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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS
——GRADE EIGHT——
MODEL TEST ONE
TIME LIMIT: 195 MIN
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION [ 35 MIN ]
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Some of the gaps may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes while completing the task. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.
SECTION B INTERVIEW
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview.
1. What is the decoration of the East Room like?
A. It's elaborate.
B. It's simpler than past.
C. It's nothing special.
D. It's too plain.
2. Why do they use real roses according to Laura?
A. Real roses are more fragrant.
C. Real roses are fresh.
B. Real roses can show their social status.
D. Real roses can better show their love.
3. What's Donna Green's main responsibility?
A. To help decorate the White House.
B. To do the White House Christmas card.
C. To guide visitors to the White House during the Christmas.
D. To illustrate the decorations of the White House.
4. The White House during Christmas this year is very different in that_______.
A. it's much prettier
B. it's more elegant
C. everything is fresh and real
D. everything is brand new
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Laura as something Americans have a difficult time doing?
A. Criticizing President Bush.
B. Having family members deployed in Iraq.
C. Worrying about their family members in Iraq.
D. Watching American troops in Iraq.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
Questions 6 to 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
6. The Maersk Alabama is owned by
A. Kenya
B. Denmark
C. America
D. Somalia
7. According to Andrew Mwangura, how can the deadlock be resolved quickly?
A. Denmark's A. P. Moller-Maersk contact with pirates directly.
B. The crew disabled.the ship and overpowered the pirates.
C. Give pirates enough money immediately.
D. Use a lot of third parties to be part of the negotiation team.
Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.
8. Which of the following is NOT the result of Yahoo's issue?
A. Scott Thompson lost his position in the company.
B. Ross Levinson took place of Scott Thompson.
C. Mr. Loeb will be appointed a company director.
D. The chief executive was found padding his academic credentials.
Questions 9 to 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
9. The new taxes are used to
A. sort out troubled firms
B. pay for bailouts
C. avoid the risk of each firm's activities
D. increase the employees' pay
10. If governments want to raise more money, they can put in an additional tax on ____ firstly.
A. financial institutions
B. products of companies
C. profits of companies
D. employees' salaries
PARTⅡ READING COMPREHENSION [30 MIN]
In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark the best answer t6 each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
TEXT A
The newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, unalloyed, unslanted, objectively selected facts. But in these days of complex news it must provide more; it must supply interpretation, the meaning of the facts. This is the most important assignment confronting American journalism--to make clear to the reader the problems of the day, to make international news as understandable as community news, to recognize that there is no longer any such thing (with the possible exception of such scribbling as society and club news) as "local" news, because any event in the international area has a local reaction in manpower draft, in economic strain, in terms, indeed, of our very way of life.
There is in journalism a widespread view that when you embark on interpretation, you are entering choppy and dangerous waters, the swirling tides of opinion. This is nonsense.
The opponents of interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall confine themselves to the "facts". This insistence raises two questions: what are the facts? And: are the bare facts enough?
As to the first query, consider how a so-called "factual" story comes about. The reporter collects, say, fifty facts; out of these fifty, his space allotment being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten, which he considers most important. This is Judgment Number One. Then he or his editor decides which of these ten facts shall constitute the lead of the piece. This is important decision because many readers do not proceed beyond the first paragraph. This is Judgment Number Two. Then the night editor determines whether the article shall be presented on page one, where it has a large impact, or on page twenty-four, where it has little. Judgment Number Three.
Thus, in the presentation of a so-called "factual" or "objective" story, at least three judgments are involved. And they are judgments not at all unlike those involved in interpretation, in which reporter and editor, calling upon their general background, and their "news neutralism", arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news.
The two areas of judgment, presentation of the news and its interpretation, are both objective rather than subjective processes-as objective, that is, as any human being can be. (Note in. passing: even though complete objectivity can never be achieved, nevertheless the ideal must always be the beacon on the murky news channels. ) If an editor is intent on slanting the news, he can do it in other ways and more effectively than by interpretation. He can do it by the selection of those facts that prop up his particular plea. Or he can do it by the pay he gives a story-
promoting it to page one or demoting it to page thirty.
11. Readers expect all of the following from newspapers EXCEPT
A. how to interpret news
B. interpretations of news
C. community news
D. international news
12. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. news of local areas will no longer be reported
B. interpretation of news always involves editor's bias
C. American journalism is in lack of objectivity
D. there is a higher requirement for the content of news today
13. What can be inferred about the opponents of interpretation?
A. They have a higher requirement for the objectivity of news than supporters do.
B. They have a narrow understanding of what facts mean.
C. They doubt that news can be factual.
D. They don't believe in the validity of interpreted news.
14. In what way are presentation and interpretation of news alike?
A. They are both subjective.
B. They are both difficult to do.
C. They both involve judgments by reporters and editors.
D. They both help keep the objectivity of news.
15. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. how to select news
B. how to interpret news
C. requirements for news interpretation
D. the objectivity of news interpretation
TEXT B
When I was 14 years old and very impressed with my teenage status, I set for myself a very special goal—that to differentiate me from my friends. My goal was a project that I undertook every day after school for several months. It began to when I stealthily made my way into the local elementary school--horror of horrors should I be seen; I was now in junior high. I identified myself as a graduate of the elementary school, and being taken under wing by a favorite fifth grade teacher, I was given a small bundle from a locked storeroom-a bundle that I quickly dropped into a bag, lest anyone see me walking home with something from the "little kids" school.
I brought the bundle home proudly. I walked into the living room, and one by one, emptied the bag of basic reading books. They were thin books with colorful covers and large print. The words were monosyllabic and repetitive. I sat down to the secret task at hand. "All right," I said authoritatively to my 70-year-old grandmother," today we begin our first reading lesson." For weeks afterwards, my grandmother and I sat patiently side by side roles reversed as she, with a bit of difficulty, sounded out every word, then read them again, piece by piece, until she understood the short sentences. When she slowly repeated the full sentence, we both would smile and clap our hands--I felt so pound, so grown up.
My grandmother was born in a rocky little Greece farming village where nothing much grew. She never had the time to go to school. As she was the oldest child, she was expected to take care of her brother and sister, as well as the house and acclimating exceptions, and her father scratched out what little he could form from the soil. So, for my grandmother, schooling was out. But she had big plans for herself. She had heard about America. About how rich you could be. How people on the streets would offer you a dollar just to smell the flower you were carrying.About how everyone lived in nice houses-not stone huts on the side of mountains-and had nice clothes and time for school. So my grandmother made a decision at 14-just a child-to take a long and sickening 30-day sea voyage alone to the United States. After lying about her age to the passport officials, who would shake their heads
vehemently at anyone under 16 leaving her family, and after giving her favorite gold earrings to her cousin, saying "In America, I will have all the gold I want", my young grandmother put herself on a ship. She landed in New York in 1916. No need to repeat the story of how it went for years. The streets were not made of gold. People weren't interested in smelling flowers held by strangers. My grandmother was a foreigner. Alone. A young girl who worked hard doing piecework to earn money for meals. No leisure time, no new gold earrings-and no school. She learned only enough English to help her in her daily business.
