英语专八考试试题及参考答案
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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 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，有再来的时候;杨柳枯了，有再青的时候;桃花谢了，有再开的时候。但是，聪明的，你告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢?——是有人偷了他们罢：那是谁?又藏在何处呢?是他们自己逃走了罢：现在又到了哪里呢?
我不知道他们给了我多少日子;但我的手确乎是渐渐空虚了。在默默里算着，八千多日子已经从我手中溜去;像针尖上一滴水滴在大海里，我的日子滴在时间的流里，没有声音，也没有影子。我不禁头涔涔而泪潸潸了。
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
试题详解
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
听力原文
结构提示
本篇讲座分析了网络成瘾的原因，共分三部分。第一部分介绍了什么是网瘾，第二部分分析了如何界定网瘾与非网瘾，第三部分说话者对如何正常使用网络给出了，自己的观点。
试题解析
l realms。本题的出题点在解释说明处。讲座中提到Perhaps，on a broad makes sense to talk about a “Cyberspace Addiction”—an addiction to virtual realms of experience created through computer engineering，题干与原文破折号之后的内容一致，故答案为virtual realms，意为“虚拟领域”，此处是指“沉溺于由计算机工程创造出的虚拟领域的体验”。
ct differences。本题考查细节。讲座中提到Within this broad category，there may be subtypes with distinct differences，与题干中的many subtypes with______表达一致，故答案为distinct differences，意为“明显差异”，此处表达“网络空间成瘾有许多差异明显的种类”，下文可能会对这些不同的种类进行具体描述。
needs。本题的出题点在排比句式处(Some…some…some…o讲座中提到网络空间成瘾有不同的种类，Some cyberspace addictions are game and competition oriented，some fulfill more social some simply may be an extension of workaholicism，也就是说第一种网络空间成瘾是以游戏和比赛为主，第二种网络空间成瘾是为了满足社会需要，第三种网络空间成瘾是工作狂的一种表现，此处题干问的是网络空间成瘾能够满足什么，故得答案social needs。
e of both。本题的出题点在并列句式处(or)。讲座中提到“Addictions”--defined very loosely—call be healthy，unhealthy，or a mixture of both，即成瘾的定义比较宽泛，可以是健康的、不健康的，还可以是健康与不健康兼有的，题干中已给出前两种，故得答案mixture of both。
5.(the)real world。本题的出题点在转折处(but)。讲座中提到成瘾有健康的、不健康的或二者皆有，其中对不健康的成瘾的描述是：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与unhealthy同义，
可得答案(the)real world,此处表达的是“不健康的成瘾会严重扰乱人们在现实世界的活动能力”。
ms。本题考查细节。讲座中提到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。题干将这两句话整合为一句，constellation of之后即为答案，此处意为“对于网瘾或电脑成瘾，在心理学上和精神病学上都没有官方诊断法，专家只能从构成网瘾或电脑成瘾的不同症状来定义了”。
