1、专业英语八级44及答案解析 (总分：77.03，做题时间：130分钟)一、PART I LISTENING (总题数：1，分数：1.00)In business, many places adopt a credit system, which dates back to ancient times. At present, purchases can be made by using credit cards. They fall into two categories: one has【1】use, while the other is accepted almost everywhere
2、. The application for the use of the latter one must be made at a【2】. Once the customer starts using the card, he will be provided with a monthly statement of【3】by the credit company. He is required to pay one quarter to half of his credit【4】every month. ADVANTAGES. 1. With a card, it is not【5】to sa
3、ve up money before an actual purchase. 2. If the card is lost, its owner is protected. 3. A【6】and complete list of purchase received from the credit company helps the owner to remember the time and【7】of his purchase. 4. The cards are accepted in a(n)【8】by professional people like dentists, etc. MAJO
4、R DISADVANTAGE. The card owner is tempted to【9】his money. If this is the case, it will become increasingly difficult for the user to keep up with the required【10】, which will result in the credit card being cancelled by the credit company. （分数：1.00）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
5、1:_填空项1:_二、SECTION B INTERVI(总题数：1，分数：1.00)(1).Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about Davids personal background?（分数：0.20）A.He had excellent academic records at school and university.B.He was once on a PhD programme at Yale University.C.He received professional training in acting.D.He
6、came from a single-parent family.(2).David is inclined to believe in（分数：0.20）A.aliens.B.UFOs.C.the TV character.D.government conspiracies.(3).David thinks he is fit for the TV role because of his（分数：0.20）A.professional training.B.personality.C.life experience.D.appearance.(4).From the interview, we
7、know that at present David feels（分数：0.20）A.a sense of frustration.B.haunted by the unknown things.C.confident but moody.D.successful yet unsatisfied.(5).How does David feel about the divorce of his parents?（分数：0.20）A.He feels a sense of anger.B.He has a sense of sadness.C.It helped him grow up.D.It
8、left no effect on him.三、SECTION C NEWS BR(总题数：2，分数：1.00)(1).It had been believed that Napoleon Bonaparte_.（分数：0.17）A.died of arsenic poisoningB.died of a stomach cancerC.was killed by British armyD.was murdered by Prussian forces(2).The hair samples used in experiment_.（分数：0.17）A.came from INS which
9、 keeps the samplesB.were offered by the emperors descendantsC.were offered by the emperors servantsD.were taken directly from title emperors body(3).Which of the following is used to support the claim that the emperor died of a natural death?（分数：0.17）A.He had a good appetite for various kinds of foo
10、d.B.He had a habit of drinking little and mixed it with water.C.He had lost 11 kilos during the last five months of his life.D.He was deported to the island of St Helena.(1). The man stole the aircraft mainly because he wanted to_.（分数：0.25）A.destroy the European Central Bank.B.have an interview with
11、 a TV station.C.circle skyscrapers in downtown Frankfurt.D.remember the death of a US astronaut.(2). Which of the following statements about the man is TRUE?（分数：0.25）A.He was a 31-year-old student from Frankfurt.B.He was piloting a two-seat helicopter he had stolen.C.He had talked to air traffic con
12、trollers by radio.D.He threatened to land on the European Central Bank.四、PART II GENERAL K(总题数：10，分数：10.00)1. _is the state church in England.（分数：1.00）A.The Roman Catholic ChurchB.The Baptist ChurchC.The Protestant ChurchD.The Church of England2. Syntax is the study of_.（分数：1.00）A.language functions
13、.B.sentence structures.C.textual organization.D.word formation.3. The capital of New Zealand is_.（分数：1.00）A.Christchurch.B.Auckland.C.Wellington.D.Hamilton.4. The words kid, child, offspring are examples of_.（分数：1.00）A.dialectal synonyms.B.stylistic synonyms.C.emotive synonyms.D.collocational synony
14、ms.5.The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT_.（分数：1.00）A.lexical.B.syntactic.C.phonological.D.psycholinguistic.6. The speech act theory was first put forward by_.（分数：1.00）A.John Searle.B.John Austin.C.Noam Chomsky.D.M. A. K. Halliday.7.The Head of State of Canada
15、 is represented by_.（分数：1.00）A.the Monarch.B.the President.C.the Prime Minister.D.the Governor-general.8. Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet?（分数：1.00）A.William Wordsworth.B.George Elliot.C.George G. Byron.D.Percy B. Shelley.9.The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents
16、of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT_.（分数：1.00）A.the Anglos.B.the Celts.C.the Jutes.D.the Saxons.10. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by_.（分数：1.00）A.Scott Fitzgerald.B.William Faulkner.C.Eugene ONeill.D.Ernest Hemingway.五、PART III READING (总题数：4，分数：4.00)The Welsh language has
