1、专业八级-385 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)How to Be a Good ConversationalistA good conversationalist can connect with people and make them feel 1 . To be a successful conversationalist, one has to pay attention to the following three things: .
2、How to start a conversation 1. Think of a positive ice-breaker, like a compliment or 2 2. Be sincere and respectful and show 3 in talking to them . How to keep a conversation going 1. Elaboration technique: ask questions that get others to talk in 4 2. 5 is the best form of communication because it
3、keeps people“s interests up. 3. Tips for being a good communicator: watch your 6 language never gossip develop a wide range of interests be 7 , but avoid sexual and ethnic jokes don“t interrupt; give people enough time to complete show 8 be flexible in your point of view . How to end a conversation
4、1. 9 eye contact 2. Use 10 words like “well“ or “at any rate“ 3. Never be hypocritical to tell a lie 4. Give the other person a good, firm handshake （分数：10.00）填空项 1:_三、SECTION B(总题数：5，分数：5.00)1.Which of the following is INCORRECT about Los Angeles?（分数：1.00）A.There are many attractive places to visit
5、.B.The cost of living is in the medium range.C.Apartment rentals aren“t as high as in New York City.D.Its culture is internationally famous.2.Why would the job in Atlanta City probably be the best for Mary in terms of career progression?（分数：1.00）A.It offers the highest salary.B.It has the most respo
6、nsibility.C.It has much room for promotion.D.She likes the job most.3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about Los Angeles?（分数：1.00）A.Pantages Theater is its architectural landmark.B.Many museums and galleries offer free admission.C.University of California is located in this city.D.It is the m
7、ost magnificent metropolitan city in the U.S.4.The following are the benefits for Mary to get the Los Angeles job EXCEPT（分数：1.00）A.the city is the closest to New York City.B.the working environment is good for health.C.she has good chance of further education.D.the city is thick with cultural atmosp
8、here.5.At last, Mary is inclined to choose the job in（分数：1.00）A.Los Angeles.B.Detroit.C.Atlanta City.D.New York City.四、SECTION C(总题数：4，分数：5.00)6.The likely cause of the plane crash was（分数：1.00）A.terrorist attack.B.foul play.C.stormy weather.D.not mentioned.7.Which of the following statements is INCO
9、RRECT?（分数：1.00）A.No survivors have been found so far.B.The plane was on fire before crash.C.Most of the passengers were Lebanese.D.The France“s ambassador was on board.Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions
10、.Now listen to the news. （分数：2.00）(1).The National People“s Congress aimed to do all the following EXCEPT（分数：1.00）A.seek answer to western problems.B.increase people“s incomes.C.narrow the rich-poor gaps.D.curb rampant corruption.(2).Premier Wen Jiabao will present _ on Friday.（分数：1.00）A.plans to st
11、abilize the high home pricesB.a press conference for the reportersC.the nation“s annual work reportD.the nation“s annual financial report8.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. 10. What is
12、the main message of the news item?（分数：1.00）A.Seaweed is the best anti-obesity treatment.B.The fibre in seaweed helps to lose weight.C.Most anti-obesity treatments are ineffective.D.Food with fibre is commonly eaten daily.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Of all the lessons ta
13、ught by the financial crisis, the most personal one has been that Americans aren“t too slick with money. We take out home loans we can“t afford. We run up sky-high credit-card debt. We don“t save nearly enough for retirement. In response, proponents of financial-literacy education are stumping with
14、renewed zeal. School districts in states such as New Jersey and Illinois are adding money-management courses to their curriculums. The Treasury and Education departments are sending lesson plans to high schools and encouraging students to compete in the National Financial Capability Challenge that b
15、egins in March. Students with top scores on that exam will receive certificates but chances for long-term benefits are slim. As it turns out, there is little evidence that traditional efforts to boost financial know-how help students make better decisions outside the classroom. Even as the financial
16、-literacy movement has gained steam over the past decade, scores have been falling on tests that measure how informed students are about things such as budgeting, credit cards, insurance and investments. A survey of college students conducted for the JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Litera
17、cy found that students who“d had a personal-finance or money-management course in high school scored no better than those who hadn“t. “We need to figure out how to do this in the right way,“ says Lewis Mandell, a professor at the University of Washington who after 15 years of studying financial-lite
