【正文】 of its (19) pattern of pronunciation came about with its use in (20) schools in the 19th century. As a result, its (21) is accepted by Television and the radio, the professions and teaching English as a foreign language. Three characteristics of RP 1) its speakers don39。122 million for Iraqi people. C. provide each Iraqi family with 39。1998 年英語(yǔ)專業(yè)八級(jí)考試試卷真題 QUESTION BOOKLET TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (98) GRADE EIGHT PAPER ONE TIME LIMIT: 95 MIN. PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION (40 MIN.) Direction: In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response for each question on your Coloured Answer Sheet. SECTION A. TALK Questions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section. At the end of the talk you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following questions. Now listen to the talk. 1. According to the talk, pulsive gambling and alcoholic addiction share similarities because ____. A. no actual figure of addicts has been reported. B. no scientific studies have yielded effective solutions. C. both affect all sectors of society. D. both cause serious mental health problems. 正確答案是 2. The development of the gambling pulsion can be described as being ____. A. gradual. B. slow. C. periodic. D. radical. 正確答案是 3. G. A. mentioned in the talk is believed to be a(n) ____. A. anonymous group. B. charity anization. C. gamblers39。s foodaid. B. raise 39。 arsenals are to be ____. A. upgraded in reliability and safety. B. reduced in size and number. C. dismantled partly later this year. D. maintained in their present conditions. 正確答案是 Questions 14 and 15 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. 14. We can infer from the news that ____ of teenagers under survey in 1993 were drug users. A. 28%. B. 22%. C. 25%. D. 21%. 正確答案是 15. The following statements are correct EXCEPT ____. A. Parents are asked to join in the antidrug efforts. B. The use of both cocaine and LSD are on the increase. C. Teenagers hold a different view of drugs today. D. Marijuana is as powerful as it used to be. 正確答案是 SECTION D NOTETAKING amp。 3) RP is a `class39。s proneness to violence. An uncritical endorsement of the cultural value of selfesteem may therefore be counterproductive and even dangerous. ... The societal pursuit of high selfesteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm. As for prison programs intended to make violent convicts feel better about themselves, perhaps it would be better to try instilling modesty and humility, the researchers write. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Baumeister said he believes the selfpromoting establishment is starting to crumble. What would work better for the country is to fet about selfesteem and concentrate on selfcontrol, he said. In the schools, this would mean turning away from psychic boosterism and emphasizing selfesteem as a byproduct of real achievement, not as an end in itself. The selfesteem movement, still entrenched in schools of education, is deeply implicated in the dumbing down of our schools, and in the spurious equality behind the idea that it is a terrible psychic blow if one student does any better or any worse than another. Let39。 (4) in the simple elements rather than in the plex ones。 working time. B. indicate employees are unwilling to share jobs. C. prove the possibility of sharing paid employment. D. show that employment will lose its dominance. 正確答案是 41. At the end of the passage the author seems to imply that as a result of shorter working time ____. A. employment may not retain its usual importance. B. employment may not be regarded as valid work. C. people can be engaged in far less unpaid work. D. people can be engaged in far more unpaid work. 正確答案是 42. 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