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1、专业英语八级（改错）-试卷195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）_Throughout the nations more than 15,000 school districts, widely differing approaches to teaching science and math have emerged. Though there can be strength in diversity, a new internationa

2、l analysis suggests that this variability has instead contributed to lackluster achievement scores of U. S. children related to their peers in other developed countries. 1 Indeed, concludes William H. Schmidt of Michigan StateUniversity, who led the new analysis, no single intellectual 2coherent vis

3、ion dominates U. S. educational practice in math or science. The reason, he said, is because the system is deeply and fundamentally flawed. The new analysis, which released this week by the National 3Science Foundation in Arlington, Va. , is based on data collecting 4from about 50 nations as part of

4、 the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. Not only approaches to teaching science and math vary among 5individual U. S. communities, the report finds, but there appears tobe a little strategic focus within a school districts curricula, its 6textbooks, or its teachers activities. This c

5、ontrasts sharply with the coordinated national programs of most other countries. In average, U.S. students study more topics within science 7and math than their international counterparts do. This creates aneducational environment where is a mile wide and an inch deep, 8Schmidt notes. For instance,

6、eighth graders in the United States cover about 33 topics in math versus just 19 in Japan. Among science courses,the international gap is even wide. U. S. curricula for this age level 9resemble those of a small group of countries including Australia, Thailand, Iceland, and Bulgaria. Schmidt asks whe

7、ther the United States wants to be classed with these nations, whose educationalsystems share our pattern of splintered visions and which are not 10economic leaders.（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 long years of food shortage in this country have suddenly giv

8、en way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked withfood. Rationing is virtual suspended, and overseas suppliers have 1been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there iswidespread easiness and confusion. Why do food prices keep on 2rising when there seems to be so much more

9、food about? Is theabundance only temporary, but has it come to stay? Does it mean 3that we need to think less now about producing more food at home? No one knows what to expect. The recent growth of export surpluses on the world food markethave certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because of a

10、strange 4sequence of two successful grain harvests. North America is now beingfollowed by a three. Most of Britains overseas suppliers of meat, too, 5are offering more this year and home production has also arisen. 6 But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has 7made worse by

11、 a simultaneous rise in food prices, due chiefly for the 8gradual cutting down of government support for food. The shops areoverstocked with food not only as there is more food available, but 9also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it. Moreover, the rise in domestic price

12、s has come at a time whenworld prices have begun to fall, with the result which imported food, 10with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety. And now grain prices, too, are falling. Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this tr

13、end.（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:_Individuals are increasingly being asked to take on sole responsibilityand assume the burden of riskfor complex savingstasks which were previously at most shared with governments or 1employees, such as investing for a pension

14、or for higher education 2for their children. So how can individual workers or parentsexpected to weigh the risks and make responsible choices in an ever 3more sophisticated financial market? This is true even in countrieswhere consumers generally are familiar of finance instruments such 4as credit c

15、ards, mortgage loans and perhaps private saving to top up company pension plans. It is all the more difficult in emerging economies whose rapid development has given access to financialservices to the large number of consumers, many of whom have only 5a limited experience with formal financial syste

16、ms. For emergingeconomies, financially educated consumers can help ensure what the 6financial sector makes an effective contribution to real economicgrowth and poverty reduce. But financial literacy is also crucial for 7more developed economies, to help ensure consumers save enoughto provide an adeq

17、uate income in retirement while in avoiding high 8levels of debt that might result in bankruptcy and foreclosures. The information available on consumer financial literacy isworried for two reasonsnot only do individuals generally lack an 9adequate financial background or understanding to navigate t

18、odays complex market, but unfortunately they also generally believe thatthey are far more financial literate than is really the case. This has 10become a cause for increasing concern for governments.（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:_专业英语八级（改错）-试卷195答案解析 (总分：80.00，

19、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：Throughout the nations more than 15,000 school districts, widely differing approaches to teaching science and math have emerged. Though there can be strength in diversity, a new international analysis suggests that this

20、 variability has instead contributed to lackluster achievement scores of U. S. children related to their peers in other developed countries. 1 Indeed, concludes William H. Schmidt of Michigan StateUniversity, who led the new analysis, no single intellectual 2coherent vision dominates U. S. education

21、al practice in math or science. The reason, he said, is because the system is deeply and fundamentally flawed. The new analysis, which released this week by the National 3Science Foundation in Arlington, Va. , is based on data collecting 4from about 50 nations as part of the Third International Math

