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1、2000年英语专业八级考试全真试卷听力Part I Listening Comprehension(40 min)In Sections A,B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.Listen carefully and then answerthe questions that follow.Mark the correct answer to each ques tion on your Coloured AnswerSheet.SECTION A TALKQuestions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this

2、section.At the end of the talk you w ill be given 15seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now list en to the talk.1.The rules for the first private library in the US were drawn up by _.A.the legislature B.the librarian C.John Harvard D.thefaculty members2.The earliest public library

3、 was also called a subscription library bee ause books _.A.could be lent to everyoneB.could be lent by book storesC.were lent to students and the facultyD.were lent on a membership basis3.Which of the following is NOT stated as one of the purposes of free pu blic libraries?A.To provide readers with

4、comfortable reading rooms.B.To provide adults with opportunities of further education.C.To serve the communitys cultural and recreational needs.D.To supply technical literature on specialized subjects.4.The major difference between modem private and public libraries lies i n _.A.readership B.content

5、 C.service D.function5.The main purpose of the talk is_.A.to introduce categories of books in US librariesB.to demonstrate the importance of US librariesC.to explain the roles of different US librariesD.to define the circulation system of US librariesSECTION B INTERVIEWQuestions 6 to 10 are based on

6、 an interview.At the end of the interview you wil I be given 15seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.6.Nancy became a taxi driver because _.A.she owned a carB.she drove wellC.she liked drivers uniformsD.it was her childhood dream7.According to her,what wa

7、s the most difficult about becoming a taxi dr iver?A.The right sense of direction.B.The sense of judgment.C.The skill of maneuvering.D.The size of vehicles.8.What does Nancy like best about her job?A.Seeing interesting buildings in the city.B.Being able to enjoy the world of nature.C.Driving in unse

8、ttled weather.D.Taking long drives outside the city.9.It can be inferred from the interview that Nancy in a(n)_ moth er.A.uncaring B.strict C.affectionate D.perm issive10.The people Nancy meets areA.rather difficult to pleaseB.rude to women driversC.talkative and generous with tipsD.different in per

9、sonalitySECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestion 11 is based on the following news.At the end of the news item,you wil I be given 15seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.11.The primary purpose of the US anti-smoking legislation is_.A.to tighten control on tobacco advertisingB.to impose penal

10、ties on tobacco companiesC.to start a national anti-smoking campaignD.to ensure the health of American childrenQuestions 12 and 13 are based on the following news.At the end of the news item,you will begiven 30 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.12.The French Presidents visit to

11、Japan aims at _.A.making more investments in JapanB.stimulating Japanese businesses in FranceC.helping boost the Japanese economyD.launching a film festival in Japan13.This is Jacques Chiracs_ visit to Japan.A.second B.fourteenth C.fortieth D.forty-firstQuestions 14 and 15 are based on the following

12、 news.At the end of the news item,you will begiven 3()seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.14.Afghan people are suffering from starvation because _.A.melting snow begins to block the mountain pathsB.the Taliban have destroyed existing food stocksC.the Taliban are hindering food del

13、iveriesD.an emergency air-lift of food was cancelled15.people in Afghanistan are facing starvation.A.160,000 B.16,000 C.1,000,000 D.100,000SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLINGFill each of gaps with ONE word.You may refer to your notes.Make sure the word you fill in isboth grammatically and semantic

14、ally acceptable.On Public SpeakingWhen people are asked to give a speech in public fbr the first time,they usually feel terrifiedno matter how well they speak in informal situations.Jn fact,public speaking i s the same as anyother form of(1)_ 1._ 1hat people aie usually engaged in.Public speaking is

15、 a way for aspeaker to his thoughts with the audience.M oreover;the speaker is free 2._ todecide on the(3)_ of his speech.3._ Two key points to achieve success in publicspeaking:(4)_ of the subject matter.4._ 一good preparation of the speech.Tofacilitate their understanding,inform your audience befor

16、ehand of th)_of your speech,and end it with a summary.5._ 0 ther key points to bear in mind:be aware of youraudience through eye contact.vary the speed of(6)_ 6._ use the microphoneskillfully to(7)_yourself in speech.7._ be brief in speech;always try to make yourmessage(8)_ 8._ Example:the best reme

17、mbered inaugural speeches of the US presidentsare the 仪)ones.9._ Therefore,brevity is essential to the(10)of aspeech.10._改错Part II Proofreading and Error Correction(15 min)The following passage contains TEN errors.Each line contains a maximum of ONE error.In eachcase,only ONE word is involved.You sh

