2011年英语专业八级考试真题答案速查

Part I　Listening Comprehension

Section A　Mini-Lecture

1. in context

2. the context

3. heavier sensory involvement/closeness to people

4. privacy/personal space

5. body language

6. polychronic

7. over time

8. in meaning itself

9. individuality/privacy

10. words or actions

11. attitude toward time

12. monochronic

13. lateness

14. work and life

15. importance

Section B　Interview

1. B　2. B　3. D　4. A　5. C

6. A　7. C　8. B　9. C　10. B

Part II　Reading Comprehension

Section A　Multiple-Choice Questions

Passage One　11. C　12. A　13. B

Passage Two　14. B　15. B　16. A　17. A

Passage Three　18. C　19. C　20. B　21. B

Passage Four　22. C　23. B　24. A

Section B　Short Answer Questions

Passage One　25. The design and decoration of the Gibraltarian home is simple.

26. English working-class homes have spacious sitting-rooms.

Passage Two　27. Digital inventions bring greater paper use and more travel.

Passage Three　28. Because Britons are still conscious of their class status.

29. Class can not be defined only by money.

Passage Four　30. They had a sense of awkwardness.

31. The bride had never eaten in a restaurant before.

32. The couple felt ill at ease in the dining-car.

Part III　Language Usage

1. 在grew后加up

2. conscience→consciousness

3. soon→sooner

4. 在the后加middle

5. disagreeing→disagreeable

6. imaginative→imaginary

7. literal→literary

8. 去掉in

9. which前加in或which→where

10. Therefore→Nevertheless