1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 770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 How to Present a Seminar Paper University students often attend many seminars for various subjects, there
3、fore it is useful for them to know how to present a seminar paper. .【 1】 Stage 【 1】 _. 1. research 2. write up【 2】 【 2】 _. . Presentation Stage-Present the Paper to【 3】 【 3】 _. 1. circulate copies of the paper【 4】 to all the participants 【 4】 _. 2. read aloud to the group 1) introduce your paper 2 r
4、easons: - the participants may have read the paper but forgotten some of 【 5】 【 5】 _. - some participants may not have time to read the paper 2) not simply read the【 6】 aloud 【 6】 _. 3 reasons: - if the paper is long, there may not be enough time【 7】【 7】 _. - there may be lack of comprehension or un
5、derstanding, when listening - it can be very【 8】 listening to something being read aloud【 8】 _. 3) follow the 7 points of introducing your paper - decide on【 9】 for your talk 【 9】 _. - write out your spoken presentation - concentrate on the main points - make your spoken presentation【 10】 【 10】 _. -
6、 reduce what your are going to say to outline notes - look at your audience while your are speaking - make a strong ending 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
7、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. 11 Paul Ray said they discovered that a clear cultural change was happening in many
8、 areas EXCEPT_. （ A） peoples lives （ B） environmental issues （ C） consumption patterns （ D） media advertisements 12 According to Ray, the official culture is featured by _. （ A） small government （ B） dynamic media （ C） materialism （ D） the massive support from most Americans 13 Why do cultural creat
9、ives regard themselves alone in the society? （ A） They are seldom mentioned by mass media. （ B） They dont express themselves. （ C） They have to sacrifice many things which are parts of their old lives. （ D） All of the above. 14 Why are there so many women among Cultural Creatives, according to Ray?
10、（ A） Because they are not burdened so much as men. （ B） Because they are more sensitive and feel more. （ C） Because they will push for change and for a better world because of their husbands. （ D） Because they have more intelligence and skills. 15 Ray said he had been an activist, involved in _. （ A
11、） anti-discrimination movement （ B） environmental movement （ C） non-violence movement （ D） human rights movement 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
12、 be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 What is the main idea of the news? （ A） People suffering from the oil spill will be compensated by BP. （ B） BP oil spill has brought a serious natural disaster in the Gulf. （ C） BP has already paid $ 700 million since the start of the disaster. （ D） T
13、he fund to help victims of BP oil spill plans to pay claims quickly. 16 At the Prado Museum in Madrid visitors can peer into the past in a new exhibit of 19th century photographs, which show artworks crammed on the walls wherever they would fit. Lithographs, paintings and plans chart the higgledy-pi
14、ggledy development of one of Europes best-loved art-treasure troves. Similarly, Londons British Museum opened a new Enlightenment Gallery this year to celebrate the historic role of museums as centers of learning, displaying among other things intricate catalogs of 17th century botanical specimens.
