1、专业八级-236 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、LISTENING COMPREHENS(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、SECTION A MINI-LECTU(总题数：1，分数：60.00)Survival of English Language. Introduction English widespread in 1 2 show(s) how English survived . Five periods of its 3 1)410 CE to the mid-8th century 4 mercenaries coming and spreading
2、their language among the Britons center of 5 : York in Northumbia 2)Mid-Sth century to 899 The Danes replaced the Anglo-Saxons to rule Northumbia, but were 6 by Alfred of Wessex. Alfred called on people to 7 . Center was shifted to 8 . Alfred“s 9 enabled most of the existing laws and literary works
3、to be in English. 3)959 to 1066 England was divided into 10 and English speaking areas. Canute became ruler of 11 . Center was moved to London. Edward succeeded Canute and English gave way to 12 . 4)1080 to the 17th century Written English 13 before the advent of “Provision of Oxford“. Since 14th ce
4、ntury, English had gained renewed life. 14 English appeared in the 17th century. 5)1837 to today English was used widely as a result of 15 , computer, the World Wide Web and rapid communication. （分数：60.00）填空项 1:_三、SECTION B INTERVIEW(总题数：2，分数：40.00)（分数：20.00）A.English Literature.B.Computer.C.Busines
5、s Administration.D.Finance.A.He changed his major in his postgraduate study.B.He participated in training programs after graduating from college.C.He had worked at least in two companies before this interview.D.He started working in a foreign representative office two years ago.A.Because the working
6、 environment was poor.B.Because the job was boring.C.Because the pay was rather low.D.Because he disliked his employer.A.To pursue personal interests.B.To make both ends meet.C.To improve the quality of family life.D.To realize individual value.A.Enthusiastic.B.Perseverant.C.Eloquent.D.Cooperative.（
7、分数：20.00）A.Overtime work.B.Regular work.C.High Salary.D.Varied work.A.Qualified.B.Questionable.C.Unsuitable.D.Apathetic.A.The employees can get paid sick leave every, year.B.There is a hard and fast rule about asking for a sick leave.C.Paternity leave hasn“t been mentioned in the contract yet.D.Male
8、 employees are entitled to paternity leave with full pay.A.Doctor“s note is not necessary for a one-day sick leave.B.Some employees used to take advantage of its loopholes.C.All the terms in it are preferred to the candidate.D.Paternity leave is as long as maternity leave when the first child is bor
9、n.A.Self-introduction.B.Discussion about sick leave.C.Revision of contract.D.Job interview.专业八级-236 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、LISTENING COMPREHENS(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、SECTION A MINI-LECTU(总题数：1，分数：60.00)Survival of English Language. Introduction English widespread in 1 2 show(s) how English survived .
10、 Five periods of its 3 1)410 CE to the mid-8th century 4 mercenaries coming and spreading their language among the Britons center of 5 : York in Northumbia 2)Mid-Sth century to 899 The Danes replaced the Anglo-Saxons to rule Northumbia, but were 6 by Alfred of Wessex. Alfred called on people to 7 .
