1、专业八级分类模拟428及答案解析 (总分:55.00,做题时间:90分钟)一、PART LANGUAGE USAG(总题数:1,分数:25.00)There are a growing number of language immersion schools in the United States, including one that was founded in Columbia called La Petite Ecole, which teaches children French as a second language at an age when childrens brain
2、s are the most compliant. Statistics, however, show that language instruction in regular schools is actually decreasing, and relatively few Americans know the second language. Scholars have spent years studying why 1 Americans seem to regard the importance of learning languages. 2 While they have de
3、veloped theories and posited potential solutions to, the future of language learning in the United States remains 3 hazy. Since 1997, the percentage of elementary and middle schools that offer foreign language courses has dropped significantly, from 31 percent to 25 percent at the elementary level a
4、nd from 75 percent to 58 percent at the middle school level. However, the decline in elementary schools appeared primarily in public schools, as private elementary schools teaching foreign 4 language remained roughly same at 51 percent. The percentage of 5 high schools teaching foreign language have
5、 remained at about 91 6 percent. This information comes from a nationwide survey of public and private schools conducting in 2008 by the Center for Applied 7 Linguistics in Washington, D. C. Meanwhile, the number of language immersion schools designed to teach a second language to English-speaking c
6、hildren and young adults has actually increased. Since 1962, 367 two-way immersion programsschools that pair native English speakers with these who 8 speak another native languagedeveloped in 28 states, including 9 Washington, D. C. And, as in 2007, 263 total and partial 10 immersion schools have be
7、en established.(分数:25.00)二、PART TRANSLATION(总题数:1,分数:12.50)1.“假若我再上一次大学”,多少年来我曾反复思考过这个问题。我曾一度得到两个截然相反的答案:一个是最好不要再上大学,“知识越多越反动”,我实在心有余悸。一个是仍然要上,而且偏偏还要学现在学的这一套。后一个想法最终占了上风,一直到现在。我为什么还要上大学而又偏偏要学现在这一套呢?没有什么堂皇的理由。我只不过觉得,我走过的这一条道路,对己,对人,都还有点好处而已。我搞的这一套东西,对普通人来说,简直像天书,似乎无补于国计民生。然而世界上所有的科技先进国家,都有梵文、巴利文以及佛教经
8、典的研究,而且取得了辉煌的成绩。这一套冷僻的东西与先进的科学技术之间,真似乎有某种联系。其中消息耐人寻味。 (分数:12.50)_三、PART WRITING(总题数:1,分数:17.50)2.题目要求:Old though this topic seems to be, the relationship between money and happiness never ceases to be a hot debate. Can money always bring happiness? Read the excerpt carefully and write your response
9、in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the authors opinion; 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Everything That Rises
10、Must ConvergePoets, songwriters and left-wing politicians hate the idea, but for decades the evidence of opinion poll has been clear: money buys happiness and the richer you are, the more likely you are to express satisfaction with your life. A survey of 43 countries published on October 30th by the
11、 Pew Research Centre of Washington, DC, shows that people in emerging markets are within a whisker of expressing the same level of satisfaction as people in rich countries. It is the biggest qualification to the standard view of happiness and income seen so far. The Pew poll asks respondents to meas
12、ure, on a scale from zero to ten, how good their lives are. (Those who say between seven and ten are counted as happy.) In 2007, 57% of respondents in rich countries put themselves in the top four tiers; in emerging markets the share was 33% ; in poor countries only 16%a classic expression of the st
13、andard view. But in 2014, 54% of rich-country respondents counted themselves as happy, whereas in emerging markets the percentage jumped to 51%. This was happening just at a time when emerging markets chances of converging economically with the West seemed to be receding. Rich countries did not expe
14、rience steep decline in happiness. The decreases in America and Britain were tiny (a percentage point), while the share of happy Germans rose 13 points. A large drop in formerly joyful Spain ensured a modest overall decline for the rich. But the convergence happened thanks to huge improvements in co
15、untries such as Indonesia (+35) and Pakistan (+22). In 12 of the 24 emerging markets, half or more people rate their life satisfaction in the top tiers of the ladder. This is not to say the link between income and satisfaction has been snapped. Poor countries still lag behind: only a quarter of the
16、people there are in the happy tiershalf the level of the other two groups. There is also a clear link between happiness and income growth (as opposed to income levels). Chinas GDP rose at an annual average rate of 10% in 2007-2014 and its happiness level rose 26 points. Within countries, richer peop
