2015年12月专八口语口译含参考答案
专业英语八级考试翻译真题及参考答案
专业英语八级考试翻译真题及参考答案I thought that it was a Sunday morning in May;that it was Easter Sunday，and as yet very early in the morning.! was standing, as it seemed to me, at the door of my own cottage.Right before me lay the very scene which could really be commanded from that situation, but exalted, as was usuaL and solemnized by the power of dreams. There were the same mountains, and the same lovely valley at their feet; but the mountains were raised to more than Alpine height, and there was interspaced far larger between them of savannahs and forest lawns;the hedges were rich with white roses;and no living creature was to be seen, excepting that in the green churchyard there were cattle tranquilly reposing upon the verdant graves, and particularly round about the grave of a child whom I had once tenderly loved , just as I had really seen them , a little before sunrise, in the same summer when that child died.我想那是五月的一个周日的早晨;那天是复活节，一个大清早上。
英语专业四级六级复习-2015年英语专八真题及答案
英语专业 四级/六级真题解析2015年英语专八真题及答案2015英语专八听力答案Section A Mini-lecture1. parts of language2. other features3. rhythm4. having the ability5. a particular subject6. knowledge or experience7. reinterpreting8. predicting/making predictions9. types of predictions10. contentsSection B Interview1. Theresa thinks that the present government is ________.[A] doing what they have promised to schools[B] creating opportunities for leading universities[C] considering removing barriers for state school pupils[D] reducing opportunities for state school pupils2. What does Theresa see as a problem in secondary schools now?[A] Universities are not working hard to accept state school pupils.[B] The number of state pupils applying to Oxford fails to increase.[C] The government has lowered state pupils’ expectations.[D] Leading universities are rejecting state school pupils.3. In Theresa’s view, school freedom means that schools should ____.[A] be given more funding from education authorities[B] be given all the money and decide how to spend it[C] be granted greater power to run themselves[D] be given more opportunities and choices4. According to Theresa, who decides or decide money for schools at the present?[A] Local education authorities and the central government.[B] Local education authorities and secondary schools together.[C] Local education authorities only.[D] The central government only.5. Throughout the talk, the interviewer does all the following EXCEPT____.[A] asking for clarification[B] challenging the interviewee[C] supporting the interviewee[D] initiating topicsSection C News BroadcastNews Item 16. What is the main idea of the news item?[A] Fewer people watch TV once a week.[B] Smartphones and tablets have replaced TV.[C] New technology has led to more family time.[D] Bigger TV sets have attracted more people.News Item 27. How many lawmakers voted for the marijuana legalization bill?[A] 50. [B] 12.[C] 46. [D] 18.8. The passing of the bill means that marijuana can be________.[A] bought by people under 18[B] made available to drug addicts[C] provided by the government[D] bought in drug storesNews Item 39. What did the review of global data reveal?[A]Diarrhea is a common disease.[B]Good sanitation led to increase in height.[C]There were many problems of poor sanitation.[D] African children live in worse sanitary conditions.10. The purpose of Dr. Alan Dangour’s study was most likely to ________.[A] examine links between sanitation and death from illness[B] look into factors affecting the growth of children[C] investigate how to tackle symptoms like diarrhea[D] review and compare conditions in different countries2015专八阅读理解答案PartⅡ Reading ComprehensionText A11. According to the author, shoppers are returning their purchases for all the following reasons EXCEPT that ____.[A] they are unsatisfied with the quality of the purchase[B]they eventually find the purchase too expensive[C] they change their mind out of uncertainty[D] they regret making the purchase without forethought12. What is the purpose of the experiment in the bookstore?[A] To see which promotion method is preferred by customers.[B]To find out the strengths and weaknesses of both methods.[C] To try to set up a new retailer-customer relationship.[D] To see the effect of an approach on customers' decisions.13. Why does the author cite the study by Bangor University and the Royal Mail Service?[A]To compare similar responses in different settings.[B] To provide further evidence for his own observation.[C] To offer a scientific account of the brain's functions.[D] To describe emotional responses in online shopping.14. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?[A]Real satisfaction depends on factors other than the computer.[B] Despite online shopping we still attach importance to gift buying.[C] Some people are still uncertain about the digital age.[D] Online shopping offers real satisfaction to shoppers.Text B15. In the first paragraph, the author suggests that____.[A]a person can either have a high IQ or a low EQ[B]her professor brother cares too much about IQ[C]we need examples of how to follow one's heart[D]she prefers dogs that are clever and loyal16. According to the passage, all the following are Twist's characteristics EXCEPT____.[A]resignation[B]patience[C]forgiveness[D]tenacity17. According to the context, the meaning of the word "square"is closest to____.[A]fast[B]blindly[C]straight[D]stubbornly18.ThatTwist's devotion keeps my girls on a benevolent leash means that____.[A]Twist is capable of looking after the girls[B]Twist and the girls have become friends[C]Twist knows how to follow the girls[D]Twist's loyalty helps the girls grow up19. What does the author try to express in the last paragraph?[A]Difficulties in raising her children.[B]Worries about what to buy for kids.[C]Gratitude to Twist for her role.[D]Concerns about schooling and religion.Text C20. That it tottered on the borders of senile decay means that the lorry was_________.[A] about to break down[B] a very old vehicle[C] unable to travel the distance[D] a dangerous vehicle21. Which of the following words in the first paragraph is used literally?[A] Flush.[B] Borders.[C] Operations.[D] Gasping.22. We learn from the first paragraph that the author regards the inadequacies of the lorry as _________.[A] inevitable and amusing[B]. dangerous and frightening[C] novel and unexpected[D] welcome and interesting23. All the following words in the last but one paragraph describe the lorry as a humanEXCEPT______ .[A] trembling[B] spouting[C] shuddering[D] crept24. We can infer from the passage that the author was ________.[A] bored by the appearance of the grasslands ahead[B] reluctant to do any walking in so hot a climate[C] unfriendly towards the local driver and boys[D] a little surprised to have to help drive the lorry25. A suitable title for the passage would be _______.[A] A journey that scared me[B] A journey to remember[C] The wild West African lorry[D] A comic journey in West AfricaText D26. According to the passage, which of the following serves as the BEST reason for the similarity in urban green space throughout the West?[A]Climate.[B]Geography.[C] Functional purposes.[D]Design principles.27. The following are all features of future urban green space EXCEPT that________ .[A]each city has its distinct style of urban green space[B]urban landscape will focus more on cultural history[C] urban green space will be designed to serve many uses[D]more green cover will be seen on city roofs and walls28. Why are some local residents opposed to "xeriscaping"?[A]It cannot reduce water requirements.[B]It has proved to be too costly.[C] It is not suited for the local area.[D]It does not have enough advantages.29. According to the passage, if planners adopt an asset-based approach, they will probably .[A]incorporate the area's natural and cultural heritage into their design[B]make careful estimation of the area's natural resources before designing[C] combine natural resources and practical functions in their design[D]envision more purposes for urban landscaping in their design30. According to the passage, future landscaping designs will rely more on .__ .[A]human assumptions[B]field work[C] scientific estimation[D]laboratory work2015英语专八人文答案2015年专八考试已于3月21日考完，新东方在线为考生们整理了2015专八人文答案，仅供参考。
2015专八真题
2015专⼋真题2015专⼋真题TEXT A11. A the family structure12. B English working clahomes have spacious sitting rooms13. C stark14. A togetherness15. B constant pressure from the stateTEXT B16. A it further explains high-tech hubris17. B slow growth of the US economy18. A integrated the use of pa-pe-r and the digital form19. C more digital data use leads to greater pa-pe-r use20. A he review the situation from different perspectivesTEXT C21. D because Britons are still conscious of their clastatus22. D income is unimportant in determining which claone belongs to23. C Occupation and claare no longer related to each other24. C fewer types of work25. A showing modestyTEXD D26. D awkwardness27. B luxurious28. A they the couple as an object of fun29. C sweeping over the horizon, a precipice30. B the couple feel ill at easeFrom a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books.I was the middle child of three, but there was a gap of five years on either side, and I barely saw my father before I was eight. For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely, and I soon developed disagreeable mannerisms which made me unpopular throughout my schooldays.I had the lonely child's habit of ma-ki-ng up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my literaryambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and undervalued. I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life. Nevertheless the volume of serious — i.e. seriously intended — writing which I produced all through my childhood and boyhood would not amount to half a dozen pages. I wrote my first poem at the age of four or five, my mother taking it down to dictation.2015年专⼋真题参考答案改错部分（思版）1. grew 后加 up2. conscience 改成 consciousness3. soon 改成 sooner4. the 去掉5. disagreeing 改成 disagreeable6. imaginative 改成 imaginary7. literal 改成 literary8. in 去掉9. which 前加 in10. Therefore, 改成 Nevertheless原⽂出处：Why I Write by George OrwellFrom a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousnethat I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books.I was the middle child of three, but there was a gap of five years on either side, and I barely saw my father before I was eight. For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely, and I soon developed disagreeable mannerisms which made me unpopular throughout my schooldays.I had the lonely child's habit of ma-ki-ng up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and undervalued. I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life. Neverthelethe volume of serious — i.e. seriously intended — writing which I produced all through my childhood and boyhood would not amount to half a dozen pages. I wrote my first poem at the age of four or five, my mother taking it down to dictation. I cannot remember anything about it except that it was about a tiger and the tiger had ‘chair-like teeth’ — a good enough phrase, but I fancy the poem was a plagiarism of Blake's ‘Tiger, Tiger’. At eleven, when the war or 1914-18 broke out, I wrote a patriotic poem which was printed in the local newspa-pe-r, as was another, two years later, on the death of Kitchener. From time to time, when I was a bit older, I wrote bad and usually unfinished ‘nature poems’ in the Georgian style. I also attempted a short story which was a ghastly failure. That was the total of the would-be serious work that I actually set down on pa-pe-r during all those years.However, throughout this time I did in a sense engage in literary activities. To begin with there was the made-to-order stuff which I produced quickly, easily and without much pleasure to myself. Apart from school work, I wrote vers d'occasion, semi-comic poems which I could turn out at what now seems to me astonishing speed — at fourteen I wrote a whole rhyming play, in imitation of Aristophanes, in about a week — and helped to edit a school magazines, both printed and in manuscript. These magazines were the most pitiful burlesque stuff that you could imagine, and I took far letrouble with them than I now would with the cheapest journalism. But side by side with all this, for fifteen years or more, I was carrying out a literary exercise of a quite different kind: this was the ma-ki-ng up of a continuous ‘story’ about myself, a sort of diary existing only in the mind. I believe this is a common habit of children and adolescents. As a very small child I used to imagine that I was, say, Robin Hood, and picture myself as the hero of thrilling adventures, but quite soon my ‘story’ ceased to be narcissistic in a crude way and became more and more a mere description of what I was doing and the things I saw. For minutes at a time this kind of thing would be runningthrough my head: ‘He pushed the door open and entered the room. A yellow beam of sunlight, filtering through the muslin curtains, slanted on to the table, where a match-box, half-open, lay beside the inkpot. With his right hand in his pocket he moved acroto the window. Down in the street a tortoiseshell cat was chasing a dead leaf’, etc. etc. This habit continued until I was about twenty-five, right through my non-literary years. Although I had to search, and did search, for the right words, I seemed to be ma-ki-ng this descriptive effort almost against my will, under a kind of compulsion from outside. The ‘story’ must, I suppose, have reflected the styles of the various writers I admired at different ages, but so far as I remember it always had the same meticulous descriptive quality.When I was about sixteen I suddenly discovered the joy of mere words, i.e. the sounds and associations of words. The lines from Paradise Lost —So hee with difficulty and labour hardMoved on: with difficulty and labour hee.which do not now seem to me so very wonderful, sent shivers down my backbone; and the spelling ‘hee’ for ‘he’ was an added pleasure. As for the need to describe things, I knew all about it already. So it is clear what kind of books I wanted to write, in so far as I could be said to want to write books at that time. I wanted to write enormous naturalistic novels with unhappy endings, full of detailed descriptions and arresting similes, and also full of purple passages in which words were used partly for the sake of their own sound. And in fact my first completed novel, Burmese Days, which I wrote when I was thirty but projected much earlier, is rather that kind of book.I give all this background information because I do not think one can assea writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be determined by the age he lives in — at least this is true in tumultuous, revolutionary ages like our own — but before he ever begins to write he will have acquired an emotional attitude from which he will never completely escape. It is his job, no doubt, to discipline his temperament and avoid getting stuck at some immature stage, in some perverse mood; but if he escapes from his early influences altogether, he will have killed his impulse to write. Putting aside the need to earn a living, I think there are four great motives for writing, at any rate for writing prose. They exist in different degrees in every writer, and in any one writer the proportions will vary from time to time, according to the atmosphere in which he is living. They are:【2015专⼋真题】。
