1、专业英语八级真题2013年及答案解析 (总分：101.00，做题时间：195分钟)一、PART I LISTENING (总题数：1，分数：10.00)What Do Active Learners Do? There are ence between active learning and passive learning. Characteristics of active learners: I. reading with purposes A. before reading: setting goals B. while reading: (1) 1 II. (2) 2 and cri
2、tical in thinking i.e. information processing, e.g. - connections between the known and the new information - identification of (3) 3 concepts - judgment on the value of (4) 4. III. active in listening A. ways of note-taking: (5) 5. B. before note-taking: listening and thinking IV. being able to get
3、 assistance A. reason 1: knowing comprehension problems because of (6) 6. B. Reason 2: being able to predict study difficulties V. being able to question information A. question what they read or hear B. evaluate and (7) 7. VI. Last characteristic A. attitude toward responsibility - active learners:
4、 accept - passive learners: (8) 8 B. attitude toward (9) 9 - active learners: evaluate and change behaviour - passive learners: no change in approach Relationship between skill and will: will is more important in (10) 10. Lack of will leads to difficulty in college learning.（分数：10.00）填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项
5、1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_二、SECTION B INTERVI(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interviewAt the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questionsNow listen to the interview（分数：5.00）(1).According to the interviewer, which
6、of the following best indicates the relationship between choice and mobility? （分数：1.00）A.Better education more choices greater mobilityB.Better education greater mobility more choicesC.Greater mobility better education more choicesD.Greater mobility more choices better education(2).According to the
7、interview，which of the following details about the first poll is INCORRECT? （分数：1.00）A.Job security came second according to the poll results.B.Chances for advancement might have been favoured by young peopleC.High income failed to come on top for being most importantD.Shorter work hours was least c
8、hosen for being most important.(3).According to the interviewee，which is the main difference between the first and the second poll? （分数：1.00）A.The type of respondents who were invitedB.The way in which the questions were designedC.The content area of the questionsD.The number of poll questions(4).Wh
9、at can we learn from the respondentsanswers to items 2，4 and 7 in the second poll? （分数：1.00）A.Recognition from colleagues should be given less importanceB.Workers are always willing and ready to learn more new skillsC.Work will have to be made interesting to raise efficiency.D.Psychological reward i
10、s more important than material one(5).According to the interviewee，which of the following can offer both psychological and monetary benefits? （分数：1.00）A.Contact with many peopleB.Appreciation from coworkersC.Chances for advancementD.Chances to learn new skills三、SECTION C NEWS BR(总题数：3，分数：5.00)Questi
11、ons 6 and 7 are based on the following news, At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questionsNow listen to the news（分数：2.00）(1).According to the news item，“sleep boxes”are designed to solve the problems of （分数：1.00）A.airportsB.passengersC.architectsD.companies(2).Whi
12、ch of the following is NOT true with reference to the news? （分数：1.00）A.Renters can take a shower inside the boxB.Renters of normal height can stand up insideC.Bedding can be automatically changedD.Sleep boxes can be rented for different lengths of time2.Question 8 is based on the following newsAt th
13、e end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questionNow listen to the newsWhat is the news item mainly about? （分数：1.00）A.LondonS preparations for the Notting Hill CarnivalB.Main features of the Notting Hill CarnivalC.Polices preventive measures for the carnivalD.Police particip
14、ation in the carnivalQuestions 9 and 10 are based on the following newsAt the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questionsNow listen to the news（分数：2.00）(1).The news item reports on a research finding about （分数：1.00）A.early malnutrition and heart healthB.the Dutch famin
15、e and the Dutch womenC.the causes of death during the famineD.nutrition in childhood and adolescence(2).When did the research team carry out the study? （分数：1.00）A.At the end of World War IIB.Between 1944 and 1945C.In the 1950sD.In 2007四、PART II GENERAL K(总题数：10，分数：10.00)3.The full official name of A
