1、专业八级-183 及答案解析(总分：86.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BSECTION A/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Five Main Literary Movements in American History. Transcendentalism born in U U 1 /U /Uthe north eastern part of the US people can achieve spirituality without U U 2 /U /U individualism was highly praised
2、 Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature as a representative of the movement. Romanticism spread from Britain and Germany centered on imagination and strong emotions American works include the supernatural and focus on human U U 3 /U /U Edgar Allen Poe: best known for tales of U U 4 /U /U. Realism started in Fr
3、ance- focused on events that were ordinary and typical rather than extraordinary many writers were also concerned with U U 5 /U /UMark Twain: wrote about ordinary life in the U U 6 /U /Upart of America. Naturalism had roots in Francea persons behavior is influenced by U U 7 /U /U a person cannot esc
4、ape his destiny or fate Jack London : humans behave like animals in U U 8 /U /U. Modernism started in Europe probably can be described with the word U U 9 /U /U find out what doesnt work and replace it with what doesEzra Pound: completely changed the concept of U U 10 /U /U （分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填
5、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:_三、BSECTION B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).Nicks first impression of Hong Kong was _. A. the amazing harbor B. the fantastic food C. the heat D. the tall building（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which is NOT true about the best thing in Hong Kong according t
6、o Nick? A. Wonderful food. B. Interesting people. C. Dumplings. D. Riding bicycles.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Nicks worst experience in Hong Kong was _ . A. being bitten by mosquitoes at night B. being hit by a bicycle C. having to get up early D. having to ferry in the morning（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What im
7、pressed him most about the people in Hong Kong, according to Nick? A. They are hardworking. B. They show strong respect for others. C. They have strong idea about losing face. D. They respect themselves more than others.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What did Nick do when he was in Hong Kong? A. An actor. B.
8、A director. C. A shampoo salesman. D. A producer.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、BSECTION C/B(总题数：2，分数：5.00)（分数：3.00）(1).The North Korean government has repeatedly accused the US of _. A. preparing to wage a propaganda war against the country B. imposing sanctions on the country C. inspecting the nuclear cite in
9、 Pyongyang D. preparing to attack the country after it finishes the war in Iraq（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the news, we can infer that North Koreas attitude toward the issue is _. A. resolute B. wavering C. supportive D. ambiguous（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why were there hundreds of mourners in the
10、Australian city of Newcastle who gathered to mourn the death of twenty people killed in bombings last year? A. Because Newcastle is the home of three of the victims. B. Because these people died in Newcastle last year. C. Because four Islamist fighters have been found guilty of involvement in the bo
11、mbings in Newcastle. D. Because Newcastle is the city where there are many friends and relatives of the victims.语音下载（分数：1.00）_（分数：2.00）(1).What is the speakers attitude towards the celebrating party? A. Discriminative. B. Condemnatory. C. Unappreciative. D. Appreciative.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is
12、the stylistic feature of the articles in Readers Digest? A. Brevity. B. Originality. C. Seriousness. D. Simplicity.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BPART READING (总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、BTEXT A/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)“Leave him alone!“ I yelled as I walked out of the orphanage gate and saw several of the Spring Park School bul
13、lies pushing the deaf kid around. I did not know the boy at all but I knew that we were about the same age, because of his size. He lived in the old white house across the street from the orphanage where I lived. I had seen him on his front porch several times doing absolutely nothing, except just s
14、itting there making funny like hand movements.In the summer time we didnt get much to eat for Sunday supper, except watermelon and then we had to eat it outside behind the dining room so we would not make a mess on the tables inside, About the only time that I would see him was through the high chai
15、n-link fence that surrounded the orphanage when we ate our watermelon outside.The deaf kid started making all kinds of hand signals, real fast like. “You are a stupid idiot!“ said the bigger of the two bullies as he pushed the boy down on the ground. The other bully ran around behind the boy and kic
