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2008年四川大学英语专业(基础英语)真题试卷答案

一、完形填空1 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】此题主要考查数量number，amount，quantity的固定搭配。

a large／considerable number of或numbers of接可数名词复数，在肯定句中可代替many；a large amount of通常与不可数名词连用；alarge／vast／small quantity或quantities of既可接可数名词，也可接不可数名词。

考生要特别注意文中此句没有不定冠词，故正确答案是D。

2 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】better than“比……更好”；instead of“而不是……，代替……”；as well as“和，以及”；rather than“与其……倒不如”。

从下一句中的difficult to explain what is new or characteristicallyAmerican about them，可推测出此处句意为“……在国内外都很流行”。

故正确答案为C。

3 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】此题主要考查对句子间连贯性的理解和过渡词的正确运用。

therefor e“因此，因而”，通常用于表示因果的逻辑关系中；yet“然而”，表转折关系的连接词；moreover“再者，此外”；thus“从而”，同therefore，但比therefore 正式。

空格前一句是说美国创作了流行国内外的音乐剧，其后一句则指出难以阐释音乐剧的新颖之处及美国的特色何在。

很明显，两句间具有转折的关系。

因而，正确答案为B。

4 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】此处是对从句中关联词的考查。

which：用于选择两者或多者；that：前面应该有先行词；what除具有其疑问意义，即“什么”外，还有陈述意义，表示(所)……的(东西／事情)；how用于询问方法、途径。

根据句意，应选C。

5 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】由下一段第一句话中的“uniqueness”可以推测出本题所表达的意思是“具有美国特征”。

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2008年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案一、单项选择题1 Which of the following is NOT directly related to the literature of Victorian Age in England?（A）The growth of urban population resulted in the appearance of a new reading public.（B）Many libraries were set up so that books were now available to readers who could not afford to buy them.（C）The plot of novels is unfolded against a social background which is broader than what it had been in previous novels.（D）Most of the novels were not first published in serial form, that is, by installment, before they were fully published in a single book.2 Romance was a type of literature that was very popular in the______.（A）Renaissance period（B）seventeenth century（C）Middle Ages（D）eighteenth century3 Jonathan Swift wrote all the following works EXCEPT______.（A）The Battle of Books（B）The Pilgrim's Progress（C）Gulliver's Travels（D）A Tale of the Tub4 The following statements about neo-classicism are all true EXCEPT______.（A）Elegance, correctness, appropriateness and restraint were preferred（B）It results in the rise of novels as a dominant literary genre（C）It is unsympathetic towards the "rude" masters of old literature—towards Chaucer, Spenser, and even Shakespeare（D）It is almost exclusively a "town" poetry, catering to the interests of the society in great cities.5 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Romanticism in England?（A）Spontaneity in expressing feelings.（B）Emphasis on reason.（C）Worship of nature.（D）Simplicity in language.6 Which ONE of the following is the author of The Leather-Stocking Tales?（A）Henry David Thoreau（B）Washington Irving（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）James Fennimore Cooper7 Which ONE of the following is the author of the poem Song of Myself?（A）Walt Whitman（B）Stephen Crane（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）Henry Wadsworth Longfellow8 Which one of the following statements is applicable to the understanding of Transcendentalism?（A）It is strongly influenced by social Darwinism.（B）Belief in individualism, independence of mind, and self-reliance.（C）Man has no free-will.（D）It holds that determinism governs everything.9 Mark the novelist whose major works are characterized by the elements of the "grotesque"?（A）Philip Freneau（B）Edgar Allan Poe（C）Washington Irving（D）Emily Dickson10 All the following concepts can be found in American naturalistic fiction EXCEPT______.（A）determinism（B）survival of the fittest（C）effects of hereditary and environmental forces（D）search for identity二、名词解释11 Oscar Wilde12 A Modest Proposal13 James Joyce14 Transcendentalism15 The Octopus三、问答题16 Answer the following questions IN ABOUT 150 WORDS each:(20 points)Make a comment on Emily Bronte' s novel Wuthering Heights.17 Make a comment on Herman Melville' s novel Moby-Dick.一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 Most of the novels were first published in serial form，that is，by installment，before theywere fully published in a single book．(参见罗经国编的《新编英国文学选读下》第118页。

四川外国语学院2008年真题(翻译与写作)

Sichuan International Studies University2008 Postgraduate Admission Examination Paper forTranslation and Writing翻译与写作答题要求:所有答案必须写在答题纸上，否则不给分。

全卷150分，3小时完成。

I. Translate the underlined parts into Chinese: (50 points)I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills(恩贡山区). The Equator runs across these highlands, a hundred miles to the North, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six thousand feet.In the day-time you felt that you had got high up, near to the sun, but the early mornings and evenings were limpid and restful, and the nights were cold.The geographical position, and the height of the land combined to create a landscape that had not its like in all the world. There was no fat on it and no luxuriance anywhere; it was Africa distilled up through six thousand feet, like the strong and refined essence of a continent.The colours were dry and burnt, like the colours in pottery,- ,The trees had a light delicate鱼liage, the structure of which was different from that of the trees in Europe; it did not grow inbows or cupolas, but in horizontal layers, and the formation gave to the tall solitary trees alikeness to the palms, or a heroic and romantic air like fullrigged ships with their sails clewedup, and to the edge of a wood a strange appearance as if the whole wood were faintly vibrating.Upon the grass of the great plains the crooked bare old thorn-trees were scattered, and the grasswas spiced like thyme and bog-myrtle; in some places the scent was so strong, that it smartedin the nostrils. All the flowers that you found on the plains, or upon the creepers and liana inthe native forest, were diminutive like flowers of the downs,}nly just in the beginning ofthe long rains a number of big, massive heavy-scented lilies sprang out on the plains. Theviews were immensely wide. Everything that you saw made for greatness and freedom, andunequalled nobility.The chief feature of the landscape, and of your life in it, was the air. Looking back on asojourn in the African highlands, you are struck by your feeling of having lived for a time up in鱼 e air. The sky was rarely more than pale blue or violet, with aprofusion of和ghty,, weightless,ever-chancing clouds towering up and sailing on it, but it has a blue vigour in it, and at a shortdistance it painted the ranges of hills and the woods a fresh deep blue. In the middle of the daythe air was alive over the land, like a flame burning; it scintillated, waved and shone likerunning water, mirrored and_ doubled all objects, and created great Fata Morgana. Up in this丛曲air you breathed easily, drawing in a vital assurance and lightness of heart. In the丛ghlands you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be.The丛ountain of Ngong Stretches in a long ridge from North to South, and is crownedwith four noble peaks like immovable darker blue waves against the sky. It rises eight, thousand共2页第1页feet above the Sea, a}过to the East two thousand feet above the surrounding country; but to theWest the drop is deeper and more precipitous,the hills fall vertically down towards theGreat Rift V alley(大裂谷)·The wind in the highlands blows steadily from the North-North-east. It is the samewind that, down at the coasts of Africa and Arabia, they name the Monsoon, the East Wind,which was King Solomon's favourite horse. Up here it is felt as just the resistance-,of.the air, as鱼旦卫arth throws herself. forward into space. The wind runs straight ag inst鱼e NQon到lls,and the slops of the hills would be the ideal place for setting up a glider, that would be liftedupwards by the currents, over鱼e mountain top. The clouds, which were traveling with thewind, struck the side of the~ hill and hung round it, or were caught on, the summit qnd broke intorain. But those that took a higher course and sailed clear of the reef, dissolved to the West of it,over the burning desert of the Rift V alley. Many times I have from my house wondered to seetheir proud floating masses, as soon as they had got over the hills, vanish in the blue air and begone.1l. Translate the following passage into English: (50 points)站在尘土漫漫的路边，自己已没了勇气继续那剩下的一半旅程。

2008英语考研真题

2008英语考研真题AbstractIn this article, we will analyze and discuss the 2008 English postgraduate entrance examination questions. The examination questions will be categorized into different sections, including reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar. Through this analysis, we aim to provide insights into the difficulty level and structure of the exam, as well as offer tips for future test-takers.1. Reading ComprehensionThe reading comprehension section of the 2008 English postgraduate entrance examination consisted of several passages, each followed by a set of questions. These passages covered a wide range of topics, such as literature, history, science, and technology. The questions tested the test-takers' understanding of the main idea, supporting details, inference, and vocabulary within the context.2. VocabularyVocabulary is an essential component of any language exam, and the 2008 English postgraduate entrance examination was no exception. The vocabulary section tested the test-takers' knowledge and application of words and phrases. It included questions on synonyms, antonyms, word meaning, contextual usage, and idiomatic expressions. To succeed in this section, test-takers needed to have a strong command of a wide range of vocabulary.3. GrammarThe grammar section of the 2008 English postgraduate entrance examination focused on the test-takers' understanding and application of various grammatical structures and rules. This section covered topics such as verb tenses, articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and sentence structure. Test-takers were required to identify and correct errors, complete sentences, and choose the most appropriate grammatical forms.4. Tips for SuccessTo excel in the English postgraduate entrance examination, it is crucial to develop effective study strategies and test-taking skills. Here are some tips to help you prepare for the exam:a) Familiarize yourself with the exam format: Understanding the structure and types of questions will enable you to allocate your time effectively during the exam.b) Expand your vocabulary: Engage in regular reading of a wide range of English texts and make note of unfamiliar words. Use flashcards or online resources to practice and reinforce your vocabulary knowledge.c) Practice reading comprehension: Read various types of texts, such as newspaper articles, academic papers, and fictional literature. Develop your ability to extract main ideas, identify supporting details, and make logical inferences.d) Master grammar rules: Review and practice the essential grammar rules tested in the exam. Make use of grammar exercises, online resources, and language learning apps to reinforce your understanding.e) Time management: Practice completing questions within the allocated time limit. Develop strategies to quickly read and comprehend passages, efficiently answer vocabulary questions, and identify and correct grammatical errors.ConclusionBy understanding the structure and content of the 2008 English postgraduate entrance examination, as well as implementing effective study strategies and test-taking skills, test-takers can increase their chances of success. Remember to dedicate sufficient time to practice and review each section of the exam, focusing on improving your reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar abilities. Good luck in your preparation and examination endeavors!。

2008年四川大学外国语学院211二外英语真题及详解【圣才出品】

2008年四川大学外国语学院211二外英语真题及详解Part One Vocabulary and Structure. Make the best choice for each blank. (1’×30=30’)1. Hardly had the minister finished his statement ______ several reporters raised their hands and put forward a string of questions.A. whenB. asC. thenD. than【答案】A【解析】句意：部长刚发表完他的声明，一些记者就举起手提出了一连串问题。

hardly…when…是固定搭配，表示“刚一……就，几乎未来得及……就”，hardly后面常跟完成时态，when后面常跟一般时态。

A正确。

2. All the members are participating in the scheme ______ a few small firms.A. exceptB. besidesC. except forD. in addition to【答案】C【解析】句意：除了一些小公司之外，所有的成员都加入了这一方案。

这四个选项都可以表示“除了”，except表示“除了，将……除外”，后面通常跟同类事物，例如：You can have anyone of these cakes except this one.表示“除了这一块蛋糕以外，你可以吃任何一块蛋糕”；besides（排斥）除……之外（还有）”；except for表示“除了，将……除外”时，后面通常跟的是整体的一部分和一方面，是对细节的修正，例如：I can answer all the questions except this one. 表示“除了最后一道题以外，我可以回答所有的题”；in addition to表示“除……之外还”，通常用于补充。