English came slowly. My grandmother had never learned to read. She could make out a menu, but not a newspaper. She could read a street sign, but not a shop directory. She could read only what she needed to read as, through the years, she married, had five daughters, and helped my grandfather with his restaurant. So when I was 14-the same age that my grandmother was when she left her family, her country, and everything she knew-I took it upon myself to teach my grandmother something, something I already knew how to do. Something with which I could give back to her some of the things she had taught me. And it was slight repayment for all she taught me. How to cover the fig tree in tar paper so it could survive the winter. How to cultivate rose bushes and magnolia trees that thrived on her little piece of property. Best of all, she had taught me my ethnic heritage.
First, we phonetically sounded out the alphabet. Then, we talked about vowels--English is such a difficult language to learn. I hadn't even begun to explain the different sounds "gh" could make. We were still at the basics. Every afternoon, we would sit in the living room, my grandmother with an afghan converting her knees, giving up her crocheting for her reading lesson. I, with the patience that can come only from love, slowly coached her from the basic reader to the second-grade reader, giving up my telephone gossiping. Years later, my grandmother still hadn't learned quite enough to sit comfortably with a newspaper or magazine, but it felt awfully good to see her try. How we used to laugh at her pronunciation mistakes. She laughed more heartily than I. I never knew whether I should laugh. Here was this old woman slowly and carefully sounding out each word, moving her lips, not saying anything aloud until she was absolutely sure, and then, loudly, happily saying, "Look at spot. See Spot run."
When my grandmother died and we faced the sad task of emptying her home, I was going through her night-table drawer and came upon the basic readers. I turned the pages slowly, remembering. I put them in a paper bag, and the next day returned them to the "little kids" school. Maybe someday, some teenager will request them again, for the same task. I will make for a lifetime of memories.
16. The girl got books from _______to teach her grandmother.
A. the local elementary school
B. the library
C. the bookstore
D. her own bookcase
17. Which of the following is not one of the reasons that her grandmother never went to school?
A. She needed to take care of her brother and sister.
B. She needed to take care of the house and acclimating exceptions.
C. She had no time to go to school.
D. She had an American dream.
18. Ever since the girl took up the task to teach her grandmother, she had given up the habit of_______.
A. cultivating rose bushes
B. reading adventurous stories
C. prattling on telephone
D. playing chess with her schoolmates
19. How did the girl feel about the experience of teaching her grandmother?
A. She was proud.
B. She felt it a pleasant task.
C. She treasured the special experience.
D. All of the above.
20. What is the main idea of this text?
A. It's never too late to learn.
B. An old woman had a tough but rewarding life.
C. The love between a girl and her grandmother was deep.
D. A girl taught her grandmother the hard-to-learn skill of reading English.
TEXT C
If you intend using humor in your tall to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are tailing to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and
friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. "Who is that?" The new arrival asked St. Peter. "Oh, that's God," came the reply, "but sometimes he thinks he's a doctor."
If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman's notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn't attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.
If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it's the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.
Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. It's a twist on a familiar quote "If at first you don't succeed, give up" or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.
21. What is essential in making humor effective?
A. Personal charm of the humor user.
B. Understanding the audience's situation and sharing the same view with them.
C. Sympathy for the audience.
D. Identification of the audience's social status.
22. The author cited the doctor's story to __
A. show how supercilious doctors are
B. show how nurses dislike doctors
C. illustrate the importance of shared experiences in using humor
D. illustrate the author's capability of understanding humor
23. Which of the following might work as humor according to the author?
A. Making remarks about the poor service of the hotel with a group of hotel waiters.
B. Complaining about the dullness of newspaper content with some editors of it.
C. Commenting on the greediness of lawyers with several solicitors.
D. Teasing the inflexibility of traffic wardens with a group of drivers.
24. What can help make one's humorous remarks natural and casual?
A. preparation in advance
B. the way one speaks
C. innate sense of humor
D. calm facial expression
25. The passage discusses all of the following EXCEPT_______.
A. how one can be naturally humorous
B. how to make humor work well
C. where humor can come from
D. how practice can make one's humor perfect
TEXT D
The bizarre antics of sleepwalkers have puzzled police, perplexed scientists, and fascinated writers for centuries. There is an endless supply of stories about sleepwalkers. Persons have been said to climb on steep roofs, solve mathematical problems, compose music, walk though plate glass windows, and commit murder in their sleep.
How many of these stories have a basic in fact, and how many are pure fakery? No one knows, but if some of the most sensational stories should be taken with a barrel of salt, others are a matter of record.
There is an early medical record of a somnambulist who wrote a novel in his sleep. And the great French writer Voltaire knew a sleepwalker who once got out of bed, dressed himself, made a polite bow, danced a minuet, and then undressed and went back to bed.
At the University of Iowa, a student was reported to have the habit of getting up in the middle of the night and walking three-quarters of a mile to the Iowa River. He would take a swim and then go back to his room to bed.
The world's champion sleepwalker was supposed to have been an Indian, who walked sixteen miles along a dangerous road without realizing that he had left his bed. Second in line for the title is probably either a Vienna housewife or a British farmer. The woman did all her shopping on busy streets in her sleep. The farmer, in his sleep, visited a veterinarian miles away.
The leading expert on sleep in American claims that he had never seen a sleepwalker. He is Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman, a physiologist at the University of Chicago. He is said to know more about sleep than any other living man, and during the last thirty-five years had lost a lot of sleep watching people sleep. Says he, "Of course, I know that there are sleepwalkers because I have read about them in the newspapers. But none of my sleepwalkers ever walked, and if I were to advertise for sleepwalkers for an experiment, I doubt that I'd get many takers."
Sleepwalking, nevertheless, is a scientific reality. Like hypnosis, it is one of those dramatic, eerie, awe--inspiring phenomena that sometimes border on the fantastic. It lends itself to controversy and misconceptions. What is certain about sleepwalking is that it is a symptom of emotional disturbance, and that the only way to cure it is to remove the worries and anxieties that cause it. Doctors say that somnambulism is much more common than is generally supposed. Some have set estimated that there are four million somnambulists in the United States. Others set the figure even higher. Many sleepwalkers do not seek help and so are never put on record, which means that an accurate count can never be made.
The simplest explanation of sleepwalking is that it is the acting out of vivid dream. The dream usually comes from guilt, worry, nervousness, or some other emotional conflict.