16、ustralia is （分数：1.00）A.The Republic of AustraliaB.The Commonwealth of AustraliaC.The Federation of AustraliaD.The Union of Australia4.Canada is well known for all the following EXCEPT （分数：1.00）A.its mineral resourcesB.its forest resourcesC.its fertile and arable landD.its heavy industries5.In the Un
17、ited States community colleges offer （分数：1.00）A.two-year programmesB.four-year programmesC.postgraduate studiesD.BAor BSdegrees6.In _，referenda in Scotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Wales assembly （分数：1.00）A.2000B.1946C.1997D.19907.Which of the following clusters of words is an ex
18、ample of alliteration? （分数：1.00）A.A weak seatB.Knock and kickC.Safe and soundD.Coat and boat8.Who wrote MrsWarrens Profession? （分数：1.00）A.John GalsworthyB.William Butler YeatsC.TSEliotD.George Bernard Shaw9.Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n) （分数：1.00）A.novelB.short storyC.poemD.autobiography1
19、0.Which Of t11e following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme?（分数：1.00）A.UnlockB.GovernmentC.GoesD.Off-stage11._ is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to. （分数：1.00）A.OnomatopoeiaB.CollocationC.DenotationD.Assimilation12.The sentence CIose your book and listen to
20、 me carefully! performs a(n) _ function （分数：1.00）A.interrogativeB.informativeC.performativeD.directive五、PART III READING (总题数：4，分数：12.00)TEXT A Three hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or 1etter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters“The
21、coffee houses particularly arevery roomy for a free conversation，and for reading at an easier rate all manner of printed news，”noted one observerEverything changed in 1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, The New York Sun，pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news，thus giving
22、 advertisers access to a wider audienceThe penny press，followed by radio and television，turned news from a two-way conversation into a oneway broadcast，with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee houseThe interne
23、t is making news more participatory，social and diverse，reviving the discursive characteristics of the era before the mass mediaThat will have profound effects on society and politicsIn much of the worldthe mass media are flourishingNewspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2005 and 2009But t
24、hose global figures mask a sharp decline in readership in rich countries Over the past decade，throughout the Western world，people have been giving up newspapers and TV news and keeping up with events in profoundly different waysMost strikingly, ordinary people are increasingly involved in compiling，
25、sharing，filtering，discussing and distributing newsTwitter lets people anywhere report what they are seeingClassified documents are published in their thousands onlineMobile?phone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social-networking sites and shown on television newscastsSo
26、cial-networking sites help people find，discuss and share news with their friends And it is not just readers who are challenging the media eliteTechnology firms including Google，Facebook and Twitter have become important conduits of newsCelebrities and world leaders publish updates directly via socia
27、l networks；many countries now make raw data available through“open government”initiativesThe internet lets people read newspapers or watch television channels from around the worldThe web has allowed new providers of news，from individual bloggers to sites，to rise to prominence in a very short space
28、of timeAnd it has made possible entirely new approaches to journalism，such as that practiced by WikiLeaks，which provides an anonymous way for whistleblowers to publish documentsThe news agenda is no longer controlled by a few press barons and state outlets In principle，every liberal should celebrate
29、 thisA more participatory and social news environment，with a remarkable diversity and range of news sources，is a good thingThe transformation of the news business is unstoppable，and attempts to reverse it are doomed to failureAs producers of new journalism，individuals can be scrupulous with facts an
30、d transparent with their sourcesAs consumers，they can be general in their tastes and demanding in their standardsAnd although this transformation does raise concerns，there is much to celebrate in the noisy, diverse，vociferous，argumentative and stridently alive environment of the news business in the
31、 ages of the internetThe coffee house is backEnjoy it（分数：3.00）(1).According to the passage，what initiated the transformation of coffee-house news to mass-media news? （分数：0.60）A.The emergence of big mass media firmsB.The popularity of radio and televisionC.The increasing number of newspaper readersD.
