专业八级-115 (1)及答案解析.doc

1、专业八级-115 (1)及答案解析(总分：101.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：1，分数：10.00)BSECTION A/BIn 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 complete a gap-filling t

2、ask 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. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.Complete the gap-filling task, Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of TH

3、REE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically none, I think more than fourteen years old, one or two certainly not more than eight. They wore but little clothing, their legs, feet and arms being quite bare. Their hair, too, was unbound; and their faces, grave and smiling,

4、were so utterly dear and joyful, that in looking on them one felt transported to some Garden of Hesperides, a where self was not, and the spirit floated in pure ether. Some of these children were fair and rounded, others dark and elf-like; but one and all looked entirely happy, and quite unself-cons

5、cious, giving no impression of artifice, though they had evidently had the highest and most careful training. Each flight and whirling movement seemed conceived there and then out of the joy of beingdancing had surely never been a labour to them, either in rehearsal or performance. There was no tipt

6、oeing and posturing, no hopeless muscular achievement; all was rhythm, music, light, air, and above all things, happiness. Smiles and love had gone to the fashioning of their performance; and smiles and love shone from every one of their faces and from the clever white turnings of their limbs.Amongs

7、t themthough all were delightfulthere were two who especially riveted my attention. The first of these two was the tallest of all the children, a dark thin girl, in whose every expression and movement there was a kind of grave, fiery love.During one of the many dances, it fell to her to be the pursu

8、er of a fair child, whose movements had a very strange soft charm; and this chase, which was like the hovering of a dragonfly round some water lily, or the wooing of a moonbeam by the June night, had in it a most magical sweet passion. That dark, tender huntress, so full of fire and yearning, had th

9、e queerest power of symbolising all longing, and moving ones heart In her, pursuing her white love with such wistful fervour, and ever arrested at the very moment of conquest, one seemed to see the great secret force that hunts through the world, on and on, tragically unresting, immortally sweet.The

10、 other child who particularly enhanced me was the smallest but one, a brown-haired fairy crowned with a haft moon of white flowers, who wore a scanty little rose-petal-coloured shift that floated about her in the most delightful fashion. She danced as never child danced. Every inch of her small bead

11、 and body was full of the sacred fire of motion; and in her little pas seul she seemed to be the very spirit of movement. One felt that Joy had flown down, and was inhabiting there; one heard the rippling of Joys laughter. And, indeed, through all the theatre had risen a rustling and whispering; and

12、 sudden bursts of laughing rapture.I looked at my friend; he was trying stealthily to remove something from his eyes with a finger. And to myself the stage seemed very misty, and all things in the world lovable; as though that dancing fairy had touched them with tender fire, and made them golden.God

13、 knows where she got that power of bringing joy to our dry hearts: God knows how long she will keep it! But that little flying Love had in her the quality that lie deep in colour, in music, in the wind, and the sun, and in certain great works of artthe power to see the heart free from every barrier,

14、 and flood it with delight._BTEXT B/BI was taken by a friend one afternoon to a theatre. When the curtain was raised, the stage was perfectly empty save for tall grey curtains which enclosed it on all sides, and presently through the thick folds of those curtains children came dancing in, singly, or

15、 in pairs, till a whole troop of ten or twelve were assembled. They were all girls; none, I think more than fourteen years old, one or two certainly not more than eight. They wore but little clothing, their legs, feet and arms being quite bare. Their hair, too, was unbound; and their faces, grave an

16、d smiling, were so utterly dear and joyful, that in looking on them one felt transported to some Garden of Hesperides, a where self was not, and the spirit floated in pure ether. Some of these children were fair and rounded, others dark and elf-like; but one and all looked entirely happy, and quite

17、unself-conscious, giving no impression of artifice, though they had evidently had the highest and most careful training. Each flight and whirling movement seemed conceived there and then out of the joy of beingdancing had surely never been a labour to them, either in rehearsal or performance. There

