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1、2010年专八真题听写参考答案1tonesofvoice2huskiness3universalsignal;4thoughtoruncertainty5indifference6honesty7distance;8situation;9mood;10unconsciouslysameposture特邀著名国内英语考试郑家顺教授分享2010年专八考试权威答案，以下为听力部分1.C2.A3.D4.A5.C6.B7.C8.D9.D10.A11.A12.C13.B14.A15.D16.C17.C18.A19.D20.B21.A22.B23.B24.B25.C26
2、.A27.D28.D29.A30.C2010年专八真题改错原文 Sofaraswecantell,allhumanlanguagesareequallycompleteandperfectasinstrumentsofcommunication:thatis,everylanguageappearstobeaswellequippedasanyothertosaythethingsitsspeakerswanttosay.Itmayormaynotbeappropriatetotalkaboutprimitivepeoplesorcultures,but
3、thatisanothermatter.Certainly,notallgroupsofpeopleareequallycompetentinnuclearphysicsorpsychologyorthecultivationofriceortheengravingofBenaresbrass.Butthisisnotthefaultoftheirlanguage.TheEskimoscanspeakaboutsnowwithagreatdealmoreprecisionandsubtletythanwecaninEnglish,butthisisnotb
4、ecausetheEskimolanguage(oneofthosesometimesmiscalled’primitive’)isinherentlymorepreciseandsubtlethanEnglish.ThisexampledoesnotbringtolightadefectinEnglish,ashowofunexpected’primitiveness’.ThepositionissimplyandobviouslythattheEskimosandtheEnglishliveindifferentenvironments.TheEngl
5、ishlanguagewouldbejustasrichintermsfordifferentkindsofsnow,presumably,iftheenvironmentsinwhichEnglishwashabituallyusedmadesuchdistinctionimportant. Similarly,wehavenoreasontodoubtthattheEskimolanguagecouldbeaspreciseandsubtleonthesubjectofmotormanufactureorcricketifthesetopicsfor
6、medpartoftheEskimos’life.Forobvioushistoricalreasons,Englishmeninthenineteenthcenturycouldnottalkaboutmotorcarswiththeminutediscriminationwhichispossibletoday:carswerenotapartoftheirculture.Buttheyhadahostoftermsforhorse-drawnvehicleswhichsendus,puzzled,toahistoricaldictionarywhen
7、wearereadingScottorDickens.Howmanyofuscoulddistinguishbetweenachaise,alandau,avictoria,abrougham,acoupe,agig,adiligence,awhisky,acalash,atilbury,acarriole,aphaeton,andaclarence?2010年专八真题改错参考答案1be后插入as;2their改为its;3There改为It;4Whereas改为But5further改为much6come改为bring;7similar改为differe
8、nt;8will改为would;9asimportant去掉as;
