[外语类试卷]专业英语八级(GENERAL KNOWLEDGE)模拟试卷1及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级( GENERAL KNOWLEDGE)模拟试卷 1及答案与解析 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 1 During the British Civil War, the supporters of the king were called ( A) Cavaliers. ( B) merchants. ( C) Roun
2、dheads. ( D) Scots. 2 In the late 17th century, the most famous writers were ( A) John Bunyan and John Milton. ( B) John Bunyan and John Donne. ( C) John Donne and John Milton. ( D) John Donne and Francis Bacon. 3 The Renaissance began in_in the early 14th century. ( A) Britain ( B) Italy ( C) Franc
3、e ( D) Greece 4 British English is spoken in ( A) Great Britain. ( B) Australia. ( C) New Zealand. ( D) A, B, and C 5 Raising ones open hand with palm down to ones throat means “_“ in English culture. ( A) Shame on you. ( B) Im full. ( C) Kill yourself. ( D) Youre shorter than I. 6 _River flows thro
4、ugh New York State and into New York City. ( A) The Mississippi ( B) The Rio Grand ( C) The Ohio ( D) The Hudson 7 Which group of words belongs to the close class? ( A) Adjectives. ( B) Adverbs. ( C) Prepositions. ( D) Nouns. 8 Speech act theory is an important theory in the_study of language. ( A)
5、semantic ( B) pragmatic ( C) phonetic ( D) morphological 9 John Firth, Malinowski and Halliday are the representatives of_School, known as Functional Linguistics. ( A) Prague School ( B) Copenhagen School ( C) London School ( D) Behaviorism School 10 The novel Pride and Prejudice was written by the
6、famous woman writer ( A) Charlotte Bronte. ( B) Emily Bronte. ( C) Jane Austen. ( D) Jane Eyre. 11 The Wars of Roses was ended by_who destroyed the forces of the two sides of the wars, and the feudal basis of society was completely broken. ( A) Henry II ( B) Henry VIi ( C) Henry VIII ( D) Henry IV 1
7、2 A cold dish of raw vegetables with a dressing is called ( A) hamburger. ( B) sandwich. ( C) salad. ( D) pudding. 13 The first known settlers of Britain were ( A) the Jutes. ( B) the Celts. ( C) the Saxons. ( D) the Iberians. 14 Ireland is called the Emerald Isle for its rich green countryside, but
8、 politically it is divided into two parts; ( A) Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. ( B) Southern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. ( C) the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ( D) Northern Ireland and Britain. 15 Hawthorne generally concerned himself with such issues as_in his fictions
9、. ( A) the evil in mans heart ( B) the material pursuit ( C) the racial conflict ( D) the social inequality 16 All his novels reveal that, as time went on, Mark Twain became increasingly ( A) prolific. ( B) artistic. ( C) optimistic. ( D) pessimistic. 17 The English Renaissance period was an age of
10、( A) poetry and drama. ( B) drama and novel. ( C) novel and poetry. ( D) romance and poetry. 18 Most embedded clauses require an introductory word called a subordinator, such as “that, until, before,_,“ and so on. ( A) so ( B) if ( C) for ( D) but 19 The most obvious and rapid change in the developm
11、ent of a language takes place in the area of ( A) pronunciation. ( B) vocabulary. ( C) grammar. ( D) speech. 20 “Lead (metal) “ and “ lead ( dogs head)“ are spelt in the same way, but pronounced differently. This kind of sense relation is called ( A) polysemy. ( B) antonymy. ( C) homonymy. ( D) hypo
12、nymy. 21 The Grand Canyon, carved by the Colorado River, in northwestern_is one of natures most impressive sights. ( A) Utah ( B) Arizona ( C) Nevada ( D) Oregon 22 Of all the symbols,_, which are considered to represent fertility and new life, are those most frequently associated with Easter. ( A)
13、the pumpkin and the turkey ( B) the lamb and the beef ( C) the spring peas and the potatoes ( D) the egg and the rabbit 23 The Tories are the forerunners of_ , which still bears the nickname today. ( A) the Labour Party ( B) the Liberal Party ( C) the Social Democratic Party ( D) the Conservative Pa
14、rty 24 The heir to the English throne is named the _, which was initiated by Edward I in 1301. ( A) Prince of Scotland ( B) Prince of England ( C) Prince of Wales ( D) Prince of Northern Ireland 25 Whitmans poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ( A) the strict poetic form. ( B
15、) the free and natural rhythm. ( C) the easy flow of feelings. ( D) the simple and conversational language. 26 The 18 th century witnessed a new literary form the_modern English novel , which is contrary to the medieval romance, gives a presentation of life of the common people. ( A) romantic ( B) r
16、ealistic ( C) prophetic ( D) idealistic 27 William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following EXCEPT ( A) normal contemporary speech patterns. ( B) humble and rustic life as subject matter. ( C) elegant wording and inflated figures of speech. ( D) intensely subjective feeling toward
17、 individual experience. 28 The following words, EXCEPT_, form a minimal set and three minimal pairs. ( A) beat ( B) bit ( C) bet ( D) hat 29 What is the relationship between “livestock“ and “cattle“? ( A) Polysemy. ( B) Antonymy. ( C) Homonymy. ( D) Hyponymy. 30 One way to overcome regional variatio
18、n and facilitate the communication between speakers of different dialects is to enforce_. ( A) phonetic reform ( B) language planning ( C) language reform ( D) social planning 31 The Second World War ended with the unconditional surrender of Germany in ( A) 1944. ( B) 1945. ( C) 1946. ( D) 1943 32 T
19、he flag which is a combination of Britains three parts is known as ( A) the United Nation. ( B) St. Patrick. ( C) the Union Jack. ( D) Great Britain. 33 If an English speaker refuses the compliment which merely comes out of politeness he may say ( A) No, I dont think so. ( B) Oh, you are too polite.
20、 ( C) Do you really think so? ( D) Oh, I wish it could be true. 34 A fault line runs the length of New Zealand, which means that it often has ( A) floods. ( B) volcanic eruptions. ( C) earthquakes. ( D) droughts. 35 _describes in detail a communist society. ( A) Robin Hood ( B) Vanity Fair ( C) Utop
21、ia ( D) The Waste Land 36 Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? ( A) Religion and immortality. ( B) Life and death. ( C) Love and marriage. ( D) War and peace. 37 Which group of writers is among thos
22、e who may be called early pioneers of American literature? ( A) Mark Twain and Henry James. ( B) Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving. ( C) Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner ( D) Jack London and 0. Henry. 38 The most striking phonetic difference between American and British English is the pronu
23、nciation of_in words. ( A) r ( B) a ( C) wh ( D) er 39 In English, “vis“ bears the meaning of “to look at something“ and can be combined with affixes to form new words, as in supervise, revise, etc. In this sense, “vis“ is a _ morpheme. ( A) bound ( B) free ( C) inflectional ( D) independent 40 The
24、study of the phonic medium of language is defined as ( A) morphology. ( B) semantics. ( C) phonetics. ( D) phonology. 41 The highest mountain in Britain is ( A) Scafell. ( B) Ben Nevis. ( C) Snowdonia. ( D) Belfast. 42 In Britain,the Conservative Party and the Labor Party are the major political pow
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