高校英语专业八级考试大纲(2005新大纲)

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英语专业八级考试大纲(修订本)

英语专业八级考试大纲(修订本)总则国家教委<高等学校英语专业高年级英语教学大纲)规定，高等学校英语专业高年级英语的教学任务是“继续打好语言基本功，进一步扩大知识面，重点应放在培养英语综合技能，充实文化知识，提高交际能力上。

” 同时，<大纲)也指出，“大纲的执行情况主要通过统一测试进行检查。

”“测试和评分应力求尽快达到标准化和电脑化，使其具有科学性、客观性和可行性。

”根据(大纲)中的上述规定，英语专业八级考试大纲规定了以下原则及考试内容：一、考试目的：本考试的目的是检查大纲的执行情况，特别是大纲所规定的八级水严所要达到的综合语言技能和交际能力，藉以促进大纲的进一步贯彻，提高教学质量。

二、考试的性质与范围：本考试是一种测试应试者单项和综合语言能力的尺度参照性水平考试。

考试的范围包括大纲所规定的听、读、写、译四个方面的技能。

由于大规模口试的条件目前尚不具备，所以有关“说”的技能暂缓测试。

三、考试时间与命题：英语专业八级考试于每年3月份举行。

由英语专业学生八级考试命题小组负责命题与实施。

四、考试形式：为了较好地考核学生运用语言技能的综合能力，既照顾到科学性、客观性，又照顾到可行性及高级英语水平测试的特点，本考试的形式采取客观试题与主观试题相结合，单项技能测试与综合技能测试相结合的方法。

从总体上来说，客观试题占总分的百分之四十，主观试题占总分的百分之六十。

客观试题与主观试题在各项试题中的具体分布见“考试内容一览表。

”五、考试内容：本考试包括五个部分：听力理解，校对与改错，阅读理解，翻译，写作。

该五部分分成两份试卷。

试卷一(PaperOne)包括前三部分；试卷二(PaperTwo)包括后两部分。

I．听力理解(PartI：Listening Comprehension)测试要求：(a)能听懂交际场合中各种英语会话和讲话。

(b)能听懂VOA或BBC节目中有关政治、经济、文化教育、科技等方面的记者现场报道。

专八考试介绍PPT课件

structure with clearly stated main ideas and sufficient supporting details 3.no errors of voc, spelling, punctuation, syntax e the language with appropriacy. (collocation) E.g. learn knowledge, touch society 5.No difficulty is experienced by the reader
6. 53 12. 50 8. 26 3. 91 6. 06 7. 88 7. 41 16. 68 69. 28
华理英语系八级考试情况
年份通过率平均分
2003年 97.44 67.94
2004年 97.22 70.51
2005年 97.05 71.18
2006年 95.75 66.86
英语专业八级考试命题分析与应试技巧
重要在哪里？
1。促进学习，提高综合英语能力 2。增加就业竞争力。英语专业八级的合格证
书在人才市场上具有很高的“含金量”。 3。对今后考研、出国深造有帮助。
八级学生感到最难的
note-taking (87.1%) 改错(85.6%) 人文知识（54%）
2. One Major Problem in the Process of Urbanization
3. In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary.

人文知识样题及详解—2005年英语专八大纲

补充：general linguistics, the study of the structure and development of language in general
39.Which of the folowing is NOT a compound word?
A. Landlady
A. Henry James
B. O. Henry
C. Harriet Beecher Stower
D. Mark Twain
[题解]D
（美）Henry James，著有Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl;
（美）O. Henry，短篇小说家, 真实姓名为William Sydney Porter，著有Cabbages and Kings，The Four Million；
D. In Ireland
[题解]B wales的首府为Cardiff,
Scotland的首府为Edinburgh，
Northern Ireland的首府为Belfast,
Ireland的首府为Dublin
32.Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network?
A. morphology
B. general linguistics
C. phonology
D. semantics
[题解]C
Linguistics语言学，the study of human language。包括Theoretical linguistics，Applied linguistics，Sociolinguistics，Cognitive linguistics和Historical linguistics。

八级考试大纲

• VI.写作(Part VI: Writing ) • 1.测试要求: • 能根据所给的作文题目及要求撰写各类体裁的文章，文章长度约400个单词；能做到内容充实、语言通顺、用词恰当、表达得体。 • 2.测试形式: • 本部分分为主观试题,共一个作文题目。考试时间45分钟. • 3.测试目的: • 按照<<大纲>>的要求测试学生的写作能力.
• 英语专业八级答题和计分 • 填空、改错、翻译和作文做在规定的主观题答题卷上.多项选择题的答案写在客观题答题卷上.凡是写在试题册上的一律无效,予以作废. • 试卷各部分采用记权方式折算成百分制.以 60分为及格标准. • 试卷的题型、题数、计分、比重和时间列表如下:
• 试卷评分办法试卷各部分采用记权的办法，折算成百分制。以60 分为及格标准。 1 、听力25分钟A)主观题10题，10分，B) C)客观题各5题，共10分。 2 、阅读30分钟客观题20题，20分 3 ．人文知识10分钟，客观题，10题，10分 4 ．改错15分钟，10题，10分 5 ．翻译时间60分钟。中英互译，各一题，各10分 6 ．写作时间45分钟，主观题， 20分总计 185 分钟。
• 近读报纸，对国内名片和请柬的议论颇多，于是想起客居巴黎时经常见到的法国人手中的名片和请柬，随笔记下来，似乎不无借鉴之处。 • 在巴黎，名目繁多的酒会、冷餐会是广交朋友的好机会。在这种场合陌生人相识，如果是亚洲人，他们往往开口之前先毕恭毕敬地用双手把自己的名片呈递给对方，这好像是不可缺少的礼节。然而，法国人一般却都不大主动递送名片，双方见面寒喧几句甚至海阔天空地聊一番也就各自走开。只有当双方谈话投机，希望继续交往时，才会主动掏出名片。二话不说先递名片反倒有些勉强。 • 法国人的名片讲究朴素大方，印制精美，但很少有镶金边儿的，闪光多色的或带香味儿的，名片上的字体纤细秀丽，本人的名字也不过分突出，整张纸片上空白很大，毫无拥挤不堪的感觉。

专业8级介绍（Professionallevel8Introduction）

专业8级介绍（Professional level 8 Introduction）Examination content:This examination includes six parts: listening comprehension, reading comprehension, proofreading and error correction, humanistic knowledge, translation, writing. It takes 185 minutes to start.I. listening comprehension (PartI:Listening Comprehension)Test requirements:(a) can understand all kinds of English conversation and speech in communication occasions.(b) be able to understand the political, economic, cultural, educational, technological and other special reports in the programs of VOA, BBC, CNN and other foreign media.(c) can understand the general lectures on politics, economy, history, culture, education, language, literature, science popularization and the answers after the lecture.(d) 25 minutes.Question type:The listening comprehension part uses the cloze and multiway choice questions, including three items: SectionA, SectionB, SectionC, a total of 20 questions.SectionA:Mini-lectureA lecture with 900 words and a blank figure, asking for notes while listening, and then completing the blanks. The answer time is 10 minutes. There are 10 questions in this part.SectionB:Conversation & InterviewAbout 800 words of conversation constitute, and then there are 5 multiple-choice topics.SectionC:New**roadcastAfter a number of news reports, there will be more than 5 topics.Note: each topic behind Section B&C has 10 seconds gap, and choose one of the best answers. The recording speed is about 150 words per minute.Read it once againII. Reading comprehension (PartII:ReadingComprehension)Test requirements:(a) able to read editorials, politics and book reviews in British and American newspapers and magazines, both to understand the gist and the effect, and to identify the facts and details.(b) can understand the general historical biography andliterary works, can understand its literal meaning, but also can understand its implied meaning.(c) can analyze the theme of the article ideas, whole layout, language skills and rhetoric.(D) adjust your reading speed in reading.(E) the exam time is 30 minutesQuestion type:Using multiple choice questions, choose the best answer, a few materials. Contains 3000 words. There are a number of questions behind each materials. A total of 20 questions.Speed: about 150 words per minute.Material selection: A) a wide range of topics, social, cultural, technological, economic, daily knowledge, biographies of peopleB) Genre: narration, description, exposition and argumentation, advertisements, brochures, chartIII. humanities knowledge (Part III: General Knowledge)Test requirements:A) basic understanding of the geography, history, current situation and cultural tradition of major English speakingcountriesB) with English literature knowledgeC) with English language knowledgeD) the exam time is 10 minutesQuestionsThe multiple-choice form, select a best answer. A total of 10 questions.Test range:A) social and cultural knowledge in English speaking countriesB) knowledge of English LiteratureC) English language knowledgeError correction problem (PartIV:ProofreadingandErrorCorrection)Test requirements:Ask the students to use the language knowledge to identify grammatical and rhetorical structure in the essay, and put forward the method to correct mistakes.Question type:The subject is composed of a short passage with 250 words or so. There are 10 lines marked with the title number in the passage. The 10 includes an error. Ask the students to "add", "delete" or "change one word or phrase" approaches to correct errors. The exam lasted 15 minutes. There were 10 questions.IV. translation (Part V:Translation)Test requirements:The translation project requires examinees to use the translation theory and techniques of translation of Chinese newspapers and magazines of this paper and the situation of our country, and excerpts of general literary works. The speed is about 250-300 Chinese characters per hour. Translation must be faithful and idiomatic.English Chinese translation requires candidates to apply the theory and skills of English to Chinese translation,The translation of British and American newspapers and magazines related to politics, economy, history, culture and other aspects of the paper and excerpts of literary works. The speed is about 250-300 words per hour. Translation requires faithfulness, fluency and fluency.Question type:The subject is divided into two items: SectionA and SectionB. The exam lasted 60 minutes.SectionA:A 150 words or so paragraphs are drawn off the bottom line. The paragraph is required to be translated into English according to the context.SectionB:B 150 words or so paragraphs are drawn off the bottom line. The paragraph is required to be translated into Chinese according to the context.V. writing (Part VI:Writing)Test requirements:Students should be able to according to the topic and need to write an article about 400 words expository or argumentative. The composition must be fluent in language, reasonable in wording, reasonable in structure, appropriate in style and persuasive.Question type:Asking candidates to write articles by topic. The exam time is 45 minutes.TEM 8 answer and scoringEach part of the examination paper adopts the right of record,and the system is converted into hundreds. 60 is the passing standard.1. hearing 25 minutes A) subjective questions 10, 10, B) C objective questions each 5 questions, a total of 10 points.2. read 30 minutes of objective questions 20, 20 points3. humanities knowledge 10 minutes, objective questions, 10 questions, 10 points4. mistakes in 15 minutes, 10, 105. translation time 60 minutes. Chinese and English translation, each question, each 10 points6. writing time 45 minutes, subjective questions, 20 pointsA total of 185 minutes.TEM8 listening comprehension course1. preview questionsIn the TEM8 test, there is a short note printed on the test paper and recorded on the tape in front of the hearing, which requires the examinee to answer questions. If you are familiar with this, you can use this time to quickly preview the some problems (the former three parts have five problems), do have a direction of understanding the listening content before listening to the answer, to a certain extent. For example, when we see thefollowing question, we can know that the whole recording is probably related to gambling.The development of the gambling compulsion can be described as beingA. gradualB. slowC. periodicD. radicalOnce we have information about a material and gambling will hear after that, the brain naturally start some of our store on gambling scene, so almost An army marches on its stomach. position, which is part of the initiative rests in the hands of candidates. On the contrary, if we do not preview the questions, we may know that the central issue is gambling after listening to 1/3 of all the materials. That's the importance of preview. Not only that, we can also use the extra answer time to achieve the purpose of preview. Between the question and the question generally has 15 seconds answer time, if the examinee only uses 5 seconds to do the first question, then the remaining 10 seconds can be used to preview second questions, third questions and so on. Of the four parts of the TEM8 listening test, only fourth of the candidates can't preview it, because the examinee is sent to the part of the answer after the completion of the record, that is, ANSWER SHEET ONE.2. you shall be carefulYou seem to be a topic but it is a commonplace talk of an old scholar, a very important problem. Here I do not mean the candidates completely cannot read, but due to the core topic is not careful and can not catch the problem. Let's take a look at the next question:The modern electronic anti-noise devicesA. are an update version of the traditional methods.B. share similarities with the traditional methods.C. are as inefficient as the traditional methods.D. are based on an entirely new working principle.The core of the above problem is to understand the definition of modern electronic anti-noise devices (Modern anti noise electronic device),而不仅仅是抗噪音电子器件（抗噪音电子装置），更不是一般的防噪音设备（抗噪音装置）。