The age-old question is: Is the sleepwalker actually awake or asleep? Scientists have decided that he is about half-and-half. Dr. Zelda Teplitz, who made a ten-year study of the subject, say, "Some people stay awake all night worrying about their problems. The sleepwalker thrashes them out in his sleep. He is awake in the muscular area, partially asleep in the sensory area." In other words, a person can walk in his sleep, move around, and do other things, but he does not think about what he is doing.
There are many myths about sleepwalkers. One of the most common is the idea that it's dangerous or even fatal to waken a sleepwalker abruptly. Experts say that the shock suffered by a sleepwalker suddenly awakened is no greater than that suffered in waking up to the noise of an alarm clock. Another mistaken belief is that sleepwalkers are immune to injury. Actually most sleepwalkers trip over rugs or bump their heads on doors at some time or other.
What are the chances of a sleepwalker committing a murder or doing something else extraordinary in his sleep? Some cases of this have been reported, but they very rarely happen. Of course the few cases that are reported receive a great deal of publicity. Dr. Teplitz says, "Most people have such great inhibitions against murder or violence that they would awaken-if someone didn't waken them." In general, authorities on sleepwalking agree with her. They think that people will not do anything in their sleep that is against their own moral code.
Parents often explain their children's-or their own-nocturnal oddities as sleepwalking. Sleepwalking is used as an excuse for all kinds of irrational behavior. There is a case on record of a woman who dreamed that her house was on fire and flung her baby out of the window. Dr. Teplitz believes that this instance of irrational behavior was not due to somnambulism. She believes the woman was seriously deranged or insane, not a sleepwalker.
For their own protection, chronic sleepwalkers have been known to tie themselves in bed, lock their doors, hide the keys, bolt the windows, and rip up all sorts of gadgets or wake themselves if they should get out of bed. Curiously enough, they have an uncanny way of avoiding their own traps when they sleepwalk, so none of their tricks seem to work very well. Some sleepwalkers talk in their sleep loudly enough to wake someone else in the family who can then shake them back to their senses.
Children who walk in their sleep usually outgrow the habit. In many adults, too, the condition is more or less temporary. If it happens often, however, the sleepwalker should seek help. Although sleepwalking itself is nothing to become alarmed about, the problems that cause the sleepwalking may be very serious.
26. What does the phrase "taken with a barrel of salt" at the end of the second paragraph mean?
A. inconceivable
B. unbelievable
C. suspected
D. implausible
27. Who was supposed to be the world's champion sleepwalker?
A. The man walked sixteen miles along a dangerous road.
B. The boy walked five hours in his sleep.
C. The student habitually walked to the Iowa River and swam in his sleep.
D. The man danced a minuet in his sleep.
28. What is true of sleepwalking according to the passage?
A. It is caused by emotional conflict or guilty conscience.
B. It is the acting out of a vivid dream.
C. Somnambulists are asleep during their sleepwalking.
D. It is dangerous to waken a sleepwalker.
29. Dr. Zelda Teplitz ________.
A. studied sleepwalking for at least ten years
B. concluded that sleepwalkers are partially asleep in their sensory area
C. maintained that sleepwalkers are immune to injury
D. A and B
30. The writer makes it obvious that________.
A. sleepwalkers are often awakened by dangers
B. the underlying cause of sleepwalking is more serious than sleepwalking itself
C. all kinds of irrational behavior are reflections of sleepwalking
D. All of the alcove
PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE [ 10 MIN ]
There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
31. The first inhabitants in Britain were________.
A. the Normans
B. the Celts
C. the Iberians
D. the Anglo-Saxons
32. The Declaration of Independence came from the theory of British philosopher________.
A. Paul Revere
B. John Locke
C. Cornwallis
D. Frederick Douglass
33. Sydney is the capital city of________.
A. New South Wales
B. Queensland
C. South Australia
D. Tasmania
34. Which American president was at the same time period with Martin Luther King Jr.?
A. John Kennedy
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. George Washington
D. Ronald Reagan
35. The Canterbury Tales was written by ________.
A. Alfred the Great
B. Thomas Malory
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Edmund Spencer
36. Walt Whitman was a(n) ________.
A. playwright
B. essayist
C. poet
D. novelist
37. Alexander Pope was the representative writer of________.
A. Transcendentalism
B. Romanticism
C. Modernism
D. Neo-Classicism
38. Psychollnguistics investigates the interrelation of language and________.
A. a speech community
B. its diversity
C. human mind
D. human behavior
39. The words "amaze" and "astound" are ________.
A. dialectal synonyms
B. semantically different synonyms
C. stylistic synonyms
D. collocational synonyms
40. Functional Sentence Perspective was put forward by ________.
A. the London School
B. the Prague School
C. Boas and Sapir
D. Post-Bloomfieldian linguists
PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION [ 15 MIN]
The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and Correct it in the following way:
For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.
For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a "∧" sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.
For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash "/" and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.
PART V TRANSLATION [ 60 MIN ]
SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH
Translate the underlined part of the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.
燕子去了，有再來的時候;楊柳枯了，有再青的時候;桃花謝了，有再開的時候。但是，聰明的，你告訴我，我們的日子為什麼一去不復返呢?——是有人偷了他們罷：那是誰?又藏在何處呢?是他們自己逃走了罷：現在又到了哪裏呢?
我不知道他們給了我多少日子;但我的手確乎是漸漸空虛了。在默默裏算着，八千多日子已經從我手中溜去;像針尖上一滴水滴在大海里，我的日子滴在時間的流裏，沒有聲音，也沒有影子。我不禁頭涔涔而淚潸潸了。
SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE
Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.
To that new order we oppose the greater conception—the moral order. A good society is able to face schemes of world domination and foreign revolutions alike without fear.
Since the beginning of our American history we have been engaged in change—in a perpetual peaceful revolution—a revolution which goes on steadily, quietly adjusting itself to changing conditions—without the concentration camp or the quick-lime in the ditch. The world order which we seek is the cooperation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society.
This nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women; and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose.
To that high concept there can be no end save victory.
PART VI WRITING [ 45 MIN ]
As regards the function of education, some people believe that education should only emphasize on academic learning, while others believe that other subjects like music and sports are more essential for children's development. What's your opinion? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic:
On Function of Education
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, language and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
ANSWER SHEET ONE
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.
With the explosion of excitement about the Interact, there seems to be another type of addiction that has invaded the human psyche.
I. Internet addiction or computer addiction: what to name the phenomenon?
1) Internet Addiction Disorder
— Some people seem to be too excited about the Internet
2) Computer Addiction
— Many people are attached only to their computers and don't care about the Interact.
