1、专业八级-153 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：4，分数：20.00)BThe History of American Indians/BWhen Europeans discovered the Western hemisphere, they discovered a race of people.(1) _ called them Indians. (1) _I shall have something to say about their(2) _and early history, (2) _the(3) _. for
2、 them of European settlement in the New World, the part they have played in American history, (3) _their number, distribution and condition today. Most scholars believe that the homeland of the Indians was eastern Asia.They migrate to North America along a land(4) _from Siberia to Alaska. (4) _The I
3、ndians were a(5) _people. (5) _They lived in(6) _, spoke many languages, and gained their living in different ways. (6) _(7) _revolutionized their hunting and warfare. (7) _Whiskey corrupted them.(8) _changed the lives of some Indians. (8) _The Indians were under pressure to take(9) _in the great Fr
4、ench and British War of the eighteen century. (9) _The Indians made many efforts to prevent the advance of the frontier. In(10) _, (10) _a great uprising against the British began under a Michigan Indian leader.（分数：10.00）(1).（分数：1.00）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
5、 1:_BSECTION B/BIQuestions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the conversation you will be give 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview./I（分数：5.00）(1).Mr Fischer believes that _（分数：1.00）A.those gloomy forecasts is about to become trueB.EU en
6、largement and its Constitution must be carded out at the same timeC.EU people will accept the Constitution calmlyD.Constitution must be ratified by 15 EU country(2).Fischer doesnt agree with the critics, because he believe the constitution brings benefit for EU except that _（分数：1.00）A.the decisions
7、can be taken more easily.B.EUs relationship to the member states is clearly regulatedC.the voting procedures in the European Council have become more elaborateD.the role of the Commission President has been defined.(3).According to Fischer, what is the most important thing about the EU Constitution?
8、（分数：1.00）A.The Tax Articles in the Basic LawB.The procedures are becoming clearC.The threat of terrorismD.The fundamental rights have been defined clearly.(4).Fischer pointed out that _（分数：1.00）A.EU people are hostile to ConstitutionB.EU has dual nature which would be preserved for a long timeC.the
9、Greens just did the right thing in attracting citizenD.the EU Parliament should elect the Commission President from its own ranks(5).Which statement is not true?（分数：1.00）A.In Fischers opinion, EU Constitution will resolve many problems remained unresolved for ten yearsB.EU Constitution will make the
10、 EU more effectiveC.Core Europe can be used to describe the present EUD.Fischer now is a Foreign MinisterBSECTION C/BIQuestions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer each of the following questions.Now listen to the news./I（分数：2.
11、00）(1).Haler Group bid for Maytag is _（分数：1.00）A.1.75 billionB.18.5 billionC.16.4 billionD.1.3 billion(2).Which statement is not true?（分数：1.00）A.This is the biggest takeover battle for ChinaB.Chinas bid will probably trigger a costly biding competition over the company UnacalC.The U.S is planning fo
12、rbidding Chinese companys bids for U.S companyD.Unocal has agreed to be sold to another American oil companyIQuestions 8 to 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 30 seconds to answer each of the following questions.Now listen to the news./I（分数：3.00）(1).Wh
13、ats the effect of the US slowdown?（分数：1.00）A.Cutting into demand for Nokias handsets.B.Promote other economies.C.Many firms break down.D.Many handsets dont sell.(2).So far, how many percent of sales growth this quarter?（分数：1.00）A.20%B.10%C.40%D.80%(3).Why has the rate of new phone purchases slowed i
14、n Europe?（分数：1.00）A.Because of the warning about salesB.Because the customers are reluctant to trade up to new handsetsC.Because of cutting into demand for handsetsD.Because of the U.S slowdown二、BPART READING (总题数：9，分数：20.00)BTEXT A/BPaula Jones case against Bill Clinton is now, for all possible pol
15、itical consequences and capacity for media sensation, a fairy routine lawsuit of its kind. It does, however, have enormous social significance. For those of us who care about sexual harassment, the matter of Jones v. Clinton is a great conundrum. Consider: if Jones, the former Arkansas state employe
16、e, proves her claims, then we must face the fact that we helped to elect someone - Bill Clinton - who has betrayed us on this vital issue. But if she is proved to be lying, then we must accept that we pushed onto the public agenda an issue that is venerable to manipulation by alleged victims. The sk
