2001年英语专八真题及答案

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  答案与详解

  PAPER ONE

  PART Ⅰ LISTENING COMPREHENSION

  SECTION A TALK

  1.答案:A

  【问句译文】世界银行运行系统变大系统的变化指的是什么?

  【试题分析】本题为细节题。

  【详细解答】解答本题的关键句是"What immediately strikes anyone looking at the lending figures over the last 10 years is the tremendous expansion in the bank's loan program."由此可知,选项A为正确答案。

  2.答案:C

  【问句译文】是什么使得银行改变其借贷政策?

  【试题分析】本题为细节题。

  【详细解答】录音在提及银行借贷政策的改变时说"Thus by improving basic health services, by introducing better nutrition, by increasing literacy, and by promoting m ore even income distribution in a poor country, a lower and more acceptable fertility rate will be achieved. This advancing thinking persuaded the bank to change its overall lending strategy."这里提到了一些改变贫穷国家现状的措施,由"a lower and more acceptable"可知,从根本上促使政策改革的原因应为选项C。

  3.答案:D

  【问句译文】银行借贷政策重点的变化意味者银行将会怎样?

  【试题分析】本题为细节题。

  【详细解答】在提到投资对象时,谈话者说"Many of its major capital investment had scarcely touched the lives of urban and rural poor, nor have they created much employment."因此银行决定加大对劳动密集型活动的援助,故答案选D。

  4.答案:D

  【问句译文】下列哪一项不是对银行的批评?

  【试题分析】本题为细节题。

  【详细解答】谈话者说"…the bank should begin to think of itself less as a foreign aid agency and more of financial deal-maker,…"即世界银行应该作为财政的决策者 ,这一点应得到肯定,而不是批评,故选项D为正确答案。

  5.答案:C

  【问句译文】在整个谈话中,作者在介绍世界银行时是什么态度?

  【试题分析】本题为推理题。

  【详细解答】谈话者对世界银行的职能、现状、改进作了客观评论,并未表达出自己的个人感 情。因此选项C"客观的"为正确答案。

  SECTION B CONVERSATION

  6.答案:B

  【问句译文】男士对什么事实感到吃惊?

  【试题分析】本题为细节题。

  【详细解答】当女士说她在新西兰找了一份在计算机公司做秘书的工作时,男士说"Really? You can do that, can you? I mean it's possible for anyone to get a job in New Zealand, without being a New Zealander?"不是新西兰本土人也可以找到一份工作,因此 他感到惊奇,故选项B为正确答案。

  7.答案:D

  【问句译文】那位女土喜欢新加坡的主要原因是什么?

  【试题分析】本题为细节题。

  【详细解答】当男士提出由于新加坡过于的现代化,所以人们觉得它很乏味,接着他问女士的 感受。女士回答说:"And it's a great big shopping center and I really enjoy it from that point of view."由此可知吸引女士的是购物机遇,故答案选D。

  8.答案:B

  【问句译文】从对话中我们可得知开封和银川留给这位女士的怎样印象?

  【试题分析】本题为概括题。

  【详细解答】对话中提到了开封和银川的地理位置,犹太人的后代,古老的宝塔,归纳起来便 是历史情趣吸引了她,答案选B。

  9.答案:C

  【问句译文】下列哪一项最能形容女士对西藏的感受?

  【试题分析】本题为推理题。

  【详细解答】当男士问到她游历过的最有趣的地方时,女士回答说"I think actually Tibet is the most fascinating and exciting. I've never been anywhere so different." ,由此可知,选项C"狂喜"最能体现她的感受。

  10.答案:A

  【问句译文】根据谈话内容,是什么使得她暂停了旅行?

  【试题分析】本题为概括题。

  【详细解答】在谈到准备暂停旅行时,女士说"You get pretty sick, wearing the same clothes, and washing them in the different hotels. I never stay in the same place for longer than two days."穿着同样的衣服,在不同的旅馆里去洗它们使她感到厌烦, 在同一个地方呆的时间从没有超过两天,由此可推知:她想停下居无定所的生活,故答案选 A。

  SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

  News Item 1

  11.答案:C

  【问句译文】泰森为何于去年八月被关入监狱?

  【试题分析】本题为主旨题。

  【详细解答】新闻中提到"…for an assault in the wake of traffic accident last August."由此可知,泰森是因为在一次交通事故中动手打人而被捕入狱。

  12.答案:A

  【问句译文】泰森在什么日期前得不到拳击比赛的许可证?

  【试题分析】本题为细节题。

  【详细解答】解答本题的关键句是"But they plan no action on Tyson because the license they granted him to fight doesn't expire until the end of the year."由此可知,答案选A。

  News Item 2

  13.答案:B

  【问句译文】为何俄罗斯的档案应受到重视?

  【试题分析】本题为细节题。

  【详细解答】新闻第二句说"The documents which the Russian gave the United States o n Sunday would be of particular interest because Kennedy's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald lived in the former Soviet Union for several years …",由于刺杀肯尼迪的 凶手逃至前苏联生活了好几年,因此俄罗斯的档案应受到重视。

  News Item 3

  14.答案:C

  【问句译文】在近三个月里,香港的失业率情况如何?

  【试题分析】本题为主旨题。

  【详细解答】新闻开头就说"Hong Kong's unemployment rate has remained stable at 6.3 % in the past 3 months,…"由此可知,在过去的三个月里,香港失业率稳定在6.3%,因 此答案选C。

  15.答案:C

  【问句译文】根据该新闻,下列哪一选项是正确的?

  【试题分析】本题为推理题。

  【详细解答】新闻中提到各部门失业率有不同幅度地上涨或下降,但新闻首句就告诉我们说失 业率保持在6.3%不变。由此可推断出一些部门失业率上升,另外一些部门失业率下降,从 而保持总的失业率稳定不变,故答案选C。

  SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING

  1.答案:symbolic 

  【详细解答】在提到新闻发布会的第一个优点时说"…one value of news conference by a public official is the symbolic nature of the event."由此可直接填写"symbolic"。

  2.答案:reference 

  【详细解答】在提到新闻发布会的另一个优点时说"In that regard, press conference information may be used as reference point,…" 由此可直接填写"reference"。

  3.答案:reporters 

  【详细解答】由录音"…the press conference offers benefits of efficiency in that officials can speak to a number of reporters at once on the issue of public concern and interest."可知,这里说的是从"记者们"(reporters)的观点来看问题。

  4.答案:format 

  【详细解答】本段录音的最后一句说"The press conference may be at its best in this almost one-way format." 由此可直接填写"format"。

  5.答案:disadvantage

  【详细解答】前面讲的是新闻发布会的优点(advantage),下面接着就要转入谈它的缺点了 (disadvantage)。

  6.答案:component 

  【详细解答】由录音"…the component of the news source and nature of the questions asked."可直接填写"component"。

  7.答案:competence 

  【详细解答】由关键句"…the competence of the news source needs to be linked with the news-gathering-methods."可知,此处应填写"competence"。

  8.答案:verbal 

  【详细解答】由关键句"…but may lack the verbal skills or concepts to do so."可知 ,这里说的是"口头表达"(verbal)技能。

  9.答案:nature 

  【详细解答】由录音"…that is, the nature of questions asked." 可知,此处应填写" nature"。

  10.答案:asking

  【详细解答】这里提到了五条改进提问的方法,第四条是"it is often helpful to ask questions in terms of the respondent's own immediate",根据上下文,此处应该用它的 动名词形式,故填写"asking"。

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