2005年英语专业八级考试试题原题及参考答案2005年03月06日ﻫTESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(2005)-GRADEEIGHT-PARTILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION(30MIN)SECTIONAMINI-LECTUREInthissectionyouwillhearamini-lecture.YouwillhearthelectureONCEONLY.Whilelistening,takenotesontheimportantpoints.Yournoteswillnotbemarked,butyouwillneedthemtocompleteagap-fillingtaskafterthemini-lecture.Whenthelectureisover,youwillbegiventwominutestocheckyournotes,andanothertenminutestocompletethegap-fillingtaskonANSWERSHEETONE.Usetheblanksheetfornote-taking.ﻫﻫWritingaResearchPaperﻫI.ResearchPapersandOrdinaryEssayA.Similarityin(1)__________:ﻫe.g.—choosingatopicﻫ—askingquestions—identifyingtheaudienceB.Differencemainlyintermsof(2)___________ﻫ1.researchpapers:printedsources2.ordinaryessay:ideasinone's(3)___________ﻫII.TypesandCharacteristicsofResearchPapersA.Numberofbasictypes:twoﻫB.Characteristics:ﻫ1.survey-typepaper:ﻫ—togather(4)___________—toquoteﻫ—to(5)_____________Thewritershouldbe(6)___________.2.argumentative(research)paper:a.Thewritershoulddomore,e.g.—tointerpret—toquestion,etc.ﻫb.(7)_________varieswiththetopic,e.g.—torecommendanaction,etc.ﻫIII.HowtoChooseaTopicforaResearchPaperInchoosingatopic,itisimportantto(8)__________.QuestionNo.1:yourfamiliaritywiththetopicﻫQuestionNo.2:AvailabilityofrelevantinformationonthechosentopicQuestionNo.3:Narrowingthetopicdownto(9)_________ﻫQuestionNo.4:Askingquestionsabout(10)___________ﻫThequestionshelpustoworkoutwayintothetopicanddiscoveritspossibilities.ﻫﻫSECTIONBINTERVIEWﻫInthissectionyouwillheareverythingONCEONLY.Listencarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow.Markthecorrectanswertoeachquestiononyourcolouredanswersheet.Questions1to5arebasedonaninterview.Attheendoftheinterviewyouwillbegiven10secondstoanswereachofthefollowingfivequestions.Nowlistentotheinterview.ﻫ1.WhatisthepurposeofProfessorMcKay'sreport?A.Tolookintothementalhealthofoldpeople.B.Toexplainwhypeoplehavenegativeviewsonoldage.ﻫC.Tohelpcorrectsomefalsebeliefsaboutoldage.D.Toidentifythevariousproblemsofoldageﻫ2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTProfessorMcKay'sview?A.Peoplechangeinoldagealotmorethanattheageof21.ﻫB.Thereareasmanysickpeopleinoldageasinmiddleage.ﻫC.Weshouldnotexpectmorephysicalillnessamongoldpeople.D.Weshouldnotexpecttofindoldpeopleunattractiveasagroup.ﻫﻫ3.AccordingtoProfessorMcKay'sreport,A.familyloveisgraduallydisappearing.B.itishardtocommentonfamilyfeeling.C.morechildrenareindifferenttotheirparents.ﻫD.familyloveremainsasstrongasever.4.ProfessorMcKayis________towardsthetendencyofmoreparentslivingapartfromtheirchildren.ﻫA.negativeﻫB.positiveC.ambiguousD.neutralﻫﻫ5.TheonlypopularbeliefthatProfessorMcKayisunabletoprovideevidenceagainstisA.old-agesi...