1、专业八级-188 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)B Jazz/B Jazz began in the early 20th century as a music of (1)_ Americans. The first 1. _. jazz record was made in (2)._. Jazz 2. _. represents a mixture of musical elements, including the European ideas of harmony and melody, but
2、the rhythms are more (3) _ 3. _. in origin. Jazz has 3 notable features. First, it is (4) _ in rhythm. Second, it has more 4. _. than one rhythm. In other words, it is (5) _. 5. _. Third, players (6)_ while 6. _. playing. New Orleans jazz marked a major step in jazzs development. It combined the dee
3、p emotion of the American (7) _ and 7. _. Negro spiritual with elements of European folk music. The most obvious feature of New Orleans jazz was its more complex rhythm. By the 1940s, thanks to the contributions made by great jazz musicians like Lester Young and Charlie Christian, jazz entered into
4、the modern era. The new approach to rhythm even made the (8)_ play in a more 8. _. complicated way. After the 1950s, modern jazz was further developed into “free jazz.“ Without planning beforehand, players may change the (9) _. 9. _. of a “free jazz“ several times during a performance. Today, jazz h
5、as been widely recognized as Americas (10) _ music. It also 10. _. influenced various kinds of music across the world.（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).According to Mr. Bacon, people keep snakes because _.（分数：1.00）A.they
6、like them as petsB.they like them although they dont have them as petsC.they use them to frighten other peopleD.they are keen on snake meat(2).From the conversation, we can conclude that the RoyaI-RSPCA must be _.（分数：1.00）A.a zoo with various animalsB.a market selling various animalsC.an organizatio
7、n for the protection of animalsD.an organization for the protection of children(3).Animals are good for old peoples health in the sense that animals _.（分数：1.00）A.can look after them in hospital and homeB.can be their good companionsC.are more reliable than peopleD.can help them establish more social
8、 contacts(4).The lipstick marks on the animals heads show that people _.（分数：1.00）A.are cruel with their animalsB.spend more money on animals than on their childrenC.are treating their animals too wellD.are making up their animals(5).According to Mr. Bacon, the best part of his job is _.（分数：1.00）A.th
9、e excitement involved with the possible dangerB.the small amount of paper workC.the veterinary medicineD.the delivering of new animals三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：3，分数：5.00)(1).The price of crude oil futures in New York _.（分数：1.00）A.dropped by 6%B.dropped by 42 dollarsC.rose by 6%D.rose by 42 dollars(2).The p
10、rice fluctuation of crude oil is caused by _.（分数：1.00）A.changed market demandB.changed OPEC policyC.security situation in Saudi ArabiaD.U.S, policy toward Saudi ArabiaI Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each questio
11、n. Now listen to the news./I（分数：2.00）(1).According to the proposal, by the end of next year the U.S. will reduce its troops in South Korea by _.（分数：1.00）A.3,600B.12,500C.8,900D.16,100(2).According to the news, we can infer that 3,600 U.S. troops _.（分数：1.00）A.will be moved to Iraq by the end of next
12、yearB.will be moved to Iraq in 3 groupsC.will return to South Korea after the mission is finishedD.will not return to South Korea after the mission is finished1.I Question 10 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
13、to the news./IWhich of the following statements is NOT TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.There are altogether 15 candidates in the presidential election.B.A pro-Western reformer won more votes than any other candidate.C.A hard-line nationalist got 31% of the votes.D.There will be 2 candidates in the June 27th run-off
14、 election.四、BPART READING (总题数：4，分数：15.00)BTEXT A/BWeb Du Bois was born a free man in his small village of Great Barington, Massachusetts, three years after the Civil War. For generations, the Du Bois family had been an accepted part of the community since before his great-grandfather had fought in
15、the American Revolution.Early on, Du Bois was given an awareness of his African-heritage, through the ancient songs his grandmother taught him. This awareness set him apart from his New England community, with an ancestry shrouded in mystery, in sharp contrast to the precisely accounted history of t
16、he Western world. This difference would be the foundation for his desire to change the way African-Americans co-existed in America.As a student, Du Bois was considered something of a prodigy who excelled beyond the capabilities of his white peers. He found work as a correspondent for New York newspa