[考研类试卷]2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷.doc

[考研类试卷]2008年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷一、单项选择题1 Which of the following is NOT directly related to the literature of Victorian Age in England?（A）The growth of urban population resulted in the appearance of a new reading public.（B）Many libraries were set up so that books were now available to readers who could not afford to buy them.（C）The plot of novels is unfolded against a social background which is broader than what it had been in previous novels.（D）Most of the novels were not first published in serial form, that is, by installment, before they were fully published in a single book.2 Romance was a type of literature that was very popular in the______.（A）Renaissance period（B）seventeenth century（C）Middle Ages（D）eighteenth century3 Jonathan Swift wrote all the following works EXCEPT______.（A）The Battle of Books（B）The Pilgrim's Progress（C）Gulliver's Travels（D）A Tale of the Tub4 The following statements about neo-classicism are all true EXCEPT______.（A）Elegance, correctness, appropriateness and restraint were preferred（B）It results in the rise of novels as a dominant literary genre（C）It is unsympathetic towards the "rude" masters of old literature—towards Chaucer, Spenser, and even Shakespeare（D）It is almost exclusively a "town" poetry, catering to the interests of the society in great cities.5 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Romanticism in England?（A）Spontaneity in expressing feelings.（B）Emphasis on reason.（C）Worship of nature.（D）Simplicity in language.6 Which ONE of the following is the author of The Leather-Stocking Tales?（A）Henry David Thoreau（B）Washington Irving（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）James Fennimore Cooper7 Which ONE of the following is the author of the poem Song of Myself?（A）Walt Whitman（B）Stephen Crane（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）Henry Wadsworth Longfellow8 Which one of the following statements is applicable to the understanding of Transcendentalism?（A）It is strongly influenced by social Darwinism.（B）Belief in individualism, independence of mind, and self-reliance.（C）Man has no free-will.（D）It holds that determinism governs everything.9 Mark the novelist whose major works are characterized by the elements of the "grotesque"?（A）Philip Freneau（B）Edgar Allan Poe（C）Washington Irving（D）Emily Dickson10 All the following concepts can be found in American naturalistic fiction EXCEPT______.（A）determinism（B）survival of the fittest（C）effects of hereditary and environmental forces（D）search for identity二、名词解释11 Oscar Wilde12 A Modest Proposal13 James Joyce14 Transcendentalism15 The Octopus三、问答题16 Answer the following questions IN ABOUT 150 WORDS each:(20 points) Make a comment on Emily Bronte' s novel Wuthering Heights.17 Make a comment on Herman Melville' s novel Moby-Dick.。

2008年四川大学英语专业基础英语真题试卷_真题-无答案

2008年四川大学英语专业（基础英语）真题试卷(总分78,考试时间90分钟)1. 完形填空It is acknowledged that the modern musical show is America"s most original and dynamic contribution toward theater. In the last quarter of a century, America has produced large【C1】______of musical plays that have been popular abroad【C2】______at home. 【C3】______. it is very difficult to explain【C4】______is new or【C5】______American about them, for the【C6】______are centuries old. Perhaps the uniqueness of America"s contribution to the【C7】______can best be characterized through brief descriptions of several of the most important and best-known musicals, one of these is surely Oklahoma by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hamerstein. It burst【C8】______popularity in 1943, Broadway audience and critics were【C9】______by its 【C10】______. vitality and excitement. This "new" type of musical was【C11】______as kind of 【C12】______theater in which the play, the music and lyrics, the dancing, and the scenic background were assembled not merely to provide entertainment and【C13】______. but to【C14】______in a single unifying whole to contribute its unique feature. 【C15】______. it meant that the songs and dances should【C16】______naturally out of the situations of the story and play an important part in carrying the action【C17】______. In Oklahoma, an American folk-dance style was **bined with classical ballet and modern dance. It is right to say that the musical was a brilliantly integrated performance by the talented dancers and singing actors. Oklahoma also marked a new【C18】______in the choice of story on which a musical is based. Writers **posers began to abandon the sentimentally picturesque or aristocratic setting【C19】______more realistic stories in authentic social and cultural【C20】______. Oklahoma was based on a "folk" whose story dealt not only with young love but also with the opening of the American West.1. 【C1】A. numberB. amountC. quantityD. numbers2. 【C2】A. betterB. instead ofC. as well asD. rather than3. 【C3】A. ThereforeB. YetC. MoreoverD. Thus4. 【C4】A. whichB. thatC. whatD. how5. 【C5】A. characteristicallyB. particularlyC. mainlyD. exactly6. 【C6】A. factorsB. ingredientsC. composersD. facts7. 【C7】A. traitB. featureC. genreD. style8. 【C8】A. withB. intoC. out intoD. in9. 【C9】A. struckB. touchedC. movedD. hit10. 【C10】A. vivacityB. originalityC. creativityD. dynamic11. 【C11】A. conceivedB. thoughtC. believedD. perceived12. 【C12】A. specialB. peculiarC. grossD. total13. 【C13】A. varietyB. amusementC. sundriesD. fun14. 【C14】A. mixB. joinC. putD. share15. 【C15】A. In other wordsB. sum upC. On the contraryD. Generally speaking16. 【C16】A. ariseB. deriveC. raiseD. originate17. 【C17】A. outB. onC. forwardD. through18. 【C18】A. directionB. wayC. methodD. epoch19. 【C19】A. forB. withC. withoutD. except20. 【C20】A. circumstancesB. contextC. situationD. surrounding2. 阅读理解If you had asked me then if I would accept a job as a restaurant critic for The New Times, or any established publication, I would have replied, without a second thought, "Of course not!" And not just because I did not want to think of myself as an ambitious sort. Working in restaurants was honest labor anyone could see that. Writing about for the mainstream press was not; it felt like joining the enemy. But reviewing was fun, so much fun that when mainstream publishers started paying me for my opinions, I didn"t do the decent thing. Before I knew it, I had stopped cooking professionally. Then I stopped cooking altogether. "She"s joined the leisure class," my friends said. I disarmed my critics by inviting them along; nobody I knew could afford to eat out and nobody refused. We went with equal amounts of guilt and pleasure, with a feeling that we were trespassing on the playgrounds of the rich. We didn"t belong in those starchy restaurants. We always got the worst table. And then, because I didn"t own a credit card, I had to pay in cash. The year turned into two, and three, and more. I got a credit card. I got good clothes. I was writing for increasingly" prestigious. Meanwhile, a voice inside me kept whispering, "How could you?" When I receive weekly letters from people who think it is indecent to write about $ 100 meals while half the world is hungry, the voice yacks right along. "They"re absolutely right," it whispers. And when it asks, "When are you going to grow up and get a real job?" It sounds a lot like my mother. And just about then is when I tell the voice to shut up. Because when my mother starts telling me that all I"m doing with my life is telling rich people where to eat, I realize how much the world has changed. Yes, there are still restaurants where rich people go to remind themselves that they are different from you and me. But there are fewer and fewer of them. As American food **e of age, American restaurants have changed. Going out to eat used to be like going to the opera today, it is more like going the movies.1. Why would the author have refused to accept the job as a restaurant critic if people had asked her then?A. Because she was ambitious.B. Because she didn"t think highly of the job.C. Because she didn"t think well of the job as a cook.D. Because she didn"t want to criticize anyone.2. The word "decent" in do the decent thing in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______.A. very profitableB. morally acceptableC. fairly attractiveD. very pleasant3. 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Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlby"s work that children should not be subjected to day care before the age of three because of the parental separation it entails, and many people do believe this. But there are also arguments against such a strong conclusion. Firstly, anthropologists point out that the insulated love affair between children and parents found in modern societies does not usually exist in traditional societies. For example, in some tribal societies, such as the Ngoin, the father and mother of a child did not rear their infant alone—far from it. Secondly, common sense tells us that day care would not be so widespread today if parents, caretakers found children had problems with it. Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out, and even if they were, the result would be certain to be complicated and controversial. Thirdly, in the last decade there have been a number of careful American studies of children in day care, but tests that have had to be used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue. But Bowlby"s analysis raises the possibility that early day care has delayed effects. The possibility that such care might lead to, say, more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years later can only be explored by the use of statistics. Whatever the long-term effects, parents sometimes find the immediate effects difficult to deal with. Children under three are likely to protest at leaving their parents and show unhappiness. At the age of three or three and a half almost all children find the transition to nursery easy, and this is undoubtedly why more and more parents make use of child care at this time. The matter. Then, is far from clear-out, though experience and available evidence indicate that early care is reasonable for infants.6. Which of the following statements would Bowlby support?A. Statistical studies should be carried out to assess the positive effect of day care for children at the age of three or older.B. Early day care can delay the occurrence of mental illness in children.C. The first three years of one"s life is extremely important to the later development of personality.D. Children under three get used to the life at nursery schools more readily than children over three.7. Which of the following is derivable from Bowlby"s work?A. Mothers should not send their children to day care centers before the age of three.B. Day care nurseries have positive effects on a child"s development.C. A child sent to a day care center before the age of three may have emotional problem in later life.D. Day care would not be so popular if it has noticeable negative effects on a child"s personality.8. It is suggested that modern societies differ from traditional societies in that______.A. the parents-child relationship is more exclusive in modern societiesB. a child sent to a day care center before the age of three may have emotional problem in later life.C. mother bring up children with the help of her husband in traditional societiesD. children in modern societies are more likely to develop mental illness in later years9. Which of the following statements in NOT an argument against Bowlby"s theory?A. Many studies show that day care has a positive effect on children"s development.B. The fact that there are so many nursery schools today shows that day care is safe.C. The separation of young children from their parents is common in some traditional societies.D. Parents find the immediate effects of early day care difficult to deal with.10. Which of the following best expresses the writer"s attitude towards early day care?A. Children under three should stay with their parents.B. Early day care has positive effects on children"s development.C. The issue is controversial and its settlement calls for the use of statistics.D. The effects of early day care on children are exaggerated and parents should ignore the issue. Science is a dominant theme in our culture. Since it touches almost facet of our life, educated people need at least some acquaintance with its structure and operation. They should also have an understanding of the subculture in which scientists live and the kinds of people they are. An understanding of general characteristics of science as well as specific scientific concepts is easier to attain of one knows something about the things that excite and frustrate the scientist. This book is written for the intelligent student of lay person whose acquaintance with science is superficial; for the person who has been presented with science as a musty storehouse of dried facts; for the person who has been presented with science as the production of gadgets; and for the person who views the scientists as some sort of magician. The book can be used to supplement a course in any science, to accompany any course that attempts to give an understanding of the modern world, or independently of any course—simply to provide a better understanding of science. We hope this book will lead readers to a broader perspective on scientific attitudes and a more realistic view of what science is, who scientists are, and what they do. It will give them an awareness and understanding of the relationship between science and our culture and an appreciation of the roles science may play in our culture. In addition, readers may learn to appreciate the relationship between scientific views and some of the values and philosophies that are pervasive in our culture. We have tried to present in this book an accurate and up-to-date picture of the **munity and the people who populated it. That population has in recent **e to comprise more and more women. This increasing role of women in the scientific subculture is not a unique incident but, rather, part of the trend evident in all segments of society as more women enter traditionally male-dominated fields and make significant contributions. In discussing these changes and contribution, however, we are faced with a language that is implicitly sexist, one that uses male nouns or pronouns in referring to unspecified individuals. To offset this built-in bias, we have adopted the policy of using plural nouns and pronouns whenever possible and, when absolutely necessary, alternating he and she. This policy is far from being ideal, but it is at least an acknowledgment of the inadequacy of our language in treating half of the human equally. We have also tried to make the book entertaining as well as informative. Our approach is usuallyinformal. We feel, as do many other scientists, that we shouldn"t take ourselves too seriously. As the reader may observe, we see science as a delightful pastime than as a grim and dreary way to earn a living.11. According to the passage, "scientific subculture" means______.A. cultural groups that are formed by scientistsB. people whose knowledge of science is very limitedC. the **munityD. people who make good contribution to science12. We need to know something about the structure and operation of science because______.A. it is not easy to understand the things that excite and frustrate scienceB. science affects almost every aspect of our lifeC. scientists live in a specific substructureD. it is easier to understand general characteristics of science13. The book mentioned in this passage is written for readers who______.A. long for deeper understanding of scienceB. are good at producing various gadgetsC. work in a storehouse of dried factsD. are interested in popular science14. According to this passage,______.A. English is a sexist languageB. only on this scientific world is the role of women increasing rapidlyC. women are making significant contributions to eliminating the inadequacy of our languageD. male nouns or pronouns should not used to refer to scientists15. This passage most probably is______.A. a book reviewB. the preface of a bookC. the post script of a bookD. the concluding part of a book3. 英译汉1. Translate the following passages into Chinese. Each translated passage will account for 15 points. Give the number of the passage on your ANSWER SHEET. A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine his adverse conditions, **mences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And as he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in sound and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of discovering the hidden power and possibilities within himself.2. The first night on the ice had been torture. The second was nightmare. Men lost their reason, began seeing visions, hearing voices. Some sank into mindless torpor; others went raving mad before death. That many continued to survive was incredible, but the will to live still burned fiercely in those still staggering around the ice-floes under the frosty moon. They reeled and weaved in a ghostly dance. The only indication they gave that their minds were still alive was when they emitted an occasional croak of encouragement to one another. For the most part theyignored the dead and dying, stepping over or shuffling around them as though they were lumps of ice.4. 汉译英1. Translate the following passage into English：中国传统文化既是中华民族悠久历史的结晶，也是中华民族对于全人类的伟大贡献。

