1、专业八级-117 (1)及答案解析(总分：99.01，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：1，分数：10.00)BSECTION A/BIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a
2、 gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the mini-lecture. Use the blank paper for note taking.Now listen to the mini-lecture.B The Stock Market/BWhen a new company is organized and shares are sold, it is not hard to determine the value of each share: all the shares together represent the total v
3、alue of the company.B . The best way to explain how the stock market works./BTo imagine you form a company to produce a soda with 4 friends:1) putting in $600 together for the expenses involved in-the U(1) /U of the (1) _.company; 2) stating every U(2) /U represents $10 of the present value of the c
4、ompany; (2) _.3) owning a share signifies-a part owner of the company. B . Stock price increases when U(3) /U is good and the value of the company/B (3) _.jumps. 1) the U(4) /U $600 invested $1,800 in value at present (4) _.2) $10per share originallyU (5) /Ueach currently (5) _.B . Stock price falls
5、 when business is worse and the value of the company drops./B 1) U(6) /U of $1,800 a low point of $300 (6) _.2) $30 per share $5 per share B IV. How to buy stocs?/B 1) to find a U(7) /U buying and selling stock for other people; (7) _.2) the stockbrokers entering a stock market; 3) the stockbrokers
6、inquirement of other brokers about your buying; 4) the stockbrokers U(8) /U of the stock purchase; (8) _.5) to pay the bill -the amount of purchase hand location, such as on the middle of the forehead or in front of the chest; hand movement, such as upward or downward; and hand orientation, such as
7、the palm facing up or out.In spoken languages units of sound combine to make meaning. Separately, b, e, and t have no meaning. However, together they form the word bet. Sign languages contain units of form that by themselves hold no meaning, but when combined create a word. Spoken languages and sign
8、 languages differ in the way these units combine to make words, however. In spoken languages units of sound and meaning are combined sequentially. In sign languages, units of form and meaning are typically combined simultaneously.In American Sign Language (ASL) signs follow a certain order, just as
9、words do in spoken English. However, in ASL one sign can express meaning that would necessitate the use of several words in speech. For example, the words in the statement “I stared at it for a long time“ each contain a unit of meaning. In ASL, this same sentence would be expressed as a single sign.
10、 The signer forms “look at“ by making a V under the eyes with the first and middle fingers of the right hand. The hand moves out toward the object being looked at, repeatedly tracing an oval to indicate “over a long time“. To express the adverb “intently“ the signer squints the eyes and purses the l
11、ips. (To purse the lips is like saying mmmm: pull back and tighten the lips with the lips closed.) Although the English words used to describe the ASL signs are written out in order, in sign language a person forms the signs “look at“, “long time“, and “intently“ at the same time.ASL has a rich syst
12、em for modifying the meaning of signs. Verbs such as “look at“ can be changed to indicate that the activity takes place without interruption, repeatedly, or over a long time. The adjective “sick“, for example, is formed by placing the right middle finger on the forehead and the left middle finger on
13、 the stomach. By forming the sign “sick“ and repeatedly moving the left hand in a circle, the signer can indicate that someone is characteristically or always sick.Facial grammar, such as raised eyebrows, also can modify meaning. For example, a signer can make the statement “lie is smart“ by forming
14、 the ASL sign for “smart“ -placing the middle finger at the forehead - and then quickly pointing it outward as if toward another person to indicate “he“. To pose the question “Is he smart?“ the signer accompanies this sign with raised eyebrows and a slightly tilted head.People who sign sometimes use
15、 finger spelling to represent letters of the alphabet. In some sign languages, including ASL, finger spelling serves as a way to borrow words from spoken language. A deaf person might, for example, choose to fingerspell “d-o-g“ for “dog“ instead of using a sign. Several types of finger spelling syst
16、ems exist.Linguists still have much to learn about the worlds sign languages. What has become clear is that hundreds, if not thousands, of sign languages exist around the world.（分数：4.00）(1).According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.Linguists have found that sign