18、ould proofread the passage and correct it in the followingway.Fora w rong w ord,underline the wrong word and wri te the correct one in the blankprovided at the end of the line.For a m issing w ord,mark the position of the missingword with a“八 sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the

19、blank provided at theend of the line.For an unnecessary w ord cross out the unnecessary word with a slash Tand put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.ExampleWhen A art museum wants a new exhibit,(1)anit never/buys things in finished form and hangs(2)neverthem on the wall.When a na

20、tural history museumwants an exhibition,it must often build it.(3)exhibitThe grammatical words which play so large a part in Englishgrammar are for the most part shaiply and obviously different 1._from the lexical words.A rough and ready difference which mayseem the most obvious is that grammatical

21、words have lessmeaning，but in fact some grammarians have called them 2._“empty”words as opposed in the“fuH”words of vocabulary.3._But this is a rather misled way of expressing the distinction.4._Although a word like the is not the name of something as man is,it is very far away from being meaningles

22、s;there is a sharp 5._difference in meaning between“man is vile and”the man isvile”,yet the is the single vehicle of this difference in meaning.6._Moreover,grammatical words differ considerably amongthemselves as the amount of meaning they have,even in the 7._lexical sense.Another name for the gramm

23、atical words has been“little words.But size is by no mean a good criterion for 8._distinguishing the grammatical words of English,when weconsider that we have lexical words as go,man,say,car*.Apart 9._from this,however,there is a good deal of truth in what somepeople say:we certainly do create a gre

24、at number of obscurity 10._when we omit them.This is illustrated not only in the poetry ofRobert Browning but in the prose of telegrams and newspaper headlines.阅读 理 解 APart III Reading Comprehension(40 min)SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION(30 min)In this section there are four reading passages followe

25、d by a total of fifteen multiple-choicequestions.Read the passages and then mark your answers on your Coloured Answer Sheet.TEXT ADespite Denmarks manifest virtues,Danes never talk about how proud they a re to be Danes.This would sound weird in Danish.When Danes talk to foreigners about Denmark,they

26、 alwaysbegin by commenting on its tininess,its unimportance,the difficulty of its language,the generalsmall-mindedness and self-indulgen ce of their countrymen and the high taxes.No Dane wouldlook you in the eye and say,“Denmark is a great country.Youre supposed to figure this out foryo urself.It is

27、 the land of the silk safety net,where almost half the national budg et goes towardsmoothing out lifes inequalities,and there is plenty of money f or schools,day care,retrainingprogrammes,job seminars-Danes love seminars:t hree days at a study centre hearing about wastemanagement is almost as good a

28、s a ski trip.It is a culture bombarded by English,in advertising,pop music,the Internet,and despite all the English that Danish absorbsthere is no DanishAcademy to defend against it old dialects persist in Jutland that can barel y be understood byCopenhageners.It is the land where,as the saying goes

29、,“Fe w have too much and fewer have toolittle,“and a foreigner is struck by the swe e t egalitarianism that prevails,where the lowliest clerkgives you a level gaze,where Sir and Madame have disappeared from common usage,even Mr.and Mrs.Its a nation of recyclersabout 55%of Danish garbage gets made in

30、to somethingnew-and no nuclear power plants,hs a nation of tireless planner.Trains run on time.Thingsoperate well in general.Such a nation of overachievers a brochure from the Ministry of Busines s and Industrysays,Denmark is one of the worlds cleanest and most organize d countries,with virtually no

31、pollution,crime,or poverty.Denmark is the most c orruption-free society in the NorthernHemisphere.So,of course,ones heart 1 ifts at any sighting of Danish sleaze:skinhead graffition buildings(t4Foreigne r s Out of Denmark!)，broken beer bottles in the gutters,drunkenteenagers slu niped in the park.No

32、netheless,it is an orderly land.You drive through a Danish town,it co mes to an end at astone wall,and on the other side is a field of barley,a nic e clean line:town here,country there.Itis not a nation of jay-walkers.Peopl e stand on the curb and wait for the red light to change,evenif its 2 a.m.a

33、n d theres not a car in sight.However,Danes dont think of themselves as a w ainting-at-2-a.m.-for-the-green-light people-thats how they see Swedes and Ge r mans.Danessee themselves as jazzy people,improvisers,more free spirited than Swedes,but the truthis(though one should not say it)that Danes are