英语专八翻译试题及答案
英语专业八级考试翻译部分历届试题及参考答案1995年英语专业八级考试--翻译部分参考译文C-E原文：简.奥斯丁的小说都是三五户人家居家度日，婚恋嫁娶的小事。
因此不少中国读者不理解她何以在西方享有那么高的声誉。
但一部小说开掘得深不深，艺术和思想是否有过人之处，的确不在题材大小。
有人把奥斯丁的作品比作越咀嚼越有味道的橄榄。
这不仅因为她的语言精彩，并曾对小说艺术的发展有创造性的贡献，也因为她的轻快活泼的叙述实际上并不那么浅白，那么透明。
史密斯夫人说过，女作家常常试图修正现存的价值秩序，改变人们对“重要”和“不重要”的看法。
也许奥斯丁的小说能教我们学会转换眼光和角度，明察到“小事”的叙述所涉及的那些不小的问题。
参考译文：However, subject matter is indeed not the decisive factor by which we judge a novel of its depth as well as (of ) its artistic appeal and ideological content (or: as to whether a novel digs deep or not or whether it excels in artistic appeal and ideological content). Some people compare Austen’s works to olives: the more you chew them, the more tasty (the tastier) they become. This comparison is based not only on (This is not only because of ) her expressive language and her creative contribution to the development of novel writing as an art, but also on (because of ) the fact that what hides behind her light and lively narrative is something implicit and opaque (not so explicit and transparent). Mrs. Smith once observed, women writers often sought (made attempts) to rectify the existing value concepts (orders) by changing people’s opinions on what is “important”and what is not.E-C原文I, by comparison, living in my overpriced city apartment, walking to work past putrid sacks of street garbage, paying usurious taxes to local and state governments I generally abhor, I am rated middle class. This causes me to wonder, do the measurement make sense? Are we measuring only that which is easily measured--- the numbers on the money chart --- and ignoring values more central to the good life?For my sons there is of course the rural bounty of fresh-grown vegetables, line-caught fish and the shared riches of neighbours’orchards and gardens. There is the unpaid baby-sitter for whose children my daughter-in-law baby-sits in return, and neighbours who barter their skills and labour. But more than that, how do you measure serenity? Sense if self?I don’t want to idealize life in small places. There are times when the outside world intrudes brutally, as when the cost of gasoline goes up or developers cast their eyes on untouched farmland. There are cruelties, there is intolerance, there are all the many vices and meannesses in small places that exist in large cities. Furthermore, it is harder to ignore them when they cannot be banished psychologically to another part of town or excused as the whims of alien groups --- when they have to be acknowledged as “part of us.”Nor do I want to belittle the opportunities for small decencies in cities --- the eruptions of one-stranger-to-another caring that always surprise and delight. But these are,sadly,more exceptions than rules and are often overwhelmed by the awful corruptions and dangers that surround us.参考译文：对我的几个儿子来说，乡村当然有充足的新鲜蔬菜，垂钓来的鱼，邻里菜园和果园里可供分享的丰盛瓜果。
2015年12月口语参考答案下篇
2015年12月雅思口语完整版参考答案下篇上海环球口语预测组荣誉出品以下内容感谢上海环球吴梦迪老师8.Describe a park that you have been to.You should say:Where the park itHow you got thereWhat you did thereAnd explain what you like about that park.The park that I often visited is near my home. It is a small one, located near a shopping center. There are many residential buildings around it, and this park is quite popular among residents living nearby.Then I’ll answer the question of how I got there. As I’ve mentioned, it is near my home, so I often go there on foot, which only takes me about ten minutes. Sometimes I would ride a bike. This can also be fun.Next, I’ll answer the question of “what I did there”. Firstly, there is a children’s play area in the park, so I often take my daughter there to let her have some fun. The slide, swing, and merry-go-round can all make her scream and me tired yet happy. Apart from that, I go jogging there in the morning three times a week. I’m too lazy to go to the gym, but the birds and plants in the park give me the motivation to do some physical exercises.Finally, I’ll explain what I like about the park. Well, it’s hard to tell. I don’t think this park is of much difference from any other parks. I’m fond of it because it’s near my home, also because it’s free, of course. I’d be pleased to see children playing games on the lawn, as well as elder people playing Taichi. To my mind, this park is just like a symbol of a peaceful life.Objects1.Describe a gift that took you a long time to choose.You should say:What the gift isWho you chose it forHow long it took you to chooseAnd explain why it took you so long to choose it.The gift that t ook me a long time to choose was a men’s shirt. It was a cotton shirt, blue and checked. One thing to distinguish it from the other shirt are the buttons, which are made of a special kind of shell.I chose this shirt for my husband, who was my boyfriend when I bought it. My husband was not really of romantic type, often forgetting about Valentine’s Day or even my birthday. But he was a kind man and took good care of me, and that was the reason why I said “yes” when he asked for my hand.Then talking about how long it took me to choose that gift, I guess it was nearly a whole day. On that day I wanted to buy a gift for him to celebrate his 30s birthday. At first I thought I should buy him a watch. I was about to pay when the shop assistant told me that a watch had special meaning. It meant “to propose” in Chinese. Then I thought it was more than what I wanted to show my boyfriend and therefore abandoned the idea of buying a watch. After hanging around the shopping mall for a long time, I finally decided on the shirt.Finally, I’ll explain why it took me a long time to choose this shirt. I think the most important reason was that I hadn’t known my husband for a long time by then, and was not sure about his taste. Another reason was that I was a bit shy. I wanted to please him, but I didn’t wish to be too straightforward.2. Describe an electronic device that you bought for your home.You should say:What it isWhen you bought itHow often you use itAnd explain whether you think this device useful.The electronic device that I bought for my home is an air purifier. It is a white Sharp. I think the exterior of this purifier is well-designed, making it a nice adornment in my living room.I bought this purifier two years ago. The government started to raise people's awareness of air pollution at that time, and I was scared to see the high AQI, that is, the air quality index, everyday. What also happened in that year was that I was conceiving a baby. You know, mothers tend to be cautious about everything concerning the baby's health. With concern for the coming baby, I bought this air purifier.Then as for how often I use it, I turn it on on days when AQI is over 100. Days with AQI higher than that is said to seriously affect health. So I would keep my daughter at home on those days, with the air purifier on.Finally, I'll explain whether the device is useful. To tell the truth, I can't tell. You know, it's hard to judge the quality of air by just breathing in and out. It was claimed by the advertisement that the HEPA installed in the purifier is a nice filter, which can make sure that the air let out from the purifier is pure. But, who knows? I guess I use it often just because I have no better choice. You know, I can't escape to another city because of the air pollution after all.1.Describe a family photo.You should say:When the photo was takenWhere it was takenWhat can be seen in that photoAnd explain whether that photo is important.Now I'll describe a photo of my family. It was taken one year ago during the Spring Festival. You know the spring festival is the time for family reunion inChina. We visit our relatives, cook traditional cuisines and snacks, and set off fireworks and firecrackers.Then let's move on to the next question of "where it was taken". We took the photo in front of my grandparents’ house which has now been torn down by the government to make room for new constructions. It was a two-story house with four bedrooms, a spacious living room, and a lovely balcony facing the south.Next I'll answer the question of "what can be seen in the photo". All my extended family can be seen in the photo. I remember that we sat in three rows, with my grandparents in the front, my parents, uncle and aunts in the second row, my cousins, my husband and me in the third. The old house was at the back of us. Not the entire house, since we didn’t have a wide-angle lens, but only the first floor.Finally I’ll explain whether that photo is importan t. I think this photo is of great value, for the reason that it is one of the few things that can remind me of the old house where I spent my childhood. I remember that I played hide and seek under the big tree in front of the house, hopscotch in the living room, and enjoyed numerous stories in my grandmother’s bedroom. But now they are all gone.2.Describe something useful that you borrowed from others.You should say:What it isWho you borrowed it fromWhy you borrowed itAnd explain why you think it useful.Well, to tell the truth, I don’t often borrow things from others, but this topic does remind me of a dictionary named Oxford Collocation. As the name suggests, the dictionary provides information about the possible collocations for individual words.I borrowed the dictionary from my friend Jeanne. She is the top student in my class, especially excellent in English. All the other students in my class admire her but keep distance from her at the same time. The reason is simple: she is a bit conceited, thinking herself higher than others. It is interesting that I seem to be the only person that she likes in the class.Then as for “why I borrowed it”, I remember that I was preparing for an English writing test at that time. Feeling desperate, I asked Jeanne for help. She read through some of my essays, and pointed out my problem in collocation. So she offered to lend me that dictionary, saying that she had benefited a lot from it.Finally, I’ll explain why I think it useful. The first r eason is that the words included in the dictionary can satisfy my needs. There are about 9,000 words, enough for non-academic writing. Another reason is that the collocations of each word are complete, which helps me the use a word in a flexible and correct way. In addition, abundant examples are provided in the dictionary, showing how a word can be used in context.3.Describe a handicraft you made at school.You should say:What it isWhen you made itHow you made itAnd explain what you feel about it.Well, I don’t think I am good at making handicraft, to tell the truth, but this topic just reminds me of a kite that I made years ago. I remember that it was a small one, a butterfly with colorful wings.Then I’ll answer the question of when I made it. I guess I made it when I was in the primary school, grade three, probably, since our art teacher at that time liked to teach us to make handicrafts. She believed that nimble hands were as important as a beautiful face.Next I’ll move on to the question of how I made it. What I can bring to mind is that the first step should be making the frame. I used rattan, I guess, which was pliable enough to be made into any shapes. The step to follow should be making the cover. Our teacher prepared a special kind of cloth for us, which was thin, and can be easily painted. I cut the a piece of cloth according to the shape of the frame, and painted some rings and polka dots on it. The final step was to prepare a reel of string and tie one end to the kite.Finally, I’ll explain what I felt about the kite. Well, I remember I was proud of it after finishing making it, and couldn’t wait to fly it in our school playground. But you know what, I didn’t manage to make it off the ground, and nor did many of my classmates. Despite that, we had great fun, and looked forward to the next art class.媒体类1.Describe a movie that you enjoyed and would like to see again.You should say:What the movie isWhen you saw itWhat the movie is aboutWhy you want to see it again.The movie I want to talk about is Shawshank’s Redemption. Produced in the last century, this movie has been classic. It was produced in the same year when another movie: Forest Gump became a hit worldwide and won many prizes from Oscar. Probably because of that, Shawshank’s Redemption didn’t draw much attention at that time, but it turned out that it was seriously undervalued.This movie was recommended to me by one of my teachers from college, and the first time I saw it was in his class. I remember that we were in the school auditorium on that day. The auditorium equipped with a projector and hi-fi, we felt as if in the cinema.Then I’ll move on to the next que stion of what the movie is about. Well, can I say that the movie is about how a man escaped from prison? Sounds mundane, isn’tit? Actually this movie is far more than that. A financier named Andy was sentenced wrongly as a murder of his own wife, and therefore sent to the prison named Shawshank, where he spent 20 years digging a tunnel to make a way out.Finally I will explain why I want to see it again. The reason is that I was touched. The moment Andy got free from the tunnel, the flash brightened the sky, and I just burst into tears. I was happy for his freedom, and touched by his strong will. During the 20 years, he didn’t only fight for his own freedom, but also managed to persuade the municipal government to invest in a library in the prison after wr iting a letter every day for several years. Many details I can’t remember clearly, and that is another reason why I want to see that movie again.2.Describe a song that impressed you a lot.You should say:What the song wasWhen you listened to itWhat the song was aboutAnd explain why it impressed you.One of that songs that impressed me was “memories”, a show tune from the musical Cats. It was sung by Sarah Brightman, a reputable English soprano. To tell the truth, I haven’t seen the musical, but th e song alone has impressed me and been my favorite.Then moving on to the next question of when I listened to it. I remember the first time I listened to it was in the college when I was on my way to the library. What I can still bring to mind is that everything was covered with snow on that day, and when walking in the campus, I felt as if walking in the fairy land. Then my CD player started to play this song, which surprised me, because the song was so much in tune with what came into my sight.Next I’l l answer the question of what the song was about. As its name suggests, the song is generally about memories, regarding how valuable old times were,how the meaning of happiness can be found by tracing back to the old days. More than that, this song also involves hope for the future. I remember this: when dawn comes, today will be a memory too, and a new day will begin. How beautiful it is!Finally, I’ll explain why this song impressed me. I was firstly surprised by Sarah Brightman’s stunning voice. I had never heard any voice like that before. I think it had the power to make people emotionally attached to whatever she sings. Also, I will never forget about the occasion when I first heard this song. You know, when