1998英语专八真题Word格式.docx

1、正确答案是 2. The development of the gambling compulsion can be described as being _.A. gradual.B. slow.C. periodic.D. radical.3. G. A. mentioned in the talk is believed to be a（n） _.A. anonymous group.B. charity organization.C. gamblers club.D. treatment centre.4. At the end of the talk, the speakers at

2、titude towards the cure of gambling addiction is _.A. unclear.B. uncertain.C. optimistic.D. pessimistic.5. Throughout the talk, the speaker examines the issue of gambling in a _ way.A. balancedB. biasedC. detachedD. lengthySECTION B. INTERVIEWQuestions 6 to 10 are based on an interview. At the end o

3、f the interview you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following questions.Now listen to the interview. 6. What strikes the woman most about the male robber is his _.A. clothes.B. age.C. physique.D. appearance.7. The most detailed information about the woman robber is her _.A. manners.B.

4、 talkativeness.C. height.D. jewelry.8. The interviewee is believed to be a bank _.A. receptionist.B. manager.C. customer.D. cashier.9. Which of the following about the two robbers is NOT true?A. Both were wearing dark sweaters.B. Neither was wearing glasses.C. Both were about the same age.D. One of

5、them was marked by a scar.10. After the incident the interviewee sounded _.A. calm and quiet.B. nervous and numb.C. timid and confused.D. shocked and angry. SECTION C. NEWS BROADCAST Questions 11 and 12 are based on the following news. At the end of the news items, you will be given 30 seconds to an

6、swer the questions.11. According to the news, the enormous food shortage in Iraq has the most damaging effect on its _.A. national economy.B. adult population.C. young children.D. national currency.12. The WFP is appealing to donor nations to _.A. double last years food-aid.B. raise 122 million for

7、Iraqi people.C. provide each Iraqi family with 26 a month.D. help Iraqs 12 million population.Questions 13 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the question.13. As a result of the agreement, the two countries arsenals are to be _.A. upgr

8、aded in reliability and safety.B. reduced in size and number.C. dismantled partly later this year.D. maintained in their present conditions.Questions 14 and 15 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions.14. We can infer from the

9、 news that _ of teenagers under survey in 1993 were drug users. A. 28%.B. 22%.C. 25%.D. 21%.15. The following statements are correct EXCEPT _.A. Parents are asked to join in the anti-drug efforts.B. The use of both cocaine and LSD are on the increase.C. Teenagers hold a different view of drugs today

10、.D. Marijuana is as powerful as it used to be. SECTION D NOTE-TAKING & GAP-FILLING In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONLY ONCE. While listening to the lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete

11、a 15-minute gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the mini lecture. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.ANSWER SHEET ONEFill in each of the gaps with ONE suitable word. You may refer to your notes. Make sure the word you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable.The Rise of RPHi

12、storical reasonsReceived Pronunciation （RP） was originally associated with a （16） spoken in the region between central England and London, including Oxford and Cambridge. Its survival was due to its use by the （17） in the 14th century and by university students in the （18） Ages. Its rise in importan

13、ce resulted from its application in government and official documents. The prestige of its （19） pattern of pronunciation came about with its use in （20） schools in the 19th century. As a result, its （21） is accepted by Television and the radio, the professions and teaching English as a foreign langu

14、age.Three characteristics of RP1） its speakers dont regard themselves as connected with any geographical region; 2） RP is largely used in England;3） RP is a class accent, associated with （22） social classes.Its present statusDecline in the prestige of RP is the result of a） loss of monopoly of educa

15、tion by the privileged; b） （23） of higher education in the post-war period.However, it still retains its eminence among certain professional people.There is a rise in the status of all （24） accents.We are moving towards the （25） position: general acceptance of all regional accents and absence of a c

16、lass accent that transcends all regions.PART II PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION （15 MIN.） The following passage contains ten errors. Each line contains a maximum of one error. In each case only one word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way:For a wrong wor

17、d, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.For an unnecessary word, cross the unnece

18、ssary word with a slash / and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.EXAMPLEWhen art museum wants a new exhibit,（1） anit （never/） buys things in finished form and hangs（2） neverthem on the wall. When a natural history museum wants an exhibition, it must often build it.（3）exhibitWh

19、en a human infant is born into any community in any part of the world it has two things in common with any infant, provided（26） neither of them have been damaged in any way（27） either before or during birth. Firstly, and most obviously, new born children are completely helpless. Apart from a powerfu

20、l capacity to pay（28） attention to their helplessness by using sound, there is nothing the new born child can do to ensure his own survival. Without care from some other human being or beings, be it mother, grandmother, or human group, a child is very unlikely to survive. This helplessness of human

21、infants is in marked contrast with the capacity of many new born animals to get on their feet within minutes of（29） birth and run with the herd within a few hours. Although young animals are certainly in risk,（30） sometimes for weeks or even months after birth, compared with the human infant theyver

22、y quickly grow the capacity to fend for them.（31） It is during this very long period in which the human infant is totally dependent on the others（32） that it reveals the second feature which it shares with all other undamaged human infants, a capacity to learn language. For this reason, biologists n

23、owsuggest that language be species specific to（33） the human race, that is to say, they consider the human infant to be genetic programmed in（34） such way that it can acquire language. This（35） suggestion implies that just as human beings are designed to see three-dimensionally and in colour, and ju

24、st as they are designed to stand upright rather than to move on all fours, so they are designed to learn and use language as part of their normal development as well-formed human beings.PART III READING COMPREHENSION （40 MIN.）SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION （30 MIN.） In this section there are four

25、reading passages followed by fifteen multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your Answer Sheet.TEXT ALow self-esteem pops up regularly in academic reports as an explanation for all sorts of violence, from hate crimes and street crimes to terrorism. But despite the

26、popularity of the explanation, not much evidence backs it up. In a recent issue of Psychological Review, three researchers examine this literature at length and conclude that a much stronger link connects high self-esteem to violence. It is difficult to maintain belief in the low self-esteem view af

27、ter seeing that the more violent groups are generally the ones with higher self-esteem, write Roy Baumeister of Case Western Reserve University and Laura Smart and Joseph Boden of the University of Virginia.The conventional view is that people without self-esteem try to gain it by hurting others. Th

28、e researchers find that violence is much more often the work of people with unrealistically high self-esteem attacking others who challenge their self-image. Under this umbrella come bullies, rapists, racists, psychopaths and members of street gangs and organized crime.The study concludes: Certain forms of high self-esteem seem to increase ones proneness to violence. An uncritical endorsement of the cultural value of self-esteem may therefore be counterproductive an