1、专业八级-151 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：1，分数：10.00)BSECTION A/B 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 you will need them to complete a gap-filling tas
2、k after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you 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. B Language Families/B All of the languages within a language family are U(1) /U an
3、d all of them have a similar history. Lets take a brief look at some of the largest language families. English has become a world language because of its establishment as a U(2) /U outside England. The Indo European language family includes most of the languages that are spoken throughout Europe, la
4、nguages such as English, French, and U(3) /U. The Afro-Asiatic family includes most languages in the area of U(4) /U, such as U(5) /U. Bantu includes most of the languages spoken in U(6) /U Africa. A fourth large group of languages is the Sino-Tibetan Family which includes all U(7) /U of Chinese. Ja
5、panese is U(8) /U to the Sino-Tibetan family. The Polynesian languages are U(9) /U languages. They are spread by U(10) /U.（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:_二、BSECTION B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).Dream occurs during the period of _.（分数：1.00）A.active steepB.pass
6、ive sleepC.deep sleepD.oversleeping(2).The dreams of being chased by someone or something occur during periods of _.（分数：1.00）A.angerB.anxietyC.fearD.hatred(3).Which of the following kind of dreams happens to women more frequently than men?（分数：1.00）A.violence dreamsB.dreams of finding moneyC.dreams a
7、bout flying or floating in the airD.dreams about the sea(4).If a person has the same dream for many times, _.（分数：1.00）A.he should go to see the doctorB.the dream might come trueC.he may probably have a big problem which he is unable to resolveD.he should shorten his sleeping hours(5).According to th
8、e interview, what kind of attitude do scientists hold toward dreams about the future which come true is _.（分数：1.00）A.believableB.unbelievableC.reasonableD.doubtful三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：4，分数：5.00)1.What is the aim of the space collision?（分数：1.00）A.to stop a possible comet-Earth collisionB.to knock a chu
9、nk out of the comet and see what lies underneathC.to test a newly developed missileD.to destroy the comet2.I Question 7 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news./IWhen was the attack allegedly carried out
10、?（分数：1.00）A.on Friday morningB.on Friday afternoonC.at dusk on FridayD.on Friday nightI Question 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news./I（分数：2.00）(1).Mr. Annan noted many successes of the Uni
11、ted Nations, except _.（分数：1.00）A.keeping the peaceB.helping in the fight against cancer and AIDSC.helping with elections in many countriesD.bringing relief to victims of disasters(2).Where was the U.N. Charter signed?（分数：1.00）A.San FranciscoB.New YorkC.WashingtonD.Boston3.I Question 8 is based on th
12、e following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news./IThe German Parliament will hold _ in Chancellor Gerhard Schroeders government.（分数：1.00）A.a vote of competenceB.a veto of competenceC.a veto of confidenceD.a vote of confidence
13、四、BPART READING (总题数：5，分数：20.00)In this section there are several reading passages followed by a total of twenty multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.BTEXT A/BThe art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a para
14、dox: it enjoins us to cling to its ninny gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbies (犹太人的学者) of old put it this way: “A man comes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open.“Surely we ought to hold fast to life, for it is wondrous, and full o
15、f a beauty that breaks through every pore of Gods own earth. We know that this is so, but all too often we recognize this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what was and then suddenly realize that it is no more.We remember a beauty that faded, a love that waned. But we remember with
16、far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it was tendered.A recent experience re-taught me this truth. I was hospitalized following a severe heart attack and had been in intensive care for several days. It was not a pleasant place.One
17、 morning, I had to have some additional tests. The required machines were located in a building at the opposite end of the hospital, so I had to be wheeled across the courtyard on a gurney.As we emerged from our unit, the sunlight hit me. Thats all there was to my experience. Just the light of the s