iated。本题的出题点在引出要点句式后(Now，let's come to)。讲座中提到It's a problem when your face-to-face life becomes dissociated from your cyber life(当你的现实生活与你的网络生活相分离时，问题就出现了)，题干是对讲座内容的同义转述，故得答案dissociated。
ating。本题的出题点在递进关系处(On the other hand)。讲座中提到On the other hand，healthy Internet use means integrating the face—to—face and cyberspace worlds(另一方面，健康使用网络意味着将现实生活与网络生活相结合)，故得答案integrating。
。本题考查细节，“Bringing in the real world”之后的内容是听力重点。讲座中提到“Bringing in the real world” is an important principle for helping people who are addictively stuck in cyberspace，也就是“带入现实世界”是帮助那些过于沉迷于网络的人的重要原则，可得答案stuck。
aving。本题的出题点在and…also引导的并列句式处，记笔记时需关注这样的句式。讲座中提到 And it’s also a powerful tool for intervening with people who ale addicted to misbehaving in cyberspace，即“将他们带入现实世界”也是阻止一些人在网络里沉迷于不端行为的强有力工具，故得答案 misbehaving。
SECTION B INTERVIEW
听力原文
听力预测
根据题干中出现的me decoration of the East Room、use real roses、Donna Green’s main responsibility、The White House during Christmas和Americans可以大概推断出对话谈论的是白宫在圣诞节期间的准备情况。
对话摘要
对话是主持人对当时的总统夫人劳拉布什关于白宫圣诞节准备工作的采访。采访中劳拉介绍到，今年圣诞节白宫的布置与往年的不同之处在于今年的布置非常简单，而且所有的装饰品都是新鲜、真实的。在采访的最后主持人与劳拉谈到了关于美国对伊政策和驻伊士兵的问题。
试题解析
1.B。本题的出题点在比较句式处。本题是问East Room的装饰情况，听音重点在East Room处。对话中男士先提到“我过去在东厅常能看到一些精心布置的装饰”，暗示往年的东厅经常是精心布置的，接着女士说“今年比较简单”，故答案为B，排除A。
2.C。本题的出题点在人物观点处(what I really wanted)及结果处(so)。本题是问劳拉使用real roses的原因，听音重点在real roses处。对话中劳拉提到“我真正想用的是新鲜的东西，所以我们在树上装饰了真的玫瑰花”，故答案为C。
3.D。本题的出题点在被采访者(劳拉)答语的后半部分。本题是问Donna Green的主要职责，听音重点在Donna Green处。对话中劳拉提到“每年我们都会邀请一位儿童书籍插画家来描绘白宫的装饰，今年的插画家是Donna Green”，故答案为D。
4.C。本题的出题点在对话中的问答处。题干问今年的圣诞节为什么不同于往年，听音重点在“不同”处。对话中劳拉说“今年与往年确实不同，今年白宫的布置非常简单，而且所有的装饰品都是新鲜、真实的”，故答案为c。
5.A。本题的出题点在转折句式处(but)。根据题干判断本题需要根据选项一一进行排除，听音重点在difficult time处。对话中劳拉提到了在伊拉克服役的美国士兵：在这全家团圆的节日里，家属却不能与他们团聚，故答案为A。
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
News Item 1
听力原文
听前预测
根据题干和选项中出现的Maersk Alabama、ship和pirates可以推断新闻报道了海盗劫持船只的事件。
新闻摘要
新闻报道了由丹麦所有、美国运营的Maersk Alabama号货船被索马里海盗劫持，海盗劫持其船长作为人质，准备展开谈判;专家称，若Maersk Alabama号的所有者直接出面与海盗谈判，事情便会很快解决。
