1、专业八级-556 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 your n
2、ote.What handshake mean?In ones own country,1. In some cultures, peopleshake handsbows to each other (1) 2. In overseas country, in the first, students were sometimes (2) about the customs. 1. Not shaking hands in Australia means (3) in them2. A limp or weak handshake by a man may be (4) in some cul
3、tures.3. A crash hand shake in Australia is a aggressiveness and a (5) 4. Half handshake by man can mean that you have (6) 5. How long?Long handshake means (7) 6. What to do with your eyes? You should look at the other person (8) Looking side way sends (9) to the other person. No eye contact means“
4、you don t exist“ or “I dont (10) （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).At what age will most children enter a grammar school or a secondary school?（分数：1.00）A.TenB.Eleven.C.Twelve.D.Sixteen.(2).How does the English school system
5、work now?（分数：1.00）A.Children will have to take an examination at the age of eleven.B.Most children can leave school before the age of sixteen.C.Children dont have to take an examination at the age of sixteen.D.Most children start school at the age of fiv(3).Why does Alice think the school system has
6、 been improved?（分数：1.00）A.Because most children would do better in grammar school.B.Because most children would do better in comprehensive school.C.Because children dont have to take an exam which determines their fate at an early age.D.Because most young children are not good at taking exams.(4).Wh
7、ich of the following statements expresses the view of Alice?（分数：1.00）A.The children should be encouraged to enjoy the subjects.B.The current schools should improve their efficiency.C.The children should learn more subjects that are useful when they leave school.D.The children are too young to unders
8、tand the problems we are facing now.(5).Which of the following subjects are NOT mentioned as one that children study for experience?（分数：1.00）A.Drama.B.Social studies.C.Economy.D.Sociology.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 wi
9、ll be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.（分数：2.00）(1).According to the news, who claimed responsibility for the rocket attack?（分数：1.00）A.A 36-year-old Israeli man.B.Palestinian militants.C.Israels offensive.D.Hamas(2).50 Palestinians or so have been killed in the raids w
10、hich began _ago.（分数：1.00）A.12 weeksB.12 daysC.2 weeksD.2 daysQuestions 8 and 9 are 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 stews.（分数：2.00）(1).Who gathered in a Rome square Saturday for the Family Day rally?（分数：1
11、.00）A.Married couples.B.Demonstrators.C.Children.D.Family associations.(2).According to the news, Italy would be more_if it gave rights to unmarried and gay couples.（分数：1.00）A.openB.developedC.democraticD.civilized1.Question 10 is based on the following stews. At the end of the stews item, you will
12、be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the stews.Which of the following statements is true?（分数：1.00）A.There are two groups of engineers who are working on the alternative solutions of the program.B.Discoverys protective heat tiles ate out of order.C.NASA has made the decision on w
13、hether anything needs to be done about the gap fillers.D.According to NASA there is only a problem with Discovery and it can return to the earth safely.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 eighteenth century, Japans feudal overlords, from the shogun to the humblest samura
14、i, found themselves under financial stress. In part, this stress can be attributed to the overlords failure to adjust to a rapidly expanding economy, but the stress was also due to factors beyond the overlords control. Concentration of the samurai in castle towns had acted as a stimulus to trade. Co
15、mmercial efficiency, in turn, had put temptations in the way of buyers. Since most samurai had been reduced to idleness by years of peace, encouraged to engage in scholarship and martial exercises or to perform administrative tasks that took little time, it is not surprising that their tastes and ha
16、bits grew expensive. overlords income, despite the increase in rice production among their tenant farmers, failed to keep pace with their expenses. Although shortfalls in overloads income resulted almost as much from laxity among their tax collectors (the nearly inevitable outcome of hereditary offi
17、ce-holding) as from their higher standards of living, a misfortune like a fire or flood, bringing an in crease in expenses or a drop in revenue, could put a domain in debt to the city rice-brokers who handled its finances. Once in debt, neither the individual samurai nor the shogun himself found it
