1、专业八级-187 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)In business, many places adopt a credit system, which dates back to ancient times. At present, purchases can be made by using credit cards. They fall into two categories: one has (1)_use, while (1)_ the other is accepted almost ever
2、ywhere. The application for the use of the latter one must be made at a (2)_. (2)_ Once the customer starts using the card, he will be provided with a monthly statement of (3)_ (3)_ by the credit company. He is required to pay one quarter to half of his credit (4)_every (4)_ month. Advantages. 1. Wi
3、th a card, it is not (5)_to save up money before an actual pur- (5)_ chase. 2. If the card is lost, its owner is protected. 3. A (6)_and complete list of purchase (6)_ received from the credit company helps the owner to remember the time and (7)_of his purchase. 4. (7)_ The cards are accepted in a(n
4、) (8)_by (8)_ professional people like dentists, etc. Major disadvantage. The card owner is tempted to (9)_his money. If this is the case, it will (9)_ become increasingly difficult for the user to keep up with the required (10)_, which will result in (10)_ the credit card being cancelled by the cre
5、dit company.（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).Pauline failed to catch the flight because_.（分数：1.00）A.her ticket was not confirmedB.she booked her ticket at the wrong placeC.she didnt have the right documentsD.her visa had
6、 run out(2).Which of the following did NOT occur?（分数：1.00）A.Pauline visited one of Londons parks.B.Pauline went to the airport by taxi.C.Pauline contacted the airline by telephone.D.Pauline stayed the night in London.(3).In Ibiza, Pauline took a taxi because_.（分数：1.00）A.she had too much luggageB.nob
7、ody came to pick her upC.the plane was delayedD.her friends home was far away(4).Pauline learned her friends address in_.（分数：1.00）A.NewcastleB.GatwickC.LondonD.Luton(5).From the conversation we get the impression that_.（分数：1.00）A.some official agencies in London are efficientB.taxi drivers abroad al
8、ways overcharge strangersC.customs formalities in Britain are flexibleD.travel agents tend to misinform people三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：2，分数：5.00)(1).On the subject of the alleged arms sales to Iraq, American officials_.（分数：1.00）A.are worriedB.are interestedC.feel indifferentD.feel annoyed(2).The Congressi
9、onal investigators say that_.（分数：1.00）A.their studies have not yet startedB.their inquiries have received government supportC.the Matrix Churchill case and the Dragool case are unrelatedD.the UK and U.S. followed a mutual policyI Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the n
10、ews item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question. Now listen to the news./I（分数：3.00）(1).Rachel Whiteread is_.（分数：1.00）A.a traditional artistB.a sculptorC.an interior decoratorD.a house designer(2).Which of the following was NOT considered for this years Turner Prize?（分数：1.00）A.A model
11、containing a large amount of rice.B.A sculpture showing the inside of old houses.C.A display made up of fish and glass.D.A sculpture involving colored neon lights.(3).What made Rachel Whiteread unhappy was the fact that_.（分数：1.00）A.she knew her creation was to be pulled downB.she got the prize as th
12、e worst artistC.she was ridiculed and mocked by newspapermanD.she was regarded as a hypocrite and the worst artist四、BPART READING (总题数：7，分数：20.00)BTEXT A/B“There is a senseless notion that children grow up and leave home when theyre 18, and the truth is far from that,“ says sociologist Larry Bumpass
13、 of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents. “There is a major shift in the middle class, declares sociologist Allan Schnaiberg of Northwestern University, whose son, 19, moved back in after an absence of eight months.Analysts cite a varie
14、ty of reasons for this return to the nest. The marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people. A high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hurt survivors back to parental shelte
15、rs. For some, the expense of an away-from- home college education has become so excessively great that many students now attend local schools. Even after graduation, young people find their wings clipped by skyrocketing housing costs.Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give
16、 her security and moral support. Her mother agrees, “Its ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home.“ But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are the hassles over bathrooms, telephone and privacy. Some families, however, ma
17、nage the delicate balancing act. But for others, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times and left three times. “What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,“ she explains, “He never liked anyone I dated. So I either had to hide away or me
18、et them at friends houses.“Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving out? Most psychologists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake. Children, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with “a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure.“ And aging parents,
19、who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities. Many agree that brief visits, however, can work beneficially.（分数：2.00）(1).One of the disadvantages of young adults returning to stay with their parents is that_.（分数：1.00）A.there will inevitably b
20、e inconveniences in everyday lifeB.most parents find it difficult to keep a bigger family goingC.young adults tend to be overprotected by their parentsD.public opinion is against young adults staying with their parents(2).According to the passage, what is the best for both parents and children?（分数：1
21、.00）A.They should adjust themselves to sharing the family expenses.B.Children should leave their parents when they are grown up.C.Adult children should visit their parents from time to time.D.Parents should support their children when they are in trouble.BTEXT B/BIn October 1949 the United Nations b
22、rought a number of specialists on food to Geneva, to discuss the problems of eating habits and food supplies of peoples throughout the world. One problem that interested the specialists particularly was a form of illness, about which little was known among the children in Africa.Two doctors were cho
23、sen to make the study. They flew to Africa and during the next two months visited ten countries. They found that serious diseases of poor eating, often mistaken for other diseases, existed in all parts of Africa. The diseases were similar and could therefore all be named kwashiorkor.The diseased chi
24、ldren are usually from one to four years old. As the illness progresses, the childs stomach becomes swollen by liquid collecting in the body. The skin changes color and may break out in open sores. The hair changes color and starts to fall out. The patient loses all interest in his surroundings and