18、racy programs has come to the conclusion that current methods don“t work. A growing number of researchers and educators agree that a more radical approach is needed. They advocate starting financial education a lot earlier than high school, putting real money and spending decisions into kids“ hands
19、and talking openly about the emotions and social influences tied to how we spend. One promising example of new thinking is found on Chicago“s South Side. At the Ariel Community Academy, financial education starts in kindergarten with books like A Chair for My Mother (the moral: if you want to buy so
20、mething, save money first) and quickly becomes hands-on. Each entering class at Ariel is entrusted with a $20,000 investment portfolio, and by seventh grade, kids are deciding what to buy and sell (profits help pay for college). Last year, for the first time, the eighth-grade class graduated with le
21、ss than the original $20,000. Talk about a teachable moment: stocks don“t always go up. Other initiatives are tackling such real-world issues as the commercial and social pressures that affect purchasing decisions. Why exactly do you want those expensive name-brand sneakers so badly? “It takes confi
22、dence to take a stand and to think differently,“ says Jeroo Billimoria, founder of Aflatoun, a nonprofit whose curriculum, used in more than 30 countries, aims to help kids get a leg up in their financial lives. “This goes beyond money and savings.“ That approach might have helped in the recent hous
23、ing bubble. Buyers didn“t just need to know how different sorts of mortgages worked; they also needed the fortitude to choose a 30-year fixed rate when everyone around them was buying a bigger house with a riskier loan. Amid such a complicated landscape, some experts question whether there could eve
24、r be enough education to adequately prepare Americans for financial life. A better solution, these critics contend, is to reform the system. “What works is creating institutions that make it easy to do the right thing,“ says David Laibson, a Harvard economics professor who, like Mandell, has decided
25、 after years of research that education isn“t a silver bullet. One idea being discussed in Washington is the automatic IRA. Employers would have to enroll each worker in a personal retirement-savings account unless that worker decided to opt out. Yet even the skeptics are slow to write off financial
26、 education completely. More than anything, they say, we need to rigorously study the financial decisions of alumni of programs like Ariel and Aflatoun and compare them with those of peers who didn“t get the same sort of education. “Until you have experimental evidence, it“s all a little speculative,
27、“ says Michael Sherraden, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis who is conducting a seven-year, randomized, controlled study on whether giving children bank accounts inculcates the habit of saving a program already being tried on a large scale in the U.K. Yes, good, solid research like t
28、his takes a lot of time and resources. But if what we“re doing right now isn“t working, it“s in our own best interest to figure out what does.（分数：5.00）(1).What are Americans supposed to do personally after the financial crisis?（分数：1.00）A.Make plans when assets are placed in investments options.B.Pre
29、pare themselves with some money-management skills.C.Try not to take economic security for granted.D.Pay much more attention to their retirements.(2).What is Lewis Mandell“s feeling toward the current financial-literacy movement?（分数：1.00）A.The program benefits people in budgeting and investment.B.The
30、 program has been ineffective in financial managing.C.The program would cause psychological problems.D.The program symbolizes an end to the financial crisis.(3).According to the passage, the new kindergarten-entrance financial education is designed to（分数：1.00）A.educate kids to manage money from the
31、very beginning.B.teach kids to recognize money from kindergarten.C.prepare kids“ education fees from the very beginning.D.help kids to decide what to purchase and sell.(4).According to some critics, a better way to ensure Americans to prepare for financial life is（分数：1.00）A.to compare two different
32、systems.B.to do experiments in virtual life.C.to provide enough curriculums.D.to set up new institutions.(5).Which of the following adjectives best describes the author“s treatment of the topic?（分数：1.00）A.Neutral.B.Positive.C.Negative.D.Indifferent.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)When I was 10 years old one
33、of my father“s customers had caught a big catfish on a weekend trip to the Colorado River. It weighed 86 pounds, a swollen, gasping, grotesque netherworld creature pulled writhing and fighting up into the bright, hot, dusty world above. The man had brought the fish, wrapped in wet burlap, all the wa
