第一篇：英语专业八级口试历年真题话题汇总
历年真题Topic汇总
2004 Task Three: Making a comment on a given topic Directions: Please read the following passage carefully and then express your views on the given event.You will have four minutes for preparation.The time limit for your comment is three minutes.China’s Employment Market Challenging by More Graduates
With the expansion of enrollment in China’s higher education institutions that began in 1999, the employment market is now flooded with university graduates.Despite these huge increases in the number of students, statistics show that the percentage of China’s population that has received higher education is only around 5 percent of the nation’s total, lagging far behind the developed countries.Undoubtedly, as more and more people receive higher education, today’s university and college students will face increasingly intense competition in the market.2005 Suggestions for the 2008 Beijing Olympics As soon as the curtain came down on the 28th Olympic games in Athens, the world’s focus shifted east to Beijing.The Olympics can be seen as away for a nation to exhibit itself to the world.Beijing is now busy preparing itself to hold the Olympic Games.What suggestions can you offer to the Olympic organizing committee to ensure a successful 29th Olympic Games? 2005 Should firecrackers and fireworks be allowed during the Spring Festival? In many big cities, firecrackers and fireworks have been banned for a number of years because of safety and environmental concerns.Recently, however, some people have suggested that the government should lift the ban during the Spring Festival because, in their opinion, firecrackers and fireworks are an integral part of the traditional Chinese New Year celebration and, without them, the Spring festival lacks a true festival atmosphere.Some cities have thus lifted the ban but many others have not.Suppose you were the mayor of a big city, where people’s views on this issue could not be reconciled.What do you think the government should do? Please give reasons to support your ideas.2006
Pets or not? Nowadays more and more city residents like to keep pet and dogs at home.However, some people think pet breeding should be forbidden or at least discouraged in urban areas.What is your opinion? Why? 2007
Low Salaries for College Graduates In recent years, with competition in the job market getting more and more intense, college graduates are lowering their salary expectations in order to gain employment opportunities.Statistics show that one third of graduates are willing to accept a salary of about 1,000 yuan RMB per month if they cannot find better jobs while two-thirds are not.Do you think college graduates should take low-paying jobs when satisfactory jobs are not available? Why or why not? 2008 The “Car Free Day” Campaign in China
Every September 22 is a “Car Free Day” in many countries around the world.Chengdu, capital of southeast China’s Sichuan Province, pioneerd China’s first “Car Free Day” on October 14, 2000.So far, over 100 Chinese cities have responded positively to the “Car Free Day” idea.Residents of these cities are urged to take public transport, ride bikes or walk instead of using their cars.Do you think this “Car Free Day” campaign is meaningful? 2009 Should theWeek-long Labor Day Holiday be Resumed? Since 1999, Chinese people have enjoyed three week-long holidays(or so-called “golden weeks”): the Lunar New Year, the Labor Day holiday, and the National Day holiday.However, in 2008, the government shortened the Labor Day Golden Week to athree-day holiday and added three new holidays to celebrate the Qingming, Duanwu, and Autumn Festivals.Recently, there have been calls for resuming the week-long Labor Day holiday.Do you think the Labor Day Golden Week should be resumed? 2010
Talents Show Fever in China From Super Girls to Happy Boys, from Hero to China’s got Talent, talent shows are getting increasingly popular among China’s national and local TV programs.These shows feature ordinary Chinese---schoolteachers to housewives, teenagers to senior citizens---and showcase their talents in singing, dancing, doing magic or imitating celebrities, and some of them can become stars overnight.However, the talent shows are also considered vulgar and as having negative influence on society.Some people even suggest they should ne banned or at least be discouraged.What is your opinion? Why? 2011
The future of nuclear power Since the Fukushima nuclear accident caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March 2011, the safety of nuclear power plants and the development of nuclear energy have raised global concerns.Opposition to atomic reactor construction has mounted throughout the world.Switzerland froze plans to build new nuclear plants.Germany raised questions about its nuclear future.Yet some people insist the development of the global nuclear power industry should not be slowed despite its safety risks.Do you agree? Why?
