2012年英语专业八级考试试题原题及答案解析


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    TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2012)
    GRADE EIGHT TIME LIMIT 195 MIN
      PART I LISTENING COMPREttENSION (35 MIN)
      SECTION A MINILECTURE
      In this section you will hear a minilecture 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 gapfilling task after the minilecture When the lecture is over you will be given two minutes to check your notes and another ten minutes to complete the gapfilling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE using no more than three words in each gap 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 notetaking Now listen to the minilecture    Observation Behaviour
      People do observation in daily life context for safety or for proper behaviour However there are differences in daily life observation and research observation
      A Differences
       daily life observation
       casual
       (1) ________
       defendence on memory
       research observation
       (2) _________
       careful record keeping
      B Ways to select samples in research
       time sampling
       systematic eg fixed intervals every hour
       random fixed intervals but (3) _______
      Systematic sampling and random sampling are often used in combination
       (4) _______
       definition selection of different locations
       reason humans’ or animals’ behaviour (5) ______ across circumstances
       (6) ______ more objective observations
      C Ways to record behaviour (7) _______
       observation with intervention
       participant observation researcher as observer and participant
       field experiment research (8) ______ over conditions
       observation without intervention
       purpose describing behaviour (9) ______
       (10) ______ no intervention
       researcher a passive recorder
      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 foliowing five questions Now listen to the interview
      1 Which of the following statements about creativity is INCORRECT
       A Creativity stems from human beings novel thinking
       B The duration of the creative process varies from person to person
       C Creative people focus on novel thinking rather than on solutions
       D The outcome of human creativity comes in varied forms
      2 The interviewee cites the Bach family to show that creativity
       A appears to be the result of the environment
       B seems to be attributable to genetic makeup
       C appears to be more associated with great people
       D comes from both environment and genetic makeup
      3 How many types of the creative process does the interviewee describe
       A One B Two C Three D Four
      4 Which of the following features of a creative personality is NOT mentioned in the interview
       A Unconventional B Original
       C Resolute D Critical
      5 The interviewees suggestion for a creativity workout supports the view that
       A brain exercising will not make people creative
       B most people have diversified interests and hobbies
       C the environment is significant in the creative process
       D creativity can only be found in great people
      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 Question 6 is based on the following news At the end of t
    he news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question Now listen to the news
      6 What is the news item mainly about
       A US astronauts made three space walks
       B An international space station was set up
       C A problem in the cooling system was solved
       D A 350kilogram ammonia pump was removed
      Questions 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 Now listen to the news
      7 In which country would parents often threaten to punish children by leaving them outside
       A India B The Philippines
       C Egypt D Not mentioned
      8 What is the main purpose of the study
       A To reveal cultural differences and similarities
       B To expose cases of child abuse and punishment
       C To analyze child behaviour across countries
       D To investigate ways of physical punishment
      Questions 9 and 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 According to the news item Japans economic growth in the second quarter was ____ less than the first quarter
       A 06 percent B 34 percent
       C 4 percent D 3 percent
      10 How many reasons does the news item cite for Japans slow economic growth
       A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5
    PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)