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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2008)--GRADE EIGHT--PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. 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 gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically & semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.The Popularity of EnglishⅠ. Present status of EnglishA. English as a native/first languageB. English as a lingua franca: a language for communicationamong people whose (1) are different (1) ______C. Number of people speaking English as a first or a second language:— 320—380 million native speakers— 250—(2) million speakers of English as a second (2) ______LanguageⅡ. Reasons for the popular use of EnglishA. (3) reasons (3) ______— the Pilgrim Fathers brought the language to America;— British settlers brought the language to Australia;— English was used as a means of control in (4) (4) ______B. Economic reasons— spread of (5) (5) ______— language of communication in the international business communityC. (6) in international travel (6) ______— use of English in travel and tourism— signs in airports— language of announcement— language of (7) (7) ______D. Information exchange— use of English in the academic world— language of (8) or journal articles (8) ______E. Popular culture— pop music on (9) (9) ______— films from the USAⅢ. Questions to think aboutA. Status of English in the futureB. (10) of distinct varieties of English (10) ______SECTION B CONVERSATIONIn 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.Questions 1 to 5 are bused on a conversation. At the end of the conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the conversation.1. Mary doesn't seem to favour the idea of a new airport because[A] the existing airports are to be wasted. [B] more people will be encouraged to travel.[C] more oil will be consumed. [D] more airplanes will be purchased.2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Mary as a potential disadvantage?[A] More people in the area. [B] Noise and motorways.[C] Waste of land. [D] Unnecessary travel.3. Freddy has cited the following advantages for a new airport EXCEPT[A] more job opportunities. [B] vitality to the local economy.[C] road construction. [D] presence of aircrew in the area.4. Mary thinks that people don't need to do much travel nowadays as a result of[A] less emphasis on personal contact. [B] advances in modern telecommunications.[C] recent changes in people's concepts. [D] more potential damage to the area.5. We learn from the conversation that Freddy is ______ Mary's ideas.[A] strongly in favour of [B] mildly in favour of[C] strongly against [D] mildly againstSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn 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 bused on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.6. What is the main idea of the news item?[A] A new government was formed after Sunday's elections.[B] The new government intends to change the welfare system.[C] The Social Democratic Party founded the welfare system.[D] The Social Democratic Party was responsible for high unemployment.Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news.7. The tapes of the Apollo 11 mission were first stored in[A] a U. S. government archives warehouse.[B] a NASA ground tracking station.[C] the Goddard Space Flight Centre.[D] none of the above places.8. What does the news item say about Richard Nafzger?[A] He is assigned the task to look for the tapes.[B] He believes that the tapes are probably lost.[C] He works in a NASA ground receiving site.[D] He had asked for the tapes in the 1970s.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news.9. The example in the news item is cited mainly to show[A] that doctors are sometimes professionally incompetent.[B] that in cases like that hospitals have to pay huge compensations.[C] that language barriers might lower the quality of treatment.[D] that language barriers can result in fatal consequences.10. According to Dr. Flores, hospitals and clinics[A] have seen the need for hiring trained interpreters.[B] have realized the problems of language barriers.[C] have begun training their staff to be bilinguals.[D] have taken steps to provide accurate diagnosis.PART ⅡREADING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)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 AAt the age of 16, Lee Hyuk Joon's life is a living hell. The South Korean 10th grader gets up at 6 in the morning to go to school, and studies most of the day until returning home at 6 p. m. After dinner, it's time to hit the books again—at one of Seoul's many so-called cram schools. Lee gets back home at 1 in the morning, sleeps less than five hours, then repeats the routine—five days a week. It's a grueling schedule, but Lee worries that it may not be good enough to get him into a top university. Some of his classmates study even harder.South Korea's education system has long been highly competitive. But for Lee and the other 700,000 high-school sophomores in the country, high-school studies have gotten even more intense. That's because South Korea has conceived a new college-entrance system, which will be implemented in 2008. This year's 10th graders will be the first group evaluated by the new admissions standard, which places more emphasis on grades in the three years of high school and less on nationwide SA T-style and other selection tests, which have traditionally determined which students go to the elite colleges.The change was made mostly to reduce what the government says is a growing education gap in the country: wealthy students go to the best colleges and get the best jobs, keeping the children of poorer families on the social margins. The aim is to reduce the importance of costly tutors and cram schools, partly to help students enjoy a more normal high-school life. But the new system has had the opposite effect. Before, students didn't worry too much about their grade-point averages; the big challenge was beating the standardized tests as high-school seniors. Now students are competing against one another over a three-year period, and every midterm and final test is crucial. Fretful parents are relying even more heavily on tutors and cram schools to help their children succeed.Parents and kids have sent thousands of angry online letters to the Education Ministry complaining that the new admissions standard is setting students against each other. "One can succeed only when others fail," as one parent said.Education experts say that South Korea's public secondary-school system is foundering, while private education is thriving. According to critics, the country's high schools are almost uniformly mediocre—the result of an egalitarian government education policy. With the number of elite schools strictly controlled by the government, even the brightest students typically have to settle for ordinary schools in their neighbourhoods, where the curriculum is centred on average students. To make up for the mediocrity, zealous parents send their kids to the expensive cram schools.Students in affluent southern Seoul neighbourhoods complain that the new system will hurt them the most. Nearly all Korean high schools will be weighted equally in the college-entrance process, and relatively weak students in provincial schools, who may not score well on standardized tests, often compile good grade-point averages.Some universities, particularly prestigious ones, openly complain that they cannot select the best students under the new system because it eliminates differences among high schools. They've asked for more discretion in picking students by giving more weight to such screening tools as essay writing or interviews.President Roh Moo Hyun doesn't like how some colleges are trying to circumvent the new system. He recently criticized "greedy" universities that focus more on finding the best students than trying to "nurture good students". But amid the crossfire between the government and universities, the country's 10th graders are feeling the stress. On online protest sites, some are calling themselves a "cursed generation" and "mice in a lab experiment". It all seems a touch melodramatic, but that's the South Korean school system.11. According to the passage, the new college-entrance system is designed to[A] require students to sit for more college-entrance tests.[B] reduce the weight of college-entrance tests.[C] select students on their high school grades only.[D] reduce the number of prospective college applicants.12. What seems to be the effect of introducing the new system?[A] The system has given equal opportunities to students.[B] The system has reduced the number of cram schools.[C] The system has intensified competition among schools.[D] The system has increased students' study load.13. According to critics, the popularity of private education is mainly the result of[A] the government's egalitarian policy. [B] insufficient number of schools.[C] curriculums of average quality. [D] low cost of private education.14. According to the passage, there seems to be disagreement over the adoption of the new system between the following groups EXCEPT[A] between universities and the government.[B] between school experts and the government.[C] between parents and schools.[D] between parents and the government.15. Which of the following adjectives best describes the author's treatment of the topic?[A] Objective. [B] Positive. [C] Negative. [D] Biased.TEXT BWilfred Emmanuel-Jones was a teenager before he saw his first cow in his first field. Born in Jamaica, the 47-year-old grew up in inner-city Birmingham before making a career as a television producer and launching his own marketing agency. But deep down he always nurtured every true Englishman's dream of a rustic life, a dream that his entrepreneurial wealth has allowed him to satisfy. These days he's the owner of a thriving 12-hectare farm in deepest Devon with cattle, sheep and pigs. His latest business venture: pushing his brand of Black Farmer gourmet sausages and barbecue sauces. "My background may be very urban," says Emmanuel-Jones. "But it has given me a good idea of what other urbanites want."And of how to sell it. Emmanuel-Jones joins a herd of wealthy fugitives from city life who are bringing a new commercial know-how to British farming. Britain's burgeoning farmers' markets—numbers have doubled to at least 500 in the last five years—swarm with specialty cheesemakers, beekeepers or organic smallholders who are redeploying the business skills they learned in the city. "Everyone in the rural community has to come to terms with the fact that things have changed." Says Emmanuel-Jones. "Y ou can produce the best food in the world, but if you don't know how to market it, you are wasting your time. We are helping the traditionalists to move on."The emergence of the new class of superpeasants reflects some old yearnings. If the British were the first nation to industrialize, they were also the first to head back to the land. "There is this romantic image of the countryside that is particularly English," says Alun Howkins of the University of Sussex, who reckons the population of rural England has been rising since 1911. Migration into rural areas is now running at about 100,000 a year, and the hunger for a taste of the rural life has kept land prices buoyant even as agricultural incomes tumble. About 40 percent of all farmland is now sold to "lifestyle buyers" rather than the dwindling number of traditional farmers, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.What's new about the latest returnees is their affluence and zeal for the business of producing quality foods, if only at a micro-level. A healthy economy and surging London house prices have helped to ease the escape of the would-be rustics. The media recognize and feed the fantasy. One of the big TV hits of recent years, the "River Cottage" series, chronicled the attempts of a London chef to run his own Dorset farm.Naturally, the newcomers can't hope to match their City salaries, but many are happy to trade any loss of income for the extra job satisfaction. Who cares if there's no six-figure annual bonus when the land offers other incalculable compensations?Besides, the specialist producers can at least depend on a burgeoning market for their products. Today's eco-aware generation loves to seek out authentic ingredients. "People like me may be making a difference in a small way," Jan McCourt, a onetime investment banker now running his own 40-hectare spread in the English Midlands stocked with rare breeds.Optimists see signs of far-reaching change: Britain isn't catching up with mainland Europe; it's leading the way. "Unlike most other countries, where artisanal food production is being eroded, here it is being recovered," says food writer Matthew Fort. "It may be the mark of the next stage of civilization that we rediscover the desirability of being a peasant." And not an investment banker.16. Which of the following details of Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is INCORRECT?[A] He was born and brought up in Birmingham.[B] He used to work in the television industry.[C] He is wealthy, adventurous and aspiring.[D] He is now selling his own quality foods.17. Most importantly, people like Wilfred have brought to traditional British farming[A] knowledge of farming. [B] knowledge of brand names.[C] knowledge of lifestyle. [D] knowledge of marketing.18. Which of the following does NOT contribute to the emergence of a new class of farmers?[A] Strong desire for country life. [B] Longing for greater wealth.[C] Influence of TV productions. [D] Enthusiasm for quality food business.19. What is seen as their additional source of new income?[A] Modern tendency to buy natural foods. [B] Increase in the value of land property.[C] Raising and selling rare live stock. [D] Publicity as a result of media coverage.20. The sentence in the last paragraph "... Britain isn't catching up with mainland Europe; it's leading the way" implies that[A] Britain has taken a different path to boost economy.[B] more authentic foods are being produced in Britain.[C] the British are heading back to the countryside.[D] the Europeans are showing great interest in country life.TEXT CIn Barcelona the Catalonians call them castells, but these aren't stereotypical castles in Spain. These castles are made up of human beings, not stone. The people who perform this agile feat of acrobatics are called castellers, and to see their towers take shape is to observe a marvel of human cooperation.First the castellers form what looks like a gigantic rugby scrummage. They are the foundation blocks of the castle. Behind them, other people press together, forming outward-radiating ramparts of inward-pushing muscle: flying buttresses for the castle. Then sturdy but lighter castetlers scramble over the backs of those at the bottom and stand, barefoot, on their shoulders—then still others, each time adding a higher "story".These human towers can rise higher than small apartment buildings: nine "stories", 35 feet into the air. Then, just when it seems this tower of humanity can't defy gravity any longer, a little kid emerges from the crowd and climbs straight up to the top. Arms extended, the child grins while waving to the cheering crowd far below.Dressed in their traditional costumes, the castellers seem to epitomize an easier time, before Barcelona became a world metropolis and the Mediterranean's most dynamic city. But when you observe them up close, in their street clothes, at practice, you see there's nothing easy about what the castellers do—and that they are not merely reenacting an ancient ritual.None of the castellers can give a logical answer as to why they love doing this. But Victor Luna, 16, touches me on the shoulder and says in English: "We do it because it's beautiful. We do it because we are Catalan."Barcelona's mother tongue is Catalan, and to understand Barcelona, you must understand two words of Catalan: seny and rauxa. Seny pretty much translates as common sense, or the ability to make money, arrange things, and get things done. Rauxa is reminiscent of our words "raucous" and "ruckus".What makes the castellers revealing of the city is that they embody rauxa and seny. The idea of a human castle is rauxa—it defies common sense—but to watch one going up is to see seny in action. Success is based on everyone working together to achieve a shared goal.The success of Carlos Tusquets bank, Fibanc, shows seny at work in everyday life. The bank started as a family concern and now employs hundreds. Tusquets said it exemplifies how the economy in Barcelona is different.Entrepreneurial seny demonstrates why Barcelona and Catalonia—the ancient region of which Barcelona is the capital—are distinct from the rest of Spain yet essential to Spain's emergence, after centuries of repression, as a prosperous, democratic European country. Catalonia, with Barcelona as its dynamo, has turned into an economic powerhouse. Making up 6 percent of Spain's territory, with a sixth of its people, it accounts for nearly a quarter of Spain's production—everything from textiles to computers—even though the rest of Spain has been enjoying its own economic miracle.Hand in hand with seny goes rauxa, and there's no better place to see rauxa in action than on the Ramblas, the venerable, tree-shaded boulevard that, in gentle stages, leads you from the centre of Barcelona down to the port. There are two narrow lanes each way for cars and motorbikes, but it's the wide centre walkway that makes the Ramblas a front-row seat for Barcelona's longest running theatrical event. Plastic armchairs are set out on the sidewalk. Sit in one of them, and an attendant will come and charge you a small fee. Performance artists throng the Ramblas—stilt walkers, witches caked in charcoal dust, Elvis impersonators. But the real stars are the old women and happily playing children, millionaires on motorbikes, and pimps and women who, upon closer inspection, prove not to be.Aficionados (Fans) of Barcelona love to compare notes: "Last night there was a man standing on the balcony of his hotel room," Mariana Bertagnolli, an Italian photographer, told me, "The balcony was on the second floor. He was naked, and he was talking into a cell phone."There you have it, Barcelona's essence. The man is naked (rauxa), but he is talking into a cell phone (seny).21. From the description in the passage, we learn that[A] all Catalonians can perform castells.[B] castells require performers to stand on each other.[C] people perform castells in different formations,[D] in castells people have to push and pull each other.22. According to the passage, the implication of the performance is that[A] the Catalonians are insensible and noisy people.[B] the Catalonians Show more sense than is expected.[C] the Catalonians display paradoxical characteristics.[D] the Catalonians think highly of team work.23. The passage cites the following examples EXCEPT ______ to show seny at work.[A] development of a bank [B] dynamic role in economy[C] contribution to national economy [D] comparison with other regions24. In the last but two paragraph, the Ramblas is described as "a front-row seat for Barcelona's longest running theatrical event". What does it mean?[A] On the Ramblas people can see a greater variety of performances.[B] The Ramblas provides many front seats for the performances.[C] The Ramblas is preferred as an important venue for the events.[D] Theatrical performers like to perform on the Ramblas.25. What is the main impression of the scenes on the Ramblas?[A] It is bizarre and outlandish. [B] It is of average quality.[C] It is conventional and quiet. [D] It is of professional standard.TEXT DThe law firm Patrick worked for before he died filed for bankruptcy protection a year after his funeral. After his death, the firm's letterhead properly included him: Patrick S. Lanigan, 1954-1992. He was listed up in the right-hand corner, just above the paralegals. Then the rumors got started and wouldn't stop. Before long, everyone believed he had taken the money and disappeared. After three months, no one on the Gulf Coast believed that he was dead. His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.The remaining partners in the law firm were still together, attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages and the bank notes, back when they were rolling and on the verge of serious wealth. They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy. Since Patrick's departure, they had tried every possible way to divorce one another, but nothing would work. Two were raging alcoholics who drank at the office behind locked doors, but never together. The other two were in recovery, still teetering on the brink of sobriety.He took their money. Their millions. Money they had already spent long before it arrived, as only lawyers can do. Money for their richly renovated office building in downtown Biloxi. Money for new homes, yachts, condos in the Caribbean. The money was on the way, approved, the papers signed, orders entered; they could see it, almost touch it when their dead partner—Patrick—snatched it at the last possible second.He was dead. They buried him on February 11,1992. They had consoled the widow and put his rotten name on their handsome letterhead. Y et six weeks later, he somehow stole their money.They had brawled over who was to blame. Charles Bogan, the firm's senior partner and its iron hand, had insisted the money be wired from its source into a new account offshore, and this made sense after some discussion. It was ninety million bucks, a third of which the firm would keep, and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi, population fifty thousand. Someone at the bank would talk. Soon everyone would know. All four vowed secrecy, even as they made plans to display as much of their new wealth as possible. There had even been talk of a firm jet, a six-seater.So Bogan took his share of the blame. At forty-nine, he was the oldest of the four, and, at the moment, the most stable. He was also responsible for hiring Patrick nine years earlier, and for this he had received no small amount of grief.Doug V itrano, the litigator, had made the fateful decision to recommend Patrick as the fifth partner. The other three had agreed, and when Patrick Lanigan was added to the firm name, he had access to virtually every file in the office. Bogan, Rapley, V itrano, Havarac, and Lanigan, Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law. A large ad in the yellow pages claimed "Specialists in Offshore Injuries." Specialists or not, like most firms they would take almost anything if the fees were lucrative, Lots of secretaries, and paralegals. Big overhead, and the strongest political connections on the Coast.They were all in their mid-to late forties, Havarac had been raised by his father on a shrimp boat. His hands were still proudly calloused, and he dreamed of choking Patrick until his neck snapped. Rapley was severely depressed and seldom left his home, where he wrote briefs in a dark office in the attic.26. What happened to the four remaining lawyers after Patrick's disappearance?[A] They all wanted to divorce their wives. [B] They were all heavily involved in debts.[C] They were all recovering from drinking. [D] They had bought new homes, yachts, etc,27. Which of the following statements contains a metaphor?[A] His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.[B] ... they could see it, almost touch it when their dead partner...[C] ... attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages...[D] ... and for this he had received no small amount of grief.28. According to the passage, what is the main cause of Patrick stealing the money?[A] Patrick was made a partner of the firm.[B] The partners agreed to have the money transferred.[C] Patrick had access to all the files in the firm.[D] Bogan decided to hire Patrick nine years earlier.29. The lawyers were described as being all the following EXCEPT[A] greedy. [B] extravagant. [C] quarrelsome. [D] bad-tempered.30. Which of the following implies a contrast?[A] ..., and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi, population fifty thousand.[B] They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy.[C] There had even been talk of a firm jet, a six-seater.[D] His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.PART ⅢGENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.31. The largest city in Canada is[A] V ancouver. [B] Montreal. [C] Toronto. [D] Ottawa.32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in[A] the Federal Government. [B] the Supreme Court,[C] the Cabinet. [D] the Congress.33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?[A] Baseball. [B] Tennis. [C] Basketball. [D] American football,34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is[A] the President. [B] the Governor-General.[C] the British monarch. [D] the Prime Minister.35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by[A] William Langland. [B] Geoffrey Chaucer.[C] William Shakespeare. [D] Alfred Tennyson.36. Who wrote The American?[A] Herman Melville. [B] Nathaniel Hawthorne.[C] Henry James. [D] Theodore Dreiser.37. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th-century Britain EXCEPT[A] George Eliot. [B] Iris Jean Murdoch.[C] Doris Lessing. [D] Muriel Spark.38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?[A] Arbitrariness. [B] Displacement.[C] Duality. [D] Diachronicity.39. What type of sentence is "Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry."?[A] A simple sentence. [B] A coordinate sentence.[C] A complex sentence. [D] None of the above.40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called[A] hyponymy. [B] synonymy.。

