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1、2023 年英语专业八级考试考前冲刺卷（6）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 authors main objection to Bushs proposal seems to be_.Athat it is not effective Bthat it ignores sound educational policy Cthat it is not well grounded Dthat it is no innovation 2.It can
2、be inferred from the first paragraphs that_.Aprivate single-sex schools are welcome Bsingle-sex schools involve sex discrimination Cmath and science are majors for boys and girls alike Dthe changes proposed by Bush administration are encouraging 3.The minimal unit of meaning is the_.Amorpheme Bphone
3、me Csyllable Dword 4.As a consequence of the Norman Conquest,many of todays English expressions have a(n)_origin.AGerman BDanish CItalian DFrench 5._is famous for his detective stories whose hero is Sherlock Holmes.AConan Doyle BAgatha Christie CDorothy Sayers DG.Chesterton 6.Harlem,which was _ by o
4、rigin,is located in_.ASpanish.New York BDutch.New York CDutch.Chicago DSpanish.Chicago 7.Which of the following is a central vowel Ae Bi Cu D 8.In 1974,_resigned as a consequence of the Watergate Scandal.AKennedy BNixon CTruman DRoosevelt 9.Ralph Waldo Emerson was a representative of_.Aromanticism B
5、realism Csurrealism Dtranscendentalism 10.Leaves of Grass was composed by_.AWalt Whitman BHenry Longfellow CEmily Dickenson DJohn Whittier 11.The famous trial scene between Portia and Shylock comes from_.AA Midsummer Nights Dream BTwelfth Night CThe Merchant of Venice DAs You lake It 12.The three gr
6、eat Germanic tribes which invaded Britain and form the basis of the modern English race were_.Athe Angles,the Saxons and the Normans Bthe Danes,the Saxons and the Jutes Cthe Angles,the Saxons and the Jutes Dthe Normans,the Saxons and the Angles 13.A serious outcome brought out by the shortage of res
7、ources is that _.A many public institutions have to cut down enrollments of students Bteachers are not qualified enough for satisfactory performance in classes Csome institutions have to reduce the expenses on research D there is keen competition for resources and attention of faculty between public
8、 and private institutions 14.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE A American society has failed to provide these institutions with adequate resources to meet their needs.B Though in difficulty,these institutions are determined to fulfill both research and teaching functions.C American socie
9、ty has relied too much on their institutions of higher-education to allow them for easy adjustment to all their functions.DMore resources and efforts of faculty are needed for research work than teaching work.15.The phrase impinge on most probably means _.Apromote Brely on Chave an impact on Dblock
10、16.Which of the following statements is not true ARobots will be less expensive than they are now.BThey will be used as aides for the disabled.CThey will all be gentle and kind.DThey will deal with intruders.17.In the next decade,Robots will become practical because of all but one exception that _.A
11、they may cook hamburgers in the restaurants Bthey can perform wonderous skill as shown in science fiction film Cthey may deliver meal trays in hospitals Dthey may do some moppings in the shopping center 18.Which of the following is difficult for robots to do at present ATo assemble machines.BTo do s
12、ome kinds of cleaning.CTo work as service men.DTo tell that the corner where walls and ceilings meet goes in,not out.19.Robots will not be accepted unless _.Athey can do some domestic jobs in hospital Bthey can cook and package food Cthey can greet people at the counter Dthey can do jobs human needs
13、 to solve a shortage of labourers 20.Whats the authors attitude towards long-promised home robot AOptimistic.BPessimistic.CSkeptical.DDisbelieving.21.According to the passage,one of the causes for the difficulties of American higher education is that _.A the government has stopped giving public inst
14、itutions as much financial support as it used to BAmerica has always been encouraging young people to go to college Cmany public institutions have replaced private ones Dthe government only finances such researches as that of placing man on the moon 22.According to the passage,how do students in cla
15、ss often react to another students research AThey react the way they do to any other research.BThey are especially critical of the quality of the research.CThey offer unusually good suggestions for improving the work.D They show a lot of sympathy for the student researcher.23.According to the author
16、,_ is the most important function of institutions of higher education.Acreating new knowledge Bproviding solutions to social problems Cmaking experts on sophisticated industries out of their students D preparing their students to transmit inherited knowledge 24.What does the author think about tryin
17、g to find weaknesses in other peoples research A It should only be attempted by experienced researchers.BIt may cause researchers to avoid publishing good work.CIt is currently being done to excess.DIt can be useful in planning future research.25.According to the passage,what do student researchers
