2014英语专八真题及答案

　　PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)

　　31. Which of the following is the French-speaking city in Canada?

　　A. Vancouver B. Ottawa C. Montreal D. Toronto

　　32. Which of the following are natives of New Zealand?

　　A. The Maoris B. The Aboriginals C. The Red Indians D. The Eskimos

　　33. The established or national church in England is

　　A. the Roman Catholic Church B. the United Reformed Church

　　C. the Anglican Church D. the Methodist Church

　　34. The 13 former British colonies in North America declared independence from Great Britain in

　　A. 1774 B. 1775 C. 1776 D. 1777

　　35. “Grace under pressure” is an outstanding virtue of ____ heroes.

　　A. Scott Fitzgerald’s B. Ernest Hemingway’s C. Eugene O’Neill’s D. William Faulkner’s

　　36. Widowers’ House was written by

　　A. William Butler Yeats B. George Bernard Shaw C. John Galsworthy D. T. S. Eliot

　　37. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

　　A. William Shakespeare B. William Blake C. Geoffrey Chaucer D. John Donne

　　38. Which of the following pairs of words are homophones?

　　A. wind (v.) / wind (n.) B. suspect (v.) / suspect (n.)

　　C. convict (v.) / convict (n.) D. bare (adj.) / bear (v.)

　　39. Which of the following sentences has the “S+V+O” structure?

　　A. He died a hero. B. I went to London. C. Mary enjoyed parties. D. She became angry.

　　40. Which of the following CAN NOT be used as an adverbial?

　　A. The lion’s share B. Heart and soul. C. Null and void. D. Hammer and tongs.

　　PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)

　　There is widespread consensus among scholars that second language acquisition (SLA) emerged as a distinct field of research from the late 1950s to early 1960s.

　　There is a high level of agreement that the following questions (1) ______

　　have possessed the most attention of researchers in this area: (2) ______

　　l Is it possible to acquire an additional language in the

　　same sense one acquires a first language? (3) ______

　　l What is the explanation for the fact adults have (4) ______

　　more difficulty in acquiring additional languages than children have?

　　l What motivates people to acquire additional language?

　　l What is the role of the language teaching in the (5) ______

　　acquisition of additional languages?

　　l What social-cultural factors, if any, are relevant in studying the

　　learning of additional languages?

　　From a check of the literature of the field it is clear that all (6) ______

　　the approaches adopted to study the phenomena of SLA so far have

　　one thing in common: The perspective adopted to view the acquiring

　　of an additional language is that of an individual attempts to do (7) ______

　　so. Whether one labels it “learning” or “acquiring” an additional

　　language, it is an individual accomplishment or what is under (8) ______

　　focus is the cognitive, psychological, and institutional status of an

　　individual. That is, the spotlight is on what mental capabilities are

　　involving, what psychological factors play a role in the learning (9) ______

　　or acquisition, and whether the target language is learnt in the

　　classroom or acquired through social touch with native speakers. (10) ______

　　PART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)

　　SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH

　　当我在小学毕了业的时候，亲友一致的愿意我去学手艺，好帮助母亲。我晓得我应当去找饭吃，以减轻母亲的勤劳困苦。 可是，我也愿意升学。我偷偷地考入了师范学校---制服，饭食，书籍，宿处，都由学校供给。只有这样，我才敢对母亲提升学的话。入学，要交十元的保证金。这是一笔巨款!母亲作了半个月的难，把这巨款筹到，而后含泪把我送出门去。她不辞劳苦，只要儿子有出息。当我有师范毕业，而被派为小学校长，母亲与我都一夜不曾合眼。我只说了句：“以后，您可以歇一歇了!”她的回答只有一串串的眼泪。

　　SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

　　The physical distance between speakers can indicate a number of things and can also be used to used to consciously send messages about intent. Closeness, for example, indicates intimacy or threat to many speakers whilst distance may denote formality or a lack of interest. Proximity is also both a matter of personal style and is often culture-bound so that what may seem normal to a speaker from one culture may appear unnecessarily close or distant to a speaker from another. And standing close to someone may be quite appropriate in some situations such as an informal party, but completely out of place in others, such as meeting with a superior.

　　Posture can convey meaning too. Hunched shoulders and a hanging head give a powerful indication of mood. A lowered head when speaking to a superior (with or without eye contact) can convey the appropriate relationship in some cultures.

　　PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)

　　Nowadays some companies have work-from-home or remote working policies, which means that their employees do not have to commute to work every day. Some people think that this can save a lot of time travelling to and from work, thus raising employees’ productivity. However, others argue that in the workplace, people can communicate face to face, which vastly increases the efficiency of coordination and cooperation. What is your opinion?

　　Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: My Views on Working from Home

　　2014年专八答案

　　听力Mini-lecture

　　1. physical 2. a demand 3. blood pressure 4. Category

　　5. a job 6. signals 7. body or mind 8. advantage

　　9. accept 10. reasonable speed

　　听力Interview

　　1. To work out a plan…

　　2. was much worried…

　　3. To take prompt…

　　4. Refugees returning to normal…

　　5. talk to different…

　　听力NEWS BROADCAST

　　6. Cancellation of flights…

　　7. Three human fossils

　　8. It supported..

　　9. some international…

　　10. Surprised

　　1. social

　　2. Latin

　　3. adventures

　　4. American English

　　6. different origins

　　7. variants

　　8. abq straction

　　9. relationships

　　10. clear and accurate

　　阅读理解答案

　　11.A have 12.C to offer 13.B to provide 14.D decide 15.A cultuer

　　16.Bperfered 17.D similar 18.D easy 19.B unapproachalbe 20.D sociable

　　21.Bsay 22.B sociabel 23.A young 24.D 25C

　　26.D role 27.C effects 28.B offer 29.D exercise 30.A features

　　人文知识答案

　　31.Montreal

　　32.Maoris

　　33. Anglicanism

　　34.1776

　　35.Ernest Hemingway

　　36.George Bernard Shaw

　　37.Geoffrey Chaucer

　　38.bare

　　39.Mary

　　40.Lion

　　改错答案

　　1.把of去掉。

　　2.把possessed 改成 attracted，

　　3.把a改成 the

　　4.在 facts 和adults之间加个that，

　　5.把第二个the 去掉。

　　6.把第二个of 改成in

　　7.把attempts改成attempt

　　8.把or 改成 and

　　9.what改成 how

　　10.把touche改成touches

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