22、ematics and Science Study. Not only approaches to teaching science and math vary among 5individual U. S. communities, the report finds, but there appears tobe a little strategic focus within a school districts curricula, its 6textbooks, or its teachers activities. This contrasts sharply with the coo

23、rdinated national programs of most other countries. In average, U.S. students study more topics within science 7and math than their international counterparts do. This creates aneducational environment where is a mile wide and an inch deep, 8Schmidt notes. For instance, eighth graders in the United

24、States cover about 33 topics in math versus just 19 in Japan. Among science courses,the international gap is even wide. U. S. curricula for this age level 9resemble those of a small group of countries including Australia, Thailand, Iceland, and Bulgaria. Schmidt asks whether the United States wants

25、to be classed with these nations, whose educationalsystems share our pattern of splintered visions and which are not 10economic leaders.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：relatedrelative）填空项1:_（正确答案：intellectualintellectually）填空项1:_（正确答案：which去掉which或which一was）填空项1:_（正确答案：collectingcollected）填空项1:_（正确答案：only一do）

26、填空项1:_（正确答案：第一个a去掉a）填空项1:_（正确答案：InOn）填空项1:_（正确答案：wherethat或which）填空项1:_（正确答案：widewider）填空项1:_（正确答案：andbut）解析：解析：连词误用。此处前后两句语义相反，应该用转折连词but。此处意为“那些国家的教育体系的视野和我们的一样开阔，但并不是经济的领导者。”The long years of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked

27、withfood. Rationing is virtual suspended, and overseas suppliers have 1been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there iswidespread easiness and confusion. Why do food prices keep on 2rising when there seems to be so much more food about? Is theabundance only temporary, but has it com

28、e to stay? Does it mean 3that we need to think less now about producing more food at home? No one knows what to expect. The recent growth of export surpluses on the world food markethave certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because of a strange 4sequence of two successful grain harvests. North

29、America is now beingfollowed by a three. Most of Britains overseas suppliers of meat, too, 5are offering more this year and home production has also arisen. 6 But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has 7made worse by a simultaneous rise in food prices, due chiefly for the 8

30、gradual cutting down of government support for food. The shops areoverstocked with food not only as there is more food available, but 9also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it. Moreover, the rise in domestic prices has come at a time whenworld prices have begun to fall,

31、with the result which imported food, 10with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety. And now grain prices, too, are falling. Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this trend.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：virtualvirtually）填空项1:_（正确答案：eas

32、inessuneasiness）填空项1:_（正确答案：butor）填空项1:_（正确答案：havehas）填空项1:_（正确答案：threethird）填空项1:_（正确答案：arisenrisen）填空项1:_（正确答案：has一been）填空项1:_（正确答案：forto）填空项1:_（正确答案：asbecause）填空项1:_（正确答案：whichthat）解析：解析：从句引导词误用。result后面的从句是同位语从句，不能用which引导，只能用that来引导。Individuals are increasingly being asked to take on sole respo

33、nsibilityand assume the burden of riskfor complex savingstasks which were previously at most shared with governments or 1employees, such as investing for a pension or for higher education 2for their children. So how can individual workers or parentsexpected to weigh the risks and make responsible ch

34、oices in an ever 3more sophisticated financial market? This is true even in countrieswhere consumers generally are familiar of finance instruments such 4as credit cards, mortgage loans and perhaps private saving to top up company pension plans. It is all the more difficult in emerging economies whos

35、e rapid development has given access to financialservices to the large number of consumers, many of whom have only 5a limited experience with formal financial systems. For emergingeconomies, financially educated consumers can help ensure what the 6financial sector makes an effective contribution to

36、real economicgrowth and poverty reduce. But financial literacy is also crucial for 7more developed economies, to help ensure consumers save enoughto provide an adequate income in retirement while in avoiding high 8levels of debt that might result in bankruptcy and foreclosures. The information avail

37、able on consumer financial literacy isworried for two reasonsnot only do individuals generally lack an 9adequate financial background or understanding to navigate todays complex market, but unfortunately they also generally believe thatthey are far more financial literate than is really the case. Th

38、is has 10become a cause for increasing concern for governments.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：mostleast）填空项1:_（正确答案：employeesemployers）填空项1:_（正确答案：expectedbe）填空项1:_（正确答案：of一with）填空项1:_（正确答案：thea）填空项1:_（正确答案：whatthat）填空项1:_（正确答案：reducereduction）填空项1:_（正确答案：第二个in一去掉in）填空项1:_（正确答案：worriedworrying）填空项1:_（正确答案：financialfinancially）解析：解析：词性混用。此句结构完整，应使用副词来修饰形容词literate，故将financial改为financially。