2018英语专八mini-lecture参考答案

1、human beings / our species

2、their intelligence / intelligence

3、learn from others

4、repeat

5、other people`s wisdom

6、accumulate

7、evolutionary dilemmas 

8、watching other people

9、systems of communication

10、knowledge and wisdom /  accumulated knowledge /  accumulated wisdom

11、cooperation /  benefits of cooperation

12、establishment of identities

13、isolation /  keeping to ourselves

14、communication

15、different languages

 

2018英语专八interview参考答案

1、Which aspect of the election event is the interviewee most concerned about? 

D.Direction of the electoral events. 

2、Why was the announcement made yesterday according to the interviewee? 

B. The date had been set prevlously. 

3、According to the BBC Interviewer, why did the electoral institutions want to prepare the ground? 

D. To stop complaints from the loser. 

4、What did the interviewee think of the BBC's reason of preparmg the ground? 

D. ill considered 

5、What is the interviewee's attitude towards establishing a parallel presidency? 

D. Opposed 

6、What does the interviewee think by the candidates need to do? 

D. Seek support from Important sectors 

7、What was the margin of victory at the time of interview? 

D.  56 %~44 % 

8、Who should be responsible for dealing with fraud in the election? 

B. Electoral institutions.

9、What does the interviewee think of the problem In the Afghanistan election? 

D. It occurred elsewhere.

10、What is the interview mainly about? 

A. Problems in the electoral process 

 

2018英语专八语言知识题答案

1、 in case of→in the case of

2、as→like

3、small→smaller

4、specialty→前面加while

5、raise→rise

6、逗号后面加连词:but

7、in the nature→去掉the

8、were→are

9、when→while

10、understand→understanding

 

2018 英语专八阅读参考答案

选择题

PASSAGE ONE

11、A. immgrants speed up econormc expansion 

12、C. they easily merge Into local communities 

13、B. emphasizes the variety oftheir motives 

14、D. "selective ” 

15、B. ungenerous 

PASSAGE  TWO

16、B. Better task performance

17、D. the slowdown of thinking In a second language 

18、A. It's just one of the popular tales of national stereotypes 

19、C.Grammer is unneccessarily a condition for change in personality

20、B. objective

PASSAGE  THREE

21、A. was afraid of being seen as a stranger

22、A. She was too timid to enter the building.

23、D. She just wanted to leave the place.

24、B. She was kindly received by the clerk.

简答题

PASSAGE  ONE

25、Australian economy cannot achieve fast development as assumed without immigrants.

26、The increase of groups formed by immigrants from different sources.

PASSAGE  TWO

27、Different languages trigger different related memories and feelings.

28、Asymmetric language competence and the priming effect.

29、Whether different languages confer different personalities.

PASSAGE  THREE

30、A. was afraid of being seen as a stranger

31、The severe defeat made her sad and disheartened.

32、Courage and joy gained from her previous reception.

 

2018 英语专八翻译参考答案

When life gives us lemons, literature books provide us with an achievable realm that is better than reality. The water described in the books may be clearer than the water in our real life and the sky is bluer than what it is like in the real world. The idea of a perfect relationship is impossible in reality. However, the love stories in Butterflies in Love and Romeo and Juliet are eternal. Therefore, reading books will smooth over the nastiness and roughness in real life.