1、1996年英语专业八级真题答案真题 120PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. while listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but yon will need them to complete a gap-filling task afte
2、r the mini-lecture. when the lecture is over, yon will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.听力原文Ok, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. In previous weeks we talked about different
3、 types of pollution and this week I want to focus on air pollution, with air pollution caused by the car. Its well known that cars are the main cause of air pollution in cities, which comes up to 60% in some cities and in others even as high as 90% of all air pollution caused by the car. Cars contri
4、bute a great deal to the air pollution in our cities, and this will get worse as the number of cars increases in the cities. Firstly, Id like to talk about how cars cause air pollution. How does a car cause air pollution? Well, you are all familiar with the internal combustion engine. Theres a mixtu
5、re of petrol which explodes and this explosion helps propel a car forward.Unfortunately, in this process there are some poisonous chemicals which remain, and these poisonous chemicals mainly come out of the back of the car through the exhaust. Now, its not just what comes out of the car exhaust that
6、 is dangerous, the brakes also cause pollution. The brakes on cars give off asbestos, and as you know asbestos is. is a highly dangerous substance and can kill us. And thirdly, the tires themselves give off small rubber particles which are not very good for health. We need to find solutions to this
7、problem. Im going to talk about 4 possible solutions. Firstly, we should try and discourage the use of cars. We could do this by putting higher taxes on petrol or we could make cars more expensive. We could put the price of cars up. Secondly, we might encourage alternative methods of transport. For
8、example, recently in Shanghai, youve built a subway, which takes some of the pressure off the roads. Some people would use the subway rather than using cars. In addition, we could improve public transport, make it more comfortable, safer, and more regular so that the people will use public transport
9、 rather than cars. Next, we could also use cleaner fuels rather than petrol. For example, we might use natural gas in the future or we might experiment with battery group in cars. And lastly, we could try mechanical means for reducing the amount of chemicals that are emitted, which come out of cars,
10、 which come out of the exhaust pipe. We could fix things called catalytic converters to exhaust pipes. These are something. these are a device which are fixed over to the exhaust, which controls the carbon monoxide, which reduces the amount of dangerous chemicals that cars give off. Now its unlikely
11、 that any one of these solutions will work on its own. Im pretty sure that it would take a combination of all four of these solutions to solve the problem. 第1题：参考答案：D答案解析：第2题：参考答案：C答案解析：第3题：参考答案：A答案解析：第4题：参考答案：D答案解析：第5题：参考答案：D答案解析：听力原文Interviewer. So, youre an architect. Interviewee: Yes. Interviewe
12、r: Do you work for a public or a private organization, or youre self-employed, that is working on your own? Interviewee: Im working for a private designing construction company. Interviewer: How did you start your career? Interviewee. I started it with the government. Interviewer. Oh, did you? What
13、make you decide to work for the government? Interviewee: Well, it was a matter of chance, really. I saw an advertisement for a vacant position in the newspaper and I thought why dont you try it. In fact, I have no preferences where I work, public or private. Interviewer: And do you still have this i
14、dea, or. Interviewee: More or less, yes. Although Im now working with a private firm, I worked for the government for about three years. It was all right. Of course, there is the bureaucracy that one has to put up with but thats not that bad.If you dont mind bureaucratic wheels turning slowly and th
15、ings not being as efficient. Interviewer: Mm, ha, and what made you leave the public sector? Interviewee: Money mainly. You see, I got married, and my husband doesnt work, and we wanted to start a family right away. So we thought it might be better if I moved to the private sector. This is why its h
16、ard for me to be self-employed, because self-employed work has a disadvantage that there may be time or a period of time when you are unemployed. Interviewer: I see. So did you join this company straightaway or. ? Interviewee: No. I worked in a couple of private firms before I came to this one. Inte
