1、专业八级-1082 及答案解析(总分：88.00，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)Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically semantically acceptable. You may refer to your n
2、otes.Five Common Mistakes in Conversations and Their Solutions. Not listeningA. Problem: most people dont listenwait eagerly for their turn to talkonly care for themselvesB. SolutionsAvoid (1) question.Listen to the content. Asking (2) A. Problemsconversation sounds like an interrogationyou dont hav
3、e much to contributeB. Solutions (3) questions with statements. Poor deliveryA. ProblemsSpeak too fast and unclear.Speak lowly and breathlessly.Speak (4) B. SolutionsSlow down.Speak loudly.Do not (5) Dont use a monotone voice.Try to use pauses.Improve your (6) , e.g. laughter, posture, etc. Talking
4、about a weird or (7) topicA. ProblemB. SolutionsSteer clear of topics such as bad health or relationships, crappy job or boss, serial killers, technical lingo that only you and some other guy understands.Avoid talking about religion and (8) . Being boringA. Problem: clinging to one topic for hoursB.
5、 SolutionsLead an interesting life, and focus on (9) Be genuinely interested, and make the conversation feel more (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 statements is INCORRECT about Miss Chart?A. She
6、is older than most undergraduate students.B. She majors in French and minors in Marketing.C. She has work experience before entering the university.D. She succeeds in shortening the academic years.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following is TRUE about Miss Charts language skills?A. She develops v
7、irtually native level of Mandarin.B. Her French is obviously better than English.C. She speak French on many occasions.D. Her languages are useless at critical moments.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to Miss. Chan, a Marketing Officer Trainee should do all the following EXCEPTA. be supervised by a Ma
8、rketing Office at first.B. assume many duties shortly after employed.C. keep records and carry out plans.D. show more initiative as time goes by.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).As implied by the interviewer, the remarks by Miss Chans referee possibly mean thatA. Miss Chan was once dismissed by the employer.B.
9、Miss Chart was not on good terms with her co-workers.C. Miss Chan once quitted after giving a specific reason.D. Miss Chart had a fierce quarrel with one of her employers.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following is NOT the prospect for the position?A. Receiving a competitive paycheck.B. Chance to
10、 develop a specialism.C. Privilege m skip the probationary period.D. Six months further training after probation.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、SECTION C(总题数：4，分数：5.00)1.This study is designed to_A. test whether Orville Redenbachers “Gourmet Fresh“ popcorn will sell wellB. test how ads influence peoples consumi
11、ng habitsC. test whether ads will create false memoriesD. test how efficient an ad can be（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.More than two hundred years ago, the bagpipes were prohibited asA. noisy nuisances. B. arms involved in wars.C. anti-social pipes. D. national instruments.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.What is the main i
12、dea of the news item?A. World oil prices rose again after a short decline.B. More investors shifted their interest in the U.S. dollars.C. The Russian president suggested less dependence on the dollar.D. The U.S. dollars gained value after world oil prices rose.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).What is the main i
13、dea of the news item?A. Somalia is re-infected with polio virus. B. Somalia has successfully eradicated polio.C. Somalia suffers from indigenous polio. D. Polio still persists in developing countries.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the WHO, what does the success that Somalia has achieved show?A. P
14、olio can be re-infected with virus originating from other countries.B. Polio can be eventually wiped out however persistent it may seem.C. Polio can be eradicated from areas where no central government functions.D. Polio can be eliminated from developing countries where it persists.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.
