1、专业八级-27 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)The problems facing learners of English can be divided into three broad categories: a)U (1) /Uproblems, some of which involve fear of the unknown, and some of which are caused by the possible homesickness of the overseas students. b)
2、 culture problems, which are bound up with the British way of life, includingU (2) /Uhabits and traditions. c)U (3) /Uproblems, for which there are a number of reasons: First, it seems to overseas students that English people speak veryU (4) /U. Second, they speak with a variety ofU (5) /U. Third, d
3、ifferent styles of speech are used. What can a student do to overcome these difficulties? He should attendU (6) /Uand use a language laboratory as much as possible. He should also listen to programmes in English on the radio and TV. Most important of all, he should take every opportunity to speak wi
4、thU (7) /U. Finally. I have some advice for students who have difficulty in speaking English fluently. Firstly, he mustU (8) /Uwhat he wants to say. Secondly, he must try toU (9) /Uin English. This will only begin to take place when his use of English becomesU (10) /U.（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_
5、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).How many times is the indoor air more hazardous than the outdoor air?（分数：1.00）A.10 to 12.B.12.C.2 to 10.D.2.(2).Catherines attitude towards the insulation of homes is _.（分数：1.00）A.negativeB.supportiveC.ambiguousD.cauti
6、ous(3).Which of the following is not hazardous to our health?（分数：1.00）A.School.B.Clean house.C.The Environmental Protection Agencys headquarters.D.None of the above.(4).Why does Catherine say people themselves produce harmful vapors into the indoor air?（分数：1.00）A.People shed more than any other anim
7、al indoors.B.People do not keep their room tidy.C.Peoples skin flakes are small enough to float in the air and pollute the indoor air.D.The furniture people buy is in bad quality.(5).About 80% of what you see floating in a ray of sunshine is _.（分数：1.00）A.dustB.dead human skinC.quill-covertsD.fluff三、
8、BSECTION C/B(总题数：2，分数：5.00)(1).Rabin announced new security measures on television _.（分数：1.00）A.after an emergency session of his inner security cabinetB.before the emergency meetingC.after two Arabs were shot deadD.before two Israeli policemen were killed(2).The closure of the West Bank and Gaza St
9、rip will _.（分数：1.00）A.stop up to 100,000 Arabian day laborers from working inside IsraelB.allow a soldier to shoot only if he was in dangerC.authorize a soldier to open fire on anyone bearing armsD.revise open-fire regulations for soldiers(3).Arab-Israeli bloodshed has increased because _.（分数：1.00）A
10、.more Israeli troops were sent to combat the Arabian militantsB.Israel closed both the Gaza Strip and West BankC.thousands of Arabian workers lost their jobsD.many Palestinians were driven out of their homelandI Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item,you will
11、 be given 10 seconds to answer each question. Now listen to the news./I（分数：2.00）(1).A two-day conference to promote trade and investment in Africa will take place in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia in _.（分数：1.00）A.FebruaryB.early MarchC.late MarchD.April(2).John Spence believes that after, Latin America and
12、 the Far East, _ will be the next region for major foreign investors.（分数：1.00）A.UgandaB.Ivory CoastC.AfricaD.Botswana四、BPART READING (总题数：5，分数：20.00)BTEXT A/B“Im SORRY. “ For days thats been about all Japan has heard from its Olympic athletes. Those were the first words uttered by a young swimmer af
13、ter competing in the 400-m individual-medley swimming event, a difficult exercise that takes more than minutes to complete and re-quires four different strokes. Because her event took place on the opening day of Sydney 2000, her performance was considered especially significant for the fortunes of t
14、he nation. But with all of Japan watching, Yasuko Tajima fell short. Never mind that she earned a silver medal. “How disappointing,“ she said. “Next time I will win the gold.”There is a unique form of pressure on Japans athletes. Competitors from every country face enormous expectations to win, to m
15、ake the years of hard work and training pay off, to achieve greatness on the preeminent world stage. American cyclist Lance Armstrong, winner of two consecutive Tour de France races after surviving a contest with cancer, noted last week that, “If I loses the Olympics, theyll say, I thought he was su
16、pposed to be a good cyclist.“ “But whereas failure to win gold might cost Americans a fat endorsement contract, for Japanese a disappointing performance is even more disastrous, as individual failure is somehow wrapped up with a sense of national identity. “For non-Japanese, its very peculiar for at