专业英语八级考试大纲.doc

高校英语专业八级考试大纲(修订本)总则国家教委V高等学校英语专业高年级英语教学人纲)规定，高等学校英语专业高年级英语的教学任务是“继续打好语言基本功，进一步扩大知识而，重点应放在培养英语综合技能，充实文化知识，提高交际能力上。

”同吋，V大纲)也指出，“大纲的执行情况主要通过统一•测试进行检查。

”“测试和评分应力求尽快达到标准化和电脑化，使其具有科学性、客观性和可行性。

” 根据(大纲)屮的上述规定，英语专业八级考试大纲规定了以下原则及考试内容：一、考试目的：本考试的n的是检査大纲的执行情况，特别是大纲所规定的八级水严所要达到的综合语言技能和交际能力，藉以促进大纲的进一步贯彻，提高教学质量。

二、考试的性质与范围：本考试是一种测试应试者单项和综合语言能力的尺度参照性水平考试。

考试的范围包括大纲所规定的听、读、写、译四个方而的技能。

由于大规模口试的条件H 前尚不具备，所以有关“说”的技能暂缓测试。

三、考试时间与命题：英语专业八级考试于每年3月份举行。

由英语专业学生八级考试命题小组负责命题与实施。

从总体上来说，客观试题占总分的百分之四十，主观试题占总分的百分之六十。

客观试题与主观试题在各项试题小的具体分布见“考试内容一览表。

”五、考试内容：本考试包扌匸五个部分：听力理解，校对与改错，阅读理解，翻译，写作。

该五部分分成两份试卷。

试卷一-(Paper One)包括前三部分；试卷二(PaperTwo)包括后两部分。

I.听力理解(Part I： Listening Comprehension)测试要求：⑷能听懂交际场合屮各种英语会话和讲话。

(b)能听懂VOA或BBC节用屮有关政治、经济、文化教育、科技等方面的记者现场报道。

全国高校英语专业八级大纲

全国高校英语专业八级大纲Diving into the depths of linguistic prowess, the National College English Major Level 8 syllabus is a comprehensive guide that sets the bar high for English language proficiency among university students. This syllabus is not just a collection of words and phrases; it's a roadmap to mastery, a beacon for those who aspire to excel in the world of English communication. It encompasses a wide array of competencies, from the intricate nuances of grammar to the eloquence of public speaking, ensuring that graduates are not only fluent but also culturally literate and ready to engage with the global community.The syllabus is meticulously crafted to challenge students with advanced reading materials that span from classic literature to contemporary thought pieces, demanding a critical understanding and analytical skills. It pushes the boundaries of listening comprehension with a variety of accents and dialects, preparing students for the diverse tapestry of English-speaking cultures. Speaking and writing components are rigorously tested, with an emphasis on originality, coherence, and the ability to articulate complex ideas with clarity and conviction.Moreover, the syllabus incorporates a strong focus on translation skills, a testament to the importance of bridging linguistic and cultural gaps. It encourages students to think on their feet, to adapt, and to convey meaning accurately andelegantly. The inclusion of a wide range of vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and phrasal verbs ensures that students are equipped to navigate the subtleties of the English language with confidence.In essence, the National College English Major Level 8 syllabus is a testament to the dedication and ambition of students who seek to not only learn a language but to immerse themselves in its rich tapestry of expression and communication. It is a gateway to a world of opportunities, where linguistic excellence is the key to unlocking doors to international dialogue, academic achievement, and professional success.。

