2023英语专业八级真题及答案.docx

Section B interviewin this section you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the conect answer to each question on your colored answer sheet.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 following five questions.Now listen lo the interview1. According to Nigel, most problems of air travel are caused byA. Unfavorable weather conditions.B. Airports handling capacity.C. Inadequate ticketing service.D. Overbooking.2. Which of the following is not mentioned as compensation for volunteers for the next fight out?A. Free ticket.BFree phone callC. Cash rewardD. Scat reservationWhy does Nigel suggest that business travelers avoid big airports?A Because all flights in and out of there are full.B. Because the volume of traffic is heavy.C. Because there are more popular flights.D. Because there are more delays and cancellations.3. According to Nigel, inexperience travelers are likely to make the following mistakes except.A Booking on less popular flights.B. buying tickets at full price.C. carrying excessive luggage.D. planning long business trips.5. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A. The possibility of discounts depends on a travel agent's volume of business.B. Longer flights to the same destination maybe cheaper.C. It is advisable to plan every detail of a trip in advance.D. arranging for stopovers can avoid overnight travel.SECTION C NEWS BROACASTIn this section you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will bepeople's outlook on lift.A. people's life styles.B. people's living standardpeople's social values.28. Changes in pension schemes were also part ofthe corporate lay-offs.A. the government cuts in welfare spending.B. the economic restructuring.C. the warning power of labors unions.29. Thousands of employees chose Enron as their sole investment option mainly becauseThe 401 (k) made them responsible for their own future.A. Enron offered to add company stock to their investment.B. their employers intended to cut back on pension spending.C. Enron's offer was similar to a defined-benefit plan.30. Which is NOT seen as a lesson drawn from the Enron disaster?A. 401(k) assets should be placed in more than one investment option.B. Employees have to take up responsibilities for themselves.C. Such events could happen again as it is not easy to change people's mind.D. Economic security won't be taken for granted by future young workers.PART HI GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (1() MIN)The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPTA. the Anglosthe CeltsB. the Jutesthe Saxons31. The Head of State of Canada is represented bythe MonarchA. the Presidentthe Prime MinisterB. the Governor-generalThe Declaration of Independence was written byA. Thomas JeffersonGeorge WashingtonB. Alexander HamiltonJames Madison32. The original inhabitants of Australia werethe Red IndiansA. the Eskimosthe AboriginesB. the MaorisWhich of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?A. Oliver TwistMiddlemarchB. Jane EyreWuthering Heights33. William Butler Yeats was a(n)poet and playwright.A. AmericanCanadianB. IrishAustralian34. Death of a Salesman was written byArthur MillerA. Ernest HemingwayRalph EllisonB. James Baldwin38.refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A. PhonologyMorphologyB. SemanticsSociolinguistics39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPTlexicalA. syntacticphonologicalB. psycholinguisticThe word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse” , but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.This is an example ofA. widening of meaningnarrowing of meaningB. meaning shiftloss of meaning英译中 Scientific and technological advances are enabling us to comprehend the furthest reaches of the cosmos, the most basic constituents of matter, and the miracle of life.At the same lime, today, the actions, and inaction, of human beings imperil not only life on the planet, but the very life of the planet.Globalization is making the world smaller, faster and richer. Still, 9/11, avian flu, and Iran remind us that a smaller, faster world is not necessarily a safer world.Our world is bursting with knowledge - but desperately in need of wisdom. Now, when sound bites are getting shorter, when instant messages crowd out essays, and when individual lives grow more frenzied, college graduates capable of deep reflection are what our world needs.For all these reasons I believed - and I believe even more strongly today - in the unique and irreplaceable mission of universities.科技进步正在使我们能够探索宇宙的边陲、物质最根本的成分及生命的奇迹.与 此同时，今天，人类所做的及没能做到的事情，不仅危害到这个星球上的生命， 也危害到该星球的寿命。全球化正在使地球变得愈来愈小、愈来愈快和愈来愈富 有。尽管如此，9/11、禽流感及伊朗提醒我们，更小更快的世界决不意味着其更 平安。