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1、专业八级-231 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、LISTENING COMPREHENS(总题数：0，分数：0.00)（分数：12.50）A.There were worse times, but the earth survived.B.Global warming does not harm the earth at all.C.Human beings do not do so much harm to the earth as estimated.D.Global warming does not do so much harm to the earth a

2、s estimated.A.Mankind.B.Global warming.C.Earth“s survival.D.Disappearing glaciers.A.Resources depletion.B.Energy problem.C.Uncontrolled population growth.D.Clean water shortage.A.Human activities cause global warming.B.Global warming will cause human distinction.C.Global warming happens because we a

3、re in a natural cycle.D.Both the natural cycle and humans contribute to global warming.A.Human elements cause global warming.B.Human elements make global warming worse.C.Global warming changes human elements.D.Global warming will cause human distinction.（分数：12.50）A.It is urgent for us to do somethin

4、g.B.It is too late to stop glaciers from melting.C.People should be more worried about the rising sea.D.Gore worried too much about disease.A.Global warming.B.Spread of disease.C.Melting glaciers.D.Disappearing animals.A.It has strong economic impact.B.It affects the US“s foreign policies.C.It reduc

5、es carbon consumption.D.It maintains the US“s control in energy.A.It frightened people.B.It aroused media“s concern.C.It crippled the US nuclear power.D.It was a national disaster.A.A large percentage of energy is contributed by nuclear energy.B.The US has made great progress in nuclear energy.C.The

6、 US lags behind in the use of nuclear energy.D.There is no online nuclear power in the US.（分数：12.50）A.Teacher.B.Clergyman.C.Policeman.D.Criminal.A.He has some mental problems.B.He is too old to know what he is doing.C.He wants to have a good Christmas.D.He has got into the habit of stealing.A.They w

7、ant to spend their Christmas in a prison.B.People do not have sympathy for them.C.They are the same as Old Sam.D.There are many of them.A.Excited.B.Delighted.C.Worried.D.Sad.A.Because they don“t like it.B.Because they are worried about it.C.Because being armed is foreign to their nature.D.Because th

8、ey want a reform.（分数：12.50）A.Old Sam.B.The American policeman.C.The British policeman.D.The organized professional criminals.A.Violence.B.Compromise.C.Firearms.D.Police.A.He threatened to kill himself.B.He took some hostages.C.He robbed a bank.D.He threatened other people.A.He broke into the house a

9、nd captured the man.B.He fired at the house.C.He talked with the man.D.He took the man“s wife to the scene.A.Power.B.Skills.C.Patience.D.Weapons.（分数：12.50）A.He is a local volunteer.B.He is a member of parliament.C.He is the Minister of Transportation.D.He is the project engineer for upgrading roads

10、and bridges.A.His experience may help fix dangerous intersections of roads.B.His experience may contribute to raising more federal fund.C.His experience may enhance the committee“s work efficiency.D.His experience may ensure the most efficient use of the federal fund.A.It is run by the government of

11、 New South Whales.B.It has an annual budget of $60 million.C.The Federal Government runs it for coastal states.D.It requires the application from states.A.By filling in some online forms about local crash history.B.By identifying some black spots of the local committees.C.By recognizing accident-pro

12、ne roads and reporting them.D.By donating money to the funding program on the Internet.A.It has adopted many new safety policies.B.It has got a great economic result.C.It functions poorly due to a lack of funding.D.It is in serious deficit.（分数：12.50）A.They will be whitewashed soon.B.Nothing has been

13、 said about them in the election.C.There will be a specific program to upgrade them.D.They have to wait for more funding to come.A.It attracts funding to the local economic development.B.It ensures the best value of the freight exported overseas.C.It enhances the productive capacity of the economic

14、infrastructure.D.It makes significant profit in the local infrastructure projects.A.It involves $1.5 billion investment to upgrade bridges.B.It involves plans of transporting the staff easily to the airports.C.It involves projects of decreasing the freight capacity of ports.D.It involves the private

15、 investment besides the federal funding.A.Some businesses have already provided fund to upgrade the roads.B.It has not yet been involved in the program.C.The government tries to exclude it.D.It fights to get involved.A.Business sector provides investment through pricing.B.Private sectors are given i

16、ncentives to fund infrastructure.C.Businesses are set up in certain areas to help fund roads.D.Private investment is needed to deal with Labor“s debt.（分数：12.50）A.The cultural aspect of a complaint.B.How to make a complaint.C.How to handle a complaint.D.The psychological aspect of a complaint.A.The l

17、inguistic part of the complaining.B.The cultural behavior of being straightforward.C.Taking the products back to the stores.D.Understanding the refund policy of the stores.A.To teach what to say.B.To teach relevant body language.C.To provide store information.D.To provide cultural background.A.To sh

18、ow that the return policy may differ from store to store.B.To show that the clothes didn“t fit her daughter.C.To express her anger for not getting money back.D.To indicate she wasn“t used to these kind of stores.A.She was mad at him.B.She thought he was at fault.C.She was infuriated with his attitud

19、e.D.She reminded herself that he was not to blame.（分数：12.50）A.$20.B.$36.99.C.$4.99.D.$32.A.What the problem is.B.What correction she wants.C.A neutral tone.D.Showing her anger.A.Give them the cultural information about complaint.B.Give them a model letter and ask them to write one similar to that.C.

