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1、2023年陕西英语专业八级考试考前冲刺卷本卷共分为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 author seems to suggest that high divorce rate is related to _.Apolice and fire sirensBnoises that keep people awake at nightCtrue urbanityDsore eyes 2.The author wrote this article_.Ato criticise Tor
2、ontoBto ridicule TorontoCto praise New YorkDto satirize New York 3.How would you describe the writers attitude towards current learning strategiesADistanced.BAdmiring.CObjective.DIronical. 4.The writers intention is to get us to _.Arethink educational StrategiesBconfirm current trendsCthink about wh
3、at constitutes communicationDreassure parents 5.Which of the following is the writer implying in paragraph 5Aself-criticism has gone too far.Bcommunication is a more comprehensive category than language skills.Cevaluating criteria are inappropriate nowadays.Dthis column does not meet the demanding e
4、valuating criteria of today. 6.Which of the following does the writer NOT suggest _Asubjects are no longer taught seriouslyBkids nowadays are encouraged to be self-criticalCacademic standards in schools nowadays are no longer high enoughDthe use of language has changed for the worse 7.Who built larg
5、e brick pyramids _AThe Mayas.BThe Mochica Indians of Peru.CThe Indians of Central Mexico.DThe Indians of South America. 8.Which of the following is most likely to be the subject of study by a geohydrologistASoft, porous rock being worn away by a waterfall.BWater depositing minerals on the banks of a
6、 gorge through which the water runs.CTrapping of water in a sealed underground rock cavern due to an earthquake.DWater becoming unfit to drink through the release of pollutants into it from a plant. 9.According to the passage, a sunscreen can be described as all the following EXCEPT_.Ait may not car
7、ry an expiration dateBit loses it potency completely in three monthsCits efficacy decreases over time if kept in extreme heatDit is a lotion that may protect your skin from ultraviolet radiation 10.Over time, flavors of _beers change more quickly.AlighterBthickerC0Ut-of-dateDskunky 11.On Page 357 ar
8、e presented details about _.ALabovs theoryBChomskys theoryCRPDlanguage planning in China 12.On which page can the reader find explanations on the Jamaican variety of EnglishAPage 80.BPage 100.CPage 257.DPage 165. 13.The author is primarily concerned with Duncans _.Amasterful lyricism as expressed in
9、 her writings on the danceBconcerted efforts to subdue the natural movements of the danceCpopular misconception about the nature of her new art formDbasic standards for the dance form that she wished to create and perform 14.According to the passage, China set a good example in _.Aincreasing food su
10、pply by fish farmingBregulating off-shore fishingCimposing quotas on the quantity of fish annually caughtDdecreasing fish consumption in order to protect ocean resources 15.This passage is probably taken out of a book on _.Afish farmingBglobal resources of foodCfish consumptionDenvironment protectio
11、n 16.The author of the passage is impressed by Hong Kongs _.AOcean ParkBskyscrapersCstreet officesDmix of old and new 17.The langue & parole concept was developed by _.Ade SaussureBEdward SapirCN. ChomskyDL. Bloomfield 18.Which of the following is not a compound wordAblackboardBgreenhouseCupgradeDun
12、educated 19.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.AsentimentalismBromanticismCrealismDnaturalism 20.Of the following four types of music, _ is considered the native American
13、music.Arock and rollBjazzCclassical musicDwestern and country music 21.The Watergate Scandal in 1973 forced _ to resign, the first president to do so in the U.S.ANixonBTrumanCReaganDJohnson 22.In Britain the real center of political life is in _.Athe QueenBthe House of LordsCthe House of CommonsDthe
14、 Cabinet 23.Which animal is an official emblem of CanadaAThe beaver.BThe moose.CThe bear.DThe squirrel. 24.The national flower of England is _.Athe roseBthe thistleCthe daffodilDthe shamrock 25.Which of these parties is not a major party in the UKAThe Conservative Party.BThe Labor Party.CThe Democra
15、tic Party.DThe Liberal Party. 26.The theme of Thanksgiving has always been_.Afriendship and happinessBpeace and plentyCcooperation and rich rewardDthanks and gratitude 27.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. No
16、w listen to the news./IAThey are meant to clean up towns and cities.BThey are meant to tackle black market trading.CThey are meant to punish urban voters.DThey are meant to enforce building regulations. 28.Dickens and Thackeray, who are most famous for their novel, lived in the period of _.AQueen El
17、izabeth BHenry CCharles DQueen Victoria 29.In the late 16th century, _ ruled England.AHenry BElizabeth CQueen MaryDElizabeth 30.The Norman Conquests happened in _.A55BCB1066C700D966 31.I Question 7 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer th
18、e question. Now listen to the news./IA182B189C196D203 32._ is not a vowel glide.AthBoiCeiDau 33.The largest river in Ireland is _.Athe Dodder RiverBthe Shannon RiverCthe St. George RiverDthe Thames River 34._ is written by Alan Poe.ATwice-Told TalesBThe Scarlet LetterCThe House of the Seven GablesDT
19、he Fall of the House of Usher 35.Rip Van Winkle is written by _.AWashington IrvingBHenry David ThoreauCRalph Waldo EmersonDJames Fenimore Cooper 36.The internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed are the subjects of _.AMorphologyBPragmaticsCAnthropologyDPsychology 37.For the
20、following conversation:A: Do you know where Xiao Wang is B: Im busy._ is the conversation implicature.AB is busy.BB does not know where Xiao Wang is.CB does not want to answer As question.DB is correct. 38.The American Constitution was drawn up in _.A1787B1790C1783D1789 39.Buckingham Palace is _s pr
21、esent London home.AparliamentBchurchmenCmonarchDthe prime minister 40.Which is the biggest church in LondonAMore ChurchBChristian ChurchCSt. Pauls CathedralDSt. Henry Cathedral 41.The largest and smallest states of the United States are _.AAlaska and Rhode IslandBTexas and MaineCTexas and Rhode Isla
22、ndDAlaska and Maine 42._ draws on the Jewish experience and tradition and examines subtly the dismantling of the self by an intolerable modern history.AAllen GinsbergBJohn UpdikeCSaul BellowD.Salinger 43.Who raised the notion of objective correlativeARobert Penn WarrenBFlannery OConnerCWilliam Faulk
23、nerDTS. Eliot 44.We may hear children say what he wants . This is an example of _.AinterferenceBtransformationCovergeneralizationDover-extension 45.Which movie is not awarded the Oscars best movieAAmerican BeautyBA Beautiful MindCShakespeare in LoveDSecret Window 46.In some speech community, two lan
24、guages are used side by side with each having a different role to play, this is _.ApidginBcreoleCdiglossiaDbilingualism 47.Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor in _.A1940B1941C1942D1943 48.As Americans are called Uncle Sam, British are called _.AHenry BullBJohn BearCJohn BullDJohn Bear 49.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by_.AScott Fitzgerald.BWilliam Faulkner.CEugene ONeill.DErnest Hemingway. 50.The distinction between parole and langue was made by_.AHalliday.BChomsky.CBloomfield.DSaussure.