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1、2023年山西英语专业八级考试考前冲刺卷（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.The words kid, child, offspring are examples of_.Adialectal synonyms.Bstylistic synonyms.Cemotive synonyms.Dcollocational synonyms. 2._is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed in
2、to fourteen lines. _.AFree verseBSonnetCOdeDEpigram 3.Who were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settlersAThe Aborigines.BThe Maori.CThe Indians.DThe Eskimos. 4.The President during the American Civil War was_.AAndrew Jackson.BAbraham Lincoln.CThomas Jefferson.DGeorge Washin
3、gton. 5.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th centuryAT.S.Eliot.BD. H.Lawrence.CTheodore Dreiser.DJames Joyce. 6.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of_.Athe Shadow Cabinet.Bthe Parliament.Cthe Opposition.Dthe Cabinet. 7.In 1066, Britain was conquered by _.ARomeBPortmanCVikingsDNorm
4、an 8.Which country was never be the colony of the Great BritainAPolandBAfghanistanCEgyptDNew Zealand 9._ is the core of leader ship of the British government.AparliamentBprivy councilCcentral governmentDcabinet 10.If the maxims of cooperative principle is violated, _ might occur.AmisleadingBlocution
5、ary actCconversational implicatureDslip of tongue 11.Which of the following is not part of BritianAWalesBEnglandCScotlandDGreenland 12.What is not the element in defining languageAsystemicBarbitraryCsymbolDvisual 13.Swift invented famous _ in his world famous Gullivers Travels.ALilliputBBrobdingagCC
6、elestial cityDMorality Pool 14.The objective of the Chartist Movement was democratic rights for all men, and it took its name fromAThe Bill of RightsBThe Agreement of the PeopleCThe Peoples CharterDThe Great Charter 15.British Prime Minister Tony Blair belongs to _.ADemocratic PartyBWhig PartyCLiber
7、al PratyDLabor Party 16.Utopia is the work of _.ASpenserBDonneCBlakeDMore 17._ was considered to be the father of modern English novel.ADaniel DefoeBRobert StevensonCGeorge EliotDJoseph Conrad 18.I Question 7 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds t
8、o answer the question. Now listen to the news./IAin FebruaryBin MarchCin AprilDin May 19.I Question 8 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./IAwho had attacked against Israeli citizensBwho are in good
9、healthCwho lived along the Gaza StripDwho have served the majority of their sentences 20.In normal reading, _ in the phrase thirteen girls and thirty boys should be stressed.AthirBteenCgirlsDboys 21._ was the author of Trilogy of Desire.AEarnest HemingwayBF. Scott FitzgeraldCWilliam FaulknerDTheodor
10、e Dreiser 22.The religious leader of the Church of England is _.AParliamentBKingCArchbishop of CanterburyDQueen 23._ is the initial part of a syllable.ACodaBOnsetCStemDPeak 24.Today, in Ireland about 93% of the population is _.AMuslimsBBuddhistsCRoman CatholicsDProtestants 25._ was the author of The
11、 Great Gatsby.AErnest HemingwayBF. Scott FitzgeraldCJohn Dos PassosDEzra Pound 26.The Vietnam War started in _ and ended in_.A1961, 1973B1961, 1974C1962, 1973D1963, 1976 27.In _, President Nixon met Mao Zedong and the two countries issued the Shanghai Communiqu.A1972B1973C1974D1975 28._ is the main
12、object of study of phonology.APhonemeBSpeech soundsCSyllablesDStress 29.The President during the American Civil War was_.AAndrew Jackson.BAbraham Lincoln.CThomas Jefferson.DGeorge Washington. 30.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of_.Athe Shadow Cabinet.Bthe Parliament.Cthe Opposition.Dthe Cabine
13、t. 31._is the state church in England.AThe Roman Catholic ChurchBThe Baptist ChurchCThe Protestant ChurchDThe Church of England 32.Who were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settlersAThe Aborigines.BThe Maori.CThe Indians.DThe Eskimos. 33.The words kid, child, offspring are
14、examples of_.Adialectal synonyms.Bstylistic synonyms.Cemotive synonyms.Dcollocational synonyms. 34._is the capital city of Canada.AVancouverBOttawaCMontrealDYork 35.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th centuryAT.S.Eliot.BD. H.Lawrence.CTheodore Dreiser.DJames Joyce. 36.The distinctio
15、n between parole and langue was made by_.AHalliday.BChomsky.CBloomfield.DSaussure. 37.Male/female, married/single and alive/dead are examples ofAcomplementarity.Bgradability.Csynonymy.Drelational opposites. 38.Martin Luther King, Jr. who delivered a famous speech named I Have a Dream was the leader
16、of _ in U.S.A.ABus BoycottBthe Progressive MovementCCivil Rights MovementDthe Westward Movement 39.Which of the following is the largest province in CannadaAQuebec.BSaskatchewan.COntario.DBritish Columbia. 40.The second largest racial and ethnic group in the United States isAthe White.Bthe Hispanics
17、.CChinese.Dthe Blacks. 41._ was a leader of the Modernist Movement in English poetry and a great innovator of verse technique.AT. S. EliotBJames JoyceCVirginia WoolfDWilliam Makepeace Thackery 42.Robert Louis Stevenson is a representative of _ in English literature.ANeo-RomanticismBPre-RomanticismCR
18、omanticismDAestheticism 43.The Sapir-Worf hypothesis is aboutAlanguage and society.Blanguage and thought.Csecond language acquisition.Dlanguage change. 44.All the following were written by Ernest Hemingway EXCEPTAThe Sun Also Rises.BThe Old Man and the Sea.CA Farewell to Arms.DIn a Station of the Me
19、tro. 45.Both of _ are concerned with the study of speech sounds.APhonology and semanticsBSemantics and pragmaticsCPragmatics and phoneticsDPhonology and phonetics 46.Which of the following sports originated from ScotlandACoif.BFootball.CBasketball.DTennis. 47.The researchers would most probably agre
20、e with the following EXCEPTAself-esteem should be promoted and encouraged.Bschools should change their concept of self-esteem.Cthe traditional view is beginning to lose ground.Dprisons should change their present practice. 48.The authors attitude towards future full employment is generallyAsupportiv
21、e.Bwavering.Cskeptical.Dunclear. 49.In addition to distinctive packaging, contemporary products should alsoAdraw customers attention to their benefits.Bmake customers aware of their attractiveness.Cdisplay details of the main ingredients.Dfocus on proclamation and promotion. 50.The author would most probably agree that changes are more likely to be successful inAproduction methods.Bideological concepts.Creligious beliefs.Dsocial behaviour.