我们正处于一个知识爆炸的世界之中，不过，迫切需要智慧。现在，在(新 闻采访的)原声摘要播出变得愈来愈短，即时信息淘汰了杂记文，个人生活变得 如痴如狂之际，这个世界还是需要能够深思的大学生。考虑到这些理由，我过去 信仰，而今天甚至更加强烈地信仰大学独特的、无可取代的使命。改错题：From what has been said, it must be clear that no one canmake very positive statements about how language originated.There is no material in any language today and in the earliest (1) and>orrecords of ancient languages show us language in a new and (2) show一showing emerging state. It is often said, of course, that the language (3) the originated in cries of anger, fear, pain and pleasure, and the (4) and一but necessary evidence is entirely lacking: there arc no remotetribes, no ancient records, providing evidence ofa language with a large proportion of such cries(5) large* larger?than we find in English, it is true that the absenceof such evidence does not disprove the theory, but in inonother grounds too the theory is not very attractive.People of all races and languages make rather similarnoises in return to pain or pleasure. The fact that(7) return>rcsponscsuch noises are similar on the lips of Frenchmenand Malaysians whose languages arc utterly different,serves to emphasize on the fundamental difference (8) onbetween these noises and language proper. We maysay that the cries of pain or chortles of amusementare largely reflex actions, instinctive to A large extent, (9) Aawhereas language proper does not consist of signsbut of these that have to be learnt and that are (10) these>thoseSECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHTranslate the underlined part of the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.暮色中，河湾里落满云霞，与天际的颜色混合一起，分不清哪是流云哪是水湾。 也就在这一幅绚烂的图画旁边，在河湾之畔，一群羊正在低头觅食。它们几乎没 有一个顾得上抬起头来，看一眼这美丽的黄件。也许它们要抓紧时间，在即将回 家的最后一刻再次咀嚼。这是黄河滩上的一幕。牧羊人不见了，他不知在何处歇 息。只有这些美生灵自由自在地享受着这个黄昏。这儿水草肥美，让它们长得肥 滚滚的，像些胖娃娃。如果走近了，会发现它们那可爱的神情，洁白的牙齿，那 丰富而单纯的表情。如果稍稍长久一点打量这张张面庞，还会生出无限的怜悯。 参考译文：Beside this picture with profusions of colors, a group of sheep are lowing their heads, eating by the river bank. Hardly none of them would spare some time to raise their eyes to have a glance at the beautiful dusk. They are, perhaps, taking use of every minute to enjoy their last chew before being driven home. This is a picture of the Yellow River bank, in which the shepherd disappears, and no one knows where he is resting himself. Only the sheep, however, as free creatures, are joyfully appreciating the dusk. The exuberant water plants have nourished the sheep, making them grow as fat as balls. When approaching near, you would find their lily-white teeth and a variety of innocent facial impressions.选择题答案：BCBDC DCACC CADBA BACCD DDDBA DABBD CDACDCABDAgiven 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.6 what happened on Monday?A. A train crash occurred causing minor injuries.B. Investigator found out the cause of the accident.C Crews rescued more passengers from the site.D A commuter train crashed into a building.Question 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.7. Which of the following was not on the agenda of the G20 meeting?A. Iraq debtsWTO talksB. Financial disastersPossible sanctions8. The G20 is a (n)organization.A. InternationalB EuropeanC RegionalD AsianQuestion 9 and 1() are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questionsThc UN Charter went into effect afterA It was signed by the 50 original member countries.B It was approved by the founders and other member countries.C It was approved by the founding membersD It was signed by the founding members.9. Which of the following best describe the role of the charter?A. the Charter only describes powers of the UN bodies.B the Charter mainly aims to promote world economy.C The charter is a treaty above all other treaties.D The charter authorizes reforms in UN bodies.Part2 Reading Comprehension (30min)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.Text AThe Welsh language has always been the ultimate marker of Welsh identity, but a generation ago it looked as if Welsh would go the way of Manx. Once widely spoken on the Isle of Manbut now extinct. Governments financing and central planning. however, have helped reverse the decline of Welsh. Road signs and official public documents are written in both Welsh and English, and schoolchildren are required to learn both languages. Welsh is now one of the most successful of Europe's regional languages, spoken by more than a half-million of the country's three million people. The revival of the language, particularly among young people, is part of a resurgence of national identity sweeping through this small, proud nation. Last month Wales marked the second anniversary of the opening of the National Assembly, the first parliament to be convened here since 1404. The idea behind devolution was to restore the balance within the union of nations making up the United Kingdom. With most of the people and wealth, England has always had bragging rights. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by Tony Blair, was designed to give the other members of the club- Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales-a bigger say and to counter centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union. The Welsh showed little enthusiasm for devolution. Whereas the Scots voted overwhelmingly for a parliament, the vote for a Welsh assembly scraped through by less than one percent on a turnout of less than 25 percent. Its powers were proportionately limited. The Assembly can decide how money from Westminster or the European Union is spent. It cannot, unlike its counterpart in Edinburgh, enact laws. But now that it is here, the Welsh arc growing to like their Assembly. Many people would like it to have more powers. Its importance as figurehead will grow with the opening in 2003, of a new debating chamber, one of many new buildings that are transforming Cardiff from a decaying seaport into a Baltimore-style waterfront city. Meanwhile a grant of nearly Iwo million dollars from the European Union will tackle poverty. Wales is one of the poorest regions in Western Europe- only Spain, Portugal, and Greece have a lower standard of living.Newspapers and magazines arc filled with stories about great Welsh men and women, boosting self-esteem. To familiar faces such as Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton have been added new icons such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, the movie star, and Bryn Terfel, the opera singer. Indigenous foods like salt marsh lamb are in vogue. And Wales now boasts a national airline. Awyr Cymru. Cymru, which means “land of compatriots/' is the Welsh name fbr Wales. The red dragon, the nation's symbol since the time of King Arthur, is everywhere- on T-shirts, rugby jerseys and even cell phone covers.“Until very recent times most Welsh people had this feeling of being second-class citizens/' said Dyfan Jones, an 18-year-old student. It was a warm summer night, and I was sitting on the grass with a group of young people in Llanelli, an industrial town in the south, outside the rock music venue of the National Eisteddfod, Wales's annual cultural festival. The disused factory in front of us echoed to the sounds of new Welsh bands.“There was almost a genetic tendency fbr lack of confidence,M Dyfan continued. Equally comfortable in his Welshness as in his membership in the English-speaking, global youth culture and the new federal Europe, Dyfan, like the rest of his generation, is growing up with a sense of possibility unimaginable ten years ago. uWe used to think. We can't do anything, we're only Welsh. Now I think that's changing.z/According to the passage, devolution was mainly meant toA. maintain the present status among the nations.B. reduce legislative powers of England.C. create a better state of equality among the nations.D. grant more say to all the nations in the union.10. The word “centrifugal" in the second paragraph meansseparatist.A. conventional.B. feudal.C. politicalWales is different from Scotland in all the following aspects EXCEPTA. people's desire for devolution.B. locals, turnout for the voting.C. powers of the legislative body.D. status of the national language.11. Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of the resurgence of Welsh national identityWelsh has witnessed a revival as a national language.A. Poverty-relief funds have come from the European Union.B. A Welsh national airline is currently in operation.C. The national symbol has become a familiar sight.12. According to Dy fan Jones what has changed ispeople's mentality.A. pop culture.B. town's appearance.C. possibilities for the people.TextBGetting to the heart of Kuwaiti democracy seems hilariously easy. Armed only with a dog-eared NEWSWEEK ID, I ambled through the gates of the National Assembly last week. Unscanned, unsearchcd, my satchel could easily have held the odd grenade or an anthrax-stuffed lunchbox. The only person who stopped me was a guard who grinned and invited me to take a swig of orange juice from his plastic bottle.Were I a Kuwaiti woman wielding a ballot, I would have been a clearer and more present danger. That very clay Parliament blocked a bill giving women the vote; 29 M.P.S voted in favor and 29 against, with two abstentions. Unable to decide whether the bill had passed or not, the government scheduled another vote in two weeks- too late for women to register fbr June's municipal elections. The next such elections aren't until 2023. Inside the elegant, marbled