34、very much like Germans and Swedes.Orderlinessis a main selling point.Denmark has few n atural resources,limited manufacturing capability;itsfuture in Europe will be as a broker,banker,and distributor of goods.You send your goods bycontainer ship to Copenhagen,and these bright,young,English-speaking,

35、utterly honest,highlydisciplined people will get your goods around to Scandinavia,the Baltic States,and Russia.Airports,seaports,highways,and rail lines are ultramodern and well-maintained.The orderliness of the society doesnt mean that Danish lives are less me s sy or lonely thanyours or mine,and n

36、o Dane would tell you so.You can hear pie nty about bitter family feuds andthe sorrows of alcoholism and about perfectly sensible people who went off one day and killedthemselves.An orderly society c an not exempt its members from the hazards of life.But there is a sense of entitlement and security

37、that Danes grow up with.Certain things areyours by virtue of citizenship,and you shouldnt feel bad f o r taking what youre entitled to,youre as good as anyone else.The rules of th e welfare system are clear to everyone,the benefitsyou get if you lose your jo b,the steps you take to get a new one;and

38、 the orderliness of the systemmakes it possible for the country to weather high unemployment and social unrest witho ut a senseof crisis.16.The author thinks that Danes adopt a _ attitude towards their country.A.boastful B.modest C.deprecating D.mysterious17.Which of the following is NOT a Danish ch

39、aracteristic cited in the pa ssage?A.Fondness of foreign culture.B.Equality in society.Linguistictolerance.D.Persistent planning.18.The authors reaction to the statement by the Ministry of Business a nd Industry is_.A.disapproving B.approving C.noncom m ittal D.doubtful19.According to the passage,Da

40、nish orderliness_.A.sets the people apart from Germans and SwedesB.spares Danes social troubles besetting other peopleC.is considered economically essential to the countryD.prevents Danes from acknowledging existing troubles20.At the end of the passage the author states all the following EXCEPT that

41、 _.A.Danes are clearly informed of their social benefitsB.Danes take for granted what is given to themC.the open system helps to tide the country overD.orderliness has alleviated unemploymentTEXTBBut if language habits do not represent classes,a social stratification in to something as bygoneas“aris

42、tocracy”and“commons，they do still of cour se s erve to identify social groups.This issomething that seems fundamental in the use of language.As we see in relation to political andnational movements,lang uage is used as a badge or a barrier depending on which way we look atit.The n ew boy at school f

43、eels out of it at first because he does not know the fight wor ds forthings,and awe-inspiring pundits of six or seven look down on him for no t being aware thatracksy means“dilapidated”，or hairy“out first ball.Th e mi ner takes a certain pride in being“one up on the visitor or novice who calls t h e

44、 cage a lift”or who thinks that men working in awarm seam are in their“u nde rpants when anyone ought to know that the garments are calledhoggers.The“i ns ider“is seldom displeased that his language distinguishes him from the“outsider?,.Quite apart from specialized terms of this kind in groups,trade

45、s and profe ssions,there are allkinds of standards of correctness at which mast of us feel more or less obliged to aim,because weknow that certain kinds of English invi te irritation or downright condemnation.On the other hand,we know that other k inds convey some kind of prestige and bear a welcome

46、 cachet.In relation to the social aspects of language,it may well be suggested tha t English speakers fallinto three categories:the assured,the anxious and the in different.At one end of this scale,wehave the people who have“position an d status”,and who therefore do not feel they need worrymuch abo

47、ut their use o f English.Their education and occupation make them confident ofspeaking an uni mpeachable form of English:no fear of being criticized or corrected is likely t ocross their minds,and this gives their speech that characteristically unself c onscious and easyflow which is often envied.At

48、 the other end of the scale,we have an equally imperturbable band,speak ing with a similardegree of careless ease,because even if they are aware that their English is condemned by others,they are supremely indifferent to the fact.The Mrs Mops of this world have active and efficienttongues in their h

49、eads,a nd if we happened not to like the/r ways of saying things,well,we“canlump i t That is their attitude.Curiously enough,writers are inclined to represent t he speech ofboth these extreme parties with-in for ing.On the one hand,w ere goin huntin,my dear sir”;on the other,“were goin,racin,ma te.”

50、In between,according to this view,we have a far less fortunate group,th e anxious.Theseactively try to suppress what they believe to be bad English an d assiduously cultivate what theyhope to be good English.They live their lives in some degree of nervousness over their grammar,their pronunciation,a