1、专业八级-398 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).Which of the following is TRUE about the safety of putting photos online?（分数：1.00）A.Do not copy or pas
2、te pictures to your website.B.Sanitizing your photos online guarantees their safety.C.Compared with emails, websites are safer to share photos.D.Even your friends may use your photos for a bad purpose.(2).What should be taken into account when deciding the way of supervision over the child?（分数：1.00）
3、A.The childs academic performance.B.The childs character and personality.C.The childs computer skills.D.The childs willingness to communicate.(3).What should the children do to ensure the possession of their sites?（分数：1.00）A.Frequently change their passwords of online accounts.B.Put their photos onl
4、ine frequently and randomly.C.Guarantee the decency of language on their sites.D.Use their read full name for their online account.(4).To monitor their childrens online behavior, parents should NOT（分数：1.00）A.keep updated with current internet applications.B.split the bill with their children for goi
5、ng online.C.get the password of their childs online account.D.ask their kids to watch the language on their sites.(5).As children grow up, their online photos and webpages may be viewed by authority from the fields of（分数：1.00）A.academic and professional.B.military and supervisory.C.health-care and e
6、ducational.D.political and economic.四、SECTION C(总题数：4，分数：5.00)1.Question 9 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.When voting, the minorities agreed to cut the legal time limit for abortion to（分数：1.00）A.
7、24 weeks.B.12 weeks.C.23 weeks.D.22 weeks.2.Question 6 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.What is the main idea of the news item?（分数：1.00）A.Mr. Olmert was confirmed of having taken bribes from a Jewi
8、sh American businessman.B.Mr. Olmert was suspected of taking bribes and the inquiries might affect the peace process.C.Mr. Olmert, the head of government, deflected the peace efforts with the Palestinians.D.Mr. Olmert would resign because he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.Questions
9、7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.（分数：2.00）(1).General Ban Ki-moon is urging the Burmese government to（分数：1.00）A.hold the constitutional referendum.B.allow in foreign search and rescue tea
10、ms.C.accept international aid right away.D.adopt John Holmes suggestions.(2).John Holmes thought that the Burmese government could be more _following the constitutional referendum.（分数：1.00）A.naiveB.feasibleC.openD.elastic3.Question 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you
11、will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.Together with Hurricane Elida, there have been _ storms in this season.（分数：1.00）A.fifteenB.twoC.fortyD.five五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Is there anything more boring than hearing about someone elses d
12、ream? And is there anything more miraculous than having one of your own? The voluptuous pleasure of Haruki Murakamis enthralling fictionsfull of enigmatic imagery, random nonsense, and profundities that may or may not hold up in the light of dayreminds me of dreaming. Like no other author I can thin
13、k of, Murakami captures the juxtapositions of the trivial and the momentous that characterize dream life, those crazy incidents that seem so vivid in the moment and so blurry and preposterous later on. His characters live ordinary lives, boiling pasta for lunch, riding the bus, and blasting Prince w
14、hile working out at the gym. Then suddenly and matter-of-factly, they do something utterly nuts, like strike up a conversation with a coquettish Siamese cat. Or maybe mackerel and sardines begin to rain from the sky. In Murakamis world, these things make complete, cock-eyed sense.Like many of Muraka
15、mis heroes, Kafka Tamura in Kafka on the Shore has more rewarding relationships with literature and music than with people. (Murakamis passion for music is infections; nothing made me want to rush out and purchase a Brahms CD until I read his Sputnik Sweetheart.) On his 15th birthday, Kafka runs awa
16、y from his Tokyo home for obscure reasons related to his famous sculptor father. His choice of a destination is arbitrary. Or is it? “Shikoku, I decide. Thats where Ill go. The more I look at the mapactually every time I study itthe more I feel Shikoku tugging at me.“On the island of Shikoku, Kafka
17、makes himself a fixture at the local library, where he settles into a comfortable sofa and starts reading The Arabian Nights: “Like the genie in the bottle they have this sort of vital, living sense of play, of freedom that common sense cant keep bottled up.“ As in a David Lynch movie, all the libra
