专业英语八级词汇-24及答案解析.doc

1、专业英语八级词汇-24及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)1.The term Father of Waters is used to refer to _ in the US.A. the Nile River B. the Amazon RiverC. the Hudson River D. the Mississippi River（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.2._ is the heart of century-old French presence in North America.A. Quebec B. AlbertaC. Ontario D. Nova

2、Scotia（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.3.The _ are the fastest growing racial and ethnic group in the United States.A. Asian-Americans B. Mexico-AmericansC. blacks D. Indians（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.4.The general election in Britain is held every _ years.A. three B. fourC. five D. six（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.5.Ezra Pounds major wo

3、rk of poetry is the long poem calledA. Polite Essays. B. Make It New.C. High Selwyn Mauberley. D. The Cantos.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.6.Pride and Prejudice is one of the best known novels written byA. Anne Bronte. B. Jane Austen.C. Mary Shelly. D. Robert Southey.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.7.Which of the following is

4、NOT one of the Lake Poets?A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. B. John Keats.C. William Wordsworth. D. Robert Southey.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.8.The relationship between begin and commence isA. semantically different synonyms. B. collocational synonyms.C. dialectal synonyms. D. stylistic synonyms.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.9.

5、The criteria to determine a words category include all the following EXCEPTA. inflection. B. distribution.C. meaning. D. style.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.10.The same word has the same _ meaning to all the speakers of the same language.A. conceptual B. lexicalC. affective D. associative（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.11._ is

6、 known as the automobile capital of the world.A. London B. Los AngelesC. Toronto D. Detroit（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.12.The oldest British daily newspaper isA. Daily Express. B. The Times.C. Financial Times. D. The Observer.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.13._ is the capital of Wales.A. Dublin B. EdinburghC. Cardiff D. New

7、 Castle（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.14.The city of _, which was formerly known as Port Jackson is the place of the earliest colonial settlement in Australia.A. Melbourne B. SydneyC. Perth D. Darwin（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.15.George Bernard Shaw was a(n)A. playwright. B. poet.C. novelist. D. essayist.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.16

8、.The famous short story The Fall of the House of Usher was written byA. Charles Dickens. B. Edgar Allen Poe.C. John Richardson. D. Henry Savery.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.17.Most of Thomas Hardys novels are set in Wessex,A. a crude region in England. B. a fictional primitive region.C. a remote rural area. D.

9、Hardys hometown.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.18.The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication isA. morphology. B. general linguistics.C. phonology. D. semantics.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.19.The word tofu is a _ one.A. clipped B. blendedC. derived D. borrowed（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.20.The

10、transformational-generative grammar was proposed byA. John Austin. B. Noam Chomsky.C. John Searle. D. M.A.K. Halliday.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.21.The Statue of Liberty was given to American people by _ as a gift.A. Britain B. FranceC. Canada D. Italy（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.22.Which of the following languages is NO

11、T spoken in Scotland?A. English. B. Scottish. C. Gaelic. D. Denish.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.23.Around _ of New Zealanders are found in North Island.A. 3/4 B. 1/2C. 3/5 D. 2/5（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.24.The _ victory was a great turning point of the War of Independence.A. New York City B. TrentonC. Saratoga D. New J

12、ersey（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.25.The Vanity Fair is a well-known part inA. The Pilgrim s Progress.B. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners.C. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman.D. The Holy War.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.26.In 1954, _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his mastery of the art of modern narr

13、ation.A. T. S. Eliot B. Ernest HemingwayC. John Steinbeck D. William Faulkner（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.27.The Rabbit series were written byA. Ezra Pound. B. Mark Twain.C. Sinclair Lewis. D. John Updike.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.28.According to the componential analysis, the words boy and man differ in the feature ofA

14、. adult. B. male.C. human. D. gender.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.29.Which of the following is NOT the change in the meaning of words?A. Specification of meaning. B. Narrowing of meaning.C. Meaning-shift. D. Widening of meaning.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.30.The dialect which is influenced by social status isA. regional d

15、ialect. B. idiolect.C. sociolect. D. ethnic dialect.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.31.The District of Manhattan is in the city ofA. New York. B. Chicago.C. San Francisco. D. Washington D.C.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.32.Apart from Paris, France, Montreal is regarded as the largest _ city in the world, known as Paris the Sec

16、ond.A. Spanish-speaking B. Portuguese-speakingC. German-speaking D. French-speaking（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.33.Which of the following is NOT a natural zone of Scotland?A. The highlands in the north. B. The central lowlands.C. The east uplands. D. The south uplands.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.34.The victory at _ was th

