高校英语专业八级考试大纲(2004年新版)

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2024年专八考试大纲

2024年专八考试大纲
2024年专八考试大纲主要包括以下部分：
1. 听力理解：能听懂真实交际场合中的各种英语会话和讲话，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，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。

2. 阅读理解：能在阅读中根据需要自觉调整阅读速度和阅读技巧，能理解所读材料的大意，领会说话者的态度、感情和真实意图。

3. 翻译：能运用汉译英的理论和技巧，翻译我国报纸杂志上的文章和一般文学作品，速度为每小时个汉字。

4. 写作：能写各类体裁的文章，做到内容充实，语言通顺，用词恰当，表达得体。

考试时间为45分钟，字数要求为300个词以上。

希望以上信息对你有帮助，具体的考试大纲内容可能会因考试时间而有所不同，建议查询官网获取最新信息。

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。

英语专业八级考试中文化知识点掌握现状调查

- 10 -校园英语 /英语专业八级考试中文化知识点掌握现状调查南京邮电大学外国语学院/毛启红李云陈淑婷【摘要】英语专业八级考试依然是学生语言熟练水平的重要衡量标准。

历年八级考试中，有关英美文化知识点的考题比例不在少数。

学生对这些知识点掌握情况如何？掌握情况和考试成绩的关系怎样？带着这些问题，我们做了一项问卷调查。

分析了获得的数据。

得出一些相关性的讨论结果。

希望对文化知识点的教学提供一点参考。

【关键词】文化知识点专八考试问卷调查自2005年起，英语专业八级考试开始出现一种新题型人文知识题(General knowledge)。

新题型的测试目的与要求是：“人文知识”这部分为客观题，多项选择题形式，共10题，分数比重为10%，考试时间为10分钟。

这部分试题由三大板块组成，分别所占的比例为，文学30%，语言学30%，史地文化知识40%。

根据新大纲要求，人文知识题的测试范围包括，1)主要英语国家社会与文化知识；2)英语文学知识；3)英语语言学知识。

同时，新大纲对专八考生有如下要求：1)能基本了解主要英语国家的历史地理现状和文化传统等；2)能初步具备英语文学知识；3)能初步具备英语语言学知识；4)考试时间为10分钟。

测试形式为多项选择题。

要求考生从每道题的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

共10道题。

测试目的为：“测试学生对英语国家社会与文化、英语文学与英语语言学基本知识的掌握程度”。

更重要的是，英美文化知识点已经不只是局限在人文知识题目当中，而是已经渗透到了其他题项，比如听力，阅读，翻译甚至是听写。

已经有许多学者做过相关研究(徐姗姗，2009)；带着语言与文化相关性的认识，带着文化知识点弥漫在专八考试题目当中的认识，我们认真审阅了历年专八真题，从中挑出了我们认为是考查英美文化知识点的试题，然后形成了一份英美文化专项试题。

再分发给两个熟练水平段的学生，试图找出两个学习组别的差异。

试图发现学生对于英美文化知识点的掌握情况以及找出英美文化知识点与专八成绩的相关性。

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。

从英语专业四、八级考试改革看对英语专业学生的培养

用语言的能力，同时也考核学生对词语用法和语法结构的
掌握程度。
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英语专业考试大纲的修订原则及方案
按照重新修订《大纲》展开英语专业四、八级考试自２０年执行以来已经组织过四次测试。《０５大纲》更加明确考试指导思想、在修订过程中尽最大可能兼顾了信度和效度，同时考试的公正性和影响度也得到了加强。不难看出，现今
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出版新版考试大纲；２０年即按新版考试大纲组织考试。０５二、英语专业四、八级考试改革分析英语教学中存在的
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和历史现状、文化传统等等，并初步具备英语文学和语言学

英语专业八级考试指南

英语专业八级考试指南
1.考试介绍
英语专业考试（TEM8）是由教育部高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会指导开展的，针对英语专业高年级阶段的高等学校英语专业内部的教学评估测试。

考试内容涵盖英语专业知识和应用能力，属于自愿参加的教学检查类考试。

2.考试时间
TEM8的考试时间在每年的3月份进行，具体时间为上午8：30到11：00，时长为150分钟。

3.考试内容
考试内容分为两个部分：试卷I和试卷II。

试卷I包括听力、完型填空、阅读理解三部分，共60分，考试时间为45 分钟。

试卷II包括写作和翻译两部分，共40分，考试时间为45分钟。

4.考试技巧
对于TEM8考试，应注重以下几个方面：
加强语言基础知识的掌握，包括词汇、语法和语音等方面。

提高阅读理解能力，多读英文文章，增加阅读量。

培养英语思维方式，理解英语国家的文化背景和语言表达习惯。

注重写作和翻译能力的提高，多进行写作和翻译练习。

注意考试时间管理，合理分配各部分的答题时间。

5.备考建议
为了更好地备考TEM8，建议考生们制定一个详细的复习计划，每天按时完
成一定的复习任务。

同时，应注重各部分内容的均衡复习，不要忽视任何一个部分。

多做真题，了解自己的弱点和不足，及时进行有针对性的提高。

另外，要合理安排时间进行口语练习和模拟考试，提高自己的口语表达能力和应试心理素质。

2004年英语专业八级考试翻译试卷及参考译文

2004年英语专业八级考试翻译试卷及参考译文Part ⅣTranslation (60 min)SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHTranslate the underlined part of the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.在人际关系问题上我们不要太浪漫主义。

人是很有趣的，往往在接触一个人时首先看到的都是他或她的优点。

这一点颇像是在餐馆里用餐的经验。

开始吃头盘或冷碟的时候，印象很好。

吃头两个主菜时，也是赞不绝口。

愈吃愈趋于冷静，吃完了这顿宴席，缺点就都找出来了。

于是转喜为怒，转赞美为责备挑剔，转首肯为摇头。

这是因为，第一，开始吃的时候你正处于饥饿状态，而饿了吃糠甜如蜜，饱了吃蜜也不甜。

第二，你初到一个餐馆，开始举筷时有新鲜感，新盖的茅房三天香，这也可以叫做“陌生化效应”吧。

Version 1：We should not be too romantic in interpersonal relations. Human beings are very interesting. Often when you meet a person for the first time, you only notice his or her merits first. This is quite like your dining experience in a restaurant. When you are having the first course / starter or the cold dishes you are full of praise. The more courses you have, the calmer you will become. When the feast/dinner is over, you will have found all its demerits/ defects. Then, delight turns into anger, praise into complaint, and a nodding head into a shaking one. This is because: first, when you begin to eat you are hungry, and when you are hungry even husk/chaff tastes sweeter than honey; whereas when you are full, even honey does not taste sweet at all. Second, when you arrive at the restaurant, and when you pick up the chopsticks, everything there is new to you. A newly built latrine smells fragrant for the first three days. This may be called the defamiliarization effect.Version 2：It is advisable not to be too romantic on interpersonal matters. Humans are peculiarly interesting so that in their contact with a person, they tend to notice noting but his or her merits. This is rather analogous to our experience of dining in a restaurant. At the beginning, when we take the starter or cold dishes, we are very much impressed. For the first two main courses, we are also profuse in praise. However, we calm down as we eat on. After we finish the feast, all sorts of faults are found. Then we are no longer pleased but angry; no longer complimentary but complaining and fastidious; no longer nod our satisfaction but keep shaking our heads. All this happens because, first, we were in a state of hunger at the time we began to eat. When hungry, one may feel even the taste of chaff especially delicious, but may not feel the sweetness of honey after eating his or her fill.Version 3：We should not be too romantic in terms of interpersonal relations. We are such interesting beings that when we meet someone for the first time we notice only his/her merits. This is quite like having dinner in a restaurant. Usually the first course or the cold dishes leave us a good impression. And we also praise the first two main courses. The more we have, the calmer webecome. By the end of the feast/dinner, all the demerits/shortcomings of the dishes are found out. And delight turns into anger, praise into complaint, and approval into disapproval. The reasons for the change are: first, when we begin to eat, even husk/chaff seems sweeter than honey as we are hungry; whereas when we are full, honey does not taste sweet at all. Second, when we begin to eat upon arrival, everything in the restaurant appears new, even a new latrine smells fragrant. The defamiliarization effect, isn’t it?Hunger is the best sauce.SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESETranslate the underlined part of the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.For me the most interesting thing about a solitary life, and mine has been that for the last twenty years, is that it becomes increasingly rewarding. When I can wake up and watch the sun rise over the ocean, as I do most days, and know that I have an entire day ahead, uninterrupted, in which to write a few pages, take a walk with my dog, read and listen to music, I am flooded with happiness.I’m lonely only when I am overtired, when I have worked too long without a bre ak, when for the time being I feel empty and need filling up. And I am lonely sometimes when I come back home after a lecture trip, when I have seen a lot of people and talked a lot, and am full to the brim with experience that needs to be sorted out.Then for a little while the house feels huge and empty, and I wonder where my self is hiding. It has to be recaptured slowly by watering the plants and perhaps, by looking again at each one as though it were a person.It takes a while, as I watch the surf blowing up in fountains, but the moment comes when the world falls away, and the self emerges again from the deep unconscious, bringing back all I have recently experienced to be explored and slowly understood.我在过去的二十年间一直单独生活。

