1、专业八级-726 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)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).Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about Miss Chan?（分数：1.00）A.She is older than most under
2、graduate students.B.She majors in French and minors in Marketing.C.She has work experience before entering the university.D.She succeeds in shortening the academic years.(2).Which of the following is TRUE about Miss Chans language skills?（分数：1.00）A.She develops virtually native level of Mandarin.B.H
3、er French is obviously better than English.C.She speak French on many occasions.D.Her languages are useless at critical moments.(3).According to Miss. Chan, a Marketing Officer Trainee should do all the following EXCEPT（分数：1.00）A.be supervised by a Marketing Office at first.B.assume many duties shor
4、tly after employed.C.keep records and carry out plans.D.show more initiative as time goes by.(4).As implied by the interviewer, the remarks by Miss Chans referee possibly mean that（分数：1.00）A.Miss Chan was once dismissed by the employer.B.Miss Chan was not on good terms with her co-workers.C.Miss Cha
5、n once quitted after giving a specific reason.D.Miss Chan had a fierce quarrel with one of her employers.(5).Which of the following is NOT the prospect for the position?（分数：1.00）A.Receiving a competitive paycheck.B.Chance to develop a specialism.C.Privilege to skip the probationary period,D.Six mont
6、hs further training after probation.四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：5.00)Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now ksten to the news.（分数：2.00）(1).Which of the following is TRUE of NICEs latest advice on pregnant wome
7、ns drinking?（分数：1.00）A.Its in contradiction to government advice.B.Its sufficiently supported by evidence.C.Its stricter than previous guidance.D.It advocates small daily amount of alcohol.(2).According to the news, peer support schemes are aimed at（分数：1.00）A.encouraging new parents to breastfeed th
8、eir babies.B.limiting alcohol consumption.by pregnant women.C.imposing fines on expectant mothers who drink.D.providing solace to mothers addicted to alcohol.1.Question 6 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 th
9、e news.What is the main idea of the news item?（分数：1.00）A.Airlines plan to develop new operating procedures.B.The hardware installed in aircraft has been approved.C.UK Airlines will step up the training of cabin crew.D.The use of mobiles will soon be allowed on aircraft.Questions 9 and 10 are based o
10、n the following news. At the end of the news item, you wiU be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.（分数：2.00）(1).What might happen in the accident on Monday?（分数：1.00）A.An Egyptian was probably killed by the warning shots.B.Three boats all received two sets of warning shots.
11、C.All the small boats stopped immediately at the warning.D.No one died on one of the Egyptian small boats.(2).The Egyphan boat continued to approach the American ship probably because（分数：1.00）A.the Egyptians thought it was OK to approach military vessels.B.the ship was a civilian vessel and caused m
12、isunderstanding.C.the Egyptians did not understand the words of warning.D.no warning flare was fired by the U.S. navy on the ship.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：6.00)On July 7th, I was traveling in London. I was having breakfast at a hotel very near Liverpool Street Station whe
13、n the first explosion was detonated. Hearing the sirens and seeing Londons emergency personnel respond to the bombings brought back vivid memories of the events of Sept. 11, 2001.People have not forgotten Sept. 11, 2001. Americans can still recall exactly where they were and what they were doing on
14、that fateful day. But its understandable that some remember it as historical fact, lacking the painful impact and immediacy they originally felt. If we allow a dimming of purpose-to eliminate terrorism-these terrorist attacks in London serve as another chilling reminder that were still at war.Someth
15、ing constructive emerges from these tragic, horrible and unexplainable attacks. It is the message that we must remain vigilant in opposing an enemy who intentionally targets innocent civilians.Since Sept. 11, 2001, the civilized nations of the world have remained mostly united in opposing these desp
16、icable, wanton acts of terror. We have had some great successes in that effort. We have arrested perpetrators and plotters, and we have foiled planned attacks. We have reduced the power and scope of those who despise freedom and democracy.The effort must continue. As we learned Thursday-and in Madri
17、d and Bali-the enemies of freedom have not lost their resolve. We must not lose ours.Ultimately, the only real defense from terrorist attacks is being able to find out about them in advance. Intelligence gathering has improved but needs to be even stronger, including consistently improving human int
