2023年英语专业八级真题及答案.docx

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2023)
GRADE EIGHT
TIME LIMIT：195 MIN
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture．You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points．Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture．When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE, using no more than three words in each gap．Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are)both grammatically and semantically acceptable．You may refer to your notes while completing the task．Use the blank sheet for note-taking．Now, listen to the mini-lecture．

What Do Active Learners Do?
There are difference between active learning and passive learning.
Characteristics of active learners:
I. reading with purposes
A. before reading: setting goals
B. while reading: (1) ________
II. (2) ______ and critical in thinking
i.e. information processing, e.g.
-- connections between the known and the new information
-- identification of (3) ______ concepts
-- judgment on the value of (4) _____.
III. active in listening
A. ways of note-taking: (5) _______.
B. before note-taking: listening and thinking
IV. being able to get assistance
A. reason 1: knowing comprehension problems because of (6) ______.
B. Reason 2: being able to predict study difficulties
V. being able to question information
A. question what they read or hear
B. evaluate and (7) ______.
VI. Last characteristic
A. attitude toward responsibility
-- active learners: accept
-- passive learners: (8) _______
B. attitude toward (9) ______
-- active learners: evaluate and change behaviour
-- passive learners: no change in approach
Relationship between skill and will: will is more important in (10) ______.
Lack of will leads to difficulty in college learning.

SECTION B INTERVIEW
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．
Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview．At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions．Now listen to the interview．

1．According to the interviewer, which of the following best indicates the relationship between choice and mobility?
A．Better education → greater mobility → more choices．
B．Better education → more choices → greater mobility．
C．Greater mobility → better education → more choices．
D．Greater mobility → more choices → better education．

2．According to the interview，which of the following details about the first poll is INCORRECT?
A．Shorter work hours was least chosen for being most important．
B．Chances for advancement might have been favoured by young people．
C．High income failed to come on top for being most important．
D．Job security came second according to the poll results．

3．According to the interviewee，which is the main difference between the first and the second poll?
A．The type of respondents who were invited．
B．The way in which the questions were designed．
C．The content area of the questions．
D．The number of poll questions．

4．What can we learn from the respondents’answers to items 2，4 and 7 in the second poll?
A．Recognition from colleagues should be given less importance．
B．Workers are always willing and ready to learn more new skills．
C．Psychological reward is more important than material one．
D．Work will have to be made interesting to raise efficiency．

5．According to the interviewee，which of the following can offer both psychological and monetary benefits?
A．Contact with many people． B．Chances for advancement．
C．Appreciation from coworkers． D．Chances to learn new skills

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY．Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．
Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news, At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions．Now listen to the news．

6．According to the news item，“sleep boxes”are designed to solve the problems of
A．airports． B．passengers． C．architects． D．companies．

7．Which of the following is NOT true with reference to the news?
A．Sleep boxes can be rented for different lengths of time．
B．Renters of normal height can stand up inside．
C．Bedding can be automatically changed．
D．Renters can take a shower inside the box．

Question 8 is based on the following news．At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question．Now listen to the news．

8．What is the news item mainly about?
A．London’S preparations for the Notting Hill Carnival．
B．Main features of the Notting Hill Carnival．
C．Police's preventive measures for the carnival．
D．Police participation in the carnival．

Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news．At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions．Now listen to the news．

9．The news item reports on a research finding about
A．the Dutch famine and the Dutch women．
B．early malnutrition and heart health．
C．the causes of death during the famine．
D．nutrition in childhood and adolescence．

10．When did the research team carry out the study?
A．At the end of World War II．
B．Between 1944 and 1945．
C．In the 1950s．
D．In 2023．

PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)
In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．

TEXT A
Three hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or 1etter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters．“The coffee houses particularly are．very roomy for a free conversation，and for reading at an easier rate all manner of printed news，”noted one observer．Everything changed in 1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, The New York Sun，pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news，thus giving advertisers access to a wider audience．The penny press，followed by radio and television，turned news from a two-way conversation into a one—way broadcast，with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media．
Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house．The internet is making news more participatory，social and diverse，reviving the discursive characteristics of" the era before the mass media．That will have profound effects on society and politics．In much of the world．the mass media are flourishing．Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2023 and 2023．But those global figures mask a sharp decline in readership in rich countries．
Over the past decade，throughout the Western world，people have been giving up newspapers and TV news and keeping up with events in profoundly different ways．Most strikingly, ordinary people are increasingly involved in compiling，sharing，filtering，discussing and distributing news．Twitter lets people anywhere report what they are seeing．Classified documents are published in their thousands online．Mobile·phone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social-networking sites and shown on television newscasts．Social-networking sites help people find，discuss and share news with their friends．
And it is not just readers who are challenging the media elite．Technology firms including Google，Facebook and Twitter have become important conduits of news．Celebrities and world leaders publish updates directly via social networks；many countries now make raw data available through“open government”initiatives．The internet lets people read newspapers or watch television channels from around the world．The web has allowed new providers of news，from individual bloggers to sites，to rise to prominence in a very short space of time．And it has made possible entirely new approaches to journalism，such as that practiced by WikiLeaks，which provides an anonymous way for whistleblowers to publish documents．The news agenda is no longer controlled by a few press barons and state outlets．
In principle，every liberal should celebrate this．A more participatory and social news environment，with a remarkable diversity and range of news sources，is a good thing．The transformation of the news business is unstoppable，and attempts to reverse it are doomed to failure．As producers of new journalism，individuals can be scrupulous with facts and transparent with their sources．As consumers，they can be general in their tastes and demanding in their standards．And although this transformation does raise concerns，there is much to celebrate in the noisy, diverse，vociferous，argumentative and stridently alive environment of the news business
in the ages of the internet．The coffee house is back．Enjoy it．

