2023年英语专业八级真题

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1、TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2023) -GRADE EIGHT- TIME LIMIIT:150 MIN PARTI LISTENING COMPREHENSION25 MIN SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY.While listening to mini-lecture, please complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and

2、write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure you fill in isboth grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. Now listen to the mini-lecture. When it is over, you will be given THREE minutes

3、to check your work. SECTIONB INTERVIEW I n this section you will hear ONE interview.The interview will be divided into TWO parts.At the end of each part, five questions will be asked about what was said.Both the interview and the questions will be spokenONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a

4、 ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A), B), C) and D), and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the choices. Now, listen to the first interview. Questions 1 to 5 are based on Part Oneof the interview. Now l

5、isten to the interview. 1. A. Announcement of results. B. Lack of a time schedule. C. Slowness in ballots counting. D. Direction of the electoral events. 2. A. Other voices within Afghanistan wanted so. B. The date had been set previously. C. All the ballots had been counted. D. The UN advised them

6、to do so. 3. A. To calm the voters. B. To speed up the process. C. To stick to the election rules. D. To stop complaints from the labor. 4. A. Unacceptable. B. Unreasonable. C. Insensible. D. Ill considered. 5. A. Supportive. B. Ambivalent. C. Opposed. D. Neutral. Now listening to Part Two of the in

7、terview. Questions 6 to 10 are based on Part Two of the interview. 6. A. Ensure the government includes all parties. B. Discuss who is going to be the winner. C. Supervise the counting of votes. D. Seek support from important sectors. 7. A. 36%-24%. B. 46%-34%. C. 56%-44%. D. 66%-54%. 8. A. Both can

8、didates. B. Electoral institutions. C. The United Nations. D. Not specified. 9. A. It was unheard of. B. It was on a small scale. C. It was insignificant. D.It occurred elsewhere. 10.A. Problems in the electoral process. B. Formation of a new government. C. Premature announcement of results. D. Demo

9、cracy in Afghanistan. PARTREADING COMPREHENSION25 MIN SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS In this section there are three passages followed by fourteen multiple choice questions. For each multiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think i

10、s the best answer and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET TWO. PASSAGE ONE (1) Britains best export, I was told by the Department of Immigration in Canberra, is people. Close on 100,000 people have applied for assisted passages in the first five months of the year, and half of these are eventually expe

11、cted to migrate to Australia. (2) The Australian are delighted. They are keenly ware that without a strong flow of immigrants into the workforce the development of the Australian economy is unlikely to proceed at the ambitious pace currently envisaged. The new mineral discoveries promise a splendid

12、future, and the injection of huge amounts of American and British capital should help to ensure that they are properly exploited, but with unemployment in Australia down to less than 1.3 per cent, the government is understandably anxious to attract more skilled labor. (3) Australia is roughly the sa

13、me size as the continental United States, but has only twelve million inhabitants. Migration has accounted for half the population increase in the last four years, and has contributed greatly to the countrys impressive economic development. Britain has always been the principal source ninety per cen

14、t of Australians are of British descent, and Britain has provided one million migrants since the Second World War. (4) Australia has also given great attention to recruiting people elsewhere. Australians decided they had an excellent potential source of applicants among the so-called guest workers w

15、ho have crossed the ir own frontiers to work in other arts of Europe. There were estimated to be more than four million of them, and a large number were offered subsidized passages and guaranteed jobs in Australia. Italy has for some years been the second biggest source of migrants, and the Australi

16、ans have also managed to attract a large number of Greeks and Germans. (5) One drawback with them, so far as the Australians are concerned, is that integration tends to be more difficult. Unlike the British, continental migrants have to struggle with an unfamiliar language and new customs. Many natu

17、rally gravitate towards the Italian or Greek communities which have grown up in cities such as Sydney and Melbourne. These colonies have their own newspapers, their own shops, and their own clubs. Their habitants are not Australians, but Europeans. (6) The governments avowed aim, however, is to main

18、tain a substantially homogeneous society into which newcomers, from whatever sources, will merge themselves. By and large, therefore, Australia still prefers British migrants, and tends to be rather less selective in their case than it is with others. (7) A far bigger cause of concerns than the grow

19、th of national groups, however, is the increasing number of migrants who return to their countries of origin. One reason is that people nowadays tend to be more mobile, and that it is easier than in the past to save the return fare, but economic conditions also have something to do with it. A slower

20、 rate of growth invariably produces discontent and if this coincides with greater prosperity in Europe, a lot of people tend to feel that perhaps they were wrong to come here after all. (8) Several surveys have been conducted recently into the reasons why people go home. One noted that flies, dirt,

21、and outside lavatories were on the list of complaints from British immigrants, and added that many people also complained about the crudity, bad manners, and unfriendliness of the Australians. Another survey gave climate conditions, homesickness, and the stark appearance of the Australian countrysid

22、e as the main reasons for leaving. (9) Most British migrants miss council housing the National Health scheme, and their relatives and former neighbor. Loneliness is a big factor, especially among housewives. The men soon make new friends at work, but wives tend to find it much harder to get used to