      In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiplechoice questions Read the passages and then mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO
      TEXT A
       I used to look at my closet and see clothes These days whenever I cast my eyes upon the stacks of shoes and hangers of shirts sweaters and jackets I see water
       It takes 569 gallons to manufacture a Tshirt from its start in the cotton fields to its appearance on store shelves A pair of running shoes 1247 gallons
       Until last fall Id been oblivious to my water footprint which is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce goods and services according to the Water Footprint Network The Dutch nonprofit has been working to raise awareness of freshwater scarcity since 2008 but it was through the Green Blue Book by Thomas M Kostigen that I was able to see how my own actions factored in
       Ive installed graywater systems to reuse the wastewater from my laundry machine and bathtub and reroute it to my landscape systems that save on average 50 gallons of water per day Ive set up rain barrels and infiltration pits to collect thousands of gallons of storm water cascading from my roof Ive even entered the last bastion of greendom installing a composting toilet
       Suffice to say Ive been feeling pretty satisfied with myself for all the drinking water Ive saved with these bigticket projects
       Now I realize that my daily consumption choices could have an even larger effect –not only on the local water supply but also globally 11 billion people have no access to freshwater and in the future those who do have access will have less of it
       To see how much virtual water 1 was using I logged on to the Green Blue Book website and used its water footprint calculator entering my daily consumption habits Tallying up the water footprint of my breakfast lunch dinner and snacks as well as my daily dose of overthecounter uppers and downers coffee wine and beer Im using 512 gallons of virtual water each day just to feed myself
       In a word alarming
       Even more alarming was how much hidden water I was using to get dressed Im hardly a clotheshorse but the few new items I buy once again trumped the amount of water flowing from my faucets each day If Im serious about saving water I realized I could make some simple lifestyle shifts Looking more closely at the areas in my life that use the most virtual water it was food and clothes specifically meat coffee and oddly blue jeans and leather jackets
       Being a motorcyclist I own an unusually large amount of leather boots and jackets in particular All of it is enormously water intensive It takes 7996 gallons to make a leatherjacket leather being a byproduct of beef It takes 2866 gallons of water to make a single pair of blue jeans because theyre made from waterhogging cotton
       Crunching the numbers for the amount of clothes I buy every year it looks a lot like my friends swimming pool My entire closet is borderline Olympic
       Gulp
      My late resolution is to buy some items used Underwear and socks are of course exempt from this strategy but 1 have no problem shopping less and also shopping at Goodwill In fact Id been doing that for the past year to save money My clothes outrageous water footprint just reintbrced it for me
      More conscious living and substitution rather than sacrifice are the prevailing ideas with the water footprint Its one Im trying and thats had an unusual upside I had a hamburger recently and I enjoyed it a lot more since it is now an occasional treat rather than a weekly habit
      (One gallon 38 litres)
      11 According to the passage the Water Footprint Network
       A made the author aware of freshwater shortage
       B helped the author get to know the Green Blue Book
       C worked for freshwater conservation for nonprofit purposes
       D collaborated with the Green Blue Book in freshwater conservation
      12 Which of the following reasons can best explain the authors feeling of selfsatisfaction
       A He made contribution to drinking water conservation in his own way
       B Money spent on upgrading his household facilities was worthwhile
       C His house was equipped with advanced watersaving facilities
       D He could have made even greater contribution by changing his lifestyle
      13 According to the context how mv own actions factored in means
       A how I could contribute to water conservation
       B what efforts I should make to save fresh water
       C what behaviour could be counted as freshwatersaving
       D how much of what I did contributed to freshwater shortage
      14 According to the passage the author was more alarmed by the fact that
       A he was having more meat and coffee
       B his clothes used even more virtual water
       C globally there will be less fresh water
       D his lifestyle was too extravagant
      15 My entire closet is borderline Olympic is an example of
       A exaggeration B analogy
       C understatement D euphemism
      16 What is the tone of the author in the last paragraph
       A Sarcastic B Ironic C Critical D Humorous
      TEXT B
       In her novel of Reunion American Style Rona Jaffe suggests that a class reunion is more than a sentimental journey It is also a way of answering the question that lies at the back of nearly all our minds Did they do better than I
       Jaffes observation may be misplaced but not completely lost According to a study conducted by social psychologist Jack Sparacino the overwhelming majority who attend reunions arent there invidiously to compare their recent accomplishments with those of their former classmates Instead they hope primarily to relive their earlier successes
       Certainly a few return to show their former classmates how well they have done others enjoy observing the changes that have occurred in their classmates (not always in themselves of course) But the majority who attend their class reunions do so to relive the good times they remember having when they were younger I
    n his study Sparacino found that as high school students attendees had been more popular more often regarded as attractive and more involved in extracurricular activities than those classmates who chose not to attend For those who turned up at their reunions then the old times were also the good times
       It would appear that Americans have a special fondness for reunions judging by their prevalence Major league baseball players fraternity members veterans groups high school and college graduates and former Boy Scouts all hold reunions on a regular basis In addition family reunions frequently attract blood relatives from faraway places who spend considerable money and time to reunite
       Actually in their affection for reuniting with friends family or colleagues Americans are probably no different from any other people except that Americans have created a mindboggling number and variety of institutionalized forms of gatherings to facilitate the satisfaction of this desire Indeed reunions have increasingly become formal events that are organized on a regular basis and in the process they have also become big business
