专业英语八级考试真题.docx

1、专业英语八级考试真题2005年英语专业八级考试真题 TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2005) -GRADE EIGHT- PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN) SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will 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,

2、 but you will need them to complete a 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. Writing a Research Paper I. R

3、esearch Papers and Ordinary Essay A. Similarity in (1) _: e.g. choosing a topic asking questions identifying the audience B. Difference mainly in terms of (2) _ 1. research papers: printed sources 2. ordinary essay: ideas in ones (3) _ II. Types and Characteristics of Research Papers A. Number of ba

4、sic types: two B. Characteristics: 1. survey-type paper: to gather (4) _ to quote to (5) _ The writer should be (6) _. 2. argumentative (research) paper: a. The writer should do more, e.g. to interpret to question, etc. b. (7) _varies with the topic, e.g. to recommend an action, etc. III. How to Cho

5、ose a Topic for a Research Paper In choosing a topic, it is important to (8) _. Question No. 1: your familiarity with the topic Question No. 2: Availability of relevant information on the chosen topic Question No. 3: Narrowing the topic down to (9) _ Question No. 4: Asking questions about (10) _ The

6、 questions help us to work out way into the topic and discover its possibilities. SECTION B INTERVIEW In 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 1 to

7、 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 interview. 1. What is the purpose of Professor McKays report? A. To look into the mental health of old people. B. To explain why people have negativ

8、e views on old age. C. To help correct some false beliefs about old age. D. To identify the various problems of old age 2. Which of the following is NOT Professor McKays view? A. People change in old age a lot more than at the age of 21. B. There are as many sick people in old age as in middle age.

9、C. We should not expect more physical illness among old people. D. We should not expect to find old people unattractive as a group. 3. According to Professor McKays report, A. family love is gradually disappearing. B. it is hard to comment on family feeling. C. more children are indifferent to their

10、 parents. D. family love remains as strong as ever. 4. Professor McKay is _ towards the tendency of more parents living apart from their children. A. negative B. positive C. ambiguous D. neutral 5. The only popular belief that Professor McKay is unable to provide evidence against is A. old-age sickn

11、ess. B. loose family ties. C. poor mental abilities. D. difficulities in maths. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST In 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. Question 6

12、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. 6. Scientists in Brazil have used frog skin to A. eliminate bacteria. B. treat burns. C. Speed up recovery. D. reduce treatment cost. Question 7 is based on the f

13、ollowing news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news. 7. What is NOT a feature of the new karaoke machine? A. It is featured by high technology. B. It allows you to imitate famous singers. C. It can automatically alter the tempo and

14、tone of a song. D. It can be placed in specially designed theme rooms. 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. Chinas Internet users had reached _ by the end of June. A. 68 million B. 8.9

15、million C. 10 million D. 1.5 million Question 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news. 9. According to the WTO, Chinese exports rose _ last year. A. 21% B. 10% C. 22% D. 4.73 10. According to t

16、he news, which trading nation in the top 10 has reported a 5 per cent fall in exports? A. The UK. B. The US. C. Japan. D. Germany. PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN) TEXT A I remember meeting him one evening with his pushcart. I had managed to sell all my papers and was coming home in the snow.

17、It was that strange hour in downtown New York when the workers were pouring homeward in the twilight. I marched among thousands of tired men and women whom the factory whistles had unyoked. They flowed in rivers through the clothing factory districts, then down along the avenues to the East Side. I

18、met my father near Cooper Union. I recognized him, a hunched, frozen figure in an old overcoat standing by a banana cart. He looked so lonely, the tears came to my eyes. Then he saw me, and his face lit with his sad, beautiful smile -Charlie Chaplins smile. Arch, its Mikey, he said. So you have sold

19、 your papers! Come and eat a banana. He offered me one. I refused it. I felt it crucial that my father sell his bananas, not give them away. He thought I was shy, and coaxed and joked with me, and made me eat the banana. It smelled of wet straw and snow. You havent sold many bananas today, pop, I sa

20、id anxiously. He shrugged his shoulders. What can I do? No one seems to want them. It was true. The work crowds pushed home morosely over the pavements. The rusty sky darkened over New York building, the tall street lamps were lit, innumerable trucks, street cars and elevated trains clattered by. No

21、body and nothing in the great city stopped for my fathers bananas. I ought to yell, said my father dolefully. I ought to make a big noise like other peddlers, but it makes my throat sore. Anyway, Im ashamed of yelling, it makes me feel like a fool. I had eaten one of his bananas. My sick conscience

22、told me that I ought to pay for it somehow. I must remain here and help my father. Ill yell for you, pop, I volunteered. Arch, no, he said, go home; you have worked enough today. Just tell momma Ill be late. But I yelled and yelled. My father, standing by, spoke occasional words of praise, and said

23、I was a wonderful yeller. Nobody else paid attention. The workers drifted past us wearily, endlessly; a defeated army wrapped in dreams of home. Elevated trains crashed; the Cooper Union clock burned above us; the sky grew black, the wind poured, the slush burned through our shoes. There were thousa

24、nds of strange, silent figures pouring over the sidewalks in snow. None of them stopped to buy bananas. I yelled and yelled, nobody listened. My father tried to stop me at last. Nu, he said smiling to console me, that was wonderful yelling. Mikey. But its plain we are unlucky today! Lets go home. I

25、was frantic, and almost in tears. I insisted on keeping up my desperate yells. But at last my father persuaded me to leave with him. 11. unyoked in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to A. sent out B. released C. dispatched D. removed 12. Which of the following in the first paragraph does NOT

26、 indicated crowds of people? A.Thousands of B. Flowed C. Pouring D. Unyoked 13. Which of the following is intended to be a pair of contrast in the passage? A. Huge crowds and lonely individuals. B. Weather conditions and street lamps. C. Clattering trains and peddlers yells. D. Moving crowds and str

27、eet traffic. 14. Which of the following words is NOT suitable to describe the character of the son? A. Compassionate B. Responsible C. Shy D. Determined 15. What is the theme of the story? A. The misery of the factory workers. B. How to survive in a harsh environment. C. Generation gap between the f

28、ather and the son. D. Love between the father and the son. 16. What is the authors attitude towards the father and the son? A. Indifferent B. Sympathetic C. Appreciative D. Difficult to tell TEXT B 提示：原文出自美国时代杂志（TIME） 日期Jan. 29, 2001 文章标题No Fall Insurance 作者AN K. SMITH, M.D. When former President Ro

29、nald Reagan fell and broke his hip two weeks ago, he joined a group of more than 350,000 elderly Americans who fracture their hips each year. At 89 and suffering from advanced Alzheimers disease, Reagan is in one of the highest-risk groups for this type of accident. The incidence of hip fractures no

30、t only increases after age 50 but doubles every five to six years as the risk of falling increases. Slipping and tumbling are not the only causes of hip fractures; weakened bones sometimes break spontaneously. But falling is the major cause, representing 90% of all hip fractures. These. . 17. The following are all specific measures to guard against injuries with the EXCEPTION of A. remo