试题解析
6.B。本题的出题点在转折处(but)，题干的核心词是Maersk Alabama和owned。新闻提到，Maersk Alabama号计划在4月16日到达肯尼亚，然而在星期三的早晨这艘归丹麦所有、由美国运营的货船却被索马里海盗劫持，由Danish—owned可知正确答案为B。
7.A。本题的出题点在人物观点处，题干的核心部分是the deadlock be resolved quickly。新闻提到，Andrew Mwangura说如果船的所有者Denmark's A.P.Moller-Maersk直接与海盗谈判，问题很快就可以解决，故A为正确答案。
News Item 2
听力原文
听前预测
根据题干可知，新闻与雅虎的某一事件有关。选项涉及几个雅虎公司的人物以及发生在他们身上的事情。听时要重点弄清事情的原委，理清人物关系。
新闻摘要
雅虎CEO Scott Thompson因学历造假而被迫下台，由此引发雅虎内部一系列的人员变动。
试题解析
8。D。本题的出题点在文章细节处。根据新闻可知，雅虎CEO Scott Thompson因学历造假而被迫辞职，由此引发雅虎内部一系列的人员变动。A、B、C都是事件的结果，而D是事件的缘由，故选D。
News Item 3
听力原文
听前预测
根据题干中出现的new taxes、governments、raise more money和additional tax 可以推断新闻报道了政府增加税收的事件。
新闻摘要
新闻报道了国际货币基金组织提议各国政府对金融机构增收一项新的税种，为未来可能面临的紧急需要融资。
试题解析
9.B。本题的出题点在篇首主旨句处，题干核心词是new taxes。新闻提到，国际货币基金组织提议对金融机构增收一项新的税种，为未来可能面临的紧急需要融资，故B为正确答案。
10.C。本题的出题点在建议处(suggests)。新闻提到国际货币基金组织建议，如果政府想筹集更多的资金，它们首先可以对公司的利润征收附加税，其次可以对员工收入征收附加税。故选C。
PART II READING CoMPREHENSION
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结构分析
第一段为文章的第一部分，点出了文章的中心论点，即新闻固然要客观、真实，但如今新闻还要加上对新闻事实的解释与评述。
第二段和第三段指出新闻界普遍存在的一个错误的观念～新闻编辑只需陈述事实即可。
第四段和第五段指出在新闻编排的过程中，需要作出三个判断，一是判断选哪些新闻，二是判断哪些新闻放在头版头条，三是判断新闻稿的排版位置。这些判断与解释新闻所用到的判断大同小异，都是编辑站在中间立场，结合事件的背景作出的客观判断。
最后一段作出总结，指出陈述事实与解释事实都是客观的判断。
试题解析
11.A。本题需要排除不正确的一项，出题点在中心论点处。文章第一段第一、二句指出，如今对新闻报道的要求是既要有客观事实，也要有对这些事实的解释，但并未提到读者想要知道如何解释新闻。B是说对新闻的解释，c和D提到的社区新闻和国际新闻都属于新闻事实，所以A为正确答案。
12.D。本题考查多处细节，需一一对应原文进行排除。第一段第二句提到，现在的新闻必须提供更多的内容，即对事实的解释;第三句提到，美国新闻业面临的最重要的任务是让读者了解当今的问题，使国际新闻像社区新闻一样容易理解，意识到不再有所谓的“地方”新闻，因为国际事件都会有地方影响，由此推断，当今对新闻内容的要求更高了，所以D为正确答案。
13.B。本题的出题点在文章中人物的观点处。第三段提到，反对对新闻内容作出解释的人认为，新闻工作者应该仅仅报道事实，由此引发了“什么是事实以及仅仅有事实是否足够”的问题;第四段作者又指出，所谓的新闻事实其实本身就包含新闻工作者自己的判断，这些判断和那些解释新闻时进行的判断在本质上是一致的，由此推断，作者认为那些反对解释新闻的人的观点是十分狭隘的，所以B为正确答案。
14.C。本题要求比较文章中提到的两种事物，关键词是presentation和interpretation。第四段提到，在进行新闻报道时，记者或者编辑根据新闻的重要性作出判断和选择;第五段第二句指出，这些判断和选择与解释新闻时进行的判断在本质上是相同的，由此推断，新闻报道和新闻解释的相似之处在于两者都需要记者和编辑进行判断，所以c正确。A与原文内容相反，因为文章最后一段第一句说它们两者都是客观的，而非主观的;B和D原文并未提及。