17、eptics will use Jones case to cast doubt on the whole cause.Still, Ms Jones deserves the chance to prove her case; she has a right to pursue this claim and have the process work. It will be difficult: these kinds of cases usually are, and Ms. Jones task of suing a sitting president is harder than mo
18、st.She does have one thing sitting on her side: her case is in the courts. Sexual-harassment claims are really about violations of the alleged victims civil rights, and there is no better forum for determining and assessing those violations - and finding the truth - than federal court. The judicial
19、system can put aside political to decide these complicated issues. That is a feat that neither the Senate Judicial nor ethics committees have been able to accomplish- witness the Clarence Thomas and Bob Packwood affairs. One lesson: the legal arena, not the political one, is the place to settle thes
20、e sensitive problems.Some have argued that the people (the “feminists“) who rallied around me have failed to support Jones. Our situations, however, are quite different. In 1991 the country was in the middle of a public debate over whether Clarence Thomas should be confirmed to the Supreme Court. Th
21、roughout that summer, interest groups on both sides weighed in on his nomination. It was a public forum that invited a public conversation. But a pending civil action - even one against the president - does not generally invite that kind of public engagement.Most of the public seems content to let t
22、he process move forward. And given the conundrum created by the claim, it is no wonder that many (“feminists“ included) have been slow to jump into the Jones-Clinton fray. But people from all walks of life remain open to her suit. We dont yet know which outcome we must confront: the president who be
23、trayed the issue or the woman who used it. Whichever it is, we should continue to pursue sexual harassment with the same kind of energy and interest in eliminating the problem that we have in the past, regardless of who is the accused or the accuser. The statistics show that about 40 percent of wome
24、n in the work force will encounter some form of harassment. We cant afford to abandon this issue now.（分数：5.00）(1).What is the word “conundrum“ in the first paragraph mean?（分数：1.00）A.dilemmaB.a kind of musical instrumentC.a easy thingD.comfortable condition(2).According to the passage, the Paula Jone
25、s case was _.（分数：1.00）A.nothing important.B.very significant.C.doubtful.D.vulnerable.(3).The federal courts are much better than the Senate Judicial or ethics committees in determining and assessing those violations because _.（分数：1.00）A.the federal courts have much bigger power.B.the federal courts
26、are forum for determining and assessing those violations.C.the federal courts are more impartial.D.the federal courts are political arena.(4).According to the passage, the issue of sexual harassment must be dealt with seriously because _.（分数：1.00）A.the outcome is not known.B.most of the public is no
27、t content.C.many have been slow to jump into the Jones-Clinton fray.D.as many as 40% of women in the work force will encounter it.(5).According to the passage, sexual harassment is to _.（分数：1.00）A.violate politics.B.violate the Supreme Court.C.cast doubt on the whole issue.D.violate civil rights.1.B
28、TEXT B/BIn his essay “The Parable of the Tapeworm,“ Mario Vargas Llosa argues that at the heart of the writers will to write is rebellion, a “rejection and criticism of life as it is.“ Moreover, he speculates, it is even possible that good literature may inspire actual acts of rebellion when the rea
29、der compares the better world of the book to the relative junk heap of real life. Whether or not this is universally true, its an attractive idea, and, in its way, a comforting one. Language is a lever that might move the enormous weight of the fickle, war-torn world we live in. Its free, universal
30、and highly portable: better than plastic bomb and difficult to govern.Vargas Llosas idea is also, of course, a writerly sort of realpolitik, a wish that a good novel - or story or poem - can literally remake history. When Luis Alberto Urrea began his epic novel, “The Hummingbirds Daughter,“ 20 years
31、 ago, the United States was in the first phase of a conservative backlash, the culture wars were gathering steam, and the left felt itself to be under a dark cloud. Two decades later, the situation seems even graver: the culture wars are more intense and the left feels under not a cloud but an anvil
32、.With the election of a new, deeply conservative pope, Urreas timing couldnt be better: his main character, Teresita, is a saint as envisioned not in the marble reaches of the Vatican but in the populist pueblos of liberation theology, a Mexican saint of dust and blood, with lice in her hair and dir
