[外语类试卷]专业英语八级模拟试卷240及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 240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 LAND USE A problem related to the competition for land use is whether crops should be used to produce foo
3、d or fuel.【 1】 _ areas will be examined in this re- 【 1】 _ sped. Firstly, the problem should be viewed in its 【 2】 _ perspective. When oil prices rose sharply 【 2】 _ in the 1970s, countries had to look for alternatives to solve the resulting crisis. In developing countries, one of the possible answe
4、rs to it is to produce alcohol from【 3】 _ material 【 3】 _ This has led to a lot of research in this area particularly in the use of【 4】 _. The use of this material 【 4】 _ resulted from two economic reasons: a【 5】 _ in its 【 5】 _ price and low【 6】 _ costs. 【 6】 _ There are other starchy plants that c
5、an be used to produce alcohol, like the sweet【 7】 _or the 【 7】 _ cassava plant in tropical regions, and【 8】 _ and 【 8】 _ sugar beet in non-tropical regions. The problem with these plants is that they are also the peoples staple food in many poor countries. Therefore, farmers there are faced with a c
6、hoice: crops for food or for fuel. And farmers naturally go for what is more【 9】 _. As a result, the 【 9】 _ problems involved are economic in nature, rather than technological. This is my second area under consideration. Finally, there have already been practical applications of using alcohol for fu
7、el. Basically, they come in two forms of use: pure alcohol as is the case in【 10】 _, and a combination of alcohol and 【 10】 _ gasoline known as gasohol in Germany. 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 ev
8、erything 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 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Which of the following about BBC in NOT
9、 correct? ( A) The initials BBC stand for British Broadcasting Corporation. ( B) Its a public corporation. ( C) The government cant control it. ( D) There are some advertising on it. 12 ITV gets its money from _. ( A) investments ( B) the TV licenses ( C) advertisements ( D) the government 13 Accord
10、ing to the conversation, what does the Open University refer to? ( A) The university broadcasts on both BBC and ITV. ( B) The university for people who ye never been to university. ( C) The university for people who have got a chance to go to university. ( D) The university run in the open fields. 1
11、4 Which of the following is not a reason for the mans not going to the cinema? ( A) It costs money. ( B) He watches only news programmes. ( C) Its a lot more trouble going out than staying at home. ( D) He only likes old films. 15 According to the man if you watch football on TV rather than go to th
12、e match, _. ( A) you feel the importance of the occasion ( B) you dont lose any of the atmosphere ( C) you get a better view of the game ( D) you feel as good as in real life SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the
13、 questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 A lowered time limit for abortion was preferred by some specialists_. ( A) because 98 % abortions were carried out before 20 weeks ( B) because pregnancy can be diagnosed earlier than befor
14、e ( C) because survival rates among premature babies have improved ( D) because the fetal abnormalities can be diagnosed earlier than be fore 17 A _rise of industrial output had been expected of the second quarter. ( A) 8% ( B) 9% ( C) 9.3% ( D) 9.5% 18 According to the news item, _was the main driv
15、ing force for the high rate of industrial output in the second quarter. ( A) robust investment ( B) rapid export increase ( C) the yuans peg of 8.28 to the dollar ( D) falling oil demand and lower steel and property prices 19 It was _that released news that Afghans at the U.S. detention facility in
16、Guantanamo Bay were on a hunger strike. ( A) a spokesman of US Defense Department ( B) Afghan interim government ( C) Amnesty International in London ( D) two released Afghan prisoners 20 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason for hunger strike? ( A) Prisoner abuse and no freedom. ( B)
17、Wrong accusations and long detention. ( C) Lack of enough quality drinking water. ( D) Protest against US military permeation into Arab world. 20 People can be addicted to different thingse, g., alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive, i.e.
18、, they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders: they feel they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is irrationalimpossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on cred
19、it, charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy. There is a special psychology of bargain h
20、unting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things they dont need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game: when they
21、can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for things that they do and the real reason. It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also
22、business people. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business: they consider peoples needs for love, power, or influence, their basic value, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods. Psychologists can often use a method called “behavior t
23、herapy“ to help individuals solve their personality problems, in the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money. 21 According to the psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money_. ( A) and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys (
24、 B) in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life ( C) just to meet his or her strong psychological need ( D) entirely with an irrational eagerness 22 According to the author, compulsive bargain hunters are in constant search of the lowest possible price_. ( A) because they want to save money t
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