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2009年专八口语答案第一部分英译汉1. On behalf of the foreign teachers at Nanping University, I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the staff of Nanping University, especially the Foreign Affairs Office staff and our colleagues in our various departments, for all the ways you’ve assisted us during the 2007-2008 academic year and made us feel at home.--借此机会我代表南平大学的所有外教，感谢南平大学的所有教职工，特别是外办的工作人员和各个院系的同事，感谢你们在2007至2008学年对我们的帮助，使我们在这里就象在家一样。
--我谨代表所有的外籍教师，借此机会向南平大学的各位老师，尤其是外办的工作人员和各系的同仁表示感谢。
在过去的一年里，你们为我们提供了各种帮助，让我们感受到家的温暖。
2. Unlike Chinese teachers, we require a lot of orientation and assistance when we first arrive, and you’re called on to do everything from guiding us to the local department store to helping us get our computers set up.—与中国教师不同，我们刚到这里的时候需要很多的指导和帮助。
从带我们去商场购物，到帮我们调试电脑,你们都有求必应。
—与中国教师不同，我们刚到这里的时候需要很多的指导和帮助。
英语专业八级考试历届翻译试题参考答案2000年英语专业八级考试--翻译部分参考译文SECTION A原文中国科技馆的诞生来之不易。
与国际著名科技馆和其他博物馆相比，它先天有些不足，后天也常缺乏营养，但是它成长的步伐却是坚实而有力的。
它在国际上已被公认为后起之秀。
世界上第一代博物馆属于自然博物馆，它是通过化石、标本等向人们介绍地球和各种生物的演化历史。
第二代属于工业技术博物馆，它所展示的是工业文明带来的各种阶段性结果。
这两代博物馆虽然起到了传播科学知识的作用，但是，它们把参观者当成了被动的旁观者。
世界上第三代博物馆是充满全新理念的博物馆。
在这里，观众可以自己去动手操作，自己细心体察。
这样，他们可以更贴近先进的科学技术，去探索科学技术的奥妙。
中国科技馆正是这样的博物馆！它汲取了国际上一些著名博物馆的长处，设计制作了力学、光学、电学、热学、声学、生物学等展品，展示了科学的原理和先进的科技成果。
参考译文（1）：The first generation of museums are what might be called natural museums which, by means of fossils, specimens and other objects, introduced to people the evolutionary history of the Earth and various kinds of organisms. The second generation are those of industrial technologies which presented the fruits achieved by industrial civilization at different stages of industrialization. Despite the fact that those two generations of museums helped to disseminate / propagate / spread scientific knowledge, they nevertheless treated visitors merely as passive viewers.The third generation of museums in the world are those replete with / full of wholly novel concepts / notions / ideas. In those museums, visitors are allowed to operate the exhibits with their own hands, to observe and to experience carefully. By getting closer to the advanced science and technologies in this way, people can probe into their secret mysteries.The China Museum of Science and Technology is precisely one of such museums. It has incorporated some of the most fascinating features of those museums with international reputation. Having designed and created exhibits in mechanics,optics, electrical science, thermology, acoustics, and biology, those exhibits demonstrate scientific principles and present the most advanced scientific and technological achievements.参考译文（2）The first-generation museums in the world are museums of natural history. With fossils and specimens they introduce to people the evolution of the earth and various living organisms on it. The second-generation museums are those of industrial technology. Fruits of various stages of industrial civilization are on display here. Although these two generations of muslins have played the role of spreading scientific knowledge, they regard visitors as passive spectators. The world’s third-generation museums are full of completely new concepts. Here visitors can carry out operations and careful observations themselves. In this way they come closer to advanced achievements in science and technology so as to probe into their mystery.SECTION B原文：If people mean anything at all by the expression "untimely death", they must believe that some deaths run on a better schedule than others. Death in old age is rarely called untimely---a long life is thought to be a full one. But with the passing of a young person, one assumes that the best years lay ahead and the measure of that life was still to be taken.History denies this, of course. Among prominent summer deaths, one recalls those of Marilyn Monroe and James Deans, whose lives seemed equally brief and complete. Writers cannot bear the fact that poet John Keats died at 26, and only half playfully judge their own lives as failures when they pass that year. The idea that the life cut short is unfilled is illogical because lives are measured by the impressions they leave on the world and by their intensity and virtue.参考译文（1）：如果人们藉"英年早逝"这一字眼真的意欲表达什么含义的话，他们必然相信某些人的辞世可以算是寿终正寝，而另一些人则"死不逢时" 。
英语专业八级汉译英试题真题2009年英语专业八级考试--翻译部分（附参考译文）C-E原文：我想不起来哪一个熟人没有手机。
今天没有手机的人是奇怪的，这种人才需要解释。
我们的所有社会关系都储存在手机的电话本里，可以随时调出使用。
古代只有巫师才能拥有这种法宝。
手机刷新了人与人的关系。
会议室门口通常贴着一条通告：请与会者关闭手机。
可是会议室里的手机铃声仍然响成一片。
我们都是普通人，并没有多少重要的事情。
尽管如此，我们也不会轻易关掉手机。
打开手机象征我们与这个世界的联系。
手机反映出我们的"社交饥渴症"。
最为常见的是，一个人走着走着突然停下来，眼睛盯着手机屏幕发短信。