11、Center was shifted to 8 . Alfred“s 9 enabled most of the existing laws and literary works to be in English. 3)959 to 1066 England was divided into 10 and English speaking areas. Canute became ruler of 11 . Center was moved to London. Edward succeeded Canute and English gave way to 12 . 4)1080 to the
12、 17th century Written English 13 before the advent of “Provision of Oxford“. Since 14th century, English had gained renewed life. 14 English appeared in the 17th century. 5)1837 to today English was used widely as a result of 15 , computer, the World Wide Web and rapid communication. （分数：60.00）填空项 1
13、:_ （正确答案：the 21st century）解析： the 21st century 听力原文 Survival of English LanguageGood morning. Twice in its history, English came very close to joining the list of dead languages. Yet, this language of a small island not only survived, but lived to be spoken by an estimated 1.5 billion people in the
14、21st century. Today we shall have a look at how English escaped its extinction. Death is a common fate of unwritten languages. But written records of the languages spoken on the island of Britain show us how the English language became the language of the island and how it survived. We now turn to t
15、hose written records. There are five critical periods in the survival of the English language. 1)410 CE to the mid-eighth century Early in the fifth century, Rome recalled its legions and told the Britons to defend themselves. Rich, unprotected, and attacked from all sides, King Vortigern on the Eas
16、t coast invited Germanic mercenaries to cross the channel to defend him against his enemies within and without. These mercenaries, mostly Angle and Saxon clans of Germanic peoples, called their language “englisc“ (pronounced “anglish“). The language of the Germanic mercenaries became the language of
17、 the conquered area. From the seventh through the mid-eighth centuries York in Northumbria, famed for its schools and for its literary productions, was the center of the English-speaking world. 2)Mid-eighth century to 899 By the mid 700“s, the Anglo-Saxons were on the receiving end of slaughter and
18、ruin by Danish armies. The Danes overran all the Anglo-Saxon areas, including Northumbria, the heartland of literacy in Anglo-Saxon England. Wessex, ruled by Alfred the Great, remained the only area still controlled by English-speakers. The Danes were neither united nor had a united command; Alfred
19、did. Eventually, Alfred forced the Danes back. Danish Northumbria submitted to Alfred in 886. After a century and more of death and destruction, very few literate English-speaking people remained. Alfred set out to revive the language through education and writing. In 891 he sent out a call for anyb
20、ody who could read or write. Outside of his personal staff, the handwriting of only eight new people appeared in the earliest records. The center of literary_production shifted from York in Northumbria to Winchester in Wessex. Due to Alfred“s education programs, most of the existing laws, poems, son
21、gs and stories were in the West Saxon dialect of his Wessex. Alfred died in 899. 3)959 to 1066 In 959, King Edgar, the great-grandson of Alfred, ruled both Danes and Saxons in England. The incompetent King Ethelred the Unready succeeded Edgar. He could not control the Danes. More Danes invaded; civi
22、l war followed. This second time, violent battles ended in a tie. The Danish leader, Canute, and Saxon King-elect, Edmund Ironsides, divided the country into Danish and English speaking areas. Canute and Edmund made a compromise that a united kingdom went to whoever died first. Two years later, Edmo
23、nd died; Canute became King of all England in 1018. With Canute the center of literary production moved to London. English remained a written language, at least for sermons and laws. Widower Canute wedded Emma, daughter of the Duke of Normandy. She was the mother of Edward, who became king after Can
