1、 by highmore99 年英语专业八级考试真题Part Listening Comprehension (40 min) In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response to each question on your Coloured Answer Sheet. SECTION A TALK Questions 1 to 5 refer to th
2、e talk in this section. At the end of the talk you w ill be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now list en to the talk. 1. The technology to make machines quieter _. A. has been in use since the 1930s B. has accelerated industrial production C. has just been in commerci
3、al use D. has been invented to remove all noises 2. The modern electronic anti-noise devices _. A. are an update version of the traditional methods B. share similarities with the traditional methods C. are as inefficient as the traditional methods D. are based on an entirely new working principle 3.
4、 The French company is working on anti-noise techniques to be used in a ll EXCEPT _. A. streets B. factories C. aircraft D. cars 4. According to the talk, workers in “zones of quiet” can _. A. be more affected by noise B. hear talk from outside the zone C. work more efficiently by highmoreD. be hea
5、rd outside the zone 5. The main theme of the talk is about _. A. noise-control technology B. noise in factories C. noise-control regulations D. noise-related effects SECTION B INTERVIEW Questions 6 to 10 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you wil l be given 15 seconds to answer e
6、ach of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 6. Employees in the US are paid for their time. This means that they are supposed to _. A. work hard while their boss is around B. come to work when there is work to be done C. work with initiative and willingness D. work through thei
7、r lunch break 7. One of the advantages of flexible working hours is that _. A. pressure from work can be reduced B. working women can have more time at home C. traffic and commuting problems can be solved D. personal relationships in offices can be improved 8. On the issue of working contracts in th
8、e US, which statement is NOT co rrect? A. Performance at work matters more than anything else. B. There are laws protecting employees working rights. by highmoreC. Good reasons must be provided in order to fire workers. D. Working contracts in the US are mostly short-term ones. 9. We can be assumed
9、 from the interview that an informal atmosphere might be found in _. A. small firms B. major banks C. big corporations D. law offices 10. The interview is mainly about _ in the USA. A. office hierarchies B. office conditions C. office roles D. office life SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Question 11 is base
10、d on the following news. At the end of the news item, you wil l be given 15 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news. 11. Senator Bob Doles attitude towards Clintons anti-crime policy is that of _. A. opposition B. support C. ambiguity D . indifference Questions 12 and 13 are based on
11、the following news. At the end of the news item , you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions . Now listen to the news. 12. Japan and the United States are now _. A. negotiating about photographic material B. negotiating an automobile agreement C. facing serious problems in trade D. on the
12、verge of a large-scale trade war 13. The news item seems to indicate that the agreement _. A. will end all other related trade conflicts B. is unlikely to solve the dispute once and for all C. is linked to other trade agreements D. is the last of its kind to be reached by highmoreQuestions 14 and 1
13、5 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions . Now listen to the news. 14. According to the news, the ice from Greenland provides information ab out _. A. oxygen B. ancient weather C. carbon dioxide D. temperature 15. Which of t
14、he following statements is CORRECT? A. Drastic changes in the weather have been common since ancient times. B. The change in weather from very cold to very hot lasted over a century. C. The scientists have been studying ice to forecast weather in the future. D. The past 10,000 years have seen minor
15、changes in the weather. SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING Fill in each of the gaps with ONE word. You may refer to your notes. Make sure the word you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. At present companies and industries like to sponsor sports events. Two reasons are put
16、forward to explain this phenomenon. The first reason is that they get (1)_ throughout the world. 1._ The second reason is that companies and industries(2)_ money, 2._ as they get reductions in the tax they owe if they sponsor sports or arts activities. As sponsorship is (3)_, careful thinking is req
