专业八级分类模拟428

1、专业八级分类模拟428（总分：55.00，做题时间：90分钟）一、PARTI LANGUAGE USAGE总题数：1,分数：25.00）There are a growing number of language immersion schools in the United States, including one that was founded in Columbia called La Petite Ecole, which teaches children French as a second language at an age when childrens brains are

2、 the most compliant.Statistics, however, show that language instruction in regular schools is actually decreasing, and relatively few Americans know the second language. Scholars have spent years studying why 1 Americans seem to regard the importance of learning languages. 2 While they have develope

3、d theories and posited potential solutions to, the future of language learning in the United States remains 3 hazy.Since 1997, the percentage of elementary and middle schools that offer foreign language courses has dropped significantly, from 31 percent to 25 percent at the elementary level and from

4、 75 percent to 58 percent at the middle school level.However, the decline in elementary schools appeared primarilyin public schools, as private elementary schools teaching foreign 4_language remained roughly same at 51 percent. The percentage of 5_high schools teaching foreign language have remained

5、 at about 91 6_percent. This information comes from a nationwide survey of public and private schools conducting in 2008 by the Center for Applied 7_Linguistics in Washington, D. C.Meanwhile, the number of language immersion schools designed to teach a second language to English-speaking children an

6、d young adults has actually increased. Since 1962, 367 two-way immersion programs schools that pair native English speakers with these who 8_speak another native language developed in 28 states, including 9_Washington, D. C. And, as in 2007, 263 total and partial 10_immersion schools have been estab

7、lished.（分数： 25.00）解析：the a解析冠词误用。the second language的意思是“第二种语言"，表示特指，不符合句意， 而a second language的意思是“另一种语言”，表示泛指，符合句意。该句的意思是“很少有美国人懂得另一种语言"，故将the改为a。解析：regard disregard解析语义错误。前文提到很少有美国人懂得另一种语言，可知该处的句意为 "美国人忽视学习语言的重要性”，故将 regard改为disregard。to解析：to 解析介词冗余。该句的意思是“他们已经建立了理论并设想好了解决方案”。soluti

8、onsth.表示“的解决方案”，to后需接宾语，而此处 solutions 作posited的宾语，其后不用带to故将to去掉。解析：as while解析连词误用。该处前后句的意思分别是“小学中外语教授减少的现象主要出现在公 立小学里”和“私立小学外语教授的比例还大致保持在51%的水平”。这两句话的逻辑关系为对比，故将as 改为 while 。解析：A same- the解析冠词缺失。该处句意为“私立小学教授外语的比例还大致保持在51%的水平”表示“和一样”应该用 the same，故在same前加上定冠词the。解析：havehas解析主谓不一致。该句的主语为the percentage ，

9、其为单数形式，谓语动词也应该用第三人称单数形式，故将 have改为has。解析： conducting conducted 解析 非谓语动词误用。 a nationwide survey 和 conduct 之间为动宾关 系，且后面出现了 by. 。过去分词作后置定语表示被动含义，故将 conducting 改为 conducted 。 解析： these those 解析 代词误用。 who speak another native language 为定语从句，先行词为代词 的复数形式时，通常用 those 来指代，故将 these 改为 those 。解析：人developed have

10、解析时态错误。根据前文中的时间状语Since 1962，可推测该句时态应该为现在完成时，因此需加上助动词，且主语 programs 为复数形式，故在 developed 前加上 have。解析：in of解析固定搭配中的介词误用。as of为固定搭配，意思是“直至，到时候为止”，故 将介词 in 改为 of。二、PARTH TRANSLATION 总题数：1,分数：12.50）1. “假若我再上一次大学”，多少年来我曾反复思考过这个问题。我曾一度得到两个截然相反的答案：一 个是最好不要再上大学，“知识越多越反动”，我实在心有余悸。一个是仍然要上，而且偏偏还要学现在 学的这一套。后一个想法最终占

11、了上风，一直到现在。我为什么还要上大学而又偏偏要学现在这一套呢 没有什么堂皇的理由。我只不过觉得，我走过的这一条道路，对己，对人，都还有点好处而已。我搞的这 一套东西，对普通人来说，简直像天书，似乎无补于国计民生。然而世界上所有的科技先进国家，都有梵 文、巴利文以及佛教经典的研究，而且取得了辉煌的成绩。这一套冷僻的东西与先进的科学技术之间，真 似乎有某种联系。其中消息耐人寻味。（分数： 12.50 ） 正确答案： ()解析： Why do I still want to go to college and learn the same subject? In fact there aren&q