3) Cyberspace Addiction
— an addiction to (1) _______of experience created through computer engineering
— many subtypes with (2) _______
▪ some are game and competition oriented
▪ some fulfill more (3) _______
▪ some are an extension of workaholicism
Ⅱ.Normal enthusiasm and abnormal preoccupation: where to draw the line?
1) Addictions can be healthy, unhealthy or a (4) _______.
— healthy: an outlet for learning, creativity and self-expression
— unhealthy: serious disturbances in one's ability to function in (5) _______.
2) With no official psychological or psychiatric diagnosis of an Interact or Computer Addiction, there are only definitions of the constellation of (6) _______ that constitutes such addictions in different ways.
Ⅲ Problematic addiction and healthy Internet use: the speaker's premise
1) problematic addiction: when they have (7) _______ their cyber life from face-to-face life
2) healthy Internet use: (8) _______ the face-to-face and cyberspace worlds
3) "bringing in the real world"
— an important principle for helping people who are addictively (9) _______ in cyberspace
— a powerful tool for intervening with people who are addicted to (10) _______ in cyberspace
試題詳解
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
聽力原文
結構提示
本篇講座分析了網絡成癮的原因，共分三部分。第一部分介紹了什麼是網癮，第二部分分析瞭如何界定網癮與非網癮，第三部分説話者對如何正常使用網絡給出了，自己的觀點。
試題解析
1.virtual realms。本題的出題點在解釋説明處。講座中提到Perhaps，on a broad level.it makes sense to talk about a “Cyberspace Addiction”—an addiction to virtual realms of experience created through computer engineering，題干與原文破折號之後的內容一致，故答案為virtual realms，意為“虛擬領域”，此處是指“沉溺於由計算機工程創造出的虛擬領域的體驗”。
2.distinct differences。本題考查細節。講座中提到Within this broad category，there may be subtypes with distinct differences，與題幹中的many subtypes with______表達一致，故答案為distinct differences，意為“明顯差異”，此處表達“網絡空間成癮有許多差異明顯的種類”，下文可能會對這些不同的種類進行具體描述。
3.social needs。本題的出題點在排比句式處(Some…some…some…o講座中提到網絡空間成癮有不同的種類，Some cyberspace addictions are game and competition oriented，some fulfill more social needs.and some simply may be an extension of workaholicism，也就是説第一種網絡空間成癮是以遊戲和比賽為主，第二種網絡空間成癮是為了滿足社會需要，第三種網絡空間成癮是工作狂的一種表現，此處題幹問的是網絡空間成癮能夠滿足什麼，故得答案social needs。
4.mixture of both。本題的出題點在並列句式處(or)。講座中提到“Addictions”--defined very loosely—call be healthy，unhealthy，or a mixture of both，即成癮的定義比較寬泛，可以是健康的、不健康的，還可以是健康與不健康兼有的，題幹中已給出前兩種，故得答案mixture of both。
5.(the)real world。本題的出題點在轉折處(but)。講座中提到成癮有健康的、不健康的或二者皆有，其中對不健康的成癮的描述是：But in truly pathological addictions，the bad outweighs the good，resulting in serious disturbances in one’s ability to function in the“real”world，其中truly pathological與unhealthy同義，
可得答案(the)real world,此處表達的是“不健康的成癮會嚴重擾亂人們在現實世界的活動能力”。
6.symptoms。本題考查細節。講座中提到As yet，there is no official psychological or psychiatric diagnosis of an “Internet”or“Computer”addiction.Researchers have only been able to define the constellation of symptoms that constitutes a computer or Internet addiction in different ways。題干將這兩句話整合為一句，constellation of之後即為答案，此處意為“對於網癮或電腦成癮，在心理學上和精神病學上都沒有官方診斷法，專家只能從構成網癮或電腦成癮的不同症狀來定義了”。
7.dissociated。本題的出題點在引出要點句式後(Now，let's come to)。講座中提到It's a problem when your face-to-face life becomes dissociated from your cyber life(當你的現實生活與你的網絡生活相分離時，問題就出現了)，題幹是對講座內容的同義轉述，故得答案dissociated。
8.integrating。本題的出題點在遞進關係處(On the other hand)。講座中提到On the other hand，healthy Internet use means integrating the face—to—face and cyberspace worlds(另一方面，健康使用網絡意味着將現實生活與網絡生活相結合)，故得答案integrating。
