专业英语八级词汇-22及答案解析.doc

1、专业英语八级词汇-22及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)1.The British North America Act of l 867 established Canada as aA. colony. B. protectorate.C. dominion. D. sphere of influence.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.2.The US ranks first in the production and export ofA. rice. B. wheat.C. corn. D. gold.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.3._ was the fi

2、rst nationwide working class movement in Britain.A. The Agricultural Enclosure B. The Peoples CharterC. The Industrial Revolution D. The Chartist Movement（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.4._ music is perhaps Americas greatest contribution to the world of popular music.A. Blues B. WaltzC. Rock D. Jazz（分数：2.00）A.B.C.

3、D.5.The novel Sister Carrie was written byA. Sherwood Anderson. B. Stephen Crane.C. Theodore Dreiser. D. William Dean Howells.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.6._ flourished in the Elizabethan Age more than any other form of literature.A. Novel B. PoetryC. Essay D. Drama（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.7.Who is the most outstandin

4、g of all the transcendental writers in American literature?A. Washington Irving. B. James Fenimore Cooper.C. Ralph Waldo Emerson. D. Henry David Thoreau.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.8.The meaning that can be found in the dictionary is the _ meaning of a word.A. iconic B. culturalC. connotative D. denotative（分数：

5、2.00）A.B.C.D.9.The form of a given language used in a certain geographical region is calledA. dialect. B. pidgin.C. register. D. style.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.10.The phrases accuse of and charge with areA. dialectal synonyms. B. semantically different synonyms.C. stylistic synonyms. D. collocational synony

6、ms.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.11.Whose presidential term is the longest in the US?A. Franklin Roosevelt. B. George Washington.C. Thomas Jefferson. D. Abraham Lincoln.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.12._ is the second largest city of Canada.A. Comer Brook B. TorontoC. Montreal D. Vancouver（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.13.Christopher Colu

7、mbus was a(n) _ navigator.A. British B. SpanishC. Portuguese D. Italian（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.14._ is the oldest of the Australian states.A. New South Wales B. South AustraliaC. Queensland D. Victoria（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.15._ is a folk legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes; it

8、 is a long poem of over 3,000 lines and the national epic of the English people.A. BeowulfB. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. The Canterbury TalesD. King Arthur and His Knights of the Roundtable（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.16.The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one ofA.

9、 Romeo and Juliet. B. The Faerie Queen.C. Tamburlaine. D. The Canterbury Tales.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.17.The group of Shakespeare plays known as romance or reconciliation plays isA. Merchant of Venice; As You Like It.B. The Tempest; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; The Winters Tale.C. Romeo and Juliet; Antonym a

10、nd Cleopatra.D. The Tempest; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; The Winters Tale; Cymbeline.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.18.The study of language acquisition is generally known asA. theoretical linguistics. B. psycholinguistics.C. applied linguistics. D. historical linguistics.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.19.The history of English

11、is usually divided into _ major periods.A. three B. fourC. five D. two（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.20.The morpheme scope in the common word telescope is a(n)A. bound morpheme. B. bound form.C. inflectional morpheme. D. free morpheme.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.21.The worlds largest volcano Mauna Loa is located onA. Alaska

12、. B. the Colorado Plateau.C. Hawaii. D. the Great Lakes.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.22.Enclosure in Britain introduced _ into rural relationships.A. a new partnership B. a new class hostilityC. a new class D. a new world（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.23._ is the capital city of Australia.A. Darwin B. MelbourneC. Canberra D.

13、 Sydney（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.24.As a consequence of the Industrial Revolution, _ became the source of the nations wealth.A. towns B. machinesC. farms D. factories（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.25.He has a servant called Friday. He in the quoted sentence is a character inA. Henry fieldings Tom Jones.B. John Bunyans The

14、 Pilgrims Progress.C. Richard Brinsley Sheridans The School for Scandal.D. Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.26.Gullivers Travels was written byA. Daniel Defoe. B. Charles Dickens.C. Jonathan Swift. D. Joseph Addison.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.27.William Wordsworth is generally known as a _ poet.

