1、专业八级-308 (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 Attending a College or University in the USA/B Each year, many foreign students wish to go to the colleges and universities in the USA to pursue their study. In order to realize their dreams, they should make careful preparatio
2、ns and know more about colleges and universities there. . BThe 1st Step-Visit an American Educational Advising Center/B 1. more than 400 offices all over the world 2. log on to the Internet and find the U(1) /U (1) _. 3. go to the State Department Education Foreign Student Web page 4. get some infor
3、mation from the US embassy . BColleges and Universities in the United States-Offer Different Kinds of/B U(2) /U (2) _. 1. some schools certificate programs - one year of training in subjects like office work. U(3) /U or car repair (3) _. 2. junior college or community college-an associate degree - t
4、wo-year programs such as the one that prepares students for skilled jobs in U(4) /U (4) _. 3. colleges or universities-a bachelors degree - four year study in general subjects like English, history, mathematics, and science as well as U(5) /U during the last two years (5) _. 4. graduate schools-a ma
5、sters degree - two or three years of study in one subject - for those who want to be U(6) /U, medical doctor or lawyer, they (6) _. should have three and six years of additional study .B The Difference Between Colleges and Universities/B 1. college students - four years - a bachelors degree when com
6、pleting study successfully - no U(7) /U (7) _. - no support for research projects - study on U(8) /U(train a persons mind) (8) _. - one area of study 2. university students - four years; additional years - a bachelors degree; a graduate degree - several programs in many areas of study - do research
7、. BA Way to Get a Degree-Stay at Home and Use a Computer/B 1. online classes - two advantages: dont have to travel; have U(9) /U (9) _. 2. colleges that offer academic degrees online - Jones International University: offers both bachelors degrees andU (10) /U (10) _. - The University of Phoenix - Ca
8、rdean University: offers a masters of Business Administration degree（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 each of th
9、e following five questions. Now listen to the interview. /I（分数：5.00）(1).According to the news, most poor people cannot do all of the following EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.growing enough food.B.feeding their families.C.buying enough necessities.D.feeding their fowl.(2).The reason for the 800 million people g
10、oing to bed hungry is that _.（分数：1.00）A.there is no enough food for everyone.B.they have no access to grow or buy food.C.they are lazy and dont want to grow food.D.they are used to receiving others aid.(3).Which of the following is NOT a task of WFP as a humanitarian relief organization?（分数：1.00）A.C
11、ommunicate with donors.B.Assess the beneficiaries needs.C.Get food to the right people.D.Contact regional authorities.(4).According to Ms. Bertini, in the mission to end hunger, women play _.（分数：1.00）A.a decisive role.B.a minor role.C.an important role.D.no role at all.(5).The greatest challenge in
12、delivering food to people who need it is to _.（分数：1.00）A.raise the resources and delivering food to poor people.B.convince people to contribute more food and money.C.help people improve their well-being over the long term.D.devote more energy to those who are still most at risk.三、BSECTION C/B(总题数：4，
13、分数：5.00)I Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news./I（分数：2.00）(1).Who was taken hostage in one of Brazils most dangerous jails?（分数：1.00）A.The prisoners relatives.B.The pris
14、oners friends.C.The officials of the jail.D.The guards of the jail.(2).According to the news, the incident happened mainly because of _.（分数：1.00）A.the maltreatment of the inmates.B.the poor living conditions.C.the transfer of a gang leader.D.the sentence of a murderer.1.I Question 8 is based on the
15、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 Kurdistan Freedom Falcons carried out an explosion in Istanbul because they were _.（分数：1.00）A.willing to resume its armed campaign against the Turkish government.B.anxious t
16、o prevent a rebel leader from being sentenced to death.C.dissatisfied with detention conditions of a Kurdish rebel leader.D.eager to declare a unilateral fire and attack Turkish civilians.2.I Question 9 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answ
17、er the question. Now listen to the news./IAs to counter-terrorism on Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, US Secretary of Defense _.（分数：1.00）A.showed his worry.B.showed his concern.C.expressed his doubt.D.expressed his satisfaction.3.I Question 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item
