淘宝店铺：光速考研工作室 专八真题 2001 年
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (200 1)
-GRADE EIGHT-
PART I Listening Comprehension (40 min)
In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the
questions that follow. Mark the correct response to each quest ion on your Coloured Answer Sheet.
SECTION A TALK
Questions 1to 5refer to the talk in this section. At the end of the talk you will be given 15 seconds to
answer each of the following five questions. Now list en to the talk.
1. Changes in the size of the World Bank 'soperations refer to ________.
A. the expansion of its loan programme
B. the inclusion of its hard loans
C. the inclusion of its soft loans
D. the previous lending policies
2. What actually made the Bank change its overall lending strategy?
A. Reluctance of people in poor countries to have small families.
B. Lack of basic health services and inequality in income distribution.
C. The discovery that alow fertility rate would lead to economic development.
D. Poor nutrition and low literacy in many poor countries of the world.
3. The change in emphasis of the Bank 'slending policies meant that the Bank would ________.
A. be more involved in big infrastructure projects
B. adopt similar investment strategies in poor and rich countries
C. embark upon areview of the investment in huge dams and steel mills
D. invest in projects that would benefit the low-income sector of society
4. Which of the following is NOT acriticism of the bank?
A. Colossal travel expenses of its staff.
B. Fixed annual loans to certain countries.
C. Limited impact of the Bank 'sprojects.
D. Role as afinancial deal maker.
5. Throughout the talk, the speaker is ________ while introducing the Worl dBank.
淘宝店铺：光速考研工作室 专八真题 2001 年
A. biased
B. unfriendly
C. objective
D. sensational
SECTION B CONVERSATION
Questions 6to 10 are based on aconversation. At the end of the conversation you will be given 15
seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the conversation .
6. The man sounds surprised at the fact that ________.
A. many Australians are taking time off to travel
B. the woman worked for some time in New Zealand
C. the woman raised enough money for travel
D. Australians prefer to work in New Zealand.
7. We learn that the woman liked Singapore mainly because of its ________.
A. cleanness
B. multi-ethnicity
C. modern characteristics
D. shopping opportunities
8. From the conversation we can infer that Kaifeng and Yinchuan impressed the woman with
their ________.
A. respective locations
B. historic interests
C. ancient tombs
D. Jewish descendants.
9. Which of the following words can best describe the woman 'sfeelings about Tibet?
A. Amusement.
B. Disbelief.
C. Ecstasy.
D.Deligh t.
10. According to the conversation, itwas that made the woman ready to stop traveling.
淘宝店铺：光速考研工作室 专八真题 2001 年
A. the unsettledness of travel
B. the difficulties of trekking
C. the loneliness of travel
D. the unfamiliar environment
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Questions 11 and 12 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given
30 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
11. Mike Tyson was put in prison last August because he ________.
A. violated the traffic law
B. illegally attacked aboxer
C. attacked somebody after atraffic accident
D. failed to finish his contract
12. The license granted to Tyson to fight will be terminated ________.
A. by the end of the year
B. in over ayear
C. in August
D. in afew weeks
Question 13 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15
seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.
13. The Russian documents are expected to draw great attention because ________.
A. they cover the whole story of the former US president
B. the assassin used to live in the former Soviet Union
C. they are the only official documents released
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