1、专业八级-998 及答案解析(总分：106.00，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)Techniques for Group DiscussionLearning how to participate in group discussion could be one of the most important skills you can acquire in college. The following suggestions will help you improve your
2、discussion techniques. Be willing to speak (1) Many students are afraid to speak extemporaneously in a group. To take an active role in your education, you must learn to overcome “speech (2) “. Be willing to listen. Attentive listening is not (3) hearing, the sort of one-way receptivity we habituall
3、y experience when we tune in to our radio, cassette players, and television sets. Perhaps a good discussion depends on good (4) . Be willing to examine all sides of a topic. Complex topics are (5) ; we should see them from a variety of angles. Discussion is an excellent way to broaden our (6) and de
4、epen our insight into complex ideas and issues. Be willing to (7) judgment. To explore ideas in a free and open manner, you will need to develop a receptivity to the opinions of others even when they (8) your own. Discussion is not debate; its primary purpose is communications, not (9) . Be willing
5、to prepare. Effective discussion is not merely impromptu conversation. It demands a certain degree of (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).When did Post office in Britain employ cats?A. In 1868 B. In 1886C. In 1898 D. In
6、1889.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why were female cats usually employed by the Post Office?A. They could work for 24 hours a day. B. They were worse hunters.C. They were more persistent hunters. D. They worked the whole night.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What happened to the cats if the number of mice in a post off
7、ice didnt decline within 6 months?A. They were killed. B. They were punished by not to be given food.C. They had to change job. D. They were dismissed.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Why was Lucky awarded the DFC certificate?A. Because of the great amount of rats she caught. B. Because of her good manner.C. Be
8、cause of her sudden attack on the burglars. D. She served for 16 years.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Does the Post Office still employ cats?A. Yes, as fewer than before. B. Yes, but fewer than before.C. Yes, they are not needed any more. D. No, their services are discontinued.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、SECTION C(总题数
9、：5，分数：6.00)(1).Where were the Kuwaitis captured?A. Afghanistan and Iraq. B. Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan.C. India and Pakistan. D. Pakistan and Afghanistan.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the news, which of the following statements is true?A. Many detainees in Guantanamo Bay have been held for more tha
10、n 2 years.B. U.S government doesnt permit Wilner to discuss their cases.C. Some of the Kuwaitis are members of Taliban.D. Human rights group are deeply concerned about the situation of the detainees.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.1.The H5N1 bird flu has been found in all the following places EXCEPTA. Australia. B
11、. Maharashtra.C. France. D. Austria.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.What is the main purpose of the National Book Festival?A. To sell more books to children.B. To introduce more writers to readers.C. To let people enjoy learning through books.D. To let the writers talk about their works.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.The po
12、lice locked their suspicion on Vlado Taneski when they found thatA. his reports covered the confidential information.B. the three murder cases all involved elderly women.C. all the victims had some similarities with his late mother.D. he was responsible for the disappearance of a women.（分数：1.00）A.B.