15、While such exhibits enshrine the past, ambitious new plans for the future are transforming the dusty halls of some of Europes most revered galleries. In Germany, Spain, Italy and Britain, museums are scrambling to create bigger, more-dazzling exhibition spaces, smart new restaurants and shops, study
16、 centers and inviting public areas. The push reflects a shift in how the public regards its artistic institutions. “People want more than the old-style museum,“ says John Lewis, chairman of the Wallace Collection, a gallery of 17th and 18th-century paintings, porcelain and furniture in London, “We a
17、re driven to become more an arm of the entertainment and education industries rather than the academic institutions we used to be.“ New galleries will increase the museums current exhibition space to more than 160,000 square meters not including the 13,000 square meters for cafeterias, restaurants,
18、theaters and offices, all linked by tree-lined paths. No European museum expansion is more ambitious than Berlins restoration of Museum Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the city center. The $2.1 billion project slated for completion in 2015 aims to turn the island into the largest art complex
19、 in Europe, covering all the major cultures in six museums filling 88,000 square meters. The Alte Nationalgalerie, an ornate classical temple built in 1866, reopened two years ago, displaying 19th-century artists, including German Romantics. Renovation of the neighboring Bode Museum, with its collec
20、tion of Medieval and Renaissance art, is well underway, and the Neues Museum is being rebuilt to house Egyptian and prehistoric works. There are even plans to reconstruct the adjacent Hohenzollern Palace to showcase Berlins extensive collection of non-European art. And British architect David Chippe
21、rfield has been commissioned to create a striking new entrance to the whole complex. These institutions are hoping to repeat the triumph of Londons Tate Museum, which spent S243 million to convert a disused power station into a gallery of modern art. When the Tate Modern opened in 2000, director Sir
22、 Nicholas Serota described its creation as part of a “sea change“ in culture, with visual arts becoming the most popular creative medium. His remark has proved amazingly prescient: in 2002, the top two attractions among foreign tourists to London were the Tate Modern and the refurbished British Muse
23、um. A year after the Tate Modern opened, its impact on the local economy was estimated at nearly $200 million far higher than the $42 million the Mc Kinsey consulting firm first estimated the museum would contribute when it developed the business plan in 1996. Smaller galleries, too, are hoping to c
24、ash in. Italian Culture Minister Giuliano Urbani plans to transform Florences charming Uffizi Gallery into a world-class cultural destination. When completed in 2006, the “nuovo Uffizi“ will accommodate 7,000 visitors daily, nearly double its current capacity. “We will surpass even the Louvre,“ pred
25、icts Urbani. Expansion helps show off prized works to maximum effect. In Berlin, collections divided between east and west Germany are being united, and expanded gallery space will allow them to be shown together. The Uffizi renovation will enable some of the museums most famous pieces, by Giotto an
26、d Cimabue, now scattered throughout the building, to be displayed together at the second-floor entrance. At the Prado, a new lecture hall and temporary exhibition galleries mean the permanent collection will no longer have to be partly stored when short-term traveling shows come to town. Some purist
27、s oppose the idea of turning museums into glitzy consumer complexes. “My reservation is whether we lose that calm and that moment of reflection, that sense of civic space,“ says Tristram Hunt, author of Building Jerusalem: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City. 17 According to the passage, a new E
28、nlightenment Gallery was held in British Museum to （ A） celebrate the completion of the new galleries. （ B） show the development of the museum. （ C） honor the role museums had played in various aspects. （ D） exhibit some 17th century botanical specimens. 18 New plans for the future of the museums ai
29、m to （ A） restore the original appearance of the museums. （ B） help the museums regain their historic roles. （ C） rebuild the museums dusty halls. （ D） make the museums less academic but more entertaining and educational. 19 According to Sir Nicholas Serota, what is part of a “sea change“ in culture
30、? （ A） The visual arts growing to be the hottest creative medium. （ B） The success of Londons Tate Museum. （ C） A conversion of a disused power station into a modern gallery. （ D） The Tate Moderns impact on the local economy. 20 According to the passage, what is the significance of the museum expans
31、ion? （ A） It has brought more economic profit than it is estimated. （ B） It has benefited smaller galleries tremendously. （ C） It has created more world-class cultural destinations. （ D） It has provided more spaces for the best-loved artworks. 21 Whats the authors attitude towards the museum expansi
32、on? （ A） Opposed. （ B） Objective. （ C） Positive. （ D） Indifferent. 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 contradiction that arose at the Constitutional Conference of 1787 was contrad