32、The appearance of advertising in newspapers(2).Which of the following statements best supports“Now, the Hews industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house”? （分数：0.60）A.Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6between 2005 and 2009B.People in the Western world are giving up newspapers
33、and TV newsC.More people are involved in finding，discussing and distributing newsD.Classified documents are published in their thousands online(3).According to the passage，which is NOT a role played by information technology? （分数：0.60）A.Challenging the traditional mediaB.Planning the return to coffe
34、e-house newsC.Providing people with access to classified filesD.Giving ordinary people the chance to provide news(4).The authorS tone in the last paragraph towards new journalism is （分数：0.60）A.doubtful and reservedB.supportive and skepticalC.optimistic and cautiousD.ambiguous and cautious(5).In“The
35、coffee house is back”，coffee house best symbolizes （分数：0.60）A.the participatory nature of newsB.the more varied sources of newsC.the changing characteristics of news audienceD.the more diversified means of news distributionTEXT B Paris is like pornographyYou respond even if you dont want toYou turn
36、a corner and see a vista，and your imagination bolts away。Suddenly you are thinking about what it would be like to live in Paris，and then you think about all the lives you have not livedSometimes，though, when you are lucky, you only think about how many pleasures the day ahead holdsThen, you feel pri
37、vileged The lobby of the hotel is decorated in red and goldIt gives off a whiff of 1 9mcentury decadenceProbably as much as any hotel in Paris，this hotel is sexy1 was standing facing the revolving doors and the driveway beyondA car with a woman in the back seata woman in a short skirt and blackleath
38、er jacketpulled up before the hotel doorShe swung off and she was wearing high heelsNormally, my mind would have leaped and imagined a story for this womanNow it didnt I stood there and told myselfCheer upYoure in Paris In many ways，Paris is best visited in winterThe tourist crowds are at a minimum，
39、and one is not being jammed off the narrow sidewalks along the Rue DauphineMore than thisParis is like many other European cities in that the season of blockbuster cultural events tends to begin in mid-to late fall and so，by the time of winter, most of the cultural treasures of the city are laid out
40、 to be admired The other great reason why Paris in winter is so much better than Paris in spring and fall is that after the end of the August holidays and the return of chic Parisian women to their city, the restaurant-opening season truly begins hoppingBy winter，many of the new restaurants have wor
41、ked out their kinks(不足；困难)and，once the hype has died down，it is possible to see which restaurants are actually good and which are merely noisy and crowded Most people are about as happy as they set their mind to being，Lincoln saidIn Paris it doesnt take much to be happyOutside the hotel，the sky was
42、pale and felt very high upI walked the few blocks to the Seine and began running along the blue-green river toward the Eiffel TowerThe tower in the distance was black，and felt strange and beautiful the way that many things built for the joy of building doAs I ran toward it，because of its lattice str
43、ucture, the tower seemed obviously delicateSeeing it，I felt a sense of protectiveness I think it was this moment of protectiveness that marked the change in my mood and my slowly becoming thrilled with being in Paris During winter evenings，Pariss streetlamps have a halo and resemble dandelionsIn win
44、ter, when one leaves the Paris street and enters a caf6 or restaurant，the light and temperature change suddenly and dramatically, there is the sense of having discovered something secretIn winter, because the days are short，there is an urgency to the choices one makesThere is the sense that life is
45、short and so let us decide on what matters（分数：3.00）(1).According to the passage，once in Paris one might experience all the following feelings EXCEPT （分数：0.60）A.regretB.condescensionC.expectationD.impulse(2).Winter is the best season to visit ParisWhich of the following does NOT support this statemen
46、t? （分数：0.60）A.Fashionable Parisian women return to ParisB.There are more good restaurants to choose fromC.More entertainment activities are stagedD.There are fewer tourists in Paris(3).Most people are about as happy as they set their mind to being”This statement means that most people （分数：0.60）A.exp
47、ect to be happyB.hope to be as happy as othersC.would be happier if they wantedD.can be happy if they want(4).In the eyes of the author, winter in Paris is significant because of（分数：0.60）A.its implications for lifeB.the atmosphere of its eveningsC.the contrast it bringsD.the discovery one makes(5).At the end of the passage, the