2004 专八真题附带答案解析

2004 年英语专八试卷及答案Part Ⅱ Proofreading and Error Correction (15 min) The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximumof ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You shouldproofread the passage and correct it in the following way: For a wrongword, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blankprovided at the end of the line. For a missing word, mark the positionof the missing word with a "∧" sign and write the word you believeto be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For anunnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash "/"and putthe word in the blank provided at the end 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 museum wants an exhibition, it must often build it.(3)exhibitProofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.One of the most important non-legislative functions of the U.S Congressis the power to investigate. This power is usually delegated tocommittees - eitherstanding committees, special committees set for a specific(1)____purpose, or joint committees consisted of members of both houses.(2)____Investigations are held to gather information on the need forfuture legislation, to test the effectiveness of lawsalready passed,to inquire into the qualifications and performance of members andofficials of the other branches, and in rare occasions, to lay the(3)____groundwork for impeachment proceedings. Frequently, committeesrely outside experts to assist in conducting investigative hearings(4)____291and to make out detailed studies of issues.(5)____There are important corollaries to the investigative power. Oneis the power to publicize investigations and its results. Most(6)____committee hearings are open to public and are reported (7)____widely in the mass media. Congressional investigations nevertheless represent one important tool available to lawmakers(8)____to inform the citizenry and to arouse public interests in nationalissues.(9)____Congressional committees also have the power to compel testimony from unwilling witnesses, and to cite for contemptof Congress witnesses who refuse to testify and for perjurythese who give false testimony.(10)____Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (30 min) (开始Part ⅢReadingComprehension (30 min)计时)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a totalof fifteen multiplechoice questions. Read the passagesand then markyour answers on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT AFarmers in the developing world hate price fluctuations. It makes ithard to plan ahead. But most of them have little choice: they sell atthe price the market sets. Farmers in Europe, the U.S. and Japan areluckier: they receive massive government subsidies in the form ofguaranteed prices or direct handouts. Last month U.S. President Bushsigned a new farm bill that gives American farmers $190 billion overthe next 10 years, or $83 billion more than they had been scheduledto get, and pushes U.S. agricultural support close to crazy Europeanlevels. Bush said the step was necessary to "promote farmerindependence and preserve the farm way of life for generations". It292is also designed to help the Republican Party win control of the Senatein November’s midterm elections.Agricultural production in most poor countries accounts for up to 50%of GDP, compared to only 3% in rich countries. But most farmers in poorcountries grow just enough for themselves and their families. Those who try exportingto the West find their goods whacked with huge tariffs or competingagainst cheaper subsidized goods. In 1999 the United Nations Conferenceon Trade and Development concluded that for each dollar developingcountries receive in aid they lose up to $14 just because of tradebarriers imposed on the export of their manufactured goods. It’s notas if the developing world wants any favours, says Gerald Ssendwula,Uganda’s Minister of Finance. "What we want is for the rich countriesto let us compete."Agriculture is one of the few areas in which the Third World can compete.Land and labour are cheap, and as farming methods develop, newtechnologies should improve output. This is no pieintheskyspeculation. The biggest success in Kenya’s economy over the pastdecade has been the boom in exports of cut flowers and vegetables toEurope. But that may all change in 2008, when Kenya will be slightlytoo rich to qualify for the "leastdeveloped country" status that allowsAfrican producers to avoid paying stiff European import duties onselected agricultural products. With trade barriers in place, thehorticulture industry in Kenya will shrivel as quickly as a discardedrose. And while agriculture exports remain the great hope for poorcountries, reducing trade barriers in other sectors also works:Americas African Growth and Opportunity Act, which cuts duties onexports of everything from handicrafts to shoes, has proved a boon toAfrica’s manufacturers. The lesson: the Third Wo rld can prosper ifthe rich world gives it a fair go.This is what makes Bush’s decision to increase farm subsidies lastmonth all themore depressing. Poor countries have long suspected that the rich worldurges rade liberalization only so it can wangle its way into newmarkets. Such suspicions caused the Seattle trade talksto break downthree years ago. But last November members of the World TradeOrganization, meeting in Doha, Qatar, finally agreed to a new roundof talks designed to open up global trade in agriculture andtextiles. Rich countries assured poor countries, that their concerns293were finally being addressed. Bush’s handout last month makes a lieof America’s commitment to those talks and his personal devotion tofree trade.16. By comparison, farmers ____ receive more government subsidies thanothers.A) in the developing worldB) in JapanC) in EuropeD) in America17. In addition to the economic considerations, there is a ____ motivebehind Bush’s signing of the new farm bill.A) partisanB) socialC) financialD) cultural18. The message the writer attempts to convey throughout the passageis that ____.A) poor countries should be given equal opportunities in tradeB) "the leastdeveloped country" status benefits agricultural countriesC) poor countries should remove their suspicions about tradeliberalizationD) farmers in poor countries should also receive the benefit ofsubsidies19. The writer’s attitude towards new farm subsidies in the U.S. is____.A) favourableB) ambiguousC) criticalD) reserved294TEXT BOscar Wilde said that work is the refuge of people who have nothingbetter to do. If so, Americans are now among the world’s saddestrefugees. Factory workers in the United States are working longer hoursthan at any time in the past halfcentury. America once led the richworld in cutting the average working week-from 70 hours in 1850 to lessthan 40 hours by the 1950s. It seemed natural that as people grew richerthey would trade extra earnings for more leisure. Since the 1970s,however, the hours clocked up by American workers have risen, to anaverage of 42 this year in manufacturing.Several studies suggest thatsomething similar is happening outside manufacturing: Americans arespending more time at work than they did 20 years ago. Executives andlawyers boast of 80hour weeks. On holiday, they seek out fax machinesand phones as eagerly as Germans bag the best sunloungers. Yet workingtime in Europe and Japan continues to fall. In Germany’s engineeringindustry the working week is to be trimmed from 36 to 35 hours nextyear. Most Germans get six weeks’ paid annual holiday; even theJapanese now take three weeks. Americans still make do with justtwo.Germany responds to this contrast with its usual concern aboutwhether people’s aversion to work is damaging itscompetitiveness.Yet German workers, like the Japanese, seem to be acting sensibly: astheir incomes rise, they can achieve a better standard of living withfewer hours of work. The puzzle is why America, the world’s riches tcountry, sees things differently. It is a puzzle with sinistersocialimplications. Parents spend less time with their children, who may beleft alone at home for longer. Is it just a coincidence that juvenilecrime is on the rise?Some explanations for Am erica’s time at work failto stand up to scrutiny. One blames weak trade unions that leave workersopen to exploitation. Are workers being forced by costcutting firmsto toil harder just to keep their jobs? A recent study by two Americaneconomists, Richard Freeman and Linda Bell, suggests not: when asked,Americans actually want to work longer hours. Most German workers, incontrast, would rather work less.Then, why do Americans want to workharder? One reason may be that the real earnings of many Americans havebeen stagnant or falling during the past two decades. People work longermerely to maintain their living standards. Yet many higherskilledworkers, who have enjoyed big increases in their real pay, have beenworking harder too. Also, one reason for the slow growth of wages hasbeen the rapid growth in employment-which is more or less where the295argument began.Taxes may have something to do with it. People who workan extra hour in America are allowed to keep more of their money thanthose who do the same in Germany. Falls in marginal tax rates in Americasince the 1970s have made it all the more profitable to work longer.Noneof these answers really explains why the centurylong decline in workinghours has gone into reverse in America but not elsewhere (though Britainshows signs of following America’s lead). Perhaps culturaldifferences-the last refuge of the defeated economist-are at play.Economists used to believe that once workers earned enough to providefor their basic needs and allow for a few luxuries, their incentiveto work would be eroded, like lions relaxing after a kill. But humansare more susceptible to advertising than lions. Perhaps clevermarketing has ensured that "basic needs"-for a shower with builtin TV,for a rocketpropelled car-expand continuously. Shopping is already oneof America’s most popular pastimes. But it requires money-hence morework and less leisure.Or try this: the television is not very good,and baseball and hockey keep being wiped out by strikes. Perhaps Wildewas right. Maybe Americans have nothing better to do.20. In the United States, working longer hours is ____.A) confined to the manufacturing industryB) a traditional practice in some sectorsC) prevalent in all sectors of societyD) favoured by the economists21. According to the third paragraph, which might be one of theconsequences of working longer hours?A) Rise in employees’ working efficiency.B) Rise in the number of young offenders.C) Rise in people’s living standards.D) Rise in competitiveness.22. Which of the following is the cause of working longerhours statedbythe writer?A) Expansion of basic needs.296B) Cultural differences.C) Increase in real earnings.D) Advertising.TEXT CThe fox really exasperated them both. As soon as they had let the fowlsout, inthe early summer mornings, they had to take their guns and keepguard; and thenagain as soon as evening began to mellow, they must goonce more. And he was so sly. He slid along in the deep grass; he wasdifficult as a serpent to see. And he seemed to circumvent the girlsdeliberately. Once or twice March had caught sight of the white tipof his brush, or the ruddy shadow of him in the deep grass, and shehad let fire at him. But he made no account of this.The trees on thewoodedge were a darkish, brownish green in the full light-for it wasthe end of August. Beyond, the naked, copperlike shafts and limbs ofthe pine trees shone in the air. Nearer the rough grass, with its long,brownish stalks all agleam, was full of light. The fowls were roundabout-the ducks were still swimming on the pond under the pine trees.March looked at it all, saw it all, and did not see it. She heard Banfordspeaking to the fowls in the distance-and she did not hear. What wasshe thinking about? Heaven knows. Her consciousness was, as it were,held back.She lowered her eyes, and suddenly saw the fox. He was lookingup at her. His chin was pressed down, and his eyes werelooking up.They met her eyes. And he knew her. She was spellbound-she knew he knewher. So he looked into her eyes, and her soul failed her. He knew her,he has not daunted.She struggled, confusedly she came to herself, andsaw him making off, with slow leaps over some fallen boughs, slow,impudent jumps. Then he glanced over his shoulder, and ran smoothlyaway. She saw his brush held smooth like a feather, she saw his whitebuttocks twinkle. And he was gone, softly, soft as the wind.She puther gun to her shoulder, but even then pursed her mouth, knowing itwas nonsense to pretend to fire. So she began to walk slowly after him,in the direction he had gone, slowly, pertinaciously. She expected tofind him. In her heart she was determined to find him. What she woulddo when she saw him again she did not consider. But she was determinedto find him. So she walked abstractedly about on the edge of the wood,with wide, vivid