18、un. And yet how beautiful it washow warming, how sparkling, how brilliant!I looked to see whether anyone else relished the suns golden glow, but everyone was hurrying to and fro, most with eyes fixed on the ground. Then I remembered how often I, too, had been indifferent to the grandeur of each day,
19、 too preoccupied with petty and sometimes even mean concerns to respond to the splendor of it all.The insight gleaned from that experience is really as commonplace as was the experience itself: lifes gifts are preciousbut we are too heedless of them.Hem then is the first pole of lifes paradoxical de
20、mands on us: Never too busy for the wonder and the awe of life. Be reverent before each dawning day. Embrace each hour. Seize each golden minute.Hold fast to life. “but not so fast that you cannot let go.“ This is the second side of lifes coin, the opposite pole of its paradox we must accept our los
21、ses, and learn how to let go. This is not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world is ours to command, that whatever we desire with the fun force of our passionate being can, nay, will, be ours. But then life moves along to confront us with realities, and slowly
22、 but surely this second troth dawns upon us.At every stage of life we sustain losses and grow in the process. We begin our independent lives only when we emerge from the womb and lose its protective shelter. We enter a progression of schools, then we leave our mothers and fathers and our childhood h
23、omes. We get married and have children and then have to let them go. We confront the death of our parents and our spouses. We face the gradual or not so gradual waning of our own strength. And ultimately, as the parable of the open and closed hand suggests, we must confront the inevitability of our
24、own demise, losing ourselves as it were, all that we were or dreamed to he.But why should we be reconciled to lifes contradictory demands? Why fashion of beauty when beauty is evanescent? Why give our heart in love when those we love will ultimately be tom from our grasp?In order to resolve this par
25、adox, we must seek a wider perspective, viewing our lives as through windows that open on eternity. Once we do that, we realize that though our lives are finite, our deeds on earth weave a timeless pattern.Life is never just being. It is becoming a relentless flowing on. Our parents live on through
26、us, and we will live on through our children. The institutions we build endure, and we will endure through them. The beauty we fashion cannot be dimmed by death. Our flesh may perish, our hands will wither, but that which they create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come.Don
27、t spend and waste your lives accumulating objects that will only turn to dust and ashes. Pursue not so much the material as the ideal, for ideals alone invest life with meaning and are of enduring worth.Add love to a house and you have a home. Add righteousness to a city and you have a community. Ad
28、d math to a pile of red brick and you have a school. Add religion to the humblest of edifices and you have a sanctuary. Add justice to the far-flung round of human endeavor and you have civilization. Put them all together, exalt them above their present imperfections, add to them the vision of human
29、kind deemed, forever free of need and strife and you have a future lighted with the radiant colors of hope. (886 words)（分数：3.00）(1).The second truth to live by is _.（分数：1.00）A.to learn to deal with the losses we suffer in lifeB.to learn that death is unavoidableC.to learn to face a variety of deaths
30、D.to learn to get accustomed to the pattern of life, departure and death(2).Which of the following statements is TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.Invest your time and energy in pursuance of ideal.B.We grow old by deserting our ideals.C.One should strive for truth and justice.D.One must set out to live life.(3).Which
31、 of the following conclusions does the passage support?（分数：1.00）A.An ounce of wisdom is worth a million tons of books.B.Death makes a contract with everyone, but no one can break it.C.Look on all that appears commonplace as something hard to come by, and well all the more treasure it.D.Own ones life
32、 and know how to treasure it, and this is and happy and beautiful life.BTEXT B/BJoseph Jones had a criminal record, but he swore up and down that this time he was innocent. Thats what the 36-year-old felon told a Los Angeles Superior Court judge last year, just moments before pleading guilty to sell
33、ing cocaine. He received an eight-year sentence. On Wednesday, Jones walked out of Californias Salinas Valley State Prison, his conviction overturned at the request of the Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti. Turns out, Jones really was innocent of the cocaine charge.Jones case is not all tha
