专四专八考试

【单选题】Themillionsofcalculationsinvolved，byhand，wouldhavelostallpracticalvaluebythetimetheywerefinished.（）
A.hadtheybeendone
B.theyhadbeendone
C.havingbeendone
D.theyweredone

【单选题】（）isthefirstAmericanprofessionalwriterandthefirstwriterofdetectivestoryintheworld.
A.EzraPound
B.WashingtonIrving
C.NathanielHawthorne
D.EdgarEllenPoe

【单选题】BoostED By Booming intErnAtionAl FinAnCiAl mArkEts, thECity oF lonDon hAs not hAD it so gooD sinCE thE EnD oF thE DotCom BonAnzA in thE lAtE 1990s.BAsking in DouBlE-Digit growth rAtEs, lonDon’s lAw Firms hAvE Both ContriButED to thAt suCCEss AnD BEnEFitED From it. thE EArnings oF topCity lAwyErs CAn now ExCEED ￡ 2 m A yEAr.
hAving optED to ExpAnD AnD go gloBAl AhEAD oF most othErs,BritAin’s lEADing lAw Firms tEnD to BE BiggEr thAn thEirAmEriCAn rivAls. inDEED, ACCorDing to A survEy oF thE worlD’s top 50 lAw Firms, CompilED By lEgAlBusinEss, ABritish trADE pApEr, FivE oF thE worlD’s top six lAw Firms—in tErms oF turnovEr—ArE nowBritish (iFDlA、pipEr, thE rEsult oF AnAnglo-AmEriCAn mErgEr, is inCluDED).But thEy hAvE tEnDED to lAg BEhinD in tErms oF thEir proFitABility. thAt is now ChAnging.
thE proFit mArgins oF thECity’s FivE "mAgiC CirClE" Firms—CliFForDChAnCE, slAughtEr AnD mAy,AllEn ＆ ovEry, linklAtErs AnD FrEshFiElDs—hAvE soArED in rECEnt yEArs AnD ArE now CompArABlE with, iF not highEr thAn, thosE oF nEw york’s "whitE shoE" ElitE. slAughtEr AnD mAy, thE only onE oF thE FivE not to hAvE gonE gloBAl, hAs thE joint sEConD-highEst proFit mArgin Among thE top 50.
not so long Ago, A lonDon surgEon CoulD ExpECt to EArn As muCh As ACity lAwyEr.But EvEn thE rECEnt Big risEs in hospitAl ConsultAnts’ EArnings pAll in CompArison with thosE EnjoyED By lonDon lAwyErs.At slAughtEr AnD mAy, For ExAmplE, AvErAgE proFits pEr Equity pArtnEr (pEp) jumpED By Almost A thirD (in DollAr tErms) lAst yEAr to $2.75 m—morE thAn At Any othEr oF thE top 50 lAw Firms BAr two in nEw york whErE pEp AvErAgED $2.8 m AnD $3.0 m rEspECtivEly. somE sEnior pArtnErs gEt A lot morE oF CoursE.
CompEtition For thE BEst lAwyErs is FiErCE AnD poAChing FrEquEnt. hEnCE thE nEED to kEEp hEADlinE pEp FigurEs up—EvEn At thE Cost oF gEtting riD oF Equity pArtnErs, lEAving A BiggEr shArE oF thE Bounty For thE rEmAining onEs. FrEshFiElDs is in thE proCEss oF shEDDing ArounD 100 oF its Equity pArtnErs. othEr lEADing Firms ArE Also unDErtAking pAinFul rEstruCturing. nEwly quAliFiED lAwyErs’ sAlAriEs hAvE Also BEEn shooting up in thE sEArCh For thE BEst tAlEnt.Both FrEshFiElDs AnDAllEn & ovEry now pAy thEir First-yEAr AssoCiAtEs ￡65,000, rising to ArounD ￡90.000 AFtEr thrEE yEArs. (First-yEAr AssoCiAtEs AtAmEriCA’s top lAw Firms gEt thE EquivAlEnt oF ￡ 80.000. )
But, As mAny othEr top-rAnkCity EmployErs hAvE DisCovErED, Big EArnings Do not nECEssArily guArAntEE Big sAtisFACtion.ACCorDing to A yougov poll, puBlishED By thE lAwyEr EArliEr this month, A quArtEr oFBritAin’s lAwyErs (inCluDing A FiFth oF lAw-Firm pArtnErs) woulD likE to lEAvE thE proFEssion. thE DisgruntlED ComplAinED ABout Cripplingly long hours, intEnsE CompEtition AnD thE impErsonAlity oF thE BiggEst Firms (somE with morE thAn 3,000 lAwyErs). so why Don’t thEy quitBECAusE, sAy thrEE-quArtErs, oF thE pAy.
thE phrAsE "whitE shoE" (linE 8, pArAgrAph 2) most proBABly rEFErs to
A、A nEw ElitE ClAss oF thE supErriCh.B、whitE CollArs.
C、top lAw Firms. D、FinAnCiAl AgEnCiEs.

【单选题】how long hAs thE violEnCE ContinuED
A．ninE months.
B．onE yEAr.
C．sinCE lAst FriDAy.
D．A wEEk.

【单选题】hE sAiD it wAs impossiBlE For______ A mistAkE in A ComputEr' s CAlCulAtion, so you CAn rEly on thAt.
A．thErE BEing
B．thErE woulD BE
C．thErE to BE
D．thErE wAs

【单选题】
A．how
B．why
C．whAt
D．whiCh

【单选题】thEy hAvE BEEn trying to FinD out thE iDEntity oF thE writEr oF thE________lEttEr, But in vAin.
A．inFAmous
B．Autonomous
C．Anonymous
D．unAnimous

【单选题】thE Author writEs thE pAssAgE__________.
A．to list thE nEw vAluEs thE unitED stAtEs must ADopt
B．to ExplAin thE nECEssity to ADopt nEw vAluEs
C．to tEll thE rEADEr it is impossiBlE to ADopt nEw vAluEs
D．to stAtE thAt nEw vAluEs hAvE rEplACED thE olD onEs

【单选题】whiCh oF thE Following stAtEmEnts is truE oF thE hAwAiiAn nAtivEs
A．sixty pErCEnt oF thEm ArE homElEss or unEmployED.
B．thEir liFE spAn is 5 yEArs shortEr thAn AvErAgE AmEriCAns.
C．thEir liFE is worsE thAn thAt oF othEr EthniC groups in hAwAii.
D．thEy ArE thE only nAtivE group without sovErEignty.

【单选题】hE wAs ______ to stEAl thE monEy whEn hE sAw it lying on thE tABlE.
A．tEmptED
B．tEmpErED
C．EliCitED
D．tEmplAtED