dark eyes, and a faint flush in her cheeks. She didnot think. In strange mindlessness she walked hither and thither...As297soon as supper was over, she rose again to go out, without saying why.Shetook her gun again and went to look for the fox. For he had lifted hiseyesupon her, and his knowing look seemed to have entered her brain.She did not somuch think of him: she was possessed by him. She saw hisdark, shrewd, unabashedeye looking into her, knowing her. She felt himinvisibly master her spirit. She knew the way he lowered his chin ashe looked up, she knew his muzzle, the golden brown, and the greyishwhite. And again she saw him glance over his shoulder at her, halfinviting, half contemptuous and cunning. So she went, with her greatstartled eyes glowing, her gun under her arm, along the wood edge.Meanwhilethe night fell, and a great moon rose above the pine trees.23. At the beginning of the story, the fox seems to the all EXCEPT ____.A) cunningB) fierceC) defiantD) annoying24. As the story proceeds, March begins to feel under the spell of ____.A) the lightB) the treesC) the nightD) the fox25. Gradually March seems to be in a state of ____.A) blanknessB) imaginationC) sadnessD) excitement26. At the end of the story, there seems to be a sense of ____ betweenMarch and the fox.A) detachmentB) angerC) intimacyD) conflict29827. The passage creates an overall impression of ____.A) mysteryB) horrorC) livelinessD) contemptTEXT DThe banners are packed, the tickets booked. The glitter and whiteoveralls havebeen bought, the gas masks just fit andthe mobile phonesare ready. All that remains is to get to the parties.This week willsee a feast of panEuropean protests. It started on Bastille Day, lastSaturday, with the French unions and immigrants on the streets and thefirst demonstrations in Britain and Germany about climate change. Itwill continue tomorrow and Thursday with environmental and peacerallies against President Bush. But the big one is in Genoa, on Fridayand Saturday, where the G8 leaders will meet behind the lines of 18,000heavily armed police.Unlike Prague, Gothenburg, Cologne or Nice, Genoais expected to be Europe’s Seattle, the comi ng together of thedisparate strands of resistance to corporate globalisation.Neither theprotesters nor the authorities know what will happen, but some thingsare predictable. Yes, there will be violence and yes, the mass mediawill focus on it. What should seriously concern the G8 is not so muchthe violence, the numbers in the streets or even that they themselveslook like idiots hiding behind the barricades, but that the deep rootsof a genuine new version of internationalism are growing.For the firsttime in a generation, the international political and economiccondition is in the dock. Moreover, the protesters are unlikely to goaway, their confidence is growing rather than waning, their agendasare merging, the protests are spreading and drawing in all ages andconcerns.No single analysis has drawn all the strands of the debatetogether. In the meantime, the global protest"movement" is developingits own language, texts, agendas, myths, heroes and villains. Just asthe G8 leaders, world bodies and businesses talk increasingly from thesame script, so the protesters’ oncedisparatepolitical and socialanalyses are converging. The longterm project of governments and worldbodies to globalise capital and development is being mirrored by the299globalisation of protest.But what happens next? Governments and worldbodies are unsure which way to turn. However well they are policed,major protests reinforce the impression of indifferent elites,repression of debate, overreaction to dissent, injustice andunaccountable power.Their options-apart from actually embracing thebroad agenda being put to them-are to retreat behind even higherbarricades, repress dissent further, abandon global meetingsaltogether or, more likely, meet only in places able to physicallyresist the masses.Brussels is considering building a super fortressfor international meetings. Genoa may be the last of the Europeansuperprotests.28. According to the context, the word "parties" at the end of the firstparagraph refers to ____.A) the meeting of the G8 leadersB) the protests on Bastille DayC) the coming panEuropean protestsD) the big protest to be held in Genoa29. According to the passage, economic globalisation is paralleled by____.A) the emerging differences in the global protestmovementB) the disappearing differences in the global protest movementC) the growing European concern about globalisationD) the increase in the number of protesters30. According to the last paragraph, what is Brussels consideringdoing?A) Meeting in places difficult to reach.B) Further repressing dissent.C) Accepting the protesters’ agenda.D) Abandoning global meetings.(结束Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (30 min)计时)SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING (10 MIN) (开始SECTION B SKIMMING ANDSCANNING (10 MIN)计时)300In this section there are seven passages with ten multiplechoicequestions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answerson your coloured answer sheet.TEXT EFirst read the question. 31.The main purpose of the passage is to____. A.demonstrate how to prevent crime B.show the seriousness ofcrime C.look into the causes of crime D.call for more government effortsNow go through TEXT E quickly to answer question 31. For three weeks,every night at 11 p.m., correspondents, officers and judges fromjustice courts, police departments and prisons, psychiatrists,criminologists, victims and even criminals in prisons made theirappearance on TV to debate on a topic "Crime in the United States".Indeed, crime has been disturbing the American people and has becomea serious social problem just next to the unemployment problem. Somefigures are terrifying : 1 of 4 Americans has been a victim of somekind of crimes; nearly 22 million crimecases occurred last yearthroughout the country. A simple arithmeticcalculation indicates thaton average, a crime is being committed in every 2 seconds. Now theAmericans are living in a horrible environment. Their safety andproperty are threatened by various crimes: robbery, theft, rape,kidnapping, murder, arson, vandalism and violence. The most worrisomeproblem comes from the fact that about onethird of crime cases werecommitted by the juvenile and 53% of criminals in jails are youngstersbelow 25. A poll indicates that about 73% of citizens said they avoidedteenagers in streets, especially at night. To protect themselves fromcrime, according to a released figure, 52% of Americans keep guns athome. But some gun owners turn out to be potential criminals. Somepeople demand that strict law for gun control be enforced; but othersoppose the ban of gun. No decision is in sight. Some experts saidpoverty, unemployment and racial discrimination are the cause of crime.They cited figures to show that 47% of crime cases were committed byt he black, though they account for only about 12% of the populationof the nation . Others argued that about 54% of convicted criminalscame from families associated with these evils. The American stategovernment and federal government spend billions of dollars each yearin maintaining the police departments and jails. But police authorities301complain that they have not sufficient welltrained hands and advancedequipment to detect and stop crimes. Several cases of criminalinsurgence were reported as a result of resentment at overcrowdedprisons. Taxpayers complain that they pay more and more tax but receiveless and less protection from crime for their lives and property. Thoughthe host of the live TV programme made great efforts to search for asolution, so far no participant could put forward a measure that wasapproved by most of the attendants.31. The main purpose of the passage is to ____.A) demonstrate how to prevent crimeB) show the seriousness of crimeC) look into the causes of crimeD) call for more government effortsTEXT FFirst read the question. 32.What is the main topic of the followingpassage? A.Differences between modes of learning. B.Deficiencies offormal learning. C.Advantages of informal learning.D.Social contextand learning systems. Now go through TEXT F quickly to answer question32. The term "formal learning" is used in this paper to refer to alllearning that takes place in the classroom, irrespective of whethersuch learning is informed by conservative or progressive ideologies."Informal learning", on the other hand, is used to refer to learningwhich takes place outside the classroom. These definitions provide theessential, though by no means sole, difference bet ween formal andinformal learning. Formal learning is decontextualised from daily lifeand, indeed, as Scribner and Cole (1973:553) have observed, mayactually "promote ways of learning and thinking which often run counterto those nurtured in practical daily life". A characteristic featureof formal learning is the centrality of activities that are not closelyparalleled by activities outside the classroom. The classroom canprepare for, draw on, and imitate the challenges of adult life outsidethe classroom, but it cannot, by its nature, consist of thesechallenges. In doing this, language plays a critical role as the majorchannel for information exchange. "Success" in the classroom requiresa student to master this abstract code. As Bernstein (1969:152) noted,the language of the classroom is more similar to the language used by302middleclass families than that used by workingclass families.Middleclass children thus find it easier to acquire the language ofthe classroom than their workingclass peers. Informal learning, incontrast, occurs in the setting to which it relates, making learningimmediately relevant. In this context, language does not occupy suchan important role: the child’s experience of learning is moreholistic, involving sight, touch, taste, andsmell-senses that areunderutilised in the classroom.While formal learning is transmittedby teachers selected to perform this role, informal learning isacquired as a natural part of a child’s development.Adults or olderchildren who are proficient in the skill or activity provide - sometimes unintentionally - target models of behaviour in the course of everydayactivity. Informal learning, therefore, can take place at any time andis not subject to the limitations imposed by institutional timetabling.The motivation of the learner provides another critical differencebetween the two modes of learning. The formal learner is generallymotivated by some kind of external goal such as parental approval,social status, and potential financial reward. The informal learner,however, tends to be motivated by successful completion of the taskitself and the partial acquisition of adult status.32. What is the main topic of the following passage?A) Differences between modes of learning.B) Deficiencies of formal learning.C) Advantages of informal learning.D) Social context and learning systems.TEXT GFirst read the question. 33.The three approaches mentioned in thepassage aim at ____. A.restructuring economyB.improving the tax systemC.improving the living conditionsD.reducing poverty Now go throughTEXT G quickly to answer question 33. As a rule, it is essential thatthe poor’s productive capabilities be mobilized and the conditionsfor developing these human resources be improved. In this con nection,German development policy has developed the following threeapproaches: - Structural reform: Structural reform is the preferredapproach for reducing poverty because it eliminates the causes ofpoverty rather than just its symptoms. It is vital that economic,303political and social conditions which can alleviate poverty beestablished at national and international levels. Efforts atinternational level focus on fair conditions for international tradeand competition. At national level, the poor must be helped throughstructural reform such as the introduction of democratic government,options for independent private enterprise, decentralization andagricultural reform. Development policy tools for realizing suchreforms include political dialogue, political advisory services,structural adjustment measures and personnel and material support forreform efforts in the government, business and administrativesectors.- Direct measures: Projects of this category are aimed atdirectly helping the poor and improving their living conditions orincreasing their job options and earning potential. Of specialimportance are those projects which provide help for selfhelp inreducing poverty. The material support and advisory services offeredby these projects reinforce the poor’s will to help themselves andhelp eable them to lead selfsufficient lives. Typical direct aidprojects include the construction of simple housing by selfhelp groups,the creation of a savings and loan system for the poorer segments ofsociety and support for women’s selfhelp organizations. -Indirectmeasures: A project’s beneficiaries - its target group。