他不在乎停在马路中央还是厕所旁边。
为什么对于手机来电和短信这么在乎?因为我们迫切渴望与社会保持联系。
参考译文：Cell phone has altered / renovated human relations / relationships. There is usually a note on the door of conference room, which reads “close your handset / cell phone.” However, the rings are still resounding in the room. We are all common people and have few urgencies to do. Still, we are reluctant to turn off the phone. Cell phone symbolizes our connection with the world and reflects our “thirst for socialization.” We are familiar with the scene that a person stops his steps to edit short messages with eyes glued at his phone, regardless of his location, whether in road center or beside restroom.注：中文作者：张帆标题：《我们生活在机器中》为上海艺术人文频道《世说新语》栏目所作的演讲稿E-C原文：We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency - a threat to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential even as we gather here. But there is hopeful news as well: we have the ability to solve this crisis and avoid the worst - though not all - of its consequences, if we act boldly, decisively and quickly.However, too many of the world's leaders are still best described in the words of Winston Churchill applied to those who ignored Adolf Hitler's threat: "They go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, all powerful to be impotent." So today, we dumped another 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, as if it were an open sewer. And tomorrow, we will dump a slightly larger amount, with the cumulative concentrations now trapping more and more heat from the sun.参考译文：My translation:我们人类正面临着一场星球灾难，这是一场威胁整个人类文明的危机。
专八英译汉（1995---2009）赵玉敏1为本人翻译2为标准答案20091. 当我们在此聚集的时候，我们人类正面临着一个全球性的危机----一个十分不详和极具摧毁性潜力的威胁正扼杀着我们人类的文明。
但是，这里也有好消息：如果我们大胆、果断，迅速地出击，我们就能够解决这个危机，即使不能避免所有的后果，但至少能避免最坏的情况的发生。
然而，对当今世界许多领袖的最好的形容则正如当初丘吉尔对那些忽视阿道夫·希特勒的威胁的领导人所作出的评价那样：“他们一直陷在一种奇怪的矛盾中，决定了却又拖泥带水，优柔寡断；大权在握却又显得无能为力。
”今天，我们把环绕于地球周围薄薄的大气层当做开放的排污口，对它又排出了70百万吨可令全球变暖的污染物。
而明天，我们又将继续增加排污量，逐渐积累的温室气体将会吸收越来越多的太阳热能。
2. 我们人类正遭遇一次全球性的紧急事件，它对于我们的文明社会是否能够延续来说是个威胁。
甚至就在我们聚集在这里商讨时，它还在聚集破坏潜力，威胁也越来越大。
不过也有给人带来希望的消息，那就是，如果我们大胆、果断、迅速采取行动，我们有能力化解这次危机，即使不能避免所有的后果，也能避免最坏的后果。
然而，当今世界上许多领导人，他们的所作所为，用温斯顿•丘吉尔批评当年对希特勒的威胁视而不见的人们的话来描述再恰当不过了：“他们的所作所为前后矛盾，莫名其妙，起初决心已定，最终却迟疑不定；起初当即立断，最终却优柔寡断；起初无所不能，最终却一无所能。
”今天，我们视地球周围稀薄的大气层为排污明沟，又一次将七千万吨导致全球升温得污染物排放其中，到了明天，我们排放的污染物还会略有增加，其浓度渐积渐累，吸收太阳的热量愈来愈多。
20081. 但是，正如许多情况中所存在的事实一样，当他们最终步入了婚姻的殿堂，却发现原本最美丽的憧憬却为现实所取代。
他们不但没能分担各自原先的责任，正如学生们所说的“一人一半”，反而发现生活中的烦恼加倍了。
2009英语专业八级考试全真试题附答案【听力理解】TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS(2009)-GRADE EIGHT-TIME LIMIT:195MINPART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION(35MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture.You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY Whilelistening,take notes on the important points.Your notes will not be marked, but you will needthem to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture.When the lecture is over,you will begiven two minutes to check your notes,and another ten minutes to complete the gap-fillingtask on ANSWER SHEET e the blank sheet for note-taking. Writing Experimental ReportsI.Content of an experimental report,e.g.---study subject/area---study purpose---____1____II.Presentation of an experimental report---providing details---regarding readers as_____2_____III.Structure of an experimental report---feature:highly structured and____3____---sections and their content:INTRODUCTION____4____;why you did itMETHOD how you did itRESULT what you found out____5____what you think it shows---tasks to fulfill in an experimental report:n introduction to relevant arean necessary background informationn development of clear argumentsn definition of technical termsn precise description of data____8____V.Demands and expectations in report writing---early stage:n understanding of study subject/area and its implicationsn basic grasp of the report's format---later stage:n____9____on research significance---things to avoid in writing INTRODUCTION:n inadequate materialn____10____of research justification for the studySECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.Listen carefully and then answer thequestions that follow.Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions1to5are based on an interview.At the end of the interview you will be given10seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.1.Which of the following statements is CORRECT?A.Toastmasters was originally set up to train speaking skills.B.Toastmasters only accepts prospective professional speakers.C.Toastmasters accepts members from the general public.D.Toastmasters is an exclusive club for professional speakers.2.The following are job benefits by joining Toastmasters EXCEPTA.becoming familiar with various means of communication.B.learning how to deliver messages in an organized way.C.becoming aware of audience expectations.B.practice plus lectures.C.practice plus voice training.D.practice plus speech writing.4.Toastmasters aims to train people to be all the following EXCEPTA.public speakers.B.grammar teachers.C.masters of ceremonies.D.evaluators.5.The interview mainly focuses onA.the background information.B.the description of training courses.C.the requirements of public speaking.D.the overall personal growth.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.Listen carefully and then answer thequestions that follow.Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions6and7are'based on the foUowing news.At the end of the news item,you will begiven20seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.6.Which of the following is the main cause of global warming?A.Fossil fuel.B.Greenhouse gases.C.Increased dryness.D.Violent storm patterns.7.The news item implies that______in the last report.A.there were fewer studies doneB.there were fewer policy proposalsC.there was less agreementD.there were fewer objectivesQuestions8and9are based on the following news.At the end of the news8.The cause of the Indian train accident wasA.terrorist sabotage.B.yet to be determined.ck of communications.D.bad weather.9.Which of the following statements is CORRECT?A.The accident occurred on a bridge.B.The accident occurred in New Delhi.C.There were about600casualties.D.Victims were rescued immediately.Question10is based on the following news.At the end of the news item,you will be given10seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.10.What is the main message of the news item?A.Young people should seek careers advice.B.Careers service needs to be improved.C.Businesses are not getting talented people.D.Careers advice is not offered on the Intemet.【阅读理解】PART II READING COMPREHENSION(30MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of20 multiple-choice questions.Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT AWe had been wanting to expand our children's horizons by taking them to a place that was unlike anything we'd been exposed to during our travels in Europe and the United States.In thinking about what was possible fromDelhi or Bangkok later this year,but thought our11-and13-year-olds needed a first step away from manicured boulevards and pristine monuments.What we didn't foresee was the reaction of friends,who warned that we were putting our children"in danger,"referring vaguely,and most incorrectly,to disease,terrorism or just the unknown.To help us get acquainted with the peculiarities of Istanbul and to give our children a chance to choose what they were particularly interested in seeing,we bought an excellent guidebook and read it thoroughly before leaving.Friendly warnings didn't change our planning,although we might have more prudently checked with the U.S.State Department's list of troublespots.We didn't see a lot of children among the foreign visitors during our six-day stay in Istanbul,but we found the tourist areas quite safe,very interesting and varied enough even to suit our son,whose oft-repeated request is that we not see"every single"church and museum in a given city.Vaccinations weren't needed for the city,but we were concemed about adapting to the water for a short stay.So we used bottled water for drinking and brushing our teeth,a precaution that may seem excessive,but we all stayed healthy.Taking the advice of a friend,we booked a hotel a20-minute walk from most of Istanbul's major tourist sites.This not only got us some morning exercise, strolling over the Karakoy Bridge,but took us past a colorful assortment of fishermen,vendors and shoe shiners.From a teenager and pre-teen's view,Istanbul street life is fascinating since almost everything can be bought outdoors.They were at a good age to spend time wandering the labyrinth of the Spice Bazaar,where shops display mounds of pungent herbs in sacks.Doing thiswith younger children would be harder simply because the streets are so packed with people;itwould be easy to get lost.For our two,whose buying experience consisted of department stores and shopping mall boutiques,it was amazing to discover that you could bargain over price and perhaps end up with two of something for the price of one. They also learned to figure out the relative value of the Turkish lira,not a small