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专业八级-785
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[单项选择]The U. S. is known as a great "melting pot" because ______.
A. the weather in most part of land is hot
B. The land has several famous volcanoes
C. Its people are of different nationalities from all over the world
D. Its people are very friendly
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[单项选择]The first paragraph implies_____.
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[单项选择]According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true
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[单项选择]Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A. People now seldom have critical and value laden thinking.
B. Students cannot learn English grammar and rhetoric through watching TV.
C. The literature remains unaffected by TV in America.
D. Jerry Mander suggests that the government should ban television.
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[单项选择]Through what kind of novels, did Verne make himself success
A. Fast-paced adyenture tales heavily flavored with scientific lessons and an optimistic ideology.
B. To mix futuristic narratives with detailed, plausible descriptions of new technology.
C. Through novels such as Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864; translated 1874) and around the World in 80 Days (1873; translated 1874)
D. Bright, entertaining adventure stories that celebrated the possibilities of technology.
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[单项选择]When the president of the United States is impeached, ______.
A. The House of Representatives acts as the jury.
B. The Senate acts as the jury.
C. The Supreme Court acts as the jury.
D. The vie president acts as the jury.
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[单项选择]The word /"laconic/" is_____.
A. onomatopoeically motivated
B. morphologically motivated
C. semantically motivated
D. etymologically motivated
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[单项选择]The low levels of depression in China show that_____.
A. Chinese people are happier than western people
B. Chinese do not think in such way as the westerners do.
C. Chinese are more conservative concerning depression.
D. Chinese pay more attention to physical illness
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[简答题]Another characteristics of a high-minded man is not to rush in wherever honour is to be won, nor to go where others take the lead, but to hold aloof and to shun an enterprise, except when great honour is to be gained, or a great work to be done—not to do many things, but great things and notable.
Again, he must be open in his hate and in his love; for concealment shows fear.
He must care for truth more than for what men will think of him, and speak and act openly; he will not hesitate to say all that he thinks, as he looks down upon mankind. So he will speak the truth, except when he speaks ironically; and irony he will employ in speaking to the generality of men.
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[单项选择]The official residence of the_____is at number 10 Downing Street, London.
A. British Prime Minister
B. British Prince
C. British Queen
D. British Duke
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[单项选择]In the idiom /' in good feather /', we change /' good/' into /' high, full/' without changing meaning. This change of constituent is known as_____
A. addition
B. replacement
C. position-shifting
D. variation
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[多项选择]Fast food is popular in China. The worldwide famous foreign companies like KFC and McDonald are Spreading to almost every city in China. Some people like fast food, but some don’t. You are asked to write a composition to explain the popularity of fast food. At the same time, analyses the unsatisfactory factors of it. You should supply a title for your article.
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 conclu- sion with 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 essay on the ANSWER SHEET.
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[单项选择]TV affects people's_____according to the passage.
A. reading and writing; culture; outlook; reasoning
B. grammar and rhetoric; literature; habit; learning
C. language; fiction; values; thinking
D. analytical skills; teaching; culture; assumptions
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[单项选择]Concerning the book, which of the following statements is NOT true
A. It is partly a travel book.
B. It is partly a political one.
C. It is partly a cultural commentary.
D. It is partly an academic one.
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[单项选择]As far as the problem of "Faith at War" is concerned, which conclusion can NOT be drawn from the passage
A. The author may attribute the hatred towards Americans to the clash of civilizations.
B. The book tries to provide an insight into the Islamic world.
C. The book provides a solution to the problem.
D. The author do not provide a satisfied picture of the whole Islamic world.
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[多项选择]全世界人口数字的变化编写起来要难办得多,因为许多不发达国家并不保持完整的记录。然而,《联合国人口年鉴》每年都公布一份可收集到的人口统计数字详表。人口学家们根据对这些数字的认真研究,对一个现代工业国家人口史上所发生的情形作出自己的描述。他们认为,就历史上大部分时期而论,人类总的说是死亡率高、出生率也高。死亡率高的原因可能在于杀婴、疫病流行或饥荒,而这种情况是传统的部落和农民社会所特有的。因为有大量婴儿出生与之保持平衡,人口的规模总是保持稳定。
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[单项选择]In the sentence "In truth, Verne was neither a scientist nor an engineer: he was simply a writer and a very prolific one. ", the word "prolific" probably means ______.
