sales英语专业八级考试试题及答案(2)

2021年1月10日发(作者：赖亚力)
英语专业八级考试试题及答案(2)
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen
carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct
answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.
Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news
item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to
the news.
6. Scientists in Brazil have used frog skin to
A. eliminate bacteria.
B. treat burns.
C. Speed up recovery.
D. reduce treatment cost.
Question 7 is based on the following news. At the end of the news
item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to
the news.
7. What is NOT a feature of the new karaoke machine?
A. It is featured by high technology.
B. It allows you to imitate famous singers.
C. It can automatically alter the tempo and tone of a song.
D. It can be placed in specially designed theme rooms.
Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news
item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to
the news.
8. China’s Internet users had reached _________ by the end of June.
A. 68 million
B. 8.9 million
C. 10 million
D. 1.5 million
Question 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the
news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question. Now
listen to the news.
9. According to the WTO, Chinese exports rose _________ last year.
A. 21%
B. 10%
C. 22%
D. 4.73
10. According to the news, which trading nation in the top 10 has
reported a 5 per cent fall in exports?
A. The UK.
B. The US.
C. Japan.
D. Germany.
PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)
TEXT A
I remember meeting him one evening with his pushcart. I had
managed to sell all my papers and was coming home in the snow. It was
that strange hour in downtown New York when the workers were pouring
homeward in the twilight. I marched among thousands of tired men and
women whom the factory whistles had unyoked. They flowed in rivers
through the clothing factory districts, then down along the avenues to the
East Side.
I met my father near Cooper Union. I recognized him, a hunched,
frozen figure in an old overcoat standing by a banana cart. He looked so
lonely, the tears came to my eyes. Then he saw me, and his face lit with
his sad, beautiful smile -Charlie Chaplin’s smile.
“Arch, it’s Mikey,” he said. “So you have sold your papers! Come and
eat a banana.”
He offered me one. I refused it. I felt it crucial that my father sell his
bananas, not give them away. He thought I was shy, and coaxed and joked
with me, and made me eat the banana. It smelled of wet straw and snow.
“You haven’t sold many bananas today, pop,” I said anxiously.
He shrugged his shoulders.
“What can I do? No one seems to want them.”
It was true. The work crowds pushed home morosely over the
pavements. The rusty sky darkened over New York building, the tall