13、C.D.4.where did the explosion take place?A. At a wedding hall. B. At a petrol station.C. In a downtown shopping center. D. Near the Turkish Health Ministry.（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：1，分数：6.00)As a contemporary artist, Jim Dine has often incorporated other peopl
14、es photography into his abstract works. But, the 68-year-old American didnt pick up a camera himself and start shooting until he moved to Berlin in 1995-and once he did, he couldnt stop. The result is a voluminous collection of images, ranging from early-20th-century-style heliogravures to modern-da
15、y digital printings, a selection of which are on exhibition at the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie in Paris. They are among his most prized achievements. “ I make photographs the way I make paintings, “says Dine, “but the difference is, in photography, its like lighting a fire every time.“Thoug
16、h photography makes up a small slice of Dines vast oeuvre, the exhibit is a true retrospective of his career. Dine mostly photographs his own artwork or the subjects that he has portrayed in sculpture, painting and prints including Venus de Milo, ravens and owls, hearts and skulls. There are still p
17、ictures of well-used tools in his Connecticut workshop, delightful digital self-portraits and intimate portraits of his sleeping wife, the American photographer Diana Miehener. Most revealing and novel are Dines shots of his poetry, scribbled in charcoal on walls like graffiti. To take in this show
18、is to wander through Dines life:his childhood obsessions, his loves, his dreams. It is a poignant and powerful exhibit that rightly celebrates one of modern arts most intriguing-and least hyped-talents.When he arrived on the scene in the early 1960s, Dine was seen as a pioneer in the pop-art movemen
19、t. But he didnt last long; once pop stagnated, Dine moved on. “Pop art had to do with the exterior world, “he says. He was more interested, he adds, in “what was going on inside me. “He explored his own personality, and from there developed themes. His love for handcrafting grew into a series of art
20、works incorporating hammers and saws. His Obsession with owls and ravens came from a dream he once had. His childhood toy Pinocchio, worn and chipped, appears in some self-portraits as a red and yellow blur flying through the air.Dine first dabbled in photography in the late 1970s, when Polaroid inv
21、ited him to try out a new large-format camera at its head-quarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He produced a series of colorful, out-of-focus self-portraits, and when he was done, he packed them away. A half dozen of these images-in perfect condition-are on display in Paris for the first time. Thou
22、gh masterful, they feel flat when compared with his later pictures.Dine didnt shoot again until he went to Berlin in the mi he opens himself physically and emotionally before the lens. He says such pictures are an attempt to examine himself as well as“ record the march of time, what gravity does to
23、the face in everybody. Im a very willing subject.“ Indeed, Dine sees photography as the surest path to self-discovery: “Ive always learned about myself in my art, “he says. “But photography expresses me. Its me. Me. “The Paris exhibit makes that perfectly clear.（分数：6.00）(1).According the Dine, the d
24、ifference between painting and photography is thatA. the latter requires more insight. B. the former needs more patience.C. the latter arouses great passions in him. D. the former involves more indoor work.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The word “oeuvre“ in the second paragraph probably meansA. all the works
25、of an artist. B. all the efforts of an artist.C. an artists great potential. D. an artists great talent.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which o the following photographs of Dines leaves the deepest impression on the author?A. Pictures of graffiti on walls. B. Photographs of his poetry.C. Shots of his well-used
26、 tools. D. Pictures of ravens and owls.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What does the author think of Dines self-portraits in the late 1970s?A. Their connotative meanings are not rich enough.B. They are not so exquisite as his later works.C. They reflect themes of his childhood dreams.D. They are much better th
27、an his later pictures.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).All of the following field has Dine ever set foot in EXCEPTA. a new style of painting. B. a silver-gelatin process.C. an old style of printing. D. Jungian psychoanalysis.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).What is the main idea of the passage?A. Jim Dines exhibit is a tru
28、e retrospective of his career.B. The author tells us Jim Dines life stories as an artist.C. Jim Dine is distinguished for his colorful self-portraits.D. In a revealing exhibit, Jim Dine points his lens inward.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Dwight attended Lincoln elementary school, directly
29、 across the street from his home. The curriculum emphasized rote learning. “The darkness of the classrooms on a winter day and the monotonous hum of recitation,“ Eisenhower wrote in his memoirs, “. are my sole surviving memories. I was either a lackluster student or involved in a lackluster program.
