99專八試題及答案

1、99年英語專業(yè)八級考試全真試卷我愛英語網(wǎng) Part n Proofreading and Error Correction (15 min)The followi ng passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a maximum of ONE error. I n each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way. _ ：匚打譏 IE堪 mLunderline the wron

2、g word and wri te the correct one inthe blank provided 汨he end of Hie line.LI lor 訝 missing word,mark the position of themissing word with a A” sign ad write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided 玄【11 他 end ol llie line,. 1or an umiecessiiry word cross out the unnecessary word wit

3、h a slash “ /? and put the word in the bla nk provided at the end of the line.Example .When A art museum wants a new exhibit,it never/ buys things in finished form and hangs(2) never .them on the wall. When a n atural history museum.wants an exhibiti on, it must ofte n build it.(3) exhibitThehun ter

4、-gatherertribesprehistorichuma nan cestorscon sumesuppleme ntingthat1.todayliveasourprimarilyavegetablediet2.with an imal foods. An an alysis of 58 societies of modem hunter- - gatherers, including the Kung of southern Africa, revealed that one - half emphasize gathering plant foods, one- : 匚二:ii ：.

5、-rand only on e-sixth are primarily hun ters. Overall, two-thirds .and more of thehun ter-gatherer?scalories come frompla nts.Detailedsludies oftlie Kung by the Ibod scientists at (he Universiiv of_London, showed that gatheri ng is a more productive source of foodtha n100ishun ti ng.Anhourof4.huntin

6、gyieldsinaverageaboutedible240.calories,asanhourof5.gatheri ngproducesKungPla ntfoodsprovidefor60perce nt6.to80perce ntofthediet and no one goes hungry when the hunt fails. Interestingly,訐一they escape fatal infections or accidems, these contemporarYLaborigi nes live to old ages despite of theabse ne

7、eof medicalcare.7.They experienee no obesity, no middle- i、S：-I；ci【： ：匸二._decay, no liigh blood pressure, oil liearl disease, and (heir blood.cholesterolAmerica nlevelsareverylow(8. _abouthalfoftheaverageadult),iflifeno oneis suggesti ng what9,wereturn toanaborigi nalstyle,weforcerta in lycoulduseth

8、eir10.eati nghabitsasamodelhealthier diet.答案與詳解.1答案:as t like【詳細解答】as our prehistoric human ancestors意為 作為人類史前的祖先那樣”但是 根據(jù)上下文，此處應表達的意思是像人類史前的祖先那樣”故應該將as改為介詞like。-2.答案：suppleme ntingt suppleme nted【詳細解答】本句中的分詞短語supplementing with animal foods是定語，修飾 vegetablediet，根據(jù)上下文，此處是指素食被肉食補充”，故應該用過去分詞表被動。3.答案：and

9、宀or |【詳細解答】 根據(jù)上下文，這里的意思只能是三分之二或多于三分之 列 關(guān)系的and,而應該用表示選擇關(guān)系的or。所以不能用表示并4.答案：in t on .【詳細解答】on average為固定搭配，意為平均”。5.答案： as t whereas/whle【詳細解答】根據(jù)上下文意思，這兩句話表示的是一種對比關(guān)系。故應該改用連詞 或w hile，引出相反或不同的事實。whereas6.答案：for .【詳細解答】provide是及物動詞，可以直接連賓語，不需要任何介詞。|7.答案：of .【詳細解答】despite是一介詞，其后可直接接名詞。8.答案:half A-iia：【詳細解答】

10、在這里加上that，用來指代前面的blood cholesterol levels，句子結(jié)構(gòu)才完整。9.答案:if t though .【詳細解答】根據(jù)上下文，這里的主從句關(guān)系不是條件，而是讓步關(guān)系，即盡管沒有人建議 我們回到土著人的生活方式，”。.10.答案：for AT【詳細解答】本句中的a healthier diet表示一種更加健康的飲食。冠詞a泛指 一種或一類”。Part 川 Reading Comprehension (40 min)SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION(30 min )In this sect ion there are four rea

11、di ng passages followed by a total of fiftee n m ultiple-choice questions. Read the passages carefully and then mark your answers on your Coloured Answer Sheet,TEXT ARicci?sOperation Columbus .Ricci, 45, is now striking out on perhaps his boldest venture yet. He plan s to market anEn glish Ian guage

