1、专业八级-512 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)Land UseA problem related to the competition for land use is whether crops should be used to produce food or fuel. (1) will be examined in this respect. Firstly, the problem should be viewed in its (2)
2、perspective. When oil prices rose sharply in the 1970s, countries had to look for alternatives to solve the resulting crisis.In developing countries, one of the possible answers to it is to produce alcohol from (3) . This has led to a lot of research in this area particularly in the use of (4) . The
3、 use of this material resulted from two economic reasons: a (5) in its price and low (6) costs.There are other starchy plants that can be used to produce alcohol, like the (7) or the cassava plant in tropical regions, and (8) and sugar beet in non-tropical regions. The problem with these plants is t
4、hat they are also the peoples staple food in many poor countries.Therefore, farmers there are faced with a choice: crops for food or for fuel. And farmers naturally go for what is more (9) . As a result, the problems involved are economic in nature, rather than technological. This is my second area
5、under consideration. Finally, there have already been practical applications of using alcohol for fuel. Basically, they come in two forms of use: pure alcohol as is the case in (10) , and a combination of alcohol and gasoline known as gasohol in Germany.（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
6、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).Mr. Bristow would like to deal with the matter now because（分数：1.00）A.Keith comes to interrupt him.B.Keith has made serious mistakes.C.he may not have time till late.D.he would have to work in a factory.(2).Keiths suspicion of embezzleme
7、nt is based on the fact that（分数：1.00）A.the Works Manager has made a mistake.B.Holder and Bragg has acted dishonestly.C.the Purchasing Manager has made a mistake.D.more spare parts than needed have been use(3)._, Mr Cross wouldnt have been suspected of embezzlement.（分数：1.00）A.If he hadnt been on sick
8、 leaveB.If he hadnt continued making excessive ordersC.If he hadnt been Mr Lawtons brother-in-lawD.If he hadnt been spotted by Mr Lawton(4).Mr Bristow suspects that（分数：1.00）A.Cross and Lawton have colluded in the swindle.B.Keith does not possess any evidence.C.Cross is purposely on sick leave.D.Keit
9、h is telling a li(5).Which of the following statements is CORRECT?（分数：1.00）A.Cross may be severely punished.B.Cross illness justifies his misconduct.C.Cross and Lawton work part-time for Holder and Bragg.D.Cross and Hammond have conspired against Mr Bristow.四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：5.00)(1).The news is
10、mainly about _ in Zimbabwe.（分数：1.00）A.the presidents familyB.the presidents integrityC.officials abuse of moneyD.officials illegal mansions(2).According to the news, which of the following statements is INCORRECT?（分数：1.00）A.Judgment is being made on the reported case.B.The reported case is one of th
11、e many unsettled issues.C.Corruption and mismanagement of officials seem to be on the increase.D.There seem to be many dishonest and incompetent officials in Zimbabw1.The new ambassador thought his main task was to（分数：1.00）A.serve in the House of Representative.B.shoot down Vietnamese air planes.C.h
12、eal the prison wounds.D.heal the war wounds.(1).A New York stock exchange stops business because（分数：1.00）A.share prices reach a record low.B.trading has been suspended twice.C.the world economy is rather weak.D.market mechanisms are not functioning well.(2).In the effort to calm the market, the Unit
13、ed States Treasury put emphasis on（分数：1.00）A.the development of the market.B.the strength of the American economy.C.the prospect of low inflation and low employment.D.the strength of the payment and settlement systems.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The fox really exasperat
14、ed them both. As soon as they had let the fowls out, in the early summer mornings, they had to take their guns and keep guard; and then again as soon as evening began to mellow, they must go once more. And he was so sly. He slid along in the deep grass: he was difficult as a serpent to see. And he s
15、eemed to circumvent the girls deliberately. Once or twice March had caught sight of the white tip of his brush, or the ruddy shadow of him in the deep grass, and she had let fire at him. But he made no account of this.The trees on the wood-edge were a darkish, brownish green in the full light - for
16、it was the end of August. Beyond, the naked, copper-like shafts and limbs of the pine trees shone in the air. Nearer the rough grass, with its long, brownish stalks all agleam, was full of light. The fowls were round about the ducks were still swimming on the pond under the pine trees. March looked
17、at it all, saw it all, and did not see it. She heard Banford speaking to the fowls in the distance-and she did not hear. What was she thinking about? Heaven knows. Her consciousness was, as it were, held back.She lowered her eyes, and suddenly saw the fox. He was looking up at her. His chin was pres
