2002年专业英语八级考试真题

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2002 年专业英语八级考试真题

PartⅠListening 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 answer to each question

on your Coloured Answer Sheet.

SECTION A TALK

Questions 1 to 5 refer to the 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

listen to the talk.

1. According to the passage, during the 18th and 19th centuries cities we are

small in size mainly because ___.

A. the urban population was stable

B. few people lived in cities

C. transport was backward

D. it was originally planned

2. Cities survived in those days largely as a result of ___.

A. the trade activities they undertook

B. the agricultural activities in the nearby areas

C. their relatively small size

D. the non-economic roles they played

3. City dwellers were engaged in all the following economic activities EX CEPT

___.

A. commerce

B. distribution

C. processing

D. transportation

4. Urban people left cities for the following reasons EXCEPT ___.

A. more economic opportunities

B. a freer social and political environment

C. more educational opportunities

D. a more relaxed religious environment

5. Why did the early cities fail to grow as quickly as expected through out the

18th century?

A. Because the countryside attracted more people.

B. Because cities did not increase in number.

C. Because the functions of the cities changed.

D. Because the number of city people was stable.

SECTION B INTERVIEW

Questions 6 to 10 are based on an interview .At the end of the interview you

will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now

listen to the interview.

6. According to Janet, the factor that would most affect negotiations is ___.

A. English language proficiency

B. different cultural practices

C. different negotiation tasks

D. the international Americanized style

7. Janet’s attitude towards the Americanized style as a model for business

negotiations is ___.

A. supportive

B. negative

C. ambiguous

D. cautious

8. Which of the following can NOT be seen as a difference between Brazilian and

American negotiators?

A. Americans prepare more points before negotiations.

B. Americans are more straightforward during negotiations.

C. Brazilians prefer more eye contact during negotiations.

D. Brazilians seek more background information.

9. Which group of people seems to be the most straightforward?

A. The British.

B. Germans.

C. Americans.

D. Not mentioned.

10. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Japanese negotiators?

A. Reserved.

B. Prejudiced.

C. Polite.

D. Prudent.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Question 11 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item,you

will be given 15 seconds to answer the question. Now listen tothe news.

11. The news item is mainly about ___.

A. a call for research papers to be read at the conference

B. an international conference on traditional Tibetan medicine

C. the number of participants at the conference and their nationalities

D. the preparations made by the sponsors for the international Conference

Questions 12 and 13 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.

12. The news item mainly concerns ___ in Hong Kong.

A. Internet centres

B. an IBM seminar

C. e-government

D. broadcasting

13. The aims of the three policy objectives include all the following EXCEPT

___.

A. improvement of government efficiency

B. promotion of e-commerce

C. integration of service delivery

D. formulation of Digital21 Strategy

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. Now listen to the

news.

14. Which of the following records was the second best time of the year by

Donovan Bailey?

A.9.98.

B.9.80.

C.9.91.

D.9.95.

15. The record shows that Bailey was ___.

A. still suffering from an injury

B. getting back

in shape

C. unable to compete with Greene

D. less confident than before

PARTⅡPROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION［15 min

The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE

error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the

passage and correct it.

There are great impediments to the general use of a standard in pronunciation

comparable to that existing in spelling （orthography）. One is the fact that

pronunciation is learnt "naturally" and uncon- sciously, and orthography is

learnt deliberately and （1）______

consciously. Large numbers of us, in fact, remain

throughout our lives quite unconscious with what （2）______

our speech sounds like when we speak out, and （3）______

it often comes as a shock when we firstly hear a （4）______

recording of ourselves. It is not a voice we recog-

nize at once, whereas our own handwriting is some-

thing which we almost always know. We begin the （5）______

"natural" learning of pronunciation long before we

start learning to read or write, and in our early years

we went on unconsciously imitating and practicing （6）______

the pronunciation of those around us for many more

hours per every day than we ever have to spend （7）______

learning even our difficult English spelling. This is （8）______

"natural", therefore, that our speech-sounds should

be those of our immediate circle; after all, as we

have seen, speech operates as a means of holding

a community and to give a sense of "belonging". We （9）______

learn quite early to recognize a "stranger", someone

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