1、专业八级-99 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：4，分数：20.00)Online ShoppingIncreasingly popular with adults and young people, online shopping gives you(1)_to various products and services. It can save your time, money and help (1)_you research product details and(2)_prices and features direct
2、ly online. But (2)_shoppers often encounter some common problems of shopping online:1. Careful search: it is hard to choose a supplier from so many websites and(3)_, you have to search carefully using brand names or the names of types of (3)_products. Listen to others advice and recommendations abou
3、t good sites. Remember tocheck proper(4)_such as postal address and phone number in order to get in (4)_touch if you have questions about the service.2.(5)_issue; vital to consumers. If you take some simple (5)_(6)_you can enjoy shopping online with a high degree of security. For instance, (6)_do no
4、t send your credit card details in an(7)_, which can be copied easily to (7)_others.3. Due consideration: be cautions if the online advertisement or junk email offersounds(8)_. Remember the hidden extra, which can push up the price of your (8) _online purchase. Postage and packing costs, and Customs
5、 charges for goods from overseascan add greatly to the(9)_. (9)_If you do have problems with an online purchase, contact your local Trading Standardsoffice or involve the(10)_too when a fraud has taken place. (10)_（分数：10.00）(1).（分数：1.00）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:_
6、填空项 1:_BSECTION B/BIQuestions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will he given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview./I（分数：5.00）(1).In his research, what did Charles Andrews find about training in small firms?（分数：1.00）A.T
7、hey spend too little on training.B.They set aside a specific training budget.C.They receive state subsidies for training.D.They are unaware of their training expenses.(2).When calculating the cost of in-house training, many small firms do NOT include _.（分数：1.00）A.course feesB.managers timeC.accounta
8、nts costsD.travel expenses(3).What do the majority of small firms spend on training?（分数：1.00）A.Less than 1% of their payroll.B.1-5 % of their annual payroll.C.5-10% of their annual payroll.D.More than 1096 of their payroll.(4).Charles Andrews thinks that the best training involves _.（分数：1.00）A.obser
9、ving an expert do the jobB.going on special training coursesC.doing the job under supervisionD.receiving package courses(5).Above all else, small businesses want training that _.（分数：1.00）A.will answer their short-term needsB.does not require immediate investmentC.will help their planning proceduresD
10、.focuses on both lung-term and short-term business needsBSECTION C/BIQuestions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news./I（分数：2.00）(1).How many voters said they would vote for President Hugo Chav
11、ez for a third term?（分数：1.00）A.13%B.27%C.59%D.69%(2).Which of the following is FALSE?（分数：1.00）A.A majority of Venezuelans believe Chavez handled government and foreign relations well.B.Chavez is regarded as the fiery opponent of President Bush.C.Chaves is perhaps Latin Americas meat controversial le
12、ader.D.Chavez, the rightest president gained notoriety as an outspoken critic of the U.S. government.IQuestions 8 to 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news./I（分数：3.00）(1).Which of the following stat
13、ements is TRUE according to the news?（分数：1.00）A.A Muslim extremist group bas claimed responsibility for the bombing on Monday.B.A Christian extremist group has claimed responsibility for the bombing on Monday.C.No one were injured when a bomb exploded on Monday.D.The bombing on Monday did not kill a
14、nyone.(2).When does General Wiranto plan to meet with Roman Catholic Bishop Carlos Belo?（分数：1.00）A.Monday.B.Wednesday.C.Saturday.D.Sunday.(3).It can be inferred from the news that（分数：1.00）A.religious groups must be trouble-makersB.religious conflicts often cause social unrestC.religious conflicts of
15、ten end easilyD.religions centers are never targeted by other religious groups二、BPART READING (总题数：9，分数：20.00)BTEXT A/BUp goes gold, down goes the dollar. Most economists hate gold. Not, you understand, that they would turn up their noses at a bar or two. But they find the reverence in which many ho
16、ld the metal almost irrational, That it was used as money for millennia is irrelevant: it isnt any more. Modern money takes the form of paper or, more often, electronic data. To economists, gold is now just another commodity.So why is its price soaring? Over the pest week, this has topped $ 450 a tr
17、oy ounce, up by 9% since the beginning of the year and 77% since April 2001. Ah, comes the reply, gold transactions are denominated in dollars, and the rise in the price simply reflects the dollars fall in terms of other currencies, especially the euro, against which it hit a new low this week. Expr