浅析专业英语八级(TEM-8)与大学英语六级(CET-6)之异同

浅析专业英语八级(TEM-8)与大学英语六级(CET-6)之异同作者：郭倩来源：《教师·中》2012年第03期摘要：在我国举办的各种英语考试中，专业英语八级（TEM-8）和大学英语六级（CET-6）无论是从其权威性还是影响力来说都颇有相似之处，都是证明英语水平的考试，都是国家级的考试，都可以用来求职。

本文从多方面分析专业英语八级（TEM-8）和大学英语六级（CET-6）两种考试的异同。

关键词：专业英语八级（TEM-8）；大学英语六级（CET-6）；异同作者简介：郭倩（1977—），女，河北邯郸人，硕士，西藏民族学院讲师，研究方向：外国语言学及应用语言学。

英语专业八级考试（TEM-8，Test for English Majors-Band 8），全称为全国高校英语专业八级考试，而大学英语六级（CET-6，College English Test-Band 6），全称为大学英语六级测试。

这两项权威考试在其影响力、用途和权威性方面有很多的相似点，但同时在考生范围、考试等级、考查范围、考试构成等方面有很大的不同点。

一、TEM-8和CET-6的相同点首先，英语专业八级和大学英语六级的影响力相同。

这两项考试都是考查大学生英语水平的国家性考试，对以后大学生的求职有很大的影响，目前国内一些大型的门槛高的外企针对应聘毕业生的条件之一就是通过全国大学英语六级考试或者英语专业八级考试。

其次，英语专业八级（TEM-8）和大学英语六级（CET-6）都是国家级的英语水平测试，具有权威性，受到社会各个层次的认同，可以用来求职。

最后英语专业八级（TEM-8）和大学英语六级（CET-6）都是测试学生的听、读、写、译能力，由于口语测试的评分难度大而没有将其纳入考试范围。

二、TEM-8和CET-6的不同点1.主办机构不同英语专业八级考试（TEM-8）是由高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会主办的（非教育部主办），对英语专业高年级学生英语水平进行衡量的一种外语水平考试，是目前我国体现最高英语水平的等级考试，考试内容涵盖英语listening、reading、writing、translation各方面，2005年又加入人文常识（Bachman Lyle E），例如：EEC（European Economic Community，欧洲经济共同体）、IMF（International Monetary Fund，国际货币基金组织）。

英语专业八级翻译部分相关解读

About TEM 8
例2：【原文】一霎时，一阵被人摈弃、为世所遗的悲愤兜上心头，…… 【学生译文】At that moment，the grief of being abandoned and deserted by others jumped into my mind，… 【参考译文1】All of a sudden, a feeling of grief and indignation of being deserted by the relations and being abandoned by the whole world overwhelmed me, … 【参考译文2】All of a sudden, a feeling of being deserted and abandoned overwhelmed me, … （2003年八级考试）
About TEM 8
2000年的高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲也对汉译英提出了明确的要求：能够“将我国报刊、杂志上的文章和一般文学作品译成英语，速度为每小时250-300个单词。译文要求忠实愿意，语言通顺、流畅。”从这两个大纲提出的新的要求来看，两者在范围、数量上更为接近，但都比以前的大纲有所扩大，以文学翻译和政论性文章为主，在质量的要求上也比原来的大纲要求有所提高，过去强调忠实和通顺，现在都加上了“流畅”这一较高的标准。
About TEM 8
Notes: 一般说来，如果关系是有方向性或单向的，要用relation；如果没有方向性或双向的，则用relationship；如果“关系”有好坏、强弱之分，要用relation；如果“关系”没有好坏、强弱之分，则要用relationship。例：“因果之间的关系”的英语是the relation between cause and effect，而不能用the relationship between cause and effect，因为只有“因”才能引起“果”，而 “果”不能引起“因”，系单向关系。如果翻译成英语时必须在“关系”之前加修饰语，例如：人际关系，国际关系，外交关系，公共关系，工业关系，种族关系，夫妻关系，关系不好等等，常用relation。以上几个例子的英语翻译是：interpersonal relations， international relations， diplomatic relation，public relation，industrial relation, race (racial) relation, husband-and-wife relation, poor (bad) relation. 请比较：保持英美之间的传统友好关系＝to maintain the traditional friendly relationship between Britain and America（恒定不变的关系）进一步改善英美之间的关系＝to further improve the relation between Britain and America（可变的关系）

【2008-2014年专八人文知识真题及答案】

英语专八考试文化常识辅导2000年教育部《高等学校英语专业高年级教学大纲》规定，高等学校英语专业高年级的教学任务是“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”。

2005年的英语专业考试依照2004年新版的《高校英语专业八级考试大纲》的有关规定，取消了快速阅读，取而代之的是人文知识，或者叫做文化常识题（General Knowledge）。

那么到底这个题型考的是什么题，又有哪些内容呢？英语专业的教学大纲对这一项并没有具体要求，但是八级考试大纲则有以下四点说明：测试要求：1. 能基本了解主要英语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化传统等。

2. 能初步具备英语文学知识。

3. 能初步具备英语语言学知识。

4. 考试时间为10分钟。

测试形式：多项选择题，共10题。

测试范围：主要涉及到三个方面的内容：主要英语国家社会与文化（基本国家概况：地理、政治制度、文化生活、经济4/10）英美文学（作家、作品，文学流派，基本文学概念3/10）英语语言学（词汇学、语义学、语用学、语言学流派、基本概念3/10）For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,For the want of a horse the rider was lost,For the want of a rider the battle was lost,For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,And all for the want of a horse shoe nail.--Benjamin Franklin失去一颗马蹄钉，可能会失去一个国家；忽略一个细节，你也可能失去整个专八。

2008年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题及答案31. The largest city in Canada is___.A. Vancouver.B. Montreal.C. TorontoD. Ottawa.32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in___.A. the Federal Government.B. the Supreme Court.C. the Cabinet.D. the Congress.33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?A. Baseball.B. Tennis.C. Basketball.D. American football.34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is____.A. the President.B. the Governor-General.C. the British monarchD. the Prime Minister.35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by___.A. William Langland.B. Geoffrey Chaucer.C. William Shakespeare.D. Alfred Tennyson.36. Who wrote The American?A. Herman Melville.B. Nathaniel Hawthorne.C. Henry James.D. Theodore Dreiser.37. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th-century Britain EXCEPT____.A. George Eliot.B. Iris Jean Murdoch.C. Doris Lessing.D. Muriel Spark.38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness.B. Displacement.C. Duality.D. Diachronicity.39. What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”?A. A simple sentence.B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above.40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called____.A. hyponymy.B. synonymy.C. polysemy.D. homonymy.Keys: CDABB CADBD2009年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题及答案31. The Head of State of New Zealand is ______.A. the governor-generalB. the Prime MinisterC. the high commissionerD. the monarch of United Kingdom32. The capital of Scotland is ______.A. GlasgowB. EdinburghC. ManchesterD. London33. Who write the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President ?A. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Thomas PaineD. John Adams34. Which is the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia ?A. PerthB. AdelaideC. SydneyD. Melbourne35. Ode to the West Wind was written by ______.A. Willian BlakeB. Willian WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridegeD. Percy Bysshe Shelley36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse ?A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Walt WhitmanC. Herman MelvilleD. Theodore Dreiser37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by ______.A. Thomas HardyB. John GalworhtyC.D.H. Lawrence D. James Joyce38. The study of mental processes of language comprehension and production is ______.A. corpus linguisticsB. socialinguisticsC. theoretical linguisticsD. psycholinguistics39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called ______.A. dialectB. idiolectC. pidginD. register40. When a speaker expresses his intension of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing ______.A. an illocutionary actB. a perlocutionary actC. a locutionary actD. none of the above Key: 31-35 DBACD 36-40 BCDCA2010 -- PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)31. Which of the following statements in INCORRECT?A. The British constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215.B. The British constitution includes Parliamentary acts.C. The British constitution includes decisions made by courts of law.D. The British constitution includes one single written constitution.32. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec.B. Vancouver.C. Toronto.D. Montreal.33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. 1770.B. 1788.C. 1900.D. 1901.34. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the U.S. was issued byA. Abraham Lincoln.B. Thomas Paine.C. George Washington.D. Thomas Jefferson.35. ________ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems..A. William BlakeB. W.B. YeatsC. Robert BrowningD. William Wordsworth36. The Financier is written by_____A. Mark Twain.B. Henry James.C. William Faulkner.D. Theodore Dreiser.37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as_____A. allegory.B. sonnet.C. blank verse.D. rhyme.38. ________ refers to the learning and development of a language.A. Language acquisitionB. Language comprehensionC. Language productionD. Language instruction39. The word “Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”.This is an example of ____ in morphology.A. backformationB. conversionC. blendingD. acronym40. Language is t tool of communication. The symbol “ Highway Closed” on a highway servesA. an expressive function.B. an informative function.C. a performative function.D. a persuasive function.Keys: 31-35 DAAAC36-40 DAACB2011--PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _______.A. Northern IrelandB. WalesC. EnglandD. Scotland32. It is generally agreed that _______ were the first Europeans to reach Australia's shores.A. the FrenchB. the GermansC. the BritishD. the Dutch33. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?A. Canada.B. New Zealand.C. Great Britain.D. The United States of America.34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution?A. Thomas Jefferson.B. Thomas Paine.C. John Adams.D. Benjamin Franklin.35. Virginia Woolf was an important female ________ in the 20th-century England.A. poetB. biographerC. playwrightD. novelist36. ______ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nation's history.A. BalladB. RomanceC. EpicD. Elegy37. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century?A. The Great Gatsby.B. The Sun Also Rises.C. The Sound and the Fury.D. Beyond the Horizon.38. _______ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A. SemanticsB. PragmaticsC. Cognitive linguisticsD. Sociolinguistics39. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of ________.A. absence of obstructionB. presence of obstructionC. manner of articulationD. place of articulation40. The definition "the act of using or promoting the use of several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers" refers to _________.A. PidginB. CreoleC. MultilingualismD. BilingualismKeys: DDABD CACAC2012- PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)31. The Maori people are natives of _____A. Australia.B. Canada.C. Ireland.D. New Zealand.32. The British monarch is the Head ofA. Parliament.B. State.C. Government.D. Cabinet.33. Americans celebrate Independence Day on _____A. July 4th.B. October 11th.C. May 31st.D. September 6th.34. Canada is bounded on the north by ______A. the Pacific Ocean.B. the Atlantic Ocean.C. the Arctic Ocean.D. the Great Lakes.35. Who is the author of The Waste Land?A. George Bernard Shaw.B. W.B. Yeats.C. Dylan Thomas.D. T.S. Eliot.36. Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury?A. William Faulkner.B. Ernest Hemingway.C. Scott Fitzgerald.D. John Steinbeck.37. "The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company" is an example ofA. exaggeration.B. understatement.C. personification.D. synecdoche.38. In English if a word begins with a [l] or a [r], then the next sound must be a vowel. This is a (n)_____A. assimilation rule.B. sequential rule.C. deletion rule.D. grammar rule.39. Which of the following is an example of clipping?A.APEC.B. Motel.C. Xerox.D. Disco.40. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of situation is called_____A. register.B. dialect.C. slang.D. variety.Keys: DBACD ACBDA2013年专八人文知识31．The full official name of Australia isA．The Republic of Australia．B．The Commonwealth of Australia．C．The Federation of Australia．D．The Union of Australia．32. Canada is well known for all the following EXCEPTA．its mineral resources．B．its forest resources．C．its fertile and arable land．D．its heavy industries．33．In the United States community colleges offer ____A．two-year programmes．B．four-year programmes．C．postgraduate studies．D．B．A．or B．S．degrees．34. In ______，referenda in Scotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Wales assembly．A．2000 B．1946 C．1997 D. 199035．Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration?A．A weak seat．B．Safe and sound．C．Knock and kick．D．Coat and boat．36．Who wrote Mrs．Warren's Profession?A．John Galsworthy．B．William Butler Yeats．C．T．S．Eliot．D．George Bernard Shaw．37．Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n)A．novel．B．short story．C．poem．D．autobiography．38．Which Of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme? A．Unlock．B．Government．C．Goes．D．Off-stage．39．_____ is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to. A．Onomatopoeia B．Collocation C．Denotation D．Assimilation 40．The sentence "CIose your book and listen to me carefully!" performs a(n) ____ function．A．interrogative B．informative C．performative D．directiveKeys:31. 澳大利亚的全称是：the commonwealth of Austrilia32. 加拿大以什么著称，除了什么以外（矿产、森林、肥沃的土地）。