15.D。本题考查主旨，应着眼于全文，注意文章的开头和结尾段。文章首段指出，现在的新闻不仅要陈述事实，还要对其进行解释和评述;第二、三段介绍了反对者的观点;第四、五段说明了报道新闻事实时需要进行的判断，并指出解释新闻需要进行同样的判断;最后一段点明，新闻报道和新闻解释都是客观的。综上所述，本文一直在论证新闻解释的客观性，所以D正确。A和B在原文中是作为例证细节出现的，应排除;C原文未提及，也应排除。
TEXT B
结构分析
第一段和第二段讲的是作者作为一个14岁的小女孩，决定教奶奶学习英文，来使自己跟同龄人区别开来;并简述了作者去当地小学借英语课本的过程。
第三段和第四段讲述了作者的奶奶的家庭环境、她来美国的过程，以承她从未上过学、不认识字这一情况;并讲述了她奶奶来美国后的生活。文中提到奶奶只学会了使用一些日常用语。
第五段讲述了作者教奶奶识字的过程。
最后一段讲述了奶奶去世后，作者整理屋子时看到了那些小学课本以及作者心中的感想。
试题解析
16.A。本题考查文章的重要细节。第一段提到了作者借书的过程，她偷偷摸摸地进入当地一所小学。她感觉糟糕透了，因为她现在已经上初中了。去借书时，她谎称自己是一位小学毕业生，最后，一位五年级老师从库房里给她拿了一小捆小学课本。由此可知作者的课本是来自当地的一所小学，故正确答案为A。
17.D。本题考查文章第三段的细节部分，需对应原文一一进行排除。文章第三段指出，作者的奶奶出生在希腊一个贫穷的小农村，她根本就没有时间去上学，因为她在家里排行老大，除了要照顾弟弟妹妹们之外，还要料理家务并处理一些特殊情况，由此可知A、B、C三项都是她不能去上学的原因。作者在本段提到了奶奶唯一的梦想就是去美国，但这并不是导致她不能去上学的原因，故正确答案为D。
18.C。本题考查第五段的细节。文章第五段中间部分指出，作者把花在电话上闲聊的时间用来耐心地教奶奶识字，故本题的正确答案为C。
19.D。本题考查人物的态度。文章第二段最后提到，作者感到非常自豪，而她自豪的原因则是她能够教奶奶识字，由此可知作者是自豪的，故A正确。文章第五段提到，在奶奶将读音读错时，作者会笑，而奶奶则笑得更厉害，由此可知作者在教奶奶识字的时候是非常开心的，所以B正确。文章最后提到，在奶奶去世后，作者去收拾奶奶的房间时，看到了那些小学课本，便一页一页地翻开，边翻边回想当时教奶奶学英文的情景，并将这些课本都返还给了当地的那所小学，希望有一天它们能发挥同样的作用;而作者在文章最后也说这段记忆将伴随她一生，由此可知，作者非常珍惜这段记忆，故C也正确。可知本题答案为D(All of the above)。
20.C。本题考查主旨，应着眼于全文。通读全文可知，整篇文章讲述了作者14岁时教奶奶学习英文的过程，体现了一个小女孩对祖母的感恩之情。由最后一句：It will make for a lifetime of memories可知本文主要叙述的还是祖孙之间的爱。所以本题正确答案为C。
TEXTC
结构分析
第一段指出如果你想在谈话中借助幽默使人发笑，就必须知道如何识别共同的经历和问题。
第二段举例论证了第一段提出的观点。
第三段指出如果你属于听众中的一员，你就会了解大家共同的经历和问题，而且可以对一些问题评头论足。
第四段简单论述了如何使幽默感更加自然。
最后一段叙述了如何在谈话中制造幽默，强调幽默常常来的出其不意，并介绍如何用夸张和轻描淡写的方式来制造幽默效果。
试题解析
21.B。本题的出题点在if条件句处。第一段第一句话指出，“如果你想要借助幽默使人发笑，就必须了解如何识别共同的经历和问题。”第二句进一步解释：“你的幽默必须是与你的听众相关的，而且应该有助于向他们证明你是他们中的一员或者你明白他们的处境并且赞同他们的观点。”A是说使用幽默的人要有个人魅力，文中并未提及这一点，应排除;C是根据第二句中的…and are in sympathy with their point of view设置的干扰项，in sympathy with意为“赞同，同意，和……一致”，而sympathy for意为“同情”，与原文不符，故排除;D是说要识别听众的社会地位，文章并未涉及这一点，由此可见，只有B是对原文的同义转述，为正确答案。
22.c。本题的出题点在举例处。第二段中作者叙述了一个在护士大会上听到的幽默故事：一个人到了天堂，发现所有人都很安静、友好，然而在所有人排队等候吃午餐的时候，有个人插队抢过食物后咚咚地走到一个餐桌旁。新来的人问这个人是谁时，被告知“他是上帝，但是有时他也认为自己是个医生”。由于听众是护士，有着类似的经历，所以这个幽默起到了很好的效果。这个例子承接第一段，用来论证第一段中提出的观点，即“要使幽默产生良好的效果，必须要了解听众共同的经历”，c符合此意，为正确答案。A和B都是对医生与护士的评价，不是引用这个例子的目的;D是说例证是为了证明作者理解幽默的能力，不符合文意，故排除。