I heard “turn you face to the moonlight. Let your memory lead you”, I was walking in the snow. I really did turn up my face, and feel the snow on my face. It is hard to explain the joy and satisfaction in my mind at that time.3.Describe a useful website.You should say:What the website isWhen you started to use itHow you use itAnd explain why you think it useful.The website I want to talk about is . It is known as an online encyclopedia project. Everything on this website is open and free, which means everybody can edit and copy the contents. However, there are certainly rule for editing and copying, to make sure of the quality of the contents.Then moving on to the next question, actually, I’m not sure when I started to use it. I guess my interest in wiki started when I was in the college.4.Describe an educational TV program.You should say:What the program isWhen you watched itWhat have you learned from itAnd explain whether you like this program.This topic just reminded me of a TV program named “in the office”, which is actually an English-teaching program from ICS, that is, International Channel of Shanghai. This program aims at teaching English idioms in an interesting way. In that program, there is a small company named ITO, and each episode shows a funny story that happens to the five employees in that company. They talk both in Chinese and in English, and while they are talking, some special expressions from their remarks are marked on the screen.Next I’ll answer the question of “when I watched it”. I guess it could be a while ago. I haven’t turned on the TV at home for quite a long time since the birth of my daughter. I’m actually not sure whether that program is still available on ICS.In terms of what I have learnt from it, I should say that I have learned some interesting idiom s in English. For example, to “pull one’s legs” means to fool somebody, and…let me see… to “butter sb.Up” means to flatter somebody, right? Actually those idioms cannot be learnt from the textbooks which generally focus on formal and written English.Finally, I was really fond of this program. For one thing, it did a good job in terms of teaching. Idioms mentioned in it are widely-used among English native speakers, and they are presented in such an impressive way that, as you see, I can still remember some after such a long time; for another, there is humor in this program, and all the stories in it came from the real office life. I found the stories funny and close to my life, and therefore often bursted into laughter when watching the program. You know, we all need something like that to let our hair down.5.Describe An AdvertisementYou should say:What it advertisesWhen you saw itWhat is special about itAnd explain whether this advertisement is influential.The advertisement that has just come to my mind is a public service announcement. It generally advocates a boycott of wildlife trade. Due to the tempting profit, numerous wildlife animals are killed for sale every year, either legally or illegally.I saw this advertisement on TV not long before. I don’t often watch TV, to tell the truth. I think it a waste of time because of the tedious commercials. When I happened to turn on the TV on that day, this advertisement caught my eyes.Then moving on to the next question of what is special about the advertisement, I remember that this advertisement starred Yao, Ming, a former basketball star from China. In the advertisement, he refused a dish made of shark’s fin when having dinner in a restaurant. Then the off-screen voice claimed that about 70 million sharks were killed every year to satisfy human being’s appetite. In the end, Yao Ming showed up again with a slogan: no trade, no killing.Finally, I’ll explain whether that advertisement is influential. I believe it could be effective, because of Yao Ming, of course. You know the impact he is able to exert on Chinese people, especially the young. Another reason could be the shocking facts and statistics that is presented in this advertisement. I myself have never tasted dishes containing shark’s fin af ter seeing that advertisement. This advertisement is not alone. There are actually a series of advertisements focusing on the theme “no trade, no killing”. These advertisements together effectively call for people’s attention to animal trade.以下内容感谢上海环球朱国伟老师describe a time that you got lost in a place1. last week , I got lost in the Hong Qiao airport . my taxi driver couldn’t find away out the airport , so I was stuck in that taxi for about 2 hours .2/3. that day , my friend came over to Shang Hai to see me . I was at the airport to pick him up . everything was alright , until we got into that taxi . the main roads, and some exists nearby the airport were blocked . it’s impossible for us to find the way home , actually my taxi driver had tried many times to find some other exists out , but he didn’t make it . my friend and I simply couldn’t figure out which direction to go . we were quite anxious .but very luckily , there ‘s another taxi pulled by the street . my taxi driver came over to ask about the route. Soon , he found the way out .4. my feeling was quite complicated . actually at first , i complained a lot , blaming everything on the maintenance . but later , I felt quite relieved . i did enjoy the great service . it’s a very interesting ex perience for me .describe a paid job .1. once , I worked as a part-time tour guide . it’s an amazing experience . today , I ‘d like to share it with you .2. I worked for a famous tour agency . actually , a friend of mine once worked in this company . so after he knew that I was looking for a part-time job , then he recommended me to his former manager . he’s a nice person . after a short interview , I was hired .3. I did it for a year . well , it was a very busy job . mostly I took those tourists to Amercian countries . I had taken them to the states , Canada , and some other countries . well , it’s very challenging as well. you need to know how to build up friendship with your clients , and how to get to know those people from different backgrounds . sometimes , it would be tough , especially when they feel uncomfortable , not so satisfied with your service , though , you had already done the best you could .4. it’s a wonderful job . I enjoyed it . it is very difficult to find a job , which actua lly combines your personal interest and your work . since I worked as a tour guide ,and I love travelling , so I had traveled to many beautiful , fascinating places . the experience broad my horizon . I had made some new friends from this job . so I have t o say , it’s not only a job for me , but an unforgettable life experience . it means a lot for me .Describe an exciting sports that you want to do in the future .1. well, in the future , I want to try out track bike . in my opinion , it’s one of the most exciting, extreme sports on the planet .2. many of my friends are crazy about it . they know I love speed , and those exciting things , so they recommended it to me .3. not like other sports . track bike is a very dangerous sport . it needs your 100% concentration . 1 second of distraction will cause some terrible, even deadly accident . you need to learn how to keep balance in a high speed , it may sound easy , but actually , when you are on the bike , riding with that speed , everything becomes hard . you certainly need to learn how to control the bike while turning in the track , how to safely stop your bike in a top speed .there are also a number of fabulous techniques to learn about that sport . I plan to learn it step by step .4. /1. I love speed . I enjoy the wind blowing my hair while riding along my favorite street . it helps me get rid of stress in life .2. it’s a great aerobic exercise . it can help me burn the calories , keep a slim body shape . more importantly can help me keep healthy .Describe an advice that someone gave to you1. before this year’s summer v acation , my aunt gave me an important advice , she encouraged me to read some original English novels before my going abroad for education . it is a great advice .2. my aunt is brilliant . she is a graduate of Columbia university . she always gives me some advice on my study . she knows a lot about the education , and knows how to inspire me , for she has the degree of psychology .3. before the summer vocation , she came to visit my family . when she found out that i wasn’t well prepared for my further education , she was quite worried . one day , she held a long conversation with me , told me that I should read more original English novels to improve my English , which could certainly benefit my life in Britain in the future .4. this is an important advice for me . i don’t like reading books . I even thought that was a waste of my time . actually , I have a room of books , but most of them end up the decoration of home . i do know the importance of reading books , but sometimes , I just can’t keep the interest in a book for a long time , usually , I just read couple pages , then I would put it on the shelf , never get the interest to read it again . I believe this advice can have a positive impact on me . it takes time to develop a new habit , you know , old habits die hard .Describe an ambition that you haven’t achieved .1. I want to be a fashion designer in the future , to design the most fashionable outfits then sell those clothes to girls across the country .2. I have this ambition for years . actually , in the secondary school , I had already made up my mind to be a fashion designer . but for some reasons , i haven’t made it .3. i love fashion . since I was a toddler , i became fascinated by those beautiful cloths . I found that I have talent in it , sometimes , i would dress myself up into my mom’s beautiful dress , and put on some accessories , to have a runway show . actually as a matter of fact ,I was not so satisfied with those clothes , since I always believed that i can make the best cloth ever.4. but so far , it’s still a dream for me .to be a good designer is never easy , i don’t really have studied anything a bout it , and since my parents won’t support me , I won’t have a chance to really learn cloth design.And it’s also an expensive dream , I heard that open an online cloth store , I have to invest a large sum of money into it , which apparently I don’t h ave . anyway , it’s really hard for me to achieve this ambition .Describe a good news .1. the news that Chinese citizens can go to more than 17 countries with out tourist visa is definitely a great news .2. I l earned the news from my friend’s blog , china’s twitter .l ater , it was reported on the newspaper and put on the big screen , and the internet . actually at that time ,you could read it anywhere in the country .3. it’s a great news for those who want to go abroad for travelling and further education . it just becomes much easier for them . today , chines people can go to more than 20 countries without visa , which means that we can carry our passport , going to those countries any time that we want . it’s something that we couldn’t imagine decades ago , when it’s impossible for chinese to go anywhere in the other side of the earth .4. for me , it’s a good news . since now chinese people can freely go to many different countries without registering for the tourist visa , I plan to go to those countries in the recent years . it would be a lot of fun . in the past I had to waited for months to get my visa , but now I may go to those countries the next day , it’s just amazing .Describe a subject that you disliked but now you are interested in .1. business management is a nightmare in my college . it’s a subject that I had to study in the fresh year of my university life .2. our professor is already in his forties . he had lost his passion in his career . in the class , sometimes , he just asked us to read aloud those important theories of business management , and he would write something on the chalkboard , and ask us to write down everything on the notebook . his class was really dull , actually most of the students just did something else to kill time .3. / 1. At that time , I decided that it was a useless subject . we couldn’t really learn anything useful in the class . those business management skills sounded very abstract , which seemed couldn’t be used in a real life .2. the boring tea ching method is another reason why I didn’t like it . there was no interesting interactive activities , or some practical experiences in his class , we just sat in the class to listen to what we could read on the textbook . I just couldn’t find any interes t in it .4. but now I felt regretful . I should have learned it hard in the college . I want to work in LVMH , the largest luxury group in the world , to be a manager of pr, or marketing department . so the management skills will be so important to me . I have to learn it for a promising career . after learning something basic about thesubject online , I started feeling interested in it , actually it’s very practical in the office . I will continue to study hard on it , hopefully , I can have a good further education on it .describe a time you got lost in a place that you are not familiar with .1. once I got lost in a cemetery . it’s a very spooky experience .2. at that time , I was still a child , about 8 years old .3. the cemetery is on a hill , there are rolls tombstones . there are few people that day , cleaning their deceased’s tomb , paying their respect . my parents were not the exception , praying to my grandpa for everything the best of family and my future .suddenly I came up with this bold idea that I wanted to walk up to the top of that hill to find out what it looks like .i walked along the tomb stone up to the top of the hill , leaving my parents behind . but very soon , I realized that I was lost at that place .grey is the main color in that place , which makes those paths identical . I tried my best to find a way down the hill , to look for my parents , but I failed . frankly I was very helpless at that time .4. after having walked around , trying to find a way down the hill for half hour , I gave up , thinking I would spend a night here , accompanied by ghosts .later , very luckily , I found a road sign pointing toward the exit . I was so excited , running into that direction , it was a long path , about 5 minutes later , I saw the back of my parents , they were looking for me desperately .it’s impossible to describe my feeling seeing my parents there . I was so relieved , and exhausted . anyway , I could go home . it’s an extraordinary experience .describe an indoor game .1. when I was a child , I liked to play hide and seek the most . it was really an exciting indoor game . I love it so much . it’s a lot of fun .2. it’s a very interesting indoor game . i always played it with kids living in the same neighborhood . since my house was the biggest at that time , so we always。
英语专业八级口译真题解析
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• 3. 公元1405年至1433年，郑和率领庞大的船队， 从江苏太仓出发，七下西洋，往返于中国和亚非 30多个国家之间。 • From 1405 to 1433, Zhenghe commanded a grand fleet 7 times to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, setting out from Taicang, Jiangsu Province, traveling between China and over 30 Asian and African countries. countries in Asia and Africa .
