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专业八级-723
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[填空题]
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[单项选择]According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the writer's opinion
A. Countries paid a heavy price for whichever measure taken.
B. Countries all found themselves in an economic dilemma.
C. Withdrawal of foreign capital resulted in the crisis.
D. Most governments chose one of the two options.
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[单项选择]The author's attitude towards future full employment is generally
A. supportive.
B. wavering.
C. sceptical.
D. unclear.
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[单项选择]______ is the capital of Scotland.
A. Dublin
B. Edinburgh
C. Cardiff
D. New Castle
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[单项选择]According to Caroline Moore, the media has projected a ______ image of the gentleman.
A. humorous
B. favourable
C. negative
D. traditional
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[单项选择]You can find the Grand Canyon in the State of
A. Arizona.
B. California.
C. New Mexico.
D. Chicago.
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[单项选择]To some extent, the Romantic Movement revealed a ______ attitude toward the social and political conditions then.
A. positive
B. negative
C. neutral
D. prejudiced
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[单项选择]According to the passage, the decline of good manners is more worrying because
A. it leads to more crime in society.
B. people view manners as old-fashioned.
C. rudeness on the street cannot be stemmed out.
D. it can seriously affect our daily life.
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[多项选择]1997年2月24日我们代表团下榻日月潭中信大饭店,送走了最后一批客人,已是次日凌晨3点了。我躺在床上久久不能入睡,披衣走到窗前,往外看去,只见四周群峦叠翠,湖面波光粼粼。望着台湾这仅有的景色如画的天然湖泊,我想了许多,许多……
这次到台湾访问交流,虽然行程匆匆,但是,看了不少地方,访了旧友,交了新知,大家走到一起,谈论的一个重要话题就是中华民族在2l世纪的强盛。虽然祖国大陆、台湾的青年生活在不同的社会环境中,有着各自不同的生活经历,但大家的内心都深深铭刻着中华文化优秀传统的印记,都有着振兴中华民族的共同理想。在世纪之交的伟大时代,我们的祖国正在走向繁荣富强,海峡两岸人民也将加强交流,共同推进祖国统一大业的早日完成。世纪之交的宝贵机遇和巨大挑战将青年推到了历史前台。跨世纪青年一代应该用什么样的姿态迎接充满希望的新世纪,这是我们必须回答的问题。
日月潭水波不兴,仿佛与我一同在思索……
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[单项选择]At the end of the passage, the writer seems to think that a full recovery of the Asian economy is
A. due.
B. remote.
C. imaginative.
D. unpredictable.
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[单项选择]The writer thinks that those Asian countries
A. well deserved the punishment.
B. invested in a senseless way at the time.
C. were unduly punished in the crisis.
D. had bad relationships between government and business.
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[单项选择]Rachel Trickett seems to indicate the term "lady"
A. has acquired a different meaning.
B. ii too old-fashioned to use.
C. is preferred by feminists.
D. victimizes women in society.
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[单项选择]An example of a product which might well have been advertised during the early stages of the Industrial Revolution is
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[单项选择]In history, Romans occupied Britain for about ______ years.
A. 700
B. 600
C. 500
D. 400
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[单项选择]The researchers would most probably agree with the following EXCEPT
A. self-esteem should be promoted and encouraged.
B. schools should change their concept of self-esteem.
C. the traditional view is beginning to lose ground.
D. prisons should change their present practice.
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[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that IMF policy recommendations
A. were far from a panacea in all cases.
B. were feasible in their recipient countries.
C. failed to work in their recipient countries.
D. were rejected unanimously by Asian countries.
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[单项选择]The author would most probably agree that changes are more likely to be successful in
A. production methods.
B. ideological concepts.
C. religious beliefs.
D. social behaviour.
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[单项选择]In his novel Robinson Crusoe, Defoe portrayed successfully an image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century.
A. 16th
B. 17th
C. 18th
D. 19th
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[单项选择]In his works, Defoe praised the industrious, sturdy ______ and showed his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor.
A. working people
B. aristocrats
C. middle-class people
D. capitalist upstarts
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[单项选择]A linguistic situation in which two standard languages are used either by an individual or by a group of speakers is called
A. situational dialect.
B. slang.
C. linguistic taboo.
D. bilingualism.
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[单项选择]In semantic studies, ______ refers to the inherent meaning of the linguistic form.
A. sense
B. synonym
C. homonym
D. reference
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[单项选择]At the end of the passage the author seems to imply that as a result of shorter working time
A. employment may not retain its usual importance.
B. employment may not be regarded as valid work.
C. people can be engaged in far less unpaid work.
D. people can be engaged in far more unpaid work.
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[单项选择]The researchers find that there are stronger connections between
A. low self-esteem and violence.
B. low self-control and violence.
C. high self-image and violence.
D. high self-control and violence.
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[单项选择]Syntactic change includes all the following EXCEPT
A. rule loss.
B. affix loss.
C. rule addition.
D. rule change.
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[单项选择]The author uses the negotiations in Britain and Germany as an example to
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[单项选择]"Pundits" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. economists.
B. bankers.
C. industrialists.
D. financiers.
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[单项选择]In addition to distinctive packaging, contemporary products should also
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[简答题]Nowadays with the development of economy, existing cities are growing bigger and new cities are appearing. What do you think is ONE of the major problems that may result from this process of urbanization
Write an essay of about 400 words on the topic given below.
ONE MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE PROCESS OF URBANIZATION
In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis’ statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
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 response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
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[单项选择]One of the more aggressive selling methods in the soap trade by the leading companies was to
A. buy out small firms.
B. take over distribution.
C. resort to product designing.
D. keep contact with their customers.
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[单项选择]According to the passage, the main difference between a homogeneous society and a heterogeneous one lies in
A. the number of opportunities offered.
B. the nature of conflicts of interest.
C. the awareness of the need for change.
D. the role of social organizations.
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[单项选择]Dr Bruce Charlton would probably prefer to see a more formal relationship
A. among doctors.
B. among managers.
C. between doctors and managers.
D. between doctors and patients.
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[单项选择]Around ______ of New Zealanders are found in North Island.
A. 3/4
B. 1/2
C. 3/5
D. 4/10
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[简答题]I agree to some extent with my imaginary English reader. American literary historians are perhaps prone to view their own national scene too narrowly, mistaking prominence for uniqueness. They do over-phrase their own literature, or certainly its minor figures. And Americans do swing from aggressive over-phrase of their literature to an equally unfortunate, imitative deference. But then, the English .themselves are somewhat insular in their literary appraisals. Moreover, in fields where they are not pre eminent -- e.g. in painting and music -- they too alternate between boasting of native products and copying those of the Continent. How many English paintings try to look as though they were done in Paris; how many times have we read in articles that they really represent an "English tradition" after all.
To speak of American literature, then, is not to assert that it is completely unlike that of Europe. Broadly speaking, America and Europe have kept step. At any given moment
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[单项选择]In Anthony O'Hear's view, a well-mannered person
A. acts rashly when he is young.
B. tends to be bad-tempered in old age.
C. behaves with a sense of appropriateness.
D. attaches importance to his status.