专业八级-583及答案解析.doc

1、专业八级-583 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PART LISTENING COM(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、SECTION A MINI-LECTU(总题数：1，分数：15.00)With the explosion of excitement about the Internet, there seems to be another type of addiction that has invaded the human 1 . . Internet addiction or computer addiction: what to name the ph

2、enomenon? 1) Internet Addiction 2 . Some people seem to be too excited about the Internet. 2) Computer Addiction Many people are attached only to their computers and don“t care about the 3 . 3) Cyberspace Addiction an addiction to 4 of experience created through computer engineering many subtypes wi

3、th 5 some are game and competition oriented some fulfill more 6 some are an extension of workaholicism . Normal enthusiasm and abnormal 7 : where to draw the line? 1) Addictions can be healthy, unhealthy or a 8 . healthy: an outlet for learning, creativity and self-expression unhealthy: serious dist

4、urbances in one“s ability to function in 9 2) With no official psychological or psychiatric diagnosis of an Internet or Computer Addiction, there are only definitions of the constellation of 10 that constitutes such addictions in different ways. . Problematic addiction and healthy Internet use: the

5、speaker“s 11 . 1) problematic addiction: when they have 12 their cyber life from face-to-face life 2) healthy Internet use: 13 the face-to-face and cyberspace worlds 3) “bringing in the real world“ an important principle for helping people who are addictively 14 in cyberspace a powerful tool for int

6、ervening with people who are addicted to 15 in cyberspace （分数：15.00）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:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、SECTION B INTERVIEW(总题数：2，分数：10.00)Now, listen to Part One of the interview. Questions 1 to 5 are based on Part One of the in

7、terview. （分数：5.00）A.Thanksgiving Day.B.Easter.C.Christmas.D.Halloween.A.It“s elaborate.B.It“s simpler than past.C.It“s nothing special.D.It“s too plain.A.Real roses are more fragrant.B.Real roses can show their social status.C.Real roses are fresh.D.Real roses can better show their love.A.She is the

8、 first woman chef.B.She is the First Lady.C.She is the first woman artist.D.She is the first woman chief.A.The grandson of Andrew Wyeth.B. The grandson of N. C. Wyeth.B.The son of N.C.Wyeth.D.The American actor.Now, listen to Part Two of the interview. Questions 6 to 10 are based on Part Two of the

9、interview. （分数：5.00）A.Bill Plante.B.Laura Bush.C.Donna Green.D.Jamie Wyeth.A.It“s much prettier.B.It“s more elegant.C.It“s much simpler and everything is fresh and real.D.It“s cheaper.A.He wants to enhance the morale of the troops in Iraq.B.He wants to prove he has a plan.C.He wants to prove his elo

10、quence.D.He wants to apologize for starting the war.A.She felt indifferent toward those criticisms.B.She felt angry with those criticisms.C.She proved those criticisms prejudiced.D.She didn“t want to see those criticisms.A.Criticizing President Bush.B.Fighting for freedom.C.Worrying about the troops

11、 in Iraq.D.Conquering Iraq.四、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、SECTION A MULTIPLE-C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、PASSAGE ONE(总题数：1，分数：4.00)The newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, unalloyed, unslanted, objectively selected facts. But in these days of complex news it must provide more; it must supply

12、 interpretation, the meaning of the facts. This is the most important assignment confronting American journalismto make clear to the reader the problems of the day, to make international news as understandable as community news, to recognize that there is no longer any such thing (with the possible

13、exception of such scribbling as society and club news) as “local“ news, because any event in the international area has a local reaction in manpower draft, in economic strain, in terms, indeed, of our very way of life. There is in journalism a widespread view that when you embark on interpretation,

14、you are entering choppy and dangerous waters, the swirling tides of opinion. This is nonsense. The opponents of interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall confine themselves to the “facts“. This insistence raises two questions: what are the facts? And: are the bare facts enough? As t

15、o the first query, consider how a so-called “factual“ story comes about. The reporter collects, say, fifty facts; out of these fifty, his space allotment being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten, which he considers most important. This is Judgment Number One. Then he or his editor decides wh

16、ich of these ten facts shall constitute the lead of the piece. This is important decision because many readers do not proceed beyond the first paragraph. This is Judgment Number Two. Then the night editor determines whether the article shall be presented on page one, where it has a large impact, or

17、on page twenty-four, where it has little. Judgment Number Three. Thus, in the presentation of a so-called “factual“ or “objective“ story, at least three judgments are involved. And they are judgments not at all unlike those involved in interpretation, in which reporter and editor, calling upon their

18、 general background, and their “news neutralism“, arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news. The two areas of judgment, presentation of the news and its interpretation, are both objective rather than subjective processesas objective, that is, as any human being can be. (Note in passi

19、ng: even though complete objectivity can never be achieved, nevertheless the ideal must always be the beacon on the murky news channels.) If an editor is intent on slanting the news, he can do it in other ways and more effectively than by interpretation. He can do it by the selection of those facts

20、that prop up his particular plea. Or he can do it by the pay he gives a storypromoting it to page one or demoting it to page thirty.（分数：4.00）(1).Readers expect all of the following from newspapers EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.how to interpret newsB.interpretations of newsC.community newsD.international news(

21、2).It can be inferred from the passage that _.（分数：1.00）A.news of local areas will no longer be reportedB.interpretation of news always involves editor“s biasC.American journalism is in lack of objectivityD.there is a higher requirement for the content of news today(3).In what way are presentation an

