1、1999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.第1题：参考答案：C答案解析：谈话的第五句说“Now although the idea dates back to the 1930s, its only recently t
3、hat advances in computer technology have made anti-noise a commercial possibility.”由此可知，这种方法可追溯到二十世纪30年代，但只是近来才被应用于商业。因此答案选C。第2题：参考答案：D答案解析：由关键句“The modern electronic anti-noise devices dont reduce sound.Instead, sound is used to attack sound.”可知，现代电子抗噪音设备是以噪音抗噪音的全新原理而设计的，故答案选D。第3题：参考答案：A答案解析：谈话中专门介
4、绍说，法国公司把这一技术应用于工厂、汽车、飞机，而未提到“ 街道”，故选项A为正确答案。第4题：参考答案：B答案解析：在谈到安静区（zones of quiet）时，录音中说“ it cuts noise levels enough for somebody inside the zone to hear a conversation from another part of the work place. Yet, this is only one-way; shouts from the quiet zone could not be heard over the factory nois
5、e by those outside it, because the rest of the workplace remains noisy.”由此可知，“安静区”的工人可以听到外边区域的谈话，而外面却听不到里面的谈话，故选项B为正确答案。第5题：参考答案：A答案解析：听完全文可知，选项B、C、D都只是录音的某一部分内容，只有选项A能全面地概括全文大意，故为正确答案。SECTION B In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that f
6、ollow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your ANSWER SHEET.第6题：参考答案：C答案解析：在谈到美国雇员是按时间付薪金时，被采访者说道“So employees are expected to find other work if their own desks are clear, or to help someone else with his or her work.”由此可知，雇员如果干完了自己的活，就应该去帮助别的人，积极主动地去找活干。故答案选C。第7题：参考答案：B答案解析：由关键句“And as mo
7、re women now work it gives more family time.”可知，灵活的工作时间使得妇女有更多时间呆在家里，故答案选B。第8题：参考答案：D答案解析：当采访者问到顾主是否可以无故解雇他时，被采访者说“There are, of course , legal protections in the US. So employees cannot be unjustly fired without good reasons.”由此可否定美国的劳动合同多数是短期的说法，故答案选D。第9题：参考答案：A答案解析：在采访临近尾声时，男士说“But in many establ
8、ishments with fewer employees the atmosphere is loose and easy with a lot of joking, and teasing, and wandering in and out of offices among all levels of employees.”由此可知，在那些雇员少的公司，也就是小公司会有不拘礼节的工作气氛，故答案选A。第10题：参考答案：D答案解析：从这四个选项来分析，office hierarchies，office conditions和office roles只是office life的各个方面。只有
9、用office life才能较全面地概括这次采访的内容。故答案选D。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11题：参考答案：A答案解析：由关键句“retiring Senator Bob Dole, has repeatedly disapproved of Mr.