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国际关系学院英语语言文学专业英美文学真题2008年(总分：150.00，做题时间：90分钟)Ⅰ1.The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockS"io credesse che mia risposta fosseA persona che mai tornasse al mondo,Questa fiama staria senza piu scosse.Ma perciocche giarnmai di questo fondoNon torno vivo alcun, s"I"odo il veroSenza tema d"infamia ti rispondo.Let us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table;Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,The muttering retreatsOf restless nights in one-night cheap hotelAnd sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells;Streets tat follow like a tedious argumentOf insidious intentTo lead you to an overwhelming question...Oh, do not ask, "What is it?"Let us go and make our visit.In the room the women come and goTalking of Michelangelo.The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes,Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap,And seeing that it was a soft October night,Curled once about the house, and fell asleep.And indeed there will be timeFor the yellow smoke that slides along the street,Rubbing its back upon the window-panes;There will be time, there will be timeTo prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet;There will be time to murder and create,And time for all the works and days of handsThat lift and drop a question on your plateTime for you and time for me,And time yet for a hundred indecisions,And for a hundred visions and revisions,Before the taking of a toast and tea.In the room the women come and goTalking of Michelangelo.And indeed there will be timeTo wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?"Time to turn back and descend the stair,With a bald spot in the middle of my hair—(They will say: "How his hair is growing thin!")My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin—(They will say:" By how his arms and legs are thin!")Do I dare?Disturb the universe?In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.For I have known them all already, known them all—Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;I know the voices dying with coffee spoons;I know the voices dying with a dying fallBeneath the music from a farther room.So how should I presume?And I have known the eyes already, known them all—The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,Then how should I beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?And how should I presume?And I have known the arms already, known them all—Arms that are braceleted and white and bare(But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!)Is it perfume from a dressThat makes me so digress?Arms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl.And should I then presume?And how should I begin?……Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streetsAnd watched the smoke that rises from the pipesOf lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows?I should have been a pair of ragged clawsScuttling across the floors of silent seas...……And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully!Smoothed by long fingers,Asleep... tired... or it malingers,Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me.Should I, after tea and cakes and ices,Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis?But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter,I am no prophet—and here"s no great matter;I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,And in short, I was afraid.And would it have been worth it, after all,After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,Would it have been worth while,To have bitten off the matter with a smile,To have squeezed the universe into a ballTo roll it towards some overwhelming question,To say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all"—If one, settling a pillow by her head,Should say: "That is not what I meant at all.That is not it, at all."And would it have been worth it, after all,Would it have been worth while,After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail alongThe floor—And this, and so much more? —It is impossible to say just what I mean!But as if a magic lantern threw the nerves in patterns on a screen:Would it have been worth whileIf one, settling a pillow or throwing off a shawl,And turning toward the window, should say:"That is not it at all,That is not what I meant, at all."No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or two.Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of usePolitic, cautious, and meticulous;Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;At times, indeed, almost ridiculous-Almost, at times, the Fool.I grow old... I grow old...I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.I do not thing that they will sing to me.I have seen them riding seaward on the wavesCombing the white hair of the waves blown backWhen the wind blows the water white and black.We have lingered in the chambers of the seaBy sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brownTill human voices wake us, and we drown.（分数：90.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________Ⅱ2.On the RoadHe was not interested in the snow. When he got off the freight, one early evening during the depression, Sargeant never even noticed the snow. But he must have felt it seeping down his neck, cold, wet, sopping in his shoes. But if you had asked him, he wouldn"t have known it was snowing. Sargeant didn"t see the snow, not even under the bright lights of the main street, falling white and flaky against the night. He was too hungry, too sleepy, too tired.The Reverend Mr. Dorset, however, saw the snow when he switched on his porch light, opened the front door of his parsonage, and found standing there before him a big black man with snow on his face, a human piece of night with snow on his face—obviously unemployed.Said the Reverend Mr. Dorset before Sargeant even realized he"d opened his mouth: "I"m sorry. No! Go right down this street four blocks and turn to your left, walk up seven and you"ll see the Relief Shelter. I"m sorry. No!" He shut the door.Sargeant wanted to tell the holy man that he had already been to the Relief Shelter, been to hundreds of relief shelters during the depression years, the beds were always gone and supper was over, the place was full, and they drew the color line anyhow. But the minister said "No" and shut the door. Evidently he didn"t want to hear about it. And he had a door to shut.The big black man turned away. And even yet he didn"t see the snow, walking right into it. Maybe he sensed it, cold, wet, sticking to his jaws, wet on his black hands, sopping in his shoes. He stopped and stood on the sidewalk hunched over—-hungry, sleepy, cold—looking up and down. Then he looked right where he was—in front of a church! Of course! A church! Sure, right next to a parsonage, certainly a church.It had two doors.Broad white steps in the night all snowy white, two high arched doors with slender stone pillars on either side. And way up, a round lacy window with a stone crucifix in the middle and Christ on the crucifix in stone. All this was pale in the street lights, solid and stony pale in the snow.Sargeant blinked. When he looked up, the snow fell into his eyes. For the first time that night he saw the snow. He shook his head. He shook the snow from his coat sleeves, felt hungry, felt lost, felt not lost, felt cold. He walked up the steps for the church. He knocked at the door. No answer. He tried the handle. Locked. He put his shoulder against the door and his long black body slanted like a ramrod. He pushed. With loud rhythmic grunts, like the grunts in a chain-gang song, he pushed against the door."I"m tired,...Huh! ...Hangry...Uh! ...I"m sleepy...Huh! I"m cold...I got to sleep somewhere," Sargeant said. "This here is church, ain"t it? Well, uh!"He pushed against the door.Suddenly, with an undue cracking and squeaking, the door began to give way to the tall black Negro who pushed ferociously against the door.By now two or three white people had stopped in the street, and Sargeant was vaguely aware of some of them yelling at him concerning the door. Three or four more came running, yelling at him. "Hey!" they said, "Hey!""Uh-huh," answered the big tall Negro, "I know it"s a white folks" church, but I got to sleep somewhere." He gave another lunge at the door. "Huh!"And the door broke open.But just when the door gave way two white cops arrived in a car, ran up the steps with their clubs, and grabbed Sargeant. But Sargeant for once had no intention of being pulled or pushed away from the door.Sargeant grabbed, but not for anything so weak as a broken door. He grabbed for one of the tall stone pillars beside the door, grabbed at it and caught it. And held it. The cops pulled. Sargeant pulled. Most of the people in the street got behind the cops and helped them pull."A big black unemployed Negro holding onto our church!" thought the people. "The idea!"The cops began to beat Sargeant over the head, and nobody protested. But he held on.And then the church fell down.Gradually, the big stone front of the church fell down, the walls and the rafters, the crucifix and the Christ. Then the whole thing fell down, covering the cops and the people with bricks and stones and debris. The whole church fell down in the snow.Sargeant got out from under the church and went walking on up the street with the stone pillar on his shoulder. He was under the impression that he had buried the parsonage and the Reverend Mr. Dorset who said "No!". So he laughed, and threw the pillar six blocks up the street and went on.Sargeant thought he was alone, but listening to the crunch, crunch, crunch on the snow of his own footsteps, he heard other footsteps, too, doubling his own. He looked around, and there was Christ walking along beside him, the same Christ that had been on the cross on the church—still stone with a rough stone surface, walking along beside him just like he was broken of the cross when the church fell down."Well, I"ll be dogged," said Sargeant. "This here"s the first time I ever seed you off the cross..." "Yes," said Christ, crunching his feet in the snow. "You had to pull the church down to get me off the cross.""You glad?" said Sargeant."I sure am," said Christ.They both laughed."I"m a hell of a fellow, ain"t I?" said Sargeant. "Done pulled the church down!""You did a good job," said Christ. "They have kept me nailed on a cross nearly two thousand years." "Whee-ee-e!" saie Sargent. "I know you are glad to get off.""I sure am" said Christ.They walked on in the snow. Sargenat looked at the man of stone."And you been up there two thousand years?""I sure have," Christ said."Well, if I had a little cash," said Sargeant, "I"d show you around a bit.""I been around," said Christ."Yeah, but that was a long time ago.""All the same," said Christ, "I"ve been around,"They walked on in the snow until they came to the railroad yards. Sargeant was tired, sweating and tired."Where you goin"?" Sargeant said, stopping by the tracks. He looked at Christ. Sargenat said, "I"m just a bum on the road. How about you? Where you goin"?""God knows," Christ said, "but I"m leavin" here."They saw the red and green lights of the railroad yard half veiled by the snow that fell out of the night. Away down the track they saw a fire in a hobo jungle."I can go there and sleep," Sargeant said."You can?""Sure," said Sargeant. "That place ain"t got no doors."Outside the town, along the tracks, there were barren trees and bushes below the embankment, snow-gray in the dark. And down among the trees and bushes there were makeshift houses made out of boxes and tin and old pieces of wood and canvas. You couldn"t see them in the dark, but you knew they were there if you"d ever been on the road, if you had ever lived with the homeless and hungry in a depression."I"m side-tracking," Sargeant said. "I"m tired.""I"m gonna make it on to Kansas Cit," said Christ."OK," Sargeant said, "So long!"He went down into the hobo jungle and found himself a place to sleep. He never did see Christ no more. About 6:00 a.m. a freight came by. Sargeant scrambled out of the jungle with a dozen or so more hobos and ran along the track, grabbing at the freight. It was dawn, early dawn, cold and gray."Wonder where Christ is by now?" Sargeant thought. "He must-a gone on way on down the road. He didn"t sleep in this jungle."Sargeant grabbed the train and started to pull himself up into a moving coal car, over the edge of a wheeling coal car. But strangely enough, the car was full of cops. The nearest cop rapped Sargeant soundly across the knuckles with his night stick. Wham! Rapped his big black hands for clinging to the top of the car. Wham! But Sargeant did not tuna loose. He clung on and tried to pull himself into the car. He hollered at the top of his voice, "Damn it, lemme in this car!" "Shut up," barked the cop. "You crazy coon!" He rapped Sargeant across the knuckles and punched him in the stomach. "You ain"t out in no jungle now, this ain"t no train. You in jail!" Wham! Across his bare black fingers clinging to the bars of his cell. Wham! Between the steel bars low down against his shins.Suddenly Sargeant realized that he really was in jail. He wasn"t on no train. The blood of the night before had dried on his face, his head hurt terribly, and a cop outside in the corridor was hitting him across the knuckles for holding onto the door, yelling and shaking the cell door. "They must-a took me to jail for breaking down the door last night," Sargeant thought, "that church door."Sargeant went over and sat on a wooden bench against the cold stone wall. He was emptier than ever. His clothes were wet, clammy cold wet, and shoes sloppy with snow water. It was just about dawn. There he was, locked up behind a cell door, nursing his bruised fingers.The bruised fingers were his, but not the door.Not the club but the fingers."You wait," mumbled Sargeant, black against the fail wall. "I"m gonna break down this door, too." "Shut up—or I"ll paste you one," said the cop.Then he must have been talking to himself because he said, "I wonder where Christ"s gone? I wonder if he"s gone to Kansas City?"（分数：60.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________。