18、was no tiptoeing and posturing, no hopeless muscular achievement; all was rhythm, music, light, air, and above all things, happiness. Smiles and love had gone to the fashioning of their performance; and smiles and love shone from every one of their faces and from the clever white turnings of their l

19、imbs.Amongst themthough all were delightfulthere were two who especially riveted my attention. The first of these two was the tallest of all the children, a dark thin girl, in whose every expression and movement there was a kind of grave, fiery love.During one of the many dances, it fell to her to b

20、e the pursuer of a fair child, whose movements had a very strange soft charm; and this chase, which was like the hovering of a dragonfly round some water lily, or the wooing of a moonbeam by the June night, had in it a most magical sweet passion. That dark, tender huntress, so full of fire and yearn

21、ing, had the queerest power of symbolising all longing, and moving ones heart In her, pursuing her white love with such wistful fervour, and ever arrested at the very moment of conquest, one seemed to see the great secret force that hunts through the world, on and on, tragically unresting, immortall

22、y sweet.The other child who particularly enhanced me was the smallest but one, a brown-haired fairy crowned with a haft moon of white flowers, who wore a scanty little rose-petal-coloured shift that floated about her in the most delightful fashion. She danced as never child danced. Every inch of her

23、 small bead and body was full of the sacred fire of motion; and in her little pas seul she seemed to be the very spirit of movement. One felt that Joy had flown down, and was inhabiting there; one heard the rippling of Joys laughter. And, indeed, through all the theatre had risen a rustling and whis

24、pering; and sudden bursts of laughing rapture.I looked at my friend; he was trying stealthily to remove something from his eyes with a finger. And to myself the stage seemed very misty, and all things in the world lovable; as though that dancing fairy had touched them with tender fire, and made them

25、 golden.God knows where she got that power of bringing joy to our dry hearts: God knows how long she will keep it! But that little flying Love had in her the quality that lie deep in colour, in music, in the wind, and the sun, and in certain great works of artthe power to see the heart free from eve

26、ry barrier, and flood it with delight.（分数：5.00）(1).From this passage, it can be inferred that（分数：1.00）A.the dancing girls are an very beautiful.B.the girls come from all over the world.C.the two tallest girls are the outstanding dancers.D.the girls performance is very successful.(2).Which of the fol

27、lowing statements contains a metaphor?（分数：1.00）A., and smiles and love shone from every one of their facesB., which was like the hovering of a dragonfly round some water lilyC.That dark, tender huntress, so full of fire and yearning, hadD.In her, pursuing her white love with such wistful fervour(3).

28、According to the author, the tallest girl among the children（分数：1.00）A.danced with a serious expression.B.was a dark and rounded girl.C.acted as a hovering dragonfly.D.pursued her love in the dance.(4).The sentence “ to myself the stage seemed very misty“ in the 5th paragraph implies that the author

29、分数：1.00）A.did not get a good seat.B.was short sighted.C.was a bit sleepy.D.was just too moved.(5).Which of the following is NOT the point of the last paragraph?（分数：1.00）A.To describe how fantastic the dance is.B.To express his gratefulness to god.C.To show his deep feeling after seeing the dance.D.

30、To share with readers his understanding of the dance.2.BTEXT C/BThis has been quite a week for literary coups. In an almost entirely unexpected move, the Swedish Academy have this lunchtime announced their decision to award this years Nobel prize for Literature to the British playwright, author and

31、recent poet, Harold Pinter and not, as was widely anticipated, to Turkish author Orhan Pamuk or the Syrian poet Adonis.The Academy, which has handed out the prize since 1901, described Pinter, whose works include The Birthday Party, The Dumb Waiter and his breakthrough The Caretaker, as someone who

32、restored the art form of theatre. In its citation, the Academy said Pinter was “generally seen as the foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the 20th century,“ and declared him to be an author “who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry in

33、to oppressions closed rooms.“Until todays announcement, Pinter was barely thought to be in the running for the prize, one of the most prestigious and (at (作图)1.3m) lucrative in the world. After Pamuk and Adonis, the writers believed to be under consideration by the Academy included Americans Joyce C

