1、专业八级-93 及答案解析(总分：95.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Culture shock is a painful experience we go through when we encounter many new things in another country and we (1) _ in some very strange ways. There are (1) _ five phases or stages of culture shock: sensory overload, helplessness, (
2、2) _, depression and frustration (2) _ when we nm into obstacles in a new country. And here are six areas of life that cause culture shock: 1. The (3) _. We will see so ninny (3) _ strange new things when we set foot on a new land. 2. The greetings. A common way of greeting at home may lead to a (4)
3、_ in a new country because (4) _ we are thought to have poked into other peoples personal affairs. 3. (5) _. We may be shocked to find that (5) _ in the new country men and women hug and kiss much more in public than we are accustomed to. 4. Personal (6) _ between people talking. (6) _ We dont under
4、stand why a person will be backing away from us or why a person may be (7) _ closer to us in the (7) _ process of communicating with us. That can be a shock to the system as well. 5. (8) _. We always struggle to understand (8) _ what people are saying. We usually have a very hard lime in the classro
5、om, when we struggle to follow the instructor who speaks very fast and to get the (9) _ needed for passing the (9) _ 6. Food, which is a very emotional part of life. In a new land, we find our favorite foods may not be available or are prepared quite differently. However, when we have eventually ove
6、rcome the culture shock, we will have the (10) _ to feel at home (10) _ anywhere in the world.（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)(1).The interview with Dr. Mirkin was conducted by _.（分数：1.00）A.an athleteB.a journalistC.a sick
7、manD.a student(2).By mentioning the case of Harvard football players, Dr. Mirkin meant that _.（分数：1.00）A.too much exercise often leads to a shorter life spanB.American football is too violent to be good for ones healthC.to exercise when one is young doesnt guarantee a good health when one is olderD.
8、Harvard students are physically inferior to students from other universities(3).Disco dancing is an excellent exercise because _.（分数：1.00）A.the dancer keeps on moving vigorouslyB.it is most popular among young people todayC.no other exercise can offer as much entertainmentD.it benefits the dancer bo
9、th physically and spiritually(4).Bicycling and jogging are good exercise to train ones heart because they_.（分数：1.00）A.require a lot of strengthB.are more interestingC.can reduce ones weightD.bring ones heartbeat to at least 120 a minute(5).Which of the following statements is TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.Young p
10、eople need more exercise than other people.B.One can live longer than others if one has more exercise when one is young.C.Adults need more exercise than children.D.People can prolong their life span if they keep exercising.三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：2，分数：5.00)(1)._ civilians have been killed by Iraqi insurg
11、ents since Prune Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari announced his Cabinet five weeks ago.（分数：1.00）A.28B.38C.700D.814(2).According to the news item, the suicide car bombing in Tuz Khormato, was aimed at _.（分数：1.00）A.a convoy of civilian contract workersB.bodyguards for Iraqs Kurdish deputy prime misterC.Pri
12、me Minister Ibrahim al-JaafariD.the innocent market-shoppersIQuestions 8 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end 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).It had been believed that Napoleon Bonaparte _.（分数：1.00）A.died of
13、arsenic poisoningB.died of a stomach cancerC.was killed by British armyD.was murdered by Prussian forces(2).The hair samples used in experiment _.（分数：1.00）A.came from INS which keeps the samplesB.were offered by the emperors descendentsC.were offered by the emperors servantsD.were taken directly fro
14、m the emperors body(3).Which of the following is used to support the claim that the emperor died of a natural death?（分数：1.00）A.He had a good appetite for various kinds of food.B.He had a habit of drinking little and mixed it with water.C.He had lost 11 kilos during the last five months of his life.D
15、.He was deported to the island of St Helena.四、BPART PROOFREA(总题数：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:_五、BPART READING (总题数：2，分数：2.00)11.The author considers the Marxist sociologist s thesis about the origins of racial prejudice to be_.（分数：1.00）A.unorigina
16、lB.unpersuasiveC.offensiveD.obscure12.According to the Marxist sociologists thesis, hostility against the Chinese in California_.（分数：1.00）A.is caused by class struggleB.results from racial prejudiceC.has nothing to do with racismD.is unique in its own way六、BTEXT B/B(总题数：3，分数：3.00)13.As is suggested
