专业八级-333及答案解析.doc

1、专业八级-333 及答案解析(总分：100.00，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 task

2、 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 Jot note-taking.Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE

3、words. Make sure the word(s) you .fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.Tips on Having More Fruit to Keeping You HealthyI. A few steps you need to help have more fruit:1) Having fruit around is the U(1) /U. 2) Try keeping small amount out on U(2

4、) /U to remind yourself to reach for it at snack time.3) Try putting U(3) /U on the table at the same time as the rest of the meal.4) Try using fruit in salads more often.II. Eating plenty of fruit is better than skipping the produce U(4) /U1) Many of the nutrients in U(5) /U to be found in fruit. 2

5、) To get a U(6) /U of these nutrients. 3) Not to completely U(7) /U a lack of vegetables.III. The main factors that help people live longer:According to Dr David Demko, 4 other factors are equally important: U(8) /U , diet, exercise and an alert mind. The ways to be healthy and wealthy.1) To give up

6、 some U(9) /U hobbies and ways of life.2) To keep on observing right U(10) /U of diets, eating more fruit and veggies.（分数：10.00）(1).（分数：1.00）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:_二、BSECTION B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In this section you will heat“ everything ONCE ONLY. Listen

7、carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are 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.

8、分数：5.00）(1).Who was pregnant with three triplet boys after giving birth to twin girls?（分数：1.00）A.Matt and Christine.B.Edward and Christine.C.Matt and Mary.D.John and Christine.(2).What is the proportion of giving birth to a triplet?（分数：1.00）A.1 in 1,500,000.B.1 in 15,000,000.C.1 in 150,000,000.D.1

9、in 1,500,000,000.(3).What are the names of the twin girls?（分数：1.00）A.Alexander and Malia.B.Winston and Helly.C.Alexander and Helly.D.Alexander and Jones.(4).How old are the triplet boys now?（分数：1.00）A.They are six months old.B.They are two weeks old.C.They are six weeks old.D.They are eight weeks ol

10、d.(5).How much did the triplet boys weigh when they were born?（分数：1.00）A.They were about 2.5 pounds.B.They were about 3.2 pounds.C.They were about 3 pounds.D.They were about 3.5 pounds.三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer t

11、he questions that follow Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 6 and 7 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.In this section you will hear everything ONCE ON

12、LY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 6 and 7 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：5.00）(

13、1).When did the killing take place in Baghdad?（分数：1.00）A.Tuesday.B.Wednesday.C.Thursday.D.Saturday.(2).What did one woman say about the attack?（分数：1.00）A.The attack distorts the nature of the true resistance.B.The attack helps build up the image of the true resistance groups.C.The attack enhances th

14、e reputation of the true resistance groups.D.The attack tarnishes the image of the true resistance.(3).Question 8 is 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. During what session of the World Heritage Commit

15、tee was China awarded its 31st World Heritage Site, the Historic Center of Macao?（分数：1.00）A.29th.B.30th.C.28th.D.31st.(4).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. Now listen to the news. How many people ha

16、ve been killed in drug violence in towns south of Texas this year?（分数：1.00）A.150.B.160.C.170.D.180.(5).How much has Texas allocated $5 million to improve law enforcement communication in border communities since the crisis in Nuevo Laredo?（分数：1.00）A.$1.2 million.B.$5 million.C.$2 million.D.$2.2 mill

17、ion.四、BPART READING (总题数：7，分数：20.00)In this section there are reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.BTEXT A/BWaverly laughed in a lighthearted way. “I mean, really, June.“ And then she started

18、in a deep television-announcer voice: “There benefits, three needs, three reasons to buy. Satisfaction guaranteed.“She said this in such a funny way that everybody thought it was a good joke and laughed. And then, to make matters worse, I heard my mother saying to Waverly: “True, one cant teach styl

