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专八真题及答案

2015年专八真题及答案

TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS（2015）

GRADEEIGHT

TIMELIMIT：

195MIN

PARTILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION（35MIN）

SECTIONAMINI-LECTURE

Inthissectionyouwillhearamini-lecture．YouwillhearthelectureONCEONLY.Whilelistening,takenotesontheimportantpoints．Yournoteswillnotbemarked,butyouwillneedthemtocompleteagap-fillingtaskafterthemini-lecture．Whenthelectureisover,youwillbegiventwominutestocheckyournotes,andanothertenminutestocompletethegap-fillingtaskonANSWERSHEETONE,usingnomorethanthreewordsineachgap．Makesuretheword（s）youfillinis（are）bothgrammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable．Youmayrefertoyournoteswhilecompletingthetask．Usetheblanksheetfornote-taking．Now,listentothemini-lecture．

UnderstandingAcademicLectures

Listeningtoacademiclecturesisanimportanttaskforuniversitystudents.Then,howcanwecomprehendalectureefficiently?

I.Understandall

（1）

A.words

B.

（2）

—stress

—intonation

—（3）

II.Addinginformation

A.lectures:

Sharinginformationwithaudience

B.listeners:

（4）

C.sourcesofinformation

—knowledgeof（5）

—（6）oftheworld

D.listeninginvolvingthreesteps:

—hearing

—（7）

—adding

III.（8）

A.reasons

—overcomenoise

—savetime

B.（9）

—content

—organization

IV.Evaluatingwhilelistening

A.helptpdecidethe（10）ofnotes

B.helptorememberinformation

SECTIONBINTERVIEW

InthissectionyouwillheareverythingONCEONLY.Listencarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow．MarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO．

Questions1to5arebasedonaninterview．Attheendoftheinterviewyouwillbegiven10secondstoanswereachofthefollowingfivequestions．Nowlistentotheinterview．

1.Theresathinksthatthepresentgovernmentis________.

[A]doingwhattheyhavepromisedtoschools

[B]creatingopportunitiesforleadinguniversities

[C]consideringremovingbarriersforstateschoolpupils

[D]reducingopportunitiesforstateschoolpupils

2.WhatdoesTheresaseeasaprobleminsecondaryschoolsnow?

[A]Universitiesarenotworkinghardtoacceptstateschoolpupils.

[B]ThenumberofstatepupilsapplyingtoOxfordfailstoincrease.

[C]Thegovernmenthasloweredstatepupils’expectations.

[D]Leadinguniversitiesarerejectingstateschoolpupils.

3.InTheresa’sview,schoolfreedommeansthatschoolsshould____.

[A]begivenmorefundingfromeducationauthorities

[B]begivenallthemoneyanddecidehowtospendit

[C]begrantedgreaterpowertorunthemselves

[D]begivenmoreopportunitiesandchoices

4.AccordingtoTheresa,whodecidesordecidemoneyforschoolsatthepresent?

[A]Localeducationauthoritiesandthecentralgovernment.

[B]Localeducationauthoritiesandsecondaryschoolstogether.

[C]Localeducationauthoritiesonly.

[D]Thecentralgovernmentonly.

5.Throughoutthetalk,theinterviewerdoesallthefollowingEXCEPT____.

[A]askingforclarification

[B]challengingtheinterviewee

[C]supportingtheinterviewee

[D]initiatingtopics

SECTIONCNEWSBROADCAST

InthissectionyouwillheareverythingONCEONLY．Listencarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow．MarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO．

Questions6and7arebasedonthefollowingnews,Attheendofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven20secondstoanswerthequestions．Nowlistentothenews．

NewsItem1

6.Whatisthemainideaofthenewsitem?

[A]FewerpeoplewatchTVonceaweek.

[B]SmartphonesandtabletshavereplacedTV.

[C]Newtechnologyhasledtomorefamilytime.

[D]BiggerTVsetshaveattractedmorepeople.

NewsItem2

7.Howmanylawmakersvotedforthemarijuanalegalizationbill?

[A]50.[B]12.

[C]46.[D]18.

8.Thepassingofthebillmeansthatmarijuanacanbe________.

[A]boughtbypeopleunder18

[B]madeavailabletodrugaddicts

[C]providedbythegovernment

[D]boughtindrugstores

NewsItem3

9.Whatdidthereviewofglobaldatareveal?

[A]Diarrheaisacommondisease.

[B]Goodsanitationledtoincreaseinheight.

[C]Thereweremanyproblemsofpoorsanitation.

[D]Africanchildrenliveinworsesanitaryconditions.

10.ThepurposeofDr.AlanDangour’sstudywasmostlikelyto________.

[A]examinelinksbetweensanitationanddeathfromillness

[B]lookintofactorsaffectingthegrowthofchildren

[C]investigatehowtotacklesymptomslikediarrhea

[D]reviewandcompareconditionsindifferentcountries

PARTIIREADINGCOMPREHENSION（30MIN）

Inthissectiontherearefourreadingpassagesfollowedbyatotalof20multiple-choicequestions.ReadthepassagesandthenmarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO．

TEXTA

In2011,manyshopperschosetoavoidthefranticcrowdsanddotheirholidayshoppingfromthecomfor