英语专业八级考前全真模拟试卷答案与详解[1]_专业八级

part Ⅰ listening comprehension 
section a 
1.答案a 
【解题思路】了解讲话者正在讲的内容。 
【详细解答】文中提到“caution”，“discernment”，“how to distinguish the right from the wrong”，但都是作为解释“prudence”的铺垫，“prudence”为“wisdom to deal with practical matters.” 
2.答案d 
【解题思路】弄清圣托马斯·阿奎那斯对“审慎”的比喻。 
【详细解答】this talk中有：st’ thomas aquinas referred to prudence as the “rudder virtue”，the one that “steers” the others.without it,we are like someone adrift in a boat,tossed in this direetion or that by the wind,the waves,and the current.this,the “prudent” person is one who never “rocks the boat” and is...“rudder”为“steering device on a ship or vehicle,”驾驶;“rock the boat”为“do harm”破坏。 
3.答案b 
【解题思路】弄清文中所指的“discernment”的近义词 
【详细解答】“discernment”为“the ability to detect or perceive with the eyes or intellect.”明辨，分辨。讲话者特别指出：the word that actually comes cloest to functioning as a synonym for prudence is “discernment.” 
4.答案c 
【解题思路】弄清一个审慎的人的最主要的特点。 
【详细解答】讲话者认为：the prudent person fully examines a situation and seeks advice from others.reaching out to others for counsel before acting is one of the classic marks of a prudent person.其中“counsel”为“the act of exchanging opinions and ideas;consultation;advice.”询求。 
5.答案b 
【解题思路】根据全文的意思来推测这个词组的含义。 
【详细解答】size up出现在“the prudent person is one who size up a situation and decide,or discern,what is the wiest and most moral counse of action to take”——审慎的人会审时度势，能确定或看出什么是应该采取的最明智和最合乎道德的行为。 
section b
6.答案c
【解题思路】弄清格林先生去年燃料费用高的原因以及使用者的情况。
【详细解答】mr.green说“my mother-in-law was staying with us and she wanted the temperature around 80° all the time.”“mother-in-law”为“the mother of one’s spouse”岳母。
7.答案a
【解题思路】弄清在冬天使人暖气舒服的温度。
【详细解答】这篇conversation中的度数为华氏度-degree fahrenheit:of or according to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 and the boiling point as 212 at one atmosphere of pressure.
8.答案c
【解题思路】弄清最普遍的取暖方式。
【详细解答】conversation中有“a heat chamber heats air,which passes throughs ducts and openings into the rooms by blowers or by convection.”“blowers”为“the devices to give release a blast of air or wind”鼓风机，“convection”为“heat transfer in a gasor liquid by the circulation of currents from one region to another.转换。”
9.答案c
【解题思路】弄清小型个体空调的缺点。
【详细解答】conversation中有：however,in homes which are not constructed for the central system,small individual air conditioners are installed at several windows.this is probably easiest way,but the temperature of the room is quite uneven.其中“uneven”为“not equal,as in size,length,or quality.”不均衡。
10.答案d
【解题思路】弄清在暖气下进行蒸气密封的作用。
【详细解答】“vapor”为“gaseous form into which certain liquid or solid substance can be converted by heating.”“seal”为“an air-tight closure.”密封。
section c
news item Ⅰ
11.答案a
【解题思路】掌握消息中发生的事件。
【详细解答】新闻的结构是：事件+细节+结果。在听第一段时就可以知道what's happening.“the first prototype of an sircraft intended to revolutionize travel and shatter speed records was destroyed during its maiden fight on saturday after a booster rocket carrying it a loft veered out of control and tumbled from the sky.”其中“shatter”为“to break or burst suddenly into pieces,as with a violent blow”;“maiden”为“earliest,first”主要的;“veer”为“to turn aside from a course,direction,or purpose”转变;“tumble”为“fall or roll end over end”颠倒。
12.答案b
【解题思路】了解x-43a模型飞机的真正使命。
【详细解答】“prototype”的proto为prefix，意思为“earliest;original”原型的,即：first or original example of sth that has been or will be copied or developed;model or preliminary version。
news item Ⅰ
13.答案b
【解题思路】了解印度尼西亚总统要解雇的对象。
【详细解答】第一段中提到embattled indonesian president warned yesterday that he would move against those who ignore him,after police and lawmakers disregarded his decision to fire the national chief。
14.答案d
【解题思路】弄清高层立法者对wahid的控告内容。
【详细解答】这个题目考查在众多杂乱的细节找寻答案的能力，消息中有：he late met with senior legislators who accused wahid of violating the constitution by firing the chief without consulting parliament.