2005_专八真题_附带答案解析

2005年英语专业八级考试试题原题及参考答案2005年03月06日TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS(2005)-GRADE EIGHTPARTI LISTENING COMPREHENSION(30MIN) SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear amini-lecture.You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY.While listening,take notes on the important points.Yournotes will not be marked,but you will need them to complete agap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over,youwill be given two minutes to check your notes,and another ten minutesto complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET e the blanksheet for note-taking.Writing a Research PaperI.Research Papers and Ordinary Essay A.Similarity in(1)__________:e.g.—choosing a topic—asking questions—identifying the audienceB.Difference mainly in terms of(2)___________1.research papers:printed sources2.ordinary essay:ideas in one's(3) ___________II.Types and Characteristics of Research PapersA.Number of basic types:twoB.Characteristics:1.survey-type paper:—to gather(4)___________—to quote—to(5)_____________—to question,etc.b.(7)_________varies with the topic, e.g.—to recommend an action,etc.324III.How to Choose a Topic for a Research PaperIn choosing a topic,it is important to (8)__________.Question No.1:your familiarity with the topicQuestion No.2:Availability of relevant information on the chosentopicQuestion No.3:Narrowing the topic down to(9)_________Question No.4:Asking questions about (10)___________The questions help us to work out way into the topic and discover itspossibilities.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.Listen carefullyand then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer toeach question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions1to5are based on an interview. At the end of the interviewyou will be given10seconds to answer each of the following fivequestions.Now listen to the interview.1.What is the purpose of Professor McKay's report?A.To look into the mental health of old people.B.To explain why people have negative views on old age.C.To help correct some false beliefsProfessor McKay's view?A.People change in old age a lot more than at the age of21.B.There are as many sick people in old age as in middle age.C.We should not expect more physical illness among old people.D.We should not expect to find old people unattractive as a group.3.According to Professor McKay's report,A.family love is gradually disappearing.B.it is hard to comment on family feeling.C.more children are indifferent to their parents.D.family love remains as strong as ever.4.Professor McKay is________towards the tendency of more parents325living apart from their children.A.negativeB.positiveC.ambiguousD.neutral5.The only popular belief that Professor McKay is unable to provideevidence against isA.old-age sickness.B.loose family ties.C.poor mental abilities.D.difficulities in maths.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.Listen carefullyand then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer toeach question on your coloured answer sheet.news.6.Scientists in Brazil have used frog skin toA.eliminate bacteria.B.treat burns.C.Speed up recovery.D.reduce treatment cost.Question7is based on the following news. At the end of the news item,you will be given10seconds to answer the question.Now listen to thenews.7.What is NOT a feature of the new karaoke machine?A.It is featured by high technology.B.It allows you to imitate famous singers.C.It can automatically alter the tempo and tone of a song.D.It can be placed in specially designed theme rooms.Question8is based on the following news. At the end of the news item,you will be given10seconds to answer the question.Now listen to thenews.3268.China's Internet users had reached _________by the end of June.A.68millionB.8.9millionC.10millionD. 1.5millionQuestion9and10are based on the following news.At the end of thenews item,you will be given20seconds to answer the question.Nowlisten to the news.9.According to the WTO,Chinese exports rose_________last year.10.According to the news,which trading nation in the top10hasreported a5per cent fall in exports?A.The UK.B.The US.C.Japan.D.Germany.PART II READING COMPREHENSION(30MIN) TEXT AI remember meeting him one evening with his pushcart.I had managedto sell all my papers and was coming home in the snow.It was that strangehour in downtown New York when the workers were pouring homeward inthe twilight.I marched among thousands of tired men and women whomthe factory whistles had unyoked.They flowed in rivers through theclothing factory districts,then down along the avenues to the EastSide.I met my father near Cooper Union.I recognized him,a hunched,frozen figure in an old overcoat standing by a banana cart.He looked so lonely,the tears came to my eyes.Then he saw me,and his face lit with hissad,beautiful smile-Charlie Chaplin's smile."Arch,it's Mikey,"he said."So you have sold your papers!Come and327eat a banana."He offered me one.I refused it.I felt it crucial that my father sellhis bananas,not give them away.He thought I was shy,and coaxed andjoked with me,and made me eat the banana. It smelled of wet straw and"What can I do?No one seems to want them."It was true.The work crowds pushed home morosely over the pavements.The rusty sky darkened over New York building,the tall street lampswere lit,innumerable trucks,street cars and elevated trains clattered by.Nobody and nothing in the great city stopped for my father'sbananas."I ought to yell,"said my father dolefully."I ought to make a bignoise like other peddlers,but it makes my throat sore.Anyway,I'mashamed of yelling,it makes me feel like a fool."I had eaten one of his bananas.My sick conscience told me that I oughtto pay for it somehow.I must remain here and help my father."I'll yell for you,pop,"I volunteered. "Arch,no,"he said,"go home;you have worked enough today.Just tellmomma I'll be late."But I yelled and yelled.My father, standing by,spoke occasional wordsof praise,and said I was a wonderful yeller.Nobody else paid attention. The workers drifted past us wearily, endlessly;a defeated army wrappedin dreams of home.Elevated trains crashed;the Cooper Union clockburned above us;the sky grew black,the wind poured,the slush burnedthrough our shoes.There were thousands of strange,silent figurespouring over the sidewalks in snow.None of them stopped to buy bananas.I yelled and yelled,nobody listened.today!Let's go home."I was frantic,and almost in tears.I insisted on keeping up my desperate yells.But at last my father persuaded me to leave with him.11."unyoked"in the first paragraph is closest in meaning toA.sent outB.releasedC.dispatched328D.removed12.Which of the following in the first paragraph does NOT indicatedcrowds of people?A.Thousands ofB.FlowedC.PouringD.Unyoked13.Which of the following is intended to be a pair of contrast in the passage?A.Huge crowds and lonely individuals.B.Weather conditions and street lamps.C.Clattering trains and peddlers' yells.D.Moving crowds and street traffic.14.Which of the following words is NOT suitable to describe thecharacter of the son?passionateB.ResponsibleC.ShyD.Determined15.What is the theme of the story?A.The misery of the factory workers.B.How to survive in a harsh environment.C.Generation gap between the father and the son.D.Love between the father and the son.C.AppreciativeD.Difficult to tellTEXT B提示：原文出自美国时代杂志（TIME）日期Jan.29, 2001文章标题No Fall Insurance作者AN K.SMITH, M.D.329When former President Ronald Reagan fell and broke his hip two weeksago,he joined a group of more than 350,000elderly Americans whofracture their hips each year.At89and suffering from advancedAlzheimer's disease,Reagan is in one of the highest-risk groups forthis type of accident.The incidence of hip fractures not only increasesafter age50but doubles every five to six years as the risk of falling increases.Slipping and tumbling are not the only causes of hipfractures;weakened bones sometimes break spontaneously.But fallingis the major cause,representing90%of all hip fractures.These......17.The following are all specific measures to guard against injurieswith the EXCEPTION ofA.removal of throw rugs.B.easy access to devicesC.installation of grab barsD.re-arrangement of furniture18.In which paragraph does the author state his purpose of writing?A.The third paragraphB.The first paragraphC.The last paragraphfracturesB.emphasize the importance of health precautionsC.discuss the seriousness of hip fractures.D.identify the causes of hip fractures. TEXT C提示：原文同2003年专八英译汉翻译试题相同In his classic novel,"The Pioneers", James Fenimore Cooper has hishero,a land developer,take his cousin on a tour of the city he isbuilding.He describes the broad streets, rows of houses,a teemingmetropolis.But his cousin looks around bewildered.All she sees isa forest."Where are the beauties and improvements which you were to330show me?"she asks.He's astonished she can't see them."Where!Everywhere,"he replies.For though they are not yet built on earth,he has built them in his mind,and they as concrete to him as if theywere already constructed and finished. Cooper was illustrating a distinctly American trait,future-mindedness:the ability to see the present from the vantage point of the future;the freedom to feel unencumbered by the past and more emotionallyattached to things to come.As Albert Einstein once said,"Life forthe American is always becoming,never being."......20.The third paragraph examines America's future-mindedness from the_________perspective.21.According to the passage,which of the following is NOT broughtabout by future-mindedness?A.Economic stagnationB.Environmental destructionC.High divorce ratesD.Neglect of history22.The word"pooh-pooh"in the sixth paragraph meansA.appreciateB.praiseC.shunD.ridicule23.According to the passage,people at present can forecast________of a new round of future-mindedness.A.the natureB.the locationC.the varietyD.the features24.The author predicts in the last paragraph that the study of331future-mindedness will focus onA.how it comes into beingB.how it functionsC.what it brings aboutD.what it is related to.TEXT D25.The phrase"men's sureness of their sex role"in the first paragraph suggests that theyA.are confident in their ability to charm women.B.take the initiative in courtship.C.have a clear idea of what is considered "manly".D.tend to be more immoral than women are.26.The third paragraph does NOT claim that menC.doubt whether women really mean to succeed in business.D.forbid women to join certain clubs and societies.27.The third paragraphA.generally agrees with the first paragraphB.has no connection with the first paragraphC.repeats the argument of the second paragraphD.contradicts the last paragraph28.At the end of the last paragraph the author uses humorousexaggeration in order toA.show that men are stronger than womenB.carry further the ideas of the earliest paragraphsC.support the first sentence of the same paragraphD.disown the ideas he is expressing29.The usual idea of the cave man in the last paragraphA.is based on the study of archaeologyB.illustrates how people expect men to behaveC.is dismissed by the author as an irrelevant jokeD.proves that the man,not woman,should be the wooer33230.The opening quotation from Margaret Mead sums up a relationshipbetween man and woman which the authorA.approves ofB.argues is naturalpletely rejectsD.expects to go on changingPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE(10MIN) 31.______is the capital city of Canada.32.U.S.presidents normally serves a(an) _________term.A.two-yearB.four-year√C.six-yearD.eight-year33.Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast,U.S.?A.Huston.√B.Boston.C.Baltimore.D.Philadelphia.34.________is the state church in England.A.The Roman Catholic Church.B.The Baptist ChurchC.The Protestant ChurchD.The Church of England√注：The Church of England is theofficially established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwideAnglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion.33335.The novel Emma is written byA.Mary Shelley.B.Charlotte Bront?.C.Elizabeth C.Gaskell.D.Jane Austen.√36.Which of following is NOT a romantic poet?A.William Wordsworth.B.George Elliot.√C.George G.Byron.D.Percy B.Shelley.37.William Sidney Porter,known as O. Henry,is most famous forA.his poems.Sydney Porter(September11,1862-June5,1910),He was famous for his short stories and a masterof the surprise ending,O.Henry isremembered best for such enduring favorites as"The Gift of the Magi"and "The Ransom of Red Chief."The combination of humor and sentiment found in his stories is the basisof their universal appeal.38.Syntax is the study ofnguage functions.B.sentence structures.√C.textual organization.D.word formation.注：Definition of Syntax:a.The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentencestructure are combined to form grammatical sentences.b.A publication,such as a book,that presents such rules.c.The pattern of formation of sentencesor phrases in a language.d.Such a pattern in a particular sentence or discourse.33439.Which of the following is NOT adistinctive feature of humanlanguage?A.Arbitrariness.任意性B.Productivity.丰富性C.Cultural transmission.文化传播性D.Finiteness.局限性？注：design feature:features that definetransmission,etc.相关内容请点击查看：胡___________壮麟《语言学教程》课后答案40.The speech act theory was first put forward byA.John Searle.B.John Austin.√C.Noam Chomsky.D.M.A.K.Halliday.注：John Langshaw Austin(March28,1911-February8,1960)was aphilosopher of language,who developed much of the current theory ofspeech acts.He was born in Lancaster and educated at Balliol College,Oxford.After serving in MI6during World War II,Austin became White'sProfessor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford. He occupies a place in theBritish philosophy of language alongside Wittgenstein in staunchly advocating the examination of the way words are used in order toelucidate meaning.PART V TRANSLATION（60MIN）提示：今年专八翻译部分的选材均出自《散文佳作108篇(汉英·英汉对照)》作者：乔萍翟淑蓉宋洪玮，建议大家熟读此书。

