1、专业八级-699 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、Darwin and His Theor(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.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Five.A.tak
2、ing further photosB.taking soil samplesC.planting vegetation in the soilD.taking samples of vegetationA.popularizationB.pauseC.developmentD.ignorance and confusionA.China and USAB.Chile and France.C.France and Canada.D.Egypt and Greece.A.15 yearsB.50 yearsC.six decadesD.four decades六、SECTION C(总题数：0
3、分数：0.00)七、Questions 6 to 8 are(总题数：1，分数：3.00)A.should remain effectiveB.should be abolishedC.should be discussed againD.should be supplementedA.longest defended borderB.longest undefended borderC.longest undefined borderD.longest coastal borderA.In the days before the vote, the Clinton Administrati
4、on had been careful to describe the referendum as an internal matter.B.It is critical for the United States to have a stable northern neighbor.C.Mr. Clinton discussed the outcome of the referendum Tuesday with Canadian Prime Minister.D.Both pacts will be discussed further with united Canada.八、Questi
5、ons 9 and 10 a(总题数：1，分数：2.00)A.at least eighty-one people have been killed by floodingB.a dangerous goods warehouse has been damaged by fireC.many killed were unable to leave the buildingD.the fire in a handicraft factory in southern China is strikingA.strong winds and lack of waterB.rapid economic
6、growthC.locked doors and windowsD.overcrowded people九、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、TEXT A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十一、It looks as if it ca(总题数：4，分数：4.00)1.Why will Boeing not need a replica of the 777?（分数：1.00）A.It can use computers to check the design.B.It already has enough experience with plans.C.It w
7、ill only need to upgrade the replica of the previous model.D.It can make sure all the bits fit together.2.How does that Racoon cross water?（分数：1.00）A.It swims.B.It raises its nose.C.It uses hydrojets.D.It uses its four-wheel drived.3.How did Renault test drive the Racoon?（分数：1.00）A.Over rocky terrai
8、n.B.In actual reality.C.Over French country roads.D.In virtual reality.4.What is Renault most famous for?（分数：1.00）A.Startlingly different cars.B.Family cars.C.Advances in design.D.Boat and train design.十二、TEXT B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十三、Tomorrow evening abo(总题数：4，分数：4.00)5.Why would a terrorist go to the At
9、omic Energy commissions public reading room?（分数：1.00）A.To find out how to design a bomb.B.To find out where to steal plutonium.C.To look at files of secret information.D.To find out where to steal an atomic bomb.6.What does “this“ refer to in the expression “this appears less of a hazard“?（分数：1.00）A
10、Some foreign power.B.The design of the security systems.C.A terrorist attack.D.Sabotage by people working for an enemy country.7.The main danger discussed in the passage is from _.（分数：1.00）A.students making their own atomic bombs.B.foreign spies stealing secretsC.terrorists stealing plutonium and m
11、aking their own bombsD.technicians stealing plutonium8.What is the main theme of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.The fact that a student was able to make an atomic bomb:B.The dangers of transporting plutonium.C.The fact that secret information is available in public libraries.D.The ease with which atomic bom
12、bs could become a terrorist weapon.十四、TEXT C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十五、In contrast to tradi(总题数：4，分数：4.00)9.The passage best supports which of the following statements?（分数：1.00）A.A minority entrepreneur who had no assistance from family members would not be able to start a business.B.Self-help networks have
13、been effective in helping entrepreneurs primarily in the last 50 years.C.Minority groups have developed a range of alternatives to standard financing of business ventures.D.The financial institutions founded by various ethnic groups owe their success to their unique formal organization.10.Which of t
14、he following can be inferred from the passage about the Irish building and loan associations mentioned in the last paragraph?（分数：1.00）A.They were started by third or fourth-generation immigrants.B.They originated as off shoots of church-related groups.C.They frequently helped Irish entrepreneurs to
15、finance business net connected with construction.D.They contributed to the employment of many Irish construction workers.11.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about rotating credit associations?（分数：1.00）A.They were developed exclusively by Chinese immigrants.B.They accounted for
16、 a significant portion of the investment capital used by Chinese immigrants in New York in the early twentieth century.C.Third- generation members of an immigrant group who started businesses in the 1920s would have been unlikely to rely on them.D.Recent immigrants still frequently turn to rotating
17、credit associations instead of banks for investment capital.12.According to the passage, once a minority owned business is established, self-help networks contribute which of the following to that business?（分数：1.00）A.Information regarding possible expansion of the business into nearby communities.B.