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commanded, led (conducted) / grand, huge, enormous, massive fleet (ships, ship teams) set out, sail from, (from) / Taicang, Jiangsu
江苏太仓/出发 seven voyages, seven times / to the Western Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the South Sea, the Western Sea back and forth, to and fro, between / China 往返于/中国 亚非/30多个国 家 more than 30 Asian and African countries, nations; over 30 countries, nations, in Asia and Africa
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people from all walks of life; people from different circles in China
完整word版20002015年专八翻译真题与答案
完整word版20002015年专八翻译真题与答案2000年英语专业八级考试--翻译部分参考译文中国科技馆的诞生来之不易。
与国际著名科技馆和其他博物馆相比，它先天有些不足，后天也常缺乏营养，但是它成长的步伐却是坚实而有力的。
它在国际上已被公认为后起之秀。
世界上第一代博物馆属于自然博物馆，它是通过化石、标本等向人们介绍地球和各种生物的演化历史。
第二代属于工业技术博物馆，它所展示的是工业文明带来的各种阶段性结果。
这两代博物馆虽然起到了传播科学知识的作用，但是，它们把参观者当成了被动的旁观者。
世界上第三代博物馆是充满全新理念的博物馆。
在这里，观众可以自己去动手操作，自己细心体察。
这样，他们可以更贴近先进的科学技术，去探索科学技术的奥妙。
中国科技馆正是这样的博物馆!它汲取了国际上一些著名博物馆的长处，设计制作了力学、光学、电学、热学、声学、生物学等展品，展示了科学的原理和先进的科技成果。
参考译文The first generation of museums are what might be called natural museums which, by means of fossils, specimens and other objects, introduced to people the evolutionary history of the Earth and various kinds of organisms. The second generation are those of industrial technologies which presented the fruits achieved by industrial civilization at different stages of industrialization. Despite the fact that those two generations of museums helped to disseminate / propagate / spread scientific knowledge, they nevertheless treated visitors merely as passive viewers.The third generation of museums in the world are those replete with / full of wholly novel concepts / notions / ideas. In those museums, visitors are allowed to operate the exhibits with their own hands, to observe and to experience carefully. Bygetting closer to the advanced science and technologies in this way, people can probe into their secret mysteries.The China Museum of Science and Technology is precisely one of such museums. It has incorporated some of the most fascinating features of those museums with international reputation. Having designed and created exhibits in mechanics, optics, electrical science, thermology, acoustics, and biology, those exhibits demonstrate scientific principles and present the most advanced scientific and technological achievements.2001年英语专业八级考试--翻译部分参考译文C-E 乔羽的歌大家都熟悉。
【星火英语版】2015专八考试参考答案(写作+翻译)
【星火英语版】2015年英语专业八级真题参考答案（翻译+写作部分）Section A Chinese to English原文呈现参考译文茶花（camellia）的自然花期在12月至翌年4月，以红色系为主，另有黄色系和白色系等，花色艳丽。
本届花展充分展示了茶花的品种资源和科研水平，是近三年来本市规模最大的一届茶花展。
为了使广大植物爱好者有更多与茶花亲密接触的机会，本届茶花展的布展范围延伸至整个园区，为赏花游客带来便利。
此次茶花展历时2个月，展期内200多个茶花品种将陆续亮相。
Camellia’s flowering period starts from December and ends in the next April，and the colors of the flowers are bright and showy with red in majority, yellow, white and other colors in minority. It’s the city’s largest camellia show in recent three years, which fully displays camellia’s various species as well as human’s scientific research level of it. In order to provide the majority of plant-lovers with more opportunities to closely appreciate the beauty of camellia, the area of the Camellia Show is extended to the whole garden so that it can bring more convenience for the visitors.The Camellia Show takes over two months, in which more than 200 various camellias will be presented successively.Section B English to Chineseof two questions. One is, What knowledge of language is needed for us to use language? In a sense, we must know a language to use it, but we are not always fully aware of this knowledge. A distinction may be drawn between tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge. Tacit knowledge refers to the knowledge of how to perform various acts, whereas explicit knowledge refers to the knowledge of the processes or mechanisms used in these acts. We sometimes know how to do something without knowing how we do it. For instance, a baseball pitcher (投手) might know how to throw a baseball 90 miles an hour but might have little or no explicit knowledge of the muscle groups that 心问题。
英语专业八级考试翻译部分历届试题及参考答案
英语专业八级考试翻译部分历届试题及参考答案说明：本处提供的参考答案完全是为了教学、教育目的而制作，参考答案分别源自福州大学外国语学院英语系翻译课程小组及邹申主编的《新编高等院校英语专业八级考试指南》［2001，上海：上海外语教育出版社］（转引自松园英文书院和《中国翻译》等，供同学们学习、比较。
1995年英语专业八级考试--翻译部分参考译文C-E原文：简.奥斯丁的小说都是三五户人家居家度日，婚恋嫁娶的小事。
因此不少中国读者不理解她何以在西方享有那么高的声誉。
但一部小说开掘得深不深，艺术和思想是否有过人之处，的确不在题材大小。
有人把奥斯丁的作品比作越咀嚼越有味道的橄榄。
这不仅因为她的语言精彩，并曾对小说艺术的发展有创造性的贡献，也因为她的轻快活泼的叙述实际上并不那么浅白，那么透明。
史密斯夫人说过，女作家常常试图修正现存的价值秩序，改变人们对“重要”和“不重要”的看法。
也许奥斯丁的小说能教我们学会转换眼光和角度，明察到“小事”的叙述所涉及的那些不小的问题。
参考译文：However, subject matter is indeed not the decisive factor by which we judge a novel of its depth as well as (of ) its artistic appeal and ideological content (or: as to whether a novel digs deep or not or whether it excels in artistic appeal and ideological content). Some people compare Austen’s works to olives: the more you chew them, the more tasty (the tastier) they become. This comparison is based not only on (This is not only because of ) her expressive language and her creative contribution to the development of novel writing as an art, but also on (because of ) the fact that what hides behind her light and lively narrative is something implicit and opaque (not so explicit and transparent). Mrs. Smith once observed, women writers often sought (made attempts) to rectify the existing value concepts (orders) by changing people’s opinions on what is “important”and what is not.E-C原文I, by comparison, living in my overpriced city apartment, walking to work past putrid sacks of street garbage, paying usurious taxes to local and state governments I generally abhor, I am rated middle class. This causes me to wonder, do the measurement make sense? Are we measuring only that which is easily measured--- the numbers on the money chart --- and ignoring values more central to the good life?For my sons there is of course the rural bounty of fresh-grown vegetables, line-caught fish and the shared riches of neighbours’orchards and gardens. There is the unpaid baby-sitter for whose children my daughter-in-law baby-sits in return, and neighbours who barter their skills and labour. But more than that, how do you measure serenity? Sense if self?I don’t want to idealize life in small places. There are times when the outside world intrudes brutally, as when the cost of gasoline goes up or developers cast their eyes on untouched farmland. There are cruelties, there is intolerance, there are all the many vices and meannesses in small places that exist in large cities. Furthermore, it is harder to ignore them when they cannot be banished psychologically to another part of town or excused as the whims of alien groups --- when they have to be acknowledged as “part of us.”Nor do I want to belittle the opportunities for smalldecencies in cities --- the eruptions of one-stranger-to-another caring that always surprise and delight. But these are,sadly,more exceptions than rules and are often overwhelmed by the awful corruptions and dangers that surround us.参考译文：对我的几个儿子来说，乡村当然有充足的新鲜蔬菜，垂钓来的鱼，邻里菜园和果园里可供分享的丰盛瓜果。
2015年12月专八口语口译含参考答案
2015年12月专八口语口译含参考答案第一篇：2015年12月专八口语口译含参考答案Speech of an international CEO at the provincial level forum in china Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen，It is a great honor to be invited to speak at this forum of international development.As one of the first international retail enterprises that have settled in this province, we have set up 4 joint ventures with a total investment of rmb 3.5 billion yuan, and moreover, we have opened over 20 large-scale supermarkets in the major cities, last year we launched a plan to support small and medium suppliers in the province aiming to bring solutions to the suppliers, including standard commercial operations, up to date marketing concepts and strong communications, we offer them free consultation, including the customers’ needs, lay-out of products, flow of funds, and market feed back.Meanwhile, we demand they produce high quality products, with our help, many small and medium suppliers have found new solutions and increased their sales, in addition, we have just started a new plan with our suppliers at a recent conference, this plan gain extensive applause from these suppliers，In this second half of the year, we will provide guarantee for suppliers who want to obtain loans or financing, helping them to overcome the shortage of funds due to the global financial crises, at present, we are negotiating with various commercial banks, trying to persuade them to expand better financial channels for our suppliers.On the 8th of this month, we organized the win win day for partners, the event had two topics, one was direct purchase and the other was medium and small food processing companies, both projects are essential for us in china, we hope professional trainings and businessseminars and expect to help local suppliers to be more aware of food safety issues to complete the innovation of products and technology, and to provide more products which meet the market demand.After 12 years’ cooperation and development in china, we will as always go forward hand in hand with the development of this province, making more contributions to its prosperous market to have a harmonious commercial environment in china, and to this sustainable development of Chinese economy.中国国家旅游局官员在第六届丝绸之路国际大会开幕式上的致辞尊敬的各位来宾，女士们，先生们，上午好！很高兴与大家相聚在古老而美丽的敦煌，共同出席联合国旅游世界组织第六届丝绸之路国际大会，我谨代表中国国家旅游局对大会召开表示热烈祝贺，对远道而来的各位嘉宾表示诚挚欢迎。
2015年TEM8真题答案及试卷
2015 TEM8（考前）届时见评论！听力A1.of the parts of the language that carries means2.vocabulary3.tone4.having the ability to add the information5.particular subject6.knowledge or experience7.rei nterpreting8.predict as you listen9.two types of predicting 10.importance听力B1.D.reducing2.C the government3.B,all the money4.B together5.D initieting6. A fewer7.C 468.C provided9.C there 10.B look into阅读：11 C they change12 D to see the effect13 B to provide14 A real15 B her16 A resignation17 C straight18 D twist's19 C gratitude20 B a very21 C operations22 B dangerous23 B spouting24 B reluctant25 D a comic26 D design27 B urban landscape28 B it has29 A incorporate30 C scientific改错1 looked-looking2 she后加had3第二个a去掉4it去掉5polite-politely6which-that7specially-especially 8this-it9continually-often10mend -narrow常识：31 A the conservative32 B slave lake33 B six34 D aborigines35 A Robert36 A ted37 C Herman38 C conceptual39 D ellipsis40 C p汉译英 Camellia. whose nature flowering is in December to the next April,is mainly is red series,and also yellow and white series, etc。
2015年英语专业八级真题及解析
the mini-lecture, please complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically
10. A All of the money goes to schools. B. All of the money goes · to local education authorities.
C. Some of the money goes to schools.
D. Some of the money goes to colleges and universities.
You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. Now listen to Part One of the interview. Questions 1 to 5 are based on Part One of the interview. 1. A. . Doing what they have promised to schools. B. Creating opportunities for leading universities. C. Considering removing barriers for state school pupils. D. Reducing opportunities for state school pupils. 2. A. Universities are not working hard to accept state school pupils. B. The number of state pupils applying to Oxford fails to increase. C. The government has lowered state pupils' expectations. D. Leading universities are rejecting state school pupils. 3. A. State schools discourage applying to Oxford. 、 B. State system in secondary education needs improvement. C. Oxford has a preference for private school students. D. Private school pupils work harder than state school pupils. 4. A. Encouraging state pupils to go to Oxbridge. B. Encouraging Oxbridge to recruit more students. C. Raising expectations in the state system. D. Getting more young people into universities. 5. A. The number of state school pupils going to elite universities. B. The government's deficient policy on college enrolment. C. The numbers of state school children enrolled in Oxbridge. D. State school pupils' expectations of going to leading universities.
