专业英语八级考试TEM8Exercise4.docx

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专业英语八级考试TEM8Exercise4

2020专业英语八级考试:

TEM-8Exercise4

partonelisteningcomprehension（40min.）

insectiona,bandcyouwillheareverythingonlyonce.listencarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow.markthecorrectresponsetoeachquestiononthecoloredanswersheet.

sectionatalk

question1to5refertothetalkinthissection.attheendofthetalkyouwillbegiven15secondstoanswereachofthefollowingfivequestions.

nowlistentothetalk.

1.therulesforthefirstprivatelibraryintheusweredrawnupby____

a.thelegislature.

b.thelibrarian.

c.johnharvard.

d.thefacultymembers.

正确答案是

2.theearliestpubliclibrarywasalsocalledasubscriptionlibrarybecausebooks____

a.couldbelenttoeveryone.

b.couldbeleftbybookstores.

c.werelenttostudentsandthefaculty.

d.werelentonamembershipbasis.

正确答案是

3.whichofthefollowingisnotstatedasoneofthepurposesoffreepubliclibraries?

a.toprovidereaderswithcomfortablereadingrooms.

b.toprovideadultswithopportunitiesoffurthereducation.

c.toservethecommunity'sculturalandrecreationalneeds.

d.tosupplytechnicalliteratureonspecializedsubjects.

正确答案是

4.themajordifferencebetweenmodernprivateandpubliclibrariesliesin____

a.readership.

b.content.

c.service.

d.function.

正确答案是

5.themainpurposeofthetalkis____

a.tointroducecategoriesofbooksinuslibraries.

b.todemonstratetheimportanceofuslibraries.

c.toexplaintherolesofdifferentuslibraries.

d.todefinethecirculationsystemofuslibraries.

正确答案是

sectionbinterview

question6to10arebasedonaninterview.attheendoftheinterviewyouwillbegiven15secondstoanswereachofthefollowingquestion.

nowlistentotheinterview.

6.nancybecameataxidriverbecause____

a.sheownedacar.

b.shedrovewell.

c.shelikeddrivers'uniforms.

d.itwasherchildhooddream.

正确答案是

7.accordingtoher,whatwasthemostdifficultaboutbecomingataxidriver?

a.therightsenseofdirection.

b.thesenseofjudgment.

c.theskillofmaneuvering.

d.thesizeofvehicle.

正确答案是

8.whatdoesnancylikebestaboutherjob?

a.seeinginterestingbuildinginthecity.

b.beingabletoenjoytheworldofnature.

c.drivinginunsettledweather.

d.takinglongdrivesoutsidethecity.

正确答案是

9.itcanbeinferredfromtheinterviewthatnancyisa（n）____mother.

a.uncaring

b.strict

c.affection

d.permissive

正确答案是

10.thepeoplenancymeetsare____

a.ratherdifficulttoplease.

b.rudetowomendrivers.

c.talkativeandgenerouswithtips.

d.differentinpersonality.

正确答案是

sectioncnewsbroadcast

question11arebasedonthefollowingnews.attheendofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven15secondstoanswerthequestion.

nowlistentothenews.

11.thefrenchpresident'svisittojapanaimsat____

a.totightencontrolontobaccoadvertising.

b.toimposepenaltiesontobaccocompanies.

c.tostartanationalanti-smokingcampaign.

d.toensuretheheathofamericanchildren.

正确答案是

questions12and13arebasedonthefollowingnews.attheendofthenewsitemyouwillbegiven30secondstothequestions.

nowlistentothenews.

12.thefrenchpresident'svisittojapanaimsat____

a.makingmoreinvestmentinjapan.

b.stimulatingjapanbusinessesinfrance.

c.helpingboostthejapaneseeconomy.

d.launchingafilmfestivalinjapan.

正确答案是

13.thisisjacqueschirac's____visittojapan

a.second

b.fourteenth

c.fortieth

d.forty-first

正确答案是

questions14and15arebasedonthefollowingnews.attheendofthenewsitemyouwillbegiven30secondstoanswerthequestions.

nowlistentothenews.

14.afghanpeoplearesufferingfromstarvationbecause____

a.meltingsnowbeginstoblockthemountainpaths

b.thetalibanhavedestroyedexistingfoodstocks.

c.thetalibanarehinderingfooddeliveries.

d.anemergencyair-liftoffoodwascancelled.

正确答案是

15._____peopleinafghanistanarefacingstarvation.

a.160,000

b.16,000

c.1,000,000

d.100,000

正确答案是

sectiondnote-taking&gap-filling

inthissectionyouwillhearamini-lecture.youwillhearthelectureonlyonce.whilelisteningtothelecture,takenotesontheimportantpoints.yournoteswillnotbemarked,butyouwillneedthemtocompletea15-minutegap-fillingtaskonanswersheetoneaftertheminilecture.usetheblanksheetfornote-taking.

onpublicspeaking

whenpeopleareaskedtogiveaspeechinpublicforthefirsttime,theyusuallyfeelterrifiednomatterhowwelltheyspeakininformalsituations.infact,publicspeakingisthesameasanyotherformof（16）thatpeopleareusuallyengagedin.publicspeakingisawayforaspeakerto（17）histhoughtswiththeaudience.moreover,thespeakerisfreetodecideonthe（18）ofhisspeech.

twokeypointstoachievesuccessinpublicspeaking:

--（19）ofthesubjectmatter.

