1、专业英语八级41及答案解析 (总分：77.01，做题时间：130分钟)一、PART I LISTENING (总题数：1，分数：1.00)1. Skill to ask questions 1) be aware of the human nature:readiness to answer others questions regardless of (1) 1 2) start a conversation with some personal but unharmful questions e.g. questions about ones (2) 2 job questions abo
2、ut ones activities in the (3) 3 3) be able to spot signals for further talk 2. Skill to (4) 4 for answers 1) dont shift from subject to subject sticking to the same subject: signs of (5) 5 in conversation 2) to (6) 6of voice If people sound unenthusiastic, then change subject. 3) use eyes and ears s
3、teady your gaze while ing 3. Skill to laugh Effects of laughter: ease peoples (7) 7 help start (8) 8 4. Skill to part 1) importance: open up possibilities for future friendship or contact 2) ways: : a smile, a (9) 9 wo: same as (10) 10 now how to express pleasure in meeting someone （分数：1.00）填空项1:_填空
4、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、SECTION B INTERVI(总题数：1，分数：1.00)(1).Nancy became a taxi driver because（分数：0.20）A.she owned a car.B.she drove well.C.she liked drivers uniforms.D.it was her childhood dream.(2).According to her, what was the most difficult about becoming a taxi dr
5、iver?（分数：0.20）A.The right sense of direction.B.The sense of judgment.C.The skill of maneuvering.D.The size of vehicles.(3).What does Nancy like best about her job?（分数：0.20）A.Seeing interesting buildings in the city.B.Being able to enjoy the world of nature.C.Driving in unsettled weather.D.Taking lon
6、g drives outside the city.(4).It can be inferred from the interview that Nancy is a(n) _ mother.（分数：0.20）A.uncaringB.strictC.affectionateD.permissive(5).The people Nancy meets are（分数：0.20）A.rather difficult to please.B.rude to women drivers.C.talkative and generous with tips.D.different in personali
7、ty.三、SECTION C NEWS BR(总题数：2，分数：1.00)2. What is NOT a feature of the new karaoke machine?（分数：0.50）A.It is featured by high technology.B.It allows you to imitate famous singers.C.It can automatically alter the tempo and tone of a song.D.It can be placed in specially designed theme rooms.3.1The Russia
8、n documents are expected to draw great attention because （分数：0.50）A.they cover the whole story of the former US president.B.the assassin used to live in the former Soviet Union.C.they are the only official documents released about Kennedy.D.they solved the mystery surrounding Kennedys assassination.
9、四、PART II GENERAL K(总题数：10，分数：10.00)4.The word tail once referred to the the tail of a horse, but now it is used to mean the tail of any animal. This is an example of_.（分数：1.00）A.widening of meaning.B.narrowing of meaning.C.meaning shift.D.loss of meaning.5._ refers to the study of the internal stru
10、cture of words and the rules of word formation.（分数：1.00）A.PhonologyB.MorphologyC.SemanticsD.Sociolinguistics6. The novel Emma is written by_.（分数：1.00）A.Mary Shelley.B.Charlotte Bronte.C.Elizabeth C. Gaskell.D.Jane Austen.7. The Prime Minister in Britain is head of_.（分数：1.00）A.the Shadow Cabinet.B.th
11、e Parliament.C.the Opposition.D.the Cabinet.8. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of_.（分数：1.00）A.reference.B.meaning.C.antonymy.D.context.9. The capital of New Zealand is_.（分数：1.00）A.Christchurch.B.Auckland.C.Wellington.D.Hamilton.10. Which of the following is NOT
12、a romantic poet?（分数：1.00）A.William Wordsworth.B.George Elliot.C.George G. Byron.D.Percy B. Shelley.11. The President during the American Civil War was_.（分数：1.00）A.Andrew Jackson.B.Abraham Lincoln.C.Thomas Jefferson.D.George Washington.12.The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the fo
13、llowing EXCEPT_.（分数：1.00）A.lexical.B.syntactic.C.phonological.D.psycholinguistic.13. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by_.（分数：1.00）A.Scott Fitzgerald.B.William Faulkner.C.Eugene ONeill.D.Ernest Hemingway.五、PART III READING (总题数：4，分数：4.00)Richard, King of England from 1189 to 1199, with a
14、ll his characteristic virtues and faults cast in a heroic mould, is one of the most fascinating medieval figures. He has been described as the creature and embodiment of the age of chivalry. In those days the lion was much admired in heraldry, and more than one king sought to link himself with its r
15、epute. When Richards contemporaries called him Coeur de Lion (The Lionheart), they paid a lasting compliment to the king of beasts. Little did the English people owe him for his services, and heavily did they pay for his adventures. He was in England only twice for a few short months in his ten year
16、s reign; yet his memory has always stirred English hearts, and seems to present throughout the centuries the pattern of the fighting man. In all deeds of prowess as well as in large schemes of war Richard shone. He was tall and delicately shaped; strong in nerve and sinew, and most dextrous in arms.