       Shell Norris of Class Reunion Inc says that Chicago alone has 1500 high school reunions each year A conservative estimate on the national level would be 10000 annually At one time all high school reunions were organized by volunteers usually female homemakers In the last few years however as more and more women have entered the labour force alumni reunions are increasingly being planned by specialized companies rather than by parttime volunteers
       The first college reunion was held by the alumni of Yale University in 1792 Graduates of Pennsylvania Princeton Stanford and Brown followed suit And by the end of the 19th century
      most 4year institutions were holding alumni reunions
       The variety of college reunions is impressive At Princeton alumni parade through the town wearing their class uniforms and singing their alma mater At Marietta College they gather for a dinnerdance on a steamship cruising the Ohio River
       Clearly the thought of cruising on a steamship or marching through the streets is usually not by itself sufficient reason for large numbers of alumni to return to campus Alumni who decide to attend their reunions share a common identity based on the years they spent together as undergraduates For this reason universities that somehow establish a common bond – for example because they are relatively small or especially prestigious tend to draw substantial numbers of their alumni to reunions In an effort to enhance this common identity larger colleges and universities frequently build their class reunions on participation in smaller units such as departments or schools Or they encourage affinity reunions for groups of former cheerleaders editors fraternity members musicians members of military organizations on campus and the like
       Of course not every alumnus is fond of his or her alma mater Students who graduated during the late 1960s may be especially reluctant to get involved in alumni events They were part of the generation that conducted sitins and teachins directed at university administrators protested military recruitment on campus and marched against establishment politics If this generation has a common identity it may fall outside of their university ties or even be hostile to them Even as they enter their middle years alumni who continue to hold unpleasant memories of college during this period may not wish to attend class reunions
      17 According to the passage Sparacinos study
       A provided strong evidence for Jaffes statement
       B showed that attendees tended to excel in high school study
       C found that interest in reunions was linked with school experience
       D found evidence for attendees intense desire for showing off success
      18 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a distinct feature of US class reunions
       A US class reunions are usually occasions to show off ones recent success
       B Reunions are regular and formal events organized by professional agencies
       C Class reunions have become a profitable business
       D Class reunions have brought about a variety of activities
      19 What mainly attracts many people to return to campus for reunion
       A The variety of activities for class reunion
       B The special status their university enjoys
       C Shared experience beyond the campus
       D Shared undergraduate experience on campus
      20 The rhetorical function of the first paragraph is to
       A introduce Rona Jeffes novel
       B present the authors counterargument
       C serve as prelude to the authors argument
       D bring into focus contrasting opinions
      21 What is the passage mainly about
       A Reasons for popularity and (non)attendance for alumni reunions
       B A historical perspective for alumni reunions in the United States
       C Alumni reunions and American university traditions
       D Alumni reunion and its social and economic implications 
      TEXT C
       One time while on his walk George met Mr Cattanzara coming home very late from work He wondered if he was drunk but then could tell he wasnt Mr Cattanzara a stocky baldheaded man who worked in a change booth on an IRT station lived on the next block after Georges above a shoe repair store Nights during the hot weather he sat on his stoop in an undershirt reading the New York Times in the light of the shoemakers window He read it from the first page to the last then went up to sleep And all the time he was reading the paper his wife a fat woman with a white face leaned out of the window gazing into the street her thick white arms folded under her loose breast on the window ledge
       Once in a while Mr Cattanzara came home drunk but it was a quiet drunk He never made any trouble only walked stiffly up the street and slowly climbed the stairs into the hall Though drunk he looked the same as always except for his tight walk the quietness and that his eyes were wet George liked Mr Cattanzara because he remembered him giving him nickels to buy lemon ice with when he was a squirt Mr Cattanzara was a different type than those in the neighbourhood He asked different questions than the others when he met you and he seemed to know what went on in all the newspapers He read them as his fat sick wife watched from the window
       What are you doing with yourself this summer George Mr Cattanzara asked l see you walkin around at night
       George felt embarrassed I like to walk
       What are you doin in the day now
       Nothing much just now Im waiting for a job Since it shamed him to admit that he wasnt working George said Im reading a lot to pick up my education
       What are you readin
       George hesitated then said I got a list of books in the library once and now Im gonna read them this summer He felt strange and a little unhappy saying this but he wanted Mr Cattanzara to respect him
       How many books are there on it
       I never counted them Maybe around a hundred
       Mr Cattanzara whistled through his teeth
       I figure if l did that George went on earnestly it would help me in my education 1 dont mean the kind they give you in high school I want to know different things than they learn there if you know what I mean
       The change maker nodded Still and all one hundred books is a pretty big load for one
      summer
       It might take longer
       After youre finished with some maybe you and I can shoot the breeze about them said Mr Cattanzara
       When Im finished George answered
       Mr Cattanzara went home and George continued on his walk After that though he had the urge to George did nothing different from usual He still took his walks at night ending up in the little park But one evening the shoemaker on the next block stopped George to say he was a good boy and George figured that Mr Cattanzara had told him all about the books he was reading From the shoemaker it must have gone down the street because George saw a couple of people smiling kindly at him though nobody spoke to him personally He felt a little better around the neighbourhood and liked it more though not so much he would want to live in it forever He had never exactly disliked the people in it yet he had never liked them very much either It was the fault of the neighbourhood To his surprise George found out that his father and his sister Sophie knew about his reading too His father was too shy to say anything about it he was never much of a talker in his whole life but Sophie was softer to George and she showed him in other ways she was proud of him