18、easy to recover.It was difficult for individual samurai overlords to increase their income because the amount of rice that farmers could be made to pay in taxes was not unlimited, and since the income of Japans central government consisted in part of taxes collected by the shogun from his huge domai
19、n, the government too was constrained. Therefore, the Tokugawa shoguns began to look to other sources for revenue. Cash profits from government-owned mines were already on the decline because the most easily worked deposits of silver and gold had been exhausted, although debasement of the coinage ha
20、d compensated for the loss. Opening up new farmland was a possibility, but most of what was suitable had already been exploited and further reclamation was technically unfeasible. Direct taxation of the samurai themselves would be politically dangerous. This left the shoguns only commerce as a poten
21、tial source of government income.Most of the countrys wealth, or so it seemed, was finding its way into the hands of city merchants. It appeared reasonable that they should contribute part of that revenue to ease the shoguns burden of financing the state. A means of obtaining such revenue was soon f
22、ound by levying forced loans, known as goyo-kin; although these were not taxes in the strict sense, since they were irregular in timing and arbitrary in amount, they were high in yield. Unfortunately, they pushed up prices. Thus, regrettably, the Tokugawa shoguns search for solvency for the governme
23、nt made it increasingly difficult for individual Japanese who lived on fixed stipends to make ends meet.（分数：5.00）(1).Which is the authors attitude toward the samurai discussed in the first paragraph?（分数：1.00）A.Warmly approving.B.Mildly sympathetic.C.Bitterly disappointed.D.Harshly disdainful.(2).Whi
24、ch is the major reason for the financial problems experienced by Japans feudal overlords?（分数：1.00）A.Profits from mining had declined.B.Spending had outdistanced income.C.The samurai had concentrated in castle-towns.D.The coinage had been sharply debase(3).The reason that individual samurai did not f
25、ind it easy to recover from debt is_.（分数：1.00）A.taxes were irregular in timing and arbitrary in amountB.the Japanese government had failed to adjust to the needs of a changing economyC.there was a limit to the amount in taxes that farmers could be made to payD.the domains of samurai overlords were b
26、ecoming smaller and poorer as government revenues increased(4).Which could best be substituted for the word “THIS“ in the last sentence of the second paragraph?（分数：1.00）A.The search of Japans Tokugawa shoguns for solvency.B.The unfairness of the tax structure in eighteenth-century Japan.C.The diffic
27、ulty experienced by both individual samurai and the shogun himself in extricating themselves from debt.D.The difficulty of increasing government income by other means.(5).According to the passage, the actions of the Tokugawa shoguns in their search for solvency for the government were regrettable be
28、cause those actions_.（分数：1.00）A.resulted in the exhaustion of the rnost easily worked deposits of silver and goldB.raised the cost of living by pushing up pricesC.were far lower in yield than had originally been anticipatedD.acted as deterrent to trade七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A green and yellow parrot
29、, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over:“Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! Thats all right!“ he could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, unless it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his fluty n
30、otes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence.Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his newspaper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust. He walked down the gallery and across the narrow “bridges“ which connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other, He h
31、ad been seated before the door of the main house. The parrot and the mockingbird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished. Mr. Pontellier had the privilege of quitting their society when they ceased to be entertaining.He stopped before the door of
32、his own cottage, which was the fourth one from the main building and next to the last. Seating himself in a wicker rocker which was there, he once more applied himself to the task of reading the newspaper. The day was Sunday; the paper was a day old. The Sunday papers had not yet reached Grand Isle.