18、Encouragement of a business climate that is nearly free of direct competition.C.Opportunities for the business owner to reinvest profits in other minority owned businesses.D.Contact with people who are likely to be customers of the new business.十六、TEXT D(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十七、Within Australia, Au(总题数：4，分
19、数：4.00)13.SAHs new organisational structure requires _.（分数：1.00）A.75% of the old management positionsB.25% of the old management positionsC.25% more management positionsD.5% fewer management positions14.The hotel number of jobs advertised at the SAH was _.（分数：1.00）A.70B.120C.170D.28015.The high cost
20、s of running AHIs hotels are related to their _.（分数：1.00）A.managementB.sizeC.staffD.policies16.The SAHs approach to organisational structure required changing practices in _.（分数：1.00）A.industrial relationsB.firing staffC.hiring staffD.marketing十八、TEXT E(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十九、Scholar and students(总题数：4，分数
21、4.00)17.In the writers opinion, interdisciplinary studies are important because they _.（分数：1.00）A.encourage scholars to concentrate on their own specialisationsB.allow scholars to change disciplines more easilyC.make scholars aware of problems outside the. ir own fieldD.allow overworked scholars to
22、 relax18.What, in the writers opinion, happens to a scholar who shares his ideas with his colleagues?（分数：1.00）A.He gains recognition for his achievements.B.He attracts large numbers of students.C.He risks his ideas being student.D.He is considered slightly mad.19.The writer claims that it is importa
23、nt for specialists to be able to travel because _.（分数：1.00）A.their fellow experts are scattered around the worldB.their laboratories are in remote placesC.there are so many people working in similar fieldsD.text books have wide circulation20.The writer thinks that the growth of specialist societies
24、and periodicals had helped scholars to _.（分数：1.00）A.cut down research costsB.keep up with current developmentsC.spend less time travellingD.develop their ideas more quickly二十、PART GENERAL KNOWL(总题数：10，分数：10.00)21._ is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.（分数：1.00）A.Lingui
25、sticsB.SyntaxC.MorphologyD.Language22.Which of the following sports was NOT invented in Britain?（分数：1.00）A.Football.B.Tennis.C.Archery.D.Cricket.23.Which of the following words does NOT contain one morpheme?（分数：1.00）A.Table.B.Often.C.Desirable.D.Life.24.The state of California is on _.（分数：1.00）A.the
26、 Atlantic CoastB.the Gulf of MexicoC.the Pacific CoastD.Carribean Sea25.Son and Lovers was written by _.（分数：1.00）A.George Bernard ShawB.D.H. LawrenceC.Virginia WoolfD.James Joyce26.Which of the following work tells how Satan rebelled against Cod and how Adam and Eve were driven out of Eden?（分数：1.00）
27、A.Paradise Lost.B.Paradise Regained.C.L ALLegro.D.Lycidas.27.Which of the following had the title “the Wizard of Menlo Park“?（分数：1.00）A.Thomas Alva Edison.B.John Stevens.C.Charlie Chaplin.D.Robert Fulton.28.Who is the creator and a great master of the historical novel?（分数：1.00）A.John Keats.B.Walter
28、Scott.C.Jame Austen.D.Charles Lamb.29.The first English permanent settlement in America was founded in 1607 in _.（分数：1.00）A.New MexicoB.IowoC.CaliforniaD.Virginia30.The poem Ode to the West Wind was written by _.（分数：1.00）A.Percy Bysshe ShelleyB.John KeatsC.Walter ScottD.Gorge Gordon,Lord Byron二十一、PA
29、RT PROOFREADDING(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二十二、After having assured(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:_二十三、PART TRANSLATION(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二十四
30、SECTION A CHINESE TO(总题数：1，分数：10.00)41.加入世贸组织，是中国对外开放的新起点。我们将在更大范围和更深程度上参与国际经济合作与竞争。中国将进一步向亚洲和世界开放，向各国的企业家、投资者开放。我们恪守入世承诺，有步骤地扩大开放领域，降低关税水平，取消非关税壁垒。我们也将不断完善法治，创造更加公平透明和可预见的市场环境。同时，我们还将大力实施“走出去”战略，鼓励中国各种所有制企业走向世界。中国人民热爱和平，中国的发展需要和平。中国经济的发展，不会对任何国家和地区构成威胁。无论现在还是将来，中国始终是维护世界和平促进共同发展的重要力量。（分数：10.00）_二十
31、五、SECTION B ENGLISH TO(总题数：1，分数：10.00)42.I ve come to the San Jose office park where eBay is housed to nose around and figure out what makes this business apparently immune to the dot-com curse. Whitman has promised to transform eBay from an online auction house into a much bigger, general-purpose s
32、hopping destination B the first place people turn when they want to buy, well, anything at all. Analysts, who applaud this strategy and are reassured by Whitmans record, see eBay as the one company that really taps into the boundless Potential of the internet. Theres truth in that. EBay owns no inve