18、elligence and patrol. Police and ordinary citizens must be alert and encouraged to convey information.Once a terrorist incident does occur, theres no such thing as a perfect response. By definition, a terrorist attack means people are being hurt or killed. But by studying the response to past attack
19、s, we can better prepare to handle those in the future.London is one of the most secure cities in the world, steeped in years of dealing with terrorism. The citys preparation and resolve was evident on Thursday. I am very impressed by Londons reaction to the bombings. Both the emergency personnel an
20、d the citizens seemed prepared. The first responders were rapid, well-directed, organized and professional, in accordance with obviously well-tested plans.As for the citizens, at least a dozen people told me in one way or another, “We knew this was going to happen; it was just a question of when.“Th
21、at is not only a realistic assessment, it also is a mindset that just might save lives. Political, business and community leaders are sometimes reluctant to talk about terrorism or stage drills to prepare their response because they dont want to frighten or upset people. But thats a mistake. People
22、react to emergencies more effectively when theyre not shocked by them.Tony Blair and London Mayor Ken Livingstone have made preparedness a priority, and their efforts clearly paid off during Thursdays response to the attacks.Theres another benefit to preparing for terrorism in advance. Part of the d
23、amage the terrorists hope to inflict is the emotional reaction in the wake of the destruction. The reason its called “terrorism“ is that they want fear and its debilitating effects to linger long after the smoke has cleared.By preparing citizens for the possibility of a terrorist attack, leaders can
24、 help minimize the emotional response in the wake of the destruction.Finally, Thursdays attacks demonstrate that we must remain committed to confronting and eliminating terrorism. There are those who assert that the efforts to eliminate terror are somehow provoking the terrorists. That is wrong. The
25、 terrorists have been attacking innocent people long before Sept. 11, 2001, or the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq.Seeing Prime Minister Blair speak so forcefully, with President Bush, President Jacques Chirac and other world leaders right behind him, was encouraging. Lets remember the unity the world s
26、hared after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.Free nations can and will disagree. But let us always remember that free people must be steadfast and resilient in defending our way of Life.（分数：6.00）(1).The terrorist attack in London conveys to us the message that（分数：1.00）A.people in London did not feel pa
27、inful.B.we must be on the alert for terrorism.C.we should stay at home to avoid terrorism.D.the effort at anti-terrorism was in vain.(2).In the authors opinion, which of the following is NOT the success weve achieved in the effort to fight against terrorist attack?（分数：1.00）A.We have arrested perpetr
28、ators and plotters.B.We have prevented planned attacks.C.We have combated and eliminated terrorism.D.We have reduced the power and scope of terrorists.(3).According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the way to defend terrorist attacks?（分数：1.00）A.Improving human intelligence and patrol.B.
29、Alerting police and citizens to terrorism.C.Finding out terrorists before they attack.D.Studying the response to past attacks.(4).The sentence “. steeped in years of dealing with terrorism“ in the 8th paragraph means that（分数：1.00）A.London has been engaged in anti-terrorism for years.B.London hasnt w
30、itnessed terrorism for years.C.London has been targeted by terrorists for years.D.London has been soaked in terrorist attacks for years.(5).The citizens emotional response after the terrorist attack can be reduced by（分数：1.00）A.leaders good organization.B.preparing for terrorism in advance.C.escaping
31、 from the attack in time.D.confronting terrorism positively.(6).A suitable title for the passage would be（分数：1.00）A.July 7th Terrorist Attack in London.B.The war against terrorism.C.Terrorism after Sept.11, 2001.D.Lessons from terrorist attack in London.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Researchers who picked
32、up and analyzed wild chimp droppings said on Thursday they had shown how the AIDS virus originated in wild apes in Cameroon and then spread in humans across Africa and eventually the world. Their study, published in the journal Science, supports other studies that suggest people somehow caught the d
33、eadly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from chimpanzees, perhaps by killing and eating them.“It says that the chimpanzee group that gave rise to HIV. this chimp community resides in Cameroon,“ said Beatrice Hahn of the University of Alabama, who led the study. “But that doesnt mean the epidemic or
