1、专业八级-1087 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)The US ConstitutionIn Washington D. C., every year thousands of tourists visit the National Archives to view the original US Constitution document which is on (1) display. This is the document that has
2、 shaped the US (2) for more than 180 years.In 1786 a call went out to all the states inviting them to send (3) to a meeting in Philadelphia in the spring of 1787. This meeting was the Constitutional Convention, a great turning point in American history. No more important meeting has ever been held i
3、n America. To it came 55 men, among them some of the most famous men in the history, including George Washington, who (4) the convention, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. They worked steadily and in secret from May well into September and (5) only after they had written a ne
4、w plan of government to be sent to the 13 states for approval. That was the Constitution of the United States.The makers of the Constitution knew that (6) would be necessary and that if there was no way of making them, the Constitution would no longer be useful. Since 1789,26 (7) to the Constitution
5、 have been made. Ten of them were adopted immediately after the Constitution went into effect. They are the amendments called the Bill of Rights because they protect the right of (8) .It is something of a (9) that the Constitution has lasted so long. It was made for a Union of 13 states with a total
6、 population of about three millions, most of whom were living on farms. Today it serves a highly industrialized nation of 50 states with a population of more than 200 millions most of whom are living in cities. Americans are hopeful that a living Constitution will continue to guide their (10) in the
7、 future as it has in the past.（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：0，分数：0.00)四、Questions 1 to 5 are(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).After listening to the interview, what do you think the interviewee does?A. Psychoanalyst.B. Estate agent.C. Farmer.D. Gard
8、ener.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why does the interviewee like his job?A. The job is admirable.B. The job is challenging.C. He is very well-paid.D. He can meet all kinds of people.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the Indian gentleman, what does “the size of family“ mean?A. The number of family members.B.
9、The size of their future house.C. The total height of all the family members.D. The amount of furniture needed for the family.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Why did nothing grow in the big garden?A. The soil was spoiled.B. The soil was sandy.C. It was saline-alkali land.D. The soil was not fertilized.（分数：1.00
10、）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following is TRUE according to the interview?A. The purchaser of the house with a bare garden was cheated by the agent.B. The previous owner was hostile to the future owner of the house.C. What happened to the gardener served him right.D. Buying a good house sometimes depen
11、ds on how lucky the buyer is.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、SECTION C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、Questions 6 to 8 are(总题数：1，分数：3.00)(1).What caused the trade deficit?A. An increase in export of oil.B. An increase in import of oil and other goods.C. An increase in export of grain.D. An increase in import of grain.（分数：1.00）
12、A.B.C.D.(2).Why were people shocked at the figures?A. Because the deficit for the previous June was much higher.B. Because they had expected the figures would seem far better.C. Because the figures have been compiled under the old system.D. Both A and C.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The correspondent also sa
13、id thatA. it had something to do with the pressure within the American Congress.B. it would curb the pressure within the American Congress for more protectionist legislation.C. it would influence the protectionist legislation designed to keep foreign goods out.D. it would not control the pressure wi
14、thin the American Congress for more protectionist legislation designed to keep foreign goods out.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、Questions 9 and 10 a(总题数：1，分数：2.00)(1).What happened in Jammu and Kashmir?A. There was a big earthquake.B.An avalanche occurred killing a large number of people.C. Many people fled the
15、 affected region.D. Only a few could escape the death.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why was the army called in?A. To help in the rescue operation.B. To help the people rebuild their houses.C. To help the people get away from the affected areas.D. To help the relief teams to find the way to the affected areas
16、.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.八、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)九、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：3.00)“We are observing more and more that other languages are taking over the Internet,“ said Victor Montviloff, who is responsible for information policy in the communication and information sector at the United Nations Educatio
17、nal, Scientific and Cultural Organization.“Languages like German, Russian and Spanish are spreading at rapid speed on the Web,“ Mr. Montviloff said. “French has lagged relatively behind, because France until now has seemed more preoccupied with protecting its language against foreign invasion than p
18、romoting it. But now, the number of French-language sites also is fast multiplying. “Because the Internet makes it possible, other languages are also starting to challenge the hegemony of English in distance education. The Internet is helping to revive minority languages and cultures by bringing tog
19、ether widely scattered linguistic communities.An estimated 320 million people speak English as a mother tongue-fewer than those who speak Spanish or Mandarin-and demographic trends indicate that native English speakers will decline as a proportion of. the worlds population. Probably more than 1 bill
20、ion people speak English with varying degrees of proficiency as a second language.David Graddol, a language researcher and lecturer at the Open University in Britain, said that, on the one hand, English is becoming a language of everyday usage in some countries in Northern Europe. “Something like 70
21、 percent of the Dutch population claim now that they can hold a conversation in English quite comfortable,“ Mr. Graddol said. “For them, it is not a textbook-based foreign exercise. They are already exposed to English in the environment. People have learned a little bit of it before they even get to
22、 school, and they can see immediately that it has some use in their lives. In courtiers like the Netherlands, Sweden or Denmark you need English to complete your education.“In other countries; however, English is more truly a foreign language,“ said Mr. Graddol, whose consulting firm, The English Co
23、mpany, produced a worldwide report titled “The Future of English“ for the British Council a few years ago, “In some countries, there is not very much English in the environment and people may be learning it from teachers who may not speak English very well themselves.“In some countries, like India a
24、nd Nigeria where English has been used a long time, distinct local varieties of the language are emerging, complete with their own dictionaries, textbooks and literature.“English is so important in these countries that people use it in part to create their own social and even national identity,“ Mr.
