英语专业八级考试试题及答案

1、2011年英语专业八级考试试题及答案ancient man attempted to change the weather by using magic. while experience taught him this was impossible, _1_ he tried to forecast weather conditions. even earlier in _2_ 1000 b.c.there were weather seers in babylon-andpriests clever enough to denounce as frauds those predicted

2、_3_ the weather a year in the advance. some forecasters used _4_ methods that seemed to take no connection with the actual _5_ factors controlled the weather. chickens and other animals _6_ were sacrificed and their intestines poked to find signs indicating rain and drought. somewhat more scientific

3、 were _7_ predictions based on vegetation:onions skin very thin ,mild weather coming in. onions skin thick and tough, coming weather is cold and rough. insects and animals were also _8_ favorite weather clues: before the glowworm lights his _9_ lamp , then the air is always damp . if spiders their c

4、obwebs forsake , the weather will for certain break . if frogs remained in pools , the weather will be fine . if they were seen on rocks, _10_ rain and cold were due. its difficult to say whether this rhyme should be taken seriously : hark , i hear the asses bray . me thinks well have some rain toda

5、y .一、听力试题section a statementin this section you will hear nine statements. at the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.1. who is the speaker?a. an insurance agent.b. a fireman.c. a safeguard.d. a politician.2. what can we infer about susan?

6、a. she dresses fashionably as she spends plenty of money on them.b. she looks fashionable though she doesnt spend much on dresses.c. she doesnt spend much money on her dresses.d. she often spends too much money on her dresses.3. what does the statement mean?a. the room was too dry.b. the room was no

7、t dry enough.c. the paint was wet.d. the paint was too dry.4. we learn from the statement thata. lucy is very interested in video games.b. lucy shows no interest in video games.c. lucy often plays video games if she is free.d. lucy plays better than her friends.5. what can we learn about andrew?a. h

8、is petrol is used up.b. he just got his car filled.c. his car had a little petrol left when reaching the garage.d. he had a car accident.6. the speaker suggests thata. appearances are not important.b. appearances are everything.c. lothes make the men.d. we should never trust appearances.7. what does

9、 the speaker say about thurber?a. he is a great writer.b. his blind eye prevented him from writing good novels.c. his success depended on his childhood experience.d. he worked so hard in writing as to lose one of his eyes.8. what does the speaker imply?a. i knew the time of the concert from him.b. h

10、e didnt tell me the time of the concert.c. he told me the time of the concert, but it was unnecessary.d. the concert began before i knew the time.9. the speaker suggests thata. we should read every two lines carefully.b. we should find hidden and implied meanings.c. we should keep our eyes open for

11、the book.d. we should get the meaning of every word.key to listening comprehension1.a 2.c 3.b 4.b 5.a 6.d 7.a 8.c 9.b 10.asection a statement1. “我认为你们的保险单没有规定对待火灾造成的损失的保障。”本题要求判断说话人的身份。如果只听到只言片语，如policy就会受到d: 政治家 的干扰， 或fire而受到b: 消防队员的干扰;只有听清全文，联系上下文，才可判断出这里policy意思是“保险单，保险契约”，而非“政策”，也才能推测出其职业应为a: 保险

12、代理人。2. “尽管susan在银行有大笔存款， 但她的衣服却一点儿也不时髦。”由though引导的表示让步功能的分句，暗示susan尽管有钱却不买时髦的衣服，即在衣服上花费不多，c最切合题意。 anything but: 除之外，恰恰不，决不3. “油漆匠建议等房间墙壁干一些后再粉刷。”换句话说房间的墙壁不够干而不能粉刷，与油漆没关系。因此应选b。4. “lucy宁可什么也不做， 也不愿整晚打游戏机。” 也就是说lucy最不愿意玩游戏机了。 b最接近原意。. would rather than = would soonerthan: 宁可而不, 最好而不5. “andrew的车刚开到车库，