15、A. romantic B. realisticC. naturalistic D. neo-classic（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.28.The study of the production of speech sounds is of great interest to those working inA. articulatory phonetics. B. acoustic phonetics.C. auditory phonetics. D. phonology.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.29.Which of the following is NOT a bran

16、ch of Macrolinguistics?A. Sociolinguistics. B. Psycholinguistics.C. Historical linguistics. D. Computational linguistics.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.30.The words rain and reign are examples ofA. synonyms. B. polysemies.C. hyponymies. D. homonymies.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.31.The Declaration of Independence was drafted

17、 byA. George Washington. B. Thomas Jefferson.C. John Locke. D. Abraham Lincoln.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.32.The first king of England isA. James 1. B. Henry 1.C. Egbert. D. John.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.33.Canada is made up of _ provinces and three territories.A. five B. eightC. six D. ten（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.34._ is th

18、e Space City of the USA.A. Detroit B. BostonC. Houston D. Chicago（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.35.The first American writer who gained international fame wasA. Mark Twain. B. R. W. Emerson.C. Washington Irving. D. Walt Whitman.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.36._ published in 1789 marked the beginning of Romanticism in English

19、 poetry.A. Lucy Poems B. Lyrical BalladsC. My Heart Leaps Up D. To the Cuckoo（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.37.Paradise Lost is the masterpiece ofA. Robert Bums. B. William Shakespeare.C. John Milton. D. William Blake.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.38.Children can speak before they can read or write shows that language isA. ar

20、bitrary. B. used for communication.C. productive. D. basically vocal.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.39.The meaning of yellow to Chinese is different from that to western people, and the different meanings of yellow are its _ meanings.A. associative B. conceptualC. cognitive D. stylistic（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.40.All the

21、 following topics are studied in pragmatics EXCEPTA. conversation. B. politeness.C. deixis. D. context.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.41._ is the only organ which has the power to interpret the Constitution in the US.A. The Federal Government B. The House of RepresentativesC. The Senate D. The Supreme Court（分数：2.

22、00）A.B.C.D.42.The highest mountain in Britain isA. Boleyn. B. Scafell.C. Ben Nevis. D. Snowdonia.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.43.The first immigrants in the American history came fromA. France. B. England and Netherlands.C. Russia. D. Spain and Portugal.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.44.Nearly _ of Canadas trade is with Amer

23、ica including exports and imports.A. 1/3 B. 1/2C. 2/3 D. 3/4（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.45.Which of the following is NOT written by Eugene Gladstone ONeill?A. Anna Christie. B. The Iceman Cometh.C. Long Day s Journey into Night. D. Invisible Man.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.46.William Langland wrote forA. the common peopl

24、e. B. the court.C. the royal family. D. the monks.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.47.Which of the following is NOT a dominant figure of the American Realistic Period?A. William Dean Howells. B. Theodore Dreiser.C. Henry James. D. Mark Twain.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.48.N. Chomsky is a great _ linguist.A. American B. Canadi

25、anC. French D. Swiss（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.49._ are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words.A. Affixes B. StemsC. Roots D. Derivations（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.50.According to the predication analysis, the predication of the sentence It is snowing. is aA. one-place predication. B. two-place p

26、redication.C. three-place predication. D. no-place predication.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.专业英语八级词汇-22答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)1.The British North America Act of l 867 established Canada as aA. colony. B. protectorate.C. dominion. D. sphere of influence.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 加拿大历史概况1867年的英国北美法案确定加拿大为自治领地。2.T

27、he US ranks first in the production and export ofA. rice. B. wheat.C. corn. D. gold.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国经济概况。美国是世界上最大的玉米生产国和出口国。3._ was the first nationwide working class movement in Britain.A. The Agricultural Enclosure B. The Peoples CharterC. The Industrial Revolution D. The Chartist Movemen

28、t（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国历史概况。宪章运动是英国第一次全国范围的工人阶级运动。4._ music is perhaps Americas greatest contribution to the world of popular music.A. Blues B. WaltzC. Rock D. Jazz（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文化概况爵士乐被看成是美国人对音乐的特别贡献。5.The novel Sister Carrie was written byA. Sherwood Anderson. B. Stephen Crane.C. The

29、odore Dreiser. D. William Dean Howells.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之作家作品小说Sister Carrie(嘉莉妹妹)的作者是Theodore Dreiser，这是一个有关贫穷的乡村女孩到芝加哥追寻美国梦想的故事。6._ flourished in the Elizabethan Age more than any other form of literature.A. Novel B. PoetryC. Essay D. Drama（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学之文学流派英国伊丽莎白时期最盛行的文学形式

30、是戏剧。7.Who is the most outstanding of all the transcendental writers in American literature?A. Washington Irving. B. James Fenimore Cooper.C. Ralph Waldo Emerson. D. Henry David Thoreau.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之作家贡献。Ralph Waldo Emerson是美国超验主义最杰出的代表作家。8.The meaning that can be found in the dictiona

31、ry is the _ meaning of a word.A. iconic B. culturalC. connotative D. denotative（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学基本概念在词典中查到的单词含义属于指示含义。9.The form of a given language used in a certain geographical region is calledA. dialect. B. pidgin.C. register. D. style.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学基本概念在特定地理区域内使用的语言应该就是该地区的