23、a different way of life. Many are housebound because of inadequate public transport in most outlying suburbs, and regular correspondence with their old friends at home only serves to increase their discontent. One housewife was quoted recently as saying: I even find I miss the people I used to hate

24、at home. (10) Rent are high, and there are long waiting lists for Housing Commission homes. Sickness can be an expensive business and the climate can be unexpectedly rough. The gap between Australian and British wage packets is no longer big, and people are generally expected to work harder here tha

25、n they do at home. Professional men over forty often have difficulty in finding a decent job. Above all, perhaps, skilled immigrants often finds a considerable reluctance to accept their qualifications. (11) According to the journal Australian Manufacturer, the attitude of many employers and fellow

26、workers is anything but friendly. We Australians, it stated in a recent issue, are just too fond of painting the rosy picture of the big, warm-hearted Aussie. As a matter of fact, we are so busy blowing our own trumpets that we have not not time to be warm-hearted and considerate. Go down heart-brea

27、k alley among some of the migrants and find out just how expansive the Aussie is to his immigrants. 11.The Australians want a strong flow of immigrants because . A.Immigrants speed up economic expansion B.unemployment is down to a low figure C.immigrants attract foreign capital D.Australia is as lar

28、ge as the United States 12.Australia prefers immigrants from Britain because . A.they are selected carefully before entry B.they are likely to form national groups C.they easily merge into local communities D.they are fond of living in small towns 13.In explaining why some migrants return to Europe

29、the author . A.stresses their economic motives B.emphasizes the variety of their motives C.stresses loneliness and homesickness D.emphasizes the difficulties of men over forty 14.which of the following words is used literally, not metaphorically? A.flow (Para. 2). B.injection (Para. 2). C.gravitate(

30、Para. 5). D.selective(Para. 6). 15.Para. 11 pictures the Australians as . A.unsympathetic B.ungenerous C.undemonstrative D.unreliable PASSAGE TWO (1) Some of the advantages of bilingualism include better performance at tasks involving executive function (which involves the brains ability to plan and

31、 prioritize), better defense against dementia in old age andthe obviousthe ability to speak a second language. One purported advantage was not mentioned, though. Many multilinguals report different personalities, or even different worldviews, when they speak their different languages. (2) Its an exc

32、iting notion, the idea that ones very self coul d be broadened by the mastery of two or more languages. In obvious ways (exposure to new friends, literature and so forth) the self really is broadened. Yet it is different to claimas many people doto have a different personality when using a different

33、 language. A former Economist colleague, for example, reported being ruder in Hebrew than in English. So what is going on here? (3) Benjamin Lee Whorf, an American linguist who died in 1941, held that each language encodes a worldview that significantly infl uences its speakers. Often called Whorfia

34、nism, this idea has its sceptics,but there are still good reasons to believe language shapes thought. (4) This influence is not necessarily linked to the vocabulary or grammar of a second language. Significantly, most people are not symmetrically bilingual. Many have learned one language at home fro

35、m parents, and another later in life, usually at school. So bilinguals usually have different strengths and weaknesses in their different languagesand they are not always best in their first language. For example, when tested in a foreign language, people are less likely to fall into a cognitive tra

36、p (answering a test question with an obvious-seeming but wrong answer) than when tested in their native language. In part this is because working in a second language slows down the thinking. No wonder people feel different when speaking them. And no wonder they feel looser, more spontaneous, perhap

37、s more assertive or funnier or blunter, in the language they were reared in from childhood. (5) What of crib bilinguals, raised in two languages? Even they do not usually have perfectly symmetrical competence in their two languages. But even for a speaker whose two languages are very nearly the same

38、 in ability, there is another big reason that person will feel different in the two languages. This is because there is an important distinction between bilingualism and biculturalism. (6) Many bilinguals are not bicultural. But some are. And of those bicultural bilinguals, we should be little surpr

39、ised that they feel different in their two languages. Experiments in psychology have shown the power of primingsmall unnoticed factors that can affect behavior in big ways. Asking people to tell a happy story, for example, will put them in a better mood. The choice between two languages is a huge pr

40、ime. Speaking Spanish rather than English, for a bilingual and bicultural Puerto Rican in New York, might conjure feelings of family and home. Switching to English might prime the same person to think of school and work. (7) So there are two very good reasons (asymmetrical ability, and priming) that

41、 make people feel different speaking their different languages. We are still left with a third kind of argument, though. An economist recently interviewed here at Prospero, Athanasia Chalari, said for example that: Greeks are very loud and they interrupt each other very often. The reason for that is

42、 the Greek grammar and syntax. When Greeks talk they begin their sentences with verbs and the form of the verb includes a lot of information so you already know what they are talking about after the first word and can interrupt more easily. (8) Is there something intrinsic to the Greek language that

43、 encourages Greeks to interrupt? People seem to enjoy telling tales about their languages inherent properties, and how they influence their speakers. A group of French intellectual worthies once proposed, rather self-flatteringly, that French be the sole legal language of the EU, because of its supp

44、osedly unmatchable rigor and precision. Some Germans believe that frequently putting the verb at the end of a sentence makes the language especially logical. But language myths are not always self-flattering: many speakers think their languages are unusually illogical or difficultwitness the plethor

