1、专业八级-1038 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)How to Read EffectivelyMany students tend to read books without any purpose. They often reada book slowly and in great detail with the result that they frequently have no(1)_view of what they are readi
2、ng. (1)_To read effectively, students are suggested to do the following:1) To decide precisely on the (2)_for reading a book. (2)_2) To decide what they are going to read:a. The (3)_page should be read first. (3)_b. The chapter headings are useful in indicating what should be read.c. The Index can h
3、elp to (4)_the pages related to some (4)_information. 3) To read the opening and final paragraphs so that they could know what a book is mainly about. 4) To ask themselves what is the main part of their reading and then try to answer the question by making notes, which can help them to concentrate o
4、n the reading and provide a (5)_which can be (5)_re-read later. 5) To increase reading speed without loss of (6)_. (6)_Three main kinds of silent reading speed: 1) the slowest: study speed for a higher level of understanding, 2) the average speed for easier textbooks, novels, etc. 3) the fastest: (7
5、)_used to get a general idea of a book or an (7)_article. The results of a survey of students reading speed conducted by Edward Fry: A good reader achieves (8)_comprehension when he skims at (8)_over 800 words a minute, 70% comprehension at 250-500 words a minute, and 80%-90% comprehension at 200-30
6、0 words a minute. The average speed of a poor reader is 150 to (9)_words a (9)_minute with a comprehension (10)_of 70%. (10)_（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 is NOT a point made by Daniel at the begin
7、ning part?A. All media people try to be objective.B. All people have some prejudice.C. Unlike radio and TV, newspapers are impersonal.D. People cannot avoid showing their bias.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Daniel thinks it would be_ to reveal ones bias too readily.A. wrongB. improperC. naturalD. justifiable（
8、分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Daniel look on himself as a_.A. sportsmanB. public servantC. mayorD. policeman（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to Daniel, the biggest problem for a TV host is to_.A. become anxiousB. become self-importantC. become confidentD. become self-conscious（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What does Dani
9、el find most attractive about his profession?A. visibilityB. high salaryC. high pressureD. feeling of accomplishment（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：6.00)(1).Which one was not mentioned in the conclusion document issued by the summit?A. the EU would develop a strategic partnership with ChinaB.
10、the EU had decided to lift the arms ban later this yearC. the EU would try to resolve the trade dispute with China quicklyD. the EU promised to intensify dialogue in all areas（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to Asselborn, which would lay down a solid road for the lifting?A. the strategic partnership b
11、etween the EU and ChinaB. the dialogue in all areasC. the British effort to strike a deal on the EU code of conduct on arms exportsD. the US-EU relationship（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).What news event is reported?A. A bomb threat at a hospital. B. A flood at a school.C. A fire at an apartment building. D. A
12、 severe drought famine in a village.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How did the dog help rescue the baby?A. It helped rescue this baby by attracting peoples attention by barking.B. It helped rescue this baby by pulling the body to safety.C. It helped rescue this baby by comforting the baby until help came.D. I
13、t helped rescue this baby by waking up the baby by ringing the bell.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).The new prison is using all of the following security methods EXCEPT_.A. recording the conversations between guards and prisonersB. holding prisoners in separate cellsC. storing enough guns and explosivesD. vide
14、otaping the actions of the prisoners（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The new high security prison was put into use before the violence in Sao Paulo broke out.B. The violence in Sao Paulo was under the command of one of the gang leaders who had been released recently.
