专八真题点评王长喜

[B]

符合此意，

< br>travel agent and make sure he gives

排除。男士提到一个好的旅

you

the

best

possible

service.

行代理商能够以商务舱的价

[5]Take

discounts

for

example,

a

good

格拿到头等舱的机票，这是

travel

agent

can

get

first-class

因为他的业务量大，故

[A]

ticket

for

the

price

of

说法正确，排除。男士最后

business-class. This is because he

提到可以选择在中途停留，

does

enough

volume

of

business

and

he

在旅馆过夜比在飞机上过夜

can get discounts with airlines on

更舒适，

< br>[D]

正确，排除。

答

his own behalf. He should pass them

案

选

[C]

，

[C]

与

录

音

中

的

on

to

you.

So

make

sure

he

indeed

“Don’t

does.

everything

to

expect

go

W: I think the worst part of a trip is

according

to

plan ”

相

矛

having to travel overnight or being

盾。

stuck for a weekend in some dreadful

【点睛】

[C]

中的

plan

every

place. Are there any ways avoiding

detail

说法太绝 对，一般情

that?

M: Yes. [5]We can break or stop over in

a

more

relaxing

or

lively

place.

It’s

often

available

at

special

cheap

weekend

rate.

Various

airlines

and hotel chains offer these. [5]And

it’s always more pleasant to stay a

night

in

a

hotel

than

on

a

plane

even

if you travel business-class.

W:

Yes.

OK,

thank

you,

Nigel,

for

all

the

useful information and advice.

M: Pleasure!

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

NEWS ITEM ONE

【听前预 测】由

[A]

与

[D]

选项中均出现的

train

crash

可以预测，本则新闻可能涉及

一起火车碰撞事故。

6. What happened on Monday?

The death toll rose to 74 on

况下绝对项不是答案。

[A]

A

train

crash

occurred

Tuesday

in

Japan’s

deadliest

rail

causing minor injuries.

crash in decades as crews pulled

[B] Investigator found out the

more

victims

from

the

wreckage.

cause of the accident.

Investigators focused on whether

[C]

Crews

rescued

more

excessive speed or the driver’s

inexperience

had

caused

[6]the

passengers from the site.

[D]

A

commuter

train

crashed

train to derail and slam into an

into a building.

apartment

building.

The

7-car

commuter

train

carrying

580

passengers left the rails Monday

morning in Amagasaki, a suburb of

Osaka,

about

250

miles

west

of

Tokyo,

it

injured

more

than

440

people.

6.

【解析】选

[D]

。信息辨认题。听音时注意 题干关键词

Monday

。新闻提到“周二…

< br>调查人员将集中调查是超速行驶还是司机缺乏经验导致了列车出轨并冲入一幢公寓

楼，这列通勤列车周一早晨离开轨道…”，因此

[D]

很好地概 括出了周一早晨发生的

事故。新闻一开始提到“在日本几十年来最严重的火车碰撞事故中 死亡人数升至

74

人”

，

故

[A]

中的

minor

injuries

与此矛盾；

调查人员 还在调查火车脱轨原因，

故

[B]

错误 ；

[C]

项与录音一开始提到的

cre ws pulled more victims from the wreckage

相矛盾，故排除。

NEWS ITEM TWO

【听前预测】浏览题干可以预测 ，该新闻涉及

G20

峰会的议题以及对

G20

的介绍。

7.

Which

of

the

[7]

20

of

the

world’s

top

economies

following was NOT on

promised to help Iraq lower its debt and to

the

agenda

of

the

G20

help

restart

global

trade

talks

after

a

2-day

meeting?

[A] Iraq debts.

meeting in Mexico on Monday. Officials from

the

group

of

20,

G20

Nations, also

discussed

[B] WTO talks.

[C]

the

possibility

of

sanctioning

countries

Financial

that

refused

to

cooperate

in

the

fight

against terrorism. Possible sanctions were

Possible

not

outlined

at

the

meeting.

In

a

declaration

released

at

the

end

of

the

meeting,

ministers

disasters.

[D]

sanctions.

8. The G20 is a (n)

called

on

World

Trade

Organization,

WTO

________

organization.

[A] international

[B] European

[C] regional

[D] Asian

members,

to

restart

the

trade

talks

that

collapsed

in

Kankoon

last

month.

Nations

must

quickly reenergize the negotiation process,

recognizing that flexibility and political

will from all are urgently needed, it said.