12、 editi on of his elega nt mon thly art magaz ine, FMR , in the Un ited States. Once aga in the skeptice are murmuri ng that the successfu l Ricci has headed for a big fall. And once aga in Ricci intends to prove them wr ong.Ricci is so con fide nt that he has christe ned his quest“ Operati on Colihm

13、bu s” and hassights on discoveri ng an America n readership of 300,000. That goal may not be too far-fetched. The Italian edition of FMR the initials, of course, stand for Franco Maria Ricci-is only 18 mon ths old. But it is alreadythe sec ond largest art magaz ine in the world, with a circulatio n

14、of65,000 and a profit margin of US $ 500,000. The American editio n will be patterned after th e Italia n version, with each 160-page issue carry ing on ly 40 pages of ads and no more tha n five articles. But the contents will often differ. The English-langua ge edition will include more America n w

15、orks, Ricci says, to help America ns get o ver“ an in feriority complex about their art.He also hopes that the magaz ine will become a vehicle for a two -way cultural excha nge what he likes to think of as a marriage of brains, culture and taste from both sides of the Atlantic.-To realize (his visio

16、n, Ricci is momitiiig one of Uie most lavish, emerpris ing and expensive-promotional campaigns in magazine publishing history. Between November and January, eight jumbo jets will fly 8 million copies of a sample 16-page edition of FMR across the Atlantic. From a warehouse in Michigan,6.5 million cop

17、ies will be mailed to Americansubscribers of various cultural, art and bus in ess magaz in es. Some of the rema ining copies will circulate as a spe cial Sun day suppleme nt in the New York Times. The cost of launching Operati on Co lumbus is a staggeri ng US $ 5 millio n, but Ricci is hop ing that

18、60% of the price tag will be financed by Italian corporations. To “and in America Columbus had to use Spanish spon sors, ” reads one sentence irphsnoti onal pamphlet.“ We would like Italia ns.”Like Columbus, Ricci cannot know what his reception will be on foreign shor es. In Italy he gambled and won

19、 on a simple con cept: it is more importa nt to show art tha n to write about it. Hence, one issue of FMR might feature 32 fu ll-colour pages of 17th-century tapestries, followed by 14 pages of outrageous e yeglasses. He is gambling that the concept is exportable. “ don?t expect that more than 30% o

20、f my reader. will actually read FMR,” he says. “ The magazinesuch a visual delight that they don?t have to.” Still, he is lining up an impr es sive stable of writersand professors for the American edition , including Noam Chomsky, Anthony Burgess, Eric Jong and Norma n Mailer. I n additi on, he seem

21、s to be purs uing his won eclectic visi on without givi ng a moment?s thought to such e s tablished competitors as Connosisseur and Horizon. “ TheAmerica ns can do almost everyth ing better tha n we can,” says Rieci, “ But we(the Italia ns)have，2,000 year edge on them in art. ”16. Ricci intends his

22、American edition of FMR to carry more American art works in orderto .A. boost America ns? con fide nee in their art .follow the pattern set bv his【t汕朋 edition-C” help llaliaiB Lindersiand American an bell er LD. expa nd the readersliip ofliis magaziueL17. Ricci is compared to Columbus in the passage

23、 mainly because.A. they both benefited from Italian sponsorsB. they were explorers in their own waysC. they obta ined overseas spon sorshipD. they got a warm re 暨卩 廠 ii i18, We get the impassion that the American edition of FMR ill probably.A. carry many academic articles of high sta ndardBh follow

24、the sKle of some famous existing magazines_lC. be mad by one third of American magazine rea (ICTSD” pursue adistiiiclive editorial style of ils own_TEXT B-My mother reh lions were very dilTerenl Iroin the Millbrds, Her bro ther, Uncle Geoff, who often came to stay at Swimbrook, was a small spare man

25、 with th oughtful blue eyes and a rather sile nt manner. Compared to Un cle Tommy, he was a n in tellectual of the highest order, and in deed his satirical pen belied his mil d demeanor. He spent most of his waking hours composing letters to The Times and other publications in which he outlined his

26、own particular theory of the develo pme nt of En glish history .In Uncle Geoff?s view, the great ness of En gla nd had r ise n and waned over the centuries in direct proportion to the use of natural man ure in fertilizing the soil. The Black Death of 1348 was caused by gradual loss of the humus fert

