大学英语专业八级考试模拟试卷（带答案）.docx

大学英语专业八级考试模拟试卷PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the mini-lecture, please complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.Now listen to the mini-lecture. When it is over, you w川 be given THREE minutes to check your work.The Skills Required to Get a JobI , Academic skills: 11. Communication skills一Understand and speak the languages in 2Be 3Read written materials-4Thinking skills一Think5 and act logicallye.g. technology, physical science, the arts, skilled trades, social science, etc.2. Learning skillse.g. learn to use 6 after a few tutorialsII. Personal 7 skills: combination of attitudes, skills and behaviorsPositive attitudes and behaviors一Have 8 and confidence一Be honest, have integrity and 9Have positive attitudes toward work, learning, etc.一Be energetic and 10ResponsibilitySet goals and prioritiesPlan and manage time, money, etc.1. Adaptability一Have a positive attitude toward 11 in the jobIII. Teamwork skills: skills to 12 co-operativelyImportance of teamworkBring more resources to the problem situation一Be more 13 and morale boosting than individual work1. How to improve teamwork skills一Involved in the group一Be 14 and listen to others一Be a leader rather than a(n) 15 .47> Why was willing to listen to Senora Obregon's stories?(PASSAGE THREE. PART III LANGUAGE USAGEThe 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 in the following way:For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided atthe end of the line.For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a "A" sign and write the wordyou believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash H-" and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.Misery may love company, but this was ridiculous. More than a million IBM stockholders last week took a nightmare ride on a stock they had long trusted. IBM had been sliding all year recent48hitting 10-year lows, but after the company announced last Tuesdaythat it would, among other things, slash another 25,000 jobs, thestock took a historic rise. In 48 hours, it lost 11 points, oralmost4918 percent of its value, closing Wednesday at 51. On Friday it hitother new low. Big Board officials camped out on the exchange floor50to prevent chaotic, land brokers fielded frantic calls from investors51in various stages of disbelief and agony. "They're screaming andhollering," said Carol Komskis of York Securities. They aresaying, "Things like this just don't happen in America."Stock prices that rise and fall are anything new; that's what52makes a market. But Big Blue had always epitomized the blue-chipstock on that Americans or53help retire in the blissful54ignorant; pension funds in55IBM. (The New York hold56could count to send the kids to college style. Some investors may be in across the country are heavily investedState Employee Pension Funds lonely3.6 million shares.) But the charm of stocks like IBM, General Motors and Westinghouse was that you could feel secure in buyingthem even you did not know "earnings". Such stock made57generations of Americans faithful capitalists, "This was the kind ofstock that created wealth for a lot of people in this country." SaysJonathan Pond, a Boston-based financial counselor and author.PART IV TRANSLATIONTranslate the following text from Chinese into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.58、二十岁的时候，我穿着一条背心式牛仔裙在校园里走来走去，一说话就 脸红。三十岁的我穿着名牌套装，坐在办公桌前，满脸冷酷地对下属说：“这么 愚蠢的问题你也敢问？也不先打个草稿”。二十岁的暑假，在家乡的大街上偶遇自己的暗恋对象，听说他考上了研究 生，被他的进步所打击，心如刀绞，想到这辈子终于不能出色得让他看我一眼, 不禁怆然泪下。三十岁之后，到处打听哪里可以花钱买个MBA。PART V WRITING59、No Job for Rich Families' Heirs?富二代没有工作机会In a recent recruitment fair in Wuhan University, graduates with rich family background were ruled out by a particular company, because they were regarded as self-centered and incapable. Do you agree or disagree with this practice of shutting out graduates from wealthy families in job recruitment? Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.答案：PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A MINI-LECTURE1> basic foundation原力原文The Skills Required to Get a JobGood morning, everyone. In today's lecture, I will talk about the skills required to get a good job. Well, it is true that now competition for employment is more so than ever. So it begs the obvious question, how do you stand out? There will be three main points I will be discussing. They are academic, personal management, and teamwork skills. I will give you examples of these skills, and reasons why these skills are important for you to get a job.First of all, academic skills. Academic skills are probably the most important skill you will need to get a job. It is one of the or the first thing an employer looks for in an