9.stuck。本題考查細節，“Bringing in the real world”之後的內容是聽力重點。講座中提到“Bringing in the real world” is an important principle for helping people who are addictively stuck in cyberspace，也就是“帶入現實世界”是幫助那些過於沉迷於網絡的人的重要原則，可得答案stuck。
10.misbehaving。本題的出題點在and…also引導的並列句式處，記筆記時需關注這樣的句式。講座中提到 And it’s also a powerful tool for intervening with people who ale addicted to misbehaving in cyberspace，即“將他們帶入現實世界”也是阻止一些人在網絡裏沉迷於不端行為的強有力工具，故得答案 misbehaving。
SECTION B INTERVIEW
聽力原文
聽力預測
根據題幹中出現的me decoration of the East Room、use real roses、Donna Green’s main responsibility、The White House during Christmas和Americans可以大概推斷出對話談論的是白宮在聖誕節期間的準備情況。
對話摘要
對話是主持人對當時的總統夫人勞拉布什關於白宮聖誕節準備工作的採訪。採訪中勞拉介紹到，今年聖誕節白宮的佈置與往年的不同之處在於今年的佈置非常簡單，而且所有的裝飾品都是新鮮、真實的。在採訪的最後主持人與勞拉談到了關於美國對伊政策和駐伊士兵的問題。
試題解析
1.B。本題的出題點在比較句式處。本題是問East Room的裝飾情況，聽音重點在East Room處。對話中男士先提到“我過去在東廳常能看到一些精心佈置的裝飾”，暗示往年的東廳經常是精心佈置的，接着女士説“今年比較簡單”，故答案為B，排除A。
2.C。本題的出題點在人物觀點處(what I really wanted)及結果處(so)。本題是問勞拉使用real roses的原因，聽音重點在real roses處。對話中勞拉提到“我真正想用的是新鮮的東西，所以我們在樹上裝飾了真的玫瑰花”，故答案為C。
3.D。本題的出題點在被採訪者(勞拉)答語的後半部分。本題是問Donna Green的主要職責，聽音重點在Donna Green處。對話中勞拉提到“每年我們都會邀請一位兒童書籍插畫家來描繪白宮的裝飾，今年的插畫家是Donna Green”，故答案為D。
4.C。本題的出題點在對話中的問答處。題幹問今年的聖誕節為什麼不同於往年，聽音重點在“不同”處。對話中勞拉説“今年與往年確實不同，今年白宮的佈置非常簡單，而且所有的裝飾品都是新鮮、真實的”，故答案為c。
5.A。本題的出題點在轉折句式處(but)。根據題幹判斷本題需要根據選項一一進行排除，聽音重點在difficult time處。對話中勞拉提到了在伊拉克服役的美國士兵：在這全家團圓的節日裏，家屬卻不能與他們團聚，故答案為A。
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
News Item 1
聽力原文
聽前預測
根據題乾和選項中出現的Maersk Alabama、ship和pirates可以推斷新聞報道了海盜劫持船隻的事件。
新聞摘要
新聞報道了由丹麥所有、美國運營的Maersk Alabama號貨船被索馬里海盜劫持，海盜劫持其船長作為人質，準備展開談判;專家稱，若Maersk Alabama號的所有者直接出面與海盜談判，事情便會很快解決。
試題解析
6.B。本題的出題點在轉折處(but)，題乾的核心詞是Maersk Alabama和owned。新聞提到，Maersk Alabama號計劃在4月16日到達肯尼亞，然而在星期三的早晨這艘歸丹麥所有、由美國運營的貨船卻被索馬里海盜劫持，由Danish—owned可知正確答案為B。
7.A。本題的出題點在人物觀點處，題乾的核心部分是the deadlock be resolved quickly。新聞提到，Andrew Mwangura説如果船的所有者Denmark's A.P.Moller-Maersk直接與海盜談判，問題很快就可以解決，故A為正確答案。
News Item 2
聽力原文
聽前預測
根據題幹可知，新聞與雅虎的某一事件有關。選項涉及幾個雅虎公司的人物以及發生在他們身上的事情。聽時要重點弄清事情的原委，理清人物關係。
新聞摘要
雅虎CEO Scott Thompson因學歷造假而被迫下台，由此引發雅虎內部一系列的人員變動。
試題解析
8。D。本題的出題點在文章細節處。根據新聞可知，雅虎CEO Scott Thompson因學歷造假而被迫辭職，由此引發雅虎內部一系列的人員變動。A、B、C都是事件的結果，而D是事件的緣由，故選D。
News Item 3
聽力原文
聽前預測
根據題幹中出現的new taxes、governments、raise more money和additional tax 可以推斷新聞報道了政府增加税收的事件。
新聞摘要
新聞報道了國際貨幣基金組織提議各國政府對金融機構增收一項新的税種，為未來可能面臨的緊急需要融資。
試題解析
9.B。本題的出題點在篇首主旨句處，題幹核心詞是new taxes。新聞提到，國際貨幣基金組織提議對金融機構增收一項新的税種，為未來可能面臨的緊急需要融資，故B為正確答案。
10.C。本題的出題點在建議處(suggests)。新聞提到國際貨幣基金組織建議，如果政府想籌集更多的資金，它們首先可以對公司的利潤徵收附加税，其次可以對員工收入徵收附加税。故選C。
PART II READING CoMPREHENSION
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結構分析
第一段為文章的第一部分，點出了文章的中心論點，即新聞固然要客觀、真實，但如今新聞還要加上對新聞事實的解釋與評述。
第二段和第三段指出新聞界普遍存在的一個錯誤的觀念～新聞編輯只需陳述事實即可。
第四段和第五段指出在新聞編排的過程中，需要作出三個判斷，一是判斷選哪些新聞，二是判斷哪些新聞放在頭版頭條，三是判斷新聞稿的排版位置。這些判斷與解釋新聞所用到的判斷大同小異，都是編輯站在中間立場，結合事件的背景作出的客觀判斷。
最後一段作出總結，指出陳述事實與解釋事實都是客觀的判斷。
試題解析
11.A。本題需要排除不正確的一項，出題點在中心論點處。文章第一段第一、二句指出，如今對新聞報道的要求是既要有客觀事實，也要有對這些事實的解釋，但並未提到讀者想要知道如何解釋新聞。B是説對新聞的解釋，c和D提到的社區新聞和國際新聞都屬於新聞事實，所以A為正確答案。
12.D。本題考查多處細節，需一一對應原文進行排除。第一段第二句提到，現在的新聞必須提供更多的內容，即對事實的解釋;第三句提到，美國新聞業面臨的最重要的任務是讓讀者瞭解當今的問題，使國際新聞像社區新聞一樣容易理解，意識到不再有所謂的“地方”新聞，因為國際事件都會有地方影響，由此推斷，當今對新聞內容的要求更高了，所以D為正確答案。
13.B。本題的出題點在文章中人物的觀點處。第三段提到，反對對新聞內容作出解釋的人認為，新聞工作者應該僅僅報道事實，由此引發了“什麼是事實以及僅僅有事實是否足夠”的問題;第四段作者又指出，所謂的新聞事實其實本身就包含新聞工作者自己的判斷，這些判斷和那些解釋新聞時進行的判斷在本質上是一致的，由此推斷，作者認為那些反對解釋新聞的人的觀點是十分狹隘的，所以B為正確答案。
