专业英语八级(阅读)模拟试卷131(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（阅读）模拟试卷131 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有： 2. READING COMPREHENSION
PART II READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONSIn this section there are several
passages followed by fourteen multiple-choice questions. For each multiple-choice
question, there are four suggested answers marked [A] , [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the
one that you think is the best answer.
In last week’s Tribune, there was an interesting letter from Mr. J. Stewart
Cook, in which he suggested that the best way of avoiding the danger of a “scientific
hierarchy” would be to see to it that every member of the general public was, as far as
possible, scientifically educated. At the same time, scientists should be brought out of
their isolation and encouraged to take a greater part in politics and administration.
As a general statement, I think most of us would agree with this, but I notice that, as
usual, Mr. Cook does not define science, and merely implies in passing that it means
certain exact sciences whose experiments can be made under laboratory conditions.
Thus, adult education tends “to neglect scientific studies in favor of literary, economic
and social subjects”, economics and sociology not being regarded as branches of
science, apparently. This point is of great importance. For the word science is at
present used in at least two meanings, but the whole question of scientific education is
obscured by the current tendency to dodge from one meaning to the other.
Science is generally taken as meaning either (a) the exact sciences, such as chemistry,
physics, etc., or (b) a method of thought which obtains verifiable results by reasoning
logically from observed fact. If you ask any scientist, or indeed almost any
educated person, “What is science?” you are likely to get an answer approximating to
(b). In everyday life, however, both in speaking and in writing, when people say
“science” they mean (a). Science means something that happens in a laboratory:
test-tubes, balances, Bunsen burners, microscopes. A biologist, an astronomer,
perhaps a psychologist or a mathematician, is described as a “man of science”: no one
would think of applying this term to a statesman, a poet, a journalist or even a
philosopher. And those who tell us that the young must be scientifically educated
mean, almost invariably, that they should be taught more about radioactivity, or the
stars, or the physiology of their own bodies, rather than that they should be taught to
think more exactly. This confusion of meaning, which is partly deliberate, has in
it a great danger. Implied in the demand for more scientific education is the claim that
if one has been scientifically trained one’s approach to all subjects will be more
intelligent than if one had had no such training. A scientist’s political opinions, it is
assumed, his opinions on sociological questions, on morals, on philosophy, perhaps
even on the arts, will be more valuable than those of a layman. But a” scientist”, as we
have just seen, means in practice a specialist in one of the exact sciences. It follows
that a chemist or physicist, as such, is politically more intelligent than a poet or a
lawyer. And, in fact, there are already millions of people who do believe this. But
is it really true that a “scientist”, in this narrower sense, is any likelier than other
people to approach non-scientific problems in an objective way? There is not much
reason for thinking so. Take one simple test—the ability to withstand nationalism. It is
often loosely said that “Science is international”, but in practice the scientific workers
of all countries line up behind their own governments with fewer scruples than are felt
by the writers and the artists. The German scientific community, as a whole, made no
resistance to Hitler. There were plenty of gifted men to do the necessary research on
such things as synthetic oil, jet planes, rocket projectiles and the atomic bomb.
On the other hand, what happened to German literature when the Nazis came to
power? I believe no exhaustive lists have been published, but I imagine that the
number of German scientists—Jew apart—who voluntarily exiled themselves or were
persecuted by the regime was much smaller than the number of writers and journalists.
More sinister than this, a number of German scientists swallowed the monstrosity of
“racial science”. But does this mean that the general public should not be more
scientifically educated? On the contrary! All it means is that scientific education for
the masses will do little good, and probably a lot of harm, if it simply boils down to
专业英语八级(阅读)模拟试卷204(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（阅读）模拟试卷204 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1.
正确答案：B
解析：第11、12段分别介绍了两家熟食店对涨价问题的态度。第13段借经济学教授之口对两家的态度做了总结，并从更深层次揭示了犹豫态度之后的原因，故B正确。 知识模块：阅读
9． The main idea of the passage is that _____.
A．increasing food costs cause business adjustment
B．higher food costs cause customers’ suspicion
C．a number of factors lead to the rise of food costs
D．higher food prices lead to social crisis
正确答案：B
解析：本文首段提出价格上涨引起消费者怀疑，而倒数第3段说消费者的怀疑还无法消除。首尾呼应明示了文章的主旨，B全面概括了文章主旨，故为答案。A为第7段段意；C是对第3段的概括；D是第7段中提到的发生在其他国家的事情，这三项均不足以概括全文。 知识模块：阅读
(1)Since World War II the French have been variously surprised, dismayed,
irritated and outraged by the power of American culture and its effect on France and
the world. Their only consolation has been the conviction that French culture is
superior to anything that Walt Disney or Hollywood can offer. (2)What France’s
专业英语八级(美国国家概况)模拟试卷1(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（美国国家概况）模拟试卷1 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有： 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten
multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.
1． The United States of America is the______country in the world in size.
A．largest
B．second largest
C．third largest
D．fourth largest
正确答案：D 涉及知识点：美国国家概况
2． The United States of America is the______in the world in population.
