1、专业八级-399 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 Ensure Survival in the College DormLife in college dorm can be hard, especially for the first-years. Here Shah J. Chaudhry gives them great tips for successful college dorm life. College students
2、 face certain degree of 1 in their dorms. However, students need not be 2 about problems and frustrations. They“d better find the bright 3 of dorm life. The following is the advice as how to 4 to it. Shape up Everyone has his own way of getting things done. Since students are sharing dorm with each
3、other, it is wise for them to reexamine their 5 Make Friends and Socialize Friends will make things 6 for people, so the best way of a quick adjustment is making friends. It is strongly believed that dorm life provides great 7 for students to make close friends. Tolerate and Co-exist Students will 8
4、 meet mean people in college. In such case, they must learn to put up with each other and stay in peace. Learn to Share It is wise for students to learn to share things with others, not only the facilities in the dorm, but also some personal 9 Have Fun With no parents around, enough freedom, and peo
5、ple of similar 10 , having fun is the most important part of dorm life, although the major task for students is to study. （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)Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview
6、you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. （分数：5.00）(1).According to the man, the reasons we need to talk about regret are all of the following EXCEPT _（分数：1.00）A.it“s common to people.B.it“s an opportunity to grow.C.it“s important to people.D.it“s annoying to peopl
7、e.(2).Which of the following is INCORRECT about regret?（分数：1.00）A.It“s completely an opportunity if we acknowledge it.B.It“s a kind of emotion about the past.C.It“s a yearning about the future.D.It promotes us to act.(3).The difference between regret and guilt lies in _（分数：1.00）A.past and present fo
8、cuses.B.effect on action.C.degree in emotion.D.people“s attitude.(4).According the the man, people who are living with regrets for years should do all the following EXCEPT _（分数：1.00）A.to identify regrets.B.to grieve regrets.C.to consider doing something.D.to consult experts.(5).The interview mainly
9、focuses on _（分数：1.00）A.what regret really is.B.how to deal with regret.C.the difference between regret and guilt.D.suggestions to people long living with regrets.四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：5.00)1.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer
10、 the question. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the rocket?（分数：1.00）A.It crashed into the Pacific Ocean.B.It carried three Russian satellites, weighing 4.2 tons.C.Its task was to supplement the Glonass global positioning system.D.The Glonass global positioning system is similar to
11、 the US-run GPS network.Questions 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. （分数：2.00）(1).Which of the following aspects is NOT mentioned in the secret tape recordings?（分数：1.00）A.Personal scandal.B.Donation.C.Politics.D
12、.Business operation.(2).Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?（分数：1.00）A.Liliane Bettencourt is the focus of the scandal.B.There was once friction between the mother and the daughter.C.The photographer took advantage of Liliane Bettencourt“s mental fragility to get benefit.D.The scandal domi
13、nated the front pages in France for weeks.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. （分数：2.00）(1).The Russian airliner _（分数：1.00）A.suffered a severe system failure at 13,000 feet.B.was for the Russian Republi
14、c of Dagestan.C.carried 150 people.D.managed to land down safely.(2).The airliner took off from _ airport and made an emergency landing in _ airport.（分数：1.00）A.Vnukovo, DomodedovoB.Vnukovo, DagestanC.Domodedovo, VnukovoD.Domodedovo, Dagestan五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)P
15、arents and grandparents with money to spare are no longer waiting until death to pass on their wealth. Instead, they“re increasingly handing it over to their adult kids while they“re still around to see how it“s spent and, in some cases, lend a hand. Some 8.1 percent of American families have net wo
16、rth in excess of $1 million, according to the Federal Reserve, and almost 2 percent have assets of over $2 million, the amount that is currently excluded from federal estate tax. (In 2009, the excluded amount rises to $3.5 million. There will be no federal estate tax in 2010, after which the exclude
17、d amount will return to $1 million, unless Congress acts.) Financial advisers say that in addition to the tax benefits that come from gradually transferring that wealth by reducing the estate to stay under the tax-exempt amount at death, well-to-do individuals and even those with estates far under t
