1、专业八级-548 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)Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically semantically acceptable. You may refer to our n
2、otes.Does the Mass Media Take Sides?Though I believe that they should side in a sense with the (1) of our readers and communities, Ive found that things are not always the case.Throughout the war in Iraq; (2) information is ignored by much of the mass media, especially the broadcast media and big TV
3、 networks in the United States.In “TV News (3) “, our study of the reporting of the Iraqi war, we have found some (4) results. American news tended to be favorable for the War effort, thus deviating from objective coverage. While the Arab networks devoted around 23% airtime to (5) and protest, for t
4、he American channels it was just 7%. Around 90% of the coverage by both the American and the Arab channels was (6) With one exception, Fox (7) channel was only 60% objective.Though there are preserves of (8) in reporting and journalism like NPR and the BBC, the worlds richest, best-resourced broadca
5、sters stoop so low to reinforce the (9) of their viewers.The reporting of the Iraqi war seems to suggest that there are two different worlds, which is more chilling (10) being reported.（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
6、 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview.（分数：5.00）(1).What do they talk about in the interview?（分数：1.00）A.A good memory is very important in studying English.B.The complex m
7、ovement of human brains.C.Human memory and how to use it.D.The importance of having a good memory.(2).According to Mr. White, the things to do to prepare ones memory do not include _ .（分数：1.00）A.associatingB.describingC.understandingD.visualizing(3).Margaret finds that it is difficult for her to rem
8、ember either the beginning or the end of the list. She solves this problem by _ .（分数：1.00）A.placing the easier facts to remember near the beginning of the listB.placing the easier facts to remember near the end of the listC.placing the easier facts to remember on the top of the listD.placing, the ea
9、sier facts to remember near the middle of her list(4).To over learn means to learn things SO well that one can _.（分数：1.00）A.write them down correctlyB.recall them very easily and quicklyC.recite them completelyD.fully understand the meaning of them(5).In the interview, Mr. White has told Margaret _
10、ways to remember things.（分数：1.00）A.sixB.fiveC.fourD.three四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：5.00)Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. 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).Britain had the third-highest average wealth of
11、 _ per adult.（分数：1.00）A.$126,328B.$162,832C.$162,238D.$126,832(2).Britain ranked with the following countries EXCEPT _ in wealth inequality.（分数：1.00）A.RussiaB.IndonesiaC.SingaporeD.PakistanQuestions 8 and 9 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to
12、 answer each question. Now listen to the news. （分数：2.00）(1).The OPEC is expected to increase its 0fficialoutput quota to make up the shortfall caused by _.（分数：1.00）A.a two-week strike in VenezuelaB.a six-strike in LibyaC.an accident occurring in Saudi ArabiaD.a six-week strike in Venezuela(2).Which
13、country is pressing for an increase of a million barrels per day?（分数：1.00）A.Algeria and Libya:B.Saudi Arabia.C.Venezuela and Algeria.D.Venezuel1.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,The at
14、tacks in London have made Americans _.（分数：1.00）A.sorrowfulB.hatefulC.alertD.regretful五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In the college-admissions wars, we parents are the true gladiators. Were pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT prep courses and build resumes so they
15、 can get into the college of our first choice. We say our motives are selfless and sensible. A degree from Stanford or Princeton is the ticket for life. If Aaron and Nicole dont get in, they re forever doomed Gosh, were delusional.Ive twice been to the wars, and as I survey the battlefield, somethin
16、g different is happening. Its one-upmanship among parents. We see our kids college pedigrees as trophies attesting to how well or how poorly weve raised them. But we cant acknowledge that our obsession is more about us than them. So weve contrived various justifications that turn out to be half-trut
17、hs, prejudices or myths. It actually doesnt matter much whether Aaron and Nicole go to Stanford.Admissions anxiety afflicts only a minority of parents. Its true that getting into college has generally become tougher because the number of high-school graduates has grown. From 1994 to 2006, the increa
18、se is 28 percent. Still, 64 percent of freshmen attend schools where acceptance rates exceed 70 percent, and the application surge at elite schools dwarfs population growth.We have a full-blown prestige panic; we worry that there wont be enough trophies to go around. Fearful parents prod their child
19、ren to apply to more schools than ever. “The epicenters of parental anxiety used to be on the coasts: Boston, New York, Washington Los Angeles,“ says Tom Parker, Amhersts admissions dean. “But its radiated throughout the country. “Underlying the hysteria is the belief that scarce elite degrees must
20、be highly valuable. Their graduates must enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better contacts. All thats plausibleand mostly wrong. “We havent found any convincing evidence that selectivity or prestige matters,“ says Ernest T. Pascarella of the University of Iowa, co-au
21、thor of How College Affects Students, an 827-page evaluation of hundreds of studies of the college experience. Selective schools dont systematically employ better instructional approaches than less-selective schools, according to a study by Pascarella and George Kuh of Indiana University. Some do; s
22、ome dont. On two measuresprofessors feedback and the number of essay examsselective schools do Slightly worse.By some studies, selective schools do enhance their graduates lifetime earnings. The gain is reckoned at 2 percent to 4 percent for every 100-point increase in a schools average SAT scores.