全国英语专八考试大纲详解

全国英语专八考试大纲详解全国英语专业八级考试（TEM8）是一项对英语专业高年级学生英语水平进行综合评估的重要考试。

对于英语专业的学生来说，了解考试大纲是备考的关键。

接下来，让我们详细地解读一下全国英语专八考试大纲。

一、考试目的全国英语专八考试旨在检查英语专业四年级学生运用英语获取、理解和处理一般或与专业相关信息的能力，考核学生的语言综合运用能力、思维能力和跨文化交际能力。

二、考试形式考试采用闭卷笔试的形式，考试时间为 150 分钟。

三、考试内容1、听力理解这部分包括讲座、会话等内容。

要求考生能听懂英语国家人士关于日常生活、社会生活和学习的演讲和会话，理解大意，领会说话者的态度、感情和真实意图，并能做简要笔记。

听力材料语速为每分钟约150 个单词。

在备考听力时，考生需要多听各种英语材料，如英语广播、讲座、电影等，以提高对不同口音和语速的适应能力。

同时，练习做笔记也是非常重要的，这有助于在听完后回忆和整理信息。

2、阅读理解主要考查考生对各类体裁和题材的英语文章的理解能力。

能读懂一般英美报刊杂志上的社论和书评、英语国家出版的有一定难度的历史传记和文学作品，并能分析所读材料的思想观点、语篇结构、语言特点和修辞手法。

阅读速度为每分钟约 180 个单词。

要在阅读理解部分取得好成绩，考生需要广泛阅读各类英语文章，积累词汇和背景知识，提高阅读速度和理解能力。

同时，掌握一些阅读技巧，如快速浏览、定位关键词、推理判断等，也有助于提高答题的准确性。

3、语言知识这部分主要考查考生对语法、词汇和修辞等方面的掌握情况。

要求考生能运用语法、词汇和修辞等知识识别和改正语言错误。

对于语言知识的复习，考生需要系统地梳理英语语法知识，背诵高频词汇，并了解常见的修辞手法。

通过做练习题和分析错题，加深对知识点的理解和记忆。

4、翻译分为汉译英和英译汉两个部分。

要求考生能运用翻译理论和技巧，将涉及我国政治、经济、文化、教育、历史等方面的一般性文章或段落译成英语或汉语。

2005年英语专八试卷真题及答案

2005年英语专八试卷真题及答案Part 1, Listening ComprehensionSection A, Mini-LectureI think as seniors, you are often required by your instructors to do some library research on this topic or that. And, in the end, you have to write a research paper, right? Then what is writing a research paper like? How are we going to write one? What are the steps in producing a research paper and what are the points we need to take care of? In today's lecture, I'll try to answer these questions.First of all, what is writing a research paper like? We may start by comparing it to an ordinary essay, a form of writing you are very familiar with. Writing a research paper is much like writing an essay. Both kinds of writing involve many of the same basic steps. That is, choosing a topic, asking questions to define and develop the topic, identifying the audience, getting raw material to work with, outlining the paper, writing it, and, finally, revising it. These are the steps shared between research paper writing and essay writing.Is there any difference, you may ask. Yes. What makes a research paper different is that much of your raw material comes not from your own head, but from printed sources: mainly books and periodicals in the library. Collecting raw material, that is reading books and taking notes, is very much like the process of brainstorming at the prewriting stage of an ordinary essay.Generally speaking, there are two basic types of research papers, and a paper may belong to either type. It may be a survey of facts and opinions available on a given topic or an analytical argument that uses those facts and opinions to prove a point. Your instructor may tell you which kind of paper you are expected to write. If not, you yourself should eventually choose between surveying and arguing. You will then have a definite way of managing your sources.Now, let's take a look at how you are going to write a survey-type research paper or an argumentative research paper. In a survey-type research paper, you gather facts and a variety of opinions on a given topic. You make little attempt to interpret or evaluate what your sources say or to prove a particular point. Instead, through quotation, summary, and paraphrase, you try to providea representative sampling of facts and opinions to give an objective report on your topic. You explain the pros and cons of various attitudes or opinions, but you don't side definitely with any one of them.While in an argumentative research paper, you do considerably more. You do not simply quote, paraphrase, and summarize as you do in a survey-type paper. You interpret, question, compare, and judge the statements you cite. You explain why one opinion is sound and another is not; why one fact is relevant and another is not; why one writer is correct and another is mistaken. What's more, your purpose may vary with your topic. You may try to explain a situation to recommend a course of action, to reveal the solution to a problem, or to present and defend a particular interpretation of a historical event or a work of art. But whether the topic is space travel or trends in contemporary American literature, an argumentative research paper deals actively - I say it again, actively - with the statements it cites. It makes these statements work together in an argument that you create, that is, to an argument leading to a conclusion of your own.In the next part of the lecture, I'd like to talk about one of the basic steps in writing I mentioned earlier in the lecture. That is how to choose a topic. Choosing a topic for a research paper is in some ways like choosing a topic for an ordinary essay, but there are some differences. As you think about your topic, ask yourself these questions:Question number one: Do you really want to know more about this topic? This is the initial question you have to ask yourself, because research on any subject will keep you busy for weeks. You certainly do not wish to waste your time on something you have little interest in. You do it well only if you expect to learn something interesting or important in the process.Question number tw Are you likely to find many sources of information on this topic? You cannot write a research paper without consulting a variety of sources. If only one source or none at all is readily available, you should rethink your topic or choose another.Question number three: Can you cut the topic down to a manageable size? Be reasonable and realistic about what you can do in a short period, say, two to four weeks. If your topic is "The American Revolution", you'll scarcely have time to make a list of books on your subject, let aloneread and analyze them. So try to find something specific, such as "The Role of Thomas Jefferson in the American Revolution" or "The Franco-American Alliance"Question number four: What questions can you ask about the topic itself? Questions help you get the topic down to a manageable size, discover its possibilities, and find the goal of your research, that is, the specific problem you want to investigate. Suppose you want to write about the issue of financing a college education - A topic not only current, but also directly linked to the lives of most college students and their families. You could ask at least two or three pointed questions: How much does educational opportunity depend on financial status? Is financial aid going to the students who need it most? How much should universities and colleges charge their students? You can ask yourself these questions or more as you start work on the research paper.Okay. To sum up, in today's lecture, we've looked at some of the issues in research paper writing, like the basic steps, types of research paper, and how to choose a topic. In our next lecture, we'll concentrate on how to identify the audience, how to work out an outline, and how to edit the draft.Section B, InterviewM: Today, we've Professor McKay on our morning talk show. Good morning, Professor McKay.W: Good morning.M: I've heard that you and your team have just completed a report on old age.W: That's right.M: Could you tell me what your report is about?W: Well, the report basically looks into the various beliefs that people hold about old age and tries to verify them.M: And what do you think your report can achieve?W: We hope that it will somehow help people to change their feelings about old age. The problem is that far too many of us believe that most old people are poor, lonely, and unhappy. As a result, we tend to find old people, as a group, unattractive. And this is very dangerous for our society.M: But surely we cannot escape the fact that many old people are lonely and many are sick.W: No, we can't. But we must also remember that the proportion of such people is no greater among the 60-70 age group than among the 50-60 age group.M: In other words, there is no more mental illness, for example, among the 60s-70s than among the 50s-60s.W: Right! And why should there be? Why should we expect people to suddenly change when they reach their 60th or 60th birthday any more than they did when they reached their 21st?M: But one would expect there to be more physical illness among old people, surely.W: Why should one expect this? After all, those people who reach the age of 65 or 70 are the strong among us. The weak die mainly in childhood, then in their 40s and 50s. Furthermore, by the time people reach 60 or 65, they have learned how to look after themselves. They keep warm, sleep regular hours, and eat sensibly. Of course, some old people do suffer from physical illnesses, but these do not suddenly develop on their 65th birthday. People who are healthy in middle age tend to be healthy in old age, just as one would expect.M: Do you find that young people these days are not as concerned about their parents as their parents were about theirs?W: We have found nothing that suggests that family feeling is either dying or dead. There do not appear to be large numbers of young people who are trying, for example, to have their dear old mother locked up in a mental hospital.M: Don't many more parents live apart from their married children then used to be the case?W: True, but this is because many more young families can afford to own their own homes these days than ever before. In other words, parents and their married children usually live in separate households because they prefer it that way, not because the children refuse to have mum and dad living with them.M: Is this a good thing, do you think?W: I think that it's an excellent arrangement. We all like to keep part of our lives private, even from those we love dearly. I certainly don't think that it's a sign of the increased loneliness of old age.M: Are people's mental abilities affected by old age?W: Certain changes do take place as we grow older, but this happens throughout life. These changes are very gradual and happen at different times with different people, but, in general, if you know a person well in his middle age and have seen how he deals with events and problems, you will easily recognize him in old age.M: So that someone who enjoys new experiences, travel, education, and so on in his middle years will usually continue to do so into old age?W: Exactly. We have carried out some very interesting experiments in which a group of people aged 60-70 and a group aged 30-40 had to learn the same things. The first thing we discovered was that the young group tends to be quicker at learning than the old group. However, although the old group took longer to learn, eventually, they performed as well as the young group. And when we tested the two groups several weeks later, there was again no difference between the two groups.M: That's very interesting indeed. What else did your experiments show?W: Well, one group of old people agreed to attend evening classes for a year to study English and mathematics. In fact, most of this group became so interested in their studies that they continued them for another year. Anyway, we discovered that they did best in the English classes and that most of them steadily improved their ability to communicate in both the written and the spoken language.M: What about the group who studied mathematics?W: Well, that's a different story. There seems to be no doubt that people find maths more difficult as they grow older. Though, why this is so, I cannot say.M: Perhaps pocket calculators will solve this problem.W: I think you're right. In fact, I'm sure that you are.M: Okay. Time for a commercial. Stay tuned; we'll be right back.Section C: News ItemsQuestion 6M: Scientists in Brazil claim they've come up with a new way of treating burns. That is, with frog skin. Researchers say it is cheap and effective. The frog skin has components that diminish the growth of bacteria, making the wound heal faster and reducing the amount of time that patient has to stay in hospital. Researchers said the method had already been successfully used in some hospitals in Brazil.Question 7W: Once a source of high-pitched business activity, Japan's karaoke industry has slowed down. Japanese have less to sing about amid sustained economic problems. Karaoke firms are now striving to develop new ideas to attract cost-conscious karaoke singers. These include a new,high-tech machine that allows people to sing like famous singers and theme rooms on some of the Asian cartoon figures targeted at younger crowds. The new karaoke machine is being developed by a professor from the US Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The machine uses a technology called C-Sound that automatically adjusts the speed and tone of any song being played to match the tempo and key the singer is using. The tempo can be adjusted manually on conventional karaoke machines, but the new product is the first machine to do it automatically.Question 8M: The China Internet Network Information Center said this week that the nation's online community is expanding at a rapid pace, with 8.9 million users added in the first half of the year, from January to June. China's Internet population hit 68 million by the end of June, the world's second-largest figure after the United States. The figure was 10 million at the end of 2000 and 1.5 million in 1997. "Cyberspace is a force to be reckoned with in China," said Chen Hua Lin, a senior Internet analyst at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Netizens between the ages of 18 and 30 are the driving force. They spend 13 hours every week surfing the Internet, on average. Their major purpose is obtaining information or having fun. At the same time, only 0.2 percent listed onlineshopping, e-business, and online learning as their main activity. As the number of China's Internet users grows, so does the junk mail. 8.3 e-mails out of 16.TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2005) -GRADE EIGHT-PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)SECTION 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 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.Writing a Research PaperI. Research Papers and Ordinary EssayA. Similarity in (1) __________:e.g. -choosing a topic-asking questions-identifying the audienceB. Difference mainly in terms of (2) ___________1. research papers: printed sources2. ordinary essay: ideas in one's (3) ___________II. Types and Characteristics of Research PapersA. Number of basic types: twoB. Characteristics:1. survey-type paper:-to gather (4) ___________-to quote-to (5) _____________The writer should be (6) ___________.2. argumentative (research) paper:a. The writer should do more, e.g.-to interpret-to question, etc.b. (7) _________varies with the topic, e.g.-to recommend an action, etc.III. How to Choose a Topic for a Research PaperIn choosing a topic, it is important to (8) __________.Question No. 1: your familiarity with the topicQuestion No. 2: Availability of relevant information on the chosen topicQuestion No. 3: Narrowing the topic down to (9) _________Question No. 4: Asking questions about (10) ___________The questions help us to work out way into the topic and discover its possibilities.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.1. What is the purpose of Professor McKay's report?A. To look into the mental health of old people.B. To explain why people have negative views on old age.C. To help correct some false beliefs about old age.D. To identify the various problems of old age2. Which of the following is NOT Professor McKay's view?A. People change in old age a lot more than at the age of 21.B. There are as many sick people in old age as in middle age.C. We should not expect more physical illness among old people.D. We should not expect to find old people unattractive as a group.3. According to Professor McKay's report,A. family love is gradually disappearing.B. it is hard to comment on family feeling.C. more children are indifferent to their parents.D. family love remains as strong as ever.4. Professor McKay is ________ towards the tendency of more parents living apart from their children.A. negativeB. positiveC. ambiguousD. neutral5. The only popular belief that Professor McKay is unable to provide evidence against isA. old-age sickness.B. loose family ties.C. poor mental abilities.D. difficulities in maths.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.6. Scientists in Brazil have used frog skin toA. eliminate bacteria.B. treat burns.C. Speed up recovery.D. reduce treatment cost.Question 7 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.7. What is NOT a feature of the new karaoke machine?A. It is featured by high technology.B. It allows you to imitate famous singers.C. It can automatically alter the tempo and tone of a song.D. It can be placed in specially designed theme rooms.Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.8. China's Internet users had reached _________ by the end of June.A. 68 millionB. 8.9 millionC. 10 millionD. 1.5 millionQuestion 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.9. According to the WTO, Chinese exports rose _________ last year.A. 21%B. 10%C. 22%D. 4.7310. According to the news, which trading nation in the top 10 has reported a 5 per cent fall in exports?A. The UK.B. The US.C. Japan.D. Germany.PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)TEXT AI remember meeting him one evening with his pushcart. I had managed to sell all my papers and was coming home in the snow. It was that strange hour in downtown New York when the workers were pouring homeward in the twilight. I marched among thousands of tired men and women whom the factory whistles had unyoked. They flowed in rivers through the clothing factory districts, then down along the avenues to the East Side.I met my father near Cooper Union. I recognized him, a hunched, frozen figure in an old overcoat standing by a banana cart. He looked so lonely, the tears came to my eyes. Then he saw me, and his face lit with his sad, beautiful smile -Charlie Chaplin's smile."Arch, it's Mikey," he said. "So you have sold your papers! Come and eat a banana."He offered me one. I refused it. I felt it crucial that my father sell his bananas, not give them away. He thought I was shy, and coaxed and joked with me, and made me eat the banana. It smelled of wet straw and snow."You haven't sold many bananas today, pop," I said anxiously.He shrugged his shoulders."What can I do? No one seems to want them."It was true. The work crowds pushed home morosely over the pavements. The rusty sky darkened over New York building, the tall street lamps were lit, innumerable trucks, street cars and elevated trains clattered by. Nobody and nothing in the great city stopped for my father's bananas."I ought to yell," said my father dolefully. "I ought to make a big noise like other peddlers, but it makes my throat sore. Anyway, I'm ashamed of yelling, it makes me feel like a fool. "I had eaten one of his bananas. My sick conscience told me that I ought to pay for it somehow. I must remain here and help my father."I'll yell for you, pop," I volunteered."Arch, no," he said, "go home; you have worked enough today. Just tell momma I'll be late."But I yelled and yelled. My father, standing by, spoke occasional words of praise, and said I was a wonderful yeller. Nobody else paid attention. The workers drifted past us wearily, endlessly; a defeated army wrapped in dreams of home. Elevated trains crashed; the Cooper Union clock burned above us; the sky grew black, the wind poured, the slush burned through our shoes. There were thousands of strange, silent figures pouring over the sidewalks in snow. None of them stopped to buy bananas. I yelled and yelled, nobody listened.My father tried to stop me at last. "Nu," he said smiling to console me, "that was wonderful yelling.Mikey. But it's plain we are unlucky today! Let's go home."I was frantic, and almost in tears. I insisted on keeping up my desperate yells. But at last my father persuaded me to leave with him.11. "unyoked" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning toA. sent outB. releasedC. dispatchedD. removed12. Which of the following in the first paragraph does NOT indicated crowds of people?A.Thousands ofB. FlowedC. PouringD. Unyoked13. Which of the following is intended to be a pair of contrast in the passage?A. Huge crowds and lonely individuals.B. Weather conditions and street lamps.C. Clattering trains and peddlers' yells.D. Moving crowds and street traffic.14. Which of the following words is NOT suitable to describe the character of the son?A. CompassionateB. ResponsibleC. ShyD. Determined15. What is the theme of the story?A. The misery of the factory workers.B. How to survive in a harsh environment.C. Generation gap between the father and the son.D. Love between the father and the son.16. What is the author's attitude towards the father and the son?A. IndifferentB. SympatheticC. AppreciativeD. Difficult to tellTEXT B提示：原文出自美国时代杂志（TIME）日期Jan. 29, 2001文章标题No Fall Insurance 作者AN K. SMITH, M.D.When former President Ronald Reagan fell and broke his hip two weeks ago, he joined a group of more than 350,000 elderly Americans who fracture their hips each year. At 89 and suffering from advanced Alzheimer's disease, Reagan is in one of the highest-risk groups for this type of accident. The incidence of hip fractures not only increases after age 50 but doubles every five to six years as the risk of falling increases. Slipping and tumbling are not the only causes of hip fractures; weakened bones sometimes break spontaneously. But falling is the major cause, representing 90% of all hip fractures. These... ...17. The following are all specific measures to guard against injuries with the EXCEPTION ofA. removal of throw rugs.B. easy access to devicesC. installation of grab barsD. re-arrangement of furniture18. In which paragraph does the author state his purpose of writing?A. The third paragraphB. The first paragraphC. The last paragraphD. The last but one paragraph19. The main purpose of the passage is toA. offer advice on how to prevent hip fracturesB. emphasize the importance of health precautionsC. discuss the seriousness of hip fractures.D. identify the causes of hip fractures.TEXT C提示：原文同2003年专八英译汉翻译试题相同In his classic novel, "The Pioneers", James Fenimore Cooper has his hero, a land developer, take his cousin on a tour of the city he is building. He describes the broad streets, rows of houses, a teeming metropolis. But his cousin looks around bewildered. All she sees is a forest. "Where are the beauties and improvements which you were to show me?" she asks. He's astonished she can't see them. "Where! Everywhere," he replies. For though they are not yet built on earth, he has built them in his mind, and they as concrete to him as if they were already constructed and finished.Cooper was illustrating a distinctly American trait, future-mindedness: the ability to see the present from the vantage point of the future; the freedom to feel unencumbered by the past and more emotionally attached to things to come. As Albert Einstein once said, "Life for the American is always becoming, never being."... ...20. The third paragraph examines America's future-mindedness from the _________ perspective.A. futureB. realisticC. historicalD. present21. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT brought about by future-mindedness?A. Economic stagnationB. Environmental destructionC. High divorce ratesD. Neglect of history22. The word "pooh-pooh" in the sixth paragraph meansA. appreciateB. praiseC. shunD. ridicule23. According to the passage, people at present can forecast ________ of a new round of future-mindedness.A. the natureB. the locationC. the varietyD. the features24. The author predicts in the last paragraph that the study of future-mindedness will focus onA. how it comes into beingB. how it functionsC. what it brings aboutD. what it is related to.TEXT D25. The phrase "men's sureness of their sex role" in the first paragraph suggests that theyA. are confident in their ability to charm women.B. take the initiative in courtship.C. have a clear idea of what is considered "manly".D. tend to be more immoral than women are.26. The third paragraph does NOT claim that menA. prevent women from taking up certain professions.B. secretly admire women's intellect and resolution.C. doubt whether women really mean to succeed in business.D. forbid women to join certain clubs and societies.27. The third paragraphA. generally agrees with the first paragraphB. has no connection with the first paragraphC. repeats the argument of the second paragraphD. contradicts the last paragraph28. At the end of the last paragraph the author uses humorous exaggeration in order toA. show that men are stronger than womenB. carry further the ideas of the earliest paragraphsC. support the first sentence of the same paragraphD. disown the ideas he is expressing29. The usual idea of the cave man in the last paragraphA. is based on the study of archaeologyB. illustrates how people expect men to behaveC. is dismissed by the author as an irrelevant jokeD. proves that the man, not woman, should be the wooer30. The opening quotation from Margaret Mead sums up a relationship between man and woman which the authorA. approves ofB. argues is naturalC. completely rejectsD. expects to go on changingPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)31. ______ is the capital city of Canada.A. VancouverB. OttawaC. MontrealD. York32. U.S. presidents normally serves a (an) _________term.A. two-yearB. four-yearC. six-yearD. eight-year33. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A. Huston.B. Boston.C. Baltimore.D. Philadelphia.34. ________ is the state church in England.A. The Roman Catholic Church.B. The Baptist ChurchC. The Protestant ChurchD. The Church of England注：The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion.35. The novel Emma is written byA. Mary Shelley.B. Charlotte Brontë.C. Elizabeth C. Gaskell.D. Jane Austen.36. Which of following is NOT a romantic poet?A. William Wordsworth.B. George Elliot.C. George G. Byron.D. Percy B. Shelley.37. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous forA. his poems.B. his plays.C. his short stories.D. his novels注：O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910), He was famous for his short stories and a master of the surprise ending, O. Henry is remembered best for such enduring favorites as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief." The combination of humor and sentiment found in his stories is the basis of their universal appeal.38. Syntax is the study ofA. language functions.B. sentence structures.C. textual organization.D. word formation.注：Definition of Syntax:a. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences.b. A publication, such as a book, that presents such rules.。