25、 Graddol said. “When that happens, the language starts going its own way. The variety of English that proficient speakers in such countries are learning may not be terribly useful in an international context.“Bertrand Menciassi, of the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages in Europe, said the us
26、e of a world language both helps and hinders linguistic diversity. People can use English for their outside contacts, while cultivating their own tongue or dialect for use at home. On the other hand, he added, English is tending to push European national languages like Dutch or Danish into a corner.
27、Maintaining linguistic diversity is an important aim of the European Commission, which is concerned that the increasing acceptance of English as the European lingua franca should not detract from the vitality of other languages. The commission argues that the ability to speak two or three tongues wi
28、ll give the Europeans economic and technical advantages over their monolingual American rivals in the world of diversity, and is about to kick off “The European Year of Languages“.（分数：3.00）(1).Mr. Montviloff may believe that over the Internet _ .A. English wont be as popular as beforeB. English will
29、 be replaced by other languages sooner or laterC. French is the most promising Internet languageD. many languages are competing for prime Internet language（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).We may draw a conclusion from the report “The Future of English“ that _ .A. Dutch people may not need to study English at sc
30、hoolB. English teachers in some countries are not qualifiedC. Indian English may not be understood in international communicationD. None of the above（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The purpose of “The European Year of Languages“ is most probably to _ .A. advertise for European languageB. decide on a common off
31、icial European languageC. challenge American EnglishD. promote multilingualism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)The test of a great book is whether we want to read it only once or more than once, and every additional time that we read it we find new meanings and new beauties in it. A book that
32、 a person of education and good taste does not care to read more than once is quite possibly not worth much. Some time ago there was a discussion going on regarding the art of the great French novelist, Zola; some people claimed that he possessed absolute genius; others claimed that he had only tale
33、nt of a very remarkable kind. The argument brought out some strange extravagances of opinion. But suddenly a very great critic simply posed this question: “How many of you have read, or would care to read, one of Zolas books a second time?“ There was no answer; probably no one would read a book by Z
34、ola more than once. The fact was settled. “ Shallow or false any book must be, that, although bought by a hundred thousand readers, is never read more than Once. But we cannot consider the judgment of a single individual infallible. The opinion that makes a book great must be the opinion of many. Fo
35、r even the greatest critics are apt to have certain dullness, certain inappreciations. Carlyle, for example, could not endure Browning; Byron could not endure some of the greatest of English poets. A man must be many-sided to utter a trustworthy estimate of many books. We may doubt the judgment of t
36、he single critic at times, but there is no doubt possible in regard to the judgment of generations. Even if we cannot at once perceive anything good in a book which has been admired and praised for hundreds of years, we may be sure that by trying, by studying it carefully, we shall at last be able t
37、o understand the reason of this admiration and praise. The best libraries for a poor man would be a library composed entirely of such great works.This, then, should be the most important guide for us in our reading choice. We Should read only the books that we want to read more than once, nor should
38、 we buy any others, unless we have some special reasons for so investing money. The second fact is the general character of the value that lies hidden within all such great books: they never become old; their youth is immortal. A great book is not apt to be comprehended by a young person at the firs
39、t reading except in a superficial way. Only the surface, the narrative, is absorbed and enjoyed. No young man can possibly see at first reading the qualities of a great book. Remember that it has taken humanity, in many cases, hundreds of years to discover all that there is in such a book. But accor
40、ding to a mans experience of life, the text will unfold new meanings to him. The book that delighted us at eighteen, if it be a good book, will delight us much more at twenty-five, and it will prove like a new book to us at thirty years of age. At forty we shall reread it, wondering why we never saw
41、 how beautiful it was before. At fifty or sixty years of age the same facts will repeat themselves. A great book grows exactly in proportion to the growth of the readers mind. It was the discovery of this extraordinary fact by generations of people long dead that made the greatness of such works as
42、those of Shakespeare, of Dante, or of Goethe. Perhaps Goethe can give us at this moment the best illustration. He wrote a number of little stories in prose, which children like, because to children they have all the charm of fairy-tales. But he never intended them for fairy-tales; he wrote them for
43、experienced minds. A young man finds very serious reading in them; a middle-aged man discovers an extraordinary depth in their least utterances and an old man will find in them all the worlds philosophy, all the wisdom of life.（分数：4.00）(1).What may the author think of the art of the great French nov
44、elist, Zola?A. There is no great genius in his works.B. It has been settled that Zolas works are indisputable.C. He possesses absolute genius.D. There has been an exaggeration about his works.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the author, whats the best of all libraries for a poor man?A. A library wi
45、th books that have passed the test of time.B. A library with books that have been praised by critics.C. A library with books that many people have commented on.D. A library with books that have been studied carefully.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).It can be inferred from the passage that _ .A. we can never tr
46、ust the comments made by criticsB. it is unnecessary for us to buy the books that we dont want to read a second timeC. a young man should not read a great book until he is mature and sophisticated enoughD. we shall read a book repeatedly in our life so as to testify whether it is a great book（分数：1.0
47、0）A.B.C.D.(4).Who may best appreciate Goethes little stories in prose?A. Children. B. Young men. C. Middle-aged men. D. Old men.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十一、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Ever thought you were really clever but just didnt have the exam results to back it up? Anyone who has ever felt academically thick
48、 can let out a sigh of relief, because IQ does not, and cannot, predict success in life, says a new book by Steven Stein and Howard Book called The EQ Edge-Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Your Success.So what is em6tional intelligence? Occupational psychologist and management consultant Chris Watkin
49、s describes it as “the capacity to recognise your own feelings and those of other people, to be able to motivate yourself, and to manage emotions in yourself and in your relationships“.Psychologist and author Anne Dickson also talks of it at length in Trusting the Tides: Self-Empowerment Through Emotions. “Emotional intelligence is about using emotions to learn and understand. To Use them t
