1、专业八级-50 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 Classification of Lodging Places/B The tourist industry has its own system to classify different types of lodging places. Five categories of lodging places: U1 /U 1. _. They usually are multi-storied lodging facilities with twenty
2、rooms to hundreds of rooms. They usually are found in U2 /U. 2. _. They offer porter service, room service, and parking service. BMotor Inns/B They usually are two to six-story holdings. They usually have a restaurant or a bar, and some provide luggage and room service. They usually are found near U
3、3 /U and the interstate highway system. 3. _. BMotels/B They usually are small U4 /U. 4. _. They usually are found on smaller highways and roads. They usually are run by U5 /U. 5. _. U6 /U 6. _. They may look like hotels or motor inns, but usually located at beaches or near the mountains. They offer
4、 U7 /U, such as golf, horseback riding, skiing, etc. 7. _. They may be specialized. BGuest House/B They are privately owned homes where the owners rent bedrooms to visitors. Equipment in them is usually very simple. In the U. K. , people call them B and Bs, which stands forU 8 /U. 8. _. On the Europ
5、ean continent, people call them pensiones. Some other classifications of lodging places: U9 /U 9. _. Small: up to 100 rooms Medium: 100-200 rooms Medium-large place: 200-500 rooms Large: over 500 rooms BClientele/B Transient clients: vacation travellers or business travellers staying for a short tim
6、e U 10 /U: clients who lease rooms with weekly, monthly or even yearly rates. 10. _.（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 a conversation. At the end of the conversation you will be given 10 seconds
7、 to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the conversation./I（分数：5.00）(1).What does Frank have to do next?（分数：1.00）A.Get the results of the survey back.B.Draw the results of the survey.C.Make some conclusions.D.Collect more information(2).What is Theresas market research project
8、 on?（分数：1.00）A.Violence on television.B.Transportation in the city.C.The history of transportation.D.Bureaucracy in the city.(3).What did the results of Franks survey show?（分数：1.00）A.Everyone thinks there is too much violence on TV.B.Most people think there is too much violence on TV.C.There is no r
9、eal agreement on the amount of violence.D.There is a problem with the survey.(4).How many questionnaires did Frank gave out?（分数：1.00）A.120.B.70.C.50.D.40.(5).Which of the following is NOT true according to the conversation?（分数：1.00）A.Children might see the heroes of violent films as role models.B.Th
10、eresa say Franks survey represent public opinionC.Theresa is going to interview her respondents in the shopping mall.D.The best type of questions are short and specific or multiple choice or simple questions.三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：3，分数：5.00)I Questions 6 to 8 are based on the following news. At the end
11、of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question. Now listen to the news./I（分数：3.00）(1).Whats the news mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.The advantages of an economy based on farming.B.Reasons farmers continued using river transportation.C.The role of cotton in the United States economy.
12、D.Improved methods of transporting farm crops.(2).According to the news, what caused the growth of the US economy about 200 years ago?（分数：1.00）A.The new technology used to build roads.B.The ability to transport goods over land.C.The trade in grain and cotton.D.The linking of smaller local roads into
13、 one long road.(3).According to the news, what did private companies do after they built new roads?（分数：1.00）A.Reduced charges for transporting farm products.B.Required payment from vehicles that used their roads.C.Made repairs to older roads.D.Installed streetlights on roads connecting major cities.
14、1.I Question 9 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./IWhat did police attribute the accident to?（分数：1.00）A.Poor visibility. B. Slippery conditions caused by the rain.B.Both A andC.D.The narrow nationa
15、l highway.2.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 to the news./IWhat can we learn from the passage?（分数：1.00）A.The decision was made in a world summit on fighting against terrorism.B.Africa will benef
16、it a lot from this decision.C.The decision was made by common consent of its member countries from the beginning.D.Blair announced that aid to Africa would rise from 25 million US dollars annually to 50 million by 2010.四、BPART READING (总题数：5，分数：20.00)BTEXT A/BWhether the eyes are the windows of the
17、soul is debatable, that they are intensely important in interpersonal communication is a fact. During the first two months of a babys life, the stimulus that produces a smile is a pair of eyes. The eyes need not be real; a mask with two dots will produce a smile. Significantly, a real human face wit
18、h no eyes will not motivate a smile, nor will the sight of only one eye when the face is presented in profile. This attraction to eyes as opposed to the nose or mouth continues as the baby matures. In one study, when American four-year-olds were asked to draw people, 75 percent of them draw people w
19、ith mouths, but 99 percent of them draw people with eyes. In Japan, however, where babies are carried on their mothers back, infants do not acquire as much attachment to eyes as they do in other cultures. As a result, Japanese adults make little use of the face either to encode or decode meaning. In
20、 fact, Argyle reveals that the proper place to focus ones gaze during a conversation in Japan is on the neck of ones conversational partner.The role of eye contact in a conversational exchange between two Americans is well defined. Speakers make contact with the eyes of their listener for about one
21、second, then glance away as they talk; in a few moments they re-establish eye contact with the listener or reassure themselves that their audience is still attentive, then shift their gaze away once more. Listeners, meanwhile, keep their eyes on the face of the speaker, allowing themselves to glance
22、 away only briefly. It is important that they be looking at the speaker at the precise moment when the speaker re-establishes eye contact. If they are not looking, the speaker assumes that they are disinterested and either will pause until eye contact is resumed or will terminate the conversation. J
23、ust how critical this eye maneuvering is to the maintenance of conversational flow becomes evident when two speakers are wearing dark glasses there may be a sort of traffic jam of words caused by interruption, false starts, and unpredictable pauses. (362)（分数：5.00）(1).The author is convinced that the
24、 eyes are _.（分数：1.00）A.of extreme importance in expressing feelings and exchanging ideasB.something through which one can see a persons inner worldC.of considerable significance in making conversations interestingD.something the value of which is largely a matter of long debate(2).Babies will not be
25、 stimulated to smile by a person _.（分数：1.00）A.whose front view is fully perceivedB.whose face is covered with a maskC.whose face is seen from the sideD.whose face is free of any covering(3).According to the passage, the Japanese fix their gaze on their conversational partners neck because _.（分数：1.00
