专业八级-717及答案解析.doc

1、专业八级-717 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：0，分数：0.00)三、Modern Examinations(总题数：1，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:_四、SECTION B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Questions 1 to 5 are(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.by attending a classB.from her

2、parentsC.through a gardening magazineD.by learning form her friendA.You can grow vegetables vertically.B.You can raise plants in a confined area.C.You can plant a wide variety of plants together.D.You can make a lot of profit.A.Sunlight.B.Location.C.Soil.D.Good drainage.A.Tomatoes, beets, egg plant,

3、 and squash.B.Strawberries, green peppers, okra, and tomatillos.C.Basil, onions, cantaloupe, and banana peppers.D.Carrots, cucumbers, pumpkins, potatoes.A.Linda will give tips on how to prepare the soil.B.Linda will discuss building a green house.C.Linda will give a tour of her garden.D.Linda will i

4、nvite her friends to her house.六、SECTION C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Questions 6 teachers dislike giving them and scoring students answers. Whether an objective test or an essay test is used, problems arise. When some objective questions are used a long with some essay questions, however, a fairly clear pictu

5、re of the students knowledge can usually be obtained.四、SECTION B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Questions 1 to 5 are(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.by attending a class B.from her parentsC.through a gardening magazineD.by learning form her friend解析：解题思路从 5个题的问题及选项中，可推断出本文主要是谈论 Linda学会了一种科学的园艺技术，叫作“a square-foot gardening”，并结合实际，

6、在自己家狭窄的园子里做试验，种植了很多蔬菜和水果等植物，取得了很显著的收益，因而准备推广。关键词语a square-foot gardening，space，sunshine，lo cation详细解答从“This spring I took a square-foot gardening class，and I decided to try some of the things Ive learned”可知，Linda 通过听课学习，学会了一种叫作“a square-foot gardening”的科学的园艺技术，而且准备做试验。所以答案为 A，而 B、C、D 均未提到过。听力原文Quest

7、ions-Announcer: Hello and welcome to today s show, Linda s Garden. Today, we ll be interviewing, Linda on her amazing techniques at growing a square -foot garden.Mike: Good morning and my name is Mike, and I have a special guest today, Linda. Linda, you truly have an amazing garden. Could you let us

8、 know how you re kind of put ting this together?Linda: Well, thank you, Mike. I have tried various at tempts at gardening and with different, um, degrees of success. This spring I took a square - foot gardening class, and I decided to try some of the things I ve learned. Urn, one of the most importa

9、nt things in square - foot gardening is that you choose a good location. You need at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sunshine. Urn, you also need to choose a location that has good drainage, and it should be a convenient location. A garden is a lot more fun if you are walking by and seeing it all the t

10、ime. Urn, you need to decide what kind of contain ers you want, or, in my case, I used boxes, urn, wooden boxes, and then I divided them up into one - foot squares. And then just decided what I wanted to plant, and based on what the final plant would look like, I had 1 per square, or maybe 3 per, um

11、, 3 or 4 per square, 12 per square.Mike: Well, Linda, Im, Im. truly amazed at kind of the architecture of this garden. I ve noticed these vertical beams. I ve never seen that before Could you explain that to us a little bit?Linda: Well, for example, right here we have some, um, cantaloupe, and canta

12、loupe take a lot of space when you grow them out on the ground, and I don t have that much space, and so, I ve just grow them up. Just grow them vertically. I ve just made, um, a metal frame, and taken some strings, I just allow them to grow up, and they will support themselves, the cantaloupe will.

