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TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(XX)-GRADEEIGHT-

TIMELIMIT:190MIN

PARTILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION(30MIN)

略

PARTIIREADINGCOMPREHENSI0N(30MIN)

Inthissectiontherearefourreadingpassagesfollowe

dbyatotalof20multiple-choicequestions.Readth

epassagesandthenmarkyouranswersonyourcoloure

danswersheet.

TEXTA

Hewasanoldmanwithawhitebeardandhuge

noseandhands.Longbeforethetimeduringwhichwew

illknowhim,hewasadoctoranddroveajadedwhiteho

rsefromhousetohousethroughthestreetsofWinesb

urg.LaterhemarriedagirIwhohadmoney.Shehadbee

nleftalargefertilefarmwhenherfatherdied.Theg

irlwasquiet,tall,anddark,andtomanypeopleshes

eemedverybeautiful.EveryoneinWinesburgwonder

edwhyshemarriedthedoctor.Withinayearafterthe

marriageshedied.

Theknucklesofthedoctor，shandswereextr

aordinarilylarge.Whenthehandswereclosedtheyl

ookedlikeclustersofunpaintedwoodenballsaslar

geaswalnutsfastenedtogetherbysteeIrods.Hesmo

kedacobpipeandafterhiswife，sdeathsatalldayin

hisemptyofficeclosebyawindowthatwascoveredwi

thcobwebs.Heneveropenedthewindow.Onceonahotd

ayinAugusthetriedbutfounditstuckfastandafter

thatheforgotallaboutit.

Winesburghadforgottentheoldman,butinDocto

rReefythereweretheseedsofsomethingveryfine.A

loneinhismustyofficeintheHeffnerBlockaboveth

eParisDryGoodsCompany，sstore,heworkedceasele

ssly,buildingupsomethingthathehimselfdestroy

ed.Littlepyramidsoftruthheerectedandafterere

ctingknockedthemdownagainthathemighthavethet

ruthstoerectotherpyramids.

DoctorReefywasatallmanwhohadwornonesui

tofclothesfortenyears.Itwasfrayedatthesleeve

sandlittleholeshadappearedatthekneesandelbow

s.Intheofficeheworealsoalinendusterwithhugep

ocketsintowhichhecontinuallystuffedscrapsofp

aper.Aftersomeweeksthescrapsofpaperbecamelit

tlehardroundballs,andwhenthepocketswerefille

dhedumpedthemoutuponthefloor.Fortenyearsheha

dbutonefriend,anotheroIdmannamedJohnSpaniard

whoownedatreenursery.Sometimes,inaplayfulmoo

d,oldDoctorReefytookfromhispocketsahandfulof

thepaperbalIsandthrewthematthenurseryman.1

hatistoconfoundyou,youblitheringoIdsentiment

alist,“hecried,shakingwithlaughter.

ThestoryofDoctorReefyandhiscourtshipofth

etalldarkgirlwhobecamehiswifeandlefthermoney

tohimisaverycuriousstory.Itisdelicious,liket

hetwistedlittleapplesthatgrowintheorchardsof

Winesburg.Inthefallonewalksintheorchardsandt

hegroundishardwithfrostunderfoot.Theapplesha

vebeentakenfromthetreesbythepickers.Theyhave

beenputinbarrelsandshippedtothecitieswhereth

eywillbeeaten

inapartmentsthatarefilledwithbooks,magaz

ines,furniture,andpeople.Onthetreesareonlyaf

ewgnarledapplesthatthepickershaverejected.Th

eylookliketheknucklesofDoctorReefy'shands.On

enibblesatthemandtheyaredelicious.Intoalittl

eroundplaceatthesideoftheapplehasbeengathere

dallofitssweetness.Onerunsfromtreetotreeover

thefrostedgroundpickingthegnarled,twistedapp

lesandfillinghispocketswiththem.0nlythefewkn

owthesweetnessofthetwistedapples.ThegirlandD

octorReefybegantheircourtshiponasummeraftern

oon.Hewasforty-fivethenandalreadyhehadbegunt

hepracticeoffillinghispocketswiththescrapsof

paperthatbecamehardbalIsandwerethrownaway.Th

ehabithadbeenformedashesatinhisbuggybehindth

ejadedgreyhorseandwentslowlyalongcountryroad

s.Onthepaperswerewrittenthoughts,endsofthoug

hts,beginningsofthoughts.