15、五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A full moon was shining down on the jungle. Accompanied only by an Indian guide, the American explorer and archaeologist Edward Herbert Thompsonthirteen hundred years after the Mayas had left their cities and made a break for the country fart
16、her northwas riding through the New Empire that they had built for themselves, which had collapsed after the arrival of the Spaniards. He was searching for Chichen Itza, the largest, most beautiful, mightiest, and most splendid of all Mayan cities. Horses and men had been suffering intense hardships
17、 on the trail. Thompsons head sagged on his breast from fatigue, and each time his horse stumbled him all but fell out of the saddle. Suddenly his guide shouted to him. Thompson woke up with a start. He looked ahead and saw a fairland. Above the dark treetops rose a mound, high and steep, and on top
18、 of the mound was a temple, bathed in coot moonlight. In the hush of the night it towered over the treetops like the Parthenon of some Mayan acropolis. It seemed to grow in size as they approached. The Indian guide dismounted, unsaddled his horse, and roiled out his blanket for the nights sleep. Tho
19、mpson could not tear his fascinated gaze from the great structure. While the guide prepared iris bed, he sprang from his horse and continued on toot. Steep stairs overgrown with grass and bushes, and in part fallen into ruins, led from the base of the mound up to the temple. Thompson was acquainted
20、with this architectural form, which was piously some kind of pyramid. He was familiar, too, with the function of pyramids as known in Egypt. But this Mayan version was not a tomb, like the pyramids of Gizeh. Externally it rather brought to mind a ziggurat, but to a much greater degree than the Babyl
21、onian ziggurats it seemed to consist mostly of a stony fill providing support or the enormous stairs rising higher and higher, towards the gods of the sun and moon. Thompson climbed up the steps. He looked at the ornamentation, the rich reliefs. On too, ghnost 96 feet above the jungle, he surveyed t
22、he scene, he counted one-two-threea half dozen scattered buildings, half-hidden in shadow, often revealed by nothing more than a gleam of moonlight on stone. This, then, was Chichen Itza. From its original status as advance outpost at the beginning of the great trek to the north, it had grown into a
23、 shining metropolis, the heart of the New Empire. Again and again during the next few days Thompson climbed on to the old ruins. “I stood upon the roof of this temple one morning“, he writes, “just as the first rays of the sun reddened the distant horizon. The morning stillness was profound. The noi
24、ses of the night had ceased, and those of the day were not yet begun. All the sky above and the earth below seemed to be breathlessly waiting for something. Then the great round sun came up, flaming splendidly, and instantly the whole world sang and hummed. The birds in the trees and the insects on
25、the ground sang a grand Te Deum. Nature herself taught primal man to be a sun-worshipper and man in his heart of hearts still follows the ancient teaching. “ Thompson stood where he was, immobile and enchanted. The jungle melted away before his gaze. Wide spaces opened up, processions crept up to th
26、e temple site, music sounded, palaces became filled with reveling, the temples hummed with religious adjuration. He tried to recognize his task. For out there in the jungle green he could distinguish a narrow path, barely traced out in the weak light, a path that might lead to Chichen hzas most exci
27、ting mystery: the Sacred Well.（分数：5.00）(1).The territory which Thompson was exploring had been _ by the Mayas about thirteen hundred years previously. A. controlled and reformed B. conquered and abandoned C. occupied and developed D. defeated and destroyed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What was Thompsons firs
28、t reaction to the scene ahead? A. He remained in the saddle for several minutes spellbound. B. He immediately jumped down and went forward. C. He waited until his bed was ready and then dismounted. D. He rode to the mound and stared at the structure before him.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the a
29、uthor, what is the first impression of the various ruins? A. They formed part of the capital of a new Mayan kingdom. B. They were what remained of a temple to sky gods. C. They were what was left of the new territory. D. They were what remained of the farthest city.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Thompson beli
30、eved that man is instinctively a sun-worshipper because A. the worship of the sun god had clearly been the function of the temple. B. all living things celebrate the sunrise. C. the sunrise is the most magnificent of all phenomena. D. it is natural for man to worship the sun and he has always done s
31、o.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Thompsons attitude towards Chichen Itza can be described as A. yearning. B. incredible. C. mysterious. D. emotional.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Judging from tales about the rise and fall of empires, there is always a point when things are going so well that the emp
32、erors doubt that anything could ever go wrong. “Thrift,“ warned Neros adviser Seneca, “comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse. “ In the Old World, nations grew fat and then lazy, until they collapsed under their own weight. But that was not to be our story. American greatnessthe