14.C。本題要求比較文章中提到的兩種事物，關鍵詞是presentation和interpretation。第四段提到，在進行新聞報道時，記者或者編輯根據新聞的重要性作出判斷和選擇;第五段第二句指出，這些判斷和選擇與解釋新聞時進行的判斷在本質上是相同的，由此推斷，新聞報道和新聞解釋的相似之處在於兩者都需要記者和編輯進行判斷，所以c正確。A與原文內容相反，因為文章最後一段第一句説它們兩者都是客觀的，而非主觀的;B和D原文並未提及。
15.D。本題考查主旨，應着眼於全文，注意文章的開頭和結尾段。文章首段指出，現在的新聞不僅要陳述事實，還要對其進行解釋和評述;第二、三段介紹了反對者的觀點;第四、五段説明了報道新聞事實時需要進行的判斷，並指出解釋新聞需要進行同樣的判斷;最後一段點明，新聞報道和新聞解釋都是客觀的。綜上所述，本文一直在論證新聞解釋的客觀性，所以D正確。A和B在原文中是作為例證細節出現的，應排除;C原文未提及，也應排除。
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結構分析
第一段和第二段講的是作者作為一個14歲的小女孩，決定教奶奶學習英文，來使自己跟同齡人區別開來;並簡述了作者去當地小學借英語課本的過程。
第三段和第四段講述了作者的奶奶的家庭環境、她來美國的過程，以承她從未上過學、不認識字這一情況;並講述了她奶奶來美國後的生活。文中提到奶奶只學會了使用一些日常用語。
第五段講述了作者教奶奶識字的過程。
最後一段講述了奶奶去世後，作者整理屋子時看到了那些小學課本以及作者心中的感想。
試題解析
16.A。本題考查文章的重要細節。第一段提到了作者借書的過程，她偷偷摸摸地進入當地一所小學。她感覺糟糕透了，因為她現在已經上初中了。去借書時，她謊稱自己是一位小學畢業生，最後，一位五年級老師從庫房裏給她拿了一小捆小學課本。由此可知作者的課本是來自當地的一所小學，故正確答案為A。
17.D。本題考查文章第三段的細節部分，需對應原文一一進行排除。文章第三段指出，作者的奶奶出生在希臘一個貧窮的小農村，她根本就沒有時間去上學，因為她在家裏排行老大，除了要照顧弟弟妹妹們之外，還要料理家務並處理一些特殊情況，由此可知A、B、C三項都是她不能去上學的原因。作者在本段提到了奶奶唯一的夢想就是去美國，但這並不是導致她不能去上學的原因，故正確答案為D。
18.C。本題考查第五段的細節。文章第五段中間部分指出，作者把花在電話上閒聊的時間用來耐心地教奶奶識字，故本題的正確答案為C。
19.D。本題考查人物的態度。文章第二段最後提到，作者感到非常自豪，而她自豪的原因則是她能夠教奶奶識字，由此可知作者是自豪的，故A正確。文章第五段提到，在奶奶將讀音讀錯時，作者會笑，而奶奶則笑得更厲害，由此可知作者在教奶奶識字的時候是非常開心的，所以B正確。文章最後提到，在奶奶去世後，作者去收拾奶奶的房間時，看到了那些小學課本，便一頁一頁地翻開，邊翻邊回想當時教奶奶學英文的情景，並將這些課本都返還給了當地的那所小學，希望有一天它們能發揮同樣的作用;而作者在文章最後也説這段記憶將伴隨她一生，由此可知，作者非常珍惜這段記憶，故C也正確。可知本題答案為D(All of the above)。
20.C。本題考查主旨，應着眼於全文。通讀全文可知，整篇文章講述了作者14歲時教奶奶學習英文的過程，體現了一個小女孩對祖母的感恩之情。由最後一句：It will make for a lifetime of memories可知本文主要敍述的還是祖孫之間的愛。所以本題正確答案為C。
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結構分析
第一段指出如果你想在談話中藉助幽默使人發笑，就必須知道如何識別共同的經歷和問題。
第二段舉例論證了第一段提出的觀點。
第三段指出如果你屬於聽眾中的一員，你就會了解大家共同的經歷和問題，而且可以對一些問題評頭論足。
第四段簡單論述瞭如何使幽默感更加自然。
最後一段敍述瞭如何在談話中製造幽默，強調幽默常常來的出其不意，並介紹如何用誇張和輕描淡寫的方式來製造幽默效果。
試題解析
21.B。本題的出題點在if條件句處。第一段第一句話指出，“如果你想要藉助幽默使人發笑，就必須瞭解如何識別共同的經歷和問題。”第二句進一步解釋：“你的幽默必須是與你的聽眾相關的，而且應該有助於向他們證明你是他們中的一員或者你明白他們的處境並且贊同他們的觀點。”A是説使用幽默的人要有個人魅力，文中並未提及這一點，應排除;C是根據第二句中的…and are in sympathy with their point of view設置的干擾項，in sympathy with意為“贊同，同意，和……一致”，而sympathy for意為“同情”，與原文不符，故排除;D是説要識別聽眾的社會地位，文章並未涉及這一點，由此可見，只有B是對原文的同義轉述，為正確答案。
22.c。本題的出題點在舉例處。第二段中作者敍述了一個在護士大會上聽到的幽默故事：一個人到了天堂，發現所有人都很安靜、友好，然而在所有人排隊等候吃午餐的時候，有個人插隊搶過食物後咚咚地走到一個餐桌旁。新來的人問這個人是誰時，被告知“他是上帝，但是有時他也認為自己是個醫生”。由於聽眾是護士，有着類似的經歷，所以這個幽默起到了很好的效果。這個例子承接第一段，用來論證第一段中提出的觀點，即“要使幽默產生良好的效果，必須要了解聽眾共同的經歷”，c符合此意，為正確答案。A和B都是對醫生與護士的評價，不是引用這個例子的目的;D是説例證是為了證明作者理解幽默的能力，不符合文意，故排除。
23.D。本題的出題點在文章的主要觀點處。根據作者的觀點，要想使幽默產生良好的效果，你應該你們面臨的共同經歷和問題。因此，在賓館服務員面前嘲諷賓館服務差(A)，在編輯面前諷刺報紙內容質量不佳(B)，或者在律師面前擠兑律師的貪婪(c)，無疑都不能起到什麼好的效果。只有選項D“在出租車司機面前嘲笑交警的不知變通”才能起到良好的效果，因此正確答案為D。
24.B。本題的出題點在建議處(so)。第四段最後一句指出，使聽眾發笑的常常是説話的方式，放慢語速、揚揚眉毛或者一副難以置信的表情都會使你的話語顯得愉快輕鬆，由此可見正確答案為B。原文並未提及提前的準備和內在的幽默感，故排除A和C;選項D“平靜的`面部表情”與第四段最後一句中的an unbelieving look的意思正好相反，故排除。
25.D。本題考查主旨，要着眼於全文。題目詢問文章沒有討論四個選項中的哪一個。第一至三段論述瞭如何才能讓幽默效果更好(B)，第四段闡述瞭如何使幽默更自然(A)，第五段談論了幽默的來源並鼓勵在談話中使用幽默(c)。作者在第四段提到練習可以讓人的幽默變得更加自然，但並沒有解釋練習是如何做到這一點的，所以正確答案為D。
TEXTD
結構分析
第一段至第五段引出話題：夢遊是一種非常怪異的現象，並舉例説明。
第六段指出世界睡眠方面的頂級專家卻表示他從未見過夢遊者。
第七段和第八段指出夢遊是確實存在的，並對夢遊的產生進行了科學解釋。
第九段提出問題——人們在夢遊時是清醒的還是睡着的狀態?接着便以Teplitz博士的研究對這一問題進行了説明。
第十至第十三段講述了一些跟夢遊相關的神祕現象，並對此進行了舉例説明。
文章最後一段指出儘管夢遊本身並沒有什麼值得人們警戒的，但是引起夢遊的原因卻可能非常嚴重，需要引起重視。
試題解析
26.C。本題考查語義的理解。taken with a barrel of salt是固定搭配，意為“不可信的，值得懷疑的”，相當於suspected，是美國俚語，故本題答案為C。
27.A。本題考查對文章重要細節的理解。文章第五段指出，世界夢遊冠軍應該是一個印第安人，他在一段非常危險的路上走了16英里卻沒有意識到自己已經離開了牀，由此可知正確答案為A。
