2023年英语专业八级题库（历年真题＋章节题库＋模拟试题）

第一部分 历年真题［部分视频讲解＋听力音频］

2021年英语专业八级真题及详解［听力音频］

二、PART II READING COMPREHENSION ［45 MIN］

SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

In the section there are three passages followed by fourteen multiple choice questions. For each multiple choice question,there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark youranswers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

PASSAGE ONE

(1)The gorilla is something of a paradox in the African scene. One thinks one knows him well. For a hundred years ormore he has been killed, captured and imprisoned in zoos. His bones have been mounted in natural history museumseverywhere,and he has always exerted a strong fascination upon scientists and romantics alike. He is the stereotyped monsterof the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious (though not perhaps strictly scientific) link with our ancestral past.

(2)Yet the fact is we know very little about gorillas. No really satisfactory photograph has ever been taken of one in awild state; no zoologist, however intrepid, has been able to keep the animal under close and constant observation in the darkjungles in which it lives. Carl Akeley,the American naturalist, led two expeditious to Uganda in the 1920s and now lies buriedthere among the animals he loved so well;but even he was unable to discover how long the gorilla lives, or how or why it dies,nor was he able to define the exact social pattern of the family groups,or indicate the final extent of their intelligence.All thisand many other things remain almost as much a mystery as they were when the French explorer Du Chaillu first described theanimal to the civilized world a century ago. The Abominable Snowman who haunts the imagination of climbers in theHimalayas is hardly more elusive.

(3)The little that is known about gorillas certainly makes you want to know more. Sir Julian Huxley has recorded thatthrice in the London Zoo he saw an eighteen-month-old specimen trace the outline of its own shadow with its finger."Nosimilar artistic initiative，” he writes， ＂has been recorded for any other anthropoid（类人猿），though we all know now that youngchimpanzees will paint 'pictures' if provided with the necessary materials.” Huxley speaks too of a traveler seeing a malegorilla help a female up a steep rock-step, and gallantry of that kind is certainly not normal among animals. It is this “human-ness” of the gorilla that is so beguiling. According to some observers he courts and makes love the same way as humans do.Once the family is established it clings together. It feeds in a group in the thick bamboo jungles on the mountainside in thedaytime,each animal making a tidy pile of its food-wild celery, bamboo shoots, and other leaves-and squatting down to eatit; and by night each member of the family makes its own bed by bending over and interlacing the bamboo fronds so as toform a kind of oval-shaped nest which is as comfortable and springy as a mattress. The father tends to make his bed just a footor two from the ground,the mother a little higher, and the children are safely lodged in the branches up above.

(4)When he walks the gorilla takes the main weight on his short legs and rests lightly on the knuckles of his hands at theend of his very long arms. When he stands upright a full-grown male rises to six feet, but with that immense chest he is farheavier than any normal man could ever be. Six hundred pounds is not uncommon. His strength is incredible-certainly greatenough to take a man in his arms and wrench his head off.

(5)Gorillas appear to talk to one another in high-pitched voices, not unlike those of women, or by smacking their lips orstriking their cheeks,and the female,if alarmed, will scream. The male is capable of making a frightening demonstration in theface of danger. He stays behind while his family gets away, rising to his feet and uttering a terrifying roar. Sometimes he willdrum on his chest and shake the trees around him with every appearance of uncontrollable fury. In extremity he will charge.

(6)But all this is no more than shadow boring as a general rule, for the gorilla is a gentle, kindly creature, a most forgivingape who lives at peace with all the other animals, and his reputation for savagery and belligerence is nothing but a myth. Whenthe animal charges, the thing to do is to stand your ground and look him in the eye. Then he will turn aside and slip awaythrough the undergrowth.

1. Which of the following facts about gorillas does mankind know?

A.Lifespan.

B. Causes of death.

C.Family structure

D. Bone structure.

【答案】D

【解析】推断题。根据题干定位至文章第一段和第二段。由“His bones have been mounted in natural historymuseums everywhere”可知，大猩猩的骨头陈列在各地的自然历史博物馆中，因此可以推断出人类已经对大猩猩的骨头结构有所了解；由“but even he was unable to discover how long the gorilla lives， or how orwhy it dies, nor was he able to de-fine the exact social pattern of the family groups, or indicate the final extent oftheir intelligence.”可知，博物学家也未能弄清楚大猩猩的寿命、死亡方式、死亡原因以及族群确切的社会模式。故选D。

2.Which of the following words is closer to the meaning of “mystery”in Para.2?

A.Myth.

B. Elusive.

C.Horror.

D. Stereotyped.

【答案】B

【解析】推断题。根据题干定位至第二段。由“Yet the fact is we know very little about gorillas.”可知我们对大猩猩所知甚少，再根据mystery所在句后文可知，人们对大猩猩的了解仍停留在一个世纪前刚知道大猩猩这种动物的时候，也是再次证明了人们对大猩猩这种生物知之甚少，因此可以推断出mystery与elusive相接近，表示“神秘难懂、捉摸不透”。故选B。

3.What does the author mean by saying “But all this is no more than shadow boxing,...”(Para.6)?

