1、专业八级-298 (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)BWhy People work/B We may fully realize the role of work in providing us the (1)_things of life. But we may ignore its role in 1. _ contributing to our (2)_well-being. For most people, 2. _ work is not only a necessity, but also
2、the (3)_of 3. _ their lives. Many doctors have observed its (4)_ 4. _ effect. For many people, the absence of job is (5)_to 5. _ their health. Why people need work? Firstly, people get their (6) _rewards from work. Everybody wants to do 6. _ something that can serve as a (7)_to our ability. 7. _ Sec
3、ondly, people need to be (8)_recognized. A good 8. _ job can provide people with both status and (9)_ 9. _ We are often misled by peoples complaints about difficult work. In fact, most of them regard their own capacity to do the tough job as the mark of their unique personality. For us human beings,
4、 it is energy (10)_that is satisfying. 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)(1).Why does Chris enjoy driving a taxi?（分数：1.00）A.Because he can do something which helps people.B.Because he is able to decide exactly what he do
5、es.C.Because he can travel to different parts of the city.D.Because he can earn a lot of money.(2).What does he need to do as a taxi driver?（分数：1.00）A.To give travel information to passengers.B.To know his way around the city very well.C.To spend a lot of time waiting at stations.D.To predict where
6、he will find work.(3).What does he find about most of his passengers?（分数：1.00）A.They are happy to chat to him.B.They only give one-word answers.C.They have interesting stories to tell.D.They dislike taxi drivers.(4).According to Chris, when do some people get annoyed?（分数：1.00）A.They have a long wait
7、 for the taxi.B.The taxi fare is high.C.The driver talks too much.D.The journey takes longer than usual.(5).Why does he feel he is well-suited to his job?（分数：1.00）A.Because he grew up wanting to be a taxi driver.B.Because he likes being friendly for short periods.C.Because he was once a shop assista
8、nt.D.Because he enjoys driving long distances.三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：3，分数：5.00)(1).According to the reports, Libya _.（分数：1.00）A.was responsible for the killing of the Saudi PrinceB.Planned violence against the Saudi royal familyC.helped Saudi terrorists kill the Saudi PrinceD.plotted to overthrow the Sa
9、udi ruler(2).How did the U.S. respond to the reports?（分数：1.00）A.It condemned Libya.B.It broke diplomatic ties with Libya.C.It would not normalize relations with Libya.D.It was investigating the matter.I Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given
10、 10 seconds to answer each question. Now listen to the news. /I（分数：2.00）(1).According to the news, what did a top UN official talk about?（分数：1.00）A.A new schedule for Africas development.B.The slow progress in Africas poverty reduction.C.The prediction of Africas economic trend.D.The lack of funds f
11、or a UN development program.(2).According to the current trends, the goal set 4 years ago is expected to be reached by _.（分数：1.00）A.2015B.2047C.2050D.21471.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 th
12、e news. /I（分数：1.00）四、BPART READING (总题数：3，分数：12.00)BTEXT A/BIn May 1995, Andrew Lloyd Webber, creator of a string of international hit musicals and a very wealthy man, spent U. S. 29.2 million on Picassos “Portrait of Angel Fernanders de Soto. It was the highest price paid at auction for a painting
13、since the art market crashed in 1990.Lloyd Webber has a theory that Picassos Blue Period paintings were influenced by Burne-Jones, the British Pre-Raphaelite master whose international reputation stood high at the turn of the century. The theory is not shared by many art historians, but that doesnt
14、matter to the composer. He had been looking for a Blue Period Picasso for some time.It is now extremely hard to come by Blue Period Picassosfigurative works that are drenched in melancholy, expressed by a dominant use of blue. Blue Period subjects par excellence are mothers and children or harlequin
15、s; Lloyd Webbers purchase is not the most attractive of them. He paid roughly double what the picture was worth. He seems to have got carried away when the bidding started to climb.The Picasso was one of the two highest prices of the 19941995 auction season, and help illustrate what has been happeni
16、ng in this curious market. The very rich have got their confidence back, which has meant that buyers can be found for works of really outstanding quality and, very occasionally, bidding battles have driven prices back to their 19891990 levels.The 1980s boom collapsed in 1990. After several false daw
17、ns there are now signs that serious recovery has begun. More than an expansion of the market, however, it reflects the relative weakness of the American dollar, the currency in which most art deals are transacted. Collectors from countries with stronger currencies have been finding dollar prices che
