1、专业八级-16 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)BInformation Superhighway at Work/B The changes in how we communicate make it necessary to change how we think about communication. The Information Superhighway is a new way 1 _ of looking at 1 _ communication. It can be broken down
2、into four components. 2 _ People are the travelers and 2 _of the Superhighway. Many people plan, design, establish, maintain, and develop the appliances Of the Superhighway. others investigate the news, do the programming, and produce ideas. 3 _ 3 _ is the information on the Superhighway. It travels
3、 over 4 _ the Superhighway and remains as varied as the people who send and receive it. 5 _ Networks are the roadways that carry information between appliances. 6 _ They are used to 4 _ data, graphics, and video across neigh 7 _ borhoods, states and countries. Right now, we become familiar with tele
4、vision, radio, telephone, 5 _ and wireless networks. 8 _ Appliances are the 6_ of the Information Superhighway. 9 _ They are the devices people use to 7 _, send, and receive information. 10 _ Many appliances, such as telephones, fax machines, computers and modems, are popular nowadays. Now The Infor
5、mation Superhighway is the combination and 8 _ of all four components, and it wll connect us all and 9 _ everyone. Now, the Information Superhighway is under 10 _, and very soon more lanes are to be added in an ever - growing network of communications information ,innovation ,and opportunity.（分数：10.
6、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).From the conversation we get the impression that _.（分数：1.00）A.Jassie and Pauline are classmalesB.Jassie is an overseas student from AmericaC.Pauline and Jassie are talking about a pictureD.They
7、are having American geography(2).What has Jassie already known about White House?（分数：1.00）A.White House is on the south side of Pennsylvania Ave., Washingten, D. C. , facing Lafayette Square.B.The east and west terraces, the executive office, the east wing, and a penthouse and a bomb shetter are add
8、ed to the main building.C.It was designed by James Hoban on a site chosen by George Washington.D.It is the oldest public building in Washington.(3).Which one is oval in shape in White House?（分数：1.00）A.The East Room.B.The Red Room.C.The Blue Room.D.The Green Room.(4).Who is the first President to liv
9、e in White House?（分数：1.00）A.Theodore Roosevelt.B.John Adams.C.George Washington.D.Thormas Jefforson.(5).According to the conversation which statement about the name of the White House is True?（分数：1.00）A.It became official before President Theodore Roosevelt had it engraved upon his stationery.B.It d
10、erives the name from the color of the building.C.The building was restored after being burned in 1814, so the smoke -stained gray stone walls were painted white.D.Actually the cognomen“ White House “was applied to the building some time before it was painted.三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：2，分数：5.00)(1).The gene
11、ral election will be held on _.（分数：1.00）A.FridayB.WednesdayC.ThursdayD.Monday(2).Mail and Telegraph endorsed _.（分数：1.00）A.Tony BlairB.William HagueC.the Liberal DemocratsD.Labor PartyI Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following news from the BBC. At the end of the news item ,you will be given 10 s
12、econds to answer each question. Now listen to the news./I（分数：3.00）(1).Palestinians say that _.（分数：1.00）A.Israeli Prime Minister is sincere to call for ceasefireB.Sharons appeal to stop ongoing violence is a “lie“C.they believe this time will soon witness ceasefireD.they feel relieved America support
13、s ceasefire(2).The Arafat aide thought that Israeli Prime Minister calls for ceasefire because _.（分数：1.00）A.Sharons government aimed at alleviating international pressure on IsraelB.Sharons government felt guilty of their excessive use of forceC.Sharons government is demanded by the United States to
14、 stop fireD.Sharons government is opposed by its people(3).A roadside bomb exploded on Israeli border with Egypt late on Tuesday, and then（分数：1.00）A.Israeli soldiers carried out the appeal to stop fireB.Israeli soldiers continue to patrol under interim peace dealsC.Israeli soldiers returned fireD.Is
15、raeli soldiers returned fire and soon initiated another fighting四、BPART READING (总题数：5，分数：20.00)BTEXT A/BI was born in Feb. 12,1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families-second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth y
16、ear, was of a family of the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macon countries, Illinois. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham County, Virginia, to Kentucky, about 1781 or 1782,where, a year or two later, he was killed by Indians, not in bat