第二篇：2004-2015英语专业八级口试历年真题话题汇总
历年真题Topic汇总
2004 Task Three: Making a comment on a given topic Directions: Please read the following passage carefully and then express your views on the given event.You will have four minutes for preparation.The time limit for your comment is three minutes.China’s Employment Market Challenging by More Graduates
With the expansion of enrollment in China’s higher education institutions that began in 1999, the employment market is now flooded with university graduates.Despite these huge increases in the number of students, statistics show that the percentage of China’s population that has received higher education is only around 5 percent of the nation’s total, lagging far behind the developed countries.Undoubtedly, as more and more people receive higher education, today’s university and college students will face increasingly intense competition in the market.2005 Suggestions for the 2008 Beijing Olympics As soon as the curtain came down on the 28th Olympic games in Athens, the world’s focus shifted east to Beijing.The Olympics can be seen as away for a nation to exhibit itself to the world.Beijing is now busy preparing itself to hold the Olympic Games.What suggestions can you offer to the Olympic organizing committee to ensure a successful 29th Olympic Games? 2005 Should firecrackers and fireworks be allowed during the Spring Festival? In many big cities, firecrackers and fireworks have been banned for a number of years because of safety and environmental concerns.Recently, however, some people have suggested that the government should lift the ban during the Spring Festival because, in their opinion, firecrackers and fireworks are an integral part of the traditional Chinese New Year celebration and, without them, the Spring festival lacks a true festival atmosphere.Some cities have thus lifted the ban but many others have not.Suppose you were the mayor of a big city, where people’s views on this issue could not be reconciled.What do you think the government should do? Please give reasons to support your ideas.2006
Pets or not? Nowadays more and more city residents like to keep pet and dogs at home.However, some people think pet breeding should be forbidden or at least discouraged in urban areas.What is your opinion? Why? 2007
Low Salaries for College Graduates In recent years, with competition in the job market getting more and more intense, college graduates are lowering their salary expectations in order to gain employment opportunities.Statistics show that one third of graduates are willing to accept a salary of about 1,000 yuan RMB per month if they cannot find better jobs while two-thirds are not.Do you think college graduates should take low-paying jobs when satisfactory jobs are not available? Why or why not? 2008 The “Car Free Day” Campaign in China
Every September 22 is a “Car Free Day” in many countries around the world.Chengdu, capital of southeast China’s Sichuan Province, pioneerd China’s first “Car Free Day” on October 14, 2000.So far, over 100 Chinese cities have responded positively to the “Car Free Day” idea.Residents of these cities are urged to take public transport, ride bikes or walk instead of using their cars.Do you think this “Car Free Day” campaign is meaningful? 2009 Should theWeek-long Labor Day Holiday be Resumed? Since 1999, Chinese people have enjoyed three week-long holidays(or so-called “golden weeks”): the Lunar New Year, the Labor Day holiday, and the National Day holiday.However, in 2008, the government shortened the Labor Day Golden Week to athree-day holiday and added three new holidays to celebrate the Qingming, Duanwu, and Autumn Festivals.Recently, there have been calls for resuming the week-long Labor Day holiday.Do you think the Labor Day Golden Week should be resumed? 2010
Talents Show Fever in China From Super Girls to Happy Boys, from Hero to China’s got Talent, talent shows are getting increasingly popular among China’s national and local TV programs.These shows feature ordinary Chinese---schoolteachers to housewives, teenagers to senior citizens---and showcase their talents in singing, dancing, doing magic or imitating celebrities, and some of them can become stars overnight.However, the talent shows are also considered vulgar and as having negative influence on society.Some people even suggest they should ne banned or at least be discouraged.What is your opinion? Why? 2011
The future of nuclear power Since the Fukushima nuclear accident caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March 2011, the safety of nuclear power plants and the development of nuclear energy have raised global concerns.Opposition to atomic reactor construction has mounted throughout the world.Switzerland froze plans to build new nuclear plants.Germany raised questions about its nuclear future.Yet some people insist the development of the global nuclear power industry should not be slowed despite its safety risks.Do you agree? Why? 2012 Task Three：Making a comment on a given topic.Directions: Please read the following passage carefully and then express your views on the given event.You will have four minutes for preparation.The time limit for your comment is three minutes
A Gold Medal’s Worth in China
A gold medal awarded at the London Olympics has a material value of about $650(approximately 4000 yuan in RMB).But in China, Olympic gold medalists may reap rewards that amount to several million RMB.Do you think that Olympic gold medal winners should receive such high rewards? Why? 2013 A newly employed intern(i.e., trainee)at a broadcasting corporation was asked to order lunch for his team workers.He refused to do that on the ground that as an intern in the field of film directing, it was not his responsibility to order lunch for others.Some people think that making interns do chores not related to their work is indeed taking advantage of new people and thus it is justifiable for the intern to refuse this request.Meanwhile, others think that interns should accept tasks given by their superiors even if the tasks are not directly work-related because these tasks may be part of the learning process.Please give your opinions on this issue.2014 Task Three: Making a comment on a given topic.Directions: Please read the following passage carefully and then express your views on the given topic.You will have four minutes for preparation.The time limit for your comment is three minutes.A newly employed intern(i.e., trainee)at a broadcasting corporation was asked to order lunch for his team workers.He refused to do that on the ground that as an intern in the field of film directing, it was not his responsibility to order lunch for others.Some people think that making interns do chores not related their work is indeed taking advantage of new people and thus it is justifiable for the intern to refuse this request.Meanwhile, others think that interns should accept tasks given by their superiors even if the tasks are not directly work-related because these tasks may be part of the learning process.Please give your opinions on this issue.2015 When talking about Chinese tourists overseas, news media often mention their inappropriate behavior such as spitting, littering, talking loudly in public places, and carving characters in scenic spots.The china national tourism administration recently announced that in order to improve the image of Chinese holidaymaker overseas, it will establish a “black list” for individuals engaging in such “uncivilized behavior” and the record will be kept for up to two years.What do you think of this measure? Do you think it will be effective? What suggestions do you have?
