1、专业英语八级（改错）-试卷187及答案解析 (总分：80.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、LANGUAGE USAGE(总题数：4，分数：80.00)1.PART III LANGUAGE USAGE（分数：20.00）_As many as 40% of university language departments are likely to close within a decade, the former government adviser charged with bolstering foreign language uptake in higher education has w
2、arned, delivering a huge blow to the UKs diplomatic and economic hopes. Amid a deepening crisis in a language learningwhich is 1causing alarm at highest levels of governmentthe number of 2universities offering degrees in modern languages have already 3plunged from 105 in 2000 to 62 at the start of t
3、his academic year. The rate of attrition is expected to continue into the nextdecade. A further 20 departments will be vulnerable to close in the 4next 10 years, and there is growing concern that the pace of decline 5is set to quicken, according to Professor Mike Kelly, a former adviser on the Depar
4、tment for Educations steering group on languages and now head of the government-funded Routes into Languages programme co-ordinating attempts to increase the uptake of language degrees in England. Huge areas of the country are being left without any degree-level language courses, which in turn is de
5、creasing the number of 6language teachers in schools, compounding the crisis. Last week itemerged that A-level candidates for French and German fell to50% 7between 1996 and 2012. The Foreign Office has become increasingly concerning about 8the future of its diplomatic corps, with senior figures priv
6、atelyvoicing urgent concerns about the standard of their graduate 9recruits. It has built its own languages school and is spending 1 ma year to bring the civil service upon to scratch. 10（分数：20.00）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:_Cultural tendencies impact the way children
7、 participate in education. There are different expectations about normal school behavior for students from individualist and collectivist cultures.Take a moment to think about what teachers who lack knowledge 1about culture might interpret the behavior of a child from acollectivist culture. These di
8、fferences may cause educators 2inaccurately judge students from some cultures as poorly behaved or disrespectful. In addition, because cultural differences are hard toperceive, students may find them reprimanded by teachers but fail to 3understand what they did that caused concern. The influence of
9、culture in beliefs about education, the value of 4education, and participation styles cannot be overestimated. ManyAsian students, for example, tend to be quiet in class, and using 5eye contact with teachers is considered inappropriate for many of these children. In contrast, most European American
10、children are taught to value active classroom discussion and to look teachersdirectly in the eyes to show respect, while their teachers view 6students participation as a signal of engagement and competence. 7 Another contrast involves the role of Hispanic parents in education. Parents from some Hisp
11、anic cultures tend to regardteachers as experts and will often refer educational decision making 8to them. In contrast, European American parents are often more actively involved in their childrens classrooms, are visible in the classrooms, or volunteer and assist teachers. These cultural difference
12、s in value and belief may cause educators to makeaccurate judgments regarding the value that non-European American 9families place on education. While it is important to keep in the 10mind that different cultural groups tend to follow particular language and interaction styles, there is tremendous v
13、ariability within cultural groups.（分数：20.00）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:_The history of indigenous education provision throughout Australias remote areas is replete with instances of neglect, infrastructure shortfalls and systemic underfunding. Every aboriginalchild de
14、serves the best education probable and this has patently not 1been the case in the past. Indeed many aboriginal children in Australias remote north arestill unable to attend to secondary school in their own communities 2and children living in very remote outstation communities are stillaccepting onl
15、y the most rudimentary of education services. 3 Aboriginal people in remote Australia face a great and deepdilemma of engaging with the current education system. On the one 4hand, as Wyatt implies, education can be a pathway to socialmobility, which can offer great economic returns and can be the 5k
16、ey to alleviate social disadvantage. 6 However, education that does not allow for learning in yourown language and is not inclusive of your social, cultural and 7economic values is not empowering. It is disempowering. At its worst, education can be the tool of acculturation and 8assimilation for rem
17、ote aboriginal people. Education can usurp local social structures, and can cause deep intergenerational divisions, andeducation that is not connecting to the reality of a students daily life in 9remote community can seem utterly pointless, leading to engagement. 10（分数：20.00）填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_
18、填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_专业英语八级（改错）-试卷187答案解析 (总分：80.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、LANGUAGE USAGE(总题数：4，分数：80.00)1.PART III LANGUAGE USAGE（分数：20.00）_解析：As many as 40% of university language departments are likely to close within a decade, the former government adviser charged with bolstering foreign lan
