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1、Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-date英语专八2010年真题(附答案)TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2005)2010英语专八真题TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2010)-GRADE EIGHT-PART ILISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)SECTION AMINI-LECTUREIn this section you will he
2、ar 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 a
3、nother ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically & semantically acceptable. You may re
4、fer to your notes.Paralinguistic Features of LanguageIn face-to-face communication speakers often alter their tomes of voice or change their physical postures in order to convey messages. These means are called paralinguistic features of language, which fall into two categories.First category: vocal
5、 paralinguistic featuresA. (1)_: to express attitude or intention (1)_B. Examples1. whispering: need for secrecy2. breathiness: deep emotion3. (2)_: unimportance (2)_4. nasality: anxiety5. extra lip-rounding: greater intimacySecond category: physical paralinguistic featuresA. facial expressions1. (3
6、)_ (3)_- smiling: signal of pleasure or welcome2. less common expressions- eye brow raising: surprise or interest- lip biting: (4)_ (4)_B. gesturegestures are related to culture.1. British culture- shrugging shoulders: (5) _ (5)_- scratching head: puzzlement2. other cultures- placing hand upon heart
7、:(6)_ (6)_- pointing at nose: secretC. proximity, posture and echoing1. proximity: physical distance between speakers- closeness: intimacy or threat- (7)_: formality or absence of interest (7)_Proximity is person-, culture- and (8)_ -specific. (8)_2. posture- hunched shoulders or a hanging head: to
8、indicate(9)_ (9)_- direct level eye contact: to express an open or challenging attitude3. echoing- definition: imitation of similar posture- (10)_: aid in communication (10)_- conscious imitation: mockerySECTION BINTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then
9、answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct 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.According to Dr Johnson, d
10、iversity meansA. merging of different cultural identities.B. more emphasis on homogeneity.C. embracing of more ethnic differences.D. acceptance of more branches of Christianity.2.According to the interview, which of the following statements in CORRECT?A. Some places are more diverse than others.B. T
11、owns are less diverse than large cities.C. Diversity can be seen everywhere.D. American is a truly diverse country.3.According to Dr Johnson, which place will witness a radical change in its racial makeup by 2025?A. MaineB. SelinsgroveC. PhiladelphiaD. California4.During the interview Dr Johnson ind
12、icates thatA. greater racial diversity exists among younger populations.B. both older and younger populations are racially diverse.C. age diversity could lead to pension problems.D. older populations are more racially diverse.5.According to the interview, religious diversityA. was most evident betwe
13、en 1990 and 2000.B. exists among Muslim immigrants.C. is restricted to certain places in the US.D. is spreading to more parts of the country.SECTION CNEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer
14、to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.6.What is the main idea of the news item?A. Sony developed a computer chip for cell phones.B. Japan will
15、market its wallet phone abroad.C. The wallet phone is one of the wireless innovations.D. Reader devices are available at stores and stations.Question 7 and 8 is 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.7.Wh
16、ich of the following is mentioned as the governments measure to control inflation?A. Foreign investment.B. Donor support.C. Price control.D. Bank prediction.8.According to Kingdom Bank, what is the current inflation rate in Zimbabwe?A. 20 million percent.B. 2.2 million percent.C. 11.2 million percen
17、t.D. Over 11.2 million percent.Question 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.9.Which of the following is CORRECT?A. A big fire erupted on the Nile River.B. Helicopters were used to evacuate
18、people.C. Five people were taken to hospital for burns.D. A big fire took place on two floors.10.The likely cause of the big fire isA. electrical short-cut.B. lack of fire-satefy measures.C. terrorism.D. not known.PART IIREADING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)In this section there are four reading passages f
19、ollowed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT AStill, the image of any city has a half-life of many years. (So does its name, officially changed in 2001 from Calcutta to Kolkata, which is closer to what the word so
20、unds like in Bengali. Conversing in English, I never heard anyone call the city anything but Calcutta.) To Westerners, the conveyance most identified with Kolkata is not its modern subwaya facility whose spacious stations have art on the walls and cricket matches on television monitorsbut the hand-p
21、ulled rickshaw. Stories and films celebrate a primitive-looking cart with high wooden wheels, pulled by someone who looks close to needing the succor of Mother Teresa. For years the government has been talking about eliminating hand-pulled rickshaws on what it calls humanitarian groundsprincipally o
22、n the ground that, as the mayor of Kolkata has often said, it is offensive to see “one man sweating and straining to pull another man.” But these days politicians also lament the impact of 6,000 hand-pulled rickshaws on a modern citys traffic and, particularly, on its image. “Westerners try to assoc
23、iate beggars and these rickshaws with the Calcutta landscape, but this is not what Calcutta stands for,” the chief minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, said in a press conference in 2006. “Our city stands for prosperity and development.” The chief ministerthe equivalent of a state gover
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