15、C. The gang leaders were satisfied with the conditions in the new prisons.D. Guards in prisons often help the prisoners to escape.（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)1 Researchers uncovered a serious flaw in the underlying technology for nearly all Internet tra
16、ffic, a discovery that led to an urgent and secretive international effort to prevent global disruptions of Web surfing, e-mails and instant messages.2 The British government announced the vulnerability in core Internet technology on Tuesday. Left unaddressed, experts said, it could allow hackers to
17、 knock computers offline and broadly disrupt vital traffic-directing devices, called routers, that coordinate the flow of data among distant groups of computers.3 “Exploitation of this vulnerability could have affected the glue that holds the Internet together,“ said Roger Cumming, director for Engl
18、ands National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre. 4 The Homeland Security Department issued its own cyberalert hours later that attacks “could affect a large segment of the Internet community.“ It said normal Internet operations probably would resume after such attacks stopped. Experts said
19、 there were no reports of attacks using this technique.5 The risk was similar to Internet users “running naked through the jungle, which didnt matter until somebody released some tigers,“ said Paul Vixie of the Internet Systems Consortium Inc.6 “Its a significant risk,“ Vixie said. “The larger Inter
20、net providers are jumping on this big time. Its really important this just gets fixed before the bad guys start exploiting it for fun and recognition.“7 The flaw affecting the Internets “transmission control protocol,“ or TCP, was discovered late last year by a computer researcher in Milwaukee. Paul
21、 Watson said he identified a method to reliably trick personal computers and routers into shutting down electronic conversations by resetting the machines remotely.8 Routers continually exchange important updates about the most efficient traffic routes between large networks. Continued successful at
22、tacks against routers can cause them to go into a standby mode, known as “dampening,“ that can persist for hours.9 Experts previously said such attacks could take between four years and 142 years to succeed because they require guessing a rotating number from roughly 4 billion possible combinations.
23、 Watson said he can guess the proper number with as few as four attempts, which can be accomplished within seconds.10 Cisco Systems Inc., which acknowledged its popular routers were among those vulnerable, distributed software repairs and tips to otherwise protect large corporate customers. There we
24、re few steps for home users to take; Microsoft Corp. said it did not believe Windows users were too vulnerable and made no immediate plans to update its software.11 Using Watsons technique to attack a computer running Windows “would not be something that would be easy to do,“ said Steve Lipner, Micr
25、osofts director for security engineering strategy.12 Already in recent weeks, some U. S. government agencies and companies operating the most important digital pipelines have fortified their own vulnerable systems because of early warnings communicated by some security organizations. The White House
26、 has expressed concerns especially about risks to crucial Internet routers because attacks against them could profoundly disrupt online traffic.13 “Any flaw to a fundamental protocol would raise significant concern and require significant attention by the folks who run the major infrastructures of t
27、he Internet,“ said Amir Yoran, the governments cyber security chief. The flaw has dominated discussions since last week among experts in security circles.14 The public announcement coincides with a presentation Watson expects to make Thursday at an Internet security conference in Vancouver, British
28、Columbia, where Watson said he would disclose full details of his research. Watson predicted that backers would understand how to begin launching attacks “within five minutes of walking out of that meeting./（分数：3.00）(1).Which of the following is NOT true?A. Serious flaw uncovered in a core Internet
29、technology had attracted international attention.B. The Internet is held together by the glue.C. Normal Internet operations may survive the hacker attacks.D. Hackers could attack computers without getting online.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).“Somebody“ in “somebody released some tigers“ in Para. 5 refers spe
30、cifically to_.A. Internet providersB. Internet usersC. routersD. hackers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).At the end of the article, the author seems to suggest_.A. there is no solution to the flaw in the Internet technologyB. there is much worry within the academic circle about Internet securityC. US government
31、 is indifferent to the hacker attacksD. Internet traffic is easily vulnerable to hack attacks（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Few modern travel writers excite more hostility and awe than Sir Wilfred Thesiger, who died in 2003. Despising the “drab uniformity of the modern world“, Sir Wilfred slogged across Africa an