18、ap.The middle market is still fairly weak. It is not unusual for up to half the lots on offer at a Christies or Sothebys sale to be left unsold. Dealers, as opposed to auctioneers, are still finding it bard to make a living and seldom buy for stock. The auctioneers have tried to replace them by enco
19、uraging private people to buy directly at auctionand more of them are doing this. But private buying is unpredictable and cannot underpin the market in the way dealer buying used to. Private individuals buy what they want; they dont bid on everything that is going cheap.Overall, the nature of the ma
20、rket is changing. In the 1980s art was bought as a speculation: buy in April, sell for double the price in September. This mentality vanished with the 1990 collapse, but the very rich and their financial advisors still take the view that it is sensible to keep a percentage of your investment portfol
21、io in art. It is this kind of money that creates the fancy prices at the top end of the market.Geographically, the present recovery has been led by North America. Normally a major recession, such as was experienced in the United States, results in a shift of taste. But the Americans liked Impression
22、ist and classic modern pictures best before the market collapse and that is what they have been coming back to. It is currently the strongest sector of the picture market. Contemporary and Old Master markets are still struggling and there are few buyers for Victorian pictures, apart from Lloyd Webbe
23、r. Besides Europe and America, however, there is now a growing market in the East. Indeed, the East has become the great hope of hard-pressed dealers over the last three yearsthey have been aiming to find new buyers in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.There are more rich connoiss
24、eurs in Japan than anywhere else but they have not been in a buying mood. Japanese speculators lost huge amounts of money in the 1990s crash and there are few collectors who dare to buy any works of art today. The market in Chinese ceramics, works of art, jade jewelry and old and modern brush painti
25、ngs is now dominated worldwide by wealthy collectors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. The huge volume of excavated art that is smuggled out of China has dramatically weakened the archaeological end of this market but rarities, especially the late imperial porcelains, are gelling well. There hav
26、e even been two or three successful auctions inside China since 1994. The local millionaires are beginning to put their money into art.（分数：4.00）(1).Which of the following does NOT account for the current boom in the art market?（分数：1.00）A.The American dollar has become weaker against some major curre
27、ncies.B.The very rich wish to put part of their investment in art.C.The very rich have regained their confidence.D.Dealers buying is growing strong.(2).What does the author say about the North American market?（分数：1.00）A.The American buyers of pictures have not changed their taste.B.The middle market
28、 remains strong.C.The Americans, buy art as a speculation.D.It is experiencing a major recession.(3).Collectors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore would most likely buy _.（分数：1.00）A.impressionistic paintingsB.Ming Dynasty imperial tea setsC.excavated works of artD.Blue Period Picassos(4)._ has the
29、 most potential art buyers.（分数：1.00）A.AmericaB.Hong KongC.JapanD.IndiaBTEXT B/BDwight attended Lincoln elementary school, directly across the street from his home. The curriculum emphasized rote learning. “The darkness of the classrooms on a winter day and the monotonous hum of recitation,“ Eisenhow
30、er wrote in his memoirs, “. are my sole surviving memories. I was either a lackluster student or involved in a lackluster program.“ He came to life for the spelling bee and arithmetic. Spelling contests aroused in him his competitive drive and his hatred of careless mistakeshe became a self-confesse
31、d martinet on the subject of orthography. Arithmetic appealed to him because it was logical and straightforwardan answer was either right or wrong.The subject that really excited him, however, was one that he pursued on his owns military history. He became so engrossed in it, in fact, that he neglec
32、ted his chores and his schoolwork. His first hero was Hannibal. Then he became a student of the American Revolution, and George Washington excited his admiration. He talked history to his classmates so frequently that his senior yearbook predicted that he would become a professor of history at Yale
33、(it also predicted that Edgar would become a two-term President of the United States).During Dwights high school years his interests were, in order of importance, sports, work, studies, and girls. He was shy around the girls and in any case wanted to impress his male classmates as a regular fellow,
