1、专业八级-284 (1)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 Some Problems Facing Learners of English/B Although many English learners have got high scores in an English test such as IELTS or TOEFL, they still face some problems concerning its learning. Here wed like to talk about some o
2、f the problems and try to come up with suggestions on how to overcome them. . BPsychological Problems/B 1. the 1st reason: fear of U(1) /U (1) _. the solution: -not to look too far ahead -concentrate on increasing knowledge and developing ability 2. the 2nd reason: separation from the family and U(2
3、) /U (2) _. the solution: -enjoy U(3) /U (3) _. -time heals nostalgia . BCultural Problems/B 1. practical problems - U(4) /U (4) _. - money - food - weather 2. problems difficult to define - the reason: the British way of life (U (5) /U, habits and traditions) (5) _. - the solution: be open-minded a
4、nd U(6) /U. (6) _. . BLinguistic Problems/B 1. problems regarding U(7) /U (7) _. 1) difficulties in understanding English speaking people 3 reasons: - fast speed of speech - a variety of accents - different styles of speech 2) ways of overcoming the difficulties - attend U(8) /U (8) _. - use a langu
5、age laboratory - listen to English programs - meet and speak with native speakers of English 2. problems regarding speaking 1) difficulties: knowing what to say. but not knowing how to say it in English 2) solutions - U(9) /U the language (9) _. - think in English instead of translating - practice s
6、peaking as much as possible - imitate the educated peoples U(10) /U (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 an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer eac
7、h of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview./I（分数：5.00）(1).The interviewer used to care about all the following things EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.doing well in some sports.B.having good body image looking.C.wearing appropriate clothes.D.being popular with other kids.(2).Which of the foll
8、owing is NOT an example of the relationships girls attach importance to?（分数：1.00）A.Their relationships with classmates.B.Their relationships with parents.C.Their relationships with teachers.D.Their relationships with boys.(3).When girls have limitations in face of pressure, they might _.（分数：1.00）A.s
9、top trying Bard.B.suffer from indignation.C.end up crying out.D.accept the fact calmly.(4).Parents should be aware of the hidden stress of their daughters when _.（分数：1.00）A.the girls are irritable sometimes.B.the girls are exhausted someday.C.the girls say they hate school.D.the girls lie and play t
10、ruant.(5).One Way for the girls to thrive in the age of pressure is to _.（分数：1.00）A.develop intangible ideas.B.set touchable goals.C.forget about their stress.D.talk with their parents.三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：4，分数：5.00)I Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end o f the news item, you
11、 will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news./I（分数：2.00）(1).What did the government intend to do in the beginning?（分数：1.00）A.Greatly restrict public smoking.B.Ban smoking in all public places.C.Supervise smoking in some bars.D.Ban public smoking in England.(2
12、).The staff who work in public places would favor the ban because _.（分数：1.00）A.they dont have to inhale foul air.B.they dont have to serve smokers.C.they will get more tip from non smokers.D.there will be a rise on their salaries.1.I Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news
13、item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news./IPresent Kibaki has called for patience of the investigation of the scandals because _.（分数：1.00）A.he didnt want to approve the resignation of Education Minister.B.the resigned officials wanted the opportunity to prove
14、 their innocence.C.he thinks corruption hasnt reached high levels of the government.D.John Githongo gave testimony to visiting Kenya members of Parliament.2.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 th
15、e news./IPresident Mohammad Abbas has been given the authority to bypass parliament because _.（分数：1.00）A.Fatah Party intended to irritate the militant group Hamas.B.Fatah Party wanted to strengthen the legislative power.C.Fatah Party was defeated in the Palestinian election.D.Fatah Party suffered a
16、stunning defeat in the constitutional court.3.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./IThe discovery of the tomb will enable archeologists to know about the life of _.（分数：1.00）A.commons.B.
