2008年英语专业八级考试试题

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1、TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(2008)-GRADEEIGHT-TIMELIMIT:195MINPARTI. LISTENINGCOMPREHENSION(35MIN)SECTIONA  MINI-LECTUREInthissectionyouwillhearamini-lecture.YouwillhearthelectureONCEONLY.Whilelistening,takenotesontheimportantpoints.Yournoteswillnotbemarked,butyouwillneedthemtocompletea

2、gap-fillingtaskafterthemini-lecture.Whenthelectureisover,youwillbegiventwominutestocheckyournotes,andanothertenminutestocompletethegap-fillingtaskonANSWERSHEETONE.Usetheblanksheetfornote-taking. Completethegap-fillingtask,someofthegapsbelowmayrequireamaximumofTHREEwords.Makesure

3、theword(s)youfillinis(are)bothgrammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable.Youmayrefertoyournotes.ThePopularityofEnglishI.PresentstatusofEnglishA.Englishasanative/firstlanguageB.Englishasalinguafranca:alanguageforcommunicationamongpeoplewhose(1)______aredifferent(1)_______C.Numberofpe

4、oplespeakingEnglishasafirstorasecondlanguage:—320-380millionnativespeakers—250-(2)_____millionspeakersofEnglishasasecondlanguage2)_______II.ReasonsforthepopularuseofEnglishA.(3)____reasons(3)_______—thePilgrimFathersbroughtthelanguagetoAmerica;—Britishsettlersbroughtthelanguaget

5、oAustralia;—Englishwasusedasameansofcontrolin(4)_____(4)_______B.Economicreasons—spreadof(5)_____(5)_______—languageofcommunicationiiitheinternationalbusinesscommunityC.(6)______ininternationaltravel(6)_______—useofEnglishintravelandtourism—signsinairports—languageofannouncement

6、—languageof(7)______(7)_______D.Informationexchange—useofEnglishintheacademicworld—languageof(8)_____orjournalarticles(8)_______E.Popularculture—popmusicon(9)______(9)_______—filmsfromtheUSAIII.QuestionstothinkaboutA.statusofEnglishinthefutureB.(10)______ofdistinctvarietiesofEng

7、lish(10)_______SECTIONB  CONVERSATIONInthissectionyouwillheareverythingONCEONLY.Listencarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow.Markthecorrectanswertoeachquestiononyourcolouredanswersheet.Questions1to5arebasedonaconversation.Attheendoftheconversationyouwillbegiven10secondstoa

8、nswereachofthefollowingfivequestions.Nowlistent