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专八真题及参考答案

1.BDecliningcapacitytolearnsyntax

2.DDifficultystemsfromeitherdifferenceprsimilarity

3.AThetraditionalmethod

4.CThemonitorhypothesis

5.BDifferencesbetweenmothertongueandasecondlanguage

6.AGreyhoundisBritain'slargestbusandtrainoperator

7.CFiresnearthecapitalwerethebiggest

8.BTroopswerebroughttohelpfirefighters

9.AFewjobopportunitiesinMexco

10.DthececonomicdownturnintheU.S.

TEXTA

11.Athefamilystructure

12.BEnglishworkingclasshomeshavespacioussittingrooms

13.Cstark

14.Atogetherness

15.Bconstantpressurefromthestate

TEXTB

16.Aitfurtherexplainshigh-techhubris

17.BslowgrowthoftheUSeconomy

18.Aintegratedtheuseofpaperandthedigitalform

19.Cmoredigitaldatauseleadstogreaterpaperuse

20.Ahereviewthesituationfromdifferentperspectives

TEXTC

21.DbecauseBritonsarestillconsciousoftheirclassstatus

22.Dincomeisunimportantindeterminingwhichclassonebelongsto

23.COccupationandclassarenolongerrelatedtoeachother

24.Cfewertypesofwork

25.Ashowingmodesty

TEXDD

26.Dawkwardness

27.Bluxurious

28.Atheythecoupleasanobjectoffun

29.Csweepingoverthehorizon,aprecipice

30.Bthecouplefeelillatease

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2011年英语专业八级考试真题阅读理解部分（影印版）

2011年专八真题参考答案（改错部分）

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改错部分

Fromaveryearlyage,perhapstheageoffiveorsix,IknewthatwhenI grewup Ishouldbeawriter.Betweentheagesofaboutseventeenandtwenty-fourItriedtoabandonthisidea,butIdidsowiththe consciousness thatIwasoutragingmytruenatureandthat sooner orlaterIshouldhavetosettledownandwritebooks.

Iwas themiddlechild ofthree,buttherewasagapoffiveyearsoneitherside,andIbarelysawmyfatherbeforeIwaseight.ForthisandotherreasonsIwassomewhatlonely,andIsoondeveloped disagreeable mannerismswhichmademeunpopularthroughoutmyschooldays.Ihadthelonelychild'shabitofmakingupstoriesandholdingconversationswith imaginary persons,andIthinkfromtheverystartmy literaryambitionsweremixedupwiththefeelingofbeingisolatedandundervalued.IknewthatIhadafacilitywithwordsandapowerof facing unpleasantfacts,andIfeltthatthiscreatedasortofprivateworld inwhich Icouldgetmyownbackformyfailureineverydaylife. Nevertheless thevolumeofserious—i.e.seriouslyintended—writingwhichIproducedallthroughmychildhoodandboyhoodwouldnotamounttohalfadozenpages.Iwrotemyfirstpoemattheageoffourorfive,mymothertakingitdowntodictation.

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31.B）英国最北部：

Scotland；

32.D）第一个到澳洲的人：

Dutch；

33.A）枫叶之国：

Canada；

34.B）TheCommonSense的作者：

ThomasPaine

35.D）VirginiaWoolf：

Novelist；

36.C）历史叙事诗：

Epic

37.A）探讨20世纪AmericanMyth的文学作品：

TheGreatGatsby

38.C）探讨语言和思维的学科：

CognitiveLingusitics

39.A）元音和辅音的区别：

Obstructionoftheairstream; 

40.C） 推动多种语言使用：

Multilingualism 

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真题影印版

2011年专八真题参考答案改错部分（爱思英语版）

1.grew后加up

2.conscience改成consciousness

3.soon改成sooner

4.the去掉

5.disagreeing改成disagreeable

6.imaginative改成imaginary

7.literal改成literary

8.in去掉

9.which前加in

10.Therefore,改成Nevertheless

原文出处：

WhyIWriteby GeorgeOrwell

Fromaveryearlyage,perhapstheageoffiveorsix,IknewthatwhenIgrewupIshouldbeawriter.Betweentheagesofaboutseventeenandtwenty-fourItriedtoabandonthisidea,butIdidsowiththeconsciousnessthatIwasoutragingmytruenatureandthatsoonerorlaterIshouldhavetosettledownandwritebooks.

Iwasthemiddlechildofthree,buttherewasagapoffiveyearsoneitherside,andIbarelysawmyfatherbeforeIwaseight.ForthisandotherreasonsIwassomewhatlonely,andIsoondevelopeddisagreeablemannerismswhichmademeunpopularthroughoutmyschooldays.Ihadthelonelychild'shabitofmakingupstoriesandholdingconversationswithimaginarypersons,andIthinkfromtheverystartmyliteraryambitionsweremixedupwiththefeelingofbeingisolatedandundervalued.IknewthatIhadafacilitywithwordsandapoweroffacingunpleasantfacts,andIfeltthatthiscreatedasortofprivateworldinwhichIcouldgetmyownbackformyfailureineverydaylife.Neverthelessthevolumeofserious—i.e.seriouslyintended—writingwhichIproducedallthroughmychildhoodandboyhoodwouldnotamounttohalfadozenpages.Iwrotemyfirstpoemattheageoffourorfive,mymothertakingitdowntodictation.Icannotrememberanythingaboutitexceptthatitwasaboutatigerandthetigerhad‘chair-liketeeth’—agoodenoughphrase,butIfancythepoemwasaplagiarismofBlake's‘Tiger,Tiger’.Ateleven,whenthewaror1914-18brokeout,Iwroteapatrioticpoemwhichwasprintedinthelocalnewspaper,aswasanother,twoyearslater,onthedeathofKitchener.Fromtimetotime,whenIwasabitolder,Iwrotebadandusuallyunfinished‘naturepoems’intheGeorgianstyle.Ialsoattemptedashortstorywhichwasaghastlyfailure.Thatwasthetotalofthewould-beseriousworkthatIactuallysetdownonpaperduringallthoseyears.

