2013年TEM8真题及答案

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2013)

-GRADE EIGHT-

TIME LIMIT: 195 MIN

PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)

SECTION A MINI-LECTURE

In 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.

What Do Active Learners Do?

There are difference between active learning and passive learning.
Characteristics of active learners:
I. reading with purposes
A. before reading: setting goals
B. while reading: (1) ________ (1) ________
II. (2) ______ and critical in thinking (2) ________
i.e. information processing, e.g.
— connections between the known and the new information
— identification of (3) ______ concepts (3) ________
— judgment on the value of (4) _____. (4) ________
III. active in listening
A. ways of note-taking: (5) _______. (5) ________
B. before note-taking: listening and thinking
IV. being able to get assistance
A. reason 1: knowing comprehension problems because of

(6) ______. (6) ________
B. reason 2: being able to predict study difficulties
V. being able to question information
A. question what they read or hear
B. evaluate and (7) ______. (7) ________
VI. last characteristic
A. attitude toward responsibility
— active learners: accept
— passive learners: (8) _______ (8) ________
B. attitude toward (9) ______ (9) ________
— active learners: evaluate and change behaviour
— passive learners: no change in approach
Relationship between skill and will: will is more important in

(10) ______. (10) ________
Lack of will leads to difficulty in college learning.

SECTION B INTERVIEW

In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.

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. According to the interviewer, which of the following best indicates the relationship between choice and mobility?

A. Better education → greater mobility → more choices.

B. Better education → more choices → greater mobility.

C. Greater mobility → better education → more choices.

D. Greater mobility → more choices → better education.

2. According to the interview, which of the following details about the first poll is INCORRECT?

A. Shorter work hours was least chosen for being most important.

B. Choices for advancement might have been favored by young people.

C. High income failed to come on top for being most important.

D. Job security came second according to the poll results.

3. According to the interviewee, which is the main difference between the first and the second poll?

A. The type of respondents who were invited.

B. The way in which the questions were designed.

C. The content area of the questions.

D. The number of poll questions.

4. What can we learn from the respondents’ answers to items 2, 4, and 7 in the second poll?

A. Recognition from colleagues should be given less importance.

B. Workers are always willing and ready to learn more new skills.

C. Psychological reward is more important than material one.

D. Work will have to be made interesting to raise efficiency.

5. According to the interviewee, which of the following can offer both psychological and monetary benefits?

A. Contact with many people.

B. Chances for advancement.

C. Appreciation from coworkers.

D. Chances to learn new skills.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

In 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 your answer sheet.

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.

6. According to the news item, “sleepboxes” are designed to solve the problems of _________.

A. airports

B. passengers

C. architects

D. companies

7. Which of the following is NOT true with reference to the news?

A. Sleepboxes can be rented for different lengths of the time.

B. Renters of normal height can stand up inside.

C. Bedding can be automatically changed.

D. Renters can take a shower inside the box.

Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.

Now listen to the news.

8. What is the news item mainly about?

A. London’s preparations for the Notting Hill Carnival.

B. Main features of the Notting Hill Carnival.

C. Police’s preventive measures for the carnival.

D. Police participation in the carnival.

Questions 9 and 10 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.

9. The news item reports on a research finding about _________.

A. the Dutch famine and the Dutch women

B. early malnutrition and heart health

C. the causes of death during the famine

D. nutrition in childhood and adolescence

10. When did the research team carry out the study?

A. At the end of World War II.

B. Between 1944 and 1945.

C. In the 1950s.

D. In 2007.

PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)

In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark the best answer to each question on your answer sheet.

TEXT A

Three hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or letter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters. “The coffee houses particularly are very roomy for a free conversation, and for reading at an easier rate all manner of printed news,” noted one observer. Everything changed in 1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, The New York Sun, pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news, thus giving advertisers access to a wider audience. The penny press, followed by radio and television, turned news from a two-way conversation into a one-way broadcast, with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media.

Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house. The internet is making news more participatory, social and diverse, reviving the distinctive characteristic of the era before the mass media. That will have profound effects on society and politics. In much of the world, the mass media are flourishing. Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2005 and 2009. But those global figures mask a sharp decline in readership in rich countries.

Over the past decade, throughout the Western world, people have been giving up newspapers and TV news and keeping up with events in profoundly different ways. Most strikingly, ordinary people are increasingly involved in compiling, sharing, filtering, discussing and distributing news. Twitter lets people anywhere report what they are seeing. Classified documents are published in their thousands online. Mobile-phone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social-networking sites and shown on television newscasts. Social-networking sites help people find, discuss and share news with their friends.

And it is not just readers who are challenging the media elite. Technology firms including Google, Facebook and Twitter have become important conduits of news. Celebrities and world leaders publish updates directly via social networks; many countries now make raw data available through “open government” initiatives. The internet lets people read newspapers or watch television channels from around the world. The web has allowed new providers of news, from individual bloggers to sites, to rise to prominence in a very short space of time. And it has made possible entirely new approaches to journalism, such as that practiced by WikiLeaks, which provides an anonymous way for whistleblowers to publish documents. The news agenda is no longer controlled by a few press barons and state outlets.

In principle, every liberal should celebrate this. A more participatory and social news environment, with a remarkable diversity and range of news sources, is a good thing. The transformation of the news business is unstoppable, and attempts to reverse it are doomed to failure. As producers of new journalism, individuals can be scrupulous with facts and transparent with their sources. As consumers, they can be general in their tastes and demanding in their standards. And although this transformation does raise concerns, there is much to celebrate in the noisy, diverse, vociferous, argumentative and stridently alive environment of the news business in the ages of the internet. The coffee house is back. Enjoy it.

11. According to the passage, what initiated the transformation of coffee-house news to mass-media news?

A. The emergence of big mass media firms.

B. The popularity of radio and television.

C. The appearance of advertising in newspapers.

D. The increasing numbers of newspaper readers.

12. Which of the following statements best supports “Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house”?

A. Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2005 and 2009.

B. People in the Western world are giving up newspapers and TV news.

C. Classified documents are published in their thousands online.

D. More people are involved in finding, discussing and distributing news.

13. According to the passage, which is NOT a role played by information technology?

A. Challenging the traditional media.

B. Planning the return to coffee-house news.

C. Providing people with access to classified files.

D. Giving ordinary people the chance to provide news.

14. The author’s tone in the last paragraph towards new journalism is _________.

A. optimistic and cautious

B. supportive and skeptical

C. doubtful and reserved

D. ambiguous and cautious

15. In “The coffee house is back”, coffee house best symbolizes _________.

A. the changing characteristics of news audience

B. the more diversified means of news distribution

C. the participatory nature of news

D. the more varied sources of news

TEXT B

Paris is like pornography. You respond even if you don’t want to. You turn a corner and see a vista, and your imagination bolts away. Suddenly you are thinking about what it would be like to live in Paris, and then you think about all the lives you have not lived. Sometimes, though, when you are lucky, you only think about how many pleasures the day ahead holds. Then, you feel privileged.

The lobby of the hotel is decorated in red and gold. It gives off a whiff of 19th. century decadence. Probably as much as any hotel in Paris, this hotel is sexy. I was standing facing the revolving doors and the driveway beyond. A car with a woman in the back seat — a woman in a short skirt and black — leather jacket — pulled up before the hotel door. She swung off and she was wearing high heels. Normally, my mind would have leaped and imagined a story for this woman. Now it didn’t I stood there and told myself. Cheer up. You’re in Paris.

In many ways, Paris is best visited in winter. The tourist crowds are at a minimum, and one is not being jammed off the narrow sidewalks along the Rue Dauphine. More than this. Paris is like many other European cities in that the season of blockbuster cultural events tends to begin in mid-to late fall and so, by the time of winter, most of the cultural treasures of the city are laid out to be admired.

The other great reason why Paris in winter is so much better than Paris in spring and fall is that after the end of the August holidays and the return of chic Parisian women to their city, the restaurant-opening season truly begins hopping. By winter, many of the new restaurants have worked out their kinks(不足；困难) and, once the hype has died down, it is possible to see which restaurants are actually good and which are merely noisy and crowded.

