1、专业八级-652 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)In the schools of ancient times, the most important examinations were spoken. Usually the students were supposed to say poetry aloud or give (1) or discuss questions. Although the concrete forms of exam
2、inations were various, they were alike in their essence, that is, they were spoken, which partly remains till today.However, modern examinations take a different form a written form, which was developed in the 19th century due to the increase in (2) and the development of modern industry. But in the
3、 process of examination, teachers and students are supposed to act like (3) but not human.Commonly there are two types of tests used in modern schools. They are called “objective“ test and “ subjective“ test respectively. With the former one concentrated on the (4) of facts while the latter one on p
4、ersonal (5) , the two are different in many ways. Of course they both have advantages and disadvantages. So far as the “objective“ test is concerned, it is fair, above all, and then it is very efficient because its form of answer is simple and objective, and it is easy to be (6) But as this way of t
5、esting sometimes depends too much on “ (7) “, it is ultimately not very satisfactory. As for the “subjective“ test, it usually refers to “ (8) “ tests, which, comparatively speaking, contains less element of luck and thus can better reflect the students ability of putting facts together into a meani
6、ngful whole. However, because this form of testing requires students to write long answers, the students ability of (9) becomes a disturbing factor. Besides, the examiners feelings are different, that is to say, they are subjective when scoring students answers. Therefore, the “subjective“ test is n
7、ot so fair as the “objective “ one.From the above, we know that whatever kinds of tests we take, it would be (10) , and problems would arise. However, if we combine these two types together, we would get a clearer picture of students ability through testing.（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项
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9、u can grow vegetables vertically.B.You can raise plants in a confined area.C.You can plant a wide variety of plants together.D.You can make a lot of profit.(3).Which point was NOT mentioned in starting this type of garden?（分数：1.00）A.SunlightB.Location.C.Soil.D.Good drainag(4).Which list of plants do
10、es Linda mention in her garden?（分数：1.00）A.Tomatoes, beets, egg plant, and squash.B.Strawberries, green peppers, okra, and tomatillos.C.Basil, onions, cantaloupe, and banana peppers.D.Carrots, cucumbers, pumpkins, potatoes.(5).What will happen at the end of the show?（分数：1.00）A.Linda will give tips on
11、 how to prepare the soil.B.Linda will discuss building a green house.C.Linda will give a tour of her garden.D.Linda will invite her friends to her hous四、SECTION C(总题数：2，分数：5.00)Questions 6 this means anyone affected by the accident. If somebody is injured, the driver must produce his insurance certi
12、ficate on request. If these formalities are complied with it is not necessary to wait for the arrival of the police. It is, however, often wise to do so. The police are expert at drawing plans, taking measurements and photographs and gathering other evidence. In your absence the police could be give
13、n a biased story against you; and yourself might want to point out certain features of the accident to the police.（分数：5.00）(1).“A MOMENTS INATTENTION CAUSES ACCIDENT“ is a self-defeating warning because _.（分数：1.00）A.it is not trueB.it will distract the drivers attentionC.it is too difficult to under
14、standD.it is too long to be read while driving a ear(2).“By no means“ in line 4 means _.（分数：1.00）A.without doubtB.hardly notC.probably notD.in no way(3).“Subtle visual traps“ are _.（分数：1.00）A.places where the police hide in order to trap motoristsB.parts of the road which are deceptive to the driver
15、s eyesC.danger spots such as sharp corners and cross-roadsD.places where there are too many road-signs(4).After an accident you wait for the police because _.（分数：1.00）A.it is against the law to drive offB.they have to examine your papersC.somebody may give them a false account of the earD.they have
16、to note the position of your car(5).Which of the following statements is better when a driver makes an accident?（分数：1.00）A.Hed better stay until the police come.B.It is no need for him to wait for the arrival of the police.C.He has to finish the formalities.D.It is wise to go away without noting any
17、thin七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Near the end of a five-day tour of highly automated, high-tech Japanese factories, the American visitor was overwhelmed and feeling a little inferior. Watching a string of gleaming stereo sets move down an assembly line, he turned to the plant manager and said, “Gosh, even