OnebyonethemindofDoctorReefyhadmadethet

houghts.Outofmanyofthemheformedatruththataro

segiganticinhismind.Thetruthcloudedtheworld.

Itbecameterribleandthenfadedawayandthelittle

thoughtsbeganagain.

ThetalldarkgirlcametoseeDoctorReefybecauseshe

wasinthefamilywayandhadbecomefrightened.Shew

asinthatconditionbecauseofaseriesofcircumsta

ncesalsocurious.

Thedeathofherfatherandmotherandtheric

hacresoflandthathadcomedowntoherhadsetatrain

ofsuitorsonherheels.Fortwoyearsshesawsuitors

almosteveryevening.Excepttwotheyw

ereallalike.Theytalkedtoherofpassionandthere

wasastrainedeagerqualityintheirvoicesandinth

eireyeswhentheylookedather.Thetwowhowerediff

erentweremuchunlikeeachother.Oneofthem,aslen

deryoungmanwithwhitehands,thesonofajewelerin

Winesburg,talkedcontinuallyofvirginity.Whenh

ewaswithherhewasneveroffthesubject.Theother,

ablack-hairedboywithlargeears,saidnothingata1

下一頁

英語專八沖刺最新?？荚嚲砑按鸢?butalwaysma

nagedtogetherintothedarkness,wherehebegantok

issher.

Foratimethetalldarkgirlthoughtshewo

uldmarrythejeweler's

son.Forhoursshesatinsilencelisteningashetalk

edtoherandthen

shebegantobeafraidofsomething.Beneathhi

stalkofvirginityshebegantothinktherewasalust

greaterthaninalltheothers.Attimesitseemedtoh

erthatashetalkedhewasholdingherbodyinhishand

s.Sheimaginedhimturningitslowlyaboutinthewhi

tehandsandstaringatit.Atnightshedreamedthath

ehadbittenintoherbodyandthathisjawsweredripp

ing.Shehadthedreamthreetimes,thenshebecamein

thefamilywaytotheonewhosaidnothingatallbutwh

ointhemomentofhispassionactuallydidbitehersh

ouldersothatfordaysthemarksofhisteeth

showed-'.........Afterthetalldarkgirlcamet

oknowDoctorReefyitseemedtoherthatsheneverwan

tedtoleavehimagain.Shewentintohisofficeonemo

rningandwithouthersayinganythingheseemedtokn

owwhathadhappenedtoher.

Intheofficeofthedoctortherewasawoman,thew

ifeofthemanwhokeptthebookstoreinWinesburg.Li

keallold-fashionedcountrypractitioners,Docto

rReefypulledteeth,andthewomanwhowaitedheldah

andkerchieftoherteethandgroaned.Herhusbandwa

swithherandwhenthetoothwastakenouttheybothsc

reamedandbloodrandownonthewoman5swhitedress.

Thetalldarkgirldidnotpayanyattention.Whenthe

womanandthemanhadgonethedoctorsmiled."Iwillt

akeyoudrivingintothecountrywithme,“hesaid.

Forseveralweeksthetalldarkgirlandthedoctorwe

retogetheraImosteveryday.Theconditionthathad

broughthertohimpassedinanillness,butshewasli

keonewhohasdiscoveredthesweetnessofthetwiste

dapples,shecouldnotgethermindfixedagainupont

heroundperfectfruitthatiseateninthecityapart

merits.Inthefallafterthebeginningofheracquain

tanceshipwithhimshemarriedDoctorReefyandinth

efollowingspringshedied.Duringthewinterherea

dtoheralloftheoddsandendsofthoughtshehadscri

bbledonthebitsofpaper.Afterhehadreadthemhela

ughedandstuffedthemawayinhispocketstobecomer

oundhardbalIs.