matter with its many zeros.been piqued by the five daily calls to prayer over loudspeakers in every corner of the city,and the scarves covering the heads of many women.Navigating meals can be troublesome with children,but a kebab,bought on the street or in restaurants,was unfailingly popular.Since we had decided this trip was not for gourmets,kebabs spared us the agony of trying to find a restaurant each day that would suit the adults'desire to try something new amid children's insistence that the food be served immediately.Gradually,we branched out to try some other Turkish specialties.Although our son had studied Islam briefly,it is impossible to be prepared for every awkward question that might come up,such as during our visits to the Topkapi Sarayi,the Ottoman Sultans'palace.No guides were available so it was do-it-yourself,using our guidebook,which cheated us of a lot of interesting history and anecdotes that a professional guide could provide.Next time,we resolved to make such arrangements in advance.On this trip,we wandered through the magnificent complex,with its imperial treasures,its courtyards and its harem.The last required a bit of explanation that we would have happily lef~to a learned third party.11.The couple chose Istanbul as their holiday destination mainly becauseA.the city is not too far away from where they lived.B.the city is not on the list of the U.S.State Department.C.the city is between the familiar and the exotic.D.the city is more familiar than exotic.12.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A.The family found the city was exactly what they had expected.B.Their friends were opposed to their holiday plan.C.They could have been more cautious about bringing kids along.D.They were a bit cautious about the quality of water in the city.13.We learn from the couple's shopping experience back home thatA.they were used to bargaining over price.B.they preferred to buy things outdoors.C.street markets were their favourite.D.they preferred fashion and brand names.D.one has to make arrangements in advance.15.The family have seen or visited all the following in Istanbul EXCEPTA.religious prayers.B.historical buildings.C.local-style markets.D.shopping mall boutiques.TEXT BLast month the first baby-boomers turned60.The bulky generation born between1946and1964is heading towards retirement.The looming"demographic cliff"will see vast numbers ofskilled workers dispatched from the labour force.The workforce is ageing across the rich world.Within the EU the number of workers agedbetween50and64will increase by25%over the next two decades,while those aged20-29willdecrease by20%.In Japan almost20%of the population is already over65, the highest share inthe world.And in the United States the number of workers aged55-64will have increased bymore than half in this decade,at the same time as the35-to44-year-olds decline by10%.Given that most societies are geared to retirement at around65,companies have a loomingproblem of knowledge management,of making sure that the boomers do not leave before theyhave handed over their expertise along with the office keys and their e-mail address.A survey ofhuman-resources directors by IBM last year concluded:"When the baby-boomer generationretires,many companies will find out too late that a career's worth of experience has walked outthe door,leaving insufficient talent to fill in the void."Some also face a shortage of expertise.In aerospace and defence,for example,as much asA few companies are so squeezed that they are already taking exceptional measures.Earlierthis year the Los Angeles Times interviewed an enterprising Australian who was staying inBeverly Hills while he tried to persuade locals to emigrate to Toowoomba, Queensland,to workfor his engineering company there.Toowoomba today;the rest of the developed worldtomorrow?If you look hard enough,you can find companies that have begun to adapt the workplace toolder workers.The AARP,an American association for the over-50s, produces an annual list ofthe best employers of its members.Health-care firms invariably come near the top because theyare one of the industries most in need of skilled labour.Other sectors similarly affected,says the Conference Board,include oil,gas,energy and government.Near the top of the AARP's latest list comes Deere&Company,a no-nonsenseindustrial-equipment manufacturer based in Illinois;about35%of Deere's 46,000employees areover50and a number of them are in their70s.The tools it uses to achieve that-flexibleworking,telecommuting,and so forth-also coincidentaUy help