英语专业八级真题及答案

英语专业八级真题及答案

【篇一：2016年英语专业八级真题答案】

txt>翻译部分

他们发现无论是潺潺小溪，还是浩荡大河，都一去不复返，流逝之际青年变成了老翁而绿草转眼就枯黄，很自然有错阴的紧迫感。流

逝也许是缓慢的，但无论如何缓慢，对流逝的恐惧使人们必须用“流逝”这个词来时时警戒后人，必须急匆匆地行动，给这个词灌注一种紧张感。

they realised that both the babbling brook and the mighty river would flow on, and that their waters would never return. they found that as time passed by, young men would become old and the green grass would turn yellow and wither in almost the blink of an eye. a sense of urgency naturally arose over the elusiveness of time. no matter how slowly time flowed, the very fear of its transiency compelled people to use the word “passage”to warn the coming generations of the necessity of taking prompt action; thus instilling the word with a sense of tension.

语言知识

1. is developed

2. giving

3. it

4. as

5. similar

6. cultures

7. which

8. than

9. or 10. therefore

作文部分

do it, but with love and sincerity

the year 2014 witness target=_blank

class=infotextkeywitnessed the birth and boom of an activity online and offline both at home and abroad: the ice bucket challenge. originally designed to attract public attention to the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als), the practice has aroused a heated debate during its development. there exist opposing views on this matter. proponents, represented by the als association, claim that it is beneficial and praiseworthy, for it substantially increased donations for sufferers of the disease. opponents, however, argue that it wastes water, does harm to one’s body and risks becoming a form of entertainment or commercial advertisement.

personally, i deem that both sides have an element of truth in their arguments and the issue should not be addressed in a simple and crude way.

on the one hand, no one can deny the fact that the practice has benefited patients of als. many people have not only donated money but also begun to learn about the disease and pay more attention to it.

on the other hand, however, the activity does seem to have deviated from its original purpose. as we have heeded, quite a number of the attendants got involved to attract eyeballs to themselves, rather than the disease. most remain ignorant about the disease though bombarded by pictures of celebrities soaked in iced water that went viral online.

in the final analysis, i should say that the activity is a two-edged sword. but we should not give up eating for fear of being choked. the best policy, as i see it, is to take measures to avoid the harm done by it. for instance, a campaign should be launched at the same time to provide people with more knowledge about the disease, and encourage them to help those in need with love and integrity. besides, the activity can well take a different form in drought-stricken regions.

阅读理解部分 reading comprehension

11.b 12.c 13.b 14.d 15.a

16.d 17.b 18.c 19.a 20.d

21.c 22.c 23.b 24.c

answer questions

25. extravagant(luxurious)

26. the party is splendid, but the girls are frivolous.

27. data breach is the dark side to this invention.

28. cyber security faces multiple threats: online crime and espionage

29. more adequate security protection should be given to cyberspace.

30. presidents and deans cannot be spared from government budget cuts.

31. grade represents a lower level of student performance

32. more attention should be given to good teaching.

【篇二：2016年英语专八考试真题及答案】

s=txt>test for english majors (2016) -grade eight-

time limit: 150 min

part i listening comprehension

section a mini-lecture [25 min]

in this section you will hear a mini-lecture. you will hear the mini-lecture once only. while listening to the mini-lecture, please complete the gap-filling task on answer sheet one and write no more than three words for each gap. make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both 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 to check your work.

section b interview

in 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 spoken once only. after each question there will be a 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 questions.

now, listen to the part one of the interview. questions 1 to 5 are based on part one of the interview.

1. a. maggie’s university life.

b. her mom’s life at harvard.

c. maggie’s view on studying with mom.

d. maggie’s opinion on her mom’s major.

2. a. they take exams in the same weeks.

b. they have similar lecture notes.

c. they apply for the same internship.

d. they follow the same fashion.

3. a. having roommates.

b. practicing court trails.

c. studying together.

d. taking notes by hand.

4. a. protection.

b. imagination.

c. excitement.

d. encouragement.

