专业八级-(无听力9及答案解析.doc

1、专业八级-(无听力 9 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BSECTION A/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complet

2、e a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Some of the gaps may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) b

3、oth grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes while completing the task. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.Study in America. Places to get the information about American schoolsA. Education USA centers charge U U 1 /U /U help students find schools offer information abo

4、ut financial aid, admissions tests and U U 2 /U /UB. Educational fairs give information and U U 3 /U /U were attended by over 14, 000 students last year will be held in October in Asia. Procedures for applyingA. Students are advised to apply at least U U 4 /U /Uschools study the Web sites of schools

5、 start the application process two years earlier complete the applications and take any required U U 5 /U /UB. Two admissions tests at the undergraduate level: SAT involves mathematics and language and includes writing an essay is U U 6 /U /Uand the best predictor of college successACT measures math

6、, English, reading and science is most widely accepted as the college entrance examC. Some language tests: TOEFL The TOEFL is given in U U 7 /U /Ucountries TOEFL iBT tests reading, listening, writing and speakingIELTS is recognized by 2, 000 colleges and universities in the U.S. is a paper test as o

7、pposed to the TOEFLiBT. Requirements to get a visaGo to U U 8 /U /Uwith your admission letter show your financial capability U U 9 /U /Uto show your willingness to return to your home country. Other tips contact the local embassy to be interviewed apply for U U 10 /U /Uthe moment you get accepted （分

8、数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、BSECTION B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)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 ANSWER SHEET TWO.Questions 1 to 5 are

9、 based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. （分数：5.00）(1).According to the interview, Kate Roberts A. was the founder and director of YouthAIDS. B. learned advertising in order to work fo

10、r PSI. C. was the manufacturer of cigarettes, liquor, etc. D. was in the field of marketing for six years.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).All the following statements are CORRECT about YouthAIDS EXCEPT A. it was set up in the year of 2001. B. it is a global education and prevention initiative. C. it involves 6

11、00 young people in the nation. D. it aims at stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).When did Kate Roberts have the idea of helping children? A. When she was in Washington. B. When she was in Africa. C. When she was in Romania. D. When she was in India.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Kate Roberts

12、will do all the things during the economic slowdown EXCEPT A. to adjust their business model to be one that works for anybody. B. to provide a platform for all corporations. C. to make a tailored plan for companies based on their objectives. D. to make sure every single project that they work on is

13、tailor-made.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following is INCORRECT as Kate Roberts defines the success for her cause? A. YouthAIDS is a successful organization. B. YouthAIDS also makes a success on the commercial side. C. YouthAIDS saved lives and was able to measure that. D. As the founder of You

14、thAIDS she found some people who were more successful than herself.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、BSECTION C/B(总题数：3，分数：5.00)1.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 ANSWER SHEET TWO.Question 6 i

15、s 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. The settlement has brought AMD A. uncertainty over the outcome of the trial. B. millions of dollars of legal costs. C. shares rising which was nearly a third in va

16、lue. D. multiple investigations into its business practices.语音下载（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. （分数：2.00）(1).Insurers have to offer coverage to people EXCEPT

17、 those who A. have insurance. B. already have a condition. C. get sick. D. have no basic health insurance.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? A. The plan would not add to the federal deficit. B. Individuals would be required to have basic health insurance. C. The cos

18、t of the plan will be about nine billion dollars over ten years. D. More than fifty-two million Americans dont have health insurance by the news time.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 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 questions

19、. Now listen to the news. （分数：2.00）(1).According to the news item, the change may be A. radical. B. practical. C. useful. D. criticized.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The statement mentions the following EXCEPT A. the amount of the shares. B. how executives will be paid. C. the shortest time period to hold th

20、e shares. D. the new form of the bonuses.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BPART READING (总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、BTEXT A/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Putting a child on a “conveyor belt“ might seem like a cold image. But in the hands of Geoffrey Canada, its a metaphor cradled in unrelenting love.For the founder of the Harlem Children

21、s Zone, a nonprofit serving more than 7, 000 children a year, no moment is wasted in the quest to give kids everything they need to grow and learn and succeed everything that poverty would try to deny them.Paul Tough, an editor at The New York Times Magazine, gained virtually unrestricted access to

22、Canada and his organization over the course of nearly five years. As a result, he delivers both a personal portrait and a broad primer on the intersections of class, race, and education in Whatever It Takes.The Harlem Childrens Zone is a living laboratory for many of the theories and policies that h

23、ave sprung up as the United States tries to chip away at the “achievement gap“ the cradled in unrelenting primer chip away buzzword for low-income students and certain minority groups lagging behind their peers.Canada grew up in the 1950s and 1960s amid the street-fighting culture of the South Bronx

24、 and was catapulted into a different world when he attended prestigious Bowdoin College in Maine on a scholarship. He ran a series of youth programs in Manhattan before becoming convinced, in the late 1990s, of the need for tackling problems more comprehensively.“In starting the Harlem Childrens Zon

25、e, Canada was asking a new set of questions, “Tough writes. “ What would it take to change the lives of poor children not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in a programmatic, standardized way that could be applied broadly and replicated nationwide?“Hence the conve

26、yor belt: It starts with “Baby College“ to help parents in the high-poverty zone understand the latest research on early development and give their infants the same kind of cognitive leg up thats routine in middle-class families moves on to preschools and demanding charter schools, and offers after-

