【正文】 英語專業(yè)八級(jí)模擬試題七 —— TEM8 Exercise 07 PAPER ONE PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION(40 MIN.) In Section A, B and C you will hear everything ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response to each question on the Colored Answer Sheet. SECTION A TALK Question 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section. At the end of the talk you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the talk. 1. Children in Britain will normally e to the age of _______ when they finish their primary school education. A. seven B. five C. ten D. eleven 2. Compulsory education in Britain is ________. A. from 7 to 11 B. from 5 to 16 C. from 4 to 16 D. from 5 to 15 3. The secondary education requires children to learn some foreign languages, but the first foreign languages is ________. A. German B. Italian C. Spanish D. French 4. Students who wish to go on college will have to take a twoleveled _______. A. General College Examinations B. General Course Examinations C. General Certificate Examinations D. General Compulsory Examinations 5. When you are a student at university, the state will pay for the cost of ________. A. your study only B. your living on campus only C. your study and living on campus D. your acmodation SECTION B CONVERSATION OR INTERVIEW Directions: Questions 6 to 10 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview, you will be given ONE minute to answer the following questions. Now listen to the interview. 6. Actor Dallas McKennon pointed out that broadcast stations are granted a license to ______. A. entertain and advertise B. educate and advertise C. educate and entertain D. be informative and instructive 7. Dallas Mckennon said that one of the reasons he likes to act in cartoons is that ______. A. cartoons are a less violent medium B. cartoons are a violent medium C. cartoons are a more violent medium D. cartoons are an educative medium 8. Dallas Mckennon said that for cartoons, actors are selected ________. A. for the way they look, not the the way they sound B. both for the way they look and the way they sound C. for the way they sound, not the way they look D. both for the way they act their roles and the way they look 9. In talking about his career in Hollywood, Dallas Mckennon said that his work has been ________. A. exclusively in cartoons B. only in Disney feature films C. mainly in cartoons and in scientific films D. both in cartoons and in scientific films 10. According to Dallas Mckennon, the old way of making cartoons was to _________. A. do the drawings first, and then have the actors record the sound B. photograph the actors first, and then do the drawings C. record the sound first, and then photograph the actors D. find the actors first and then have the record the sound SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following news. At the end of the news items you will be given 45 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. 11. Bill Clinton confessed his inappropriate relation with Miss Lewinsky _______. A. before a grand jury B. in a live television broadcast C. via closed circuit D. in a US courthouse 12. Bill Clinton made the stunning admission hoping that ________. A. he would not be charged B. the case against him would end sooner C. he could be pardoned by the Grand Jury D. the Americans would five his fault 13. Which of the following statements is true? A. Clinton and Lewinsky intended to conceal the whole affair. B. Clinton39。s live television broadcast lasted several hours. C. The Grand Jury could obtain the testimony of Clinton near White House. D. Clinton again admitted his relation with Lewinsky through closed circuit television. Directions: Questions 14 to 15 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. 14. According to President Boris Yeltsin, __________. A. immediate measures should be taken to avoid the potential social unrest B. the Parliament should take urgent steps to improve the economy C. the International Moary Fund Team will appropriate more funds to his country D. the Parliament should consider a package of proposals for improving the economy 15. How did President Yeltsin respond to the economic woes in his country? A. Stagnant. B. Anemic. C. Anxious. D. Impatient. SECTION D NOTETAKING AND GAPFILLING Directions: In this section you will hear a minilecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the lecture, take notes on the important points,. Your notes will be marked but it is important that you yourself can understand them because you will need the information to plete a gapfilling task on a separate answer sheet after Part II. Proof Reading And Error Correction. Comets A et is an object that resembles a fuzzy (16) and travels along a definite path through the solar system. Some of the brightest ets develop a long shining (17) when they e near the sun. Most ets cannot be seen without a (18). Some are visible to the unaided eye, but only for several weeks or months when they pass (19) to the sun. Halley39。s Comet is probably the best known et. In 1973, Comet Kohoutek became the first et to be (20) by men in space. Astronauts in the Skylab space station (21) it and so provided much new information about ets. People used to believe the ing of a et would lead to a (22), such as a war or an epidemic. Halley39。s Comet revived these (23) in 1910, but the earth passed through the ets tail with no apparent harm. The pressure of the sun39。s light may push the (24) dust particles and gas molecules away from the a, forming one or more tails. This pressure makes a et39。s