17、rviewer: Mm. Mm. Now, what qualifications does one have to have to become an architect? Interviewee: Well, youve got to have a degree in architecture. That means, before you apply to study architecture in any university you have to pass exams. Usually 3A levels with good results. Also you generally
18、have to study sciences at school rather than arts as a basis for the subject to be studied at university level. Although when you really get down to it, the subject involves some aspects of arts too. Then you need between six and seven years to work through, by the end of which you usually sit for t
19、he final examination. Interviewer: So you mean to take up architecture, one has to have a scientific background? Interviewee: Well, yes, mainly scientific, but it helps if you have some general arts background too. You know, architecture is not a pure science. Interviewer: Now, if one wants to takeu
20、p architecture, one has got to be able to draw. Is that really ture? Interviewee: Well, it is true that the work of an architect involves a lot of drawing and to be an architect you must be able to draw. But this doesnt mean that if you cant at present draw, you wont have the opportunity to be an ar
21、chitect, because you can be taught to draw. In fact, drawing in architecture is different from drawing in art. An artists drawing must be good in the sense that it gives a certain impression in the mind of the viewer. In fact, some famous artists cant draw very well at all, at least not from the tec
22、hnical point of view. On the other hand, architects drawing must be accurate. So, I said that accuracy of the drawing is what we aim at, whats important. Interviewer: Now what qualities do you think make a good architect apart from the accuracy in his drawings? Interviewee: Well, Im not sure if I ca
23、n generalize about that. You see architecture is a mixture of theory and practice. So I suppose a good architect should be good at both. And an architects work is good in as much as the construction is built precisely as the theory requires, so that it doesnt collapse or cant be used after a period
24、of time because its dangerous. I dont mean a well-built construction will last forever, but its predictable, that is, if the building is constructed in a certain way or with certain materials, we can say how long it will last, provided that theres no other factor. Interviewer: Such as. Interviewee:
25、For example, an earthquake or if the ground level sinks which may destroy it. So, thats one part of being a good architect to design a construction which is attractive and will last a long time. Interviewer: Right. So, thats the theory side. Now, what about the practical aspect? Interviewee: Yes, th
26、e practical side concerns, Id say, the use of the construction you design. If you design a house the people who live in it later on must be happy as they live in it. A college student shouldnt think to himself Oh. Id rather. study in the library. My bedroom is too cold because the ceiling seems to b
27、e too high and the windows too big, or say, when somebody is cooking in the kitchen the smell of the food shouldnt disturb somebody whos still in bed. The bathroom should be situated for everyones convenience, but while its being used, the noise shouldnt disturb anyone. So you see these practical th
28、ings which give you comfort apart from serving the purpose of the construction, whatever it maybe a school, a hospital, a hotel and so on. 第6题：参考答案：B答案解析：第7题：参考答案：D答案解析：第8题：参考答案：C答案解析：第9题：参考答案：C答案解析：第10题：参考答案：B答案解析：SECTION B In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and th
29、en answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your ANSWER SHEET.听力原文A man who fired three shots into a crowded birthday party killing one man and wounding two other people has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. 36-year-old Mark Eastwood was in court for sentenci
30、ng today after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter, but not guilty of murder. Mark Eastwood snapped after being kept awake for four successive nights by noisy parties yards away form his home. He took a loaded revolver and fired three shots through the window of a house in the southwestern part
31、of the city. A 2S-year-old man at the party died after being hit in the head, two other people were seriously wounded. The court was told that Eastwood had a lengthy criminal record for dishonesty and he was keeping a gun without a license. Sentencing him to 60 years in prison, Mr. Justice Dawson sa
