2015年专业英语八级考试真题及答案

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2015 年专业英语八级考试真题及答案

PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)

SECTION A MINI-LECTURE

In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While

listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you

will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When 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

gap. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically

acceptable. You may refer to your notes while completing the task. Use the blank sheet

for note-taking. Now, listen to the mini-lecture．

Understanding Academic Lectures

Listening to academic lectures is an important task for university students. Then, how

can we comprehend a lecture efficiently?

I. Understand all (1) _______

A. words

B. (2) _______

—stress

—intonation

(3) _______

II. Adding information

A. lectures: Sharing information with audience

B. listeners: (4) _______

C. sources of information

—knowledge of (5) _______

—(6) _______of the world

D. listening involving three steps:

—hearing

—(7) _______

—adding

III. (8) _______

A. reasons

—overcome noise

—save time

B. (9) _______

—content

—organization

IV. Evaluating while listening

A. help to decide the (10) of notes

B. help to remember information

SECTION B INTERVIEW

In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the

questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given

10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview.

1. Theresa thinks that the present government is ________.

[A] doing what they have promised to schools

[B] creating opportunities for leading universities

[C] considering removing barriers for state school pupils

[D] reducing opportunities for state school pupils

2. What does Theresa see as a problem in secondary schools now?

[A] Universities are not working hard to accept state school pupils.

[B] The number of state pupils applying to Oxford fails to increase.

[C] The government has lowered state pupils’ expectations.

[D] Leading universities are rejecting state school pupils.

3. In Theresa’s view, school freedom means that schools should ____.

[A] be given more funding from education authorities

[B] be given all the money and decide how to spend it

[C] be granted greater power to run themselves

[D] be given more opportunities and choices

4. According to Theresa, who decides or decide money for schools at the present?

[A] Local education authorities and the central government.

[B] Local education authorities and secondary schools together.

[C] Local education authorities only.

[D] The central government only.

5. Throughout the talk, the interviewer does all the following EXCEPT ____.

[A] asking for clarification

[B] challenging the interviewee

[C] supporting the interviewee

[D] initiating topics

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY．Listen carefully and then answer the

questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will

be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.

News Item 1

6. What is the main idea of the news item?

[A] Fewer people watch TV once a week.

[B] Smartphones and tablets have replaced TV.

[C] New technology has led to more family time.

[D] Bigger TV sets have attracted more people.

News Item 2

7. How many lawmakers voted for the marijuana legalization bill?

[A] 50. [B] 12.

[C] 46. [D] 18.

8. The passing of the bill means that marijuana can be________.

[A] bought by people under 18

[B] made available to drug addicts

[C] provided by the government

[D] bought in drug stores

News Item 3

9. What did the review of global data reveal?

[A]Diarrhea is a common disease.

[B]Good sanitation led to increase in height.

[C]There were many problems of poor sanitation.

[D] African children live in worse sanitary conditions.

10. The purpose of Dr. Alan Dangour’s study was most likely to ________.

[A] examine links between sanitation and death from illness

[B] look into factors affecting the growth of children

[C] investigate how to tackle symptoms like diarrhea

[D] review and compare conditions in different countries

PART 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

SHEET TWO．

TEXT A

In 2011, many shoppers chose to avoid the frantic crowds and do their holiday shopping

from the comfort of their computer. Sales at online retailers gained by more than 15%,

making it the biggest season ever. But people are also returning those purchases at

record rates, up 8% from last year.

What went wrong? Is the lingering shadow of the global financial crisis making it harder

to accept extravagant indulgences? Or that people shop more impulsively - and therefore

make bad decisions - when online? Both arguments are plausible. However, there is a third

factor: a question of touch. We can love the look but, in an online environment, we

cannot feel the quality of a texture, the shape of the fit, the fall of a fold or, for

that matter, the weight of an earring. And physically interacting with an object makes

you more committed.

When my most recent book Brand washed was released, I teamed up with a local bookstore to

conduct an experiment about the differences between the online and offline shopping

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