18、he million-dollar mark are eager to share the money while they are still alive to see its effects. “It allows senior generations to see how kids and grandkids are using those funds and to get enjoyment out of knowing how the money is spent,“ says Mary Ann Sisco, national wealth adviser for JP Morgan
19、“s Private Client Services. Lisa Tichenor of Dallas advises a foundation created by her son Taylor in honor of her late son, Willie, who died of bone cancer when he was 19. The money, which originally came from a family business, was given to her sons when they were young. Sharing that money now, in
20、stead of waiting to pass it on at death, allows her to spend time with Taylor and work on charitable projects with him. “There is a lot of joy in working together for someone else“s good when you have everything you need,“ she says. Sally Hurme, an attorney with AARP“s consumer protection unit, help
21、ed make her recently married daughter“s down payment on a house. But she warns that parents first need to make sure they have enough money to fund their own expenses. “People today are living much longer than they used to live, and they may have very high health costs,“ she says. Giving money away e
22、arly can serve to teach adult children how to handle wealth, says Jeremy White, a certified public accountant and coauthor of Splitting Heirs: Giving Money and Things to Your Children Without Ruining Their Lives . “You may be able to give an inheritance sampler,“ he says, “and see how the adult chil
23、d handles that. You“re around while you“re living to give them guidance if asked.“ Seniors interested in funding education for young grandchildren can put money into a 529 college savings plan, which is shielded from taxes on earnings. While the money still counts as a gift for tax purposes, says Ra
24、nde Spiegelman, vice president of financial planning for the Schwab Center for Financial Research, it has the benefit of letting donors control how it“s used or even change the beneficiary. Parents and grandparents interested in retaining control over how their money is spent can also add conditions
25、 to trust agreements. “You never know what life will hold for those beneficiaries, but a lot of clients like to try to impart some of their wishes,“ says Marianne Kayan, an estate-planning attorney in Bethesda, Md. She says they try to promote “good behavior“ by specifying that the trust distributio
26、ns should go toward education or that they won“t go to adults who are not working, although the wording often leaves some leeway to allow for full-time parents, for example. A recent Bank of America survey of wealthy individuals found that just over 70 percent discuss philanthropy with their childre
27、n and about 20 percent give their children money to donate. “Clients find that philanthropy is the glue that holds the family together. It“s a way to share family stories and values,“ says Eileen Wilhem, managing director of Bank of America“s philanthropic management. From the charity recipients to
28、the adult children who help make the gifts and the parents who are still around to see how their money is disbursed, it“s an arrangement with multiple beneficiaries.（分数：5.00）(1).We can learn from the first paragraph that parents and grandparents _（分数：1.00）A.used to give away their assets at death.B.
29、no longer pass on their wealth to their offspring.C.don“t care how their money is spent at all.D.would not give their offspring financial help.(2).It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that _（分数：1.00）A.2 percent of the families in the U.S. must pay estate tax.B.there is no need for one to pay asset ta
30、x if he owns more than $3.5 million in 2009.C.one has to pay asset tax no matter how much money he owns in 2010.D.one probably has to pay asset tax if he owns more than $1 million in 2011.(3).The examples of Lisa Tichenor and Sally Hurme seem to tell us that _（分数：1.00）A.people should accumulate weal
31、th while young and distribute them when they are old.B.parents and grandparents should help their children or grandchildren as much as possible.C.people should pass on their wealth to their children early but keep a necessary amount.D.old people should keep their money to themselves because the medi
32、cal expenses are high.(4).What can we learn from the last but one paragraph?（分数：1.00）A.The reason why seniors put money into schools is to evade taxes on earnings.B.Giving away one“s money can ensure his descendants a better education.C.Donors have no right to change the beneficiary once designated
33、in the college savings plan.D.Seniors can add some of their wishes to mast agreements to ensure their money is well spent.(5).Which of the following is NOT true about philanthropy according to the last paragraph?（分数：1.00）A.It is embraced by the majority of wealthy parents and grandparents.B.It means