17、farmers.C.aristocrats.D.workers.四、BPART READING (总题数：4，分数：20.00)BTEXT A/B“Heavens!“ exclaimed the aunt of Clovis, “heres someone I know bearing down on us. I cant remember his name, but be lunched with us once in Town. Tarrington-yes, thats it. Hes heard of the picnic Im giving for the Princess, and
18、 hell cling to me like a lifebelt till I give him an invitation; then hell ask if he may bring all his wives and mothers and sisters with him. Thats the worst of these small watering-places; one cant escape from anybody.“Ill fight a rearguard action for you if you like to do a bolt now,“ volunteered
19、 Clovis; “youve a clear ten yards start if you dont lose time.“ The aunt of Clovis responded gamely to the suggestion, and churned away like a Nile steamer, with a long brown ripple of spaniel trailing in her wake. “Pretend you dont know him,“ was her parting advice, tinged with the reckless courage
20、 of the non-combatant.The next moment the overtures of an affably disposed gentleman were being received by Clovis with a “silent-upon a peak-in-Darien“ stare which denoted an absence of all previous acquaintance with the object scrutinized. “I expect you dont know me with my moustache,“ said the ne
21、wcomer; “Ive only grown it during the last two months.“ “On the contrary,“ said Clovis, “the moustache is the only thing about you that seemed familiar to me. I felt certain that I had met it somewhere before.“My name is Tarrington,“ restarted the candidate for recognition. “A very useful kind of na
22、me,“ said Clovis; “with a name of that sort no one would blame you if you did nothing in particular heroic or remarkable, would they? And yet if you were to raise a troop of light horse in a moment of national emergency, Tarringtons Light Horse would sound quite appropriate and pulse-quickening; whe
23、reas if you were called Spoopin, for instance, the thing would be out of the question. No one, even in a moment of national emergency, could possibly belong to Spoopins Horse.“The new-comer smiled weakly, as one who is not to be put off by mere flippancy, and began again with patient persistence: “I
24、 think you ought to remember my name-“ “I shall,“ said Clovis, with an air of immense sincerity. “My aunt was asking me only this morning to suggest names for four young owls shes just had sent her as pets. I shall call them all Tarrington; then if one or two of them die or fly away, or leave us in
25、any of the ways that pet owls are prone to, there will be always one or two left to carry on your name. And my aunt wont let me forget it; she will always be asking Have the Tarringtons had their mice? and questions of that sort. She says if you keep wild creatures in captivity you ought to see afte
26、r their wants, and of course shes quite right there.“I met you at luncheon at your aunts house once-“ broke in Mr. Tarrington, pale but still resolute. “My aunt never lunches,“ said Clovis; “she belongs to the National Anti-Luncheon League, which is. doing quite a lot of good work in a quiet, unobtr
27、usive way. A subscription of half a crown per quarter entitles you to go without ninety-two luncheons.“ “This must be something new,“ exclaimed Tarrington. “Its the same aunt that Ive always had,“ said Clovis coldly.“I perfectly well remember meeting you at a luncheon-party given by your aunt,“ pers
28、isted Tarrington. who was beginning to flush an unhealthy shade of mottled pink.“What was there for lunch?“ asked Clovis. “Oh, well, I dont remember that-“ “How nice of you to remember my aunt when you can no longer recall the names of the things you ate.“The defeated Tarrington had by this time ret
29、reated out of earshot, comforting himself as best he might with the reflection that a picnic which included the presence of Clovis might prove a doubtfully agreeable experience.“I shall certainly go in for a Parliamentary career,“ said Clovis to himself as he turned complacently to rejoin his aunt.