Most people are about as happy as they set their mind to being, Lincoln said. In Paris it doesn’t take much to be happy. Outside the hotel, the sky was pale and felt very high up. I walked the few blocks to the Seine and began running along the blue-green river toward the Eiffel Tower. The tower in the distance was black, and felt strange and beautiful the way that many things built for the joy of building do. As I ran toward it, because of its lattice structure, the tower seemed obviously delicate. Seeing it, I felt a sense of protectiveness.

I think it was this moment of protectiveness that marked the change in my mood and my slowly becoming thrilled with being in Paris.

During winter evenings, Paris’s streetlamps have a halo and resemble dandelions. In winter, when one leaves the Paris street and enters a cafe or restaurant, the light and temperature change suddenly and dramatically, there is the sense of having discovered something secret. In winter, because the days are short, there is an urgency to the choices one makes. There is the sense that life is short and so let us decide on what matters.

16. According to the passage, once in Paris one might experience all the following feelings EXCEPT _________.

A. regret

B. condescension

C. expectation

D. impulse

17. Winter is the best season to visit Paris. Which of the following does NOT support this statement?

A. Fashionable Parisian women return to Paris.

B. More entertainment activities are staged.

C. There are more good restaurants to choose from.

D. There are fewer tourists in Paris.

18. “Most people are about as happy as they set their mind to being.” This statement means that most people _________.

A. expect to be happy

B. hope to be as happy as others

C. would be happier if they wanted

D. can be happy if they want

19. In the eyes of the author, winter in Paris is significant because of _________.

A. the atmosphere of its evenings

B. its implications for life

C. the contrast it brings

D. the discovery one makes

20. At the end of the passage, the author found himself in a mood of _________.

A. excitement

B. thoughtfulness

C. loneliness

D. joyfulness

TEXT C

If you want to know why Denmark is the world’s leader in wind power, start with a three-hour car trip from the capital Copenhagen — mind the bicyclists — to the small town of Lem on the far west coast of Jutland. You’ll feel it as you cross the 6.8 km-long Great Belt Bridge: Denmark’s bountiful wind, so fierce even on a calm summer’s day that it threatens to shove your car into the waves below. But wind itself is only part of the reason. In Lem, workers in factories the size of aircraft hangars build the wind turbines sold by Vestas, the Danish company that has emerged as the industry’s top manufacturer around the globe. The work is both gross and fine; employees weld together massive curved sheets of steel to make central shafts as tall as a 14-story building, and assemble engine housings (机器外罩) that hold some 18, 000 separate parts. Most impressive are the turbine’s blades, which scoop the wind with each sweeping revolution. As smooth as an Olympic swimsuit and honed to aerodynamic perfection, each blade weighs in at 7,000 kg, and they’re what help make Vestas’ turbines the best in the world. “The blade is where the secret is,” says Erik Therkelsen, a Vestas executive. “If we can make a turbine, it’s sold.”

But technology, like the wind itself, is just one more part of the reason for Denmark’s dominance. In the end, it happened because Denmark had the political and public will to decide that it wanted to be a leader — and to follow through. Beginning in 1979, the government began a determined programme of subsidies and loan guarantees to build up its wind industry. Copenhagen covered 30% of investment costs, and guaranteed loans for large turbine exporters such as Vestas. It also mandated that utilities purchase wind energy at a preferential price — thus guaranteeing investors a customer base. Energy taxes were channeled into research centres, where engineers crafted designs that would eventually produce cutting-edge giants like Vestas’ 3-magawatt (MW) V90 turbine.

As a result, wind turbines now dot Denmark. The country gets more than 19% of its electricity from the breeze (Spain and Portugal, the next highest countries, get about 10%) and Danish companies control one-third of the global wind market, earning billions in exports and creating a national champion from scratch. “They were out early in driving renewables, and that gave them the chance to be a technology leader and a job-creation leader,” says Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director for the New York City-based Natural Resources Defense Council. “They have always been one or two steps ahead of others.”

