1、专业八级-959 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 is CORRECT about the accident?（分数：1.00）A.The young lady was thrown through the
2、windscreen.B.The young lady didnt wear a seatbelt despite Simpsons advice.C.The two passengers were driven to hospital by Mr. Simpson.D.Simpsons wife got more serious injuries than the young lady.(2).Mr. Simpson stopped at the pedestrian crossing because（分数：1.00）A.the lighting was very good along th
3、e stretch.B.he was riding with two ladies at the moment.C.he wanted to ensure the safety of two passers-by.D.he was a new driver who tends to be cautious.(3).What leads the policeman to believe that Mr. Simpson didnt drink alcohol before driving?（分数：1.00）A.A breathalyzer test.B.A blood test.C.The ce
4、rtainty of his claim.D.No smell of wine in his breat(4).What is the most probable cause of the accident?（分数：1.00）A.Mr. Simpsons speeding.B.The two pedestrians at the junction.C.The other drivers drunk driving.D.Mr. Simpsons drank drivin(5).What will Mr. Simpson probably do after being asked all the
5、questions by the policeman?（分数：1.00）A.Meet his wife in the hospital.B.Take his wife to hospital by taxi.C.Write a written statement to the police.D.Have his damaged car repaire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
6、20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.（分数：2.00）(1).The farmers federations have said that the strike will last for（分数：1.00）A.two weeks.B.a month.C.an unknown period.D.three days.(2).What was the consequence of the 2001 protests in Argentina?（分数：1.00）A.Butchers and supermarkets we
7、re affected.B.The ex-president was overthrown.C.Roads to the capital were blocked.D.Export taxes for farm products were cut.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.（分数：2.00）(1).What i
8、s the main idea of the news item?（分数：1.00）A.UK has trained far more nurses than it needs.B.UK is facing unemployment and downsizing.C.UK is losing its nurses to Australia in employment.D.UK should encourage nurses to work in Australi(2).According to Howard Catton, why do more nurses tend to work in
9、Australia?（分数：1.00）A.Because of attractive salaries and a series of incentives.B.Because of starting salaries and recruitment activity.C.Because of the convenient air travel between two countries.D.Because of the permanent residency and accommodation.1. Question 6 is based on the following news. At
10、the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the. question.Now listen to the news.Which of the following is TRUE of Zimbabwe?（分数：1.00）A.It became independent from US in 1980.B.It suffers from inflation and unemployment.C.It has many refugees fleeing from other countries.D.It has
11、been ruled by Mugabe for two decades.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Perhaps its the weather, which sometimes seals London with a gray ceiling for weeks on end. Or maybe it is Britons penchant for understatement, their romantic association with the countryside or their love
12、 of gardens. Whatever the reason, while other cities grew upward as they developed, London spread outward, keeping its vast parks, its rows of townhouses and its horizon lines intact.But as the citys population and its prominence as a global business capital continue to grow, it sometimes seems read
13、y to burst at the seams. In response, developers are turning to a type of building that used to be deeply unfashionable here, even as it flourished in other capitals of commerce: the skyscraper.In recent years, a cluster of sizable office towers have sprouted on the periphery of London, in its redev
14、eloped Docklands at Canary Wharf. But skyscrapers now are pushing into the heart of the City, Londons central financial district, and surrounding areas along the Thames.The mayor, Ken Livingstone, champions tall buildings as part of his controversial plans to remake central London as a denser, more
15、urban sort of place, with greater reliance on public transport. First he angered some drivers by charging them a toll to enter the city center on workdays, now he finds himself opposed by preservation groups, including English Heritage, that want to keep Londons character as a low-rise city.For now,
16、 the mayor seems to be getting his way. One prominent tower, a 40-story building designed by Norman Foster for the Swiss Re insurance company was completed this year. A handful of others have received planning permission and at least a dozen mere have been proposed.By far the most prominent of these
17、 buildingsand one that finally looks like it will go ahead after a drawn-out approval processis the London Bridge Tower, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. The developer Irvine Sellar won government approval for the building late last year and says he is completing the financing and hope