17、languages and spoken languages differ from each other in many features.B.Like spoken languages, which use units of form to produce words, sign languages use units of sounds.C.Separately, b, e, and t have a meaning and together they form the word bet.D.Spoken languages contain units of form that by t
18、hemselves hold no meaning, but when combined create a word.(2).In the sentence “In spoken languages units of sound and meaning are combined sequentially.“, the word “sequentially“ can be replaced by（分数：1.00）A.separatelyB.togetherC.consequentlyD.subsequently(3).According to the passage, what is the r
19、ole of finger spelling in sign language?（分数：1.00）A.It is to represent letters of the alphabet.B.Finger spelling serves as a way to differ from spoken language.C.Finger spelling means you can spell the word by fingers.D.It is a convenient way to communicate with the other people.(4).What is the main
20、idea of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.The difference between spoken language and sign language.B.A new way to communicate.C.Sign language.D.Language and culture.1.BTEXT B/BI am ashamed m begin with saying that Touraine is the garden of France; that remark has long ago lost its bloom. The town of Tours, how
21、ever, has something sweet and bright, which suggests that it is surrounded by a land of fruits. It is a very agreeable little city; few towns of its size are more ripe, mom complete, or, I should suppose, in better humor with themselves and less disposed to envy the responsibilities of bigger places
22、. It is truly the capital of its smiling province; a region of easy abundance, of good living, of genial, comfortable, optimistic, rather indolent opinions. Balzac says in one of his tales that the real Tourangeau will not make an effort, or displace himself even, to go in search of a pleasure; and
23、it is not difficult to understand the sources of this amiable cynicism. He must have a vague conviction that he can only lose by almost any change. Fortune has been kind to him: he ryes in a temperate, reasonable, sociable climate, on the banks, of a river which, it is true, sometimes floods the cou
24、ntry around it, but of which the ravages appear to be so easily repaired that its aggressions may perhaps be regarded (in a region where so many good things are certain) merely as an occasion for healthy suspense. He is surrounded by fine old traditions, religious, social, architectural, culinary; a
25、nd he may have the satisfaction of feeling that he is French to the core. No part of his admirable country is more characteristically national. Normandy is Normandy, Burgundy is Burgundy, Provence is Provence; but Touraine is essentially France. It is the land of Rabelais, of Descartes, of Balzac, o
26、f good books and good company, as well as good dinners and good houses. George Sand has somewhere a charming passage about the mildness, the convenient quality, of the physical conditions of central France, “son climat souple et chaud, ses pluies abondantes et courtes.“ In the autumn of 1882 the rai
27、ns perhaps were less short than abundant; but when the days were fine it was impossible that anything in the way of weather could be more charming. The vineyards and orchards looked rich in the fresh, gay light; cultivation was everywhere, but everywhere it seemed to be easy. There was no visible po
28、verty; thrift and success presented themselves as matters of good taste. The white caps of the women glittered in the sunshire, and their well-made sabots clicked cheerfully on the hard, clean roads. Touraine is a land of old chateaux, a gallery of architectural specimens and of large hereditary pro
29、perties. The peasantry have less of the luxury of ownership than in most other parts of France; though they have enough of it to give them quite their share of that shrewdly conservative look which, in the little, chaffering, place of the market-town, the stranger observes so often in the wrinkled b
30、rown masks that surmount the agricultural blouse. This is, moreover, the heart of the old French monarchy; and as that monarchy was splendid and picturesque, a reflection of the splendor still glitters in the current of the Loire. Some of the most striking events of French history have occurred on t
31、he banks of that river, and the soil it waters bloomed for a while with the flowering of the Renaissance. The Loire gives a great “style“ to a landscape of which the features are not, as the phrase is, prominent, and carries the eye to distances even more poetic than the green horizons of Toaraine.
