2023年英语专八真题与答案

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entｈe1９７3oilｃrｉｓishit，90％oｆDｅnmark'senergycaｍefｒompｅｔrｏleum,almｏｓtalloｆiｔiｍportｅd．Bｕfｆetedbythesamesupｐlyｓhocksthaｔhittheresｔoｆthedeveloｐeｄwｏrld，Denmarｋlａunchedaｒａpiddrｉveforenｅｒｇｙcｏnｓerｖatioｎ，tothepointofiｎｔｒoduｃｉnｇcaｒ-ｆｒｅｅＳｕndａysａndaskingｂuｓinesｓestoswｉtchofflightｓｄuｒingclosｉｎghｏurs.EveｎtｕallythｅMideaｓtｏilstａｒtｅdflｏwiｎgagaiｎ，andtheＤaneｓthemｓｅlvｅsbｅgaｎｅｎｊｏyiｎgthebｅnefitsoｆthepetｒｏlｅuｍandｎatuｒａlgasintｈeiｒｓｌｉｃeｏftｈeNortｈＳea.Ｉtwaｓｅnoughtｏｍakeｔhemmoｒethaｎsｅｌf-ｓufｆiciｅｎt．Buｔuｎliｋeｍosｔoｔhercoｕntries，Denmａｒkneｖeｒｆorｇotthelessoｎｓｏfl973，andkeptdrivingforｇreatereｎeｒgｙeｆfiｃieｎcｙａndaｍoredｉvｅrsifｉｅdenｅrgysupply．TheＤanｉshｐarｌｉａmentrａisedtaxｅｓoｎenergyｔoｅnｃouragｅconｓeｒｖatｉonandestablisｈeｄsubｓidiesaｎdsｔaｎdａrdstｏsupportmoｒｅefficientbuildingｓ.“Itａllstartｅdoutwiｔｈouｔanｙreｇａrdforｔhｅclｉmateｏrｔheenvironｍｅｎｔ，”saysSvｅｎdAuken,ｔｈeformｅrheadofDenmarｋ’sopｐｏsitionSｏcｉaｌDｅmocratPartｙaｎdtheａrchｉteｃtoｆthｅcounｔry'ｓenvirｏｎmｅntalpoliciesiｎthe1９90s．“Buttodaytｈeｒe’ｓａcｏnsｅｎｓuｓtｈａtｗeneｅdtobｕｉｌdrenewaｂlepower．"Totherｅｓtｏftheｗorld,Denｍａrｋｈasｔｈeｐｏｗerofitsexａｍple．sｈｏｗiｎgthａｔyouｃansｔayrichandgroｗｇreｅnaｔthｅsａｍetｉｍe．“Ｄｅnmarkhasproventhataｃtingoｎclimaｔecanbeapositiveｅxpｅrience，notｊｕsｔpaiｎful，”saｙｓNRDC'sSchｍidt.Tｈerealpaｉncouldcoｍｅｆｒｏｍfaiｌingtｏｆｏllowintheiｒfooｔsteps．２1.WhichofthｅfoｌlｏwｉngisＮOTcｉtedasamainrｅasｏnforDｅｎｍaｒk＇sworlｄlｅａdeｒsｈipinwindｐｏwｅｒ?A．Technology.B.Wｉnd.C.Goｖerｎｍeｎtｄｒivｅ．Ｄ.Geographiｃａｌlocation．22.TｈeauｔｈｏrhasｄｅｔａiｌedsomeｏfthｅｅffortsoｆｔheＤaniｓhGｏvernmｅｎtinｐｒomｏtiｎgtheｗindindustryinordeｒtoｓｈowA.tｈegovｅrnｍｅnt’Sdｅｔerｍiｎation.Ｂ.ｔhecouｎtｒy’Ssuｂｓidyandloanpｏｌiciｅs.C.theimpｏrtanceofｅｘpoｒttothecoｕntry．Ｄ.theｒolｅｏftaｘatioｎtｏtheecoｎoｍy．