[外语类试卷]专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷264及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷 264及答案与解析 一、 PART III LANGUAGE USAGE 0 Every year television stations receive hundreds of complaints about the loudness of advertisements. However, federal rules forbid the practice of making ads loud than the programming. In addition,【 S1】 _ television stations always operate at the
2、highest sound level allowing【 S2】 _ for reasons of efficiency. According to one NBC executive, no difference exists in the peak sound level of ads and programming. Given this information, why do commercials sound so loud? The sensation of sound involves variety of factors in addition to【 S3】 _ its s
3、peak level. Advertisers are skilful at create the impression of【 S4】 _ loudness through their expert use of such factors. One major contributor of the perceived loudness of commercials is that much【 S5】 _ less variation in sound level occur during a commercial. In regular【 S6】 _ programming the inte
4、nsity of sound varies over a large range. However, sound levels in commercials tend to stay at or near peak levels. Another “tricks of the trade“ are also used. Because low-【 S7】 _ frequency sounds can mask higher frequency sounds, advertisers filter out any noises in that may drown out the primary
5、message. In【 S8】 _ addition, the human voice has more auditory impact in the middle frequency ranges. Advertisers electronically vary voice sounds so that they stay within such a frequency band. Another approach is to write the script in which lots of consonants are used, because people are most awa
6、re of consonants than vowel sounds. Finally,【 S9】 _ advertisers try to begin commercials with sounds that are highly different from that of the programming within which the commercial【 S10】 _ is buried. Because people become adapted to the type of sounds coming from programming, a dramatic change in
7、 sound quality draws viewers attention. For example, notice how many commercials begin with a cheerful song of some type. 1 【 S1】 2 【 S2】 3 【 S3】 4 【 S4】 5 【 S5】 6 【 S6】 7 【 S7】 8 【 S8】 9 【 S9】 10 【 S10】 10 “ Almost universally, women have failed to reach leading positions in major corporations and
8、private sector organizations, respective of their abilities,“ said author Linda Wirth. “ The higher【 S1】 _ the position, the glaring the gender gap. “ The ILO said men【 S2】 _ traditionally rely in “old boy“ networks to climb up the ladder.【 S3】 _ Women are more “invisible“ in the corporate world but
9、 they are less【 S4】 _ keen on informal gatherings. They are also fighting a losing battle for【 S5】 _ against sexual harassment. A British study found that women in one company subjecting to【 S6】 _ continuing sexual harassment and bullying failed to achieve promotion whatever strategy they used. “ Pr
10、otesting and complaining earned them a label of feminist and whining , while trying to【 S7】 _ be one of the men invited further harassment,“ the ILO report said. A survey of 300 companies in Britain last year found that just 3 percent of board members are women. In the FTSE top 100【 S8】 _ companies
11、listed in Britain, women held just 4 percent of directors posts, while female managers earned just 71 percent of the salary of their male counterpart, the ILO report said.【 S9】 _ British female managers as a whole earned 83 percent of the salaries of their male counterparts putting them ahead of the
12、ir counterparts in most other countries. The situation in Germany was no better. A survey of 70,000 largest companies found that women there held just 1 to 3 percent of the top executive and boardroom positions. The ILO also reported that the comparative high proportion of women executives in large【
13、 S10】 _ French companies 13 percent was now falling again from the 1980s levels. 11 【 S1】 12 【 S2】 13 【 S3】 14 【 S4】 15 【 S5】 16 【 S6】 17 【 S7】 18 【 S8】 19 【 S9】 20 【 S10】 20 The first mention of slavery in the statutes of the English colonies of North America does not occur until after 1660 some fo
14、rty years after the importation of the first Black people. Lest we think that slavery existed in the fact before it did in law, Oscar and【 S1】 _ Mary Handlin assure us that the status of Black people down to the 1660s was that of servants. A critique of the Handlins interpretation for why legal slav
15、ery did not appear until the 1660s suggests that【 S2】 _ assumptions about the relation between slavery and racial prejudice could be reexamined, and that explanations for the different【 S3】 _ treatment of Black slaves in North and South America should be expanded. The Handlins explains the appearanc
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