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1、2023年英语专业八级考试模拟卷（1）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.Besides French words, English also absorbed as many as 2,500 words of _ in the Middle English period.ADutch originBDanish originCLatin originDGreek origin 2.Easter falls officially on the _ Sunday after th

2、e full moon of March.AfirstBsecondCthirdDfourth 3.The quotation Some books am to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested must come from the work by _.ABaconBLambCPopeDEmerson 4.The following languages belong to Indo-European Language Family EXCEPT _.AEnglishBFrenchC

3、JapaneseDRussian 5._ is Britains established Church.ARoman Catholic ChurchBProtestant ChurchCOrthodox Eastern ChurchDThe Church of England 6.The avenger in the novel The Scarlet Letter is _.ADimmesdaleBChillingworthCGatsbyDCaptain Ahab 7.The hero who has fallen a victim to his own ambition must be _

4、.AHamletBOthelloCKing LearDMacbeth 8._ refers to the extensive sound changes affecting vowels between 1400 and 1600.AMeaning ShiftBGrimms LawCSound ChangeDGreat Vowel Shift 9._ is a mild, indirect or less offensive word or expressive one, so it is usually the substitution for taboo.APunBSlangCEuphem

5、ismDMetaphor 10._ is regarded by American as the father of the country.AJeffersonBFranklinCAdamsDWashington 11._ is often associated with the American War of Independence.ANew YorkBJames TownCPhiladelphiaDChicago 12._ is considered to be the very beginning of the American War of Independence.ALexing

6、ton GunshotBBoston Tea PartyCThe Stamp ActDThe Gunpowder Plot 13.I Question 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news./IA50 people died in the terrorist bombingBthere were four explosive devices involve

7、d in the terrorist bombingCthe attacks were not carried out by suicide bombersDThe Secret Organization of Al-Qaida will not be speculated on by London Police 14.I Questions 6 to 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, yon will be given to seconds to answer each question. Now

8、listen to the news./IA21 and a half hoursB31 and a half hoursC41 and a half hoursD51 and a half hours 15.In the United Kingdom, police officers are not allowed to join _ or to go on strike.Aa trade unionBa choirCa political partyDa club 16.I Question 7 is based on the following news. At the end of t

9、he news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news./IAA guerilla and an Israeli soldierBA peacekeeper and an Israeli soliderCA peacekeeper and a guerillaDA peacekeeper and a civilian 17.The U. S. Constitution requires that the president should be a _ -year-old

10、native born American citizen, living in the States for 14 years.A25B35C45D40 18._ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.AGeorge Gordon ByronBD.H. LawrenceCOscar WildeDBernard Shaw 19.Chinese poetry

11、and philosophy have exerted great influence over _.AEzra PoundBRalph Waldo EmersonCRobert FrostDEmily Dickinson 20._ approach the same linguistic unit from different perspectives.ASyntax and semanticsBPhonology and pragmaticsCPhonetics and morphologyDSemantics and pragmatics 21.In the word unpredict

12、able, pre- is a _.Afree morphemeBbound morphemeCinflectional morphemeDstem 22.In English Civil War, also called the Puritan Revolution, a famous general _ defeated the king at Naseby in 1645.ACromwellBMontfordCRobertDRichard 23.Underprivileged people is often used by the mass media as a substitute f

13、or poor people; Linguistically, the former is referred to as a(n) _.Alinguistic tabooBslangy expressionChigh-sounding expressionDeuphemism 24.In which of the following works can you find the proper names Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Houyhnhnm, and YahooAJames Joyces UlyssesBCharles Dickenss Bleak HouseCJo

14、nathan Swifts Gullivers Travels.DLawrences Woman in love. 25.Since 1971 the Canadian government has adopted policy of _, recognizing that cultural pluralism within a bilingual framework is the essence of the Canadian identity.AassimilationBintegrationCmulticulturalismDgender equality 26.Which of the

15、 following can NOT be inferred from the passageAThe faculty of speech is inborn in man.BEncouragement is anything but essential to a child in language learning.CThe childs brain is highly selective.DMost children learn their language in definite stages. 27.The purpose of Frederick Is experiment was

16、_.Ato prove that children are born with the ability to speakBto discover what language a child would speak without hearing any human speechCto find out what role careful nursing would play in teaching a child to speakDto prove that a child could be damaged without learning a language 28.What is exce

17、ptionally remarkable about a child is that _.Ahe is born with the capacity to speakBhe has a brain more complex than an animalsChe can produce his own sentencesDhe owes his speech ability to good nursing 29.Many AIDS experts are not completely satisfied with results of the study because _.Aonly a li