17、le express more satisfaction than their poorer neighbours. The study divided respondents into categories with higher and lower incomes and fewer and more household goods. In every country in every group, richer folks with more goods expressed higher levels of happiness. So at a personal (as opposed
18、to national) level, money does buy happiness. And if you ask people about different aspects of their liveshealth, family life, religion, standard of livingit turns out that satisfaction with living standards still has the biggest influence on happiness. But the secret of happiness has been scattered
19、 around. Women tend to be happier than men. Man-led people are happier than unmarried ones. Latin Americans are more satisfied than people in other emerging markets. Asians are the most optimistic; Middle Easterners the least. Income still matters. But it has been dethroned. (分数:17.50)_专业八级分类模拟428答案
20、解析 (总分:55.00,做题时间:90分钟)一、PART LANGUAGE USAG(总题数:1,分数:25.00)There are a growing number of language immersion schools in the United States, including one that was founded in Columbia called La Petite Ecole, which teaches children French as a second language at an age when childrens brains are the most
21、 compliant. Statistics, however, show that language instruction in regular schools is actually decreasing, and relatively few Americans know the second language. Scholars have spent years studying why 1 Americans seem to regard the importance of learning languages. 2 While they have developed theori
22、es and posited potential solutions to, the future of language learning in the United States remains 3 hazy. Since 1997, the percentage of elementary and middle schools that offer foreign language courses has dropped significantly, from 31 percent to 25 percent at the elementary level and from 75 per
23、cent to 58 percent at the middle school level. However, the decline in elementary schools appeared primarily in public schools, as private elementary schools teaching foreign 4 language remained roughly same at 51 percent. The percentage of 5 high schools teaching foreign language have remained at a
24、bout 91 6 percent. This information comes from a nationwide survey of public and private schools conducting in 2008 by the Center for Applied 7 Linguistics in Washington, D. C. Meanwhile, the number of language immersion schools designed to teach a second language to English-speaking children and yo
25、ung adults has actually increased. Since 1962, 367 two-way immersion programsschools that pair native English speakers with these who 8 speak another native languagedeveloped in 28 states, including 9 Washington, D. C. And, as in 2007, 263 total and partial 10 immersion schools have been established
26、.(分数:25.00)解析:thea解析 冠词误用。the second language的意思是“第二种语言”,表示特指,不符合句意,而a second language的意思是“另一种语言”,表示泛指,符合句意。该句的意思是“很少有美国人懂得另一种语言”,故将the改为a。解析:regarddisregard解析 语义错误。前文提到很少有美国人懂得另一种语言,可知该处的句意为“美国人忽视学习语言的重要性”,故将regard改为disregard。解析:to to 解析 介词冗余。该句的意思是“他们已经建立了理论并设想好了解决方案”。solution to sth. 表示“的解决方案”,to
27、后需接宾语,而此处solutions作posited的宾语,其后不用带to,故将to去掉。解析:aswhile解析 连词误用。该处前后句的意思分别是“小学中外语教授减少的现象主要出现在公立小学里”和“私立小学外语教授的比例还大致保持在51%的水平”。这两句话的逻辑关系为对比,故将as改为while。解析:samethe解析 冠词缺失。该处句意为“私立小学教授外语的比例还大致保持在51%的水平”,表示“和一样”应该用the same,故在same前加上定冠词the。解析:havehas解析 主谓不一致。该句的主语为the percentage,其为单数形式,谓语动词也应该用第三人称单数形式,故将
28、have改为has。解析:conductingconducted解析 非谓语动词误用。a nationwide survey和conduct之间为动宾关系,且后面出现了by.。过去分词作后置定语表示被动含义,故将conducting改为conducted。解析:thesethose解析 代词误用。who speak another native language为定语从句,先行词为代词的复数形式时,通常用those来指代,故将these改为those。解析:developedhave解析 时态错误。根据前文中的时间状语Since 1962,可推测该句时态应该为现在完成时,因此需加上助动词,且主
29、语programs为复数形式,故在developed前加上have。解析:inof解析 固定搭配中的介词误用。as of为固定搭配,意思是“直至,到时候为止”,故将介词in改为of。二、PART TRANSLATION(总题数:1,分数:12.50)1.“假若我再上一次大学”,多少年来我曾反复思考过这个问题。我曾一度得到两个截然相反的答案:一个是最好不要再上大学,“知识越多越反动”,我实在心有余悸。一个是仍然要上,而且偏偏还要学现在学的这一套。后一个想法最终占了上风,一直到现在。我为什么还要上大学而又偏偏要学现在这一套呢?没有什么堂皇的理由。我只不过觉得,我走过的这一条道路,对己,对人,都还有
30、点好处而已。我搞的这一套东西,对普通人来说,简直像天书,似乎无补于国计民生。然而世界上所有的科技先进国家,都有梵文、巴利文以及佛教经典的研究,而且取得了辉煌的成绩。这一套冷僻的东西与先进的科学技术之间,真似乎有某种联系。其中消息耐人寻味。 (分数:12.50)_正确答案:()解析:Why do I still want to go to college and learn the same subject? In fact there arent any grandiose reasons. I simply assume that what I have done can benefit n
31、ot only myself but also others. My research is so mysterious to ordinary people that they may consider it as useless to the national interest and peoples livelihood in China. However, the studies of Sanskrit, Pali and the Buddhist Scriptures have been done and prospered in every developed country wi
32、th advanced science and technology. There seems to be a relationship between the obsolete linguistic research and the advanced science and technology, which is really thought-provoking.三、PART WRITING(总题数:1,分数:17.50)2.题目要求:Old though this topic seems to be, the relationship between money and happines