2004年英语专业八级真题及答案

Part ⅠListening Comprehension (40 min)In Sections A, B and C 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.SECTION A TALKQuestions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section. At the end of the talk you will be given 75 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the talk.1. A) the coordination based on individual actionsB) the number of individual participantsC) the necessity of individual actionsD) the requirements for participants2. A) individual B) combined C) distinct D) social3. A) the manner of language useB) the topic and content of speechC) the interactions between speaker and audienceD) the relationship between speaker and audience4. A) hide their real intentionsB) voice others' intentionsC) play double roles on and off stageD) only imitate other people in life5. A) the absence of spontaneityB) the presence of individual actionsC) the lack of real intentionsD) the absence of audienceSECTION B INTERVIEWQuestions 6 to 10 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 75 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the interview.6. A) Students worked very hard.B) Students felt they needed a second degree.C) Education was not career oriented.D) There were many specialized subjects.7. A) To turn out an adequate number of elite for the society.B) To prepare students for their future career.C) To offer practical and utilitarian courses in each programme.D) To set up as many technical institutions as possible.8. A) require good educationB) are secondary to educationC) don't call for good educationD) don't conflict with education9. A) Shifting from one programme to another.B) Working out ways to reduce student number.C) Emphasizing better quality of education.D) Setting up stricter examination standards.10. A) those who can adapt to different professionsB) those who have a high flexibility of mindC) those who are thinkers, historians and philosophersD) those who possess only highly specialized skillsSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 45 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.11. Which of the following regions in the world will witness the sharpest drop in life expectancy?A) Latin America.B) Sub Saharan Africa.C) Asia.D) The Caribbean.12. According to the news, which country will experience small life expectancy drop?A) Burma. B) Botswana. C) Cambodia. D) Thailand.13. The countries that are predicted to experience negative population growth are mainly in ____A) Asia. B) Africa. C) Latin America. D) The Caribbean.14. The trade dispute between the European Union and the US was caused by ____.A) US refusal to accept arbitration by WTOB) US imposing tariffs on European steelC) US refusal to pay compensation to EUD) US refusal to lower import duties on EU products15. Who will be consulted first before the EU list is submitted to WTO?A) EU member states.B) The United States.C) WTO.D) The steel corporations.SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLINGIn this section you will hear a mini lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONL Y. While listening to the lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a 15 minute gap filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the mini lecture. Use the blank sheet for note taking.Part ⅡProofreading and Error Correction (15 min)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 provided at the end of the line.For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a "∧" sign and write the word you believe to be 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 the end 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)exhibitProofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.One of the most important non-legislative functions of the U.S Congressis the power to investigate. This power is usually delegated to committees - eitherstanding committees, special committees set for a specific (1)____ purpose, or joint committees consisted of members of both houses. (2)____ Investigations are held to gather information on the need forfuture legislation, to test the effectiveness of laws already passed,to inquire into the qualifications and performance of members andofficials of the other branches, and in rare occasions, to lay the (3)____ groundwork for impeachment proceedings. Frequently, committeesrely outside experts to assist in conducting investigative hearings (4)____and to make out detailed studies of issues. (5)____There are important corollaries to the investigative power. Oneis the power to publicize investigations and its results. Most (6)____ committee hearings are open to public and are reported (7)____widely in the mass media. Congressional investigationsnevertheless represent one important tool available to lawmakers (8)____to inform the citizenry and to arouse public interests in national issues.(9)____ Congressional committees also have the power to compeltestimony from unwilling witnesses, and to cite for contemptof Congress witnesses who refuse to testify and for perjurythese who give false testimony. (10)____Part ⅢReading Comprehension (30 min) (开始Part ⅢReading Comprehension (30 min)计时)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of fifteen multiple choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT AFarmers in the developing world hate price fluctuations. It makes it hard to plan ahead. But most of them have little choice: they sell at the price the market sets. Farmers in Europe, the U.S. and Japan are luckier: they receive massive government subsidies in the form of guaranteed prices or direct handouts. Last month U.S. President Bush signed a new farm bill that gives American farmers $190 billion over the next 10 years, or $83 billion more than they had been scheduled to get, and pushes U.S. agricultural support close to crazy European levels. Bush said the step was necessary to "promote farmer independence and preserve the farm way of life for generations". It is also designed to help the Republican Party win control of the Senate in November's mid-term elections.Agricultural production in most poor countries accounts for up to 50% of GDP, compared to only 3% in rich countries. But most farmers in poor countries grow just enough for themselves and their families. Those who try exporting to the West find their goods whacked with huge tariffs or competing against cheaper subsidized goods. In 1999 the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development concluded that for each dollar developing countries receive in aid they lose up to $14 just because of trade barriers imposed on the export of their manufactured goods. It's not as if the developing world wants any favours, says Gerald Ssendwula, Uganda's Minister of Finance. "What we want is for the rich countries to let us compete."Agriculture is one of the few areas in which the Third World can compete. Land and labour are cheap, and as farming methods develop, new technologies should improve output. This is no-pie-in-the-sky speculation. The biggest success in Kenya's economy over the past decade has been the boom in exports of cut flowers and vegetables to Europe. But that may all change in 2008, when Kenya will be slightly too rich to qualify for the "least developed country" status that allowsAfrican producers to avoid paying stiff European import duties on selected agricultural products. With trade barriers in place, the horticulture industry in Kenya will shrivel as quickly as a discarded rose. And while agriculture exports remain the great hope for poor countries, reducing trade barriers in other sectors also works: Americas African Growth and Opportunity Act, which cuts duties on exports of everything from handicrafts to shoes, has proved a boon to Africa's manufacturers. The lesson: the Third World can prosper if the rich world gives it a fair go.This is what makes Bush's decision to increase farm subsidies last month all themore depressing. Poor countries have long suspected that the rich world urges rade liberalization only so it can wangle its way into new markets. Such suspicions caused the Seattle trade talks to break down three years ago. But last November members of the World Trade Organization, meeting in Doha, Qatar, finally agreed to a new round of talks designed to open up global trade in agriculture andtextiles. Rich countries assured poor countries, that their concerns were finally being addressed. Bush's handout last month makes a lie of America's commitment to those talks and his personal devotion to free trade.16. By comparison, farmers ____ receive more government subsidies than others.A) in the developing worldB) in JapanC) in EuropeD) in America17. In addition to the economic considerations, there is a ____ motive behind Bush's signing of the new farm bill.A) partisanB) socialC) financialD) cultural18. The message the writer attempts to convey throughout the passage is that ____.A) poor countries should be given equal opportunities in tradeB) "the least developed country" status benefits agricultural countriesC) poor countries should remove their suspicions about trade liberalizationD) farmers in poor countries should also receive the benefit of subsidies19. The writer's attitude towards new farm subsidies in the U.S. is ____.A) favourableB) ambiguousC) criticalD) reservedTEXT BOscar Wilde said that work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do. If so, Americans are now among the world's saddest refugees. Factory workers in the United States are working longer hours than at any time in the past half century. America once led the rich world in cutting the average working week-from 70 hours in 1850 to less than 40 hours by the 1950s. It seemed natural that as people grew richer they would trade extra earnings for more leisure. Since the 1970s, however, the hours clocked up by American workers have risen, to an average of 42 this year in manufacturing.Several studies suggest that something similar is happening outside manufacturing: Americans are spending more time at work than they did 20 years ago. Executives and lawyers boast of 80 hour weeks. On holiday, they seek out fax machines and phones as eagerly as Germans bag the best sun loungers. Yet working time in Europe and Japan continues to fall. In Germany's engineering industry the working week is to be trimmed from 36 to 35 hours next year. Most Germans get six weeks' paid annual holiday; even the Japanese now take three weeks. Americans still make do with just two.Germany responds to this contrast with its usual concern about whether people's aversion to work is damaging its competitiveness. Yet German workers, like the Japanese, seem to be acting sensibly: as their incomes rise, they can achieve a better standard of living with fewer hours of work. The puzzle is why America, the world's richest country, sees things differently. It is a puzzle with sinistersocial implications. Parents spend less time with their children, who may be left alone at home for longer. Is it just a coincidence that juvenile crime is on the rise?Some explanations for America's time at work fail to stand up to scrutiny. One blames weak trade unions that leave workers open to exploitation. Are workers being forced by cost cutting firms to toil harder just to keep their jobs? A recent study by two American economists, Richard Freeman and Linda Bell, suggests not: when asked, Americans actually want to work longer hours. Most German workers, in contrast, would rather work less.Then, why do Americans want to work harder? One reason may be that the real earnings of many Americans have been stagnant or falling during the past two decades. People work longer merely to maintain their living standards. Yet many higher skilled workers, who have enjoyed big increases in their real pay, have been working harder too. Also, one reason for the slow growth of wages has been the rapid growth in employment-which is more or less where the argument began.Taxes may have something to do with it. People who work an extra hour in America areallowed to keep more of their money than those who do the same in Germany. Falls in marginal tax rates in America since the 1970s have made it all the more profitable to work longer.None of these answers really explains why the century long decline in working hours has gone into reverse in America but not elsewhere (though Britain shows signs of following America's lead). Perhaps cultural differences-the last refuge of the defeated economist-are at play. Economists used to believe that once workers earned enough to provide for their basic needs and allow for a few luxuries, their incentive to work would be eroded, like lions relaxing after a kill. But humans are more susceptible to advertising than lions. Perhaps clever marketing has ensured that "basic needs"-for a shower with built in TV, for a rocket propelled car-expand continuously. Shopping is already one of America's most popular pastimes. But it requires money-hence more work and less leisure.Or try this: the television is not very good, and baseball and hockey keep being wiped out by strikes. Perhaps Wilde was right. Maybe Americans have nothing better to do.20. In the United States, working longer hours is ____.A) confined to the manufacturing industryB) a traditional practice in some sectorsC) prevalent in all sectors of societyD) favoured by the economists21. According to the third paragraph, which might be one of the consequences of working longer hours?A) Rise in employees' working efficiency.B) Rise in the number of young offenders.C) Rise in people's living standards.D) Rise in competitiveness.22. Which of the following is the cause of working longer hours stated bythe writer?A) Expansion of basic needs.B) Cultural differences.C) Increase in real earnings.D) Advertising.TEXT CThe fox really exasperated them both. As soon as they had let the fowls out, inthe early