1、专业八级-1008 及答案解析(总分：108.00，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)Oral PresentationOne of the ways that teachers use to involve their students more actively in the learning process is (1) _ seminars. In a seminar, students are expected to give oral presentations.Ther
2、e are two main stages involved in presenting a seminar paper. One is the (2) _ stage; the other is the presentation stage. In the latter stage you can do this by (3) _ copies of the paper in advance to all the participants, if possible. Otherwise the paper will have to be read aloud to the group.Whe
3、n you use the first method, you must not simply read the whole paper aloud because:1. if the paper is fairly long, there may not be enough time for (4) _2. there may be (5) _ of comprehension when one is listening.3. it can be very (6) _ listening to something being read aloud.To make your oral pres
4、entation clear and easy to understand, you must follow several things. Decide on a (7) _. for your talk. Deliver your speech slowly. Concentrate on the main points. Speak from the (8) _. Pro- vide thinking time before and after each important new item by pausing, (9) _ and using filler words. Look a
5、t your audience while you are speaking. Make a strong (10) _ by repeating your main points briefly.（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).Mike_ that playing baseball is a lifetime career.A. agreesB. disapprovesC. hopesD. doubts（分
6、数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Mike began to play baseball at _.A. 24B. 27C. 18D. 20（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Mike went to Mexico to play the winter season primarily because _.A. it helped him earn extra moneyB. his season was overC. he needed more experienceD. he could improve his skills（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).For a p
7、layoff player, the whole season lasts _ months.A. 6B. 8C. 10D. 11（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What does Mike find most attractive in baseball?A. It is a spectator sport.B. It is fun to win.C. It is what he exactly likes.D. It is a professional sport.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：6.00)(1).Haier Group
8、 bid for Maytag is _.A. $1.75 billion B. $18.5 billion C. $16.4 billion D. $1.3 billion（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which statement is not true according to the news?A. This is the biggest takeover battle for China.B. Chinas bid will probably trigger a costly biding competition over the company Unocal.C. Th
9、e US is planning forbidding Chinese companys bids for US company.D. Unocal has agreed to be sold to another American oil company.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.1.According to the news, UEFAA. could not agree with Sir Blatter, the president of FIFA.B. insisted on restricting the number of foreign players.C. attrib
10、uted the success of English teams to foreign players.D. proposed a limit of five foreign players in each team.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).How many people were killed in the series of bomb explosions in Madrid?A. 90. B. 190. C. 120. D. 1,200.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the Spanish government, who were
11、 responsible for the bomb explosions?A. Eta. B. al-Qaida.C. the supporters of the opposing party. D. the terrorists from the Middle East.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Where did the explosions take place?A. In some train stations. B. In some business areas.C. In the suburbs of Madrid. D. In the downtown of Ma
12、drid.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：2，分数：8.00)Jackson Carnegie Library was on the same street where our house was, on the other side of the State Capitol. “Through the Capitol“ was the way to go to the Library. You could glide through it on your bicycle or even coas
13、t through on roller skates, though without family permission.I never knew any one whod grown up in Jackson without being afraid of Mrs. Calloway, our librarian. She ran the Library absolutely by herself, from the desk where she sat with her back to the books and facing the stairs, her dragon eye on
14、the front door, where who knew what kind of person might come in from the public? SILENCE in big black letters was on signs tacked up everywhere. She herself spoke in her normally commanding voice; every word could be heard all over the Library above a steady seething sound coming from her electric
15、fan; it was the only fan in the Library and stood on her desk, turned directly onto her streaming face.As you came in from the bright outside, if you were a girl, she sent her strong eyes down the stairway to test you; if she could see through your skirt, she sent you straight back home: you could j
16、ust put on another petticoat if you wanted a book that badly from the public library. I was willing; I would do anything to read.My mother was not afraid of Mrs. Calloway. She wished me to have my own library card to check out books for myself. She took me in to introduce me and I saw I had met a wi
