1、专业八级-257 (1)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：1，分数：10.00)BThe Future of PC Market/B The first Developers Conference in China marks a major milestone for Microsoft, because the success of Windows is based on our (1)_with software developers. The 1. _ (2)_they develop make possible the e
2、mployment of PC 2. _ as people% tool. The price of PC equipment is decreasing, while its (3)_are improving. Now more than 80 million PCs are 3. _ sold a year. The (4)_market is the fastest growing part 4. _ of the business. Microsoft thinks that the future development of PC industry will be focused
3、on 3 areas. First, the (5)_Nervous 5. _ System. It will become the central element of information sharing inside the company. It will allow people to make the best use of their PCs. Second, the writing of the programs will become (6)_, so people will be able to do it without 6. _ having to learn a l
4、ot about the management of PC resources. Third, computer (7)_. The hardware for this is the 7. _ (8)_. Now it is very expensive, but Im sure it will be 8. _ a standard built-in PC feature. The final aim for all future developments is for people to (9)_naturally with the PC. That is to say, to make t
5、he 9. _ PC work in the same way that (10)_systems work. 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:_二、BSECTION B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).An oculist is a (an) _.（分数：1.00）A.eye disease suffererB.eye doctorC.cheap product sellerD.sunglasses seller(2).Which of the fo
6、llowing is NOT a reason for the increasing number of eye complaints?（分数：1.00）A.The ultra-violet rays become strongerB.The ozone layer is expandingC.Many people buy low-.price sunglassesD.More people go to the solarium to get tanned(3).According to Mr. Johnson, sunglasses for kids are even more impor
7、tant because kids eyes _.（分数：1.00）A.are less sensitiveB.open and close more quicklyC.take in more raysD.filter out ultra-violet rays less sufficiently(4).Which of the following is TRUE about low-price sunglasses?（分数：1.00）A.They cannot protect the eyes. when the sun is strong.B.They can be used as fa
8、shionable toys for kids.C.They are all fashionable.D.They do not effectively filter out harmful rays.(5).Which of the following is TRUE about good quality sunglasses?（分数：1.00）A.Those for kids are more expensive than for adults.B.They are all made of optical glass.C.They are becoming more and more ex
9、pensive.D.They can be made much lighter than before.三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：3，分数：5.00)(1).According to the news, French President Chirac disagreed with President Bush on _.（分数：1.00）A.sending more NATO troops to IraqB.changing the way NATO acts in IraqC.contributing non-military NATO support for IraqD.pla
10、ying a new role in Iraq proposed by President Bush(2).The G-8 summit reached an agreement on _ across the Middle East.（分数：1.00）A.providing aid and promoting democracyB.promoting democracyC.controlling a deadly diseaseD.Both B and CI Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following news. At the end of th
11、e news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question. Now listen to the news. /I（分数：2.00）(1).Israels Attorney General has decided _.（分数：1.00）A.not to charge Sharon with corruptionB.to indict Sharon for corruptionC.to charge Sharon with the failure of the Greek Island AffairD.not to indi
12、ct Sharon for the failure of the Greek Island Affair(2).The case against Mr. Sharon involved _.（分数：1.00）A.peace negotiations with GreeceB.land dispute with GreeceC.land development on a Greek islandD.his ability as a foreign minister1.I Question 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the n
13、ews item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news. /IIn Saudi Arabia, 6 influential preachers _.（分数：1.00）A.are suspected of launching militant attacks on WesternersB.are believed to be connected with Osama Bin LadenC.have condemned militant attacks on WesternersD.