5. a. thinking of ways to comfort mom.

b. occasional interference from mom.

c. ultimately calls when maggie is busy.

d. frequent check on maggie’s grades.

now, listen to the part two of the interview. questions 6 to 10 are based on part two of the interview.

6. a. because parents need to be ready for new jobs.

b. because parents love to return to college.

c. because kids require their parents to do so.

d. because kids find it hard to adapt to college lif

e.

7. a. real estate agent.

b. financier.

c. lawyer.

d. teacher.

8. a. delighted.

b. excited.

c. bore

d.

d. frustrated.

9. a. how to make a cake.

b. how to make omelets.

c. to accept what is taught.

d. to plan a future career.

10. a. unsuccessful.

b. gradual.

c. frustrating.

d. passionat

e.

part ii reading comprehension

[45 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 is the best answer and mark your answers on answer sheet two.

passage one

(1)there was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. in his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. at high tide in the afternoon i watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of

the sound, drawing aquaplanes（滑水板）over cataracts of foam. on weekends mr. gatsby’s rolls-royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. and on mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with scrubbing-brushes and hammer and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.

(2)every friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from

a fruiterer in new york – every monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves. there was a machine in the kitchen which could extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour, if a little button was pressed two hundred times by a butler’s thumb.

(3)at least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a christmas tree of gatsby’s enormous garden. on buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d’oeuvre（冷盘）, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold. in the

main hall a bar with a real brass rail was set up, and stocked with gins and liquors and with cordials（加香甜酒）so long forgotten that most of his female guests were too young to know one from another.

(4)by seven o’clock the orchestra has arrived – no thin five-piece affair but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums. the last swimmers have come in from the beach now and are dressing upstairs; the cars from new york are parked five deep in the drive, and already the halls and salons and verandas are gaudy with primary colors and hair shorn in strange new ways, and shawls beyond the dreams of castile. the bar is in full swing, and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside until the air is alive with chatter and laughter and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other’s names.

(5)the lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music

and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. laughter is easier, minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word.

(6)the groups change more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath – already there are wanderers, confident girls who weave here and there among the stouter and more stable, become for a sharp, joyous moment the center of a group and then excited with triumph glide on through the sea-change of faces and voices and color under the constantly changing light.

(7)suddenly one of these gypsies in trembling opal, seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and moving her hands like frisco dances out alone on the canvas platform.

a momentary hush; the orchestra leader varies his rhythm obligingly for her and there is a burst of chatter as the erroneous news goes around that she is gilda gray’s understudy from the folies. the party has begun.

(8)i believe that on the first night i went to gatsby’s house i was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. people were not invited – they went there. they got into automobiles which bore them out to long island and somehow they ended up at g atsby’s door. once there they were introduced by somebody who knew gatsby, and after that they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with amusement parks. sometimes they came and went without having met gatsby at all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission.

(9)i had been actually invited. a chauffeur in a uniform crossed my lawn early that saturday morning with a surprisingly formal note from his employer – the honor would be entirely gatsby’s, it said, if i would attend his “little party” that night. he had seen me several times and had intended to call on me long before but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it –signed jay gatsby in a majestic hand.

(10)dressed up in white flannels i went over to his lawn a little after seven and wandered around rather ill-at-ease among swirls and eddies of people i didn’t know – though here and there was a face i had noticed on the commuting train. i was immediately struck by the number of young englishmen dotted about; all well dressed, all looking a little hungry and all talking

in low earnest voices to solid and prosperous americans. i was sure that they were selling something: bonds or insurance or automobiles. they were, at least, agonizingly aware of the easy money in the vicinity and convinced that it was theirs for a few words in the right key.

(11)as soon as i arrived i made an attempt to find my host but the two or three people of whom i asked his whereabouts stared at me in such an amazed way and denied so vehemently any knowledge of his movements that i slunk off in the direction of the cocktail table – the only place in the garden where a single man could linger without looking purposeless and alone.