17、e turning point of the American Civil War.A. Gettysburg B. PhiladelphiaC. Louisiana D. Gadsden（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.35.John Steinbeck, author of _, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.A. The Grapes of Wrath B. Invisible ManC. The Winds of War D. To Kill a Mockingbird（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.36.Wha

18、t is regarded as the first American prose epic?A. Nature. B. The Scarlet Letter.C. Walden. D. Moby Dick.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.37.John Dryden was all of the following EXCEPTA. a literary critic. B. a short story writer.C. a poet. D. a dramatist.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.38.A(n) _ is a phonetic unit or segment.A. p

19、hone B. phonemeC. allophone D. sound（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.39.The subject area of _ is on the borders of linguistics and literature.A. mathematical linguistics B. anthropological linguisticsC. neurolinguistics D. linguistic stylistics（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.40.The word smog comes from smoke+fog. This is an examp

20、le of _ in morphology.A. backformation B. conversionC. blending D. acronym（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.41.It was _ who brought Christianity to Britain.A. the Dutch B. the FrenchC. the Roman D. the Spanish（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.42.Yellow Stone National Park is located inA. the northern part of Wyoming. B. the western

21、part of Wyoming.C. the southern part of Wyoming. D. the eastern part of Wyoming.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.43.The Parliament of Canada consists of the Senate andA. the House of Lords. B. the House of Commons.C. the Upper House. D. the House of Representatives.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.44._ forms a natural boundary bet

22、ween Mexico and the United States.A. The Ohio River B. The Mississippi RiverC. The Rio Grande River D. The Ruhr River（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.45.Which of the following figures does NOT belong to The Lost Generation?A. Ezra Pound. B. William Carlos Williams.C. Robert Frost. D. Theodore Dreiser.（分数：2.00）A.B.C

23、.D.46.Who is described by Mark Twain as a boy with a sound heart and a deformed conscience?A. Tom Sawyer. B. Huckleberry Finn.C. Jim. D. Tony.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.47.The novel Gullivers Travels was written byA. John Bunyan. B. Jonathan Swift.C. Tobias Smollett. D. Laurence Sterne.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.48.Spe

24、ech _ refers to any distinguishable form of speech used by a speaker.A. change B. actC. variety D. usage（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.49.The word motherland is a(n)A. clipped word. B. compound.C. blended word. D. acronym.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.50.Classification of vowels are made according to all the following EXCEPTA

25、. the openness of the mouth. B. the position of the tongue.C. the shape of the lip. D. the sound of the vowels.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.专业英语八级词汇-24答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)1.The term Father of Waters is used to refer to _ in the US.A. the Nile River B. the Amazon RiverC. the Hudson River D. the Mississippi

26、 River（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国地理概况。美国的“众河之父”指的是密西西比河。2._ is the heart of century-old French presence in North America.A. Quebec B. AlbertaC. Ontario D. Nova Scotia（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 加拿大历史概况加拿大魁北克(Quebec)至今仍然保留着法国的生活习惯和文化传统，是法国人在北美长期生活的见证。3.The _ are the fastest growing racial and ethnic group i

27、n the United States.A. Asian-Americans B. Mexico-AmericansC. blacks D. Indians（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国地理概况。美国少数民族人口中增长最快的是亚裔美国人，亚裔美国人中又以华裔美国人居多。4.The general election in Britain is held every _ years.A. three B. fourC. five D. six（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国政治概况。英国每五年举行一次大选。5.Ezra Pounds major work of

28、 poetry is the long poem calledA. Polite Essays. B. Make It New.C. High Selwyn Mauberley. D. The Cantos.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之作家作品。长诗The Cantos(诗章)是Ezra Pound最伟大的作品。6.Pride and Prejudice is one of the best known novels written byA. Anne Bronte. B. Jane Austen.C. Mary Shelly. D. Robert Southey.

29、（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学之作家作品。Pride and Prejudice(傲慢与偏见)是英国著名女小说家Jane Austen的代表作之一。7.Which of the following is NOT one of the Lake Poets?A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. B. John Keats.C. William Wordsworth. D. Robert Southey.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学之作家流派。英国早期浪漫主义“湖畔诗人”的代表人物是William Wordsworth，Samue

30、l Taylor Coleridge和Robert Southey。8.The relationship between begin and commence isA. semantically different synonyms. B. collocational synonyms.C. dialectal synonyms. D. stylistic synonyms.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学实例分析。begin和commence是同义词，但两者风格不同，前者较为随意，后者较为正式。9.The criteria to determine a words cat