2008年高考英语试题(四川卷)

2008年高考英语试题（四川卷）一、单项选择题(本大题共10小题，每小题3分，共30分)在每小题列出的三个备选项中只有一个是符合题目要求的，请将其代码填写在题后的括号内。

错选、多选或未选均无分。

1.“孟轲”一名的标准英译应为( )A.MengkeB.Meng KeC.Meng ke2.关于英汉两种语言的句子结构，以下正确的说法是( )A.英语句子中的主从关系多，体现出不同的层次；B.汉语句式的典型特点是“链式拓展”；C.在翻译中，多数情况下两种语言的句子结构可以互相照搬。

3.“汉白玉”的正确英译名是( )A.white jade of the Han DynastyB.Han-bai jadeC.white marble4.“知识产权”一词的英语对等说法是( )A.knowledge product rightB.intellectual product ownershipC.intellectual property right5.我国近现代翻译理论史上最早提出“化境”说的是( )A.林纾B.钱钟书C.瞿秋白6.“素质教育”的英译应为( )A.quality educationB.quality-oriented educationcation for all-round development7.关于英汉两种语言中主语同谓语动词的搭配，以下不正确的说法是( )A.汉语的主谓关系没有英语那么密切，因为英语对于主语能否做后面的动作考虑较多；B.英语里的主谓语搭配在译成汉语后，基本上不能保持原来的搭配；第 1 页C.英汉两种语言的主谓搭配，在大多数情况下是相通的。

8.GNP的正确汉语译名应为( )A.国民生产总值B.国内生产总值C.国民总收入9.“force majeure”是经济法规中常见的一个法律术语，其标准汉译为( )A.强迫执行B.约束力C.不可抗力10.关于“直译”与“意译”之争，正确的说法是( )A.“直译”就是“死译”，“意译”就是“歪译”；B.正确的翻译既是直译，也是意译，“直译”就是真正的“意译”；C.“直译”是就形式而言的，“意译”是就内容而言的。

全国2008年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题参考答案

全国2008年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604I. Multiple Choice（40 points in all, 1for each）Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________. A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB．the vast expansion of British colonies in North AmericaC．the new discoveries in geography and astrologyD．the religious reformation and the economic expansion2．Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A．Father of the English Novel B．Father of the English PoetryC．Father of the English Drama D．Father of the English Short Story3．T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem _______has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.A．The Hollow Man B．The Waste LandC．Murder in the Cathedral D．Ash Wednesday4．George Bernard Shaw’s play _______ established his position as the leading play-wright of his time. A．Widowers’ Houses B．Too True to Be GoodC．Mrs. Warren’s Profession D．Candida5．William Blake’s central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is_______, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference.A．youthhood B．childhoodC．happiness D．sorrow6．All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP_______. A．The Return of the Native B．Tess of the D’UrbervillesC．Jude the Obscure D．Far from the Madding Crowd7．Among the works by Charles Dickens _______ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.A．Bleak House B．Pickwick PaperC．Great Expectations D．Hard Times全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) 8．The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his _______.A．simple vocabulary B．bitter and sharp criticismC．character-portrayal D．pictures of happiness9．Among the following writers _______ created the verse novel by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters.A．Robert Browning B．Matthew ArnoldC．Alfred Tennyson D．Edward Fitzgerald10．“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good for-tune, must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is taken from ______.A．Jane Eyre B．Wuthering HeightsC．Pride and Prejudice D．Sense and Sensibility11．Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior, ______ has brought the English novel ,as an art of form, to its maturity.A．Charlotte BrontëB．Jane AustenC．Emily BrontëD．Ann Radcliffe12．Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama ______, which is an exultant work in praise of humankind’s potential.A．Adonais B．Queen MabC．Prometheus Unbound D．A Defence of Poetry13．The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility” belongs to ______.A．William Wordsworth B．Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC．Robert Southey D．William Blake14．All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT ______.A．“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” B．“An Evening Walk”C．“Tintern Abbey” D．“The Solitary Reaper”15．All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________.A．Pilgrimage B．UlyssesC．Mrs. Dalloway D．Tess of the D’ Urbervilles16．Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are ________.A．Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, HamletB．Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceC．Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) D．Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet17．As one of the greatest masters of English prose, ________ defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”.A．Henry Fielding B．Jonathan SwiftC．Samuel Johnson D．Alexander Pope18．All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT ______.A．Robinson Crusoe B．Captain SingletonC．Moll Flanders D．Colonel Jack19．Among the three major works by John Milton ______ is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A．Paradise Regained B．Samson AgonistesC．Lycidas D．Paradise Lost20．English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with ______. A．the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB．the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical BalladsC．the publication of T．S．Eliot’s The waste LandD．the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament21．Contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, the modern English novel gives a realistic presentation of life of ______.A．the common English people B．the upper classC．the rising bourgeoisie D．the enterprising landlords22．The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A．John Galsworthy’s B．Thomas Hardy’sC．D．H．Lawrence’s D．Charles Dickens’23．The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised ______ for “his powerful style-forming mastery of the art” of creating modern fiction.A．Ezra Pound B．Ernest HemingwayC．Robert Frost D．Theodore Dreiser24．In 1950,______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A．William Faulkner B．Robert Frost全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) C．Ezra Pound D．Ernest Hemingway25．Herman Melville wrote his semi-autobiographical novel ______ concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A．Typee B．RedburnC．Moby-Dick D．Mardi26．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and, especially, its sequence ______ proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A．The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B．Life on the MississippiC．The Gilded Age D．Roughing It27．The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be ______ masterpiece, which describes the life journey of an American ________ in a European cultural environment.A．Henry Adams’…widow B．William James’…girlC．Henry James’…girl D．Theodore Dreiser’s…widow28．Hawthorne intended to ______ in The Scarlet Letter.A．tell a story of parental loveB．tell a story of sin and bloody violenceC．call the readers back to the plantation way of livingD．reveal the human psyche after they sinned29．“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.” This “iceberg”analogy is put forward by ______.A．Mark Twain B．Ezra PoundC．William Faulkner D．Ernest Hemingway30．In many of Hawthorne’s stories and novels, the Puritan concept of life is condemned, or the Puritan past is shown in an almost totally negative light, especially in his ______ and The Scarlet Letter.A．Twice-Told Tales B．The Blithedale RomanceC．The Marble Faun D．The House of the Seven Gables31．The white whale, Moby Dick, symbolizes ________ for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well.A．society B．natureC．ocean animals D．both A and C32．After the American Civil War, the literary interest in the so-called “reality” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of ______.全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) A．Realism B．Reason and RevolutionC．Romanticism D．Modernism33．H．L．Mencken considered ______ “the true father of our national literature”.A．Bret Harte B．Mark TwainC．Washington Irving D．Walt Whitman34．Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote 1775 poems, of which only ______ had appeared during her lifetime. A．three B．fiveC．seven D．nine35．The ______ Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A．Lost B．JazzC．Reason D．Gilded36．Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in ______.A．the west B．the southC．Alaska D．New England37．As ______ saw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation. It could enable Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the colonial rule.A．Wordsworth Longfellow B．William BryantC．Walt Whitman D．Robert Frost38．Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single”poem, ______.A．The Love Song of J．Alfred Prufrock B．The Waste LandC．Murder in the Cathedral D．Leaves of Grass39．Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to ______.A．Modernism B．ScientismC．Post-Modernism D．Feminism40．Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of ______ in his novels which is best described as “vernacular”. A．standard English B．Afro-American EnglishC．colloquialism D．urbanismII．Reading Comprehension （16 points in all,4 for each）Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the 全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.41．“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:”Questions:A．Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B．Name the figure of speech employed in the poem.C．What is the theme of the poem?42．“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? —You think wrong!…And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you…—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!”Questions:A．Identify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.B．To whom is the speaker speaking?C．What does the quoted part imply about the speaker?43．“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.”Questions:A．Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B．What does the word “sleep” mean?C．What idea do the four lines express?44．“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.I loafe and invite my soul,I learn and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.”(from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”)Questions:全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) A．Whom does “myself” refer to?B．How do you understand the line “I loafe and invite my soul”?C．What does “a spear of summer grass” indicate?III．Questions and Answers（24 points in all, 6 for each）Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.45．“ ‘My boy!’ said the old gentleman, leaning over the desk. Oliver stated at the sound. He might be excused for doing so, for the words were kindly said, and strange sounds frighten one. He trembled violently, and burst into tears.”（from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist）Explain why Oliver Twist started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were “kindly” said.46．It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.47．“In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.”（from Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie）What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair”?48．Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view?IV．Topic Discussion（20 points in all, 10 for each）Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.49．Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England.50．“ ‘My faith is gone!’ cried he（Goodman Brown）,after one stupefied moment. ‘There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given.’ ”（from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”）Make a comment on this passage.参考答案1-5 BABDB 6-10 DDBAC 11-15 BCADA 16-20 CBBDA21-25 ACBAB 26-30 ACDDD 31-35 BABCB 36-40 DCDAC主观题（略）全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) 。

