2023年英语专业八级真题及答案.docx

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2023)GRADE EIGHTTIME LIMIT：195 MINPART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lectureYou will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important pointsYour notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lectureWhen 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 gapMake sure the word(s) you fill in is (are)both grammatically and semantically acceptableYou may refer to your notes while completing the taskUse the blank sheet for note-takingNow, listen to the mini-lectureWhat Do Active Learners Do?There are difference between active learning and passive learning.Characteristics of active learners:I. reading with purposesA. before reading: setting goalsB. while reading: (1) _II. (2) _ and critical in thinkingi.e. information processing, e.g.- connections between the known and the new information- identification of (3) _ concepts- judgment on the value of (4) _.III. active in listeningA. ways of note-taking: (5) _.B. before note-taking: listening and thinkingIV. being able to get assistanceA. reason 1: knowing comprehension problems because of (6) _.B. Reason 2: being able to predict study difficultiesV. being able to question informationA. question what they read or hearB. evaluate and (7) _.VI. Last characteristicA. attitude toward responsibility- active learners: accept- passive learners: (8) _B. attitude toward (9) _- active learners: evaluate and change behaviour- passive learners: no change in approachRelationship between skill and will: will is more important in (10) _.Lack of will leads to difficulty in college learning.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that followMark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWOQuestions 1 to 5 are based on an interviewAt the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questionsNow listen to the interview1According to the interviewer, which of the following best indicates the relationship between choice and mobility? ABetter education greater mobility more choices BBetter education more choices greater mobility CGreater mobility better education more choices DGreater mobility more choices better education2According to the interview，which of the following details about the first poll is INCORRECT? AShorter work hours was least chosen for being most important BChances for advancement might have been favoured by young people CHigh income failed to come on top for being most important DJob security came second according to the poll results3According to the interviewee，which is the main difference between the first and the second poll? AThe type of respondents who were invited BThe way in which the questions were designed CThe content area of the questions DThe number of poll questions4What can we learn from the respondentsanswers to items 2，4 and 7 in the second poll? ARecognition from colleagues should be given less importance BWorkers are always willing and ready to learn more new skills CPsychological reward is more important than material one DWork will have to be made interesting to raise efficiency5According to the interviewee，which of the following can offer both psychological and monetary benefits? AContact with many people BChances for advancement CAppreciation from coworkers DChances to learn new skillsSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLYListen carefully and then answer the questions that followMark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWOQuestions 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 questionsNow listen to the news6According to the news item，“sleep boxes”are designed to solve the problems of Aairports Bpassengers Carchitects Dcompanies7Which of the following is NOT true with reference to the news? ASleep boxes can be rented for different lengths of time BRenters of normal height can stand up inside CBedding can be automatically changed DRenters can take a shower inside the boxQuestion 8 is based on the following newsAt the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questionNow listen to the news8What is the news item mainly about? ALondonS preparations for the Notting Hill Carnival BMain features of the Notting Hill Carnival CPolices preventive measures for the carnival DPolice participation in the carnivalQuestions 9 and 10 are based on the following newsAt the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questionsNow listen to the news9The news item reports on a research finding about Athe Dutch famine and the Dutch women Bearly malnutrition and heart health Cthe causes of death during the famine Dnutrition in childhood and adolescence10When did the research team carry out the study? AAt the end of World War II BBetween 1944 and 1945 CIn the 1950s DIn 2023PART 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 TWOTEXT A Three hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or 1etter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters“The coffee houses particularly arevery roomy for a free conversation，and for reading at an easier rate all manner of printed news，”noted one observerEverything changed in 1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, The New York Sun，pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news，thus giving advertisers access to a wider audienceThe penny press，followed by radio and television，turned news from a two-way conversation into a oneway broadcast，with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee houseThe internet is making news more participatory，social and diverse，reviving the discursive characteristics of the era before the mass mediaThat will have profound effects on society and politicsIn much of the worldthe mass media are flourishingNewspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2023 and 2023But those global figures mask a sharp decline in readership in rich countries Over the past decade，throughout the Western world，people have been giving up newspapers and TV news and keeping up with events in profoundly different waysMost strikingly, ordinary people are increasingly involved in compiling，sharing，filtering，discussing and distributing newsTwitter lets people anywhere report what they are seeingClassified documents are published in their thousands onlineMobilephone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social-networking sites and shown on television newscastsSocial-networking sites help people find，discuss and share news with their friends And it is not just readers who are challenging the media eliteTechnology firms including Google，Facebook and Twitter have become important conduits of newsCelebrities and world leaders publish updates directly via social