11.AccordingtothestoryDoctorReefy'slife

seemsvery___*

A.eccentricB.normalC.enjoyableD.optimistic(A)

12.Thestorytellsusthatthetalldarkgirlwasi

nthefamilyway.Thephraseinthefami1ywayvmeans

A.troubledB.pregnantC.twistedD.cheated(B)

13.DoctorReeflivesalife.

A.happyB.miserableC.easy-goingD.reckless(B)

14.ThetalldarkgirTsmarriagetoDoctor

Reefprovestobeaone.

A.transientB.understandableC.perfectD.funny(A)

15.DoctorReef，spaperballsprobablysymbolizehis

Aeagernesstoshuthimselfawayfromsociety

Bsuppresseddesiretocommunicatewithpeople

Coptimismaboutlife

Deynicalattitudetowardslife(B)

TextB

Stratford-on-Avon,asweallknow,hasonlyoneind

ustry-WilliamShakespeare-buttherearetwodisti

nctlyseparateandincreasinglyhosti1ebranches.

ThereistheRoyalShakespeareCompany(RSC),which

presentssuperbproductionsoftheplaysattheShak

espeareMemorialTheatreontheAvon.Andtherearet

hetownsfolkwholargelyliveoffthetouristswhoco

me,nottoseetheplays,buttolookatAnneHathaway，

sCottage,Shakespeare'sbirthplaceandtheothers

ights.

TheworthyresidentsofStratforddoubtth

atthetheatreaddsapennytotheirrevenue.Theyfra

nklydisliketheRSC'sactors,themwiththeirlongh

airandbeardsandsandalsandnoisiness.It'salldelie

iouslyironicwhenyouconsiderthatShakespe

are,whoearnstheirliving,washimselfanactor(wi

thabeard)anddidhisshareofnoise-making.Thetou

riststreamsarenotentirelyseparate.Thesightse

erswhocomebybus-andoftentakeinWarwickCastlea

ndBlenheimPalaceontheside-don，tusuallyseethe

plays,andsomeofthemareevensurprisedtofindath

eatreinStratford.However,theplaygoersdomanag

ealittlesight-seeingalongwiththeirplaygoing.

Itistheplaygoers,theRSCcontends,whobringinmu

chofthetown'srevenuebecausetheyspendthenight

(someofthemfourorfivenights)pouringcashintot

hehotelsandrestaurants.Thesightseerscantakei

neverythingandgetoutoftownbynightfall.

