专业八级考试试题及答案解析四十二.docx

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专业八级考试试题及答案解析四十二

专业八级考试试题及答案解析（四十二）

一、ListeningComprehension（NewsBroadcast）（共4小题,共4.0分）Inthissection,youwillhearseveralnewsitems.Listentothemcarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow.

第1题

ThestrikehasbrokenoutinSouthAfricabecause

Amorethanonehundredminersdiedinadisaster.

Bblackminershavebeencallingforawagerise.

Cminerswantedtomournovercolleagues'death.

Dminerswantedtobettertheirworkingconditions.

【正确答案】：

A

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[听力原文] 

SouthAfrica'sblackminershaveobservedaone-daystriketomournthedeathofonehundredandseventy-sevenoftheirco-workerskilledinafireattheKinrossgoldminelastmonth.Workersinotherindustriesalsoparticipatedinthesymbolicaction.Morethanaquarterofamillionblackminerswereonstriketoprotesttheircolleagues'deaths,abouthalfthecountry'stotalof600,000goldandcoalminers,costingtheminingindustryanestimated$4,000,000.Thestay-awaywastotalattheKinrossgoldminewherelastmonth'sdisasteroccurred.Blackminersstayedinsidetheirbarrack-likehostels.Reporterswerebarredfromthemine.IncentralJohannesburg,aprotestmeetingwasheldbytheBlackNationalUnionofMineworkerswhichcalledthestrikeaction.Aunion,spokesmansaidminershadgatherednottomourn,buttocommitthemselvestoliberationfromapartheidandeconomicexploitation.Whitechurchleader,BayersNordea,toldthecrowd,"TheaccidentatKinrossneedneverhaveoccurred,andtheonehundredandseventy-sevenmenneednothavedied.\

第2题

WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthestrikeisTRUE?

AThestrikehasresultedinagreatlosstotheminingindustry.

BAfewreporterswereallowedtoapproachthemine.

CHalfthecountry'sblackminerswereonstrike.

DAwhitechurchleadercalledthestrikeaction.

【正确答案】：

A

【本题分数】：

1.0分

第3题

CharlesSimonyimadehisfortuneworkingasa______atsoftwaregiantMicrosoft.

Aworker

Bdesigner

Cengineer,

Dmanager

【正确答案】：

B

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[听力原文] 

CharlesSimonyisaysheneverthoughthemightonedayheadintospacebackwhenhewroteaprogramforaSovietcomputerintheearly1960s.ThatwaslongbeforeheleftHungaryfortheUnitedStates,whereheeventuallymadehisfortuneworkingasadesigneratU.S.softwaregiantMicrosoft.

The58-year-oldpaidover$20millionforhisflightintospace,makinghimthefifthso-called"spacetourist".ButSimonyiinsiststhemissionwillbefarmorethanapleasureride.Hesayshewantstoboostinterestinspaceexploration,andduringhisstayattheinternationalspacestation,hewillconductsomemedicalexperiments.Hewillalsowriteablogabouttheexperienceaimedmostlyatgettingmorechildrenonearthinterestedinspaceexploration."Ithinkit'stoadvancecivilianspaceflight,andtoassistinspacestationresearch,toinvolvekids,tocommunicatetheexperienceofspaceflight,andofcourseit'sapersonalexperiencetoothatIwillenjoytremendously,"saidSimonyi.SimonyibeganworkingatMicrosoftin1981whenthecompanywasstillyoung.HehelpedtodesignbothMicrosoftWordandExcelprogramsbeforeleavingtoformhisowncompanyin2002.Simonyihaslongbeenapilotofairplanesandhelicopters,andhasundergonetrainingfortheflightatRussia'sStarCityspacecomplexoutsideMoscow.

第4题

SimonyihelpeddesignbothMicrosoftWordandExcelprogramsbeforeleavingtoformhisowncompanyin______.

A1960

B1981

C1993

D2002

【正确答案】：

D

【本题分数】：

1.0分

二、ReadingComprehension（Comprehension）（共20小题,共20.0分）Inthissectiontherearefourpassagesfollowedbyquestionsorunfinishedstatements,eachwithfoursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatyouthinkisthebestanswer.MarkyouranswersonAnswerSheetTwo.

第1题

In17th-centuryNewEngland,almosteveryonebelievedinwitches.Strugglingtosurviveinavastandsometimesunforgivingland,America'searliestEuropeansettlersunderstoodthemselvestobesurroundedbyaninscrutableuniversefilledwithinvisiblespirits,bothbenevolentandevil,thataffectedtheirlives.Theyoftenattributedasuddenillness,ahouseholddisasterorafinancialsetbacktoawitch'scurse.Thebeliefinwitchcraftwas,atbottom,anattempttomakesenseoftheunknown.

Whilewitchcraftwasoftenfeared,itwaspunishedonlyinfrequently.Inthefirst70yearsoftheNewEnglandsettlement,about100peoplewereformallychargedwithbeingwitches;fewerthantwodozenwereconvictedandfewerstillwereexecuted.

Thencame1692.InJanuaryofthatyear,twoyounggirlslivinginthehouseholdoftheReverendSamuelParrisofSalemVillagebeganexperiencingstrangefits.Thedoctoridentifiedwitchcraftastilecause.Afterweeksofquestioning,thegirlsnamedTituba,Parris'sfemaleIndianslave,andtwolocalwomenasthewitcheswhoweretorme