2021陕西英语专业八级考试真题卷（6）.docx

2021陕西英语专业八级考试真题卷（6）本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.The ocean of _lies to the east of America.AAtlanticBPacificCIndianDArctic 2.The present Sovereign of U. K. is _.AQueen Elizabeth IlBTony BlaireCGeorge W. BushDJohn Howard 3._in U. K. appeal to readers who want news of a more entertaining character.AQuality papersBPopular papersCEvening papersDDaily papers 4.The currency in Australia is _.AAustralian dollarBAustralian yuanCAustralian poundDAustralian franc 5.New England contains _ states.A5B6C7D8 6.The famous _ Gold Rush began in the U. S. in the mid-nineteen century.ANew York StateBCaliforniaCPennsylvaniaDTexas 7.Some words in the basic word stock are said to be stable because they _.Aare complex wordsBare technical wordsCrefer to the commonest things in lifeDdenote the most important concepts 8.The poem Isabella was written by _.AShellyBByronCWordsworthDKeats 9._, a well-known publisher of paperback books, was founded in 1935.AOxford UniversityBLongmanCPan BooksDPenguin Boooks 10.The Social Democratic Party is a British political party formed in March 1981 by several former Labour Cabinet ministers, the so-called "gang of_.".AthreeBfourCfiveDsix 11.At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries _ appeared in England as a new trend in literature.ARenaissanceBReformationCRomanticismDSentimentalism 12.Tess of the Durbervilles was written by _.AHardyBEmilyCDickensDAusten 13.Cromwell was made_.AKing of EnglandBLord of the ringsCLord of ProtectorDKing of Kings 14.According to the author, what seems to be the root cause for the lack of skilled manpower in American industryAUniversities are deteriorating in their training capability.BThe federal government has not given adequate support to universities.CAmerican industry provides only about 5 percent of total university R&D funding.Duniversities cannot keep up with the rapid development in industry. 15.According to the author, what's the propose of putting funds in universitiesAHelp industry develop new products.BFoster the growth of new science and technology.CUpgrade such fields as microelectronics and artificial intelligence.DCompete with industrial R & D. 16.Emphasis on academic research, in the author's opinion, _.Awill be beneficial to steel, automobile and other core industriesBwill inevitably cause some negligence on core industriesCshould only center on fast-moving industriesDwill not interfere with the adoption of core tectmologies in automobile industry 17.In the author's opinion, government funds should go to _.Anational laboratories since they undertake particular missionsBgovernment-directed industries as innovations can yield immediate profitsCuniversities, in normal cases, because it's rewardingDboth national and industrial laboratories 18.The underlined word "addressed" (Para. 8) can best be replaced by _.AconsideredBundertakenCwrittenDchosen 19.When the child begins to suffer the consequences of his early mistakes, we should _.Ahelp him correct the mistakesBpunish him for the wrongdoingCleave him alone to work out the problemDteach ourselves to understand their mistakes 20.Which of the following is NOT what the author means by construing the meaning of lifeAWe can train ourselves for responsibility and independence.BWe can live a meaningful life by contribution.CWe can face life's tests and difficulties with courage.DIndividuals can acquire more material things from others. 21.What can be inferred from the dialogue in the last paragraphAAll the children nowadays are being spoiled.BParents do not care about their children at all.CPsychologists are the only people who know how to teach the children.DChildren, when they are grown-up, can sort them out. 22.Cooperation can cure the following EXCEPT _.Alack of interest in othersBselfishnessCindependenceDlack of social feeling 23.The main idea of the passage is _.Afacing life's tests and difficulties with courageBthe progress of human civilizationCthe importance of childrens learning to cooperate with othersDthe early education of children 24.Which of the following is NOT included in the present space tourismAVisits to museums.BVisits to space camps.CVisits to rocket-launch recovery sites.DLow-gravity aircraft trips. 