17、tle, but by stealth, when he was laboring to open a farm in the forest, tits ancestors, who were Quakers, went to Virginia from Berks County, Pennsylvania. An effort to identify them with the New - England family of the same name ended in nothing more definite, than a similarity of christian names i
18、n both families, such as Enoch, Levi, Mordecei , Solomon, Abraham, and the like.My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age; and he grew up, literally without education. He removed from Kentucky to what is now Spencer County, Indiana, in my eighth year. We reached our new home ab
19、out the time the State came in the Union. It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up. There were some schools, so-called; but no qualification was ever required of a teacher, beyond “reading, writing, and cipherin “ to the Rule of Three. If a str
20、uggler sup posed to understand Latin, happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon-as a wizzard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three; but th
21、at was all. I have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of education, I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity.I was raised to farm work, which I continued till I was twenty-two. At twenty-one I came to Illinois, and passed the first year
22、in Illinois-Macon County. Then I got to New-Salem, (at that time in Sangamon, now in Menard County), where I remained a year as a sort of clerk in a store. Then came the Black-Hawk war; and I was elected a Captain of volunteers-a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since. I went
23、the campaign, was elated, ran for the Legislature the same year (1832) and was beaten-the only time I have been beaten by the people. The next, and three succeeding biennial elections, I was elected to the Legislature. I was not a candidate afterwards. During this legislative period I had studied la
24、w, and re moved to Springfield to practice it. In 1846, I was once elected to the lower House of Congress. Was not a candidate for reelection? From 1849 to 1854, both inclusive, practiced law more assiduously than ever be fore. Always a whig in politics, and generally on the whig electoral tickets,
25、making active canvasses. I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I bays done since then is pretty well-known.If any personal description of us is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in fl
26、esh, weighing on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey hair, grey eyesno other masks or brands recollected.（分数：5.00）(1).The author is _.（分数：1.00）A.a friend of Abraham LincolnsB.a writer who gives an account of Abraham Lincolns biographyC.Abraham
27、 Lincoln himselfD.Abraham Lincolns autobiography(2).Which of the following statements is TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.The authors mother died when he was only ten years old.B.The authors father died when he was six years old.C.The author and his family moved to Indiana in his eighth year.D.His grandfather was ki
28、lled by Indians in a battle.(3).What was required of a teacher in the authors hometown?（分数：1.00）A.No qualification.B.Latin - understanding.C.Experiences of traveling round the world.D.The basical ability to know how to read, write and compute arithmetically.(4).Which events provided much encourageme
29、nt for Abraham Lincoln in his political career?（分数：1.00）A.The Black - Hawk war and Law - practicing.B.The Black - Hawk war and the Missouri Compromise.C.Farm work and Law - practicing.D.Law -practicing and the Missouri Compromise.(5).Tile general tone of this passage can be described as _.（分数：1.00）A
30、.haughty and sarcasticB.condescending and humbleC.domineering and aggressiveD.honest and confidentBTEXT B/BOnce found almost entirely in the western United States and in Asia, dinosaur fossils are now being discovered on all seven continents. A host of new revelations emerged in 1998 that promixse t
31、o reshape scientistsviews of dinosaurs, including what they looked like and when and where they lived.It is doubtful that Tyrannosaurus Re had lips or that Triceratops had cheeks, says Lawrence Witmer, an assistant professor of anatomy at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Witmer was a leading researc
32、her for a study on dinosaur anatomy that was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology, which concluded on October 3 in Snowbird, Utah.Witmers study reached its conclusions by using high - tech computerized aial tomography (CT or CAT) scans along with comparative ana
33、tomy studies. For eample, the theory that Triceratops and similar dinosaur species had cheeks was based on past comparisons with mammals such as sheep. But Witmers careful analysis found the structure of the triceratops jaw and skull made it more likely that Triceratops had a beak like that of an ea