A. primitive
B. diligent
C. rich
D. fruitful
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[单项选择]The famous spy story books about the hero James Bond(007) are written by_____.
A. Agatha Christie
B. Dorothy Sayers
C. lan Fleming
D. Conan Doyle
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[单项选择]How does the author think about "Paris in the 20th Century"
A. He thinks it is a comedy.
B. This 19th-century vision of the future describes life among skyscrapers of glass and steel, high-speed trains, gas- powered automobiles, calculators, fax machines and a global communications network.
C. It describes the life of an unidealistic young man who struggles to find happiness in the fiercely materialistic dystopia that Paris has become by 1920.
D. He thinks the Jules Verne has once again managed to fire the imagination of people around the world and it is a grim and troubling comment on the human costs of technological progress.
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[单项选择]What was the characteristic of British detective fiction beginning in the 1920s
A. The investigation focuses more on character than on physical clues or on fooling the reader.
B. Police officers had been detectives in fiction.
C. An emphasis on police work and on criminal psychology.
D. The focus became the grim realities of police work—corruption, bribes, lying, and the necessity for informers.
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[单项选择]According to Trofimov, who most often do harbor the extremist ideas
A. The masses.
B. The well-to-do.
C. The poor people.
D. The better educated.
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[单项选择]About the operation ______.
A. it is successful
B. it is complicated
C. it is the first case
D. it is a failure result
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[单项选择]The best title of the passage would be_____
A. Criminal Psychology
B. Diversification of Crime Fictions
C. Crime Novels
D. Highlight of Criminal Novels
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[单项选择]According to the passage, how does the author think about Jules Verne
A. A stranger.
B. A scientist whose job was to discover the future and cast new technology in a darker light.
C. From the start, the father of science fiction was gravely concerned with the dangers of technology.
D. He was either a scientist or an engineer.
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[单项选择]The best title for this passage would be"_____"
A. TV Is to Blame
B. The Advantages and Disadvantages of TV
C. How TV Ruins Our Learning and Culture
D. TV and Learning
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[单项选择]The best title of the article would be ______.
A. A difficult operation
B. Twist twins
C. Operation to separate twins stretches into 3rd day
D. The impoverished family gained the hope
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[单项选择]The Chamberlain's Men, in Shakespeare's time, were a remarkable group of people-excellent _____who were also business partners and close personal friends.
A. actors
B. students
C. teachers
D. writers
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[单项选择]From the text, we can know that ______.
A. the parents are Singaporean
B. the parents can not afford the operation
C. the family came from India
D. the grandfather goes occasionally to a nearby Sikh temple to pray
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[单项选择]What is the conclusion drawn by the anthropologists concerning the increased cases of mental illness
A. Western people are more open where mental illness is concerned.
B. That is the result of the faster social tempo.
C. That is partly a result of increased mental pressure.
D. That is partly a result of cultural changes.
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[单项选择]The underlined words "an activity" in the context refer to_____.
A. reading
B. grammar-learning
C. watching TV
D. writing
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[单项选择]The head of the Australian government is the_____.
A. British monarch, represented by a governor-general
B. President
C. Prime Minister
D. Queen
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[单项选择]Close by Westminster Abbey on the riverside stands the Palace of Westminster, generally known as the ______.
A. House of Parliament
B. National Gallery
C. British Museum
D. Castle
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[单项选择]Peterloo Massacre happened in the city of_____.
A. London
B. Boston
C. Manchester
D. New York