18、often learn when they discuss their work in class AOther students rarely have objective comments about it.BOther students do not believe the researchers did the work themselves.CSome students feel that the conclusions are too obvious.DSome students do not understand the meaning of the researchers qu
19、estions.26.What does the author conclude about preparing suitable questions for a research project AIt is more difficult than the student researcher may realize.BThe researcher should get help from other people.CThe questions should be brief so that they will he understood.DIt is important to follow
20、 formulas closely.27.According to the passage,what is one major criticism students often make of published research AThe research has been done in unimportant fields.BThe researchers did not adequately establish the relationships involved.CThe researchers failed to provide an appropriate summary.DTh
21、e research has not been written in an interesting way.28.The multi-tube boiler system made the Rocket,Roberts locomotive,_.Apowerful Bachieve a speed of 30 miles an hour Cacquire 25 little tubes Dgood for hauling trains 29.At first,locomotives could not popularize themselves because they _.Acould no
22、t bring profits or save much labor Battract people Conly caught some peoples interest Dwere not welcome 30.In a true sense,plateways are the earliest and most primitive railways invented by _.Aindustrial workers BGeorge Stephenson Cthe miners Dthe miners work 31.The best way to save ozone is _.Athat
23、 CFC manufacture is completely forbidden Bthat the production of CFC is reduced Cto find substitutes for CFCs Dto reduce the danger of CFCs 32.Why should governments ensure the careful handling and recycling of the CFCs now in use A Because the CFCs directly damage the peoples health.BBecause the CF
24、Cs are poisonous chemicals.CBecause the production of the CFCs costs a lot.DBecause the CFCs can attack ozone by liberating atoms of chlorine.33._ is meant that a conversational implicature is attached to the semantic content of what is said,not to the linguistic form.ACalculability BCancellability
25、CNon-detachability DNon-conventionality 34.Gender is mostly a category of the noun and pronoun.In English,the gender distinctions are deter mined _;in French,they are _.Agrammatically;arbitrary Bfree;determined by the biological gender Carbitrarily;fixed Dby the biological gender;grammatical 35.Erne
26、st Hemlngway was most famous for _.AThe Sea and the Old Man BThe Old Man and the Sea CA Farewell to Weapons DA Goodbye to Arms 36.The national Christian Church in Scotland is _ which was not finally established as until 1690.Athe Church of Scotland;Presbyterian Bthe Church of Scotland;Protestant Cth
27、e Church of England;Puritan Dthe Church of England;Catholicand Protestant 37._ was an Irish dramatist and writer who became an active member of the Fabian Society and won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.ABernard Shaw BOscar Wilde CJames Joyce DHenrik Ibsen 38.Which of the following matches of chi
28、ef city and the state it belongs to is NOT correct AChicago-Illinois BPhiladelphia-Pennsylvania CSan Francisco-Utah DHouston-Texas 39.Apart from the majority of countries,the U.K.has _ to form the whole part of its constitution.Astatute law and common law Bcommon law and civil law Cstatute law,commo
29、n law and case law Dcommon law,civil law and case law 40.Robert Frost was an _.AAmerican novelist BEnglish short-story writer CEnglish essayist DAmerican poet 41._ are among the most influential newspapers in _.AWashington Post and New York Time;the U.S.BThe Sun and The Observer;Australia CDallas Mo
30、rning and Chicago Forum;the U.K.DDaily Express and Daily Post;New Zealand 42.Australia is the worlds largest exporter of Awheat.Bwool.Cmeat.Ddairy products.43.The majority of French Canadians live in AQuebec.BOntario.CNewfoundland.DNova Scotia.44.Henry David Thoreaus work _,has always been regarded
31、as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.ADaisy Miller BWhite Fang CWalden DThe Prince and the Pauper 45.The two newest states which joined the United States are AAlaska and Florida.BHawaii and Oregon.CAlaska and Hawaii.DCalifornia and New Mexico.46.A New Zealander of European descent is kn
32、own as a APakeha.BKiwi.CPukeko.DMaori.47.Of the following word-formation processes,_ is the most productive.Aclipping Bblending Cinitialism Dderivation 48.From the first novel Sister-Carrie on,_ set himself to project the American values for what he had found them to be materialistic to the core.ATh
33、eodore Dreiser BErnest Hemingway CJohn Steinbeck DJames Baldwin 49.The sounds produced without the vocal cords vibrating are _ sounds.Avoiceless Bvoiced Cvowel Dconsonantal 50.The Victorian Age was largely an age of prose,eminently represented by Charles Dickens and AJohn Keats.BFrancis Bacon.CWilliam Makepeace Thackeray.DGeorge Gordon Byron.