1、专业八级-34 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)BThe History of American Indians/BWhen Europeans discovered the Western hemisphere, they discovered a race of people.(1)_ called them Indians. (1)_I shall have something to say about their (2)_ and early history, (2)_the (3)_ for the
2、m of European settlement in the New World, the part they have played in American history, (3)_their number, distribution and condition today. Most scholars believe that the homeland of the Indians was eastern Asia.They migrate to North America along a land (4)_ from Siberia to Alaska. (4)_The Indian
3、s were a (5)_people. (5)_They lived in (6)_, spoke many languages, and gained their living in different ways. (6)_(7)_revolutionized their hunting and warfare. (7)_Whiskey corrupted them. (8)_changed the lives of some Indians. (8)_The Indians were under pressure to take (9)_in the great French and B
4、ritish War of the eighteen century. (9)_The Indians made many efforts to prevent the advance of the frontier. In (10)_, (10)_a great uprising against the British began under a Michigan Indian leader.（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，
5、分数：5.00)(1).Mr Fischer believes that_（分数：1.00）A.those gloomy forecasts is about to become trueB.EU enlargement and its Constitution must be carried out at the same timeC.EU people will accept the Constitution calmlyD.Constitution must be ratified by 15 EU country(2).Fischer doesnt agree with the cri
6、tics, because he believe the constitution brings benefit for EU except that_（分数：1.00）A.the decisions can be taken more easily.B.EUs relationship to the member states is dearly regulatedC.the voting procedures in the European Council have become more elaborateD.the role of the Commission President ha
7、s been defined.(3).According to Fischer, what is the most important thing about the EU Constitution?（分数：1.00）A.The Tax Articles in the Basic LawB.The procedures are becoming clearC.The threat of terrorismD.The fundamental rights have been defined clearly.(4).Fischer pointed out that_.（分数：1.00）A.EU p
8、eople are hostile to ConstitutionB.EU has dual nature which would be preserved for a long timeC.the Greens just did the fight thing in attracting citizenD.the EU Parliament should elect the Commission President from its own ranks(5).Which statement is not true?（分数：1.00）A.In Fischers opinion, EU Cons
9、titution will resolve many problems remained unresolved for ten yearsB.EU Constitution will make the EU more effectiveC.Core Europe can be used to describe the present EUD.Fischer now is a Foreign Minister三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：2，分数：5.00)(1).Haler Group bid for Maytag is_（分数：1.00）A.$1.75 billionB.$18.5
10、billionC.$16.4 billionD.$1.3 billion(2).Which statement is not true?（分数：1.00）A.This is the biggest takeover battle for ChinaB.Chinas bid will probably trigger a costly biding competition over the company UnacalC.The U.S is planning forbidding Chinese companys bids for U.S companyD.Unocal has agreed
11、to be sold to another American oil companyIQuestions 8 to 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 30 seconds to answer each of the following questions. Now listen to the news./I（分数：3.00）(1).Whats the effect of the US slowdown?（分数：1.00）A.Cutting into demand
12、for Nokias handsets.B.Promote other economies.C.Many firms break down.D.Many handsets dont sell.(2).So far, how many percent of sales growth this quarter?（分数：1.00）A.20%B.10%C.40%D.80%(3).Why has the rate of new phone purchases slowed in Europe?（分数：1.00）A.Because of the warning about salesB.Because t
13、he customers are reluctant to trade up to new handsetsC.Because of cutting into demand for handsetsD.Because of the U.S slowdown四、BPART READING (总题数：6，分数：20.00)BTEXT A/BPaula Jones case against Bill Clinton is now, for all possible political consequences and capacity for media sensation, a fairy rou
14、tine lawsuit of its kind. It does, however, have enormous social significance. For those of us who care about sexual harassment, the matter of Jones v. Clinton is a great conundrum. Consider: if Jones, the former Arkansas state employee, proves her claims, then we must face the fact that we helped t
15、o elect someoneBill Clintonwho has betrayed us on this vital issue. But if she is proved to be lying, then we must accept that we pushed onto the public agenda an issue that is venerable to manipulation by alleged victims. The skeptics will use Jones case to cast doubt on the whole cause.Still, Ms J
16、ones deserves the chance to prove her case; she has a right to pursue this claim and have the process work. It will be difficult: these kinds of cases usually are, and Ms. Jones task of suing a sitting president is harder than most.She does have one thing sitting on her side: her case is in the cour