20、Familiarize the students with necessary vocabularies.D.Show the students the necessary writing styles and formats.A.Face-to-face verbal complaint.B.Written complaint.C.Phone complaint.D.E-mail complaint.A.Creating a situation where students can complain.B.Providing model complaints for students to f

21、ollow.C.Analyzing the languages and structures for complaints.D.Giving students practice on how to complain by role play.专业八级-231 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、LISTENING COMPREHENS(总题数：0，分数：0.00)（分数：12.50）A.There were worse times, but the earth survived. B.Global warming does not harm the earth at all

22、.C.Human beings do not do so much harm to the earth as estimated.D.Global warming does not do so much harm to the earth as estimated.解析：听力原文 W: Hello and welcome to Fresh Dialogues. Today I“m interviewing Robert Ballard, ocean explorer and discoverer of the Titanic. Thank you for joining us. Dr. Bal

23、lard, I want to thank you very much for being on Fresh Dialogues today . M: Pleasure to be here. W: A question came up last night about global warming and you had a bidirectional answer. Can you explain what you meant by that? You“re not worried about the planet? M: I“m not worried about the earth.

24、There have been times in earth“s history, in the Cretaceous period, for example, 90 million years ago, when it was a lot warmer than it is now. There were no glaciers, there wasn“t an ice cube on the planet, sea level was much higher. We“re just the latest bad thing, maybe, that“s happening to the e

25、arth. So, I“m not really worried about the earth“s survival. W: What about mankind? M: I worry about mankind. Sometimes I see this tombstone that says “the human race came and went but it was politically correct.“ As a scientist I am not politically correct. My job is not to be politically correct.

26、My job is to call it as I see it. And I see that the biggest problem the human race has is that there are too many of us. You can“t have uncontrolled population growth. And then to take that population growth and multiply it times our footprint. Everyone wants to be an American and that would be the

27、 worst thing in the world if everyone imitated us, because we consume so much. An important thing for Americans to do is to drop their footprint. W: Are you talking specifically about their carbon footprint? M: Exactly. W: Are you saying there is a human element to global warming? M: Absolutely. I m

28、ean, we“re in a natural cycle. The real argument is how much of this is a natural cycle and how much is added by humans. Hey folks, it“s both. Whenever you have a tremendous controversy, both sides tend to be right and wrong. You do have the natural warming_between ice ages like the one that we“re e

29、xperiencing, but you are increasing the seriousness of it with the human footprint. The concern most people have is that we can“t do much about the natural cycle, but we can do a lot about the human cycle. What people are worried about is if you steepen it too much, evolution can“t keep up and you g

30、et extinction. You don“t have adaptation to change, you have extinction and I think that“s what people are really worried about; they do see extinction. Why is the interviewee not really worried about the earth“s survival? 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据听力原文可知，在地球发展的历史上曾经有过更糟糕的年代，那时没有冰层，地球上没有冰块，海平面比现在高很多，因此罗伯特并不是很担心

31、地球的存亡，故 A为答案。A.Mankind. B.Global warming.C.Earth“s survival.D.Disappearing glaciers.解析：听力原文 What is Robert worried about more? 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据听力原文可知，他更担心的是人类，故 A为答案。A.Resources depletion.B.Energy problem.C.Uncontrolled population growth. D.Clean water shortage.解析：听力原文 According to Robert, what is the

32、 biggest problem for the human race? 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据听力原文可知，人类面临的最大问题是人口数量太大，并且自身无法控制人口的增长，故 C为答案。A.Human activities cause global warming.B.Global warming will cause human distinction.C.Global warming happens because we are in a natural cycle.D.Both the natural cycle and humans contribute to global wa

33、rming. 解析：听力原文 According to the interviewee, which is the CORRECT statement about global warming? 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据听力原文可知，我们处在地球变暖的周期中，同时人类活动也有助于气候变暖，故 D为答案。A.Human elements cause global warming.B.Human elements make global warming worse. C.Global warming changes human elements.D.Global warming will ca

34、use human distinction.解析：听力原文 What is the relationship between human element and global warming in Robert“s eyes? 本题设题点在人物观点处。根据听力原文可知，在冰河世纪之间会有自然的气候变暖现象出现，正如我们人类现在处于的这样一个时期，但是人类的足迹又使得变暖的情况加剧，所以答案为 B。（分数：12.50）A.It is urgent for us to do something.B.It is too late to stop glaciers from melting. C.Pe

