1、专业八级-340 及答案解析(总分：99.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：1，分数：10.00)BSECTION A/BIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a ga
2、p-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the mini-lecture. Use the blank paper for note-taking.Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically 2) the average speed for easier textbooks, novels,
3、etc.;3) the fastest: U(7) /U used to get a general idea of a book or an article.(7) _. The results of a survey of students reading speed conducted by Edward Fry:A good reader achieves U(8) /U comprehension when he skims at over 800 (8) _words a minute, 70% comprehension at 250-500 words a minute, an
4、d 80%90%comprehension at 200-300 words a minute.The average speed of a poor reader is U(9) /U words a minute with a (9) _comprehension U(10) /U of 70%. (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:_填空项 1:_二、BSECTION B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In section B, you wi
5、ll hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.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 the following questions.（分数：5.
6、00）(1).Pauline failed to catch the flight because _.（分数：1.00）A.her ticket was not confirmedB.she booked her ticket at the wrong placeC.she didnt have the right documentsD.her visa had run out(2).Which of the following did NOT occur?（分数：1.00）A.Pauline visited one of Londons parks.B.Pauline went to th
7、e airport by taxi.C.Pauline contacted the airline by telephone.D.Pauline stayed the night in London.(3).In Ibiza, Pauline took a taxi because _.（分数：1.00）A.she had too much luggageB.nobody came to pick her upC.the plane was delayedD.her friends home was far away(4).Pauline learned her friends address
8、 in _.（分数：1.00）A.NewcastleB.GatwickC.LondonD.Luton(5).From the conversation we get the impression that _.（分数：1.00）A.some official agencies in London are efficientB.taxi drivers abroad always overcharge strangersC.customs formalities in Britain are flexibleD.travel agents tend to misinform people三、BS
9、ECTION C/B(总题数：2，分数：4.00)In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be
10、given 10 seconds to answer each question.（分数：2.00）(1).The shootings unfolded in the morning over 2 hours in _.（分数：0.40）A.1 locationB.2 separate locationsC.3 separate locationsD.4 separate locations(2).According to the news, when did Americas first encounter with a campus massacre occur?（分数：0.40）A.In
11、 1956.B.In 1966.C.In 1999.D.In 2006._Questions 9 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.（分数：2.00）(1).Why are 14 teams of experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency evaluating the damage?（分数：1.00）A.To find o
12、ut the lost people and animals.B.To criticize the authoritys poor response.C.To assess the federal assistance needed.D.To make clear the investment in agriculture.(2).Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005 killed more than 1,800 people _.（分数：1.00）A.in GeorgiaB.in New YorkC.along the NileD.along the Gul
13、f Coast四、BPART READING (总题数：7，分数：20.00)In this section there are several reading passages followed by a total of twenty multiple-choice questions. Read the passages carefully.TEXT ASuch joy, It was the spring of 1985, and President Reagan had just given Mother Teresa the Medal of Freedom in a Rose G
14、arden ceremony. As she left, she walked down the corridor between the Oval Office and the West Wing drive, and there she was, turning my way. What a sight: a saint in a sari coming down the White House hall. As she came nearer, I could not help it: I bowed. “Mother“, I said, “I just want to touch yo
15、ur hand.“ She looked up at me - it may have been one of Gods subtle jokes that his exalted child spent her life looking up to everyone else - and said only two words. Later I would realize that they were the message of her mission. “Luff Gott,“ she said. Love God. She pressed into my hand a poem she
16、 had written, as she glided away in a swoosh of habit. I took the poem from its frame the day she died. It is free verse, 79 lines, and is called “Mothers Mediation (in the Hospital).“ In it she reflects on Christs question to his apostles: “Who do you say I am?“ She notes that he was the boy born i
17、n Bethlehem, “put in the manager full of straw, kept warm by the breath of the donkey,“ who grew up to be “an ordinary man without much learning.“ Donkeys are not noble; straw is common; and it was among the ordinary and ignoble, the poor and sick, that she chose to labor. Her mission was for them a