17、ts. Sexual-harassment claims are really about violations of the alleged victims civil rights, and there is no better forum for determining and assessing those violationsand finding the truththan federal court. The judicial system can put aside political to decide these complicated issues. That is a
18、feat that neither the Senate Judicial nor ethics committees have been able to accomplishwitness the Clarence Thomas and Bob Packwood affairs. One lesson: the legal arena, not the political one, is the place to settle these sensitive problems.Some have argued that the people (the “feminists“) who ral
19、lied around me have failed to support Jones. Our situations, however, are quite different. In 1991 the country was in the middle of a public debate over whether Clarence Thomas should be confirmed to the Supreme Court. Throughout that summer, interest groups on both sides weighed in on his nominatio
20、n. It was a public forum that invited a public conversation. But a pending civil actioneven one against the presidentdoes not generally invite that kind of public engagement.Most of the public seems content to let the process move forward. And given the conundrum created by the claim, it is no wonde
21、r that many (“feminists“ included) have been slow to jump into the Jones-Clinton flay. But people from all walks of life remain open to her suit. We dont yet know which outcome we must confront: the president who betrayed the issue or the woman who used it. Whichever it is, we should continue to pur
22、sue sexual harassment with the same kind of energy and interest in eliminating the problem that we have in the past, regardless of who is the accused or the accuser. The statistics show that about 40 percent of women in the work force will encounter some form of harassment. We cant afford to abandon
23、 this issue now.（分数：5.00）(1).What is the word “conundrum“ in the first paragraph mean?（分数：1.00）A.dilemmaB.a kind of musical instrumentC.a easy thingD.comfortable condition(2).According to the passage, the Paula Jones case was_（分数：1.00）A.nothing important.B.very significant.C.doubtful.D.vulnerable.(3
24、).The federal courts are much better than the Senate Judicial or ethics committees in determining and assessing those violations because_（分数：1.00）A.the federal courts have much bigger power.B.the federal courts are forum for determining and assessing those violations.C.the federal courts are more im
25、partial.D.the federal courts are political arena.(4).According to the passage, the issue of sexual harassment must be dealt with seriously because_（分数：1.00）A.the outcome is not known.B.most of the public is not content.C.many have been slow to jump into the Jones-Clinton fray.D.as many as 40% of wom
26、en in the work force will encounter it.(5).According to the passage, sexual harassment is to_（分数：1.00）A.violate politics.B.violate the Supreme Court.C.cast doubt on the whole issue.D.violate civil rights.BTEXT B/BIn his essay “The Parable of the Tapeworm,“ Mario Vargas Llosa argues that at the heart
27、 of the writers will to write is rebellion, a “rejection and criticism of life as it is.“ Moreover, he speculates, it is even possible that good literature may inspire actual acts of rebellion when the reader compares the better world of the book to the relative junk heap of real life. Whether or no
28、t this is universally true, its an attractive idea, and, in its way, a comforting one. Language is a lever that might move the enormous weight of the fickle, war-torn world we live in. Its free, universal and highly portable: better than plastic bomb and difficult to govern.Vargas Llosas idea is als
29、o, of course, a writerly sort of realpolitik, a wish that a good novelor story or poemcan literally remake history. When Luis Alberto Urrea began his epic novel, “The Hummingbird s Daughter,“ 20 years ago, the United States was in the first phase of a conservative backlash, the culture wars were gat
30、hering steam, and the left felt itself to be under a dark cloud. Two decades later, the situation seems even graver: the culture wars are more intense and the left feels under not a cloud but an anvil.With the election of a new, deeply conservative pope, Urreas timing couldnt be better: his main cha
31、racter, Teresita, is a saint as envisioned not in the marble reaches of the Vatican but in the populist pueblos of liberation theology, a Mexican saint of dust and blood, with lice in her hair and dirt under her fingernails. Poor, illegitimate, illiterate and despised, Teresita is the embodiment of
32、the dictum that the last shall be first, and her ascension over the course of 500 pages is a myth that is also a charmingly written manifesto.Urrea, who was born in Tijuana to an American mother and a Mexican father, is the author of 10 previous books of nonfiction, fiction and poetry; the best know
33、n of these are probably “The Devils Highway“ and “Across the Wire,“ nonfiction accounts of hardscrabble lives on the Mexican-United States border. For “The Hummingbirds Daughter,“ he reached back into his own family history, or what he calls “a family folk tale.“ Teresa Urrea, known in the novel as
