1、专业八级-738 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：0，分数：0.00)三、Modern Examinations(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:_四、SECTION B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Questions 1 to 5 are(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.by attending a classB.from her
2、parentsC.through a gardening magazineD.by learning form her friendA.You 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.A.Sunlight.B.Location.C.Soil.D.Good drainagA.Tomatoes, beets, egg plant, a
3、nd squash.B.Strawberries, green peppers, okra, and tomatillos.C.Basil, onions, cantaloupe, and banana peppers.D.Carrots, cucumbers, pumpkins, potatoes.A.Linda will give tips on 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 inv
4、ite her friends to her hous六、SECTION C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Questions 6 teachers dislike giving them and scoring students answers. Whether an objective test or an essay test is used, problems arise. When some objective questions ate used along with some essay questions, however, a fairly clear picture of
5、 the students knowledge can usually be obtained. 解题思路 当考生看到 answer sheet 上面的题目“Modern Examinations”和题目里所给的文字材料时，就应立即推断出文章的大致内容是分析考试这种学校里面普遍用来检查学生学习效果的方式在古代是通过口头考试来实施的，到了 19 世纪，现代的考试方式则是通过写来进行的，它的种类大致分为两种：客观试题及主观试题，两者各有利弊。总的来说，客观试题注意记忆事实，有时可碰运气，而主观试题注重表达观点，更能体现学生对主题的把握，但它却依赖于学生的语言表达能力和评分者的心情等因素，故在得分方
6、面主观试题不如客观试题公平，所以，我们应该将两者结合起来，扬长避短。分析完后，注意边听边及时记录下与之相关的信息。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：population）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：machines）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：memory）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：opinions）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：scored）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：luck）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：essay）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：expressing）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：unsatisfactory）解析：四、SECTION
7、B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Questions 1 to 5 are(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.by attending a class B.from her parentsC.through a gardening magazineD.by learning form her friend解析：听力原文1-5Announcer: Hello and welcome to todays show, Lindas Garden. Today, well be interviewing Linda on her amazing techniques at growing a squa
8、re-foot garden.Mike: Good morning and my name is Mike, and I have a special guest today, Linda. Linda, you truly have an amazing garden. Could you let us know how you re kind of putting this together?Linda: Well, thank you, Mike. I have tried various attempts at gardening and with different, um, deg
9、rees of success. This spring I took a square-foot gardening class, and I decided to try some of the things Ive learned. Um, one of the most important things in square-toot gardening is that you choose a good location. You need at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sunshine. Um, you also need to choose a l
10、ocation that has good drainage, and it should be a convenient location. A garden is a lot more fun if you are walking by and seeing it all the time. Um, you need to decide what kind of containers you want, or, in my case, I used boxes, urn, wooden boxes, and then I divided them up into one-foot squa
11、res. And then just decided what I wanted to plant, and based on what the final plant would look like, I had I per square, or maybe 3 per, um, 3 or 4 per square, 12 per square.Mike: Well, Linda, Im, Im . truly amazed at kind of the architecture of this garden. Ive noticed these vertical beams. Ive ne
12、ver seen that before. Could you explain that to us a little bit?Linda: Well, for example, right here we have some, um, cantaloupe, and cantaloupe take a lot of space when you grow them out on the ground, and I dont have that much space, and so, Ive just grow them up. Just grow them vertically, Ive j
13、ust made, um, a metal frame, and taken some strings, I just allow them to grow up, and they will support themselves, the cantaloupe will. And all kinds of different vines you can do this with.Mike: This is truly amazing. I noticed this garden, a vast amount of vegetation. Can you explain to me what
14、you have growing in this garden?Linda: Well over on the far end, I have tomatoes growing Vertically. In front of those I bare, urn, green peppers, basil, strawberries, uh, beets, nm, green beans, com, ear-rots, all kinds of different vegetables like that. Right here, as I said before, I have, urn, c
15、antaloupe. Down at the bottom, I have some Mexican tomatoes called tomatillos. And down at this end, I have egg plant, another kind of pepper called banana peppers, urn, cucumbers, okra, pumpkins. . and I think thats about it.Mike: Well, Linda, this is truly amazing. Im so impressed, and I know our
16、viewers will be impressed about this, this, this excellent garden. Just truly amazing. Id like to thank you very much for having us in today to look at your garden Thank you, Mike. In a few minutes, viewers, we will let you see the entire garden, and maybe Linda will kind of show you around. So, we
17、thank your very much for being with us today, and our special guest, Linda. Have a nice day.解题思路 从 5 个题的问题及选项中，可推断出本文主要是谈论 Linda 学会了一种科学的园艺技术，叫作“a squarefoot gardening”，并结合实际，在自己家狭窄的园子里做试验，种植了很多蔬菜和水果等植物，取得了很显著的收益，因而准备推广。 关键词语a square-foot gardening，space，sunshine，1ocation 详细解答 从“This spring I took a
18、 squarefoot gardening class，and l decided to try some of the things Ive learned.”可知，Linda 通过听课学习，学会了一种叫作“a square-foot gardening”的科学的园艺技术，而且准备做试验。所以答案为 A，而 B、C、D 均未提到过。A.You can grow vegetables vertically.B.You can raise plants in a confined area. C.You can plant a wide variety of plants together.D.
