[外语类试卷]专业英语八级(MINI-LECTURE)强化练习试卷10.doc

[外语类试卷]专业英语八级（MINI-LECTURE）强化练习试卷10

SECTION A MINI-LECTURE

Directions: In this section you sill 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. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.

0 Audience of Writing

Audience is a very important concept for writing. You need to analyze your audience in terms of the following aspects ;

I. Your social relations to your audience

Through writing,you are making social (1)_____

with other members of the society.

II. Their (2)_____of your subject

This analysis is particularly valuable in (3)_____

writing. III. Their (4)_____to the subject and your position in the writing

This analysis is extremely important in (5)_____

writing.

1) To those who agree, (6)_____the importance

of your position.

2) To those who are neutral or undecided, address their (7)_____as directly and fully as possible.

3) To those who disagree, try to find out why

they disagree. There may be two reasons for their disagreement: —lack of information —personal,political or (8)_____reasons

For the former,give them relevant information as

(9)_____as possible.

For the latter,you need to show your (10)_____

of them and address them accordingly.

10 Reading on the Internet

I. Adolescent Internet readers

1) Alicia

—She is good at (1)_____information online.

—She believes that the Web will meet all her needs.

2) Jake

—He uses the Internet at school.

—He is more (2)_____.

—He reads the topic sentence in a paragraph online.

—He uses the same reading strategies in (3)_____

text and Internet text.

II. The (4)_____of reading and Internet technology

1) New forms of literacy require more:

—read and write in the print world as well as in the

(5)_____world

—the definition of literacy is broadened

2) Global competition and informational economy in work

—It is necessary to know how to access, evaluate &

apply information. III. Special demands on the reader

1) The Internet reader must be able to handle the (6)_____texts online.

—The reader can access many sites relevant to the specific topic when gathering information.

2) Much Internet content has distracting matters,for example;

—blinking graphics —vivid color—(7)_____

3) Most of the Internet text is expository. —This text requires (8)_____with its concepts, vocabulary and organizational format. —Expository text is usually found written as hypertext. IV. The path of Internet reading

1) The path can be ever changing because of; —the (9)_____information on the Internet. —websites being updated,removed and remodeled.

2) Technology is transforming the (10)_____of literacy.

—The skills of reading and using technology are converging.

20 Academic Research and Project Design

I. Research and Design

—(1) ___ is a spring of creation while interest is a

power source for motivation. —The importance of designing is to give a (2)_____

from which you take off.

II. Identifying Academic Research and Project Design

1)The most important is to choose a good topic.

—a meaningful topic from all (3)_____.

e. g. a meaningful topic of possible events on a given festival.

—a research question is defined as a (4)_____of

something, i. e. the most important and specific problem you want to answer in your research. 2) A good plan means a lot to a research project. —The factors you consider in the first stage of academic writing; (5)_____.Hierarchy and Perspective. —The factors are interdependent and correlated.

Change in one factor means further (6)_____to

the others. —A certain perspective provides you with a chance to do things differently and creatively.

III. (7)_____in Academic Research and Project

Design 1) Choosing meaningful and interesting topics.

—find something more and relevant issues.

—(8)_____refer to things naturally or logically

related to ideas or topics in your research. 2) Selecting something practical and economical.

—narrow down the (9)_____ of discussion or

investigation. —learn how to select and give up. 3) Choosing something (10)_____.