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1995 年专业英语八级考试真题

TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(1995)

----GRADEEIGHT--

PARTILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION (30MIN.)

InSectionA,BandCyouwillheareverythingonceonly.Listencarefullyandthenanswerthequ

estionsthatfollowMarkthecorrectresponseforeachquestiononyourColoredAnswerSheet.

SECTIONATALK

Questions1to5refertothetalkinthissection.Attheendofthetalkyouwillbegiven15secon

dstoanswereachofthefollowingfivequestions.Nowlistentothetalk.1.Thespeakeris

[A]explainingthecreditsystem. [B]recommendingthetutorsystem.

[C]introducingashortsummercourse.[D]talkingtosomecollegestudents.

2.Astudentwitha75%attendancerecordwillonlyreceiveacertificateifshehas[A]complet

edtheindividualassignments.[B]submittedgoodreasonsforthis.

[C]undertakentherequiredgroupwork. [D]carriedoutthenecessaryprivatestudy.

3.Inthespeaker'sopinion,themethodofevaluationis[A]moredemanding.[B]underreview.

[C]betterthanbefore.ID]optional.

4. Accordingtothespeakerwhichofthefollowingisarule?

[A]Nocookinginrooms. [B]Nosmokingoncampus.

[C]Noaccommodationforfriends. [D]Noconsumablesinclassrooms.

5. Thegeneraltoneofthistalkcanbedescribedas[A]impartial.[B]dominthing.

[C]authoritative.[D]condescending.

SECTIONBCONVERSATION

Questions6to10arebasedonaconversationbetweenPaulineandherfriend.Attheendoftheco

nversationyouwillbegiven13secondstoanswereachofthefollowingquestions.Nowlistent

otheconversation.

6. Paulinefailedtocatchtheflightbecause

[A]herticketwasnotconfirmed.[B]shebookedherticketatthewrongplace.

[C]shedidn'thavetherightdocuments. [D]hervisahadrunout.

7.Whichofthefollowingdidnotoccur?Pauline

[A]visitedoneofLondon'sparks.[B]wenttotheairportbytaxi.

[C]contactedtheairlinebytelephone.

[D]stayedthenightinLondon.8.InIbiza,Paulinetookataxibecause

[A]shehadtoomuchluggage. [B]nobodycametopickherup.

[C]theplanewasdelayed. [D]herfriend'shomewasfaraway.

9.Paulinelearnedherfriend'saddressin[A]Newcastle.[B]Gatwick. [C]London. [D]

Luton.

10.Fromtheconversationwegettheimpress:

[A]someofficialagenciesinLondonare[B]taxidriversabroadalwaysovercharge.

[C]customsformalitiesinBritainareflexible.[D]travelagentstendtomisinformpeople.

SECTIONCNEWSBROADCAST

Questions11and12arebasedonthefollowendofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven30secondstoan

swerthetwoquestions.Nowlistentothenews.

11.Theweatherontheweddingdaywas

[A]cold.[B]warm. [C]foggy. [D]rainy.

12.Theweddingreceptionwasheld

[A]inEdinburgh.[B]onDeeside.[C]atBalmoral.[D]nearYork.

Questions13to15arebasedonthefollowingnewsfromtheVOA.Attheendofthenewsitem,youwi

llbegiven45secondstoanswerthethreequestions.Nowlistentothenews.

13.RachelWhitereadis

[A]atraditionalartist. [B]asculptor.

[C]aninteriordecorator.[D]ahousedesigner.

14.Whichofthefollowingwasnotconsideredforthisyear'sTurnerPrize?

[A]Amodelcontainingalargeamountofrice.

[B] Asculptureshowingtheinsideofoldhouses.

[C] Adisplaymadeupoffishandglass.

[D] Asculptureinvolvingcoloredneonlights.

15.WhatmadeRachelWhitereadunhappywasthefactthat[A]sheknewhercreationwastobepull

eddown.

[B]shegottheprizeastheworstartist.

[C]shewasridiculedandmockedbynewspapermen.

[D]shewasregardedasahypocriteandtheworstartist.

