专业八级-1050及答案解析.doc

1、专业八级-1050 及答案解析(总分：88.00，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)Learning a languageLinguists are interested in the abilities that people have to learn language and are trying to solve the problem of how to learn a language more easily. Linguists are doing research o

2、n this issue in two ways:. understand how children learn to speak and understand(1)_language; (1)_Linguists cannot agree on it for the time being.Group 1: children are born with the(2)_to learn a language; (2)_Group 2: children learn to use a language from their(3)_; (3)_If we knew how(4)_learn thei

3、r native language, we would have an (4)_easy way to teach adults. learn how people learn a second language.Two main approaches to teaching adults a foreign language:1. learn a second language the(5)_. way children learn native language (5)_-teachers speak only the foreign language in the(6)_ (6)_-(7

4、)_the student to as much of the spoken language as possible. (7)_-not teach rules for(8)_ (8)_2.(9)_method: (9)_-teach the students the rules of a foreign language.Many teachers will try(10)_ways of teaching to help the students (10)_learn the language quickly and easily.（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项

5、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).What is the percent of the traditional families in the United States at present?A. 10% B. 25%. C. 35%. D. 50%.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following is NOT the reason for the changes in the family structure?A. The

6、 changing and changed family diversity.B. Aggressive enforcement of domestic violence laws.C. Greater social acceptance of unmarried cohabitation.D. Changing religious attitudes and more spiritual flexibility.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The reason why some people are single are all of the following EXCEPT_

7、.A. that marriage is regarded as a sexist institutionB. that they become single when their spouse dieC. that people will for some reason get divorcedD. that marriage is seen as a quasi-religious institution（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).To most of these people, a domestic partnership means _.A. a non-marital

8、family B. equal pay for equal workC. a publicity registered family unit D. domestic partner benefits compensation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).When people do not get married, which of the following do they NOT choose to do?A. To have a domestic partner but not a spouse.B. To cohabit with an opposite-sex mate

9、.C. To stay single all his/her life.D. To receive more pay package.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：7.00)(1).The man Mr. Cheney accidentally shot and injured isA. a doctor. B. a secretary.C. a lawyer. D. a leader.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The Bush Administration has been accused by Harry Reid ofA. b

10、eing covert. B. shielding Dick.C. being dishonest. D. attacking the victim.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).US president Obama met with Russian Prime Minister Putin for_.A. the first time B. the second time C. the third time D. the fourth time（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What can be inferred from the news?A. US Preside

11、nt Obama has only focused on the world security issues in his speech.B. US President Obamas visit to Moscow aims to build better relations with Russia.C. Russia and America have reached consensus on most world security and economic issues.D. US President Obama has delivered a speech to graduates of

12、a polytechnic institute.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).Government officials ordered a plant in Japan to halt production because _.A. its product left people with food poisoningB. the plant is going bankruptC. its milk products dont sell wellD. it has too limited a production which only serves 8,000 people（分数：

13、1.00）A.B.C.D.(2)._ is not one of the symptoms after drinking low - fat milk produced by Snow Brand Milk Products Co. Ltd.A. Headache B. Stomach pains C. Bowel disturbance D. Vomiting（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In the summer of 1996, 0 - 157 bacteria left _ with food - poisoning.A. more than 8,000 people B.

14、 exactly 8,282 peopleC. more than 9,500 people D. all together about 18,000 people（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：2，分数：7.00)In the art of the Middle Ages, we never encounter the personality of the artist as an individual; rather it is diffused through the artistic ge

15、nius of centuries embodied in the rules of religious art. Art of the Middle Ages is first a sacred script, the symbols and meanings of which were well settled. The circular halo placed vertically behind the head signifies sainthood, while the halo impressed with a cross signifies divinity. By bare f

16、eet, we recognize God, the angels, Jesus Christ and the apostles, but for an artist to have depicted the Virgin Mary with bare feet would have been tantamount to heresy. Several concentric, wavy lines represent the sky, while parallel lines water or the sea. A tree, which is to say a single stalk wi

