专业八级-880及答案解析.doc

1、专业八级-880 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)Some Problems Facing Learners of EnglishAlthough many English learners have got high scores in an Englishtest such as IELTS or TOEFL, they still face some problems concerningits learning. Here wed like

2、to talk about some of the problems and tryto come up with suggestions on how to overcome them. Psychological Problems1. the 1st reason: fear of (1) (1) _the solution:not to look too far aheadconcentrate on increasing knowledge and developing ability2. the 2nd reason: separation from the family and (

3、2) (2) _the solution:enjoy (3) time heals nostalgia (3) _. Cultural Problems1. practical problems (4) (4) _moneyfoodweather2. problems difficult to definethe reason: the British way of life (5) , habits and traditions) (5) _the solution: be open-minded and (6) (6) _. Linguistic Problems1. problems r

4、egarding (7) 1) difficulties in understanding English-speaking people (7) _3 reasons:fast speed of speecha variety of accentsdifferent styles of speech2) ways of overcoming the difficultiesattend (8) (8) _use a language laboratorylisten to English programsmeet and speak with native speakers of Engli

5、sh2. problems regarding speaking1) difficulties: knowing what to say but not knowing how to say itin English2) solutions (9) the language (9) _think in English instead of translatingpractice speaking as much as possibleimitate the educated peoples (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

6、 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)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 answer sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the

7、 interview you will be given I0 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview.（分数：5.00）(1).The interviewer used to care about all the following things EXCEPT（分数：1.00）A.doing well in some sports.B.having good body-image looking.C.wearing appropriate clothes.D.bei

8、ng popular with other kids.(2).Which of the following is NOT an example of the relationships girls attach importance to?（分数：1.00）A.Their relationships with classmates.B.Their relationships with parents.C.Their relationships with teachers.D.Their relationships with boys.(3).When girls have limitation

9、s in face of pressure, they might（分数：1.00）A.stop trying hard.B.suffer from indignation.C.end up crying out.D.accept the fact calmly.(4).Parents should be aware of the hidden stress of their daughters when（分数：1.00）A.the girls are irritable sometimes.B.the girls are exhausted someday.C.the girls say t

10、hey hate school.D.the girls lie and play truant.(5).One way for the girls to thrive in the age of pressure is to（分数：1.00）A.develop intangible ideas.B.set touchable goals.C.forget about their stress.D.talk with their parents.四、SECTION C(总题数：4，分数：5.00)In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY

11、. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news.（分数：2.0

12、0）(1).What did the government intend to do in the beginning?（分数：1.00）A.To greatly restrict public smoking.B.To ban smoking in all public places.C.To supervise smoking in some bars.D.To ban public smoking in England.(2).The staff who work in public places would favor the ban because（分数：1.00）A.they do

13、nt have to inhale foul air.B.they dont have to serve smokers.C.they will get more tips from non-smokers.D.there will be a rise on their salaries.1. 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.Pres

14、ent Kibaki has called for patience of the investigation of the scandals because（分数：1.00）A.he didnt want to approve the resignation of Education Minister.B.the resigned officials wanted the opportunity to prove their innocence.C.he thinks corruption hasnt reached high levels of the government.D.John

15、Githongo gave testimony to visiting Kenya members of Parliament.2. Question 9 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given I0 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.President Mohammad Abbas has been given the authority to bypass parliament because（分数

16、：1.00）A.Fatah Party intended to irritate the militant group Hamas.B.Fatah Party wanted to strengthen the legislative power.C.Fatah Party was defeated in the Palestinian election.D.Fatah Party suffered a stunning defeat in the constitutional court.3. Question 10 is based on the following news. At the

17、 end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.The discovery of the tomb will enable archeologists to know about the life of（分数：1.00）A.commons.B.farmers.C.aristocrats.D.workers.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In the evenin

18、gs, they go to the mall. Once a week or more. Sometimes, they even leave the dinner dishes in the sink so they will have enough time to finish all the errands. The father never comeshe hates shopping, especially with his wife. Instead, he stays at home to read the paper and put around his study. To