13、 And all kinds of different vines you can do this with.Mike: This is truly amazing. I noticed this garden, a vast a mount of vegetation. Can you explain to me what you have growing in this garden?Linda: Well over on the far end, I have tomatoes growing vertically. In front of those I have, um, green

14、 peppers, bas il, strawberries, uh, beets, um, green beans, corn, car rots, all kinds of different vegetables like that. Right here, as I said before, I have, urn, cantaloupe. Down at the bottom, I have some Mexican tomatoes called tomatillos. And down at this end, I have egg plant, another kind of

15、pepper called banana peppers, urn, cucumbers, okra,: pumpkins. and I think thats about it.Mike: Well, Linda, this is truly amazing. Im so impressed, and I know our viewers will be impressed about this, this, this excellent garden. Just truly amazing. I d like to thank you very much for having us in

16、today to look at your garden Thank you, Mike . In a few minutes, viewers, we will let you see the entire garden, and maybe Linda will kind of show you around. So, we thank you very much for being with us today, and our special guest, Linda Have aniceday.A.You can grow vegetables vertically.B.You can

17、 raise plants in a confined area. C.You can plant a wide variety of plants together.D.You can make a lot of profit.解析：详细解答从“cantaloupe take a lot of space when you grow them out on the ground，and I dont have that much space，and so I just grow them up”可见，“a square-foot gardening”的方法主要是解决在狭小的地方种植植物的问题

18、，故答案应为 B。A.Sunlight.B.Location.C.Soil. D.Good drainage.解析：详细解答在“You need at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sunshineUm，you also need to choose a location that has good drainage，and it should be a convenient location”一句中提到了开始进行这种 garden时需要 sun shine，location，和 good drainage，唯独没有提到 soil，故答案应为 C。A.Tomatoe

19、s, beets, egg plant, and squash.B.Strawberries, green peppers, okra, and tomatillos. C.Basil, onions, cantaloupe, and banana peppers.D.Carrots, cucumbers, pumpkins, potatoes.解析：详细解答从“I have，um，green peppers，bas il，strawberries，uh，beets，um，green beans，corn， carrots，all kinds of different vegetables l

20、ike thatI have some Mexican tomatoes called tomatillosI have egg plant，another kind of pepper called banana peppers，um，cucumbers，okra，pumpkins”中可见，选项 B中的所有植物都提到过，而 A、C、D 三项中的 squash，onions 和 potatoes都没有提到过，故 B正确。A.Linda will give tips on how to prepare the soil.B.Linda will discuss building a green

21、house.C.Linda will give a tour of her garden. D.Linda will invite her friends to her house.解析：详细解答在最后的结束语中，主持人说了：“ we will let you see the entire garden，and maybe Linda will kind of show you around”，可见 Linda可能会带你参观她的garden，所以答案为 C，而其余三项均未提到。六、SECTION C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Questions 6 in 1997, he topped

22、Mt. Kilimanjaro, and in January 1999, he summited Argentina s Aeoneagua, the tallest mountain in South America. Weihenmeyer has climbed mountains using a system he devised himself. He works with two long adjustable trekking poles - leaning on one and scanning in front of him with another. He ll also

23、 use his sense of hearing, listening to footsteps around him and a hell tied to the climber ahead of him. But Weinhenmeyer says he ll also be a real part of the team. He says hes strong, and can contribute by carrying loads, setting up tents and building up snow walls. Weihenmeyer says he wants to c

24、limb the highest peak on all seven continents - but he says he s no daredevil. Still, Weibenmeyer admits to sealy moments. One of the worst was on an open ridge on Mt. McKinley, where a miscalculation of a few inches could have meant death. The lessons are only part of the reason Weinhenmeyer wanted

25、 to climb Everest. He says he s wanted to take on the mountain for a long time. The folklore surrounding the mountain, all the famous tales -“ You read a bout it from such an early age. It s cool to be part of it,“ he said There s the bonus of feeling of the sun on your face, and sensing the height

26、of where you are, from the sound and the space around you. That blindness is also a reason he s climbing. He s being supported by the National Federation for the Blind, an activist organization seeking to change the way people think about blindness. But Weihenmeyer also recognizes that a good part o

27、f his climb is for himself.Weibenmeyer s team will attempt to summit Everest via the southeast ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay 47 years ago. The team attempted to summit the 22,486 foot Mount Ama Dablam, in the Everest region in Nepal last year, but had to withdraw bec

