1、专业八级-564 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)To see how big carriers could control the online world, you must understand its structures.Earthlink gives Jennifer access to the Internet, much in the way than an onramp puts a driver on the national h
2、ighway system. Earthlink is a local internet service provider, and it will send the (1) to an Internet “ (2) provider“, to route it along its way.These Internet players typically own and lease long-haul fiber-optic cables spanning a large region. They also own the communications gear that directs (3
3、) over the Internet. They connect to each other to exchange data between their customers, like the highway system over which most of the freight of the Internet travels to reach its (4) .Now, instead of the National Science Foundation, there are many of them that-link together to provide the global
4、(5) , that is the Internet.The problem was, as the Internet grew, the public points became overburdened and traffic showed at these bottlenecks. So they started making arrangements with each other. And they arent changing peers now,but there is a lot of discussion about whether they should. And the
5、industry has not figured out how to (6) who owes what to whom if fees should be changed.Since the Internet was (7) , it has grown by leaps and bounds into a remarkably successful communications medium without government (8) -and most want to stay that way. But the Internet has matured to a point tha
6、t more uniform rules are needed to (9) competition.Those who can afford to pay the price can become peers. Peering would be determined by the (10) rather than by a private company with its own competitive interests.（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、SEC
7、TION B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).The interviewer believes that _.（分数：1.00）A.advertising cant be a kind of lyingB.advertising must be a kind of lyingC.advertising is most likely to be a kind of lyingD.advertising may be a kind of lying(2).How many years has this advertising man been in the ad. business for?（
8、分数：1.00）A.Fifteen years.B.Sixteen years.C.Fourteen years.D.Ten years.(3).What kind of work does he find most interesting?（分数：1.00）A.Making ad. plans.B.Selling products successfully.C.Developing new markets.D.Making a new product.(4).What does advertising function as according to this ad. man?（分数：1.0
9、0）A.A determiner that leads people to bring the product into their lives.B.A complete lie that leads people to buy the product.C.As a stable value which makes people believe what the product has.D.As a promotion which makes people aware of the new product.(5).What will determine that people will con
10、tinue to use the product?（分数：1.00）A.The products own worth.B.The products design.C.The .products advertising.D.The proudcts pric四、SECTION C(总题数：2，分数：5.00)Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news from the BBC. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question.
11、 Now listen to the news.（分数：2.00）(1).How did this accident happen?（分数：1.00）A.The train was controled by outlaws.B.The bus went past a stop sign.C.The train went past a stop sign.D.The bus hit the oncoming train itsel(2).How was the bus driver?（分数：1.00）A.He was dead.B.He was injured.C.He was gone.D.I
12、t was not clear.Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following news from the VOA. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question. Now listen to the news.（分数：3.00）(1).Which programme is season finale top-rated prime-time drama?（分数：1.00）A.“Youll never forget“.B.“ER“.C.
13、“Law or Cousin Tara, who moved to another state; or even, Grandma, whom we see once or twice a year, from the other side of the country?For many of us, the concept of family is a lot narrower than it used to be. Today children go away to college, and take up careers wherever opportunity seems greate
14、st. So instead of growing up in an extended family, with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins involved in our day-to-day lives, many of us are truly connected only to our parents and siblings. Many kids today knew little of the lives of relatives outside the nuclear family, and dont care deeply a
15、bout them.Whether were aware of it or not, this estrangement creates a void. “People have an inherent need to feel connected, “says Joy Browne, a psychologist and talkshow host in the U.S. “And theyll do it in whatever ways are easiest for them. “When family members are distant, what could be easier
16、 than forming a connection to celebrities-especially glamorous, public -spirited ones like the Kennedys“.This sort of false intimacy isnt new, of course. People wept when Rudolph Valentime died in 1926 and when the Lindberghs lost their baby in 1932. Its natural and in most ways harmless to identify
17、 with the famous. But todays combination of busy lives, fragmented families and saturation media coverage of celebrities means this is the only intimacy many of us experience outside our immediate family. And thats unhealthy, because these celebrity relationships are not two way.For that,we need to
