2010年英语专八真题及其答案.doc

TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(2010)-GRADEEIGHT-
PARTI LISTENINGCOMPREHENSION(35MIN)
SECTIONA MINI-LECTURE
Inthissectionyouwillhearamini-lecture.YouwillhearthelectureONCEONLY.Whilelistening,takenotesontheimportantpoints.Yournoteswillnotbemarked,butyouwillneedthemtocompleteagap-fillingtaskafterthemini-lecture.Whenthelectureisover,youwillbegiventwominutestocheckyournotes,andanothertenminutestocompletethegap-fillingtaskonANSWERSHEETONE.Usetheblanksheetfornote-taking.
Completethegap-fillingtask.SomeofthegapsbelowmayrequireamaximumofTHREEwords.Makesuretheword(s)youfillinis(are)bothgrammatically&semanticallyacceptable.Youmayrefertoyournotes.

ParalinguisticFeaturesofLanguage
Inface-to-facecommunicationspeakersoftenaltertheirtomesofvoiceorchangetheirphysicalposturesinordertoconveymessages.Thesemeansarecalledparalinguisticfeaturesoflanguage,whichfallintotwocategories.
Firstcategory:vocalparalinguisticfeatures
(1)__________:toexpressattitudeorintention(1)__________
Examples
1.whispering:needforsecrecy
2.breathiness:deepemotion
3.(2)_________:unimportance(2)__________
4.nasality:anxiety
5.extralip-rounding:greaterintimacy
Secondcategory:physicalparalinguisticfeatures
facialexpressions
(3)_______(3)__________
-----smiling:signalofpleasureorwelcome
lesscommonexpressions
-----eyebrowraising:surpriseorinterest
-----lipbiting:(4)________(4)_________
gesture
gesturesarerelatedtoculture.
Britishculture
-----shruggingshoulders:(5)________(5)__________
-----scratchinghead:puzzlement
othercultures
-----placinghanduponheart:(6)_______(6)__________
-----pointingatnose:secret
proximity,postureandechoing
proximity:physicaldistancebetweenspeakers
-----closeness:intimacyorthreat
-----(7)_______:formalityorabsenceofinterest(7)_________
Proximityisperson-,culture-and(8)________-specific.(8)_________
posture
-----hunchedshouldersorahanginghead:toindeicate(9)_____(9)________
-----directleveleyecontact:toexpressanopenorchallengingattitude
echoing
-----definition:imitationofsimilarposture
-----(10)_