1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 748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 The IELTS Exam IELTS: International English Language Testing System I. Purposes: for immigration status,(
3、1)_, applying for a job(1)_ II. Marks: no pass or fail grade final score:(2)_ of marks of the four papers(2)_ III. Period of validity:(3)_(3)_ IV. Test paper structure; A. reading: three parts, an hour B. listening:(4)_, 30 minutes(4)_ C. writing: two sections, an hour D. speaking: face-to-face inte
4、rview, 15 minutes V. Versions: A. Academic: for most IELTS candidates B. General Training: for people with(5)_(5)_ VI. The reasons for preparations: getting familiar with the(6)_(6)_ having the best chance of achieving their target score VII. How to prepare for the exam; A. Read the IELTS website: k
5、nowing the(7)_which govern the tests(7)_ getting the sample papers B. Read a study guide: 1. seeking advice on the format of the exam - how to tackle the different types of questions (8)_the skills(8)_ 2. locating them in local library or bookshops C. Join a preparation class: working with other can
6、didates - getting(9)_from the tutor(9)_ D. Get a tutor: offering help on specific problems offering strategies to strengthen weak areas VIII. Places in the testing center; A. available throughout the year B. different demands in different time(e. g. Hong Kong) C. possible to take another test within
7、(10)_ period(10)_ 1 (1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5 (5) 6 (6) 7 (7) 8 (8) 9 (9) 10 (10) 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
8、will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 According to the talk, compulsive gambling and alcoholic addiction share similarities because （ A） no actual figure of addicts has been reported. （ B） no scientific studies have yielded effective
9、 solutions. （ C） both affect all sectors of society. （ D） both cause serious mental health problems. 12 The development of the gambling compulsion can be described as being （ A） gradual. （ B） slow. （ C） periodic. （ D） radical. 13 G. A. mentioned in the talk is believed to be a(n) （ A） anonymous grou
10、p. （ B） charity organization. （ C） gamblers club. （ D） treatment centre. 14 At the end of the talk, the speakers attitude towards the cure of gambling addiction is （ A） unclear. （ B） uncertain. （ C） optimistic. （ D） pessimistic. 15 Throughout the talk, the speaker examines the issue of gambling in a
11、 _ way. （ A） balanced （ B） biased （ C） detached （ D） lengthy 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 The
12、 oil prices will decrease sharply in the long run mainly because_. （ A） the worlds biggest oil companies will launch a large price competition （ B） new fuels will take the place of oil （ C） new technology in extracting oil will be used （ D） British and German governments will bring the price down 16
13、 Extraordinary creative activity has been characterized as revolutionary, flying in the face of what is established and producing not what is acceptable but what will become accepted. According to this formulation, highly creative activity transcends the limits of an existing form and establishes a
14、new principle of organization. However, the idea that extraordinary creativity transcends established limits is misleading when it is applied to the arts, even though it may be valid for the sciences. Differences between highly creative art and highly creative science arise in part from differences
15、in their goals. For the sciences, a new theory is the goal and end result of the creative act. Innovative science produces new propositions in terms of which diverse phenomena can be related to one another in more coherent ways. Such phenomena as a brilliant diamond or a nesting bird are relegated t
16、o the role of data, serving as the means for formulating or testing a new theory. The goal of highly creative art is very different: the phenomenon itself becomes the direct product of the creative act. Shakespeares Hamlet is not a tract about the behavior of indecisive princes or the uses of politi
17、cal power, nor is Picassos painting Guernica primarily a prepositional statement about the Spanish Civil War or the evils of fascism. What highly creative artistic activity produces is not a new generalization that transcends established limits, but rather an aesthetic particular. Aesthetic particul
18、ars produced by the highly creative artist extend or exploit, in an innovative way, the limits of an existing form, rather than transcend that form. This is not to deny that a highly creative artist sometimes establishes a new principle of organization in the history of an artistic field: the compos
19、er Monteverdi, who created music of the highest aesthetic value, comes to mind. More generally, however, whether or not a composition establishes a new principle in the history of music has little bearing on its aesthetic worth. Because they embody a new principle of organization, some musical works
20、, such as the operas of the Florentine Camerata, are of signal historical importance, but few listeners or musicologists would include these among the great works of music. On the other hand, Mozarts The Marriage of Figaro is surely among the masterpieces of music. even though its modest innovations
21、 are confined to extending existing means. It has been said of Beethoven that he toppled the rules and freed music from the stifling confines of convention. But a close study of his compositions reveals that Beethoven overturned no fundamental rules. Rather, he was an incomparable strategist who exp
22、loited limits of the rules, forms, and conventions that he inherited from predecessors such as Haydn and Mozart, Handel and Bach in strikingly original ways. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each que
23、stion. 22 The word “tail“ once referred to “the tail of a horse“ ,but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal“. This is an example of （ A） widening of meaning. （ B） narrowing of meaning. （ C） meaning shift. （ D） loss of meaning. 23 The word “childish“ contains two_. （ A） phonemes （ B） morphs
24、（ C） allomorphs （ D） morphemes 24 William Faulkner was the foremost American _ writer of the 20th century. （ A） New England （ B） western （ C） southern （ D） black 25 Geoffrey Chaucer was most famous for _. （ A） Far from the Madding Crowd （ B） Agnes Grey （ C） The Canterbury Tales （ D） My Last Duchess
25、26 Syntactic movement is dictated by rules traditionally called _. （ A） transformational rules. （ B） generative rules. （ C） phrase structure rules. （ D） X-bar theory. 27 _ are among the most influential newspapers in _. （ A） Washington Post and New York Time; the U. S. （ B） The Sun and The Observer;
26、 Australia （ C） Dallas Morning and Chicago Forum; the U. K. （ D） Daily Express and Daily Post; New Zealand 28 Noah Webster was a _. （ A） novelist （ B） poet （ C） lexicographer （ D） essayist 29 The traditional dividing line in America between “east“ and “west“ is _. （ A） the Mississippi river （ B） the
27、 Appalachians （ C） the Rocky Mountains （ D） the Hudson fiver 30 Which of the following has nothing to do with Easter? （ A） Rabbits. （ B） Haggis. （ C） Chicks. （ D） Eggs. 31 Speech act theory did not come into being until （ A） the late 50s of the 20th century. （ B） the early 1950s of the 20th century.