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2008英语专业⼋级阅读真题及答案2008英语专业⼋级真题及答案PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)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 sheetTEXT AAt the age of 16, Lee Hyuk Joon's life is a living hell. The South Korean 10th grader gets up at 6 in the morning to go to school, and studies most of the day until returning home at 6 p.m. After dinner, it's time to hit the books again—at one of Seoul's many so-called cram schools. Lee gets back home at 1 in the morning, sleeps less than five hours, then repeats the routine—five days a week. It's a grueling schedule, but Lee worries that it may not be good enough to get him into a top university. Some of his classmates study even harder.South Korea's education system has long been highly competitive. But for Lee and the other 700,000 high-school sophomores in the country, high-school studies have gotten even more intense. That's because South Korea has conceived a new college-entrance system, which will be implemented in 2008. This year's 10th graders will be the first group evaluated by the new admissions standard, which places more emphasis on grades in the three years of high school and less on nationwide SAT-style and other selection tests, which have traditionally determined which students go to the elite colleges. The change was made mostly to reduce what the government says is a growing education gap in the country: wealthy students go to the best colleges and get the best jobs, keeping the children of poorer families on the social margins. The aim is to reduce the importance of costly tutors and cram schools, partly to help students enjoy a more normal high-school life. But the new system has had the opposite effect. Before, students didn't worry too much about their grade-point averages; the big challenge was beating the standardized tests as high-school seniors. Now students are competing against one another over a three-year period, and every midterm and final test is crucial. Fretful parents are relying even more heavily on tutors and cram schools to help their children succeed.Parents and kids have sent thousands of angry online letters to the Education Ministry complaining that the new admissions standard is setting students against each other. "One can succeed only when others fail,” as one parent said.Education experts say that South Korea's public secondary-school system is foundering, while private education is thriving. According to critics, the country's high schools are almost uniformly mediocre—the result of an egalitarian government education policy. With the number of elite schools strictly controlled by the government, even the brightest students typically have to settle for ordinary schools in their neighbourhoods, where the curriculum is centred on average students. To make up for the mediocrity, zealous parents send their kids to the expensive cram schools.Students in affluent southern Seoul neighbourhoods complain that the new system will hurt them the most. Nearly all Korean high schools will be weighted equally in the college-entrance process, and relatively weak students in provincial schools, who may not score well on standardized tests, often compile good grade-point averages. Some universities, particularly prestigious ones, openly complain that they cannot select the best students under the new system because it eliminates differences among high schools. They've asked for more discretion in picking students by giving more weight to such screening tools as essay writing or interviews.President Roh Moo Hyun doesn't like how some colleges are trying to circumvent the new system. He recently criticized "greedy" universities that focus more on finding the best students than faying to "nurture good students". But amid the crossfire between the government and universities, the country's 10th graders are feeling the stress. On online protest sites, some are calling themselves a “cursed generation” and “mice in a lab experiment”. It all seems a touch me lodramatic, but that's the South Korean school system.11. According to the passage, the new college-entrance system is designed toA. require students to sit for more college-entrance tests.B. reduce the weight of college-entrance tests.C. select students on their high school grades only.D. reduce the number of prospective college applicants.12. What seems to be the effect of introducing the new system?A. The system has given equal opportunities to students.B. The system has reduced the number of cram schools.C. The system has intensified competition among schools.D. The system has increased students' study load.13. According to critics, the popularity of private education is mainly the result ofA. the government's egalitarian policy.B. insufficient number of schools:C. curriculums of average quality.D. low cost of private education.14. According to the passage, there seems to be disagreement over the adoption of the new system between the following groups EXCEPTA. between universities and the government.B. between school experts and the government.C. between parents and schools.D. between parents and the government.15. Which of the following adjectives best describes the author's treatment of the topic?A. Objective.B. Positive.C. Negative.D. Biased.TEXT BWilfred Emmanuel-Jones was a teenager before he saw his first cow in his first field. Born in Jamaica, the 47-year-old grew up in inner-city Birmingham before making a career as a television producer and launching his own marketing agency. But deep down he always nurtured every true Englishman's dream of a rustic life, a dream that his entrepreneurial wealth has allowed him to satisfy. These days he's the owner of a thriving 12-hectare farm in deepest Devon with cattle, sheep and pigs. His latest business venture: pushing his brand of Black Fanner gourmet sausages and barbecue sauces. “My background may be very urban,” says Emmanuel-Jones. “But it has given me a good idea of what other urbanites want.”And of how to sell it. Emmanuel-Jones joins a herd of wealthy fugitives from city life who are bringing a new commercial know-how to British farming. Britain's burgeoning farmers' markets -numbers have doubled to at least 500 in the last five years—swarm with specialty cheesemakers, beekeepers or organic smallholders who are redeploying the business skills they learned in the city. "Everyone in the rural community has to come to terms with the fact that things have changed." Says Emmanuel-Jones. "You can produce the best food in the world, but if you don't know how to market it, you are wasting your time. We are helping the traditionalists to move on."The emergence of the new class of superpeasants reflects some old yearnings. If the British were the first nation to industrialize, they were also the first to head back to the land. "There is this romantic image of the countryside that is particularly English," says Alun Howkins of the University of Sussex, who reckons the population of rural England has been rising since 1911. Migration into rural areas is now running at about 100,000 a year, and the hunger for a taste of the rural life has kept land prices buoyant even as agricultural incomes tumble. About 40 percent of all farmland is now sold to "lifestyle buyers" rather than the dwindling number of traditional farmers, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. What's new about the latest returnees is their affluence and zeal for the business of producing quality foods, if only at a micro-level. A healthy economy and surging London house prices have helped to ease the escape of the would-be rustics. The media recognize and feed the fantasy. One of the big TV hits of recent years, the "River Cottage" series, chronicled the attempts of a London chef to run his own Dorset farm.Naturally, the newcomers can't hope to match their City salaries, but many are happy to trade any loss of income for the extrajob satisfaction. Who cares if there's no six-figure annual bonus when the land offers other incalculable compensations?Besides, the specialist producers can at least depend on a burgeoning market for their products. Today's eco-aware generation loves to seek out authentic ingredients. "People like me may be making a difference in a small way," Jan McCourt, a onetime investment banker now running his own 40-hectare spread in the English Midlands stocked with rare breeds.Optimists see signs of far-reaching change: Britain isn't catching up with mainland Europe; it's leading the way. “Unlike most other countries, where art isanal food production is being eroded, here it is being recovered," says food writer Matthew Fort.“It may be the mark of the next stage of civilization that we rediscover the desirability of being a peasant.” And not an investment banker.16. Which of the following details of Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is INCORRECT?A. He was born and brought up in Birmingham.B. He used to work in the television industry.C. He is wealthy, adventurous and aspiring.D. He is now selling his own quality foods.17. Most importantly, people like Wilfred have brought to traditional British farmingA. knowledge of farming.B. knowledge of brand names.C. knowledge of lifestyle.D. knowledge of marketing,18. Which of the following does NOT contribute to the emergence of a new class of farmers?A. Strong desire for country life.B. Longing for greater wealth,C. Influence of TV productions.D. Enthusiasm for quality food business.19. What is seen as their additional source of new income?A. Modern tendency to buy natural foods.B. Increase in the value of land property.C. Raising and selling rare live stock. VD. Publicity as a result of media coverage.20. The sentence in the last paragraph “...Britain isn't catching up with mainland Europe; it's leading the way" implies thatA. Britain has taken a different path to boost economy.B. more authentic foods are being produced in Britain.C. the British are heading back to the countryside.D. the Europeans are showing great interest in country life.TEXT CIn Barcelona the Catalonians call them castells, but these aren't stereotypical castles in Spain. These castles are made up of human beings, not stone. The people who perform this agile feat of acrobatics are called castellers, and to see their towers take shape is to observe a marvel of human cooperation.First the castellers form what looks like a gigantic rugby scrummage. They are the foundation blocks of the castle. Behindthem, other people press together, forming outward-radiating ramparts of inward-pushing muscle: flying buttresses for the castle. Then sturdy but lighter castellers scramble over the backs of those at the bottom and stand, barefoot, on their shoulders—then still others, each time adding a higher "story".These human towers can rise higher than small apar tment buildings: nine “stories”, 35 feet into the air. Then, just When it seems this tower of humanity can't defy gravity any longer, a little kid emerges from the crowd and climbs straight up to the top. Arms extended, the child grins while waving to the cheering crowd far below. Dressed in their traditional costumes, the castellers seem to epitomize an easier time, before Barcelona became a world metropolis arid the Mediterranean's most dynamic city. But when you observe-them tip close, in their street clothes, at practice, you see there's nothing easy about what the castellers do - and that they are not merely reenacting an ancient ritual.None of the castellers can-give a logical answer as to why they love doing this. But Victor Luna, 16, touches me on the shoulder and says in English: "We do it because it's beautiful. We do it because we are Catalan."Barcelona’s mother tongue is Catalan, and to understand Barcelona, you must understand two words of Catalan: seny and rauxa. Seny pretty much translates as common sense, or the ability to make money, arrange things, and get things done. Rauxa is reminiscent of our words “raucous” and “ruckus”.What makes the castellers revealing of the city is that they embody rauxa and seny. The idea of a human castle is rauxa—it defies common sense—but to watch one going up is to see seny in action. Success is based on everyone working together to achieve a shared goal.The success of Carlos Tusquets' bank, Fibanc, shows seny at work in everyday life. The bank started as a family concern and now employs hundreds. Tusquets said it exemplifies how the economy in Barcelona is different.Entrepreneurial seny demonstrates why Barcelona and Catalonia—the ancient region of which Barcelona is the capital—are distinct from the rest of Spain yet essential to Spain's emergence, after centuries of repression, as a prosperous, democratic European country. Catalonia, with Barcelona as its dynamo, has turned into an economic powerhouse. Making up 6 percent of Spain’s territory, with a sixth of its people, it accounts for nearly a quarter of Spain's production—everything fromtextiles to computers—even though the rest of Spain has been enjoying its own economic miracle.Hand in hand with seny goes rauxa, and there's no better place to see rauxa in action than on the Ramblas, the venerable, tree-shaded boulevard that, in gentle stages, leads you from the centre of Barcelona down to the port. There are two narrow lanes each way for cars and motorbikes, but it’s the wide centre walkway that makes the Ramblas a front-row seat for Barcelona's longest running theatrical event. Plastic armchairs are set out on the sidewalk. Sit in one of them, and an attendant will come and charge you a small fee. Performance artists throng the Ramblas—stilt walkers, witches caked in charcoal dust, Elvis impersonators. But the real stars are the old women and happily playing children, millionaires on motorbikes, and pimps and women who, upon closer inspection, prove not to be.Aficionados (Fans) of Barcelona love to co mpare notes: “Last night there was a man standing on the balcony of his hotel room,” Mariana Bertagnolli, an Italian photographer, told me. "The balcony was on the second floor. He was naked, and he was talking into a cell phone."There you have it, Barcelona's essence. The man is naked (rauxa), but he is talking into a cell phone (seny).21. From the description in the passage, we learn thatA. all Catalonians can perform castells.B. castells require performers to stand on each other.C. people perform castells in different formations.D. in castells people have to push and pull each other.22. According to the passage, the4mplication of the performance is thatA. the Catalonians are insensible and noisy people.B. the Catalonians show more sense than is expected.C. the Catalonians display paradoxical characteristics.D. the Catalonians think highly of team work.23. The passage cites the following examples EXCEPT __________ to show seny at work.A. development of a bankB. dynamic role in economyC. contribution to national economyD. comparison with other regions24. In the last but two paragraph, the Ramblas is described as “a front-row seat for Barcelona’s longest running theatrical event”. What does it mean?A. On the Ramblas people can see a greater variety of performances.B. The Ramblas provides many front seats for the performances.C. The Ramblas is preferred as an important venue for the events.D. Theatrical performers like to perform on the Ramblas.25. What is the main impression of the scenes on the Ramblas?A. It is bizarre and Outlandish.B. It is of average quality.C. It is conventional and quiet.D. It is of professional standard.TEXT DThe law firm Patrick worked for before he died filed for bankruptcy protection a year after his funeral. After his death, the firm's letterhead properly included him: Patrick S. Lanigan, 1954-1992. He was listed up in the right-hand corner, just above the paralegals. Then the rumors got started and wouldn't stop. Before long, everyone believed he had taken the money and disappeared. After three months, no one on the Gulf Coast believed that he was dead. His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.The remaining partners in the law firm were still together, attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages and the bank notes, back when they were rolling and on the verge of serious wealth. They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy. Since Patrick's departure, they had tried every possible way to divorce one another, but nothing would work. Two were raging alcoholics who drank at the office behind locked doors, but nevertogether. The other two were in recovery, still teetering on the brink of sobriety.He took their money. Their millions. Money they had already spent long before it arrived, as only lawyers can do. Money for their richly renovated office building in downtown Biloxi. Money for new homes, yachts, condos in the Caribbean. The money was on the way, approved, the papers signed, orders entered; they could see it, almost touch it when their dead partner—Patrick—snatched it at the last possible second.He was dead. They buried him on February 11, 1992. They had consoled the widow and put his rotten name on their handsome letterhead. Yet six weeks later, he somehow stole their money.They had brawled over who was to blame. Charles Bogan, the firm's senior partner and its iron hand, had insisted the money be wired from its source into a new account offshore, and this made sense after some discussion. It was ninety million bucks, a third of which the firm would keep, and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi, population fifty thousand. Someone at the bank would talk. Soon everyone would know. All four vowed secrecy, even as they made plans to display as much of their new wealth as possible. There had even been talk of a firm jet, a six-seater.So Bogan took his share of the blame. At forty-nine, he was the oldest of the four, and, at the moment, the most stable. He was also responsible for hiring Patrick nine years earlier, and for this he had received no small amount of grief.Doug Vitrano, the litigator, had made the fateful decision to recommend Patrick as the fifth partner. The other three had agreed, and when Patrick Lanigan was added to the firm name, he had access to virtually every file in the office. Bogan, Rapley, Vitrano, Havarac, and Lanigan, Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law. A large ad in the yellow pages claimed "Specialists in Offshore Injuries." Specialists or not, like most firms they would take almost anything if the fees were lucrative. Lots of secretaries and paralegals. Big overhead, and the strongest political connections on the Coast.They were all in their mid- to late forties. Havarac had been raised by his father on a shrimp boat. His hands were still proudlycalloused, and he dreamed of choking Patrick until his neck snapped. Rapley was severely depressed and seldom left his home, where he wrote briefs in a dark office in the attic.26. What happened to the four remaining lawyers after Patrick's disappearance?A. They all wanted to divorce their wives.B. They were all heavily involved in debts.C. They were all recovering from drinking.D. They had bought new homes, yachts, etc.27. Which of the following statements contains a metaphor?A. His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.B. …they could see it, almost touch it when their dead partner...C. …, attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages...D. …, and for this he had received no small amount of grief.28. According to the passage, what is the main cause of Patrick stealing the money?A. Patrick was made a partner of the firm.B. The partners agreed to have the money transferred.C. Patrick had access to all the files in the firm.D. Bogan decided to hire Patrick nine years earlier.29. The lawyers were described as being all the following EXCEPTA. greedy.B. extravagantC. quarrelsome.D. bad-tempered.30. Which of the following implies a contrast?A. …, and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi, population fifty thousand.B. They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy.C. There had even been talk of a firm jet, a six-seater.D. His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.2008年英语专业⼋级Mini-lecture：(沪友今⼼提供)1. native language2. 3503. Historical4. India5. commerce6. Boom7. sea travel communication8. conference9. many radios 10. split阅读：(沪友落落提供)阅读⼀共四篇：韩国的新教育制度引起多⽅不满；第⼆篇是讲西班⽛⼈的⼀些性格；第三篇是英国⼈热衷⾃⼰饲养出售畜牧产品；最后⼀篇是⼀个⼩说节选，四个律师被死去的合伙⼈骗得破产。

