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1、专八答案2000年专八答案【篇一：2000年专八真题及答案详解】) -grade eight- paper one time limit: 95 min part i listening comprehension 40 min. in sections a, b and c you will hear everything once only. listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. mark the correct answer to each question on your colored answer s

2、heet. ? section a talk? questions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section .at the end of the talk you w ill be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. now listen to the talk. ? 1. the rules for the first private library in the us were drawn up by _.? a) the legislature b) t

3、he librarian? c) john harvard d) the faculty members? 2. the earliest public library was also called a subscription library because books _.? a) could be lent to everyone b) could be lent by book stores? c) were lent to students and the faculty d) were lent on a membership basis? 3. which of the fol

4、lowing is not stated as one of the purposes of free public libraries? ? a) to provide readers with comfortable reading rooms.? b) to provide adults with opportunities of further education.? c) to serve the communitys cultural and recreational needs.? d) to supply technical literature on specialized

5、subjects.? 4. the major difference between modem private and public libraries lies in _.? a) readership c) service b) content d) function? 5. the main purpose of the talk is _.? a) to introduce categories of books in us libraries? b) to demonstrate the importance of us libraries? c) to explain the r

6、oles of different us libraries? d) to define the circulation system of us libraries? section b interview? questions 6 to 10 are based on an interview. at the end of the interview you wil l be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. now listen to the interview.? 6. nancy beca

7、me a taxi driver because _. a) she owned a car b) she drove well? c) she liked drivers uniforms d) it was her childhood dream? 7. according to her, what was the most difficult about becoming a taxi dr iver? a) the right sense of direction. b) the sense of judgment.? c) the skill of maneuvering. d) t

8、he size of vehicles.? 8. what does nancy like best about her job? a) seeing interesting buildings in the city.? b) being able to enjoy the world of nature.? c) driving in unsettled weather.? d) taking long drives outside the city.? 9.it can be inferred from the interview that nancy in a (n) _ mother

9、.? a) uncaring b) strict 10. the people nancy meets are? a) rather difficult to please b) rude to women drivers? c) talkative and generous with tips d) different in personality? c) affectionate d) permissive?section c news broadcast? question 11 is based on the following news. at the end of the news

10、 i tem, you wil l be given 15 seconds to answer the question. now listen to the news.? 11. the primary purpose of the us anti-smoking legislation is _.? a) to tighten control on tobacco advertising? b) to impose penalties on tobacco companies? c) to start a national anti-smoking campaign? d)to ensur

11、e the health of american children? questions 12 and 13 are based on the following news. at the end of the news item, you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. now listen to the news. 12. the french presidents visit to japan aims at _.? a) making more investments in japan? b) stimulating

12、japanese businesses in france? c) helping boost the japanese economy d) launching a film festival in japan? 13. this is jacques chiracs _ visit to japan.? a) second c) fortieth b) fourteenth d) forty-first questions 14 and 15 are based on the following news. at the end of the news item, you will be

13、given 30 seconds to answer the questions. now listen to the news. 14. afghan people are suffering from starvation because _.? a) melting snow begins to block the mountain paths? b) the taliban have destroyed existing food stocks? c) the taliban are hindering food deliveries? d) an emergency air-lift

14、 of food was cancelled? 15. people in afghanistan are facing starvation.? a) 160,000 b) 16,000 c) 1,000,000 d) 100, 000?section d note-taking and gap-filling? in this section you will hear a mini-lecture. you will the lecture once only. while listening to the lecture, take notes on the important poi

15、nts. your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a 15-minute gap-filling task on answer sheet one after the mini-lecture. use the blank paper for note-taking. part proofreading error correction (15 min) proofread the given passage on answer sheet two as instructed. part reading

16、 comprehension (40 min) section a reading comprehension (30 min)? in this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of fifteen multiple-choice questions. read the passages and then mark your answers on your colored answer sheet.? text a despite denmarks manifest virtues, danes neve