18、s to start work by early 2005.The 306-meter, or 1,016-foot, tower would be by far the tallest building in Britain, in all of Europe, in fact, surpassing the 264-meter Triumph Palace in Moscow, a residential building that was finished late last year.To be sure, even the London Bridge Tower would be m
19、odest by the standards of American or Asian skyscrapers, or some of the behemoths on the drawing hoards for places like Dubai and Shanghai. The tallest building in the world at the moment is the 509-meter Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. But i
20、t will surely be surpassed soon amid a boom in construction that persists.In a city that has been reluctant to reach for the sky, perhaps it is appropriate that Piano is the architect for what probably will be Londons tallest building. He is ambivalent about skyscrapers, too, and has designed only a
21、 handful alongside such projects as the Pompidou Center in Paris, with Richard Rogers, and parts of the reconstructed Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.English Heritage has been far less enthusiastic, arguing that the building would obstruct views of a high-rise from a much earlier era, Christopher Wrens St
22、. Pauls Cathedral. To overcome opposition, the building was designed with a mixed-use function. Much of the bottom half of the building will house offices, but above that there will be a “public piazza“ with restaurants, exhibition spaces and other entertainment areas. Further above, the loftier, na
23、rrower floors will be taken up by a hotel and apartments. On the 65th floor there will be a viewing gallery. The upper 60 meters, exposed to the elements, will house an energy-saving cooling system in which pipes will be used to pump excess heat up from the offices below and dissipate it into the wi
24、nds. “We knew we had no chance of getting it approved unless we had a high-quality design from a top international name,“ Sellar said.The emphasis on quality is a reflection not only of an aversion to skyscrapers, but also of a desire not to repeat mistakes. London had one previous fling with tallor
25、 semi-tall buildings, in the 1960s and 70s, but their blocky, concrete shapes did little to impress.（分数：6.00）(1).Developers are turning to the skyscraper in London because（分数：1.00）A.the weather there covers the city with a gray ceiling,B.British are inclined to understatement.C.British love the coun
26、tryside and gardens.D.the citys population and its prominence grow increasingly.(2).Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of the mayors support for tall buildings?（分数：1.00）A.Drivers were charged a toll to enter the city on weekdays.B.A 40-story tower was completed this year.C.A handful o
27、ther tall buildings have received the planning permission.D.A dozen more tall buildings have been propose(3).According to the passage, London Bridge Tower（分数：1.00）A.is 264 meters tall.B.is designed by Norman Foster.C.would be by far the tallest building in Europe.D.would surpass American or Asian sk
28、yscrapers.(4).In the public square of London Bridge Tower you can NOT（分数：1.00）A.have dinners.B.have a birds eye view of London.C.visit art galleries.D.watch movies.(5).According to Sellar, London Bridge Tower won government approval mainly because of（分数：1.00）A.Britons increasing enthusiasm for tall
29、buildings.B.the developers close association with the government.C.its high-quality design from a top world name.D.a desire not to repeat mistakes as befor(6).The last paragraph implies that（分数：1.00）A.peoples preference for skyscrapers is increasing rapidly.B.people made mistakes in constructing tal
30、l buildings in the past.C.tall buildings in the 1960s and 1970s were welcomed by Londoners.D.tall buildings in the 1960s and 1970s left people deep impression.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Stupendous prices were paid in a historic sale of 19th- and 20th-century avant-garde paintings collected over a lifeti
31、me by John Hay Whitney and his wife, Betsy Cushing Whitney,Picassos “Garcon la Pipe“ (Boy With a Pipe), painted in 1905, shot up to $104.1 million at Sothebys during a protracted bidding match over the telephone. That is nearly twice the previous record for the artist: the $55 million paid for “La F
32、emme aux Bras Croiss“ at Christies New York in November 2000.The huge figure reflects the double iconic value that the portrait derived from its mastery and from the aura of its owners, the very patrician Whitneys. The portrait is perhaps the artists ultimate achievement. Constantly hailed as the gi
33、ant of modem art, Picasso was probably at his greatest when working under the spell of Old Masters. The rigorous composition, the color balance and the profound psychological probe of the young sitter place the likeness in a category that begins with Italian Renaissance portraitists and continues ti
