1、Model Test Eight 试题解析Part I Writing【审题】分析标题和提纲可知，本题应该写一篇议论文，或者论说文，即说明和议论结合起来。根据提纲，首先要说明五一假期缩短为三天的背景、原因；然后分析为什么有人呼吁恢复长假，如休息时间不够、长假可以促进经济发展等；最后再说明自己的看法，可以支持，也可以反对，或者也可以提出新的观点。【范文】Should May Day Holiday Be Resumed to Seven Days?The week-long May Day Holiday was shortened to three days in 2007 so as to
2、ease the burden of overcrowded tourist hotspots and add three traditional Chinese festivals like the Tomb-Sweeping Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.However, some people are appealing to the Government for resuming the seven-day May Day Holiday. They claim that the significance
3、of May Day is not only paying tribute to thousands of diligent workers, but also providing them an opportunity to get refreshed and get ready to welcome and embrace the coming work day with vibrancy and vigor. In that case, a three-day off, which is just one day more than normal weekend, would not m
4、ake any difference to these people. Apart from that, the golden week could help boost the tourism industry as well as domestic consumption. Personally, I prefer to resume the May Day golden week, not only because it falls in the best season for traveling but also because it will be an effective meas
5、ure to boost domestic demand, to increase employment and to revive tourism and other related industries.Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A1. W: I am going to Marthas house. I have a paper to complete. And I need to use her computer. M: Why dont you buy one yourself? Think how much time you cou
6、ld use.Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 【答案】B2. W: Daddy, I have decided to give up science and go to business school. M: Well, it is your choice as long as pay your own way, but I should warn you that not everyone with a business degree will make a successful manager. Q: What do we learn
7、from the conversation? 【答案】D3. M: Do you want to go to the lecture this weekend? I hear that the guy whos going to deliver the lecture spent a year living in the rainforest. W: Great! I am doing a report on the rainforest. Maybe I can get some new information to add to it. Q: What does the woman mea
8、n? 【答案】B 4. M: So, when are the other guys going to get here? The train is leaving in 10 minutes. We cant wait here forever. W: Its 10:30 already. They are supposed to be here by now. I told everybody to meet here by 10:15.Q: When is the train leaving? 【答案】C5. M: I thought that maybe we could go the
9、re for lunch today. That is, if you havent promised to go with someone else. W: Thatd be wonderful, Joe. But I hope youre in a better mood than you were this morning. Q: What does the woman mean? 【答案】A6. M: I have just got a pair of presale Star Wars movie tickets from a friend and was thinking of i
10、nviting you along for the opening premier. Are you interested? W: Yeah, definitely! Thanks for inviting me! Q: What find of place are the two speakers probably going to? 【答案】C7. M: If we decided to take the apartment, how soon could we move in? W: It would take about a week to paint the whole thing,
11、 assuming of course that you signed a one-year lease.Q: What does the woman imply?【答案】A8. M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month? W: Oh, I didnt read it straight through the way youd read a novel. I just covered a few chapters that interested me most.Q: How did the woman read th
12、e book? 【答案】AConversation OneW: Hi, Tony, thanks ever so much for coming. ( 9) You know weve been asked to organize something for Johns farewell?M: ( 9) Yeah, sure, its about time we started working out details.W: Exactly. We dont want to leave it so late that it doubles the work.M: Mmm, mm, right,
13、do you want me to take notes?W: Thatd be great, thanks.M: Right, first thing is, (10) when is the best time to hold it?W: Well, he leaves on the twenty-fourth of December.M: So what about the twenty-second?W: Yeah, I think thats about right. We want it quite near the time, dont we?M: Sure, and what
14、about a venue? In college? A hotel?W: I think a hotel will probably work out rather expensive, and Ive been looking at the College Dining Room; that seems pretty reasonable.M: Fine, yeah, why not?W: And then we ought to be thinking about invitations. Who mustnt we forget to invite?M: Well, obviously
15、 John and his wife.W: Right.M: And the Director.W: Ah ha.M: The office staff.W: Yep, and all the teachers and all the students.M: Anyone else?W: (11) Faculty Heads?M: No, better draw the line, I dont think its necessary.W: Yeah, youre right.M: I dont mind writing the invitations. When shall we get t