14、have been killed by Islamic militants四、BPART READING (总题数：5，分数：17.00)BTEXT A/BTelecommunications stand for devices and systems that transmit electronic or optical signals across long distances. Telecommunications enables people around the world to contact one another, to access information instantly
15、, and to communicate from remote areas. Telecommunications usually involves a sender of information and one or more recipients linked by a technology, such as a telephone system, that transmits information from one place to another. Telecommunications enables people to send and receive personal mess
16、ages across town, between countries, and to and from outer space. It also provides the key medium for delivering news, data, information, and entertainment.Telecommunications devices convert different types of information, such as sound and video, into electronic or optical signals. Electronic signa
17、ls typically travel along a medium such as copper wire or are carried over the air as radio waves. Optical signals typically travel along a medium such as strands of glass fibers. When a signal reaches its destination, the device on the receiving end converts the signal back into an understandable m
18、essage, such as sound over a telephone, moving images on a television, or words and pictures on a computer screen.Telecommunications messages can be sent in a variety of ways and by a wide range of devices. The messages can be sent from one sender to a single receiver (point-to-point) or from one se
19、nder to many receivers (point-to-multipoint). Personal communications, such as a telephone conversation 15etween two people or a facsimile (fax) message (see Facsimile Transmission), usually involve point-to-point transmission. Point-to-multipoint telecommunications, often called broadcasts, provide
20、 the basis for commercial radio and television programming.Telecommunications begin with messages that are converted into electronic or optical signals. Some signals, such as those that carry voice or music, are created in an analog or wave format, but may be converted into a digital or mathematical
21、 format for faster and more efficient transmission. The signals are then sent over a medium to a receiver, where they are decoded back into a form that the person receiving the message can understand. There are a variety of ways to create and decode signals, and many different ways to transmit signa
22、ls.Individual people, businesses, and governments use many different types of telecommunications systems. Some systems, such as the telephone system, use a network of cables, wires, and switching stations for point-to-point communication. Other systems, such as radio and television, broadcast radio
23、signals over the air that can be received by anyone who has a device to receive them. Some systems make use of several types of media to complete a transmission. For example, a telephone call may travel by means of copper wire, fiber-optic cable, and radio waves as the call is sent from sender to re
24、ceiver. All telecommunications systems are constantly evolving as telecommunications technology improves. Many recent improvements, for example, offer high-speed broadband connections that are needed to send multimedia information over the Internet.Personal computers have pushed the limits of the te
25、lephone system as more and more complex computer messages are being sent over telephone lines, and at rapidly increasing speeds. This need for speed has encouraged the development of digital transmission technology. The growing use of personal computers for telecommunications has increased the need
26、for innovations in fiber-optic technology.Telecommunications and information technologies are merging and converging. This means that many of the devices now associated with only one function may evolve into more versatile equipment. This convergence is already happening in various fields. Some tele
27、phones and pagers are able to store not only phone numbers but also names and personal information about callers. Wireless phones with keyboards and small screens can access the Internet and send and receive email messages. Personal computers can now access information and video entertainment and ar
28、e in effect becoming a combined television set and computer terminal. Television sets can access the Internet through add-on appliances. Future modifications and technology innovations may blur the distinctions between appliances even more.Convergence of telecommunications technologies may also trig
29、ger a change in the kind of content available. Both television and personal computers are likely to incorporate new multimedia, interactive, and digital features. However, in the near term, before the actualization of a fully digital telecommunications world, devices such as modems will still be nec
30、essary to provide an essential link between the old analog world and the upcoming digital one.（分数：5.00）(1).Which of the aspects of telecommunication is NOT mentioned in the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Current development.B.Transmission of message.C.Computer networking.D.Government regulation.(2).In this pass
31、age, “optical“ can be understood as related to.（分数：1.00）A.lightB.audioC.electronicsD.multimedia(3).According to the passage, _ has become the driving force for the development of telephone system?（分数：1.00）A.information technologiesB.InternetC.PCD.convergence of telecommunications technologies(4).Wha
32、t can be concluded about “modem“?（分数：1.00）A.It converts data from one form to another.B.It will be out of date soon.C.It serves as a link between senders and recipients of message.D.It transmits message more efficiently than other devices.(5).Television is a _ in the transmission of message.（分数：1.00
33、）A.senderB.receiverC.transmitting deviceD.none of the aboveBTEXT B/BThomas Hardys impulses as a writer, all of which he indulged in his novels, were numerous and divergent, and they did not always work together in harmony. Hardy was to some degree interested in exploring his characters psychologies,
34、 though impelled less by curiosity than by sympathy. Occasionally he felt the impulse to comedy (in all its detached coldness) as well as the impulse to farce, but he was more often inclined to see tragedy and record it. He was also inclined to literary realism in the several senses of that phrase.