32、d Asia, especially Arabia, on animals and on foot, immersing himself in tribal societies. He delighted in killing-lions in Sudan in the years before the second world war, Germans and Italians during it. He disliked “soft“ living and “intrusive“ women and revered murderous savages, to whom be gave gu
33、ns. He thought educating the working classes a waste of good servants. He kicked his dog. His journeys were more notable as feats of masochistic endurance than as exploration. Yet his first two books, Arabian Sands, about his crossing of the Empty Quarter, and The Marsh Arabs, about southern Iraq, h
34、ave a terse brilliance about them. As records of ancient cultures on the point of oblivion, they are unrivalled.Sir Wilfreds critics invariably sing the same chorus. They accuse him of hypocrisy, noting that his part-time primitive lifestyle required a private income and good connections to obtain t
35、ravel permits. They argue that he deluded himself about the motives of his adored tribal companions. In Kenya, where he lived for two decades towards the end of his life, his Samburu “sons“ are calculated to have fleeced him of at least $ 1m. Homosexuality, latent or otherwise, explains him, they co
36、nclude, pointing to the photographs he took of beautiful youths.This may all be true, but it does not diminish his achievements. Moreover, he admits as much himself in his autobiography and elsewhere, in 1938, before his main travels, for example, Sir Wilfred wrote of his efforts to adopt foreign wa
37、ys:“ I dont delude myself that I succeed but I get my interest and pleasure trying.“In this authorised biography, Alexander Maitland adds a little colour to the picture, but no important details. He describes the beatings the explorer suffered at his first boarding school. Quoting from Sir Wilfreds
38、letters, he traces the craggy travelers devotion to his dead father, his mother and three brothers. At times, Sir Wilfred sounds more forgiving, especially of friends, and more playful than his reputation has suggested. As for his sexuality, Mr. Maitland refers coyly to occasional “furtive embraces“
39、, presumably with men. Wearisome as this topic has become, Mr. Maitland achieves nothing by skirting it; and his allusion to Sir Wilfreds “almost too precious“ relationship with his mother is annoyingly vague.There may be a reason why Mr. Maitland struggles for critical distance. He writes that he a
40、nd Sir Wilfred were long-standing friends, but he fails to mention that he collaborated with the explorer on four of his books and later inherited his London flat. If Mr. Maitland found it so difficult to view his late friend and benefactor objectively, then perhaps he should not have tried. An earl
41、ier biography by Michael Asher, who scoured the deserts to track down Sir Wilfreds former fellow travellers, was better; Mr. Maitland seems to have interviewed almost nobody black or brown.His book is, however, a useful companion to the explorers autobiography, The Life of My Choice. Hopefully, it w
42、ill also refer readers back to Sir Wilfreds two great books, and to sentences as lovely as this:“ Memories of that first visit to the Marshes have never left me: firelight on a half-turned face, the crying of geese, duck flighting in to feed, a boys voice singing somewhere in the dark, canoes moving
43、 in procession down a waterway, the setting sun seen crimson through the smoke of burning reed-beds, narrow waterways that wound still deeper into the Marshes./（分数：5.00）(1).Which of the following is TRUE of Sir Wilfred Thesiger?A. He enjoyed killing lions, tigers, etc.B. He loved unintrusive women.C
44、. He advocated educating servants.D. He longed for primitive life.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Sir Wilfred Thesigers behavior has called forth some criticism partly becauseA. his behavior doesnt comfort to his words.B. he lived in Kenya for twenty years.C. he earned $ 1m in Kenya.D. he loved tribal friends.
45、（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How does Sir Wilfred respond to the critics?A. He simply ignores their criticism.B. He acknowledges the criticism is well-grounded.C. He doesnt defend himself.D. He tries to establish relationship with foreigners.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).In Alexander Maitlands writing, Sir Wilfred T
46、hesiger is all butA. a devoted son. B. a tolerant friend.C. a cunning man. D. a naughty man.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of tile following is mentioned in Alexander Maitlands. writing?A. Sir Wilfred Thesigers unhappy college life.B. His good relationship with Sir Wilfred.C. How he contacted Sir Wilfre
47、ds former fellow travelers.D. What he inherited from Sir Wilfred.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Although the top men in smuggling business must work together, most of a syndicates small fry, especially the mules, know only their immediate contacts. If caught, there is little they can give a
48、way. A mule probably will not even know the name of the person, who gives him his instructions, nor how to get in touch with him. Usually he even does not know the person to whom he has to make delivery. He will be told just to sit tight in a certain hotel or bar until someone contacts him. In this way if he is blown, coming through airport customs, he cannot unwittingly lead agents to the next link in the chain. All the persons at the receiving end do is to hang around the airport among the waiting crowd, and see that the mule comes through safel
