专业八级-711及答案解析.doc

1、专业八级-711 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(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Seven Types of EvidenceIt is important to learn to use evidence inargumentative writing, because without evidence, youcant persuade anybody of anything. Usually seventypes of evidence are used. Expert T

2、estimonyExpert testimony is useful because it comes fromsomebody with special knowledge and has been testedby others.There are three kinds of expert testimony: facts,informed opinions, and (1) _. (1) _The first two can be safely used in your writing,but the third may be dangerous, because they are j

3、ustwhat is possibly true. (2) _ (2) _This refers to data that can reveal someinformation. Strong evidence of this type should bevalid, accurate, and (3) _. (3) _. ExamplesExamples are widely used in our daily life.Examples can serve three purposes. First, clarifymeaning. Second, provide reason for j

4、ustification.Third, (4) _. (4) _. Personal ExperienceWriter can use his own experience to support anargument. But if the experience is (5) _, the (5) _argument will not be very forceful. AnalogyAnalogy is a comparison of apparently dissimilarthings.Analogy can make unfamiliar topics (6) _, (6) _but

5、it is not enough to prove anything.6. Known FactsKnown facts are facts that are known to (7) _. (7) _They can be used as a type of evidence.7. Logic and ReasoningLogic and reasoning may be used in two situations.One, (8) _ is not available. (8) _Two, the writer wants to strengthen thepersuasiveness

6、of his factual evidence.8. Three Criteria for Good Evidence1. relevant2. (9) _ (9) _3. (10) _ (10) _（分数：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、SECTION B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview, you will be given 10

7、seconds to answer each of the following 5 questions.Now listen to the interview.（分数：5.00）(1).The interview is mainly a discussion concerning（分数：1.00）A.men and position.B.men and property.C.women and inheritance.D.women and property.(2).According to the interview, what is called property grabbing?（分数

8、：1.00）A.The husbands property is taken by his relatives.B.The husbands property is taken by the government.C.The husbands property is taken by robbers.D.The husbands property is taken by his wife.(3).The women dont do anything to prevent property grabbing because（分数：1.00）A.the law is against them.B.

9、they dont know that they have rights to keep property.C.the law is for them.D.they dont want to damage the relationship with their husbands relatives.(4).According to the interview, the way of preventing property grabbing for a woman is to（分数：1.00）A.learn more about the inheritance law.B.quarrel wit

10、h her husbands relatives for her property fiercely.C.ask her relatives to put her husbands relatives into prison.D.go to Mrs Mutwa for assistance.(5).Which of the following is not Mrs Mutwas recommendation?（分数：1.00）A.Making a will with the husband.B.Registering your home.C.Getting legal advice from

11、a lawyer.D.Donating the property.四、SECTION C(总题数：4，分数：5.00)1.Question 6 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.Who will not attend the summit organized by the ASEAN?（分数：1.00）A.Heads of state.B.Heads of g

12、overnment.C.Representatives of international organizations.D.Peace lovers.Questions 8 and 9 are 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.（分数：2.00）(1).Philippines President Gloria Arroyo（分数：1.00）A.has been fou

13、nd guilty of wrongdoing.B.was forced to step down after 10 of 24 cabinet members resigned from the government.C.will continue to run the government according to the constitution.D.had a tension with the new cabinet.(2).Which word can be used to describe the state of government after the event?（分数：1.

14、00）A.Functional.B.Rebellious.C.Collapsed.D.Uncontrolled.2.Question 7 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.Which is the most possible reason for such a disaster?（分数：1.00）A.The doors were locked.B.A flar

15、e fired into the clubs ceiling.C.There was a rock concert.D.People are too crowded.3.Question 10 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.Before Luxembourg goes to the polls, which country has already expr

16、essed their unwillingness to accept the treaty?（分数：1.00）A.Germany.B.Switzerland.C.Spain.D.France.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In 1896 a Georgia couple suing for damages in the accidental death of their two year old was told that since the child had made no real economic

17、contribution to the family, there was no liability for damages. In contrast, less than a century later, in 1979, the parents of a three year old sued in New York for accidental-death damages and won an award of $750,0O0.The transformation in social values implicit in juxtaposing these two incidents

18、is the subject of Viviana Zelizers excellent book, Pricing the Priceless Child. During the nineteenth century, she argues, the concept of the “useful“ child who contributed to the family economy gave way gradually to the present-day notion of the “useless“ child who, though producing no income for,

19、and indeed extremely costly to, its parents, is yet considered emotionally “priceless.“ Well established among segments of the middle and upper classes by the mid-1800s, this new view of childhood spread throughout society in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries as reformers introduced

20、child-labor regulations and compulsory education laws predicated in pan on the assumption that a childs emotional value made child labor taboo.For Zelizer the origins of this transformation were many and complex, The gradual erosion of childrens productive value in a maturing industrial economy, the

21、 decline in birth and death rates, especially in child mortality, and the development of the companionate family (a family in which members were united by explicit bonds of love rather than duty) were all factors critical in changing the assessment of childrens worth. Yet “expulsion of children from

22、 the cash nexus, . although clearly shaped by profound changes in the economic, occupational, and family structures,“ Zelizer maintains, “was also pan of a cultural process of sacralization of childrens lives.“ Protecting children from the crass business world became enormously important for late-ni

23、neteenth-century middle-class Americans, she suggests; this sacralization was a way of resisting what they perceived as the relentless corruption of human values by the marketplace.In stressing the cultural determinants of a childs worth, Zelizer takes issue with practitioners of the new “sociologic

24、al economics,“ who have analyzed such traditionally sociological topics as crime, marriage, education, and health solely in terms of their economic determinants. Allowing only a small role for cultural forces in the form of individual “preferences,“ these sociologists tend to view all human behavior