17、 He rejoiced in personal combat, and regarded his opponents without malice as necessary agents in his fame. He loved war, not so much for the sake of glory or political ends, but as other men love science or poetry, for the excitement of the struggle and the glow of victory. By this his whole temper
18、ament was toned; and united with the highest qualities of the military commander, love of war called forth all the powers of his mind and body. Although a man of blood and violence, Richard was too impetuous to be either treacherous or habitually cruel. He was as ready to forgive as he was hasty to
19、offend; he was open-handed and munificent to profusion; in war circumspect in design and skillful in execution; in politics a child, lacking in subtlety and experience. His political alliances were formed upon his likes and dislikes; his political schemes had neither unity nor clearness of purpose.
20、The advantages gained for him by military genius were flung away through diplomatic ineptitude. When, on the journey to the East, Messina in Sicily was won by his arms he was easily persuaded to share with his polished, faithless ally, Philip Augustus, fruits of a victory which more wisely used migh
21、t have foiled the French Kings artful schemes. The rich and tenable acquisition of Cyprus was cast away even more easily than it was won. His life was one magnificent parade, which, when ended, left only an empty plain. In 1199, when the difficulties of raising revenue for the endless war were at th
22、eir height, good news was brought to King Richard. It was said there had been dug up near the castle of Chaluz, on the lands of one of his French vassals, a treasure of wonderful quality; a group of golden images of an emperor, his wife, sons and daughters, seated round a table, also of gold, had be
23、en unearthed. The King claimed this treasure as lord paramount. The lord of Chaluz resisted the demand, and the King laid siege to his small, weak castle. On the third day, as he rode daringly near the wall, confident in his hard-tried luck, a bolt from a crossbow struck him in the left shoulder by
24、the neck. The wound, already deep, was aggravated by the necessary cutting out of the arrow-head. Gangrene set in, and Coeur de Lion knew that he must pay a soldiers debt. He prepared for death with fortitude and calm, and in accordance with the principles he had followed. He arranged his affairs; h
25、e divided his personal belongings among his friends or bequeathed them to charity. He declared John to be his heir, and made all present swear fealty to him. He ordered the archer who had shot the fatal bolt, and who was now a prisoner, to be brought before him. He pardoned him, and made him a gift
26、of money. For seven years he had not confessed for fear of being compelled to be reconciled to Philip, but now he received the offices of the Church with sincere and exemplary piety, and died in the forty-second year of his age on April 6, 1199, worthy, by the consent of all men, to sit with King Ar
27、thur and Roland and other heroes of martial romance at some Eternal Round Table, which we trust the Creator of the Universe in His comprehension will not have forgotten to provide. The archer was flayed alive. （分数：1.02）(1).Little did the English people owe him for his services (Paragraph One) means
28、that the English_.（分数：0.17）A.paid few taxes to him.B.gave him little respect.C.received little protection from him.D.had no real cause to feel grateful to him.(2).To say that his life was a magnificent parade (Paragraph Two) implies that it was to some extent_.（分数：0.17）A.spent chiefly at war.B.impre
29、ssive and admirable.C.lived too pompously.D.an empty show.(3).Richard s behaviour as death approached showed_.（分数：0.17）A.bravery and self-control.B.wisdom and correctness.C.devotion and romance.D.chivalry and charity.(4).The point of the last short paragraph is that Richard was_.（分数：0.17）A.cheated b
30、y his own successors.B.determined to take revenge on his enemies.C.more generous to his enemies than his successors.D.unable to influence the behaviour of his successors.(5).Which of the following phrases best describes Richard as seen by the author?（分数：0.17）A.An aggressive king, too fond of war.B.A
31、 brave king with minor faults.C.A competent but cunning soldier.D.A king with great political skills.(6).The relationship between the first and second paragraphs is that_.（分数：0.17）A.each presents one side of the picture.B.the first generalizes, the second gives examples.C.the second is the logical r
32、esult of the first.D.both present Richard s virtues and faults.Riccis Operation Columbus Ricci, 45, is now striking out on perhaps his boldest venture yet. He plans to market an English-language edition of his elegant monthly art magazine, FMR, in the United States. Once again the skeptics are murmu