networks；many countries now make raw data available through“open government”initiativesThe internet lets people read newspapers or watch television channels from around the worldThe web has allowed new providers of news，from individual bloggers to sites，to rise to prominence in a very short space of timeAnd it has made possible entirely new approaches to journalism，such as that practiced by WikiLeaks，which provides an anonymous way for whistleblowers to publish documentsThe news agenda is no longer controlled by a few press barons and state outlets In principle，every liberal should celebrate thisA more participatory and social news environment，with a remarkable diversity and range of news sources，is a good thingThe transformation of the news business is unstoppable，and attempts to reverse it are doomed to failureAs producers of new journalism，individuals can be scrupulous with facts and transparent with their sourcesAs consumers，they can be general in their tastes and demanding in their standardsAnd although this transformation does raise concerns，there is much to celebrate in the noisy, diverse，vociferous，argumentative and stridently alive environment of the news businessin the ages of the internetThe coffee house is backEnjoy it11According to the passage，what initiated the transformation of coffee-house news to mass-media news? AThe emergence of big mass media firms BThe popularity of radio and television CThe appearance of advertising in newspapers DThe increasing number of newspaper readers12Which of the following statements best supports“Now, the Hews industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house”? A Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6between 2023 and 2023 BPeople in the Western world are giving up newspapers and TV news CClassified documents are published in their thousands online DMore people are involved in finding，discussing and distributing news13According to the passage，which is NOT a role played by information technology? AChallenging the traditional media BPlanning the return to coffee-house news CProviding people with access to classified files DGiving ordinary people the chance to provide news14The authorS tone in the last paragraph towards new journalism is Aoptimistic and cautious Bsupportive and skeptical Cdoubtful and reserved Dambiguous and cautious15In“The coffee house is back”，coffee house best symbolizes Athe changing characteristics of news audience Bthe more diversified means of news distribution Cthe participatory nature of news D. the more varied sources of newsTEXT B Paris is like pornographyYou respond even if you dont want toYou turn a corner and seea vista，and your imagination bolts away。Suddenly you are thinking about what it would be like to live in Paris，and then you think about all the lives you have not livedSometimes，though, when you are lucky, you only think about how many pleasures the day ahead holdsThen, you feel privileged The lobby of the hotel is decorated in red and goldIt gives off a whiff of 1 9mcentury decadenceProbably as much as any hotel in Paris，this hotel is sexy1 was standing facing the revolving doors and the driveway beyondA car with a woman in the back seata woman in a short skirt and blackleather jacketpulled up before the hotel doorShe swung off and she was wearing high heelsNormally, my mind would have leaped and imagined a story for this womanNow it didnt I stood there and told myselfCheer upYoure in Paris In many ways，Paris is best visited in winterThe tourist crowds are at a minimum，and one is not being jammed off the narrow sidewalks along the Rue DauphineMore than thisParis is like many other European cities in that the season of blockbuster cultural events tends to begin in mid-to late fall and so，by the time of winter, most of the cultural treasures of the city are laid out to be admired The other great reason why Paris in winter is so much better than Paris in spring and fall is that after the end of the August holidays and the return of chic Parisian women to their city, the restaurant-opening season truly begins hoppingBy winter，many of the new restaurants have worked out their kinks(局限性；困难)and，once the hype has died down，it is possible to see which restaurants are actually good and which are merely noisy and crowded Most people are about as happy as they set their mind to being，Lincoln saidIn Paris it doesnt take much to be happyOutside the hotel，the sky was pale and felt very high upI walked the few blocks to the Seine and began running along the blue-green river toward the Eiffel TowerThe tower in the distance was black，and felt strange and beautiful the way that many things built for the joy of building doAs I ran toward it，because of its lattice structure, the tower seemed obviously delicateSeeing it，I felt a sense of protectiveness I think it was this moment of protectiveness that marked the change in my mood and my slowly becoming thrilled with being in ParisDuring winter evenings，Pariss streetlamps have a halo and resemble dandelionsIn winter, when one leaves the Paris street and enters a caf6 or restaurant，the light and temperature change suddenly and dramatically, there is the sense of having discovered something secretIn winter, because the days are short，there is an urgency to the choices one makesThere is the sense that life is short and so let us decide on what matters16. According to the passage，once in Paris one might experience all the following feelings EXCEPT Aregret Bcondescension Cexpectation Dimpulse17Winter is the best season to visit ParisWhich of the following does NOT support this statement? AFashionable Parisian women return to Paris BMore entertainment activities are staged CThere are more good restaurants to choose from DThere are fewer tourists in Paris18Most people are about as happy as they set their mind to being”This statement means that most people Aexpect to be happy Bhope to be as happy as others Cwould be happier if they wanted Dcan be happy if they want19In the eyes of the author, winter in Paris is significant because of Athe atmosphere of its evenings Bits implications for life Cthe contrast it brings Dthe discovery one makes20At the end of the passage, the author found himself in a mood of Aexcitement Bthoughtfulness Cloneliness DjoyfulnessTEXT C If you want to know why Denmark is the worlds leader in wind power, start with a three-hour car trip from the capital Copenhagen -mind the bicyclists -to the small town of Lem on the far west coast of JutlandYoull feel it as you cross the 6.8 km-long Great Belt Bridge：Denmarks bountiful wind，so fierce even on a calm summers day that it threatens to shove your car into the waves belowBut wind itself is only part of the reasonIn Lem，work