17、th two or three stylized leaves, informs us that the scene is laid on earth. A tower with a window indicates a village, and, should an angel be depicted with curly hair, and a short beard, while Saint Paul has always a bald head and a long beard.A second characteristic of this iconography is obedien

18、ce to a sacred mathematics. “The Divine Wisdom,“ wrote Saint Augustine, “reveals itself everywhere in numbers“, a doctrine attributable to the neo-Platonists who revived the genius of Pythagoras. Twelve is the master number of the Church and is the product of three, the number of the Trinity, and fo

19、ur, the number of material elements. The number seven, the most mysterious of all numbers, is the sum of four and three. There are the seven ages of man, seven virtues, seven planets. In the final analysis, the seven-tone scale of Gregorian music is the sensible embodiment of the order of the univer

20、se. Numbers require also a symmetry. At Charters, a stained glass window show the four prophets, Isaac, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Jeremiah, carrying on their shoulders the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.A third characteristic of art is to be a symbolic language, showing us one thing and i

21、nviting us to see an other. In this respect, the artist was called upon to imitate God, who had hidden a profound meaning behind the literal and wished nature itself to be a moral lesson to man. Thus, every painting is an allegory. In a scene of the final judgment, we can see the foolish virgins at

22、the left hand of Jesus and the wise at his right, and we understand that this symbolizes those who are lost and those who are saved. Even seemingly insignificant details carry hidden meaning: The lion in a stained glass window is the figure of the Resurrection.These, then, are the defining character

23、istics of art of the Middle Ages, a system within which even the most mediocre talent was elevated by the genius of the centuries. The artists of the early Renaissance broke with traditional at their own peril. When they are not outstanding, they are scarcely able to avoid insignificance and banalit

24、y in their religious works, and, even when they are great, they are no more than the equals of the old masters who passively followed the sacred rules. (523)（分数：3.00）(1).What does the circular halo placed behind the head signify in the art of the Middle Ages?A. Divinity. B. Sainthood. C. God. D. Sky

25、.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following statements is NOT true about ;he characteristics of the art of the Middle Ages?A. It follows a kind of mathematics.B. Its religious art, employing symbols to convey its meanings.C. Art becomes an allegory, beyond each painting some profound meanings are h

26、idden.D. Art of the Middle Ages embodies the personality of the artist in a diffused way.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How does the writer value art of the Middle Ages?A. The art of the Middle Ages is elevated by its religious and sacred facet.B. Artists of the Middle Ages were absolutely talented.C. The art

27、 of the Middle Ages formed its own unique system.D. The religious works in the Middle Ages reached unparallel height in art.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.In May 1995, Andrew Lloyd Webber, creator of a string of international hit musicals and a very wealthy man, spent U. S. 29.2 million on Picassos “Portrait of A

28、ngel Fernanders de Soto. It was the highest price paid at auction for a painting since the art market crashed in 1990.Lloyd Webber has a theory that Picassos Blue Period paintings were influenced by Burne-Jones, the British Pre-Raphaelite master whose international reputation stood high at the turn

29、of the century. The theory is not shared by many art historians, but that doesnt matter to the composer. He had been looking for a Blue Period Picasso for some time.It is now extremely hard to come by Blue Period Picassosfigurative works that are drenched in melancholy, expressed by a dominant use o

30、f blue. Blue Period subjects par excellence are mothers and children or harlequins; Lloyd Webbers purchase is not the most attractive of them. He paid roughly double what the picture was worth. He seems to have got carried away when the bidding started to climb.The Picasso was one of the two highest

31、 prices of the 19941995 auction season, and help illustrate what has been happening in this curious market. The very rich have got their confidence back, which has meant that buyers can be found for works of really outstanding quality and, very occasionally, bidding battles have driven prices back t

32、o their 19891990 levels.The 1980s boom collapsed in 1990. After several false dawns there are now signs that serious recovery has begun. More than an expansion of the market, however, it reflects the relative weakness of the American dollar, the currency in which most art deals are transacted. Colle