27、ility found un der forest trees. The rise of the Elizabetha ns tw o cen turies later was attributable to the widespread use of sheep manure.Many of Uncle Geoff?s letters -to-the-editor have fortunately been preserv ed in a privately prin ted volume called Writi ngs of a Rebel. Of the collect ion, on

28、e letter best sums up his views on the relati on ship betwee n manure and freedom.He wrote:.Collating old records shows that our greatness rises and falls with the li ving fertility of our soil. And now, many years of exhausted and chemically murd ered soil, and of devitalized food from it, has soft

29、ened our bodies and still wo rse, softened our national character. It is an actual fact that character is lar gely a product of the soil. Many years of murdered food from deadened soil has m ade us too tame. Chemicals have had their pois onous day. It is now the worm?s t urn to reform the man hood o

30、f En gla nd. The only way to rega in our pun ch, our char acter, our lost virtues, and with them the freedom natural to islanders, is to c o mpost our land so as to allow moulds, bacteria and earthworms to remake living s oil to nourish Englishmen?s bodies and spirits.The law requiri ng pasteurizati

31、 on of milk in En gla nd was a particular targe t of Un cle Geoff?s. Fond of alliteration, he dubbed it “ MurderedMilk Measure ” and established the Liberty Restoration League, with headquarters at his house i n London, for the specific purpose oforganizing a counteroffensive. “ Freedomn o t Doctord

32、om was the League?s proud slogan. Asubsidiary, but nevertheless imp or tant, activity of the League was advocacy of a return to theun split, slowly s m oked fishand bread made with-groundEfigUshystomilk, seas alt and raw cane-sugar.19. According io Uncle Geoff ikidonal sirengill could only be regain

33、ed byA. reforming the man hood of En gla ndB. using n atural manure as fertilizerC. eati ng more bacteria-free foodIXmore freedom to lnnlishmen-20. The tone of t 應 passage can most probably be described as_,-A. facetious B. serious C. nostal gic I. ./11. I |TEXT CInterviewSo what have they taught yo

34、u at college about in terviews? Some courses go t o tow n on it, others do very little. You may get conflicting advice. Only one th ing is certain: the key to success is preparaiion. _There follow some useful suggesti ons from a teacher trai ning course co-ordi n ator, a head of departme nt and a he

35、adteacher. As they appear to be in complete harm ony with one ano ther despite n ever havi ng met, we may take their advice seri ously.Oxford Brookes Univ ersity?s approach to the bus in ess of applicati on and in t erview focuses on research and rehearsal. Training course co-ordinator Brenda St eve

36、ns speaks of the value of gett ing stude nts“ to dec on struct the advertiseme nt , see what they can offer to that school, and thatsituati on, and the n write the letter, do their CVs and criticize each other?s. Fin ally, theyinte rviewer and in terviewee.This is sterling stuff, and Brookes student

37、s spend a couple of weeks on it. “ Thebetter prepared students won?t be thrown by nerves on the day, says Ms St evens. “ They?ll have theirstrategies and questio ns worked out. She also sa ys, a trifle disc on certin gly,“ thdoetter thestude nt, the worse the in terviewee. She believes the most capa

38、ble stude nts are less able to putthemselves forward. Eve n if this were tree, says Ms Steve ns, you must still make your own case.“ Bewareof infernality, she advises. One aspirant teacher, now a head of d epartment at a smart sec on dary school, failed his first job in terview because he took his j

39、acket off while wait ing for his appo in tme nt. It was hot and every one in the staffroom was in shirtsleeves but at the end of the day they criticized h is casual attitude, which they had deduced from the fact that he took his jacket off in the staffroom, even though he put it back on for the in t

40、erview.In cide ntally, men really do have to wear a suit to the in terview and wome n really cannot wear jeans, even if men n ever wear the suit aga in and wome n teach most days in jea ns. Pan els resp ond instantly to these indicators. But beware: it will not please them any better if you are too

41、smart.Find out about the people who will talk to you. In the early meetings they are likely to be heads of departme nts or heads of year. Ofte n they may be con cer ned with pastoral matters. It makes sense to know their priorities and let them hear the things about you that they want to hear.During

42、 preliminary meetings you may be seen in groups with two or three oth er applicants and you must dem on strate that you know your stuff without putt ing your compa nions dow n. The in terviewers will be watch ing how you work with a team.一 But 比eee血ll代訴址nin呂汕out informality; Iwwever friendly and co