32、id, no one must be allowed to kill innocent people and not to be severely punished. 第11题：参考答案：B答案解析：第12题：参考答案：D答案解析：听力原文A 23-day search operation that begins Thursday will include 84 Americans and their Vietnamese counterparts split in the eight teams. The spokesman for the operation said four of th
33、e teams are currently in the midst of a dry season. The spokesman said Vietnam turned over 67 sets of remains which the Vietnamese believed to be of Americans last year, the most since it began returning such remains in the early 1980s. Vietnam first allowed American search teams into the country in
34、 1988 and the first consisted of just three men. Vietnam has turned over hundreds of sets of remains since the end of the war in 1975. So far 280 such sets have been positively identified as the remains of missing Americans. The remains are examined by forensic specialists at the U.S. military labor
35、atory in Hawaii. The fates of more than 2,200 American servicemen who are missing in southeast Asia remain unsolved. 1,648 of those are listed as missing in Vietnam or its waters. In an interview with the Associated Press, Major General Thomas Needham, the search operation commander, said he was ple
36、ased with the process being made to account for the missing men. He said he and his teams were allowed to go wherever they wished in Vietnam. General Needham said he constantly pushed the Vietnamese to find and hand over more documents about the missing men. General Needham said that he didnt believ
37、e the Vietnamese government was holding back remains. However, he said some individuals who had come across remains were holding them back in the hope of being paid for them. The U.S. does not pay for remains. In the related development, the U. S. military announced Wednesday that Admiral Charles La
38、wson, the commander-in-chief of the Pacific, will visit Vietnam beginning January 16th. Admiral Lawson will visit the American Missing-in-Action Office in Hanoi, discuss the issue with the Vietnamese officials and travel south to observe the excavations. Admiral Lawson will become the highest rankin
39、g U. S. military officer to visit Vietnam since the end of the War. Admiral Lawsons visit and extensive search come at a time when officials in Washington say the question of the U. S. trade embargo against Vietnam is under active review. Ann Butler for VOA news, Bangkok. 第13题：参考答案：B答案解析：第14题：参考答案：D
40、答案解析：第15题：参考答案：C答案解析：SECTION C In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your ANSWER SHEET.第16题：参考答案：Three详细解答：第17题：参考答案：historical详细解答：第18题：参考答案：plant详细解答：第19题：参考答案：sugar详细解答：第20题：参考答案：
41、fall详细解答：第21题：参考答案：production详细解答：第22题：参考答案：potato详细解答：第23题：参考答案：corn详细解答：第24题：参考答案：profitable详细解答：第25题：参考答案：Brazil详细解答：PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN) Directions: In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. For each of them there are f
42、our choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 第26题：参考答案：在let与the之间加alone。详细解答：let alone为固定表达，意思是“更不用说”。第27题：参考答案：将face改成surface。详细解答：face与surface都可以表示“表面”。face表示“表面”时一般指崖石、山峰、建筑等的垂直表面、侧面、前面、正面等，还可指钟表的“表面”。surface表示“表面”时指的是事物的平坦表层或其外表面。试比较：A.theface of the earth一般指地球的外观；the
43、surface of the earth往往指地球的外层表面。B.Its total surface area was seven thousand square feet第28题：参考答案：将had改成with。详细解答：with引导的介词短语作后置定语，修饰planet。另一种改法是在planet与had之间加that或which。这样，由that或which引导一个定语从句，修饰planet。第29题：参考答案：将quite或fairly去掉一个。详细解答：二者意思重复。第30题：参考答案：将out改成outer。详细解答：outer space指外层空间或宇宙空间。第31题：参考答案：
44、将away去掉。详细解答：away会使此句意义模糊不清。第32题：参考答案：将and改成but。详细解答：从此句的意义发展上看，前后两个部分在语义上应是一种转折关系。第33题：参考答案：将quarter改成quarters。详细解答：quarter为可数名词，之前由three限制，故需用复数。第34题：参考答案：将systems改成organisms。详细解答：“living organisms表示“生物”。systems可以表示(机体内多个器官组成的)系统或(高等植物的)组织，如the human visual system(人的视觉系统)，take food into the system
45、(把食物吸收进身体)。但是，system不与living搭配表示“生物”。第35题：参考答案：将fewer改成less。详细解答：water表示“水”时为不可数名词。第36题：参考答案：A答案解析：此题为细节理解题。 据第1段第4句可知。 “Travel medicine in Britain is a responsibility nobody wants”的意思与A较为接近，而其他三个答案明显不符。第1段最后1句也可帮助排除后三个选择。第37题：参考答案：B答案解析：此题为细节理解题。据第3段第1句可知，所谓commercial interests即表示“为赚钱所驱动”。第3段第2句中的p
46、rofitable injections也可进一步证明，同时可帮助排除A与C。D不相关。第38题：参考答案：D答案解析：此题为细节理解题。据第3段最后3句可知。第39题：参考答案：B答案解析：此题为一般推理题。据第4段最后1句可推断。如果能给人们提供详细的建议以及可拯救他们性命的信息，当然会让人们满意。第5段中间以及最后1句也可支持此选择。 C与D找不到支持。 难点解析 far-flung遥远的，广泛分布的，覆盖面大的 delve into探索，钻研 colonize使聚居，在开拓殖民地，此处意为“注入，进入”。 patchy零散的，拼凑而成的 those afflicted那些患者第40题：
47、参考答案：D答案解析：此题为细节理解题。据第1段第2句可知。A、B、C均为对第1段第4句的误解。第41题：参考答案：A答案解析：此题为细节理解题。据第1段后半部分可知。作者指出，在第一次世界大战后，社会压力、兵营化不断加剧的形势下，如何维护自由价值观以及个人权利是社会心理学面临的挑战。其他三个选择均无法从文中得到 支持。第42题：参考答案：D答案解析：此题为细节理解题。据第3段中间“Most social psychologists share with Comte an optimistic view of mans chances to better his way of life”可以确定。 难点解析 upsurge增长，急剧上升，高涨，高潮