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2.3 概括总结题型
在理解讲座原话的基础上进行概括、总结；对逻辑思维能力和通篇理解力是一种考验
III. Art as reflection of religious beliefs A……. B……. C. Africa and the Pacific Islands: masks, headdress and costumes in special ceremonies Purpose: to seek the help of __(6)____ to protect crops, animals and people.
Giving examples 举例
讲座的结构实例分析 ——2008 (3)
Summary 总结
• “Now, to sum up, in today‟s lecture, we have reviewed some of the reasons…”
Closing 收尾
• “OK, this brings us to the end of today‟s lecture. Thank you for your attention. ”
900字 10个空10分内容广泛，题材多样具有逻辑性，从几个方面论证或是叙述某一问题
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Writing a Research Paper (科研) Meaning in Literature （文学） What Can We Learn from Art? （艺术） The Popularity of English （语言） Writing Experimental Reports （科研） Paralinguistic Features of language (语言）

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作者简介维吉尼亚·伍夫（1882-1941），英国⼩说家，在她的⼩说⾥，缩⼩作者作为叙述者或评论者的作⽤。

她同时也是⼀位公认的评论家。

注释blur模糊;使模糊不清banish 流放,放逐preconception偏见try to become him：应努⼒站在作者的⽴场上。

become在这⾥⽤作及物动伺、解作"配合"、"适应"。

steep陡峭的acquaint yourself with...，使（你）⾃⼰认识（了解）...impalpable⽆形的contained从容的PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)Interview is frequently used by employers as a means to recruit prospective employees. As a result, there have been many arguments for or against the interview as a selection procedure. What is your opinion? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your view.In the first part of your writing you should state your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.改错部分:The University as BusinessA number of colleges and universities have announced steeptuition increases for next year much steeper than the current,very low, rate of inflation. They say the increases are needed becauseof a loss in value of university endowments' heavily investing in common 1stock. I am skeptical. A business firm chooses the price that maximizesits net revenues, irrespective fluctuations in income; and increasingly the 2outlook of universities in the United States is indistinguishable from those of 3business firms. The rise in tuitions mayreflect the fact economic uncertainty 4increases the demand for education. The biggest cost of beingin the school is foregoing income from a job (this isprimarily a factor in 5graduate and professional-school tuition); the poor one' s job prospects, 6the more sense it makes to reallocate time from the job market to education,in order to make oneself more marketable. The ways which universities make themselves attractive to students 7include soft majors, student evaluations of teachers, giving studentsa governance role, and eliminate required courses. 8Sky-high tuitions have caused universities to regard their students ascustomers. Just as business firms sometimes collude to shorten the 9rigors of competition, universities collude to minimize the cost to them of theathletes whom they recruit in order to stimulate alumni donations, so the bestathletes now often bypass higher education in order to obtain salaries earlierfrom professional teams. And until they were stopped by the antitrust authorities,the Ivy League schools colluded to limit competition for the best students, byagreeing not to award scholarships on the basis of merit rather than purelyof need-just like business firms agreeing not to give discounts on their best 10customer.。

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2005年英语专业八级考试真题及答案总分：100分及格：60分考试时间：190分PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN) SECTION A MINI-LECTURE(1)<A href="javascript:;"></A><A href="javascript:;"></A>(2)根据材料，请在（2）处填上最佳答案。