34、Teresita, was a distant relative and, as Urrea discovered, the subject of some earlier scholarship, an “influential“ series of newspaper articles in the 1930 s and at least one other novel. Urreas book re-imagines her story on a grand scale, as a mix of leftist hagiography, mystical bildungsroman an
35、d melancholic national anthem.The half-Indian child of a wealthy Mexican landowner, Teresita, born in 1873 with a red triangle on her forehead, is also possessed of a supernatural gift for healing that becomes much stronger as she grows up, and stronger still after suffering a terrible assault that
36、kills her. She rises from the dead and begins to perform miracles. The sick, the halt and the dying gather around her, and so do Mexican revolutionaries. “Everything the government does,“ Teresita preaches to them, “is morally wrong.“ This democratic groundswell inevitably results in a show-down wit
37、h the Mexican authorities.Teresitas enduranceand survivalare literally and spiritually linked to the struggles of Mexico itself, a struggle that Urrea sees firmly from the bottom up. “God is a worker, like us,“ Huila, an aged curandera, instructs the young Teresita. “He made the worldhe didnt hire p
38、oor Indios to build it for him! God has workers hands. Just rememberangels carry no harps. Angels carry hammers.“（分数：4.00）(1).In the first paragraph, literature is compared to plastique because_.（分数：1.00）A.both of them are portable.B.both of them are difficult to govern.C.both of them can be used in
39、 rebellion.D.both are them are highly influential.(2).Concerning the main character of the novel, which of the following is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.She is a relative of the writer.B.She is an embodiment of self-made hero.C.She had been studied or written about before this novel.D.She is a saint coming f
40、rom the grass roots.(3).What does the writer mean by saying “angels carry no harps. Angels carry hammers“? Which of following is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.This draws God closer to the workers and encourages them.B.This is to inspire the young Teresita that she should believe in the workers and depend on t
41、hemC.This is a challenge to the orthodoxy ideas that true religion belongs to the upper class.D.This is saying that God is hardworking and does not indulge in playing.(4).Which conclusion drawn from the passage is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.The novel is about workers and for the workers.B.The book is relig
42、ious and uses religion to inspire readers.C.The book is an inspiring and happy ode to personal struggle.D.The book is focused on the lives and struggles of the Mexicans.1.BTEXT C/BBGoal Trimmer/BUtopias are supposed to be dreams of the future. But the American Utopia? Lately its a dream that was, a
43、twilit memory of the Golden Age between V-$ day and OPEC, when even a blue-collar paycheck bought a place in the middle class. The promise of paradise regained has become a key to the Democratic Party pitch; Mickey Kaus, a senior editor of the New Republic, says the Democrats are wasting their time.
44、 As the U. S. enters a world where only the highly skilled and well educated will make a decent living, the gap between rich and poor is going to keep growing. No fiddling with the tax code, retreat to protectionism or job training for jobs that arent there is going to stop it. Income equality is a
45、hopeless cause in the U. S. “Liberalism would be less depressing if it had a more attainable end“ Kaus writes,“ a goal short of money equality.“ Liberal Democrats should embrace an aim he calls civic equality. If government can t bring everyone into the middle class, let it expand the areas of life
46、in which everyone, regardless of income, receives the same treatment. National health care, improved public schools. universal national service and government financing of nearly all election campaigns, which would freeze out special-interest moneythere are the unobjectionable components of his enla
47、rged public sphere.Kaus is right to fear the hardening of class lines, but wrong to think the stresses can be relieved without a continuing effort to boost income for the bottom half.“ No, we cant tell them theyll be rich,“ he admits.“ Or even comfortably well off. But we eau offer them at least mat
48、erial minimum and a good shot at climbing up, the ladder. And we can offer them respect.“ And what might they offer back? The Bronx had a rude cheer for it. A good chunk of the Democratic core constituency would probably peel off. At the center of Kaus book is a thoughtful but no less risky proposal to dynamite welfare. He rightly understands how fear and loathing of the chronically unemployed underclass have encouraged middle income Americans to flee fro