英语专八2015年真题
customer would inquire about my book, the volunteer would take them over to the shelf and point to it. Out of 20
such requests, six customers proceeded with the purchase.
[B] Because know what’s in the interest of their pupils.
[C] Because the government also wants the money to go to schools.
[D] Because schools are in a situation of lacking money.
The second option also involved going over to the shelf but, this time, removing the book and then subtly
holding onto it for just an extra moment before placing it in the customer's hands. Of the 20 people who were
[D] The central government only.
10. [A] Ask for clarification.
[B] Challenge the interviewee.
[C] Support the interviewee.
[D] Initiate topics.
PART Ⅱ READING COMPREHENSION（45 MIN）
英语专八口语考试真题答案
英语专八口语考试真题答案Unfortunately, I don't have access to the specific answers to past English proficiency test questions, including the TEM-8 (Test for English Majors Band 8) oral exam. TEM-8 is a highly specialized and confidential exam designed to assess the English language proficiency of advanced students of English in China. As such, the test materials, including questions and answers, are notpublicly available.Moreover, the requirements you've specified—writing an article in English that is at least 1000 words long without disclosing the prompt—are not aligned with the nature of this platform. My role is to provide information, answer questions, and engage in discussions, not to write original articles or essays on specific topics.If you're preparing for the TEM-8 oral exam, I suggest focusing on improving your English speaking skills through practice and exposure to authentic English materials. You can engage in conversations with native speakers, participate in speaking clubs or groups, or use language learning apps and platforms that offer speaking practice.Additionally, you can review sample questions and prepare for possible topics by conducting independent research and practicing your responses.Remember that the key to success in any language exam is consistent practice and preparation. Good luck with your TEM-8 preparation!。
英语专八口试参考答案
英语专八口试参考答案一、自我介绍尊敬的考官，您好。
我是一名来自XX大学的英语专业学生，专业编号为XXXX。
在过去的四年学习中，我不仅系统地学习了英语语言知识，还积极参与了各种英语演讲和辩论活动，以提高我的口语表达能力。
我对英语有着浓厚的兴趣，并且一直致力于成为一名优秀的英语教育工作者。
二、话题讨论题目：全球化对教育的影响全球化是一个不可逆转的趋势，它对教育领域产生了深远的影响。
首先，全球化促进了教育资源的共享。
通过网络，学生可以接触到世界各地的教育资源，这极大地拓宽了他们的视野。
其次，全球化也带来了教育的竞争。
不同国家和地区的教育体系和方法在相互比较中不断优化和改进。
然而，全球化也带来了一些挑战，比如文化冲突和本土文化的保护问题。
我们应该在积极吸收外来文化的同时，也要注重本土文化的传承和发展。
三、观点阐述题目：网络教育与传统教育的优劣网络教育具有时间和空间的灵活性，可以让学生根据自己的节奏和时间安排学习。
此外，网络资源丰富，可以提供多样化的学习材料。
然而，网络教育缺乏面对面的互动和即时反馈，这可能会影响学习效果。
相比之下，传统教育可以提供更加系统的课程安排和面对面的交流机会，有助于学生更好地理解和掌握知识。
但是，传统教育的资源和时间相对有限。
因此，我认为网络教育和传统教育各有优势，应该根据个人需求和学习习惯进行选择。
四、角色扮演情景：你是一家公司的人力资源经理，需要面试一位应聘者。
面试官：您好，欢迎来到我们公司参加面试。
请先简单介绍一下自己。
应聘者：您好，我是XX，毕业于XX大学，专业是英语。
我对贵公司的职位非常感兴趣，希望能够加入并贡献我的力量。
面试官：很好，您在简历中提到有丰富的实习经验，能否具体谈谈？应聘者：当然可以。
我在XX公司实习期间，负责了XX项目，通过这次经历，我学会了团队合作和项目管理的技巧。
面试官：听起来您的经历很丰富。
最后一个问题，您认为自己最大的优势是什么？应聘者：我认为我最大的优势是适应能力强，能够快速学习新知识，并将其应用到实际工作中。
2015年英语专业八级真题及答案
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2015)GRADE EIGHTTIME LIMIT：195 MIN PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture．You will hear the lecture ONCE ONL Y. 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, using no more than three words in each gap．Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are)both grammatically and semantically acceptable．You may refer to your notes while completing the task．Use the blank sheet for note-taking．Now, listen to the mini-lecture．Understanding Academic LecturesListening to academic lectures is an important task for university students. Then, how can we comprehend a lecture efficiently?I.Understand all (1)A.wordsB. (2)—stress—intonation—(3)II.Adding informationA.lectures:Sharing information with audienceB.listeners: (4)C.sources of information—knowledge of (5)—(6) of the worldD.listening involving three steps:—hearing—(7)—addingIII. (8)A.reasons—overcome noise—save timeB. (9)—content—organizationIV.Evaluating while listeningA.help tp decide the (10) of notesB.help to remember informationSECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONL Y. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview．At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions．Now listen to the interview．1. Theresa thinks that the present government is ________.[A] doing what they have promised to schools[B] creating opportunities for leading universities[C] considering removing barriers for state school pupils[D] reducing opportunities for state school pupils2. What does Theresa see as a problem in secondary schools now?[A] Universities are not working hard to accept state school pupils.[B] The number of state pupils applying to Oxford fails to increase.[C] The government has lowered state pupils’ expectations.[D] Leading universities are rejecting state school pupils.3. In Theresa’s view, school freedom means that schools should ____.[A] be given more funding from education authorities[B] be given all the money and decide how to spend it[C] be granted greater power to run themselves[D] be given more opportunities and choices4. According to Theresa, who decides or decide money for schools at the present?[A] Local education authorities and the central government.[B] Local education authorities and secondary schools together.[C] Local education authorities only.[D] The central government only.5. Throughout the talk, the interviewer does all the following EXCEPT ____.[A] asking for clarification[B] challenging the interviewee[C] supporting the interviewee[D] initiating topicsSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONL Y．Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news, At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions．Now listen to the news．News Item 16. What is the main idea of the news item?[A] Fewer people watch TV once a week.[B] Smartphones and tablets have replaced TV.[C] New technology has led to more family time.[D] Bigger TV sets have attracted more people.News Item 27. How many lawmakers voted for the marijuana legalization bill?[A] 50. [B] 12.[C] 46. [D] 18.8. The passing of the bill means that marijuana can be________.[A] bought by people under 18[B] made available to drug addicts[C] provided by the government[D] bought in drug storesNews Item 39. What did the review of global data reveal?[A]Diarrhea is a common disease.[B]Good sanitation led to increase in height.[C]There were many problems of poor sanitation.[D] African children live in worse sanitary conditions.10. The purpose of Dr. Alan Dangour’s study was most likely to ________.[A] examine links between sanitation and death from illness[B] look into factors affecting the growth of children[C] investigate how to tackle symptoms like diarrhea[D] review and compare conditions in different countriesPART 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 the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．TEXT AIn 2011, many shoppers chose to avoid the frantic crowds and do their holiday shopping from the comfort of their computer. Sales at online retailers gained by more than 15%, making it the biggest season ever. But people are also returning those purchases at record rates, up 8% from last year.What went wrong? Is the lingering shadow of the global financial crisis making it harder to accept extravagant indulgences? Or that people shop more impulsively - and therefore make bad decisions - when online? Both arguments are plausible. However, there is a third factor: a question of touch. We can love the look but, in an online environment, we cannot feel the quality of a texture, the shape of the fit, the fall of a fold or, for that matter, the weight of an earring. And physically interacting with an object makes you more committed .When my most recent book Brandwashed was released, I teamed up with a local bookstore to conduct an experiment about the differences between the online and offline shopping experience. I carefully instructed a group of volunteers to promote my book in two different ways. The first was a fairly hands-off approach. Whenever a customer would inquire about my book, the volunteer would take them over to the shelf and point to it. Out of 20 such requests, six customers proceeded with the purchase.The second option also involved going over to the shelf but, this time, removing the book and then subtly holding onto it for just an extra moment before placing it in the customer's hands. Of the 20 people who were handed the book. 13 ended up buying it. Just physically passing the book showed a big difference in sales. Why? We feel something similar to a sense of ownership when we hold things in our hand. That's why we establish or reestablish connection by greeting strangers and friends with a handshake. In this case, having to then let go of the book after holding it might generate a subtle sense of loss, and motivate us to make the purchase even more.A recent study also revealed the power of touch, in this case when it came to conventional mail. A deeper and longer-lasting impression of a message was formed when delivered in a letter, as opposed to receiving the same message online. Brain imaging showed that, on touching the paper, the emotional center of the brain was activated, thus forming a stronger bond. The study also indicated that once touch becomes part of the process, it could translate into a sense of possession. This sense of ownership is simply not part of the equation in the online shopping experience.As the rituals of purchase in the lead-up to Christmas change, not only do we give less thought to the type of gifts we buy for our loved ones but, through our own digital wish lists, we increasingly control what they buy for us. The reality, however, is that no matter how convinced we all are that digital is the way to go, finding real satisfaction will probably take more than a few simple clicks.11. According to the author, shoppers are returning their purchases for all the following reasons EXCEPT that ____.[A] they are unsatisfied with the quality of the purchase[B]they eventually find the purchase too expensive[C] they change their mind out of uncertainty[D] they regret making the purchase without forethought12. What is the purpose of the experiment in the bookstore?[A] To see which promotion method is preferred by customers.[B]To find out the strengths and weaknesses of both methods.[C] To try to set up a new retailer-customer relationship.[D] To see the effect of an approach on customers' decisions.13. Why does the author cite the study by Bangor University and the Royal Mail Service?[A]To compare similar responses in different settings.[B] To provide further evidence for his own observation.[C] To offer a scientific account of the brain's functions.[D] To describe emotional responses in online shopping.14. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?[A]Real satisfaction depends on factors other than the computer.[B] Despite online shopping we still attach importance to gift buying.[C] Some people are still uncertain about the digital age.[D] Online shopping offers real satisfaction to shoppers.Text BMy professor brother and I have an argument about head and heart about whether he overvalues IQ while I learn more toward EQ. We typically have this debate about people—can we be friends with a really smart jerk （怪物）?—but there’s corollary to animals as well. I’d love it if our dog could fetch the morning paper and then read it to me over coffee, but I actually care much more about her loyal and innocent heart. There’s already enough thinking going on is our house, and we probably spend too much time in our heads, where we need some role modeling is in instinct, and that’s where a dog is a roving revelation.I did not grow up with dogs, which meant that my older daughter’s respectful but unyielding determination to get one required some adjustment on my part. I often felt she was training me: from ages of 6 to 9, she gently schooled me in various breeds and their personalities, whispered to the dogs we encountered so they would charm and persuade me, demonstrated by her self-displine that she was ready for the responsibility. And thus came our dog Twist, whom I sometimes mistake for a third daughter.At first I thought the challenge would be to train her to sit, to heel, to walk calmly beside us and not go wildly chasing the neighbourhood rabbits. But I soon discovered how much more we had to learn from her than she from us.If it is true, for example, that the secret to a child’s success is less rare genius than raw persistence, Twist’s ability to stay on task is a model for us all, especially if the task is trying to capture the sunbeam that flicks around the living room as the wind blows through the branches outside. She never succeeds, and she never gives up. This includes when she runs square into walls.Then there is her unfailing patience, which breaks down only when she senses that dinnertime was 15 minutes ago and we have somehow failed to notice. Even then she is more eager than indignant, and her refusal to whine shows a restraint of which I’m not always capable when hungry.But the lesson I value most is the one in forgiveness, and Twist first offered this when she was still very young. When she was about 7 months old, we took her to the vet to be sprayed(切除卵巢). We turned her over to a stranger, who procceeded to perform a procedure that was probably not pleasant, But when the vet returned her to us, limp and tender, there was no recrimination(反责)，no how could you do that to me? It was as though she really knew that we could not intentionally cause her pain, and while she did not understand, she forgave and curled up with her head on my daughter’s lap.I suppose we could have concluded that she was just blindly loyal and docile. But eventually we knew better. She is entirely capable of disobedience, as she has proved many times. She will ignore us when there are more interesting things to look at, rebuke us when we are careless, bark into the twilight when she has urgent messages to send. But her patience with our failings and frickleness and her willingness to give us a scond chance are a daily lesson in gratitude.My friends who grew up with dogs tell me how when they were teenagers and trusted no one in the world, they could tell their dog all their secrets. It was the one friend who would not gossip or betray, could provide in the middle of the night the soft, unbegrudging comfort and peace that adolescence conspires to disrupt. An age that is all about growth and risk needs some anchors and weigths, a model of steadfastness when all else is in flux. Sometimes I think Twist’s devotion keeps my girls on a benevolent lash, one that hangs quietly at their side as they trot along but occasionally yanks them back to safety and solid ground.We’ve weighed so many decisions so carefully in raising our daughters—what school to send them to and what church to attend, when to give them cell phones and with what precautions. But when it comes to what really shapes their character and binds our family, I never would have thought we would owe so much to its smallest member.15. In the first paragraph, the author suggests that____.