18、 your industrial design is better than ours.“Ah, yes, “ replied the manager, “but America has treasures that Japan can never hope to possess. “You mean our mineral wealth and bountiful farms?“Ah, no. I was referring to Caltech and MIT. “Americas scientific institutions-its technological universities
19、 and government laboratories-are the envy of the world, producing ideas, devices and medicines that have made the U.S. prosperous, improved the lives of people around the globe and profoundly affected their perception of the world and the universe. This tremendous creativity is reflected in the tech
20、nical reports that are published in scientific journals throughout the world. Fully 35% of them come from scientists doing their research at American institutions.Yet American dominance can no longer be taken for granted. Many recent U.S. achievements and awards stem in large measure from generous r
21、esearch grants of the past, and any weakening of government and industry commitment to support of basic research could in the next few decades cost the nation its scientific leadership. Some slipping is already divalent. In high-energy physics, where Americans once reigned supreme, Western Europe no
22、w spends roughly twice as much money as the U. S. Result: the major high-energy physics discoveries of the past few years have been made not by Americans but by Europeans.Even so, money alone cannot guarantee scientific supremacy. Freedom of inquiry, an intellectually stimulating environment and con
23、tinuous recruitment of the best minds must accompany it. That combination has been achieved in many U.S. institutions-educational, governmental and industrial-but perhaps nowhere more successfully than at the National Institutes of Health, Bell Laboratories and Caltech.（分数：5.00）(1).Americas technolo
24、gical universities and government laboratories are generally _.（分数：1.00）A.loved by scientists in other parts of the worldB.disliked by scientists in other parts of the worldC.admired by scientists in other parts of the worldD.jealous of scientists in other parts of the world(2).Which of the followin
25、g statement is true according to the passage?（分数：1.00）A.35% of technical reports published in scientific journals are written by Scientists doing their research in America.B.35% of all scientific journals are issued by American scientific societies.C.35% of all scientists come from America.D.35 % of
26、 all scientists are doing research at American institutions.(3).According to the passage, in the competition for scientific leadership, _.（分数：1.00）A.applied research is of the greatest significanceB.basic research is of the greatest significanceC.research in high-energy physics is of the greatest si
27、gnificanceD.research in high-tech fields is of the greatest significance(4).The example given in the last but one paragraph is mainly used to show _.（分数：1.00）A.western Europe is spending more money than America in certain fieldsB.Europeans are making more discoveries than Americans in retain fieldsC
28、.European scientists are more intelligent than American scientistsD.Americas scientific leadership is being replaced by European countries(5).Which of the following is not mentioned as a necessary part to maintain Americas scientific leadership?（分数：1.00）A.Money.B.Combination of various disciplines.C
29、.Joint efforts of the most intelligent scientists.D.Favorable academic atmospher八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In order to get your point across in your target language, you have to learn plenty of words. How do you set about it? Dr. Paul Meara, who lectures in applied linguistics, believes there are lots o
30、f different ways of learning words.“Generally, anything you do with the words which actually makes them yours rather than just abstract things which appear in a book or on a record will almost certainly help you to learn them. So, for example, writing them down is better than reading them. Putting t
31、hem on bits of paper and sticking them up around your house is better than just looking at them in the page of a book. Saying them out loud is better than reading them quietly. Anything which actually gets you to use them would probably help. “Encouragement and nurturing in the students and belief i
32、n their ability to learn is one of the central tenets of a relatively new approach. Its called Accelerated Learning and its an offshoot of an idea that began in Bulgaria. Michael Lawlor runs a language school for business executives, teaching foreign languages to the British, and English to foreigne
33、rs. Hes currently testing this system to see if he can incorporate it into his teaching program at his school. The main principle is to tap the students emotions as well as their intellects and, to begin with, to get them to visualize themselves as successful communicators in the language theyre lea