older workers to extend theirworking lives.The company spends"a lot of time"on the ergonomics of its factories,makingjobs there less tiring,which enables older workers to stay at them for longer.Likewise,for more than a decade,Toyota,arguably the world's most advancedmanufacturer,has adapted its workstations to older workers.The shortage of skilled labouravailable to the automotive industry has made it unusually keen to recruit older workers.BMWrecently set up a factory in Leipzig that expressly set out to employ peoplerecruit retiredpeople for particular projects.Ernst&Young,a professional-services firm, has about30,000registered alumni,and about25%of its"experienced"new recruits are former employees whoreturn after an absence.But such examples are unusual.A survey in America last month by Ernst& Young foundthat"although corporate America foresees a significant workforce shortage as boomers retire,itis not dealing with the issue."Almost three-quarters of the1,400global companies questionedby Deloitte last year said they expected a shortage of salaried staff over the next three to fiveyears.Yet few of them are looking to older workers to fill that shortage;and even fewer arelooking to them to fill another gap that has already appeared.Many firms in Europe and Americacomplain that they struggle to find qualified directors for their boards-this when the pool ofretired talent from those very same firms is growing by leaps and bounds.Why are firms not working harder to keep old employees?Part of the reason is that thecrunch has been beyond the horizon of most managers.Nor is hanging on to older workers theonly way to cope with a falling supply of labour.The participation of developing countries in the world economy has increased the overall supply-whatever the local effect of demographics inthe rich countries.A vast amount of work is being sent offshore to such places as China andIndia and more will go in future.Some countries,such as Australia,are relaxing theirimmigration policies to allow much needed skills to come in from abroad. Others will avoid theneed for workers by spending money on machinery and automation.16.According to the passage,the most serious consequence of baby-boomers approachingD.its impact on the developed world whose workforce is ageing.17.The following are all the measures that companies have adopted to cope with the ageingworkforce EXCEPTA.making places of work accommodate the needs of older workers.ing alumni networks to hire retired former employees.C.encouraging former employees to work overseas.D.granting more convenience in working hours to older workers.18."The company spends'a lot of time'on the ergonomics of its factories" (Paragraph Seven)means thatA.the company attaches great importance to the layout of its factories.B.the company improves the working conditions in its factories.C.the company attempts to reduce production costs of its factories.D.the company intends to renovate its factories and update equipment.19.In the author's opinion American firms are not doing anything to deal with the issue of theageing workforce mainly becauseA.they have not been aware of the problem.B.they are reluctant to hire older workers.C.they are not sure of what they should do.D.they have other options to consider.20.Which of the following best describes the author's development of argument?A.introducing the issue---citing ways to deal with the issue---~describing the actualstatus---offering reasons.B.describing the actual status---introducing the issue---citing ways to deal with theissue---offering reasons.C.citing ways to deal with the issue---introducing the issue----describing the actualstatus---offering reasons.D.describing the actual status--offering reasons---introducing the issue---citing ways todeal with the issue.It has two aspects:that of the wife who is more of a success than her husband and that of the wife who must rely heavily on her husband for help with domestic tasks.There are various ways in which the impact of the first difficulty can be reduced.Provided that husband and wife are not in the same or directly comparable lines of work,the harsh fact of her greater success can be obscured by a genial conspiracy to reject a purely monetary measure of achievement as intolerably crude.Where there are ranks,it is best if the couple work in different fields so that the husband can find some special reason for the superiority of the lowest figure in his to the most elevated in his wife's.