25、even in food, and becomes so weak that he wants to lie down all the time. Stomach liquids are no longer produced.The doctors reasoned that kwashiorkor was found in the young children of this age in many parts of Africa because of lack of milk or meat. Their mothers, after stopping their breast-feedi
26、ng, gave them foods full of starches instead of greatly needed proteins. They found that the addition of milk to the food of children suffering from kwashiorkor saved many lives.It was necessary that the children of Africa be helped to eat better. The doctors suggested that the production of foods r
27、ich in protein be increased; they thought that more fish should be caught and more nuts should be grown. They urged education plans to teach mothers better ways of feeding children. They suggested that the United Nations send large quantities of powdered milk to hospitals and child-health centers. F
28、inally, they recommended closer study of all the special problems connected with kwashiorkor.（分数：2.00）(1).One difficulty in discovering kwashiorkor is that_.（分数：1.00）A.it has no virusesB.it is like other diseasesC.it is hard to see signs of itD.it does not last long(2).A good way to cure the disease
29、 is by_.（分数：1.00）A.eating more meatB.eating more starchC.taking the proper medicineD.drinking pure waterBTEXT C/BAuctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or “bid“, for the various items on sale
30、. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down“ the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands.An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full pa
31、rticulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by prospective buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a “lot“, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 an
32、d continue in numerical order; he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in. The auctioneers services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer there- fore
33、 has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible.The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods he is selling, and he should be acquainted with regular buyers of such goods. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also pl
34、ay on the rivalries among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other. It is largely on his advice that a seller will fix a “reserve“ price, that is, a price below which the goods cannot be sold. Even the best auctioneers, however,
35、 find it difficult to stop a “knock-out, whereby dealers illegally arrange beforehand not to bid against each other, but nominate one of themselves as the only bidder, in the hope of buying goods at extremely low prices. If such a “knock-out comes off, the real auction takes place privately afterwar
36、ds among the dealers.（分数：2.00）(1).The passage is mainly concerned with_.（分数：1.00）A.how an auction is conductedB.the auctioneers role in an auctionC.the development of auctioningD.the kinds of goods to be auctioned(2).At an auction, a bidder may get an item at a low price if he_.（分数：1.00）A.beats othe
37、rs in the biddingB.promises to sell the item again laterC.can fix a “reserve“ priceD.reaches some agreement beforehand with other prospective buyersBTEXT D/BAnalysts have had their go at humor, and I have some of this interpretative literature, but without being greatly instructed. Humor can be diss
38、ected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.In a newsreel theatre the other day I saw a picture of a man who had developed the soap bubble to a higher point than it had ever before reached. He had become the ace soap bu
39、bble blower of America, had perfected the business of blowing bubbles, refined it, doubled it, squared it, and had even worked himself up into a convenient lather. The effect was not pretty. Some of the bubbles were too big to be beautiful, and the blower was always jumping into them or out of them,
40、 or playing some sort of unattractive trick with them. It was, if anything, a rather repulsive sight. Humor is a little like that: it wont stand much blowing up, and it wont stand much poking. It has a certain fragility, an evasiveness, which one had best respect. Essentially, it is a complete myste
41、ry. A human frame convulsed with laughter, and the laughter becoming mysterieal and uncontrollable, is as far out of balance as one shaken with the hiccoughs or in the throes of a sneezing fit.One of the things commonly said about humorists is that they are really very sad people-clowns with a break
42、ing heart. There is some truth in it, but it is badly stated. It would be more accurate, I think, to say that there is a deep vein of melancholy running through everyones life and that the humorist, perhaps more sensible of it than some others, compensates for it actively and positively. Humorists f
43、atten on trouble. They have always made trouble pay. They struggle along with a good will and endure pain cheerfully, knowing how well it will serve them in the sweet by and by. You find them wrestling with foreign languages, fighting folding ironing boards and swollen drainpipes, suffering the terr
44、ible discomfort of tight boots (or as Josh Billings wittily called them, “tite“ boots). They pour out their sorrows profitably, in a form that is not quite fiction nor quite fact either. Beneath the sparkling surface of these dilemmas flows the strong tide of human woe.Practically everyone is a mani
45、c depressive of sorts, with his up moments and his down moments, and you certainly dont have to be a humorist to taste the sadness of situation and mood. But there is often a rather fine line between laughing and crying, and if a humorous piece of writing brings a person to the point where his emoti
46、onal responses are untrustworthy and seem likely to break over into the opposite realm, it is because humor, like poetry, has an extra content. It plays close to the big hot fire which is Truth, and sometimes the reader feels the heat.（分数：2.00）(1).The author uses the example of the soap bubble blowe
47、r to show that_.（分数：1.00）A.people should perfect the art of humor just as the bubble blower does to the bubblesB.neither too much exaggeration nor absolute explicitness is fit for humorC.humor should make people frantic for a whileD.skill is required to produce humor(2).A humorous piece of writing c
48、an make the readers emotional responses untrustworthy because_.（分数：1.00）A.everyone has his happy moments and unhappy momentsB.there is an obvious line between laughing and cryingC.it is like poetry, very rhythmicD.it expresses the truth of the sadness of human life with a sparkling surfaceBTEXT E/BEarly in the sixteenth century, Francis Bacon proposed that science consisted in the elevation of the authority of experiment and observation over that of reason
