2023年陕西英语专业八级考试考前冲刺卷.pdf

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1、2023 年陕西英语专业八级考试考前冲刺卷 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 author seems to suggest that high divorce rate is related to _.Apolice and fire sirens Bnoises that keep people awake at night Ctrue urbanity Dsore eyes 2.The author wrote this article_.A

2、to criticise Toronto Bto ridicule Toronto Cto praise New York Dto satirize New York 3.How would you describe the writers attitude towards current learning strategies ADistanced.BAdmiring.CObjective.DIronical.4.The writers intention is to get us to _.Arethink educational Strategies Bconfirm current t

3、rends Cthink about what constitutes communication Dreassure parents 5.Which of the following is the writer implying in paragraph 5 Aself-criticism has gone too far.Bcommunication is a more comprehensive category than language skills.Cevaluating criteria are inappropriate nowadays.Dthis column does n

4、ot meet the demanding evaluating criteria of today.6.Which of the following does the writer NOT suggest _ Asubjects are no longer taught seriously Bkids nowadays are encouraged to be self-critical Cacademic standards in schools nowadays are no longer high enough Dthe use of language has changed for

5、the worse 7.Who built large brick pyramids _ AThe Mayas.BThe Mochica Indians of Peru.CThe Indians of Central Mexico.DThe Indians of South America.8.Which of the following is most likely to be the subject of study by a geohydrologist ASoft,porous rock being worn away by a waterfall.BWater depositing

6、minerals on the banks of a gorge through which the water runs.CTrapping of water in a sealed underground rock cavern due to an earthquake.DWater becoming unfit to drink through the release of pollutants into it from a plant.9.According to the passage,a sunscreen can be described as all the following

7、 EXCEPT_.Ait may not carry an expiration date Bit loses it potency completely in three months Cits efficacy decreases over time if kept in extreme heat Dit is a lotion that may protect your skin from ultraviolet radiation 10.Over time,flavors of _beers change more quickly.Alighter Bthicker C0Ut-of-d

8、ate Dskunky 11.On Page 357 are presented details about _.ALabovs theory BChomskys theory CRP Dlanguage planning in China 12.On which page can the reader find explanations on the Jamaican variety of English APage 80.BPage 100.CPage 257.DPage 165.13.The author is primarily concerned with Duncans _.Ama

9、sterful lyricism as expressed in her writings on the dance Bconcerted efforts to subdue the natural movements of the dance Cpopular misconception about the nature of her new art form Dbasic standards for the dance form that she wished to create and perform 14.According to the passage,China set a goo

10、d example in _.Aincreasing food supply by fish farming Bregulating off-shore fishing Cimposing quotas on the quantity of fish annually caught D decreasing fish consumption in order to protect ocean resources 15.This passage is probably taken out of a book on _.Afish farming Bglobal resources of food

11、 Cfish consumption Denvironment protection 16.The author of the passage is impressed by Hong Kongs _.AOcean Park Bskyscrapers Cstreet offices Dmix of old and new 17.The langue&parole concept was developed by _.Ade Saussure BEdward Sapir CN.Chomsky DL.Bloomfield 18.Which of the following is not a com

12、pound word Ablackboard Bgreenhouse Cupgrade Duneducated 19.With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene,_ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.Asentimentalism Bromanticism Crealism Dnaturalism 20.Of the following four types

13、 of music,_ is considered the native American music.Arock and roll Bjazz Cclassical music Dwestern and country music 21.The Watergate Scandal in 1973 forced _ to resign,the first president to do so in the U.S.ANixon BTruman CReagan DJohnson 22.In Britain the real center of political life is in _.Ath

14、e Queen Bthe House of Lords Cthe House of Commons Dthe Cabinet 23.Which animal is an official emblem of Canada AThe beaver.BThe moose.CThe bear.DThe squirrel.24.The national flower of England is _.Athe rose Bthe thistle Cthe daffodil Dthe shamrock 25.Which of these parties is not a major party in th

15、e UK AThe Conservative Party.BThe Labor Party.CThe Democratic Party.DThe Liberal Party.26.The theme of Thanksgiving has always been_.Afriendship and happiness Bpeace and plenty Ccooperation and rich reward Dthanks and gratitude 27.I Question 8 is based on the following news.At the end of the news it

16、em,you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news./I AThey are meant to clean up towns and cities.BThey are meant to tackle black market trading.CThey are meant to punish urban voters.DThey are meant to enforce building regulations.28.Dickens and Thackeray,who are most fa

17、mous for their novel,lived in the period of _.AQueen Elizabeth BHenry CCharles DQueen Victoria 29.In the late 16th century,_ ruled England.AHenry BElizabeth CQueen Mary DElizabeth 30.The Norman Conquests happened in _.A55BC B1066 C700 D966 31.I Question 7 is based on the following news.At the end of

18、 the news item,you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news./I A182 B189 C196 D203 32._ is not a vowel glide.Ath Boi Cei Dau 33.The largest river in Ireland is _.Athe Dodder River Bthe Shannon River Cthe St.George River Dthe Thames River 34._ is written by Alan Poe.ATwi

19、ce-Told Tales BThe Scarlet Letter CThe House of the Seven Gables DThe Fall of the House of Usher 35.Rip Van Winkle is written by _.AWashington Irving BHenry David Thoreau CRalph Waldo Emerson DJames Fenimore Cooper 36.The internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed are the su

20、bjects of _.AMorphology BPragmatics CAnthropology DPsychology 37.For the following conversation:A:Do you know where Xiao Wang is B:Im busy._ is the conversation implicature.AB is busy.BB does not know where Xiao Wang is.CB does not want to answer As question.DB is correct.38.The American Constitutio

21、n was drawn up in _.A1787 B1790 C1783 D1789 39.Buckingham Palace is _s present London home.Aparliament Bchurchmen Cmonarch Dthe prime minister 40.Which is the biggest church in London AMore Church BChristian Church CSt.Pauls Cathedral DSt.Henry Cathedral 41.The largest and smallest states of the Uni

22、ted States are _.AAlaska and Rhode Island BTexas and Maine CTexas and Rhode Island DAlaska and Maine 42._ draws on the Jewish experience and tradition and examines subtly the dismantling of the self by an intolerable modern history.AAllen Ginsberg BJohn Updike CSaul Bellow D.Salinger 43.Who raised t

23、he notion of objective correlative ARobert Penn Warren BFlannery OConner CWilliam Faulkner DTS.Eliot 44.We may hear children say what he wants.This is an example of _.Ainterference Btransformation Covergeneralization Dover-extension 45.Which movie is not awarded the Oscars best movie AAmerican Beaut

24、y BA Beautiful Mind CShakespeare in Love DSecret Window 46.In some speech community,two languages are used side by side with each having a different role to play,this is _.Apidgin Bcreole Cdiglossia Dbilingualism 47.Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor in _.A1940 B1941 C1942 D1943 48.As Americans are

25、called Uncle Sam,British are called _.AHenry Bull BJohn Bear CJohn Bull DJohn Bear 49.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by_.AScott Fitzgerald.BWilliam Faulkner.CEugene ONeill.DErnest Hemingway.50.The distinction between parole and langue was made by_.AHalliday.BChomsky.CBloomfield.DSaussure.