34、gle. Witmer said that scientists should use birds and crocodiles as models when researching the appearance of dinosaurs.In early October scientists announced that they had confirmed the discovery of a new type of ceratopsian dinosaur. The dinosaurs bones, found in New Meixco in 1996, are forcing pal
35、eontologists to rethink their theories about when ceratopsians migrated to what is now North America.Scientists previously thought that ceratopsians, the group that included the well - known Triceratops, arrived in North America from Asia between 70 million and 80 million years ago. During this time
36、, the late Cretaceous Period, the earths two supercontinents -Laarasia in the north and Gondwanaland in the south were in the process of pulling apart, cutting dinosaur populations off from each other and interrupting migratory patterns.The fossilized bones, found by eight - year - old Christopher W
37、olfe and his father, paleontologist Doug Wolfe of the Mesa Southwest Museum in Arizona, date to about 90 million years ago. This could mean that ceratopsians originated in North America and migrated to Asia rather than the reverse, paleontologists said. Doug Wolfe named the important new species of
38、dinosaur Zuniceratops christopheri after his son.An expedition from the Universities of Alaska in Anchorage and Fairbanks has discovered a region in remote northern Alaska so rich in fossilized dinosaur tracks that team members dubbed it the “ dino expressway “. The trampled area was found during th
39、e summer of 1998 on Alaskas North Slope near the Brooks Range.The team found 13 new track sites and made casts from the prints of five different types of dinosaurs. The rock in which the prints were found dates to more than 100 million years ago, or about 25 million years older than the previously d
40、iscovered signs of dinosaurs in the Arctic region. Paleontologists said that the new findings provide important evidence that dinosaurs migrated between Asia and North America during the early and mid -Cretaceous Period, before Asia split off into its own continent.Two rich fossil sites in the hills
41、 of Bolivia have been recently discovered, exciting paleontologists and dinosaur buffs. This discovery includes one of the most spectacular dinosaur trackways ever found.The discovery of a large site in the mountain region of Kila Kila in southern Bolivia was announced in early October. Here scienti
42、sts found the tracks of at least two unknown species of dinosaur. These included a large quadruped (four-footed) dinosaur that was probably about 20 m (about 70 ft) long.The other site, located not far from the Bolivian city of Sucre, was uncovered in a cement quarry by workers several years ago but
43、 was not brought to paleontologistsattention until the middle of 1998. The site features a vertical wall covered with thousands of dinosaur prints representing more than 100 different species. The tracks date back to between 65 million and 70 million years ago. Since dinosaurs arc believed to have d
44、ied out around 65 million years ago, the prints were likely made by some of the last dinosaurs on earth.Scientists speculated that the tracks were made at the edge of a lake or swamp and were then hardened and preserved. The rock containing the tracks was then pushed into a vertical position over mi
45、llions of years of geologic activity. Dinosaur eggs have also been found at the site, which paleontologists are working to preserve before it falls victim to erosion. Paleontologists hope to study the site and learn about the diet and physical characteristics of the dinosaurs that are represented th
46、ere.（分数：5.00）(1).Witmers research leads people to believe _.（分数：1.00）A.Tyrannosaurus Re had lips and Triceratops had cheeks.B.dinosaurs might have looked like mammals such as sheep.C.dinosaurs might not bare looked like what we thought.D.dinosaurs must have looked like birds or crocodiles.(2).The di
47、scovery of a new type of ceratopsian dinosaur suggests ceratopsians _.（分数：1.00）A.migrated to North America around 70 - 80 million years ago.B.arrived in Asia from North America about 90 million years ago.C.originated in Asia and later migrated to North America.D.could have moved to Asia from North A
48、merica long ago.(3).ewly-found fossilized tracks in Alaska proved that dinosaursmigration between Asia and North America took place _.（分数：1.00）A.much earlier than experts previously thought.B.much later than experts previously thought.C.after Asia became an independent continent.D.sometime around 25 million years ago.(4).The discovery of dinosaur fossil sites in Bolivia is eciting because of the following reasons ECEPT_.（分数：1.00）A.they are foun