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SECTION B INTERVIEW & SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST(1)<Ahref="javascript:;"></A>(2)Which of the following is NOT Professor McKay’s view?A. People change in old age a lot more than at the age of 21．B. There are as many sick people in old age as in middle agC. We should not expect more physical illness among old peoplD. We should not expect to find old people unattractive as a grou(3)According to Professor McKay’s report．A. family love is gradually disappearinB. it is hard to comment on family feelinC. more children are indifferent to their parentD. family love remains as strong as eve(4)Professor McKay is towards the tendency of more parents living apart from their chil－dren．A. negativeB. positiveC. ambiguousD. neutral(5)The only popular belief that Professor McKay is unable to provide evidence against isA. old-age sicknesB. loose family tieC. poor mental abilitieD. difficulties in math(6)<A href="javascript:;"></A><Ahref="javascript:;"></A>(7)<Ahref="javascript:;"></A>(8)<Ahref="javascript:;"></A>(9)<Ahref="javascript:;"></A>(10)According to the news，which trading nation in the top lo has reported a 5 percent fall in exports?A. The UB. The UC. JapaD. 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The third paragrapB. The first paragrapC. The last paragrapD. The last but one paragrap(9)The main purpose of the passage is toA. offer advice on how to prevent hip fractureB. emphasize the importance of health precautionC. discuss the seriousness of hip fractureD. identify the causes of hip fracture(10)<Ahref="javascript:;"></A><Ahref="javascript:;"></A><Ahref="javascript:;"></A>(11)According to the passage，which of the following is NOT brought about by future-mindedness?A. Economic stagnatioB. Environmental destructioC. High divorce rateD. Neglect of histor(12)The word “pooh-pooh” in the sixth paragraph meansA. appreciatB. praisC. shuD. ridicul(13)According to the passage，people at present can forecast__________of a new round of future-mindedness．A. the natureB. the locationC. the varietyD. the features(14)The author predicts in the last paragraph that the study of future-mindedness will focus onA. how it comes into beinB. how it functionC. what it brings abouD. what it is related t(15)<Ahref="javascript:;"></A><Ahref="javascript:;"></A>(16)The third paragraph does NOT claim that menA. prevent women from taking up certain professionB. secretly admire women’s intellect and resolutioC. doubt whether women really mean to succeed in businesD. forbid women to join certain clubs and societie(17)The third paragraphA. generally agrees with the first paragrapB. has no connection with the first paragrapC. repeats the argument of the second paragrapD. contradicts the last paragrap(18)At the end of the last paragraph the author uses humorous exaggeration in order toA. show that men are stronger than womeB. carry further the ideas of the earlier paragraphC. support the first sentence of the same paragrapD. disown the ideas he is expressin(19)The usual idea of the cave man in the last paragraphA. is based on the study of archaeologB. illustrates how people expect men to behavC. is dismissed by the author as an irrelevant jokD. proves that the man，not woman，should be the wooe(20)The opening quotation from Margaret Mead sums up a relationship between man and woman which the authorA. approves oB. argues is naturaC. completely rejectD. expects to go on changinPART ⅢGENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)(1)<Ahref="javascript:;"></A>(2)U．S．presidents normally serve a(n）__________term．A. two-yearB. four-yearC. six-yearD. eight-year(3)Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast U．S．?A. HustoB. BostoC. BaltimorD. Philadelphi(4)__________ is the state church in England．A. The Roman Catholic ChurchB. The Baptist ChurchC. The Protestant ChurchD. The Church of England(5)The novel Emma is written byA. Mary ShelleB. Charlotte Brontё．C. Elizabeth GaskelD. Jane Auste(6)Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet?A. William WordswortB. George EllioC. George ByroD. Percy Shelle(7)William Sidney Porter，known as O．Henry，is most famous forA. his poemB. his playC. his short storieD. his novel(8)Syntax is the study ofA. language functionB. sentence structureC. textual organizatioD. word formatio(9)Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A. ArbitrarinesB. ProductivitC. Cultural transmissioD. Finitenes(10)The speech act theory was first put forward byA. John SearlB. John AustiC. Noam ChomskD. 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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2005)GRADE EIGHTPART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION [30MIN] SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONL Y. 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 gapfilling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.Complete the gap-Filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.Writing a Research PaperⅠ. Research Paper and Ordinary EssayA. Similarity in (1).__. (1).~e.g.--choosing a topic--asking questions---identifying the audienceB. Difference mainly in terms of (2)~ (2).__1. research paper: printed sources2. ordinary essay: ideas in one’s (3) __ (3).__Ⅱ. Types and Characteristics of Research PapersA. Number of basic types: twoB. Characteristics:1. survey-type paper:--to gather (4)~ (4).__-- to quote--to (5).__ (5) __The writer should be (6)__ (6) __2. argumentative (research) paper:a. The writer should do more, e.g.-- to interpretto question, etc.b. (7).__ varies with the topic, e.g. (7).__--to recommend an action, etc.Question No.3: narrowing the topic down to (9)~ (9).~Question No.4: asking questions about (10) (10)~The questions help us to work our way into the topic anddiscover its possibilities.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONL Y. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.1. What is the purpose of Professor McKay’s report?[A] To look into the mental health of old people.[B] To explain why people have negative views on old age.[C] To help correct some false beliefs about old age.[D] To identify the various problems of old age.2. Which of the following is NOT Professor McKay’s view?[A] People change in old age a lot more than at the age of 21.[B] There are as many sick people in old age as in middle age.[C] We should not expect more physical illness among old people.[D] We should not expect to find old people unattractive as a group.3. According to Professor McKay’s report,[A] family love is gradually disappearing[B] it is hard to comment on family feeling[C] more children are indifferent to their parents[D] family love remains as strong as ever4. Professor McKay is _______ towards the tendency of more parents living apart from their children.[A] negative[B] positive[C] ambiguous[D] neutral5. The only popular belief that Professor McKay is unable to provide evidence against is[A] old-age sickness[B] loose family ties[C] poor mental abilities[D] difficulties in mathsSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONL Y. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.6. Scientists in Brazil have used frog skin to ______.[A] eliminate bacteria[B] treat bums[C] speed up recovery[D] reduce treatment costQuestion 7 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.7. What is NOT a feature of the new karaoke machine?[A] It is featured by high technology.[B] It allows you to imitate famous singers.[C] It can automatically alter the tempo and tone of a song.[D] It can be placed in specially designed theme rooms.Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.8. China's internet users had reached ______ by the end of June.[A] 68 million[B] 8.9 million[C] 10 million[D] 1.5 millionQuestions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.9. According to the WTO, Chinese exports rose ______year.[A] 21%[B] 10%[C] 22%[D] 4.73%10. According to the news, which trading nation in the top 10 has reported a 5 percent fall in exports?[A] The UK.[B] The US.[C] Japan.[D] Germany.PART ⅡREADING COMPREHENSION [30MIN] In this section there are reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answer on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT AI remember meeting him one evening with his pushcart. I had managed to sell all my papers and was coming home in the snow. It was that strange hour in downtown New York when the workers were pouring homeward in the twilight. I marched among thousands of tired men and women whom the factory whistles had unyoked. They flowed in rivers through the clothing factory districts, then down along the avenues to the East Side.I met my father near Cooper Union. I recognized him, a hunched, frozen figure in an old overcoat standing by a banana cart. He looked so lonely, the tears came to my eyes. Then he saw me, and his face lit with his sad, beautiful smile-Charlie Chaplin's smile."Arch, it’s Mikey," he said. "So you have sold your papers! Come and eat a banana."He offered me one. I refused it. I felt it crucial that my father sell his bananas, not give them away. He thought I was shy, and coaxed and joked with me, and made me eat the banana. It smelled of wet straw and snow."You haven’t sold many bananas today, pop," I said anxiously.He shrugged his shoulders."What can I do? No one seems to want them."It was true. The work crowds pushed home morosely over the pavements. The rusty sky darkened over New York buildings, the tall street lamps were tit, innumerable trucks, street cars and elevated trains clattered by. Nobody and nothing in the great city stopped for my father’s bananas."I ought to yell," said my father dolefully "I ought to make a big noise like other peddlers, but it makes my throat sore. Anyway, I’m ashamed of yelling, it makes me feel like a fool."I had eaten one of his bananas. My sick conscience told me that I ought to pay for it somehow. I must remain here and help my father.'I’ll yell for you, pop," I volunteered."Arch, no," he said, "go home; you have worked enough today, lust tell momma I’II be late."But I yelled and yelled. My father, standing by, spoke occasional words of praise, and said I was a wonderful yeller. Nobody else paid attention. The workers drifted past us wearily, endlessly; a defeated army wrapped in dreams of home. Elevated trains crashed; the Cooper Union clock burned above us; the sky grew black, the wind poured, the slush burned through our shoes. There were thousands of strange, silent figures pouring over the sidewalks in snow. None of them stopped to buy bananas. I yelled and yelled, nobody listened.My father vied to stop me at last. "Nu," he said smiling to console me, "that was wonderful yelling, Mikey. But it’s plain we are unlucky today! Let’s go home."I was frantic, and almost in tears. I insisted on keeping up my desperate years. But at last my father persuaded me to leave with him.11. "unyoked" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.[A] sent out[B] released[C] dispatched[D] removed12. Which of the following in the first paragraph does NOT indicate crowds of people?[A] Thousands of.[B] Flowed.[C] Pouring.[D] Unyoked.13. Which of the following is intended to be a pair of contrast in the passage?[A] Huge crowds and lonely individuals.[B] Weather conditions and street lamps.[C] Clattering trains and peddlers’ yells.[D] Moving crowds and street traffic.14. Which of the following words is NOT suitable to describe the character of the son?[A] Compassionate.[B] Responsible.[C] Shy.[D] Determined.15. What is the theme of the story?[A] The misery of the factory workers.[B] How to survive in a harsh environment.[C] Generation gap between the father and the son.[D] Love between the father and the son.16. What is the author’s attitude towards the father and the son?[A] Indifferent.[B] Sympathetic.[C] Appreciative.[D] Difficult to tell.TEXT BWhen former President Ronald Reagan fell and broke his hip at the age of 89, he joined a group of more than 350,000 elderly Americans who fracture their hips each year. Suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s disease, Reagan was in one of the highest-risk groups for this type of accident. The incidence of hip factures not only increases after age 50, but doubles every five to six years as the risk of falling increases. Slipping and tumbling are not the only causes of hip fractures; weakened bones sometimes break spontaneously. But falling is the major cause, representing 90% of all hip fractures.These injuries are not to be taken lightly. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, only 25% of those who suffer hip fractures ever fully recover; as many as 20% will die within 12 months. Even when patients do recover, nearly half will need a cane or a walker to get around.When it comes to hip fractures, the most dangerous place for elderly Americans, it turns out, is their homes; nearly 60% of these dangerous spills will occur in or around the patient’s domicile. This isn't all bad news, however, because a few modifications could prevent a lot of accidents.The first thing to do is to get rid of those throw rugs that line hallways and entrances. They often fold over or bunch up, turning them into booby traps for anyone shuffling down the hall.Entering and leaving the house is a particularly high-risk activity, which is why some experts suggest removing any doorsills higher than 1/2 in. If the steps are bare wood, you can increase traction by applying non-slip treads.Because many seniors suffer from poor balance (whether from neurological deficits or from the inner-ear problemsthat increase naturally with aging), it also helps to install grab bars and handrails in bathrooms and along hallways.The bedroom is another major hazard area that can be made much safer with a few adjustments. Avoid satin sheets and comforters, and opt for non-slip material like wool or cotton. Easy access to devices is important, so place a lamp, telephone and flashlight near the bed within arm’s reach. Make sure the pathway between the bedroom and bathroom is completely clear, and install a night-light along the route for those emergency late-tight trips.It’s a good idea to rearrange the furniture throughout the house, so that the paths between rooms are free of obstructions. Also, make sure telephone and appliance cords aren't strung across common wall ways, where they can be tripped over.In addition to these physical precautions, there are the health precautions every aging body should take. Physical and eye examinations, with special attention to cardiac and blood-pressure problems, should be performed annually to rule out serious medical conditions. Blood pressure that's too low or an irregular heartbeat can put you at risk for fainting and falling. Don't forget to take calcium and vitamin D, two critical factors in developing strong bones. Finally, enrolling in an exercise programme at your local gym can improve agility, strength, balance and coordination - all important skills that can keep you on your feet and off the floor.17. The following are all specific measures to guard against injuries with the EXCEPTION of[A] removal of throw rugs[B] easy access to devices[C] installation of grab bars[D] re-arrangement of furniture18. In which paragraph does the author state his purpose of writing?