34、y out to my father“s service station in the back of his car. We were to have a big barbecue that weekend, and I was given the job of keeping the fish watered and alive until the time came to kill and cook it. All day long that Friday in late August, school had not yet started I knelt beside the gasp
35、ing fish and kept it hosed down with a trickle of cool water, giving the fish life one silver gasp at a time, keeping its gills and its slick gray skin wet: the steady trickling of that hose, and nothing else, helping it stay alive. We had no tub large enough to hold the fish, and so I squatted besi
36、de it in the dust, resting on my heels, and studied it as I moved the silver stream of water up and down its back. The fish, in turn, studied me with its eyes, which had a gold lining to their perimeter, like pyrite. The fish panted and watched me while the heat built all around us, rising steadily
37、through the day from the fields, giving birth in the summer-blue sky to towering white clouds. I grew dizzy in the heat, and from the strange combination of the unblinking monotony and utter fascination of my task, until the trickling from my hose seemed to be inflating those clouds I seemed to be w
38、atering those clouds as one would water a garden. Do you ever think that those days were different that we had more time for such thoughts, that time had not yet been corrupted? I am speaking less of childhood than of the general nature of the world we are living in. If you are the age I am now mid-
39、50s then maybe you know what I mean. The water pooled and spread across the gravel parking lot before running in wandering rivulets out into the field beyond, where bright butterflies swarmed and fluttered, dabbing at the mud I was making. Throughout the afternoon, some of the adults who were showin
40、g up wandered over to examine the monstrosity. Among them was an older boy, Jack, a 15-year-old who had been kicked out of school the year before for fighting. Jack waited until no adults were around and then came by and said that he wanted the fish, that it was his father“s that his father had been
41、 the one who had caught it and that he would give me five dollars if I would let him have it. “No,“ I said, “my father told me to take care of it.“ Jack had me figured straightaway for a Goody Two-Shoes. “They“re just going to kill it,“ he said. “It“s mine. Give it to me and I“ll let it go. I swear
42、I will,“ he said. “Give it to me or I“ll beat you up.“ As if intuiting or otherwise discerning trouble though trouble followed Jack, and realizing that did not require much foresight my father appeared from around the corner, and asked us how everything was going. Jack, scowling but saying nothing,
43、tipped his cap at the fish but not at my father or me, and walked away. “What did he want?“ my father asked. “Nothing,“ I said. “He was just looking at the fish.“ I knew that if I told on Jack and he got in trouble, I would get beaten.（分数：4.00）(1).The author“s behavior of guarding the fish showed（分数
44、：1.00）A.bravery and serf-control.B.wisdom and responsibility.C.devotion and romance.D.chivalry and charity.(2).From the fourth paragraph, we get the impression that（分数：1.00）A.the author cherished his childhood memories.B.the author spent much time in daydreaming.C.the author may not have a happy chi
45、ldhood.D.the author can“t remember his childhood days.(3).“Jack had me figured straightaway for a Goody Two-Shoes.“ (Paragraph Eight) means that（分数：1.00）A.I was not the boy as Jack supposed to be.B.I was much stingier than Jack thought.C.I was viewed as virtuous and righteous.D.I was irritating and
46、foolish in Jack“s eyes.(4).It can be inferred from the passage that Jack was all EXCEPT（分数：1.00）A.cunning.B.bad-tempered.C.rude.D.considerate.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Divorce is one of those creations, like fast food and lite rock, that has more people willing to indulge in it than people willing to d
47、efend it. Back in the 1960s, easier divorce was hailed as a needed remedy for toxic relationships. But familiarity has bred contempt. In recent years, the divorce revolution has been blamed for worsening all sorts of problems without bringing happiness to people in unhappy marriages. There“s a lot o
48、f evidence that marital breakup does more social harm than good. In their 2000 book, The Case for Marriage , Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher document that adults who are married do better than singles in wealth, health, and personal satisfaction. Children living with a divorced or unwed single pare
49、nt are more likely to fall into poverty, sickness, and crime than other kids. Marriage is a good thing, most people agree, while divorce is, at best, a necessary evil. So the laws that accompanied the divorce revolution have come under fire for destroying families and weakening safeguards for spouses who keep their vows. Waite and Gallagher argue that loose divorce laws harm even intact households by fostering chronic uncertainty. Louisiana, in line with this criticism, has gone so far as to provide a “covenant marriage“ option