23.Whatdoｅstｈeaｕtｈｏrmeanｂy“Denmaｒk'sexamplecouldn’tｂｅmoreｔimely”?A.Denmark＇seｎｅｒgy-savingefｆｏrｔｓcaｎnoｔｂeｆoｌloweｄbyotheｒｃｏｕnｔries.B.Deｎmarkcａnｍanufacturemorewindturbinesfoｒotherｃｏuntrｉeｓ．C．Denmark'ｓeｎergｙ-savｉngＳucｃessｏffｅrsｔheworldaｕsefuｌmｏdel．D.Deｎmａrｋaimsｔoｓhoｗtheｗｏｒｌdthatｉtcａndevｅlｏｐeｖenｆａster．2４.Accｏrdingｔothｅｐasｓagｅ,Denmarｋ'seｎeｒgy-saｖinｇpolｉciesorｉgｉｎatedｆromＡ.ｔｈecounｔry'slongｔradiｔionｏfenvｉrｏnmeｎtaｌawareｎess.B．tｈecounｔry'ｓpｒｅviｏｕseｘperieｎceｏfoilsｈｏrtage.Ｃ．thecｏuntｒy＇sgraｖｅshoｒtaｇeofnaturａlresｏurces.D.thecｏｕｎtry'sａbundａｎtwｉｎdrｅsｏurceｓ．2５．ＷｈiｃhoｆｔhefｏllｏwingｉsＮOTｉmplieｄiｎtheｐａｓｓage?Ａ.Noｔtoｓavｅenerｇyｃoｕlｄleaｄtｏｓｅｒiousconｓｅｑｕencｅｓ．B.Eneｒgysavｉngcａnnotgotｏgetherｗitheconomiｃgrｏｗth.C.Eｎerｇysaviｎgeffｏrｔscanbepainfuｌbuｔpositｉve.Ｄ.Ｄｅnmaｒｋｉsａｐｏwｅrｆｕｌｌeａｄerｉntheｇlｏbalwiｎdｍarｋet.TＥXＴDThefiｒstcｌueｃameｗhｅnIgｏｔmyhaiｒｃut．Thestyｌistofｆｅrednotjuｓttheusualｃoffeｅorteａbutacomｐlｉmeｎtarｙｎail—pｏlishcｈangewhile１waｉtedformyhairtoｄry.Maybeshehoｐｅｄｔｈislｉttleameｎｉtywoｕｌdｓlowｔhegroｗｉnginclinａtionofwoｍｅnｔｏｓｔretchｅaｃhhaircuttolaｓtfｏurmonthswｈｉlenｕｒｓingｏurhａirbacktoｗhatevｅrnａturaｌcｏlourwelｏｎgagｏforｇｏt.Thentherewaｓtheappliａｎcesalｅsmａnwhooffeｒｅｄｔｏcarryｍyｂａgsaｓｗetoureｄｔhｅmicrowaｖeaisle.ＷhenIcａlｌedｍyhusbandtｏasｋhimtｏchecksｏmeｓpecｓonlｉnｅ，theｓaleｓmａｎofferedaｐre－ｅmｐtiｖedｉscｏunt，lｅstthesｕrfingturnｕptｈｅｓaｍemoｄelｃheapeｒinanｏtheｒｓtoｒｅ．Thａtniｇht,ｆｏrtheｆｉrｓｔtime,IsawtheＨｙundaiadpromiｓｉnｇshoppersthatiftheｙbuyａcarandthｅnlosetｈeｉrjｏｂinthenextyｅａr,ｔheyｃanreｔｕｒniｔ．Sｕｄdenlｙeverything’ｓoｎｓａlｅ.Theｕpsidｅtotｈｅecoｎomicｄｏwntｕrnｉsｔhｅｉmｍenseｉnｃentiveiｔgｉvesretailerstｏｔrｅａtyouliｋeaqueenfoｒaday．Durinｇtｈeflushtimes．Salespｅoplｅwerｅsｕｒlｙ，waiｔerssnｏbby．Buｔnowthｅcustｏｍerｒuｌes,jｕsｔｆorshｏwｉnguｐ．There’smoreroomtｏstretchoutonｔhｅfligｈｔ,ｅveniｎacoacｈ．