1、专业八级-816 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、It is a timeworn sig(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.the Asian Development Bank, th
2、e EU, Japan, and the United StatesB.the Asian Development Bank, the U.S, Japan, and the United NationsC.the Asian Development Bank, the UN, Japan and the United StatesD.the Asian Development Bank, the UN, Japan, and the United KingdomsA.To call the community to donate more money after emergency take
3、s placeB.To provide financial help after the emergency takes placeC.To be ready with emergent financial crisisD.To be ready for the financial needs of the communityA.Because people were not afraid of thatB.Because tsunamis never happens in Indian OceanC.It would cost too much moneyD.It was difficult
4、 for the people in Indian Ocean region to expect such an experienceA.2B.3C.4D.5A.Kofi Annan said this was going to be a five-to-ten year effort costing 250 million dollarsB.Human is spending nine hundred billion dollars a year on military expenditure.C.Wolfensohn called people to stop spend money on
5、 military expenditureD.Wolfensohn believed that the poverty would never be relieved六、SECTION C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Question 6 and 7 are(总题数：1，分数：2.00)A.threeB.sixC.nineD.fourA.It voted to approved the lawB.It voted to submit to the federal education reform law when conflict happenedC.It voted to quit it
6、s own education reform planD.It voted to place top importance on its own school performance system八、Question 8 and 10 ar(总题数：1，分数：3.00)A.coffeeB.stoutC.brandyD.fresh milkA.discothequesB.cinemaplexesC.churchD.pubA.Mayo is a very wild county.B.In villages around Ireland coming to the pub is a primary
7、entertainment.C.Its very easy for you to feel part of the crowd.D.Because of the wild environment, you should go to bed early at night.九、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、TEXT A(总题数：5，分数：5.00)1.Which one is in the central Italy?（分数：1.00）A.VolsciansB.SamnitesC.UmbriansD.Bruttians,2.Which one is not
8、true about the magistrate?（分数：1.00）A.It was difficult for the chief magistrate to become a dictatorB.Any Roman had the chance to become the magistrateC.The plebs couldnt hold the post of magistrateD.Magistrates power was limited3.According to the last paragraph, we know that_（分数：1.00）A.the history o
9、f Rome in this period was marked with internal conflictsB.Rome was invincible in this periodC.Gauls ended the prosperity of RomeD.some Etruscan cities were frightened by Romes victory4.The political changes led to_（分数：1.00）A.new governing componentsB.a more powerful senateC.the appearance of two dif
10、ferent partiesD.all of the above5.In 450 BC, the plebs_（分数：1.00）A.had their own magistrateB.were allowed to marry the patriciansC.must obey the famous Licinian-Sextian lawD.had their own leaders who could veto the acts of the nobles十一、TEXT B(总题数：4，分数：4.00)6.Whats the main purpose of the passage?（分数：
11、1.00）A.To thank a French insurance company for what has been done.B.To explain how a French insurance company works.C.To tell brides and bridegrooms what to do before getting married.D.To ask husband and wife-to-be to take out an insurance policy.7.“About 5 per cent of insured weddings there never m
12、ake it to the altar.“ The sentence implies 5 per cent of insured couples_.（分数：1.00）A.failed to go to the churchB.didnt change the place for weddingC.didnt get married at allD.didnt hold the wedding ceremony in a church8.The policy covers the following EXCEPT_.（分数：1.00）A.unwillingness of marriageB.su
13、spension of honeymoonC.changes of place for weddingD.sudden death9.The cost for people in the Paris region on weddings last year was probably_.（分数：1.00）A.50,000 francsB.57,000 francsC.60,000 francsD.63,000 francs十二、TEXT C(总题数：4，分数：4.00)10.University academics are concerned because_（分数：1.00）A.young p
14、eople are showing less interest in higher educationB.students cannot understand modem academic textsC.academic books are too childish for their undergraduatesD.there has been a significant change in student literacy11.The youngest readers will quickly develop good reading skills if they_（分数：1.00）A.l
