1、专业八级-705 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)Structure of the Canadian GovernmentCanada is a former British colony. There are manysimilarities and differences in the political conditionsbetween the two countries. Both countries have the same offic
2、ial head of state,i.e. ,(1)_ (1) _In Canada, the official head is represented by a(2)_, who, when heads of state visit Canada, (2) _will first greet them before they are welcomed by(3)_ (3) _. The biggest difference between Canada and the UK is that Canada is a (4) _ (4) _1) Canada has ten provinces
3、 and (5) _ (5) _territories, each with their own government. These localgovernments all have a great deal of power.2) Canada was the first political community tocombine federalism with a(n) (6) _ model of (6) _government, which is labeled with “strength, order and(7)_“. (7) _. The Canadian parliamen
4、t consists of the Houseof Commons and the Senate.1) The MPs in the House of Commons ale electedto represent different electoral districts ,which are based on (8)_ rather than geographic size. (8) _ 2) The senators am not elected. They are (9) (9) _ by the Governor General to represent theregions mor
5、e equally. The Senate is (10)_ to the (10)_House of Lords in the UK（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:_三、SECTION B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Questions 1 to 5 are based on a conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of th
6、e following 5 questions.Now listen to the conversation.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the dialogue, what class is Prof. Green teaching?（分数：1.00）A.Literature.B.History.C.Economics.D.Psychology.(2).The assignment in week three should（分数：1.00）A.focus on the change in the lifestyle of peasants from 1930 to 1
7、940.B.be one to two pages long.C.be a brief response to Stephens novel.D.focus on the living conditions of peasants during the 1930s.(3).What does Professor Green say about the Bibliography?（分数：1.00）A.It is unnecessary at all.B.It is necessary if the essay is a long one.C.He says nothing about it.D.
8、It is definitely necessary if students quote an author.(4).When is the third writing assignment due?（分数：1.00）A.By the end of the third week.B.By the end of the fifth week.C.By the end of the seventh week.D.By the end of the ninth week.(5).How many chapters does the class have to read each week?（分数：1
9、00）A.Five.B.Ten.C.FifteenD.Eight.四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：5.00)Questions 6 to 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：2.00）(1).According to Mr. Blair, EU must _ if it is to survive.（分数：1.
10、00）A.change its constitutionB.change the present economic systemC.adapt itself to the changing timesD.launch a long-term budget(2).Mr. Blair has been accused by others of _.（分数：1.00）A.wanting to destroy Europes welfare state.B.destroying capitalism across the continent.C.encouraging political integr
11、ation among EU members.D.changing the existing European social models.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.Which of the following is NOT true about Harold Pinter?（分数：1.00）A.He is famous f
12、or his plays,B.He sets up a new writing style.C.He is concerned about human rights.D.He is an active political figure.Questions 9 and 10 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：2.00）(1).
13、According to the news, which of the following is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.The explosion detected is the most distant one ever witnessed.B.The explosion detected is the most ancient one ever witnessed.C.The explosion detected is typical of the birth of a massive star.D.The explosion is the most powerful i
14、n the universe.(2).The energy sent out by the exploding star is_.（分数：1.00）A.100 times the energy sent out by the Sun in a year.B.100 million times the energy sent out by the Sun in a year.C.100 million times the energy sent out by the Sun in a day.D.100 billion times the energy sent out by the Sun i
15、n a day.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Manners nowadays in metropolitan cities like London are practically non-existent. It is nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up
16、 and offer his seat to her, as he ought to. In fact, it is saddening to note that if a man does offer his seat to an older woman, it is nearly a Continental man or one from the older generation.This question of giving up seats in public transport is much argued about by young men, who say that, sinc
17、e women have claimed equality, they no longer deserve to be treated with courtesy and that those who go out m work should take their turn in the rat race like anyone else. Women have never claimed to be physically as strong as men. Even if it is not agreed, however, that young men should stand up fo
18、r younger women, the fact remains that courtesy should be shown to the old, the sick and the burdened. Are we really so lost to all ideals of unselfishness that we can sit them indifferently reading the paper or a book, saying to ourselves “First come, first served,“ while a gray-haired woman, a mot
19、her with a young child or a cripple stands? Yet this is all too often seen.Conditions in travel are realty very hard on everyone, we know, but hardship is surely no excuse. Sometimes one wonders what would have been the behavior of these stout young men in a packed refugee train on its way to a pris
20、oncamp during the War. Would they have considered it only right and their proper due to keep the best places for themselves then?Older people, tired and irritable from a day s work, are not angle, either far from it. Many a brisk argument or an insulting quarrel breaks out as the weary queues push a
21、nd shove each other to get on buses and tubes. One cannot commend this, of course, but one does feel there is just a little more excuse.If cities are to remain pleasant places to live in, however, it seems imperative, not only that communications in transport should be improved, but also that commun
22、ication between human beings should be kept smooth and polite. All over cities, it seems that people are too fired and too rushed to be polite. Shop assistant won t bother to assist, taxi-drivers growl at each other as they dash dangerously round comers, bus conductors pull the bell before their des
23、perate passengers have had time to get on or off the bus, and so on and so on. It seems to us that it is up to the young and strong to do their small part to stop such deterioration.（分数：5.00）(1).From what you have read, would you expect manners to improve among people _?（分数：1.00）A.who are physically
24、 weak or crippledB.who once lived in a prison-camp during the WarC.who live in big modem citiesD.who live only in metropolitan cities(2).What is the writer s opinion concerning courteous manners towards women?（分数：1.00）A.Now that women have claimed equality, they no longer need to be treated differen
25、tly from men.B.It is generally considered old-fashioned for young men to give up their seats to young women.C.“Ladies first“ should be universally practiced.D.Special consideration ought to be shown to them.(3).What does the author try to convey by giving the example of stout young men in a packed r