16、ked him as hard as he could in the back. The deaf boys body started shaking all over and he curled up in a ball trying to shield and hide his face. He looked like he was trying to cry, or something but he just couldnt make any sounds.I ran as fast as I could back through the orphanage gate and into
17、the thick azalea bushes. I uncovered my home-made bow which I had constructed out of bamboo and string. I grabbed four arrows that were also made of bamboo and they had Coca Cola tops bent around the ends to make real sharp tips. Then I ran back out of the gate with an arrow cocked in the how and I
18、just stood there quiet like, breathing real hard just daring either one of them to kick or touch the boy again.“Youre a dumb freak just like him, you big eared creep!“ said one of the boys as he grabbed his friend and backed off far enough so that the arrow would not hit them. “If youre so brave kic
19、k him again now,“ I said, shaking like a leaf. The bigger of the two bullies ran up and kicked the deaf boy in the middle of his back as hard as he could and then he ran out of arrow range again.The boy jerked about and then made a sound that I will never forget for as long as I live. It was the sou
20、nd like a whale makes when it has been harpooned and knows that it is about to die. I fired all four of my arrows at the two bullies as they ran away laughing about what they had done.I pulled the boy up off the ground and helped him back to his house which was about two blocks down the street from
21、the school building. The boy made one of those hand signs at me as I was about to leave. I asked his sister “If your brother is so smart then why is he doing things like that with his hands?“ She told me that he was saying that he loved me with his hands.Almost every Sunday for the next year or two
22、I could see the boy through the chain-link fence as we ate watermelon outside behind the dining room, during the summer time. He always made that same funny hand sign at me and I would just wave back at him, not knowing what else to do.On my very last day in the orphanage I was being chased by the p
23、olice. They told me that I was being sent off to the Florida School for Boys Reform School at Marianna so I ran to get away from them. They chased me around the dining room building several times and finally I made a dash for the chain-link fence and tried to climb over in order to escape. I saw the
24、 deaf boy sitting there on his porch just looking at me as they pulled me down from the fence and handcuffed me. The boy, now about twelve jumped up and ran across San Diego Road, placed his fingers through the chain-link fence and just stood there looking at us. They dragged me by my legs, screamin
25、g and yelling for more than several hundred yards through the dirt and pine-straw to the waiting police car. All I could hear the entire time was the high pitched sound of that whale being harpooned again.（分数：4.00）(1).It can be inferred that the deaf boys life in the orphanage was A. simple and tran
26、quil. B. monotonous and hard. C. quiet and enigmatic. D. boisterous and hard.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).It can be inferred from the passage that the author was all EXCEPT A. compassionate. B. dauntless. C. docile. D. dexterous.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The author was _ when he tried to protect the deaf kid aga
27、inst the two bullies. A. about ten years old B. not quite about ten C. in his late teens D. in his twenties（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The best title for the passage is probably A. The Wretched Life. B. The Orphanage Bullies. C. The Deaf Kid. D. The Whale Sound.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、BTEXT B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)La
28、nguages will continue to diverge. Even if English were to become the universal language, it would still take many different forms. Indeed the same could happen to English as has happened to Chinese: a language of intellectuals which doesnt vary hugely alongside a large number of variants used by loc
29、al peoples.We will continue to teach other languages in some form, and not just for reasons of practicality. Learning a language is good for your mental health; it forces you to understand another cultural and intellectual system. So I hope British education will develop a more rational approach to
30、the foreign languages available to students in line with their political importance. Because so many people believe its no longer important to know another language, I fear that time devoted to language teaching in schools may well continue to decline. But you can argue that learning another languag
31、e well is more taxing than, say, learning to play chess wellit involves sensitivity to a set of complicated rules, and also to context.Technology will certainly make a difference to the use of foreign languages. Computers may, for instance, alleviate the drudgery that a vast translation represents.