17、in the passage, the most likely result of the two alternatives in solving the fiscal problem is _.（分数：1.00）A.a greater concentration of middle-class residents in central citiesB.a sharp decline of the life quality in central citiesC.a boom in setting up factories and offices in central citiesD.a rap
18、id development of public transportation14.The initials CBD are most likely to stand for _.（分数：1.00）A.Chief Board of DirectorsB.Central Bank of DevelopmentC.Central Business DistrictD.Chief Business Developers15.This passage is concerned with_.（分数：1.00）A.the revival of some North American and Europea
19、n CBDsB.the problems facing the development of U.S. downtown areasC.the moving pattern of the U.S. middle classD.the possible solutions to the fiscal problems七、BTEXT C/B(总题数：2，分数：2.00)16.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.Only small countries adopt the uni
20、tary system.B.Unitary states all have uniform culture.C.Multinational states can be unitary states.D.The federal system is more suitable for communist states.17.In the last paragraph, the word “scrapped“ can be best replaced by_.（分数：1.00）A.“scratched“B.“reinforced“C.“reduced“D.“abandoned“八、BTEXT D/B
21、(总题数：1，分数：2.00)BAnti-Burslar Guns/BThis gun practice should please both pro- and anti- gun control parties.A major, and legitimate, defense of gun ownership is to protect against burglars. The best anti-burglar gun is a double barrelled shotgun loaded with medium size shot, not a hand gun.A shotgun
22、is much easier to aim accurately than a hand gun. It is more intimidating than a hand gun because of its size. It is less likely to actually kill the burglar so there is less inhibition about actually firing it. It is less likely to be stolen by a burglar during your absence because it cannot easily
23、 be hidden by him and for the same reason it is not useful to a street robber. A long gun is much less likely to be played with by children than a hand gun because of its size and weight. (To safety a hand gun by locking it up makes it slow to access if there is a real burglar, while a loaded shotgu
24、n can safely be kept by the head of your bed. )The mechanism is simpler so it is less likely than a hand gun, particularly an automatic, to jam after a long period of storage. Its pellets will not punch through a wall and hit someone in the next room or the next house.A long gun is also less temptin
25、g than a concealed weapon to carry it into bars or elsewhere where a fight may develop and tempt you to use it. A concealed hand gun is of no help if you are confronted in the street by a robber pointing a gun at you; you have no time to get yours out and he will shoot you if he thinks you are tryin
26、g. (If you are a policeman you may be in a position to draw first so hand guns are appropriate for police officers.)As a separate matter, I suggest the following practice to inhibit children from playing with either long guns or hand guns. Tie a loop of cotton thread through the trigger guard. Ancho
27、r the loop to the wall or to the inside of the drawer with adhesive tape or cement. Show the anchored gun to the children and warn them of the consequences to them if that loop is broken. To prevent an aggressive child from replacing the loop after playing with the gun, use a colored thread and lock
28、 up the spool so you can replace the loop yourself.When you want the gun yourself, just take it and the thread will break.（分数：2.00）(1).The suggestion about the loop to tie the gun with would _.（分数：1.00）A.appease the anti-gun control sideB.satisfy the pro-gun control sideC.be accepted by both parties
29、D.be accepted by .neither side(2).The main purpose of this piece is to_.（分数：1.00）A.satirize the debate on gun controlB.propose a gun practiceC.make suggestions on the use of a shotgunD.reconcile opposing views九、BTEXT E/B(总题数：1，分数：3.00)BCommercial Vices/BThe commercial vices are gambling, prostitutio
30、n, and drugs. The appeals of the commercial vices are so strong and widespread that attempts to prohibit them in western democracies have always failed. Even in totalitarian regimes with unrestricted police and draconian punishments, such as Islamic countries, there is only partial success.The evils
31、 of these vices are threefold: Those who practice them suffer, the criminals who sell them prosper, and the enforcement organizations are expensive, unsuccessful, and often corrupt bureaucracies.Two commercial vices have been accepted as unstoppable but their evils have been minimized by legalizatio
32、n and regulation. These are the particular drug, alcohol, and gambling.The United States attempted to prohibit alcohol and failed. The Mafia made its accumulated capital by bootlegging alcohol. The gangsters of the twenties and thirties were in the alcohol business just as the drug peddlers of today