26、efugee train during the War?（分数：1.00）A.Young men do not need to consider their behaviour during War time.B.Young men need to care more about themselves during War time.C.Conditions in travel are really very hard during War time.D.Young men should not use hardship as an excuse for their bad behaviour
27、4).According to the author, communication between human beings would be smoother if_.（分数：1.00）A.people were more considerate towards each otherB.people were not so tired and irritableC.women were treated with more courtesyD.public transport could be improved(5).What is the possible meaning of the
28、word “deterioration“ in the last paragraph?（分数：1.00）A.worsening of general situationB.lowering of moral standardsC.declining of physical constitutionD.spreading of evil conduct七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)It was eleven o clock that night when Mr. Pontellier returned from Klein s hotel. He was in an excell
29、ent humor, in high spirits, and very talkative. His entrance awoke his wife, who was in bed and fast asleep when he came in, He talked to her while he undressed, telling her anecdotes and bits of news and gossip that he had gathered during the day. From his trousers pockets he took a fistful of crum
30、pled bank notes and a good deal of silver coin, which he piled on the bureau indiscriminately with keys, knife, handkerchief, and whatever else happened to be in his pockets, she was overcome with sleep, and answered him with little half utterances.He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who
31、was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest in things which concerned him, and valued so little his conversation.Mr. Pontellier had forgotten the bonbons and peanuts for the boys. Notwithstanding he loved them very much, and went into the adjoining room where they were resting c
32、omfortably. The result of his investigation was far from satisfactory. He turned and shifted the youngsters about in bed. One of them began to kick and talk about a basket full of crabs.Mr. Pontellier returned to his wife with the information that Raoul had a high fever and needed looking after. The
33、n he lit a cigar and went and sat near the open door to smoke it.Mrs. Pontellier was quite sure Raoul had no fever. He had gone to bed perfectly well, she said, and nothing had ailed him all day. Mr. Pontellier was too will acquainted with fever symptoms to be mistaken. He assured her the child was
34、consuming at that moment in the next room.He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother s place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his brokerage business. He could not be in two places at once;
35、 making a living for his family on the street, and staying at home to see that no harm befell them. He talked in a monotonous, insistent way.Mrs. Pontellier sprang out of bed and went into the next room. She soon came back and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning her head down on the pillow. She said
36、 nothing, and refused to answer her husband when he questioned her. When his cigar was smoked out he went to bed, and in half a minute he was fast asleep.Mrs. Pontellier was by that time thoroughly awake. She began to cry a little, and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her peignoir; Blowing out the ca
37、ndle, which her husband had left burning, she slipped her bare feet into a pair of satin mules at the foot, of the bed and went out on the porch, where she sat clown in the wicker chair and began to rock gently to and fro.It was then past midnight. The cottages were all dark. A single faint light gl
38、eamed out from the hallway of the house. There was no sound abroad except the hoofing of an old owl in the top of a water-oak, and the everlasting voice of the sea, that was not uplifted at that soft hour It broke like a mournful lullaby upon the night.The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontelliers eyes
39、 that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them. She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to tile shoulder of her uplifted arm. Turning, she thrust her face, steaming and wet, into the bend of her arm, and she went on erying there, n
40、ot earing any longer to dry her face, her eyes, her arms. She could not have told why she was crying. Such experiences as the foregoing were not uncommon in her married life. They seemed never before to have to have weighed much against the abundance of her husband s kindness and a uniform devotion
41、which had come to be tacit and self-understood.An indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate ill some unfamiliar part of her consciousness, filled, her whole being with a vague anguish. It was like a shadow, like a mist passing across her soul s summer day. It was strange and unfamiliar; it
42、was a mood, She did not sit there inwardly upbraiding her husband, lamenting at Fate, which had directed her footsteps to the path which they had taken. She was just having a good cry all to herself. The mosquitoes made merry over her, biting her firm, round arms and nipping at her bare insteps.The
43、little stinging, buzzing imps succeeded in dispelling a mood which might have held her there in the darkness half a night longer.（分数：5.00）(1).Mr. Pontellier came back in a/an_state of mind.（分数：1.00）A.excitedB.exasperatedC.depressedD.dejected(2).Mr. Pontellier felt extremely frustrated because _.（分数：
44、1.00）A.his wife oversleptB.his wife greeted lateC.his wife was indifferent to his talkD.his wife showed too much interest in his talk(3).Mr. Pontellier scolded his wife for_.（分数：1.00）A.she neglected their childrenB.she abused their childrenC.she seldom played with themD.she failed to clean the room
45、their children slept in(4).Mrs. Pontellier cried_after she was reproached by her husband.（分数：1.00）A.limeB.a lotC.moderatelyD.controllably(5).Mrs. Pontellier was seized by a sense of_after she awoke at midnight.（分数：1.00）A.joyB.hostilityC.depressionD.tolerance八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Teachers and other
46、specialists in early childhood education recognize that children develop at different rates. Given anything that resembles a well-rounded life with adults and other children to listen to, talk to, do things with their minds will acquire naturally all the skills required for further learning.Take for
47、 example, reading. The two strongest predictors of whether children will learn to read easily and well at school am whether they have learned the names and the sounds of letters of the alphabet before they start school, That may seem to imply that letter names and sounds should be deliberately taugh
48、t to young children, because these skills will not happen naturally.But in all the research programs where they have done just thatinstructed children, rehearsed the names and sounds over and over the results are disappointing. The widely accepted explanation is that knowledge of the alphabet for it to work in helping one to read, has to be deeply embedded in the child s mind. That comes from years of exposure and familiarity with letters, from being read to, from playing with magnetic letters, drawing said fiddling with computers.So parents ca