SECTIONDNOTE-TAKINGANDGAP-FILLING

Inthissectionyouwillhearamini-

lecture.YouwillhearthelectureONCEONLY.Whilelisteningtothelecture,takenotesonthe

importantpoints.Yournoteswillnotbemarked,butyouwillneedthemtocompletea15-

minutegap-fillingtaskontheANSWERSHEETafterthemini-lecture.

ANSWERSHEET

SECTIONDNOTE-TAKINGANDGAP-FILLING[20MIN.]

FillineachofthegapswithONEsuitableword.Youmayrefertoyournotes.Makesurethewordyo

ufillinisbothgrammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable.

Computers

Therearemillionsofcomputersintheworldtoday.

Ascomputersprocessextremely(1) informationat (1)

averyfastspeed,theyarechangingvariousaspectsof

ourlives.Andtheintroductionof(2) hasaccelerated (2)

thischangeandalsoledto(3)computers. (3)

Computersarewidelyemployedinbankingfor

(4)cheques.Theyarealsousedin (4)

(5)andforthepaymentofstandingorders.The(5)

newlydevelopedElectronicFunds(6) System(6)

couldallowthecomputercontrollingittobecomethe

centreofawider(7) . (7)

TEM8-95-2

Themostpopularuseofcomputersin(8)isin(8)keeping(9)locatedonhospitalwardsandeven

in(9)operatingtheatres.Computersarealsoinvolvedinassisting(10)throughtheimmedia

teprovisionofthe(10)

(11)medicaldata,previouslyoftenonlytobe (11)

foundinpublishedmaterial.

Computersarerevolutionizingtheproductionof

(12).Forexample,thereportercanputhisstory (12)

,knownas(13) ,directlyintothecomputer, (13)

andthisthenappearsona(14) Whenheissatisfied (14)

withareporter'swork,the(15) canaccess (15)

thefinalversionandmakeanyfurtheralterations.By

.meansofaspecial(16),thearticlescanthenbe(16)

organizedinto(17)andfinallythewholeisauto-(17)

maticallytransferredtothe(18) section.(18)

Becauseoftheapplicationofcomputers,significant

changeshavetakenplaceinthetypeof(19)done(19)

bymanypeopleandmoreimportantlyinthe(20)(20)

peopleneededtodothework.

PARTIIPROOFREADINGANDERRORCORRECTION(20MINS)

AirqualityinBritainhasimprovedconsiderablyinthe

lastthirtyyears.Totalemissionsofsmokeintheairhaverisenby (1)

over85percentsince1950.Thedomesticsmokingcontrolprogram (2)

hasbeenparticularlyimportantinachievingthisresult.Londonand (3)

othermajorcitiesarenolongerhavethedensesmoke-laden (4)

"smogs"ofthe1950sbutincentralLondonwintersunshinehas (5)

increasedabout70percentsince1958.(6)

Since1990,everydayairpollutiondatafromtheBritish (7)

monitoringnetworkhasbeenmadeavailabletothepublicby (8)

theDepartmentoftheEnvironment'sAirQuantityBulletins. (9)

Thesegivetheconcentrationsonthreemainpollutants-ozone, (10)

nitrogendioxideandsulphurdioxide-andgradeairqualityon (11)

ascalebetween"veryweak"and"verygood".Theinformation (12)

featuresintelevisionandradioweatherreports,appears (13)

inmanynationalandlocalnewspapers.Therefore,thedataarealso (14)

availableonthespecialfreetelephonenumberandonvideotextsystems. (15)

Acomprehensivereviewoftheissueofurbanizedair(16)

qualitywasannouncedinJanuary1992.Threeindependentcommittees (17)

ofwhichexpertshavebeenestablishedtoadviseondifferent (18)

aspectsoftheproblem,andwillsetguidelinesandtargetsforair(19)

quality.Thenetworkalsobeingextendedandupgradedatacost(20)

of10millionpounds.

PARTIIIREADINGCOMPREHENSION[40MIN.]SECTIONAREADINGCOMPREHENSION[30MIN.]

Inthissectiontherearesixreadingpassagesfollowedbyatotaloftwentymultiple-

choicequestions.ReadthepassagesandthenmarkyouranswersonyourColoredAnswerSheet.T

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