18、ry staffers are philosophical eccentrics ready to advance the surreal narrative. Oshima, the androgynous clerk, talks to Kafka about (inevitably) Kafka and the merits of driving while listening to Schubert (“a dense, artistic kind of imperfection stimulates your consciousness, keeps you alert. If I
19、listen to some utterly perfect performance of an utterly perfect piece while Im driving, I might want to close my eyes and die right there“). The tragically alluring head librarian, Miss Saeki, once wrote a hit song called “Kafka on the Shore“and may or may not be Kafkas long-lost mother. Alarmingly
20、, she also stars in his erotic fantasies.In alternating chapters, Murakami records the even odder antics of Nakata, a simpleminded cat catcher who spends his days chatting with tabbies in a vacant Tokyo lot. One afternoon, a menacing dog leads him to the home of a sadistic cat killer who goes by the
21、 name Johnnie Walker. Walker ends up dead by the end of the encounter; back in Shikoku, Kafka unaccountably finds himself drenched in blood. Soon, Nakata too begins feeling an inexplicable pull toward the island.If this plot sounds totally demented, trust me, it gets even weirder than that. Like a d
22、ream, you just have to be there. And, like a dream, what this dazzling novel meansor whether it means anything at all we may never know.（分数：5.00）(1).What is “Kafka on the Shore“?（分数：1.00）A.It is a fiction written by a head librarian Miss Saeki.B.It is an autobiographical novel of Kafka Tamura.C.It i
23、s a movie adapted from Haruki Murakamis book.D.It is the name of a hit song in a novel under the same name.(2).According to the author, which of the following is NOT true about Haruki Murakamis novels?（分数：1.00）A.They bring the sensory pleasure to the author.B.They are full of imagination without any
24、 profundities.C.They juxtapose the trivial with the momentous.D.They are similar in characteristics to dreams.(3).According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about Kafka?（分数：1.00）A.He is familiar with literature and music.B.He has a good relationship with his father.C.He leaves Toky
25、o for Shikoku at his teens.D.He often goes to the local library on Shikoku Island.(4).The word “demented“ in the last paragraph refers to（分数：1.00）A.crazy.B.interesting.C.fancy.D.boring.(5).What is the writers tone in this passage?（分数：1.00）A.Approving.B.Criticizing.C.Ironical.D.Neutral.七、TEXT B(总题数：1
26、，分数：5.00)It was said by Sir George Bernard Shaw that “England and America are two countries separated by the same language.“ My first personal experience of this was when I worked as a camp counselor for two months in 2000 in Summer Camp run by the Boy Scouts of America, as part of an international
27、leader exchange scheme. Before I went, all the participants in the scheme were given a short list of words that are in common use in the UK which Americans would either be confused by or would even offend them. I memorized the words and thought “Ill cope“.When I finally arrived in the States three m
28、onths later, I realized that perhaps a lifetime of watching American television was not adequate preparation for appreciating and coping with the differences between American and British speech. In the first hour of arriving at the camp I was exposed to High School American English, Black American E
29、nglish and American English spoken by Joe Public, all every different to each other. Needless to say, I did cope in the end. The Americans I met were very welcoming and helpful, and I found they were patient with me when I made a social faux pas when I used an inappropriate word or phrase.Upon my re
30、turn I began to wonder whether anyone had documented the differences between American and British English. I found several books on the subject but often these were written in a dry and academic way. I felt that I could do better and use my sense of humor and personal experiences to help people from
31、 both sides of Atlantic to communicate more effectively when they meet.My research into the subject led me to several conclusions.Firstly, American English and British English are covering, thanks to increased transatlantic travel and the media. The movement of slang words is mostly eastwards, thoug
32、h a few words from the UK have been adopted by the Ivy League fraternities. This convergent trend is a recent one dating from the emergence of Hollywood as the predominant film making center in the world and also from the Second World War when large numbers of American GIs were stationed in the UK.
