2016年英语专业八级新题型揭秘(讲解版)
2016年英语专业八级(专八)改革变化内容
关于英语专业八级考试(TEM8 )题型调整的说明
外语专业教学测试专家委员会经过讨论，通过英语专业八级考试(TEM8)题型调整方案，并决定从2016年起对TEM8考试的试卷结构和测试题型作局部调整。
高校外语专业教学测试办公室
总则
一、考试目的:
本考试旨在检查英语专业四年级学生运用英语获取、理解和处理一般或与专业相关信息以达到交际要求的能力。
二、考试性质与范围:
本考试属于标准参照性教学检查类考试。考试范围包括听、读、写、译四个方面的能力。
三、考试时间、对象与命题:
本考试在英语专业本科第八学期举行，每年一次。考试对象为高校英语专业四年级学生。本考试由外语专业教学测试专家委员会组织有关测试专家命题，外语专业教学测试办公室负责考试的实施。
四、考试形式:
为了有效地考核学生综合运用英语进行交际的能力，既兼顾考试的科学性、客观性，又考虑到考试的可行性，本考试采用多种试题形式，以保证考试的效度和信度。
五、考试内容:
本考试共有五个部分:听力理解、阅读理解、语言知识、翻译、写作。整个考试需时155分钟。
新题型与旧题型试卷结构对比
I．听力理解（Part I: Listening Comprehension）
1.测试要求:
（a）能听懂真实交际场合中的各种英语会话和讲话。
（b）能听懂有关政治、经济、历史、文化、教育、语言、文学、科普方面的演讲及演讲后的问答。
（c）能理解所听材料的大意，领会说话者的态度、感情和真实意图。
（d）能做较为完整的笔记。
（e）考试时间约25分钟。
2.测试形式:
本部分采用填空题和多项选择题形式，分两节:Section A和Section B，共20题。Section A: Mini-lecture
本部分由一个约900个单词的讲座和一项填空任务组成。要求学生边听边做笔记，然后完成填空任务。本部分共15道填空题。
新题型：
旧题型：
总结：
变化：文章长度增加，由10道题变成15道题，提前发卷。
Section B: Conversation or Interview
本部分由一个约1000个单词的会话或两个约500个单词的会话组成。会话后有10道多项选择题。
本部分每道题后有10秒的间隙，要求学生听到问题后从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
听力理解部分的录音语速为每分钟约150个单词，念一遍。
3.测试目的:
测试学生获取口头信息的能力。
4.选材原则:
（a）讲座部分的内容与本专业方向课程相关。
（b）会话部分的内容与学生的日常生活、社会和学习活动相关。
（c）听力材料难度为中等偏上。
新题型：
旧题型：
总结：
变化：题目数量及长度不变，卷面问题消失，需要等待问题在听力中出现。
取消
总结：新闻听力取消
II．阅读理解（Part II: Reading Comprehension）
1.测试要求:
（a）能读懂一般英美报刊杂志上的社论和书评。
（b）能读懂有一定难度的历史传记和文学作品。
（c）能理解所读材料的主旨大意，分辨出其中的事实和细节; 能理解字面意义和隐含意义; 能根据所读材料进行判断和推理; 能分析所读材料的思想观点、语篇结构、语言特点和修辞手法。
（d）能在阅读中根据需要自觉调整阅读速度和阅读技巧。
（e）考试时间45分钟。
2.测试形式：
本部分采用多项选择题和简答题形式，由数篇阅读材料组成。阅读材料共长3000个单词左右。学生应根据所读材料内容，从每题的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，或根据问题做简短回答。共22题，其中14道多项选择题，8道简答题。
3.测试目的:
阅读理解部分测试学生通过阅读获取和理解有关信息的能力，既要求准确性，也要一定的速度，阅读速度为每分钟1 5 0个单词。
4.选材原则:
（a）题材广泛，包括社会、科技、文化、经济、文学、语言学、人物传记等。（b）体裁多样，包括记叙文、描写文、说明文、议论文等。
（c）阅读材料的语言难度中等偏上。
新题型：
增加
旧题型：
总结：
原题型由数篇阅读材料组成。阅读材料长度为3000个单词左右。阅读材料后有20道多项选择题；
新题型采用多项选择题和简答题形式，由数篇阅读材料组成。阅读材料共长3000个单词左右。共22题，其中14道多项选择题，8道简答题。
变化：增加了8道简答题
III．语言知识（Part III. Language Usage）
1.测试要求:
能运用语法、词汇、修辞等语言知识识别所给短文内的语病并提出改正方法。
2.测试形式:
本部分由一篇约250个单词的短文组成，短文中有10行标有题号。该10行内均含有一个语误。要求学生根据“增添”、“删除”、或“改变其中的某一单词或短语”三种方法中的一种改正语误。
本部分为作答题，共10题。考试时间15分钟。
3.测试目的:
测试学生运用语言知识的能力。
新题型：
旧题型：
取消
总结：去除了第三部分的英语文化知识考查；将第四部分的短文改错移到了第三部分。
变化：第四部分的短文改错变化为第三部分的语言知识考查
IV．翻译（Part V: Translation）
1.测试要求
能运用汉译英的理论和技巧，翻译我国报刊杂志上的文章和一般文学作品。速度为每小时250至300个汉字。译文要求忠实原意，语言通顺、流畅。
2.测试形式:
本部分为作答题，将一段150个汉字组成的段落译成英语，考试时间25分钟。
3.测试目的:
测试学生的汉译英翻译能力。
新题型：
旧题型：
取消
总结：
变化：原来的英译中部分取消，保留中译英部分。
V．写作（Part V: Writing）
1.测试要求
能根据所给阅读材料和要求撰写各类体裁的文章，文章长度约300个单词;能做到内容切题、充实，条理清楚，结构严谨，语法正确，语言通顺，表达得体。考试时间45分钟。
2.测试形式:
本部分为作答题，采用材料作文形式。考试时间45分钟。
3.测试目的:
测试学生的书面表达能力。
新题型：
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Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions：Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) Happy people work differently. They’re more productive, more creative, and willing to take greater risks. And new research suggest that happiness might influence___1___firms work, too. Companies located in places with happier people invest more, according to a recent research paper.___2___, firms in happy places spend more on R&D (research and development ). That’s because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking ___3___ for making investments for the future. The researchers wanted to know if the ___4___ and inclination for risk-taking that come with happiness would ___5___the way companies invested. So they compared U.S. cities’ average happiness ___6___by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas. ___7___enough, firms’ investment and R&D intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were ___8___.But is it really happiness that’s linked to investment, or could something else about happier cities ___9___why firms there spend more on R&D? To find out, the researchers controlled for various ___10___that might make firms more likely to invest – like size, industry, and sales – and for indicators that a place was ___11___to live in, like growth in wages or population. The link between happiness and investment generally ___12___even after accounting for these things. The correlation between happiness and investment was particularly strong for younger firms, which the authors ___13___to “less codified decision making process” and the possible presence of “younger and less ___14___managers who are more likely to be influenced by sentiment.” The relationship was ___15___stronger in places where happiness was spread more ___16___.Firms seem to invest more in places where most people are relatively happy, rather than in places with happiness inequality. ___17___this doesn’t prove that happiness causes firms to invest more or to take a longer-term view, the authors believe it at least ___18___at that possibilit y. It’s not hard to imagine that local culture and sentiment would help ___19___how executives think about the future. “It surely seems plausible that happy people would be more forward-thinking and creative and ___20___R&D m ore than the average,” said one researcher. 1. [A] why [B] where [C] how [D] when 2. [A] In return [B] In particular [C] In contrast [D] In conclusion
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