05-14英语专业八级考试全真试题附答案 (1)

2005英语专业八级考试全真试题附答案

PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)

31. ___ is the capital city of Canada. _B__

A. Vancouver

B. Ottawa

C. Montreal

D. York

32. U.S. presidents normally serves a (an) ____ ____term. B_

A. two-year

B. four-year

C. six-year

D. eight-year

33. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.? A

A. Huston.

B. Boston.

C. Baltimore.

D. Philadelphia.

34. ____ ____ is the state church in England. D

A. The Roman Catholic Church.

B. The Baptist Church

C. The Protestant Church

D. The Church of England

注：The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion.

35. The novel Emma is written by D

A. Mary Shelley.

B. Charlotte Bront?.

C. Elizabeth C. Gaskell.

D. Jane Austen.

36. Which of following is NOT a romantic poet? B

A. William Wordsworth.

B. George Elliot.

C. George G. Byron.

D. Percy B. Shelley.

37. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for C

A. his poems.

B. his plays.

C. his short stories.

D. his novels

38. Syntax is the study of B

A. language functions.

B. sentence structures.

C. textual organization.

D. word formation.

a. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences.

b. A publication, such as a book, that presents such rules.

c. The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language.

d. Such a pattern in a particular sentence or discours

e.

39. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language? D

A. Arbitrariness.

B. Productivity.

C. Cultural transmission.

D. Finiteness.

40. The speech act theory was first put forward by B

A. John Searle.

B. John Austin.

C. Noam Chomsky.

D. M.A.K. Halliday.

2006年

31.The Presidents during the American Civil War was B

A. Andrew Jackson

B. Abraham Lincoln

C. Thomas Jefferson

D. George Washington

32.The capital of New Zealand is C

A.Christchurch

B.Auckland

C.Wellington

D.Hamilton

33.Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers? A

A.The Aborigines

B.The Maori

C.The Indians

D.The Eskimos

34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of D

A.the Shadow Cabinet

B.the Parliament

C.the Opposition

D.the Cabinet

35.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century? A

A.T.S.Eliot

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C.Theodore Dreiser

D.James Joyce

36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by D

A.Scott Fitzgerald

B.William Faulkner

C.Eugene O'Neil

D.Ernest Hemingway

37. ___ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines_ B_

A.Free verse

B.Sonnet

C.Ode

D.Epigram

38.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of D

A.reference

B.meaning

C.antonymy

D.context

39.T he words"kid,child,offspring" are examples of B

A.dialectal synonyms

B.stylistic synonyms

C.emotive synonyms

D.collocational synonyms

40.The distinction between parole and langue was made by D

A.Halliay

B.Chomsky

C.Bloomfield

D.Saussure

2007年

31. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT C A. the Anglos B. the Celts

C. the Jutes

D. the Saxons

32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by D

A. the Monarch

B. the President

C. the Prime Minister

D. the Governor-general

33. The Declaration of Independence was written by A

A. Thomas Jefferson

B. George Washington

C. Alexander Hamilton

D. James Madison

34. The original inhabitants of Australia were C

A. the Red Indians

B. the Eskimos

C. the Aborigines

D. the Maoris

35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte? D

A. Oliver Twist

B. Middlemarch

C. Jane Eyre

D. Wuthering Heights

36. William Butler Yeats was a(n) _ ___ poet and playwright. C

A. American

B. Canadian

C. Irish

D. Australian

37. Death of a Salesman was written by A

C. Ralph Ellison

D. James Baldwin

38. ____B___ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.

A. Phonology

B. Morphology

C. Semantics

D. Sociolinguistics

39. The d istinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT D

A. lexical

B. syntactic

C. phonological

D. psycholinguistic

40.The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example of A

A. widening of meaning

B. narrowing of meaning

C. meaning shift

D. loss of meaning

2008年

31. The largest city in Canada is C

A. Vancouver.

B. Montreal.

C. Toronto

D. Ottawa.

32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in D

A. the Federal Government.

B. the Supreme Court.

C. the Cabinet.

D. the Congress.

33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States? A

A. Baseball.

B. Tennis.

C. Basketball.

D. American football.

34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is D

A. the President.

B. the Governor-General.

C. the British monarch,

D. the Prime Minister.

35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by B A. William Langland. B. Geoffrey Chaucer.