employee. They are skills which give you the basic foundation to acquire, hold on to, and advance in a job, and to achieve the best results. Academic skills can be further divided into three sub-groups: communication, thinking, and learning skills.Communication skills require you to understand and speak the languages in which business is conducted. You must be a good listener, and be able to understand things easily. One of the most important communicating skills should be reading. You should be able to comprehend and use written materials including things such as graphs, charts, and displays. One of the newest things we can add to communicating skills would be the Internet, since it is so widely used all around the world, and hence you should have a good understanding of what it is and how to use it.Then, thinking skills. Thinking critically and acting logically to evaluate situations will get you far in your job. Thinking skills consist of things such as solving mathematical problems, using new technology, instruments, tools, and information systems effectively. Some examples of these would be technology, physical science, the arts, skilled trades, social science, and much more.After that, learning is very important for any job. For example, if your company gets some new software, you must be able to learn how to use it quickly and effectively after a few tutorials. You must continue doing this for the rest of your career. It is one thing that will always be useful in any situation, not just jobs.The second major job skill I want to discuss is management skills. Personal management skill is the combination of attitudes, skills, and behaviors required to get, keep, and progress on a job and to achieve the best results. Personal management skills can be further divided into three sub-groups just as academic skills, which are positive attitudes and behaviors, responsibility, and adaptability.Positive attitudes and behaviors are also very important to keep a job. You must have good self-esteem and confidence in yourself. You must be honest, have integrity, and personal ethics. You must show your employer you are happy at what you are doing and have positive attitudes toward learning, growth, and personal health. Show energy and persistence to get the job done, these can help you to get promoted or a raise.Responsibility and adaptability are also essential. Responsibility is the ability to set goals and priorities in work and personal life. It is the ability to plan and manage time, money, and other resources to achieve goals, and accountability for actions taken. While adaptability means having a positive attitude toward changes in your job, and recognition of respect for people's diversity and individual differences. Creativity is also important. You must have the ability to identify and suggest new ideas to get the job done.Last but not least, I want to emphasize teamwork skills. Employers now focus on employees' teamwork skills simply because teams can bring more talent, experience, knowledge and skill to the problem situation and teamwork can be more satisfying and morale boosting for people than working alone. There are two reasons. First, team recommendations are more likely to be carded out than recommendations by an individual because people are more willing to support an effort that they have helped to develop. Second, teams can react to a variety of problems that are beyond the technical competence of an individual, since teams can be composed of individuals cross department and division lines. Teamwork skills are those skills needed to work with others co-operatively on a job and to achieve the best results. You should show your employer you're able to work with others, understand and contribute to the organization's goals. Involve yourself in the group, make good decisions with others and support the outcomes. Don't be narrow-minded, listen to what others have to say and give your thoughts toward their comments. Be a leader not a loner in the group.In conclusion, I would like to say that all these skills I have discussed are critical to getting and keeping a job and to achieve the best results possible for you. Of these skills though academic skills would be the most important skills you will learn, I think. So if you keep at these skills you will be happy with what you are doing unlike a lot of people who are forced to get jobs that they do not like.After you get a desirable job, here comes the second question on how to advance in the job you have already acquired. Of course this is the topic we shall discuss in the next lecture. Thank you for your attention.2、workplace解析讲座的主题是“the skills required to get a good job(获得好工作的技 能)其中第一点是 academic skills, 它包括 communication skills、thinking skills 和learning skillso演讲人认为，communication skills要求人们在工作场合(in which business is conducted)能够听懂并运用语言。