18、essed in euros, the gold price has moved much less. How- ever, there is no iron link, us it were, between the value of the dollar and the value of gold. A rising price of gold, like that of anything else, can reflect an increase in demand as well as a depreciation of its unit of account.This is wher
19、e gold bulls come in. The fall in the dollar is important, but mainly because as a store of value the dollar stinks. With a few longish rallies, the greenback has been on a downward trend since it came off the gold standard in 1971. Now it is suffering one of its sharper declines. At the margin, ext
20、ra demand has come from those who think dollars-indeed any money backed by nothing more than promises to keep inflation low-a decidedly risky investment, mainly because America, with the worlds reserve currency, has been able to create and borrow so many of them. The least painful way of repaying th
21、ose dollars is to make them worth less.The striking exception to this extra demand comes from central banks, which would like to sell some of the gold they already have. As a legacy of the days when their currencies were backed by the metal, central banks still hold one-fifth of the worlds gold. Las
22、t month the Bank of France said it would sell 500 tonnes in coming years. But big sales by central banks can cause the price to plunge-as when the Bank of England sold 395 tonnes between 1999 and 2002. The result was an agreement between central banks to co-ordinate and limit future sales.If the pri
23、ce of gold marches higher, this agreement will presumably be ripped up, although a dollar crisis might make central banks think twice about switching into paper money. Will the overhang of central-bank gold drag the price down again? Not necessarily. As James Grant, gold bug and publisher of Grants
24、Interest Rate Observer, a newsletter, points out, in recent years the huge glut of government debt has not stopped a sharp rise in its price.（分数：5.00）(1).In economists eyes, gold is something _.（分数：1.00）A.they look down uponB.that can be exchanged in the marketC.worth peoples reverenceD.that should
25、be replaced by other forms of money(2).According to the author, one of the reasons for the rising of gold price is _.（分数：1.00）A.the increasing demand for goldB.the depreciation of the euroC.the link between the dollar and goldD.the Increment of the value of the dollar(3).We can infer from the third
26、paragraph that _.（分数：1.00）A.the decline of the dollar is inevitableB.America benefits from the depreciation of the dollarC.the depreciation of the dollar is good news to other currenciesD.investment in the dollar yields more returns than that in gold(4).The phrase “ripped up“ (Line 1, Paragraph 5) m
27、ost probably means _.（分数：1.00）A.strengthenedB.broadenedC.renegotiatedD.torn up(5).According to the passage, the rise of gold price _.（分数：1.00）A.will not last longB.will attract some central banks to sell goldC.will impel central banks to switch into paper moneyD.will lead to a dollar crisis1.BTEXT B
28、/BBehind the brewing war over protecting patients records in an age of HMOs and online medicine.Technology is a two-edged sword. Rarely is this as clear as it is in the realm of health care. Technology allows doctors to test their patients for generic defects-and then to turn around and spread the r
29、esults throughout the world via the Internet. For someone in need of treatment, thats good news. But for someone in search of a job or an insurance policy, the ridings can be all bad.Last week President Bill Clinton proposed a corollary to the patients bill of rights now before Congress: a right to
30、medical privacy. Beginning In 2002, under rules set to become law in February, patients would be able to stipulate the conditions under which their personal medical data could be divulged. They would be able to examine their records and make corrections. They could learn who else had seen the inform
31、ation. Improper use of records by a caregiver or insurer could result in both civil and criminal penalties. The plan was, said Clinton, “an unprecedented step toward putting Americans back in control of their own medical records.“While the administration billed the rules as an attempt to strike a ba
32、lance between the needs of consumers and those of the health-care industry, neither doctors nor insurance companies were happy. The doctors said the rides could actually erode privacy, pointing to a prevision allowing managed-care plans to use personal in- formation without consent if the purpose wa
33、s “health-care operations.“ That, physicians said, was a loophole through which HMOs and other insurers could pry into the doctor-patient relationship, in the name of assessing the quality of care. Meanwhile, the insurers protested that the rules would make them vulnerable to lawsuits. They were esp
34、ecially disturbed by a provision holding them liable for privacy breaches by “business partners“ such as lawyers and accountants. Both groups agreed that privacy protections would drive up the cost of health care by at least an additional $ 3.8 billion, and maybe much more, over the next five years.
