专业英语八级词汇-25及答案解析.doc

1、专业英语八级词汇-25及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)1.The _ were the forerunners of the Conservative Party.A. Whigs B. Liberal PartyC. Tories D. reformists（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.2._ is the largest province in Canada geographically.A. Ontario B. QuebecC. Saskatchewan D. Manitoba（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.3.The United Kingdom is a

2、 _, with a king or a queen as its head.A. federal state B. constitutional monarchyC. feudal country D. constitutional state（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.4.At first, the capital of the US was inA. Washington. B. Boston.C. Philadelphia. D. Los Angeles.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.5.Which of the following female writers did NO

3、T belong to the Bronte Sisters?A. Anne Bronte. B. Charlotte Bronte.C. Emily Bronte. D. Mary Bronte.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.6._ was the first American playwright to win the Nobel Prize.A. Arthur Miller B. Eugene Gladstone ONeilC. Tennessee Williams D. Bernard Malamud（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.7.In 1900, Jack London p

4、ublished his first collection of short stories, namedA. The Son of the Wolf. B. The Sea Wolf.C. The Law of Life. D. White Fang.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.8.The relationship between the words color and black isA. synonymy. B. antonymy.C. polysemy. D. hyponymy.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.9.In linguistics, the fact that a

5、lexical item may undergo a shift in meaning is calledA. losing of meaning. B. widening of meaning.C. meaning-shift. D. narrowing of meaning.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.10._ provides great philosophical insight into the nature of the linguistic communication.A. The CP Theory B. The Speech Act TheoryC. The Unive

6、rsal Grammar D. The Principle of Conversation（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.11.The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party wasA. Abraham Lincoln. B. James Monroe.C. James Madison. D. Thomas Jefferson.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.12._ is the leading state in oil and natural gas deposits in the US.A. I

7、owa B. New YorkC. California D. Texas（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.13._ is the longest river in Canada.A. The Murray River B. The Mackenzie RiverC. The St. Lawrence D. The Clutha River（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.14.The Privy Council was called _ in the British history.A. the Great Council B. the Democratic PartyC. the Libe

8、ral Party D. the Kings Council（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.15.The dividing line between the nineteenth century and the contemporary American literature isA. World War . B. the Great Depression.C. World War . D. the Civil War.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.16.All the following writers belong to the Beat Generation EXCEPTA. La

9、wrence Ferlinghetti. B. Allen Ginsberg.C. William Burroughs. D. John Updike.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.17.Poetry is Spontaneous was put forward byA. Charles Lamb. B. William Wordsworth.C. Robert Bums. D. William Blake.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.18.Which of the following is NOT the specific instance of directives?A. Adv

10、ising. B. Inviting.C. Warning. D. Swearing.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.19.Idiolect may combine all the following elements EXCEPTA. age variations. B. gender variations.C. time variations. D. regional variations.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.20.Homophones are often employed to create puns for all the following effects EXCEP

11、TA. ridicule. B. humor.C. sarcasm. D. redundancy.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.21.British Prime Minister is appointed byA. the monarch. B. the House of Lords.C. the House of Common. D. the public.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.22.The US Congress has the power to make these laws EXCEPT ofA. the regulation of foreign trade. B.

12、marriage.C. defense. D. naturalization.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.23.Canada is a country with as many as _ nationalities.A. 40 B. 60C. 80 D. 100（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.24.The following animals are unique to Australia EXCEPTA. emus. B. kangaroos.C. koalas. D. tigers.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.25.Which of the following is NOT a

13、 black author?A. James Baldwin. B. Alan Ginsberg.C. Richard Wright. D. Ralph Ellison.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.26._ can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of Romantic literary.A. Jane Eyre B. Sons and LoversC. Don Juan D. Ulysses（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.27._ is Hemingways first true novel which portray

14、s the lost generation.A. A Farewell to Arms B. The Old Man and the SeaC. For Whom the Bell Tolls D. The Sun Also Rises（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.28.The theory of universal grammar was proposed byA. Chomsky. B. Saussure.C. Sapir. D. Firth.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.29.The word girl originally meant young person of eithe

15、r sex, but now it means young people of female sex. This is an example ofA. meaning-shift. B. loss of meaning.C. widening of meaning. D. narrow of meaning.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.30.According to the speech act theory, a speaker might be performing all the following acts when speaking EXCEPTA. illocutionary

16、 act. B. perlocutionary act.C. performative act. D. locutionary act.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.31._ is the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes.A. New York B. HustonC. Chicago D. Salt Lake City（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.32._ claimed that Australia and New Zealand belonged to Britain in 1770.A. Abel Tasman B. Chr