30、“ He came to life for the spelling bee and arithmetic. Spelling contests aroused in him his competitive drive and his hatred of careless mistakeshe became a self-confessed martinet on the subject of orthography. Arithmetic appealed to him because it was logical and straightforwardan answer was eithe
31、r right or wrong.The subject that really excited him, however, was one that he pursued on his owns military history. He became so engrossed in it, in fact, that he neglected his chores and his schoolwork. His first hero was Hannibal. Then he became a student of the American Revolution, and George Wa
32、shington excited his admiration. He talked history to his classmates so frequently that his senior yearbook predicted that he would become a professor of history at Yale (it also predicted that Edgar would become a two-term President of the United States).During Dwights high school years his interes
33、ts were, in order of importance, sports, work, studies, and girls. He was shy around the girls and in any case wanted to impress his male classmates as a regular fellow, just one of the gang. Paying too much attention to the girls was considered somewhat sissy. He was careless of his dress, his hair
34、 was usually uncombed, and he was a terrible dancer on the few occasions he tried the dance floor.Studies came easily to him and he made good to excellent grades without exerting himself. He got all Bs in his freshman year, when the subjects were English, physical geography, algebra, and German. He
35、did a bit better the next year, and as a junior and senior he was an A or A-plus student in English, history, and geometry. His sole B was in Latin.Sports, especially football and baseball, were the center of his life. He expended far more energy on sports than he put .into his studies. He was a goo
36、d, but not outstanding, athlete. He was well coordinated, but slow of foot. He weighed only 150 pounds. His chief asset was his will to win. He loved the challenge of the games themselves, enjoyed the competition with older and bigger boys, bubbled over with pleasure at hitting a single to drive in
37、the winning run or at throwing the other teams star halfback for a loss.It was in sports that he first discovered his talents as a leader and an organizer. As a boy, he provided the energy and leadership that led to a Saturday-afternoon game of football or baseball. Later, he was the one who organiz
38、ed the Abilene High School Athletic Association, which operated independently of the school system. Little Ike wrote to schools in the area to make up a schedule, and solved the problem of transportation by hustling his team onto freight trains for a free ride from Abilene to the site of the contest
39、.He also organized camping and hunting trips. He got the boys together, collected the money, hired the livery rig to take them to the camping site, bought the food, and did the cooking.The central importance of sports, hunting, and fishing to Little Ike cannot be overemphasized. He literally could n
40、ot imagine life without them.（分数：4.00）(1).As can be inferred from the passage, at Lincoln elementary school, Dwight _.A. benefited a lot from rote learningB. was an average studentC. studied very hard in spite of the dull coursesD. was good at sports（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).People believed that Dwight w
41、ould someday become a professor because of _.A. his eager pursuit of military historyB. his excellent grades in all subjectsC. his remarkable memoryD. his organizational ability（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Dwight was shy around the girls because he was _A. a poor dancer and was afraid of being laughed atB.
42、engrossed in sports and (vas not interested in girlsC. afraid to be viewed as abnormal by his classmatesD. self-conscious about his poor dress and untidy hair（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Dwights competitiveness. B. Dwights interest in work.C. Dwights
43、 talents as a leader. D. Dwights great ambition.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：4.00)It is incongruous that the number of British institutions offering MBA courses should have grown by 254percent during a period when the economy has been sliding into deeper recession. Optimists, or those given to
44、 speedy assumptions, might think it marvellous to have such a resource of business school graduated ready for the recovery. Unfortunately, there is now much doubt about the value of the degree - not least among MBA graduates themselves, suffering as they are from the effects of recession and facing
45、the prospect of shrinking management structures.What was taken some years ago as a ticket of certain admission to success is now being exposed to the scrutiny of cost conscious employers who seek can-dos rather than might-dos , and who feel that academia has not been sufficiently appreciative of the
46、 needs of industry or of the employers possible contribution.It is curious, given the name of the degree, that there should be no league table for UK business schools; no unanimity about what the degree should encompass; and no agreed system of accreditation. Surely there is something wrong. One won
47、ders where all the tutors for this massive infusion of business expertise came from and why all this mushrooming took place.Perhaps companies that made large investments would have been wiser to invest in already existing managers, perched anxiously on their own internal ladders. The Institute of Ma
48、nagements 1992 survey, which revealed that eighty-one percent of managers thought they personally would be more effective if they received more training, suggests that this might be the ease. There is ,too, the fact that training alone does not make successful managers. They need the inherent qualif
49、ications of character; a degree of self-subjugation; and, above all, the ability to communicate and lead; more so now , when empowerment is a huzzword that is at least generating genuflexions, if not total conviction.One can easily think of people, some comparatively unlettered, who are now lauded captains of industry. We may, therefore, not need to be too