第三篇：2014年英语专业八级翻译部分真题
2014年英语专业八级翻译部分真题
汉译英：当我小学毕业的时候，亲友一致地愿意我去学手艺，好帮助母亲。我晓得我应当去找饭吃，以减轻母亲的困苦。可是，我也愿意升学。我偷偷地考入了师范学校——制服、饭食、书籍、住处，都由学校供给。只有这样，我才敢对母亲说升学的话。入学，要交十元的保证金。这是一笔巨款！母亲作了半个月的难，把这巨款筹到，而后含泪把我送出门去。当我由师范毕业，被派为小学校的校长，母亲与我都一夜不曾合眼。我只说了句：“以后，您可以歇一歇了！”她的回答只有一串串的眼泪。
英译汉：The physical distance between speakers can indicate a number of things and can also be used to consciously send messages about intent.Closeness, for example, indicates intimacy or threat to many speakers whilst distance may denote formality or a lack of interest.Proximity is also both a matter of personal style and is often culture-bound so that what may seem normal to a speaker from one culture may appear unnecessarily close or distant to a speaker from another.And standing close to someone may be quite appropriate in some situations such as an informal party, but completely out of place in others,such as meeting with a superior.Posture can convey meaning too.Hunched shoulders and a hanging head give a powerful indication of mood.A lowered head when speaking to a superior(with or without eye contact)can convey the appropriate relationship in some cultures.
第四篇：2012年英语专业八级考试作文试题真题
2012年英语专业八级考试作文试题真题
WRITING(45 MIN)
A recent survey of 2,000 college students asked about their attitudes towards phone calls and text-messaging(also known as Short Service)and found the
students’ main goal was to pass along information in as little time, with as little small talk, as possible.“What they like most about their mobile devices is that they can reach other people,” says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics at American
University in Washington, D.C., who conducted the survey.“What they like least is that other people can reach them.” How far do you agree with Professor Baron?
In this first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details.In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, language and appropriateness.Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
第五篇：2009年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题及答案
2009年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题及答案
31.The Head of State of New Zealand is ______.A.the governor-generalB.the Prime Minister
C.the high commissioner
D.the monarch of United Kingdom
32.The capital of Scotland is ______.A.GlasgowB.Edinburgh
C.ManchesterD.London
33.Who write the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S.President ?
A.Thomas JeffersonB.George Washington
C.Thomas PaineD.John Adams
34.Which is the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia ?
A.PerthB.Adelaide
C.SydneyD.Melbourne
35.Ode to the West Wind was written by ______.A.Willian BlakeB.Willian Wordsworth
C.Samuel Taylor Coleridege
D.Percy Bysshe Shelley
36.Who among the following is a poet of free verse ?
A.Ralph Waldo EmersonB.Walt Whitman
C.Herman MelvilleD.Theodore Dreiser
37.The novel Sons and Lovers was written by ______.A.Thomas HardyB.John Galworhty
C.D.H.LawrenceD.James Joyce
38.The sstudy of mental processes of language comprehension and production is ______.A.corpus linguisticsB.socialinguistics
C.theoretical linguisticsD.psycholinguistics
39.A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called ______.A.dialectB.idiolectC.pidginD.register
40.When a speake expresses his intension of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing ______.A.an illocutionary actB.a perlocutionary act
C.a locutionary actD.none of the above
Key:31-35 DBACD
36-40 BCDCA
2008年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题及答案
PART IIIGENERAL KNOWLEDGE(10 MIN)
There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section.Choose the best
answer to each question.Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet
31.The largest city in Canada is_______.A.Vancouver.B.Montreal.C.TorontoD.Ottawa.32.According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in________.A.the Federal Government.B.the Supreme Court.C.the Cabinet.D.the Congress.33.Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?
