats.27 The executive political power of New Zealand is exercised mainly by the_.（A）Governor-General（B） Sovereign（C） Parliament（D）Prime Minister28 _ is the second largest country in the world.（A）Canada.（B） U
35、.S.A.（C） China.（D）Russia.29 Cromwell was made _.（A）King of England（B） Lord of the rings（C） Lord of Protector（D）King of Kings 30 At the turn of the 18th and 19th, centuries _ appeared in England as a new trend in literature.（A）Renaissance（B） Reformation（C） Romanticism（D）Sentimentalism 31 The British
36、established 13 colonies along _ between 1607 and 1733.（A）the west coast of North America（B） the west coast of South America（C） the east coast of North America（D）the east coast of South America 二、PART IV PROOFREADING its films spread Hollywoods culture around the globe; its athletes break world recor
37、ds; even its wines now rank with the best of Frances. Somehow, it is always at the cutting edge, be it in the flower-power days of the 1960s or the dotcom boom of the 1990s. As Kevin Starr points out in his history of the state, California has long been “one of the prisms through which the American
38、people, for better and for worse, could glimpse their future“.Mr. Starr is too good a historian to offer any pat explanation; instead, he concentrates on the extraordinary array of people and events that have led from the mythical land of Queen Calafia, through the rule of Spain and Mexico, and on t
39、o the governorship of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Moreover, he does so with such elegance and humor that his book is a joy to read.What emerges is not all Californian sunshine and light. Think back to the savage violence that accompanied the 1849 Gold Rush; or to the exclusion orders against the Chinese;
40、 or to the riots that regularly marked industrial and social relations in San Francisco. California, it should be remembered, was very much the wild west, having to wait until 1850 before it could force its way to statehood.三、PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words
41、 on the following topic.44 There is no denying that waste is a common phenomenon on campus nowadays. As a developing country and a nation with so long a history, our young people should realize the serious realities of our natural materials and economical resources. You are to write a 400-word compo
42、sition to discuss this issue.In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with 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.