18、nd among them, and you have to be a pretty tough character to organize a little universe that exists to help people other people arent interested in helping. Thats how she struck me when I met her as I watched her life. She was tough. There was the worn and weathered face, the abrupt and definite sp
19、eech. We think saints are great organizers, great operators, and great combatants in the world. Once I saw her in a breathtaking act of courage. She was speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington in 1995. All the Washington Establishment was there, plus a few thousand born-again Christia
20、ns, orthodox Catholics and Jews, and searchers looking for a faith. Mother Teresa was introduced, and she spoke of God, of love, of families. She said we must love one another and care for one another. There were great purrs of agreement. But as the speech continued it became more pointed, She asked
21、, “Do you do enough to make sure your parents, in the old peoples homes, feel your love? D9 you bring then each day your joy and caring?, The baby boomers in the audience began to shift in their seats. And she continued. “I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion,“ she said, and
22、then she told them why, in uncompromising term. For about 1.3 seconds there was complete silence, then applause built and Mrs. Gore, looked like seated statues at Madame Tussauds, glistening in the lights and moving not a muscle. She didnt stop there either, but went on to explain why artificial bir
23、th control is bad and why protestants who separate faith from works are making a mistake. When she was finished, there was almost no one she hadnt offended. A U.S. Senator turned to his wife and said, “Is my jaw up yet?“ Talk about speaking troth to power! But Mother Teresa didnt care, and she wasnt
24、 afraid. The poem she gave me included her personal answers to Christs question. She said he is “the Truth to be told, the Way to be walked. the Light to be lit.“ She took her own advice and lived a whole life that showed it.（分数：5.00）(1).Who was the exalted child?（分数：1.00）A.Mother Teresa.B.The autho
25、r.C.I.D.God.(2).Who raised the question “who do you say I am?“（分数：1.00）A.The apostle.B.Christ.C.Mother Teresa.D.She.(3).Which of the following is not a quality of Mother Teresa?（分数：1.00）A.Tough.B.Definite.C.Ethereal.D.Like a steam-roller.(4).Why did the President and the First Lady, the Vice Preside
26、nt and Mrs. Gore look like seated statues at the Madame Tussauds?（分数：1.00）A.Because they didnt love Madame Tussauds.B.Because they didnt like to move.C.Because they were VIRD.Because they didnt quite agree with Mother Teresa over the issue of abortion.(5).According to Mother Teresa, abortion is _.（分
27、数：1.00）A.one of Protestant worksB.one of Protestant faithC.one of the TruthsD.not one of Protestant works1.BTEXT B/BSo far, inflation is roaring in only a few sectors of the economy. While platinum has soared 121 percent, soybeans have risen 115 percent, and an index of Real Estate Investment Trusts
28、 has climbed 42 percent since May 2001, the consumer price index (CPI) has gone up only 4.2 percent during the same period. The challenge is figuring out what happens next.Astute investors are asking two questions: 1) Will the dollar continue to decline? 2) Which assets will continue to inflate?The
29、value of the dollar matters because much of what Americans buy comes from abroad. And in the past two years, the dollar has been slipping badly: down some 25 percent against a basket of foreign currencies, including the euro and the yen. That makes imported goods more expensive. If the dollar falls
30、further, the rise in prices could boost inflation.And thats exactly what some analysts predict. “This is not a run-of-the-mill problem where the currency corrects 25 percent“ then stabilizes, says David Tice, Dallas-based manager of the Prudent Global Income Fund. “We have an economy thats very depe
31、ndent upon ever-increasing amounts of debt. Look at borrowing in this country for automobiles and housing. At the federal level, we are creating credit as if it is going out of style. Given that, we think the dollar can decline substantially more from here.“Thats why Mr. Tices income fund has invest
32、ed in government bonds in countries that are major trading partners of the US. These bonds tend to increase in value as the dollar weakens.There are other ways for investors to protect themselves from inflation. For example: TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) are US government bonds that
33、 increase both principal and interest payments in line with the CPI/U, which measures prices for urban dwellers. Thus, if the price of consumer goods goes up, TIPS owners get a boost in their rate of return. Thats a level of inflation protection that most bonds and money-market funds dont provide.St