35、 They also complained about the increased level of federal scrutiny required by the new rules enforcement provisions.One aim of the rules is to reassure patients about confidentiality, thereby encouraging them to be open with their doctors. Today various cancers and sexually transmitted diseases can
36、 go untreated because patients are afraid of embarrassment or of losing insurance coverage. The fear is real: Clinton aides noted that a January poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates found that one in six U.S. adults had at some time done something unusual to conceal medical information, such
37、 as paying cash for services._BTEXT B/BBehind the brewing war over protecting patients records in an age of HMOs and online medicine.Technology is a two-edged sword. Rarely is this as clear as it is in the realm of health care. Technology allows doctors to test their patients for generic defects-and
38、 then to turn around and spread the results throughout the world via the Internet. For someone in need of treatment, thats good news. But for someone in search of a job or an insurance policy, the ridings can be all bad.Last week President Bill Clinton proposed a corollary to the patients bill of ri
39、ghts now before Congress: a right to medical privacy. Beginning In 2002, under rules set to become law in February, patients would be able to stipulate the conditions under which their personal medical data could be divulged. They would be able to examine their records and make corrections. They cou
40、ld learn who else had seen the information. Improper use of records by a caregiver or insurer could result in both civil and criminal penalties. The plan was, said Clinton, “an unprecedented step toward putting Americans back in control of their own medical records.“While the administration billed t
41、he rules as an attempt to strike a balance between the needs of consumers and those of the health-care industry, neither doctors nor insurance companies were happy. The doctors said the rides could actually erode privacy, pointing to a prevision allowing managed-care plans to use personal in- format
42、ion without consent if the purpose was “health-care operations.“ That, physicians said, was a loophole through which HMOs and other insurers could pry into the doctor-patient relationship, in the name of assessing the quality of care. Meanwhile, the insurers protested that the rules would make them
43、vulnerable to lawsuits. They were especially disturbed by a provision holding them liable for privacy breaches by “business partners“ such as lawyers and accountants. Both groups agreed that privacy protections would drive up the cost of health care by at least an additional $ 3.8 billion, and maybe
44、 much more, over the next five years. They also complained about the increased level of federal scrutiny required by the new rules enforcement provisions.One aim of the rules is to reassure patients about confidentiality, thereby encouraging them to be open with their doctors. Today various cancers
45、and sexually transmitted diseases can go untreated because patients are afraid of embarrassment or of losing insurance coverage. The fear is real: Clinton aides noted that a January poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates found that one in six U.S. adults had at some time done something unusual
46、 to conceal medical information, such as paying cash for services.（分数：5.00）(1).The author begins his article with “technology is a two-edged sword“ to _.（分数：1.00）A.show that doctors improper use of technology can end up in bad resultsB.call on people s attention to the potential danger technology ca
47、n bring to usC.warn of the harm patients are prone to sufferD.show the advantages and disadvantages of technology(2).According to the proposal made by President Clinton, patients will be able to do the following EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.enjoy more rights to their medical recordsB.be open with their docto
48、rsC.decide how to use their medical informationD.sue their insurers for improper use of their medical records(3).Doctors tend to think that the rules _.（分数：1.00）A.may ruin doctor-patient relationshipB.can do more harm than goodC.will prevent doctors from doing medical researchD.will cod up in more health care cost and poorer medical service(4).The example of the January poll by Pri