18、mited number of chimpanzees are used for sampling the virusBit is now extremely difficult to find chimpanzees that carry the virusCthe samples collected are from two different subspecies of chimpanzeesDit does not provide reliable evidence of the link between SIV and HIV-I 30.The reason some childre

19、n are backward in speaking is most probably that _.Athey are incapable of learning language rapidlyBthey are exposed to too much language of onceCtheir mothers respond inadequately to their attempts to speakDtheir mothers are not intelligent enough to help them 31.Which of the following best describ

20、es why the restrictive banking laws of the 1930s are still on the bookAThe bank failures of the 1930s were caused by restrictive courts.BBanking has not changed in the past 50 years.CThe banking system is too restrictive, but on alternatives have been suggested.DLegislators apparently believe that b

21、anking problems similar to those of the Depression still exist today. 32.Since chimpanzees are genetically very similar to humans, _.Achimpanzees are likely to suffer AIDS just like humans if they are infectedBit does not matter if human beings are infected with SIV rather than HIV-1Cwe can use huma

22、n vaccines to prevent chimpanzees from getting AIDS virusDAIDS vaccines based on chimps immune mechanism are possible to be made 33.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT trueAThe Supreme Courts recent decision only applies to tile local banks in the US.BThe legislators are bold eno

23、ugh to deal with restrictions in American banking operation.CMany American banks are having difficulty in deciding their future.DThe author regards geographical difference as a disadvantage for American banking system. 34.The author argues that the change to a nationwide banking systems should be _.

24、Agradual, so that regional banks have a chance to compete with larger banksBpostponed, until the consequences can be evaluatedCimmediate, because we cannot afford any more bank failuresDaccelerated, to overcome legislative fear 35.The authors attitude towards the current banking laws is best describ

25、ed as one of _.Aconcerned dissatisfactionBtolerant disapprovalCuncaring indifferenceDgreat admiration 36.Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passageAThe current banking law must be interpreted by the Supreme Court to be useful to todays banks.BAlthough there are currently many

26、 bank failures, the nature of banking has not really changed that much.CMoney-center banks currently have too much power as compared with the regional banks.DBecause current laws are not responsive to contemporary banking needs, banks have been forced to take needless and dangerous risks. 37.No one

27、can expect to fully enjoy the adulthood privileges until he is _.Aeleven years oldBsixteen years oldCtwenty-one years oldDbetween twelve and twenty-one years old 38.Starting from 22, _.Aone will obtain more basic fightsBthe older one becomes, the more basic fights he will haveCone wont have more bas

28、ic rights than when he is 21Done will enjoy more fights granted by society 39.According to the passage, it is true that _.Ain the late 19th century in the United States the dividing line between adolescence and adulthood no longer existedBno one can marry without the permission of his parents until

29、the age of twenty-oneCone is considered to have reached adulthood when he has a drivers licenseDone is not free from the restrictions of child labor laws until he can join the army 40.Former social ceremonies that used to mark adolescence have given place to _.Agraduations from schools and collegesB

30、social recognitionCsocio-economic statusDcertain behavioral changes 41.This passage is mainly about _.Acreative sparksBcreative computersCan ultimate human activityDidea-generating methods 42.The author thinks that creative thinking is _.Asuperior to everyday thinkingBbeyond formalization and analys

31、isCqualitatively different from everyday thinkingDquantitatively different from everyday thinking 43.According to this passage, ideas invented by a computer _.Aare never superior to human ideasBtend to be superior to human ideasCare not necessarily superior to human ideasDcan no doubt to be invented

32、 by human subjects 44.It is implied in the passage that _ the probability of creative idea emergence.Atotal freedom in thinking will increaseBsynectics tend to increaseCbrainstorming might decreaseDbreaking rules and paradigms increases 45.The first European settlement on Australia began in _.A1901B

33、1788C1770D1787 46.Which of the following statements is NOT trueAWales was invaded by the Romans.BWales was occupied by the Anglo-Saxons.CWales was conquered by the Normans.DWales was threatened by the English. 47.The two oldest universities in Britain are _ and _.AOxford; YaleBHarvard; EdinburghCCam

34、bridge; OxfordDHarvard; Cambridge 48._ refers to the study of the internal structure of words, and the hales by which words are formed.ASemanticsBSyntaxCPhonologyDMorphology 49.Which of the following can NOT be the synonym of the word fatherAOld man.BDaddyCDad.DParent. 50.Who was the only good writer of America in the colonial periodAJohn Cotton.BRoger Williams.CThomas Jefferson.DBenjamin Franklin.