18、, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news./IThe Awami League returned to parliament aiming to _.（分数：1.00）A.prevent against electoral scandals.B.push through electoral reform proposals.C.defeat the ruling party and come into power.D.participate in parliamentaly deb
19、ates.四、BPART READING (总题数：4，分数：20.00)BTEXT A/B“The landscape seen from our windows is certainly charming,“ said Annabel; “those cherry orchards and green meadows, and the river winding along the valley, and the church tower peeping out among the elms, they all make a most effective picture. Theres s
20、omething dreadfully sleepy and languorous about it, though; stagnation seems to be the dominant note. Nothing ever happens here; seedtime and harvest, an occasional outbreak of measles or a mildly destructive thunderstorm, and a little election excitement about once in five years, that is all that w
21、e have to modify the monotony of our existence. Rather dreadful, isnt it?“On the contrary,“ said Matilda, “I find it soothing and restful; but then, you see, Ive lived in countries where things do happen, ever so ninny at a time, when youre not ready for them happening all at once.“ “That, of course
22、, makes a difference,“ said Annabel.“I have never forgotten,“ said Matilda, “the occasion when the Bishop of Bequar paid us an unexpected visit; he was on his way to lay the foundation stone of a mission-house or something of the sort.“ “I thought that out there you were always prepared for emergenc
23、y guests turning up,“ said Annabel.“I was quite prepared for half a dozen Bishops,“ said Matilda, “but it was rather disconcerting to find out after a little conversation that this particular One was a distant cousin of mine, belonging to a branch of the family that had quarreled bitterly and offens
24、ively with our branch about a Crown Derby dessert service; they got it, and we ought to have got it, in some legacy, or else we got it and they thought they ought to have it, I forget which; anyhow, I know they behaved disgracefully.“It was rather trying, lint you could have left your husband to do
25、most of the entertaining.“ “My husband was fifty miles up-country, talking sense, or what he imagined to be sense, to a village community that fancied one of their leading men was a were-tiger.“A what tiger?“ “A were-tiger; youve heard of were-wolves, havent you, a mixture of wolf and human being an
26、d demon? Well, in those parts they have were-tigers, or think they have, and I must say that in this case, so far as sworn and uncontested evidence went, they had every ground for thinking so. However, as we gave up witchcraft prosecutions about three hundred years ago, we dont like to have other pe
27、ople keeping on our discarded practices; it doesnt seem respectful to our mental and moral position,“I hope you werent unkind to the Bishop,“ said Annabel. “Well, of course he was my guest, so I had to be outwardly polite to him, but he was tactless enough to rake up the incidents of the old quarrel
28、, and to try to make out that there was something to be said for the way his side of the family had behaved; even if there was, which I dont for a moment admit, my house was not the place in which to say it. I didnt argue the matter, but I gave my cook a holiday to go and visit his aged parents some
29、 ninety miles away. The emergency cook was not a specialist in curries, in fact, I dont think cooking in any shape or form could have been one of his strong points. I believe he originally came to us in the guise of a gardener, but as we never pretended to have anything that could be considered a ga
30、rden he was utilised as assistant goatherd, in which capacity, I understand, he gave every satisfaction. When the Bishop heard that I had sent away the cook on a special and unnecessary holiday he saw the inwardness of the manoeuvre, and from that moment we were scarcely on speaking terms. If you ha
31、ve ever had a Bishop with whom you were not on speaking terms staying in your house, you will appreciate the situation.“Annabel confessed that her life-story had never included such a disturbing experience.（分数：6.00）(1).All of the following adjectives describe Annabels impression of the landscape EXC
32、EPT _.（分数：1.00）A.languid.B.repressive.C.enchanting.D.boring.(2).Which of the following statements is NOT true of Matilda?（分数：1.00）A.She enjoys the peace of the place where she is.B.The visit of a Bishop left a deep impression on her.C.Her life story is quite different from Annabels.D.She is on good
33、terms with a lot of Bishop.(3).When the Bishop of Bequar called on Matilda, she felt quite _.（分数：1.00）A.hectic.B.distraught.C.disturbedD.pious.(4).Which of the following can we infer from the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Many people tend to. practice witchcraft.B.Matildas husband knows the visiting Bishop.C.M