12、uot;t any grandiose reasons. I simply assume that what I have done can benefit not only myself but also others. My research is so mysterious to ordinary people that they may consider it as useless to the national interest and people"s livelihood in China. However, the studies of Sanskrit, Pali

13、and the Buddhist Scriptures have been done and prospered in every developed country with advanced science and technology. There seems to be a relationship between the obsolete linguistic research and the advanced science and technology, which is really thought-provoking.三、PART 川 WRITING (总题数：1，分数：17

14、.50)2. 题目要求： Old though this topic seems to be, the relationship between money and happiness never ceases to be a hot debate. Can moneyalways bring happiness? Read the excerpt carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should:1. summarize briefly the author"s opinion;2.

15、give your comment.Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.Everything That Rises Must ConvergePoets, songwriters and left-wing politicianshate the idea, but for decades

16、the evidence of opinionpoll has been clear: moneybuys happiness and the richer you are, the more likely you are to express satisfaction with your life. A survey of 43 countries published on October 30th by the Pew Research Centre of Washington, DC, shows that people in emerging markets are within a

17、whisker of expressing the same level of satisfaction as people in rich countries. It is the biggest qualification to the standard view of happiness and income seen so far.The Pew poll asks respondents to measure, on a scale from zero to ten, how good their lives are. (Those who say between seven and

18、 ten are counted as happy.) In 2007, 57% of respondents in rich countries put themselves in the top four tiers; in emerging markets the share was 33% ; in poor countries only 16% a classic expression of the standard view.But in 2014, 54% of rich-country respondents counted themselves as happy, where

19、as in emerging markets the percentage jumped to 51%. This was happening just at a time when emerging markets" chances of converging economically with the West seemed to be receding.Rich countries did not experience steep decline in happiness. The decreases in America and Britain were tiny (a pe

20、rcentage point), while the share of happy Germans rose 13 points. A large drop in formerly joyful Spain ensured a modest overall decline for the rich. But the convergence happened thanks to huge improvements in countries such as Indonesia (+35) and Pakistan (+22).In 12 of the 24 emerging markets, ha

21、lf or more people rate their life satisfaction in the top tiers of the ladder.This is not to say the link between income and satisfaction has been snapped. Poor countries still lag behind: only a quarter of the people there are in the happy tiers half the level of the other two groups. There is also

22、 a clear link between happiness and income growth (as opposed to income levels). China"s GDP rose at an annual average rate of 10% in 2007-2014 and its happiness level rose 26 points.Within countries, richer people express more satisfactionthan their poorer neighbours. The studydivided responde

23、nts into categories with higher and lower incomes and fewer and more household goods. In every country in every group, richer folks with more goods expressed higher levels of happiness. So at a personal (as opposed to national) level, money does buy happiness. And if you ask people about different a

24、spects of their lives health, family life, religion, standard ofliving it turns out that satisfaction with living standards still has the biggest influence on happiness.But the secret of happiness has been scattered around. Womentend to be happier than men. Man-led people are happier than unmarried

25、ones. Latin Americans are more satisfied than people in other emerging markets. Asians are the most optimistic; Middle Easterners the least. Income still matters. But it has been dethroned.(分数： 17.50 ) 正确答案： () 解析： 高分范文 Money and HappinessThe recent opinion-poll shows there is a direct link between

26、money and happiness. Among three categorized countriesthe rich, the emerging and the poor, this trend is surprisingly similarthough there was a sharp rise of satisfaction in emerging countries. Within a nation, this link remains the same, which shows that satisfaction with living standards matters m

27、ost to people.Despite other factors such as gender, marital status, and different regions, income still counts most though slightly dethroned.A glance of the streets with flow of limousines and soaring skyscrapers lined up may give you an illusion that you were roaming in metropolises such as New York or Tokyo. No. This is nothing but a snapshot of the second-tier cities in China. With the stunning accumulation of wealth, do people relish the fruits of it with happines