英语专业八级考试试卷真题.docx

2000年英语专业八级考试试卷真题
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Part I Listening Comprehension (40 min)
In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONL Y. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each ques tion on your Coloured Answer Sheet.
SECTION A TALK
Questions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section .At the end of the talk you w ill be given 15 seconds to answer each of (he following five quesiions. Now list eiHo (he talk,
The rules for the first private library in the US 珠曳七 drawn up by -
A. Ilie Legislature B. Ilie Librarian C. Jolin Harvard D. (he facullv members
The earliest public librarj1 was also called a subscription library bee ciuse books ,
could be lent to everyone
could be lent by book store S
were lent to students and the faculty
were lent on a membership basis
Which of the following is NOT staled as one of Ilie purposes of free pu blic libraries?
To provide readers with comfortable reading rooms,
To provide adults wit 卜呼pemu疝心 o「「ui曲er 函ic机igi.
To serve the community's cultural and recreational needs.
IX To supply technical literature on specialized subjects.
The major difference between modem private and public- libraries lies i n,
A. reade3ip 及 conlcm C, service DJiinclig
The main purpose of the talk is,
A. Io inlroduc-e categories of books in US libraries
BJo demonstrate the importance of US libraries
explain Ilie roles of diEerenl US libraries
D. to define th 巳疝⑪回心i system MLS libraries
SECTION B INTERVIEW
Questions 6 to 10 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you wil l be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following live queslions. Mow listen to the inierview,
Nancy became a taxi driver because.
A. she owned a car
民 she drove well
C. she liked drivers ' uniforms
Dh it was her childhood dream
According to hen M如I was Ilie most diHiciilt about becoming a laxi dr iver?
A. The right sense of direction.
The sense orjndgriictil..
The skill of maneuvering.
DJhe size of ve