〖转帖〗2007专八部分参考答案

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环球时代2007专八改错参考答案

PART IV　　 PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)
Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.

　　From what has been said, it must be clear that no one can
make very positive statements about how language originated.
There is no material in any language today and in the earliest (1)_and→or___
records of ancient languages show us language in a new and (2) _show→showing
emerging state. It is often said, of course, that the language (3) _the______
originated in cries of anger, fear, pain and pleasure, and the (4)_and→but_
necessary evidence is entirely lacking: there are no remote　　
tribes, no ancient records, providing evidence of
a language with a large proportion of such cries　　　　　　(5) _large→lager_
than we find in English. It is true that the absence　　　　
of such evidence does not disprove the theory, but in　　 (6) _in→on_____
other grounds too the theory is not very attractive.
　　People of all races and languages make rather similar
noises in return to pain or pleasure. The fact that　　 (7) _return→response_
such noises are similar on the lips of Frenchmen
and Malaysians whose languages are utterly different,
serves to emphasize on the fundamental difference　　　　 (8) _on______
between these noises and language proper. We may
say that the cries of pain or chortles of amusement
are largely reflex actions, instinctive to∧large extent, (9) __∧a____
whereas language proper does not consist of signs
but of these that have to be learnt and that are　　　　　　(10) _these→those_
wholly conventional.

人文题

31. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT
A. the Anglos
B. the Celts
C. the Jutes √
D. the Saxons
32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by
A. the Monarch
B. the President
C. the Prime Minister
D. the Governor-general √
33. The Declaration of Independence was written by
A. Thomas Jefferson √
B. George Washington
C. Alexander Hamilton
D. James Madison
34. The original inhabitants of Australia were
A. the Red Indians
B. the Eskimos
C. the Aborigines √
D. the Maoris
35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?
A. Oliver Twist
B. Middlemarch
C. Jane Eyre
D. Wuthering Heights √
36. William Butler Yeats was a(n) ______ poet and playwright.
A. American
B. Canadian
C. Irish √
D. Australian
37. Death of a Salesman was written by
A. Arthur Miller √
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. Ralph Ellison
D. James Baldwin
38. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.
A. Phonology
B. Morphology √
C. Semantics
D. Sociolinguistics
39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT
A. lexical
B. syntactic
C. phonological
D. psycholinguistic √
40. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example of
A. widening of meaning √
B. narrowing of meaning
C. meaning shift
D. loss of meaning

环球时代：07专八阅读部分参考答案 ！！！
11-15 CADBD
16-20 BADCD
21-25 CDCBA
26-30 DACAA
来自环球时代：07专八阅读部分参考答案
这个可能有问题，其他不清楚。答案不全对

水语清叶

英译中（含参考答案）翻译原文出处>>
(5)Scientific and technological advances are enabling us to comprehend the furthest reaches of the cosmos, the most basic constituents of matter, and the miracle of life.
科技进步正在使我们能够探索宇宙的边陲、物质最基本的成分及生命的奇迹。

(6) At the same time, today, the actions, and inaction, of human beings imperil not only life on the planet, but the very life of the planet.?
与此同时，今天，人类所做的及没能做到的事情，不仅危害到这个星球上的生命，也危害到该星球的寿命。

(7) Globalization is making the world smaller, faster and richer. Still, 9/11, avian flu, and Iran remind us that a smaller, faster world is not necessarily a safer world.
全球化正在使地球变得愈来愈小、愈来愈快和愈来愈富有。尽管如此，9/11、禽流感及伊朗提醒我们，更小更快的世界决不意味着其更安全。

(8) Our world is bursting with knowledge - but desper琣tely in need of wisdom. Now, when sound bites are getting shorter, when instant messages crowd out essays, and when individual lives grow more crazy, college graduates capable of deep reflection are what our world needs.
我们正处于一个知识爆炸的世界之中，不过，迫切需要智慧。现在，在（新闻采访的）原声摘要播出变得愈来愈短，即时信息淘汰了杂记文，个人生活变得如痴如狂之际，这个世界还是需要能够深思的大学生。

(9) For all these reasons I believed - and I believe even more strongly today - in the unique and irreplaceable mis瑂ion of universities.
考虑到这些理由，我过去信仰，而今天甚至更加强烈地信仰大学独特的、无可取代的使命。

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全部试卷见沪江论坛帖子：http://www.hjbbs.com/thread-49-410636.htm

word版２００７专业八级试题[下载]（有些答案不同。。。不知道哪个版本对，还是都不对）
转自：http://www.mmap.com/lybbs/

给天使看的戏

看了下改错,郁闷了.其实题目不难的说

水语清叶

哎，提到我的伤心处了，我才做了5个，被老师死拽过去交上了。。。

小S

我改错搞笑死了~
老师开始没收我的答题卡，我还庆幸自己有多时间做阅读，谁知道等我反映过来的时候我就根本一点时间都没得做改错了
~10分啊~
丢得干干净净

水语清叶

引用第6楼小S于2007-03-09 22:00发表的“”:
我改错搞笑死了~
老师开始没收我的答题卡，我还庆幸自己有多时间做阅读，谁知道等我反映过来的时候我就根本一点时间都没得做改错了
~10分啊~
丢得干干净净

比我还惨啊，同怜。