1、专业八级-497 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、The Problems of Taki(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.32B.37C.50D.60A.Dental decay.B
2、.Tooth erosion.C.Malignant tumors.D.InsomniA.abscessB.intestinal parasitesC.anaemiaD.drug addictionA.it cannot be destroyedB.its heart was not removedC.most internal organs were removedD.it was made with a different techniqueA.It was on display in Cairo in 1871.B.It was taken to Paris for research.C
3、.It was seriously damaged in an upheaval.D.It was covered in new bandages.六、SECTION C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Questions 6 to 8 are(总题数：1，分数：3.00)A.inflationB.budget deficitC.national securityD.unemployment rateA.Cheney and KerryB.Bush and KerryC.Cheney and the head of Democratic PartyD.The heads of Democrat
4、ic and Republic partiesA.cutting down on expenditure on defense and intelligenceB.increasing expenditure on national defenseC.allocating more fund on environmental pollutionD.levying more tax on large businesses八、Questions 9 to 10 ar(总题数：1，分数：2.00)A.World grain supplies.B.World grain production.C.Wo
5、rld grain consumption.D.World grain tradA.wheat prices are very low in the worldB.the demand for wheat is decreasingC.many regions are affected by droughtD.the wheat consumption is becoming less九、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、TEXT A(总题数：4，分数：4.00)1.The evidence that a child with blood pressure
6、higher or lower than the norm would tend to retain the same blood pressure pattern with increasing age is introduced by the author in order to_.（分数：1.00）A.suggest that essential hypertension may have biochemical causesB.show that high blood pressure can be detected in children under the age of 15C.p
7、rovide evidence that factors affecting blood pressure are already present in childrenD.propose that increased screening of children for high blood pressure should be undertaken2.The author refers to the somewhat lower urinary kallikrein levels in black children in order to_.（分数：1.00）A.support the th
8、esis that kallikrein levels are inversely related to blood pressureB.highlight the special health problems involved in treating populations with high concentrations of black childrenC.offer a causal explanation for the difference in urinary kallikrein levels between black and white childrenD.suggest
9、 that further study needs to be done on the problem of high blood pressure among black adults3.The author is primarily concerned with_.（分数：1.00）A.questioning the assumption behind certain experiments involving children under the age of 15B.describing the new scientific findings about high blood pres
10、sure and suggesting some implicationsC.describing two different methods for studying the causes of high blood pressureD.revealing a discrepancy between the findings of epidemiological studies and laboratory studies on essential hypertension4.The argument in the passage leads most naturally to which
11、of the following conclusions?（分数：1.00）A.A low output of urinary kallikrein is a likely cause of high blood pressure in children.B.The kallikrein-kinin system plays an important role in the regulation of blood pressure.C.Essential hypertension may have biochemical precursors which may be useful predi
12、ctors in children.D.The failure of the body to produce sufficient amounts of kinins is the cause of essential hypertension.十一、TEXT B(总题数：4，分数：4.00)5.Which of the following statements about the religious beliefs of the Aleuts can be inferred from the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Prior to the Russian occupation
13、 they bad no religious beliefs.B.American traders and adventurers forced them to abandon all religious beliefs.C.At no time in their history have the Aleuts had an organized religion.D.The Russians forced Aleuts to become members of the Russian Orthodox Churc6.According to the passage, which of the
14、following was the most important reason for the Aleuts devotion to their language?（分数：1.00）A.Invention of a written version of their language.B.Introduction of Old Slavonic for worship.C.Disruption of oral transmission of tribal knowledge.D.Institution of compulsory English education.7.The passage i
15、s developed primarily by_.（分数：1.00）A.testing the evidence supporting a theoryB.describing causes and effects of eventsC.weighing the pros and cons of a planD.projecting the future consequences of a decision8.The author is primarily concerned with describing_.（分数：1.00）A.the Aleuts loyalty to their la
16、nguage and American failure to understand itB.Russian and United States treatment of Alaskan inhabitants both before and after 1867C.how the Czarist Russian occupation of Alaska created a written language for the AleutsD.United States government attempts to persuade the Aleuts to use English as a se