--goodpreparationofthespeech.

tofacilitatetheirunderstanding,informyouraudiencebeforehandofthe（20）ofyourspeechandenditwithasummary.

otherkeypointstobearinmind:

--bewareofyouraudiencethrougheyecontact.

--varythespeedof（21）

--usethemicrophoneskillfullyto（22）yourselfinspeech.

--bebriefinspeech;alwaystrytomakeyourmessage（23）

example:

thebestrememberedinauguralspeechesoftheuspresidents

are（24）once.

thereforebrevityisessentialto（25）ofaspeech.

partiiproofreading&errorcorrection（15min.）

thefollowingpassagecontainstenerrors.eachlinecontainsamaximumofoneerror.ineachcaseonlyonewordisinvolved.youshouldproofreadthepassageandcorrectitinthefollowingway:

forawrongword,underlinethewrongwordandwritethecorrectoneintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.

foramissingword,markthepositionofthemissingwordwitha"^"signandwritethewordyoubelievetobemissingintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.

foranunnecessaryword,crosstheunnecessarywordwithaslash"/"andputthewordintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.

example

when^artmuseumwantsanewexhibit,

（1）an

it（never/）buysthingsinfinishedformandhangs

（2）never

themonthewall.whenanaturalhistorymuseum

wantsanexhibition,itmustoftenbuildit.

（3）exhibit

thegrammaticalwordswhichplaysolargeapartinenglish

grammararethemostpartsharplyandobviouslydifferentfrom

thelexicalwords.aroughandreadydifferencewhichmay

seemthemostobviousisthatgrammaticalwordshave"less

（26）

meaning",butinfactsomegrammarianshavecalledthem

（27）

"empty"wordsasopposedinthe"full"wordsofvocabulary.but

（28）

thisisarathermisledwayofexpressingthedistinction.althougha

（29）

wordliketheisnotthenameofsomethingasmanis,itisvery

farawayfrombeingmeaningless;thereisasharpdifferencein

（30）

meaningbetween"manisvile"and"themanisvile",yetthe

isthesinglevehicleofthisdifferenceinmeaning.

（31）

moreover,grammaticalwordsdifferconsiderablyamong

（32）

themselvesastheamountofmeaningtheyhaveeveninthe

lexicalsense.anothernameforthegrammaticalwordshasbeen

（33）

"littlewords".butsizeisbynomeaningagoodcriterionfor

distinguishingthegrammaticalwordsofenglish,whenweconsider

（34）

thatwehavelexicalwordsasgo,man,say,car.apartfrom

this,however,thereisagooddealoftruthinwhatsomepeople

（35）

say:

wecertainlydocreateagreatnumberofobscuritywhenwe

omitthem.thisisillustratednotonlyinthepoetryofrobert

browningbutintheproseoftelegramsandnewspaperheadlines.

partiiireadingcomprehension（40min.）

sectiona:

readingcomprehension（30min.）

inthissectiontherearefourreadingpassagesfollowedbyfifteenmultiple-choicequestions.readthepassagesandthenmarkyouranswersonyouranswersheet.

texta

humancognition

indevelopingamodelofcognition,wemustrecognizethatperceptionoftheexternalworlddoesnotalwaysremainindependentofmotivation.whileprogresstowardmaturityispositivelycorrelatedwithdifferentiationbetweenmotivationandcognition,tensionwill,eveninthematureadult,militatetowardsanarrowingoftherangeofperception.

cognitioncanbeseenasthefirststepinthesequenceeventsleadingfromtheexternalstimulustothebehavioroftheindividual.thechilddevelopsfrombeliefthatallthingsareanextensionofitsownbodytotherecognitionthatobjectsexistindependentofhisperception.hebeginstodemonstrateawarenessofpeopleandthingswhichareremovedfromhissensoryapparatusandinitiatesgoal-directedbehaviors.hemay,however,refusetorecognizetheexistenceofbarrierstotheattainmentofhisgoal,despitethefactthathiscognitionoftheseobjectshasbeenpreviouslydemonstrated.

intheprimitivebeings,goal-directedbehaviorcanbeverysimplemotivated.thepresenceofanattractiveobjectwillcauseaninfanttoreachforit;itsremovalwillresultinthecessationofthataction.studieshaveshownnoevidenceoftheinfant'sfrustration;rather,itappearsthattheinfantceasestodesiretheobjectwhenhecannotseeit.furtherindicationsarethattheinfant'sattentiontotheattractiveobjectincreaseasaresultofitsnotbeinginhisgrasp.infact,ifheholdsatoyandanotherispresented,heislikelytodropthefirstinordertoclutchthesecond.often,oncehehastheonedesiredinhishands,helosesattentionandturnstosomethingelse.

inadultlife,merecognitioncanbesimilarlymotivational,althoughthevisiblepresenceoftheopportunityisnotrequiredastheinstigatorofresponse.thematureadultmod