10、Clintons record on fighting crime.”由此可知，多尔是不赞成克林顿的反犯罪政策的，故选项A为正确答案。第12题：参考答案：A答案解析：新闻中讲到“At the moment, they are negotiating about photographic film and photographic paper.”由此可知，他们正在就照相用的胶卷和纸进行谈判，故答案选A。第13题：参考答案：B答案解析：新闻临近结尾时说“This is certainly not the first dispute and it certainly wont be the last
11、 dispute, either.”这里是说这不是美、日两国之间的第一次矛盾冲突，这次的协议不能作为一个永久性的协议。由此可知，该协议不可能永久性地解决争端，故答案选B。第14题：参考答案：B答案解析：在谈到该冰块时，科学家们说“It provides one of the clearest records of ancient weather.”由此可知，从该冰块可以了解古时候的天气状况。第15题：参考答案：D答案解析：新闻临近结尾时说“the scientific teams say that the past 10,000 years is the only period during
12、which the weather has not changed very much.”由此可知，那段时期的气候变化不是很大，故选项D为正确答案。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 four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should d
13、ecide on the best choice. 第16题：参考答案：A答案解析：短文第二段倒数第二句说“The English-language edition will include more American works, Ricci says, to help Americans get over an inferiority complex about their art.”由此可知，登载更多美国艺术品是为了帮助美国人树立自信心，因 为他们对其没有太长历史的文化艺术而感到自卑。故选项A为正确答案。第17题：参考答案：B答案解析：众所周知，哥伦布是一位探险家，他发现了美洲大陆，而R
14、icci是想要开拓美国 的艺术杂志市场，是一位商业探索者。因此他们同是探索者，故答案选B。第18题：参考答案：D答案解析：短文倒数第二段说“In addition, he seems to be pursuing his won eclecti c vision without giving a moments thought to such established competitors as Co nnosisseur and Horizon.”即该杂志的编辑方式不同于其他艺术杂志，故选项D“追求自己 独特的艺术风格”为正确答案。第19题：参考答案：B答案解析：Geoff舅舅在写给报社的信
15、中提到“The only way to regain our punch, our character, our lost virtues, and with them the freedom natural to islanders, is to compost our land so as to allow moulds, bacteria and earthworms to remake liv ing soil to nourish Englishmens bodies and spirits.”由此可知，Geoff舅舅认为英 国的兴衰与使用天然肥料是成正比的，故选项B“使用天然肥料”
16、为正确答案。第20题：参考答案：A答案解析：通读全文可知，作者在描述Geoff舅舅时用的语言幽默风趣，充满了诙谐、嘲弄 的语气。故选项A“滑稽可笑的”为正确答案。第21题：参考答案：C答案解析：短文第三段第二句说“Brenda Stevens speaks of the value of getting stud entsto deconstruct the advertisement, see what they can offer to that school, and that situation, and then write the letter, do their CVs and
17、criticize each o thers.”由此可知，面试训练班的目的是让学生对所处场面的了解，故Brenda Stevens 女士建议求职者在求职前应该是C“彻底了解所处的场面”。第22题：参考答案：A答案解析：短文第十段第三句说“The experts agree you should recognize your weaknes ses and offer a strategy for overcoming them.”这里以专家的观点说明应聘者应该正 视自己的弱点，并且要有克服它们的策略。故答案选A。第23题：参考答案：B答案解析：短文第十一段谈到如果面试者提出愚蠢问题时，应聘者应
18、该“Do not be thrown , have ways of circumnavigating it, and never, ever let them see that you think they have said something foolish.” 即应试者应从侧面巧妙地避开问题，并且千万不要 让面试者看出你认为他们问了愚蠢的问题。故选项B为正确答案。第24题：参考答案：C答案解析：短文中共列出了校长提出的九点建议，均是关于具体处理问题的办法，故选项C “实用的”为最佳答案。第25题：参考答案：D答案解析：短文首句说“This month Singapore passed a
19、 bill that would give legal t eeth to the moral obligation to support ones parents.”由此可知，选项D“该议案 的通过是为了让年轻人对老年人更尽义务”为正确答案。第26题：参考答案：A答案解析：短文通过具体数字告诉我们，在新加坡确实存在老龄人口比例增大的问题，这所 带来的影响是：“It is that the ratio of economically active people to economical ly inactive people will decline.”即国家将面临严重的经济问题。故选项A为正