17、cond language十二、TEXT C(总题数：4，分数：4.00)9.Which of the following can be inferred about the viewpoint expressed in the second paragraph of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.It is a reinterpretation of slave life based on new research done by Afro-American scholars.B.It is based entirely on recently published descr
18、iptions of slave life written by slaves themselves.C.It is biased and orderly sympathetic to the views of white, colonial slaveholders.D.It is highly speculative and supported by little actual historical evidenc10.The authors argument logically depends upon which of the following assumptions?（分数：1.0
19、0）A.The duality that characterizes the consciousness of modern Black Americans is so deeply rooted that it cannot be eliminated by political action.B.African captives who were brought to North America had learned a basic orientation toward the world which remained with them.C.At the time of the begi
20、nning of the United States, white Americans were not aware of the contradiction between the notion of equality and the institution of slavery.D.The influence of the slavery experience on the West Africans was more powerful than the memory of West African attitudes.11.Which of the following would be
21、the most appropriate title for the passage?（分数：1.00）A.The history of Black People in the United States.B.West African Tribal Relations.C.The Origin of Modern Afro-American Consciousness.D.Slavery: A Democratic Anomaly.12.The tone of the passage could best be described as_.（分数：1.00）A.informed and ane
22、cdotalB.critical and argumentativeC.impassioned and angryD.analytical and objective十三、TEXT D(总题数：4，分数：4.00)13.It can be inferred that the primary danger of tardive dyskinesia is the_.（分数：1.00）A.psychological effect on the patientB.long-term therapeutic use of drugsC.addiction of a patient to dopamin
23、eD.physical injuries caused by violent muscle spasms14.It can be inferred that neuroleptic drugs control psychosis by_.（分数：1.00）A.suppressing the production of dopamine in the brainB.blocking the nerve impulses transmitted to the musclesC.preventing the absorption of dopamine by brain cellsD.creatin
24、g a hypersensitivity to dopamine15.Which of the following titles best describes the content of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.The Therapeutic Value of Antipsychotic DrugsB.The Tradeoff in the Use of Neuroleptic DrugsC.The Connection between Psychotherapy and Neuroleptic DrugsD.Recent Developments in the Tre
25、atment of Mental Illness16.According to the passage, neuroleptic drugs are_.（分数：1.00）A.generally effective but have unwanted side effectsB.gradually replacing psychotherapyC.experimental and still not widely acceptedD.reserved for the most serious cases of psychosis十四、TEXT E(总题数：4，分数：4.00)17.The vis
26、itor who felt his eyeballs being pulled was probably _.（分数：1.00）A.under the influence of liquorB.stupidC.influenced by the power of suggestionD.playing a joke on everyone18.Indian legends were inspired by_.（分数：1.00）A.the Fundy tideB.the huge natural rock monumentsC.strange noises in the mountainsD.t
27、he hidden caverns19.Arthritis that is relieved by a visit to Magnetic Hill illustrates the fact that（分数：1.00）A.magnetism has healing propertiesB.people often deceive themselvesC.arthritis is a seasonal thingD.the mind has an effect on the bodys health20.The author discusses the Moncton region, locat
28、ed in_.（分数：1.00）A.New BrunswickB.OntarioC.AlbertaD.Halifax十五、PART GENERAL KNOWL(总题数：10，分数：10.00)21.The English poets _, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey, were known as “Lake Poets“ because they lived in the English Lake District in Northwestern England at the beginning of the 19th century
29、.（分数：1.00）A.George Gordon ByronB.John KeatsC.PercyB. ShelleyD.William Wordsworth22.Which state of Australia is Melbourne in?（分数：1.00）A.Victoria.B.Queensland.C.New South Wales.D.South Australi23.“Nationas a free root can function alone in a sentence while “dict“ is a _ which can not function alone gr
30、ammatically and has to combine with other morphemes to create new words.（分数：1.00）A.active rootB.fixed rootC.non-free rootD.bound root24.In English, nouns, verbs, adjectives and _ make up the largest part of the vocabulary, the open classes.（分数：1.00）A.pronounsB.adverbsC.prepositionsD.articles25.The o
31、fficial language of Canada is _.（分数：1.00）A.EnglishB.FrenchC.SpanishD.Both English and French26.The short stories often with surprise endings such as “The Gift of Magi“ and “The Last Leaf“ are written by _.（分数：1.00）A.O. HenryB.Theodore DreiserC.William FaulknerD.Jack London27.Virginia Woolf was an im
32、portant female _ in the early twentieth century England.（分数：1.00）A.poetB.novelistC.playwrightD.essayist28.Which sport is regarded as typically English?（分数：1.00）A.BasketballB.FootballC.CricketD.Tennis29.Both syntax and semantics are the branches of linguistics, the former studies the rules governing
