2012年英语专八真题卷子

2012年英语专八真题卷子

　　TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2012)-GRADE EIGHT- TIME LIMIT: 195 MIN

　　PART I LISTENING COMPREttENSION (35 MIN)

　　SECTION A 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, using no more than three words in each gap. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes while completing the task. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. Now, listen to the mini-lecture. 　　 Observation Behaviour

　　People do observation in daily life context for safety or for proper behaviour. However, there are differences in daily life observation and research observation.

　　A. Differences

　　---- daily life observation

　　--casual

　　--(1) ________

　　--defendence on memory

　　---- research observation

　　-- (2) _________

　　-- careful record keeping

　　B. Ways to select samples in research

　　---- time sampling

　　-- systematic: e.g. fixed intervals every hour

　　-- random: fixed intervals but (3) _______

　　Systematic sampling and random sampling are often used in combination.

　　---- (4) _______

　　-- definition: selection of different locations

　　-- reason: humans’ or animals’ behaviour (5) ______ across circumstances

　　-- (6) ______: more objective observations

　　C. Ways to record behaviour (7) _______

　　---- observation with intervention

　　-- participant observation: researcher as observer and participant

　　-- field experiment: research (8) ______ over conditions

　　---- observation without intervention

　　-- purpose: describing behaviour (9) ______

　　-- (10) ______ : no intervention

　　-- researcher: a passive recorder

　　SECTION B INTERVIEW

　　In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best 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 foliowing five questions. Now listen to the interview.

　　1. Which of the following statements about creativity is INCORRECT?

　　A. Creativity stems from human beings novel thinking.

　　B. The duration of the creative process varies from person to person.

　　C. Creative people focus on novel thinking rather than on solutions.

　　D. The outcome of human creativity comes in varied forms.

　　2. The interviewee cites the Bach family to show that creativity

　　A. appears to be the result of the environment.

　　B. seems to be attributable to genetic makeup.

　　C. appears to be more associated with great people.

　　D. comes from both environment and genetic makeup.

　　3. How many types of the creative process does the interviewee describe?

　　A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

　　4. Which of the following features of a creative personality is NOT mentioned in the interview?

　　A. Unconventional. B. Original.

　　C. Resolute. D. Critical.

　　5. The interviewees suggestion for a creativity workout supports the view that

　　A. brain exercising will not make people creative.

　　B. most people have diversified interests and hobbies.

　　C. the environment is significant in the creative process.

　　D. creativity can only be found in great people.

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