17、r talk about how proud they a re to be danes. this would sound weird in danish. when danes talk to foreigners about denmark, they always begin by commenting on its tininess, its unimportance, the difficulty of its language, the general small-mindedness and self-indulgence of their countrymen and the

18、 high taxes. no dane would look you in the eye and say, denmark is a great country. youre supposed to figure this out for yourself.? it is the land of the silk safety net, where almost half the national budget goes toward smoothing out lifes inequalities, and there is plenty of money f or schools, d

19、ay care, retraining programmes, job seminars-danes love seminars: three days at a study centre hearing about waste management is almost as good as a ski trip. it is a culture bombarded by english, in advertising, pop music, the internet, and despite all the english that danish absorbs-there is no da

20、nish academy to defend against it -old dialects persist in jutland that can barely be understood by copenhageners. it is the land where, as the saying goes, fe w have too much and fewer have too little, and a foreigner is struck by the sweet egalitarianism that prevails, where the lowliest clerk giv

21、es you a level gaze, where sir and madame have disappeared from common usage, even mr. and mrs. it?s a nation of recyclers-about 55 % of danish garbage gets made into something new- and no nuclear power plants. its a nation of tireless planner. trains run on time. things operate well in general.?suc

22、h a nation of overachievers - a brochure from the ministry of business and industry says, denmark is one of the worlds cleanest and most organize d countries, with virtually no pollution, crime, or poverty. denmark is the most corruption-free society in the northern hemisphere. so, of course, ones h

23、eart lifts at any sighting of danish sleaze: skinhead graffiti on buildings (foreigner s out of denmark! ), broken beer bottles in the gutters, drunken teenagers slumped in the park. ? nonetheless, it is an orderly land. you drive through a danish town, it comes to an end at a stone wall, and on the

24、 other side is a field of barley, a nice clean line: town here, country there. it is not a nation of jay-walkers. people stand on the curb and wait for the red light to change, even if its 2 a.m. a n d theres not a car in sight. however, danes don t think of themselves as a wainting-at-2-a.m.-for-th

25、e-green-light peoplethats how they see swedes and germans. danes see themselves as jazzy people, improvisers, more free spirited than swedes, but the truth is (though one should not say it) that danes are very much like germans and swedes. orderliness is a main selling point. denmark has few natural

26、 resources, limited manufacturing capability; its future in europe will be as a broker, banker, and distributor of goods. you send your goods by container ship to copenhagen, and these bright, young, english-speaking, utterly honest, highly disciplined people will get your goods around to scandinavi

27、a, the baltic states, and russia. airports, seaports, highways, and rail lines are ultramodern and well-maintained.? the orderliness of the society doesnt mean that danish lives are less messy or lonely than yours or mine, and no dane would tell you so. you can hear plenty about bitter family feuds

28、and the sorrows of alcoholism and about perfectly sensible people who went off one day and killed themselves. an orderly society c an not exempt its members from the hazards of life.? but there is a sense of entitlement and security that danes grow up with. certain things are yours by virtue of citi

29、zenship, and you shouldnt feel bad f o r taking what youre entitled to, youre as good as anyone else. the rules of the welfare system are clear to everyone, the benefits you get if you lose your job, the steps you take to get a new one; and the orderliness of the system makes it possible for the cou

30、ntry to weather high unemployment and social uest without a sense of crisis.? 16. the author thinks that danes adopt a _ attitude towards their country. a) boastful c) deprecating b) modest d) mysterious? 17. which of the following is not a danish characteristic cited in the passage? ?【篇二：历年专八改错(200

31、0年-2014年)真题及答案】2014年英语专八改错真题答案 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( a 前面加also) have possessed the most attention

32、 of researchers in this area:(possessed 改为captured) is it possible to acquire an additional language in the same sense one acquires a first language? (one前面加as ) what is the explanation for the fact adults have (fact后面加that) more difficulty in acquiring additional languages than children have? what motivates people to acquire additional languages? what is the role of the language teaching in the (language前面去掉the) acquisiti