      22 In the excerpt Mr Cattanzara was described as a man who
       A was fond of drinking B showed a wide interest
       C often worked overtime D liked to gossip after work
      23 It can be inferred from the passage that
       A Mr Cattanzara was surprised at Georges reading plan
       B Mr Cannazara was doubtful about George throughout
       C George was forced to tell a lie and then regretted
       D George lied at the beginning and then became serious
      24 After the street conversation with Mr Cattanzara George
       A remained the same as usual
       B became more friendly with Mr Cattanzara
       C began to like his neighbours more than ever
       D continued to read the books from the list
      25 We can tell from the excerpt that George
       A had a neither close nor distant relationship with his father
       B was dissatisfied with his life and surroundings
       C found that his sister remained skeptical about him
       D found his neighbours liked to poke their nose into him
      TEXT D
       Abraham Lincoln turns 200 this year and hes beginning to show his age When his birthday arrives on February 12 Congress will hold a special joint session in the Capitols National Statuary Hall a wreath will be laid at the great memorial in Washington and a webcast will link school classrooms for a teachin honouring his memory
       Admirable as they are though the events will strike many of us Lincoln fans as inadequate even halfhearted and another sign that our appreciation for the 16th president and his towering achievements is slipping away And you dont have to be a Lincoln enthusiast to believe that this is something we cant afford to lose
       Compare this years celebration with the Lincoln centennial in 1909 That year Lincolns likeness made its debut on the penny thanks to approval from the US Secretary of the Treasury Communities and civic associations in every comer of the country erupted in parades concerts balls lectures and military displays We still feel the effects today The momentum unloosed in 1909 led to the Lincoln Memorial opened in 1922 and the Lincoln Highway the first paved transcontinental thoroughfare
       The celebrants in 1909 had a few inspirations we lack today Lincolns presidency was still a living memory for countless Americans In 2009 we are farther in time from the end of the Second World War than they were from the Civil War families still felt the loss of loved ones from that awful national trauma
       But Americans in 1909 had something more an unembarrassed appreciation for heroes and an acute sense of the way that even longdead historical figures press in on the present and make us who we are
       One story will illustrate what lm talking about
       In 2003 a group of local citizens arranged to place a statue of Lincoln in Richmond Virginia former capital of the Confederacy The idea touched off a firestorm of controversy The Sons of Confederate Veterans held a public conference of carefully selected scholars to reassess the legacy of Lincoln The verdict no surprise was negative Lincoln was labeled everything from a racist totalitarian to a teller of dirty jokes
       I covered the conference as a reporter but what really unnerved me was a counterconference of scholars to refute the earlier one These scholars drew a picture of Lincoln that only our touchyfeely age could conjure up The man who oversaw the most savage war in our history was described by his admirers remember as nonjudgmental unmoralistic comfortable with ambiguity
       I felt the way a friend of mine felt as we later watched the unveiling of the Richmond statue in a subdued ceremony But hes so small
       The statue in Richmond was indeed small like nearly every Lincoln statue put up in the past half century it was lifesize and was placed at ground level a conscious rejection of the heroic approachable and human yes but not something to look up to
      The Richmond episode taught me that Americans have lost the language to explain Lincolns greatness even to ourselves Earlier generations said they wanted their children to be like Lincoln principled kind compassionate resolute Today we want Lincoln to be like us
      This helps to explain the long string of recent books in which writers have presented a Lincoln made after their own image Weve had Lincoln as humorist and Lincoln as manicdepressive Lincoln the business sage the conservative Lincoln and the liberal Lincoln the emancipator and the racist the stoic philosopher the Christian the atheist Lincoln over easy and Lincoln scrambled
      Whats often missing though i s the timeless Lincoln the Lincoln whom all generations our own no less than that of 1909 can lay claim to Lucky for us those memorializers from a century ago and through them Lincoln himself have left us a hin t of where to find him The Lincoln Memorial is the mos t visited of our presidential monuments Here is where we find the Lincoln who endures in the words he left us defining the country weve inherited Here is the Lincoln who can be endlessly renewed and who 200 years after his birth retains the power to renew us
      26 The author thinks that this years celebration is inadequate and even halfhearted because
       A no Lincoln statue will be unveiled
       B no memorial coins will be issued
       C no similar appreciation of Lincoln will be seen
       D no activities can be compared to those in 1909
      27 According to the passage what really makes the 1909 celebrations different from this years
       A Respect for great people and their influence
       B Variety and magnitude of celebration activities
       C Structures constructed in memory of Lincoln
       D Temporal proximity to Lincolns presidency
      28 In the authors opinion the counterconference
       A rectified the judgment by those carefully selected scholars
       B offered a brand new reassessment perspective
       C came up with somewhat favourable conclusions
       D resulted in similar disparaging remarks on Lincoln
      29 According to the author the image of Lincoln conceived by contemporary people
       A conforms to traditional images
       B reflects the presentday tendency of worship
       C shows the presentday desire to emulate Lincoln
       D reveals the variety of current opinions on heroes
      30 Which of the following best explains the implication of the last paragraph
       A Lincolns greatness remains despite the passage of time
       B The memorial is symbolic of the great mans achievements
       C Each generation has it own interpretation of Lincoln
       D People get to know Lincoln through memorializers

    PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)

    There are ten multiplechoice questions in this section Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO
      31 The Maori people are natives of
       A Australia B Canada C Ireland D New Zealand
      32 The British monarch is the Head of
       A Parliament B State C Government D Cabinet
      33 Americans celebrate Independence Day on
       A July 4th B October 11th C May 31st D September 6th
      34 Canada is bounded on the north by
       A the Pacific Ocean B the Atlantic Ocean
       C the Arctic Ocean D the Great Lakes
      35 Who is the author of The Waste Lana
       A George Bernard Shaw B WB Yeats
       C Dylan Thomas D TS Eliot
      36 Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury
       A William Faulkner B Ernest Hemingway
       C Scott Fitzgerald D John Steinbeck
      37 The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company is an example of
       A exaggeration B understatement
       C personification D synecdoche
      38 In English ifa word begins with a [l] or a [r] then the next sound must be a vowel This is a (n)
       A assimilation rule B sequential rule Cdeletion rule D grammar rule
      39 Which of the following is an example of clipping
       AAPEC BMotel CXerox DDisco
      40 The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of situation is called
       A register B dialect C slang D variety

    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 L 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
      EXAMPLE
      When A art museum wants a new exhibit (1) an
      it never buys things in finished form and hangs (2) never
      them on the wall When a natural history museum
      wants an exhibition it must often build it (3) exhibit
      Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed
      The central problem of translating has always been whether to translate literally or freely The argument has been going since at least the first (1) ______
      century BC Up to the beginning of the 19th century many writers
      favoured certain kind of free translation the spirit not the letter the (2) _______
      sense not the word the message rather the form the matter not (3) _______
      the manner This is the often revolutionary slogan of writers who (4) _______
      wanted the truth to be read and understood Then in the turn of 19th (5) _______
      century when the study of cultural anthropology suggested that
      the linguistic barriers were insuperable and that the language (6) _______
      was entirely the product of culture the view translation was impossible (7) _______
      gained some currency and with it that if was attempted at all it must be as (8) _______
      literal as possible This view culminated the statement of the (9) _______
      extreme literalists Walter Benjamin and Vladimir Nobokov
      The argument was theoretical the purpose of the translation the
      nature of the readership the type of the text was not discussed Too
      often writer translator and reader were implicitly identified with
      each other Now the context has changed and the basic problem remains (10) _____