(2)A problem that affects a much larger number of working wives is the need to re-allocatedomestic tasks if there are children.In The Road to Wigan Pier George Orwell wrote of theunemployed of the Lancashire coalfields:"Practically never...in a working-class home,will yousee the man doing a stroke of the housework.Unemployment has not changed this convention,which on the face of it seems a little unfair.The man is idle from morning to night but the woman is as busy as ever-more so,indeed,because she has to manage with less money.Yet so far as myexperience goes the women do not protest.They feel that a man would lose his manhood if,merely because he was out of work,he developed in a'Mary Ann'."(3)It is over the care of young children that this re-allocation of duties becomes reallysignificant.For this,unlike the cooking of fish fingers or the making of beds, is an inescapably time-consuming occupation,and time is what the fully employed wife has no more to spare of than her husband.(4)The male initiative in courtship is a pretty indiscriminate affair, something that is tried on with any remotely plausible woman who comes within range and,of course,with all degrees oftentativeness.What decides the issue of whether a genuine courtship is going to get under way is the woman's response.If she shows interest the engines of persuasion are set in movement.The truth is that in courtship society gives women the real power while pretending to give it to men.(5)What does seem clear is that the more men and women are together,atabrasive and,more indirectly,makes domestic work seem unmanly,if there is to be an equalizing redistribution of economic and domestic tasks between men and women there must be a compensating redistribution of the erotic initiative.If women will no longer let us beat them they must allow us to join them as the blushing recipients of flowers and chocolates.21.Paragraph One advises the working wife who is more successful than her husband toA.work in the same sort of job as her husband.B.play down her success,making it sound unimportant.C.stress how much the family gains from her high salary.D.introduce more labour-saving machinery into the home.22.Orwell's picture of relations between man and wife in Wigan Pier (Paragraph Two)describes arelationship which the author of the passageA.thinks is the natural one.B.wishes to see preserved.C.believes is fair.D.is sure must change.23.Which of the following words is used literally,NOT metaphorically?A.Abrasive(Paragraph Five).B.Engines(Paragraph Four).C.Convention(Paragraph Two).D.Heavily(Paragraph One).24.The last paragraph stresses that if women are to hold important jobs,then they mustA.sometimes make the first advances in love.B.allow men to flirt with many women.C.stop accepting presents of flowers and chocolates.D.avoid making their husbands look like"Mary Anns".25.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the present form of courtship?A.Men are equally serious about courtship.B.Each man"makes passes"at many women.C.The woman's reaction decides the fate of courtship.D.The man leaves himself the opportunity to give up the chase quickly.dropping2,000feet to the valley floor,then trudged down the huge Sola-Khumbu canyon until itopened out to the lush but still daunting foothills of Central Nepal.It was here at Namche that one man broke rank and leaned north,slowly and arduouslyclimbing the steep walls of the natural amphitheater behind the scatter of stone huts,then pastKunde and Khumjong.Despite wearing a balaclava on his head,he had been frequently recognized by the Tibetans,and treated with the gravest deference and respect.Even among those who knew nothing abouthim,expressions of surprise lit up their dark,liquid eyes.He was a man not expected to be there.Not only was his stature substantially greater than that of the diminutive Tibetans,but itwas also obvious from his bearing-and his new broadcloak,which covered a much-too-tightarmy uniform-that he came from a markedly loftier station in life than did the average Tibetan.Among a people virtually bereft of possessions,he had fewer still,consisting solely of a rounded bundle about a foot in diameter slung securely by a cord over his shoulder.The material the bundle was wrapped in was of a rough Tibetan weave,which did not augur that the content wasof any greater value-except for the importance he seemed to ascribe to it, never for a momentreleasing his grip.His objective was a tiny huddle of buildings perched halfway up an enormous valley wallacross from him,atop a great wooded spur jutting out from the lower lap of the22,493-foot AmaDablum,one of the most