33、the combination of words into sentences, the latter studies _.（分数：1.00）A.the form of wordsB.the meaning of languageC.the sound patterns of languageD.the change of language30.The Australian Federal Parliament is modeled on _.（分数：1.00）A.the Westminster systemB.the White House systemC.the United Nation
34、s systemD.the Aboriginal system十六、PART PROOFREADDING(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十七、It is hardly necessa(总题数：10，分数：10.00)31.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_32.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_33.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_34.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_35.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_36.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_37.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_38.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_39.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_40.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_十八、
35、PART TRANSLATION(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十九、SECTION A CHINESE TO(总题数：1，分数：10.00)41.第一个人说：活得太累了。没完没了的解释，无休无止的小心，成年累月为别人活着。为人子、为人夫、为人父、为人同事、为人哥儿们、为人“喽喽”、为人“头头”。看别人的脸色，讨别人的喜欢，避别人的忌讳，给别人以好感。“摇旗呐喊，插科打诨，”不想笑要笑，哭不出来要哭累了，太累了。第二个人说：活腻味了。爱过了，恨过了，哭过了，乐过了，苦过了。金银财宝，身外之物。功名利禄，过眼云烟，。第三个人说：怎么能这样对待生活!同志们，振兴中华，匹夫有责，开放改革，重担就落在你
36、、我、他身上。（分数：10.00）_二十、SECTION B ENGLISH TO(总题数：1，分数：10.00)42.There is some impertinence as well as some foolhardiness in the way in which we buy animals for so much gold and silver and call them ours. One cannot help wondering what the silent critic on the hearthrug thinks of our strange conventions-
37、the mystic Persian, whose ancestors were worshipped as gods whilst we, their masters and mistresses, groveled in caves and painted our bodies blue. She has a vast heritage of experience, which seems to brood in her eyes, too solemn and too subtle for expression; she smiles, I often think, at our lat
38、e-born civilization, and remembers the rise and fall of dynasties. There is something, too, profane in the familiarity, half contemptuous, with which we treat our animals. We deliberately transplant a little bit of simple wild life, and make it grow up beside ours, which is neither simple nor wild.
39、You may often see in a dogs eyes a sudden look of the primitive animal, as though he were once more a wild dog hunting in the solitary places of his youth. How have we the impertinence to make these wild creatures forgo their nature for ours, which at best they can but imitate?（分数：10.00）_二十一、PART WR
40、ITING(总题数：1，分数：20.00)43. Presently many students are not satisfied enough with the quality of education. To improve the situation, some propose that students should be encouraged to evaluate and criticize their teachers. Write an essay of about 400 words on the topic given below.SHOULD TEACHERS BE E
41、VALUATED AND CRITICIZED BY THEIR STUDENTS?In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
42、Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.（分数：20.00）_专业八级-497 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、Th
43、e Problems of Taki(总题数：1，分数：10.00)填空项 1:_ （正确答案：unknown）解析：听力原文1-10Today Id tike to talk about some of the problems that students face when they follow a course of study through the medium of English if English is not their mother tongue. The purpose is to show that were aware. of students problems,
44、 and that by analyzing them perhaps itll be possible to suggest how some of them may be overcome.The problems can be divided into three broad categories, psycholngical, cultural and linguistic. The first two categories mainly concern those who come to study in Britain. Ill comment only briefly on th
45、ese first two and then spend most of the time looking at linguistic difficulties which apply to everyone wherever they are learning English. Some of the common psychological problems really involve fear of the unknown: for example, whether ones academic studies will be too difficult, whether one wil
46、l fail the examinations, etc. All students share these apprehensions. Its probably beat for a student not to look too far ahead but to concentrate day-by- day on increasing his knowledge and developing his ability. The overseas student in Britain may also suffer from separation from his family and p
47、ossible homesickness; enjoyment of his activities in Britain and the passage of time are the only real help here.Looking now at the cultural problems, we can see that some of them are of a very practical nature, e. g., arranging satisfactory accommodation; getting used to British money (or the lack of it!), British food and weather (neither is always bad!). Some of the cultural difficulties are less easy to define: they are bound up with