17、hletes to say they are sorry. “says Mitsunori Urushibara, a professor of sports philosophy at Shikoku Gakuin University. “Failure is never just an individual matter in Japan. Athletes always face the terror of being excommunicated from the group.“Understanding the culture in which Japanese athletes
18、compete makes watching their defeats all the more painful. The agony of gymnast Naoya Tsukahara, whose hopes for an individual all-a-round medal were dashed last Wednesday when he inexplicably fell off the pommel horse, was obvious as he seemed to sleepwalk through his other events. His body was lim
19、p, his expression blank. “I didnt want to disgrace my nation,“ he said. Another young swimmer, Tomoko Hagiwara, climbed out of the pool after finishing seventh in her 200-m individual-medley qualifying heat last Monday, her shoulders hanging downward, her head tilted downward. “What was the cause of
20、 your poor performance?“ snapped a reporter for NHK, the national TV network. Hagiwara answered that she didnt shift smoothly between strokes and that her turns were poor. “Please remember those points and try to do better in the next race,“ the reporter lectured: “You feel as if everyone in Japan f
21、eels ashamed of you, “former Olympic swimmer Hiroko Nagasaki commented on a Fuji TV broadcast.A memory that still haunts many in Japan is that of Kokichi Tsuburaya, the marathon runner who finished third at the 1964 Tokyo Games. Four years later, while in training for the Mexico City Olympics, Tsubu
22、raya killed himself by cutting his wrist in his dormitory. He was found holding his bronze medal. “I remember Tsuburayas comments before he committed suicide,“ follow marathoner Kenji Kimihara told the Nikkan Sports newspaper this year. “He said I committed an inexcusable mistake in front of the Jap
23、anese people. I have to beg their pardon by running and hoisting the Hinomam national flag in Mexico.“The media are partly responsible for the pressure, but they reflect the general attitudes of the population. And the nations fans dont seem to be having much fun. Last week, hundreds of Japanese end
24、ured a horrific schedule to watch their team battle Brazil in soccer. They took a nine hour flight from Osaka to Brisbane, traveled by bus to the stadium, dutifully watched the game and left immediately for the airport for the return trip to Osaka. They were home in time for work the next morning. “
25、They got there and acted like the cheering was compulsory,“ says Urushibara. “They didnt seem to really enjoy the game. It is work. It is what members of the group do.“Sadly, even when an athlete lives up to expectations, the demanding drum-beat for victory doesnt cease. On opening day, Tadahiro Nom
26、ura won a gold medal in judo in impressive fashion by “dropping“ his opponent in just 14 seconds. It was his second Olympic victory, but Nomura had little chance to savor the moment. “What about 2004?“ a reporter asked seconds after his victory. No one could blame the quiet champion if he felt like
27、folding up his judo jacket and never putting it back on again.（分数：4.00）(1).Why do Japanese athletes say sorry to the public?（分数：1.00）A.They think their failures are wrapped up with a sense of national identity.B.They think their failures are due to carelessness.C.They have acted stupidly in the Olym
28、pic.D.They have lost the chance of a fat endorsement contract with the Americans.(2).What do the examples in Para. 3 then as suddenly he completed the circuit and swivelled round again. “What!“ he said with surprise. “You havent gone.“ In truth there had hardly been time for the woman to go. But she
29、 was somewhat slow-witted, though obstinate as a mule: that was clear. “Right,“ she now said in a ringing tone, and picking up the key put it into her bosom and turned about. She walked off stage in a somewhat lingering fashion. “Take no notice, “whispered Sabri and busied himself with his papers.Th
30、e woman stopped irresolutely outside the shop, and was here joined by her husband who began to talk to her in a low cringing voice, pleading with her. He took her by the sleeve and led her unwillingly back into the shop where we sat pointedly reading letters. “Ah! Its you,“ said Sabri with well-simu
31、lated surprise. “She wishes to discuss some more,“ explained the cobbler in a weak conciliatory voice, Sabri sighed.“What is there to speak of? She takes me for a fool.“ Then he suddenly turned to her and bellowed. “Two hundred pounds and not a piastre more.“It was her turn to have a paroxysm of fal
32、se laughter, but this was rather spoiled by her husband who started plucking at her sleeve as if he were persuading her to be sensible. Sabri was not slow to notice this. “You tell her,“ he said to the man. “You are a man and these things are clear to you. She is only a woman and does not see the tr
