[外语类试卷]专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷162及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷 162及答案与解析 一、 PART III LANGUAGE USAGE 0 A four-year study by sociologists at The University of Manchester has found that women are much likely than men to【 M1】 _ make deep and lasting friendships. The investigation into social networks by the Universitys Research Centre for Socio-Cultu
2、ral Change found that men are more fickle and calculating about who they should be friends. Women, on the other hand, stand by their【 M2】 _ friends through thick and thin. Adding to the bad news for male prestige, the study confirms the stereotype which men are likely to【 M3】 _ base their friendship
3、 on social drinking. Of the 10,000 individuals studying who took part in the 1992【 M4】 _ to 2002 British Household Panel Surveys, women are much more likely to stay with the same friends. Single people, elder people【 M5】 _ and white collar workers are also good at paring up. Middle class people are
4、more likely to cast their net of friendship far more【 M6】 _ wider, or the working class tend to stick to their own kind.【 M7】 _ Dr Gindo Tampubolon said the findings to female friendship【 M8】 _ were double significant because the data suggest we are much【 M9】 _ more likely to socialize with people f
5、rom our own gender 75 per cent of best friends were with the same sex. Dr Tampubolon, who is based at the School of Social Sciences, said: “ Friendship between women seems to be fundamentally similar to friendship【 M10】 _ between men.“ 1 【 M1】 2 【 M2】 3 【 M3】 4 【 M4】 5 【 M5】 6 【 M6】 7 【 M7】 8 【 M8】
6、9 【 M9】 10 【 M10】 10 Americans circle of close confidants has shrunk dramatically in the past two decades but the number of people who say they【 M1】 _ have no one with whom to discuss important matters has more than doubled, according to a new study by sociologists at Duke University and the Univers
7、ity of Arizona “ The evidence shows that Americans have more confidants and those ties are also more【 M2】 _ family-based than they are used to be,“ said Lynn Smith-Lovin,【 M3】 _ Professor of Sociology at Duke University and one of the studys authors of Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Di
8、scussion Networks Over Two Decades. The study compared data from 1985 to 2004 and found which【 M4】 _ the mean number of people with whom Americans can discuss matters important to them dropped by nearly one-third, from 2.94 people in 1985 to 2.08 in 2004. The study paints a picture of Americans soci
9、al contacts a “densely connected, close,【 M5】 _ homogeneous set of ties slowly closing in on themselves,【 M6】 _ becoming smaller, more tightly interconnected, more focusing on【 M7】 _ the very strong bonds of the nuclear family.“ That means less contacts created through clubs, neighbors and【 M8】 _ or
10、ganizations outside the home a phenomenon popularly known as “ bowling lonely,“ from the 2000 book of the same title by【 M9】 _ Robert D. Putnam. The researchers speculated that changes in communities and families, such as the increase in a number of【 M10】 _ hours that family members spend at work an
11、d the influence of Internet communication, may contribute to the decrease in the size of close-knit circles of friends and relatives. 11 【 M1】 12 【 M2】 13 【 M3】 14 【 M4】 15 【 M5】 16 【 M6】 17 【 M7】 18 【 M8】 19 【 M9】 20 【 M10】 20 Over the years, Ive heard a fair number of slurs shouted at campus cops.
12、 Seldom were they “pig“ or “fascist.“ Far more often, they diminished the power of the officer, using words like “fake cop“ or “rent-a-cop“. This is which the power and class dynamics【 M1】 _ get tricky. They are real cops. Employing by California, they are【 M2】 _ agents of the state. Theyve got weap
13、ons. And the payment is not【 M3】 _ bad at all. On the other hand, campus police at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Davis, patrol kids whod call them failures if they grew up to be【 M4】 _ cops; kids who have more opportunities than the children of the campus cops; kids who will most be more successful than ca
14、mpus【 M5】 _ cops; kids who even enjoy the ultimate loyalty of U.C. faculty and most administrators. Just look at what happened before U.C.【 M6】 _ Berkeley administrators sent in cops with batons, and U.C. Davis administrators sent in cops with pepper spray. Predictive quarrels【 M7】 _ occurred. Baton
15、s and pepper spray were used. Images leaked. And suddenly administrators were launching investigations! And【 M8】 _ issuing statements about how deeply they cared for the students! Did they fail to anticipate that the weapons would be turned on passive protesters? They d do well to read “ Shooting an
16、 Elephant,“ George Orwells reflection on his time as a British imperial police officer in Burma, if so. To be clear, I dont think imperialism is an apt analogy when police forcibly remove from Occupy Cal or Davis【 M9】 _ protesters. And I do think Orwell helps us understand why officers【 M10】 _ who a
17、rent monsters might use wildly excessive force. 21 【 M1】 22 【 M2】 23 【 M3】 24 【 M4】 25 【 M5】 26 【 M6】 27 【 M7】 28 【 M8】 29 【 M9】 30 【 M10】 30 Funding public transit is one of the biggest problems facing cities today. Often the trouble is that a few high-cost, low-ridership routes drag down an entire
18、 system. That puts policymakers in a tough spot. They might eliminate these unprofitable lines, that has【 M1】 _ been suggested before, but in doing so they would harm a considerate number of people who rely on that service as their【 M2】 _ primary mode of transportation. Over at New Geography, Steve
19、Lafleur revives the debate and argues that low fares are the part of the reason transit lines are【 M3】 _ struggling. In response, he offers an admittedly “controversial“ solution: “Transit should operate on a for profit basis and its prices should closely reflect market forces if it means that trans
20、it fares【 M4】 _ increase.“ The idea of increasing ridership by raising fares is not with【 M5】 _ some recent precedent. Writing last week at The New York Times Opinionator blog, Lisa Margonelli points to a study from earlier this year comparing transit ridership in Germany and the United States. Over
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