24、ute“s heir from his marriage to Emma died. Raised in Normandy, Edward preferred the French. In 1066, the French-speaking Normans conquered England. Norman French. based in London, became the only language of literature, law, and court. This third time, English became the language of the brutally opp
25、ressed illiterate. The language again seemed heading for extinction. 4)1080 to the 17th century After 1080, only a few written documents in English appeared: a last chronicle entry in 1134; a manual for religious women from around 1200. During the twelfth and most of the thirteenth centuries, we hav
26、e no written records of English laws, poetry, songs, or stories. In 1258 the bilingual French-English “Provisions of Oxford,“ granting some rights to barons, showed up as the first public document in English in more than 200 years. In the 14th century the English language resurfaced as a legal and l
27、iterary language. Orally transmitted English poetry was preserved in written form in the Auchinleck Manuscript from 1325 to 1330. In 1344 the first petition in English appeared. In the last quarter of the century, Chaucer wrote his works, including the Canterbury Tales, in English. During this same
28、period, John Wycliffe translated the Bible into English, the language of the common people. In the fifteenth century, English gave further signs of renewed life. In 1413, King Henry IV wrote the first royal will in English. Religious plays were in English. By the late sixteenth century, we see the f
29、lowering of English theater with Shakespeare and Marlowe and Jonson. Modern English arrived in the 17th century. The English language won this “Battle of Britain.“ 5)1837 to Today In the nineteenth century, the “sun never set on the British Empire“ was in the English language. By the twentieth centu
30、ry, the Empire included India, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Bermuda. English, of course, was also the language of the United States. The United States did its part to spread the language to the Philippines and Samoa. Th
31、ere is, however, a substantial difference between the wide-spread, yet irregular, distribution of English in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and today. That difference is the computer, the World Wide Web, and rapid communication. Today, not surprisingly, the English language is global i
32、n use. English-speakers built the first electronic computing machines during World War II, which heralded the computer age. Years later, the technology that created the Internet and the World Wide Web is primarily the product of speakers and writers of the English language. Instruction manuals and t
33、echnical documents, as well as printers, keyboards, and monitors are for users of English. Now, you“ve got to know the five critical periods of English language. Although other languages across history reached the corners of their then known world, the English language survived near extinction; its
34、written records now endlessly circle the entire world. So much for today. Thank you for your attention. 考点 本题考查重要细节。 根据听力原文可知，然而，这个小岛上的语言不仅幸存下来，而且直到现在大约有 15 亿人都在说英语，所以填 the 21st century。 解析： written records 考点 本题设题点在转折处。 根据听力原文可知，有文字记载的英国历史为人们展示出英语是怎样成为通用语言并幸存下来的，故答案为 written records。 解析： survival 考
35、点 本题考点设在分论点处。 根据听力原文可知，英语的幸存经历了 5 个关键期，所以填 survival。 解析： Germanic/Anglo-Saxon 考点 本题考查重要细节。 根据听力原文可知，英国国王 Vortigern 请求日耳曼雇佣军来英国帮助其应对内忧外患，这些日耳曼士兵大都是盎格鲁-撒克逊人，他们所说的语言是英语的前身，故答案为 Germanic 或者 Anglo-Saxon。 解析： English-speaking world 考点 本题设题点在原因解释处。 根据听力原文可知，当时由于诺桑比亚的约克成立教授英语的学校，并出现了使用英语的文学作品，因此成为说英语国家的中心，故
36、答案为 English-speaking world。 解析： defeated 考点 本题设题点在结果处。 根据听力原文可知，丹麦人占领诺桑比亚之后，英国国王阿尔弗雷德率军击败丹麦军队，把他们赶出英国，故答案为 defeated，此处需用动词的过去分词形式。 解析： revive English 考点 本题考查重要细节。 根据听力原文可知，阿尔弗雷德开始通过教育和写作两方面号召人们复兴英语，所以填 revive English。 解析： Winchester 考点 本题考查重要细节。 根据听力原文可知，文学创作中心从诺森布里亚的约克转移到了韦塞克斯的温彻斯特，所以填Winchester。 解