17、istopher ColumbusC. James Cook D. Amerigo Vespucci（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.33._ is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.A. New York City B. Washington D.C.C. San Francisco D. Los Angeles（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.34._ is the key to Industrial Revolution.A. Steam engine B. Railway engineC. Cotton t

18、extile D. Coal mining（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.35._ was NOT written by Charles Dickens.A. David Copperlield B. Oliver TwistC. Sons and Lovers D. A Tale of Two Cities（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.36.The term metaphysical poetry is commonly used to name the works of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of

19、A. John Milton. B. John Donne.C. John Keats. D. John Bunyan.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.37.The leader of the imagist movement in American literature isA. Thomas Stearns Eliot. B. Robert Frost.C. Wallace Stevens. D. Ezra Pound.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.38.All the following words contain the inflectional affixes EXCEPTA.

20、 watches. B. longer.C. notes. D. useful.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.39.Phrases that are formed of more than one word usually contain all the following elements EXCEPTA. complement. B. head.C. specifier. D. affix.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.40.Contextual features exclude the _ when an utterance is made.A. place B. partici

21、pantsC. purpose D. time（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.41.Which of the following is NOT a part of New England?A. Maine. B. California.C. Vermont. D. Rhode Island.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.42.The two party names of Whigs and Tories originated withA. the English Civil War. B. the Glorious Revolution.C. the Industrial Revolut

22、ion. D. the Restoration.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.43.Ottawa is located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern part of the province ofA. Manitoba. B. Ontario.C. Saskatchewan. D. Quebec.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.44.Which of the following is NOT a state of Australia?A. Canberra. B. Tasmania.C. Queensland. D. South Australi

23、a.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.45.In the mid-l 8th century, a new literary movement called _ came to Europe and then to England.A. classicism B. restorationC. romanticism D. realism（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.46.William Faulkner was the foremost American _ writer of the 20th century.A. black B. southernC. western D. New E

24、ngland（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.47.The Great Gatsby is written byA. Francis Scott Fitzgerald. B. Ernest Hemingway.C. Sinclair Lewis. D. John Steinbeck.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.48.Which of the following does NOT belong to the methods of the addition of new words?A. Acronyms. B. Borrowing.C. Form-shift. D. Coinage.（分数

25、：2.00）A.B.C.D.49.Mode of discourse is concerned withA. how communication is carried out.B. where communication is carried out.C. when communication is carried out.D. who carries out the communication.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.50.Promising belongs toA. representatives.B. commissives.C. expressives.D. directiv

26、es.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.专业英语八级词汇-25答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)1.The _ were the forerunners of the Conservative Party.A. Whigs B. Liberal PartyC. Tories D. reformists（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点英国政治概况。英国保守党的前身是托利党。托利党人是指那些支持世袭王权、不愿废除国王的人。2._ is the largest province in Canada geographically.A. Ontario B. QuebecC

27、. Saskatchewan D. Manitoba（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点加拿大地理概况。魁北克省是加拿大面积最大的省。3.The United Kingdom is a _, with a king or a queen as its head.A. federal state B. constitutional monarchyC. feudal country D. constitutional state（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点英国政治概况。英国是君主立宪制国家，国家首脑为国王或女王。4.At first, the capital of the

28、 US was inA. Washington. B. Boston.C. Philadelphia. D. Los Angeles.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点美国历史概况。美国建国之初政府地处费城。5.Which of the following female writers did NOT belong to the Bronte Sisters?A. Anne Bronte. B. Charlotte Bronte.C. Emily Bronte. D. Mary Bronte.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点英国文学之作家生平。勃朗特三姐妹指的是：Char

29、lotte Bronte、Emily Bronte和Anne Bronte。6._ was the first American playwright to win the Nobel Prize.A. Arthur Miller B. Eugene Gladstone ONeilC. Tennessee Williams D. Bernard Malamud（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点美国文学之作家生平。Eugene Gladstone ONeill是美国现代戏剧的奠基人，也是美国首位获得诺贝尔文学奖的戏剧作家。7.In 1900, Jack London published

30、 his first collection of short stories, namedA. The Son of the Wolf. B. The Sea Wolf.C. The Law of Life. D. White Fang.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点美国文学之作家作品。The Son of the Wolf(狼之子)出版于1900年，是Jack London的首部短篇小说合集。8.The relationship between the words color and black isA. synonymy. B. antonymy.C. polysemy. D