17、pers, and slowly began to realize the inhibitions of social boundaries he was expected to observe every step of the way. When racism tried to take his pride and dignity, he became more determined to make sure society recognized his achievements.Clearly, Du Bois showed great promise, and although he
18、dreamt of attending Harvard, some influential members of his community arranged for his education at Fisk University in Nashville. His experiences at Fisk changed his life; and he discovered his fate as a leader of the black struggle to free his people from oppression. At Fisk, Du Bois became acquai
19、nted with many sons and daughters of former slaves, who felt the pain of oppression and shared his sense of cultural and spiritual tradition. In the South, he saw his people being driven to a status of little difference from slavery, and saw them terrorized at the polls. He taught school during the
20、summers in the eastern portion of Tennessee, and saw the suffering firsthand. He then resolved to dedicate his life to fighting the terrible racial oppression that held the black people down, both economically and politically.Du Boiss determination was rewarded with a scholarship to Harvard, where h
21、e began the first scientific sociological studies in the United States. He felt that through science, he could dispel the irrational prejudices and ignorance that prevented racial equality. He went on to create great advancements in the study of race relations, but oppression continued with segregat
22、ion laws, lynching, and terror tactics on the rise. Du Bois then formed the Niagara Movement, and in 1909, was a vital part in establishing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was also the editor of the NAACP magazine The Crisis from 1910 to 1934. In this stage of his
23、life, he encouraged direct assaults on the legal, political, and economic system, which he felt blossomed out of the exploitation of the poor and powerless black community.He became the most important black protest leader of the first half of the 20th century. His views clashed with Booker T. Washin
24、gton, who felt that the black people of America had to simply accept discrimination, and hope to eventually earn respect and equality through hard work and success. Du Bois wrote The Souls of Black Folk in 1903, criticizing Booker, claiming that his ideas would lead to a perpetuation of oppression i
25、nstead of freeing the black people from it. Du Boiss criticism lead to a branching out of the black civil rights movement, Bookers conservative followers, and a radical following of his critics.Du Bois had established the Black Nationalism that was the inspiration for all black empowerment throughou
26、t the civil rights movement, but had begun during the progressive era. Although the movement that germinated from his ideas may have taken on a more violent form, Web Du Bois felt strongly that every human being could shape their own destinies with determination and hard work. Fie inspired hope by d
27、eclaring that progress would come with the success of the small struggles for a better life.（分数：4.00）(1).Du Boiss family was respected in the village because _.（分数：1.00）A.the Civil War had eliminated racial discrimination in the U.S.B.his grandmother could recite the history of the western worldC.Du
28、 Bois was considered something of a prodigy and very promisingD.his great-grandfather had fought in the American war of independence(2).He first became aware of a racial disparity because of _.（分数：1.00）A.the vagueness of his African ancestryB.the unfair treatment of him at schoolC.the miserable suff
29、erings of the slavesD.the inhibitions haunting his parents(3).It was in _ that he decided to dedicate his life to the struggle against racial oppression.（分数：1.00）A.HarvardB.BaringtonC.FiskD.Washington(4).Du Bois differs from Booker politically in that he _.（分数：1.00）A.believed hard work and success w
30、ere the only way to win respectB.rejected the idea of tentative tolerance of racial discriminationC.encouraged organized violence as part of the struggle for equalityD.took it as his ultimate goal to build an independent nation of blacksBTEXT B/BThe bizarre antics of sleepwalkers have puzzled police
31、, perplexed scientists, and fascinated writers for centuries. There is an endless supply of stories about sleepwalkers. Persons have been said to climb on steep roofs, solve mathematical problems, compose music, walk through plate-glass windows, and commit murder in their sleep.How many of these sto
32、ries have a basis in fact, and how many are pure fakery? No one knows, but if some of the most sensational stories should be taken with a barrel of salt, others are a matter of record.In Revere, Massachusetts, a hundred policemen combed a waterfront neighborhood for a lost boy who left his home in h
33、is sleep and woke up five hours later on a strange sofa in a strange living room, with no idea how he had got there.There is an early medical record of a somnambulist who wrote a novel in his sleep. And the great French writer Voltaire knew a sleepwalker who once got out of bed, dressed himself, mad