34、arol Oates and Philip Roth, and the Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer, with Margaret Atwood, Milan Kundera and the South Korean poet Ko Un as long-range possibilities. Following on from last years surprise decision to name the Austrian novelist, playwright and poet Elfriede Jelinek as laureate, howeve

35、r, the secretive Academy has once again confounded the bookies.Pinters victory means that the prize has been given to a British writer for the second time in under five years; it was awarded to VS Naipaul in 2001. European writers have won the prize in nine out of the last 10 years so it was widely

36、assumed that this years award would go to a writer from a different continent.The son of immigrant Jewish parents, Pinter was born in Hackney, London on October 10, 1930. He himself has said that his youthful encounters with anti-semitism led him to become a dramatist. Without doubt one of Britains

37、greatest post-war playwrights, his long association with the theatre began when he worked as an actor, under the stage name David Baron. His first play, The Room, was performed at Bristol University in 1957; but it was in 1960 with his second full-length play, the absurdist masterpiece The Caretaker

38、 that his reputation was established. Known for their menacing pauses, his dark, claustrophobic plays are notorious for their mesmerising ability to strip back the layers of the often banal lives of their characters to reveal the guilt and horror that lie beneath, a feature of his writing which has

39、 garnered him the adjective “Pinteresque.“ He has also written extensively for the cinema: his screenplays include The Servant (1963), and The French Lieutenants Woman (1981).Pinters authorial stance, always radical, has become more and more political in recent years. An outspoken critic of the war

40、in Iraq (he famously called President Bush a “mass murderer“ and dubbed Tony Blair a “deluded idiot“), in 2003 he turned to poetry to castigate the leaders of the US and the UK for their decision to go to war (his collection, War, was awarded the Wilfred Owen award for poetry). Earlier this year, he

41、 announced his decision to retire from playwriting in favour of poetry, declaring on BBC Radio 4 that. “I think Ive stopped writing plays now, but I havent stopped writing poems. Ive written 29 plays. Isnt that enough?“In 2002, Pinter was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus and underwent a cours

42、e of chemotherapy, which he described as a “personal nightmare“. “Ive been through the valley of the shadow of death,“ he said afterwards. “While in many respects I have certain characteristics that I had, Im also a very changed man.“ Earlier this week it was announced that he is to act in a product

43、ion of Krapps East Tape by Samuel Beckett as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the English Stage Company at Londons Royal Court Theatre.Horace Engdahl, the Academys permanent secretary, said that Pinter was overwhelmed when told he had won the prize. “He did not say many words,“ he said.

44、He was very happy“_BTEXT C/BThis has been quite a week for literary coups. In an almost entirely unexpected move, the Swedish Academy have this lunchtime announced their decision to award this years Nobel prize for Literature to the British playwright, author and recent poet, Harold Pinter and not,

45、 as was widely anticipated, to Turkish author Orhan Pamuk or the Syrian poet Adonis.The Academy, which has handed out the prize since 1901, described Pinter, whose works include The Birthday Party, The Dumb Waiter and his breakthrough The Caretaker, as someone who restored the art form of theatre. I

46、n its citation, the Academy said Pinter was “generally seen as the foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the 20th century,“ and declared him to be an author “who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppressions closed rooms.“Until

47、todays announcement, Pinter was barely thought to be in the running for the prize, one of the most prestigious and (at (作图)1.3m) lucrative in the world. After Pamuk and Adonis, the writers believed to be under consideration by the Academy included Americans Joyce Carol Oates and Philip Roth, and the

48、 Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer, with Margaret Atwood, Milan Kundera and the South Korean poet Ko Un as long-range possibilities. Following on from last years surprise decision to name the Austrian novelist, playwright and poet Elfriede Jelinek as laureate, however, the secretive Academy has once a

49、gain confounded the bookies.Pinters victory means that the prize has been given to a British writer for the second time in under five years; it was awarded to VS Naipaul in 2001. European writers have won the prize in nine out of the last 10 years so it was widely assumed that this years award would go to a writer from a different contine