23.D。本题的出题点在文章的主要观点处。根据作者的观点，要想使幽默产生良好的效果，你应该你们面临的共同经历和问题。因此，在宾馆服务员面前嘲讽宾馆服务差(A)，在编辑面前讽刺报纸内容质量不佳(B)，或者在律师面前挤兑律师的贪婪(c)，无疑都不能起到什么好的效果。只有选项D“在出租车司机面前嘲笑交警的不知变通”才能起到良好的效果，因此正确答案为D。
24.B。本题的出题点在建议处(so)。第四段最后一句指出，使听众发笑的常常是说话的方式，放慢语速、扬扬眉毛或者一副难以置信的表情都会使你的话语显得愉快轻松，由此可见正确答案为B。原文并未提及提前的准备和内在的幽默感，故排除A和C;选项D“平静的`面部表情”与第四段最后一句中的an unbelieving look的意思正好相反，故排除。
25.D。本题考查主旨，要着眼于全文。题目询问文章没有讨论四个选项中的哪一个。第一至三段论述了如何才能让幽默效果更好(B)，第四段阐述了如何使幽默更自然(A)，第五段谈论了幽默的来源并鼓励在谈话中使用幽默(c)。作者在第四段提到练习可以让人的幽默变得更加自然，但并没有解释练习是如何做到这一点的，所以正确答案为D。
TEXTD
结构分析
第一段至第五段引出话题：梦游是一种非常怪异的现象，并举例说明。
第六段指出世界睡眠方面的顶级专家却表示他从未见过梦游者。
第七段和第八段指出梦游是确实存在的，并对梦游的产生进行了科学解释。
第九段提出问题——人们在梦游时是清醒的还是睡着的状态?接着便以Teplitz博士的研究对这一问题进行了说明。
第十至第十三段讲述了一些跟梦游相关的神秘现象，并对此进行了举例说明。
文章最后一段指出尽管梦游本身并没有什么值得人们警戒的，但是引起梦游的原因却可能非常严重，需要引起重视。
试题解析
26.C。本题考查语义的理解。taken with a barrel of salt是固定搭配，意为“不可信的，值得怀疑的”，相当于suspected，是美国俚语，故本题答案为C。
27.A。本题考查对文章重要细节的理解。文章第五段指出，世界梦游冠军应该是一个印第安人，他在一段非常危险的路上走了16英里却没有意识到自己已经离开了床，由此可知正确答案为A。
28.B。本题考查多处细节，需一一对应原文进行排除。文章第八段提到，关于梦游最简单的解释就是它是梦的生动展示，而梦则通常由罪恶感、担忧、焦虑或是一些其他的情感冲突所引起，由此可见这些情感冲突并不是导致梦游的直接原因，所以A错误，B正确。文章第十段指出，叫醒正在梦游的人很危险以及梦游者不会受伤这两个观点都是错误的，故排除D。文章第九段指出，科学家认为梦游者是半睡半醒的，故排除C。因此本题的正确答案为B。
29.D。本题的出题点在直接引语处(say)。文章第九段指出，Teplitz博士对人们在梦游时是清醒的还是睡着的状态这一问题已进行了十年的研究，因此A正确;接着Teplitz博士说到研究结果表明，人们在梦游时，身体是清醒的，但是感官上则是半睡半醒的状态，由此可见B也正确;文章第十一段提到，人们在梦游时也有可能受伤，故C错误，所以本题正确答案为D。
30.B。本题考查文章结尾。文章最后一段最后一句说到，尽管梦游本身并不值得人们去警惕，但是导致梦游发生的原因却需要人们严肃对待，由此可见B正确。A表示梦游者通常会被危险唤醒，而情况并非如此，因为梦游者在梦游过程中也有可能受伤;C表示所有精神失常的行为都是梦游的表现，这也是错误的，因为文章倒数第三段提到，人们常常用梦游来解释各种精神失常的行为，事实上他们并非梦游。因此正确答案为B。
PART Ⅲ GENERAL KNoWLEDGE
31.C。英国历史。考查英国最早的居民是什么人。
32.B。美国历史。考查《独立宣言》源自于哪位英国哲学家的思想。约翰·洛克(John Locke，1632—1704)是英国著名的哲学家和政治学家。《政府论》(Two Treatises of Government)是他的代表作，上篇主要批评君权神授理论，下篇主要从自然权利和社会契约理论出发，论述了政府的起源、范围和目的。洛克在《政府论》中提出：“人类天生都是自由、平等和独立的，如未得到本人的同意，不能把任何人置于这种状态之外，使其受制于另一个人的政治权力……他们的政治社会都起源于资源的结合和人民自由地选择他们的统治者和政府形式的相互协议。”《独立宣言》继承并发展了洛克的天赋人权学说，认为人人生而平等，“生命、自由和追求幸福的权利”是大自然所赋予的，不可剥夺。