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第一学期2008级本科英语试题与答案 B（闭卷120分钟总分：70分）Part I V ocabulary and Structure (20%)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best complete the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheets with a single line through the center.1.From this table you can ________the total profit we made this month.A. calculateB. countC. accessD. assert2. The training program has been _______ to the benefits of the students.A. renovatedB. modifiedC. moderatedD. regenerated3. I am afraid we can‟t take on anymore work---we‟ve already fully________.A. extendedB. stretchedC. stressedD. exhausted4. A nuclear plant was built in the area______ the farmers‟ protests.A. withB. inC. overD. among5. When _____the statue in his artist‟s mind, he only had his eyes on his wife.A. assemblingB. assembleC. assessingD. assigning6. If we want everyone to be healthy, ________and happy, strict birth control is quite essential.A. nobleB. wealthyC. wealthD. effective7. I also plan to establish a charity _______here to help the poor.A. fundB. foundationC. processD. plan8. I felt ______ to death because I could make nothing of the speaker‟s talk.A. fatiguedB. tiredC. exhaustedD. bored9. I‟ve always understood one should try and be _______of other people.A. considerableB. considerateC. considerationD. considered10. I think we should raise a glass _______our success.A. forB. toC. onD. with11. This house _______ of three bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a living-room.A. holdsB. decoratesC. consistsD. comprises12. She _______her cars trying to hear his singing in the next room.A. strainedB. stressedC. pushedD. held13. Our prisons aim to _______ criminals, not simply to punish them.A. reformB. informC. conformD. perform14. After making agreement with management, the union _____strike action this week.A. attendedB. suspendedC. participatedD. held15. She will always be _______of her sister‟s beauty.A. envyB. annoyedC. enviousD. satisfied16. _________to British universities depends on examination results.A. RequirementB. AcceptanceC. PermissionD. Admission17. Martin made a _____donation to our fund.A. greedyB. promptC. gradualD. generous18. Between 1909 and 1915, the Futurists, an Italian group who exhibited in Paris, were _______by moving pictures.A. inspectedB. evolvedC. inspiredD. exaggerated19. They ______the new president ______the hope of the country.A. see….asB. see… to beC. refer….asD. refer…..to20. This pillar is a monument _____all those soldiers who died in the Second World War.A. ofB. toC. forD. by21. Having worked for more than thirty years in the field in all kinds of weather, the old farmer has rich experience in _______ the weather.A. tellingB. informingC. talking aboutD. forecasting22. I _______the long, thin fingers that were lying on her chest.A. searched forB. felt forC. reached forD. tried for23. The education _____for the coming year is about $ 4 billion, which is much more than what people expected.A. allowanceB. reservationC. budgetD. finance24. _______that the meeting has been cancelled, he is free to go out today.A. ForB. NowC. SinceD. Despite25. The owner always keeps books and other _____around so customers can read them while waiting for appointments.A. publicityB. publishC. publicationD. public26. It may be ______putting an advertisement in the local paper.A. worthB. worthyC. valuableD. right27. She ________him when he fell on dark days.A. stuck byB. stuck withC. stuck onD. stuck to28. We do have trouble in our relationship, but I feel that we can ______it _____between us without professional help.A. work…upB. work…offC. work…overD. work…out29. The chairman of the committee was delighted by the almost full ____of its members at the conference.A. dependenceB. absenceC. attendanceD. enrollment30. Then Miss Harker lifted her head and addressed them all in a _____tone.A. graveB. solemnC. severeD. critical31. Most people who travel in the course of their work are given ____.A. permissionB. admissionC. insuranceD. allowance32. We are trying to make the question simple but _____, then it will not take many minutes to answer but your answer will give us a good idea of what is wanted or what is not.A. comprehensibleB. comprehensiveC. comprehensionD. composition33. His exam ____, Porter stumbled wearily from the room.A. finishingB. finishC. finishedD. finishes34. We will try our ____ to help you if you‟re in big trouble.A. energyB. timeC. utmostD. power35. The priest _______the hunters for daring to stand on holy ground.A. disturbedB. cursedC. protestedD. praised36. He is examined ____the suspicion of being an enemy agent.A. aboutB. aboveC. onD. beyond37. Tom was very disappointed when he learned his request for a pay rise was ___again.A. turned upB. turned awayC. turned outD. turned down38. This scientist is very much ____ to the research into the causes of cancer.A. communicatedB. consistentC. committedD. committing39. John has a(n) _______habit of tapping his fingers on the desk.A. consciouslyB. consciousC. unconsciousD. unconsciously40. _______heated, the ice will melt.A. OnceB. sinceC. AsD. BecausePart II Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and then marked the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheets with a single line through the centre.Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage.“We are all sad, and we‟re a little worried… We‟re sad about something missing in childhood,” psychologist Michael Thompson told 900 early childhood educators from 22 states packed into a lecture hall last week. “We have to fight back,” he declared. “We‟re going to fight for play. “It is estimated that since the 1980s the average American children have 8 to 12 fewer hours of free play time per week. Some of the factors behind the decline have been there for decades, others are more recent. Among the key factors are:※Parents are unwilling to let their kids play outside on their own, for fear of injury or other accidents, and organized sports and other structured activities take up a large part of a child‟s non-school hours.※More hours per week are spent by kids watching TV, playing video games, using the Internet, and communication on cell phones.※More importance is attached to formal learning in preschool, more homework for primary school students and more pressure from parents on young children to quickly acquire academic skills.“Parents are more self-conscious and competitive than in the past,” Thompson said. “They‟re pushing their kids to do better than others…Free play loses out.”But he points out that this option doesn‟t necessarily breed（培养）creativity and can lead to burnout for good young athletes and frustration for the less skilled. He is also concerned that preschools, in the drive to prepare students for the academic challenges ahead, are reducing the opportunity for group fantasy play----and thus reducing children‟s chances to learn on their own about fairness, kindness and other social interactions(交往).The consequences are potentially awful, according to Thompson, who points out that reduces time to play freely with other children is producing a generation of unsociable young people and is a factor behind high rates of weight problems, anxiety, anddepression among youth. “Without enough opportunity for forms of play that promote creative thinking,” he says, “America‟s children will be at a disadvantage in the global economy.”41. Which of the following is TRUE?A. American kids have about 8 to 12 hours of free play time each week.B. American parents don‟t allow their children to do a lot of sports.C. Many preschools are paying more attention to formal learning.D. American children spend less time watching TV.42. Children‟s free play time has been reduced for the following reasons EXCEPT______.A. parents are concerned about their children‟s safety.B. parents have higher academic expectations on their childrenC. children spend more time on other activities instead of free playD. some education experts give parents improper advice43. What is the most important thing that children get by playing freely?A. Knowledge about the rules of some sports.B. Skills in playing computer games.C. Motivation to do better than others.D. Opportunities to promote creative thinking.44. According to Thompson, American children will be more ___as a result of reduced play time.A. competitiveB. depressedC. hard-workingD. sociable45 Therefore, in Para 1,”…We …re sad about something missing in childhood,…” by something, the writer refers to________.A. watching TVB. playing computerC. doing homeworkD. free play Question 46-50 are based on the following passageI live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, I was surprised to see a big foreigner coming out of the house next door to ours. He was very tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses.The first time I saw him, I was too shy to speak to him. “My English is too bad!” I thought. My grandmother told me that he had just moved into our yard. “I don‟t like it!” she said, “Foreigners aren‟t like us. Maybe he will play loud music and parties every night! I‟m sure he‟s going to cause trouble.”Several days later, I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work. “Hello!”he said (in Chinese!). My name is Tony. I‟ve just moved into the house next door to your.” While I was wondering what to say, he continued, “There‟s a nice bar down the road. Why don‟t you and your family come and have dinner with me?”“Bars are bad places,” said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go.The bar was not at all what I had expected. It was in a beautiful little yard house, with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls. Several Chinese people and foreigners were sitting drinking or reading books. I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking Chinese in a low voice to each other! “Oh, what a civilized place!” my grandmother exclaimed.The bar served special “hutong pizzas”. As we ate, Tony told us about himself-he is an English expert in environment. He always likes to be quiet. My grandmother saidto me, “He really seems like a very nice young man.”46. When the writer first saw the foreigner, she_______.A. was frightened to himB. wanted to practice English with himC. felt too shy to speak to himD. hoped to invite the foreigner to the bar47. From the sentence “Bar are bad places”, we can that the grandmother _____.A. was very excitedB. didn‟t go to the barC. didn‟t like barsD. was angry with Tony48. What‟s the meaning of word “civilized” in the passage?A. 文明的B. 喧闹的C. 野蛮的D. 讨厌的49. Which of the following sentence is NOT TRUE?A. Tony made a lot of noise every night.B. Tony was an English expert in environmentC. There were some foreigners speaking Chinese in the barD. The grandmother thought tony cause some trouble50. The best title for the story is ________.A. A bar in TibetB. A foreigner in BeijingC. Bars are bad placesD. Foreigner like barsQuestions 51-55 are based on the following passageNow let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or the visual span. The length of time of which the eyes stop ----the duration of the fixation----varies considerable from person to person. It also varies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. Furthermore, is can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness. Unfortunately in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page. As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twentieth of a second. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on either side. Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it‟s one thing to improve a person‟s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach whish trains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.51. The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following facts except___.A. one‟s familiarity with textB. one‟s purpose in readingC. the length of a group of wordsD. lightening and tiredness52. The author may believe that reading _______.A. requires a reader to take in more words at each fixationB. requires a reader to see words more quicklyC. demands an deeply-participating mindD. demands more mind than eyes53. What does the author mean by saying “but it‟s one thing to improve a person‟s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.” in the second paragraph?A. The ability to see words is not needed when an efficient reading is conducted.B. The reading exercises mentioned can‟t help to improve both the ability to see and to comprehend words.C. The reading exercises mentioned can‟t help to improve an efficient reading.D. The reading exercises mentioned has done a great job to improve one‟s ability to see words.54. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.B. Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training.C. The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.D. The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.55. The tune of the author in writing this article is ________A. criticalB. neutralC. pessimisticD. optimisticQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passageAre you always sure you know what people mean when they try to describe their feelings to you? We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be interpreted in different ways. It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying. There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feeling. Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry. This is probably because such behavior patterns are inherited rather than learned.Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. In Chinese and in English fiction, a phrase like he went pale and began to tremble suggests that the man is either very afraid or has had a very nasty shock. However, “he opened his eyes wide” is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it conveys surprise. In Chinese surprise can be described in a phrase like “they stretched out their tongues”. Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses disgust.Even in the same culture, people differ in their ability to interpret and express feelings. Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love and happiness on people‟s faces. Disgust, contempt and suffering seem to be the most difficult emotions for people everywhere either to recognize or to express. Other studies have shown that older people usually find it easier to interpret body language (the way people stand or move etc.) than younger people do. And psychologists such as E.G. Beier have also shown that some people frequently give completely the wrong impression of show they feel. For instance, they try to show affection but in fact communicate dislike. Or when they want to show interest, they give the impression that they don‟t care. This can happen even amongclose friends and members of the same family. In other words, what we think we are communicating through language, voice, face and body movement may be the exact opposite of what other people understand.56. What might be the reason for the behaviour patterns of animals and humans?A. they learn them from their parents.B. They develop the patterns as they grow older.C. They are born with them.D. They are taught about by their elders. 57. Which of the following emotions is NOT shown in the same way in different cultures?A. HappinessB. Surprise C/ Sadness D. Terror58. What kind of people are better at recognizing the expression of horror?A. MenB. ChildrenC. Old peopleD. Women59. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Two close friends won‟t make mistakes in expressing and interpreting each other‟s feelings.B. Stretching out one‟s tongue conveys an unfavorable expression in English.C. It is easy for people to recognize and express the strong feeling of dislike.D. Older people are not better than young people in understanding body language.60. We can generalize from the passage that _______.A. we express our feelings in much the same wayB. men differ from women in their ability to express and interpret feelingsC. our feelings are not so easy to express and interpretD. different cultures have different ways in express and interpreting feelingsPart III. Cloze (10%)Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D after the passage. You are should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.As the plane circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong. The plane was moving unsteadily through the air, and __61__the passengers had fastened their seat belts, they were suddenly thrown forward. At that moment, the air-hostess__62__.She looked very pale, but was quite __63__.Speaking quickly but almost in a whisper, she informed everyone that the pilot had __64__and asked if any of the passengers knew anything about machines or at __65__how to drive a car. After a moment‟s hesitation, a man got up and followed the hostess into the pilot‟s cabin. Moving the pilot aside, the man took his seat and listened carefully to the __66__insturctions that were being sent by radio from the airport below. The plane was now dangerously close __67__the ground, but to everyone‟s __68__, it soon began to climb. The man had to __69__the airport several times in order to become familiar with the controls of the plane. But the danger had not yet passed. The terrible moment came when he had to land. Following instructions, the man guided the plane toward the airfield. It shook violently as it touched the ground and then moved rapidly __70__the runway and after a long run it stopped safely.61．A. although B. while C. therefore D. then62. A. showed B. presented C. exposed D. appeared63. A. well B. still C. calm D. quiet64. A. fallen B. failed C. faded D. fainted65. A. best B. least C. length D. first66. A. patient B. anxious C. urgent D. nervous67. A. to B. by C. near D. on68. A. horror B. trust C. pleasure D. relief69. A. surround B. circle C. observe D. view70. A. around B. over C. along D. abovePart IV Translation (10%)71. Iron supplements may produce a feeling of wanting to throw up, and may be poisonous in some cases.72. But no one could have possibly guessed the truth ---that the man with endless money and a friendly manner was not a lord at all but a government employee.73. Now more than sixty years old, Barbara—who declines interviews but is said to have loves the doll--- may be the most famous unknown figure on the planet.74. They Hyde School operates on the principle that if you teach students the merit of such values as truth courage, integrity, leadership, curiosity and concern, then academic achievement naturally follows.75. We kind of like that spirit. We don‟t like it with the genitive attitudes. We want to turn that spirit positive.答案青做在答题纸上，坐在试题册上无效。