16、hem out for?W: Enough time but not too early. (12) What about the fifteen of December?M: Well, there are exams on the sixteenth-better avoid them.W: Tenth?M: Yeah, that should do it.【预测】从各选项的内容可以推测出该对话是关于某一项活动的举行，以及细节方面的内容。9. What are the two speakers mainly talking about? 【答案】B10. When will the eve
17、nt probably take place according to the two speakers?【答案】D【解析】在对话的前半部分，女士说 John 将在 12 月 24 日离开，她建议将欢送会定在12 月 22 日，男士认为这个时间很合适，离 John 离开的日子正好很近。因此，本题答案为 D。 对话最后部分是干扰项，对话者所谈及的时间是发邀请函的时间，并非开欢送会的时间。11. Who are Not going to be invited according to the conversation?【答案】C【解析】对话中，当男士问女士是否邀请 Faculty Heads 的时
18、候，女士回答说最好划清界限，她认为没有必要请他们。所以，本题答案为 C。12. Why does the man think 15th December is not the suitable time for the thing they are talking about?【答案】D【解析】对话结束的时候，女士建议将时间定在在 12 月 15 日，但是男士说 16 日将有一场考试，最好避开这个时间段，因此，本题答案为 D。Conversation TwoW: Hello.M: Hi, Rose. This is Hank. Long time no see! how have you be
19、en recently?W: Hi, Hank. Its nice to hear you. Im fine, just a little bit busy.M: Aha, (13) I bet you must be one of the most diligent students in your class. W: Oh, youre kidding me. You know Im preparing for my TOFEL test next month.M: Yes, I see. But youre studying all the time and Im afraid you
20、are going to turn into a robot before you know it. By the way, would you mind making time to see a film with me this evening?W: This evening? Well, I hope I can come. But I do have lots of homework to do tonight. How about some other day?M: Why not leave your homework tomorrow? I guess you wont have
21、 classes tomorrow, its Sunday tomorrow! Besides, the film is really very good, its a romantic story, the kind you like best. W: Thats really sounds attempting! But I still insist in seeing it some other day because Im afraid there wont be enough time for me to finish the work tomorrow.M: Why? Youre
22、busy tomorrow?W: Yes, Ive got an appointment with my professor, who is going to give me some suggestion on my TOFEL writing. You know I did poorly last time on my writing.M: I see, its really a pity. (14) You know, in fact, its my.my birthday today. And I thought I could celebrate it with you tonigh
23、t.W: Your birthday? Really? Why dont you tell me earlier? Happy birthday, Hank. (15) Oh, how can I refuse you when you put this? Youve talked me into it.M: Oh, thats great. You would never know how happy I am to persuade you into changing your mind!【预测】从各选项中的内容可以大概推测出 Hank 和 Rose 很可能是同学或者朋友关系，他们正在讨论
24、一起去做某件事情。13. Whats the relationship between the two speakers? 【答案】D【解析】 此题答案选 D， 而 C 是干扰项，对话中 Hank 说：我敢打赌你是你们班上学习最勤奋的人之一，由此可见他们并不是同班同学。14. What is the main reason for Hank to invite Rose to see a film?【答案】C 【解析】 A, B, D 都是干扰项，很好排除，因为最后 Hank 说：“其实今天是我的生日，我想和你一起度过。 ”这才是他邀请 Rose 的真正原因。因此答案应该选 C。15. Doe
25、s Rose finally agree to see the film with Hank?【答案】A【解析】对话最后部分，Rose 说：“Youve talked me into it.”这句话的意思是说他已经说服她了。而且最后 Hank 说他非常高兴能说服 Rose 改变主意，因此，正确答案应该是 A。Section BPassage OneSome people have very good memories, and can easily learn quite long poems by heart. There are other people who can only reme
26、mber things when they have said them over and over.(16) The famous English writer, Charles Dickens said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many of the great men of the world have had wonderful memories.(18) A good memory is a gre
27、at help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child and some children seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. (17) In school it is not so easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, an
28、d they are busy with other subjects as well.A mans mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show our friends. In the same way there is much
29、work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our minds.16. For what purpose does the speaker mention Charles Dickens?【答案】C17. Why is it difficult for the pupils to learn a second language in school?【答案】D18. What is the main idea of the passage?【答案】APassage Two(19) How men first learnt to
30、invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. (20) All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon cer
31、tain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words.The power of words, then, lies in their associations, that is, the things they bring up to our minds. (21) Words become f
32、illed with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more we are reminded of the glad and sad events of our past by certain words; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts
33、 but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. (22) Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their positio
34、n and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.19. What do we know about the origin of language from the passage?【答案】D20.Which of the following is not mentioned about the reasons