33.A。澳大利亚地理。考查新南威尔士州的首府。
34.A。美国历史。考查和Martin Luther King Jr.处于同一时期的美国总统。Martin Luther King Jr.所处的时代是美国民权运动时期，当时的美国总统是John Kennedy，二者先后遇刺身亡。Abraham Lincoln领导了美国的南北战争;George Washington则领导了美国的独立战争。
35.C。英国文学之作家作品。考查The Canterbury Tales(《坎特伯雷故事集》)的作者。
36.C。美国文学之作家概况。walt Whitman是美国著名诗人，代表作为《草叶集》)(Leaves of Grass)，他是第一位使用自由体(Free Verse)的诗人。
37.D。英国文学流派。Alexander Pope，英国新古典主义代表人物，代表作为An Essay On Criticism(《批评论》)、The Rape of the Lock(《卷发遇劫记》)、Essay on Man(《人论》)等。
38.c。语言学基本概念。心理语言学属于宏观语言学。研究语言和大脑的关系。
39.B。语言学概念的实例分析。semantically different synonyms意为“语义不同的同义词”，指语义相近但略有不同的几个单词。
40.B。语言学家及其观点。The Prague school主要进行共时性语言学研究(Synchronic linguistics)，从功能 (function)的角度研究语言。
PART Ⅳ PROOFREADING&ERROR CORRECTION
结构分析
文章第二句为中心论点，指出每个人都精通自己的母语发音，但很少有人能精通外语的发音。
第三句和第四句指出这种现象的原因：人们没有意识到学习发音时遇到的问题的本质，而且未能采用正确的方法解决这些问题。
第五句和第六句指出发音是一种语言技能，学习外语必须注重对发音练习。
在文章的最后一句，作者给出自己的建议，即：老师要认真教学生发音，并将其重要性传达给学生。
试题分析
。本题考查形容词与介词的固定搭配。be expert in sth.为固定搭配，意为“擅长某事物”，因此应该将介词with改为in。
42.在reasons后加for。本题考查名词与介词的固定搭配。名词reason常与介词for搭配，表示“…的原因”，因此此处要加上介词for。
。本题考查定语从句先行词的使用。以名词reason为先行词的定语从句通常用关系副词why来引导，故将which改为why。
。本题考查主谓一致。原文想要表达的是“人们说不好外语的根本原因是……”，该部分的主语是单数名词reason，因此系动词要用is，而非are。
。本题考查动词的辨析。“抓住本质”通常用动词9rasp，指“紧紧抓住、抓牢”，在此处有“理解，领会”的意思;而grab意为“抓取，抢夺”，不适用于此处。
46.去掉tackling后的with。本题考查动词的及物与不及物性。tackle作“应付，解决”讲时，为及物动词，后边直接接谓语，故去掉介词with。 .
ss→careful。本题考查上下文逻辑关系。原文想要表达的是“许多人没有意识到外语发音是一种技巧，需要进行特殊的仔细训练”，因此需将意为“粗心的”的careless改成意为“仔细的”的careful。
ning→concerned。本题考查非谓语动词作后置定语。be concerned with为固定搭配，意为“关于”，可省略系动词be作名词的后置定语，故此处将concerning改为concerned。
。本题考查定语从句中关系代词的使用。先行词中如果出现序数词(如first)，定语从句的关系代词就要用that而非which。
50.在worthy后加of。本题考查形容词与介词的固定搭配。worthyof为固定搭配，意为“值得的，应得的”，文中worthy后面接动名词receiving his close attention，故应该加上介词of。
PART V TRANSLATION
SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH
参考译文
..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.