Thetownsfolkdon'tseeitthiswayandlocal

councildoesnotcontributedirectlytothesubsidy

oftheRoyalShakespeareCompany.Stratfordcriesp

oortraditionally.Neverthelesseveryhotelintow

nseemstobeaddinganewingorcocktai1lounge.Hil

tonisbuildingitsownhotelthere,whichyoumaybes

urewilIbedecoratedwithHamletHamburgerBars,th

eLearLounge,theBanquoBanquetingRoom,andsofo

A.Stratfordcannotaffordtheexpansionprojects

B.Stratfordhaslongbeeninfinancialdifficulties

C.thetownisnotreallyshortofmoneyC

D.thetownsfolkusedtobepoorlypaid

19.Accordingtothetownsfolk,theRSCdeser

vesnosubsidybecause

A.ticketpricescanberaisedtocoverthespending

B.thecompanyisfinanciallyill-managed

C.thebehavioroftheactorsisnotsociallyac

ceptable

D.thetheatreattendance!sontheriseD

20.Fromthetextwecanconcludethattheauthor

A.issupportiveofbothsides

B.favorsthetownsfoik'sview

C.takesadetachedattitude

D.issympathetictotheRSC.D

TextC

StudentsofUnitedSt，ateshistory,seekingtoid

entifythecircumstancesthatencouragedtheemerg

enceoffeministmovements,havethoroughlyinvest

igatedthemid-nineteenth-centuryAmericanecono

micandsociaIconditionsthataffectedthestatuso

fwomen.Thesehistorians,however,haveanalyzedl

essfullythedevelopmentofspecificallyfeminist

ideasandactivitiesduringthesameperiod.Furthe

rmore,theideologicaloriginsoffeminismintheUn

itedStateshavebeenobscuredbecause,evenwhenhi

storiansdidtakeintoaccountthosefeministideas

andactivitiesoccurringwithintheUnitedStates,

theyfailedtorecognizethatfeminismwasthenatru

lyinternationalmovementactuallycenteredinEur

ope.Americanfeministactivistswhohavebeendesc

ribedas^solitary〃and〃individualtheorists"wer

einrealityconnectedtoamovement-utopiansocialism-

—whichwasalreadypopularizingfeministidea

sinEuropeduringthetwodecadesthatculminatedin

thefirstwomen，srightsconferenceheIdatSenecaF

alls.NewYork,inl848.Thus,acompleteunderstand

ingoftheoriginsanddevelopmentofnineteenth-ce

nturyfeminismintheUnitedStatesrequiresthatth

egeographicalfocusbewidenedtoincludeEuropean

dthatthedetailedstudyaIreadymadeofsocialcond

itionsbeexpandedtoincludetheideologicaldevel

opmentoffeminism.

Theearliestandmostpopularoftheutopia

nsocialistsweretheSaint-Simonians.Thespecifi

callyfeministpartofSaint-Simonianismhas,howe

ver,beenlessstudiedthanthegroup，scontributio

ntoearlysocialism.Thisisregrettableontwocoun

ts.Byl832feminismwasthecentralconcernofSaint

Simonianismandentirelyabsorbeditsadherents，

energy;hence,byignoringitsfeminism.Europeanh

istorianshavemisunderstoodSaint-Simonianism.

Moreover,sincemanyfeministideascanbetracedto

Saint-Simonianism,Europeanhistorians'appreci

ationoflaterfeminisminFranceandtheUnitedStat

esremainedlimited.

Saint-Simon，sfollowers,manyofwhomwe

rewomen,basedtheirfeminismonaninterpretation

ofhisprojecttoreorganizetheglobebyreplacingb

ruteforcewiththeruleofspiritualpowers.Thenew

worldorderwouldberuledtogetherbyamale

,torepresentref1ection,andafemale,tore

presentsentiment.Thiscomplementarityreflects

thefactthat,whiletheSaint-Simoniansdidnotrej

ectthebeliefthattherewereinnatedifferencesbe

tweenmenandwomen,theyneverthelessforesawaneq

uallyimportantsocialandpoliticalroleforboths

exesintheirUtopiawouldfocusattentiononthemos

timportantaspectofSaint-Simonianthoughtbeforel832

Dpromisestoofferinsightintoamovementthat

wasadirectoutgrowthoftheSenecaFallsconf

erenceof1848

25.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowing

wou1dbethemostaccuratedescriptionofthe

societyenvisionedbymostSaint-Simonians?