23、But even this advantage is probably a statistical fluke. A well-known study by Princeton economist Alan Krueger and Stacy Berg Dale of Mathematica Policy Research examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as much as graduates from higher-status
24、 Schools.Kids count more than their colleges. Getting into Yale may signify intelligence, talent and ambition. But its not the only indicator and, paradoxically, its significance is declining. The reason: so many similar people go elsewhere. Getting into college isnt lifes only competition. In the n
25、ext competitionthe job market, graduate schoolthe results may change. Old-boy networks are breaking down. Krueger studied admissions to one top Ph.D. program. High scores on the Graduate Record Exam helped explain who got in; Ivy League degrees didn t.So, parents, lighten up. The stakes have been va
26、stly exaggerated. up to a point, we can rationalize our pushiness. America is a competitive society; our kids need to adjust to that. But too much pushiness can be destructive. The very ambition we impose on our children may get some into Harvard but may also set them up for disappointment. One stud
27、y of students 20 years out found that, other things being equal, graduates of highly selective schools experienced more job dissatisfaction. They may have been so conditioned to being on top that anything less disappoints.What fires parents fanaticism is their self-serving desire to announce their o
28、wn success. Many succumb; I did. I located my ideal school for my daughter. She got in and went elsewhere. Take that, Dad. I located the ideal school for my son. Heck, he wouldnt even visit the place. Pow, Dad. They both love their schools and seem amply stimulated. Foolish Dad.（分数：5.00）(1).The auth
29、ors attitude to the parents claim “our motives are selfless and sensible“ is one of _.（分数：1.00）A.antipathyB.apathyC.ambivalenceD.dissent(2).It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that _.（分数：1.00）A.American youth have fewer choices but to go to elite schoolsB.the competition for elite schools is fiercer
30、 in the United StatesC.the parents should not put too much pressure on their childrenD.the childrens future will be bleak without going to elite schools(3).Which of the following statements about selective schools is TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.Selective schools offer better instructional approaches to their st
31、udents.B.There are more essay exams in selective schools than other schools.C.Their new teaching methods secure their graduates high salaries.D.They dont outperform other schools in terms of professors feedback.(4).The author suggests that parents not impose their ambition on their children because
32、_ .（分数：1.00）A.too much pressure might lead to unsatisfactory resultsB.their own ambition shouldnt be realized by their childrenC.their children might practice job-hopping frequentlyD.their children might not share similar interests with them(5).A suitable title for the passage would be _.（分数：1.00）A.