33、 are in the drug business. Both settled trade disputes with gunfire. When alcohol prohibition was repealed and sale by licensed dealers was instituted, the Mafia went out of the liquor business and the revenue agents assigned to stop the illegal business went out of business too. The quality of regu
34、lated liquor became assured and taxes, not high enough to motivate bootlegging, became a source of public revenue. Consumption of legal alcohol became only slightly greater than the consumption of illegal alcohol had been.If we follow the alcohol example with all other drugs, the same benefits will
35、obtain. Much more than that, the temptation of “forbidden fruit“ will disappear. The jailing of petty drug pushers will stop, together with their training as future serious criminals in the crime schools which are our jails. If we transfer the huge sums wasted on fruitless interdiction efforts and o
36、n punishment to serious education and rehabilitation programs, the drug problem will retreat to the trivial level it was fifty years ago.Gambling is another example of “If you can t lick em, join em.“ At one time all but private gambling at home was illegal. So the Mafia ran the numbers rackets and
37、the secret games and the bookmaking where “law abiding“ citizens did their unstoppable gambling. Now governments run lotteries and license and supervise casinos so the gangsters are largely out, cheating is minimal, and governments earn revenue instead of paying police. Here, again, an education pro
38、gram would cost little and do much good.Prostitution is an even more emotional problem. Addiction to sex is genetic and permanent and deprivation has many penalties. Here, again, legalization and regulation .will immediately eliminate the pimps and gangsters and reduce the police force. With periodi
39、c medical examination and licensing of the practitioners, and perhaps of the customers, there will be a radical reduction in the spread of venereal diseases, including AIDS. For those already diseased there can be a matching of buyer and seller by coding their license cards.A valid objection to lega
40、lization (or de-criminalization) of vices is that this very action will encourage their practice by seeming to be an official endorsement. This objection can be finessed by what was done with “Blue Laws“ which tried to impose unacceptable “virtues“ but which could not be repealed. They were not repe
41、aled but merely stopped being enforced.The enforcement budgets can then be converted to treatment and education to discourage and diminish practice of the vices. Laws providing regulation and licensing can still be passed. Logically they are inconsistent with laws forbidding, but so what? They can b
42、e enforced anyway.（分数：3.00）(1).Legalization and regulation of commercial vices would bring all the following benefits EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.the police force could be reducedB.illegal dealers would be forced out of businessC.there would be no more drug dealersD.the practices might become a source of re
43、venue(2).“Forbidden fruit temptation“ means_.（分数：1.00）A.the criminals would like to take chancesB.people are tempted to try the commercial vicesC.people are tempted to bootleg drugs, etcD.the practitioners would like to join Mafia(3).After legalization and regulation of prostitution, the main cause
44、of reduction in the spread of venereal diseases would probably be_.（分数：1.00）A.the practitioners would be licensed B.the practitioners would receive regular medical examinationC.the practitioners already diseased would be made knownD.those already diseased could choose each other as partner十、BTEXT F/
45、B(总题数：3，分数：3.00)18.What has caused the textile industry in New England to move down to the Southeast?（分数：1.00）A.The lower cost of labor in the Southeast.B.The large potential market in the Southeast.C.The proximity to raw materials in the Southeast.D.The better transportation system in the Southeast
46、.19.What does the author mean by the international division of labor?（分数：1.00）A.Highly sophisticated processes are accomplished in developed countries while simple work is done in less developed countries.B.Developing countries put stress on agriculture while developed countries, on industry.C.Talen
47、ts are trained in developed countries and then provide services in developing countries.D.Developed countries manufacture industrial products while less developed countries provide raw materials.20.The critical factors to be considered in building factories in developing countries does NOT include_.（分数：1.00）A.site costsB.access to marketsC.access to raw materialsD.availability of skilled workers十一、BSECTION B/B(总题数：1，分数：1.00)21.The first American President to live in the White House was_.（分数：1.00）A.George WashingtonB.John