A.When facing danger, gorillas seldom intend to attack others.

B. When gorillas get into fury,they usually attack others.

C. When the family is in danger, the male gorilla protects them.

D. When alarmed, the male gorilla is more likely to show fury.

【答案】A

【解析】推断题。根据题干定位至第六段。shadow boxing表示“空拳、佯装的攻击”，因此此句想表达的意思是“所有这些行为不过是在打空拳”，后文用for引出原因，指出大猩猩是一种温和、善良的生物，与所有其他动物和平共处，是一种最宽容的猿类，因此可以推断出大猩猩面对危险时很少发起攻击。故选A。

4.We can learn from the passage that the author's attitude towards gorillas is

A. ambiguous

B. hostile

C.sympathetic

D. nonchalant

【答案】C

【解析】观点态度题。作者首先指出大猩猩的悲惨遭遇，接着又纠正了人们对大猩猩的误解，指出大猩猩是一种温和、善良的生物，与所有其他动物和平共处，是一种最宽容的猿类，C选项sympathetic表示“同情的”，与语境相符。故选C。

【全文翻译】

（1）大猩猩是非洲景观中让人难以捉摸的家伙。人们以为自己很了解它。一百多年来，大猩猩一直遭受捕杀、被圈养在动物园里。它的骨头被陈列在各地的自然历史博物馆中，一直以来对科学家和浪漫主义者都有着强烈的吸引力。它在恐怖片和冒险故事里被习惯性地当成怪物，它还和我们祖先的过去有着明显（尽管可能不怎么科学严谨）的联系。

（2）然事实是我们对大猩猩所知甚少。还没有拍摄到真正令人满意的野生大猩猩照片；无论多么勇敢的动物学家也没能在大猩猩生活的黑暗丛林中对其进行持续的近距离观察。美国博物学家卡尔·阿克利在19世纪20年代曾两次率领探险队前往乌干达，如今与他深爱的动物一同安葬在那里。但即使是他也没能弄清楚大猩猩的寿命长度、死亡方式和死亡原因，也无法确定大猩猩族群确切的社会模式，也无法指出大猩猩智力的最高程度。一个世纪前，法国探险家杜·沙伊鲁首次向文明世界描述了这种动物。现在所有这一切和其他许多事情几乎都和一个世纪前一样神秘。萦绕在喜马拉雅山登山人脑海中的雪怪也没有比它更难以捉摸。

（3）对大猩猩知之甚少当然会让你想要了解更多。朱利安·赫胥黎爵士曾三次在伦敦动物园记录一只18个月大的大猩猩用手指勾勒自己影子的轮廓。他写道：“虽然我们现在都知道。如果为年轻的大猩猩提供必要的材料，它们也会画“画”，但尽管如此，在其他类人猿身上也未曾记录到类似的艺术主动性。”赫胥黎还谈到，有一名旅行者看到一只雄性大猩猩帮助一只雌性大猩猩爬上陡峭的石阶。这种殷勤在动物中肯定是不同寻常的。大猩猩的这种“人性”正是令人着迷的地方。据一些观察员说，大猩猩与人类一样求偶和交配。一旦组建家庭，就会依附在一起。白天，它们成群地在山坡上茂密的竹林里觅食。每只大猩猩都将自己的食物-野生芹菜、竹笋和其他叶子-整齐地堆成一堆，然后蹲下来进食；到了晚上，家庭的每个成员都会搭好自己的床。它们将竹叶弯曲交错成一种椭圆形的窝，像床垫一样舒适有弹性。大猩猩爸爸会将床搭得离地面只有一两英尺高，大猩猩妈妈则将床搭得稍微高一些，而孩子们被安全地安置在上方的树枝中间。

（4）大猩猩走路的时候会把主要受力点放在小腿上，并用长臂末端的指关节轻轻地做支撑。一只成年的雄性大猩猩站直时有六英尺高但它巨大的胸膛让它比任何一个正常男人都重得多。六百磅的体重并不少见。它力量惊人-足以将一个男人抱在怀里，把他的头拧下来。

（5）大猩猩之间似乎是以类似女人尖叫的高音进行交流，或者拍打嘴唇或脸颊。雌性大猩猩如果受惊便会大叫起来。面临危险，雄性大猩猩能做出吓人的示威。当其家人逃跑时，雄性大猩猩会留在后面，站起来，发出可怕的吼声。有时它会锤击胸口，晃动周围的树木，表现出无法控制的愤怒。极端情况下它还会进攻。

（6）但一般来说，所有这些行为不过是在打空拳，因为大猩猩是一种温和、善良的生物，和其他动物和平相处，是最宽容的一种猿猴，而它野蛮好斗的名声不过是虚构出来的东西。当大猩猩要撞向你时，你要做的是站在原地看着它的眼睛。然后它就会转身从灌木丛中溜走。

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第2章 阅读理解

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