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2000年英语专业八级考试试卷真题
Part Ⅰ Listening 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 Colored Answer Sheet.?
SECTION A TALK?
Questions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section .At the end of the talk you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the talk. ?
1. The rules for the first private library in the US were drawn up by ___.?
A. the legislature B. the librarian C. John Harvard D. the faculty members?
2. The earliest public library was also called a subscription library because books ___.?
A. could be lent to everyone
B. could be lent by book stores?
C. were lent to students and the faculty
D. were lent on a membership basis?
3. Which of the following is NOT stated as one of the purposes of free public libraries??
A. To provide readers with comfortable reading rooms.?
B. To provide adults with opportunities of further education.?
C. To serve the community’s cultural and recreational needs.?
D. To supply technical literature on specialized subjects.?
4. The major difference between modem private and public libraries lies i n ___.?
A. readership B. content C. service D. function?
5. The main purpose of the talk is ___.?
A. to introduce categories of books in US libraries?
B. to demonstrate the importance of US libraries?
C. to explain the roles of different US libraries?
D. to define the circulation system of US libraries?
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. Nancy became a taxi driver because ___.
A. she owned a car
B. she drove well?
C. she liked drivers’ uniforms
D. it was her childhood dream?
7. According to her, what was the most difficult about becoming a taxi driver??
A. The right sense of direction.
B. The sense of judgment.?
C. The skill of maneuvering.
D. The size of vehicles.?
8. What does Nancy like best about her job??
A. Seeing interesting buildings in the city.?
B. Being able to enjoy the world of nature.?
C. Driving in unsettled weather.?
D. Taking long drives outside the city.?
9. It can be inferred from the interview that Nancy in a(n) ___ mother.?
A. uncaring B. strict C. affectionate D. permissive?
10. The people Nancy meets are?
A. rather difficult to please
B. rude to women drivers?
C. talkative and generous with tips
D. different in personality?
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 to the news.?
11. The primary purpose of the US anti-smoking legislation is ___.?
A. to tighten control on tobacco advertising?
B. to impose penalties on tobacco companies?
C. to start a national anti-smoking campaign?
D. to ensure the health of American children?
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 French President’s visit to Japan aims at ___.?
A. making more investments in Japan?
B. stimulating Japanese businesses in France?
C. helping boost the Japanese economy
D. launching a film festival in Japan?
13. This is Jacques Chirac’s ___ visit to Japan.?
A. second B. fourteenth C. fortieth D. forty-first?
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. Afghan people are suffering from starvation because ___.?
A. melting snow begins to block the mountain paths?
B. the Taliban have destroyed existing food stocks?
C. the Taliban are hindering food deliveries?
D. an emergency air-lift of food was cancelled?
15. people in Afghanistan are facing starvation.?
A. 160,000 B. 16,000 C. 1,000,000 D. 100 ,000?
SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING?
Fill each of gaps with ONE word. You may refer to your notes. Make sure the word you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable.?
On Public Speaking?
When people are asked to give a speech in public for the first time, they usually feel terrified no matter how well they speak in informal situations. In fact, public speaking is the same as any other form of (1)______ that people are usually engaged in. Public speaking is a way for a speaker to his thoughts with the audience. Moreover, the speaker is free (2)______ to decide on the (3)___ ___ of his speech..
Two key points to achieve success in public speaking:
—of the subject matter. (4)______
—good preparation of the speech.
To facilitate their understanding, inform your audience beforehand of the (5)______ of your speech, and end it with a summary. Other key points to bear in mind:
—be aware of your audience through eye contact.
—vary the speed of (6)______
—use the microphone skillfully to (7)______ yourself in speech.?
—be brief in speech; always try to make your message (8)______?
Example: the best remembered inaugural speeches of the US presidents are the (9)______ ones. Therefore, brevity is essential to the (10)_____ of a speech.
(1) ______ (2) ______ (3) ______ (4) ______ ( 5 ) ______
(6) ______ (7) ______ (8) ______ (9) ______ (10) ______
Part Ⅱ Proofreading and Error Correction (15 min)
The following passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a maximum of one error and three are free from 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 at the end of the line.?
For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.?
For an unnecessary word, cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “／” and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.?
If the line is correct, place a V in the blank provided at the end of the line
The grammatical words which play so large a part in English?
grammar are for the most part sharply and obviously different 1.___?
from the lexical words. A rough and ready difference which may?
seem the most obvious is that grammatical words have“less?
meaning”, but in fact some grammarians have called them 2.___?
“empty”words as opposed in the“full”words of vocabulary. 3.___?
But this is a rather misled way of expressing the distinction. 4.___?
Although a word like the is not the name of something as man is,?
it is very far away from being meaningless; there is a sharp 5.___?
difference in meaning between“man is vile and”“the man is?
vile”, yet the is the single vehicle of this difference in meaning. 6.___?
Moreover, grammatical words differ considerably among?
themselves as the amount of meaning they have, even in the 7.___?
lexical sense. Another name for the grammatical words has been?
“little words”. But size is by no mean a good criterion for 8.___?
distinguishing the grammatical words of English, when we?
consider that we have lexical words as go, man, say, car. Apart 9.___?
from this, however, there is a good deal of truth in what some?
people say: we certainly do create a great number of obscurity 10.___?
when we omit them. This is illustrated not only in the poetry of?
Robert Browning but in the prose of telegrams and newspaper headlines.?
