[外语类试卷]专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷284及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷 284及答案与解析 一、 PART III LANGUAGE USAGE 0 A trade group for liquor retailers put out a press release with an alarming headline; “ Millions of Kids Buy Internet Alcohol, Landmark Survey Reveals. “ The announcement, from the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, received widely media at
2、tention. On NBCs Today Show,【 S1】 _ Lea Thompson said, “According to a new online survey, one in 10 teenagers has an underage friend who has ordered beer, wine or【 S2】 _ liquor over the Internet. More than a third think they can easily do it but nearly half think they wont get caught. “ Several news
3、papers【 S3】 _ mentioned the study, including USA Today and the Record of New Jersey. The news even made Australias Gold Coast Bulletin. Are millions of kids really buying booze online? To arrive that【 S4】 _ shocking headline, the group used some questioning logic to pump【 S5】 _ up the results from a
4、 survey that was already tilted in favor of finding【 S6】 _ a large number of online buyer. For starters, consider the source. The trade group that commissioned the survey has long fought efforts to expand online sales of alcohol; its members are local distributors which compete【 S7】 _ with online li
5、quor sellers. Some of the news coverage pointed out that conflict of interest, though reports didnt delve more deeply【 S8】 _ on how the numbers were computed.【 S9】 _ The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America hired Teenage Research Unlimited, a research company, to design the study. Teenage Researc
6、h, in return, hired San Diego polling firm Luth【 S10】 _ Research to put the questions to 1,001 people between the ages of 14 and 20 in an online survey. Luth gets people to participate in its surveys in part by advertising them online and offering small cash awards typically less than $5 for short s
7、urveys. 1 【 S1】 2 【 S2】 3 【 S3】 4 【 S4】 5 【 S5】 6 【 S6】 7 【 S7】 8 【 S8】 9 【 S9】 10 【 S10】 10 Gypsies, nomads arriving in Europe in the 1400s, endured expulsions, forcible removal of children, servitude in galleys or mines, death sentences as being Gypsy, and absolute slavery in the【 S1】 _ Balkans fr
8、om 16th century onward. Persecution stemmed from the【 S2】 _ highest authorities in State and Church. Followed the murder of【 S3】 _ 200,000 to 500,000 gypsies in the Holocaust, persecution persists, especially in Central and Eastern Europe that Gypsies form up to【 S4】 _ 10% of population(Bulgaria, Sl
9、ovakia, Romania). Discriminating【 S5】 _ against under communism, their plight has dramatically worsened since 1990s. Thus, they have survived to become Europes largest minority.【 S6】 _ Moreover, they have succeeded to preserving their culture and their【 S7】 _ way of life in the face of genocide, pol
10、itical persecution and poverty. In other cases, where minorities have survived similar persecutions like Jews during World War II, or blacks in South Africa its cause has received international support. By contrast,【 S8】 _ the gypsies success at preserving their culture is not regarded as an achieve
11、ment at all. Instead of, it is viewed as proof they are both【 S9】 _ unwilling and unable to change, and therefore irredeemable. Indeed, recently the president of Slovak Republic praised their way【 S10】 _ of life and said steps should be taken to limit the extension of this socially unacceptable and
12、mentally backwards population. 11 【 S1】 12 【 S2】 13 【 S3】 14 【 S4】 15 【 S5】 16 【 S6】 17 【 S7】 18 【 S8】 19 【 S9】 20 【 S10】 20 The House is expected to pass a piece of legislation Thursday that seeks to significantly rebalance the playing field for unions and employers and could possibly reverse decad
13、es of declining membership among private industries. The Employee Free Choice Act would allow the union to【 S1】 _ be recognized after collecting a majority of vote cards, instead【 S2】 _ waiting for the National Labor Relations Board to oversee a secret ballot election, that can occur more than 50 da
14、ys after【 S3】 _ the card vote completed.【 S4】 _ Representatives of business on Capitol Hill oppose the bill. They oppose the shift away from secret ballots said the change could【 S5】 _ threaten the privacy of the workers. “ This isnt about preventing increased unionization, its about protecting righ
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