C. William Shakespeare.

D. Alfred Tennyson.

36. Who wrote The American? C

A. Herman Melville.

B. Nathaniel Hawthorne.

37. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCEPT A

A. George Eliot.

B. Iris Jean Murdoch.

C. Doris Lessing.

D. Muriel Spark.

38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language? A

A. Arbitrariness.

B. Displacement.

C. Duality.

D. Diachronicity.

39. What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”? C

A. A simple sentence.

B. A coordinate sentence.

C. A complex sentence.

D. None of the https://www.sodocs.net/doc/4e6039183.html,

40. Th e phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called D

A. hyponymy.

B. synonymy.

C. polysemy.

D. homonymy.

2009年

31. The Head of State of New Zealand is D

A. the governor-general.

B. the Prime Minister.

C. the high commissioner.

D. the monarch of the United Kingdom.

32. The capital of Scotland is B

A. Glasgow.

B. Edinburgh.

C. Manchester.

D. London.

33. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President ? A

A. Thomas Jefferson.

B. George Washington.

C. Thomas Paine.

D. John Adams.

34. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia? C

A. Perth.

B. Adelaide.

C. Sydney.

D. Melbourne.

35. Ode to the West Windwas written by D

A. William Blake.

B. William Wordsworth.

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

D. Percy B. Shelley.

36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse? B

A. Ralph Waldo Emerson.

B. Walt Whitman.

C. Herman Melville

D. Theodore Dreiser.

37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by C

A. Thomas Hardy.

B. John Galsworthy.

C. D.H. Lawrence.

D. James Joyce.

38. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is D

A. corpus linguistics.

B. sociolinguistics.

C. theoretical linguistics.

D. psycholinguistics.

39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called C

A. dialect.

B. idiolect.

C. pidgin.

D. register.

40. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the A

window, he is performing

A. an illocutionary act.

B. a perlocutionary act.

C. a locutionary act.

D. none of the above.

2010年

31. Which of the following statements in INCORRECT? D

A. The British constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215.

B. The British constitution includes Parliamentary acts.

C. The British constitution includes decisions made by courts of law.

D. The British constitution includes one single written constitution.

32. The first city ever founded in Canada is A

A. Quebec.

B. Vancouver.

C. Toronto.

D. Montreal.

33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being? D

A. 1770.

B. 1788.

C. 1900.

D. 1901.

34. The

Emancipation Proclamation

to end the slavery plantation system in the South of

the U.S. was issued by A

A. Abraham Lincoln.

B. Thomas Paine.

C. George Washington.

D. Thomas Jefferson.

35. ______ is best known for the technique of _ C_ dramatic monologue

in his poems..

A. Will Blake

B. W.B. Yeats

C. Robert Browning

D. William Wordsworth

36.

The Financier

is written by D

A. Mark Twain.

B. Henry James.

C. William Faulkner.

D. Theodore Dreiser.

37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as A

A. allegory.

B. sonnet.

C. blank verse.

D. rhyme.

38. ____A____ refers to the learning and development of a language.

A. Language acquisition

B. Language comprehension

C. Language production

D. Language instruction

39. The word “Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of _____C___ in

morphology.