AAsocietyinwhichwomenwerehighlyregarded

fortheirextensiveeducation

BAsocietyinwhichthetwogendersplayed

complementaryrolesandhadequaIstatus(B)

CAsocietyinwhichwomendidnotenterpubliclife

DAsocialorderinwhichabodyofmenand

womenwouIdruletogetheronthebasisoftheirsp

iritualpower

TextD

Joyandsadnessareexperiencedbypeoplei

nallculturesaroundtheworld,buthowcanwetellwh

enotherpeoplearehappyordespondent?Itturnsout

thattheexpressionofmanyemotionsmaybeuniversa

1.Smilingisapparentlyauniversalsignoffriendl

inessandapproval.Baringtheteethin

ahostileway,asnotedbyCharlesDarwinintheninet

eenthcentury,maybeauniversesignofanger.Asthe

originatorofthetheoryofevolution,Darwinbelie

vedthattheuniversalrecognitionoffacialexpres

sionswouldhavesurvivalvalue.Forexample,facia

lexpressionscouldsignaItheapproachofenemies(

orfriends)intheabsenceoflanguage.

Mostinvestigatorsconcurthatcertainfacialex

pressionssuggestthesameemotionsinapeople.Mor

eover,peopleindiverseculturesrecognizetheemo

tionsmanifestedbythefacialexpressions.Inclas

sicresearchPaulEkmantookphotographsofpeoplee

xhibitingtheemotionsofanger,disgust,fear,hap

piness,andsadness.Hethenaskedpeoplearoundthe

worldtoindicatewhatemotionswerebeingdepicted

inthem.ThosequeriedrangedfromEuropeancollege

studentstomembersoftheFore,atribethatdwellsi

ntheNewGuineahighlands.Allgroupsincludingthe

Fore,whohadalmostnocontactwithWes

ternculture,agreedontheportrayedemotions.The

Forealsodisplayedfamiliarfacialexpressionswh

enaskedhowtheywouldrespondiftheywerethechara

ctersinstoriesthatcalledforbasicemotionalres

ponses.Ekmanandhiscolleaguesmorerecentlyobta

inedsimilarresultsinastudyoftencuIturesinwhi

chparticipantswerepermittedtoreportthatmulti

pieemotionswereshownbyfacialexpressions.Th

hesisargues,however,thatthecausalrelationshi

pbetweenemotionsandfacialexpressionscanalsow

orkintheoppositedirection.Accordingtothishyp

othesis,signalsfromthefacialmuscles("feedbac

k")aresentbacktoemotioncentersofthebrain,and

soaperson，sfacialexpressioncaninfluencethatp

erson，semotionalstate.ConsiderDarwin，swords:

“Thefreeexpressionbyoutwardsignsofanemotioni

ntensifiesit.Ontheotherhand,therepression,as

faraspossible,ofalloutwardsignssoftensouremo

tions."Cansmilinggiverisetofeelingsofgoodwil

1,forexample,andfrowningtoanger?Psychologica

Iresearchhasgivenrisetosomeinterestingfindin

gsconcerningthefacial-feedbackhypothesis.Cau

singparticipantsinexperimentstosmile,forexam

pie,leadsthemtoreportmorepositivefeelingsand

toratecartoons(humorousdrawingsofpeopleorsit

nations)asbeingmorehumorous.Whentheyarecause

dtofrown,theyratecartoonsasbeingmoreaggressive.

Whatarethepossiblelinksbetweenfacialexp

ressionsandemotion?0ne1inkisarousal,whichist

helevelofactivityorpreparednessforactivityin

anorganism.Intensecontractionoffa

cialmuscles,suchasthoseusedinsignifyingfear,

heightensarousal.Self-perceptionofheightened

arousalthenleadstoheightenedemotionalactivit

y.Otherlinksmayinvolvechangesinbraintemperat

ureandthereleaseofneurotransmitters(substanc

esthattransmitnerveimpulses.)Thecontractiono

ffacialmusclesbothinf1uencestheinternalemoti

onalstateandreflectsit.Ekmanhasfoundthattheso-

calledDuchennesmile,whichischaracterizedby

"crow'sfeet^wrinklesaroundtheeyesandasubtled

ropintheeyecoverfoldsothattheskinabovetheeye

movesdownslightlytowardtheeyeball,canleadtop

leasantfeelings.