majestic mountains on earth.There was situated Tengboche,the mostfamous Buddhist monastery in the Himalayas,its setting unsurpassed for magnificenceanywhere on the planet.Dablum is the Gatekeeper,then the sheer cliff of Nuptse,never less than four miles high,is the Final Protector of the highest and mightiest of them all: Chomolongma,the Mother Goddess of the World,to the Tibetans; Sagarmatha,the Head of the Seas,to the Nepalese;and Everest to the rest of us.And over the great barrier of Nuptse She demurely peaks.It was late in the afternoon-when the great shadows cast by the colossal mountains weredescending into the deep valley floors-before he reached the crest of the spur and shuffled to a stop just past Tengboche's entrance gompa.His chest heaving in the rarefied air,he removed his hand from the bundle--the first time he had done so-and wiped grimy rivulets of sweat fromaround his eyes with the fingers of his mitted hand.His narrowed eyes took in the open sweep of the quiet grounds,the pagoda-like monasteryitself,and the stone buildings that tumbled down around it like a protective skirt.In the distance the magic light of the magic hour lit up the plume flying off Chomolongma's29,029-foot-high crest like a bright,welcoming banner.His breathing calmed,he slowly,stiffly struggled forward and up the rough stone steps tothe monastery entrance.There he was greeted with a respectful nameste-"I recognize the divinein you"-from a tall,slim monk of about35years,who hastily set aside a twig broom he hadbeen using to sweep the flagstones of the inner courtyard.While he did so, the visitor noticedthat the monk was missing the small finger on his left hand.The stranger spoke a few formalwords in Tibetan,and then the two disappeared inside.Early the next morning the emissary-lightened of his load-appeared at the monasteryentrance,accompanied by the same monk and the elderly abbot.After a bow of his head,whichwas returned much more deeply by the two ocher-robed residents,he took his leave.The twosolemn monks watched,motionless,until he dipped over the ridge on which the monastery sat,26.Which of the following words in Paragraph One implies difficulty in walking?A."threaded".B."dropping".C."trudged".D."daunting".27.In the passage the contrast between the Tibetans and the man is indicated in all the followingaspects EXCEPTA.clothing.B.height.C.social status.D.personal belongings.28.It can be inferred from the passage that one can get______of the region from themonastery.A.a narrow viewB.a hazy viewC.a distant viewD.a panoramic view29.Which of the following details shows that the man became relaxed after he reached themonastery?A."...he reached the crest of the spur and shuffled to a stop..."B."...he removed his hand from the bundle..."C."His narrowed eyes took in the open sweep of the quiet grounds..."D."...he slowly,stiffly struggled forward and up the rough stone steps..."30.From how it is described in the passage the monastery seems to evokeA.a sense of awe.B.a sense of piety.C.a sense of fear.D.a sense of mystery.【人文知识】PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE(10MIN)31.The Head of State of New Zealand isA.the governor-general.B.the Prime Minister.C.the high commissioner.D.the monarch of the United Kingdom.32.The capital of Scotland isA.Glasgow.B.Edinburgh.C.Manchester.D.London.33.Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President?A.Thomas Jefferson.B.George Washington.C.Thomas Paine.D.John Adams.34.Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia?A.Perth.B.Adelaide.C.Sydney.D.Melbourne.35.Ode to the West Windwas written byA.William Blake.B.William Wordsworth.C.Samuel Taylor Coleridge.D.Percy B.Shelley.36.Who among the following is a poet of free verse?A.Ralph Waldo Emerson.B.Walt Whitman.C.Herman MelvilleD.Theodore Dreiser.37.The novel Sons and Lovers was written byA.Thomas Hardy.B.John Galsworthy.production isA.corpus linguistics.B.sociolinguistics.C.theoretical linguistics.D.psycholinguistics.39.A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is calledA.dialect.B.idiolect.C.pidgin.D.register.40.When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking,such as asking someone to open thewindow,he is performingA.an illocutionary act.B.a perlocutionary act.C.a locutionary act.D.none of the above.【改错】PART IV PROOFREADING&ERROR CORRECTION(15MIN) Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.When∧art museum wants a new exhibit,(1)_______it never buys things in finished form and hangs(2)_______them on the wall.When a natural history museumwants an exhibition,it must often build i.