32、方言。10.The phrases accuse of and charge with areA. dialectal synonyms. B. semantically different synonyms.C. stylistic synonyms. D. collocational synonyms.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学实例分析collocational synonyms意为“固定搭配的同义词”，指用在不同固定搭配中的同义词。11.Whose presidential term is the longest in the US?A. Franklin Ro

33、osevelt. B. George Washington.C. Thomas Jefferson. D. Abraham Lincoln.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国政治概况迄今为止，美国在位时间最长的总统是罗斯福，共在位12年。12._ is the second largest city of Canada.A. Comer Brook B. TorontoC. Montreal D. Vancouver（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 加拿大地理概况加拿大第二大城市是蒙特利尔( Montreal)。13.Christopher Columbus was

34、 a(n) _ navigator.A. British B. SpanishC. Portuguese D. Italian（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国历史概况，发现美洲新大陆的哥伦布是意大利航海家。14._ is the oldest of the Australian states.A. New South Wales B. South AustraliaC. Queensland D. Victoria（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 澳大利亚地理概况澳大利亚各州中历史最悠久的是新南威尔士(New South Wales)。15._ is a folk

35、 legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes; it is a long poem of over 3,000 lines and the national epic of the English people.A. BeowulfB. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. The Canterbury TalesD. King Arthur and His Knights of the Roundtable（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学作品B

36、eowulf(贝奥武夫)是盎格鲁撒克逊时期留下的重要的古英语文学作品，它被认为是英国的民族史诗；Sir Gawain and the Green Knight(高文爵士与绿衣骑士)和King Arthur and His Knights of the Roundtable(亚瑟王和他的圆桌骑士)是中古英语时期的浪漫传奇；The Canterbury Tale(坎特伯雷故事集)是英国大诗人乔叟的一部诗体短篇小说集。16.The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one ofA. Rom

37、eo and Juliet. B. The Faerie Queen.C. Tamburlaine. D. The Canterbury Tales.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学之作家作品、乔叟被誉为英国诗歌之父，Troilus and Criseyde(特罗拉斯与克莱西德)是他的重要作品之一。17.The group of Shakespeare plays known as romance or reconciliation plays isA. Merchant of Venice; As You Like It.B. The Tempest; Pericles

38、, Prince of Tyre; The Winters Tale.C. Romeo and Juliet; Antonym and Cleopatra.D. The Tempest; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; The Winters Tale; Cymbeline.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学之作家作品。16081612年被认为是莎翁的浪漫剧和和解剧的创作时期，著有四部浪漫剧与和解剧：The Tempest(暴风雨)，Pericles, Prince of Tyre(泰尔亲王佩里克里斯)，The Winters Tale(冬天的故事)，C

39、ymbeline(辛白林)。18.The study of language acquisition is generally known asA. theoretical linguistics. B. psycholinguistics.C. applied linguistics. D. historical linguistics.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学基本概念，语言习得是心理语言学研究的中心课题之一。19.The history of English is usually divided into _ major periods.A. three B.

40、fourC. five D. two（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学基本知识。英语语言的发展历史一般分为三个阶段：古英语阶段、中世纪英语阶段和现代英语阶段。20.The morpheme scope in the common word telescope is a(n)A. bound morpheme. B. bound form.C. inflectional morpheme. D. free morpheme.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学实例分析。自由词素(free morpheme)是能独立运用的词素，它有完整的意义，在句中充当一个自由的

41、语法单位；粘着词素(bound morpheme)不能独立成词，只能依附于其他词素上以构成词或担当一定的语法功能。21.The worlds largest volcano Mauna Loa is located onA. Alaska. B. the Colorado Plateau.C. Hawaii. D. the Great Lakes.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国地理概况。世界上最大的活火山莫纳罗亚火山位于夏威夷地区。22.Enclosure in Britain introduced _ into rural relationships.A. a new p

42、artnership B. a new class hostilityC. a new class D. a new world（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国历史概况。英国的圈地运动使农村关系中产生了新的阶级对立。23._ is the capital city of Australia.A. Darwin B. MelbourneC. Canberra D. Sydney（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 澳大利亚地理概况。澳大利亚的首都是堪培拉(Canberra)。24.As a consequence of the Industrial Revolution, _ became the source of the nations wealth.A. towns B. machinesC. farms D. factories（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国历史概况。工业革命使得英国的城镇得以迅速发展，并成为国家财富的源泉。25.He has a servant called Friday. He in the quoted sentence is a character inA. Henry fieldings Tom Jones.B. John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progre