19、do things that the other dads must be doing in the evenings. To summon the sand to come rushing in and plug up his ears with its roaring silence.Meanwhile, the mother arms herself with returns from the last trip. Her two young daughters forget games of flashlight tag or favorite TV shows and strap o

20、n tennis shoes and seatbelts: and theyre off. On summer nights, when its light until after the fireflies arrive, the air is heavy and moist. The daughters unroll their windows and stick the whole of their heads out into the slate blue sky, feeling full force the sweaty, honey suckle air. In the cold

21、 mall, their rubber soles squeak on shiny linoleum squares. The younger daughter tries not to step on any cracks. The older daughter keeps a straight-ahead gazer her sullen eyes count down each errand as its done.It is not until the third or, on a good night, the fourth errand that the trouble begin

22、s. The girls have wandered over to examine rainbow beach towels, perhaps, or some kind of pink ruffled bedspread. The mothers voice finds them from a few aisles away.Dinner squirms in the daughters stomachs. Now comes that what-if-I-threw-up-right-this-second? or where-is-a-rabbit-hole-for-me-to-fal

23、l-into? feeling that they get around this time of evening, at the mall. The older one shakes her ponytails at the younger one. Her blue eyes hiss the careful-dont-cry warning, but the younger ones cheeks only get redder. Toe by toe, the daughters edge towards housewares where they finger lace placem

24、ats or trace patterns in the store carpet with sneakered soles. The mothers voice still finds them, shaking with rage. Finally, heels slapping in her sandals, she strides towards them and then keeps going. They follow, catching her word-trail, “Stupid people. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I HATE stupid pe

25、ople.“ Its the little skips between steps the younger one takes to keep up with her mothers long, angry legs. Its the car door slamming and the seat belt buckle yanked into place. Its those things that tell the daughters how the next few hours will go.In the car, the older one sighs and grinds her b

26、ack teeth. The younger one feels her face get hotter and her eyes start to swell. She stares at an ice cream stain on the back of the front seat and sees a pony, a flower, and a fairy in that splash of chocolate mint chip. The mother begins on both at once. “And when we get home, if your shoes are s

27、till in the TV room, Im throwing them out. Same for books. No more shit house. No more lazy, ungrateful kids.“ And so on and so on through the black velvet sky and across the Hershey bar roads. On into the house with a slap or two. “Youll be happy when Im in my grave,“ wails at them as they put on t

28、heir nightgowns and brush their teeth. The older one sets a stone jaw and the younger one tries not to sob as she opens wide, engulfing her small hand and scrubbing each and every molar.The father is not spared. The volcanic mother saves some up just for him. “Fucking lousy husband. Do-nothing fathe

29、r.“ And on like that for an hour or so more. Then in the darkest part of the night, its bare feet and cool hands on a small sweaty forehead. Kisses and caresses and “Sorry Mom got a little mad.“ Promises for that pink ruffled bedspread or maybe a new stuffed animal. Long fingers rake through the you

30、nger ones curls. “Tomorrow evening, well get you some kind of treat. Right after dinner, well go to the mall./（分数：5.00）(1).From the first paragraph, we get the impression that（分数：1.00）A.the father is inert.B.their life is bustling.C.the evenings are exciting.D.the mother is constantly nagging.(2).Ac

31、cording to the passage, the two daughters seem to（分数：1.00）A.enjoy the evenings shopping in the beginning.B.be reluctant to run errands with the mother.C.enjoy browsing various kinds of items.D.be glad to help their mother with housework.(3).The word “squirms“ in the fourth paragraph probably means（分

32、数：1.00）A.moves.B.squirts.C.wriggles.D.digests.(4).Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe the mother?（分数：1.00）A.Irritable.B.Remorseful.C.Amiable.D.Discontented.(5).Which category of writing does the text belong to?（分数：1.00）A.Narration.B.Description.C.Persuasion.D.Exposition.七、TEXT B(总题数：

33、1，分数：6.00)For one brief moment, after years of fear and loathing, America seemed ready to make peace with the SAT. When the University of California several years ago threatened to treat the test like a bad batch of cafeteria food and tell applicants not to buy it, the College Board junked the bewil