[A]a person can either have a high IQ or a low EQ[B]her professor brother cares too much about IQ[C]we need examples of how to follow one's heart[D]she prefers dogs that are clever and loyal16. According to the passage, all the following are Twist's characteristics EXCEPT____.[A]resignation[B]patience[C]forgiveness[D]tenacity17. According to the context, the meaning of the word "square"is closest to____.[A]fast[B]blindly[C]straight[D]stubbornly18.ThatTwist's devotion keeps my girls on a benevolent leash means that____.[A]Twist is capable of looking after the girls[B]Twist and the girls have become friends[C]Twist knows how to follow the girls[D]Twist's loyalty helps the girls grow up19. What does the author try to express in the last paragraph?[A]Difficulties in raising her children.[B]Worries about what to buy for kids.[C]Gratitude to Twist for her role.[D]Concerns about schooling and religion.Text CMost West African lorries ate not in what one would call the first flush of youth, and I had learnt by bitter experience not to expect anything very much of them. But the lorry that arrived to take me up to the mountains was worse than anything I had seen before: it tottered on the borders of senile decay. It stood there on buckled wheels, wheezing and gasping with exhaustion from having to climb up the gentle slope to the camp, and I consigned myself and my loads to it with some trepidation. The driver, who was a cheerful fellow, pointed out that he would require my assistance in two very necessary operations: first, I had to keep the hand brake pressed down when travelling downhill, for unless it was held thus almost level with the floor it sullenly refused to function. Secondly, I had to keep a stern eye on the clutch, a wilful piece of mechanism, that seized every chance to leap out of its socket with a noise like a strangling leopard. As it was obvious that not even a West African lorry driver could be successful in driving while crouched under the dashboard in a pre-natal position, I had to take over control of these instruments if I valued my life. So, while I ducked at intervals to put on the brake, amid the rich smell of burning rubber, our noble lorry jerked its way towards the mountains at a steady twenty miles per hour; sometimes, when a downward slope favoured it, it threw caution to the winds and careered along in a madcap fashion at twenty-five.For the first thirty miles the red earth road wound its way through the lowland forest, the giant trees standing in solid ranks alongside and their branches entwined in an archway of leaves above us. Flocks of hornbills flapped across the road, honking like the ghosts of ancient taxis, and on the banks, draped decoratively in the patches of sunlight, the agama lizards lay, blushing into sunset colouring with excitement and nodding their heads furiously. Slowly and almost imperceptibly the road started to climb upwards, looping its way in languid curves round the forested hills. In the back of the lorry the boys lifted up their voices in song:Home again, home again, When shall I see ma home? When shall I see ma mammy? I'll never forget ma home . . .The driver hummed the refrain softly to himself, glancing at me to see if I would object. To his surprise I joined in, and so while the lorry rolled onwards trailing a swirling tail of red dust behind it, the boys in the back maintained the chorus while the driver and I harmonized and sang complicated twiddly bits, and the driver played a staccato accompaniment on the horn.Breaks in the forest became more frequent the higher we climbed, and presently a new type of undergrowth began to appear: massive tree-ferns standing in conspiratorial groups at the roadside on their thick, squat, and hairy trunks, the fronds of leaves sprouting from the tops like delicate green fountains. These ferns were the guardians of a new world, for suddenly, as though the hills had shrugged themselves free of cloak, the forest disappeared. It lay behind us in the valley, a thick pelt of green undulating away into the heat-shimmered distance, while above us the hillside rose majestically, covered in a coat of rippling, waist-high grass, bleached golden by the sun. The lorry crept higher and higher, the engine gasping and shuddering with this unaccustomed activity. I began to think that we should have to push the wretched thing up the last two or three hundred feet, but to everyone's surprise we made it, and the lorry crept on to the brow of the hill, trembling with fatigue, spouting steam from its radiator like a dying whale. We crawled to a standstill and the driver switched off the engine.“We must wait small-time, engine get hot, he explained, pointing to the forequarters of the lorry, which were by now completely invisible under a cloud of steam. Thankfully I descended from the red-hot inside of the cab and strolled down to where the road dipped into the next valley. From this vantage point I could see the country we had travelled through and the country we were about to enter.20. That it tottered on the borders of senile decay means that the lorry was_________.about to break downa very old vehicleunable to travel the distance[D] a dangerous vehicleWhich of the following words in the first paragraph is used literally?Flush.Borders.Operations.Gasping.We learn from the first paragraph that the author regards the inadequacies of the lorry as _________.[A] inevitable and amusing[B]. dangerous and frightening[C] novel and unexpected[D] welcome and interesting23. All the following words in the last but one paragraph describe the lorry as a human EXCEPT .tremblingspoutingshudderingcrept24. We can infer from the passage that the author was ________.bored by the appearance of the grasslands aheadreluctant to do any walking in so hot a climateunfriendly towards the local driver and boysa little surprised to have to help drive the lorry25. A suitable title for the passage would be _______.A journey that scared meA journey to rememberThe wild West African lorryA comic journey in West AfricaText DHave you ever noticed a certain similarity in public parks and back gardens in the cities of the West? A ubiquitous woodland mix of lawn grasses and trees has found its way throughout Europe and the United States, and it’s now spread to other cities around the world. As ecologist Peter Groffman has noted, it's increasingly difficult to tell one suburb apart from another, even when they're located in vastly different climates such as Phoenix, Arizona, or Boston in the much chillier north-east of the US. And why do parks in New Zealand often feature the same species of trees that grow on the other side of the world in the UK?Inspired by the English and New England countrysides, early landscape architects of the 19th Century such as Andrew Jackson Downing and Frederick Law Olmstead created an aesthetic for urban public and private open space that persists to this day. But in the 21st Century, urban green space is tasked with doing far more than simply providing aesthetic appeal. From natural systems to deal with surface water run-off and pollution to green corridors to increasing interest in urban food production, the urban parks of the future will be designed and engineered for functionality as well as for beauty.Imagine travelling among the cities of the mid-21st Century and finding a unique set of urban landscapes that capture local beauty, natural and cultural history, and the environmental context. They are tuned to their locality, and diverse within as well as across cities. There are patches that provide shade and cooling, places of local food production, and corridors that connect both residents and wildlife to the surrounding native environment. Their functions are measured and monitored to meet the unique needs of each city for food production, water use, nutrient recycling, and habitat. No two green spaces are quite the same.Planners are already starting to work towards this vision. And if this movement has a buzzword it is “hyperfunctionality” – designs which provide multiple uses in a confined space, and a term coined by Richard Pouyat of the US Forest Service. At the moment, urban landscapes are highly managed and limited in their spatial extent. Even the "green" cities of the future will contain extensive areas of buildings, roads, railways, and other built structures. These future cities are likely to contain a higher proportion of green cover than the cities of today, with an increasing focus on planting on roofs, vertical walls, and formerly impervious surfaces like car parks. But built environments will still be ever-present in dense megacities. We can greatly enhance the utility of green space through designs that provide a range of different uses in a confined space. A hyperfunctional planting, for example, might be designed to provide food, shade, wildlife habitat, and pollution removal all in the same garden with the right choice of plants, configurations, and management practices.What this means is that we have to maximise the benefits and uses of urban parks, while minimising the costs of building and maintaining them. Currently, green space and street plantings are relatively similar throughout the Western world, regardless of differences in local climate, geography, and natural history. Even desert cities feature the same sizable street trees and well-watered and well-fertilized lawns that you might see in more temperate climes. The movement to reduce the resources and water requirements of such urban landscapes in these arid areas is called "xeriscaping" – a concept that has so-far received mixed responses in terms of public acceptance. Scott Yabiku and colleagues at the Central Arizona Phoenix project showed that newcomers to the desert embrace xeriscaping more than long-time residents, who are more likely to prefer the well-watered aesthetic. In part, this may be because xeriscaping is justified more by reducing landscaping costs – in this case water costs – than by providing desired benefits like recreation, pollution mitigation, and cultural value. From this perspective, xeriscaping can seem more like a compromise than an asset.But there are other ways to make our parks and natural spaces do more. Nan Ellin, of the Ecological Planning Center in the US, advocates an asset-based approach to urbanism. Instead of envisioning cities in terms what they can't have, ecological planners are beginning to frame the discussion of future cities in terms of what they do have - their natural and cultural assets. In Utah’s Salt Lake City, instead of couching environmental planning as an issue of resource scarcity, the future park is described as "mountain urbanism" and the strong association of local residents with the natural environment of the mountain ranges near their home. From this starting point, the local climate, vegetation, patterns of rain and snowfall, and mountain topography are all deemed natural assets that create a new perspective when it comes to creating urban green space. In Cairns, Australia, the local master plan embraces "tropical urbanism" that conveys a sense of placethrough landscaping features, while also providing important functions such as shading and cooling in this tropical climate.The globally homogenised landscape aesthetic – which sees parks from Boston to Brisbane looking worryingly similar – will diminish in importance as future urban green space will be attuned to local values and cultural perceptions of beauty. This will lead to a far greater diversity of urban landscape designs than are apparent today. Already, we are seeing new purposes for urban landscaping that are transforming the 20th century woodland park into bioswales – plantings designed to filter stormwater – green roofs, wildlife corridors, and urban food gardens. However, until recently we have been lacking the datasets and science-based specifications for designs that work to serve all of these purposes at once.In New York City, Thomas Whitlow of Cornell University sends students through tree-lined streets with portable, backpack-mounted air quality monitors. At home in his laboratory, he places tree branches in wind tunnels to measure pollution deposition onto leaves. It turns out that currently, many street tree plantings are ineffective at removing air pollutants, and instead may trap pollutants near the ground. My students and I equipped street trees with sensors in and around the trunk in Los Angeles to monitor growth and water use in real time to help find which species provide the largest canopies for the lowest amount of water. Rather than relying on assumptions about the role of urban vegetation in improving the environment and health, future landscaping designs will be engineered based on empirical data and state of the art of simulations.New datasets on the performance of urban landscapes are changing our view of what future urban parks will look like and what it will do. With precise measurements of pollutant uptake, water use, plant growth rates, and greenhouse gas emissions, we are better and better able to design landscapes that require less intensive management and are less costly, while providing more social and environmental uses.26. According to the passage, which of the following serves as the BEST reason for thesimilarity in urban green space throughout the West?[A] Climate.[B] Geography.[C] Functional purposes.[D] Design principles.27. The following are all features of future urban green space EXCEPT that .[A] each city has its distinct style of urban green space[B] urban landscape will focus more on cultural history[C] urban green space will be designed to serve many uses[D] more green cover will be seen on city roofs and walls28. Why are some local residents opposed to "xeriscaping"?[A] It cannot reduce water requirements.[B] It has proved to be too costly.[C] It is not suited for the local area.[D] It does not have enough advantages.29. According to the passage, if planners adopt an asset-based approach, they willprobably .[A] incorporate the area's natural and cultural heritage into their design[B] make careful estimation of the area's natural resources before designing[C] combine natural resources and practical functions in their design[D] envision more purposes for urban landscaping in their design30. According to the passage, future landscaping designs will rely more on . .[A] human assumptions[B] field work[C] scientific estimation[D] laboratory work。
2015年英语专业八级真题及详解【圣才出品】
2015年英语专业八级真题及详解TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2015)-GRADE EIGHT-TIME LIMIT: 150 MIN PART ⅠLISTENING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the mini-lecture, please complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.Now listen to the mini-lecture. When it is over, you will be given THREE minutes to check your work.Understanding Academic LecturesListening to academic lectures is an important task for university students. Then, how can we comprehend a lecture efficiently?1. ____【答案】carriers of meaning/ that carry meaning/ carrying meaning【解析】细节题。