17、tch. “Eudora is nine years old and has my permission to read any book she wants from the shelves, children or adult,“ Mother said.Mrs. Calloway made her own rules about books. You could not take back a book to the Library on the same day youd taken it out; it made no difference to her that youd read
18、 every word in it and needed another to start. You could take out two books at a time and two only; this applied as long as you were a child and also for the rest of your life, to my mother as severely as to me. So two by two, I read library books as fast as I could go, rushing them home in the bask
19、et of my bicycle. From the minute I reached our house, I started to read. Every book I seized on, from Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While to Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, stood for the devouring wish to read being instantly granted. I knew this was bliss, knew it at the tim
20、e. Taste isnt nearly so important; it comes in its own time. I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that-there would be no more books left.My mother share this feeling of insatiability. Now, I remember her reading so much of the time while doing something else. In my minds eye, The Origin o
21、f Species is lying on the shelf in the pantry under a light dusting of flour-my mother was a bread maker; shed pick it up, sit by the kitchen window and find her place, with one eye on the oven. I remember her picking up The Man in Lower Ten, while my hair got dry enough to unroll from a load of kid
22、 curlers trying to make me like my idol, Mary Pick ford. A generation later, when my brother Walter was away in the Navy and his two little girls often spent the day in our house, I remember Mother reading the new issue of Time magazine while taking the part of the Wolf in a game of “Little Red Ridi
23、ng Hood“ with the children. Shed just look up at the right time, long enough to answer-in character-“The better to eat you with, my dear,“ and go back to her place in the war news.（分数：3.00）(1).What description best fits Mrs. Calloway, as the author perceived her?A. A warm-hearted person.B. An awesom
24、e person.C. A substitute mother.D. A tutor.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following was a rule in Mrs. Calloways library?A. Children could check out only two books at a time, but adults could take four books.B. Children and adults could check out only four books at a time.C. Children and adults c
25、ould check out only two books at a time.D. Children could check out books only when accompanied by an adult.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The authors attitude toward reading was probably influenced most strongly by the fact that_.A. her mother loved to read:B. her house was located near the libraryC. she lik
26、ed going to the libraryD. she liked the librarian（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Im Margery Hooper, your course coordinator, Id like to welcome you all to Grange Manor Summer Music School. I hope you 11 enjoy your life here. If you have anything unclear, dont hesitate to ask. As you know, we are running three - we
27、ekly courses currently this year: History of Music, Principle Tutor professor Hepworth; Choral Singing, conducted by Archibald Blake from the Royal Institute of Music; and, last but not least, a new departure for us, classical Guitar for Beginners, Tutor Clive Mortimer.Now you all know-at least I ho
28、pe you do what course you are registered for. As soon as youve had tea, wed like you to report to our secretary, Miss Mathews-youll find her in the office on the first floor. Shell give you your course number and timetable and explain where the various classrooms are, what books youll need, and whet
29、her they are available in the library. Besides, shell give you detailed information about how you are scored. If books are not available in the library, you can try in the bookstore. Our bookstore is next to the reception in the main hall. Its open from 9 to 10 a.m. daily.Now about meals-breakfast 8
30、:30 to 9 a. m., full evening meal 6:30 to 8:30 p. m. in the dining room. Im afraid you have to make your own arrangements about lunch, but the cafeteria in the canteen is open from 10 to 4 for sandwiches and coffee. Classes finish at 5.If you look at the notice board in the main hall, youll see that
31、 we have arranged a variety of evening entertainments for you, and Saturday excursions. Anyone who wants to go on an excursion should inform the secretary as soon as possible as the coach company need to know numbers.I hope youll all have a very enjoyable time, and make a lot of new friends.（分数：5.00
32、）(1).Margery Hooper is _.A. at a music conference B. on a holiday courseC. at a holiday resort D. on a training course（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2)._ is NOT run in the Summer Music School.A. Music History B. ChorusC. Elementary Guitar course D. Classic Music（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The guitar course _.A. will no
