1、专业八级-239 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 Coming Home: Life After Study Abroad/B Many returnees who have studied abroad may suffer re-entry culture shock when they go back 1o their hometown. Here some positive ways of dealing with the return culture shock are introduced.
2、. BThe/B U(1) /U Bof Re-Entry/B (1) _. Re-entry is ones U(2) /U experience of re-adjusting to life in ones (2) _. home culture after living abroad. For many study abroad returnees, it is more difficult to adjust to their home culture than the U(3) /U. (3) _. . BSome Common Re-Adjustment Issues/B 1.
3、Personal growth and change When you come back, you have changed in many ways because you have experienced more freedom arid U(4) /U living abroad. (4) _. You have to adjust your new self to your old home. 2. New Knowledge and Skills When living abroad, you might develop new competencies including ne
4、w knowledge skills and U(5) /U. (5) _. Some returnees feel frustrated if they feel these skills are of little use once they return home. 3. Relationships With Family and Friends Personal changes of returnees affect their families and friends who show little interest in hearing about their new experi
5、ences and attempt to make them U(6) /U to what they once were. (6) _. . U(7) /U BDealing with Re-Entry Problems/B (7) _. 1. Talk with people who understand U(8) /U, for example, other returnees; (8) _. 2. Share your experiences with U(9) /U study abroad students or (9) _. write an article for some p
6、ublications. 3. Be U(10) /U. You may get involved in work where international (10) _. experiences and perspectives are appreciated.（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)I Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of
7、the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the fallowing five questions. Now listen to the interview./I（分数：5.00）(1).According to Dr. Ned, in what way is family life different now?（分数：1.00）A.Parents are not as good as they used to be.B.More people are getting remarried after divorce
8、.C.There are more one parent or single parent families.D.More people approve of mothers going out to work.(2).Which of the following is NOT mentioned as substitute parents?（分数：1.00）A.Group leaders.B.Television.C.Baby-sitters.D.Play groups.(3).According to the interview, all of the following are the
9、roles of primary teachers EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.helping children to acquire good habits.B.reinforcing what the parents are doing.C.starting children reading and writing.D.informing children of different messages.(4).According to Dr. Nell, what is the most noticeable effect of smaller families?（分数：1.00
10、）A.There is less mixing of ages in smaller families.B.Children can get more affection from their parents.C.Children can live in a more loving environment.D.Children are able to enjoy better living condition.(5).According to the interview, Dr. Neils attitude toward substitute parents is that _.（分数：1.
11、00）A.substitutes can take the responsibilities of parents.B.its acceptable to let substitutes look after children.C.perhaps substitutes can play a better role than parents.D.parents should be cautious to choose substitutes.三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：4，分数：5.00)1.I Question 10 is based on the following news.
12、At the end of the news item, yon will be given 10 seconds to answer the question Now listen to the news./IAccording to the news, what did Iran resume on Monday?（分数：1.00）A.Production of fuel for nuclear reactors.B.Small-scale uranium enrichment.C.Completion of nuclear weapons.D.Maintenance of atomic
13、weapons.2.I Question 6 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 to the news./IWhich of the following statements about rescue efforts is TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.They are hindered by rain, blocked roads, etc.B.They are made by
14、 Manilas GMA television.C.Philippine air force has joined in the rescue efforts.D.Red Cross calls for rescue efforts of the government.I Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the
15、 news./I（分数：2.00）(1).Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is blamed for _.（分数：1.00）A.getting involved in a bribery.B.dealing in an illegal transaction.C.endangering national security.D.being negligent of his duty.(2).Michael Chertoff defends himself asserting that he made the deal because _.