18、sed down, and his eyes were looking up. They met her eyes. And he knew her. She was spellbound-she knew he knew her. So he looked into her eyes, and her soul failed her. He knew her, he was not daunted.She struggled. Confusedly she came to herself, and saw him making off, with slow leaps over some f
19、allen boughs, slow, impudent jumps. Then he glanced over his shoulder, and ran smoothly away. She saw his brush held smooth like a feather; she saw his white buttocks twinkle. And he was gone, softly, soft as the wind.She put her gun to her shoulder, but even then pursed her mouth, knowing it was no
20、nsense to pretend to fire. So she began to walk slowly after him, in the direction he had gone, slowly, pertinaciously. She expected to find him. In her heart she was deter- mined to find him. What she would do when she saw him again she did not consider. But she was determined to find him. So she w
21、alked abstractedly about on the edge of the wood, with wide, vivid dark eyes, and a faint flush in her cheeks. She did not think. In strange mindlessness she walked hither and thither .As soon as supper was over, she rose again to go out, without saying why.She took her gun again and went to look fo
22、r the fox. For he had lifted his eyes upon her, and his knowing look seemed to have entered her brain. She did not so much think of him: she was possessed by him. She saw his dark, shrewd, unabashed eye looking into her, knowing her. She felt him invisibly master her spirit. She knew the way he lowe
23、red his chin as he looked up, she knew his muzzle, the golden brown, and the greyish white. And again she saw him glance over his shoulder at her, half inviting, half contemptuous and cunning. So she went, with her great startled eyes glowing, her gun under her arm, along the wood edge. Meanwhile th
24、e night fell, and a great moon rose above the pine trees.（分数：5.00）(1).At the beginning of the story, the fox seems to be all EXCEPT（分数：1.00）A.cunning.B.fierce.C.defiant.D.annoyin(2).As the story proceeds, March begins to feel under the spell of（分数：1.00）A.the light.B.the trees.C.the night.D.the fox.(
25、3).Gradually March seems to be in a state of（分数：1.00）A.blankness.B.imagination.C.sadness.D.excitement.(4).At the end of the story, there seems to be a sense of _ between March and the fox.（分数：1.00）A.detachmentB.angerC.intimacyD.conflict(5).The passage creates an overall impression of（分数：1.00）A.myste
26、ry.B.horror.C.liveliness.D.contempt.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：3.00)The arms race that has darkened our century with fear and peril may finally be slowing. Weapons have been with us a long time. From personal combat at the very beginning of history to the impersonality of modern warfare, there has been a dyn
27、amic escalation in the complexity and specialization of attack and defense. From hand weapons and shields to ballistic missiles and Star Wars, offensive and defensive armaments have co-evolved.While arms races have been with us for millennia, nothing compares to the wasteful absorption of human tale
28、nts and the costs in lives, talents, resources, and energy of the past 50 years of war, pseudowar and escalation in deterrence by mutually assured destruction. This has been the killing century.But as we reflect on the linked interdependence of attack and defense in our century, we need to remember
29、that life on Earth has been involved in a biological arms race for hundreds of millions of years. Compared with that ancient process, the military arms race is but a blink in the eye of history. For a very brief period before the killing started billions of years ago, there was “innocence.“ At lifes
30、 beginning the very first prot-organisms, formed in the “primordial soup,“ obtained their energy from inorganic sources. Once living things existed, however, some became food sources for others. Life came to eat life, and attack and defense originated on Earth.（分数：3.00）(1).According to the passage,
31、human competition to develop the best weapons（分数：1.00）A.began in the 20th century.B.escalated in the 20th century.C.is a modern phenomenon.D.is genetically predetermine(2).When the author reflects on the “linked interdependence of attack and defense,“ he suggests that（分数：1.00）A.their origin preceded
32、 life.B.their development is precipitated by one another.C.their existence is dependent on human aggression.D.their escalation cannot be halte(3).In this passage the author apparently intends to（分数：1.00）A.write a fictionalized account of evolution.B.be scientifically precise.C.raise philosophical is
33、sues.D.convince readers that war is inevitabl八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：3.00)Even happy families have secrets that run with no statute of limitations. Twenty years after my mother died, I discovered she had kept a scrapbook. It was delivered to me inside an old chest of drawers left by my father, who survive