33、ring that the successful Ricci has headed for a big fall. And once again Ricci intends to prove them wrong. Ricci is so confident that he has christen quest Operation Columbus and has set his sights on discovering an American readership of 300,000. That goal may not be too far- fetched. The Italian
34、edition of FMR the initials, of course, stand for Franco Maria Ricci is only 18 months old. But it is already the second largest art magazine in the world, with a circulation of 65,000 and a profit margin of US $ 500,000. The American edition will be patterned after the Italian version, with each 16
35、0-page issue carrying only 40 pages of ads and no more than five articles. But the contents will often differ. The English-language edition will include more American works, Ricci says, to help Americans get over an inferiority complex about their art. He also hopes that the magazine will become a v
36、ehicle for a two-way cultural exchange what he likes to think of as a marriage of brains, culture and taste from both sides of the Atlantic. To realize this version, Ricci is mounting one of the most lavish, enterprising and expensive promotional campaigns in magazine-publishing history. Between Nov
37、ember and January, eight jumbo jets will fly 8 million copies of a sample 16-page edition of FMR across the Atlantic. From a warehouse in Michigan, 6.5 million copies will be mailed to American subscribers of various cultural, art and business magazines. Some of the remaining copies will circulate a
38、s a special Sunday supplement in the New York Times. The cost of launching Operation Columbus is a staggering US $5 million, but Ricci is hoping that 600% of the price tag will be financed by Italian corporations. To land in America Columbus had to use Spanish sponsors, reads one sentence in his pro
39、motional pamphlet. We would like Italians. Like Columbus, Ricci cannot know what his reception, will be on foreign shores. In Italy he gambled and won on a simple concept: it is more important to show art than to write about it. Hence, one issue of FMR might feature 32 full-colour pages of 17th-cent
40、ury tapestries, followed by 14 pages of outrageous eyeglasses. He is gambling that the concept is exportable. I dont expect that more than 30% of my readers., will actually read FMR, he says. The magazine is such a visual delight that they dont have to. Still, he is lining up an impressive stable of
41、 writers and professors for the American edition, including Noam Chomsky, Anthony Burgess, Eric Jong and Norman Mailer. In addition, he seems to be pursuing his own eclectic vision without giving a moments thought to such established competitors as Connosisseur and Horizon. The Americans can do almo
42、st everything better than we can, says Ricci, But we (the Italians) have a 2,000 year edge on them in art. （分数：0.99）(1).Ricci intends his American edition of FMR to carry more American art works in order to（分数：0.33）A.boost Americans confidence in their art.B.follow the pattern set by his Italian edi
43、tion.C.help Italians understand American art better.D.expand the readership of his magazine.(2).Ricci is compared to Columbus in the passage mainly because（分数：0.33）A.they both benefited from Italian sponsors.B.they were explorers in their own ways.C.they obtained overseas sponsorship.D.they got a wa
44、rm reception in America(3).We get the impression that the American edition of FMR will probably（分数：0.33）A.carry many academic articles of high standardB.follow the style of some famous existing magazines.C.be read by one third of American magazine readers.D.pursue a distinctive editorial style of it
45、s own.WHY SHOULD anyone buy the latest volume in the ever-expanding Dictionary of National Biography? I do not mean that it is bad, as the reviewers will agree. But it will cost you 65 pounds. And have you got the rest of volumes? You need the basic 22 plus the largely decennial supplements to bring
46、 the total to 31. Of course, it will be answered, public and academic libraries will want the new volume. After all, it adds 1,068 lives of people who escaped the net of the original compilers. Yet in 10 years time a revised version of the whole caboodle, called the New Dictionary of National Biogra
47、phy, will be published. Its editor, professor Colin Matthew, tells me that he will have room for about 50,000 lives, some 13, 000 more than in the current DNB. This rather puts the 1,068 in Missing Persons in the shade. When Dr Nicholls wrote to The Spectator in 1989 asking for names of people whom readers had looked up in the DNB and had been disappointed not to find, she says that she received some 1