G20

ministers

also

talked

about

the

possibility of creating a Voluntary Code of

Conduct

to

govern

negotiations

between

creditors

and

countries

on

the

verge

of

defaulting on debt. The code would outline

the steps that should be taken to prevent a

financial crisis. Created in 1999 to avoid

financial disasters and to keep the global

economy stable, [8]the G20 is made up of the

European

Union

and

19

other

countries

including

Australia,

Brazil,

China,

Japan

and the US.

7.

【解析】选

[C]

。信息辨认题 。新闻一开始提到

G20

在结束了两天的会议之后，承

诺

help Iraq lower its debt and to help restart global trade talks

，并且

G20

的官员也讨论了

the

possibility

of

sanctioning

countries

…，因此

[A]

、

[B]

、

[D]

均属

G2 0

峰会的议题，答案选

[C]

。

8.

【解析】选

[ A]

。信息推断题。录音最后提到

G20

由欧盟和其他包括澳大利亚、巴

西、中国、日本和美国在内的

19

个国家组成。由此可见

G20

几乎 涵盖各大洲国家，

因而是一个国际性的组织，

[A]

NEWS ITEM THREE

【听前预测】由题干关键词

UN Charter

，

went into effect

，

role

可以预测，该新

闻是对联合国宪章的介绍，其中包括对联合国宪章生效的时间和宪章的作用的介绍。

9. The UN Charter went

into effect after

The

United

Nations

celebrated

the

60th

anniversary

of

its Charter

on

Monday, the

[A]

it

was

signed

by

the

speakers

addressing

the

UN

General

50

original

member

Assembly.

UN

Secretary

General

Kofi

Annan

said

the

UN

had

both

successes

and

failures

countries.

[B] it was approved by

in

carrying

out

the

pledges

in

the

Charter.

the founders and other

The UN Charter is the constitution of the

member countries.

organization.

It

was

signed

in

San

[C] it was approved by

Francisco on June 26th, 1945 by the 50

the founding members.

original

member

countries.

[9]It

took

[D]

it

was

signed

by

the

effect on October 24th, 1945 after being

founding members.

10.

Which

of

approved

by

the

5

founding

members:

China,

the

France,

the

Soviet

Union,

the

United

best

Kingdom

and

the

United

States

and

the

following

describes

the

role

of

majority

of

the

other

countries

that

the Charter?

signed

the

Charter.

The

Charter

is

a

[A]

The

Charter

only

constitutional

treaty;

all

countries

that

describes powers of the

signed

it

are

bound

by

its

articles.

[10]It

UN bodies.

states

that

the

Charter

comes

first

above

[B]

The Charter mainly

all

other

treaties.

Its

main

purposes

aims

to

promote

world

include the prevention of new conflict,

economy.

building

peace

and

protecting

human

rights

[C]

The

Charter

is

a

and social progress. The most important

treaty above all other

chapters

treaties.

[D]

The

are

these

dealing

with

enforcement

powers

of

UN

bodies.

They

Charter

describe,

for

example,

the

Security

authorizes

reforms

in

UN

Council’s

power

to

investigate

and

bodies.

mediate disputes. They also describe its

power to authorize economic, diplomatic

and military sanctions as well as the use

of

military

force

to

resolve

disputes.

The

UN,

late

last

year,

revealed

a

proposal

to

overhaul the organization, including the

Security Council. This could be the most

comprehensive

UN

reform

since

its

foundation.

9.

【解析 】选

[B]

。信息转述题。录音提到

I t

took effect

…

after

being approved

by

the

5

founding

members…and

the

majority

of

the

other

countries

that

signed

the Charter.

题干中的

went into effect

同义替换了原文中的

took effect

。

[B]

项

中的< /p>

founders

即指

founding members

，而

other member countries

指

other

countries that signed the Charter

，因此

[B]

项是对原文内容的同义转述，故为答< /p>

案。

10.