TEM8_2015专业八级真题与参考答案
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS(2015)GRADE EIGHTTIME LIMIT：195 MIN 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, using no more than three words in each gap．Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are)both grammatically and semantically acceptable．You may refer to your notes while completing the task．Use the blank sheet for note-taking．Now, listen to the mini-lecture．Understanding Academic LecturesListening to academic lectures is an important task fro university students. Then, how can we comprehend a lecture efficiently?I.Understand all (1) ______________A.wordsB.(2) ______________-stress-intonation-(3) ______________II. Adding informationA.lecturers: sharing information with audienceB.listeners: (4) ______________C.sources of information-knowledge of (5) ______________-(6) ______________ of the worldD. listening involving three steps:-hearing-(7) ______________-addingIII. (8) ______________A.reasons:-overcome noise-save timeB. (9) ______________-content-organizationIV. Evaluating while listeningA.helps to decide the (10) ______________ of notesB.helps to remember informationSECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview．At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions．Now listen to the interview．1. Theresa thinks that the present government is ________.[A] doing what they have promised to schools[B] creating opportunities for leading universities[C] considering removing barriers for state school pupils[D] reducing opportunities for state school pupils2. What does Theresa see as a problem in secondary schools now?[A] Universities are not working hard to accept state school pupils.[B] The number of state pupils applying to Oxford fails to increase.[C] The government has lowered state pupils’ expectations.[D] Leading universities are rejecting state school pupils.3. In Theresa’s view, school freedom m eans that schools should ____.[A] be given more funding from education authorities[B] be given all the money and decide how to spend it[C] be granted greater power to run themselves[D] be given more opportunities and choices4. According to Theresa, who decides or decide money for schools at the present?[A] Local education authorities and the central government.[B] Local education authorities and secondary schools together.[C] Local education authorities only.[D] The central government only.5. Throughout the talk, the interviewer does all the following EXCEPT ____.[A] asking for clarification[B] challenging the interviewee[C] supporting the interviewee[D] initiating topicsSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY．Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEETTWO．Questions 6 and 7 are based on thefollowing news,At the end ofthe news item,you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions．Now listen to the news．News Item 16. What is the main idea of the news item?[A] Fewer people watch TV once a week.[B] Smartphones and tablets have replaced TV.[C] New technology has led to more family time.[D] Bigger TV sets have attracted more people.News Item 27. How many lawmakers voted for the marijuana legalization bill?[A] 50. [B] 12.[C] 46. [D] 18.8. The passing of the bill means that marijuana can be________.[A] bought by people under 18[B] made available to drug addicts[C] provided by the government[D] bought in drug storesNews Item 39. What did the review of global data reveal?[A]Diarrhea is a common disease.[B]Good sanitation led to increase in height.[C]There were many problems of poor sanitation.[D] African children live in worse sanitary conditions.10. The purpose of Dr. Alan Dangour’s study was most likely to ________.[A] examine links between sanitation and death from illness[B] look into factors affecting the growth of children[C] investigate how to tackle symptoms like diarrhea[D] review and compare conditions in different countriesPART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)In this section there arefourreadingpassagesfollowedby a totalof20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．TEXT AIn 2011, many shoppers chose to avoid the frantic crowds and do their holiday shopping from the comfort of their computer. Sales at online retailers gained by more than 15%, making it the biggest season ever. But people are also returning those purchases at record rates, up 8% from last year.What went wrong? Is the lingering shadow of the global financial crisis making it harder to accept extravagant indulgences? Or that people shop more impulsively - and therefore make bad decisions - when online? Both arguments are plausible. However, there is a third factor: a question of touch. We can love the look but, in an online environment, we cannot feel the quality of a texture, the shape of the fit, the fall of a fold or, for that matter, the weight of an earring. And physically interacting with an object makes you more committed .When my most recent book Brandwashed was released, I teamed up with a local bookstore to conduct an experiment about the differences between the online and offline shopping experience. I carefully instructed a group of volunteers to promote my book in two different ways. The first was a fairly hands-off approach. Whenever a customer would inquire about my book, the volunteer would take them over to the shelf and point to it. Out of 20 such requests, six customers proceeded with the purchase.The second option also involved going over to the shelf but, this time, removing the book and then subtly holding onto it for just an extra moment before placing it in the customer's hands. Of the 20 people who were handed the book. 13 ended up buying it. Just physically passing the book showed a big difference in sales. Why? We feel something similar to a sense of ownership when we hold things in our hand. That's why we establish or reestablish connection by greeting strangers and friends with a handshake. In this case, having to then let go of the book after holding it might generate a subtle sense of loss, and motivate us to make the purchase even more.A recent study also revealed the power of touch, in this case when it came toconventional mail. A deeper and longer-lasting impression of a message was formed when delivered in a letter, as opposed to receiving the same message online. Brain imaging showed that, on touching the paper, the emotional center of the brain was activated, thus forming a stronger bond. The study also indicated that once touch becomes part of the process, it could translate into a sense of possession. This sense of ownership is simply not part of the equation in the online shopping experience.As the rituals of purchase in the lead-up to Christmas change, not only do we give less thought to the type of gifts we buy for our loved ones but, through our own digital wish lists, we increasingly control what they buy for us. The reality, however, is that no matter how convinced we all are that digital is the way to go, finding real satisfaction will probably take more than a few simple clicks.11. According to the author, shoppers are returning their purchases for all the following reasons EXCEPT that ____.[A] they are unsatisfied with the quality of the purchase[B]they eventually find the purchase too expensive[C] they change their mind out of uncertainty[D] they regret making the purchase without forethought12. What is the purpose of the experiment in the bookstore?[A] T o see which promotion method is preferred by customers.[B]To find out the strengths and weaknesses of both methods.[C] T o try to set up a new retailer-customer relationship.[D] T o see the effect of an approach on customers' decisions.13. Why does the author cite the study by Bangor University and the Royal Mail Service?[A]T o compare similar responses in different settings.[B] To provide further evidence for his own observation.[C] T o offer a scientific account of the brain's functions.[D] T o describe emotional responses in online shopping.14. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?[A]Real satisfaction depends on factors other than the computer.[B] Despite online shopping we still attach importance to gift buying.[C] Some people are still uncertain about the digital age.[D] Online shopping offers real satisfaction to shoppers.Text BMy professor brother and I have an argument about head and heart about whether he overvalues IQ while I learn more toward EQ. We typically have this debate about people—can we be friends with a really smart jerk（怪物）?—but there’s corollary to animals as well. I’d love it if our dog could fetch the morning paper and then read it tome over coffee, but I actually care much more about her loyal and innocent heart. There’s already enough thinking going on is our house, and we probably spend too much time in our heads, where we need some role modeling is in instinct, and that’s where a dog is a roving revelation.I did not grow up with dogs, which meant that my older daughter’s respectful but unyielding determination to get one required some adjustment on my part. I often felt she was training me: from ages of 6 to 9, she gently schooled me in various breeds and their personalities, whispered to the dogs we encountered so they would charm and persuade me, demonstrated by her self-displine that she was ready for the responsibility. And thus came our dog Twist, whom I sometimes mistake for a third daughter.At first I thought the challenge would be to train her to sit, to heel, to walk calmly beside us and not go wildly chasing the neighbourhood rabbits. But I soon discovered how much more we had to learn from her than she from us.If it is true, for example, that the secret to a child’s success is less rare genius than raw persistence, Twist’s ability to stay on task is a model for us all, especially if the task is trying to capture the sunbeam that flicks around the living room as the wind blows through the branches outside. She never succeeds, and she never gives up. This includes when she runs square into walls.Then there is her unfailing patience, which breaks down only when she senses that dinnertime was 15 minutes ago and we have somehow failed to notice. Even then she is more eager than indignant, and her refusal to whine shows a restraint of which I’m not always capable when hungry.But the lesson I value most is the one in forgiveness, and Twist first offered this when she was still very young. When she was about 7 months old, we took her to the vet to be sprayed(切除卵巢). We turned her over to a stranger, who procceeded to perform a procedure that was probably not pleasant, But when the vet returned her to us, limp and tender, there was no recrimination(反责)，no how could you do that to me? It was as though she really knew that we could not intentionally cause her pain, and while she did not understand, she forgave and curled up with her head on my daughter’s lap.I suppose we could have concluded that she was just blindly loyal and docile. But eventually we knew better. She is entirely capable of disobedience, as she has proved many times. She will ignore us when there are more interesting things to look at, rebuke us when we are careless, bark into the twilight when she has urgent messages to send. But her patience with our failings and frickleness and her willingness to give us a scond chance are a daily lesson in gratitude.My friends who grew up with dogs tell me how when they were teenagers and trusted no one in the world, they could tell their dog all their secrets. It was the one friend who would not gossip or betray, could provide in the middle of the night the soft, unbegrudging comfort and peace that adolescence conspires to disrupt. An age that is all about growth and risk needs some anchors and weigths, a model of steadfastness when all else is in flux. Sometimes I think Twist’s devotion keeps my girls on a benevolent lash, one that hangs quietly at their side as they trot along but occasionally yanks them back to safety and solid ground.We’ve weighed so many decisions so carefully in raising our daughters—whatschool to send them to and what church to attend, when to give them cell phones and with what precautions. But when it comes to what really shapes their character and binds our family, I never would have thought we would owe so much to its smallest member.15. In the first paragraph, the author suggests that____.[A]a person can either have a high IQ or a low EQ[B]her professor brother cares too much about IQ[C]we need examples of how to follow one's heart[D]she prefers dogs that are clever and loyal16. According to the passage, all the following are Twist's characteristics EXCEPT____.[A]resignation[B]patience[C]forgiveness[D]tenacity17. According to the context, the meaning of the word "square"is closest to____.[A]fast[B]blindly[C]straight[D]stubbornly18.ThatTwist's devotion keeps my girls on a benevolent leash means that____.[A]Twist is capable of looking after the girls[B]Twist and the girls have become friends[C]Twist knows how to follow the girls[D]Twist's loyalty helps the girls grow up19. What does the author try to express in the last paragraph?[A]Difficulties in raising her children.[B]Worries about what to buy for kids.[C]Gratitude to Twist for her role.