17、uired in deciding 3._ which events to sponsor. It is important that the event to be sponsored(4)_ the product(s) 4._ to be promoted. That is, the right(5)_ and maximum product coverage 5._ must be guaranteed in the event. Points to be considered in sports sponsorship. Popularity of the event Interna
18、tional sports events are big(6)_ events, which get extensive 6._ coverage on TV and in the press. Smaller events attract fewer people. Identification of the potential audience Aiming at the right audience is most important for smaller events. The right audience would attract manufacturers of other r
19、elated products like(7)_ , etc. by highmore7._ Advantages of sponsorship Advantages are longer-term. People are expected to respond (8)_ to the products promoted. 8._ And be more likely to buy them. Advertising is (9)_ the mind. 9._ Sponsorship is better than straight advertising: a)less(10) _ 10._
20、 b)tax-free 改错 Part Proofreading and 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 word, underline the wrong wo
21、rd and wri te 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 out the unnecessary word with
22、a slash “/ and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line. Example Whenart museum wants a new exhibit, (1) an it never buys things in finished form and hangs (2) never them on the wall. When a natural history museum wants an exhibition, it must often build it. (3) exhibit The hunter-g
23、atherer tribes that today live as our prehistoric 1._ human ancestors consume primarily a vegetable diet supplementing 2._ with animal foods. An analysis of 58 societies of modem hunter- gatherers, including the Kung of southern Africa, revealed that one half emphasize gathering plant foods, one-thi
24、rd concentrate on fishing and only one-sixth are primarily hunters. Overall, two-thirds and more of the hunter-gatherers calories come from plants. Detailed 3._ studies of the Kung by the food scientists at the University of London, showed that gathering is a more productive source of food than is h
25、unting. An hour of hunting yields in average about 100 4._ edible calories, as an hour of gathering produces 240. 5._ Plant foods provide for 60 percent to 80 percent of the Kung 6._ diet, and no one goes hungry when the hunt fails. Interestingly, if they escape fatal infections or accidents, these
26、contemporary aborigines live to old ages despite of the absence of medical care. 7._ They experience no obesity, no middle-aged spread, little dental by highmoredecay, no high blood pressure, on heart disease, and their blood cholesterol levels are very low( about half of the average American 8._ a
27、dult), if no one is suggesting what we return to an aboriginal life 9._ style, we certainly could use their eating habits as a model for 10._ healthier diet. 阅读 A Part Reading Comprehension (40 min) SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION (30 min ) In this section there are four reading passages followed by
28、 a total of fifteen m ultiple-choice questions. Read the passages carefully and then mark your answers on your Coloured Answer Sheet. TEXT A Riccis “Operation Columbus” Ricci, 45, is now striking out on perhaps his boldest venture yet. He plan s to market an English language edition of his elegant m
29、onthly art magazine, FMR , in the United States. Once again the skeptice are murmuring that the successfu l Ricci has headed for a big fall. And once again Ricci intends to prove them wr ong. Ricci is so confident that he has christened his quest “Operation Columbu s ” and has set his sights on disc
30、overing an American readership of 300,000. That goal may not be too far-fetched. The Italian edition of FMR the initials, of course, stand for Franco Maria Ricci-is only 18 months old. But it is already the second largest art magazine in the world, with a circulation of 65,000 and a profit margin of
31、 US $ 500,000. The American edition will be patterned after th e Italian version, with each 160-page issue carrying only 40 pages of ads and no more than five articles. But the contents will often differ. The English-langua ge edition will include more American works, Ricci says, to help Americans g
32、et o ver “an inferiority complex about their art.” He also hopes that the magazine will become a vehicle for a two -way cultural exchange what he likes to think of as a marriage of brains, culture and taste from both sides of the Atlantic. To realize this vision, Ricci is mounting one of the most la
33、vish, enterpris ing and expensive-promotional campaigns in magazine publishing history. Between November and January, eight jumbo jets will fly 8 million copies of a sample 16-page edition of FMR across the Atlantic. From a warehouse in Michigan, 6.5 million copies will be mailed to American subscri