16、（分数：1.00）A.Arabic terrorists will not attack the USA any more.B.it is essential to maintain an active trading environment.C.there is no need to block a companys control over terminals,D.it is not fair to cut off business with foreign companies3.I Question 9 is based on the following news. At the end
17、 of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news./IRwanda is not allowed to hear the trial because _.（分数：1.00）A.Norway is well-known for its fair jurisdiction.B.the UN tribunal is in favor of European countries.C.the death penalty still exists in the cou
18、ntry.D.Michel Bagaragaza is a genocide suspect.四、BPART READING (总题数：4，分数：20.00)BTEXT A/BShe broke off with a little shudder. It was a relief to Framton Nuttel when the aunt bustled into the room with a whirl of apologies for being late in making her appearance.“I hope Vera has been amusing you?“ she
19、 said.“She has been very interesting,“ said Framton.“I hope you dont mind the open window,“ said Mrs. Sappleton briskly. “My husband and brothers will be home directly from shooting, and they always come in this way. Theyve been out for snipe in the marshes today, so theyll make a fine mess over my
20、poor carpets. So like you menfolk, isnt it?“She rattled on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity of birds, and the prospects for duck in the winter. To Framton it was all purely horrible. He made a desperate but only partially successful effort to turn the talk on to a less ghastly topic; h
21、e was conscious that his hostess was giving him only a fragment of her attention, and her eyes were constantly straying past him to the open window and the lawn beyond. It was certainly an unfortunate coincidence that he should have paid his visit on this tragic anniversary.“The doctors agree in ord
22、ering me complete rest, an absence of mental excitement, and avoidance of anything in the nature of violent physical exercise,“ announced Framton, who laboured under the tolerably widespread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of ones infirmities, t
23、heir cause and cure. “On the matter of diet they are not so much in agreement,“ be continued.“No?“ said Mrs. Sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a yawn at the last moment. Then she suddenly brightened into alert attention-but not to what Framton was saying.“Here they are at last!“ she cried. “
24、Just in time for tea, and dont they look as if they were muddy up to the eyes!“Framton shivered slightly and turned towards the niece with a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension. The child was staring out through the open window with a dazed horror in her eyes. In a chill shock of namel
25、ess fear Framton swung round in his seat and looked in the same direction.In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window, they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brow
26、n spaniel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: “I said, Bertie, why do you bound?“Framton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat; the hall door, the gravel drive, and the front gate were dimly noted stages in his headlong r
27、etreat. A cyclist coming along the road had to run into the hedge to a void imminent collision.“Here we are, my dear,“ said the bearer of the white mackintosh, coming in through the window, “fairly muddy, but most of its dry. Who was that who bolted out as we came up?“A most extraordinary man, a Mr.
28、 Nuttel,“ said Mrs. Sappleton, “could only talk about his illnesses, and dashed off without a word of goodbye or apology when you arrived. One would think he had seen a ghost.“I expect it was the spaniel,“ said the niece calmly. “He told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery
29、 somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of pariah dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the creatures snarling and grinning and foaming just above him. Enough to make anyone lose their nerve.“Romance at short notice was her speciality.（分数：4.00）(1).It can be inferred from
30、 the passage that Mrs. Sappleton was all EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.courteous,B.extroverted.C.talkative.D.deceitful(2).Which adjective can best describe Framtons feeling when talking with Mrs. Sappleton?（分数：1.00）A.Apprehensive.B.Churlish.C.Glum.D.Respectful.(3).The word “infirmities“ in the sixth paragraph
31、 probably means _.（分数：1.00）A.personalities.B.behaviors.C.ailments.D.accomplices.(4).Framion dashed off without a word of goodbye or apology because _.（分数：1.00）A.he could not bear Mrs. Sappletons chattering.B.he suffered from a severe mental illness.C.he was afraid of the brown spaniel.D.he was horri
32、fied by the three men.BTEXT B/BIn the college admissions wars. we parents are the true gladiators. Were pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT prep courses and build resumes so they can get into the college of our first choice. We say our motives are selfless and sensible. A degree from Stanf