summer mornings, they had to take their guns and keep guard; and thenagain as soon as eveningbegan to mellow, they must go once more. And he was so sly. He slid along in the deep grass; he was difficult as a serpent to see. And he seemed to circumvent the girls deliberately. Once or twice March had caught sight of the white tip of his brush, or the ruddy shadow of him in the deep grass, and she had let fire at him. But he made no account of this.The trees on the wood edge were a darkish, brownish green in the full light-for it was the end of August. Beyond, the naked, copper like shafts and limbs of the pine trees shone in the air. Nearer the rough grass, with its long, brownish stalks all agleam, was full of light. The fowls were round about-the ducks were still swimming on the pond under the pine trees. March looked at it all, saw it all, and did not see it. She heard Banford speaking to the fowls in the distance-and she did not hear. What was she thinking about? Heaven knows. Her consciousness was, as it were, held back.She lowered her eyes, and suddenly saw the fox. He was looking up at her. His chin was pressed down, and his eyes were looking up. They met her eyes. And he knew her. She was spellbound-she knew he knew her. So he looked into her eyes, and her soul failed her. He knew her, he has not daunted.She struggled, confusedly she came to herself, and saw him making off, with slow leaps over some fallen boughs, slow, impudent jumps. Then he glanced over his shoulder, and ran smoothly away. She saw his brush held smooth like a feather, she saw his white buttocks twinkle. And he was gone, softly, soft as the wind.She put her gun to her shoulder, but even then pursed her mouth, knowing it was nonsense to pretend to fire. So she began to walk slowly after him, in the direction he had gone, slowly, pertinaciously. She expected to find him. In her heart she was determined to find him. What she would do when she saw him again she did not consider. But she was determined to find him. So she walked abstractedly about on the edge of the wood, with wide, vivid dark eyes, and a faint flush in her cheeks. She did not think. In strange mindlessness she walked hither and thither……As soon as supper was over, she rose again to go out, without saying why.She took her gun again and went to look for the fox. For he had lifted his eyesupon her, and his knowing look seemed to have entered her brain. She did not somuch think of him: she was possessed by him. She saw his dark, shrewd, unabashedeye looking into her, knowing her. She felthim invisibly master her spirit. She knew the way he lowered his chin as he looked up, she knew his muzzle, the golden brown, and the greyish white. And again she saw him glance over his shoulder at her, half inviting, half contemptuous and cunning. So she went, with her great startled eyes glowing, her gun under her arm, along the wood edge. Meanwhilethe night fell, and a great moon rose above the pine trees.23. At the beginning of the story, the fox seems to the all EXCEPT ____.A) cunningB) fierceC) defiantD) annoying24. As the story proceeds, March begins to feel under the spell of ____.A) the lightB) the treesC) the nightD) the fox25. Gradually March seems to be in a state of ____.A) blanknessB) imaginationC) sadnessD) excitement26. At the end of the story, there seems to be a sense of ____ between March and the fox.A) detachmentB) angerC) intimacyD) conflict27. The passage creates an overall impression of ____.A) mysteryB) horrorC) livelinessD) contemptTEXT DThe banners are packed, the tickets booked. The glitter and white overalls have been bought,the gas masks just fit and the mobile phones are ready. All that remains is to get to the parties.This week will see a feast of pan European protests. It started on Bastille Day, last Saturday, with the French unions and immigrants on the streets and the first demonstrations in Britain and Germany about climate change. It will continue tomorrow and Thursday with environmental and peace rallies against President Bush. But the big one is in Genoa, on Friday and Saturday, where the G8 leaders will meet behind the lines of 18, 000 heavily armed police.Unlike Prague, Gothenburg, Cologne or Nice, Genoa is expected to be Europe's Seattle, the coming together of the disparate strands of resistance to corporate globalisation.Neither the protesters nor the authorities know what will happen, but some things are predictable. Yes, there will be violence and yes, the mass media will focus on it. What should seriously concern the G8 is not so much the violence, the numbers in the streets or even that they themselves look like idiots hiding behind the barricades, but that the deep roots of a genuine new version of internationalism are growing.For the first time in a generation, the international political and economic condition is in the dock. Moreover, the protesters are unlikely to go away, their confidence is growing rather than waning, their agendas are merging, the protests are spreading and drawing in all ages and concerns.No single analysis has drawn all the strands of the debate together. In the meantime, the global protest "movement" is developing its own language, texts, agendas, myths, heroes and villains. Just as the G8 leaders, world bodies and businesses talk increasingly from the same script, so the protesters' once disparatepolitical and social analyses are converging. The long term project of governments and world bodies to globalise capital and development is being mirrored by the globalisation of protest.But what happens next? Governments and world bodies are unsure which way to turn. However well they are policed, major protests reinforce the impression of indifferent elites, repression of debate, overreaction to dissent, injustice and unaccountable power.Their options-apart from actually embracing the broad agenda being put to them-are to retreat behind even higher barricades, repress dissent further, abandon global meetings altogether or, more likely, meet only in places able to physically resist the masses.Brussels is considering building a super fortress for international meetings. Genoa may be the last of the European super protests.28. According to the context, the word "parties" at the end of the first paragraph refers to ____.A) the meeting of the G8 leadersB) the protests on Bastille DayC) the coming pan European protestsD) the big protest to be held in Genoa29. According to the passage, economic globalisation is paralleled by ____.A) the emerging differences in the global protest movementB) the disappearing differences in the global protest movementC) the growing European concern about globalisationD) the increase in the number of protesters30. According to the last paragraph, what is Brussels considering doing?A) Meeting in places difficult to reach.B) Further repressing dissent.C) Accepting the protesters' agenda.D) Abandoning global meetings.Part ⅢReading Comprehension (30 min)SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING (10 MIN) SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING (10 MIN)In this section there are seven passages with ten multiple choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT EFirst read the question. 31.The main purpose of the passage is to ____.A. demonstrate how to prevent crimeB.show the seriousness of crimeC.look into the causes of crimeD.call for more government efforts.Now go through TEXT E quickly to answer question 31.For three weeks, every night at 11 p.m., correspondents, officers and judges from justice courts, police departments and prisons, psychiatrists, criminologists, victims and even criminals in prisons made their appearance on TV to debate on a topic "Crime in the United States".Indeed, crime has been disturbing the American people and has become a serious socialproblem just next to the unemployment problem. Some figures are terrifying : 1 of 4 Americans has been a victim of some kind of crimes; nearly 22 million crime cases occurred last year throughout the country. A simple arithmetic calculation indicates that on average, a crime is being committed in every 2 seconds. Now the Americans are living in a horrible environment. Their safety and property are threatened by various crimes: robbery, theft, rape, kidnapping, murder, arson, vandalism and violence.The most worrisome problem comes from the fact that about one third of crime cases were committed by the juvenile and 53% of criminals in jails are youngsters below 25. A poll indicates that about 73% of citizens said they avoided teenagers in streets, especially at night.To protect themselves from crime, according to a released figure, 52% of Americans keep guns at home. But some gun owners turn out to be potential criminals. Some people demand that strict law for gun control be enforced; but others oppose the ban of gun. No decision is in sight.Some experts said poverty, unemployment and racial discrimination are the cause of crime. They cited figures to show that 47% of crime cases were committed by t he black, though they account for only about 12% of the population of the nation . Others argued that about 54% of convicted criminals came from families associated with these evils.The American state government and federal government spend billions of dollars each year in maintaining the police departments and jails. But police authorities complain that they have not sufficient well trained hands and advanced equipment to detect and stop crimes. Several cases of criminal insurgence were reported as a result of resentment at overcrowded prisons. Taxpayers complain that they pay more and more tax but receive less and less protection from crime for their lives and property.Though the host of the live TV programme made great efforts to search for a solution, so far no participant could put forward a measure that was approved by most of the attendants.31. The main purpose of the passage is to ____.A) demonstrate how to prevent crimeB) show the seriousness of crimeC) look into the causes of crimeD) call for more government effortsTEXT FFirst read the question.32.What is the main topic of the following passage?A. Differences between modes of learning.B.Deficiencies of formal learning.C.Advantages of informal learning.D.Social context and learning systems.Now go through TEXT F quickly to answer question 32.The term "formal learning" is used in this paper to refer to all learning that takes place in the classroom, irrespective of whether such learning is informed by conservative or progressive ideologies. "Informal learning", on the other hand, is used to refer to learning which takes place outside the classroom.These definitions provide the essential, though by no means sole, difference between formal and informal learning. Formal learning is decontextualised from daily life and, indeed, as Scribner and Cole (1973:553) have observed, may actually "promote ways of learning and thinking which often run counter to those nurtured in practical daily life". A characteristic feature of formal learning is the centrality of activities that are not closely paralleled by activities outside the classroom. The classroom can prepare for, draw on, and imitate the challenges of adult life outside the classroom, but it cannot, by its nature, consist of these challenges.In doing this, language plays a critical role as the major channel for information exchange. "Success" in the classroom requires a student to master this abstract code. As Bernstein (1969:152) noted, the language of the classroom is more similar to the language used by middle class families than that used by working class families. Middle class children thus find it easier to acquire the language of the classroom than their working class peers.Informal learning, in contrast, occurs in the setting to which it relates, making learningimmediately relevant. In this context, language does not occupy such an important role: the child's experience of learning is more holistic, involving sight, touch, taste, and smell-senses that are under utilised in the classroom.While formal learning is transmitted by teachers selected to perform this role, informal learning is acquired as a natural part of a child's development. Adults or older children who are proficient in the skill or activity provide - sometime s unintentionally - target models of behaviour in the course of everyday activity. Informal learning, therefore, can take place at any time and is not subject to the limitations imposed by institutional timetabling.The motivation of the learner provides another critical difference between the two modes of learning. The formal learner is generally motivated by some kind of external goal such as parental approval, social status, and potential financial reward. The informal learner, however, tends to be motivated by successful completion of the task itself and the partial acquisition of adult status.32. What is the main topic of the following passage?A) Differences between modes of learning.B) Deficiencies of formal learning.C) Advantages of informal learning.D) Social context and learning systems.TEXT G First read the question.33.The three approaches mentioned in the passage aim at ____.A. restructuring economyB.improving the tax systemC.improving the living conditionsD.reducing povertyNow go through TEXT G quickly to answer question 33.As a rule, it is essential that the poor's productive capabilities be mobilized and the conditions for developing these human resources be improved. In this connection, German development policy has developed the following three approaches:- Structural reform: Structural reform is the preferred approach for reducing poverty because it eliminates the causes of poverty rather than just its symptoms. It is vital that economic, political and social conditions which can alleviate poverty be established at national and international。

