1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 687及答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: 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.
2、 When 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 Surprising Side Effects of Global Warming Nowadays, a lot of (1)_happened as a result of the warmer clima
3、te, such as rising seas, melting polar ice caps, deformed railroad tracks, etc. There are generally three major (2)_of global warming: 1 .The phenomenon of thawing out. Seasonally frozen areas in the Northern Hemisphere decreased greatly during the 20th Century. In the region across the former Sovie
4、t Union, the temperature has (3)_1 degree on average in the soil 16 inches below the surface. Similar changes have happened to the U.S. soil too, and this will affect (4)_. There is evidence that global warming is responsible for observed changes in seasonally frozen soil and permafrost. 2.(5)_. Owi
5、ng to climate warming, the seasonal thaw runs deeper and extends into the former permafrost which is under the seasonally frozen soil, and the water in the soil (6)_unevenly in the ground surface because of its different volume in different temperature. The consequences of disappearing permafrost co
6、uld be very dangerous for structures. The famous Tibetan railroad is equipped with (7)_to prevent the melting of permafrost, on which it is built. 3.Mountain makeovers. Climate warming has caused thinning of ice or permafrost, which further lead to several northern landslides and rockslides. Rocksli
7、des in the Swiss Alps were also related to (8)_. However, the current researches are (9)_to understand the root cause, the possible consequences, and the ways to improve the situation. There are several causes and effects that havent been explored, such as (10)_. The relationship between climatic wa
8、rming and degrading permafrost may not be so straightforward. SECTION B INTERVIEW 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 s
9、econds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Why did Mr. Green have a terrible fuel bill last winter? （ A） Because his wife overheated the house. （ B） Because his mother overheated the house. （ C） Because his wifes mother overheated the house. （ D） Because h
10、e overheated the hous 12 In fact, people will feel very comfortable if the temperature in winter is （ A） 70 （ B） 80 （ C） 75 （ D） 65 13 Whats the most popular heating system according to the engineer? （ A） Every room has a heater. （ B） The Central room has a heater. （ C） A heat chamber heats air and
11、passes the warm air through ducts and openings into rooms. （ D） The rooms are installed with blowers or convection. 14 Whats the shortcoming of the small individual air conditioners? （ A） Its too cold for people to adapt themselves to the temperature. （ B） The temperature of the rooms is uncomfortab
12、le. （ C） The temperature of the rooms is quite uneven. （ D） Its difficult to install them in the rooms. 15 Its important to have vapor seals on the warm side to _. （ A） avoid gas when the air cools （ B） avoid mist when the air cools （ C） avoid rapor when the air cools （ D） avoid moisture when the ai
13、r cools SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: 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. 16 What is the main idea of the news item? （ A） Advances in
14、 chemical insecticides. （ B） Genetically-modified fungus kills malaria parasite. （ C） A novel and promising approach to mosquito control. （ D） New challenges for doctors, scientists, and public health officials. 17 The news item implies that_. （ A） a breakthrough is coming soon in University of Mary
15、land （ B） modified fungus will soon be approved for use by the US government （ C） locusts in Africa, Australia and China will be killed by the same fungus （ D） an alternative to chemicals might be used to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes 17 Despite Denmarks manifest virtues, Danes never talk abou
16、t how proud they are to be Danes. This would sound weird in Danish. When Danes talk to foreigners about Denmark, they always begin by commenting on its tininess, its unimportance, the difficulty of its language, the general small-mindedness and self-indulgence of their countrymen and the high taxes.
17、 No Dane would look you in the eye and say, “Denmark is a great country.“ Youre supposed to figure this out for yourself. It is the land of the silk safety net, where almost half the national budget goes toward smoothing out lifes inequalities, and there is plenty of money for schools, day care, ret
18、raining programmes, job seminars - Danes love seminars: three days at a study centre hearing about waste management is almost as good as a ski trip. It is a culture bombarded by English, in advertising, pop music, the Internet, and despite all the English that Danish absorbs - there is no Danish Aca
19、demy to defend against it old dialects persist in Jutland that can barely be understood by Copenhageners. It is the land where, as the saying goes, “Few have too much and fewer have too little,“ and a foreigner is struck by the sweet egalitarianism that prevails, where the lowliest clerk gives you a
20、 level gaze, where Sir and Madame have disappeared from common usage, even Mr and Mrs. Its a nation of recyclers - about 55% of Danish garbage gets made into something new - and no nuclear power plants. Its a nation of tireless planners. Trains run on time. Things operate well in general. Such a nat
21、ion of overachievers - a brochure from the Ministry of Business and Industry says, “Denmark is one of the worlds cleanest and most organized countries, with virtually no pollution, crime, or poverty. Denmark is the most corruption-free society in the Northern Hemisphere.“ So, of course, ones heart l
22、ifts at any sighting of Danish sleaze: skinhead graffiti on buildings (“Foreigners Out of Denmark!“), broken beer bottles in the gutters, drunken teenagers slumped in the park. Nonetheless, it is an orderly land. You drive through a Danish town, it comes to an end at a stone wall, and on the other s