17、always been the ultimate marker of Welsh identity, but a generation ago it looked as if Welsh would go the way of Manx, once widely spoken on the Isle of Man but now extinct. Government financing and central planning, however, have helped reverse the decline of Welsh. Road signs and official public
18、documents are written in both Welsh and English, and schoolchildren are required to learn both languages. Welsh is now one of the most successful of Europes regional languages, spoken by more than a half million of the countrys three million people. The revival of the language, particularly among yo
19、ung people, is part of a resurgence of national identity sweeping through this small, proud nation. Last month Wales marked the second anniversary of the opening of the National Assembly, the first parliament to be convened here since 1404. The idea behind devolution was to restore the balance withi
20、n the union of nations making up the United Kingdom. With most of the people and wealth, England has always had bragging rights. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by Tony Blair, was designed to give the other members of the club-Scotland, Northern Ireland, and
21、Wales-a bigger say and to counter centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union. The Welsh showed little enthusiasm for devolution. Whereas the Scots voted overwhelmingly for a parliament, the vote for a Welsh assembly scraped through by less than one percent on a turnout of
22、less than 25 percent. Its powers were proportionately limited. The Assembly can decide how money from Westminster or the European Union is spent. It cannot, unlike its counterpart in Edinburgh, enact laws. But now that it is here, the Welsh are growing to like their Assembly. Many people would like
23、it to have more powers. Its importance as a figurehead will grow with the opening, in 2003, of a new debating chamber, one of many new buildings that are transforming Cardiff from a decaying seaport into a Baltimore-style waterfront city. Meanwhile a grant of nearly two million dollars from the Euro
24、pean Union will tackle poverty. Wales is one of the poorest regions in Western Europe-only Spain, Portugal, and Greece have a lower standard of living. Newspapers and magazines are filled with stories about great Welsh men and women, boosting self-esteem. To familiar faces such as Dylan Thomas and R
25、ichard Burton have been added new icons such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, the movie star, and Bryn Terfel, the opera singer. Indigenous foods like salt marsh lamb are in vogue. And Wales now boasts a national airline, Awyr Cymru. Cymru, which means land of compatriots, is the Welsh name for Wales. The r
26、ed dragon, the nations symbol since the time of King Arthur, is everywhereon T-shirts, rugby jerseys and even cell phone covers. Until very recent times most Welsh people had this feeling of being second-class citizens, said Dyfan Jones, an 18-year-old student. It was a warm summer night, and I was
27、sitting on the grass with a group of young people in Llanelli, an industrial town in the south, outside the rock music venue of the National Eisteddfod, Waless annual cultural festival. The disused factory in front of us echoed to the sounds of new Welsh bands. There was almost a genetic tendency fo
28、r lack of confidence, Dyfan continued. Equally comfortable in his Welshness as in his membership in the English-speaking, global youth culture and the new federal Europe, Dyfan, like the rest of his generation, is growing up with a sense of possibility unimaginable ten years ago. We used to think: W
29、e cant do anything, were only Welsh. Now I think thats changing. （分数：1.00）(1).According to the passage, devolution was mainly meant to_.（分数：0.20）A.maintain the present status among the nations.B.reduce legislative powers of England.C.create a better state of equality among the nations.D.grant more s
30、ay to all the nations in the union.(2).The word centrifugal in the second paragraph means_.（分数：0.20）A.separatist.B.conventional.C.feudal.D.political.(3).Wales is different from Scotland in all the following aspects EXCEPT_.（分数：0.20）A.peoples desire for devolution.B.locals turnout for the voting.C.po
31、wers of the legislative bodyD.status of the national language.(4).Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of the resurgence of Welsh national identity?（分数：0.20）A.Welsh has witnessed a revival as a national language.B.Poverty-relief funds have come from the European Union.C.A Welsh national