32、It is a very fitful stream, and is sometimes observed to run thin and expose all the crudities of its channel, a great defect certainly in a river which is so much depended upon to give an air to the places it waters. But I speak of it as I saw it last; full, tranquil, powerful, bending in large slo
33、w curves, and sending back half the light of the sky. Nothing can be finer than the view of its course which you get from the battlements and terraces of Amboise. As I looked down on it from that elevation one lovely Sunday morning, through a mild glitter of autumn sunshine, it seemed the very model
34、 of a generous, beneficent stream. The most charming part of Tours is naturally the shaded quay that overlooks it, and looks across too at the friendly faubourg of Saint Symphorien and at the terraced heights which rise above this. Indeed, throughout Touraine, it is half the charm of the Loire that
35、you can travel beside it. The great dike which protects it, or, protects the country from it, from Blois to Angers, is an admirable road; and on the other side, as well, the highway constantly keeps it company. A wide river, as you follow a wide road, is excellent company; it heightens and shortens
36、the way._BTEXT B/BI am ashamed m begin with saying that Touraine is the garden of France; that remark has long ago lost its bloom. The town of Tours, however, has something sweet and bright, which suggests that it is surrounded by a land of fruits. It is a very agreeable little city; few towns of it
37、s size are more ripe, mom complete, or, I should suppose, in better humor with themselves and less disposed to envy the responsibilities of bigger places. It is truly the capital of its smiling province; a region of easy abundance, of good living, of genial, comfortable, optimistic, rather indolent
38、opinions. Balzac says in one of his tales that the real Tourangeau will not make an effort, or displace himself even, to go in search of a pleasure; and it is not difficult to understand the sources of this amiable cynicism. He must have a vague conviction that he can only lose by almost any change.
39、 Fortune has been kind to him: he ryes in a temperate, reasonable, sociable climate, on the banks, of a river which, it is true, sometimes floods the country around it, but of which the ravages appear to be so easily repaired that its aggressions may perhaps be regarded (in a region where so many go
40、od things are certain) merely as an occasion for healthy suspense. He is surrounded by fine old traditions, religious, social, architectural, culinary; and he may have the satisfaction of feeling that he is French to the core. No part of his admirable country is more characteristically national. Nor
41、mandy is Normandy, Burgundy is Burgundy, Provence is Provence; but Touraine is essentially France. It is the land of Rabelais, of Descartes, of Balzac, of good books and good company, as well as good dinners and good houses. George Sand has somewhere a charming passage about the mildness, the conven
42、ient quality, of the physical conditions of central France, “son climat souple et chaud, ses pluies abondantes et courtes.“ In the autumn of 1882 the rains perhaps were less short than abundant; but when the days were fine it was impossible that anything in the way of weather could be more charming.
43、 The vineyards and orchards looked rich in the fresh, gay light; cultivation was everywhere, but everywhere it seemed to be easy. There was no visible poverty; thrift and success presented themselves as matters of good taste. The white caps of the women glittered in the sunshire, and their well-made
44、 sabots clicked cheerfully on the hard, clean roads. Touraine is a land of old chateaux, a gallery of architectural specimens and of large hereditary properties. The peasantry have less of the luxury of ownership than in most other parts of France; though they have enough of it to give them quite th
45、eir share of that shrewdly conservative look which, in the little, chaffering, place of the market-town, the stranger observes so often in the wrinkled brown masks that surmount the agricultural blouse. This is, moreover, the heart of the old French monarchy; and as that monarchy was splendid and pi
46、cturesque, a reflection of the splendor still glitters in the current of the Loire. Some of the most striking events of French history have occurred on the banks of that river, and the soil it waters bloomed for a while with the flowering of the Renaissance. The Loire gives a great “style“ to a land
47、scape of which the features are not, as the phrase is, prominent, and carries the eye to distances even more poetic than the green horizons of Toaraine. It is a very fitful stream, and is sometimes observed to run thin and expose all the crudities of its channel, a great defect certainly in a river
48、which is so much depended upon to give an air to the places it waters. But I speak of it as I saw it last; full, tranquil, powerful, bending in large slow curves, and sending back half the light of the sky. Nothing can be finer than the view of its course which you get from the battlements and terra
49、ces of Amboise. As I looked down on it from that elevation one lovely Sunday morning, through a mild glitter of autumn sunshine, it seemed the very model of a generous, beneficent stream. The most charming part of Tours is naturally the shaded quay that overlooks it, and looks across too at the friendly faubourg of