20、确答案 。第27题：参考答案：B答案解析：短文第七段第二句说“A father can be compelled by law to maintain his c hildren.”这与B的说法一致，故选项B为正确答案。第28题：参考答案：C答案解析：短文第九段首句说“The Maintenance of Parents Bill was put forth to enc ourage the traditional virtues that have so far kept Asian nations from some of the breakdowns encountered in ot
21、her affluent societies.”这里是说亚洲国家的传统 美德使得他们有别于那些富有的国家，这表明传统美德在保持亚洲国家的特色方面起着重要 作用，故答案选C。第29题：参考答案：A答案解析：短文第十段最后一句说“If it does indeed become law, the bills effect would be far more subtle.” 在接下来的几段里，作者讲到赡养父母是个人的责任，并非 社会的责任。而有些人碍于情面，不得不重新考虑赡养父母的问题。因此该议案起到了间接 的作用。故选项A为正确答案。第30题：参考答案：D答案解析：文章的最后一句说“Those
22、of us who pushed for the bill will consider ou rselves most successful if it acts as an incentive not to have it invoked in the first place.” 这句话表明该议案是否成功要看它能否激励人们维护传统道德观念，而不 是首先考虑对簿公堂，故选项D“孝顺意识”为正确答案。第31题：参考答案：D答案解析：信的第二句说“But that statement fails to take account of the Banks c riteria for success,
23、 which are exceptionally strict.”指出了写信人没有考虑到银 行的成功标准，接着列举一些具体数字来阐述这一观点。在第二段展开了更加深入的论述。 因此，该信的目的是为了澄清对世界银行的误解。故答案选D。第32题：参考答案：C答案解析：短文第一段倒数第二句说“In this sense, aid received in the form of agr icultural commodities hurts the developing countries and benefits developed coun tries mere than proportionate
24、ly.”由此可知，接受发达国家以农产品形式的援助，危害 的是发展中国家的利益，受益的是发达国家。接着在第二段以中国为例，证明了该论点，故 选项C“农产品形式的援助不利于发展中国家的经济”为正确答案。第33题：参考答案：B答案解析：本文分别阐述了写作该书的三个目的，用的是第一人称。由此可知这是对自己所 写的“牛仔工作文化”一书的评论。故选项B为正确答案。第34题：参考答案：A答案解析：信的开头便说“In your editorial on August 31st, there seems to be some confused thinking in ”表明作者不同意报社的评论，接着作者对报社的
25、观点一一进行 了反驳。故选项A“反驳”为正确答案。第35题：参考答案：D答案解析：短文第三段第二句说“Its processing speed was about 50 kilohertz compar ed with 200 megahertz-thats 200,000 kilohertz for todays computers.”由此句可 知，当时的速度为50千赫兹，现在的是200，000千赫兹，那么现在的速度是当时的4，000倍 。故答案选D。第36题：参考答案：B答案解析：在短文的第八段，NCSA公司的董事长Larry Smart说“What were looking for is
26、 a national system in which the networks are 100 times greater than the Intern et today, and the supercomputers are 100 times more powerful”即我们所期望的是一 种全国性的网络系统，其运作速度比目前的因特网要快100倍，故选项B“一个更加强大的全 国系统”为正确答案。第37题：参考答案：B答案解析：短文第一段说“The Japanese have two words for the modern department sto res that abound
27、in large urban areas. The older word, hyakkaten, which is seldom used in daily speech, The more recent and more commonly used word is depato ( from the English department store ).”由此可知，在日本有两个词用来表示大城市中 的百货商店，hyakkaten是过去用的，最近常用的是depato，因此选项B为正确答案。第38题：参考答案：D答案解析：短文第三段第三句说“The Meiji depato were soon p
28、erceived by Japanese c ustomers as glamorous places to shop because of their Western imports, which the Japanese were eager to see and buy.”由此可知，当时的日本顾客把depato看成是富有 魅力的场所，故选项D“有吸引力的”为正确答案。第39题：参考答案：D答案解析：短文第四段第二句说“The National Statistics Office recently published the results of the 1993 National Dem
29、ographic Survey(NDS), which happens to have been funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.” 这句话告诉我们说 “NDS的基金是由美国的国际发展署提供的”，由此可知，国际发展署是一个美国的一个组 织，故答案选D。第40题：参考答案：C答案解析：短文倒数第二段第二句说“The total fertility rotethe number of babi es the average woman bears over her lifetimehas dropped to 4.1 in 1993 from 6.4 in 1960.”由此可知，从1960年到1993年，菲律宾妇女生育小孩的减少率由6.4减少到4 1，其差为2.3，故选项C为正确答案。更多试卷请见麦多课文库