18、stay connected to our own families. We 11 never turn back the clock to keep families from scattering. But parents can help by telling their kids stories about their grandparents, aunts and cousins, and by keeping the relatives informed of the kids latest activities and interests.Technology can encou
19、rage more frequent, more casual contact. Its no chore to dash off an e - mail to Granddad.Better yet, take a vacation with members of your extended family-and not at anyones home. A week or so of relaxed interaction can be a great way to turn up family ties. And when tragedy happens, theres no subst
20、itute for family. Because no matter how much we cry for the Kennedys, they cant be there to cry for us.Thank you for todays program. Now lets listen to a song.（分数：5.00）(1).The author is _.（分数：1.00）A.talking on the phoneB.talking on the televisionC.talking on the radioD.talking on the platform(2).Man
21、y children know little of the lives of relatives because _.（分数：1.00）A.they have no timeB.they are from the nucleus familyC.they have never met them beforeD.they dont like them(3).Who is Joe Brown?（分数：1.00）A.He is an expert in mental workings.B.He is an actor.C.He is a writer on the importance of fri
22、ends and relatives.D.He is a clinical psychologist and talkshow host.(4).People form a close connection to celebrities not because _.（分数：1.00）A.they have busy livesB.they live far away from their relatives and friendsC.they cannot escape media coverage of celebritiesD.they work with those celebritie
23、s(5).The purpose of the passage is to _.（分数：1.00）A.stay connected to our own families and relativesB.remain intimate with celebritiesC.stop crying for celebritiesD.learn how to love both families and celebrities七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Since the Titanic vanished beneath the frigid waters of the North
24、Atlantic 85 years ago, nothing in the hundreds of books and films about the ship has ever hinted at a connection to Japan - until now. Director James Camerons 200 million epic Titanic premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival last Saturday. Among the audience for a glimpse of Hollywoods cos
25、tliest film ever descendants of the liners only Japanese survivor.The newly rediscovered diary of Masabumi Hosono has Titanic enthusiasts in a frenzy. The document is scrawled in 4,300 Japanese character on a rare piece of RMS Titanic stationery. Written as the Japanese bureaucrat steamed to safety
26、in New York aboard the ocean liner Carpathia, which rescued 706 survivors, the account and other documents released by his grandchildren last week offer a fresh - and poignant - reminder of the emotional wreckage left by the tragedy.Hosono, then 42 and an official at Japans Transportation Ministry,
27、was studying railway networks in Europe. He boarded the Titanic in Southampton, enroute home via the US. According to Hosonos account, he was awakened by a loud knock on the door of his second - class deck with the steerage passengers. Hosono tried to race back upstairs, but a sailor blocked his way
28、. The Japanese feigned ignorance and pushed past. He arrived on deck to find lifeboats being lowered into darkness, flares bursting over the ship and an eerie human silence. He wrote:“ Not a single passenger would howl or scream. “Yet Hosono was screaming inside. Women were being taken to lifeboats
29、and men held back at gunpoint. “I tried to prepare myself for the last moment with no agitation, making up my mind not to do anything disgraceful as a Japanese,“ he wrote. “But still I found myself looking for and waiting for any possible chance of survival. “ Then an officer shouted, “Room for two
30、more !“ Hosono recalled:“ I myself was deep in desolate thought that I would no more be able to see my beloved wife and children. “ Then he jumped into the boat.When Hosono arrived in Tokyo two months later, he was met with suspicion that he had survived at someone elses expense. The culture of sham
31、e was especially strong in prewar Japan. In the face of rumors and bad press, Hosono was dismissed from his post in 1914. He worked at the office part -time until retiring in 1923. His grandchildren say he never mentioned the Titanic again before his death in 1939.Even then, shame continued to haunt
32、 the family. In newspapers, letters and even a school textbook, Hosono was denounced as a disgrace to Japan. Readers Digest reopened the wound in 1956 with an abridged Japanese version of Walter Loads best seller. A Night to remember, which described “Anglo - Saxons“ as acting bravely on the Titanic
33、, while “Frenchmen, Italians, Americans, Japanese and Chinese were disgraceful. “ Citing his fathers diary, one of Hosonos sons, Hideo, launched a letter - writing campaign to restore the family name. But nobody in Japan seemed to care.The diary resurfaced last summer. A representative for a US foun