11．According to the passage，what initiated the transformation of coffee-house news to mass-media news?
A．The emergence of big mass media firms．
B．The popularity of radio and television．
C．The appearance of advertising in newspapers．
D．The increasing number of newspaper readers．

12．Which of the following statements best supports“Now, the Hews industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house”?
A Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6％between 2023 and 2023．
B．People in the Western world are giving up newspapers and TV news．
C．Classified documents are published in their thousands online．
D．More people are involved in finding，discussing and distributing news．

13．According to the passage，which is NOT a role played by information technology?
A．Challenging the traditional media．
B．Planning the return to coffee-house news．
C．Providing people with access to classified files．
D．Giving ordinary people the chance to provide news．

14．The author’S tone in the last paragraph towards new journalism is
A．optimistic and cautious． B．supportive and skeptical．
C．doubtful and reserved． D．ambiguous and cautious．

15．In“The coffee house is back”，coffee house best symbolizes
A．the changing characteristics of news audience．
B．the more diversified means of news distribution．
C．the participatory nature of news．
D. the more varied sources of news．

TEXT B
Paris is like pornography．You respond even if you don’t want to．You turn a corner and see
a vista，and your imagination bolts away。Suddenly you are thinking about what it would be like to live in Paris，and then you think about all the lives you have not lived．Sometimes，though, when you are lucky, you only think about how many pleasures the day ahead holds．Then, you feel privileged．
The lobby of the hotel is decorated in red and gold．It gives off a whiff of 1 9m．century decadence．Probably as much as any hotel in Paris，this hotel is sexy．1 was standing facing the revolving doors and the driveway beyond．A car with a woman in the back seat—a woman in a short skirt and black—leather jacket—pulled up before the hotel door．She swung off and she was wearing high heels．Normally, my mind would have leaped and imagined a story for this woman．Now it didn't I stood there and told myself．Cheer up．You’re in Paris．
In many ways，Paris is best visited in winter．The tourist crowds are at a minimum，and one is not being jammed off the narrow sidewalks along the Rue Dauphine．More than this．Paris is like many other European cities in that the season of blockbuster cultural events tends to begin in mid-to late fall and so，by the time of winter, most of the cultural treasures of the city are laid out to be admired．
The other great reason why Paris in winter is so much better than Paris in spring and fall is that after the end of the August holidays and the return of chic Parisian women to their city, the restaurant-opening season truly begins hopping．By winter，many of the new restaurants have worked out their kinks(局限性；困难)and，once the hype has died down，it is possible to see which restaurants are actually good and which are merely noisy and crowded．
Most people are about as happy as they set their mind to being，Lincoln said．In Paris it doesn’t take much to be happy．Outside the hotel，the sky was pale and felt very high up．I walked the few blocks to the Seine and began running along the blue-green river toward the Eiffel Tower．The tower in the distance was black，and felt strange and beautiful the way that many things built for the joy of building do．As I ran toward it，because of its lattice structure, the tower seemed obviously delicate．Seeing it，I felt a sense of protectiveness．
I think it was this moment of protectiveness that marked the change in my mood and my slowly becoming thrilled with being in Paris．
During winter evenings，Paris’s streetlamps have a halo and resemble dandelions．In winter, when one leaves the Paris street and enters a caf6 or restaurant，the light and temperature change suddenly and dramatically, there is the sense of having discovered something secret．In winter, because the days are short，there is an urgency to the choices one makes．There is the sense that life is short and so let us decide on what matters．

16. According to the passage，once in Paris one might experience all the following feelings EXCEPT
A．regret． B．condescension． C．expectation． D．impulse．

17．Winter is the best season to visit Paris．Which of the following does NOT support this statement?
A．Fashionable Parisian women return to Paris．
B．More entertainment activities are staged．
C．There are more good restaurants to choose from．
D．There are fewer tourists in Paris．

18．"Most people are about as happy as they set their mind to being．”This statement means that most people
A．expect to be happy．
B．hope to be as happy as others．
C．would be happier if they wanted．
D．can be happy if they want．

19．In the eyes of the author, winter in Paris is significant because of
A．the atmosphere of its evenings．
B．its implications for life．
C．the contrast it brings．
D．the discovery one makes．

20．At the end of the passage, the author found himself in a mood of
A．excitement． B．thoughtfulness．
C．loneliness． D．joyfulness．

TEXT C
If you want to know why Denmark is the world's leader in wind power, start with a three-hour car trip from the capital Copenhagen --mind the bicyclists --to the small town of Lem on the far west coast of Jutland．You'll feel it as you cross the 6.8 km-long Great Belt Bridge：Denmark's bountiful wind，so fierce even on a calm summer's day that it threatens to shove your car into the waves below．But wind itself is only part of the reason．In Lem，work