34、ill, there are no guarantees. If real interest rates rise faster than inflation, TIPS can lose value if theyre not held to maturity. “TIPS have. generally been less volatile than traditional bonds,“ but investors have already seen periods when their inflation-protection doesnt match the actual rise
35、in prices, warns Duane Cabrera, head of the personal financial planning group at Vanguard, based in Valley Forge, Pa. For example, the year-over-year change in the CPI/U is running about 1.9 percent, he points out, but college costs have been rising about 5 percent annually.Investors should also dis
36、cuss the tax consequences with their investment advisers, Mr. Cabrera notes.On the stock front, investors can also turn to natural-resource stocks or mutual funds that invest in them A slightly more exotic option: exchange-traded funds, which act like mutual funds but trade like stocks.Commodities o
37、ffer another avenue for profit during inflationary times. Individual investors probably want to avoid commodity trading, often a wild and woolly experience. But certain mutual funds offer shareholders a chance to profit when commodity prices go up. The PIMCO Commodity Real Return Fund, for example,
38、provides exposure to the performance of the Dow-Jones AIG Commodity Index while generating income from TIPS. Another option: the Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund, which is actively managed and tracks the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index.Theres no clear winner between these stock funds and the commodities th
39、eir companies have invested in. When commodity prices are falling, natural-resource firms can protect themselves by hedging their risks, says Kevin Baum, portfolio manager of the Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund. On the other hand, hedging may keep them from benefiting when commodity prices rise. And the
40、 stocks can be more volatile than the commodities themselves. Gold funds typically are three times more volatile than the price of gold itself.Sometimes, the commodities and funds tied to those commodities move in opposite directions, Mr. Baum says.PIMCOs Mr. Harris is quick to note that many commod
41、ity prices have been soaring. So the key question is: Which ones will continue to rise in price? Individual investors should maintain strict discipline when they pick commodities funds; he says._BTEXT B/BSo far, inflation is roaring in only a few sectors of the economy. While platinum has soared 121
42、 percent, soybeans have risen 115 percent, and an index of Real Estate Investment Trusts has climbed 42 percent since May 2001, the consumer price index (CPI) has gone up only 4.2 percent during the same period. The challenge is figuring out what happens next.Astute investors are asking two question
43、s: 1) Will the dollar continue to decline? 2) Which assets will continue to inflate?The value of the dollar matters because much of what Americans buy comes from abroad. And in the past two years, the dollar has been slipping badly: down some 25 percent against a basket of foreign currencies, includ
44、ing the euro and the yen. That makes imported goods more expensive. If the dollar falls further, the rise in prices could boost inflation.And thats exactly what some analysts predict. “This is not a run-of-the-mill problem where the currency corrects 25 percent“ then stabilizes, says David Tice, Dal
45、las-based manager of the Prudent Global Income Fund. “We have an economy thats very dependent upon ever-increasing amounts of debt. Look at borrowing in this country for automobiles and housing. At the federal level, we are creating credit as if it is going out of style. Given that, we think the dol
46、lar can decline substantially more from here.“Thats why Mr. Tices income fund has invested in government bonds in countries that are major trading partners of the US. These bonds tend to increase in value as the dollar weakens.There are other ways for investors to protect themselves from inflation.
47、For example: TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) are US government bonds that increase both principal and interest payments in line with the CPI/U, which measures prices for urban dwellers. Thus, if the price of consumer goods goes up, TIPS owners get a boost in their rate of return. Thats a level of inflation protection that most bonds and money-market funds dont provide.Still, there are no guarantees. If real interest rates rise faster than inflation, TIPS can lose value if t