34、dation that plans to hold an exhibition of Titanic artifacts in Japan next August found Hosonos name on a passenger list. A search led him to Haruomi Hosono, a well - known composer, and to his cousin Yuruoi, Hideos daughter. She revealed that she had her grandfathers dairy as well as a collection o
35、f his letters and postcards. “I was floored,“ says Michael Findley, cofounder of the Titanic International Society in the US “This is a fantastic, fresh new look at the sinking and the only one written on Titanic stationery immediately after the disaster. “The information allows enthusiasts to rearr
36、ange some historical minutes, such as which lifeboat Hosono jumped into. More chilling, the account confirms that the crew tried to keep foreigners and third -class passengers on the ships lower deck, effectively ensuring their name. The diary cannot correct injustice, but Hosonos family hopes it wi
37、ll help clear his name. The Titanic foundation also hopes to capitalize on the diary and the movie to promote its upcoming exhibition. To that end, Haruomi Hosono, the composer, has been asked to give a talk at next months public premiere of Titanic! The diary cannot, of course, match Camerons ficti
38、onalized epic for drama and intrigue. But at least Masabumi Hosonos tale really happened.（分数：5.00）(1)._ was among the descendants of the Liners only Japanese survivor.（分数：1.00）A.Masabumi Hosono.B.Yuriko.C.Cameron.D.RMS.(2).Why was Masabumix denounced as a disgrace to Japan?（分数：1.00）A.Because he kill
39、ed some people on the Titanic.B.Because he was then an official.C.Because he was dismissed from his ministry post.D.Because the culture of shame was too stron(3).In the sentence “Women were being taken to lifeboats and men held back at gunpoint“ ( paragraph 4), the phrase“ hold back“ has the meaning
40、 of _.（分数：1.00）A.keep backB.keep upC.keep onD.keep to(4).What important role did the diary really play?（分数：1.00）A.It corrected injustice.B.It was as vivid as the movie “Titanic“.C.It proved what Masabumi said was true.D.It made the Japanese believe what Masabumi had sai(5).In the sentence “Even then
41、, shame continued to haunt the family“ (paragraph 6), the word “haunt“ has the meaning of _.（分数：1.00）A.occur toB.often occur toC.huntD.attack八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：2.00)Primary ColorsThe movie Primary Colors is about a grey-haired, gravel-voiced, doughnut-loving Governor from a Southern American state wh
42、o is running in a US presidential campaign. He has a colourful past that is in danger of grabbing frontpage deadlines and a no-nonsense lawyer wife, whose accent would be right at home in a prestigious Chicago law school. The similarities with president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary seem hard to
43、 ignore.The book Primary Colors,published under the byline “Anonymous“, became best-seller when it came out not long after the 1992 American presidential election in which Clinton was elected to the White House. It appeared to be a thinly veiled account of what happened during that campaign. But Mik
44、e Nichols, the director of Primary Colors the movie, insists that there is no direct relationship between fiction and fact.John Travolta,who plays governor Jack Stanton, agrees. He says that of course there are elements of Clinton in the movie character, but then there are also elements of previous
45、presidents-Jimmy Carter, Ronaid Reagan, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy.Emma Thompson, the British actress who, as Stantons wife,masters an educated Chicago accent for her role, says the idea that Primary Colors is a straight re-run of real life is far to simplistic, and it annoys her to hear of
46、 their production talked about in his way.“The movie may have connections with the Clintons but it is fiction,“ she says.“ It deserves to be reviewed and written about seriously. “The furthest she will go is to admit: “You couldnt have the film without the Clintons,without the Kennedys,without the m
47、edia,without any of us. “The film scored well at the box office and critics were enthusiastic about the performances from Travolta and Thomson and co-stars Kathy Bates, as a political fixer, Lan7 Hagman, as Stantons principal political opponent, Billy Bob Thornton, as a political strategist, and Adr
48、ian Lester, as Stantons aide.Director Nichols admits to having had some worries about the spillover of real-life scandal on his film, “Of course we were concerned when the Monica Lewinsky business became frontpage news. Life moved along with us in a war we did not expect. But we made this film as an
49、 entertainment, and that is how people eventually saw it. “Movie-goers in America were constantly reminded that Primary Colors was about them as much as it was about the Clintons or any other high-profile political couple. “ Its about American politics, life, marriage, fidelity, infidelity-and doughnuts. /（分数：2.00）(1).The title can
