[外语类试卷]专业英语八级模拟试卷727及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 727 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 Information Superhighway at Work The changes in how we communicate make it necessary to change how we th
3、ink about communication. The Information Superhighway is a new way of looking at【 1】communication. It can be broken down into four components. People are the travelers and【 2】 of the Superhighway. Many people plan, design, establish, maintain, and develop the appliances of the Superhighway. Others i
4、nvestigate the news, do the programming, and produce ideas. 【 3】 is the information on the Superhighway. It travels over the Superhighway and remains as varied as the people who send and receive it. Networks are the roadways that carry information between appliances. They are used to【 4】 data, graph
5、ics, and video across neighborhoods, states and countries. Right now, we become familiar with television, radio, telephone,【 5】 and wireless networks. Appliances are the【 6】 of the Information Superhighway. They are the devices people use to【 7】 , send, and receive information. Many appliances, such
6、 as telephones, fax machines, computers and modems, are popular nowadays. The Information Superhighway is the combination and【 8】 of all four components, and it wll connect us all and【 9】 everyone. Now, the Information Superhighway is under【 10】 , and very soon more lanes are to be added in an ever-
7、growing network of communications information, innovation, and opportunity. 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
8、 be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 When did Post office in Britain employ cats? ( A) In 1868. ( B) In 1886. ( C) In 1898. ( D) In 1889. 12 Why were female cats usually employed by the Post Office? ( A) They could work for 24 hours a d
9、ay. ( B) They were worse hunters. ( C) They were more persistent hunters. ( D) They worked the whole night. 13 What happened to the cats if the number of mice in a post office didnt decline within 6 months? ( A) They were killed. ( B) They were punished by not to be given food. ( C) They had to chan
10、ge job. ( D) They were dismissed. 14 Why was Lucky awarded the DFC certificate? ( A) Because of the great amount of rats she caught. ( B) Because of her good manner. ( C) Because of her sudden attack on the burglars. ( D) She served for 16 years. 15 Does the Post Office still employ cats? ( A) Yes,
11、as fewer than before. ( B) Yes, but fewer than before. ( C) Yes, they are not needed any more. ( D) No, their services are discontinued. 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
12、each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 The audio-tape was shown on TV on _. ( A) Tuesday ( B) Wednesday ( C) Thursday ( D) Friday 17 The purpose of the taped message was assumed to be any of the following EXCEPT _. ( A) offering a truce to European nations ( B) estr
13、anging the European nations from the US ( C) bolstering al-Qaeda supporters ( D) condemning the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin 17 President Bush has proposed adding optional personal accounts as one of the central elements of a major Social Security reform proposal. Although many details remai
14、n to be worked out, the proposal would allow individuals who choose to do so to divert part of the money they currently pay in Social Security taxes into individual investment accounts. Individuals would have a choice of fund managers, and the return that they earn from those accounts would then par
15、tially determine the Social Security benefit they receive when they retire. Individual accounts pose a number of important and complex design and implementation issues, including how to lower the cost of administering accounts so that they do not erode the value of pensions that individuals receive
16、when they retire, how many and what kinds of fund choices should be offered, and how to engage workers in choosing funds. In the late 1990s, Sweden added a mandatory individual accounts tier to its public pension system. This policy brief examines the Swedish experience and lessons it suggests for t
17、he United States about the design and implementation challenges of individual accounts. Sweden has one of the oldest and most comprehensive public pension systems in the world. But by the 1980s, several problems with the system were becoming evident, including current funding deficits and a very lar
18、ge projected funding shortfall as Swedens population, which is among the oldest in the world, continued to age. Between 1991 and 1998, Sweden adopted a new pension system built on three fundamental elements. A new “income pension“ is intended to tie pension benefits more closely to contributions mad
19、e over the entire course of an individuals working life, while lowering the overall cost of the system; it is financed entirely by a 16 percent payroll tax. A “guarantee pension“ provides minimum income support for workers with low lifetime earnings, It is financed entirely by general government rev
20、enues and is income-tested against other public pension income. The third element is a “premium pension“ financed by a 2.5 percent payroll tax. These funds are placed in an individual investment account. Individuals have a wide variety of fund choices. To lower administrative costs, and the administ
21、rative burden on employers, collection of premium pension contributions and fund choices are centrally administered by a new government agency, the Premium Pension Authority. Deposits into pension funds are made only once a year, after complete wage records for a calendar year are available from the
22、 state tax authorities. Employees choose up to five funds from a list of funds approved by the PPA. Swedes can change their fund allocations as often as they want without charge, but the system is not designed to facilitate “day trading“switching funds often takes several days. The new pension syste
23、ms planners recognized that many workers might not make an active pension fund choice. They created a Seventh Swedish National Pension Fund to offer a default fund, called the Premium Savings Fund, for those who do not choose a fund or simply prefer to have the government invest for them. 18 What ca
24、n you learn about Bushs proposal of adding optional personal accounts? ( A) People can transfer some money from their investment accounts to the Social Security taxes. ( B) The return people earn from their accounts can decide their social benefit decisively. ( C) People can spent more on investment
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