33、Selective SchoolsB.Prestige PanicC.Desperate ParentsD.Success in the Future七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Until recently, the Louvre, Frances iconic museum wouldnt have dreamed of rolling out the red carpet for international partygoers, however rich, allowing food and drink to be served in a gallery. Fund r
34、aisings may be standard practice at American museums, but no American museum is like the Louvre which has served as the state-funded bastion of high culture in France for much of its 800-year history. A succession of French Kings built their art collections there, and in 1793, shortly after the Fren
35、ch Revolution, it was turned into a museum that is now easily the most popular in the world. Last year it drew 8.3 million visitorsmore than a million of them American.But times are changing, state funds are tight, and the Louvre has an ambitious director named Henri Loyrette, who is seeking to pull
36、 the venerable institution into a new era. Tapping rich people around the globe for funding is just one of the changes hes brought about since becoming director in 2001. Armed with a vision of the Louvre as a beacon of culture that is both accessible and global, he has set in motion a dramatic openi
37、ng to the outside world. So far, that includes signing a deal to create a Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi-a franchising concept pioneered by the Guggenheimand staging exhibitions of the museums treasures in such places as Kobe, Japan, and Macau. US museums are particularly benefiting, and not just the us
38、ual Louvre partners like New York Citys Metropolitan Museum of Art. Loyrette set up an unprecedented three-year partnership with the High Museum in Atlanta and has sent exhibitions to cities like Seattle and Oklahoma City. Most controversially, he has invited contemporary artists to exhibit at the L
39、ouvre and even decorated it provoking howls of protests from French detractors.Loyrette, 56, says his goal is not to be controversial just for the sake of it. But he insists, “In a house like this, you need to open the windows. We hadnt aired for a long time. “ Some of what hes doing is experimental
40、, he acknowledges.There are some limits. The Louvre still takes its public-service mission very seriously, and its lending policy isnt limitless either: earlier this year, the Louvre pulled out of a show that a private promoter was mounting in Verona, Italy. The Louvre would have received $ 6.4 mill
41、ion for its participation, but the idea of working on a commercial basis with a private operator rather than a museum caused some concern among curators. Cason Thrash also ran into restrictions on what she could do at her fund-raising party. Still she gushes about Loyrette. “Henris a visionary. He t
42、otally gets it,“ she says. “Its time for the Louvre to spread its wings. “Not everyone shares her enthusiasm. Just ask Marc Fumaroli, who chairs the Society of Friends of the Louvre; a -year-old French association that helps finance some of the museums acquisitions. With 70,000 members, most of whom
43、 pay a $ 100 annual subscription, it still packs some clout. Furmaroli is frank about the criticism. Theres particular concern about the way the museum is sending out its treasures. “Some think there is excessive exportation“ is how he puts it, although he acknowledges that “as one of the biggest mu
44、seums in the world, the Louvre cannot escape the consequences of globalization “The other big complaint is about the contemporary art. Fumaroli wrote an indignant article about the biggest show to date. He dismissed it as pantalonnadespantomime.If you ask Genevieve Bresc-bautier, the crusty chief cu
45、rator of the Louvres sculpture department, what has changed in the Loyrette era, shell grumble a bit about the heavier load of administration that comes the way of the museums seven departments. Shes also not convinced that appointing department heads for just three years at a time is a smart move.
46、(Until Loyrette came along, they were appointed for life. ) But then shell start to talk about the “very expensive“ $ 3.7 million Austrian bust that the Louvre was able to buy in New York for her department and the ambitious exhibition of French bronzes shell be putting on later this year, not to me
47、ntion the restoration budget, which is “incomparably bigger than it was a decade ago“.（分数：5.00）(1).Which measure has Henri Loyrette NOT taken to raise fund for the Louvre?（分数：1.00）A.To agree to build a Louvre museum in other countries.B.To display artistic pieces owned by the Louvre outside France.C
48、.To establish partnership with American museums.D.To allow all kinds of commercial art shows to be staged in the Louvr(2).Which inference about the Louvre before Henri Loyrettes era is INCORRECT?（分数：1.00）A.No dinners have ever been served in the Louvre.B.Financially, the Louvre solely depended on the French government in most of its history.C.Contemporary art has long been playing an important role in the Louvre.D.The Louvre has never been rented for private us(3).When Henri Loyrette said “In a house like this, you need to open the windows. We hadnt aired for a long time“, he does