27、school programs rich with academic and creative opportunities.Canada and his partners set goals and measure results with corporate efficiency. They take no excuses and fire principals if childrens test scores dont sufficiently improve. But what gives muscle to the title “Whatever It Takes“ is Canada

28、s deeply personal devotion, which makes him mourn when he has to tell parents thirsty with hope that their children didnt win places in his new charter-school lottery.Toughs compassionate portrayal doesnt dip into stereotypes. It gives readers a chariot to know the people touched by Canadas dream.On

29、e story line centers on a teenage Harlem couple Cheryl and Victor enrolled in “Baby College“. The nine-week parenting course teaches them about nutrition, the importance of talking to the child theyre expecting, and good ways to discipline (not by hitting or pinching, a lesson that surprises Victor

30、and others whod grown up with corporal punishment).Such classes dont erase the obstacles faced by a pregnant teen and a high school dropout with a criminal record. But they do equip the couple and their child with tools and a support network. And the experience moves their relationship to a new leve

31、l. With Canada and dozens of others looking on at the Baby College graduation ceremony. Victor grabs the microphone and asks Cheryl to be his wife.Those celebratory moments in the book are matched with crises moments. Tough describes in detail the day Canada announces he will not expand his Promise

32、Academy charter school beyond eighth-grade as planned, because of low test scores and a need to concentrate on the lower grades. Canada faces angry parents and hurt eighth-graders who have to scramble late in the game to enroll in different schools.At this point, his conveyor belt is still being bui

33、lt, and some of the kids feel theyve been dumped off the trajectory to success prematurely. He does his best to explain and comfort, all the while feeling keenly that “they had put their trust in him .and he had failed“.Despite that setback, the book portrays a strong, hopeful momentum for Harlem Ch

34、ildrens Zone. Tough helps readers feel the tumble and energy of classrooms where inncr-city children are mastering math equations and foreign languages, where theyre being nurtured and challenged with the high expectations more typical of the suburbs.The Zone has caught the eye of presiderit Baraek

35、Obama, who has said hed try to replicate it in 20 cities, with half the funding coining from the federal government, half from business and philarithropy.（分数：5.00）(1).The Harlem Childrens Zone is an organization that A. gives any needed help to children. B. quests the necessity of helping children.

36、C. has helped 7.000 children by now. D. tries to help poor children gain success.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, Geoffrey Canada is tile one who A. founded the Harlem Childrens Zone. B. puts children on a conveyor belt. C. helped children for five years. D. fights poverty with the poo

37、r children.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does living laboratory in the fourth paragraph mean? A. A laboratory that does experiment. B. An organization that makes policies. C. A zone that helps people improve income. D. An institution making some policies come true.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The Harlem Childre

38、ns Zone gives help to poor children in a process as A. the latest researchcognitive knowledgecreative opportunities. B. infants helpkindergartenafter-school programs. C. Baby Collegeinfants helpcognitive knowledge. D. routine knowledgepreschoolsother help.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following

39、can best explain the phrase “Whatever It Takes“? A. Canada did all he could to help the poor children. B. Canada was sad when he couldnt give help to needed children. C. Canada would fire principals if childrens test scores didnt improve. D. Canadas deeply personal devotion gave muscle to the title.

40、（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、BTEXT B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)When the summer sun shines down on the “dreaming spires“ and elegant architecture of top universities Oxford and Cambridge, its almost possible to forget they are more than just picturesque tourist magnets.Alumni from the two ancient seats of learning still

41、 dominate Britains cultural and political establishments, making up more than 80 percent of the judiciary, nearly half of top journalists, and 34 percent of senior government ministers.That preeminence of “Oxbridge“ graduates is widely accepted. But the thorny issue of the disproportionate represent

42、ation on campus of students from advantaged backgrounds has again been stirring, prompting calls to ensure that Britains leading universities reach out to a far broader range of top-notch students.A leading education think tank has called on Oxford and Cambridge to emulate the Ivy Leagues recruitmen

43、t of poorer students, while the government has thrown its weight behind new targets that will promote changes it says are overdue, It has urged universities to take pupils school and family backgrounds into account, and to set targets for the recruitment of more young people from underprivileged bac

44、kgrounds.The government also signaled interest in a future system where grades alone will also not be enough to win places at leading universities.Fifty-seven percent of Oxbridge students come from government-funded state schools, even though they educate 90 percent of Britons. Privately run fee-cha

45、rging independent schools make up the remaining bulk of Oxbridges intake, despite educating just 7 percent of the population.“There is no evidence that Oxford and Cambridge are socially discriminatory when it comes to admissions, “ says Bahram Bekhradnia, director of the Higher Education Policy Inst

46、itute (HEPI), who says their social profiles are largely the result of their demand for high grades and the performance Of pupils attending the different types of schools, In response, Oxbridge highlights its scrupulously meritocratic approach to admissions, and suggests that the real problem lies w

47、ith the inequities of the secondary school system.The idea of targets for students from particular backgrounds also meets with opposition, even among students who have made it to Oxbridge from state schools.Benjamin Storrs, a graduate of a comprehensive (state) school in Manchester, said he detected

48、 no sense of elitism after arriving at Oxford to study PPE (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics).Mr. Storrs is providing home tutoring to pupils from Oxford city schools as part of a student-run charity aimed at children from refugee families and those seeking asylum.Such work means the “enduring need“ to demystify Oxfo