43、-operat ive the other participa nts are, do not give way to the idea that you are there j ust to be frien ds.Routine questions can be rehearsed, but“ don?t goidviseo tbngdepartment head.They may well ask:“ What have been your worst/best moments w h en teaching?want you to ” ,“ talk about some good t

44、eaching you have done.” The experts agree you should recognize yourweaknesses and offer a strategy for over coming them. “ know I?ve got to work on classroom man ageme nt I would hope fo r some help,” perhaps. No one expects a new teacher to know itall, but they ho pe for an objective appraisal of c

45、apabilities.Be warned aga inst in expert questi oning. You may be asked questi ons in such a way that it seems impossible to prese nt your best features. Some questio ns may be pla in silly, asked perhaps by people on the panel who are from outside the s ituation. Do not be thrown, have ways of circ

46、umnavigating it, and never, ever le t them see that you think they have said something foolish.You will almost certainly be asked how you see the future and it is import ant to have a good an swer prepared. Some people are put off by being asked what they expect to be doing in five or ten years? tim

47、e. On your prelim inary visit, s ays the departme nt head, be sure to give them a bit of an in terview of your own, to see the direct ion the departme nt is going and what you could con tribute to i t.The headteacher offers his thoughts in a nin e-po int pla n. Iron the applicati on form! Then it st

48、a nds out from every one else?s, which have bee n folded and battered in the post. It gives an initial impression which may get your application to the top of the pile. . Ensure that your application is tailored to the particular school. Make the hea d feel you are writing directly to him or her. Pu

49、t yourself at ease before you meet the in terviewi ng pan el: if you are n ervous , you will talk too quickly. Before you en ter the room remember that the people are huma n beings too; take away the mystique of their roles. . Liste n. There is a dan ger of not heari ng accurately what is being said

50、. Make ey e con tact with the speakers, and with every one in the room. Allow your warmth and humanity to be seen. A sense of humour is very important._ litlve 日 portfolio 01 your work (hill CHll lillk theor y to practice. Many schools wa nt you to show work. For a primary appointment, give examples

51、 from the range of the curriculum, not just art. (For this reas on, tak ing pictures on your teach ing practice is importa nt. ) Prepare yourself in case you are asled to give a talk. Have prompt cards ready, and don?t waffle.Your speech must be clear and articulate, with correct grammar. This is im

52、porta nt: they want to hear you and they want to hear how well you can com muni cate wit h childre n. Believe in yourself and have con fide nee.Some of the people ask ing the questi ons don?t know much about what you do. B e ready to helpthem.Thus armed, you should huve no difficulty at 汕.Good luck

53、and keep yourjac 誠 on!_21. Ms. Brenda Steve ns suggests that before appl ying job applica nts shoul d. _A. go through each other?s CVsK rehearse ilieir answers to questions.C. un dersta nd thoroughly the situati onsD go io town io allend training course.22. Is it wise to admit some of your weak ness

54、es relat ing to work? .A, Yes, but you should have ideas for improvement in ilie future,-B. Yes, because it is n atural to be weak in certa in as 卩氐區(qū)C”adniiitiiig weaknesses may pm you at a disadvantage,-D. No, it will only prompt the interviewees to reject you. .23, The best way to deal with odd qu

55、estions from the interviewers is to _廠A. remain smiling and kindly point out the in F、T 二B. keep calm and try to be tactful in your answersC. say fran kly what you thi nk about the issues raised ID. suggest someilmig else to get over your nervousnessL24, The suggestions offered by the hendteat-her l

56、ire/A. original b. an立小啟li打DaUITEXT D_ raniilv MaitersL*This mon th Sin gapore passed a bill that would give legal teeth to the moral obligati on to support one?s parents. Called the Maintenance of Parents Bill, i t received the backing of the Singapore Government.That does not mea n it has n?t gen

57、erated discussi on. Several members of the P arliame nt opposedthe measure as un-Asia n. Others who ack no wledged the problem o f the elderly poor believed it a disproporti on ate resp on se. Still others believeit will subvert relati ons with in the family: cynicsdubbed it the “ Sue Your So n | ” law.Those who say that the bill does not promote filial responsibility, of cour se, are right. It has nothing to do with filial responsibility. It kicks in wher e filial responsibility fails. T