2007年英语专业八级真题_答案(4)

24.

Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of the resurgence of Welsh national identity?

[A] Welsh has witnessed a revival as a national language. [B] Poverty-relief funds have come from the European Union. [C] A Welsh national airline is currently in operation. [D] The national symbol has become a familiar sight.

[参考答案] B

[详细解答]

细节题。第二段首句明确指出：The revival of the language…is part 0f a resuI'gence of national identity sweeping through this small，proud nation．[A]是威尔士复兴的一个例证。第四段提到威尔士复兴的其他例证，第四句中的"a national airline"表明[C]是例证之一。最后一句提到到处都印有威尔士的国家标志：红色的龙。[D]是对该部分内容的概括。虽然第三段倒数第二句提到"威尔士从欧盟得到近200万美元解决贫困问题"，但该部分内容是对威尔士情况的介绍，并非国家地位复兴的例证，故[B]为答案。

25.

According to Dyfan Jones what has changed is ________.

[A] people's mentality. [B] pop culture. [C] town's appearance. [D] possibilities for the people.

[详细解答]

推断题。最后两段提到Dyfan Jones的看法，末段首句指出Dyfan Jones认为威尔士人生来缺乏信心。接着提到像他这一代的年轻人的信心逐渐增加，最后引用Dyfan Jones的话加以说明。由此可见，Dyfan Jones认为威尔士人的心态发生了变化，故[A]为答案。末段倒数第二句提到"a sense 0f possibility"，这里是指威尔士人逐渐认为有些事情是可以做到的，说明他们的信心在加强，并非[D]"威尔士人的机会增多"，排除。

题 26 - 29

Text B

Getting to the heart of Kuwaiti democracy seems hilariously easy. Armed only with a dog-eared NEWSWEEK ID, I ambled through the gates of the National Assembly last week. Unscanned, unsearched, my satchel could easily have held the odd grenade or an anthrax-stuffed lunchbox. The only person who stopped me was a guard who grinned and invited me to take a swig of orange juice from his plastic bottle.

Were I a Kuwaiti woman wielding a ballot, I would have been a clearer and more present danger. That very day Parliament blocked a bill giving women the vote; 29 M.P.s voted in favour and 29 against, with two abstentions. Unable to decide whether the bill had passed or not, the government scheduled another vote in two weeks- too late for women to register for June's municipal elections. The next such elections aren't until 2009. Inside the elegant, marbled Parliament itself, a sea of mustachioed men in white robes sat in green seats, debating furiously. The ruling emir has pushed for women's political rights for years. Ironically, the democratically elected legislature has thwarted him. Traditionalists and tribal leaders are opposed. Liberals fret, too, that Islamists will let their multiple wives vote, swelling conservative ranks. "When I came to Parliament today, people who voted yes didn't even shake hands with me," said one Shia cleric. "Why can't we respect each other and work together?"

Why not indeed? By Gulf standards, Kuwait is a democratic superstar. Its citizens enjoy free speech (as long as they don't insult their emir, naturally) and boast a Parliament that can actually pass laws. Unlike their Saudi sisters, Kuwaiti women drive, work and travel freely. They run multibillion-dollar businesses and serve as ambassadors. Their academic success is such that colleges have actually lowered the grades required for make students to get into medical and engineering courses. Even then, 70 percent of university students are females.

In Kuwait, the Western obsession with the higab finds its equivalent. At a fancy party for NEWSWEEK's Arabic edition, some Kuwaiti women wore them. Others opted for tight, spangled, sheer little numbers in peacock blue or parrot orange. For the party's entertainment, Nancy Ajram, the Arab world's answer to Britney Spears, sang passionate songs of love in a white mini-dress. She couldn't dance for us, alas, since shaking one's body onstage is illegal in Kuwait. That didn't stop whole tables of men from raising their camera-enabled mobile phones and clicking her picture.

You'd think not being able to vote or dance in public would anger Kuwait's younger generation of women. To find out, I headed to the malls--Kuwait's archipelago of civic freedom. Eager to duck strict parents and the social taboos of dating in public, young Kuwaitis have taken to cafes, beaming flirtatious infrared e-mails to one another on their cell photos. At Starbucks in the glittering Al Sharq Mall, I found only tables of men, puffing cigarettes and grumbling about the service. At Pizza Hut, I thought I'd got an answer after encountering a young woman who looked every inch the modern suffragette--drainpipe jeans, strappy sliver high-heeled sandals and a higab studded with

University, doesn't think women need the vote." Men are better at politics than women,"she explained, adding that women in Kuwait already have everything they need. Welcome to democracy, Kuwait style.

26.

According to the passage, which of the following groups of people might be viewed as being dangerous by the guards?

[A] Foreign tourists. [B] Women protestors. [C] Foreign journalists. [D] Members of the National Assembly.

[参考答案] B

[详细解答]

细节题。第二段首句使用了虚拟语气，表明对警卫来说，危险人物是那些挥舞着选票的科威特妇女，从后面内容可知赋予女性选举权这一法案没有通过，那么手里举着选票的女性应该是那些抗议者．故[B]为答案。

27.

The bill giving women the vote did not manage to pass because ________.

[A] Different interest groups held different concerns. [B] Liberals did not reach consensus among themselves. [C] Parliament was controlled by traditionalists. [D] Parliament members were all conservatives.

[参考答案] A

[详细解答]

推断题。第三段分析了付与女性选举权这一法案没有通过的原因：传统主义者和部落首领反对，自由主义者也烦心，他 …… 此处隐藏：5762字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……