34、 donating money to charities.C.It is “glue“ when family members come together around shared values.D.It is beneficial to both givers and receivers.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Are your Facebook friends more interesting than those you have in real life? Has high-speed Internet made you impatient with slow-
35、speed children? Do you sometimes think about reaching for the fast-forward button, only to realize that life does not come with a remote control? If you answer yes to any of those questions, exposure to technology may be slowly reshaping your personality. Some experts believe excessive use of the In
36、ternet, cellphones and other technologies can cause us to become more impatient, impulsive, forgetful and even more narcissistic. “More and more, life is resembling the chat room,“ says Dr. Elias Aboujaoude, director of the Impulse Control Disorders Clinic at Stanford. “We“re paying a price in terms
37、 of our cognitive life because of this virtual lifestyle.“ We do spend a lot of time with our devices, and some studies have suggested that excessive dependence on cellphones and the Internet is akin to an addiction. Websites like NetA offer self-assessment tests to determine if technology has becom
38、e a drug. Among the questions used to identify those at risk: Do you neglect housework to spend more time online? Are you frequently checking your e-mail? Do you often lose sleep because you log in late at night? If you answered “often“ or “always“, technology may be taking a toll on you. In a study
39、 to be published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking , researchers from the University of Melbourne in Australia subjected 173 college students to tests measuring risk for problematic Internet and gambling behaviors. About 5 percent of the students showed signs of gambling
40、 problems, but 10 percent of the students posted scores high enough to put them in the at-risk category for Internet “addiction“. Technology use was clearly interfering with the students“ daily lives, but it may be going too far to call it an addiction, says Nicki Dowling, a clinical psychologist wh
41、o led the study. Ms. Dowling prefers to call it “Internet dependence“. Typically, the concern about our dependence on technology is that it detracts from our time with family and friends in the real world. But psychologists have become intrigued by a more subtle and insidious effect of our online in
42、teractions. It may be that the immediacy of the Internet, the efficiency of the iPhone and the anonymity of the chat room change the core of who we are, issues that Dr. Aboujaoude explores in a book, Virtually You.“ The Internet and the Fracturing of the Self , to be released next year. Dr. Aboujaou
43、de also asks whether the vast storage available in e-mail and on the Internet is preventing many of us from letting go, causing us to retain many old and unnecessary memories at the expense of making new ones. Everything is saved these days, he notes, from the meaningless e-mail sent after a work lu
44、nch to the angry online exchange with a spouse. “If you can“t forget because all this stuff is staring at you, what does that do to your ability to lay down new memories and remember things that you should be remembering?“ Dr. Aboujaoude said. “When you have 500 pictures from your vacation in your F
45、lickr account, as opposed to five pictures that are really meaningful, does that change your ability to recall the moments that you really want to recall?“ There is also no easy way to conquer a dependence on technology. Nicholas Carr, author of the new book The Shallows.“ What the Internet Is Doing
46、 to Our Brains , says that social and family responsibilities, work and other pressures influence our use of technology. “The deeper a technology is woven into the patterns of everyday life, the less choice we have about whether and how we use that technology,“ Mr. Carr wrote in a recent blog post o
47、n the topic. Some experts suggest simply trying to curtail the amount of time you spend online. Set limits for how often you check e-mail or force yourself to leave your cellphone at home occasionally. The problem is similar to an eating disorder, says Dr. Kimberly Young, a professor at St. Bonavent
48、ure University in New York who has led research on the addictive nature of online technology. Technology, like food, is an essential part of daily life, and those suffering from disordered online behavior cannot give it up entirely and instead have to learn moderation and controlled use. She suggest
49、s therapy to determine the underlying issues that set off a person“s need to use the Internet “as a way of escape“. The International Center for Media and the Public Agenda at the University of Maryland asked 200 students to refrain from using electronic media for a day. The reports from students after the study suggest that giving up technology cold turke