[A] The third paragraph.[B] The first paragraph.[C] The last paragraph.[D] The last but one paragraph.19. The main purpose of the passage is to[A] offer advice on how to prevent hip fractures[B] emphasize the importance of health precautions[C] discuss the seriousness of hip fractures[D] identify the causes of hip fracturesTEXT CIn his classic novel "The Pioneers", James Fenimore Cooper bas his hero, a land developer, take his cousin on a tour of the city he is building. He describes the broad streets, rows of houses, a teeming metropolis. But his cousin looks around bewildered. All she sees is a stubby forest. "Where are the beauties and improvements which you were to show me?" she asks. He’s astonished she can’t see them. "Where! Why everywhere," he replies. For though they are not yet built on earth, he has built them in his mind, and they are as concrete to him as if they were already constructed and finished.Cooper was illustrating a distinctly American trait, future-mindedness: the ability to see the present from the vantage point of the future; the freedom to feel unencumbered by the past and more emotionally attached to things to come. "America is therefore the land of the future," the German philosopher Hegel wrote. "The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European," Albert Einstein concurred. "Life for him is always becoming, never being."In 2012, America will still be the place where the future happens first, for that is the nation’s oldest tradition. The early Puritans lived in almost Stone Age conditions, but they were inspired by visions of future glories, God’s kingdom on earth. The early pioneers would sometimes travel past perfectly good farmland, because they were convinced that even more amazing land could be found over the next ridge. The Founding Fathers took 13 scraggly Colonies and believed they were creating a new nation on earth. The railroad speculators envisioned magnificent fortunes built on bands of iron. It's now fashionable to ridicule the visions of dot-com entrepreneurs of the 1990s, but they had inherited the urge to leap for the horizon. "The Future is endowed with such a life, that it lives to us even in anticipation," HermanMelville wrote. "The Future is the Bible of the Free."This future-mindedness explains many modem features of American life. It explains workaholism: the average American works 350 hours a year more than the average European. Americans move more, in search of that brighter tomorrow, than people in other lands. They also, sadly, divorce more, for the same reason.Americans adopt new technologies such as online shopping and credit cards much more quickly than people in other countries. Forty-five percent of world Internetuse takes place in the United States. Even today, after the bursting of the stock-market bubble, American venture-capital firms-which are in the business of betting on the future - dwarf the firms from all other nations.Future-mindedness contributes to the disorder in American life, the obliviousness to history, the high rates of family breakdown, the frenzied waste of natural resources. It also leads to incredible innovations. According to the Yale historian Paul Kennedy, 75 percent of the Nobel laureates in economics and the sciences over recent decades have lived or worked in the United States. The country remains a magnet for the future-minded from other nations. One in 12 Americans has enjoyed the thrill and challenge of starting his own business. A study published in the Journal of International Business Studies in 2000 showed that innovative people are spread pretty evenly throughout the globe, but Americans are most comfortable with risk. Entrepreneurs in the US are more likely to believe that they possess the ability to shape their own future than people in, say, Britain, Australia or Singapore.If the 1990s were a great decade of future-mindedness, we are now in the midst of a season of experience. It seems cooler to be skeptical, to pooh-pooh all those IPO suckers who lost their money betting on the telecom future. But the world is not becoming more French. By 2012, this period of chastisement will likely have run its course, and future- mindedness will be back in vogue, for better or worse.We don’t know exactly what the next future-minded frenzy win look like. We do know where it will take place: the American suburb. In 1979, three quarters of American office space were located in central cities. The new companies, research centers and entrepreneurs are flocking to these low buildings near airports, highways and the Wal-Mart malls, and they are creating a new kind of suburban life. There are entirely new metropolises rising - boom suburbs like Mesa, Arizona, that already have more people than Minneapolis or St. Louis. We are now approaching a moment in which the majority of American office space, and the hub of American entrepreneurship, will be found in quiet office parks in places like Rockville. Maryland, and in the sprawling suburbosphere around Atlanta.We also know that future-mindedness itself will become the object of greater study. We are discovering that there are many things that human beings do easily that computers can do only with great difficulty, if at all. Cognitive scientists are now trying to decode the human imagination, to understand how the brain visualizes, dreams and creates. And we know, too, that where there is future-mindedness there is hope.20. The third paragraph examines America’s future-mindedness from the ______ perspective.[A] future[B] realistic[C] historical[D] present21. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT brought about by future-mindedness?[A] Economic stagnation.[B] Environmental destruction.[C] High divorce rates.[D] Neglect of history.22. The word "pooh-pooh" in the sixth paragraph means______.[A] appreciate[B] praise[C] shun[D] ridicule23. According to the passage, people at present can forecast ______ of a new round of future-mindedness.[A] the nature[B] the location[C] the variety[D] the features24. The author predicts in the last paragraph that the study of future-mindedness will focus on ______.[A] how it comes into being[B] how it functions[C] what it brings about[D] what it is related toTEXT D"In every known human society the male’s needs for achievement call be recognized...In a greater number of human societies men’s sureness of their sex role is tied up with their right, or ability, to practice some activity that women are not allowed to practice. Their maleness in fact has to be underwritten by preventing women from entering some field or performing some feat."This is the conclusion of the anthropologist Margaret Mead about the way in which the roles of men and women in society should be distinguished.If talk and print are considered it would seem that the formal emancipation of women is far from complete. There is a flow of publications about the continuing domestic bondage of women and about the complicated system of defences which men have thrown up around their hitherto accepted advantages, taking sometimes the obvious form of exclusion from types of occupation and sociable groupings, and sometimes the more subtle form of automatic doubt of the seriousness of women’s pretensions to the level of intellect and resolution that men, it is supposed, bring to the business of running the world.There are a good many objective pieces of evidence for the erosion of men’s status. In the first place, there is the widespread postwar phenomenon of the woman Prime Minister, in India, Sri Lanka and Israel.Secondly, there is the very large increase in the number of women who work, especially married women and mothers of children. More diffusely there are the increasingly numerous convergences between male and female behaviour: the approximation to identical styles in dress and coiffure, the sharing of domestic tasks, and the admission of women to all sorts of hitherto exclusively male leisure-time activities.Everyone carries round with him a fairly definite idea of the primitive or natural conditions of human life. It is acquired more by the study of humorous cartoons than of archaeology, but that does not matter since it is not significant as theory but only as an expression of inwardly felt expectations of people’s sense of what is fundamentally proper in the differentiation between the roles of the two sexes. In this rudimentary natural society men go out to hunt and fish and to fight off the tribe next door while women keep the fire going. Amorous initiative is firmly reserved to the man, who sets about courtship with a club.25. The phrase "men’s sureness of their sex role" in the first paragraph suggests that they ______.[A] are confident in their ability to charm women[B] take the initiative in courtship[C] have a clear idea of what is considered "manly"[D] tend to be more immoral than women are26. The third paragraph does NOT claim that men ______.[A] prevent women from taking up certain professions[B] secretly admire women's intellect and resolution[C] doubt whether women really mean to succeed in business[D] forbid women to join certain clubs and societies27. The third paragraph ______.[A] generally agrees with the first paragraph[B] has no connection with the first paragraph[C] repeats the argument of the second paragraph[D] contradicts the last paragraph28. At the end of the last paragraph the author uses humorous exaggeration in order to ______.[A] show that men are stronger than women[B] carry further the ideas of the earlier paragraphs[C] support the first sentence of the same paragraph[D] disown the ideas he is expressing29. The usual idea of the cave man in the last paragraph______.[A] is based on the study of archaeology[B] illustrates how people expect men to behave[C] is dismissed by the author as an irrelevant joke[D] proves that the man, not woman, should be the wooer30. The opening quotation from Margaret Mead sums up a relationship between man and woman which the author ______.[A] approves of[B] argues is natural[C] completely rejects[D] expects to go on changingPART ⅢGENERAL KNOWLEDGE [10MIN] There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.31. ______is the capital of Canada.[A] Vancouver[B] Ottawa[C] Montreal[D] York32. U.S. presidents normally serve a(n) ______ term.[A] two-year[B] four-year[C] six-year[D] eight-year33. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?[A] Huston.[B] Boston.[C] Baltimore.[D] Philadelphia.34. ______ is the state church in England.[A] The Roman Catholic Church[B] The Baptist Church[C] The Protestant Church[D] The Church of England35. The novel Emnza is written by ______.[A] Mary Shelley[B] Charlotte Bronte[C] Elizabeth C. Gaskell[D] Jane Austen36. Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet?[A] William Wordsworth.[B] George Elliot.[C] George C. Byron.[D] Percy 8. Shelley.37. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for______.[A] his poems[B] his plays[C] his short stories[D] his novels38. Syntax is the study of ______.[A] language functions[B] sentence structures[C] textual organization[D] word formation39. Which of ale following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?[A] Arbitrariness.[B] Productivity.[C] Cultural transmission.[D] Finiteness.40. The speech act theory was first put forward by ______.[A] John Searle[B] John Austin[C] Noam Chomsky[D] M.A.K HallidayPART ⅣPROOFREADDING & ERROR CORRECTION [15MIN] Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error, In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way:For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank pro-vided at the end of the line.For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a "A" sign and write the word you believe tobe missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.For an unnecessary, word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash "—" and put the word in the blank provided at theend of the line.EXAMPLEWhen ∧art museum wants a new exhibit, (1) anit never buys things in finished form and hangs (2) neverthem on the wall. When a natural history museumwants an exhibition, it must often build it. (3) exhibitThe University as BusinessA number of colleges and universities have announced steeptuition increases for next year - much steeper than the current, verylow, rate of inflation. They say the increases are needed because ofa loss in value of university endowments heavily investing in common (1) ______stock. I am skeptical. A business firm chooses the price thatmaximizes its net revenues, irrespective fluctuations in income; and (2) ______increasingly the outlook of universities in the United States isindistinguishable from those of business firms. The rise in tuitions (3) ______may reflect the fact economic uncertainty increases the demand for (4) ______education. The biggest cost of being in the school is foregoing (5) ______income from a job (this is primarily a factor in graduate- andprofessional-school tuition); the poor one’s job prospects, the (6) ______more sense it makes to reallocate time from the job market to education,in order to make oneself more marketable.The ways which universities make themselves attractive to (7) ______students include soft majors, student evaluations of teachers, givingstudents a governance role, and eliminate required courses. (8) ______ Sky-high tuitions have caused universities to regard their students ascustomers. Just as business firms sometimes collude to shorten (9) ______the rigors of competition, universities collude to minimize the cost tothem of the athletes whom they recruit in order to stimulate alumnidonations, so the best athletes now often bypass higher educationin order to obtain salaries earlier from professional teams. And untilthey were stopped by the antitrust authorities, the Ivy Leagueschools colluded to limit competition for the best students, by agreeingnot to award scholarships on the basis of merit rather than purelyof need-just like business firms agreeing not to give discounts on (10) ______their best customer.PART ⅤTRANSLATION [60MIN] SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHTranslate the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.一个人的生命究竟有多大意义，这有什么标准可以衡量吗?提出一个绝对的标准当然很困难：但是，大体上看一个人对待生命的态度是否严肃认真，看他对待工作、生活的态度如何，也就不难对这个人的存在意义做出适当的估计了。