35、why men invented certain sounds?【答案】D21.How do words become filled with meaning for us?【答案】C22. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?【答案】DPassage Three(23) When young people get their real jobs, they may face a lot of new, confusing situations. They may find that everything i
36、s different from the way things were at school. It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable in both professional and social situations. (24) Eventually, they realize that university classes cant be the only preparation for all of the different situations that appear in the working world.(2
37、5) Perhaps the best way to learn how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior. In doing so, youll be able to see what it is that you admire in this person. For example, you will observe how he acts in a trouble. Perhaps even more important, you will
38、be able to see what is his approach to everyday situations.While you are observing your colleague, you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like yours and how you can learn from his response to a different situation. By watching and learning from a model, you will probably begin to iden
39、tify and get good working habits.23. What difficulty will a young person encounter when he gets a real new job? 【答案】B24. Why cant young people behave well in the working world after their graduation?【答案】D25. What is the best way to learn to behave well in the working world?【答案】CSection C26. beyond27
40、. more than ever28. marvelous29. regardless of30. struggle31. simplest32. available33. let alone34. immature35. immediatelyPart III Reading ComprehensionSection A【词义辨析】名词： A) emissions 排放; B) minerals 矿物质; D) hedge 树篱，障碍; E) lump 团，块; G) disgust 厌恶; H) security 安全; M) particle 合乎逻辑的动词： I) require 要求
41、，需要; K) released 发行，释放; O) consumed 消费形容词：F) distinctive 独特的 ; J) magnificent 宏伟的，极好的 ;L) rare 稀少的 副词： N) readily 容易地，迅速地介词： C) against 逆，相对 36. C) against 【解析】该句意思是昆虫可以被用在抗击饥饿的斗争中。表示对抗，抗击的介词是C。37. H) security 【解析】空格处需要填入名词，前半句是抗击饥饿的斗争，那么并列连词 and 后面的意思应该增加食物安全度。故选择 H。38. K) released 【解析】空格位于主语 repor
42、t 之后，谓语 says 之前，判断应该是形容词性质的单词，用以修饰或限定主语，紧跟空格后面的是时间名词 Monday，结合单词意思，选择 K。该部分意思是周一发布的报道说.。39. N) readily 【解析】此处需要填入副词，修饰形容词 available，故选择 N。该部分意思现成可用的食物来源，营养丰富，蛋白质含量高。 40. O) consumed 【解析】空格前面的 the most 提示此处需要形容词，选择 O，意思是最广泛食用（消费）的昆虫。41. B) minerals 【解析】从空格前面各种列举推断，此处是名词，并意指营养成分，故选择 B，意思是矿物质。42. G) di
43、sgust 【解析】空格所在句子中有两个待填词，判断相对较难。此句可以借助常识推断，在西方国家，昆虫不是常见食物，一般人都会觉得吃昆虫比较恶心。故选择 G。43. L) rare 【解析】此题选择与上题同理，故选择 L。本句意思是报道引用“反感因素”作为一个大的原因，解释为什么在西方国家吃昆虫很少见。44. A) emissions 【解析】空格处需要填入的是名词，从空格后面所列举的各种气体可以推断此处意思应该是释放，故选择 A。45. I) require 【解析】空格处需要填入动词，作关系代词which的谓语。此处所填词义应该与前半句use相近，故选择I，意思是需要。Section B46
44、. 【答案】A【解析】根据第一段的第四、五句话可得出结论。47. 【答案】C【解析】文章第三段，Some of the birds were taken to North America, some to Japan, some to the Philippines, some to the island of Oahu, and some to the Marshall Islands. 并不是都去了 the island of Oahu。48. 【答案】B【解析】参看文章第二段(In a certain experiment,至段尾) 。49. 【答案】D E【解析】根据文章第四段，The
45、y could not even feel the turning of the earth, because it turns slowly there. 文章第五段，Once they thought it was the turning of the earth. Then they thought it was the sun. Both of these have been proven wrong. 50. 【答案】C【解析】第三段最后一句 There is nothing on the sea to remember. Some birds fly regularly from
46、Alaska to Hawaii, a journey of 2,000 miles and there is no land on the way.51. 【答案】D【解析】根据第四段第二句话 The ice there does nothing to help a bird to find the right direction.52. 【答案】C53. 【答案】C【解析】第三段中，But when the summer is ending in the north, the days become shorter and shorter. This may be the sign for
47、 the birds that the winter is coming. 末句，Perhaps the shorter days send them south.54. 【答案】D【解析】第四段，Every direction from the South Pole is north.55. 【答案】F【解析】第六段，He believes that lines of force, or lines of life, stand round people, animals and even things like metals.Section C Passage One【概要】本文主要介绍性
48、格测试在员工雇佣中的使用情况。本文首先介绍了性格测试可以帮助公司老板清楚地了解受聘者的具体情况和性格特征，即使是招聘公司高管也要接受相应的性格测试。然后介绍了性格测试的主要目的是为了留住员工，减少人员流动所带来的成本消耗。最后介绍了性格测试的不同类型、可靠性和防止作弊的措施等。56. 【答案】C【定位】根据题干信号词 could-be boss 可定位至第一段第三句。【解析】推论题。定位句指出，未来老板很了解应聘者的生活习惯，后文指明这是因为应聘者都接受了性格测试，所以该题的标准答案应该是：因为他通过性格测试了解了你，这与选项 C 相符，即因为他让你接受了性格测试。选项 A（因为他有你详细的申
49、请表） 、选项 B（因为他派人去调查你）和选项 D（他通过考试熟悉了你）都不正确，只有选项 C 才是正确答案。57. 【答案】B【定位】根据题干信号词 show great interest 可定位至第三段第一句。【解析】推论题。定位句就这一问题给出的答案只有一个词：retention（保留） 。通过后文的进一步解释，我们可以知道：公司希望减少人员流动，从而减少因人员流动和员工不良表现带来的巨大损耗，而通过性格测试可以知道员工是否适合工作岗位和公司文化，从而使合适的员工能长期留在岗位上。既然如此，选项（减少表现不佳的员工） 、选项 C（雇佣性格好的员工）和选项 D（筛选性格不稳定的员工）都与原文不相符，只有选项 B（减少人员流动带来的损耗）才是正确答案。58. 【答案】C【定位】该题是一道综合题，需要根据全文信息来判断四个选项的正确性。【解析】细节题。选项 C 中的 help employers keep more “fit