34、t unusual. In Los Angeles lately, it is the prosecutors who are asking that defendants be set free. The criminal justice system seems to have been turned inside out as authorities probe what might become the most widespread police corruption scandal in the citys history. “I wouldnt say the system is
35、 in shambles, but it has certainly been seriously disrupted,“ says Michael Judge, chief public defender for Los Angeles. A high-ranking police official who asked not to be named adds: “Ive never seen anything like this before in Los Angeles. Its the kind of thing you hear about in other places. I do
36、nt know if well ever get over it.“Police authorities say at least one officer has been fired, 11 placed on administrative leave, and one, Rafael Perez, has resigned, as allegations swirl that they stole contraband, lied, planted evidence, roughed up witnesses and kept a crash pad where they had sex
37、with prostitutes. Perez admitted shooting an unarmed man, then framing him by planting a semiautomatic rifle near his unconscious body and accusing him of attacking officers. Five Los Angeles prosecutors and a special police task force are reviewing hundreds of cases that might have been compromised
38、. More than 200 police department supervisors and assistants are part of a board of inquiry expected to make recommendations to Police Chief Bernard Parks as early as next week. Five criminal convictions that Perez and his partner obtained have been overturned, and more could follow, a spokeswoman f
39、or Garcetti said.On Wednesday, public defenders received a list of more than 1000 cases involving eight law enforcement officers targeted in the probe. Each must be reviewed for possibly tainted testimony. If evidence is suspect, lawyers say, theyll argue for new trials or dismissal of charges. The
40、courts could be tied up for years. Adding to the morass, officials expect an onslaught of civil law-suits against the police department from defendants who were wrongly convicted. The first has been filed.“This is a tarnish on our badge,“ says Officer Ted Hunt, president of the Los Angeles Police Pr
41、otective League, which provides lawyers for accused officers. He cautioned, however, against jumping to the conclusion that police corruption is widespread. Only Perez has been proved guilty, he notes. “Other than this one tiny person who embarrassed all of us, LAPD coppers are honest and ethical, a
42、nd they want to do the right thing,“ Hunt adds.In September, Perez admitted in court that he had stolen about 8 pounds of cocaine from the police evidence room last year, In an attempt to lower his sentence, he offered to blow the whistle on alleged corruption in the departments Rampart Division.Ass
43、igned to a tough, mostly minority neighborhood west of downtown, Rampart Division police are known as pro-active. “Their job is to go out and get the street hoodlums, the ones who cause ordinary citizens to be afraid“ Hunt says. “Rampart had the highest crime rate in the city, and they turned it aro
44、und.“According to Perez, some officers at Rampart were doing more than good police work. Perez contends, for example, that in 1996, he and his partner, Nino Durden, shot 19-year-old Javier Francisco Ovando, then framed him for assaulting them. The shooting paralyzed Ovando. Though he had no prior re
45、cord, the judge handed down the stiffest sentence possible because, the judge said, the defendant showed no remorse. Ovando was released from prison in September after serving three years of a 23-year sentence.Tamar Toiser, Ovandos criminal defense lawyer, says Perez and his partner testified brilli
46、antly at the trial. “They were wonderful witnesses,“ she said. “They knew just when to look the jury in the eye. They called (Ovando)a gang assassin.“ David Brockway, the lawyer who advised Jones to take an eight-year deal and admit selling cocaine, also remembers the same two cops as effective witn
47、esses. If Jones had gone up against them, “Who would the jury have believed?“ he asks. By going to trial, Jones would have risked being found guilty and receiving a sentence of 32 years to life in prison under Californias “three-strikes“ law, Brockway says.“Innocent people are being convicted,“ publ
48、ic defender Judge says. “Thats the magnitude of the consequences, and this is really devastating for the system.“ But Hunt and other police officers say that the system is working. Its the police department, they say, that uncovered the problem by aggressively investigating the evidence room theft, which led to Perez. (827 words)（分数：4.00）(1).Whats the main idea of the article?（分数：1.00）A.Policemen also do some illegal things.B.There are more and more police scandals these days.C.Police scandal p