【 解析】选

[C]

。信息转述题。

[A]

为绝对项，直接排除。新闻中提到宪章的主要

目的有：防止新的 冲突、建立和平、保护人权和社会进步，故

[B]

错误。

[C]

项符合录

音中的…

the Charter comes first above all other treaties

，故选为答案。

[D]

项录音未提及。

PART

Ⅱ

READING COMPREHENSION

TEXT A

【语篇分析】

议论文。本文为

S(Specific)

—

G(General)

结构。本文通过< /p>

举例论证了威尔士国家身份得到了复兴。

Para.1

—

Para.3

列举了 威尔士语言的复兴并指出权力下放让威尔士有更大的发言权。

Para.4

列举体现威尔士国家身份复兴的其他例子。

Para.5

—

Para.6

借助

Dyfan Johns

之口，总体说明威尔士人的心态正在发生变化。

The

Welsh

language

has

always

been

the

ultimate

marker

of

Welsh

identity,

but

a

generation

ago

it

looked

as

if

Welsh

would

go

the

way

of

Manx,

once

widely

spoken on the Isle of Man but now extinct. Governments financing and central

planning, however, have helped reverse the decline of Welsh. [13]Road signs

and official public documents are written in both Welsh and English, and

schoolchildren are required to learn both languages. Welsh is now one of the

most

successful

of

Europe’s

regional

languages,

spoken

by

more

than

a

half-

million of the country’s three million people.

[14]The

revival

of

the

language,

particularly

among

young

people,

is

part of a resurgence

of

national

identity

sweeping

through

this

small,

proud

nation. Last month Wales marked the second anniversary of the opening of the

National Assembly, the first parliament to be convened here since 1404.

[11]The idea behind devolution was to restore the balance within the union

of nations making up the United Kingdom. With most of the people and wealth,

England has always had bragging rights. The partial transfer of legislative

powers from

Westminster,

implemented

by

Tony

Blair,

was

designed

to

give

the

other

members

of

the

club

—

Scotland,

Northern

Ireland,

and

Wales

—

a

bigger

say and to counter [12]centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very

idea of the union.

[13]The Welsh showed little enthusiasm for devolution. Whereas the

Scots voted overwhelmingly for a parliament, the vote for a Welsh assembly

scraped

through

by

less

than

one

percent

on

a

turnout

of

less

than

25

percent.

Its powers were proportionately limited. The Assembly can decide how money

from Westminster or the European Union is spent. [13]It cannot, unlike its

counterpart in Edinburgh, enact laws. But now that it is here, the Welsh are

growing

to

like

their

Assembly.

Many

people

would

like

it

to

have

more

powers.

Its importance as figurehead will grow with the opening in 2003, of a new

debating

chamber,

one

of

many

new

buildings

that

are

transforming

Cardiff

from

a

decaying

seaport

into

a

Baltimore-style

waterfront

city.

Meanwhile

a

grant

of nearly two million dollars from the European Union will tackle poverty.

Wales

is

one

of

the

poorest

regions

in

Western

Europe

—

only

Spain,

Portugal,

and Greece have a lower standard of living.

Newspapers and magazines are filled with stories about great Welsh

men and women, boosting self-esteem. To familiar faces such as Dylan Thomas

and Richard Burton have been added new icons such as Catherine Zeta-Jones,

the

movie

star,

and

Bryn

Terfel,

the

opera

singer.

Indigenous

foods

like

salt

marsh lamb are in vogue. [14]And Wales now boasts a national airline, Awyr

Cymru

.

Cymru,

which

means

“land

of

compatriots,”

is

the

Welsh

name

for

Wales.

[14]The red

dragon, the nation’s symbol since the time of King Arthur, is

everywhere

—

on T-shirts, rugby jerseys and even cell phone covers.

[15]

“

Until very recent times most Welsh people had this feeling of

being second-class citizens

,” said Dyfan Jones, an 18

-year-old student. It

was a warm summer

night, and I

was

sitting

on

the

grass

with

a

group

of

young

people in Llanelli, an industrial town in the south, outside the rock music

venue of the National Eisteddfod, Wales’s annual cultural festival. The

disused factory in front of us echoed to the sounds of new Welsh bands.

“There

was

almost

a

genetic

tendency

for

lack

of

confidence,”

Dyfan

continued. Equally comfortable in his Welshness as in his membership in the

English-speaking,

global

youth

culture

and

the

new

federal

Europe,

Dyfan,

like

the

rest

of

his

generation,

is

growing

up

with

a

sense

of

possibility

unimaginable ten years ago. [15]

“

We used to think:

We can’t do anything,

we’re only Welsh. Now I think that’s changing.”

11. According to the passage, devolution was mainly meant to

[A]

maintain

the

present

status

among

the

nations.

（与

restore

the

balance

相悖。

）

[B] reduce legislative powers of England.

（不是权利下放的主要目的，而

是