33、t under her fingernails. Poor, illegitimate, illiterate and despised, Teresita is the embodiment of the dictum that the last shall be first, and her ascension over the course of 500 pages is a myth that is also a charmingly written manifesto.Urrea, who was born in Tijuana to an American mother and a
34、 Mexican father, is the author of 10 previous books of nonfiction, fiction and poetry; the best known of these are probably “The Devils Highway“ and “Across the Wire,“ nonfiction accounts of hardscrabble lives on the Mexican-United States border. For “The Hummingbirds Daughter,“ he reached back into
35、 his own family history, or what he calls “a family folk tale.“ Teresa Urrea, known in the novel as Teresita, was a distant relative and, as Urrea discovered, the subject of some earlier scholarship, an “influential“ series of newspaper articles in the 1930s and at least one other novel. Urreas book
36、 re-imagines her story on a grand scale, as a mix of leftist hagiography, mystical bildungsroman and melancholic national anthem.The half-Indian child of a wealthy Mexican landowner, Teresita, born in 1873 with a red triangle on her forehead, is also possessed of a supernatural gift for healing that
37、 becomes much stronger as she grows up, and stronger still after suffering a terrible assault that kills her. She rises from the dead and begins to perform miracles. The sick, the halt and the dying gather around her, and so do Mexican revolutionaries. “Everything the government does,“ Teresita prea
38、ches to them, “is morally wrong.“ This democratic groundswell inevitably results in a showdown with the Mexican authorities.Teresitas endurance - and survival - are literally and spiritually linked to the struggles of Mexico itself, a struggle that Urrea sees firmly from the bottom up. “God is a wor
39、ker, like us,“ Huila, an aged curandera, instructs the young Teresita. “He made the world - he didnt hire poor Indios to build it for him! God has workers hands. Just remember - angels carry no harps. Angels carry hammers.“_BTEXT B/BIn his essay “The Parable of the Tapeworm,“ Mario Vargas Llosa argu
40、es that at the heart of the writers will to write is rebellion, a “rejection and criticism of life as it is.“ Moreover, he speculates, it is even possible that good literature may inspire actual acts of rebellion when the reader compares the better world of the book to the relative junk heap of real
41、 life. Whether or not this is universally true, its an attractive idea, and, in its way, a comforting one. Language is a lever that might move the enormous weight of the fickle, war-torn world we live in. Its free, universal and highly portable: better than plastic bomb and difficult to govern.Varga
42、s Llosas idea is also, of course, a writerly sort of realpolitik, a wish that a good novel - or story or poem - can literally remake history. When Luis Alberto Urrea began his epic novel, “The Hummingbirds Daughter,“ 20 years ago, the United States was in the first phase of a conservative backlash,
43、the culture wars were gathering steam, and the left felt itself to be under a dark cloud. Two decades later, the situation seems even graver: the culture wars are more intense and the left feels under not a cloud but an anvil.With the election of a new, deeply conservative pope, Urreas timing couldn
44、t be better: his main character, Teresita, is a saint as envisioned not in the marble reaches of the Vatican but in the populist pueblos of liberation theology, a Mexican saint of dust and blood, with lice in her hair and dirt under her fingernails. Poor, illegitimate, illiterate and despised, Teres
45、ita is the embodiment of the dictum that the last shall be first, and her ascension over the course of 500 pages is a myth that is also a charmingly written manifesto.Urrea, who was born in Tijuana to an American mother and a Mexican father, is the author of 10 previous books of nonfiction, fiction
46、and poetry; the best known of these are probably “The Devils Highway“ and “Across the Wire,“ nonfiction accounts of hardscrabble lives on the Mexican-United States border. For “The Hummingbirds Daughter,“ he reached back into his own family history, or what he calls “a family folk tale.“ Teresa Urre
47、a, known in the novel as Teresita, was a distant relative and, as Urrea discovered, the subject of some earlier scholarship, an “influential“ series of newspaper articles in the 1930s and at least one other novel. Urreas book re-imagines her story on a grand scale, as a mix of leftist hagiography, m
48、ystical bildungsroman and melancholic national anthem.The half-Indian child of a wealthy Mexican landowner, Teresita, born in 1873 with a red triangle on her forehead, is also possessed of a supernatural gift for healing that becomes much stronger as she grows up, and stronger still after suffering a terrible assault that kills her. She rises from the dead