英语专业八级mini-lecture讲座常见问题及应试策略

英语专业八级mini-lecture讲座常见问题及应试策略伍海英【摘要】英语专业八级的听力测试部分检验的是被测试者英语实力和应试方法的综合使用.mini-lecture作为英语专业八级考试中较为复杂的听力测试项目,是考生的难点所在.本文针对mini-lecture的命题特点,指出英语专业考生在mini-lecture 应试过程中的常见问题,提出有效的应试策略,以提高考生的听力技能.【期刊名称】《疯狂英语(教师版)》【年(卷),期】2012(000)003【总页数】4页(P41-44)【关键词】mini-lecture;命题特点;常见问题;应试策略【作者】伍海英【作者单位】长江师范学院外国语学院,重庆涪陵408100【正文语种】中文【中图分类】H319.3英语专业八级考试（TEM-8，Test for English Majors—Band 8）是由高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会主办，对英语专业高年级学生英语水平进行衡量的一种外语水平考试。

它是目前我国体现最高英语水平的等级考试，考试范围包括《高校英语专业八级考试大纲》（2004年新版）所规定的听、读、写、译四个方面的能力以及英语专业知识。

听力（listening comprehension）是专业八级考试中很重要的一个内容，由三个部分组成：Section A mini-lecture；Section B Interview；Section C News broadcast。

这三部分试题共20分，占总分的20%，考试用时约35分钟。

讲座（minilecture）由一个约900个单词的讲座和一项填空任务组成，要求学生边听边做笔记，然后完成10个填空任务，答题时间10分钟。

本文将针对mini-lecture的命题特点，指出英语专业学生在mini-lecture中的常见问题，提出有效的应试策略，以提高学生的听力技能。

1. mini-lecture讲座命题特点分析1.1 题材多样，内容真实根据2004年修订的高校英语专业八级考试大纲规定，讲座部分的内容与英语专业知识课程相关，能听懂有关政治、经济历史、文化、教育、语言文学、科普方面的演讲。

2024年专八考试大纲

2024年专八考试大纲2024年专八考试大纲是考生备考专八考试的重要参考材料。

该考试大纲由考试主管部门根据考试要求和考试内容编制而成，旨在规范考试内容，确保考试的公平、公正、科学性。

以下是对2024年专八考试大纲的详细描述。

一、考试科目及考试形式2024年专八考试分为听力、阅读、写作和翻译四个科目，考试形式为闭卷笔试。

考试时间根据具体科目的要求而定，一般在一天内完成。

1. 听力：考试内容包括听力理解和听力填空。

考生需要听取录音材料，根据听到的内容回答问题或填写相关信息。

2. 阅读：考试内容包括阅读理解和词汇理解。

考生需要阅读一系列文章，回答相关问题或选择正确的词汇。

3. 写作：考试内容为写作任务。

考生需要根据给定的题目或图表写作一篇短文，表达自己的观点或提供相关信息。

4. 翻译：考试内容为汉译英和英译汉。

考生需要翻译一篇汉语文章或一段英语文章，确保翻译准确、流畅。

二、考试内容要点1. 听力：考试内容涉及各种不同场景和语境，包括对话、讲座、广播等。

考生需要提前熟悉不同场景下的常用表达和相关词汇，以便更好地理解和回答问题。

2. 阅读：考试内容涉及各种不同类型的文章，包括新闻报道、社论、科技文章等。

考生需要提高阅读速度和理解能力，掌握提取关键信息的技巧，以便准确回答问题。

3. 写作：考试内容涉及各种不同题材和类型的写作任务，包括说明文、议论文、应用文等。

考生需要具备良好的写作能力，包括清晰的思路、合理的结构和准确的表达，以便满足任务要求。

4. 翻译：考试内容涉及各种不同领域的文章，包括文学作品、新闻报道、科技文献等。

考生需要具备较高的语言翻译能力，包括准确理解原文意思、恰当运用翻译技巧和词汇选择，以便实现准确的翻译。

三、备考建议1. 熟悉考试大纲：考生需详细了解2024年专八考试大纲，明确考试科目、内容和要求，合理安排备考计划。

2. 多练习模拟试题：通过做大量的模拟试题，考生可以提高自己的考试技巧和应对能力，熟悉考试形式和题型。

大学英语专业八级（TEM-8）考试大纲

大学英语专业八级（TEM-8）考试大纲大学英语专业八级(TEM-8)考试大纲英语专业八级考试是由高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会主办的(非教育部主办)，考试时间是每年3月上旬，对象是英语及相关专业大四学生，以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的大学英语专业八级(TEM-8)考试大纲，希望对大家有所帮助!想了解一、考试目的：本考试的目的是检查大纲执行的情况，特别是大纲所规定的八级水平所要达到的'综合语言技能和交际能力，促进大纲的进一步贯彻，提高教学质量。

二、考试性质与范围：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各项基本技能的能力，既照顾到科学性、客观性，又照顾到可行性以及高级英语水平测试的特点，本考试与综合技能测试高度相结合的方法。

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。

五、考试内容：本考试共有五个部分：听力理解、校对与改错、阅读理解、翻译、写作。

五部分共分成两份试卷。

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

TEM-8考试的项目、时间、题数及比重见下表。

项目时间(分钟) 题数比重Ⅰ 听力理解 25 15 15%Gap-filling 15 10 10%Ⅱ 校对改错 15 10 10%Ⅲ 阅读理解Ⅳ 翻译 60 2 20%Ⅴ 写作 60 1 20%总计 210 63 100%六、及格标准：TEM-8考试以60分为及格分数。