A.Baseball.B.Tennis.C.Basketball.D.American football.34.The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is__________.A.the President.B.the Governor-General.C.the British monarchD.the Prime Minister.35.The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by__________.A.William Langland.B.Geoffrey Chaucer.C.William Shakespeare.D.Alfred Tennyson.36.Who wrote The American?
A.Herman Melville.B.Nathaniel Hawthorne.C.Henry James.D.Theodore Dreiser.37.All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th-century Britain EXCEPT_____.A.George Eliot.B.Iris Jean Murdoch.C.Doris Lessing.D.Muriel Spark.38.Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?
A.Arbitrariness.B.Displacement.C.Duality.D.Diachronicity.39.What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”?
A.A simple sentence.B.A coordinate sentence.C.A complex sentence.D.None of the above.40.The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called______.A.hyponymy.B.synonymy.C.polysemy.D.homonymy.Key：31-35 BCADB
36-40 CDACD
07专八参考答案（人文部分）
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PART IIIGENERAL KNOWLEDGE(10 MIN)
There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section.Choose the best answers to each question.Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.31.The majority of the current population in the UK are descendants of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT_____.A.the AnglosB.the Celts
C.the JutesD.the Saxons
32.The Head of State of Canada is represented by___.A.the MonarchB.the President
C.the Prime MinisterD.the Governor-general
33.The Declaration of Independence was written by__.A.Thomas JeffersonB.George Washington
C.Alexander HamiltonD.James Madison
34.The original inhabitants of Australia were____.A.the Red IndiansB.the Eskimos
C.the AboriginesD.the Maoris
35.Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?
A.Oliver TwistB.Middlemarch
C.Jane EyreD.Wuthering Heights
36.William Butler Yeats was a(n)______ poet and playwright.A.AmericanB.Canadian
C.IrishD.Australian
37.Death of a Salesman was written by_____.A.Arthur MillerB.Ernest Hemingway
C.Ralph EllisonD.James Baldwin
38._______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A.PhonologyB.Morphology
C.SemanticsD.Sociolinguistics
39.The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT_____.A.lexicalB.syntactic
C.phonologicalD.psycholinguistic
40.The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example of_____.A.widening of meaningB.narrowing of meaningC.meaning shift
D.loss of meaning
Key:
CDACDCABDA
2006年专业八级真题及答案-人文知识
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PART IIIGENERAL KNOWLEDGE(10 MIN)
There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section.Choose the best answers to each question.Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.31.The Presidents during the American Civil War was_____.A.Andrew JacksonB.Abraham Lincoln
C.Thomas JeffersonD.George Washington
32.The capital of New Zealand is_____.A.ChristchurchB.Auckland
C.WellingtonD.Hamilton
33.Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?
A.The AboriginesB.The Maori
C.The IndiansD.The Eskimos
34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of_____.A.the Shadow CabinetB.the Parliament
C.the OppositionD.the Cabinet
35.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?
A.T.S.EliotB.D.H.Lawrence
C.Theodore DreiserD.James Joyce
36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by___.A.Scott FitzgeraldB.William Faulkner
C.Eugene O'NeilD.Ernest Hemingway
37._____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.A.Free verseB.SonnetC.OdeD.Epigram
38.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of_____.A.referenceB.meaning
C.antonymyD.context
39.The words“kid,child,offspring” are examples of__.A.dialectal synonymsB.stylistic synonyms
C.emotive synonymsD.collocational synonyms
40.The distinction between parole and langue was made by_____.A.HalliayB.Chomsky
C.BloomfieldD.Saussure
Key：
31-35BCADA36-40 DBDBD
2005年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案
1.The study of __ is Syntax.A textual organizationB sentence structures
C word formationD language functions
2.Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?
AarbitrarinessBproductivity
Ccultural transmissionDfiniteness
3.The speech act theory was first put forward by__.AJohn ScarlBJohan Austin
CNoarn ChomskyDM.A.K Halliday
4.The capital city of Canada is __.AMontrealBOttawa
CVancouverDYork
5.U.S.presidents normally serve a(an)__ term.Aeight-yearBfour-year
Csix-yearDtwo year
6.Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.AHustonBBaltimore
CPhiladelphiaDBoston
7.The state church in England is __.AThe BaptistBThe Roman Catholic
CThe Protestant Church
DThe Church of England
8.The novel Emma is written by__.AJane AustenBElizabeth
CGaskell C Charlotte Bronte
DMary Shelley
9.Which of the following is not a Romantic Poet?
AWilliam Wordsworth
BPercy B.Shelley
CGeorge G.ByronDGeorge Eliot
10.William Sidney Porter, known as O.Henry, is most famous for __.Ahis poemBhis plays
CHis novelsDhis short stories
KEYS: 1-5 BDBBB 6-10 ADADD
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