34、atildas husband may be one of the priesthood.D.Matilda doesnt believe that there are were-tigers.(5).The phrase “rake up“ in the seventh paragraph probably refers to（分数：1.00）A.bring to light.B.keep away from.C.chatter on about.D.keep dark.(6).What do we know about the emergency cook from the passage
35、?（分数：1.00）A.His parents lived ninety miles away.B.He did well in tending Matildas livestock.C.He had planned to work as a cook in Matildas.D.He cooked a dish with curries for the Bishop.BTEXT B/BAmerican economists once spoofed university education as the only industry in which those who consume its
36、 product do not purchase it; those who produce it do not sell it, and those who finance it do not control it. That apt description, made in the 1970s, has been undermined since then by the emergence of the first for-profit universities in the United States. Controlled by entrepreneurs, these schools
37、 which number about 700 and counting sell a practical education to career-minded students and make a good buck doing it. They are now expanding abroad, creating the first multinational corporations in a sector long suspicious of balance sheets.The companies are lured by a booming market in which cap
38、italist competition is still scarce. The num her of university students is expected to double in the next 25 years to 170 million worldwide. Demand greatly exceeds supply, because the 1990s saw massive global investment in primary and secondary schools, but not in universities. The number of childre
39、n enrolled in primary or secondary schools rose by 18 percent around the world-more than twice the rate of increase in any previous decade. Now these kids are often graduating from high school to find no openings in national universities, which nevertheless dont welcome for-profit competition. The B
40、razilian university teachers union warned that foreign corporations would turn higher education into “a diploma industry“. Critics raised the specter of declining quality and a loss of Brazils “sovereign control“ over education.For-profit universities met with similar suspicion when they first opene
41、d in the United States. By the 1980s they were regularly accused of offering substandard education and had to fight for acceptance and respect. Lately, they have flourished by catering to older students who arent looking for keg parties, just a shortcut to a better career. For-profit colleges now at
42、tract 8 percent of four-year students in the United States, up from 3 percent a decade ago. By cutting out frills, including sports teams, student centers and summer vacation, these schools can operate with profit margins of 20 to 30 percent.In some countries, the American companies operate as they
43、do at home. Apollo found an easy fit in Brazil, where few universities have dorms, students often take off time between high school and college, and theres no summer vacation-just two breaks in July and December. In other Latin countries, Sylvan has taken a different approach, buying traditional res
44、idential colleges like the Universidad del Valle de Mexico (UVM). It has boosted enrollment by adding and heavily advertising courses in career-track fields like business and engineering, and adding no-frills satellite campuses. Sensitive to the potential hostility against foreign buyers, Sylvan kee
45、ps original school names, adding its own brand, Sylvan International Universities, to publicity materials, and keeps tuition in line with local private schools.Most of the schools that Sylvan has purchased were managed by for-profits to begin with, including the prestigious Les Roches Hotel Manageme
46、nt School in Switzerland. But in general, Says Urdan, Sylvans targets “have not been run with world-class business practices. Theyre not distressed, but theres an opportunity for them to be better managed.“ When Sylvan paid $ 50 million for a controlling stake in UVM two years ago, the school had re
47、venues of about $ 80 million and an enrollment of 32,000. The success of the for-profits is nothing to be afraid of, says World Bank education expert Jamil Salmi: “I dont think they will replace traditional universities, but they can push some more traditional providers to be more innovative and mor
48、e attentive to the needs of the labor market.“Some students at Sylvan schools in Latin America welcome the foreign invasion. At the Universidad de las Americas in Santiago, Daniela Villagran says friends tease her for studying at “Yankeeland,“ but she figures Sylvan connections “will give me an edge when I go out to look for a job. “The emphasis
