1、专业八级-363 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PART LISTENING COM(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、SECTION A(总题数：1，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:_三、SECTION B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).Pauline failed to catch the flight because_.（分数：1.00）A.her ticket was not confirmedB.she booked her ti
2、cket 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 the airport by taxi.C.Pauline contacted the airline by telephone.D.Pauline stayed the night in London.(3).In Ibi
3、za, 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 in_.（分数：1.00）A.NewcastleB.GatwickC.LondonD.Luton(5).From the conversation we get the impression that_.（分数：1.00
4、）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四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：5.00)Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item, you wi
5、ll be given I0 seconds to answer each question.Now listen to the news.（分数：2.00）(1).The shootings unfolded in the morning over 2 hours in _.（分数：1.00）A.1 locationB.2 separate locationsC.3 separate locationsD.4 separate locations(2).According to the news, when did America s first encounter with a campu
6、s massacre occur?（分数：1.00）A.In 1956.B.In 1966.C.In 1999.D.In2006.1. Question 8 is based on the following news item. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.Gates suggested an increase of 10% yearly in U.S. funding for research for_.（分数：
7、1.00）A.the next 5 yearsB.the next 7 yearsC.the next 11 yearsD.the next 17 yearsQuestions 9 and 10 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question.Now listen to the news.（分数：2.00）(1).Why are 14 teams of experts from the Federal E
8、mergency Management Agency evaluating the damage?（分数：1.00）A.To find out the lost people and animals.B.To criticize the authority s poor response.C.To assess the federal assistance needed.D.To make clear the investment in agricultur(2).Hurricane Katrina m August of 2005 killed more than 1,800 people_
9、.（分数：1.00）A.in GeorgiaB.in New YorkC.along the NileD.along the Gulf Coast五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：4.00)A Frenchman, the psychologist Alfred Binet, published the first standardized test of human intelligence in 1905. But it was an American, Lewis Terman, a psychology profe
10、ssor at Stanford, who thought to divide a test takers “mental age“, as revealed by that score, by his or her chronological age to derive a number that he called the “intelligence quotient“, or IQ. It would be hard to think of a pop-scientific coinage that has had a greater impact of the way people t
11、hink about themselves and others.No country embraced the IQand the application of IQ testing to restructure societymote thoroughly than the U.S. Every year millions of Americans have their IQ measured, many with a direct descendant of Binets original test, the Stanford-Binet, although not necessaril
12、y for the purpose Binet intended. He developed his test as a way of identifying public school students who needed extra help in learning; and that is still one of its leading uses.But the broader and more controversial use of IQ testing has its roots in a theory of intelligencepart science, part soc
13、iologythat developed in the late 19th century, before Bintes work and entirely separate from it, Championed first by Charles Darwin s cousin Francis Galton, it held that intelligence was the most valuable human attribute, and that if people who had a lot of it could be identified and put in leadersh
14、ip positions, all of Society would benefit.Terman believed IQ tests should be used to conduct a great s6rting out of the population, so that young people would be assigned on the basis of their scores to particular levels in the school system, which would lead to corresponding socioeconomic destinat
15、ions in adult life. The beginning of the IQ-testing movement overlapped with the eugenics movementhugely popular in America and Europe among the “better sort“ before Hitler gave it a bad namewhich held that intelligence was mostly inherited and that people-deficient in it should be discouraged from
16、reproducing. The state sterilization that Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes notoriously endorsed in a 1927.Supreme Court decision was done with an IQ score as justification.The American IQ promoters scored a great coup during World War I when they persuaded the Army to give IQ tests to 1.7 million induc
17、tees. It was the worlds first mass administration of an intelligence test, and many of the standardized tests in use today can be traced back to it: the now ubiquitous and obsessed-over SAT(Stud), Ability Test); the Wechsler, taken by several million people a year, according to its publisher; and Te
18、rmans own National Intelligence Test, originally used in tracking elementary school children. All these tests took from the Army the basic technique of measuring intelligence mainly by asking vocabulary questions (synonyms, antonyms, analogies, reading comprehension).（分数：4.00）(1).According to Termon
19、s theory, a twelve-year-old boys mental age is 10, then his IQ number is about_.（分数：1.00）A.0.8B.0.9C.1.0D.1,2(2).IQ test is origin ally used to_.（分数：1.00）A.find out the students who need extra help in learningB.assign young people to different majorsC.select the acceptable recruits for armyD.select
20、the leaders for society(3).The viewpoint that intelligence was mostly inherited and people deficient in intelligence should be discouraged from reproducing was held by_.（分数：1.00）A.IQ-testing movementB.Eugenic movementC.HitlerD.both IQ-testing and Eugenic movements(4).What does the author probably me
