英语专业八级真题及答案.docx

1、英语专业八级真题及答案TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2013)GRADE EIGHTTIME LIMIT：195 MINPART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lectureYou will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important pointsYour notes will not be marked, but yo

2、u will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lectureWhen 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, using no more than three words in each gapMake sure the word(s) you fill in

3、 is (are)both grammatically and semantically acceptableYou may refer to your notes while completing the taskUse the blank sheet for note-takingNow, listen to the mini-lectureWhat Do Active Learners Do?There are difference between active learning and passive learning.Characteristics of active learner

4、s:I. reading with purposesA. before reading: setting goalsB. while reading: (1) _II. (2) _ and critical in thinkingi.e. information processing, e.g.- connections between the known and the new information- identification of (3) _ concepts- judgment on the value of (4) _.III. active in listeningA.ways

5、 of note-taking: (5) _.B.before note-taking: listening and thinkingIV. being able to get assistanceA.reason 1: knowing comprehension problems because of (6) _.B.Reason 2: being able to predict study difficultiesV. being able to question informationA. question what they read or hearB. evaluate and (7

6、) _.VI. Last characteristicA. attitude toward responsibility- active learners: accept- passive learners: (8) _B. attitude toward (9) _- active learners: evaluate and change behaviour- passive learners: no change in approachRelationship between skill and will: will is more important in (10) _.Lack of

7、 will leads to difficulty in college learning.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that followMark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWOQuestions 1 to 5 are based on an interviewAt the end of the intervie

8、w you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questionsNow listen to the interview1According to the interviewer, which of the following best indicates the relationship between choice and mobility? ABetter education greater mobility more choices BBetter education more choices gr

9、eater mobility CGreater mobility better education more choices DGreater mobility more choices better education2According to the interview，which of the following details about the first poll is INCORRECT? AShorter work hours was least chosen for being most important BChances for advancement might hav

10、e been favoured by young people CHigh income failed to come on top for being most important DJob security came second according to the poll results3According to the interviewee，which is the main difference between the first and the second poll? AThe type of respondents who were invited BThe way in w

11、hich the questions were designed CThe content area of the questions DThe number of poll questions4What can we learn from the respondentsanswers to items 2，4 and 7 in the second poll? ARecognition from colleagues should be given less importance BWorkers are always willing and ready to learn more new

12、skills CPsychological reward is more important than material one DWork will have to be made interesting to raise efficiency5According to the interviewee，which of the following can offer both psychological and monetary benefits? AContact with many people BChances for advancement CAppreciation from co

13、workers DChances to learn new skillsSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLYListen carefully and then answer the questions that followMark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWOQuestions 6 and 7 are based on the following news, At the end of the news i

14、tem, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questionsNow listen to the news6According to the news item，“sleep boxes”are designed to solve the problems of Aairports Bpassengers Carchitects Dcompanies7Which of the following is NOT true with reference to the news? ASleep boxes can be rented for dif

15、ferent lengths of time BRenters of normal height can stand up inside CBedding can be automatically changed DRenters can take a shower inside the boxQuestion 8 is based on the following newsAt the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questionNow listen to the news8What is t

16、he news item mainly about? ALondonS preparations for the Notting Hill Carnival BMain features of the Notting Hill Carnival CPolices preventive measures for the carnival DPolice participation in the carnivalQuestions 9 and 10 are based on the following newsAt the end of the news item, you will be giv

17、en 20 seconds to answer the questionsNow listen to the news9The news item reports on a research finding about Athe Dutch famine and the Dutch women Bearly malnutrition and heart health Cthe causes of death during the famine Dnutrition in childhood and adolescence10When did the research team carry ou

18、t the study? AAt the end of World War II BBetween 1944 and 1945 CIn the 1950s DIn 2007PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER

19、SHEET TWOTEXT A Three hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or 1etter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters“The coffee houses particularly arevery roomy for a free conversation，and for reading at an easier rate all manner of printed news，”n

20、oted one observerEverything changed in 1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, The New York Sun，pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news，thus giving advertisers access to a wider audienceThe penny press，followed by radio and television，turned news from a two-way conversation

21、into a oneway broadcast，with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee houseThe internet is making news more participatory，social and diverse，reviving the discursive characteristics of the era before the mass mediaT

22、hat will have profound effects on society and politicsIn much of the worldthe mass media are flourishingNewspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2005 and 2009But those global figures mask a sharp decline in readership in rich countries Over the past decade，throughout the Western world，peopl

23、e have been giving up newspapers and TV news and keeping up with events in profoundly different waysMost strikingly, ordinary people are increasingly involved in compiling，sharing，filtering，discussing and distributing newsTwitter lets people anywhere report what they are seeingClassified documents a

24、re published in their thousands onlineMobilephone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social-networking sites and shown on television newscastsSocial-networking sites help people find，discuss and share news with their friends And it is not just readers who are challenging t

25、he media eliteTechnology firms including Google，Facebook and Twitter have become important conduits of newsCelebrities and world leaders publish updates directly via social networks；many countries now make raw data available through“open government”initiativesThe internet lets people read newspapers

26、 or watch television channels from around the worldThe web has allowed new providers of news，from individual bloggers to sites，to rise to prominence in a very short space of timeAnd it has made possible entirely new approaches to journalism，such as that practiced by WikiLeaks，which provides an anony

27、mous way for whistleblowers to publish documentsThe news agenda is no longer controlled by a few press barons and state outlets In principle，every liberal should celebrate thisA more participatory and social news environment，with a remarkable diversity and range of news sources，is a good thingThe tr

28、ansformation of the news business is unstoppable，and attempts to reverse it are doomed to failureAs producers of new journalism，individuals can be scrupulous with facts and transparent with their sourcesAs consumers，they can be general in their tastes and demanding in their standardsAnd although thi

29、s transformation does raise concerns，there is much to celebrate in the noisy, diverse，vociferous，argumentative and stridently alive environment of the news businessin the ages of the internetThe coffee house is backEnjoy it11According to the passage，what initiated the transformation of coffee-house

30、news to mass-media news? AThe emergence of big mass media firms BThe popularity of radio and television CThe appearance of advertising in newspapers DThe increasing number of newspaper readers12Which of the following statements best supports“Now, the Hews industry is returning to something closer to

31、 the coffee house”? A Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6between 2005 and 2009 BPeople in the Western world are giving up newspapers and TV news CClassified documents are published in their thousands online DMore people are involved in finding，discussing and distributing news13According to the passage，which is NOT a role played by information technology? AChallenging the traditional media BPlanning the return to coffee-house news CProviding people with access to classified files DGiving ordinary people the