34、bers of various cultural, art and business magazines. Some of the remaining copies will circulate as a spe cial Sunday supplement in the New York Times. The cost of launching Operation Co lumbus is a staggering US $ 5 million, but Ricci is hoping that 60% of the price tag will be financed by Italian
35、 corporations.“ To land in America Columbus had to use Spanish sponsors,” reads one sentence in his promotional pamphlet. “We would like Italians.” by highmoreLike Columbus, Ricci cannot know what his reception will be on foreign shor es. In Italy he gambled and won on a simple concept: it is more
36、important to show art than to write about it. Hence, one issue of FMR might feature 32 fu ll-colour pages of 17th-century tapestries, followed by 14 pages of outrageous e yeglasses. He is gambling that the concept is exportable. “I dont expect that more than 30% of my reader. will actually read FMR,
37、” he says. “The magazine is such a visual delight that they dont have to.” Still, he is lining up an impr es sive stable of writers and professors for the American edition , including Noam Chomsky, Anthony Burgess, Eric Jong and Norman Mailer. In addition, he seems to be pursuing his won eclectic vi
38、sion without giving a moments thought to such e s tablished competitors as Connosisseur and Horizon. “The Americans can do almost everything better than we can,” says Rieci, “But we(the Italians)have a 2,000 year edge on them in art.” 16. Ricci intends his American edition of FMR to carry more Ameri
39、can art works in order to_. A. boost Americans confidence in their art B. follow the pattern set by his Italian edition C. help Italians understand American art better D. expand the readership of his magazine 17. Ricci is compared to Columbus in the passage mainly because_. A. they both benefited fr
40、om Italian sponsors B. they were explorers in their own ways C. they obtained overseas sponsorship D. they got a warm reception in America 18. We get the impression that the American edition of FMR will probably _. A. carry many academic articles of high standard B. follow the style of some famous e
41、xisting magazines C. be mad by one third of American magazine readers D. pursue a distinctive editorial style of its own TEXT B My mothers relations were very different from the Mitfords. Her brother, Uncle Geoff, who often came to stay at Swimbrook, was a small spare man with th oughtful blue eyes
42、and a rather silent manner. Compared to Uncle Tommy, he was a n intellectual of the highest order, and indeed his satirical pen belied his mil d demeanor. He spent most of his waking hours composing letters to The Times and other publications in which he outlined his own particular theory of the dev
43、elo pment of English history. In Uncle Geoffs view, the greatness of England had r isen and waned over the centuries in direct proportion to the use of natural man ure in fertilizing the soil. The Black Death of 1348 was caused by gradual loss of the humus fertility found under forest trees. The ris
44、e of the Elizabethans tw o centuries later was attributable to the widespread use of sheep by highmoremanure. Many of Uncle Geoffs letters-to-the-editor have fortunately been preserv ed in a privately printed volume called Writings of a Rebel. Of the collection, one letter best sums up his views on
45、 the relationship between manure and freedom . He wrote: Collating old records shows that our greatness rises and falls with the li ving fertility of our soil. And now, many years of exhausted and chemically murd ered soil, and of devitalized food from it, has softened our bodies and still wo rse, s
46、oftened our national character. It is an actual fact that character is lar gely a product of the soil. Many years of murdered food from deadened soil has m ade us too tame. Chemicals have had their poisonous day. It is now the worms t urn to reform the manhood of England. The only way to regain our
47、punch, our char acter, our lost virtues, and with them the freedom natural to islanders, is to c o mpost our land so as to allow moulds, bacteria and earthworms to remake living s oil to nourish Englishmens bodies and spirits. The law requiring pasteurization of milk in England was a particular targ
48、e t of Uncle Geoffs. Fond of alliteration, he dubbed it “Murdered Milk Measure ”, and established the Liberty Restoration League, with headquarters at his house i n London, for the specific purpose of organizing a counteroffensive. “Freedom n o t Doctordom” was the Leagues proud slogan. A subsidiary, but nevertheless imp or tant, ac