The challenge now for Denmark is to help the rest of the world catch up. Beyond wind, the country (pop.5.5 million) is a world leader in energy efficiency, getting more GDP per watt than any other member of the E.U. Carbon emissions are down 13.3% from 1990 levels and total energy consumption has barely moved, even as Denmark’s economy continued to grow at a healthy clip. With Copenhagen set to host all-important U.N. climate change talks in December — where the world hopes for a successor to the expiring Kyoto Protocol — and the global recession beginning to hit environmental plans in capitals everywhere, Denmark’s example couldn’t be more timely. “We’ll try to make Denmark a showroom,” says Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “You can reduce energy use and carbon emissions, and achieve economic growth.”

It’s tempting to assume that Denmark is innately green, with the kind of Scandinavian good conscience that has made it such a pleasant global citizen since, oh, the whole Viking thing. But the country’s policies were actually born from a different emotion, one now in common currency: fear. When the 1973 oil crisis hit, 90% of Denmark’s energy came from petroleum, almost all of it imported. Buffeted by the same supply shocks that hit the rest of the developed world, Denmark launched a rapid drive for energy conservation, to the point of introducing car-free Sundays and asking businesses to switch off lights during closing hours. Eventually the Mideast oil started flowing again, and the Danes themselves began enjoying the benefits of the petroleum and natural gas in their slice of the North Sea. It was enough to make them more than self-sufficient. But unlike most other countries, Denmark never forgot the lessons of l973, and kept driving for greater energy efficiency and a more diversified energy supply. The Danish parliament raised taxes on energy to encourage conservation and established subsidies and standards to support more efficient buildings. “It all started out without any regard for the climate or the environment,” says Svend Auken, the former head of Denmark’s opposition Social Democrat Party and the architect of the country’s environmental policies in the 1990s. “But today there’s a consensus that we need to build renewable power.”

To the rest of the world, Denmark has the power of its example, showing that you can stay rich and grow green at the same time. “Denmark has proven that acting on climate can be a positive experience, not just painful,” says NRDC’s Schmidt. The real pain could come from failing to follow in their footsteps.

21. Which of the following is NOT cited as a main reason for Denmark’s world leadership in wind power?

A. Technology.

B. Wind.

C. Government drive.

D. Geographical location.

22. The author has detailed some of the efforts of the Danish Government in promoting the wind industry in order to show _________.

A. the government’s determination

B. the country’s subsidy and loan policies

C. the importance of export to the country

D. the role of taxation to the economy

23. What does the author mean by “Denmark’s example couldn’t be more timely”?

A. Denmark’s energy-saving efforts cannot be followed by other countries.

B. Denmark can manufacture more wind turbines for other countries.

C. Denmark’s energy-saving success offers the world a useful model.

D. Denmark aims to show the world that it can develop even faster.

24. According to the passage, Denmark’s energy-saving policies originated from _________.

A. the country’s long tradition of environmental awareness

B. the country’s previous experience of oil shortage

C. the country’s grave shortage of natural resources

D. the country’s abundant wind resources

25. Which of the following is NOT implied in the passage?

A. Not to save energy could lead to serious consequences.

B. Energy saving cannot go together with economic growth.

C. Energy saving efforts can be painful but positive.

D. Denmark is a powerful leader in the global wind market.

TEXT D

The first clue came when I got my hair cut. The stylist offered not just usual coffee or tea but a complementary nail-polish change while I waited for my hair to dry. Maybe she hoped this little amenity would slow the growing inclination of women to stretch each haircut to last four months while nursing our hair back to whatever natural colour we long ago forgot.

Then there was the appliance salesman who offered to carry my bags as we toured the microwave aisle. When I called my husband to ask him to check some specs online, the salesman offered a pre-emptive discount, lest the surfing turn up the same model cheaper in another store. That night, for the first time, I saw the Hyundai ad promising shoppers that if they buy a car and then lose their job in the next year, they can return it.

