2002年英语专业八级考试答案及解析 PAPER ONE PART Ⅰ LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A TALK 1.答案:B 【问句译文】根据该短文,十八、十九世纪城市小的原因是什么? 【试题分析】本题为细节理解题。 【详细解答】谈话首段第二句说"Throughout those years the total urban population re mained small and so with the cities."由此可见,因为当时城市人口少,所以城市也就 小。 2.答案:A 【问句译文】在以前的年代城市生存下来的主要原因是什么? 【试题分析】本题为细节题。 【详细解答】谈话第二段第三句说"Throughout the pre-modern era, this part of urban life remained so overwhelmingly commercial that almost every city owed its devel opment to trade."由此可知,经济贸易活动是当时城市生存下来的主要原因,故答案选A 。 3.答案:D 【问句译文】下列哪一项不是城市居民的经济活动? 【试题分析】本题为细节题,可用排除法解答。 【详细解答】短文第二段第四句说"…they also collected and processed goods from the se areas and distributed them to other cities."因此distribution,processing是包 含在经济活动里,所以应排除选项B和C。commerce意为trade,故可排除A。因此选项D)tran sportation为正确答案。 4.答案:C 【问句译文】下列哪一项不属于都市人离开城市的原因? 【试题分析】本题为细节题,可用排除法解答。 【详细解答】谈话第四段倒数第三句说"These individuals and groups sought economic o pportunities or looked for a better social, political or religious atmosphere." 这里提到了"更多的经济机会","更自由的社会和政治环境","更加宽松的宗教环境" ,只是没有提到"更多的教育机会",故选项C为正确答案。 5.答案:D 【问句译文】在整个18世纪,为什么早期城市不能像预期的那样快速发展? 【试题分析】本题为主旨题。 【详细解答】谈话倒数第二段最后一句说"For the next thirty years, the proportion re mained relatively stable and it was not until the 1830 did the urban figure move d back up to the level of 1690." 由此可知,人口相对稳定是根本原因,故选项D为正 确答案。 SECTION B INTERVIEW 6.答案:B 【问句译文】根据Janet的观点,影响谈判的主要因素是什么? 【试题分析】本题为细节题。 【详细解答】当采访者指出商业谈判中可能会遇到一些情况,而且并不是每个人都能达到自己 的谈判目的。Janet回答说"Well, because, I mean, negotiations between business pa rtners from different countries normally mean we have negotiations between indiv iduals who belong to distinct cultural traditions."由此可知,不同的文化传统是影 响谈判的主要因素,故答案选B。 7.答案:D 【问句译文】Janet对美国式的谈判态度如何? 【试题分析】本题为推理题。 【详细解答】当采访者问到Janet对美国式谈判的态度时,她回答说 "…the American negot iators make their points in a direct, sophistical way."这里的关键词sophistical 意为"复杂的,老练的",那么和美国人谈判就必须小心谨慎,故答案选D。 8.答案:A 【问句译文】下列哪一项不是巴西和美国谈判者的区别? 【试题分析】本题为细节推理题。 【详细解答】女士在提到巴西和美国谈判者的特点时说"Brazilian importers look at peop le they re talking to straight in the eyes a lot. They spend time on what some p eople thinks to be background information. They seem to be more indirect.…Ameri can style of negotiating, on the other hand, is far more like that of point-maki ng. first point, second point, third point, and so on.",这里是说巴西谈判者谈话 不是很直接,而美国谈判者在谈判之前要罗列很多点。由此可知,巴西和美国谈判者在谈判 时都拐弯抹角,故答案选A。 9.答案:C 【问句译文】下列哪一种人谈话最直接? 【试题分析】本题为细节题。 【详细解答】前面已经说到"…the American negotiators make their points in a direct , sophistical way."而采访中并没有说英国人或德国人谈话直接,故答案选C。 10.答案:B 【问句译文】下列哪一项不是日本人的特征? 【试题分析】本题为细节题,可用排除法解答。 【详细解答】在谈到日本人的特征时,Janet分别说到"…the average Japanese business p erson does choose his or more really her words very carefully." 由此可排除选项A .Reserved(矜持的,寡言的);由"Many Europeans nod its extreme politeness of t heir Japanese counterpart…",可排除选项C . Polite(礼貌的);由"They re also ve ry reserved to people they don t know well. " 由此可排除选项D.Prudent(谨慎的 )。只有选项B.Prejudiced(偏见的)没有提及,故为正确答案。