考试及格者由高等院校外语专业教学指导委员会颁发合格证书。

成绩分为三个等级：60-69分合格;70-79分良好;80分以上为优秀。

七、考试对象：全国高等院校英语及相关专业全日制本科四年级的学生。

TEM8

考试简介英语专业八级是通过考试进行的英语专业等级认证。

英语专业八级考试（TEM-8，Test for English Majors，Grade 8），全称为全国高等学校英语专业高年级阶段统测。

自1991年起由中国大陆教育部实行，考察全国综合性大学英语专业学生。

考试内容涵盖英语听、读、写、译各方面，2005年又加入人文常识。

时间通常为每年3月的第一个周六，对象是英语及相关专业大四学生。

非英语及相关专业与非在校生一般不能参加该考试。

现行题型Part 1 Listening prehension （听力理解，35分钟）Section A Mini-Lecture （讲座，无题听力，结束后完成10道填空题）Section B Interview （会话及采访，5道选择题）Section C News Broadcast （新闻报导，5道选择题）Part 2 Reading prehension （阅读理解，30分钟，共4篇，每篇5道选择题）Part 3 General Knowledge （人文知识，10分钟，10道选择题）Part 4 Proofreading&Error Corr ection （改错，15分钟，共10空）Part 5 Translation （翻译，60分钟）Section A Chinese to English （汉译英，翻译划线部分）Section B English to Chinese （英译汉，翻译整段）Part 6 Writing （写作，45分钟，要求400词）考后认证考试及格者由高等院校外语专业教学指导委员会颁发成绩单。

成绩分三级：60-69分是合格；70-79分是良好；80分以上是优秀。

考试合格后颁发的证书终身有效。

从2 003年起，考试不合格能够补考一次。

补考合格後只颁发合格证书。

考试时间专八口试在12月份举行。

分三部分，英译中，中译英，以及三分钟演讲。

英语专业测试与独立学院英语专业课程设置

英语专业测试与独立学院英语专业课程设置摘要：文章通过对《高校英语专业四级考试大纲（2004年新版）》和《高校英语专业八级考试大纲（2004年新版）》的分析，阐述了现阶段独立学院为迎接这两项重要的英语专业测试，应如何提出要求，进行课程设置。

关键词：独立学院英语专业测试课程设置全国英语专业考试（test for english majors，简称tem）是由全国高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会组织、设计和实施的针对英语专业的全国性考试。

[1]考试的目的在于考查学完英语专业基础阶段课程和高年级阶段课程的学生是否达到了《高校英语专业四级考试大纲（2004年新版）》[1]和《高校英语专业八级考试大纲（2004年新版）》[2]的要求，用人单位也以此作为衡量英语专业学生英语水平高低的标准。

因此，对英语专业的学生来说，全国英语专业测试就显得越来越重要了。

独立学院的发展在我国只有短短十余年的历史，而独立学院英语专业的历史则更短，因为某些独立学院根本不设立或者近些年才设立英语专业。

从学生的英语水平来讲，独立学院英语专业的学生基础较差，学习自觉性较弱。

但是用人单位与社会对于tem4与tem8的认同度非常高，于是许多独立学院也都将之作为学院竞争实力的具体体现。

新的教学大纲明确规定，在基础阶段的教学目的是传授英语基础知识，对学生进行全面的、严格的基本技能训练，培养学生实际运用语言的能力、良好的学风和正确的学习方法，为进入高年级打下扎实的专业基础。

高年级阶段的主要教学任务是继续打好语言基本功，学习英语专业知识和相关专业知识，进一步扩大知识面，增强对文化差异的敏感性，提高综合运用英语进行交际的能力。

一、tem4对英语专业课程设置的影响《高校英语专业四级考试大纲（2004年新版）》规定其考试目的是考查学生听、读、写技能及语法、词汇知识。

对此，各大高校在一二年级阶段开设的课程主要是围绕听力、精读、写作及泛读。

针对独立学院学生英语基础差，但通过专业四级的愿望强烈，独立学院应该更深入地剖析专业四级的要求并根据要求细化基础课程。

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高校英语专业八级考试大纲（2004年新版）
SYLLABUS FOR TEM 8
总则
2000年出版的《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》（以下简称《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，学习英语专业知识及相关专业知识，进一步扩大知识面，增强对文化差异的敏感性，提高综合运用英语进行交际的能力。

” （《大纲》，2000：2）
《大纲》同时指出，“为了帮助各校和有关部门了解执行本教学大纲的情况，教育部委托全国高校外语专业教学指导委员会英语组在第四学期和第八学期分别实施全国英语专业四级和八级统一考试。

四级和八级考试着重检查学生的英语语言的综合运用能力。

” （《大纲》，2000：14）
根据(大纲)中的上述规定，英语专业八级考试大纲特作如下规定：
一、考试目的：
本考试的目的是全面检查已完成英语专业高年级阶段课程的学生是否达到了《大纲》所规定的英语语言综合运用能力标准以及英语专业知识的要求。

二、考试的性质与范围：
本考试属于标准参照性教学检查类考试。

考试的范围包括《大纲》所规定的听、读、写、译四个方面的技能以及英语专业知识。

三、考试时间、命题与对象：
本考试在英语专业第八学期举行，每年一次。

考试对象为高校英语专业四年级学生。

本考试由教育部高等学校英语专业教学指导委员会英语组组织有关测试专家命题，外语专业教学指导委员会办公室负责考试的实施。

四、考试形式：
为了有效地考核学生综合运用英语进行交际的能力，既兼顾考试的科学性、客观性，又考虑到考试的可行性及高级阶段英语水平和专业知识评估的特点，本考试采用多种试题形式，以保证考试的效度和信度。

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

整个考试需时185分钟。

（2005年实际考试时间为190分钟，2006、2007年两年实际考试时间分别为195分钟。

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I．听力理解(Part I：Listening Comprehension)
1．测试要求：
(a )能听懂真实交际场合中的各种英语会话和讲话.
(b)能听懂VOA、BBC或CNN等国外媒体节目中有关政治、经济、文化、教育、科技等方面的专题报道。

(d)考试时间约25分钟
2.测试形式:
本部分采用填空题和多项选择题形式,分三节:Section A, Section B, Section C,共20题。

Section A: Mini-lecture
本部分由一个约900个单词的讲座和一项填空任务组成。

要求学生先边听边做笔记，
然后完成填空任务。

答题时间约为10分钟.本部分共有10题。

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Section B: Conversation or Interview
本部分由一个约800个单词会话组成。

会话后有5道多项选择题.。

Section C：News Broadcast
在若干段新闻报道后有5道多项选择题。

Section B& Section C的每道多项选择题后有10秒的间隙,要求学生从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

听力理解部分的录音语速为每分钟约150个单词,念一遍。

3.测试目的:
测试学生获得口头信息的能力。

4.选材原则:
(a)讲座部分的内容与英语专业知识课程相关。

(b)对话部分的内容与学生的日常生活、工作和学习活动相关。

(d) 听写材料中所出现的词语原则上不超出<<>大纲>规定的范围。

II. 阅读理解(Part II: Reading Comprehension)
1.测试要求:
(a) 能读懂一般英美报刊杂志上的社论和书评.
(b) 能读懂有一定难度的历史传记和文学作品.
(c) 能理解所读材料的主旨大意,分辨出其中的事实和细节;既理解字面意义和隐含意义；又能根据
所读材料进行判断和推理;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。

(d) 能在阅读中根据需要自觉调整阅读速度和阅读技巧.
(f) 考试时间30分钟
2.测试形式:
本部分采用多项选择题,由数篇阅读材料组成.阅读材料约含3000个单词.每篇材料后有若干道题.学生应根据所读材料内容,从每道题的四个选项中选出一个最佳的答案.共20道题。

3.测试目的:
本部分测试学生通过阅读获取有关信息的能力,考核学生掌握相关阅读策略和技巧的程度.既要求准确性,也要求一定的速度.阅读速度为每分钟150个单词.
4.选材原则:
(a )题材广泛,包括社会、科技、文化、经济、日常知识、人物传记等.
(b)体裁多样,包括记叙文、描写文、说明文、议论文、广告、说明书、图表等.
(c)关键词汇基本上不超出<<大纲>>规定的范围.
III．人文知识（Part III：General Knowledge）
1．测试要求:
(a) 能基本了解主要英语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化传统等.
(b) 能初步具备英语文学知识.
(c) 能初步具备英语语言学知识
(d) 考试时间10分钟
2.测试形式:
本部分采用多项选择题,要求学生从每道题的四个选项中选出一个最佳的答案.共10道题
3.测试目的:
本部分测试学生对主要英语国家社会与文化、英语文学与英语语言学基本知识的掌握程度。

4．测试范围：
（a）主要英语国家社会与文化知识。

（b）英语文学知识。

（c）英语语言学知识。

IV．改错（Part IV：Proofreading）
1．测试要求:
能运用语法、词汇、修辞等语言知识识别所给短文内容的语病并提出改正方法。

2．测试形式:
本部分由一篇约250个单词的短文组成，短文中有10行标有题号。

该10行内含有一个语误。

要求学生根据“增添”、“删除”、或“改变其中某一个单词或短语”三种方法中的一种改正语误。

本部分为主观试题，共10题。

考试时间15分钟。

3．测试目的:
测试学生运用语言知识的能力。

V．翻译（Part V：Translation）
1．测试要求:
（a）能运用汉译英的理论和技巧，翻译我国报刊杂志上的文章和一般文学作品。

速度为每小时250至300个汉字。

译文必须忠实原意，语言通顺、流畅。

（b）能运用英译汉的理论和技巧，翻译英美报刊杂志上的文章和文学原著。

速度为每小时250至300个英文单词。

译文必须忠实原意，语言通顺、流畅。

2．测试形式:
本部分为主观试题，分两个项目。

考试时间60分钟。

Section A：From Chinese to English
将一段150个汉字组成的段落译成英语。

Section B: From English to Chinese
将一段150个英文单词组成的段落译成汉语。

3．测试目的:
按照《大纲》的要求测试学生的翻译能力。

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.
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.
填空、改错、翻译和作文用钢笔或圆珠笔书写。

答卷内容不要超过装订线，超越部分无效。

多项选择题每题只能选一个答案，多选作废。

请用2B钢笔。

多项选择题只算大队的题数，答错不扣分。

多项选择题由计算机读卷。

考试时不得使用词典及其他工具书。

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.。

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