33、t be held at Grange Manor B. will involve some travellingC. is an innovation at Grange Manor D. will last less than three weeks（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Students requiring course materials should _.A. buy them from the secretary B. buy them in the main hallC. register with the secretary D. go to the book
34、store after 10 a. m.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Students wishing to go on excursions are requested to _.A. book in good time B. produce their course numberC. book the coach direct D. note the coach number（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones was a teenager before he saw his first c
35、ow in his first field. Born in Jamaica, the 47-year-old grew up in inner-city Birmingham before making a career as a television producer and launching his own marketing agency. But deep down he always nurtured every true Englishmans dream of a rustic life, a dream that his entrepreneurial wealth has
36、 allowed him to satisfy. These days hes the owner of a thriving 12-hectare farm in deepest Devon with cattle, sheep and pigs. His latest business venture: pushing his brand of Black Farmer gourmet sausages and barbecue sauces. “My background may be very urban,“ says Emmanuel-Jones. “But it has given
37、 me a good idea of what other urbanites want.“And of how to sell it. Emmanuel-Jones joins a herd of wealthy fugitives from city life who are bringing a new commercial know-how to British farming. Britains burgeoning farmers marketsnumbers have doubled to at least 500 in the last five yearsswarm with
38、 specialty cheesemakers, beekeepers or organic smallholders who are redeploying the business skills they learned in the city. “Everyone in the rural community has to come to terms with the fact that things have changed.“ Says Emmanuel-Jones. “You can produce the best food in the world, but if you do
39、nt know how to market it, you are wasting your time. We are helping the traditionalists to move on.“The emergence of the new class of superpeasants reflects some old yearnings. If the British were the first nation to industrialize, they were also the first to head back to the land. “There is this ro
40、mantic image of the countryside that is particularly English,“ says Alun Howkins of the University of Sussex, who reckons the population of rural England has been rising since 1911. Migration into rural areas is now running at about 100,000 a year, and the hunger for a taste of the rural life has ke
41、pt land prices buoyant even as agricultural incomes tumble. About 40 percent of all farmland is now sold to “lifestyle buyers“ rather than the dwindling number of traditional farmers, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.Whats new about the latest returnees is their affluence an
42、d zeal for the business of producing quality foods, if only at a micro-level. A healthy economy and surging London house prices have helped to ease the escape of the would-be rustics. The media recognize and feed the fantasy. One of the big TV hits of recent years, the “River Cottage“ series, chroni
43、cled the attempts of a London chef to run his own Dorset farm.Naturally, the newcomers cant hope to match their City salaries, but many are happy to trade any loss of income for the extra job satisfaction. Who cares if theres no six-figure annual bonus when the land offers other incalculable compens
44、ations?Besides, the specialist producers can at least depend on a burgeoning market for their products. Todays eco-aware generation loves to seek out authentic ingredients. “People like me may be making a difference in a small way,“ Jan McCourt, a onetime investment banker now running his own 40-hec
45、tare spread in the English Midlands stocked with rare breeds.Optimists see signs of far-reaching change: Britain isnt catching up with mainland Europe; its leading the way. “Unlike most other countries, where artisanal food production is being eroded, here it is being recovered,“ says food writer Ma
46、tthew Fort. “It may be the mark of the next stage of civilization that we rediscover the desirability of being a peasant.“ And not an investment banker.（分数：5.00）(1).Which of the following details of Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is INCORRECT?A. He was born and brought up in Birmingham.B. He used to work in
47、 the television industry.C. He is wealthy, adventurous and aspiring.D. He is now selling his own quality foods.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Most importantly, people like Wilfred have brought to traditional British farmingA. knowledge of farming. B. knowledge of brand names.C. knowledge of lifestyle. D. know
48、ledge of marketing.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following does NOT contribute to the emergence of a new class of farmers?A. Strong desire for country life. B. Longing for greater wealth.C. Influence of TV productions. D. Enthusiasm for quality food business.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is seen as their additional source of new income?A. Modern tendency to buy natural foods. B. Increase in the value of land property.C. Raising and selling rare live stock. D. Publicity as a result of media coverage.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.