根据题目要求，每个空格最多填3 个单词，故将 in which business is conducted 浓缩为 workplace 一词。3、a good listener解析在谈到communication skills时，演讲人认为你必须是个好的倾听者， 能够很容易地理解事情，空格前已给出来be,故应填入a good listener。4、Use the Internet解析演讲人在谈论communication skills的最后一个方面时提到了 Internet。 并认为，Internet是可以作为一个添加在沟通技巧中的新内容。根据题目规律， 空格处应填一个动宾短语，故填Use the Interneto5、critically解析在谈到thinking skills时，演讲人提到，用批判式思考和逻辑行为来评 估形势能让你在工作中走得更远。题目中已给出act logically,故填与think搭配 的 criticallyo6、some new software解析讲座提到，学习对任何工作来讲都是非常重要的，接着举例，如果 你的公司到了一些新软件，依照指南你应该能够迅速地学会如何使用它，句子中 的it指的就是前半句提到的some new so代ware,故为答案。7、management解析讲座的第二点为personal management,这在讲座一开始便提到，随 后在讲座中也再次提及，此题不难。表示顺序或层次的词句后是要点，当听到 The second major job skill时就要立刻做记录。8、good self-esteem解析积极的态度和行为对维持一项工作也是非常重要的，你必须有自尊 和自信，空格处要填入和confidence并列的词，故应填入good self-esteemo9、personal ethics解析在谈至ll positive attitudes and behaviors时，演讲者认为除了自尊和自 信外，还应老实、正直、有道德。题目已给出前两项内容，故应填入personal ethicso 10、persistent解析在谈至positive attitudes and behaviors时，演讲者最后提到要展现活 力和耐力来完成工作。空格处应填入与energetic并列的形容词，故将原文中的 persistence 改为 persistento11> changes解析在谈到adaptability时，演讲人称，适应性意味着对工作的变化持乐 观态度。对应题目，填changes。12> work with others解析对团队技能的定义是：是需要和别人一起工作以取得最正确效果的技 能。故应填入原文中needed to后面的内容，即为work with others。13、satisfying解析讲座的第三点为teamwork skills。讲座分别从其重要性和如何提升团 队技能两方面讨论。在谈到重要性时说到，团队技能能给团队带来更多的才能、 经验等资源，还能让团队更令人满意、士气更为高涨。空格处缺少的是satisfying 一词。14、open-minded解析在提到提升团队技能时，演讲人呼吁don't be narrow-minded,题目 空格前为Be,故填入open-minded。15> loner解析演讲者还呼吁，be a leader not a loner in the group,题目中的 rather than对应原文的not,填loner。SECTION B INTERVIEW16、C听力原文M: Good evening everybody! Today we are pleased to have invited Maggie Shorts from Harvard University to tell us her feeling of studying together with her morn. Well, Maggie.W: Thanks! I'm very happy to meet you all.M: Maggie, are you and your morn studying the same major at university?W: Not really. She is studying in Law School, and I am studying journalism. So you see, she is a graduate student, while ! am an undergraduate. Since we studied at the same time, and hers is a 4-year night programme, our school schedules are sinked.M: Which means?W: We follow the same schedule study; we take our exams during the same busy weeks, and experience similar relief at the end of December and May. Last spring, we compared notes on our cover letters and interviews for our job applications. Last June, as we were both preparing for our summer internships, my mother and I traded fashion advice. Presently, we will probably graduate within days of each other.M: Interesting that you must have a lot in common at study!W: You bet! As students, we've shared study habits, take notes by hand, general truth. You can't avoid having a few bad professors. And encouraging platitudes, like, it's OK, no one will care how you did on your science of cooking or constitutional law midterm. While she's listening to my complaints about freshmen year roommates, and dining hall food, I helped her buy textbooks online, and wished her luck in MOOC court practice. Occasionally, we've even studied together. When mom came to visit during freshmen-parents weekend, I took her into the library on the pretext that she was on a library tour. We sat side by side in the big open room on the first floor, she diligently taking notes on a huge red volume that she had loved from the New York City on the train, I casually reading about Greek myths.M: What do you think is the biggest advantage of having a parent studying together with you?W: I know that my mother has felt the frustration other paper that won't write and the excitement of mastering a difficult topic. I don't need to explain my elaborate theory that I am a bad test-taker. She said the same thing about herself. And talking with her is a good way to get perspective on those occasional hurdles that crop up in college. Although we are both taking a substantial course load, mom is also working a full time job in the financial industry. That urges me to study harder. So I should say, encouragement.M: Any disadvantages then?W: Well, sometimes, I wonder whether we are getting a little too involved in each other's school lives. This usually occurs to me about twice a year when my mother calls to inform me of her grades. Once she reached me in the middle of a date, "I got my first A! Aren't you going to congratulate me?" And often when the news has been disappointing, I haven't known how to respond. Last fall, I was chastised for passing along a speculative I had heard in a dining hall. That because of great inflation, GPAs once considered good, might be viewed with new scrutiny. Jane has informed me that B is the ne