2008年英语专业八级阅读及答案

2008年英语专业八级阅读及答案11newsystemdesignedto?C(Selectstudentsontheirhighschoolgradesonly)Reason-P2"whichplacesmoreemphasisongradesinthethreeyearsinthethreeyearsofhighschool"12effectofthenewsystem?C(Thesystemhasintensifiedcompetitionamongschools)Reason-P2"SouthKorea'seducationsystemhaslongbeenhighlycompetitive."P3"Nowstudentsarecompetingagainstoneanotheroverathreeyearperiod,andeverymidtermandfinaltestiscrucial."P4"thenewadmissionsstandardissettingstudentsagainsteachother"13Accordingtocritics,popularityofprivateedu.resultof?A(thegoverment'segalitarianpolicy)Reason-P5"Accordingtocritics,thecountry'.policy."14disagreementoverthesystembetweengroupsexcept?A肯定不选(univsgov)-P7"Someuni,openlycomplainthattheycannotselecttheveststudentsunderthenewsystem"P8"Presidentdoesn'tlikehow-somecollegesaretryingtocircumventthenewsystem"B不确定(expertvsgov.)-P5"Eduexpertssaythatpublicsecondary-schoolsystemisfoundering,whileprivateeduisthriving"C不确定(parentsvsschool)-P5"Tomakeupforthecountry'shighschools'mediocrity,zealous-parentssenddtheirkidstotheexpensivecramschools"D肯定不选(parentsvsgov.)-"P4ParentsandkidshavesentthousandsofangryonlineletterstotheEduMinistrycomplainingthatthenewadm.standardissettingstudents..."15author'streatmentofthetopic?不太确定。但我选了Aobjective-Lastsentence"Itallseemsatouchmelodramatic,butthattheSKschoolsystem"第二篇16whichiswrong?A(bornandbroughtinBirmingham)Reason-P1"BornnJamaica,the47-year-oldgrewupininner-cityBirmingham"17broughttotraditionalfarmingwhat?D(marketing)Reason-P2"whoarebringinganewcommercialknow-howtoBritishfarming""Youcanproducethebestfoodintheworld,butifyoudon'tknowhowtomarketit,youarewastingyourtime"18notcontributetothenewclass?B(LongingforgreaterwealthReasonP5"thenewcomerscan'thopetomatchtheirCitysalaries,butmanyarehappyto..anylossofincomeforextrajobsatisfaction."19additionalsourceofnewincome?我选B(increaseinvalueoflandproperty)Reason-P5"Whocaresifthere'snosixfigureannual...whenthelandoffersotherincalculablecompensations"但觉得A也有可能对-P6"Besides,thespecialistproducerscanatleastdependonaburgeoningmarketfortheirproducts."20sentenceinlastPara."isn'tcatchingupwith...butleadingtheway"我选C(headingbacktothecountryside)Reason-LastP"hereartisanalfoodproductionisbeingrecovered..Itmaybethemarkofthenextstageofcivilizationthatwerediscoverthedesirabilityofbeingapeasant."-heading相当于leading;countrysidebeingapeasant.选项A个人觉得有点偏，因为differentpathtoeco.是在原文非主句表达的"Unlikemostothercountries,..."第三篇21learnaboutcastell?B(requirestandoneach)Reason-P2"scrambleoverthebacksofthoseatthebottomandstandontheirshoulders-thenstillothers,eachtimeaddingahigherstory"22implicationoftheperformance?D(teamwork)Reason-PP5"WedoitbecauseWeareCatalan"P7"Successifbasedoneveryoneworkingtogethertoachieveasharedgoal"23exampleshowsenyexcept?我选C(contriubtiontonationaleco)但不确定。AB肯定不选(P8P9中很明显)徘徊在CD间(D是comparisonwithotherregions)24sentence"front-rowseatfortheatricalevent"25impressionofthescenes?我确定我选错了，真是当时头脑发热，选了C(conventionalandquiet)觉得答案应该是A(bizarreandoutlandish)Reason-Lastbut3rdP"stiltwaldes,witchescakedincharcoaldust,Elvisimpersonators"第四篇26happentothe4afterP'sdisappearance?B(allindebts)Reason-Adivorce是witheachother,notwives;B2wrerecoveringfromdrinking,notall;DP3"Moneyfornewhomes,yachts.."说明原本可以，现在不行了。27metaphor?C(bondageofmortgages)--感觉就是它28causeofP