35、He wanted to describe ordinary human beings; he wanted to speculate on their dilemma rationally (and, unfortunately, even schematically); and he wanted to record precisely the material universe, Finally, he wanted to be more than a realist. He wanted to transcend what he considered to be the banalit
36、y of solely recording things exactly and to express as well his awareness of the occult and the strange.In his novels these various impulses were sacrificed to each other inevitably and often. Inevitably, because Hardy did not care in the way that novelists such as Flaubert or James cared, and there
37、fore took paths of least resistance. Thus, one impulse often surrendered to a fresher one and, unfortunately, instead of exacting a compromise, simply disappeared. A desire to throw over reality a light that never was might give way abruptly to the desire on the part of what we might consider a nove
38、list-scientist to record exactly and concretely the structure and texture of a flower. In this instance, the new impulse was at least an energetic one, and thus its indulgence did not result in a relaxed style. But on other occasions Hardy abandoned a perilous, risky, and highly energizing impulse i
39、n favor of what was for him the fatally relaxing impulse to classify and schematize abstractly. When a relaxing impulse was indulged, the stylethat sure index of an authors literary worthwas certain to become verbose. Hardys weakness derived from his apparent inability to control the comings and goi
40、ngs of these divergent impulses and from his unwillingness to cultivate and sustain the energetic and risky ones. He submitted to first one and then another, and the spirit blew where it listed; hence the unevenness of any one of his novels. His most controlled novel, Under the Greenwood Tree, promi
41、nently exhibits two different but reconcilable impulsesa desire to be a realist-historian and a desire to be a psychologist of lovebut the slight interlockings of plot are not enough to bind the two completely together. Thus even this book splits into two distinct parts.（分数：2.00）(1).The most appropr
42、iate title for the passage could be _.（分数：1.00）A.Under the Greenwood Tree: Hardys Ambiguous TriumphB.The Real and the Strange: The Novelists Shifting RealmsC.Hardys Novelistic Impulses: The Problem of ControlD.Divergent Impulses: The Issue of Unity in the Novel(2).We get the impression that the auth
43、or seems to be _ Hardys impulses as a writer.（分数：1.00）A.amazed atB.critical ofC.fed up withD.interested inBTEXT C/BDuring the first half of the seventeenth century, when the nations of Europe were quarreling over who owned the New World, the Dutch and the Swedes founded competing villages ten miles
44、apart on the Delaware River. Not long afterward, the English took over both places and gave them new names, New Castle and Wilmington.For a century and a half the two villages grew rapidly, but gradually Wilmington gained all the advantages. It was a little closer to Philadelphia, so when new textil
45、e mills opened, they opened in Wilmington, not in New Castle. There was plenty of water power from rivers and creeks at Wilmington, so when young Irenee DuPont chose a place for his gunpowder mill, it was Wilmington he chose, not New Castle. Wilmington became a town and then a citya rather important
46、 city, much the largest in Delaware. And New Castle, bypassed by the highways and waterways that made Wilmington prosperous, slept ten miles south on the Delaware River. No two villages with such similar pasts could have gone such separate ways. Today no two places could be more different.Wilmington
47、, with its expressways and parking lots and all its other concrete ribbons and badges, is a tired old veteran of the industrial wars and wears a vacant stare; Block after city block where people used to live and shop is broken and empty.New Castle never had to make way for progress and therefore nev
48、er had any reason to tear down its Seventeenth-and eighteenth-century houses. So they are still here, standing in tasteful rows under ancient elms around the original town green. New Castle is still an agreeable place to live. The pretty buildings of its quiet past make a serene setting for the lives of 4,800 people. New Castle may be Americas loveliest town, but it is .not an important town at all. Progress passed it by.Poor New Castle.Lucky Wilmington.（分数：4.00）(1).Which is t
