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1、2023年英语专业八级考试考前冲刺卷（4）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.William C. Bryant was the first American lyric poet of distinction. His fame as a poet dated from the printing of _ in 1817.AThanatopsisBMonument MountainCTo A WaterfowlDThe Death of Flower 2.The nationa
2、l anthem of Australia is now the tune of _, but on regal and vice-regal occasions God Save the Queen must be played.ASong of AustraliaBThe Star Spangled BannerCDominion DayDAdvance Australia Fair 3.Degradation can be illustrated by the following example _.AlewdignorantBsillyfoolishClastpleasureDknav
3、eboy 4.Homophones are often employed to create puns for desired effects of _.AhumourBsarcasmCridiculeDall the above 5.When the Spanish Armada was defeated, the ruler of England was _.AQueen ElizabethBKing Charles ICQueen VictoryDKing James I 6.The seat of the U.S. government in Washington D.C. is kn
4、own as the _.ACapitalBWhite HouseCEmpire State BuildingDPentagon 7.In the history of England, the famous Magna Carta (great Charter) was imposed in _.A1215B1512C1314D1066 8.Chaucer was the first important poet of a royal court to write in _ after the Norman Conquest.AFrenchBLatinCEnglishDGreek 9.I Q
5、uestion 6 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./IAthere was something wrong with the generator.Bthe pilots of the aircraft went on a strike.Cthere was no electrical power in the battery.Dhe didnt know
6、 how to generate electricity. 10.I Question 9 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./IAto mediate between the two parties.Bto distinguish them as two countries.Cto invite Harass leaders to Paris.Dto le
7、gitimize terror in Palestine. 11.I Question 10 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./IAcautious predictions.Bimpartial judgment.Ccareful calculation.Dsimple statistics. 12.Canada occupies about _ of t
8、he North American continent.A1/3B1/2C1/4D1/5 13.The state which has the largest land area of all the states in the United States is _.ATexas.BCalifornia.CAlaska.DUtah. 14.Canadas largest city is _.AMontreal.BToronto.COttawa.DVancouver. 15.The morpheme vision in the common word television is a (n) _.
9、Abound morpheme.Bbound form.Cinflectional morpheme.Dfree morpheme. 16.Whose masterpiece The Great Gatsby made him one of the greatest American novelistsAWallace Stevens.BStephen Crane.CWilliam Dean Howells.DF. Scott Fitzgerald. 17.Which of the following writers was ever appointed as Poet LaureateATh
10、omas Gray.BSamuel Johnson.CWilliam Wordsworth.DRichard Brinsley Sheridan. 18._ does not study meaning in isolation, but in context.APragmaticsBSemanticsCSense relationDConcept 19.Language change is _.Auniversal, continuous and to a large extent, regular and systematic.Bcontinuous, regular, systemati
11、c, but not universal.Cuniversal, continuous, but not regular and systematic.Dalways regular and systematic, but not universal and continuous. 20.The British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations in _.A1921.B1931.C1945.D1950. 21.Eugene ONeils first full length
12、 play, _ made a great hit and won him the first Pulitzer Prize.AAnna ChristieBBeyond the HorizonCBound East to CardiffDThe long Voyage Home 22.The writers attitude towards new farm subsidies in the US isAfavourable.Bambiguous.Ccritical.Dreserved. 23.By comparison, farmers receive more government sub
13、sidies than others.Ain the developing worldBin JapanCin EuropeDin America 24.Kenya is cited as an example to show thatApoor countries economy will continue to prosper.Bpoor countries should not rely only on agriculture.Cpoor countries should fight to reduce trade tariffs.Dpoor countries should be gi
14、ven fair treatment. 25.The message the writer attempts to convey throughout the passage is thatApoor countries should be given equal opportunities in trade.Bthe least-developed country status benefits agricultural countries.Cpoor countries should remove their suspicions about trade liberalization.Df
15、armers in poor countries should also receive the benefit of subsidies. 26.In addition to the economic considerations, there is a _ motive behind Bushs signing of the new farm bill.ApartisanBsocialCfinancialDcultural 27.The Harvard study has concluded that _.Achildren never benefit from ear surgery.B
16、tympanostomy tubes result in deafness.Csome surgeons are too eager to operate.Dear tube operations are too expensive. 28.Tympanostomy tubes are meant to _.Adissolve slowly.Breplace medicines.Calleviate eardrum pressure.Dreduce earaches. 29.In the 1940s _.Atympanostomies were never performed.Btonsill
17、ectomies were done too frequently.Cthere were too few American pediatricians.DAmerican children had fewer ear infections. 30.Which statement about the early stage of computer application in humanities is INCORRECTAThe earliest such applications could be traced back to the Renaissance.BThe mainframe
18、computers were used to help cataloging word references.CSome dictionary compilers were assisted in their work by computers.DLibrary collections were cataloged efficiently with the help of computers. 31.The passage suggests thatAcomputers have not been very helpful in humanities study until recently.