19、You can make a lot of profit.解析：详细解答 从“cantaloupe take a 10l of space when you grow them out On the ground，and l dont have that much space，and so I just grow them up.”可见，“a square-foot gardening“的方法主要是解决在狭小的地方种植植物的问题，故答案应为 B。A.Sunlight.B.Location.C.Soil. D.Good drainag解析：详细解答 在“You need at least 6 t
20、o 8 hours of direct sunshineUm，you also need to choose a location that has good drainage，and“should be a convenient location”一句中提到了开始进行这种 garden 时需要 sunshine，location，和 good drainage，唯独没有提到 soil，故答案应为c。A.Tomatoes, beets, egg plant, and squash.B.Strawberries, green peppers, okra, and tomatillos. C.Ba
21、sil, onions, cantaloupe, and banana peppers.D.Carrots, cucumbers, pumpkins, potatoes.解析：详细解答 从“I have，um，green peppers，basil，strawberries，uh，beets，um，green beans，corn， carrots，all kinds Of different vegetables like thatI have some Mexican tomatoes called tomatillosI have egg plant，another kind Of pe
22、pper called banana peppers，am，cucumbers，okra，pumpkins-”中可见，选项口中的所有植物都提到过，而 A、c、D三项中的 squash，onions 和 potatoes 都没有提到过，故 B 正确。A.Linda will give tips on 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 hou
23、s解析：详细解答 在最后的结束语中，主持人说了：“ we will let you see the entire garden，and maybe Linda will kind of show you around”，可见 Linda 可能会带你参观她的garden，所以答案为 c，而其余三项均未提到。六、SECTION C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Questions 6 in 1997, he topped Mt. Kilimanjaro, and in January 1999, he summited Argentinas Aconcagua, the tallest moun
24、tain in South America. Weihenmeyer has climbed mountains using a system be devised himself. He works with two long adjustable trekking poles-leaning on one and scanning in front of him with another. Hell also use his sense of hearing, listening to footsteps around him and a bell tied to the climber
25、ahead of him. But Weinthenmeyer says hell also be a real part of the team. He says hes strong, and can contribute by carrying loads, setting up tents and building up snow walls. Weihenmeyer says he wants to climb the highest peak on all seven continents- but he says hes no daredevil. Still, Weihenme
26、yer admits to scary moments. One of the worst was on an open ridge, on Mt. McKinley, where a miscalculation of a few inches could have meant death. The lessons are only part of the reason Weinhenmeyer wanted to climb Everest. He says hes wanted to take on the mountain for a long time. The folklore s
27、urrounding the mountain, all the famous tales -“ You read about it from such an early age. Its cool to be part of it,“ he said. There s the bonus of feeling of the sun on your face, and sensing the height of where you are, from the sound and the space around you. That blindness is also a reason hes
28、climbing. Hes being supported by the National Federation for the Blind, an activist organization seeking to change the way people think about blindness. But Weihenmeyer also recognizes that a good part of his climb is for himself.Weibenmeyers team will attempt to summit Everest via the southeast rid
29、ge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgny 47 years ago. The team attempted to summit the 22,486 foot Mount Ama Dablam, in the Everest region in Nepal last gear, but had to withdraw because of bad weather. In May 1998, a disabled American climber, Tom Whittacker, who has an artifici
30、al leg, climbed Everest.解题思路 从 810 题的题目及选项中可推断出，这段新闻是关于一支包括 Weihenmeyer 在内的 10 个美国人组成的登山运动队登山的报道。答题时除了要特别关注 Weihenmeyar 这位主人翁的旅游动向外，要对时间数字加以关注，并及时参看题目做好笔记。详细解答 此题考查这支登山运动队与众不同的原因，从“this one had a goal of making historyThats be cause one of its members is 32year-old Erik Weihen- meyer，who hopes to be
31、come the first blind man to clear the famed 29，035-foot peak”中可以得出结论，答案是选项 c。其余三项与事实不符。A.1995. B.1997.C.1998.D.1999.解析：详细解答 此题要求对具体时间加以准确把握，应及时做好记录。从“Inl995，he scaled North America ns highest peak，MtMcKinley；in 1997，he topped MtKilimanjaro，and in Januaryl999，he summited Argentinas Aconcagua，”可知，他于 1
32、995 年登上南美最高峰，其余(1998 除外)均为他登其它山的时间。故 A 正确。A.He has climbed mountains using a stick.B.He has climbed mountains riding a home.C.He has climbed mountains supported by a guider.D.He has climbed mountains using a system be devised himsel 解析：详细解答 此题考查对具体细节的捕捉，从“Weihenmeyer has climbed mountains using a sy