13、汽油就用完了。”a: 他的汽油用完了;b: 他刚给车加满油; c: 到车库时，他的车还剩一点油; d: 他遇到了车祸。了解词组run out of (用完，耗尽)也就能选出a为正确答案。6. “外表可能是靠不住的。”也就是说不能以貌取人，依赖外表作出判断，d: 不要相信外表 与此含义最接近。7. “thurber在童年时的一次事故中弄瞎了一只眼睛， 但他仍在写作生涯中获得了成功。”despite of = in spite of : 尽管，任凭，是表达转折，让步关系的介词词组。文中说尽管thurber在失去一只眼睛的不利情况下，仍成为了个成功的作家。 a：他是个伟大的作家与此最接近。8. “他

14、其实不必告诉我音乐会的时间， 我已经知道了。”作为情态助动词，need一般只用于否定句和疑问句。 “neednt + 不定式完成体”表示过去本来不必做某事却做了。因此原句可理解为“其实他不必告诉我， 但他告诉了。” 所以c为最佳选择。另外：“neednt do / dont need to”表示没有必要而不去做。9. “在阅读过程中， 我们必须从字里行间领会隐含之意。”in the course of : 在过程中理解词组read between the lines: (从字里行间言词行动中) 领会言外之意体会隐含之意就不难理解本题的真实含义，从而选出正确答案b。二、改错部分ancient m

15、an attempted to change the weather by using magic. while experience taught him this was impossible, _1_ he tried to forecast weather conditions. even earlier in _2_ 1000 b.c.there were weather seers in babylon-andpriests clever enough to denounce as frauds those predicted _3_ the weather a year in t

16、he advance. some forecasters used _4_ methods that seemed to take no connection with the actual _5_ factors controlled the weather. chickens and other animals _6_ were sacrificed and their intestines poked to find signs indicating rain and drought. somewhat more scientific were _7_ predictions based

17、 on vegetation:onions skin very thin ,mild weather coming in. onions skin thick and tough, coming weather is cold and rough. insects and animals were also _8_ favorite weather clues: before the glowworm lights his _9_ lamp , then the air is always damp . if spiders their cobwebs forsake , the weathe

18、r will for certain break . if frogs remained in pools , the weather will be fine . if they were seen on rocks, _10_ rain and cold were due. its difficult to say whether this rhyme should be taken seriously : hark , i hear the asses bray . me thinks well have some rain today .答案详解：1.whilewhen或after.本

19、句的this指代的是to change the weather by using magic. when/after 引导时间状语2.inthan.earlier是early的比较级，其后应有than3.those之后加who.who引导定语从句4. 删除advance前的the.in advance为习语5. takehave.have connection with 为习语6. controlledcontrolling或在controlled前加that/which.controlling the weather 或that/which controlled the weather做定语

20、修饰the actual factors7. andor.rain和draught只能是二者之一8. 删除is.与上文平衡，均为省略句9. beforewhen/if.条件句10. willwould.if引导的是条件句用的是remained一般过去时三、阅读部分四、写作 2011年专八真题参考答案：汉译英部分 现代社会无论价值观的持有还是生活方式的选择都充满了矛盾。而最让现代人感到尴尬的是，面对重重矛盾，许多时候你别无选择。匆忙与休闲是截然不同的两种生活方式。但在现实生活中，人们却在这两种生活方式间频繁穿梭，有时也说不清自己到底是“休闲着”还是“忙碌着”。譬如说，当我们正在旅游胜地享受假期，

21、却忽然接到老板的电话，搞恶我们客户或工作方面出了麻烦现代便捷先进工具在此刻显示出了它狰狞、阴郁的面容搞得人一下子兴趣全无。接下来的休闲只能徒有其表，因为心里已是火烧火燎了。2011年专八真题参考答案：汉译英部分being hasty and at leisure are two quite distinct lifestyles. but in the real world, people have to frequently shuttle between these two lifestyles, sometimes not sure whether they are “at ease” or “in a rush”.for example, we are enjoying our holid