34、just one of the gang. Paying too much attention to the girls was considered somewhat sissy. He was careless of his dress, his hair was usually uncombed, and he was a terrible dancer on the few occasions he tried the dance floor.Studies came easily to him and he made good to excellent grades without
35、exerting himself. He got all Bs in his freshman year, when the subjects were English, physical geography, algebra, and German. He did a bit better the next year, and as a junior and senior he was an A or A-plus student in English, history, and geometry. His sole B was in Latin.Sports, especially foo
36、tball and baseball, were the center of his life. He expended far more energy on sports than he put .into his studies. He was a good, but not outstanding, athlete. He was well coordinated, but slow of foot. He weighed only 150 pounds. His chief asset was his will to win. He loved the challenge of the
37、 games themselves, enjoyed the competition with older and bigger boys, bubbled over with pleasure at hitting a single to drive in the winning run or at throwing the other teams star halfback for a loss.It was in sports that he first discovered his talents as a leader and an organizer. As a boy, he p
38、rovided the energy and leadership that led to a Saturday-afternoon game of football or baseball. Later, he was the one who organized the Abilene High School Athletic Association, which operated independently of the school system. Little Ike wrote to schools in the area to make up a schedule, and sol
39、ved the problem of transportation by hustling his team onto freight trains for a free ride from Abilene to the site of the contest.He also organized camping and hunting trips. He got the boys together, collected the money, hired the livery rig to take them to the camping site, bought the food, and d
40、id the cooking.The central importance of sports, hunting, and fishing to Little Ike cannot be overemphasized. He literally could not imagine life without them.（分数：4.00）(1).As can be inferred from the passage, at Lincoln elementary school, Dwight _.（分数：1.00）A.benefited a lot from rote learningB.was a
41、n average studentC.studied very hard in spite of the dull coursesD.was good at sports(2).People believed that Dwight would someday become a professor because of _.（分数：1.00）A.his eager pursuit of military historyB.his excellent grades in all subjectsC.his remarkable memoryD.his organizational ability
42、(3).Dwight was shy around the girls because he was _（分数：1.00）A.a poor dancer and was afraid of being laughed atB.engrossed in sports and (vas not interested in girlsC.afraid to be viewed as abnormal by his classmatesD.self-conscious about his poor dress and untidy hair(4).Which of the following is N
43、OT mentioned in the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Dwights competitiveness.B.Dwights interest in work.C.Dwights talents as a leader.D.Dwights great ambition.BTEXT C/BI remember Max very well. He had a Ph. D. from Princeton. He was a Chaucerian. He was brilliant( eloquent, and professorial. He possessed everythi
44、ng respectable in a human beinga good mind, a sound professional ethic, a sense of learnings place in the universe. Max was truly an educator.But there is one thing I havent told you about Max: I hated his guts.Max was my freshman-English teacher. And while he was, in a sense, everything I desired t
45、o be (that is, a gentleman and a scholar), he was also a man who fgrce-fed me for 15 weeks on literature and grammar (and what a foul stew it was!)Today, I am a college teacher myself, and have discovered that very few students are encountering their own version of Max.This is not to say that younge
46、r, ,up-and-coming professors are less erudite or well trained than Max was. On the contrary, the scarcity, of academic job opportunities has virtually assured that colleges can choose from among the best-trained young scholars in the world.Neither am I suggesting that it is impossible for a student
47、to find a genuinely loathsome professor. (I have enough personal evidence that the potential, for real, animosity between teacher and student does exist. We all have encountered the student who fantasized the most heinous retribution for that despicable faculty member who dared give him a C.)What ma
48、de Max unique was neither his mental prowess nor his propensity to be disliked. Rather, it was his aloofness.Max didnt “care“ about his students. He wasnt worried about whether they were passing his course. He didnt really seem concerned that most. of them never expresaed a passion for the subjects of his lectures. Arid, most of all, Max didnt give a damn how his students felt about him.Chances are, most students are thankful that “Maxish“ professors are an endangered species. Fu