19、Bcomputers were widely used in all kinds of literary texts very long ago.Ccomputers were invented by International Business Machines Corporation.Dcomputers began to be used for literary study as soon as they were invented. 32.Martin Goldsmith believes that computer music has not yet been widely acce
20、pted becauseAthe technology prevents composers from contacting their listeners.Bno great music has yet been created through computer technology.Cfamous composers refuse to use the new technology to make music.Dcomputer is not a terrific instrument for making musical works. 33.According to one expert
21、, MIDIAmakes it possible for anyone to write music.Bis only available in expensive recording studios.Crequires high-end computers and programming skills.Dprovides cheap, powerful ways of making music. 34.Foster gained public recognition because he did all the following work EXCEPTAthat he successful
22、ly identified the author of a best-selling novel.Bthat he claimed Shakespeare wrote the poem of A Funeral Elegy.Cthat he helped to identify several anonymous newspaper writers.Dthat he was involved in a criminal investigation identifying a terrorist. 35.Machovers experiments on digital music are for
23、 the following purposes EXCEPTAcreation of new types of musical instruments.Bparticipation of people in making music.Cimprovement of current computer technology.Dconvenience in making unique music. 36.The discovery of dinosaur fossil sites in Bolivia is exciting because of the following reasons EXCE
24、PT thatAthey are found in a continent other than Asia and North Continent.Bthe largest dinosaurs in the world are found in this discovery.Cthere are some unknown species of dinosaurs found this time.Dthe dinosaurs were believed to be some of the last ones on earth. 37.The discovery of a new type of
25、ceratopsian dinosaur suggests ceratopsiansAmigrated to North America around 70 - 80 million years ago.Barrived in Asia from North America about 90 million years ago.Coriginated in Asia and later migrated to North America.Dcould have moved to Asia from North America long ago. 38.Witmers research lead
26、s people to believeATyrannosaurus Rex had lips and Triceratops had cheeks.Bdinosaurs might have looked like mammals such as sheep.Cdinosaurs might not have looked like what we thought.Ddinosaurs must have looked like birds or crocodiles. 39.The passage focuses onAdinosaurs geographical location.Bshi
27、fting views of dinosaurs.Cmigration patterns of dinosaurs.Dgeologic activity of Earth. 40.According to Krashen, _ refers to the gradual and subconscious development of L1 ability by using it naturally in daily communicative context.AacquisitionBlearningCcompetenceDperformance 41.As a school of moder
28、n painting, _ stresses on the formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints.AimagismBexpressionismCimpressionismDcubism 42.The University of Dublin was not founded untilAthe 19th century.Bthe 18th century.Cthe 17th century.Dthe 16th century. 43._ is the Amer
29、ican poet whose work was first recognized in England and then in America.ARobert FrostBWallace StevensCWalt WhitmanDEmily Dickinson 44.Among the following, _ is the one who was most influenced by Chinese poetry and philosophy.AEmily DickinsonBEzra PoundCRobert FrostDRalph Waldo Emerson 45.The resear
30、ch of how children acquire their native language and adults acquire their second/foreign language is calledApsycholinguistics.Bsociolinguistics.Csemantics.Dapplied linguistics. 46.A structurally independent unit that consists of a number of words to form a complete statement, question or command is
31、calledAa clause.Ba phrase.Ca sentence.Dall of the above. 47.The most popular newspaper in Ireland isAThe Irish Times.BThe Irish Press.CThe Irish Independent.DThe Irish Daily. 48.After the g01d rush, the city of_became the financial and economic centre in Australia.ACanberraBSydneyCMelbourneDPerth 49
32、.Christmas tree in New Zealand is the redAkowhai.Btotara.Cpohutukawa.Dkauri. 50.Which of the following is NOT suggested by FosterAIt is now possible to make further study on Shakespeare by using computers.BComputers make it possible for scholars to compare different texts at ease.CVast resources of Shakespeares works are available via Internet to the public.DThe literary future lies in our ability to make full use of digital technology.