31、egory include all the following EXCEPTA. inflection. B. distribution.C. meaning. D. style.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学基本概念。决定词类的标准有屈折变化、分布和含义，并不包括风格。10.The same word has the same _ meaning to all the speakers of the same language.A. conceptual B. lexicalC. affective D. associative（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考

32、点 语言学基本概念同一个单词概念上的意义对于该语言的所有使用者而言都是一样的。11._ is known as the automobile capital of the world.A. London B. Los AngelesC. Toronto D. Detroit（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国经济概况。美国的底特律(Detroit)被称为“世界汽车之都”。12.The oldest British daily newspaper isA. Daily Express. B. The Times.C. Financial Times. D. The Observer

33、.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文化概况。英国历史最悠久的报纸是泰晤士报。13._ is the capital of Wales.A. Dublin B. EdinburghC. Cardiff D. New Castle（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国地理概况。威尔士首府是加的夫。14.The city of _, which was formerly known as Port Jackson is the place of the earliest colonial settlement in Australia.A. Melbourne B. S

34、ydneyC. Perth D. Darwin（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 澳大利亚历史概况。曾冠名为杰克逊港的悉尼是澳大利亚最早的殖民据点。15.George Bernard Shaw was a(n)A. playwright. B. poet.C. novelist. D. essayist.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学之作家流派。萧伯纳(George Bernard Shaw)被认为是自莎士比亚以来英国最著名的剧作家。16.The famous short story The Fall of the House of Usher was wri

35、tten byA. Charles Dickens. B. Edgar Allen Poe.C. John Richardson. D. Henry Savery.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之作家作品、The Fall of the House of Usher(厄舍古屋的倒塌)的作者是美国浪漫主义时期的代表人物Edgar Allen Poe。17.Most of Thomas Hardys novels are set in Wessex,A. a crude region in England. B. a fictional primitive region.C

36、. a remote rural area. D. Hardys hometown.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学英国维多利亚时期的代表人物Thomas Hardy的大部分小说都以虚构的原始地区Wessex为背景。18.The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication isA. morphology. B. general linguistics.C. phonology. D. semantics.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学

37、基本概念对声音的组合方式以及交流过程中声音传递意义的方式所进行的研究属于音位学的研究范畴。19.The word tofu is a _ one.A. clipped B. blendedC. derived D. borrowed（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学实例分析tofu(豆腐)在英语中属于外来词。20.The transformational-generative grammar was proposed byA. John Austin. B. Noam Chomsky.C. John Searle. D. M.A.K. Halliday.（分数：2.00）A.

38、B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学家代表理论转换生成语法( transformational-generative grammar)是Chomsky于1957年提出的语法研究模式，其主要内容是短语结构规则和转换规则。21.The Statue of Liberty was given to American people by _ as a gift.A. Britain B. FranceC. Canada D. Italy（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国历史概况美国的自由女神像是法国于1884年赠予美国人民的礼物。22.Which of the following langu

39、ages is NOT spoken in Scotland?A. English. B. Scottish. C. Gaelic. D. Denish.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文化概况、英语和苏格兰语是苏格兰的官方语言，现在盖尔语( Gaelic)也还在苏格兰高地地区使用，丹麦语是斯堪的纳维亚语言中的一种，主要在丹麦使用。23.Around _ of New Zealanders are found in North Island.A. 3/4 B. 1/2C. 3/5 D. 2/5（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 新西兰地理概况。新西兰的北岛居住着新西

40、兰四分之三的人口。24.The _ victory was a great turning point of the War of Independence.A. New York City B. TrentonC. Saratoga D. New Jersey（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国历史概况“萨拉托加大捷”被认为是北美独立战争的转折点，并直接导致了美法联军的建立。25.The Vanity Fair is a well-known part inA. The Pilgrim s Progress.B. Grace Abounding to the Chief of

41、Sinners.C. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman.D. The Holy War.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学之作家作品The Pilgrims Progress(天路历程)是17世纪英国文艺复兴后期作家John Bunyan的经典之作，7he Vanity Fair(名利场)是其中最著名的一部分。26.In 1954, _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his mastery of the art of modern narration.A. T. S. Eliot

42、 B. Ernest HemingwayC. John Steinbeck D. William Faulkner（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之作家贡献1954年诺贝尔文学奖得主是美国的Ernest Hemingway。Hemingway是“迷惘的一代”的代表人物，以写小说见长。27.The Rabbit series were written byA. Ezra Pound. B. Mark Twain.C. Sinclair Lewis. D. John Updike.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之作家作品The Rabbit series(兔子系列)是John Updike(约翰厄普代克)最为出色的作品。28.According to the componential analysis, the words boy and man differ in the feature ofA. adult. B. male.C. human. D. gender.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学实例分析。“