34、iginated there because it didnt,“ Hahn, who has been studying the genetic origin of HIV for years, said in a telephone interview.“We actually know where the epidemic took off. The epidemic took off in Kinshasa, in Brazzaville.“ Kinshasa is in the Democratic Republic Congo, formerly Zaire, and faces
35、Brazzaville, in Congo, across the Congo River. Studies have traced HIV to a man who gave a blood sample in 1959 in Kinshasa, then called Leopoldville. Later analysis found the AIDS virus.In people, HIV leads to AIDS but chimps have a version called simian immune deficiency virus (SIV) that causes th
36、em no harm. Humans are the only animals naturally susceptible to HIV. AIDS was only identified 25 years ago. The virus now infects 40 million people around the world and has, killed 25 million. Spread in blood, sexual contact and from mother to child during birth or breastfeeding, HIV has no cure an
37、d there is no vaccine, although drug cocktails can control it.And like so many new infections, AIDS appears to have been passed to humans from animals they slaughtered. SIV has been found in captive chimps but Hahn wanted to show it could be found in the wild too. Her international team got the coop
38、eration of the government in Cameroon and they hired skilled trackers.“The chimps in that area are hunted. Its certainly impossible to see them. It is hard to track them and find these materials,“ she said. But the trackers managed to collect 599 samples of droppings. Hahns lab found DNA, identified
39、 each individual chimp and then found evidence of the virus.“We went to 10 field sites and we found evidence of infection in five. We were able to identify a total of 16 infected chimps and we were able to get viral sequences from all of them,“ Hahn said. Up to 35 percent of the apes in some communi
40、ties were infected. Not only that, they could find different varieties, called clades, of the virus.“We found some of the clades were really, really very closely related to the human virus and others were not,“ she said. Chimps separated by a river were infected with different clades, Hahn said. And
41、 a river may have carried the virus into the human population. “So how do you get from southern Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo?“ Hahn asked. “Some human must have done so. There is a river that goes from that southeastern corner of Cameroon down to the Congo River.“Ivory and hardwood t
42、raders used the Sangha River in the 1930s, when the original human-to-human transmission is believed to have happened. Hahns study suggests the virus passed from chimpanzees to people more than once. “We dont really know how these transmissions occurred,“ Hahn said.“We know that you dont get it pett
43、ing a chimp, or from a toilet seat, just like you cant get HIV from a toilet seat. It requires exposure to infected blood and infected body fluids. So if you get bitten by an angry chimp while you are hunting it, which could do it.“Hahns study only applies the HIV group M, which is the main strain o
44、f the virus responsible for the AIDS pandemic. “Its quite possible that still other (chimpanzee SIV) lineages exist that could pose risks for human infection and prove problematic for HIV diagnostic and vaccines,“ her team wrote.（分数：5.00）(1).According to Hahn, the HIV epidemic originated in（分数：1.00）
45、A.Cameroon.B.Kinshasa and Brazzaville.C.Congo River.D.Nile River.(2).From the description in the passage, we learn that（分数：1.00）A.monkeys are also susceptible to HIV.B.ADS has killed 25 million people in the last 25 years.C.vaccine has been developed to prevent AIDS.D.AIDS can be cured by drug cockt
46、ails.(3).According to the passage, HIV is spread through all the following EXCEPT（分数：1.00）A.blood.B.sexual contact.C.breastfeeding.D.a toilet seat.(4).It can be inferred from the passage that the virus is transmitted from chimps in Cameroon to humans most probably through（分数：1.00）A.some clades of th
47、e virus related to the human virus.B.aborigines residing in the virgin forest of Cameroon.C.Ivory and hardwood traders who were bitten by the chimps.D.chimp droppings floating in a river from Southern Cameroon to Congo.(5).The word “lineage“ in the last paragraph means（分数：1.00）A.transmission.B.catas
48、trophe.C.strain.D.virus.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：4.00)After thirty years of married happiness, he could still remind himself that Victoria was endowed with every charm except the thrilling touch of human frailty. Though her perfection discouraged pleasures, especially the pleasures of love, he had learned
49、in time to feel the pride of a husband in her natural frigidity. For he still clung, amid the decay of moral platitudes, to the discredited ideal of chivalry. In his youth the world was suffused with the after-glow of the long Victorian age, and a graceful feminine style had softened the manners, if not the natures, of men. At the end of that interesting epoch, when womanhood was exalted