45、a of books along the lines of Only in English do you park on a driveway and drive on a parkway; English must be the craziest language in the world! We also see some unsurprising overlap with national stereotypes and self-stereotypes: French, rigorous; German, logical; English, playful. Of course. (9

46、) In this case, Ms Chalari, a scholar, at least proposed a specific and plausible line of causation from grammar to personality: in Greek, the verb comes first, and it carries a lot of information, hence easy interrupting. The problem is that many unrelated languages all around the world put the ver

47、b at the beginning of sentences. Many languages all around the world are heavily inflected, encoding lots of information in verbs. It would be a striking finding if all of these unrelated languages had speakers more prone to interrupting each other. Welsh, for example, is also both verb-first and ab

48、out as heavily inflected as Greek, but the Welsh are not known as pushy conversationalists. 16. According to the author, which of the following advantages of bilingualism is commonly accepted? A. Personality improvement. B. Better task performance. C. Change of worldviews. D. Avoidance of old-age di

49、sease. 17. According to the passage, that language influences thought may be related to . A. the vocabulary of a second language B. the grammar of a second language C. the improved test performance in a second language D. the slowdown of thinking in a second language 18. W hat is the authors respons

50、e to the question at the beginning of Para. 8? A.Its just one of the popular tales of national stereotypes. B. Some properties inherent can make a language logical. C. German and French are good examples of Whorfianism. D. There is adequate evidence to support a positive answer. 19. Which of the fol

51、lowing statements concerning Para. 9 is correct? A. Ms. Chalaris theory about the Greek language is well grounded. B. Speakers of many other languages are also prone to interrupting. C. Grammar is unnecessarily a condition for change in personality. D. Many unrelated languages dont have the same fea

52、tures as Greek. 20. In discussing the issue, the authors attitude is . A. satirical B. objective C. critical D.ambivalent PASSAGE THREE (1) Once across the river and into the wholesale district, she glanced about her for some likely door at which to apply. As she contemplated the wide windows and im

53、posing signs, she became conscious of being gazed upon and understood for what she was-a wage-seeker. She had never done this thing before, and lacked courage. To avoid a certain indefinable shame she felt at being caught spying about for a position, she quickened her steps and assumed an air of ind

54、ifference supposedly common to one upon an errand. In this way she passed many manufacturing and wholesale houses without once glancing in. At last, after several blocks of walking, she felt that this would not do, and began to look about again, though without relaxing her pace. A little way on she

55、saw a great door which, for some reason, attracted her attention. It was ornamented by a small brass sign, and seemed to be the entrance to a vast hive of six or seven floors. Perhaps, she thought, they may want some one, and crossed over to enter. When she came within a score of feet of the desired

56、 goal, she saw through the window a young man in a grey checked suit. That he had anything to do with the concern, she could not tell, but because he happened to be looking in her direction her weakening heart misgave her and she hurried by, too overcome with shame to enter. Over the way stood a gre

57、at six-story structure, labelled Storm and King, which she viewed with rising hope. It was a wholesale dry goods concern and employed women. She could see them moving about now and then upon the upper floors. This place she decided to enter, no matter what. She crossed over and walked directly towar

58、d the entrance. As she did so, two men came out and paused in the door. A telegraph messenger in blue dashed past her and up the few steps that led to the entrance and disappeared. Several pedestrians out of the hurrying throng which filled the sidewalks passed about her as she paused, hesitating. S

59、he looked helplessly around, and then, seeing herself observed, retreated. It was too difficult a task. She could not go past them. (2) So severe a defeat told sadly upon her nerves. Her feet carried her mechanically forward, every foot of her progress being a satisfactory portion of a flight which

60、she gladly made. Block after block passed by. Upon streetlamps at the various corners she read names such as Madison, Monroe, La Salle, Clark, Dearborn, State, and still she went, her feet beginning to tire upon the broad stone flagging. She was pleased in part that the streets were bright and clean

61、. The morning sun, shining down with steadily increasing warmth, made the shady side of the streets pleasantly cool. She looked at the blue sky overhead with more realization of its charm than had ever come to her before. (3) Her cowardice began to trouble her in a way. She turned back, resolving to

62、 hunt up Storm and King and enter. On the way, she encountered a great wholesale shoe company, through the broad plate windows of which she saw an enclosed executive department, hidden by frosted glass. Without this enclosure, but just within the street entrance, sat a grey-haired gentleman at a sma

63、ll table, with a large open ledger before him. She walked by this institution several times hesitating, but, finding herself unobserved, faltered past the screen door and stood humble waiting. (4) Well, young lady, observed the old gentleman, looking at her somewhat kindly, what is it you wish? (5)

64、I am, that is, do you-I mean, do you need any help? she stammered. (6) Not just at present, he answered smiling. Not just at present. Come in some time next week. Occasionally we need some one. (7) She received the answer in silence and backed awkwardly out. The pleasant nature of her reception rather astonished her. She had expected that it would be more difficult, that something cold and harsh would be said-she knew not what. That she had not been put to sh