19、e, June is not sophisticated like you. She must have been born this way.“I was surprised at my self, how humiliated I felt. I had been outsmarted by Waverly once again, and now betrayed by my own mother.Five months ago, some time after the dinner, my mother gave me my “lifes importance,“ a jade pend

20、ant on a gold chain. The pendant was not a piece of jewelry I would have chosen for myself. It was almost the size of my little finger, a mottled green and white color, intricately carved. To me, the whole effect looked wrong: too large, too green, too garishly ornate. I stuffed the necklace ha my l

21、acquer box and forget about it.But these day, I think about my lifes importance. I wonder what it means, because my mother died three months ago, six days before my thirty-sixth birthday. And shes the only person I could have asked to tell me about lifes importance, to help me understand my grief.I

22、now wear that pendant every day. I think the carvings mean something, because shapes and details, which I never seem td notice until after they are pointed out to me, always mean something to Chinese people. I know I could ask Auntie Lindo, Auntie An-mei, or other Chinese friends, but I also know th

23、ey would tell me a meaning that is different from what my mother intended. What if they tell me this curving line branching into three oval shapes is a pomegranate and that my mother was wishing me fertility and posterity? What if my mother really meant the carvings were a branch of pears to give me

24、 purity and honesty?And because l think about this all the time, I always notice other people wearing these same jade pendants-not the flat rectangular medallions or the round white ones with holes in the middle but ones like mine, a two-inch oblong of bright apple green, Its as though we were all s

25、worn to the same secret covenant, so secret we dont even know what we belong to. East weekend, for example, ! saw a bartender wearing one. As I fingered mine, I asked him. “Whered you get yours?“my mother gave it to me,“ He said.I asked him why, which is a nosy question that only one Chinese person

26、can ask another; in a crowd Caucasians, two Chinese people are already like family.“She gave it to me after I got divorced, I guess my mothers telling me Im still worth something.“And I knew by the wonder in his voice that he had no idea what the pendant really meant.（分数：5.00）(1).In paragraph 1, Wav

27、erly characterizes Junes advertisement as being_.（分数：1.00）A.unsophisticated and heavy handedB.somber and convolutedC.clear and conciseD.humorous and effective(2).In the context of the passage, the statement “I was surprised at my self“ (paragraph 3) suggests that June_.（分数：1.00）A.had been unaware if

28、 the extant of her emotional vulnerabilityB.was exasperated that she allowed Waverly to embarrass her in publicC.was amazed that she could dislike anyone so muchD.had not realized that her mother admired her friend Waverly(3).For June, a significant aspect of what happened at the dinner party, is th

29、at_.（分数：1.00）A.her mother had taken great pains to make Waverly feel welcomeB.her mother had criticized her for arguing with WaverlyC.her mother had sided against her in front of family and friendsD.Waverly had angered Junes mother(4).The description of Junes encounter with the bartender primarily s

30、erves to suggest that_.（分数：1.00）A.that relationship of mother and son is different from that of mother and daughterB.June is not the only one who ponders the meaning of a jade pendantC.a jade pendant symbolizes the mystery of life and deathD.June finally understands the true meaning of her jade pend

31、ant(5).The passage indicates that the act of giving a jade pendant can best be described as_.（分数：1.00）A.a widely observed traditionB.a mothers plea for forgivenessC.an example of a mothers extravaganceD.an unprecedented act of generosity1.BTEXT B/BThe decline of civility and good manners may be worr

32、ying people more than crime, according to Gentility Recalled, edited by Digby Anderson, which laments the breakdown of traditional codes that once regulated social conduct. It criticizes the fact that “manners“ are scorned as repressive and outdated.The result, according to Mr. Anderson director of

33、the Social Affairs Unit, an independent thing-tank -is a society characterized by rudeness: loutish behaviour on the streets, jostling in crowds, impolite shop assistants and bad-tempered drivers.Mr. Anderson says the cumulative effect of these-apparently trivial, but often offensive-is to make ever