19、guage uptake in higher education has warned, delivering a huge blow to the UKs diplomatic and economic hopes. Amid a deepening crisis in a language learningwhich is 1causing alarm at highest levels of governmentthe number of 2universities offering degrees in modern languages have already 3plunged fr
20、om 105 in 2000 to 62 at the start of this academic year. The rate of attrition is expected to continue into the nextdecade. A further 20 departments will be vulnerable to close in the 4next 10 years, and there is growing concern that the pace of decline 5is set to quicken, according to Professor Mik
21、e Kelly, a former adviser on the Department for Educations steering group on languages and now head of the government-funded Routes into Languages programme co-ordinating attempts to increase the uptake of language degrees in England. Huge areas of the country are being left without any degree-level
22、 language courses, which in turn is decreasing the number of 6language teachers in schools, compounding the crisis. Last week itemerged that A-level candidates for French and German fell to50% 7between 1996 and 2012. The Foreign Office has become increasingly concerning about 8the future of its dipl
23、omatic corps, with senior figures privatelyvoicing urgent concerns about the standard of their graduate 9recruits. It has built its own languages school and is spending 1 ma year to bring the civil service upon to scratch. 10（分数：20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：第二个a去掉a）填空项1:_（正确答案：highestthe）填空项1:_（正确答案：havehas）填空
24、项1:_（正确答案：closeclosure）填空项1:_（正确答案：andbut）填空项1:_（正确答案：decreasing一reducing）填空项1:_（正确答案：toby）填空项1:_（正确答案：concerningconcerned）填空项1:_（正确答案：theirits）填空项1:_（正确答案：uponup）解析：解析：固定搭配中的介词误用。up to scratch的意思是“达到标准”，为固定搭配，故将upon改为up。Cultural tendencies impact the way children participate in education. There are
25、 different expectations about normal school behavior for students from individualist and collectivist cultures.Take a moment to think about what teachers who lack knowledge 1about culture might interpret the behavior of a child from acollectivist culture. These differences may cause educators 2inacc
26、urately judge students from some cultures as poorly behaved or disrespectful. In addition, because cultural differences are hard toperceive, students may find them reprimanded by teachers but fail to 3understand what they did that caused concern. The influence of culture in beliefs about education,
27、the value of 4education, and participation styles cannot be overestimated. ManyAsian students, for example, tend to be quiet in class, and using 5eye contact with teachers is considered inappropriate for many of these children. In contrast, most European American children are taught to value active
28、classroom discussion and to look teachersdirectly in the eyes to show respect, while their teachers view 6students participation as a signal of engagement and competence. 7 Another contrast involves the role of Hispanic parents in education. Parents from some Hispanic cultures tend to regardteachers
29、 as experts and will often refer educational decision making 8to them. In contrast, European American parents are often more actively involved in their childrens classrooms, are visible in the classrooms, or volunteer and assist teachers. These cultural differences in value and belief may cause educ
30、ators to makeaccurate judgments regarding the value that non-European American 9families place on education. While it is important to keep in the 10mind that different cultural groups tend to follow particular language and interaction styles, there is tremendous variability within cultural groups.（分
31、数：20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：whathow）填空项1:_（正确答案：educators一to）填空项1:_（正确答案：themthemselves）填空项1:_（正确答案：inon）填空项1:_（正确答案：usingmaking）填空项1:_（正确答案：eyeseye）填空项1:_（正确答案：signal一sign）填空项1:_（正确答案：referdefer）填空项1:_（正确答案：accurateinaccurate）填空项1:_（正确答案：the去掉the）解析：解析：冠词冗余。该句意思是“记住这一点很重要一一不同的文化群体会遵从特定的语言和交流的方式。”keep in mi
32、nd为固定搭配，不需要加定冠词the，故将the去掉。The history of indigenous education provision throughout Australias remote areas is replete with instances of neglect, infrastructure shortfalls and systemic underfunding. Every aboriginalchild deserves the best education probable and this has patently not 1been the case i
33、n the past. Indeed many aboriginal children in Australias remote north arestill unable to attend to secondary school in their own communities 2and children living in very remote outstation communities are stillaccepting only the most rudimentary of education services. 3 Aboriginal people in remote A
34、ustralia face a great and deepdilemma of engaging with the current education system. On the one 4hand, as Wyatt implies, education can be a pathway to socialmobility, which can offer great economic returns and can be the 5key to alleviate social disadvantage. 6 However, education that does not allow
35、 for learning in yourown language and is not inclusive of your social, cultural and 7economic values is not empowering. It is disempowering. At its worst, education can be the tool of acculturation and 8assimilation for remote aboriginal people. Education can usurp local social structures, and can c
36、ause deep intergenerational divisions, andeducation that is not connecting to the reality of a students daily life in 9remote community can seem utterly pointless, leading to engagement. 10（分数：20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：probablepossible）填空项1:_（正确答案：第二个to一去掉to）填空项1:_（正确答案：acceptingreceiving）填空项1:_（正确答案：ofin）填空项1:_（正确答案：which去掉which）填空项1:_（正确答案：alleviatealleviating）填空项1:_（正确答案：isthat）填空项1:_（正确答案：thea）填空项1:_（正确答案：connectingconnected）填空项1:_（正确答案：engagementdisengagement）解析：解析：语义错误。该句意思是“最终导致了脱离。”根据上文语义，教育与学生现实生活相关联，故推测该处词义为“脱离”，故将engagement改为disengagement。
