英语专业八级考试试题附听力mp3.docx

1、英语专业八级考试试题附听力mp32006年英语专业八级考试试题附听力mp3PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION(35MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn 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

2、 gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. 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.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ON

3、LY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.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

4、 interview.1. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Miss Greens university days?A. She felt bored.B. She felt lonely.C. She cherished them.D. The subject was easy.2. Which of the following is NOT part of her job with the Department of Employment?A. Doing surveys at workplace.B. Analyzing s

5、urvey results.C. Designing questionnaires.D. Taking a psychology course.3. According to Miss Green, the main difference between the Department of Employment and the advertising agency lies inA. the nature of work.B. office decoration.C. office location.D. work procedures.4. Why did Miss green want t

6、o leave the advertising agency?A. She felt unhappy inside the company.B. She felt work there too demanding.C. She was denied promotion in the company.D. She longed for new opportunities.5. How did Miss Green react to a heavier workload in the new job?A. She was willing and ready.B. She sounded mildl

7、y eager.C. She a bit surprised.D. She sounded very reluctant. SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 6 and 7 based on the

8、following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.Now listen to the news.6. The man stole the aircraft mainly because he wanted toA. destroy the European Central Bank.B. have an interview with a TV station.C. circle skyscrapers in downtown

9、Frankfurt.D. remember the death of a US astronaut.7. Which of the following statements about the man is TRUE?A. He was a 31-year-old student from Frankfurt.B. He was piloting a two-seat helicopter he had stolen.C. He had talked to air traffic controllers by radio.D. He threatened to land on the Euro

10、pean Central Bank.Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.8. The news is mainly about the city governments plan toA. expand and improve the existing subway system.B. build underground malls and

11、 parking lots.C. prevent further land subsidence.D. promote advanced technology.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.Now listen to the news.9. According to the news, what makes this credit ca

12、rd different from conventional ones isA. that it can hear the owners voice.B. that it can remember a password.C. that it can identify the owners voice.D. that it can remember the owners PIN.10. The newly developed credit card is said to said to have all the following EXCEPTA. switch.B. battery.C. sp

13、eaker.D. built-in chip.PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.Text AThe University in Transformation, edited by Australian fut

14、urists Sohail Inayatullah and Jennifer Gidley, presents some 20 highly varied outlooks on tomorrows universities by writers representing both Western and non-Western perspectives.Their essays raise a broad range of issues,questioning nearly every key assumption we have about higher education today.T

15、he most widely discussed alternative to the traditional campus is the Internet Universitya voluntary community to scholars/teachers physically scattered throughout a country or around the world but all linked in cyberspace.A computerized university could have many advantages,such as easy scheduling,

16、efficient delivery of lectures to thousands or even millions of students at once,and ready access for students everywhere to the resources of all the worlds great libraries.Yet the Internet University poses dangers,too.For example,a line of franchised courseware,produced by a few superstar teachers,

17、marketed under the brand name of a famous institution,and heavily advertised,might eventually come to dominate the global education market,warns sociology professor Peter Manicas of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.Besides enforcing a rigidly standardized curriculum,such a“college education in a bo

18、x”could undersell the offerings of many traditional brick and mortar institutions,effectively driving them out of business and throwing thousands of career academics out of work,note Australian communications professors David Rooney and Greg Hearn.On the other hand,while global connectivity seems hi

19、ghly likely to play some significant role in future higher education,that does not mean greater uniformity in course contentor other dangerswill necessarily follow.Counter-movements are also at work.Many in academia,including scholars contributing to this volume,are questioning the fundamental missi

20、on of university education.What if,for instance,instead of receiving primarily technical training and building their individual careers,university students and professors could focus their learning and research efforts on existing problems in their local communities and the world? Feminist scholar I

21、vana Milojevic dares to dream what a university might become“if we believed that child care workers and teachers in early childhood education should be one of the highest (rather than lowest) paid professionals?”Co-editor Jennifer Gidley shows how tomorrow s university faculty,instead of giving lect

22、ures and conducting independent research,may take on three new roles.Some would act as brokers,assembling customized degree-credit programmes for individual students by mixing and matching the best course offerings available from institutions all around the world.A second group,mentors,would functio

23、n much like todays faculty advisers,but are likely to be working with many more students outside their own academic specialty.This would require them to constantly be learning from their students as well as instructing them.A third new role for faculty,and in Gidleys view the most challenging and re

24、warding of all,would be as meaning-makers: charismatic sages and practitioners leading groups of students/colleagues in collaborative efforts to find spiritual as well as rational and technological solutions to specific real-world problems.Moreover,there seems little reason to suppose that any one f

25、orm of university must necessarily drive out all other options.Students may be“enrolled”in courses offered at virtual campuses on the Internet,betweenor even duringsessions at a real world problem focused institution.As co-editor Sohail Inayatullah points out in his introduction,no future is inevita

26、ble,and the very act of imagining and thinking through alternative possibilities can directly affect how thoughtfully,creatively and urgently even a dominant technology is adapted and applied.Even in academia,the future belongs to those who care enough to work their visions into practical,sustainabl

27、e realities.11. When the book reviewer discusses the Internet University,A he is in favour of it. B his view is balanced.C he is slightly critical of it.D he is strongly critical of it.12. Which of the following is NOT seen as a potential danger of the Internet University? A Internet based courses m

28、ay be less costly than traditional ones.B Teachers in traditional institutions may lose their jobs.C Internet based courseware may lack variety in course content.D The Internet University may produce teachers with a lot of publicity.13. According to the review,what is the fundamental mission of trad

29、itional university education? A Knowledge learning and career building.B Learning how to solve existing social problems.C Researching into solutions to current world problems.D Combining research efforts of teachers and students in learning.14. Judging from the three new roles envisioned for tomorro

30、w s university faculty,university teachers A are required to conduct more independent research.B are required to offer more courses to their students.C are supposed to assume more demanding duties.D are supposed to supervise more students in their specialty.15. Which category of writing does the rev

31、iew belong to? A Narration. B Description.C Persuasion. D Exposition.Text BEvery street had a story, every building a memory. Those blessed with wonderful childhoods can drive the streets of their hometowns and happily roll back the years. The rest are pulled home by duty and leave as soon as possible. After Ray Atlee had been in Clanton (his hometown) for fifteen minutes he was anxious to get out.The town had changed,but then it hadnt.On the highways leading in,the cheap metal buildings and mobile homes were gatherin