31、. hyponymy.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点语言学实例分析。“颜色”和“黑色”属于上下义关系。9.In linguistics, the fact that a lexical item may undergo a shift in meaning is calledA. losing of meaning. B. widening of meaning.C. meaning-shift. D. narrowing of meaning.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点语言学基本概念。在语言学中，语句含义的改变被称为意义转移(meaning-shift)。10

32、._ provides great philosophical insight into the nature of the linguistic communication.A. The CP Theory B. The Speech Act TheoryC. The Universal Grammar D. The Principle of Conversation（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点语言学基本理论。言语行为理论(Speech Act Theory)将言语行为分为言内行为、言外行为和言后行为这三类，有助于人们更深入地分析语言交际的本质。11.The first Am

33、erican president to be elected from the Republican Party wasA. Abraham Lincoln. B. James Monroe.C. James Madison. D. Thomas Jefferson.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国政治概况。美国历史上第一位共和党总统是Abraham Lincoln。12._ is the leading state in oil and natural gas deposits in the US.A. Iowa B. New YorkC. California D. Te

34、xas（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国地理概况。得克萨斯州是美国石油和天然气储量最大的州。13._ is the longest river in Canada.A. The Murray River B. The Mackenzie RiverC. The St. Lawrence D. The Clutha River（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 加拿大地理概况马更些河(the Mackenzie River)是加拿大最长的河流，流经加拿大地盾(Canadian Shield)与西部落基山脉(the Rocky Mountains)之间，全长1600公里。

35、14.The Privy Council was called _ in the British history.A. the Great Council B. the Democratic PartyC. the Liberal Party D. the Kings Council（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国政治概况。枢密院在英国历史上又称国王议会，原本是政府行政权力的源泉。15.The dividing line between the nineteenth century and the contemporary American literature isA. W

36、orld War . B. the Great Depression.C. World War . D. the Civil War.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学。美国现代文学与之前的分界线是第一次世界大战。16.All the following writers belong to the Beat Generation EXCEPTA. Lawrence Ferlinghetti. B. Allen Ginsberg.C. William Burroughs. D. John Updike.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之作家流派。John

37、 Updike并不是美国文学“垮掉的一代”的代表作家。17.Poetry is Spontaneous was put forward byA. Charles Lamb. B. William Wordsworth.C. Robert Bums. D. William Blake.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学。William Wordsworth认为“所有的好诗都是激情的自然流露”。18.Which of the following is NOT the specific instance of directives?A. Advising. B. Inviting

38、.C. Warning. D. Swearing.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学基本概念。指令类(directives)言语行为包括：inviting，suggesting，requesting，advising，warning, threatening，ordering，而swearing属于阐述类(representatives)，19.Idiolect may combine all the following elements EXCEPTA. age variations. B. gender variations.C. time variations. D.

39、regional variations.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学基本概念。个人方言结合了以下几个因素：地域变化、社会变化、性别变化和年龄变化。20.Homophones are often employed to create puns for all the following effects EXCEPTA. ridicule. B. humor.C. sarcasm. D. redundancy.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学基本概念。在双关语中使用同义词主要是为了制造幽默、讽刺、嘲笑等效果。21.British Prime Minist

40、er is appointed byA. the monarch. B. the House of Lords.C. the House of Common. D. the public.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国政治概况：在英国大选中获多数议席的政党组建政府，其领袖由君主任命为首相。22.The US Congress has the power to make these laws EXCEPT ofA. the regulation of foreign trade. B. marriage.C. defense. D. naturalization.（分数：2.

41、00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国政治概况。美国的立法机关是美国国会，但婚姻不属于其立法范围。23.Canada is a country with as many as _ nationalities.A. 40 B. 60C. 80 D. 100（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 加拿大地理概况。加拿大是个多民族国家，境内有多达100个民族。24.The following animals are unique to Australia EXCEPTA. emus. B. kangaroos.C. koalas. D. tigers.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考

42、点 澳大利亚地理概况。食火鸟、袋鼠和考拉都是澳大利亚特有的动物，老虎则并非如此。25.Which of the following is NOT a black author?A. James Baldwin. B. Alan Ginsberg.C. Richard Wright. D. Ralph Ellison.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之作家生平，Alan Ginsberg并不是黑人作家。26._ can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of Romantic literary.A. Jane Eyre B. Sons and LoversC. Don Juan D. Ulysses（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学之作家流派。Don Juan(唐璜)是英国浪漫主义诗人Byron的经典之作。27._ is Hemingways first true novel which portrays the lost generation.A. A Farewell to Arms B. The Old Man and the SeaC. For Whom the Bell Tolls D. The Sun Also Rises（分数：2.00）A.B.