英语专业八级全真试题.docx

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英语专业八级全真试题

英语专业八级全真试题　2008

TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS（2008）GRADEEIGHT　　　TIMELIMIT:

195MINPARTILISTENINGCOMPREHENSIONSECTIONAMINI-LECTUREInthissectionyouwillhearamini-lecture.YouwillhearthelectureONCEONLY.Whilelistening,takenotesontheimportantpoints.Yournoteswillnotbemarked,butyouwillneedthemtocompleteagap-fillingtaskafterthemini-lecture.Whenthelectureisover,youwillbegiventwominutestocheckyournotes,andanothertenminutestocompletethegap-fillingtaskonANSWERSHEETONE.Usetheblanksheetfornote-taking.Nowlistentothemini-lecture.Completethegap-fillingtask.SomeofthegapsbelowmayrequireamaximumofTHREEwords.Makesuretheword（s）youfillinis（are）bothgrammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable.Youmayrefertoyournotes.ThePopularityofEnglishI.PresentstatusofEnglish1）Englishasanative/firstlanguage2）Englishasalinguafranca:

alanguageforcommunicationamongpeoplewhose

（1）aredifferent3）NumberofpeoplespeakingEnglishasafirstorasecondlanguage:

320-380millionnativespeakers250-

（2）millionspeakersofEnglishasasecondlanguageII.ReasonsforthepopularuseofEnglish1）（3）thePilgrimFathersbroughtthelanguagetoAmerica;BritishsettlersbroughtthelanguagetoAustralia;Englishwasusedasameansofcontrolin（4）2）Economicreasonsspreadof（5）languageofcommunicationintheinternationalbusinesscommunity3）（6）ininternationaltraveluseofEnglishintravelandtourismsignsinairportslanguageofannouncementlanguageof（7）4）InformationexchangeuseofEnglishintheacademicworldlanguageof（8）orjournalarticles5）Popularculturepopmusicon（9）filmsfromtheUSAIII.Questionstothinkabout1）statusofEnglishinthefuture2）（10）ofdistinctvarietiesofEnglish参考答案：

（1）native/firstlanguages

（2）350（3）Historical/Colonial（4）India/colonies/（other）Britishcolonies（5）internationalcommerce/business/trade（6）Boom/Increase（7）airtrafficcontrol/seatravelcommunication（8）conferences/meetings（9）radios/radio/air/manyradios（10）possibilities/possibility/emergence/appearance/developmentTIP：

（1）native/firstlanguages讲座共分为三个部分。

第一部分讲述了英语目前使用状况。

其中第二点讲了英语在不同母语人群中作为通用语。

（2）第三点讲了英语作为第二外语或外语的使用现状，主要是数字。

本题考查对相关数字的理解。

（3）讲座的第二部分主要回顾英语崛起的原因。

第一个是历史原因。

（4）本题考查对有关细节的理解。

（5）第二个是经济原因，如国际贸易的扩展。

（6）第三个是国际旅游业的兴起。

（7）英语作为空中交通指挥、海上通讯的工作语言。

（8）第四个原因是信息交流。

如英语作为会议工作语言。

（9）最后一个原因是大众文化的崛起。

英语主导了西方国家的大众文化，如电台上常播放英语流行歌曲/音乐。

（10）演讲者在结束之前提了几个思考问题，其中之一关于英语将来发展成多个独立分支的可能性。

本题考查对信息的归纳、总结能力。

原文中的varietiesthatbecomelessmutuallyintelligible被归纳为distinctvarieties。

SCRIPT:

Goodmorning,everyone.Today’slectureisaboutthepopularityofEnglish.Asweallknow,Englishiswidelyusedintheworld.AlthoughEnglishisNOTthelanguagewiththelargestnumberofnativeorfirstlanguagespeakers,ithasreallybecomealinguafranca.Then,whatisalinguafranca?

Thetermreferstoalanguagewhichiswidelyadoptedforcommunicationbetweentwospeakerswhosenativelanguagesaredifferentfromeachother’s,andwhereoneorbothspeakersareusingitasasecondlanguage.Forexample,whenanIndiantalkstoaSingaporeanusingEnglish,thenEnglishisthelinguafranca.Then,actuallyhowmanypeoplespeakEnglishaseitherafirstorasecondlanguage?

Someresearcherssuggestedafewyearsagothatbetween320-380millionpeoplespokeEnglishasafirstlanguage,andanywherebetween250-350millionasasecondlanguage.Andofcourse,ifweincludepeoplewhoarelearningEnglishasaforeignlanguageallovertheworld,thatnumbermayincreasedramatically.Then,wemayaskaquestion:

howdidEnglishgetthere?

Thatis,howdidEnglishgainthepresentstatusofpopularity?

Thereare,infact,anumberofinterlockingreasonsforthepopularityofEnglishasalinguafranca.Manyofthereasonsarehistorical,buttheyalsoincludeeconomicandculturalfactorsthathaveinfluencedandsustainedthespreadofthelanguage.Let’sgothroughthereasonsonebyone.Firstisthehistoricalreason.Thisisrelatedtothecolonialhistory.Asweknow,whenthePilgrimFatherslandedontheMassachusettscoastin1620,aftertheirjourneyfromEngland,theybroughtwiththemnotjustasetofreligiousbeliefs,apioneeringspiritoradesireforcolonization,butalsotheirlanguage.AlthoughmanyyearslatertheAmericansbrokeawayfromtheircolonialmaster,thelanguageofEnglishremained,andstilldoes.ItwasthesameinAustralia,too.WhenCommanderPhilipplantedtheBritishflaginSydneyCoveon26thJan.1788,itwasnotjustabunchofBritishconvictsandtheirguardians,butalsoalanguage.InotherpartsoftheformerBritishEmpire,Englishrapidlybecameaunifyingordominatingmeansofcontrol.Forexample,itbecamealinguafrancainIndia,whereavarietyofindigenouslanguagesmadetheuseofanyoneofthemasawhole-countrysystem/problematic.So,theimpositionofEnglishastheonelanguageofadministrationhelpedmaintainthecolonizer’scontrolandpower.Thus,Englishtraveledaroundmanypartsoftheworldinthosedays,andlongafterthatcolonialpowerhasfadedaway,itisstillwidelyusedasamainoratleastaninstitutionallanguageincountriesasfarapartasJamaicaandPakistan,Uganda,andNewZealand.Thatisthefirstfactor.Now,thesecondmajorfactorinthespreadofEnglishhasbeenthespreadofcommercethroughouttheworld:

