专业八级-808及答案解析.doc

1、专业八级-808 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)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 (1) . 2) Try keeping small amount out on (2) to remind yourself to reach for

2、 it at snack time.3) Try putting (3) 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 (4) 1) Many of the nutrients in (5) to be found in fruit. 2) To get a (6) of these nutrients. 3) Not to co

3、mpletely (7) a lack of vegetables.III. The main factors that help people live longer:According to Dr David Demko, 4 other factors are equally important: (8) , diet, exercise and an alert mind. The ways to be healthy and wealthy.1) To give up some (9) hobbies and ways of life.2) To keep on observing

4、right (10) of diets, eating more fruit and veggies.（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)(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 M

5、ary.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 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

6、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 old.(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 pou

7、nds.D.They were about 3.5 pounds.四、SECTION C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. 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 e

8、nd of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.（分数：5.00）(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 t

9、rue resistance.B.The attack helps build up the image of the true resistance groups.C.The attack enhances the 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、10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.During what session of the World Heritage Committee 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 ne

11、ws item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.How many people have 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 com

12、munities since the crisis in Nuevo Laredo?（分数：1.00）A.$1.2 million.B.$5 million.C.$2 million.D.$2.2 million.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Waverly laughed in a lighthearted way. “I mean, really, June.“ And then she started in a deep television-announcer voice: “There benefi

13、ts, 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 style, June is not sophisticated like you. She must hav

14、e 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 pendant on a gold chain. The pendant was not a piece of

15、 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 lacquer box and forget about it.But these day, I thi

16、nk 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 now wear that pendant every day. I think the carvin

17、gs 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 they would tell me a meaning that is different from w

18、hat 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 purity and honesty?And because l think about this

19、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 sworn to the same secret covenant, so secret we dont

20、 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 can ask another; in a crowd Caucasians, two Chinese

21、 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, Waverly characterizes Junes advertisement as being_.（分

22、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 the extant of her emotional vulnerabilityB.was exa

23、sperated 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 that_.（分数：1.00）A.her mother had taken great pains to

24、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 serves to suggest that_.（分数：1.00）A.that relationship

25、 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 pendant(5).The passage indicates that the act of giving

26、 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 generosity七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The decline of civility and good manners may be worrying people more than crime, according

27、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 the Social Affairs Unit, an independent

28、 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 everyday life uneasy, unpredictable and unp

29、leasant. 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. Meanwhile, attempts to re-establish restraint a

30、nd 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 resonanc

31、e 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 distinctions between the sexes, creating situation

32、s 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 that “gentleman“ is now used only with i

33、rony 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 concept is neither class-bound nor rig

34、id; 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, restrained and infinitely subtle.“For Anthony Oh

35、ear, 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 led to people failing to act their age. “

36、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 expression of attitudes and aspiration

37、s. 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-such as leather jackets have the opposit

38、e 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 respect necessary in such relationship

39、s. 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./（分数：5.00）(1).According to the passage, the decline of goo

40、d manners is more worrying because _.（分数：1.00）A.it leads to more crime in societyB.people view manners as old-fashionedC.rudeness on the street cannot be stemmed outD.it can seriously affect our daily life(2).Rachel Trickett seems to indicate the term “lady“ _.（分数：1.00）A.has acquired a different mea

41、ningB.is too old-fashioned to useC.is preferred by feministsD.victimizes women in society(3).According to Caroline Moore, the media has projected a _ image of the gentleman.（分数：1.00）A.humorousB.favourableC.negativeD.traditional(4).In Anthony Ohears view, a well-mannered person _.（分数：1.00）A.acts rash

42、ly when he is youngB.tends to be bad-tempered in old ageC.behaves with a sense of appropriacyD.attaches importance to his status(5).Dr. Bruce Charlton would probably prefer to see a more formal relationship _.（分数：1.00）A.among doctorsB.among managersC.between doctors and managersD.between doctors and

43、 patients八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Fish farming in the desert may at first sound like an anomaly, but in Israel over the last decade a scientific hunch has turned into a bustling business.Scientists here say they realized they were no to something when they found that brackish water drilled from underg

44、round desert aquifers (含土水层) hundreds of feet deep could be used to raise warm-water fish. The geothermal water, less than one-tenth as saline as sea water, free of pollutants and a toasty 98 degrees on average, proved an ideal match.“It was not simple to convince people that growing fish in the des

45、ert makes sense,“ said Samuel Appelbaum, a professor and fish biologist at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at the Sede Boqer campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.“It is important to stop with the reputation that arid land is nonfertile, useless land,“ said Professor Appelb

46、aum, who pioneered the concept of desert aquaculture in Israel in the late 1980s. “We should consider arid land where subsurface water exists as land that has great opportunities, especially in food production because of the low level of competition on the land itself and because it gives opportunit

47、ies to its inhabitants.“The next step in this country, where water is scarce and expensive, was to show farmers that they could later use the water in which the fish are raised to irrigate their crops in a system called double usage. The organic waste produced by the cultured fish makes the water es

48、pecially useful, because it acts as fertilizer for the crops.Fields watered by brackish water dot Israels Negev and Arava Deserts in the south of the country, where they spread out like green blankets against a landscape of sand dunes and rocky outcrops. At Kibbutz Mashabbe Sade in the Negev, the re

49、cycled water from the fish ponds is used to irrigate acres of olive and jojoba groves. Elsewhere it is also used for irrigating date palms and alfalfa.The chain of multiple users for the water is potentially a model that can be copied, especially in arid third world countries where farmers struggle to produce crops, and Israeli scientists have rec