A．largest
B．secondlargest
C．thirdlargest
D．fourthlargest
正确答案：C 涉及知识点：美国国家概况
3． In the following rivers,______has been called the American Ruhr.
A．the Mississippi River
B．the Missouri River
C．the Hudson River
D．the Ohio River
正确答案：D 涉及知识点：美国国家概况
4． Of all the fifty states in the United States,______is the largest in area.
A．California
B．Texas
C．Alaska
专业英语八级(听力)模拟试卷13(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷13 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)
SECTION A MINI-LECTUREDirections: 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.
听力原文： Effective Note-taking Good morning, everyone! Today I’d like
to continue our series of talks about study skills in university. This morning I’m going
to discuss how to take notes effectively. As we all know, note-taking is difficult
专业英语八级(阅读)模拟试卷108(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（阅读）模拟试卷108 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有： 2. READING COMPREHENSION
PART II READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONSIn this section there are several
passages followed by fourteen multiple-choice questions. For each multiple-choice
question, there are four suggested answers marked [A] , [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the
one that you think is the best answer.
(1)I went back to the Devon School not long ago, and found it looking
oddly newer than when I was a student there fifteen years before. It seemed more
tranquil than I remembered it, more perpendicular and strait-laced, with narrower
windows and shinier woodwork, as though a coat of paint had been put over
everything for better preservation. But, of course, fifteen years before there had been a
war going on Perhaps the school wasn’t as well kept up in those days; perhaps paint
专业英语八级(阅读)模拟试卷50(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（阅读）模拟试卷50 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有： 2. READING COMPREHENSION
PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)Directions: In this
section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice
questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should
decide on the best choice.
The U. S. economy has been dragging along lately, but here’s a small shot
in the arm. Gasoline prices have fallen to their lowest level in 33 months. The average
price of gasoline nationwide has dropped from $3. 74 per gallon in February to $3. 19
today. In states like Missouri and Texas, gasoline has sunk below $3 per gallon at the
pump, a price not seen in years. Economists tend to think a fall in gasoline prices can
help stimulate the economy by giving people more money to spend on other goods.
专业英语八级(阅读)模拟试卷138(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（阅读）模拟试卷138 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有： 2. READING COMPREHENSION
PART II READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONSIn this section there are several
passages followed by fourteen multiple-choice questions. For each multiple-choice
question, there are four suggested answers marked [A] , [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the
one that you think is the best answer.
It would have been impossible, completely and entirely, for any woman to
have written the plays of Shakespeare in the age of Shakespeare. Let me imagine,
since facts are so hard to come by, what would have happened had Shakespeare had a
wonderfully gifted sister, called Judith, let us say. Shakespeare himself went, very
probably—his mother was an heiress—to the grammar school, where he may have
learnt Latin—Ovid, Virgil and Horace—and the elements of grammar and logic. He
专业英语八级模拟试卷及答案解析(16)
专业英语八级模拟试卷及答案解析（16）
(1~15/共15题)PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section
you will 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 yon will need them to complete a
gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. when the lecture is over, yon 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.
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The Audience
Ⅰ.__1__of audience
1)__2__of movies and TV shows
2) listeners of __3__
3)__4__of written materials in discussions of writing activities
Ⅱ. Analyze your audiences in terms of three factors
1) your__5__to them
— Through writing, you are__6__with other members of the society.
专业英语八级模拟试卷151(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级模拟试卷151 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION 2. READING
COMPREHENSION 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 4. PROOFREADING &
ERROR CORRECTION 5. TRANSLATION 6. WRITING
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)
SECTION A MINI-LECTUREDirections: 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.
听力原文： Humanities Disciplines Good morning, everyone.
Today we are going to talk about humanities disciplines. Many people say that the
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Importance of a Computer
As citizens of advanced but vulnerable economies, we
musteither relentlessly increase the quality of our skills or see
ourstandard of living erode. For the future, competition
betweennations will be increasingly based on technological skill.
Oil andnatural resources will still be important, but they no
longer willdetermine a nation’s economic strength. This will
now be amatter of the way people organize them selves and the
natureand quality of their work. Japan and the “new Japans “of
EastAsia are demonstrating this point in ways that are becoming
painfully obvious to the older industrialcountries.
There is simply no way to rest on our past achievements.
Today’s competition rendersobsolete huge chunks of what we
专业英语八级模拟试卷及答案解析(1)
专业英语八级模拟试卷及答案解析（1）
(1~16/共26题)
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The American Two-party System I. Introduction A. the oldest political【T1】______ around the
world【T1】______ B. the classical example of two-party system: the American political system —
the dominant parties: the Democratic and the【T2】______ parties【T2】______ — the two-party
system survived all attempts to assaults C. About dozen parties that nominate【T3】______【T3】______ D. Americans inevitably become one of the two parties because — there is usually no
other place to go — most Americans know where they【T4】______ in the system【T4】______
II. Two-party system is so strongly【T5】______ because【T5】______ A The way【T6】______ are
conducted: the Americans elect【T6】______ —【T7】______【T7】______ — about 800,000
of other【T8】______,【T8】______ — the congressman from single-member districts B.