33、stem he devised himself”中可知，他是利用专门为自己设计的设备来登山的。所以 D 正确，而其余三项均未提到过。九、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、TEXT A(总题数：5，分数：5.00)1.Why have many companies gone bankrupt in recent years?（分数：1.00）A.Inability to compete.B.Sluggish sales. C.Fewer exports.D.More imports.解析：详细解答 从“Many companies have faltered
34、due to poor sales and bad debt，and have closed their doors中可知，许多公司因为产品销售缓慢，资金收不回来而纷纷倒闭，故只有选项 B 符合。2.According to the passage, what step will have the most impact on the recovery at this point?（分数：1.00）A.Decentralizing of the government.B.Initiating a permanent tax cut. C.Dealing with non -performing
35、 loans.D.Encourage investors to put their money into the stock market.解析：详细解答 “A more vital solution might be to institute a permanent tax cut to stimulate consumer spending and confidence in the governments handling of the situation”中很清楚地指出恢复经济的关键措施在于持续减税，即答案为 B。3.Japan s current economic crisis is
36、 the worst since _.（分数：1.00）A.World War IB.World War II C.the Gulf WarD.the Korean War解析：解题思路 从 5 个题的问题及选项中，可推断出本文主要是谈论日本的泡沫经济及经济危机给日本带来的严重后果，日本政府为此采取了一定的措施，但可能收效甚微，因此发言者提出了日本恢复经济所必须采取的措施。关键词语economic，bubble，inflate，measures，tax cuts，stimulate详细解答 从“This is without a doubt，the worst economic crisis
37、facing this country since the end of World War ”即可直接得出结论：日本目前的经济危机是自二战以来最严重的次危机。因此答案为 B。而其余三个选项在文中均未提到。4.What occurred during the bubble years of Japans economy?（分数：1.00）A.Money poured into the bullish stock market. B.The value of the Japanese yen rose sharply.C.Financial institutions invested overs
38、eas.D.Many individual depositors have withdrawn their money in droves.解析：详细解答 从“In the 1980s，real estate prices soared to super inflated levels，and investors sank their money into the booming stock market”可知，日本的泡沫经济呈现出房地产飞涨，股票高涨的现象，所以投资者纷纷买股票。所以答案应为 A。5.What is one measure the government has impleme
39、nted to revitalize the economy?（分数：1.00）A.Streamlining the political bureaucracy.B.Lowering the consumption tax.C.Spending on the country s social infrastructure. D.Encourage companies to export their goods.解析：详细解答 说到日本政府为恢复经济采取的措施，可从“Pumppriming measures including tax cuts and public works spending
40、 have done little to put the economy on tract again Whats more， the governments decision to increase the consumption tax from 3 to 5 per cent in 1997 has had a devastating impact on consumer spending”中得出答案，不是 B 而是 C，而 A、D并未提到。十一、TEXT B(总题数：5，分数：5.00)6.According to the passage, in the competition for
41、 scientific leadership, _.（分数：1.00）A.applied research is of the greatest significanceB.basic research is of the greatest significance C.research in high-energy physics is of the greatest significanceD.research in high-tech fields is of the greatest significance解析：试题分析 本问考查考生对文章细节的归纳能力。详细解答 涉及到 scien
42、tific leadership 中，可以清楚地找到 basic research，其他各项均不符合题意。7.The example given in the third 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.European scientists are more
43、 intelligent than American scientistsD.Americas scientific leadership is being replaced by European countries 解析：试题分析 这是考查考生对段落大意的理解。详细解答 在该段中可以看到 no longer，not by Americans but by Europeans，这说明美国的领先地位正在逐步被欧洲国家所代替。8.Americas technological universities and government laboratories are generally _.（分数：
44、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 world D.jealous of scientists in other parts of the world解析：试题分析本问考查考生对文章的中词义的正确理解。详细解答 在文章中可以看到 the envy of the world，“envy“有“admire的含义，与文章相同。9.Whi
45、ch 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.Joint efforts of the most intelligent scientists.D.Favorable academic atmospher解析：试题分析 事实考查考生对对文章的细节的了解。详细解答 在文章的最后一段，A、C、D、均可以看到，惟独没有提到 discip
46、lines。所以 B 为正确答案。10.Which of the following 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
47、all scientists come from America.D.35% of all scientists are doing research at American institutions.解析：试题分析 这是考查考生对文章中的指代的正确理解。详细解答 文章中的 35 of them 中的 them 指代的是 is reflected in the technical reports 中的technical re ports。因此答案就显而易见了。十二、TEXT C(总题数：5，分数：5.00)11.Why is music important?（分数：1.00）A.It can
48、arouse excitementB.It can help to slow down body rhythms C.It can make people eager to studyD.It makes people used to the passive learning解析：试题分析 这是考查考生对文章细节问题的理解。详细解答 在涉及音乐的段落中，我们不难发现 you find that they correspond more or less to the slowed down speed of the human heart-about 60 beats to the minute。从这句话中可以看到它与选项中的 B 吻合。12.According to the passage, which is the most probable perso