However,throughoutthistimeIdidinasenseengageinliteraryactivities.Tobeginwiththerewasthemade-to-orderstuffwhichIproducedquickly,easilyandwithoutmuchpleasuretomyself.Apartfromschoolwork,Iwroteversd'occasion,semi-comicpoemswhichIcouldturnoutatwhatnowseemstomeastonishingspeed—atfourteenIwroteawholerhymingplay,inimitationofAristophanes,inaboutaweek—andhelpedtoeditaschoolmagazines,bothprintedandinmanuscript.Thesemagazineswerethemostpitifulburlesquestuffthatyoucouldimagine,andItookfarlesstroublewiththemthanInowwouldwiththecheapestjournalism.Butsidebysidewithallthis,forfifteenyearsormore,Iwascarryingoutaliteraryexerciseofaquitedifferentkind:

thiswasthemakingupofacontinuous‘story’aboutmyself,asortofdiaryexistingonlyinthemind.Ibelievethisisacommonhabitofchildrenandadolescents.AsaverysmallchildIusedtoimaginethatIwas,say,RobinHood,andpicturemyselfastheheroofthrillingadventures,butquitesoonmy‘story’ceasedtobenarcissisticinacrudewayandbecamemoreandmoreameredescriptionofwhatIwasdoingandthethingsIsaw.Forminutesatatimethiskindofthingwouldberunningthroughmyhead:

‘Hepushedthedooropenandenteredtheroom.Ayellowbeamofsunlight,filteringthroughthemuslincurtains,slantedontothetable,whereamatch-box,half-open,laybesidetheinkpot.Withhisrighthandinhispockethemovedacrosstothewindow.Downinthestreetatortoiseshellcatwaschasingadeadleaf’,etc.etc.ThishabitcontinueduntilIwasabouttwenty-five,rightthroughmynon-literaryyears.AlthoughIhadtosearch,anddidsearch,fortherightwords,Iseemedtobemakingthisdescriptiveeffortalmostagainstmywill,underakindofcompulsionfromoutside.The‘story’must,Isuppose,havereflectedthestylesofthevariouswritersIadmiredatdifferentages,butsofarasIrememberitalwayshadthesamemeticulousdescriptivequality.

WhenIwasaboutsixteenIsuddenlydiscoveredthejoyofmerewords,i.e.thesoundsandassociationsofwords.ThelinesfromParadiseLost—

Soheewithdifficultyandlabourhard

Movedon:

withdifficultyandlabourhee.

whichdonotnowseemtomesoverywonderful,sentshiversdownmybackbone;andthespelling‘hee’for‘he’wasanaddedpleasure.Asfortheneedtodescribethings,Iknewallaboutitalready.SoitisclearwhatkindofbooksIwantedtowrite,insofarasIcouldbesaidtowanttowritebooksatthattime.Iwantedtowriteenormousnaturalisticnovelswithunhappyendings,fullofdetaileddescriptionsandarrestingsimiles,andalsofullofpurplepassagesinwhichwordswereusedpartlyforthesakeoftheirownsound.Andinfactmyfirstcompletednovel,BurmeseDays,whichIwrotewhenIwasthirtybutprojectedmuchearlier,isratherthatkindofbook.

Igiveallthisbackground information becauseIdonotthinkonecanassessawriter'smotiveswithoutknowingsomethingofhisearlydevelopment.Hissubjectmatterwillbedeterminedbytheagehelivesin—atleastthisistrueintumultuous,revolutionaryageslikeourown—butbeforeheeverbeginstowritehewillhaveacquiredanemotionalattitudefromwhichhewillnevercompletelyescape.Itishisjob,nodoubt,todisciplinehistemperamentandavoidgettingstuckatsomeimmaturestage,insomeperversemood;butifheescapesfromhisearlyinfluencesaltogether,hewillhavekilledhisimpulsetowrite.Puttingasidetheneedtoearnaliving,Ithinktherearefourgreatmotivesforwriting,atanyrateforwritingprose.Theyexistindifferentdegreesineverywriter,andinanyonewritertheproportionswillvaryfromtimetotime,accordingtotheatmosphereinwhichheisliving.Theyare:

（i）Sheeregoism.Desiretoseemclever,tobetalkedabout,toberememberedafterdeath,togetyourownbackonthegrown-upswhosnubbedyouinchildhood,etc.,etc.Itishumbugtopretendthisisnotamotive,andastrongone.Writerssharethis characteristicwithscientists,artists,politicians,lawyers,soldiers,successfulbusinessmen—inshort,withthewholetopcrustofhumanity.Thegreatmassofhumanbeingsarenotacutelyselfish.Aftertheageofaboutthirtytheyalmostabandonthesenseofbeingindividualsatal