34、ght through the 19th century with Corot and Degas.Bought by Whitney in 1950, the painting was seen at distant intervals in major exhibitions dealing with the artist, from the 1967 Grand Palais retrospective in Paris to the 1996 portrait show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The portrait was
35、thus both famous in art history and forgotten. This maximized its impact. Not least, “Garcon la Pipe“ epitomized the taste of connoisseurs of the old school who bought on the strength of their convictions, not on advice. They collected for the sake of the art, neither for investmentthey were already
36、 richnor to achieve social status, which they had by birth. In short, the Whitney sale marked the end of an era when the old cultivated elite of the Western world dominated the art market.Buyers sensed the unique character of the occasion. They responded to pictures that played each other up, linked
37、 by affinities that went beyond style or school.Edouard Manets “Les Courses au Bois de Boulogne“ (Races in the Bois de Boulogne) is as important regarding the Impressionists painting as “Garcon“ is within Picassos oeuvre. The complex composition worthy of 17th-century masters is combined with a sket
38、chiness in much of the detail that already heralds the march toward Abstractionism.The forward thrust of the horses in the foreground and the tense postures of their riders give the picture a vigor and an authority it shares with the Picasso. And like Picassos portrait, it owes a soothing harmony to
39、 its color balance. The Manet brought $26.3 milliona figure deemed disappointing by some only because market prices are at an all-time high.The same combination of boldness in composition and harmony in the color scheme can again be detected in Claude Monets “Bateaux Sur le Galet“ (Boats on the Stra
40、nd), painted in 1004. Here too the work is unusual. The thrust of the Brush strokes that define the boats and the close-up view of hulls that seem to burst out of the space in which they are lodged create an Expressionist effect. At $4.46 million, the rare masterpiece was worth every peony of it.Wit
41、h remarkable consistency, Whitney sought and found similar characteristics in the work of artists that seemed least likely to display them. Odilon Redons admirable still life of flowers in a vase seems compressed in a space too small to contain it. Painted in oil rather than drawn in pastel, the sti
42、ll life has a brilliance in its color harmony that is quite unusual. Curiously, “Fleurs Dans un Vase Vert“ cost a comparatively moderate $1.68 million. It was not obvious enough in the context of that evenings sale.The collectors versatility where style, school and period were concerned was exceptio
43、nal. He apparently bought with equal relish some paintings as extraordinarily advanced for their time as others seem rooted in timeless classicism.“Nature Morte au Purro II“ was painted by Matisse around 1904-1905 in the contrasted colors of the Fanves, quickly applied in juxtaposed touches. These d
44、istill form and outline. The still life rose to $1.85 million, but did not match the highest expectations pinned on it.The Matisse bears a kinship of sorts to one of Paul Signacs most original compositions, painted in 1807. In the small close-up view of the stem of a boat, the sea and the sky are ha
45、ndled as a shower of broad greenish and bluish specks, The Signac touched a chord. At $1 million it fared better than the Matisse in comparative terms. Given their modernity, neither picture was wildly expensive in todays market.（分数：5.00）(1).The relationship between the second and third paragraphs i
46、s that（分数：1.00）A.the third is a subcategory of the second.B.the third is the logical cause of the second.C.the second generalizes and the third gives examples.D.both present the value of Picassos paintings.(2).According to the passage, connoisseurs of the old school（分数：1.00）A.bought art works on the
47、 advice of auctioneers.B.had their own judgment of the value of art works.C.collected for the purpose of investment.D.collected in order to achieve social status.(3).Edouard Manets Races in the Bois de Boulogne is similar to Picassos works in all the following aspects EXCEPT（分数：1.00）A.vigor.B.author
48、ity.C.harmony in the color scheme.D.the same high pric(4).According to the passage, _ creates an Expressionist effect.（分数：1.00）A.Fleurs Dans un Vase VertB.La Femme aux Bras CroissC.Races in the Bois de BoulogneD.Boats on the Strand(5).“The Matisse bears a kinship of sorts to one of Paul Signacs.“ in
49、 the last paragraph means（分数：1.00）A.Matisse has a blood relationship with Paul Signac.B.Matisses work is completely distinct from that of Paul Signac.C.Matisses work is similar to that of Paul Signac in many aspects.D.Matisse and Paul Signac are descended from the same ancestors.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：4.00)The taste of the English in the cultivation of land, and in wh