34、yday life uneasy, unpredictable and unpleasant. As they are encountered far more often than crime, they can cause more anxiety than crime.When people lament the disintegration of law and order, he argues, what they generally mean is order, as manifested by courteous forms of social contact. Meanwhil

35、e, attempts to re-establish restraint and self-control through “politically correct“ rules are artificial.The book has contributions from 12 academics in disciplines ranging from medicine to sociology and charts what it calls the “coarsening“ of Britain. Old-fashioned terms such as “gentleman“ and “

36、lady“ have lost all meaningful resonance and need to be re-evaluated, it says. Rachel Trickett, honorary fellow and former principal of St. Hughs College, Oxford, says that the notion of a “lady“ protects women rather than demeaning them.Feminism and demands for equality have blurred the distinction

37、s between the sexes, creating situations where men are able to dominate women because of their more aggressive and forceful natures, she says. “Women, without some code of deference or respect, become increasingly victims.“Caroline Moore, the first woman fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, points out t

38、hat “gentleman“ is now used only with irony or derision.“The popular view of a gentleman is poised somewhere between the imbecile parasite and the villainous one: between Woosteresque chinless wonders, and those heartless capitalist toffs who are the stock-in-trade of television.“She argues that the

39、 concept is neither class-bound nor rigid; conventions of gentlemanly behaviour enable a man to act naturally as an individual within shared assumptions while taking his place in society.“Politeness is no constraint, precisely because the manners.are no code but a language, rich, flexible, restraine

40、d and infinitely subtle.“For Anthony Ohear, professor of philosophy at the University of Bradford, manners are closely associated with the different forms of behaviour appropriate to age and status. They curb both the impetuosity of youth and the bitterness of old age.Egalitarianism, he says, has le

41、d to people failing to act their age. “We have vice-chancellors with earrings, aristocrats as hippies.the trendy vicar on his motorbike.“Dr Athena Leoussi, sociology lecturer at Reading University, bemoans the deliberate neglect by people of their sartorial appearance.Dress, she says, is the outward

42、 expression of attitudes and aspirations. The ubiquitousness of jeans “displays a utilitarian attitude“ that has “led to the cultural impoverishment of everyday life“.Dr Leoussi says that while cloths used to be seen as a means of concealing taboo forces of sexuality and violence, certain fashions-s

43、uch as leather jackets have the opposite effect.Dr Bruce Charlton, a lecturer in public health medicine in Newcastle upon Tyne, takes issue with the excessive informality of relations between professionals such as doctors and bank managers, and their clients. He says this has eroded the distance and

44、 respect necessary in such relationships. For Tristam Engelhardt, professor of medicine in Houston, Texas, says manners are bound to morals.“Manners express a particular set of values,“ he says. “Good manners interpret and transform social reality. They provide social orientation.“_BTEXT B/BThe decl

45、ine of civility and good manners may be worrying people more than crime, according to Gentility Recalled, edited by Digby Anderson, which laments the breakdown of traditional codes that once regulated social conduct. It criticizes the fact that “manners“ are scorned as repressive and outdated.The re

46、sult, according to Mr. Anderson director of the Social Affairs Unit, an independent thing-tank -is a society characterized by rudeness: loutish behaviour on the streets, jostling in crowds, impolite shop assistants and bad-tempered drivers.Mr. Anderson says the cumulative effect of these-apparently

47、trivial, but often offensive-is to make everyday life uneasy, unpredictable and unpleasant. As they are encountered far more often than crime, they can cause more anxiety than crime.When people lament the disintegration of law and order, he argues, what they generally mean is order, as manifested by

48、 courteous forms of social contact. Meanwhile, attempts to re-establish restraint and self-control through “politically correct“ rules are artificial.The book has contributions from 12 academics in disciplines ranging from medicine to sociology and charts what it calls the “coarsening“ of Britain. Old-fashioned terms such as “gentleman“ and “lady“ have lost all meaningful resonance and need to be re-evaluated, it says. Rachel Trickett, honorary fel