28.B。本題考查多處細節，需一一對應原文進行排除。文章第八段提到，關於夢遊最簡單的解釋就是它是夢的生動展示，而夢則通常由罪惡感、擔憂、焦慮或是一些其他的情感衝突所引起，由此可見這些情感衝突並不是導致夢遊的直接原因，所以A錯誤，B正確。文章第十段指出，叫醒正在夢遊的人很危險以及夢遊者不會受傷這兩個觀點都是錯誤的，故排除D。文章第九段指出，科學家認為夢遊者是半睡半醒的，故排除C。因此本題的正確答案為B。
29.D。本題的出題點在直接引語處(say)。文章第九段指出，Teplitz博士對人們在夢遊時是清醒的還是睡着的狀態這一問題已進行了十年的研究，因此A正確;接着Teplitz博士説到研究結果表明，人們在夢遊時，身體是清醒的，但是感官上則是半睡半醒的狀態，由此可見B也正確;文章第十一段提到，人們在夢遊時也有可能受傷，故C錯誤，所以本題正確答案為D。
30.B。本題考查文章結尾。文章最後一段最後一句説到，儘管夢遊本身並不值得人們去警惕，但是導致夢遊發生的原因卻需要人們嚴肅對待，由此可見B正確。A表示夢遊者通常會被危險喚醒，而情況並非如此，因為夢遊者在夢遊過程中也有可能受傷;C表示所有精神失常的行為都是夢遊的表現，這也是錯誤的，因為文章倒數第三段提到，人們常常用夢遊來解釋各種精神失常的行為，事實上他們並非夢遊。因此正確答案為B。
PART Ⅲ GENERAL KNoWLEDGE
31.C。英國曆史。考查英國最早的居民是什麼人。
32.B。美國曆史。考查《獨立宣言》源自於哪位英國哲學家的思想。約翰·洛克(John Locke，1632—1704)是英國著名的哲學家和政治學家。《政府論》(Two Treatises of Government)是他的代表作，上篇主要批評君權神授理論，下篇主要從自然權利和社會契約理論出發，論述了政府的起源、範圍和目的。洛克在《政府論》中提出：“人類天生都是自由、平等和獨立的，如未得到本人的同意，不能把任何人置於這種狀態之外，使其受制於另一個人的政治權力……他們的政治社會都起源於資源的結合和人民自由地選擇他們的統治者和政府形式的相互協議。”《獨立宣言》繼承並發展了洛克的天賦人權學説，認為人人生而平等，“生命、自由和追求幸福的權利”是大自然所賦予的，不可剝奪。
33.A。澳大利亞地理。考查新南威爾士州的首府。
34.A。美國曆史。考查和Martin Luther King Jr.處於同一時期的美國總統。Martin Luther King Jr.所處的時代是美國民權運動時期，當時的美國總統是John Kennedy，二者先後遇刺身亡。Abraham Lincoln領導了美國的南北戰爭;George Washington則領導了美國的獨立戰爭。
35.C。英國文學之作家作品。考查The Canterbury Tales(《坎特伯雷故事集》)的作者。
36.C。美國文學之作家概況。walt Whitman是美國著名詩人，代表作為《草葉集》)(Leaves of Grass)，他是第一位使用自由體(Free Verse)的詩人。
37.D。英國文學流派。Alexander Pope，英國新古典主義代表人物，代表作為An Essay On Criticism(《批評論》)、The Rape of the Lock(《捲髮遇劫記》)、Essay on Man(《人論》)等。
38.c。語言學基本概念。心理語言學屬於宏觀語言學。研究語言和大腦的關係。
39.B。語言學概念的實例分析。semantically different synonyms意為“語義不同的同義詞”，指語義相近但略有不同的幾個單詞。
40.B。語言學家及其觀點。The Prague school主要進行共時性語言學研究(Synchronic linguistics)，從功能 (function)的角度研究語言。
PART Ⅳ PROOFREADING&ERROR CORRECTION
結構分析
文章第二句為中心論點，指出每個人都精通自己的母語發音，但很少有人能精通外語的發音。
第三句和第四句指出這種現象的原因：人們沒有意識到學習發音時遇到的問題的本質，而且未能採用正確的方法解決這些問題。
第五句和第六句指出發音是一種語言技能，學習外語必須注重對發音練習。
在文章的最後一句，作者給出自己的建議，即：老師要認真教學生髮音，並將其重要性傳達給學生。
試題分析
41.with→in。本題考查形容詞與介詞的固定搭配。be expert in sth.為固定搭配，意為“擅長某事物”，因此應該將介詞with改為in。
42.在reasons後加for。本題考查名詞與介詞的固定搭配。名詞reason常與介詞for搭配，表示“…的原因”，因此此處要加上介詞for。
43.which→why。本題考查定語從句先行詞的使用。以名詞reason為先行詞的定語從句通常用關係副詞why來引導，故將which改為why。
44.ore→is。本題考查主謂一致。原文想要表達的是“人們説不好外語的根本原因是……”，該部分的主語是單數名詞reason，因此係動詞要用is，而非are。
45.grab→grasp。本題考查動詞的辨析。“抓住本質”通常用動詞9rasp，指“緊緊抓住、抓牢”，在此處有“理解，領會”的意思;而grab意為“抓取，搶奪”，不適用於此處。
46.去掉tackling後的with。本題考查動詞的及物與不及物性。tackle作“應付，解決”講時，為及物動詞，後邊直接接謂語，故去掉介詞with。 .
47.careless→careful。本題考查上下文邏輯關係。原文想要表達的是“許多人沒有意識到外語發音是一種技巧，需要進行特殊的仔細訓練”，因此需將意為“粗心的”的careless改成意為“仔細的”的careful。
48.concerning→concerned。本題考查非謂語動詞作後置定語。be concerned with為固定搭配，意為“關於”，可省略系動詞be作名詞的後置定語，故此處將concerning改為concerned。
49.which→that。本題考查定語從句中關係代詞的使用。先行詞中如果出現序數詞(如first)，定語從句的關係代詞就要用that而非which。
50.在worthy後加of。本題考查形容詞與介詞的固定搭配。worthyof為固定搭配，意為“值得的，應得的”，文中worthy後面接動名詞receiving his close attention，故應該加上介詞of。
PART V TRANSLATION
SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH
參考譯文
..Now you the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return? If someone had stolen them, who
could it be? Where could he hide them? If they had made the escape themselves, then where could they stay at the
moment?
I don't know how many days I have been given to spend, but I do feel my hands are getting empty. Taking
stock silently, I find that more than eight thousand days have already slid away from me. Like a drop of water from
the point of a needle disappearing into the ocean, my days are dripping into the stream of time, soundless, traceless.
Already sweat is trickling down on my forehead, and tears welling up in my eyes.