Tｈemａllshaｖethａtsereｎeaｕraｏｆｕｎdisｔurbｅdwｉldｅrｎｅｓs，withｓcarｃｅlｙａｓhｏppeｒｉnsight.Ｅveryconversationwithａnｙoneselｌiｎｇａｎyｔhingｉsａpａnｔomimｅofpａinaｎdblｕff.Fingerthｅscａrf,theｎstaｒｔtｏｗalkawaｙ，anｄｉｔspriｃｅｆｌｏaｔｓsilkilyｄownwarｄ.Whｅntｈemeｃｈaniｃｃaｌlstoｔelｌyｏuthaｔｂrakｅｓandatｉmｉnｇbeltａｎdotheｒsｅrvｉceswiｌlrunｃlosetｏ$2,000，ｉｔ'ｓｔｉmｅtoｂreakouｔthenewlypeｒfｅｃteｄartoftheconｓｉｄeredｐaｕｓe．Youreａｌｌydon'ｔeveｎhaｖetｏsａｙanythiｎgpｉｔifulｂeforehｅ'llofｆertｏknockafewhｕndreddollaｒsoff．Ｒestａurantsａreaｌｓoｃaｕghｔinａｆitｏｆaｒdｅｎthｏｓｐitalitｙ,eｓpecialｌｙaroundWａlｌSｔrｅeｔ:TrinityPlａceｏffers$3ｄrｉnksathappyhoｕrａnydａyｔｈｅｍaｒketgoesdowｎ．wｉtｈtheslogan“Markettａｎｋed？Gｅｔtａnked！”-－wｈicｈensｕrｅsaｌｉvｅlycrowｄｆorｔhｅclｏsingbell．Ｔhe"2１＂Cｌubhasdｅｃidedｔhatmeｎnolongeｒneedｔowearｔｉｅs,solongａstheyｂｒiｎgthｅirwallets．Fｏｏdiｔsｅlfisfriendlier：yｏｕnoticeｍoｒfoｒｔｆood，atｒｕｃebeｔweeｎｃhefandｐａtrｏnthａｔiseaｓierｔoｅnjoynowｔhatyoucａngｅｔａｔablepracticallyａｎyｗheｒｅ．NewYｏrｋTｉmｅsreｓtaｕrａntｃriｔicFｒankＢｒunichaｒａcteｒiｚｅstｈｅnewｒｅstaｕraｎtdeｍｅanoｒaｓ"ｅxtrｅmesolicitｏusｎesｓtingｅdｗithｏutriｇhtdｅspeｒatioｎ．"“Ｙouneedtoｈugｔhecustomｅr,”ｏneownertoｌdhｉｍ.Tｈere'ｓachaｎcethateｖentuallywe'lｌｒｅturna11ｔhiｓkindnessｗｉｔhｔheextｒavａgａnｔsｐendiｎgtｈatwasonceｄeｃriedbｕtnoｗevｅｒｙｏnｅishｏpingｗillrestaｒttｈｅeｃoｎomｙ．Bｕthｕmaｎnaｔureisfuｎｎyｔhatwａｙ．Indanｇeroｕsｔimes,weｃleｎｃhaｎdsquintaｔｔheｄeaｌthaｔloｏｋｓtooｇｏodｔoｍisｓ,sｕsｐectinｇｔhaｔｉｔｍusｔbetoｏgｏｏdtｏbetrue.Isthesｔｏrｅwｉthtｈｅsuperchｅapflatsｃreensgoingtogｏbusｔaｎdthusnotbethｅrｅｔoｈｏｎourｔｈe"fｒｅe"ｅxtendedwａrranty？Ｉｓｔheresometｈinｇｗrongwithｔhatｆreecheｅｓe?Ｓtｏｒeoｗnerswilltellyｏuhｏrｒｏrstoｒiesａbｏutsｈoｐperｓｗithａttitude，wｈowalkｉndemaｎｄingdiscountsandflaｕnttheiｒnｅwｐowｅratｅveryｔurn.Thesｅstoｒeownｅrsｗinｃeａstheysenｓebaｄhabitfｏrming：Willｐｅｏpleexpｅctdiscｏuntsf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