(3)_______The previous section has shown how quickly a rhyme passesfrom one schoolchild to the next and illustrates the further difference ____1____between school lore and nursery lore.In nursery lore a verse,learntin early childhood,is not usually passed on again when the little listener____2____has grown up,and has children of their own,or even grandchildren.lore,therefore,a rhyme may be excitedly passed on within the very hour____5____it is learnt;and,in the general,it passes between children of the____6____same age,or nearly so,since it is uncommon for the differnce in age between playmates to be more than five years.If,therefore,a playgroundrhyme can be shown to have been currently for a hundred years,or ____7____even just for fifty,it follows that it has been retransmitted overand over,very possibly it has passed along a chain of two or three____8____hundred young hearers and tellers,and the wonder is that it remains live____9____after so much handling,to let alone that it bears resemblance to the ____10____original wording.【翻译】PART V TRANSLATION(60MIN)SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHTranslate the underlined part of the following text into English.Write your translation onANSWER SHEET THREE.我想不起来哪一个熟人没有手机。
2009年12月考题Task One: Interpreting from English into ChineseDirections: Please do not do interpreting when you listen to the speech this time.1.Together with my colleges from chang’an and Ford, I want to thankyou for joining us during the inauguration of the most advanced automotive manufacturing plant in China.我携长安福特的全体同仁对莅临中国最先进的汽车制造厂的落成典礼（开幕式）的各位嘉宾表示衷心的感谢。
2.In just four short years, Chang’an Ford Automobile has madephenomenal progress in delivering great market success. This is a result of the shared vision and determination of the partners.在短短的四年间，长安福特汽车在占有市场份额中取得了骄人的进步。
这要归功于股东们的高瞻远瞩和正确决策。
3.The world’s first automobile assembly line began operation at Ford’splant over 106 years ago. And what a journey it has been since then—bringing us all the way here to celebrate this milestone today.世界上第一条汽车生产线在福特公司启动已逾106年，这是怎样辉煌的一段历程，使我们今天有机会为这样一个里程碑似的日子举行庆典。
2009年专八英语作文真题-方言在公众场合使用China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) recently issued a notice banning domestic radio and TV stations from translating foreign radio and TV programmes into any local dialect. The notice said that such dialect translation contradicts the national initiative to promote Putonghua, or Mandarin, around the country. Foreign programmes that have been translated into dialects must be removed from television and radio immediately. The notice evoked a mixed response from experts and audio and video producers, as well as the general public. Many voiced their concerns that local dialects would be forbidden in public places. Mandarin, which means "common language", is the country's predominant language and is widely used by more than 70 percent of the population. However, local dialects still enjoy popularity for relatively less-educated people in some occasions. The dialects do make unique role and should be tolerated for existence in public places.Though promoted widely in public places, dialects are acceptable in public places. First, it is more than a mere tool for communication. It is, most importantly, the messenger of its respective culture. If the dialect was eliminated from daily use, the culture will be broken. Second, Mandarin can absorb the elit part of local dialect to enrich its vocabulary and usage. This is the perfection of Mandarin from thousands of years blend and contact. The dialects can also be popular in the public. Along with the famous short play by comic actors in NE China, the local dialect came into the spotlight, and enjoyed more popularity throughout China. Such a cultural phenomenon represents theaudience an attitude to local dialects which cater to the taste of the majority. Third, dialect is the only mean of communication to some undereducated local people. If local dialects are forbidden in the public places, they cannot communicate.To sum up, local dialects should be tolerated in public places for its unique role which Mandarin cannot substitute. We should guarantee its survival because dialects stand for our spiritual land. From a long-term perspective, dialects should not and would not be wiped out. There is no need for any purposeful and deliberate attempt to protect dialects. Just let dialects take their natural course. The best way to protect a dialect is to use it in daily life and pass it down from generation to generation.。
