2006英语专业八级真题及答案(4)

D. bought by churches.

29. Modern museums came into existence in order to

A. protect royal and church treasures.

B. improve existing collections.

C. stimulate public interest.

D. raise more funds.

30. Which is the main idea of the passage?

A. Collection and collectors.

B. The evolution of museums.

C. Modern museums and their functions.

D. The birth of museums.

11-15 BAACD 16-20 CDBAC 21-25BABAB 26-30 DCBAB

PART III. 人文知识

There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section.Choose the best answers to each question.

Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.

31.The Presidents during the American Civil War was

A. Andrew Jackson

B. Abraham Lincoln

C. Thomas Jefferson

D. George Washington

32.The capital of New Zealand is

A.Christchurch

B.Auckland

C.Wellington

D.Hamilton

33.Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?

A.The Aborigines

B.The Maori

C.The Indians

D.The Eskimos

34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of

A.the Shadow Cabinet

B.the Parliament

C.the Opposition

D.the Cabinet

35.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?

A.T.S.Eliot

wrence

C.Theodore Dreiser

D.James Joyce

36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by

A.Scott Fitzgerald

B.William Faulkner

C.Eugene O'Neil

D.Ernest Hemingway

37._____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines

A.Free verse

B.Sonnet

C.Ode

D.Epigram

38.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of

A.reference

B.meaning

C.antonymy

D.context

39.The words"kid,child,offspring" are examples of

A.dialectal synonyms

B.stylistic synonyms

C.emotive synonyms

D.collocational synonyms

40.The distinction between parole and langue was made by

A.Halliay

B.Chomsky

C.Bloomfield

D.Saussure

参考答案: 31-35BCADA 36-40 DBDBD

PART IV 改错参考答案

1. agreeing-agreed

2. in which 可有可无

3. in his disposal- at his disposal

4.enables-enable

5.the other English speakers-other English speakers

6.old-older

7.seen-understood

8.take it for granted- take for granted

9.or-and

10. the most striking of human achievements

V. 汉译英及参考译文

中国民族自古以来从不把人看作高于一切，在哲学文艺方面的表现都反映出人在自然界中与万物占着一个比例较为恰当的地位，而非绝对统治万物的主宰。因此我们的苦闷，基本上比西方人为少为小；因为苦闷的强弱原是随欲望与野心的大小而转移的。农业社会的人比工业社会的人享受差得多；因此欲望也小得多。况中国古代素来以不滞于物，不为物役为最主要的人生哲学。并非我们没有守财奴，但比起莫利哀与巴尔扎克笔下的守财奴与野心家来，就小巫见大巫了。中国民族多数是性情中正和平、淡泊、朴实、比西方人容易满足。 Chinese people has never thought of human being as the highest creature among everything since ancient times, whose reflection takes a quite approporate proportion with all others in our natural world in both aspects of philosophy and arts, but not as an absolute dominant ruler. Therefore, our bitterness and depression are basically less than those of westerners, because the intensity of which is growing with the expansion of one's desire and ambition. People in the

agriculture society enjoyed far less than people in the industry society, thus their wants are far less either. Besides, ancient Chinese always regard "not confined by material, not driven by material" as the major philosophy. It not means we do not have misers, but in comparison with Mauriat and Balzac's miser and aspirant, that is dwarfed. Chinese people almost characterized by moderation, peacefulness, insecular, plainess, and easier to get satisfied than westerners.

PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)

Joseph epstein, a famous american writer,once said"we decide what is important and what is trivial in life we decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse todo but no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. we decide. we choose.and as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. in the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about

do you agree or disagree with him? write an eassay of about 400 words entitled: On Ambition In the first part of your writing you should state your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

PartⅠ. Listening Comprehension (Section A)

1.(the)author(s)/ (the)writer(s)

2.other works/ the other works/ others works/ other/ the other

3.(the)literary trend(s)/ literature trend(s)/ literary tendency/ literature tendency/

common(shared) meaning(s) in (a) particular tradition common meaning literature tradition

4. grammar/ image(s)/diction/ use of image(s)

5. cultural code(s)/ culture code(s)

Literary tradition/ cultural/ culture/ code(s)/ cultural tradition

6. cultural/ culture

7. (the) reader(s)

8. social

9. reader competency/ reader( s) competence competency/ competence/ competent reader

10. social system(s)/ social structure(s)/ literary traditions/ political influence(s)/ cultural influence(s)/ personal influence(s)

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