33、 He was already acquainted with the market reports, and he glanced restlessly over the editorials and bits of news which he had not had time to read before quitting New Orleans the day before.Mr. Pontellier wore eye-glasses. He was a man of forty, of medium height and rather slender build; he stoope
34、d a little. His hair was brown and straight, parted on one side. His beard was neatly and closely trimmed.Once in a while he withdrew his glance from the newspaper and looked about him. There was more noise than ever over at the house. The main building was called “the house,“ to distinguish it from
35、 the cottages. The chattering and whistling birds were still at it. Two young girls, the Farival twins, were playing a duet from “Zampa“ upon the piano. Madame Lebrun was bustling in and out, giving orders in a high key to a yard-boy whenever she got inside the house, and directions in an equally hi
36、gh voice to a dining-room servant whenever she got outside. She was a fresh, pretty woman, clad always in white with elbow sleeves. Her starched skirts crinkled as she came and went. Farther down, before one of the cottages, a lady in black was walking demurely up and down, telling her beads. A good
37、 many persons of the pension had gone over to the Cheniere Caminada in Beaudelets lugger to hear mass. Some young people were out under the water-oaks playing croquet. Mr. Pontelliers two children were there sturdy little fellows of four and five. A quadroon nurse followed them about with a faraway,
38、 meditative air.Mr. Pontellier finally lit a cigar and began to smoke, letting the paper drag idly from his hand. He fixed his gaze upon a white sunshade that was advancing at snails pace from the beach. He could see it plainly between the gaunt trunks of the water-oaks and across the stretch of yel
39、low chamomile. The gulf looked far away, melting hazily into the blue of the horizon. The sunshade continued to approach slowly. Beneath its pink-lined shelter were his wife, Mrs. Pontellier, and young Robert Lebrun. When they reached the cottage, the two seated themselves with some appearance of fa
40、tigue upon the upper step of the porch, facing each other, each leaning against a supporting post.“What folly! to bathe at such an hour, in such heat!“ exclaimed Mr. Pontellier. He himself had taken a plunge at daylight. That was why the morning seemed long to him.“You are burnt beyond recognition,“
41、 he added, looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage. She held up her hands, strong, shapely hands, and surveyed them critically, drawing up her lawn sleeves above the wrists. Looking at them reminded her of her rings, which she had give
42、n to her husband before leaving for the beach. She silently reached out to him, and he, understanding, took the rings from his vest pocket and dropped them into her open palm. She slipped them upon her fingers: then clasping her knees, she looked across at Robert and began to laugh. The rings sparkl
43、ed upon her fingers. He sent back an answering smile.“What is it?“ asked Pontellier, looking lazily and amused from one to the other. It was some utter nonsense; some adventure out there in the water, and they both tried to relate it at once. It did not seem half so amusing when told. They realized
44、this, and so did Mr. Pontellier. He yawned and stretched himself. Then he got up. saying he had half a mind to go over to Kleins hotel and play a game of billiards.“Come go along, Lebrun,“ he proposed to Robert. But Robert admitted quite frankly that he preferred to stay where he was and talk to Mrs
45、. Pontellier.“Well, send him about his business when he bores you, Edna,“ instructed her husband as he prepared to leave.“Here, take the umbrella,“ she exclaimed, holding it out to him. He accepted the sunshade, and lilting it over his head descended the steps and walked away.“Coming back to dinner?
46、“ his wife called after him. He halted a moment and shrugged his shoulders, He felt in his vest pocket; there was a ten-dollar bill there. He did not know; perhaps he would return for the early dinner and perhaps he would not. It all depended upon the company which he found over at Kleins and the si
47、ze of “the game.“ He did not say this, but she understood it, and laughed, nodding good-by to him.Both children wanted to follow their father when they saw him starting out. He kissed them and promised to bring them back bonbons and peanuts.（分数：5.00）(1).Which of the following adjectives best describ
48、e Mr. Pontellier?（分数：1.00）A.EnergeticB.RobustC.Good-humoredD.Inactive(2).In Mr. Pontelliers minds eye, his wife is_.（分数：1.00）A.an independent personB.an object of considerable valueC.an understanding womanD.an unreliable woman(3).The image that the story evokes in readers mind in its very beginning
49、is_.（分数：1.00）A.sea imageB.animal imageC.bird imageD.umbrella image(4).From the story we know that Mrs. Pontellier is a/an_wife.A. understanding 17,. depressed C. critical D. listless（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Mr. Pontellier enjoys_.A. having dinner with his wife B gamblingC. playing with his children D. swimming（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：5.00