21、an by “scored a great coup“ (Par（分数：1.00）A.5)?A. Failed.B. Succeeded.C. Criticized.D. Advocate七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)So 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 Trust
22、s 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
23、 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
24、 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 dep
25、endent 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 inves
26、ted 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 tha
27、t 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.S
28、till, 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
29、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, be points out, but college costs have been rising about 5 percent annually.Investors should also dis
30、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
31、offer 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 share holders a chance to profit when commodity prices go up. The PIMCO Commodity Real Return Fund, for example
32、, 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
33、their 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 band, hedging may keep them from benefiting when commodity prices rise. And t
34、he 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 comm
35、odity 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;（分数：5.00）(1).In the 4a paragraph, the words of a fund manager tells us all of the following except that_
36、.（分数：1.00）A.the US economy is very dependent upon ever-increasing amounts of debtB.the amount of borrowing today in the US for automobiles and housing is getting bigger and biggerC.one of the main reasons for the depreciation of dollar is the ever increasing amounts of US domestic debtsD.the US fede
37、ral government is creating credit because the people have already showed unwillingness to be indebted(2).Which of the following is NOT a feasible way for investors to protect themselves from inflation?（分数：1.00）A.To invest in government bonds in countries that are major trading partners of the US.B.T
38、o hold TIPS always to maturity.C.To turn to natural-resource stocks or mutual funds that invest in them.D.To try Commodities sometimes.(3).Which of the following is true about the commodity trading?（分数：1.00）A.When commodity prices are falling, natural-resource firms loses money.B.Stock funds benefit
39、 when commodity prices rise.C.Individual investors should hold on to a commodities fund when they have decided upon it.D.Market performances of the stock funds and the commodities they have invested in are not necessarily the sam(4).“If real interest rates rise faster than inflation, TIPS can lose v
40、alue if theyre not held to maturity.“In the 7th paragraph, this suggests all of the following except that（分数：1.00）A.the market performance of most bonds are rather sensitive to the fluctuation of real interest ratesB.TIPS is a kind of long-term bondC.most traders prefer bonds with a safe rate of ret
41、urnD.TIPS tends to be inactive on the market because of light trading of this bond(5).If the dollar continues to decline, which of the following would be a possible result?（分数：1.00）A.Prices would fall.B.Importing would become expensive.C.Pressure of inflation would be lessened.D.Consumers would be m
42、ore willing to borrow money from banks.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：3.00)Since ancient times, people have dreamed of leaving their home planet and exploring other worlds. In the later half of the 20th century, that dream became reality. The space age began with the launch of the first artificial satellites in
43、1963. A human first went into space in 1963. Since then, astronauts and cosmonauts have ventured into space for ever greater lengths of time, even living aboard orbiting space stations for months on end. Two dozen people have circled the moon or walked on its surface. At the same time, robotic explo
44、rers have journeyed where humans could not go, visiting all but one of the solar systems major worlds. Unpiloted spacecraft have also visited a host of minor bodies such as moons, comets, and asteroids. These explorations have sparked the advance of new technologies, from rockets to communications e
45、quipment to computers. Spacecraft studies have yielded a bounty of scientific discoveries about the solar system, the Milky Way Galaxy, and the universe. And they have given humanity a new perspective on the earth and its neighbors in space.The first challenge of space exploration was developing roc
46、kets powerful enough and reliable enough to boost a satellite into orbit. These boosters needed more than brute force, however; they also needed guidance systems to steer them on the proper flight paths to reach their desired orbits. The next challenge was building the satellites themselves. The sat
47、ellites needed electronic components that were lightweight, yet durable enough to withstand the acceleration and vibration of launch. Creating these components required the worlds aerospace engineering facilities to adopt new standards of reliability in manufacturing and testing. On Earth, engineers
48、 also had to build tracking stations to maintain radio communications with these artificial “moons“ as they circled the planet.Beginning in the early 1920s, humans launched probes to explore other planets. The distances traveled by these robotic space travelers required travel times measured in mont
49、hs or years. These spacecraft had to be especially reliable to continue functioning for a decade or more. They also had to withstand such hazards as the radiation belts surrounding Jupiter, particles orbiting in the rings of Saturn, and greater extremes in temperature than are faced by spacecraft in the closeness of Earth. Despite their
