[外语类试卷]专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷165及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷 165及答案与解析 一、 PART III LANGUAGE USAGE 0 Starting in the mid-1990s, major American cities began a radical transformation. Years of high violent crime rates, thefts, robberies, and inner-city decay suddenly started to turn around. Crime rates didnt just hold steadily, and they began fall
2、ing faster than【 M1】 _ they went up. That trend appeared in practically every【 M2】 _ post-industrial American city, simultaneously. “The drop of crime in the 1990s effected all geographic areas【 M3】 _ and demographic groups,“ Steven D. Levitt wrote in his landmark paper on the subject, Understanding
3、 Why Crime Fell in the 1990s, and elucidated further in a best-selling book Freakonomics. “It【 M4】 _ was unanticipated that it was widely dismissed as temporary or【 M5】 _ illusory long after it had begun.“ He went on to tie the drop to the legalization of abortion 20 years much earlier, dismissing p
4、olice【 M6】 _ tactics as a cause but they failed to explain the universality and【 M7】 _ unexpectedness of the change. Alfred Blumsteins The Crime Drop in America pinned the cause of crime solely on the crack epidemic but gave the credit for its appearance to those self-same【 M8】 _ policing strategies
5、. Plenty of other theories have been offered to account for the double-digit decrease in violence, from the advent of “broken windows“ policies, three strikes laws, changing demographics, gun control laws, and the increasing prevalence of cellphones or an【 M9】 _ upturn in the economy and cultural sh
6、ifts in American society. Some of these theories have disproven outright while others【 M10】 _ require a healthy dose of assumption to turn correlation into causation. 1 【 M1】 2 【 M2】 3 【 M3】 4 【 M4】 5 【 M5】 6 【 M6】 7 【 M7】 8 【 M8】 9 【 M9】 10 【 M10】 10 For people suffering from depression, the advice
7、 is usually the same: seek help. This simple-sounding directive, moreover, is【 M1】 _ often difficult for those with depression to follow because one common symptom of the disease is denial or lack of aware. This【 M2】 _ can be frustrated for well-meaning family and friends and is one【 M3】 _ of the ke
8、y ways that treating mental illness is different from treating other illnesses. The challenge for a person with a depressed spouse, relative or close friend who refuses to get treatment is how to change defiant persons mind. Reality show-style interventions and tough【 M4】 _ love are rarely successfu
9、l, experts say. But there are techniques that can help. The key is to try and avoid a debate over if your【 M5】 _ loved one is sick and instead of look for common ground.【 M6】 _ “Depression makes a person see the world by gray-colored【 M7】 _ glasses,“ says Xavier Amador, a clinical psychologist and d
10、irector of the LEAP Institute in Taconic, NY, who trains mental-health【 M8】 _ doctors and family members how to overcome a mentally ill persons denial of their disease. At the LEAP Institute, they teach mental-health professions how to build enough trust with the【 M9】 _ mentally ill person that he w
11、ill follow advice even if he wont admit to sick. LEAP is an acronym for “listen reflectively,【 M10】 _ empathize strategically, agree on common ground and partner on shared goals.“ 11 【 M1】 12 【 M2】 13 【 M3】 14 【 M4】 15 【 M5】 16 【 M6】 17 【 M7】 18 【 M8】 19 【 M9】 20 【 M10】 20 The transformation of jour
12、nalism in India the worlds largest democracy and one of its fastest growing economies has implications for journalism around the world. With approaching 100 round-the-clock news channels unrivalled in any other country India boasts the worlds most linguistic diverse news【 M1】 _ landscape. This offer
13、s exciting opportunities, as well challenges to【 M2】 _ professional journalists and scholars of international journalism. The India Media Centre, the worlds first academic centre which dedicated to studying globalizing tendencies of media【 M3】 _ in India, is organizing the pioneering conference to a
14、ddress【 M4】 _ the implications of this major media development. This international gathering will bring together journalists and journalism scholars around the world to examine the changing face【 M5】 _ of journalism in India and their impact on the rest of the world.【 M6】 _ According to the World As
15、sociation of Newspapers, the sale of newspapers in India is booming: circulation grew by 46 per cent between 2000 and 2008 and more than 99 million copies of newspapers were sold in India every day. The Times of India is【 M7】 _ now the worlds largest circulating, English-language “quality“【 M8】 _ ne
16、wspaper. From FM and community radio to online media, journalists are finding new ways to communicate with a requiring【 M9】 _ and fragmenting audience, including a young and vocal, middle-class diaspora. International media groups from financial, to sport journalism to entertainment news are extendi
17、ng and embedding their operations into that is one of the worlds biggest【 M10】 _ news bazaars. 21 【 M1】 22 【 M2】 23 【 M3】 24 【 M4】 25 【 M5】 26 【 M6】 27 【 M7】 28 【 M8】 29 【 M9】 30 【 M10】 30 For centuries, immigrants have come to America seeking the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happine
18、ss. Some came fleeting religious persecution. Others came for the possibility of a【 M1】 _ better life. But all were inspired by the freedoms that exist in the United States because of the rule of law. Throughout our history, immigrants have contributed to American society and help build the American
19、 dream. But today【 M2】 _ we face with an immigration crisis. Lax enforcement of our【 M3】 _ immigration laws threatens the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that has made America that it is today. In【 M4】 _ order to protect the American dream, we must enforce our immigration laws
20、. According to a report by the Government Accountability Office, only 44 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border is under the “operational control“ of the U.S. Border Patrol. Forty-four percent is a failure grade. Holes in the security of our borders threaten【 M5】 _ American lives. The first promise of th
21、e American dream is “life.“ In order to protect that promise, we must secure the U.S.-Mexico border. We must also do more to prohibit Americans from criminal【 M6】 _ illegal immigrants. Despite the Obama administration has【 M7】 _ increased the deportation of criminal immigrants, two Supreme Court rul
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