2023年湖南英语专业八级考试模拟卷（2）.docx

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1、2023年湖南英语专业八级考试模拟卷（2）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.Which of the following is a totally arbitrary oneA. Typewriter.B. Crack.C. Newspaper.D. Pi 2.In 1812, the United States fought the first war withA. France.B. Britain.C. Spain.D. Mexico. 3.The head of gov

2、ernment of United Kingdom isA. the Prime Minister.B. the Speaker of the House of Lords.C. the Speaker of the House of Commons.D. the Queen. 4._ is the capital of Scotland since the 15th century.A. ManchesterB. EdinburghC. LiverpoolD. Cardiff 5.What is the character of British labor forceA. homogeneo

3、usB. creativeC. imaginaryD. hard working 6.The writer of Childe Harolds Pilgrimage is _.A. ByronB. ShellyC. KeatsD. Wordsworth 7.Which one is not included in the British ParliamentA. the House of CommonsB. the House of LordC. the Prime MinisterD. the Crown 8.Who is famous for his historical novel of

4、 Rob RoyA. ScottB. Richard SheridanC. Ben JohnsonD. Bernard Shaw 9.is the center of British financing system.A. the Bank of EnglandB. the Bank of BritainC. the Bank of the WorldD. Fiscal Bank 10.The Germanic tribes came to England from the continent about the middle of the 5th century were the Angle

5、s, Saxons and _.A. JutesB. CelticsC. RomansD. Vikings 11.Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists were Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding and _.A. Laurance SterneB. John DrydenC. Charles DickensD. Alexander Pope 12.Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the _.A) British Supreme Co

6、urtB) Police of ScotlandC) London police forceD) Horse Guards of London 13.Speech Act Theory was first proposed by_.A) John SearleB) Norm ChomskyC) De SaussureD) John Austin 14.Maples remind one of_.A) AustraliaB) CanadaC) New ZealandD) America 15.In1066, England was invaded by_.A) VikingsB) King of

7、 FranceC) William of NormanD) King of Scotland 16.The draft of the Declaration of Independence was written by_.A) John AdamB) George WashingtonC) Benjamin FranklinD) Thomas Jefferson 17.The first writer in America to win the Nobel Prize in literature is_.A) Mark TwainB) Jack LondonC) Sinclair LewisD

8、) Ernest Hemingway 18.The study of the rules governing the ways words are combined to form sentences is _.A) morphologyB) phonologyC) syntaxD) semantics 19.The native people of New Zealand are_.A) MaorisB) IndiansC) AboriginesD) Celts 20.The full name of MIT is _.A. Massachusetts Institute of Techni

9、cologyB. Manchester Institute of TechnologyC. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyD. Machester Institute of Technicology 21.The Independence Day is _.A. July 14thB. July 24thC. July 5thD. July 4th 22.The founder of the American drama is _.A. Arthur MillerB. Eugene O NeillC. Tennesee WilliamsD. Clif

10、ford Odets 23.British _ is one of the four major news agencies in the west.A. ReutersB. Press AssociationC. External FinancialD.I. T. C 24.This orphan has a father. is an example of _.A. contradictionB. inconsistencyC. tautologyD. implicature 25.The maxim of manner is a subcategory of _.A. speech ac

11、tB. polite principleC. cooperative principleD. acquisition rule 26.F. Scott Fitzgerald is not the author of _.A. This Side of ParadiseB. Tender is the NightC. The Great GatsbyD. In Our Time 27.In Britain, popular newspapers are also called _.A. tabloidsB. qualityC. broadsheetsD. junk 28.During the S

12、econd World War, Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met at _.A. Teheran, Yalta and PotsdamB. Teheran and YaltaC. Yalta, Potsdam and BerlinD. Teheran and Potsdam 29.What is the full name of B.B.CA. British Broadcasting CooperationB. British Broadcasting CompanyC. British Broadcasting CorporationD. Briti

13、sh Broadway Cooperation 30.Question 6 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.AWorld oil prices rose again after a short decline.BMore investors shifted their interest in the U.S. dollars.CThe Russian pr

14、esident suggested less dependence on the dollar.DThe U.S. dollars gained value after world oil prices ros 31._is the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelist.A. James JoyceB. John GalsworthyC.D.H. LawrenceD. George Bernard Shaw 32.As a philosophical and literary moment,_flourished in New En

15、gland from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism 33.Washington. D.C. is named_.A. after the U.S. President George WashingtonB. after Christopher ColumbusC. after both George Washington and Christopher ColumbusD. after neither of them 34.big and sm

16、all are a pair of_opposites.A. complementaryB. gradableC. completeD. converse 35.The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic EXCEPT_.A. George WashingtonB. Thomas JeffersonC. William PennD. Benjamin Franklin 36._is a branch of linguistics that studies how words are combined to f

17、orm sentences and the rules that govern the formation of sentences.A. SemanticsB. PragmaticsC. SyntaxD. Morphology 37.The great dividing line between the nineteenth century and the contemporary American Literature is_.A. the Civil WarB. the First World WarC. the Second World WarD. the Great Depressi

18、on 38.The general election in Britain is held every_years.A. fourB. threeC. sixD. five 39.Which of the following parties is NOT BritishA. Conservative Party.B. Labour Party.C. Liberal Party.D. Democratic Party. 40.Which of the following is not the branch of American Federal governmentA. Executive sy

19、stem.B. Legislative system.C. Judicial system.D. Military system. 41.What is the meaning relationship between flower and tulipA. Polysemy.B. Homonymy.C. Hyponymy.D. Antonymy. 42.After the War of Independence, Americans designed a new system. What was itA. Feudalism.B. Socialism.C. Federalism.D. Capi

20、talism. 43.As a literary figure, Sophia appears in Henry Fieldings _.A. Tom JonesB. AmeliaC. Joseph AndrewsD. Jonathan Wild the Great 44. 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.AfifteenBtwoC

21、fortyDfive 45. Question 6 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.AMr. Olmert was confirmed of having taken bribes from a Jewish American businessman.BMr. Olmert was suspected of taking bribes and the in

22、quiries might affect the peace process.CMr. Olmert, the head of government, deflected the peace efforts With the Palestinians.DMr. Olmert would resign because he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. 46. Question 9 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be g

23、iven 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.A24 weeks.B12 weeks.C23 weeks.D22 weeks. 47.Which of the following is NOT an Irish writerA. George Bernard Shaw.B. William Buffer Yeats.C. David Herbert Lawrence.D. James Joyc 48.The main mountain range in the west of US stretching from

24、the Canadian border to New Mexico isA. the Appalachian Mountains.B. the Rocky Mountains:C. the Green Mountains.D. the White Mountains. 49.The Cooperative Principle was proposed byA. Saussure.B. Halliday.C. Searle.D. Ca-ic 50.Thomas Hardy wrote the following novels EXCEPTA. Great Expectations.B. Tess of the DUrbervilles.C. The Return of the Native.D. Under the Greenwood Tre