2008年普通高校招生统一考试四川卷(英语)word版并附有答案

2008年普通高校招生统一考试四川卷(英语)第一卷第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child ____ he or she wants.A. howeverB. whateverC. whicheverD. whenever答案是B。

1. I haven’t seen Ann for ____ long that I’ve forgotten what she looks like.A. suchB. veryC. soD. too2. You have to ________ a choice. Are you going to leave the job or stay?A. decideB. getC. doD. make3. Although badly hurt in the accident, the driver was _____ able to makea phone call.A. stillB. evenC. alsoD. ever4. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread our further, _______ New York is an example.A. for whichB. in whichC. of whichD. from which5. --- Let’s go for a walk in the garden.--- _______, but I need to do the washing-up.A. No, thank youB. That’s rightC. Good ideaD. Not at all6. There were some chairs left over _____ everyone had sat down.A. whenB. untilC. thatD. where7. The telephone _______, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped.A. had rungB. was ringingC. ringsD. has rung8. In the United States, there is always ____ flow of people to areas of ______ country where more jobs can be found.A. a; theB. the ; aC. the; theD. a; a13. --- Can you show me Mr. Jaffer’s office, please?--- _____. But I don’t know if he is in at the moment.A. ThanksB. Go onC. SureD. You are welcome14. We had an anxious couple of weeks _____ for the results of the experiment.A. waitB. to be waitingC. waitedD. waiting15. A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ___.A. or moreB. insteadC. at mostD. only第二节完形填空（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

2008全国各高考英语真题集2008四川英语卷

2008年普通高校招生统一考试四川卷（英语）第一卷第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例: It is gen erally con sidered un wise to give a child ___ he or she wan ts.A. howeverB. whateverC. whicheverD. whe never答案是B。

I. 1 have n'see n Ann for ___ l ong that I've forgotte n what she looks like.A. suchB. veryC. soD. too2. You have to ______ a choice. Are you going to leave the job or stay?A. decideB. getC. doD. make3. Although badly hurt in the accide nt, the driver was ____ able to make a phone call.A. stillB. eve nC. alsoD. ever4. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread our further, _______ N ew York is an example.A. for whichB. in whichC. of whichD. from which5. --- Let' go for a walk in the garden.--- _______ , but I n eed to do the wash in g-up.A. No, thank youB. That's rightC. Good ideaD. Not at all6. There were some chairs left over ____ every one had sat dow n.A. whe nB. untilC. thatD. where7. The telepho ne ______ , but by the time I got in doors, it stopped.A. had rungB. was ringingC. ringsD. has rung8. In the United States, there is always _____ flow of people to areas of ________ country where more jobs can be found.A. a; theB. the ; aC. the; theD. a; a9. Although this ______ s ound like a simple task, great care is n eeded.A. look outB. stay upC. carry onD. get along10. Although this ____ sound like a simple task, great care is n eeded.A. mustB. mayC. shallD. shouldII. The man ager believes prices will n ot rise by more tha n ___ f our perce nt.A. any otherB. the otherC. ano therD. other12. In some places wome n are expected to earn money ___men work at home andraise their childre n.A. butB. whileC. becauseD. though13. --- Can you show me Mr. Jaffers office, please?--- _____ . But I don 'k now if he is in at the mome nt.A. ThanksB. Go onC. SureD. You are welcome14. We had an an xious couple of weeks ____ f or the results of the experime nt.A. waitB. to be wait ingC. waitedD. wait ing15. A cough is usually no thi ng to worry about uni ess it lasts for ten days _ .A. or moreB. i nsteadC. at mostD. on ly第二节完形填空（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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2008年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷
(总分：34.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、单项选择题(总题数：10，分数：20.00)
1.Which of the following is NOT directly related to the literature of Victorian Age in England?（分数：
2.00）
A.The growth of urban population resulted in the appearance of a new reading public.
B.Many libraries were set up so that books were now available to readers who could not afford to buy them.
C.The plot of novels is unfolded against a social background which is broader than what it had been in previous novels.
D.Most of the novels were not first published in serial form, that is, by installment, before they were fully published in a single book.
2.Romance was a type of literature that was very popular in the______.（分数：2.00）
A.Renaissance period
B.seventeenth century
C.Middle Ages
D.eighteenth century
3.Jonathan Swift wrote all the following works EXCEPT______.（分数：2.00）
A.The Battle of Books
B.The Pilgrim"s Progress
C.Gulliver"s Travels
D.A Tale of the Tub
4.The following statements about neo-classicism are all true EXCEPT______.（分数：2.00）
A.Elegance, correctness, appropriateness and restraint were preferred
B.It results in the rise of novels as a dominant literary genre
C.It is unsympathetic towards the "rude" masters of old literature—towards Chaucer, Spenser, and even Shakespeare
D.It is almost exclusively a "town" poetry, catering to the interests of the society in great cities.
5.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Romanticism in England?（分数：2.00）
A.Spontaneity in expressing feelings.
B.Emphasis on reason.
C.Worship of nature.
D.Simplicity in language.
6.Which ONE of the following is the author of The Leather-Stocking Tales?（分数：2.00）
A.Henry David Thoreau
B.Washington Irving
C.Edgar Allan Poe
D.James Fennimore Cooper
7.Which ONE of the following is the author of the poem Song of Myself?（分数：2.00）
A.Walt Whitman
B.Stephen Crane
C.Edgar Allan Poe
D.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
8.Which one of the following statements is applicable to the understanding of Transcendentalism?（分数：2.00）
A.It is strongly influenced by social Darwinism.
B.Belief in individualism, independence of mind, and self-reliance.
C.Man has no free-will.
D.It holds that determinism governs everything.
9.Mark the novelist whose major works are characterized by the elements of the "grotesque"?（分数：2.00）
A.Philip Freneau
B.Edgar Allan Poe
C.Washington Irving
D.Emily Dickson
10.All the following concepts can be found in American naturalistic fiction EXCEPT______.（分数：2.00）
A.determinism
B.survival of the fittest
C.effects of hereditary and environmental forces
D.search for identity
二、名词解释(总题数：5，分数：10.00)
11.Oscar Wilde（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 12.A Modest Proposal（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 13.James Joyce（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 14.Transcendentalism（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 15.The Octopus（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________
三、问答题(总题数：2，分数：4.00)
16.Answer the following questions IN ABOUT 150 WORDS each:(20 points)Make a comment on Emily Bronte" s novel Wuthering Heights.（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 17.Make a comment on Herman Melville" s novel Moby-Dick.（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________。