34、rning.“They can actually create a very clear mental picture of themselves say in five years time, in the country where the language is spoken, interacting with the people. They can also boost their own confidence as learners by recreating past successful learning situation. Many people fail in learn
35、ing a language because their minds get calmer and they provide their brains with oxygen, we teach them to sit properly so that they dont lose energy and maybe to have some simple physical movements to keep their energy up. All these things are part of the learning process. “The course work is based
36、on puzzles and games and above all on bilingual dialogues, so theres no fear of not understanding. As the grammar is introduced, the rules are put into rhyming couplets to make them easier to remember. This method is all about reaching into the under-used resources of mind and memory. After a class,
37、 the students have a concert session when they hear the dialogue they were working on against a background of baroque music. Michael Lawlor explains why they used baroque music.“Dr Lazanov in Bulgaria, in his original experiments, found that baroque music produced a state of relaxed awareness, which
38、 is now known more generally as the alpha state. If you take the large passages or the adagio passages from largo music, you find that they correspond more or less to the slowed-down speed of the human heart-about 60 beats to the minute. So were helping people to slow down their body rhythms. The mi
39、nd then becomes more receptive and open to passive learning, to listening. So thats why music of this kind is important. But it also, of course, touches the emotions. The music will induce a state of pleasurable expectation and if we can link the emotion of pleasure with learning, then were making a
40、 very valuable contribution to the students affective, or emotional, involvement with the learning process. “The choice of a soft-spoken female voice to present the language in accelerated learning techniques is also deliberate. After all, who was it who taught you to speak your own language all tho
41、se years ago?（分数：5.00）(1).Many people fail in learning a language because _.（分数：1.00）A.they are too oldB.they lack language abilityC.they lose their own confidenceD.the teachers are not good enough(2).You can remember the words better in all the ways except _.（分数：1.00）A.saying them out loudB.writing
42、 them downC.looking at them in a bookD.sticking them up around your room(3).To visualize oneself is to _.（分数：1.00）A.describe oneselfB.talk about oneselfC.make oneself relaxedD.create a clear mental picture of oneself(4).Why is music important?（分数：1.00）A.It can arouse excitementB.It can help to slow
43、down body rhythmsC.It can make people eager to studyD.It makes people used to the passive learning(5).According to the passage, which is the most probable person to teach you to speak your own language?（分数：1.00）A.Your father.B.Your mother.C.Your soft-spoken female teacher.D.None of the abov九、TEXT D(
44、总题数：1，分数：3.00)An Interesting PhenomenonThe ability of falling cats to right themselves in midair and land on their feet has been a source of wonder for ages. Biologists long regarded it as an example of adaptation by natural selection, but for physicists it bordered on the miraculous. Newtons laws o
45、f motion assume that the total amount of spin of a body cannot change unless an external torque speeds it up or slows it down. If a cat has no spin when it is released and experiences no external toque, it ought not to be able to twist around as it falls.In the speed of its execution, the righting o
46、f a tumbling cat resembles a magicians trick. The gyrations of the cat in midair are too fast for the human eye to follow, so the process is obscured. Either the eye must be speeded up, or the cats fall be slowed down for the phenomenon to be observed. A century ago the former was accomplished by me
47、ans of high -speed photography using equipment now available in any pharmacy. But in the nineteenth century the capture on film of a falling cat constituted a scientific experiment.The experiment was described in a paper presented to the Paris Academy in 1894. Two sequences of twenty photographs eac
48、h, one from the side and one from behind, show a white cat in the act of righting itself. Grainy and quaint though they are, the photos show that the cat was dropped upside down, with no initial spin, and still landed on its feet. Careful analysis of the photos reveals the secret: As the cat rotates
49、 the front of its body clockwise, the rear and tail-twist counterclockwise, so that the total spin remains zero, in perfect accord with Newtons laws. Halfway down, the cat pulls in its legs before reversing its twist and then extends them again, with the desired end result. The explanation was that while no body can acquire spin wi