15、earn to associate the words in a text with picturesB.are exposed to modem teaching techniquesC.are encouraged to ignore pictures in the textD.learn the art of telling stories12.The text suggests that_（分数：1.00）A.pictures in books should be less detailedB.pictures can slow down reading progressC.pictu
16、re books are best used with younger readersD.pictures make modem books too expensive13.Readers are said to“ bark“ at a text when_（分数：1.00）A.they read too loudlyB.there are too many repetitive wordsC.they are discouraged from using their imaginationD.they have difficulty assessing its meaning十三、TEXT
17、D(总题数：3，分数：3.00)14.The Premium Pension Authority_A. provides several funds for employees to chooseB is a non-governmental agencyC. pays the pension for peopleD. centrally administers premium pension contributions and fund choices（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.What can you learn about Bushs proposal of adding o
18、ptional personal accounts?（分数：1.00）A.People can transfer some money from their investment accounts to the Social Security taxesB.The return people earn from their accounts can decide their social benefit decisivelyC.People can spent more on investment and meanwhile receive more benefit in the future
19、D.These accounts will determine how much people can receive in their lives16.Which one is not the fundamental element of the Swedish new pension system?（分数：1.00）A.A new income pensionB.Workers with low lifetime earnings can receive minimum income supportC.A premium pension financed by personal incom
20、e taxD.A premium pension which is administered by a government agency十四、TEXT E(总题数：4，分数：4.00)17.The passage suggests that the author would be likely to agree with which of the following statements about the social structure of eighteenth-century American society?. It allowed greater economic opportu
21、nity than it did social mobility. It permitted greater economic opportunity prior to 1750 than after 1750. It did not contain rigidly defined socioeconomic divisions. It prevented economic disputes from arising among members of the society.（分数：1.00）A. and onlyB. and onlyC. and onlyD., , and only18.T
22、he author considers the contentions made by the recent historians discussed in the passage to be_（分数：1.00）A.potentially verifiableB.partially justifiedC.logically contradictoryD.ingenious but flawed19.According to the passage, Loyalism during the American Revolutionary War served the function of_（分数
23、：1.00）A.eliminating the disputes that existed among those colonists who supported the rebel causeB.drawing upper, as opposed to lower, socioeconomic classes away from the rebel causeC.tolerating the kinds of socioeconomic discontent that were not allowed to exist on the rebel sideD.absorbing members
24、 of socioeconomic groups on the rebel side who felt themselves in contention with members of other socioeconomic groups20.According to the passage, which of the following is a tree statement about sectional conflicts in America between 1763 and 1789?（分数：1.00）A.These conflicts were instigated by east
25、ern interests against western settlers.B.These conflicts were the most serious kind of conflict in America.C.These conflicts eventually led to openly expressed class antagonism.D.These conflicts contained an element of class hostility.十五、PART GENERAL KNOWL(总题数：10，分数：10.00)21.The colony Virginia was
26、named after_（分数：1.00）A.Queen ElizabethB.Queen Blood MarryC.King CharlesD.King George22.By _we mean there is no logical connection between meanings and sounds（分数：1.00）A.arbitraryB.dualityC.displacementD.productivity23._and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.（分数：1
27、.00）A.Edmund Spenser, Christopher MarloweB.Thomas More, Christopher MarloweC.John Donne, Edmund SpenserD.John Milton, Thomas More24.Which is regarded as the backbone of England?（分数：1.00）A.PenniesB.TyneC.Ben NevisD.Helellyn25.The climate of Britain may be generalized as_（分数：1.00）A.changeableB.rainyC.