11. it can be inferred form para. 1 that mr. gatsby ______ through the summer.

a. entertained guests from everywhere every weekend

b. invited his guests to ride in his rolls-royce at weekends

c. liked to show off by letting guests ride in his vehicles

d. indulged himself in parties with people from everywhere

12. in para.4, the word “permeate” probably means ______.

a. perish

b. push

c. penetrate

d. perpetrate

13. it can be inferred form para. 8 that ______.

a. guests need to know gatsby in order to attend his parties

b. people somehow ended up in gatsby’s house as guests

c. gatsby usually held garden parties for invited guests

d. guests behaved themselves in a rather formal manner

14. according to para. 10, the author felt ______ at gatsby’s party.

a. dizzy

b. dreadful

c. furious

d. awkward

【篇三：2008年英语专业八级真题和答案详解】

)

-grade eight-

time limit: 195 min

part i

section a

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. use the blank sheet for note-taking. the popularity of english

i. present status of english

a. english as a native/first language

b. english as a lingua franca: a language for communication among people

whose (1)______ are different

c. number of people speaking english as a first or a second language:

— 320-380 million native speakers

— 250- (2) _____ million speakers of english as a second language (2)_______

a. (3) ____ reasons (3)_______— the pilgrim fathers brought the language to america;

— british settlers brought the language to australia;— english was used as a means of control in (4)_____ (4)_______

b. economic reasons

— spread of (5) _____ (5)_______

— language of communication iii the international business community c. (6)______ in international travel

and tourism (6)_______— use of english in travel (1)_______ listening comprehension (35 min) mini-lecture

— signs in airports

— language of announcement

— language of (7) ______ (7)_______ d. information exchange — use of english in the academic world

— language of (8) _____ or journal articles (8)_______e. popular culture

— pop music on (9)______(9)_______— films from the usa

iii. questions to think about

a. status of english in the future

b. (10) ______ of distinct varieties of english (10)_______

section b

in this section you will hear everything once only. listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.

questions 1 to 5 are based on a conversation. at the end of the conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.

now listen to the conversation.

1. mary doesnt seem to favour the idea of a new airport because ________.

a. the existing airports are to be wasted

b. more people will be encouraged to travel

c. more oil will be consumed

d. more airplanes will be purchased conversation

2. which of the following is not mentioned by mary as a potential disadvantage?

a. more people in the area.

b. noise and motorways.

c. waste of lan

d.

d. unnecessary travel.

3. freddy has cited the following advantages for a new airport except

a. more job opportunities

b. vitality to the local economy

c. road construction,

d. presence of aircrew in the area

4. mary thinks that people dont need to do much travel nowadays as a result of ________.

a. less emphasis on personal contact

b. advances in modern telecommunications

c. recent changes in peoples concepts

d. more potential damage to the area

5. we learn from the conversation that freddy is marys ideas,

a. strongly in favour of

b. mildly in favour of

c. strongly against

d. mildly against

section c

in this section you will hear everything once only. listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. mark the

correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.

question 6 is based on the following news. at the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.

now listen to the news.

6. what is the main idea of the news item?

a. a new government was formed after sundays elections.

b. the new government intends to change the welfare system.

c. the social democratic party founded the welfare system.

d. the social democratic party was responsible for high unemployment. news broadcast

questions 7 and 8 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.

7. the tapes of the apollo-11 mission were first stored in

________.

a. a u.s. government archives warehouse

b. a nasa ground tracking station

c. the goddard space flight centre

d. none of the above places

8. what does the news item say about richard nafzger?

a. he is assigned the task to look for the tapes.

b. he believes that the tapes are probably lost.

c. he works in a nasa ground receiving site.

d. he had asked for the tapes in the 1970s.

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 example in the news item is cited mainly to show

________.

a. that doctors are sometimes professionally incompetent

b. that in cases like that hospitals have to pay huge compensations

c. that language barriers might lower the quality of treatment

d. that language barriers can result in fatal consequences

10. according to dr. flores, hospitals and clinics ________.

a. have seen the need for hiring trained interpreters

b. have realized the problems of language barriers