英语专八考试真题及答案文档格式.docx

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A.beforereading:

settinggoals

B.whilereading:

（1）________

II.

（2）______andcriticalinthinking

i.e.informationprocessing,e.g.

--connectionsbetweentheknownandthenewinformation

--identificationof（3）______concepts

--judgmentonthevalueof（4）_____.

III.activeinlistening

A.waysofnote-taking:

（5）_______.

B.beforenote-taking:

listeningandthinking

IV.beingabletogetassistance

A.reason1:

knowingcomprehensionproblemsbecauseof（6）______.

B.Reason2:

beingabletopredictstudydifficulties

V.beingabletoquestioninformation

A.questionwhattheyreadorhear

B.evaluateand（7）______.

VI.Lastcharacteristic

A.attitudetowardresponsibility

--activelearners:

accept

--passivelearners:

（8）_______

B.attitudetoward（9）______

evaluateandchangebehaviour

nochangeinapproach

Relationshipbetweenskillandwill:

willismoreimportantin（10）______.

Lackofwillleadstodifficultyincollegelearning.

SECTIONBINTERVIEW

InthissectionyouwillheareverythingONCEONLY.Listencarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow．MarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO．

Questions1to5arebasedonaninterview．Attheendoftheinterviewyouwillbegiven10secondstoanswereachofthefollowingfivequestions．Nowlistentotheinterview．

1．Accordingtotheinterviewer,whichofthefollowingbestindicatestherelationshipbetweenchoiceandmobility?

A．Bettereducation→greatermobility→morechoices．

B．Bettereducation→morechoices→greatermobility．

C．Greatermobility→bettereducation→morechoices．

D．Greatermobility→morechoices→bettereducation．

2．Accordingtotheinterview，whichofthefollowingdetailsaboutthefirstpollisINCORRECT?

A．Shorterworkhourswasleastchosenforbeingmostimportant．

B．Chancesforadvancementmighthavebeenfavouredbyyoungpeople．

C．Highincomefailedtocomeontopforbeingmostimportant．

D．Jobsecuritycamesecondaccordingtothepollresults．

3．Accordingtotheinterviewee，whichisthemaindifferencebetweenthefirstandthesecondpoll?

A．Thetypeofrespondentswhowereinvited．

B．Thewayinwhichthequestionsweredesigned．

C．Thecontentareaofthequestions．

D．Thenumberofpollquestions．

4．Whatcanwelearnfromtherespondents’answerstoitems2，4and7inthesecondpoll?

A．Recognitionfromcolleaguesshouldbegivenlessimportance．

B．Workersarealwayswillingandreadytolearnmorenewskills．

C．Psychologicalrewardismoreimportantthanmaterialone．

D．Workwillhavetobemadeinterestingtoraiseefficiency．

5．Accordingtotheinterviewee，whichofthefollowingcanofferbothpsychologicalandmonetarybenefits?

A．Contactwithmanypeople．B．Chancesforadvancement．

C．Appreciationfromcoworkers．D．Chancestolearnnewskills

SECTIONCNEWSBROADCAST

InthissectionyouwillheareverythingONCEONLY．Listencarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow．MarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO．

Questions6and7arebasedonthefollowingnews,Attheendofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven20secondstoanswerthequestions．Nowlistentothenews．

6．Accordingtothenewsitem，“sleepboxes”aredesignedtosolvetheproblemsof

A．airports．B．passengers．C．architects．D．companies．

7．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtruewithreferencetothenews?

A．Sleepboxescanberentedfordifferentlengthsoftime．

B．Rentersofnormalheightcanstandupinside．

C．Beddingcanbeautomaticallychanged．

D．Renterscantakeashowerinsidethebox．

Question8isbasedonthefollowingnews．Attheendofthenewsitem，youwillbegiven10secondstoanswerthequestion．Nowlistentothenews．

8．Whatisthenewsitemmainlyabout?

A．London’SpreparationsfortheNottingHillCarnival．

B．MainfeaturesoftheNottingHillCarnival．

C．Police'

spreventivemeasuresforthecarnival．

D．Policeparticipationinthecarnival．

Questions9and10arebasedonthefollowingnews．Attheendofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven20secondstoanswerthequestions．Nowlistentothenews．

9．Thenewsitemreportsonaresearchfindingabout

A．theDutchfamineandtheDutchwomen．

B．earlymalnutritionandhearthealth．

C．thecausesofdeathduringthefamine．

D．nutritioninchildhoodandadolescence．

10．Whendidtheresearchteamcarryoutthestudy?