33、ord or Princeton is the ticket for life. If Aaron and Nicole dont get in, theyre forever doomed. Gosh, were delusional.Ive twice been to the wars. and as I survey the battlefield, something different is happening. Its oneupmanship among parents. We see our kids college pedigrees as trophies attestin
34、g to how well-or how poorly-weve raised them. But we cant acknowledge mat our obsession is more about us than them. So weve contrived various justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths. It actually doesnt matter much whether Aaron and Nicole go to Stanford.Admissions anxiety
35、 afflicts only a minority of parents. Its true that getting into college has generally become tougher because the number of high-school graduates has grown. From 1994 to 2006, the increase is 28 percent. Still, 64 percent of freshmen attend schools where acceptance rates exceed 70 percent, and the a
36、pplication surge at elite schools dwarfs population growth.We have a full blown prestige panic; we worry that there wont be enough trophies to go around. Fearful parents prod their children to apply to more schools than ever. “The epicenters of parental anxiety used to be on the coasts: Boston, New
37、York, Washington, Los Angeles,“ says Tom Parker, Amhersts admissions dean. “But its radiated throughout the country.“Underlying the hysteria is the belief that scarce elite degrees must be highly valuable. Their graduates must enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better
38、 contacts, All thats plausible-and mostly wrong. “We havent found any convincing evidence that selectivity or prestige matters,“ says Ernest T. Pascarella of the University of Iowa, co-author of How College Affects Students, an 827 page evaluation of hundreds of studies of the college experience. Se
39、lective schools dont systematically employ better instructional approaches than less-selective schools, according to a study by Pascarella and George Kuh of Indiana University. Some do; some dont. On two measures-professors feedback and the number of essay exams-selective schools do slightly worse.B
40、y some studies, selective schools do enhance their graduates lifetime earnings. The gain is reckoned at 2 percent to 4 percent for every 100 point increase in a schools average SAT scores. But even this ad vantage is probably a statistical fluke. A well known study by Princeton economist Alan Kruege
41、r and Stacy Berg Dale of Mathematica Policy Research examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as much as graduates from higher-status schools.Kids count more than their colleges. Getting into Yale may signify intelligence, talent and ambition.
42、 But its not the only indicator and, paradoxically, its significance is declining. The reason: so many similar people go elsewhere: Getting into college isnt lifes only competition. In the next competition-the job market, graduate school-the results may change. Old-boy networks are breaking down, Kr
43、ueger studied admissions to one top Ph. D. program. High scores on the Graduate Record Exam helped explain who got in; Ivy League degrees didnt.So, parents, lighten up. The stakes have been vastly exaggerated. Up to a point, we can rationalize our pushiness. America is a competitive society, our kid
44、s need to adjust to that. But too much pushiness can be destructive; The very ambition we impose on our children may get some into Harvard but may also set them up for disappointment. One study of students 20 years out found that, other things being equal, graduates of highly selective schools exper
45、ienced more job dissatisfaction. They may have been so conditioned to being on top that anything less disappoints.What fires parents fanaticism is their self-serving desire to announce their own success. Many succumb; I did. I located my ideal school for my daughter. She got in and went elsewhere. T
46、ake that, Dad. I located the ideal school for my son. Fleck, he wouldnt even visit the place, Pow, Dad. They both love their schools and seem amply stimulated. Foolish Dad.（分数：6.00）(1).The word “gladiators“ in the first paragraph probably means _.（分数：1.00）A.colossuses.B.commanders.C.warriors.D.glutt
47、ons.(2).The authors attitude to the parents? claim “our motives are selfless and sensible“ is one of _.（分数：1.00）A.antipathy.B.apathy.C.ambivalence.D.dissent.(3).It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that _.（分数：1.00）A.American youth have fewer choices but to go to elite schools.B.the competiti
48、on for elite schools is fiercer in the United States.C.the parents should not put too much pressure on their children.D.the childrens future will be bleak without going to elite schools.(4).Which of the following statements about selective schools is TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.Selective schools offer better instructional approaches to their students.B.There are more essay