28、 （ C） the late 1960s of the 20th century. （ D） the early 21st century. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN) Directions: Proofread the 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 shoul
29、d 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 position of the missing word with a “ “ sign and write t 31 Our everyday encounters with
30、language are so natural and so extensive that we rarely consider language as an object of sufficient interest to warrant study. Language is always there, and we make use of it automatically, often with conscious effort. On the surface, there【 M1】 _ is nothing particularly interesting about so common
31、place a phenomenon with human language. In fact, it is widely believed that,【 M2】 _ because everyone knows a language, everything about language is known. Therefore, this is far from true. Since the use of language is【 M3】 _ so natural to all people, it may seem that language itself must be quite si
32、mple, perhaps consisting of many words but involves only a【 M4】 _ few principles that control pronunciation and the organization of these words with sentences. However, investigation demonstrates that a【 M5】 _ language is an extremely complex, highly abstract, and infinitely producing system linking
33、 meanings with sounds. We all know the【 M6】 _ system of our native language, and this knowledge lies far below our【 M7】 _ consciousness. We may be able to describe particular sentences that we hear and we are certainly able to produce and understand an unending variety of sentences, but the foundati
34、on of these abilities is a body of knowledge about our language that we cannot readily to explain.【 M8】 _ Observing an activity, even participating it, is not equivalent to【 M9】 _ understanding it. Many people are able to work arithmetic problems with large【 M10】 _ numbers without being able to desc
35、ribe the mental processes they have used in arriving at the answer. 32 【 M1】 33 【 M2】 34 【 M3】 35 【 M4】 36 【 M5】 37 【 M6】 38 【 M7】 39 【 M8】 40 【 M9】 41 【 M10】 SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Directions: Translate the following text into English. 42 那时河里 热闹极了：船大半泊着，小半在水上穿梭似的来往。停泊着的都在近市的那一边，我们的船自然也夹在其中。因
36、为这边略略的挤，便觉得那边十分的疏了。在每一只船从那边过去时，我们能画出它的轻轻的影和曲曲的波，在我们的心上；这显示着是空，且显着是静了。那时处处都是歌声和凄厉的胡琴声，圆润的歌喉，确乎是很少的。但那生涩的，尖脆的调子能使人有少年的，粗率不拘的感觉，也正可快我们的意。况且多少隔开些儿听着，因为想象与渴慕的作美，总觉得更有滋味；而竞发的喧嚣，抑扬的不齐，远近的杂沓，和乐器的嘈嘈切切，合成另一意味的谐音，也使我们无 所适从，如随着大风而走。这实在因为我们的心枯涩已久了，变为脆弱：故偶然润泽一下，便疯狂似的不能自主了。 SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Directions:
37、 Translate the following text into Chinese. 43 When did sport begin? If sport is, in essence, play, the claim might be made that sport is much older than humankind, for, as we all have observed, the beasts play. Dogs and cats wrestle and play ball games. Fishes and birds dance. The apes have simple,
38、 pleasurable games. Frolicking infants, school children playing tag, and adult arm wrestlers are demonstrating strong, trans-generational and trans-species bonds with the universe of animals past, present, and future. Young animals, particularly, tumble, chase, run, wrestle, mock, imitate, and laugh
39、 (or so it seems) to the point of delighted exhaustion. Their play, and ours, appears to serve no other purpose than to give pleasure to the players, and apparently, to remove us temporarily from the anguish of life in earnest. Some philosophers have claimed that our playfulness is the most noble pa
40、rt of our basic nature. In their generous conceptions, play harmlessly and experimentally permits us to put our creative forces, fantasy, and imagination into action. Hay is release from the tedious battles against scarcity and decline which are the incessant, and inevitable, tragedies of life. This
41、 is a grand conception that excites and provokes. The holders of this view claim that the origins of our highest accomplishments liturgy, literature, and law can be traced to a play impulse which, paradoxically, we see most purely enjoyed by young beasts and children. Our sports, in this rather happ
42、y, nonfatalistic view of human nature, are more splendid creations of the nondatable, trans-species play impulse. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 44 The first recognized Human Flesh Search dated back to March 2006, when netizens
43、on Tianya Club collaborated and successfully identified an Internet celebrity named “Poison“ to be a high-level government official. Ever since then, the Human Flesh Search was repeatedly deployed. Some people think it is a powerful way to acquire information usually difficult or impossible to find
44、by other conventional means. Others hold that it might violate peoples privacy. What is your view on this? Write an essay of about 400 words. In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details.
45、 In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of ma
46、rks. Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 748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
47、 a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. 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 【听力原文】 The IELTS Exam Good morning, everyone. Language testing
48、 is an interesting and useful subject in language studying. I hope my lecture can help you gain sufficient knowledge and skills in developing your own effective exams. But before that, lets have a look at some quite mature English language tests in the world, like IELTS, TOEFL and ESELT. Today, well
49、 focus on IELTS. IELTS stands for International English Language Testing System. It is an exam which gauges English language proficiency.(1)An IELTS score is required for a range of different purposes as a stepping stone to immigration status in certain countries, as an entry requirement for studying in an overse
