专8模拟试题一

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1、TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(2008)-GRADEEIGHT-paperONETIMELIMIT:95MIN.PARTILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION[略]PARTIIPROOFREADING&ERRORCORRECTION[15MIN.]ThefollowingpassagecontainsTENerrors・EachindicatedlinecontainsamaximumofONEerror.Ineachcase,onlyONEwordisInvolved.Youshouldproof-readthepassageandcorr

2、ectitinthefollowingway:Forawrongword,underlinethewrongwordandwritethecorrectoneintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline・Foramissingword,markthepositionofthemissingwordwithasignandwritethewordyoubelievetobemissingintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline・Foranunnecessaryword,crosstheunnecessaryw

3、ordwithaslash'Tandputthewordintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.Duringtheearlyyearsofthiscentury,wheatwasseenastheverylifebloodofWesternCanada・Peopleoncitystreetswatchedtheyieldsandthepriceofwheatinalmostasmuchfeelingasiftheyweregrowers・(1)Themarketingofwheatbecameanincreasingfavorit

4、etopicofconversation.(2)Warsetthestageforthemostdramaticeventsinmarketingthewesterncrop.Foryears,farmersmistrustedspeculativegrainsellingascarriedonthroughtheWinnipegGrainExchange・Wheatpricesweregenerallylowintheautumn,sofarmerscouldnotwaitfor(3)marketstoimprove.Ithadhappenedtoooften

5、thattheysoldtheirwheatsoonshortlyafterharvestwhenframdebtswerecomingdue,(4)justtoseepricesrisingandspeculatorsgettingrich・Onvariousoccasions(5)producergroupsaskedfirmercontrol,butthegovernmenthadnowishto(6)becomeinvolving,atleastnotuntilwartimewhenwheatpricesthreatened(7)torunwild.An

6、xioustocheckinflationandrisinglifecosts,thefederal(8)governmentappointedaboardofgrainsupervisorstodealwithdeliveriesfromthecropsof1917and1918.GrainExchangetradingwassuspended,andfarmerssoldatpricesfixedbytheboard.Tohandlewiththecropsof(9)1919,thegovernmentappointedthefirstCanadianWhe

7、atBoard,withtotalauthoritytobuy,sell,andsetprices.(10)PARTIIIREADINGCOMPREHENSION[40MIN.]Inthissectiontherearefourreadingpassagesfollowedbyatotaloffifteenmultiple-choicequestions.Readthepassagesandthenmarkyouranswersonyourcoloredanswersheet.TEXTAAmagazine'sdesignismorethandecoration,

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