25.Which of the following can be inferred from the passageAEdwin "Buzz" Aldiin is a mad man.BSpace travel was once considered impossible and crazy.CHartmut Muller is the president of German-based Space Tours.DEdwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Hartmut Muller are good friends. 26.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT trueAEdwin "Buzz" Aldrin walked on the moon 30 years ago.BApollo program was a bold program.CEdwin "Buzz" Aldrin walked on the Mars 10 years ago.DEdwin "Buzz" Aldrin is an astronaut of America. 27.Which of the following would be the best title for the passageASpace-the Mysterious Space.BSpace Tom Conference.CEdwin "Buzz" Aldrin-the Space Hero.DSpace Tours Not Faraway. 28.The underlined word "steep" (Para. 9 ) can best be replaced by _.AslopyBinexpensiveCwideDunduly high 29.Taylor's scientific management method was described as _.Ascientific and humanBefficient but slave-drivingCacademic but practicableDbrutal but highly successful 30.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT trueAFrederick Winslow Taylor was a famous publisher.BFrederick Winslow Taylor spent all his life in the US steel industry.CFrederick Winslow Taylor was a good teacher.DFrederick Winslow Taylor came from a wealthy family. 31.According to the passage, what was badly needed to improve industrial industry at the turn of the 20th centuryAGreat breakthroughs.BUnlimited purchasing power.CScience and competition.DInternational competition 32.Charles Babbage, an English academic, _.Atried to use computers in production processesBwas one of the fathers of cost accountingCwas the father of modem computersDtried a scientific production approach 33.Taylor is most famous for _.Ahis application of scientific methods to workBhis book 7he Principles of Scientific ManagementChis various innovations in steel processingDthe spreading of his scientific management method 34.The background of _, a novel by Charles Dickens, is set in the French Revolution.AOliver TwistBA Tale of Two CitiesCDavid CopperfieldDGreat Expectations 35.Wordsworth's poetry, divided by the subjects, falls into two major groups: one about _ and the other about _.Anature human lifeBsociety/human natureChuman life/social systemDuniverse/human spirit 36.The Victorian Age, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray, was mostly regarded as an age of _in English literature.Aepic proseBdramaCpoetryDnovels 37.The language phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called _.AhomonymyBhyponymyCpolysemyDantonymy 38.The leading _ state in the United States is Wisconsin.AwheatBriceCdairyDmaize 39.Which of the following does NOT belong to the Indo-European familyAFrenchBBengaliCVietnameseDPolish 40.The most important economic activity in Canada is _.AminingBfishingCfarmingDmanufacturing 41._ has become the world's largest exporter of fish.ACanadaBThe United StatesCAustraliaDBritain 42.Which of the following statements is NOT correctAWords and phrases are organized according to syntactic categories.BLexical categories are commonly known as parts of speech.COnly major lexical categories are open categories.DBoth major and minor lexical categories are open categories. 43.When the Cold War began, who was the president of U.S.AARooseveltBAchesonCEisenhowerDTruman 44._is the outstanding representative of Aestheticism in British literature historyAWildeBYeatsCT.S. EliotDRossetti 45.The publication of _established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of the New England Transcendentalism.ANatureBSerf-RelianceCThe Over-SoulDThe American Scholar 46.What is the relationship between the following two sentences (a) He married a blonde heiress. (b) He married a blonde.ApresuppositionBimplicatureCentailmentDanomaly 47.How does the Wars of the Roses get the nameAthe war is righted to get the rosesBthe war took place in the time when roses were in blossomCthe war was righted because of love affairDthe two sides raised the banner of rose 48.At beginning of the 2nd world war, Britain took the policy of_AappeasementBactive attackCpeaceDneutral 49._refers to the phenomenon that the same word may have a set of different meanings.AhomonymyBantonymyCpolysemyDhomophony 50._is know as the "All Estates Parliament ".AThe Parliament of 1265BThe Parliament of 1266CThe Parliament of 1267DThe Parliament of 1269第18页 共18页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页