[D]Concerns about schooling and religion.Text CMost West African lorries ate not in what one would call the first flush of youth, and I had learnt by bitter experience not to expect anything very much of them. But the lorry that arrived to take me up to the mountains was worse than anything I had seen before: it tottered on the borders of senile decay. It stood there on buckled wheels, wheezing and gasping with exhaustion from having to climb up the gentle slope to the camp, and I consigned myself and my loads to it with some trepidation. The driver, who was a cheerful fellow, pointed out that he would require my assistance in two very necessary operations: first, I had to keep the hand brake pressed down when travelling downhill, for unless it was held thus almost level with the floor itsullenly refused to function. Secondly, I had to keep a stern eye on the clutch, a wilful piece of mechanism, that seized every chance to leap out of its socket with a noise like a strangling leopard. As it was obvious that not even a West African lorry driver could be successful in driving while crouched under the dashboard in a pre-natal position, I had to take over control of these instruments if I valued my life. So, while I ducked at intervals to put on the brake, amid the rich smell of burning rubber, our noble lorry jerked its way towards the mountains at a steady twenty miles per hour; sometimes, when a downward slope favoured it, it threw caution to the winds and careered along in a madcap fashion at twenty-five.For the first thirty miles the red earth road wound its way through the lowland forest, the giant trees standing in solid ranks alongside and their branches entwined in an archway of leaves above us. Flocks of hornbills flapped across the road, honking like the ghosts of ancient taxis, and on the banks, draped decoratively in the patches of sunlight, the agama lizards lay, blushing into sunset colouring with excitement and nodding their heads furiously. Slowly and almost imperceptibly the road started to climb upwards, looping its way in languid curves round the forested hills. In the back of the lorry the boys lifted up their voices in song:Home again, home again, When shall I see ma home? When shall I see ma mammy? I'll never forget ma home . . .The driver hummed the refrain softly to himself, glancing at me to see if I would object. T o his surprise I joined in, and so while the lorry rolled onwards trailing a swirling tail of red dust behind it, the boys in the back maintained the chorus while thedriver and I harmonized and sang complicated twiddly bits, and the driver played a staccato accompaniment on the horn.Breaks in the forest became more frequent the higher we climbed, and presently a new type of undergrowth began to appear: massive tree-ferns standing in conspiratorial groups at the roadside on their thick, squat, and hairy trunks, the fronds of leaves sprouting from the tops like delicate green fountains. These ferns were the guardians of a new world, for suddenly, as though the hills had shrugged themselves free ofcloak, the forest disappeared. It lay behind us in the valley, a thick pelt of green undulating away into the heat-shimmered distance, while above us the hillside rose majestically, covered in a coat of rippling, waist-high grass, bleached golden by the sun. The lorry crept higher and higher, the engine gasping and shuddering with this unaccustomed activity. I began to think that we should have to push the wretched thing up the last two or three hundred feet, but to everyone's surprise we made it, and the lorry crept on to the brow of the hill, trembling with fatigue, spouting steam from its radiator like a dying whale. We crawled to a standstill and the driver switched off the engine.“We must wait small-time, engine get hot, he explained, pointing to the forequarters of the lorry, which were by now completely invisible under a cloud of steam. Thankfully I descended from the red-hot inside of the cab and strolled down to where the road dipped into the next valley. From this vantage point I could see the country we had travelled through and the country we were about to enter.20. That it tottered on the borders of senile decay means that the lorry was_________. about to break downa very old vehicleunable to travel the distance[D] a dangerous vehicleWhich of the following words in the first paragraph is used literally?Flush.Borders.Operations.Gasping.We learn from the first paragraph that the author regards the inadequacies of the lorry as _________.[A] inevitable and amusing[B]. dangerous and frightening[C] novel and unexpected[D] welcome and interesting23. All the following words in the last but one paragraph describe the lorry as a humanEXCEPT .tremblingspoutingshudderingcrept24. We can infer from the passage that the author was ________.bored by the appearance of the grasslands aheadreluctant to do any walking in so hot a climateunfriendly towards the local driver and boysa little surprised to have to help drive the lorry25. A suitable title for the passage would be _______.A journey that scared meA journey to rememberThe wild West African lorryA comic journey in West AfricaText DHave you ever noticed a certain similarity in public parks and back gardens in the cities of the West? A ubiquitous woodland mix of lawn grasses and trees has found itsway throughout Europe and the United States, and it’s now spread to other cities around the world. As ecologist Peter Groffman has noted, it's increasingly difficult to tell one suburb apart from another, even when they're located in vastly different climates such as Phoenix, Arizona, or Boston in the much chillier north-east of the US. And why do parks in New Zealand often feature the same species of trees that grow on the other side of the world in the UK?Inspired by the English and New England countrysides, early landscape architects of the 19th Century such as Andrew Jackson Downing and Frederick Law Olmstead created an aesthetic for urban public and private open space that persists to this day. But in the 21st Century, urban green space is tasked with doing far more than simply providing aesthetic appeal. From natural systems to deal with surface water run-off and pollution to green corridors to increasing interest in urban food production, the urban parks of the future will be designed and engineered for functionality as well as for beauty.Imagine travelling among the cities of the mid-21st Century and finding a unique set of urban landscapes that capture local beauty, natural and cultural history, and the environmental context. They are tuned to their locality, and diverse within as well as across cities. There are patches that provide shade and cooling, places of local food production, and corridors that connect both residents and wildlife to the surrounding native environment. Their functions are measured and monitored to meet the unique needs of each city for food production, water use, nutrient recycling, and habitat. No two green spaces are quite the same.Planners are already starting to work towards this vision. And if this movement hasa buzzword it is “hyperfunctionality” – designs which provide multiple uses in a confined space, and a term coined by Richard Pouyat of the US Forest Service. At the moment, urban landscapes are highly managed and limited in their spatial extent. Even the "green" cities of the future will contain extensive areas of buildings, roads, railways, and other built structures. These future cities are likely to contain a higher proportion of green cover than the cities of today, with an increasing focus on planting on roofs, vertical walls, and formerly impervious surfaces like car parks. But built environments will still be ever-present in dense megacities. We can greatly enhance the utility of green space through designs that provide a range of different uses in a confined space. A hyperfunctional planting, for example, might be designed to provide food, shade, wildlife habitat, and pollution removal all in the same garden with the right choice of plants, configurations, and management practices.What this means is that we have to maximise the benefits and uses of urban parks, while minimising the costs of building and maintaining them. Currently, green space and street plantings are relatively similar throughout the Western world, regardless of differences in local climate, geography, and natural history. Even desert cities feature the same sizable street trees and well-watered and well-fertilized lawns that you might see in more temperate climes. The movement to reduce the resources and water requirements of such urban landscapes in these arid areas is called "xeriscaping" – a concept that has so-far received mixed responses in terms of public acceptance. Scott Yabiku and colleagues at the Central Arizona Phoenix project showed that newcomers to the desert embrace xeriscaping more than long-time residents, who are more likely toprefer the well-watered aesthetic. In part, this may be because xeriscaping is justified more by reducing landscaping costs –in this case water costs –than by providing desired benefits like recreation, pollution mitigation, and cultural value. From this perspective, xeriscaping can seem more like a compromise than an asset.But there are other ways to make our parks and natural spaces do more. Nan Ellin, of the Ecological Planning Center in the US, advocates an asset-based approach to urbanism. Instead of envisioning cities in terms what they can't have, ecological planners are beginning to frame the discussion of future cities in terms of what they do have - their natural and cultural assets. In Utah’s Salt Lake City, instead of couching environmental planning as an issue of resource scarcity, the future park is described as "mountain urbanism" and the strong association of local residents with the natural environment of the mountain ranges near their home. From this starting point, the local climate, vegetation, patterns of rain and snowfall, and mountain topography are all deemed natural assets that create a new perspective when it comes to creating urban green space. In Cairns, Australia, the local master plan embraces "tropical urbanism" that conveys a sense of place through landscaping features, while also providing important functions such as shading and cooling in this tropical climate.The globally homogenised landscape aesthetic – which sees parks from Boston to Brisbane looking worryingly similar – will diminish in importance as future urban green space will be attuned to local values and cultural perceptions of beauty. This will lead to a far greater diversity of urban landscape designs than are apparent today. Already, we are seeing new purposes for urban landscaping that are transforming the 20th centurywoodland park into bioswales – plantings designed to filter stormwater – green roofs, wildlife corridors, and urban food gardens. However, until recently we have been lacking the datasets and science-based specifications for designs that work to serve all of these purposes at once.In New York City, Thomas Whitlow of Cornell University sends students through tree-lined streets with portable, backpack-mounted air quality monitors. At home in his laboratory, he places tree branches in wind tunnels to measure pollution deposition onto leaves. It turns out that currently, many street tree plantings are ineffective at removing air pollutants, and instead may trap pollutants near the ground. My students and I equipped street trees with sensors in and around the trunk in Los Angeles to monitor growth and water use in real time to help find which species provide the largest canopies for the lowest amount of water. Rather than relying on assumptions about the role of urban vegetation in improving the environment and health, future landscaping designs will be engineered based on empirical data and state of the art of simulations.New datasets on the performance of urban landscapes are changing our view of what future urban parks will look like and what it will do. With precise measurements of pollutant uptake, water use, plant growth rates, and greenhouse gas emissions, we are better and better able to design landscapes that require less intensive management and are less costly, while providing more social and environmental uses.26. According to the passage, which of the following serves as the BEST reason for the similarity in urban green space throughout the West?[A] Climate.[B] Geography.[C] Functional purposes.[D] Design principles.27. The following are all features of future urban green space EXCEPT that .[A] each city has its distinct style of urban green space[B] urban landscape will focus more on cultural history[C] urban green space will be designed to serve many uses[D] more green cover will be seen on city roofs and walls28. Why are some local residents opposed to "xeriscaping"?[A] It cannot reduce water requirements.[B] It has proved to be too costly.[C] It is not suited for the local area.[D] It does not have enough advantages.29. According to the passage, if planners adopt an asset-based approach, they will probably .。
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Speech of an international CEO at the provincial level forum in china
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
It is a great honor to be invited to speak at this forum of international development. As one of the first international retail enterprises that have settled in this province, we have set up 4 joint ventures with a total investment of rmb 3.5 billion yuan, and moreover, we have opened over 20 large-scale supermarkets in the major cities, last year we launched a plan to support small and medium suppliers in the province aiming to bring solutions to the suppliers, including standard commercial operations, up to date marketing concepts and strong communications, we offer them free consultation, including the customers’ needs, lay-out of products, flow of funds, and market feed back. Meanwhile, we demand they produce high quality products, with our help, many small and medium suppliers have found new solutions and increased their sales, in addition, we have just started a new plan with our suppliers at a recent conference, this plan gain extensive applause from these suppliers,
In this second half of the year, we will provide guarantee for suppliers who want to obtain loans or financing, helping them to overcome the shortage of funds due to the global financial crises, at present, we are negotiating with various commercial banks, trying to persuade them to expand better financial channels for our suppliers.
On the 8th of this month, we organized the win win day for partners, the event had two topics, one was direct purchase and the other was medium and small food processing companies, both projects are essential for us in china, we hope professional trainings and business seminars and expect to help local suppliers to be more aware of food safety issues to complete the innovation of products and technology, and to provide more products which meet the market demand.After 12 years’ cooperation and development in china, we will as always go forward hand in hand with the development of this province, making more contributions to its prosperous market to have a harmonious commercial environment in china, and to this sustainable development of Chinese economy.
中国国家旅游局官员在第六届丝绸之路国际大会开幕式上的致辞
尊敬的各位来宾，女士们，先生们，
上午好！
很高兴与大家相聚在古老而美丽的敦煌，共同出席联合国旅游世界组织第六届丝绸之路国际大会，我谨代表中国国家旅游局对大会召开表示热烈祝贺，对远道而来的各位嘉宾表示诚挚欢迎。
拥有两千多年的历史，绵延7千多公里的丝绸之路是沿线各国人民共同开创的友谊之路，是人类探索自然，挑战自我的奇迹之路，是亚、欧、非三大洲文明交流和融合之路。
今天，丝绸之路已成为沿线各国经济往来、文化交流的大道，更成为全球游客心驰神往的一条黄金旅游线路，中国是丝绸之路的起点，也是沿线极具吸引力的旅游圣地，统计数据显示，过去十年，中国丝路沿线五省区的入境游客量从141万人次跃升到415万人次，年均增幅达11.4%，国际旅游收入从5.16亿美元增长到22亿美元，年均增幅达15.6%. 旅游业已成为当地的支柱产业、先导产业，在沿线各国的共同努力下，丝绸之路旅游项目取得了有目共睹的成果，但目前，沿线各国签证、交通等便利化程度还不高，区域经济和旅游市场发展还不平衡，在这里，我倡议沿线国家强化合作，共谋发展，共同把丝绸之路打造成国际游客青睐的旅游精品。
When talking about Chinese tourists overseas, news media often mention their inappropriate behavior such as spitting, littering, talking loudly in public places, and carving characters in scenic spots. The china national tourism administration recently announced that in order to improve the image of Chinese holidaymaker overseas, it will establish a “black list” for individuals engaging in such “uncivilized behavior” and the record will be kept for up to two years. What do you think of this measure? Do you think it will be effective? What suggestions do you have?。