28、foggyD.moderate26.In the 1960s pop music underwent a revolution when _became world famous and turned their home town of Liverpool into a place of pilgrimage.（分数：1.00）A.the Beach BoysB.the Rolling StoneC.the AnimalsD.the Beatles27.The American Civil War broke out in_.（分数：1.00）A.1860B.1861C.1862D.1863
29、28.The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English_, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.（分数：1.00）A.proseB.short storyC.novelD.tragicomedy29.Who was the leader of Federalists in the early history of Uni
30、ted States?（分数：1.00）A.JeffersonB.HamiltonC.WashingtonD.Lincoln30.Linguistics use _to refer to the abstract linguistic system shared by the members of a speech community.（分数：1.00）A.langueB.paroleC.symbolD.common knowledge十六、PART PROOFREADDING(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十七、Art can be made of a(总题数：10，分数：10.00)31.（
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、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.父亲是个胖子，走过去自然要费事些。我本来要去的，他不肯，只好让他去。我看见他
32、戴着黑布小帽，穿着黑布大马褂，深青布棉袍，蹒跚地走到铁道边，慢慢探身下去，尚不大难。可是他穿过铁道，要爬上那边月台，就不容易了。他用两手攀着上面，两脚再向上缩，他肥胖的身子向左微倾，显出很努力的样手。这时我看见他的背影，我的泪很快地流了下来。我赶紧拭干了泪，怕他看见，也怕别人看见。我再向外看时，他已抱了朱红的橘子往回走了。过铁道时，他先将橘子散放在地上，自己慢慢爬下，再抱起橘子走。到这边时，我赶紧去搀他。他和我走到车上，将橘子一股脑儿放在我的皮大衣上。于是扑扑衣上的泥土，心里很轻松似的。（分数：10.00）_二十、SECTION B ENGLISH TO(总题数：1，分数：10.00)42.N
33、ow we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that
34、nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.But, in a large sense, we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow-this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world
35、 will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.（分数：10.00）_二十一、PART WRITING(总题数：1，分数：20.00)43.English, which play
36、s an important role in the process of globalization, is now a compulsive course in our country. English is required in every field. But to master a language is not an easy thing. People come across a lot of problems when they are learning. Some say that a good memory is the most important element in
37、 learning English. What is your opinion on this statement? You are to write a composition of about 400 words to give and support your opinion. You should supply a title for your article.In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should supp
38、ort 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 appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.Write y
39、our composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.（分数：20.00）_专业八级-816 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、It is a timeworn sig(总题数：1，分数：10.00)填空项 1:_ （正确答案：strikes）解析：听力原文1-10It is a timeworn sign of old age and frailty. Yet arthritis often strikes the young.
40、This disease of the body also has a terrible impact on the mind. “I got very depressed.I couldnt sleep. When pain is constant like that, it changes your personality. And it affected everyone around me,“ says Nora Baldner, who had arthritis in both hips. “Id pour evaporated milk on my kids cereal bec
41、ause I didnt want to walk to the back of the supermarket where the real milk was,“Joint problems are now huffing and crippling 43 million Americans, and theyre more costly than cancer or diabetes. The most common form, osteoarthritis, affects about 21 million. Rheumatoid arthritis, another common ty
42、pe, hits slightly more than 2 million. (There are 95 or so other forms, often affecting fewer people.) And the numbers are going up steadily. By 2025, the total is expected to top 60 million, as an obese population pounds more heavily on its joints and an active generation of baby boomers grinds the
43、m down.Whats worse, these people will be fighting the disease without medicines that had become staples of treatment. The drugs Vioxx and Bextra have just been yanked off the market because they appear to raise the risk of heart disease, and that same shadow of fear has been cast over remaining drug
44、s like Celebrex and even ibuprofen- a medicine that bad already worried doctors because heavy use can cause bleeding in the stomach.填空项 1:_ （正确答案：terrible）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：depressed）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：constant）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：evaporated）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：costly）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：steadily）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确
45、答案：60）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：boomers）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：raise）解析：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.the Asian Development Bank, the EU, Japan, and the United StatesB.the Asian Development Bank, the U.S, Japan, and the United NationsC.the Asian Development Bank, the UN, Japan an
46、d the United States D.the Asian Development Bank, the UN, Japan, and the United Kingdoms解析：听力原文1-5George Stephanopoulos: Mr. Wolfensohn welcome. You just heard the Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, say this is going to be a five-to-ten year effort costing billions of dollars, your organization pledged $250 million earlier in the week, is it safe to assume that number is going to go up?World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn: Yes, its certain that it will. The $250 million is for the immediate emergency and, as you heard from the Secretary-General and from yo