32、But no one who has seen a computer translation will think it can substitute for knowledge of the different languages. A machine will always be behind the times. Still more important is the fact that no computer will ever get at the associations beyond the words associations that may not be expressed
33、 but which carry much of the meaning. In languages like Arabic that context is very important. Languages come with heavy cultural baggage tooin French or German if you missed the cultural references behind a word youre very likely to be missing the meaning. It will be very hard to teach all that to
34、a computer.All the predictions are that English will be spoken by a declining proportion of the worlds population in the 21st century. I dont think foreign languages will really become less important, but they might be perceived to beand that would in the end be a very bad thing.（分数：5.00）(1).From th
35、e first paragraph we can infer that _. A. English is the universal language B. Chinese would become the universal language C. languages always take kinds of forms D. English has no variants, but Chinese does（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following is TRUE? A. If a language is not good for practic
36、ality, we can drop it. B. We can understand another cultural and intellectual system by learning language. C. Time devoted to language teaching has never declined. D. We should spend more time in learning language than playing chess.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why cant a computer translation substitute for
37、 knowledge of different languages? Because _. A. computer can alleviate much drudgery B. computer is always behind the times C. computer cant get the inner meaning of words D. computer has no sensation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What does the author mean by “that would in the end be a very bad thing“ in th
38、e last paragraph? A. Less and leas people will use English. B. Foreign languages will become less important. C. Foreign languages will be perceived less important. D. We must realize the importance of foreign languages.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A.
39、Learning Foreign Languages. B. Language Continuing to Diverge. C. The Limitation of Technology in Learning Foreign Language. D. The Inner Meaning of Words.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.八、BTEXT C/B(总题数：1，分数：6.00)It takes a while, as you walk around the streets of Nantes, a city of haft a million people on the ban
40、ks of the Loire River, to realize just what it is that is odd. Then you get it: there are empty parking slots, which is highly unusual in big French towns.Two decades of effort to make life more livable by dissuading people from driving into town Nas made Nantes a beacon for other European cities se
41、eking to shake dependence on the automobile.The effects were clear recently during Mobility Week, a campaign sponsored by the European Union that prompted more than 1,000 towns across the Continent to test ways of making their streets, if not car free, at least manageable. “That is an awfully diffic
42、ult problem,“ acknowledges Joel Crawford, an author and leader of the “car free“ movement picking up adherents all over Europe. “You cant take cars out of cities until there is some sort of alternative in place. But there are a lot of forces pointing in the direction of a major reduction in car use,
43、 like the rise in fuel prices, and concerns about global warming.“Last week, proclaiming the slogan “In Town, Without my Car !“ hundreds of cities closed off whole chunks of their centers to all but essential traffic. Nantes closed just a few streets, preferring to focus on alternatives to driving s
44、o as to promote “Clever Commuting“, the theme of this years EU campaign. Volunteers pedaled rickshaws along the cobbled streets, charging passengers $1.20 an hour; bikes were available for free; and city workers encouraged children to walk to school along routes supervised by adults acting as Pied P
45、ipers and picking up kids at arranged stops.The centerpiece is a state-of-the-art tramway providing service to much of the town, and a network of free, multistory parking lots to encourage commuters to “park. and ride“. Rene Vincendo, a retired hospital worker waiting at one such parking lot for his
46、 wife to return from the city center, is sold. “To go into town, this is brilliant,“ he says. “I never take my car in now.“It is not cheap, though. Beyond the construction costs, City Hall subsidizes fares to the tune of 60 million euros ( $ 72 million) a year, making passengers pay only 40 percent
47、of operating costs.That is the only way to draw people onto trams and buses, says de Rugy, since Nantes, like many European cities, is expanding, and commuters find themselves with ever-longer distances to travel. The danger, he warns, is that “the further you go down the route Of car dependence, the harder it is to return, because so many shops, schools and other services are built beyond the reach of any financially feasible public-transport network.“ This, adds de Rugy, means