EkmansobservationmayberelevanttotheB

.〃

ritishexpression^keepastiffupperlipasarecom

mendationforhandlingstress.Itmightbethata^st

iff^lipsuppressesemotionalresponse-aslongast

helipisnotquiveringwithfearortension.Butwhen

theemotionthatleadstostiffeningthelipismorei

ntense,andinvolvesstrongmuscletension,facial

feedbackmayheightenemotionalresponse.

26.Theworddespondentinthepassageisclos

estinmeaningto

Acurious

Bunhappy(B)

Cthoughtful

Duncertain

27.Theauthormentions，,Baringtheteethinahosti

leway^inorderto

Adifferentiateonepossiblemeaningofapar

ticularfacialexpressionfromothermeaningsofit

BupportDarwin，stheoryofevolution

Cprovideanexampleofafacialexpressionwhose

meaningiswidelyunderstood(C)

Deontrastafacialexpressionthatiseasi

lyunderstoodwithotherfacialexpressions

28.Thewordconcurinthepassageisclosest

inmeaningto

Aestimate

Bagree(B)

Cexpect

Dunderstand

29.According

toparagraph2,whichofthefollowingwastru

eoftheForepeopleofNewGuinea?

ATheydidnotwanttobeshownphotographs.

BTheywerefamousfortheirstory-tellingskills.

CTheyknewverylittleaboutWesternculture.(C)

DTheydidnotencouragetheexpressionofemotions.

30.Accordingtothepassage,whatdidDarwinb

elievewouldhappentohumanemotionsthatwerenote

xpressed?

ATheywouldbecomelessintense.(A)

BTheywouldlastlongerthanusual.

CTheywouldcauseproblemslater.

DTheywouldbecomemorenegative.

PartiIIGENERALKZNOWLEDGE(10MIN)

Therearetenmulti-choicequestionsinthis

section.Choosethebestanswertoeachquestion.Ma

rkyouransweronyourcoloredanswersheet.

31._istheworld，sla

rgestexporteroflambandmutton.

A.NewZealandB.AustraliaC.CanadaD.America(A)

32.ispopularlyknowninthe

WestastheLandDownUnder.

A.BritainB.CanadaC.AustraliaD.NewZealand(C)

33.ShakespearewroteallthefollowingworksE

XCEPT.

A.HamletB.KingLearC.OthelloD.Wuthering

Heights(D)

34.MarkTwainismostfamousfor

A.poemsB.novelsC.dramasD.sciencefiction(B)

35.wasNOTwrit

tenbyCharlesDickens.

A.DavidCopperfieldB.01iverTwistC.SonsandLove

rsD.ATaleofTwoCities(C)

36.Britishprimeministernormallyservesa

term.

A.two-yearB.

theunnecessarywordwithaslash”"A"a

ndputthewordintheblankprovidedattheendofthel

ine.EXAMPLE

Whenartmuseumwantsanewexhibit,(1)an

Itnev/erbuysthingsinfinishedformand

hangs(2)never

themonthewalLWhenanaturalhistorymuseum

wantsanexhibition,itmustoftenbuiIdit.(3)exh

ibit

PronouncingalanguageisaskilLEverynorm

alpersonisexpertwith(1)

Theskillofpronouncinghis

ownlanguage;butfewpeop1eareeven

moderatelyproficientatpronouncingforeignlang

uages.Nowtheremany

reasonsthis,someobvious,someperhaps

notsoobvious.Butlsuggest(2)

thatthefundamentalreasonwhichpeopleingene

raldonotspeak(3)

foreignlanguagesverymuchbetterthantheydoa

rethattheynever(4)

faiIgraspthetruenatureoftheproblemoflea

rningtopronounce,(5)

andconsequentlyneversettotacklingitin

therightway.Far(6)

toomanypeoplefailtorealizethatpronounci

ngaforeignlanguage

isaskill-----oneneedscarelesstrainingo

faspecialkind,(7)

andonethatcannotbeacquiredbyjustleavingi

tt