28、ause of bad weather. In May 1998, a disabled American climber, Tom Whittaeker, who has an artificial leg, climbed Everest.A.1995. B.1997.C.1998.D.1999.解析：详细解答此题要求对具体时间加以准确把握，应及时做好记录。从“In 1995，he scaled North America s highest peak，MtMcKinley；in1997，he topped Mt Kilimanjaro，and in January 1999，he sum

29、mited Argentinas Aconcagua，”可知，他于 1995年登上南美最高峰，其余(1998 除外)均为他登其它山的时间。故 A正确。A.He has climbed mountains using a stick.B.He has climbed mountains riding a horse.C.He has climbed mountains supported by a guider.D.He has climbed mountains using a system he devised himself. 解析：详细解答此题考查对具体细节的捕捉，从“ Weihenme

30、yer has climbed mountains using a system he devised himself”中可知，他是利用专门为自己设计的设备来登山的。所以 D正确，而其余三项均未提到过。九、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、TEXT A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十一、As one of the develo(总题数：5，分数：5.00)1.Japans current economic crisis is the worst since _.（分数：1.00）A.World War B.World War C.the Gulf WarD.

31、the Korean War解析：解题思路从 5个题的问题及选项中，可推断出本文主要是谈论日本的泡沫经济及经济危机给日本带来的严重后果，日本政府为此采取了一定的措施，但可能收效甚微，因此发言者提出了日本恢复经济所必须采取的措施。关键词语economic，bubble，inflate，measures，tax cuts， stimulate详细解答从“This is，without a doubt，the worst economic crisis facing this country since the end of World War ”即可直接得出结论：日本目前的经济危机是自二战以来最严

32、重的一次危机。因此答案为 B。而其余三个选项在文中均未提到。2.According to the passage, what step will have the most impact on the recovery at this point?（分数：1.00）A.Decentralizing of the government.B.Initiating a permanent tax cut. C.Dealing with non -performing loans.D.Encourage investors to put their money into the stock marke

33、t.解析：详细解答 “A more vital solution might be to institute a permanent tax cut to stimulate consumer spending and confidence in the governments handling of the situation”中很清楚地指出恢复经济的关键措施在于持续减税，即答案为 B。3.What is one measure the government has implemented to revitalize the economy?（分数：1.00）A.Streamlining t

34、he political bureaucracy.B.Lowering the consumption tax.C.Spending on the countrys social infrastructure. D.Encourage companies to export their goods.解析：详细解答说到日本政府为恢复经济采取的措施，可从“Pump-priming measures including tax cuts and public works spending have done little to put the economy on tract againWhats

35、more，the governments decision to increase the consumption tax from 3 to 5 per cent in 1997 has had a devastating impact on consumer spending.”中得出答案，不是 B而是 C，而 A、D 并未提到。4.What occurred during the bubble years of Japans economy?（分数：1.00）A.Money poured into the bullish stock market. B.The value of the

36、Japanese yen rose sharply.C.Financial institutions invested overseas.D.Many individual depositors have withdrawn their money in droves.解析：详细解答从“It the 1980s，real estate prices soared to super inflated levels，and investors sank their money into the booming stock market”可知，日本的泡沫经济呈现出房地产飞涨，股票高涨的现象，所以投资

37、者纷纷买股票。所以答案应为 A。5.Why have many companies gone bankrupt in recent years?（分数：1.00）A.Inability to compete.B.Sluggish sales. C.Fewer exports.D.More imports.解析：详细解答从“Many companies have faltered due to poor sales and bad debt，and have closed their doors”中可知，许多公司因为产品销售缓慢，资金收不回来而纷纷倒闭，故只有选项 B符合。十二、TEXT B(总

38、题数：0，分数：0.00)十三、Near the end of a fi(总题数：5，分数：5.00)6.The example given in the third paragraph is mainly used to show _.（分数：1.00）A.western Europe is spending more money than America in certain fieldsB.Europeans are making more discoveries than Americans in retain fieldsC.European scientists are more