Suddenly everything’s on sale. The upside to the economic downturn is the immense incentive it gives retailers to treat you like a queen for a day. During the flush times, salespeople were surly, waiters snobby. But now the customer rules, just for showing up. There’s more room to stretch out on the flight, even in a coach. The malls have that serene aura of undisturbed wilderness, with scarcely a shopper in sight. Every conversation with anyone selling anything is a pantomime of pain and bluff. Finger the scarf, then start to walk away, and its price floats silkily downward. When the mechanic calls to tell you that brakes and a timing belt and other services will run close to $2,000, it’s time to break out the newly perfected art of the considered pause. You really don’t even have to say anything pitiful before he’ll offer to knock a few hundred dollars off.

Restaurants are also caught in a fit of ardent hospitality, especially around Wall Street. Trinity Place offers $3 drinks at happy hour any day the market goes down, with the slogan “Market tanked? Get tanked!” — which ensures a lively crowd for the closing bell. The “21” Club has decided that men no longer need to wear ties, so long as they bring their wallets. Food itself is friendlier: you notice more comfort food, a truce between chef and patron that is easier to enjoy now that you can get a table practically anywhere. New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni characterizes the new restaurant demeanor as “extreme solicitousness tinged with outright desperation.” “You need to hug the customer,” one owner told him.

There’s a chance that eventually we’ll return all this kindness with the extravagant spending that was once decried but now everyone is hoping will restart the economy. But human nature is funny that way. In dangerous times, we clench and squint at the deal that looks too good to miss, suspecting that it must be too good to be true. Is the store with the supercheap flat screens going to go bust and thus not be there to honor the “free” extended warranty? Is there something wrong with that free cheese? Store owners will tell you horror stories about shoppers with attitude, who walk in demanding discounts and flaunt their new power at every turn. They wince as they sense bad habits forming: Will people expect discounts forever? Will their hard-won brand luster be forever cheapened, especially for items whose allure depends on their being ridiculously priced?

There will surely come a day when things go back to “normal”; retail sales even inched up in January after sinking for the six months. But I wonder what it will take for us to see those $545 Sigerson Morrison studded toe-ring sandals as reasonable? Bargain-hunting can be addictive regardless of the state of the markets, and haggling is a low-risk, high-value contact sport. Trauma digs deep into habits, like my 85-year-old mother still calling her canned-goods cabinet “the bomb shelter.” The children of the First Depression were saving string and preaching sacrifice long after the skies cleared. They came to be called the “greatest generation.” As we learn to be decent stewards of our resources, who knows what might come of it? We have lived in an age of wanton waste, and there is value in practicing conservation that goes far beyond our own bottom line.

26. According to the passage, what does “the first clue” suggest?

A. Shops try all kinds of means to please customers.

B. Shops, large or small, are offering big discounts.

C. Women tend to have their hair cut less frequently.

D. Customers refrain from buying things impulsively.

27. Which of the following best depicts the retailers now?

A. Bad-tempered.

B. Highly motivated.

C. Over-friendly.

D. Deeply frustrated.

28. What does the author mean by “the newly perfected art of the considered pause”?

A. Customers now rush to buy things on sale.

B. Customers have got a sense of superiority.

C. Customers have learned how to bargain.

D. Customers have higher demands for service.

29. According to the passage, “shoppers...flaunt their new power at every turn” means that shoppers would _________.

A. keep asking for more discounts

B. like to show that they are powerful

C. like to show off their wealth

D. have more doubts or suspicion

30. What is the author’s main message in the last two paragraphs?

A. Extravagant spending would boost economic growth.

B. One’s life experience would turn into lifelong habits.

C. Customers should expect discounts for luxury goods.

D. The practice of frugality is of great importance.

PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)

There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Mark the best answer to each question on your answer sheet.

31. The full official name of Australia is _________.

A. The Republic of Australia.

B. The Commonwealth of Australia.

C. The Federation of Australia.

D. The Union of Australia.

32. Canada is well known for all the following EXCEPT _________.

A. its mineral resources

B. its forest resources

C. its fertile and arable land

D. its heavy industries

33. In the United States community colleges offer _________.

A. two-year programmes

B. four-year programmes

C. postgraduate studies

D. B.A. or B.S. degrees

34. In _________, referenda in Scotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Wales assembly.

A. 2000

B. 1946

C. 1997

D. 1990

35. Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration?