34、d her by 18 years. The drawers were stuffed with memories and junk: his legal papers, his beloved mandolin sheet music, his college yearbooks and, in among some old photographs, a battered, yellowing composition notebook - a scrapbook kept by my mother for a short time in 1934. I was shocked.My moth
35、er was a thrower-outer - the scourge of packed closets, the emptier of overfilled drawers. I was a bringer-backer. We once clashed over my cherished tennis shoes, which she mistakenly took to the garbage simply because I was stuffing card- board in the soles to plug the holes. I had to rescue them t
36、wice.Ours was a fundamental clash in human nature, surely as old as the species itself. Some of our hominid ancestors were gatherers who also picked up bright pebbles; others were hunters of clutter who demanded: “Cant we get rid of some of this stuff?“ From those who amassed, we have museums, libra
37、ries, attics that groan. From the winnowers, we have public sanitation, rarity (if everything were saved, nothing would be rare) and a way to the front door.（分数：3.00）(1).The passage implies that（分数：1.00）A.keeping secrets is rarely done.B.happy families seldom have secrets.C.unhappy families usually
38、have secrets.D.family secrets are short-live(2).The authors mother（分数：1.00）A.deceased in 1934.B.scoured closets.C.cherished shoes.D.saved mementos.(3).The author suggests that all of the following are true of human nature EXCEPT that（分数：1.00）A.it is inexplicable.B.it is consistent over time.C.it enc
39、ompasses dichotomies.D.it is often surprisin九、TEXT D(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Mr Duffy raised his eyes from the paper and gazed out of his window on the cheerless evening landscape. The river lay quiet beside the empty distillery and from time to time a light appeared in some house on Lucan Road. What an end!
40、The whole narrative of her death revolted him and it revolted him to think that he had ever spoken to her of what he held sacred. The cautious words of a reporter to conceal the details of a commonplace vulgar death attacked his stomach. Not merely had she degraded herself; she had degraded him. His
41、 souls companion! He thought of the hobbling wretches whom he had seen carrying cans and bottles to be filled by the barman. Just God, what an end! Evidently she had been unfit to live, without any strength of purpose, an easy prey to habits, one of the wrecks on which civilization has been reared.
42、But that she could have sunk so low! Was it possible he had deceived himself so utterly about her? He remembered her outburst of that night and interpreted it in a harsher sense than he had ever done. He had no difficulty now in approving of the course he had taken.As the light failed and his memory
43、 began to wander he thought her hand touched his. The shock which had first attacked his stomach was now attacking his nerves. He put on his overcoat and hat quickly and went out. The cold air met him on the threshold; it crept into the sleeves of his coat. When he came to the public-house at Chapel
44、 Bridge he went in and ordered a hot punch.The proprietor served him obsequiously but did not venture to talk. There were five or six working-men in the shop discussing the value of a gentlemans estate in County Kildare. They drank at intervals from their huge pint tumblers, and smoked, spitting oft
45、en on the floor and sometimes dragging the sawdust over their heavy boots. Mr Duffy sat on his stool and gazed at them, without seeing or hearing them. After a while they went out and he called for another punch. He sat a long time over it. The shop was very quiet. The proprietor sprawled on the cou
46、nter reading the newspaper and yawning. Now and again a tram-was heard swishing along the lonely road outside.As he sat there, living over his life with her and evoking alternately the two images on which he now conceived her, he realized that she was dead, that she had ceased to exist, that she had
47、 become a memory. He began to feel ill at ease. He asked himself what else could he have done. He could not have lived with her openly. He had done what seemed to him best. How was he to blame? Now that she was gone he understood how lonely her life must have been, sitting night after night alone in
48、 that room. His life would be lonely too until he, too, died, ceased to exist, became a memory - if anyone remembered him.（分数：4.00）(1).Mr Duffys immediate reaction to the report of the womans death was that of（分数：1.00）A.disgust.B.guilt.C.grief.D.compassion.(2).Mr Duffy left home to go to the public-
49、house because（分数：1.00）A.he felt hungry.B.he began to feel mental pain.C.it was very cold inside.D.he wanted to talk to someon(3).We can infer from the last paragraph that Mr Dully was in a(n) _ mood.（分数：1.00）A.angryB.fretfulC.irritableD.remorseful(4).According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.Mr Duffy once confided in the woman.B.Mr Duffy