37、析： education programs 考点 本题设题点在原因解释处。 根据听力原文可知，由于阿尔弗雷德实施相关的教育方案以推广英语的使用，当时的法律、诗歌所用的语言都是其领地威塞克斯西部撒克逊人的方言，故答案为 education programs。 解析： Danish 考点 本题考查重要细节。 根据听力原文可知，这一时期，丹麦军队再次入侵英国，两军打成平手，丹麦国王喀奴特与英国国王埃德蒙平分英国，因此英国被分为丹麦语地区和英语地区，故答案为 Danish。 解析： a united kingdom 考点 本题考查重要细节。 根据听力原文可知，两年后，埃德蒙死亡，在 1018 年喀奴特
38、成了英国的国王，所以填 a united kingdom。 解析： Norman French 考点 本题考查重要细节。 根据听力原文可知，爱德华在法国诺曼底长大，他继位之后，诺曼法语成为官方语言，故答案为 Norman French。 解析： verged on extinction 考点 本题考查对信息的概括。 根据听力原文可知，1080 年之后，英语日渐没落，鲜有书面语的形式，故答案为 verged on extinction。 解析： Modern 考点 本题设题点在时间处。 根据听力原文可知，近代英语的产生以 17 世纪为起点，故答案为 Modern，注意此处作为专有名词，首字母要大
39、写。 解析： colonization 考点 本题考查对信息的概括。 根据听力原文可知，19 世纪英帝国大肆扩张殖民地，这也促进了殖民地人民对英语的使用，故答案可概括为 colonization。 三、SECTION B INTERVIEW(总题数：2，分数：40.00)（分数：20.00）A.English Literature.B.Computer.C.Business Administration. D.Finance.解析：听力原文 W: Good morning, Mr. Smith. Have a seat, please! M: Thanks a lot. W: OK, next
40、 let“s get down to the business. What is your major? M: My major is Business Administration. I am especially interested in “Marketing“. W: “Marketing“? Nice! That perfectly suits our qualifications. Have you received any degrees? M: Yes. First, I received my Bachelor“s degree in English Literature,
41、and then an MBA degree. W: That sounds you did a good job in your university. Do you feel that you have received a good general training? M: Yes, I have studied in an English training program and a computer training program since I graduated from university. I am currently studying Finance at a trai
42、ning school. W: Your resume says that you have had one-year experience working in a foreign representative office in Shanghai, may I ask why you left? M: I worked in a foreign rep. office for one year. However, I left there two years ago because the work they gave me was rather dull. I found another
43、 job that is more interesting. W: You mean you couldn“t work to live, you enjoy whatever you do, right? M: Yes, I will love whatever I do. W: But, does your present employer know you are looking for another job? M: No, I haven“t discussed my career plans with my present employer, but I am sure he wi
44、ll understand. W: If you believe you are a good fit for the position, please talk about what kind of personality you think you have. M: I always approach things very enthusiastically. When I begin something, I don“t like to leave it half-done. I can“t concentrate on something new until the first thi
45、ng is finished. W: And what are your personal weaknesses? M: I“m afraid I“m a poor talker. I“m not comfortable talking with the people whom I have just met for the first time. That is not very good for business, so I have been studying public speaking. W: It is very difficult for somebody to see one
46、“s own weakness. Are you more of a leader or a follower? M: I don“t try to lead people. I“d rather cooperate with everybody, and get the job done by working together. Which major did the candidate get for a master“s degree? 本题考查重要细节。根据听力原文可知，求职者在获得英语文学学士学位之后，又攻读了企业管理的硕士学位。而电脑和金融是该求职者在培训机构所学的，并非他本人的专
47、业，因此 C 为正确答案。A.He changed his major in his postgraduate study.B.He participated in training programs after graduating from college.C.He had worked at least in two companies before this interview.D.He started working in a foreign representative office two years ago. 解析：听力原文 Which of the following sta
48、tements about Mr. Smith“s background is INCORRECT? 本题考查重要细节。根据听力原文可知，史密斯先生读本科时的专业是英国文学，而读研究生时的专业是工商管理，由此可以推出，他读研时转专业了，所以排除 A；根据听力原文可知，自从大学毕业以后史密斯先生就参加了英语和计算机的培训项目，由此排除 B；根据听力原文可知，史密斯先生曾经在一家外企驻上海的代表处工作过一年，离职后找到了另外一份有趣的工作，由此可以推出，此次面试前他至少在两家公司工作过，故排除 C。根据听力原文可知，史密斯先生是在两年前离开那家外企驻上海的代表处，结合听力原文可知，他应该是在三年前
49、开始在这家公司工作的，因此 D 为正确答案。A.Because the working environment was poor.B.Because the job was boring. C.Because the pay was rather low.D.Because he disliked his employer.解析：听力原文 Why did the candidate leave the foreign representative office? 本题设题点在原因解释处。根据听力原文可知，他离开那家外企驻上海的代表处是因为其工作乏味，因此B 为正确答案。A.To pursue personal interests. B.To make both ends meet.C.To improve the quality of family life.D.To realize individual value.解析：听力原文 According to the candidate, what is his purpose of workin