30、“As a talker-out of inconvenient bills I should he invaluable. “（分数：4.00）(1).The phrase “bear down on“ in the first paragraph probably means _.（分数：1.00）A.put up with.B.press down on.C.be familiar with.D.be mad at.(2).What did the nephew Clovis offer to do?（分数：1.00）A.Put an unsuitable man off to his
31、aunts picnic.B.Guard against others provocation in his aunts picnic.C.Find the man his aunt mentioned and beat him up.D.See to the safety of his aunt and other guests.(3).All of the following adjectives can describe Tarrington EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.amiable.B.perseverant.C.tolerant.D.sober.(4).Which of
32、 the following statements is TRUE of Clovis?（分数：1.00）A.He insulted Tarrington by ignoring him.B.He put his wits against Tarrington.C.He disregarded his aunts advice.D.He showed his contempt for Tarrington.BTEXT B/BAffirmative action may not be the most divisive issue on the ballot, but it remains an
33、 unending source of conflict and debate at least in Michigan, whose citizens are pondering a proposal that would ban affirmative action in the public sector. No one knows whether other states will follow Michigans lead, but partisans on both sides see the vote as crucial-a decision that could either
34、 help or hinder a movement aimed at ending “preferential treatment“ programs once and for all.Ward Connerly has no doubts about the outcome. “Them may be some ups and downs, with regard to affirmative action, but its ending,“ .says Connerly, the main mover behind the Michigan proposal, who pushed al
35、most identical propositions to passage in California 10 years ago and in Washington state two years later. His adversaries are equally passionate. “I just want to shout from the rooftops, This isnt good for America,“ says Mary Sue Coleman, president of the University of Michigan. She sees no need fo
36、r Michigan to adopt the measure. “We have a living experiment in California, and it has failed,“ says Coleman.Wade Henderson, executive director of the leadership Conference on Civil Rights, sees something deeply symbolic in the battle. Michigan, in his eyes, is where resegregation began-with a 1974
37、 U.S. Supreme Court decision that tossed out a plan to bus Detroit children to the suburbs. Henderson sees that decision as a prelude to the hypersegregation that now defines much of Michigan. The Supreme Court is currently considering two new cases that could lead to another ruling on how far publi
38、c school systems can go in their quest to maintain racial balance.All of which raises a question: why are we still wrestling with this stuff? Why, more than a quarter of a century after the high court ruled race had a legitimate place in university admissions decisions, are we still fighting over wh
39、ether race should play a role?One answer is that the very idea of affirmative action-that is, systematically treating members of various groups differently in the pursuit of diversity or social justice-strikes some people as downright immoral. For to believe in affirmative action is to believe in a
40、concept of equality turned upside down. It is to believe that “to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently,“ as the idea was expressed by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun.That argument has never been an easy sell, even when made passionately by President Lyndon B. Johnson
41、during an era in which prejudice was thicker than L. A. smog. Now the argument is infinitely more difficult to make. Even those generally supportive of affirmative action dont like the connotations it sometimes carries. “No one wants preferential treatment, including African-Americans,“ observed Ed
42、Sarpolis, vice president of EPIC-MRA, a Michigan polling firm.In 2003, the Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigans right to use race in the pursuit of “diversity,“ even as it condemned the way the undergraduate school had chosen to do so. The decision left Jennifer Gratz, the named plaintif
43、f, fuming. “I called Ward Connerly. and I said, We need to do something about this,“ recalled Gratz, an animated former cheerleader. They decided that if the Supreme Court wouldnt give them what they wanted, they would take their case-and their proposition-directly to the people.Californians disagre
44、e about the impact of Connerlys proposition on their state. But despite some exceedingly grim predictions, the sky did not fall in. Most people went about their lives much as they always had.In a sane world, the battle in Michigan, and indeed the battle over affirmative action writ large, would offe
45、r an opportunity to seriously engage a question the enemies and defenders of affirmative action claim to care about; how do you go about creating a society where all people-not just the lucky few-have the opportunities they deserve? It is a question much broader than the debate over affirmative acti
46、on. But until we begin to move toward an answer, the debate over affirmative action will continue-even if it is something of a sideshow to what should be the main event.（分数：6.00）(1).Which of the following statements is NOT true about Ward Connerly?（分数：1.00）A.He advocates banning on affirmative actio
47、n in the public sector.B.He put forward similar proposals in other states several years ago.C.Hes sure that Michigans movement will end preferential treatment programs.D.He is quite confident about the outcome of his propositions in Washington.(2).Which of the following is Wade Hendersons attitude t
48、owards Michigans movement?（分数：1.00）A.Approval.B.Disapproval.C.Objective.D.Difficult to tell.(3).According to Wade Henderson, the US Supreme Court _.（分数：1.00）A.once helped maintain apartheid in Michigan.B.was against racism and racial segregation.C.states its position On preferential treatment.D.is going to rule on two new cases of segr
