2010英语专八真题

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2010英语专八真题

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2010)

-GRADE EIGHT-

PART I

SECTION A LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN) 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. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.

Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically & semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.

Paralinguistic Features of Language

In face-to-face communication speakers often alter their tomes of voice or change their physical postures in order to convey messages. These means are called paralinguistic features of language, which fall into two categories.

First category: vocal paralinguistic features

A. (1)__________: to express attitude or intention (1)__________

B. Examples

1. whispering: need for secrecy

2. breathiness: deep emotion

3. (2)_________: unimportance (2)__________

4. nasality: anxiety

5. extra lip-rounding: greater intimacy

Second category: physical paralinguistic features

A. facial expressions\

1. (3)_______ (3)__________

----- smiling: signal of pleasure or welcome

2. less common expressions

----- eye brow raising: surprise or interest

----- lip biting: (4)________ (4)_________

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B. gesture

gestures are related to culture.

1. British culture

----- shrugging shoulders: (5) ________ (5)__________

----- scratching head: puzzlement

2. other cultures

----- placing hand upon heart:(6)_______ (6)__________

----- pointing at nose: secret

C. proximity, posture and echoing

1. proximity: physical distance between speakers

----- closeness: intimacy or threat

----- (7)_______: formality or absence of interest (7)_________

Proximity is person-, culture- and (8)________ -specific. (8)_________

2. posture

----- hunched shoulders or a hanging head: to indicate(9)_____ (9)________

----- direct level eye contact: to express an open or challenging attitude

3. echoing

----- definition: imitation of similar posture

----- (10)______: aid in communication (10)___________

----- conscious imitation: mockery

SECTION B INTERVIEW

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 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 Dr Johnson, persity means

A. merging of different cultural identities. B. more emphasis on homogeneity.

C. embracing of more ethnic differences.

D. acceptance of more branches of Christianity.

(You see, today, we use the word “persity” to refer to more visible ethnic

differences, ancient Americans, African American and Latino, for instance.)

2. According to the interview, which of the following statements in CORRECT?

A. Some places are more perse than others.

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B. Towns are less perse than large cities.

C. Diversity can be seen everywhere.

D. American is a truly perse country.

(Well, I think, in all these talks of persity, there is a critical point that may be

missed, that is, persity is not occurring everywhere in the US.)

3. According to Dr Johnson, which place will witness a radical change in its racial

makeup by 2025?

A. Maine

B. Selinsgrove C. Philadelphia

D. California

(By 2025, being predicted, that figure will drop to just 34%, which indicates that

the future change in a racial composition in California.)

4. During the interview Dr Johnson indicates that

A. greater racial persity exists among younger populations.

B. both older and younger populations are racially perse.

C. age persity could lead to pension problems.

D. older populations are more racially perse.

(For example, there is a large gap between the average age of the five stages of

the youngest population and five stages of the oldest population.)

5. According to the interview, religious persity

A. was most evident between 1990 and 2000. B. exists among Muslim immigrants.

C. is restricted to certain places in the US.

D. is spreading to more parts of the country.

(They settled mainly in California and major north-eastern and mid-western

cities, such as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Monosepalous)

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

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.

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Now listen to the news.

6. What is the main idea of the news item? A. Sony developed a computer chip for cell phones.

B. Japan will market its wallet phone abroad.

C. The wallet phone is one of the wireless innovations.

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