A. A weak seal.

B. Safe and sound.

C. Knock and kick.

D. Coat and boat.

36. Who wrote Mrs. Warren’s Profession?

A. John Galsworthy

B. William Butler Yeats

C. T.S. Eliot

D. George Bernard Shaw

37. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n) _________.

A. novel

B. short story

C. poem

D. autobiography

38. Which of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme?

A. Unlock.

B. Government.

C. Goes.

D. Off-stage.

39. _________ is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to.

A. Onomatopoeia

B. Collocation

C. Denotation

D. Assimilation

40. The sentence “Close your book and listen to me carefully!” performs a(n) _________ function.

A. interrogative

B. informative

C. performative

D. directive

PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)

The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proof-read the passage and correct it in the following way:

For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.

For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ ∧” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.

For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash “/” and put the word in the

blank provided at the end of the line.

EXAMPLE

When ∧ art museum wants a new exhibit, (1) an

it never buys things in finished form and hangs (2) never

them on the wall. When a natural history museum

wants an exhibition, it must often build it. (3) exhibit

Proofread the given passage on your answer sheet as instructed.

Psycho-linguistics is the name given to the study of the psychological processes
involved in language. Psycholinguistics study understanding,
production and remembering language, and hence are concerned with (1) _____
listening, reading, speaking, writing, and memory for language.
One reason why we take the language for granted is that it usually (2) ______
happens so effortlessly, and most of time, so accurately. (3) ______
Indeed, when you listen to someone to speaking, or looking at this page, (4) ______
you normally cannot help but understand it. It is only in exceptional
circumstances we might become aware of the complexity (5) ______
involved: if we are searching for a word but cannot remember it;
if a relative or colleague has had a stroke which has influenced (6) ______
their language; if we observe a child acquire language; if (7) ______
we try to learn a second language ourselves as an adult; or
if we are visually impaired or hearing-impaired or if we meet
anyone else who is. As we shall see, all these examples (8) ______
of what might be called “language in exceptional circumstances”
reveal a great deal about the processes evolved in speaking, (9) ______
listening, writing and reading. But given that language processes
were normally so automatic, we also need to carry out careful (10) ______
experiments to get at what is happening.

PART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)

SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH

Translate the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.

生活就像一杯红酒，热爱生活的人会从其中品出无穷无尽的美妙。将它握在手中仔细观察。它的暗红色中有血的感觉，那正是生命的痕迹。抿一口留在口中回味，它的甘甜中有一丝苦涩，如人生中一般复杂迷离，喝一口下肚，余香沁人心脾，让人终身受益。红酒越陈越美味，生活越丰富越美好。当人生走向晚年，就如一瓶待开封的好酒，其色彩是沉静的，味道中充满慷慨与智慧。

SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.

The UN General Assembly, the central political forum, is composed of 193 members, including virtually all the world’s nation-states. Two-thirds of its members are developing countries, which account for about three-quarters of the world’s population.

Reaching decisions is difficult, especially since all agreements by custom must be reached by consensus. As a result, important agreements are often held hostage by narrow special interests, and most agreements are reached only by reducing them to their lowest common denominators. But the real question is whether the major countries of the world will allow democracy to function at the highest level.

The Security Council, which is responsible for peace and security, deals with issues of the greatest political importance. The Council has only 15 members so it can meet frequently and deal with crises. Once impotence due to Cold War rivalries, it has regained much of the authority accorded by the UN charter.

PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)

Is our society hostile to good people? According to a recent survey by China Youth Daily, 76.1 percent of the respondents say that our current society provides a “bad environment” for good people doing good things. On the other hand, the more optimistic would argue that each individual should try his or her best to do good things and be nice to others, instead of waiting for the “social environment” to improve. So, what do you think? Is a sound social environment necessary for people to have high moral standards and be good to others?

Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic:

Is a sound social environment necessary for people to be good to others?

In the first part of your essay you should state clearly 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.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, language and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

-THE END-

英语专业八级2013年真题参考答案

1 A 2 D 3 B 4 C 5 B 6 B 7 D

8 C 9 B 10 D 11 C 12 D 13 B 14 A

15 C 16 B 17 C 18 D 19 B 20 B 21 D

22 A 23 C 24 B 25 B 26 A 27 C 28 C

29 D 30 D 31 B 32 D 33 A 34 C 35 B

36 D 37 A 38 C 39 A 40 D

Part I Section A

1. checking their understanding

2. reflective on information

3. unfamiliar

4. the reading materials

5. comprehensive and organized

6. constant monitoring

7. judge

8. blame others

9. poor performance

10. active learning

Part IV

1. 将production改成producing 2. 将the删去

3. 在of后加上the 4. 将looking改成look

5. 在we前加上that 6. 将had删去

7. 将their改成his 8. 将anyone改成someone

9. 将evolved改成involved 10. 将were改成are

Part V

SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH

Life is like a glass of red wine. Wonders never cease for those who truly enjoy it. If you hold the glass in your hand and observe the wine carefully, the dark red color is just like our blood, a symbol of life. Take a sip and hold the wine in your mouth for its aromas and flavors as bittersweet as your life is complex and confused. Swallow the wine and let the aftertaste permeate every cell in your body and stay there enduringly. It is true that the older the vintage is, the better the wine tastes. Likewise, the richer one’s life is, the better it becomes. When you are in your twilight years, it’s just like a bottle of fine wine to be opened, deep and quiet in its color yet abundant in generosity and wisdom in its flavor.

SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

联合国大会，中心政治论坛，由193个成员国组成，几乎包括世界上所有国家。其三分之二的成 员国为发展中国家，约占世界总人口的四分之三。通过决议非常困难，尤其是按照惯例，所有协议必须达成一致才能通过。结果就是，重要的协议总是被狭隘的特殊利益所挟持，并且大部分协议都只是用来使自己的利益最大化。但真正的问题是世界上的主要国家是否愿意看到民主最大限度地开展。联合国安理会负责和平和安全，处理最为重要的政治问题。安理会只有15 个成员国，所以能经常会面并处理危机。安理会曾一度由于冷战对立而无效，但它目前已经重新获得了《联合国宪章》赋予的很多权力。

Part VI Writing

Is a Sound Social Environment Necessary for People to Be good to Others?

When we were children, we were taught to do good things and be nice to others. However, in recent years, people dare not offer help to those who seem like in need, for fear of getting into trouble. A lot of people consider that the current society provides a “bad environment” for good people doing good things. In my opinion, a sound social environment is necessary for people to be good to others, but this does not mean that we should wait for the social environment to improve instead of trying our best to do good things.

On one hand, it can’t be denied that there are people with evil intentions trying to benefit from setting up good people who try to help. For example, when a person stretches his hand to help an old lady who falls on the ground, he may be framed to have knocked the lady down and has to pay the so-called “hospital bills”. Things like this happen from now and then. As a result, people are becoming more wary of traps and deceits and less willing to offer help to others. A couple days ago, there was a video on the Internet showed that an old man got sick suddenly and fell on the ground, but people came and went, daring not to give a hand. How pathetic! It’s not so sound environment that makes people shrink from being good to others. Then a sound social environment is needed to remove the inner fear of good people and encourage them to help others.

On the other hand, a sound social environment helps to constrain people from doing immoral things, including hurting good people who try to give a hand. In a sound social environment, people have high moral standards and as time passes, those with evil intentions are likely to get influenced by the good examples around them. In the end, people tend to give each other more help and enjoy a better and happier life.

In general, sound social environment is necessary for good people to do good things. Though the current social environment is not very good, there will always are people who needs help and we never should give up supporting them. As they say, “One for all, all for one.” We all live in the same world and we should be good to each other to make a more harmonious society.

2013年最新专八真题及答案