A. backformation

B. conversion

C. blending

D. acronym

40. La nguage is t tool of communication. The symbol “ Highway Closed” on a highway Serves B

A. an expressive function.

B. an informative function.

C. a performative function.

D. a persuasive function.

2011年

31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is ___ D

A. Northern Ireland

B. Wales

C. England

D. Scotland

32. It is generally agreed that ___ ___ were the first Europeans to reach Australia's shores. _ D

A. the French

B. the Germans

C. the British

D. the Dutch

33. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf? A

A. Canada.

B. New Zealand.

C. Great Britain.

D. The United States of America.

34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution? B

A. Thomas Jefferson.

B. Thomas Paine.

C. John Adams.

D. Benjamin Franklin.

35. Virginia Woolf was an important female ____ ____ in the 20th-century England.

D

A. poet

B. biographer

C. playwright

D. novelist

37. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century? A

A. The Great Gatsby.

B. The Sun Also Rises.

C. The Sound and the Fury.

D. Beyond the Horizon.

2012年

31. The Maori people are natives of D

A. Australia.

B. Canada.

C. Ireland.

D. New Zealand.

32. The British monarch is the Head of B

A. Parliament.

B. State.

C. Government.

D. Cabinet.

33. Americans celebrate Independence Day on A

A. July 4th.

B. October 11th.

C. May 31st.

D. September 6th.

34. Canada is bounded on the north by C

A. the Pacific Ocean.

B. the Atlantic Ocean.

C. the Arctic Ocean.

D. the Great Lakes.

35. Who is the author of The Waste Lana? D

A. George Bernard Shaw.

B. W.B. Y

eats.

C. Dylan Thomas.

D. T.S. Eliot.

36. Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury? A

A. William Faulkner.

B. Ernest Hemingway.

C. Scott Fitzgerald.

D. John Steinbeck.

37. "The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company" is an exa mple of C

A. exaggeration.

B. understatement.

C. personification.

D. synecdoche.

38. In English ifa word begins with a [l] or a [r], then the next sound must be a vowel. This is a (n) B

A. assimilation rule.

B. sequential rule.

C.deletion rule.

D. grammar rule.

39. Which of the following is an example of clipping? D

A.APEC.

B.Motel.

C.Xerox.

D.Disco.

2013年

31 The full official name of Australia is D

A. The Republic of Australia.

B. The Union of Australia.

C. The Federation of

Australia. D. The Commonwealth of Australia.

32. Canada is well known for all the following EXCEPT B

A. its mineral resources.

B. its heavy industries.

C. its forest resources.

D. its fertile and arable land.

33. In the United States community college offer A

A. two-year programmes.

B. four-year programmes.

C. postgraduate studies.

D. B.A. or B.S. degrees.

34. In ____, referenda in Scotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Wales assembly. _ D_

A. 2000

B. 1946

C. 1990

D. 1997

35. Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration? C

A. A weak seat.

B. Knock and kick.

C. Safe and sound.

D. Coal and boat.

36. Who wrote Mrs. Warren?s profession? A

A. George Bernard Shaw.

B. William Butler Yeats.

C. John Galsworthy.

D. T.S. Eliot.

37. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n) D

A. autobiography.

B. short story.

C. poem.

D. novel.

38. Which of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme? B

A. Unlock.

B. Government.

C. Goes.

D. Off-stage.

39. ___B_____is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to.

A. Collocation

B. Onomatopoeia

C. Denotation

D. Assimilation

2014年

31. Which of the following is the French-speaking city in Canada? C

A. Vancouver

B. Ottawa

C. Montreal

D. Toronto

32. Which of the following are natives of New Zealand? A

A. The Maoris

B. The Aboriginals

C. The Red Indians

D. The Eskimos

33. The established or national church in England is C

A. the Roman Catholic Church

B. the United Reformed Church

C. the Anglican Church

D. the Methodist Church

34. The 13 former British colonies in North America declared independence from Great Britain in C

A. 1774

B. 1775

C. 1776

D. 1777

35. ―Grace under pressure‖ is an outstanding virtue of _ ___ heroes. B

A. Scott Fitzgerald‘s

B. Ernest Hemingway‘s

C. Eugene O‘Neill‘s

D. William Faulkner‘s

36.Widowers’ House was written by B

A. William Butler Yeats

B. George Bernard Shaw

C. John Galsworthy

D. T. S. Eliot

37. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales? C

A. William Shakespeare

B. William Blake

C. Geoffrey Chaucer

D. John Donne

38. Which of the following pairs of words are homophones? D

A. wind (v.) / wind (n.)

B. suspect (v.) / suspect (n.)

C. convict (v.) / convict (n.)

D. bare (adj.) / bear (v.)

39. Which of the following sentences has the ―S+V+O‖ structure? C

A. He died a hero.

B. I went to London.

C. Mary enjoyed parties.

D. She became angry.

40. W hich of the following CAN NOT be used as an adverbial? A

A. The lion‘s share

B. Heart and soul.

C. Null and void.

D. Hammer and tongs.

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