33、uth. Tell her what it is worth!“（分数：4.00）(1).The writer felt “ill at ease“ because _.（分数：1.00）A.the proceedings seemed inappropriate to the occasionB.he was afraid that the contestants would become violentC.he felt that no progress was likely to be madeD.he was not accustomed to such stupidity(2).Sa
34、bri dismissed the woman because _.（分数：1.00）A.he had had enough of the argumentB.he wanted to show his disgust at the suggested priceC.he wanted to give the impression that he had lost all interest in the saleD.he wanted time to think the matter over(3).Why does the man bring his wife back?（分数：1.00）A
35、.He has suggested some new arguments to her.B.He is very anxious to sell the house.C.He is afraid she might have offended a potential buyer.D.He wants her to continue to negotiate on his behalf.(4).The main theme of the passage is _.（分数：1.00）A.a psychological analysis of the people involvedB.an acco
36、unt of the successive stages involved in house purchaseC.Sabris technique in reducing the price of the houseD.a light-hearted study of bargaining techniques in generalBTEXT C/BThe Guildford Four, freed last week after spending 15 years in prison for crimes they did not commit, would almost certainly
37、 have been executed for the pub bombing they were convicted of had the death penalty been in force at the time of their trial. There may now be a decent interval before the pro-hanging lobby, which has the support of the Prime Minister, makes another attempt to reintroduce the noose.Reflections alon
38、g these lines were about the only kind of consolation to be derived from this gross miscarriage of justice which is now to be the subject of a judicial inquiry. In the meantime, defence lawyers are demanding compensation and have in mind about half a million pounds for each of their clients.The firs
39、t three to be released - Mr. Gerald Conlon, Mr. Paddy Armstrong and Ms. Carole Richardson - left prison with the 34 pounds which is given to all departing inmates. The fourth, Mr. Paul Hill, was not released immediately but taken to Belfast, where he lodged an appeal against his conviction for the m
40、urder of a former British soldier. Since this conviction, too, was based on the now discredited statements allegedly made to the Survey policy, he was immediately let out on bail. But he left empty-handed.The immediate reaction to the scandal was renewed demand for the re-examination of the case aga
41、inst the Birmingham Six, who are serving life sentences for pub bombings in that city. Thus far the Home secretary, Mr Douglas Hurd, is insisting that the two cases are not comparable; that what is now known about the Guilford investigation has no relevance to what happened in Birmingham.Mr. Hurd is
42、 right to the extent that there was a small-though flimsy and hotly-contested - amount of forensic evidence in the Birmingham case. The disturbing similarity is that the Birmingham Six, like the Guilford Four, claim that police officers lied and fabricated evidence to secure a conviction.Making scap
43、egoats of a few rogue police officers will not be sufficient to expunge the Guildford miscarriage of justice. These are already demands that the law should be changed: first to make it impossible to convict on “confessions“ alone; and secondly to require that statements from accused persons should o
44、nly be taken in the presence of an independent third party to ensure they are not made under coercion.It was also being noted this week that the Guilford Four owe their release more to the persistence of investigative reporters than to the diligence of either the judiciary or the police. Yet investi
45、gative reports - particularly on television - have recently been a particular target for the con demnation of Mrs. Thatcher and some of her ministers who seem to think that TV should be muzzled in the public interest and left to get on with soap operas and quiz shows.（分数：4.00）(1).To compensate the m
46、iscarriage of justice, the defence lawyers may _.（分数：1.00）A.demand 500,000 pounds for the Guildford FourB.demand 500,000 pounds for each of the Guildford FourC.demand 50,000 pounds for each of the Guildford FourD.demand a re-examination of the Birmingham pub bombings(2).Why was there a renewed deman
47、d for the re-examination of the case against the Birmingham Six?（分数：1.00）A.The Birmingham Six were believed to have criminal connections with the Guildford Four.B.The two cases were similar in that both were about pub bombings.C.The bombings in Birmingham happened at the same time.D.The Birmingham S
48、ix also claimed that there were police malpractices in their case.(3).The existing law States that _.（分数：1.00）A.convictions can be made on confessions and statements taken by police officers from accused persons and are valid legal evidenceB.convictions cant be made on confessions alone and there should be a third party when tak ing statements from accused personsC.convictions can be made on confessions and a third party should be present when taking statements from accused personsD.convictions cant be