23、ide is a field of barley, a nice clear line. town here, country there. It is not a nation of jaywalkers. People stand on the curb and wait for the red light to change, even if its 2 a.m. and theres not a car in sight. However, Danes dont think of themselves as a waiting-at-2-a, m.-for-the-green-ligh
24、t people - thats how they see Swedes and Germans. Danes see themselves as jazzy people, improvisers, more free-spirited than Swedes, but the truth is (though one should not say it) that Danes are very much like Germans and Swedes. Orderliness is a main selling point. Denmark has few natural resource
25、s, limited manufacturing capability; its future in Europe will be as a broker, banker, and distributor of goods. You send your goods by container ship to Copenhagen, and these bright, young, English-speaking, utterly honest, highly disciplined people will get your goods around to Scandinavia, the Ba
26、ltic States, and Russia. Airports, seaports, highways, and rail lines are ultramodern and well-maintained. The orderliness of the society doesnt mean that Danish lives are less messy or lonely than yours or mine, and no Dane would tell you so. You can hear plenty about bitter family feuds and the so
27、rrows of alcoholism and about perfectly sensible people who went off one day and killed themselves. An orderly society cannot exempt its members from the hazards of life. But there is a sense of entitlement and security that Danes grow up with. Certain things are yours by virtue of citizenship, and
28、you shouldnt feel bad for taking what youre entitled to, youre as good as anyone else. The rules of the welfare system are clear to everyone, the benefits you get if you lose your job, the steps you take to get a new one; and the orderliness of the system makes it possible for the country to weather
29、 high unemployment and social unrest without a sense of crisis. 18 The author thinks that Danes adopt a _ attitude towards their country. （ A） boastful （ B） modest （ C） deprecating （ D） mysterious 19 Which of the following is NOT a Danish characteristic cited in the passage? （ A） Fondness of foreign
30、 culture. （ B） Equality in society. （ C） Linguistic tolerance. （ D） Persistent planning. 20 The authors reaction to the statement by the Ministry of Business and Industry is （ A） disapproving. （ B） approving. （ C） noncommittal. （ D） doubtful. 21 According to the passage, Danish orderliness （ A） sets
31、 the people apart from Germans and Swedes. （ B） spares Danes social troubles besetting other peoples. （ C） is considered economically essential to the country. （ D） prevents Danes from acknowledging existing troubles. 22 At the end of the passage the author states all the following EXCEPT that （ A）
32、Danes are clearly informed of their social benefits. （ B） Danes take for granted what is given to them. （ C） the open system helps to tide the country over. （ D） orderliness has alleviated unemployment. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in thi
33、s section. Choose the best answer to each question. 23 A general election is held in the U.K. every _ years. （ A） 3 （ B） 4 （ C） 5 （ D） 6 24 The college sport which stirs up the most national interest in the United States is_. （ A） Football （ B） Baseball （ C） Basketball （ D） Soccer 25 Theodore Dreise
34、r and Jack London are among the best representative writers of literary （ A） naturalism. （ B） sentimentalism. （ C） romanticism. （ D） transcendentalism. 26 In 1932, in die depth of the depression, the American people chose_as their next president who promised to get America out of me depression. （ A）
35、 Theodore Roosevelt （ B） Franklin D. Roosevelt （ C） Woodrow Wilson （ D） Herbert C. Hoover 27 The first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was a sharp social critic, whose name was （ A） Ernest Hemingway. （ B） T. S. Eliot. （ C） Sinclair Lewis. （ D） William Faulkner. 28 As a philosophical a
36、nd literary moment, _ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War. （ A） modernism （ B） rationalism （ C） sentimentalism （ D） transcendentalism 29 According to the speech act theory, an act of expressing the speakers intention is defined as a(n) （ A） illocutionary act. （ B） locutionary a
37、ct. （ C） perlocutionary act. （ D） contextual factor. 30 Gullivers Travels was written by_. （ A） Daniel Defoe （ B） Charles Dickens （ C） Jonathan Swift （ D） Joseph Addison 31 A structurally independent unit that consists of a number of words to form a complete statement, question or command is called
38、（ A） a clause. （ B） a phrase. （ C） a sentence. （ D） all of the above. 32 Which degree is offered in community colleges in the United States? （ A） Masters degree. （ B） Doctors degree. （ C） Bachelors degree. （ D） Associate degree. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING even if they continue to work, they often forgo
39、 overtime and promotions that would conflict with home responsibilities. The ages of 25 to 35 have been shown repeatedly to be the period when working consistently and hard is vital to advancement and job security. These are precisely the years when women are likely to have children and begin to sli
40、de away from men in earning power, consequently, a womans income is more likely to be seen as secondary to her husbands. Another significant factor in the wage gap between men and women is a lingering attitude on peoples mind that men are superior to women. Mens resistance to womens equality arises
41、partly from their awareness that what the male does is no longer indispensable or frequently successful in all the fields you care to name and that men will be beaten in real competition. Taking into account all the relevant factors which affect and contribute to the current situation, we may safely conclude that we wont make a dent in the attainment of womens social status and their equal opportunities in every field, if they cannot be released from busy housework and men can not give them enough respect.