A．AttheendofWorldWarII．

B．Between1944and1945．

C．Inthe1950s．

D．In2007．

PARTIIREADINGCOMPREHENSION（30MIN）

Inthissectiontherearefourreadingpassagesfollowedbyatotalof20multiple-choicequestions.ReadthepassagesandthenmarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO．

TEXTA

Threehundredyearsagonewstravelledbywordofmouthor1etter,andcirculatedintavernsandcoffeehousesintheformofpamphletsandnewsletters．“Thecoffeehousesparticularlyare．veryroomyforafreeconversation，andforreadingataneasierrateallmannerofprintednews，”notedoneobserver．Everythingchangedin1833whenthefirstmass-audiencenewspaper,TheNewYorkSun，pioneeredtheuseofadvertisingtoreducethecostofnews，thusgivingadvertisersaccesstoawideraudience．Thepennypress，followedbyradioandtelevision，turnednewsfromatwo-wayconversationintoaone—waybroadcast，witharelativelysmallnumberoffirmscontrollingthemedia．

Now,thenewsindustryisreturningtosomethingclosertothecoffeehouse．Theinternetismakingnewsmoreparticipatory，socialanddiverse，revivingthediscursivecharacteristicsof"

theerabeforethemassmedia．Thatwillhaveprofoundeffectsonsocietyandpolitics．Inmuchoftheworld．themassmediaareflourishing．Newspapercirculationrosegloballyby6%between2005and2009．Butthoseglobalfiguresmaskasharpdeclineinreadershipinrichcountries．

Overthepastdecade，throughouttheWesternworld，peoplehavebeengivingupnewspapersandTVnewsandkeepingupwitheventsinprofoundlydifferentways．Moststrikingly,ordinarypeopleareincreasinglyinvolvedincompiling，sharing，filtering，discussinganddistributingnews．Twitterletspeopleanywherereportwhattheyareseeing．Classifieddocumentsarepublishedintheirthousandsonline．Mobile·

phonefootageofArabuprisingsandAmericantornadoesispostedonsocial-networkingsitesandshownontelevisionnewscasts．Social-networkingsiteshelppeoplefind，discussandsharenewswiththeirfriends．

Anditisnotjustreaderswhoarechallengingthemediaelite．TechnologyfirmsincludingGoogle，FacebookandTwitterhavebecomeimportantconduitsofnews．Celebritiesandworldleaderspublishupdatesdirectlyviasocialnetworks；

manycountriesnowmakerawdataavailablethrough“opengovernment”initiatives．Theinternetletspeoplereadnewspapersorwatchtelevisionchannelsfromaroundtheworld．Thewebhasallowednewprovidersofnews，fromindividualbloggerstosites，torisetoprominenceinaveryshortspaceoftime．Andithasmadepossibleentirelynewapproachestojournalism，suchasthatpracticedbyWikiLeaks，whichprovidesananonymouswayforwhistleblowerstopublishdocuments．Thenewsagendaisnolongercontrolledbyafewpressbaronsandstateoutlets．

Inprinciple，everyliberalshouldcelebratethis．Amoreparticipatoryandsocialnewsenvironment，witharemarkablediversityandrangeofnewssources，isagoodthing．Thetransformationofthenewsbusinessisunstoppable，andattemptstoreverseitaredoomedtofailure．Asproducersofnewjournalism，individualscanbescrupulouswithfactsandtransparentwiththeirsources．Asconsumers，theycanbegeneralintheirtastesanddemandingintheirstandards．Andalthoughthistransformationdoesraiseconcerns，thereismuchtocelebrateinthenoisy,diverse，vociferous，argumentativeandstridentlyaliveenvironmentofthenewsbusiness

intheagesoftheinternet．Thecoffeehouseisback．Enjoyit．

11．Accordingtothepassage，whatinitiatedthetransformationofcoffee-housenewstomass-medianews?

A．Theemergenceofbigmassmediafirms．

B．Thepopularityofradioandtelevision．

C．Theappearanceofadvertisinginnewspapers．

D．Theincreasingnumberofnewspaperreaders．

12．Whichofthefollowingstatementsbestsupports“Now,theHewsindustryisreturningtosomethingclosertothecoffeehouse”?

ANewspapercirculationrosegloballyby6％between2005and2009．

B．PeopleintheWesternworldaregivingupnewspapersandTVnews．

C．Classifieddocumentsarepublishedintheirthousandsonline．

D．Morepeopleareinvolvedinfinding，discussinganddistributingnews．

13．Accordingtothepassage，whichisNOTaroleplayedbyinformationtechnology?

A．Challengingthetraditionalmedia．

B．Planningthereturntocoffee-housenews．

C．Providingpeoplewithaccesstoclassifiedfiles．

D．Givingordinarypeoplethech