33、This trend was consolidated by the advent of television. Before then, it was thought that American English and British English would diverge as the two languages evolved. In 1789, Noah Webster stated that: “Numerous local causes, such as a new country, new associations of people, new combinations of
34、 ideas in the arts and some intercourse with tribes wholly unknown in Europe will introduce new words into the American tongue.“ He was right, but his next statement has since been proved to be incorrect. “These causes will produce in the course of time a language in North America as different from
35、the modern Dutch, Danish and Swedish are from the German or from one another.“Webster had underrated the amount of social intercourse between England and her former colony. Even before Webster had started to compile his dictionary, words and expressions from the America had already infiltrated the B
36、ritish language, for example “canoe“ and “hatchet“.Secondly, there are some generalizations that can be made about American and British English which can reveal the nature of the two nations and their peoples. British speech tends to be less general, and directed more, in nuances of meaning, attenda
37、nt murmurings and pauses, carries a wealth of shared assumptions and attitudes. In other words, the British are preoccupied with their social status within society and speak and act accordingly to fit into the social class they aspire to. This is particularly evident when talking to someone from “th
38、e middle class“ when he points out that he is “upper middle class“ rather than “middle class“ or “lower middle class“. John Major (the former UK Prime Minister) may have said that we are now living in a “classless society“ but the class system still prevails. At that moment both he and the Leader of
39、 the Opposition, Tony Blair, were talking about capturing the “middle England“, “middle class vote“ as the key to winning the next general election. American speech tends to be influenced by the over-heated language of much of the media, which is designed to attach an impression of exciting activity
40、 to passive, if sometimes insignificant events. Yet, curiously, really violent activity and life-changing events are hidden in blind antiseptic tones that serve to disguise the reality. Two examples come readily to mindthe US Military with their “friendly fire“ and “collateral damages“ and the busin
41、ess world with their “downsizing“. British people tend to understatement whereas Americans towards hyperbole. A Briton might respond to a suggestion with a word such as “Terrific! “ only if he is expressing rapturous enthusiasm, whereas an American might use the word merely to signify polite assent.
42、Thirdly, The American language has less regard than the British for grammatical form, and will happily bulldoze its way across distinctions rather than steer a path between them. American English will casually use one form of a word for another, for example turning nouns into verbs or verbs and noun
43、s into adjectives.（分数：5.00）(1).The sentence “England and America are two countries separated by the same language“ in the frost paragraph implies that（分数：1.00）A.England and America used to be one country but were separated by the language.B.England and America share the same language but the languag
44、e separates themC.England and America share the same language but show differences in the language use.D.British English and American English are almost the same in the two countries.(2).The author decided to write about the differences between American and British English to（分数：1.00）A.support the s
45、tatement of Bernard Shaw.B.describe his personal experiences.C.show his sense of humor.D.help peoples communication.(3).Which of the following does NOT contribute to the convergent trend of American English and British English?（分数：1.00）A.More international travel between the two countries.B.The emer
46、gence of Hollywood as a film making center.C.The advent of television.D.The individual evolution of the two languages:(4).The British people, as is revealed by their language（分数：1.00）A.are now living in a “classless society“.B.are more inclined to hyperbole.C.think much about their social status.D.a
47、re more enthusiastic about voting.(5).In terms of grammatical form,（分数：1.00）A.the American language has more regard than the British.B.American English uses word form more casually than British English.C.American English and British English exhibit the same features.D.the British language shows more
48、 flexibility than the American.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The road from Mildura to Merbein, in north-west Victoria, is a sad sight. Many of its farms are covered with wine grapes, dying on the vines. Farmers planted the vines hoping to cash in on the seemingly endless boom in Australian wine. But in 200
49、7 the boom turned to bust, forcing many farmers to walk away from grapes and land they cannot sell.Over the past 15 years Australias wine industry has been one of its great success stories. Export revenues last year reached A$3 billion ($2.4 billion), four times the figure from 1997. Britain, America and Canada, among the most competitive markets for wine, are Australias three bigg