26、）A.they dont like to keep their eyes on the face of the speakerB.they need not communicate through eye contactC.they dont think it polite to have eye contactD.they didnt have much opportunity to communicate through eye contact in babyhood(4).According to the passage, a conversation between two Ameri
27、cans may break down due to _.（分数：1.00）A.one temporarily glancing away from the otherB.eye contact of more than one secondC.improperly timed ceasing of eye contactD.constant adjustment of eye contact(5).To keep a conversation flowing smoothly, it is better for the participants _.（分数：1.00）A.not to wea
28、r dark spectaclesB.not to make any interruptionsC.not to glance away from each otherD.not to make unpredictable pausesBTEXT B/BThe number of scientists and engineers going to America to study and work is dropping precipitously. An important reason is the length of time it now takes to get a visa. Th
29、is is both deterring would-be visitors from coming, and hindering some of those who try. Not only may this lead to a decline in Americas scientific strength, it is also an undeserved obstacle for many students.Things are getting a little better-delays in visa processing, according to both Americas S
30、tate Department and academic observers, are shorter than a year ago. And only a small percentage of student-visa applications are held up for extremely long periods. Nonetheless, since the summer of 2003, applicants for student visas have been required to appear at an American consulate for an inter
31、view. Because consular staffs have not been expanded, this has led to delays of several weeks in order to sit for an interview that often lasts only a few minutes. Such a blanket requirement puts undue stress on both students and consulates, without yielding tangible security benefits. A more focuse
32、d system makes more sense.The current mess could prove costly to America. Its economic and military prowess owes a great deal to emigrating scientists and engineers. They were key members of the team which built its first atomic bomb in 1945, and they have played an important role ever since. In 200
33、1, 35% of science and engineering doctorates a- warded by American universities went to foreign students, and foreigners comprise a similar proportion of Americas scientific and engineering workforce.Furthermore, several requirements have exacerbated delays, with little benefit to security. For exam
34、ple, checks on scientists working in areas that might relate to national security (exactly which areas are secret) are currently valid only for a year. Since such checks take on average two months to complete, and cannot be applied for within America, it thus becomes difficult to complete a course o
35、f study lasting five or six years. Visas should be granted for the duration of a course of study -if someone is not deemed a security risk today, it is un- likely he will be so a year from now. Legitimate visa holders should be allowed to enter and leave the country, and to apply for a renewal of th
36、eir visas while still in AmericaThere are also problems at home. The State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, which are jointly responsible for visas, are struggling to respond to the concerns of scientists but they are woefully ill- equipped files are exchanged twice weekly with th
37、e Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on computer disks, while the FBI takes up to three days to reply that a person has not appeared on its database. Furthermore, the State Department keeps inadequate data about visa delays and applications. This is inexcusable. All manners of businesses use soft
38、ware today to segment and understand their customers behavior. The governments failure to use the same technology is leading to both inefficiency and a decrease in security.A more logical visa regime would make America safer, and those wishing to study or work there happier. Other countries are curr
39、ently benefiting from the shortcomings in Americas system. But change would, in the long term, serve even their interests. A return to honest global competition for scientists and engineers would be healthier and more productive.（分数：2.00）(1).The fact that key members of team that built Americas firs
40、t nuclear bomb were foreigners is used to _.（分数：1.00）A.prove that foreign experts are important for the U. S.B.prove visa system used to be more effective in the pastC.show that visa system was not really necessary in the pastD.explain that countries have always been competing for professions(2).The
41、 author implies all of the following EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.the US relies heavily on foreign professionals.B.visa system may be useless, or even harmfulC.the US government has not put high technology to good useD.the more efficient the government, the safer the countryBTEXT C/BThe centenary of the birt
42、h of William Faulkner, one of the great modern novelists, was celebrated in September, 1997. Faulkner wrote about the southern states of the United States of America where he grew up, and where his family had an important part to play in the history of that region. His work became a touchstone for i
43、nsights into the troubled issues of southern American identity, race relations, and the family interrelation- ships of the old-time southern gentry.Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi on September 25, 1897. Despite his interest in writing, he left Oxford High School, Mississippi, without gr
44、aduating. After World War 1, he entered the University of Mississippi as a special student, a right to study which was granted to war veterans, although Faulkner had training with the Air Force in Canada, he did not enter combat.Faulkner began to write poems, a verse play, short stories and finished
45、 his first novel Satoris in 1928. His fiction was centered for 14 of the 19 novels published during his lifetime a fictional region called Yoknapatawpha County. The name is said to be stem from the India Chickasaw word meaning split land.In December 1950, Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Lit
46、erature. When he accepted it in Stuck-holm, his speech emphasized that he wished to continue writing, but in a positive way that affirmed the power of humanity to prevail over adverse circumstances. As he said in his speech, he still felt that, despite the threat of nuclear war then hanging over the
47、 world, the central concern of the writer should be “the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself“, He wanted the tension and problems that he had cast the spotlight on in the southern states of America to be resolved by the life-affirming attitudes and actions of his characters.Like play
48、wright Tennessee Williams, Faulkner was a major voice who spoke for the troubled heart of the southern states of America. His achievement is all the more remarkable because, as a schoolboy, he was not only a frequent truant but also reportedly failed to reach pass grades in English class. His collected short stories, novels, poems, allegorical stories and other writings which form a legacy of literature which casts