34、e a polite bow, danced a minuet, and then undressed and went back to bed.At the University of Iowa, a student was reported to have the habit of getting up in the middle of the night and walking three-quarters of a mile to the Iowa River. He would take a swim and then go back to his room to bed.The w
35、orlds champion sleepwalker was supposed to have been an Indian, Pandit Ramrakha, who walked sixteen miles along a dangerous road without realizing that he had left his bed. Second in line for the title is probably either a Vienna housewife or a British farmer. The woman did all her shopping on busy
36、streets in her sleep. The farmer, in his sleep, visited a veterinarian miles away.The leading expert on sleep in America claims that he has never seen a sleepwalker. He is Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman, a physiologist at the University of Chicago. He is said to know more about sleep than any other living m
37、an, and during the last thirty-five years has lost a lot of sleep watching people sleep. Says he, “Of course, I know that there are sleepwalkers because I have read about them in the newspapers. But none of my sleepers ever walked, and if I were to advertise for sleepwalkers for an experiment, I dou
38、bt that Id get many takers.“Sleepwalking, nevertheless, is a scientific reality. Like hypnosis, it is one of those dramatic, eerie, awe-inspiring phenomena that sometimes border on the fantastic. It lends itself to controversy and misconceptions. What is certain about sleepwalking is that it is a sy
39、mptom of emotional disturbance, and that the only way to cure it is to remove the worries and anxieties that cause it. Doctors say that somnambulism is much more common than is generally supposed. Some have estimated that there are four million somnambulists in the United States. Others set the figu
40、re even higher. Many sleepwalkers do not seek help and so are never put on record, which means that an accurate count can never be made.The simplest explanation of sleepwalking is that it is the acting out of a vivid dream. The dream usually comes from guilt, worry, nervousness, or some other emotio
41、nal conflict. The classic sleepwalker is Shakespeares Lady Macbeth. Her nightly wanderings were caused by her guilty conscience at having committed murder. Shakespeare said of her, “The eyes are open but their sense is shut. “The age-old question is: ls the sleepwalker actually awake or asleep? Scie
42、ntists have decided that he is about half-and-half. Like Lady Macbeth, he has weighty problems on his mind. Dr. Zeida Teplitz, who made a ten-year study of the subject, says, “Some people stay awake all night worrying about their problems. The sleepwalker thrashes them out in his sleep. He is awake
43、in the muscular area, partially asleep in the sensory area.“ In other words, a person can walk in his sleep, move around, and do other things, but he does not think about what he is doing.There are many myths about sleepwalkers. One of the most common is the idea that its dangerous or even fatal to
44、waken a sleepwalker abruptly. Experts say that the shock suffered by a sleepwalker suddenly awakened is no greater than that suffered in waking up to the noise of an alarm clock. Another mistaken belief is that sleepwalkers are immune to injury. Actually most sleepwalkers trip over rugs or bump thei
45、r heads on doors at some time or other.（分数：4.00）(1).According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.There is no accurate figure of the number of sleepwalkers.B.Stories of sleepwalkers are all fantasies.C.Sleepwalkers can be considered half awake in their sleep.D.Vo
46、ltaire knew a sleepwalker who once danced a minuet in sleep.(2).Dr. Kleitman _.（分数：1.00）A.has lost so much sleep that he is now suffering from insomniaB.has conducted experiments on sleepwalkersC.has slept more than any other living man of his ageD.does not believe that there are any sleepwalkers at
47、 all(3).According to experts on sleepwalking, sleepwalkers _.（分数：1.00）A.can commit murder or other dangerous thingsB.can be fatally hurt if they are wakened abruptlyC.are partially awakeD.are immune to injury(4).What does the phrase “taken with a barrel of salt“ mean at the end of the second paragra
48、ph?（分数：1.00）A.“Suspected“.B.“Justifiable“.C.“Inconsistent“.D.“Ignored“.BTEXT C/BHistorically, execution has served as a significant form of punishment for deviance from social norms and criminal behavior. Capital punishment is no longer in use in Great Britain; but King Henry VIII executed an estimated 72,000 thieves and vagabonds during his long reign. When the American colonists came from England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, they brought some