33、s never ceases to be a hot debate. Can money always bring happiness? Read the excerpt carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the authors opinion; 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organizat
34、ion and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Everything That Rises Must ConvergePoets, songwriters and left-wing politicians hate the idea, but for decades the evidence of opinion poll has been clear: money buys happiness and the richer you are, t
35、he more likely you are to express satisfaction with your life. A survey of 43 countries published on October 30th by the Pew Research Centre of Washington, DC, shows that people in emerging markets are within a whisker of expressing the same level of satisfaction as people in rich countries. It is t
36、he biggest qualification to the standard view of happiness and income seen so far. The Pew poll asks respondents to measure, on a scale from zero to ten, how good their lives are. (Those who say between seven and ten are counted as happy.) In 2007, 57% of respondents in rich countries put themselves
37、 in the top four tiers; in emerging markets the share was 33% ; in poor countries only 16%a classic expression of the standard view. But in 2014, 54% of rich-country respondents counted themselves as happy, whereas in emerging markets the percentage jumped to 51%. This was happening just at a time w
38、hen emerging markets chances of converging economically with the West seemed to be receding. Rich countries did not experience steep decline in happiness. The decreases in America and Britain were tiny (a percentage point), while the share of happy Germans rose 13 points. A large drop in formerly jo
39、yful Spain ensured a modest overall decline for the rich. But the convergence happened thanks to huge improvements in countries such as Indonesia (+35) and Pakistan (+22). In 12 of the 24 emerging markets, half or more people rate their life satisfaction in the top tiers of the ladder. This is not t
40、o say the link between income and satisfaction has been snapped. Poor countries still lag behind: only a quarter of the people there are in the happy tiershalf the level of the other two groups. There is also a clear link between happiness and income growth (as opposed to income levels). Chinas GDP
41、rose at an annual average rate of 10% in 2007-2014 and its happiness level rose 26 points. Within countries, richer people express more satisfaction than their poorer neighbours. The study divided respondents into categories with higher and lower incomes and fewer and more household goods. In every
42、country in every group, richer folks with more goods expressed higher levels of happiness. So at a personal (as opposed to national) level, money does buy happiness. And if you ask people about different aspects of their liveshealth, family life, religion, standard of livingit turns out that satisfa
43、ction with living standards still has the biggest influence on happiness. But the secret of happiness has been scattered around. Women tend to be happier than men. Man-led people are happier than unmarried ones. Latin Americans are more satisfied than people in other emerging markets. Asians are the
44、 most optimistic; Middle Easterners the least. Income still matters. But it has been dethroned. (分数:17.50)_正确答案:()解析:高分范文 Money and HappinessThe recent opinion-poll shows there is a direct link between money and happiness. Among three categorized countriesthe rich, the emerging and the poor, this tr
45、end is surprisingly similar though there was a sharp rise of satisfaction in emerging countries. Within a nation, this link remains the same, which shows that satisfaction with living standards matters most to people. Despite other factors such as gender, marital status, and different regions, incom
46、e still counts most though slightly dethroned. A glance of the streets with flow of limousines and soaring skyscrapers lined up may give you an illusion that you were roaming in metropolises such as New York or Tokyo. No. This is nothing but a snapshot of the second-tier cities in China. With the st
47、unning accumulation of wealth, do people relish the fruits of it with happiness and fulfillment? Though evidence from opinion-polls and watertight studies chants time and again the merits of wealth which can ensure our very basic necessities such as food and accommodation, beyond the point of offering us a comfortable life, money can do much less than we expect. Money may well buy bling bling but it cant buy beauty; money can bring medicine to our door but it cant buy health; money can even materialize marriage but