35、ople should be more worried about the rising sea.D.Gore worried too much about disease.解析：听力原文 W: Do you agree with A1 Gore that there“s an urgent drive for us as Americans to do something? M: If you want to know the truth, it“s too late. Okay. All the ice is going to melt. There“s a lag and it“s al

36、ready in the system. In fact people don“t want to say that because they still want people to change their ways. But when it comes to glaciers and Polar Regions, it“s going to melt. Sea level is going to come up. W: Are you saying we should do nothing? M: No, I“m not. I was taught, when in doubt, try

37、 the truth. It“s never too late to change your ways. I“m not so worried about warming, because that“s going to happen and it“s happening. I“m more worried about disease; I“m more worried about pandemics. I“m more worried about that than the sea level rising. At least we can walk inland. But I“m more

38、 worried about the spread of disease. That“s a bigger threat. W: What are your views on alternative energy? The ocean is over 70% of the earth, what about taking advantage of the power of waves? M: As an American, I“m more pro alternative energy because it so affects our relationships with other cou

39、ntries than it does economic impact. I don“t like being dependent upon oil that“s controlled by countries that don“t like us. So, I“m more concerned about that than I am moving away from fossil fuel to wind energy or solar energy. I“m more worried about how it affects our foreign policy. So I come d

40、own more on that concern than reducing our carbon footprint. W: What about wave energy? M: Wave energy is a lot harder. I“m actually very pro nuclear. I thought the Three Mile Island calamity was an absolute disaster. A disaster for our country, because I“m very pro nuclear energy. I think it“s safe

41、 if done wisely. I envy what France has done. I think they“re up to 90%. But because of that horrible tragedy and how it frightened people.and the media added to that fear, I was a little upset with that, which media has a wonderful capability of doing.that we lost a generation of bringing more and

42、more nuclear power online. W: Well, Dr. Ballard, I really appreciate your taking the time. M: Pleasure, pleasure. What is Robert“s view on A1 Gore“s idea? 本题设题点在因果关系处。根据听力原文可知，现在采取行动为时已晚，冰正在融化，我们已经迟了一步；冰川和两极的冰层正在消融，海平面正在上升，罗伯特不是特别担心变暖，他认为这是必然要发生并且也正在发生着的事情，因此答案为 B。A.Global warming.B.Spread of diseas

43、e. C.Melting glaciers.D.Disappearing animals.解析：听力原文 According to Robert, what is a bigger threat? 本题设题点在人物观点处。根据听力原文可知，罗伯特并不担心气候变暖，因为这必然会发生，并且正在发生，他担心的是疾病问题，他认为疾病传播是更大的威胁，因此答案为 B。A.It has strong economic impact.B.It affects the US“s foreign policies. C.It reduces carbon consumption.D.It maintains t

44、he US“s control in energy.解析：听力原文 What is Robert“s reason to support alternative energy? 本题设题点在人物观点处。根据听力原文可知，罗伯特赞成替代能源，因为与它的经济影响相比，它更能影响我们与其他国家的关系，罗伯特更担心它对外交政策的影响。与降低碳排放量相比，罗伯特更担心这个方面，因此答案为 B。A.It frightened people.B.It aroused media“s concern.C.It crippled the US nuclear power. D.It was a national

45、 disaster.解析：听力原文 Which of the following is NOT the impact of the Three Mile Island calamity? 根据听力原文可知，对国家来讲这是场灾难，让人们非常恐慌，媒体助长了恐慌，我们错失了一个利用更多核能源的时代，因此正确答案为 C。A.A large percentage of energy is contributed by nuclear energy.B.The US has made great progress in nuclear energy.C.The US lags behind in the

46、 use of nuclear energy. D.There is no online nuclear power in the US.解析：听力原文 What can we learn about the situation of nuclear energy in the US? 本题设题点在对话问答处。根据听力原文可知，由于之前的核能灾难，美国核能源发展落后了一代的时间，因此答案为 C。（分数：12.50）A.Teacher.B.Clergyman.C.Policeman. D.Criminal.解析：听力原文 W: Well, Mr. Fox, would you please de

47、scribe your feelings towards criminals? M: It is true to say there ale criminals, certain types of criminals who policemen have.er.I have to be very careful with what I say. W: Umm. M: You see, I know a.a person who has been caught so many times that he“s.he“s become part and parcel of the station.

48、W: Umm. He“s been brought in all the time. M: He“s always in and he“s a cheerful sort of character. And it“s his way of life. And this sort of people of course.are people that you.well, I say, have an affinity with, that“s not the right word to use, but you have a closeness with, you know. W: They a

49、re part of your work, aren“t they? M: You know, Old Sam is always in. And you can always guarantee that Old Sam is always in. And you can always guarantee that Old Fred will do something stupid about a week before Christmas so that he can spend Christmas in a certain prison. W: Which he likes. M: Which he likes because he has a good Christmas. Then, of course, you go to the other end of the scale where you have a hard-core minority who are the professional criminals. And of course, one has no sympathy for them. W: British policemen are not armed, that is they