39、intelligent than American scientistsD.Americas scientific leadership is being replaced by European countries 解析：参考译文第三段所给出的例子主要是用来说明 _。试题分析这是考查考生对段落大意的理解。详细解答在该段中可以看到 no longer，not by Americans but by Europeans，这说明美国的领先地位正在逐步被欧洲国家所代替。7.Which of the following is not mentioned as a necessary part to m

40、aintain Americas scientific leadership?（分数：1.00）A.Money.B.Combination of various disciplines. C.Joint efforts of the most intelligent scientists.D.Favorable academic atmosphere.解析：参考译文为了保持美国的科学领先地位，_必要方面没有在文章中没有提到?试题分析事实考查考生对对文章的细节的了解。详细解答在文章的最后一段，A、C、D、均可以看到，惟独没有提到 disciplines。所以 B为正确答案。8.Which of

41、the following statement is true according to the passage?（分数：1.00）A.35% of technical reports published in scientific journals are written by scientists doing their research in America. B.35 % of all scientific journals are issued by American scientific societies.C.35% of all scientists come from Ame

42、rica.D.35 % of all scientists are doing research at American institutions.解析：参考译文根据文章，下面哪一个说法是正确的?试题分析这是考查考生对文章中的指代的正确理解。详细解答文章中的 35% of them中的 them指代的是 is reflected in the technical reports中的technical re ports。因此答案就显而易见了。9.Americas technological universities and government laboratories are generall

43、y _.（分数：1.00）A.loved by scientists in other parts of the worldB.disliked by scientists in other parts of the worldC.admired by scientists in other parts of the world D.jealous of scientists in other parts of the world解析：参考译文美国的科技大学和政府实验室受到了世界各地的_。试题分析本问考查考生对文章的中词义的正确理解。详细解答在文章中可以看到 the envy of the w

44、orld，“envy”有“admire”的含义，与文章相同。10.According to the passage, in the competition for scientific leadership,_.（分数：1.00）A.applied research is of the greatest significanceB.basic research is of the greatest significance C.research in high-energy physics is of the greatest significanceD.research in high-te

45、ch fields is of the greatest significance解析：参考译文根据文章，在科学领先的竞争中，_有着巨大的意义。试题分析本问考查考生对文章细节的归纳能力。详细解答涉及到 scientific leadership中，可以清楚地找到 basic research，其他各项均不符合题意。十四、TEXT C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十五、In order to get your(总题数：5，分数：5.00)11.Many people fail in learning a language because _.（分数：1.00）A.they are too old

46、B.they lack language abilityC.they lose their own confidence D.the teachers are not good enough解析：参考译文很多人学不好外语是因为_。试题分析这是考查考生对文章细节的掌握。详细解答在文章中，可以看到 Encouragement and nurturing in the students and belief in their ability to learn is one of the central tenets of a relatively new approach。这里提到了encourag

47、ement和 belief，这与选项中的 confidence吻合。其他各项文章中没有提及。12.Why is music important?（分数：1.00）A.It can arouse excitementB.It can help to slow down body rhythms C.It can make people eager to studyD.It makes people used to the passive learning解析：参考译文为什么音乐是重要的?试题分析这是考查考生对文章细节问题的理解。详细解答在涉及音乐的段落中，我们不难发现 you find that

48、 they correspond more or less to the slowed down speed Of the human heart-about 60 beats to the minute。从这句话中可以看到它与选项中的 B吻合。13.You can remember the words better in all the ways except _.（分数：1.00）A.saying them out loudB.writing them downC.looking at them in a book D.sticking them up around your room解析：参考译文下面的方法都是记忆单词的好方法，除了_。试题分析这是考查考生对文章的细节的掌握。详细解答文章中的第二段可以看到 sticking them up around your house is better than just looking at them in the page of a book这与 C吻合。所以答案是 C。14.Accord