25、 as directed primarily by the principle of maximizing economic gain. Zelizer is highly critical of this approach, and emphasizes instead the opposite phenomenon: the power of social values to transform price. As children became more valuable in emotional terms, she argues, their “exchange“ or “surre

26、nder“ value on the market, that is, the conversion of their intangible worth into cash terms, became much greater.（分数：5.00）(1).It can be inferred from the passage that accidental-death damage awards in America during the nineteenth century tended to be based principally on the _.（分数：1.00）A.earnings

27、of the person at titan of deathB.wealth of the party causing the deathC.degree of guilt of the party causing the deathD.amount of suffering endured by the family of the person killed(2).It can be inferred from the passage that in the early 1800 s children were generally regarded by their families as

28、 individuals who _.（分数：1.00）A.needed enormous amounts of security and affectionB.required constant supervision while workingC.were important to the economic well-being of a familyD.were financial burdens assumed for the good of society(3).Which of the following alternative explanations of the change

29、 in the cash value of children would most likely come from sociological economists?（分数：1.00）A.Parents began to increase their emotional investment in the upbringing, of their children.B.Childrens expected earnings over the course of a lifetime increased greatly.C.Compulsory education laws reduced th

30、e supply, and thus raised the costs, of available child labor.D.Changes in the law made available of indemnity for damages in accidental-death cases.(4).Which of the following statements of American families in 19th century can be inferred from the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Family members became more econo

31、mically dependent on each other.B.The percentage of families involved in industrial work declined dramatically.C.Family members became mom emotionally bonded to one another.D.Family members spent an increasing amount of time working with each other.(5).Zelizer refers to all of the following as impor

32、tant influences in changing the assessment of childrens worth EXCEPT changes in _.（分数：1.00）A.the nature of industryB.the nature of the familyC.attitudes toward reform movementsD.attitudes toward the marketplace七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Replying to our Christmas “good guru guide“, Peter Drunker, the gra

33、nd old man of management theory, speculated that the word “guru“ had become popular only because “charlatan“ was too long a word for most headlines. Few people are easier to ridicule than management gums. Irrepressible self-publicists and slavish fashion-merchants, they make a splendid living out of

34、 recycling other peoples ideas (“chaos management“), coining euphemisms (“downsizing“) and laboring the obvious (“managing by wandering around“ or the customer is king“). Their books draw heavily on particular case studiesoften out-of-date ones that have nasty knack of collapsing later. And their id

35、eas change quickly. Tom Peters, once a self-confessed sycophant to the corporate behemoth, is now an apostle of the small, chaotic, “virtual“ organization.Gurus do have their uses, however. Begin with the circumstantial evidence. In America, where management theories are treated with undue reverence

36、, business is bouncing back. In Germany, where business schools hardly exist and management theory is widely seen as an oxymoron, many companies are in trouble. German business magazines are suddenly brimming with articles about “downsizing“ and “business process re-engineering“. In Japan firms are

37、once again turning to business theories from Americajust as their fathers learnt after the Second World War from American quality-control techniques. Coincidence does not prove causation: American firms were just as much in love with gurus when they ware doing badly. But the fact that Germans and Ja

38、panese are paying attention again does offer some dues. The most important point in favor of management theories is that they are on the side of change. In 1927 a group of psychologists studying productivity at Western Electrics Hawthorne factory in Illinois found that workers increased their output

39、 whenever the level of lighting was changed, up or down. At the very least, theorists can make change easier by identifying problems, acting as scapegoats for managersor simply making people think. A vested interest in change can lead to faddism. But, taken with a requisite dose of scepticism, it ca

40、n be fine complacency-shaker.A second argument for gurus relates to knowledge. The best management theorists collect a lot of information about what makes firms successful. This varies from the highly technical, such as how to discount future cash flow, to softer organizational theories. Few would d

41、ispute the usefulness of the first. It is in the second areathe land of “flat hierarchies and “multi-functional teams“that gums have most often stumbled against or contradicted each other. This knowledge is not obviously prodding a strategic recipe for success: there are too many variables in busine

42、ss, and if all competitors used the same recipe it would automatically cease to work. But it does provide something managers want: information about, and understanding of, other companies experience in trying out tacticsthinner management structures, handing power to workers, performance-related pay

43、, or whatever.A good analogy may be with diets. There is no such thing as the “correct“ diet, but it is clear that some foods, in some quantities, axe better for you than others: and it is also likely that the main virtue of following a diet is not what you eat but the fact that it forces you to thi

44、nk about it. If management diets come with a lot of hype and some snake-oil, so be it.（分数：4.00）(1).Which of the following is the most suitable in meaning for the word “guru“ in the passage?（分数：1.00）A.philosopher.B.company boss.C.worker.D.management theorist.(2).The second paragraph seems to suggest

45、that Germans _.（分数：1.00）A.have no business schoolsB.never discuss management theoryC.are beginning to realize the importance of management theoryD.refuse to accept American values(3).The 1927 study case described in the second paragraph is used to _.（分数：1.00）A.illustrate the usefulness of management

46、 theoristsB.demonstrate the efficiency of management theoristsC.show the important role of psychologistsD.reveal the flexibility of the workers(4).Which of the following rifles is the most appropriate for the passage?（分数：1.00）A.In Defense of the Gum.B.A Sharp Word for the Guru.C.the Weakness of the

47、Gum,D.Gumsa Guarantee for Success.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fi

48、xed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.“My dear Mr. Bennet,“ said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?“Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.“But it is,“ returned she; “for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.“Mr. Bennet made no answer.“Do you not want to know who has taken it?“ cried his wife impatiently.“You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.“This was invitation enough.“Why, m