33、iction between_. （ A） big states and small states （ B） industrial-commercial interests and landed interests （ C） one house or two houses for Congress （ D） both A and B 23 With regard to its size, Australia is _ country in the world. （ A） the third largest （ B） the fourth largest （ C） the fifth large
34、st （ D） the sixth largest 24 Which of the following about the relationship between language and culture is NOT true? （ A） Language is an indispensable carrier of culture. （ B） Culture finds a better representation through language use. （ C） The relationship is analogous to that of structures and pro
35、cesses. （ D） The relationship of language to culture is that of part to whole. 25 The Great Barrier Reef lies off_coast of Australia. （ A） the southeast （ B） the southwest （ C） the northeast （ D） the northwest 26 Owing to the great genius of the 14th century poet _ the British native literature was
36、sufficiently vigorous and experienced in assimilating foreign influences without being subjected by them. （ A） Geoffrey Chaucer （ B） Daniel Defoe （ C） William Shakespeare （ D） Charles Lamb 27 What is not the element in defining language? （ A） systemic （ B） arbitrary （ C） symbol （ D） visual 28 The pa
37、ir of words“ borrow“ and “lend“ are_. （ A） gradable opposites （ B） relational opposites （ C） complementary opposites （ D） contradictory opposites 29 Wellington is the capital of_. （ A） Canada （ B） New Zealand （ C） Australia （ D） Austria 30 The seat of the U.S. government in Washington D.C.is known a
38、s the _. （ A） Capital （ B） White House （ C） Empire State Building （ D） Pentagon 31 Which of the following is NOT Robert Frosts poem? （ A） Chicago. （ B） After Apple-Picking. （ C） The Road Not Taken. （ D） The Most of It. 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING but most of what I am going to say also applies to the se
39、cond method; and indeed may be useful to remember ally time you have to speak in public. You will probably be expected to introduce your paper even if it has been circulated beforehand. There are two good reasons for this. One is that the participants may have read the paper but forgotten some of th
40、e main points. The second reason is that some of the participants may not in fact have had time to read your paper, although they may have glanced through it quickly. They will therefore not be in a position to comment on it, unless they get some idea of what it is all about. When you are introducin
41、g your paper, what you must not do is simply reading the whole paper aloud. This is because: Firstly, if the paper is a fairly long one, there may not be enough time for discussion. From your point of view, the discussion is the most important thing. It is very helpful for you if other people critic
42、ize your work: in that way you can improve it. Secondly, a lot of information can be understood when one is reading. It is not so easy to pick up detailed information when one is listening. In other words, there may be lack of comprehension or understanding. Thirdly, it can be very boring listening
43、to something being read aloud. Anyway some of your audience may have read your paper carefully and will not thank you for having to go through all of it again. Therefore, what you must do is follow the following seven points: 1. Decide on a time limit for your talk. Tell your audience what it is. St
44、ick to your time limit. This is very important. 2. Write out your spoken presentation in the way that you intend to say it. This means that you must do some of the work of writing the paper again, in a sense, You may think that this is a waste of time, but it isnt. 3. Concentrate only on the main po
45、ints. Ignore details. Hammer home the essence of your argument. If necessary, find ways of making your basic points so that your audience will be clear about what they are. 4. Try to make your spoken presentation lively and interesting. This doesnt necessarily mean telling jokes and anecdotes. But i
46、f you can think of interesting or amusing examples to illustrate your argument, use them. 5. When you know exactly what you are going to say, reduce it to outline notes. Rehearse your talk again, this time from the outline notes. Make sure you can find your way easily from the outline notes to the f
47、ull notes, in case you forget something. 6. Look at your audience while your are speaking. The technique to use is this. First read the appropriate parts of your notes silently (if you are using outline notes, this wont take you long). Then look up at your audience and say what you have to say. Neve
48、r speak while you are still reading. While you are looking at your audience, try to judge what they are thinking. Are they following you? You will never make contact with your audience if your eyes are fixed on the paper in front of you. 7. Make a strong ending. One good way of doing this is to repe
49、at your main points briefly and invite questions or comments. Perhaps I can sum up by saying this, Remember that listening is very different from reading. Something that is going to he listened to has therefore got to he prepared in a different way from something that is intended to be read. 1 【正确答案】 Preparation 2 【正确答案】 a topic 3