32、 airline is currently in operation.D.The national symbol has become a familiar sight.(5).According to Dyfan Jones, what has changed is_.（分数：0.20）A.people s mentality.B.pop culture.C.town s appearance.D.possibilities for the people.Getting to the heart of Kuwaiti democracy seems hilariously easy. Arm
33、ed only with a dog-eared NEWSWEEK ID, I ambled through the gates of the National Assembly last week. Unscanned, unsearched, my satchel could easily have held the odd grenade or an anthrax-stuffed lunchbox. The only person who stopped me was a guard who grinned and invited me to take a swig of orange
34、 juice from his plastic bottle. Were I a Kuwaiti woman wielding a ballot, I would have been a clearer and more present danger. That very day Parliament blocked a bill giving women the vote; 29 M.P.s voted in favour and 29 against, with two abstentions. Unable to decide whether the bill had passed or
35、 not, the government scheduled another vote in two weekstoo late for women to register for Junes municipal elections. The next such elections arent until 2009. Inside the elegant, marbled Parliament itself, a sea of mustachioed men in white robes sat in green seats, debating furiously. The ruling em
36、ir has pushed for womens political rights for years; ironically, the democratically elected legislature has thwarted him. Traditionalists and tribal leaders are opposed. Liberals fret, too, that Islamists will let their multiple wives vote, swelling conservative ranks. When I came to Parliament toda
37、y, people who voted yes didnt even shake hands with me, said one Shia cleric. Why cant we respect each other and work together? Why not indeed? By Gulf standards, Kuwait is a democratic superstar. Its citizens enjoy free speech (as long as they dont insult their emir, naturally) and boast a Parliame
38、nt that can actually pass laws. Unlike their Saudi sisters, Kuwaiti women drive, work and travel freely. They run multibillion-dollar businesses and serve as ambassadors. Their academic success is such that colleges have actually lowered the grades required for male students to get into medical and
39、engineering courses. Even then, 70 percent of university students are females. In Kuwait, the Western obsession with the higab finds its equivalent. At a fancy party for NEWSWEEKs Arabic edition, some Kuwaiti women wore them. Others opted for tight, spangled, sheer little numbers in peacock blue or
40、parrot orange. For the partys entertainment, Nancy Ajram, the Arab worlds answer to Britney Spears, sang passionate songs of love in a white mini-dress. She couldnt dance for us, alas, since shaking ones body onstage is illegal in Kuwait. That didnt stop whole tables of men from raising their camera
41、-enabled mobile phones and clicking her picture. Youd think not being able to vote or dance in public would anger Kuwaits younger generation of women. To find out, I headed to the mallsKuwaits archipelago of civic freedom. Eager to duck strict parents and the social taboos of dating in public, young
42、 Kuwaitis have taken to cafes, beaming flirtatious infrared e-mails to one another on their cell phones. At Starbucks in the glittering Al Sharq Mall, I found only tables of men, puffing cigarettes and grumbling about the service. At Pizza Hut, I thought Id got an answer after encountering a young w
43、oman who looked every inch the modern suffragette - drainpipe jeans, strappy sliver high-heeled sandals and a higab studded with purple rhinestones. But, no, Mariam Al-Enizi, 20, studying business administration at Kuwait University, doesnt think women need the vote. Men are better at politics than
44、women, she explained, adding that women in Kuwait already have everything they need. Welcome to democracy, Kuwaiti style. （分数：1.00）(1).According to the passage, which of the following groups of people might be viewed as being dangerous by the guards?（分数：0.25）A.Foreign tourists.B.Women protestors.C.F
45、oreign journalists.D.Members of the National Assembly.(2).The bill giving women the vote did not manage to pass because_.（分数：0.25）A.different interest groups held different concerns.B.liberals did not reach consensus among themselves.C.Parliament was controlled by traditionalists.D.Parliament member
46、s were all conservatives.(3).What is the role of the 4 and 5 paragraphs in the development of the topic?（分数：0.25）A.To show how Kuwaiti women enjoy themselves.B.To describe how women work and study in Kuwait.C.To offer supporting evidence to the preceding paragraphs.D.To provide a contrast to the pre
47、ceding paragraphs.(4).Which of the following is NOT true about young Kuwaiti women?（分数：0.25）A.They seem to be quite contented.B.They go in for Western fashions.C.They desire more than modern necessities.D.They favour the use of hi-tech products.Museum is a slippery word. It first meant (in Greek) anything consecrated to the Muses: a hill, a shrine, a garden, a festival o