thespreadofinternationalcommercehastakenEnglishalongwithit.Thisisthe20th-centuryphenomenonofglobalization.Therefore,oneofthefirstsightsmanytravelersseewhenarrivingincountriesasdiverseasBrazil,China,forexample,istheyellowtwin-archedsignofaMcDonald’sfastfoodrestaurant,orsomeotherfamousbrandsoutlets.Andwithoutdoubt,Englishisusedasthelanguageofcommunicationintheinternationalbusinesscommunity.AndthethirdfactorrelatedtothepopularuseofEnglishistheboomininternationaltravel.Andyouwillfindthatmuchtravelandtourismiscarriedon,aroundtheworld,inEnglish.Ofcourse,thisisNOTalwaysthecase,asthemutilingualismofmanytourismworkersindifferentcountriesdemonstrate.But,avisittomostairportsontheglobewillshowsignsnotonlyinthelanguageofthatcountry,butalsoinEnglish,justasmanyairlineannouncementsarebroadcastinEnglish,too,whateverthelanguageofthecountrytheairportissituatedin.Sofar,Englishisalsothepreferredlanguageofairtrafficcontrolinmanycountriesandisusedwidelyinseatravelcommunication.Anotherfactorhassomethingtodowithinformationexchangearoundtheworld.Asweallknow,agreatdealofacademicdiscoursearoundtheworldtakesplaceinEnglish.Itisoftenalinguafrancaofconferences,forexample,andmanyjournalarticlesinfieldsasdiverseasastronomy,childpsychologyandzoologyhaveEnglishasakindofdefaultlanguage.ThelastfactorIcitehereconcernspopularculture.Inthewesternworld,atleast,Englishisadominatinglanguageinpopularculture.PopmusicinEnglishcanbeheardonmanyradios.ThusmanypeoplewhoarenotEnglishspeakerscansingwordsfromtheirfavouriteEnglishmediumsongs.Andmanypeoplewhoareregularcinemagoersor（TVviewers）canfrequentlyhearEnglishinsubtitledfilmscomingoutoftheUSA.Now,tosumup,intoday’slecture,wehavereviewedsomeofthereasonsorfactorsthatliebehindthepopularuseofEnglishasthenumberoneworldlanguage.Beforewefinish,Iwouldliketoleaveafewquestionsforyoutothinkabout:

IsthestatusofEnglishasthenumber-oneworldlanguageassuredinthefuture?

Willitsplitintovarietiesthatbecomelessmutuallyintelligible?

ORwillsomeotherlanguageorlanguagestaketheplaceofEnglishasworldlanguageinfuture?

Thesequestionsarenoteasytoanswer,Iknow,buttheyaredefinitelyworthponderingoverafterthelecture.OK,thisbringsustotheendoftoday’slecture.Thankyouforyourattention.SECTIONBINTERVIEW/CONVERSATIONInthissectionyouwillheareverythingONCEONLY.Listencarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow.Markthecorrectanswertoeachquestiononyourcolouredanswersheet.Questions1to5arebasedonaconversation.Attheendoftheconversationyouwillbegiven10secondstoanswereachofthefollowingfivequestions.Nowlistentotheconversation.1.Marydoesn’tseemtofavourtheideaofanewairportbecauseA.theexistingairportsaretobewasted.B.morepeoplewillbeencouragedtotravel.C.moreoilwillbeconsumed.D.moreairplaneswillbepurchased.参考答案：

CTIP：

Mary不赞成建新机场，她讲了几个原因，但最突出的原因是燃料因素。

原文：

Well,myrealobjectiontothisideaofanewairportis,isthatthewholethingissowasteful.Imean,weknowwe’recurrentlyinafuelcrisis,weknowthatwe’vegottoconserveoilandfuelandalltherestofit.Andyetherethegovernmentseemsquitedeliberatelytobeencouragingpeopleto,totravel,touse,andthesejetsuseaheckofalotofoilImean,ittakesatonofoil,atonofpetrolbeforeoneofthesebigjetseventakesoff.本题考查对相关信息的甄别能力。

2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedbyMaryasapotentialdisadvantage?

A.Morepeopleinthearea.B.Noiseandmotorways.C.Wasteofland.D.Unnecessarytravel.参考答案：

ATIP：

Mary在对话中提到选项B、C、D的内容，唯一没有提到的是选项A。

然而B、C、D的内容在对话中分布得较开，如选项C、D出现在对话较前部分，而B则出现在较后部分。

本题考查对语篇相关信息的归纳、梳理和分析能力。

3.FreddyhascitedthefollowingadvantagesforanewairportEXCEPTA.morejobopportunities.B.vitalitytothelocaleconomy.C.roadconstruction.D.presenceofaircrewinthearea.参考答案：

DTIP：

Freddy提到了建新机场的益处。

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