33、ctors from countries with stronger currencies have been finding dollar prices cheap.The middle market is still fairly weak. It is not unusual for up to half the lots on offer at a Christies or Sothebys sale to be left unsold. Dealers, as opposed to auctioneers, are still finding it bard to make a li

34、ving and seldom buy for stock. The auctioneers have tried to replace them by encouraging private people to buy directly at auctionand more of them are doing this. But private buying is unpredictable and cannot underpin the market in the way dealer buying used to. Private individuals buy what they wa

35、nt; they dont bid on everything that is going cheap.Overall, the nature of the market is changing. In the 1980s art was bought as a speculation: buy in April, sell for double the price in September. This mentality vanished with the 1990 collapse, but the very rich and their financial advisors still

36、take the view that it is sensible to keep a percentage of your investment portfolio in art. It is this kind of money that creates the fancy prices at the top end of the market.Geographically, the present recovery has been led by North America. Normally a major recession, such as was experienced in t

37、he United States, results in a shift of taste. But the Americans liked Impressionist and classic modern pictures best before the market collapse and that is what they have been coming back to. It is currently the strongest sector of the picture market. Contemporary and Old Master markets are still s

38、truggling and there are few buyers for Victorian pictures, apart from Lloyd Webber. Besides Europe and America, however, there is now a growing market in the East. Indeed, the East has become the great hope of hard-pressed dealers over the last three yearsthey have been aiming to find new buyers in

39、Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.There are more rich connoisseurs in Japan than anywhere else but they have not been in a buying mood. Japanese speculators lost huge amounts of money in the 1990s crash and there are few collectors who dare to buy any works of art today. The marke

40、t in Chinese ceramics, works of art, jade jewelry and old and modern brush paintings is now dominated worldwide by wealthy collectors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. The huge volume of excavated art that is smuggled out of China has dramatically weakened the archaeological end of this market b

41、ut rarities, especially the late imperial porcelains, are gelling well. There have even been two or three successful auctions inside China since 1994. The local millionaires are beginning to put their money into art.（分数：4.00）(1).Which of the following does NOT account for the current boom in the art

42、 market?A. The American dollar has become weaker against some major currencies.B. The very rich wish to put part of their investment in art.C. The very rich have regained their confidence.D. Dealers buying is growing strong.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the author say about the North American marke

43、t?A. The American buyers of pictures have not changed their taste.B. The middle market remains strong.C. The Americans, buy art as a speculation.D. It is experiencing a major recession.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Collectors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore would most likely buy _.A. impressionistic pai

44、ntings B. Ming Dynasty imperial tea setsC. excavated works of art D. Blue Period Picassos（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4)._ has the most potential art buyers.A. America B. Hong KongC. Japan D. India（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)It was the benefit night of Fenogenov, the tragic actor. They were acting

45、“Prince Serebryany“. The tragedian himself was playing Vyazemsky; Limonadov, the stage manager, was playing Morozov; Madame Beobahtov, Elena. The performance was a grand success. The tragedian accomplished wonders indeed. When he was carrying off Elena, he held her in one hand above his head as he d

46、ashed across the stage. He shouted, hissed, banged with his feet, tore his coat across his chest. When he refused to fight Morozov, he trembled all over as nobody ever trembles in reality, and gasped loudly. The theatre shook with applause. There were endless calls. Fenogenov was presented with a si

47、lver cigarette-case and a bouquet tied with long ribbons. The ladies waved their handkerchiefs and urged their men to applaud, many shed tears. But the one who was the most enthusiastic and most excited was Masha, daughter of Sidoretsky the police captain. She was sitting in the first row of the sta

48、lls beside her papa; she was ecstatic and could not take her eyes off the stage even between the acts. Her delicate little hands and feet were quivering, her eyes were full of tears, her cheeks turned paler and paler. And no wondershe was at the theatre for the first time in her life.“How well they act! How splendidly! “she said to her papa the police captain, every time the curtain fell. “How good Fenogenov is!“ And if her papa had been capable of reading faces he would have read on his daughters pale little countenance a rapture that was almost anguis