题材来源
《匆匆》(朱自清)
难点注释
1.聪明的：此处虽看似形容词，但实际上是个呼语词，作名词用，故译为you the wise。
2.一去不复返：leave US，never to return。此句虽然简单，但是照顾到了汉语原文的风格。本文属于优美的散文，所以英文也应该符合这一风格，如果简单地译成并列句leave US and never return就没有译成主句加不定式作状语的结构效果好。
3.但我的手确乎是渐渐空虚了：but I do feel my hands are getting empty。注意此句在翻译时对主语可进行灵活处理，句子的主语本来是“我的手”，但是根据上下文逻辑可知，此处说的是作者感觉到自己的手如何如何，所以可用I作主语。
4.在默默里算着：taking stock silently。此处要注意句子的重点在逗号之后，所以逗号之前的部分可以翻译为分词短语作状语的结构。
5.溜去：slide away。slide away可以用来指时间的流逝，强调不知不觉。
6.时间的流：the stream of time。stream指“流，流动”，该短语还可以译为the flow of time。
7.我不禁头涔涔而泪潸潸了：Already sweat is trickling down on my forehead，and tears welling up in my eyes。此处的“涔涔”和“潸潸”都是“流下”的意思，但是要注意不能翻译成同一个词。“涔涔”形容泪、血、汗等液体不断流出或渗出。故翻译成trickle down。
SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE
参考译文
我们以道德秩序这一更加伟大的观念来反对那种新秩序。一个真正好的社会，能够毫无恐惧地面对企图主宰世界以及在别国发动革命的各种计划。
自有美国历史以来，我们就从事于改革——一场从不间断的和平改革。我们持久地进行改革，平静地使改革适应外部不断变化的情况。我们的改革没有集中营，也没有万人冢。我们要建立的世界秩序是自由国家之间的合作，是在一个友好、文明的社会中共同协作。
我们的民族已经将她的命运交付给了千百万的自由公民，由他们的双手、头脑和心灵来主宰;我们的民族已经将她对自由的信念置于上帝的指引之下。自由就是人权在任何地方都高于一切。我们支持所有为了得到或者保持这些权利而奋斗的人们。我们团结一致的目标正是我们的力量所在。
这种崇高的观念必将取得胜利。
题材来源
“Four Freedoms”(by Franklin D.Roosevelt)
难点注释
face schemes of world domination and foreign revolutions：面对企图主宰世界以及在别国发动革命的各种计划。此处将world domination和foreign revolutions转换成动词词组来翻译。
ual peaceful revolution：从不间断的和平改革。perpetual的意思就是“永久的，不间断的”。
in the ditch：万人冢。quick—lime指“生石灰”，ditch指“沟渠，壕沟”，但二者连起来就构成了固定搭配，意为“万人冢”。
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：这是一个典型的英语长句，翻译时拆成了三个句子：第一个破折号前是主句，翻译成一个句子;后两个破折号间是一个名词加定语从句，翻译成第二个句子：第三个破折号后的介词短语翻译成了第三个句子。
5.And its faith in freedom under the guidance of God：我们的民族已经将她对自由的信念置于上帝的指引之下。此句是一个省略句，省略了动词has placed，在翻译时应根据情况补全。
supremacy of human rights：人权高于一切。
can be no end save victory：必将取得胜利。此处save为介词，意为“除……之外，只有”。
PART VI WRITING
思路点拨
题目要求探讨教育到底是应该注重学术学习，还是应该注重音乐、体育等课程的学习。这种情况下，采用中立的写作方法最容易。
·在文章开头提出观点，即学校的教育应该使两者达到平衡。
·中间部分可以先论述学术学习的好处——提高专业素质，将来可以找到好工作，而且会为社会的发展多做贡献;再谈文学、艺术、体育这些课程能够给学生带来的好处——全面发展，有自己独立的思想。
·最后的结尾部分，重中自己的观点，教育应当在两者间取得平衡。
在本文的写作过程中，切忌说空话，要具体地论述两类学科的好处，在文章布局时这两部分的论述要保持平衡。
参考范文
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 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.
范文点评
①以问句开篇，发人深省，耐人寻味。
②描述目前教育的现状，回应题目，引出主题。
③句型it is believed that…意为“人们认为…”，常常用来引出大众的观点。
④首先描述许多学校非常重视学术教育的现状及其原因，接着用一个转折句
However, as far as I am concerned…
引出作者的观点——除了要培养孩子对学术知识的热爱，还要培养孩子的团队合作精神、忍耐力、健康的体魄以及其他技能。
主题突出，条理清晰。
⑤通过阐述孩子学习文学、音乐、体育等课程的重要性来论证自己的观点。
以上就是为大家整理的英语专八考试试题及参考答案，希望能够对大家有所帮助。专八考试备考的过程中，题型是非常重要的，大家可以根据题型来进行提升。
