2023年英语专业八级考试模拟卷（5）.docx

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1、2023年英语专业八级考试模拟卷（5）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.George Gordon Byron was famous for the following works except_.AChild Harolds PilgrimageBQueen MabCHours of IdlenessDDon Juan 2.The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure

2、are combined to form grammatical sentences is_.AsyntaxBsemanticsCmorphologyDsociolinguistics 3.The United States bought Louisiana from _.AFranceBSpainCBritainDMexico 4._ is regarded as the most English of all games.AfootballBrugbyCbasketballDcricket 5._ is the author of Scarlet Letter.AHawthorneBMar

3、k TwainCMelvilleDCooper 6.The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _American literature.Athe Age of ColonicalismBthe Age of RomanticismCthe Age of RealismDthe Age of Modernism 7.The heir to the Britain Crown is also called _APrince of ScotlandBPrince of WalesCPrince of Westminste

4、rDPrince of England 8.Westminster Palace is the seat of _.ABritish Houses of ParliamentBThe prime ministers officeCcrowns residenceDChristian organization 9.Which of the following is not a character of acquisitionAuse textbook.Bconducted with no careful schedulesClearn language subconsciouslyDconcen

5、trate on meaning 10.Speakers Comer located in _, where speaker can deliver their eloquent speech.ABritish MuseumBWestminsterCHyde ParkDGreater London 11.The meaning of words may change with time, deer is a example of _.Awidening of meaningBnarrowing of meaningCmeaning shiftDloss of meaning 12.Which

6、city is located in the west coast of the U.S.ANew YorkBDetroitCMiamiDLos Angels 13.The head of government of Canada is represented byAthe Queen.Bthe Prime Minister.Cthe Governor General.Dthe Cabinet Minister. 14.Walt Whitman helped to promote the development ofAsonnet.Bcouplet.Cblank verse.Dfree ver

7、se. 15.John Miltons _ is the most famous epic after Beowulf.AAreopagiticaBSamson AgonistesCParadise RegainedDParadise Lost 16.Whats the relationship between Johns uncle bought a new car yesterday and John has an uncleAEntailment.BContradiction.CTautology.DPresupposition. 17.Which group of people can

8、 NOT vote in the British general electionAmember in the House of CommonsBlords in the House of LordsCthe UK citizens above the age of 18Dthe UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic 18.The minimal unit of meaning in a language isAphone.Bphoneme.Callophone.Dmorpheme. 19._ is the prmary medium of la

9、nguage.ASpeechBLangueCWritingDParole 20._ has won the name of the father of American literature.AWashington IrvingBCaptain John SmithCBenjamin FranklinDHenry Longfellow 21.The capital of Australia isAPerth.BSydney.CMelbourne.DCanberra. 22.All of the Great Lakes are shared between the United States a

10、nd Canada EXCEPTALake Ontario.BLake Superior.CLake Michigan.DLake Erie. 23._ refers to a sociolinguistic situation two varieties of a language exist side by side throughout the community, with each having a definite role to play.ADialectBDiglossiaCPidginDCreole 24.Modern Linguists give priority to _

11、 rahter than _.Aprescriptiveness; descriptivenessBthe spoken language; the written languageCgrammar; contextDstructure; form 25.Where is Westminster AbbeyAScotland.BWales.CEngland.DManchester. 26.Which of the following is NOT true of the Hundred Years WarAA war between France and England;BIt was con

12、ventionally dated 1337 - 1453.CThe Englist kings attempted to dominate France.DAll English conquests had been solidified by 1453. 27.Ulysses and Dubliners were written by _.AAlfred TennysonBThackerayCJames JoyceDWilliam Wordsworth 28.An Englishman uses I to reer to himself, while a German uses ich,

13、a Spaniard yo. This is an example of language _.AdualityBdisplacementCtransmissionDarbitrariness 29.If an American is invited to talk something about entertainment industry, be or she might not mention_.ABroadwayBOscarCGrammyDWest Point 30.John Keats was a(n) _.ABritish poetBAmerican poetCBritish no

14、velistDAmerican novelist 31.Dickens works are characterized by a mingling of _ and pathos.AhumorBsatireCpassionDmetaphor 32.Who is the author of Common SenseAThomas Jefferson.BBenjamin Franklin.CThomas Moore.DThomas Paine. 33.The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the

15、 existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first_heroine.AexplorerBpeasantCworkerDgoverness 34.King John in 1215 singed _.Athe Great CharterBthe People CharterCRegulation on TaxDMarital Act 35.Which of the following is relational oppositesASingle vs married.BHot vs

16、cold.CAhve vs dead.DHusband vs wife. 36.Browning introduced a new form to English poetry, that is _.Adramatic monologueBheroic coupletCsonnetDlyrical 37.In Britain, the day after Christmas is called _.AEasterBNew Year s DayCBoxing DayDThanksgiving Day 38.In semantics, _deals with the relationship be

17、tween the linguistic elements and the non-linguistic world of experience.AsenseBsynonymyCreferenceDcompetence 39.What is the most important religious denomination in BritainAThe Catholic Church.BThe Methodist.CThe Anglican Church.DThe Presbyterian Church. 40.What is the capital of BritainALondon.BLi

18、verpool.CManchester.DBirmingham. 41.What makes American people more pessimisticAThe fast pace and complicated way of life.BToo much leisure time.CLoose relationship between people.DAll of the above. 42.According to the passage, the characteristic of a highly technological society is _.Aits electroni

19、c technologyBpeoples way of livingCwide use of televisionDits rapidness and efficiency in doing things 43.According to the author, America is a highly modern society, _.Aso people like it better than beforeBbut there is still a big gap between different classesCall the people there lead a very happy

20、, lifeDall the industries and companies are in the hands of the goverment 44.In authors opinion, _.Awithout computers, there would be no modern scienceBcomputers are more intelligent than human beingsCcomputers will replace everything in the futureDcomputers never make mistakes 45.Air pollution caus

21、es airplane accidents because _.Apilots become illBvisibility is reducedCengines fail.Dthe air is too hot 46.We can conclude that _.Acivilization may be doomed if pollution is not controlledBpollution is more serious in Europe than it is in AmericaCmost people do not know that pollution is a serious

22、 problemDblack snow is not so serious compared with white snow 47.Scientists have not yet determined _.Aall of the effects of pollution on the human bodyBhow pollution can be controlled successfullyCwhen the atmosphere first became pollutedDhow to wash the black snow clean 48.The author mentions peo

23、ple dying of air pollution in _.AIllinoisBPennsylvaniaCNew JerseyDWashington 49.Tile author raises issues that would most concern which of the following groupsAElectricians.BEnvironmentalists.CAviators.DTeachers. 50.Scientists are trying to find a link between pollution and _.Aintelligence levelsBantisocial behaviorCbirth defectsDdivorce percentage