英语专业8级考试大纲(2005年版)

国家教委<高等学校英语专业高年级英语教学大纲)规定，高等学校英语专业高年级英语的教学任务是“继续打好语言基本功，进一步扩大知识面，重点应放在培养英语综合技能，充实文化知识，提高交际能力上。

”同时，<大纲)也指出，“大纲的执行情况主要通过统一测试进行检查。

”“测试和评分应力求尽快达到标准化和电脑化，使其具有科学性、客观性和可行性。

二、考试的性质与范围：本考试是一种测试应试者单项和综合语言能力的尺度参照性水平考试。

考试的范围包括大纲所规定的听、读、写、译四个方面的技能。

由于大规模口试的条件目前尚不具备，所以有关“说”的技能暂缓测试。

三、考试时间与命题：英语专业八级考试于每年3月份举行。

由英语专业学生八级考试命题小组负责命题与实施。

四、考试内容：本考试包括六个部分：听力理解，校对与改错，阅读理解，人文知识、翻译，写作。

整个开始需要时间185分钟。

I．听力理解(PartI：Listening Comprehension)测试要求：(a)能听懂交际场合中各种英语会话和讲话。

(b)能听懂VOA或BBC、CNN等国外传媒的节目中有关政治、经济、文化教育、科技等方面的专题报道。

(c)能听懂有关政治、经济、历史、文化教育、语言文学、科普方面的一般讲座及讲座后的答问。

(d)时间25分钟。

题型：听力理解部分采用填空题和多向选择题，包括三个项目：SectionA，SectionB，SectionC，共20题。

SectionA：Mini-lecture由900个单词的讲座和一项填空人物组成，要求边听边做笔记，然后完成填空人物。

答题时间10分钟。

本部分共10题。

SectionB：Conversation & Interview约800个单词的会话组成，之后，有5道多选题。

05年起专业四-八级考试改革正式启动.doc

05年起专业四/八级考试改革正式启动
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为了贯彻执行2000版教学大纲，适应新形势的需要，高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会英语组于2002年底成立了考试大纲修订小组。

修订小组成员有：邹申（上海外语大学）、钟美荪（北京外国语大学）、陈建平（广东外语外贸大学）、秦秀白（华南理工大学）、朱永生（复旦大学）、李绍山（洛阳解放军外国语学院）。

在广泛调研的基础上，考纲修订小组于2003年6月起草了新考试大纲征求意见稿。

在7到12月之间分别听取了近百所院校教师代表和专家的意见后，考纲修订小组对征求意见稿做了修订。

同年底考纲修订小组讨论并通过新四级考试大纲。

2004年英语组年会审议和通过考试大纲，并上报教育部高考司和全国高校外语专业教学指导委员会。

修订原则是：
（1）更全面执行2000版英语专业教学大纲的精神及各项要求；
（2）更全面、有效地检查英语专业学生的专业水准；
（3）更合理、有效地编排试卷和组织考试。

根据以上修改原则，对四、八级考试的题目做出以下改动：
（1）增加了题目难度，尤其是对考生写作和听力能力提出了更高的要求；
（2）改变题型和题目顺序，加大主观题所占比重；
（3）减少考试时间，四级由原来的140分钟完成减少为130分钟完成，八级由原来的215分钟上、下午完成减少为185分钟上午完成；
（4）在八级考试中新增人文知识客观考题。

预计新版考试大纲将于2004年出版，从2005年起按新版考试大纲组织考试。

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高校英语专业八级考试大纲(2005新大纲)
总则
国家教委<高等学校英语专业高年级英语教学大纲)规定，高等学校英语专业高年级英语的教学任务是“继续打好语言基本功，进一步扩大知识面，重点应放在培养英语综合技能，充实文化知识，提高交际能力上。

” 同时，<大纲)也指出，“大纲的执行情况主要通过统一测试进行检查。

”“测试和评分应力求尽快达到标准化和电脑化，使其具有科学性、客观性和可行性。

” 根据(大纲)中的上
述规定，英语专业八级考试大纲规定了以下原则及考试内容：
一、考试目的：
本考试的目的是检查大纲的执行情况，特别是大纲所规定的八级水严所要达到的综合语言技能和交际能力，藉以促进大纲的进一步贯彻，提高教学质量。

二、考试的性质与范围：
本考试是一种测试应试者单项和综合语言能力的尺度参照性水平考试。

考试的范围包括大纲所规定的听、读、写、译四个方面的技能。

由于大规模口试的条件目前尚不具备，所以有关“说”的技能暂缓测试。

三、考试时间与命题：
英语专业八级考试于每年3月份举行。

由英语专业学生八级考试命题小组负责命题与实施。

四、考试内容：
本考试包括六个部分：听力理解，校对与改错，阅读理解，人文知识、翻译，写作。

整个开始需要时间185分钟。

I．听力理解(Part I：Listening Comprehension)
测试要求：(a)能听懂交际场合中各种英语会话和讲话。

(b)能听懂VOA或BBC、CNN等国外传媒的节目中有关政治、经济、文化教育、科技等方面的专题报道。

(c)能听懂有关政治、经济、历史、文化教育、语言文学、科普方面的一般讲座及讲座后的答问。

(d)时间25分钟。

题型：听力理解部分采用填空题和多向选择题，包括三个项目：Section A，Section B，Section C，共20题。

Section A：Mini-lecture
由900个单词的讲座和一项填空人物组成，要求边听边做笔记，然后完成填空人物。

答题时间10分钟。

本部分共10题。

Section B：Conversation & Interview
约800个单词的会话组成，之后，有5道多选题。

Section C：News Broadcast
若干新闻报道后，会有5道多选题。

注意：Section B&C的每一道题目后面有10秒的间隙，选一最佳答案。

录音速度为每分钟约为150个单词。

Ⅱ．阅读理解(Part II: Reading Comprehension)
测试要求：(a)能读懂一般英美报刊杂志上的社论、政治和书评，既能理解其主旨和大意，又能
分辨出其中的事实与细节。

(b)能读懂一般历史传记及文学作品，既能理解其字面意义又能理解其隐含意义。

(c)能分析上述题材的文章的思想观点，通篇布局，语言技巧及修辞手法。

(d)能够在阅读中调整自己的阅读速度。

(e)考试时间30分钟
题型：
采用多项选择题，选一最佳答案，数篇材料组成。

含3，000个单词。

每篇材料后面有若干小题。

共20题。

速度：约150个单词/分钟。

选材：A) 题材广泛，社会、文化、科技、经济、日常知识，人物传记
B) 体裁：记叙文、说明文、描写文、议论文、广告、说明书、图表
III．人文知识(Part III : General Knowledge)
测试要求：
A) 基本了解主要英语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化传统
B) 初步具备英语文学知识
C) 初步具备英语语言知识
D) 考试时间10分钟
题型：部分采用多选形式，选出一道最佳答案。

共10题。

测试范围：
A) 英语国家社会和文化知识
B) 英语文学知识
C) 英语语言知识
改错题(Part IV：Proof reading and Error Correction)
测试要求：
要求学生能运用语法、修辞、结构等语言知识识别短文内的语病并提出改正的方法。

题型：本题由一篇250词左右的短文组成，短文中有10行标有题号。

该10行均含有一个语误。

要求学生根据“增添”、“删去”或“改变其中的某一单词或短语”三种方法中的一种，以改正语误。

考试时间共计15分钟.共10题。

IV．翻译(Part V：Translation)
测试要求：
汉译英项目要求应试者运用汉译英的理论和技巧，翻译我国报刊杂志上的论述文和国情介绍，以及一般文学作品的节录。

速度为每小时约250-300汉字。

译文必须忠实原意，语言通顺。

英译汉项目要求应试者运用英译汉的理论和技巧，翻译英、美报刊杂志上有关政治、经济、历史、文化等方面的论述文以及文学原著的节录。

速度为每小时约250-300词。

译文要求忠实原意，语言流畅。

题型：本题分为两项：Section A及Section B。

考试时间共计60分钟。

Section A：
A 150词左右的段落被底线划出。

要求根据上下文将此段落译成英语。

Section B：
B 150词左右的段落被底线划出。

要求根据上下文将此段落译成汉语。

V．写作(Part VI：Writing)
测试要求：
学生应能根据所给题目及要求撰写一篇400词左右的说明文或议论文。

该作文必须语言通顺，用词得体，结构合理，文体恰当，具有说服力。

题型：
要求应试者按题撰文。

考试时间为45分钟。

TEM 8 答题和计分
试卷各部分采用记权的办法，折算成百分制。

以60分为及格标准。

1．听力25分钟A) 主观题10 题，10分，B)C)客观题各5题，共10分。

2．阅读30分钟客观题20题，20分
3．人文知识10分钟，客观题，10题，10分
4．改错15分钟，10题，10分
5．翻译时间60分钟。

中英互译，各一题，各10分
6．写作时间45分钟，主观题，20分
总计185分钟。