題材來源
《匆匆》(朱自清)
難點註釋
1.聰明的：此處雖看似形容詞，但實際上是個呼語詞，作名詞用，故譯為you the wise。
2.一去不復返：leave US，never to return。此句雖然簡單，但是照顧到了漢語原文的風格。本文屬於優美的散文，所以英文也應該符合這一風格，如果簡單地譯成並列句leave US and never return就沒有譯成主句加不定式作狀語的結構效果好。
3.但我的手確乎是漸漸空虛了：but I do feel my hands are getting empty。注意此句在翻譯時對主語可進行靈活處理，句子的主語本來是“我的手”，但是根據上下文邏輯可知，此處説的是作者感覺到自己的手如何如何，所以可用I作主語。
4.在默默裏算着：taking stock silently。此處要注意句子的重點在逗號之後，所以逗號之前的部分可以翻譯為分詞短語作狀語的結構。
5.溜去：slide away。slide away可以用來指時間的流逝，強調不知不覺。
6.時間的流：the stream of time。stream指“流，流動”，該短語還可以譯為the flow of time。
7.我不禁頭涔涔而淚潸潸了：Already sweat is trickling down on my forehead，and tears welling up in my eyes。此處的“涔涔”和“潸潸”都是“流下”的意思，但是要注意不能翻譯成同一個詞。“涔涔”形容淚、血、汗等液體不斷流出或滲出。故翻譯成trickle down。
SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE
參考譯文
我們以道德秩序這一更加偉大的觀念來反對那種新秩序。一個真正好的社會，能夠毫無恐懼地面對企圖主宰世界以及在別國發動革命的各種計劃。
自有美國曆史以來，我們就從事於改革——一場從不間斷的和平改革。我們持久地進行改革，平靜地使改革適應外部不斷變化的情況。我們的改革沒有集中營，也沒有萬人冢。我們要建立的世界秩序是自由國家之間的合作，是在一個友好、文明的社會中共同協作。
我們的民族已經將她的命運交付給了千百萬的自由公民，由他們的雙手、頭腦和心靈來主宰;我們的民族已經將她對自由的信念置於上帝的指引之下。自由就是人權在任何地方都高於一切。我們支持所有為了得到或者保持這些權利而奮鬥的人們。我們團結一致的目標正是我們的力量所在。
這種崇高的觀念必將取得勝利。
題材來源
“Four Freedoms”(by Franklin D.Roosevelt)
難點註釋
1.to face schemes of world domination and foreign revolutions：面對企圖主宰世界以及在別國發動革命的各種計劃。此處將world domination和foreign revolutions轉換成動詞詞組來翻譯。
2.perpetual peaceful revolution：從不間斷的和平改革。perpetual的意思就是“永久的，不間斷的”。
3.quick—lime in the ditch：萬人冢。quick—lime指“生石灰”，ditch指“溝渠，壕溝”，但二者連起來就構成了固定搭配，意為“萬人冢”。
4.Since the beginning of our American history we have been engaged in change-in a perpetual peaceful revolution—a revolution which goes on steadily，quietly adjusting itself to changing conditions-without the concentration camp or the quick—lime in the ditch：這是一個典型的英語長句，翻譯時拆成了三個句子：第一個破折號前是主句，翻譯成一個句子;後兩個破折號間是一個名詞加定語從句，翻譯成第二個句子：第三個破折號後的介詞短語翻譯成了第三個句子。
5.And its faith in freedom under the guidance of God：我們的民族已經將她對自由的信念置於上帝的指引之下。此句是一個省略句，省略了動詞has placed，在翻譯時應根據情況補全。
6.the supremacy of human rights：人權高於一切。
7.there can be no end save victory：必將取得勝利。此處save為介詞，意為“除……之外，只有”。
PART VI WRITING
思路點撥
題目要求探討教育到底是應該注重學術學習，還是應該注重音樂、體育等課程的學習。這種情況下，採用中立的寫作方法最容易。
·在文章開頭提出觀點，即學校的教育應該使兩者達到平衡。
·中間部分可以先論述學術學習的好處——提高專業素質，將來可以找到好工作，而且會為社會的發展多做貢獻;再談文學、藝術、體育這些課程能夠給學生帶來的好處——全面發展，有自己獨立的思想。
·最後的結尾部分，重中自己的觀點，教育應當在兩者間取得平衡。
在本文的寫作過程中，切忌説空話，要具體地論述兩類學科的好處，在文章佈局時這兩部分的論述要保持平衡。
參考範文
On Function of Education
① What is the most significant factor in the shaping of the personality of a child? Do academic subjects really render everything necessary for children's all-round: development? ②Most schools put major emphasis on academic teaching because ③it is believed that academic subjects can guarantee better future careers. However, in fact, other subjects such as literature, music and sports are more crucial to children's development, for they can help cultivate their teamwork spirit, endurance, and improve their physical fitness.
④ It is true that academic subjects can provide children with some fundamental knowledge and it is with such knowledge that they can not only get further education and skills themselves, but also contribute to the economic development of our country. As a result, many parents consider academic excellence as the best and even the only way for their children to pursue better future careers. What is more, academic subjects are estimated to contribute more to the development of our society than subjects like literature, music and sports. However, as far as I am concerned, academic learning is like the fundamental structure of the architecture, which can only be improved and perfected by some other decorations. In other words, it is the supplementary subjects that play an essential role in children's development.
⑤Learning literature can make children sensitive to things around them and help them become careful observers; music can tell children how to relax themselves and gain inspirations through the power of it; sports can help build strong wills and bodies for children because they show them the spirit of endurance and teamwork. We know that all these qualities are desperately needed in children's future lives, especially when they get along or work with other people, or when they confront difficulties and obstacles, etc.
What our society needs are not people who know nothing but their textbooks, but those who know how to put into practice what they have learned, know how to appreciate and endure their lives，namely，people with full sensibilities and practical skills，which are not what we can expect from children who learn academic subjects only.
In conclusion，schools should balance between academic subjects and other ones，SO that we can expect new generations to.be all-round developed，well aware of the purpose of everything they are doing and contributable to the development of Our society both materially and spiritually.
範文點評
①以問句開篇，發人深省，耐人尋味。
②描述目前教育的現狀，迴應題目，引出主題。
③句型it is believed that…意為“人們認為…”，常常用來引出大眾的觀點。
④首先描述許多學校非常重視學術教育的現狀及其原因，接着用一個轉折句
However, as far as I am concerned…
引出作者的觀點——除了要培養孩子對學術知識的熱愛，還要培養孩子的團隊合作精神、忍耐力、健康的體魄以及其他技能。
主題突出，條理清晰。
⑤通過闡述孩子學習文學、音樂、體育等課程的重要性來論證自己的觀點。
以上就是為大家整理的英語專八考試試題及參考答案，希望能夠對大家有所幫助。專八考試備考的過程中，題型是非常重要的，大家可以根據題型來進行提升。