    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
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      SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE
      Translate the underlined part of the following text into Chinese Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE
      In some cases intelligent people implementing intelligent policies are responsible for producing a boomerang effect they actually create more of whatever it is they seek to reduce in the first place
       The boomerang effect has been achieved many times in recent years by men and women of goodwill State legislatures around the nation have recently raised the drinking age back to 21 in an effort to reduce the prevalence of violent deaths among our young people But such policies seem instead to have created the conditions for even more campus violence Some college students who previously drank in bars and lounges under the watchful supervision of bouncers (夜总会酒吧等保安员) (not to mention owners ea~er to keep their liquor licenses) now retreat to the sanctuary of their fraternity houses and apartments where they no longer control their behaviour or their drinking
      The boomerang effect has also played a role in attempts to reduce the availability of illicit drugs During recent years the federal government has been quite successful in reducing the supply of street drugs As fields are burned and contraband (违禁品)confiscated the price of street drugs has skyrocketed to a point where cheap altematives have begun to compete in the marketplace Unfortunately the cheap alternatives are even more harmful than the illicit drugs they replace
      boomerang a curved flat piece of wood that can be thrown so as to retum to the thrower 回飞镖


    PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)
      A recent survey of 2000 college students asked about their attitudes towards phone calls and textmessaging (also known as Short Message Service) and found the students main goal was to pass along information in as little time with as little small talk as possible What they like most about their mobile devices is that they can reach other people says Naomi Baron a professor of linguistics at American University in Washington DC who conducted the survey What they like least is that other people can reach them How far do you agree with Professor Baron
      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
      You should supply an appropriate title for your essay
      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



    参考答案

    听力部分
      1 rarely formal records
      2 systematic objective manner
      3 variable
      4 situation sampling
      5 varies
      6 advantage
      7 as it occurs
      8 has more control
      9 in natural setting
      10 method

      阅读部分
    TEXT A
      11 C worked for freshwater conservation for nonprofit purposes
      12 C His house was equipped with advanced watersaving facilities
      13 A how I could contribute to water conversation
      14 D his lifestyle was too extravagant
      15 A exaggeration
      16D Humorous
      TEXT B
      17 C found that interest in reunions was linked with school experience
      18 A US class reunions are usually occasions to show off ones recent success
      19 D Shared undergraduate experience on campus
      20 D bring into focus contrasting opinions
      21 A Reasons for popularity and (non)attendance for alumni reunions
      TEXT C
      22 B showed a wide interest
      23 A Mr Cattanzara was surprised at Georges reading plan
      24 A remained the same as usual
      25 B was dissatisfied with his life and surroundings
      TEXT D
      26 D no activities can be compared to those in 1909
      27 B Variety and magnitude of celebration activities
      28 D resulted in similar disparaging remarks on Lincoln
      29 D reveals the variety of current opinions on heroes
      30 A Lincolns greatness remains despite the passage of time
      
    文知识
    The indigenous people of New Zealand are the Maori
      31 D N ew Zealand
      32 B state
      33 A July 4th
      34 C the Arctic Ocean
      35 D TSEliot
      36 A William Faulkner
      37 C personification
      38 B sequential rule
      39 D Disco
      40 A register
      
    改错部分
    1 going 加 on
      2 cerain 改成 some
      3 rather 加 than
      4 is 改 was
      5 in 改 at
      6 掉 the
      7 view 加 that
      8 删掉 was
      9 statement 改 statements
      10and 改 but
      
    翻译部分
    汉译英
      Tortured by the pains gathering in her heart she felt something was burning between her eyebrows Her chest was brimmed with depression which was likely to run out of her throat at any moment She could not think clearly any longer when the headmaster told her that the child suffered from developmental retardation She strode up and down in the room where her child stayed with other pals There was only one window in the room out of which some shady trees were whispering Just leave it here she told herself This is the best choice by far for there are kind priests and nuns in this place which may also be renovated into a Medicare center The child was her secret which would be kept in the buildings behind the woods
      
    英译汉
    然述政策反引发更校园暴力学生先前夜总会酒吧买醉处保安员严密监控(酒吧老板保住卖酒牌会允许激事情发生)现学生躲互助会会公寓中酗酒饮酒数量行控制政府击非法毒品方面采取措施样适反年联邦政府已效抑制街头毒品买卖警方捣毁毒品种植没收违禁品导致毒品价格暴涨便宜代品竞争力糟糕便宜换品带危害甚代毒品更


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