22、d interpretation of news alike?（分数：1.00）A.They are both subjective.B.They are both difficult to do.C.They both involve judgments by reporters and editors.D.They both help keep the objectivity of news.(4).The passage is mainly about _.（分数：1.00）A.how to select newsB.how to interpret newsC.requirements

23、 for news interpretationD.the objectivity of news interpretation七、PASSAGE TWO(总题数：1，分数：4.00)When I was 14 years old and very impressed with my teenage status, I set for myself a very special goalthat to differentiate me from my friends. My goal was a project that I undertook every day after school f

24、or several months. It began to when I stealthily made my way into the local elementary schoolhorror of horrors should I be seen; l was now in junior high. I identified myself as a graduate of the elementary school, and being taken under wing by a favorite fifth grade teacher, I was given a small bun

25、dle from a locked storerooma bundle that I quickly dropped into a bag, lest anyone see me walking home with something from the “little kids“ school. I brought the bundle home proudly. I walked into the living room, and one by one, emptied the bag of basic reading books. They were thin books with col

26、orful covers and large print. The words were monosyllabic and repetitive. I sat down to the secret task at hand. “All right,“ I said authoritatively to my 70-year-old grandmother, “today we begin our first reading lesson.“ For weeks afterwards, my grandmother and I sat patiently side by side roles r

27、eversed as she, with a bit of difficulty, sounded out every word, then read them again, piece by piece, until she understood the short sentences. When she slowly repeated the full sentence, we both would smile and clap our handsI felt so pound, so grown up. My grandmother was born in a rocky little

28、Greece farming village where nothing much grew. She never had the time to go to school. As she was the oldest child, she was expected to take care of her brother and sister, as well as the house and acclimating exceptions, and her father scratched out what little he could form from the soil. So, for

29、 my grandmother, schooling was out. But she had big plans for herself. She had heard about America. About how rich you could be. How people on the streets would offer you a dollar just to smell the flower you were carrying. About how everyone lived in nice housesnot stone huts on the side of mountai

30、nsand had nice clothes and time for school. So my grandmother made a decision at 14just a childto take a long and sickening 30-day sea voyage alone to the United States. After lying about her age to the passport officials, who would shake their heads vehemently at anyone under 16 leaving her family,

31、 and after giving her favorite gold earrings to her cousin, saying “In America, I will have all the gold I want“, my young grandmother put herself on a ship. She landed in New York in 1916. No need to repeat the story of how it went for years. The streets were not made of gold. People weren“t intere

32、sted in smelling flowers held by strangers. My grandmother was a foreigner. Alone. A young girl who worked hard doing piecework to earn money for meals. No leisure time, no new gold earringsand no school. She learned only enough English to help her in her daily business. English came slowly. My gran

33、dmother had never learned to read. She could make out a menu, but not a newspaper. She could read a street sign, but not a shop directory. She could read only what she needed to read as, through the years, she married, had five daughters, and helped my grandfather with his restaurant. So when I was

34、14the same age that my grandmother was when she left her family, her country, and everything she knewI took it upon myself to teach my grandmother something, something I already knew how to do. Something with which I could give back to her some of the things she had taught me. And it was slight repa

35、yment for all she taught me. How to cover the fig tree in tar paper so it could survive the winter. How to cultivate rose bushes and magnolia trees that thrived on her little piece of property. Best of all, she had taught me my ethnic heritage. First, we phonetically sounded out the alphabet. Then,

36、we talked about vowelsEnglish is such a difficult language to learn. I hadn“t even begun to explain the different sounds “gh“ could make. We were still at the basics. Every afternoon, we would sit in the living room, my grandmother with an afghan converting her knees, giving up her crocheting for he

37、r reading lesson. I, with the patience that can come only from love, slowly coached her from the basic reader to the second-grade reader, giving up my telephone gossiping. Years later, my grandmother still hadn“t learned quite enough to sit comfortably with a newspaper or magazine, but it felt awful

38、ly good to see her try. How we used to laugh at her pronunciation mistakes. She laughed more heartily than I. I never knew whether I should laugh. Here was this old woman slowly and carefully sounding out each word, moving her lips, not saying anything aloud until she was absolutely sure, and then,

39、loudly, happily saying, “Look at Spot. See Spot run.“ When my grandmother died and we faced the sad task of emptying her home, I was going through her night-table drawer and came upon the basic readers. I turned the pages slowly, remembering. I put them in a paper bag, and the next day returned them

40、 to the “little kids“ school. Maybe someday, some teenager will request them again, for the same task. It will make for a lifetime of memories.（分数：4.00）(1).Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that her grandmother never went to school?（分数：1.00）A.She needed to take care of her brother and

41、 sister.B.She needed to take care of the house and acclimating exceptions.C.She had no time to go to school.D.She had an American dream.(2).Ever since the girl took up the task to teach her grandmother, she had given up the habit of _.（分数：1.00）A.cultivating rose bushesB.reading adventurous storiesC.

42、prattling on telephoneD.playing chess with her schoolmates(3).How did the girl feel about the experience of teaching her grandmother?（分数：1.00）A.She was proud.B.She felt it a pleasant task.C.She treasured the special experience.D.All of the above.(4).What is the main idea of this passage?（分数：1.00）A.I

43、t“s never too late to learn.B.An old woman had a tough but rewarding life.C.The love between a girl and her grandmother was deep.D.A girl taught her grandmother the hard-to-learn skill of reading English.八、PASSAGE THREE(总题数：1，分数：3.00)If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you m

44、ust know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will he

45、different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses. Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse“s convention, of a story which wor

46、ks well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new

47、arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?“ The new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that“s God,“ came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he“s a doctor.“ If you are part of the group

48、 which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it“ll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman“s notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn“t attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system. If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it