33、 vision of the founders, the courage of the pioneers, the industry of the nation buildersreflected a mighty faith in the power of sacrifice as a muscle that made young nations strong. Banks were like gyms for the soul: the first savings banks in Boston and New York were organized as charities, where
34、 “humble journeymen“ could exercise good judgment, store their money and not be tempted to waste it on drink. Architect Louis Sullivan carved the word THRIFT over the door of his “jewel box“ bank nearly a century ago, for it was private virtue that made public prosperity possible.That virtue died wi
35、th the baby boom, but it had been ailing ever since the Depression, argues cultural historian David Tucker in the Decline of Thrift in America. That crisis, he writes, invited economists to recast thrift as “the contemptible vice which threw sand in the gears of our consumer economy“. A White House
36、report in 1931 urged parents to let children pick out their own clothes, and furniture, thereby creating in the child “a sense of personal as well as family pride in ownership, and eventually teaching him that his personality can be expressed through things“.Somewhere along the way, thrift did not j
37、ust stop being a value; it became a folly. Saving was for suckers; youd miss the ride, die leaving money on the table when you could have lived it up. There are no pockets in a shroud, as the saying goes. We once saved about 15% of our income. By the roaring 80s the rate was 4% now were in negative
38、numbers. Bob Hope liked to joke that “a bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you dont need it“. But that too changed as easy credit bloomed and usury became another of those vices that had somehow lost its juice. The average American has nine credit cards with a total $17,0
39、00 balance. We borrow against our houses and pensions to live in a way that dares us to actually grow old. “Never invest in any idea you cant illustrate with a crayon. “ Fidelity mastermind Peter Lynch advised, but we embraced all kinds of investments about which we understand nothing except the hol
40、low. Promise that they would never fail. When the economy began to swoon we kept spending, effectively sending ourselves rebate checks from accounts already way overdrawn, as if it would make us feel better to buy a new TV and charge it to our kids.George W. Bush has never been reluctant to frame po
41、licy debates in moral terms, targeting an “axis of evil“, casting tax cuts as the removal of unfair burdens on hardworking people, calling tariff reduction a moral imperative. But thrift is one virtue he never invokes, and a restoration of restraint is a strain of conservatism he seldom promotes. In
42、 fact, it was after the most tragic day in modem US history, when Bush urged people who wanted to help to go shopping, that profligacy officially replaced prudence as a patriotic duty.Theres no way to tell during this current distress whether we re repenting or just retrenching. Thrift store sales a
43、re up. Cars are shrinking. P. Diddy retired his private jet to save on gas. In hard times, people often rediscover the peace that prudence brings, when you try to spend a little less than you have because tomorrow might be worse. But that feels almost un-American; were optimists by nature, and weve
44、been living large for so long that solvency feels like a sacrifice. It will take some sustained character education and leadership to understand that morning in America is more likely to come again if we prepare for midnight.（分数：5.00）(1).What contributed to the booming of America in its early days a
45、ccording to the author?A. Frugality. B. Banking. C. Courage. D. Charity.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Thrift had been declining in America since the Depression, because _.A. America saw a baby boomB. the country had been stronger and more prosperousC. economists believed it could obstruct economic developmen
46、tD. banks encouraged people to spend（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the passage, which of the following statement is CORRECT?A. Some Americans save because they want to enjoy themselves.B. Americans tend to be in debt because of over spending.C. President Bush often puts emphasis on moral.D. Thrif
47、t is believed as an act of patriotism in America.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The author is likely to agree that _.A. thrift should be blamed for the DepressionB. children should develop a sense of ownershipC. people should be careful in spendingD. it is not wise to make investment（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What
48、is the authors main purpose in writing this passage?A. To criticize banks that now indulge people to spend insensibly.B. To analyze causes of American economic crisis.C. To raise peoples consciousness of prudent spending.D. To call for American leaders to learn from nation builders.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.
49、八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：4.00)This has been quite a week for literary coups. In an almost entirely unexpected move, the Swedish Academy have this lunchtime announced their decision to award this years Nobel prize for Literature to the British playwright, author and recent poet, Harold Pinter and not, as was widely anticipated, to Turkish author Orhan P