33、ntory or warehouses, which helps make it highly profitable. It has cleverly used e-mail, message hoards, and the natural watchfulness of its virtual community to forge bonds with customers and police the behavior of its buyers and sellers. Its Website enables small sellers to participate in a vast m
34、arket place - and lets eBay collect few on even the tiniest of trisections. Long alter investors gave up on other dot-coma hammered their stocks, they ere still betting on obey.（分数：10.00）_二十六、PART WRITING(总题数：1，分数：20.00)43.Some people say that censorship should be cancelled completely, Do you agree
35、or disagree with the statement? Giveyour specific reasons for your answer, Write an essay of about 400 words, commenting and expressions your views on the following topic:SHOULD CENSORSHIP BE ABOLISHED?In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part
36、 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.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of m
37、arks.Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.（分数：20.00）_专业八级-699 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、Darwin and His Theor(总题数：1，分数：10.00)填空项 1:_ （正确答案：clergyman）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：five-year）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：controversy）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：modification）解析
38、填空项 1:_ （正确答案：accumulate）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：functional）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：eliminates）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：successive）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：integral）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：non-biological）解析：听力原文Questions-Darwin and His TheoryGood morning, everyone. Today we will discuss something about Charles Darwins life and his fam
39、ous theory of evolu tion.Charles Darwin was born in 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His father, Robert Darwin, was a physician, and Charless mother died when he was eight years old.At age sixteen, Darwin left Shrewsbury to study medicine at Edinburgh University. Repelled by the sight of surgery perform
40、ed without anesthesia, he eventually went to Cambridge University to prepare to become a clergyman in the Church of England. After receiving his degree, Darwin accepted an invitation to serve as an unpaid naturalist on the H. M. S. Beagle, which departed on a five-year scientific expedition to the P
41、acific coast of South America on31 December, 1831.Darwins research resulting from this voyage formed the basis of his famous book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Published in 1859, the work aroused a storm of controversy. Here Darwin outlined his theory of evolution, challen
42、ging the contemporary beliefs about the creation of life on earth.Darwin continued to write and publish his works on biology throughout his life. He lived with his wife and children at their home in the village of Downe, fifteen miles from London. He suffered from panic disorder, as well as from a d
43、isease contracted during his travels in South America in the rest of his life. He died on 19 April, 1882, and lies buried in West minster Abbey.Darwins Theory of Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor: the birds and the bananas, the fish
44、es and the flowers - all related. Darwins general theory presumes the development of life from non-life and stresses a purely naturalistic “descent with modification“. That is, complex creatures evolve from more simplistic ancestors naturally over time. In a nutshell, as random genetic mutations occ
45、ur within an organisms genetic code, the beneficial mutations are preserved because they aid survival - a process known as “natural selection.“ These beneficial mutations are passed on to the next generation. Over time, beneficial mutations accumulate and the result is an entirely different organism
46、 not just a variation of the original, but an entirely different creature.While Darwins Theory of Evolution is a relatively young archetype, the evolutionary worldview itself is an old as antiquity. Ancient Greek philosophers such as Anaximander assumed the development of life from non-life and the
47、 evolutionary descent of man from animal. Charles Darwin simply brought something new to the old philosophy - a plausible mechanism called “natural selection.“Natural selection acts to preserve and accumulate minor advantageous genetic mutations. Suppose a member of a species developed a functional advantage, for ex
