[外语类试卷]专业英语八级模拟试卷731及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 731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 American Way: Freedom The heart of the American calendar is July【 4】 Americans have celebrated this d
3、ate as “Independence Day“ snice 1776. In a【 1】 _ atmosphere 【 1】_ of this holiday, patriotic speeches remind Americans of their【 2】 【 2】 _ _ July 4 represents the heartbeat of America: freedom. When Americans think of freedom they often think of【 3】 _. A- 【 3】_ merican -style democracy tries to prot
4、ect individual rights. People in other cultures may not understand this【 4】 _ 【 4】 _ Privacy is one good example of individual rights. Personal freedom in America often means the right to ones own【 5】 _. American dont 【 5】_ want to invade someone s privacy, even if they know the person quite well. T
5、hey prefer to keep many “family matters“ private.【 6】 _,individuals 【 6】_ may not share in conversation such information as salary, age,【 7】 _ 【 7】_ status or religion. In American culture freedom also implies equality. For Americans, e- quality refers to equal worth and equal【 8】 _ . In America, pe
6、ople can 【 8】_ still hear rags - to - riches stories often enough to【 9】 _ it in the 【 9】 _ minds of many. Freedom arouses strong feelings for Americans. However, problems still exist. One individuals freedom can【 10】 _ with the 【 10】_ rights of others. The path to freedom is not completely smooth b
7、ut for Americans it is worth travelling. 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.
8、 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 How did Guinness World Records come into being? ( A) Guinness developed it by himself. ( B) Sir Hugh Beaver first asked Mcwhirter twins to develop it. ( C) It fir
9、st developed in Ireland. ( D) Somebody called Guinness developed it. 12 According to the passage, back in the 1950s, how long did it take for the first Records book to be put together? ( A) 5 months. ( B) 6 months. ( C) 12 months. ( D) 32 months. 13 According to the passage, how many records are put
10、 in the Guinness World Records every year? ( A) 50. ( B) 40,000. ( C) 3200. ( D) 450. 14 The primary purpose of Guiness World Records is related to _. ( A) recreation and practical values ( B) recreation and reputation ( C) reputation and TV program ( D) reputation and position 15 According to the p
11、assage, who is in charge of the selection of Guinness World Records ? ( A) Beijing Educational Press. ( B) Liaoning Educational Press. ( C) London Guinness World Record. ( D) Ireland Guinness World Record. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Liste
12、n 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) India will market its low-cost computers abroad. ( B) India has developed a type of computer that sells at a very
13、 low price. ( C) The devices in the computer were engineered by Taiwan. ( D) India decides to have its computers manufactured in Taiwan. 16 An international team of astronomers has discovered 11 new planets outside the solar system, raising fresh speculation about the possibility of life in outer sp
14、ace. Astrophysicists from the Geneva Observatory and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) headquartered in Germany, were involved in the detections announced earlier this month. Since the first extrasolar planet was found orbitting around the star 51 Pegasi in 1995, astronomers have pinpointed be
15、tween 60 and 70 such heavenly bodies across the universe. Each discovery raises new questions about the formation and behaviour of planets among scientists raised on the assumption that distant planets orbitted stars the way the Earth and other planets in the solar system revolve around the sun. But
16、 astronomers are now detecting planets of unexpected size in areas where they least expected to find them. Last year, they found a handful of new planets similar in size to small stars and others that moved freely in space without orbitting any star. Some of the 11 planets whose discovery has just b
17、een disclosed have special characteristics, according to the ESO. One of them is a gas giant at least 5. 6 times as massive as Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. It was detected around a star known under the scientific designation HD28185. Many of the previously discovered extrasolar p
18、lanets of similar size were found close to stars or revolved around them in eccentric orbits. But the new one has an almost circular orbit similar to that of our own planet. Its orbital period of 385 days is also similar to the year taken by the Earth to travel around the sun. Its average distance f
19、rom its central star is 150. 6 million kilometres, almost the same as the 149. 6 million kilometres between our planet and the sun. This would place the new planet in a so-called hospitable zonewhere temperatures similar to those on Earth are possible. Although such gas giants are not considered fav
20、orable to the development of life forms, they could have moons around them where life might be theoretically possible. Another new discovery is a two-planet system around the star HD82943 where the orbit of one of the planets is twice as long as that of the other. Such commensurable orbits also exis
21、t in the solar system. A further two-planet system was detected near the star HD74156, with one of the planets similar to the mass of Jupiter and the other having a far greater mass. Another new discovery was a giant planet 3. 4 times the mass of Jupiter that approached to within 5 million kilometre
22、s of the star HD80606. At its furthest point it was 127 million kilometres away. In contrast Mercury, the planet nearest the sun, is 46 million kilometres away at its closest point. None of the extrasolar planets has been seen with telescopes. They are detected indirectly by the effects of gravity o
23、n the motions of their mother star. Calculations of the changes in motion of these stars allow astronomers to draw conclusions on the orbit of the planets, their mass and their distance from the central stars. A major problem affecting observation using current telescope technology is that light shi
24、ning from the stars tends drown all weaker sources of light in the vicinity. 17 An international team of astronomers has discovered 11 new planets outside the solar system, raising fresh _ about the possibility of life in outer space. ( A) exploring ( B) debate ( C) wondering ( D) pondering 18 Which
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