34、dering analogy questions (Warthogs are to pigs as politicians are to what?), created a writing section (including producing an essay), added tougher math questions and more reading analysisand had everybody talking about the new-and-improved SAT.Then the first students to take SAT: The Sequel were s

35、een stumbling out of the testing centers as if they had just run a marathon, and all the happy talks ended. With the three hours and 45 minutes stretching to five hours with breaks and instructions, it got worse. Nobody is sure how, but moisture in some SAT answer sheets caused pencil marks to bleed

36、 or fade, producing more than 5,000 tests with the wrong scores. Even after that was fixed, several universities reported a sharp drop in their applicants average scores, which many attributed to exhaustion, and more colleges told applicants they would no longer have to take the SAT.All of which sto

37、ked interest in the ACT, the SATs less famous and less feared rival based in Iowa City, Iowa. The shorter test is now becoming a welcome alternative for many high schoolers who no longer see a need to endure the usual SAT trauma. “I think the ACT is a true player in the college-admissions game these

38、 days, “says Robyn Lady, until recently a college counselor at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Although most Jefferson students still take the SAT, the number of ACTs there has tripled in the last two years. Its a shift that, if it continues, could change the balance of entr

39、ance-test power, since the Fairfax County, Va., magnet sends more kids to the Ivy League than almost any other U. S. school.The SAT, with a maximum 2,400 points, and the ACT, with a maximum 36 points, are scored differently, but otherwise are no more different from each other than American football

40、differs from the Canadian version. Students usually do equally well on each. The SATs new 25-minute essay is required, while the ACTs essay is optional. The SAT is three hours and 45 minutes long. The comparable ACT is three hours and 25 minutes. The SAT has three sections: critical reading, math an

41、d writing. The ACT has math, science, reading and English sections, plus optional writing. The ACT with the writing test costs $43, more than the SATs $ 41.50, hut the ACT is only $29 without the writing section.Several high-school guidance counselors say they assume the ACT, with 1.2 million test t

42、akers in the class of 2005 compared with 1.5 million for the SAT, will eventually catch up, in part because so many educators are advising their students to try both. Wendy Andreen, counselor at Memorial Senior High School in Houstonwhere the SAT has been supremesays she tells students every year th

43、ey should take both tests to be safe, and many are beginning to listen, with ACTs up 18 percent since 2002. Deb Shaver, director of admissions at Smith College, says counselors are steering students to the ACT “because there is less hysteria surrounding the ACTs, and students feel less stressed abou

44、t taking the test.“The mistakes made in the scoring of the October 2005 SAT by Pearson Educational Measurement, the College Boards subcontractor, have not been forgotten, counselors say. The SAT suffered from damaging news stories as details of the errors came out bit by bit. In the end, 4,411 stude

45、nts had scores reported to colleges that were lower than they actually earned and had to be corrected; 17 percent of the corrections were for more than 40 points. College Board president Gaston Caperton apologized, saying the mishap “brings humility, and humility makes us more aware, empathetic and

46、respectful of others.“But many counselors, who often complain about the New York City-based nonprofits influence over their students futures, say they have their doubts. “I think the College Board sees this as a purely technical problem that they can solve through purely technical means,“ says Scott

47、 White, a counselor at Montclair (N. J. ) High School. “I dont think they appreciate the damage that was done to their already shaky credibility./（分数：6.00）(1).The analogy of SAT to bad cafeteria food indicates that（分数：1.00）A.the SAT is undesirable.B.the SAT should be replaced.C.the SATs keepers are

48、blamed.D.the SATs critics are praised.(2).“The happy talk“ in the second paragraph probably refers to（分数：1.00）A.the suggestion that the SAT should be reformed.B.the idea that the SAT will be improved.C.the concept that the SAT will be substituted.D.the belief that the SAT has been improved.(3).Which

49、 of the following statements is NOT true about the ACT?（分数：1.00）A.Many students now prefer to take the ACT.B.The ACT could hardly be the SATs adversary.C.The ACT has taken the lead over the SAT.D.Some people think highly of the ACT.(4).Many American educators now tend to（分数：1.00）A.be in favor of the ACT.B.be