专业英语八级词汇-26及答案解析.doc

1、专业英语八级词汇-26及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)1.Which of the following does NOT belong to a political division on the island of Great Britain?A. England. B. Wales.C. Ireland. D. Scotland.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.2._ is the worlds largest exporter of mutton.A. New Zealand B. AustraliaC. Canada D. America（分数：2.00）A.B

2、.C.D.3.Which of the following does NOT belong to the first English-American colonies?A. New Mexico. B. Connecticut.C. Delaware. D. Virginia.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.4.The Statue of Liberty is locatedA. in Arizona. B. at Boston Harbor.C. in Washington. D. at New York Harbor.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.5.Which of the fo

3、llowing novels were NOT developed by James Fenimore Cooper?A. Local novels. B. Sea novels.C. The American frontier novels. D. Novels about the revolutionary past.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.6.Who is the author of The Grapes of Wrath?A. John Steinbeck. B. Eugene ONeill.C. F. Scott Fitzgerald. D. Theodore Dreise

4、r.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.7._ marked the end of the American romanticism.A. Song of Myself B. Laves of GrassC. Walden D. The Raven（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.8.The function of the sentence A nice day, isnt it? isA. informative. B. phatic.C. directive. D. performative.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.9.Which of the following words is

5、 entirely arbitrary?A. Book. B. Crash.C. Beautiful. D. Newspaper.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.10.Which of the following is NOT a branch of phonetics?A. Articulatory Phonetics. B. Arbitrary Phonetics.C. Auditory Phonetics. D. Acoustic Phonetics.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.11.The ancestors of the English areA. Celts. B. Ang

6、lo-Saxons.C. Scots. D. Irish.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.12.Canada was originally one colony ofA. England. B. America.C. Australia. D. Spain.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.13.The traditional dividing line in America between east and west isA. the Appalachians. B. the Rockies.C. the Mississippi River. D. the Rio Grande River

7、.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.14.New Englanders were originally known as _, which come to stand for all Americans.A. Yankees B. Uncle SamC. Hippies D. Puritans（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.15._ was usually regarded as the first American writer.A. Captain John Smith. B. William Bradford.C. Anne Bradstreet. D. Thomas Paine.（分

8、数：2.00）A.B.C.D.16.Who is considered the father of modern English poetry?A. William Langland. B. Philip Sidney.C. Edmund Spenser. D. Geoffrey Chaucer.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.17.The Spenserian Stanza refers toA. a free style. B. a nine-line verse stanza.C. a free verse stanza. D. nine-line poems.（分数：2.00）A.B

9、.C.D.18.The word _ is NOT a free morpheme.A. children B. bookC. sing D. use（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.19.Syntactic categories contain all the following types EXCEPTA. meanings that words express. B. linguistic items the words use.C. affixes that words take. D. structures in which the words can occur.（分数：2.00）

10、A.B.C.D.20.Analysis of meaning includesA. predication analysis and semantics analysis.B. componential analysis and semantics analysis.C. semantics analysis and structural analysis.D. componential analysis and predication analysis.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.21.The largest city in New Zealand isA. Auckland. B.

11、Christchurch.C. Dunedin. D. Wellington.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.22.The three largest cities in Canada do NOT includeA. Toronto. B. Quebec.C. Ottawa. D. Vancouver.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.23.The First Continental Congress was held in 1774 inA. New York. B. Washington.C. Philadelphia. D. Louisiana.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.24

12、.The first known settlers of Britain wereA. the Celts. B. the Anglo-Saxons.C. the Brythons. D. the Iberians.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.25._ first introduced rationalism to England.A. Alexander Pope B. Samuel PepysC. Daniel Defoe D. Samuel Richardson（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.26.Who wrote one of the most enduring classi

13、c poems Ode to the West Wind?A. William Wordsworth. B. Alfred Tennyson.C. Percy Shelley. D. Robert Burns.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.27.American _ was also called American Renaissance.A. Transcendentalism B. RealismC. Modernism D. Romanticism（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.28.Pragmatics is different from other linguistic bra

14、nches because _ get involved in it.A. listeners B. speakersC. followers D. grammars（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.29.The publication of Saussures work Course in General Linguistics marked the beginning ofA. the modern grammar. B. the pragmatics.C. the modern linguistics. D. the semantics.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.30._ are

15、 NOT a minimal pair in English.A. sink and zinc B. ben and penC. teach and tough D. bat and pat/（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.31.The official name of Great Britain isA. the United Kingdom.B. the United Kingdom of Great Britain.C. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.D. the United Kingdom of Great Brit

16、ain and Northern Ireland.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.32.For nearly _ years Britain was under the Roman occupation.A. 300 B. 400C. 500 D. 600（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.33._ is the capital of New South Wales, and the oldest and largest city in Australia.A. Melbourne B. SydneyC. Darwin D. Canberra（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.34.Which

17、of the following is NOT the major newspaper or magazine in the USA?A. New York Times. B. Washington Post.C. National Geography. D. Financial Times.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.35.The American literature around the Revolution of Independence experienced an age ofA. sin and predestination. B. enlightenment.C. rea

18、son and order. D. philosophical movement.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.36._ was considered as the poet of the American revolution.A. Thomas Jefferson B. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas Paine D. Philip Freneau（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.37.Shakespeare wrote all the following works EXCEPTA. Hamlet. B. King Lear.C. Wuthering Heigh

19、ts. D. Othello.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.38.Which of the following do NOT belong to open class words?A. Articles. B. Nouns.C. Adjectives. D. Adverbs.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.39.The words baggage and luggage areA. dialectal synonyms.B. synonyms differing in emotive meaning.C. collocationally-restricted synonyms.D. sy

20、nonyms differing in styles.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.40.The meaning of an utterance is based onA. the hearer. B. the speaker.C. sentence meaning. D. the context.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.41.Australia and New Zealand were first discovered by the _ explorer.A. Dutch B. EnglishC. Spanish D. French（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.42._ i

21、s generally regarded as the beginning of modern world history.A. The English Civil War B. The American Civil WarC. The World War D. The World War （分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.43.Under _, Wales was conquered.A. Edward B. Edward C. Henry D. Henry （分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.44.The natives of America are theA. British B. His

22、panicsC. Mexicans D. Indians（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.45._ is often regarded as the founder of the English domestic novel.A. Henry Fielding B. Samuel PepysC. Samuel Richardson D. Daniel Defoe（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.46.The modern English novel gives a(n) _ presentation of life of the common people.A. realistic B. id

23、ealisticC. prophetic D. romantic（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.47.What is the name of the woman poet who had her The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America?A. Anne Bradstreet. B. Maria Edgeworth.C. Jane Austen. D. Emily Dickinson.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.48.There are _ morphemes in the word uncomfortably.A. three B. four

24、C. five D. six（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.49._ is a linguistic variety used by people living in the same geographical region.A. Sociolect B. IdiolectC. Regional dialect D. Ethnic dialect（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.50.Traditional behaviourists think that _ are keys to language development.A. immitation and habit formation

25、 B. immitation and practiceC. generalization and learning D. discrimination and generalization（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.专业英语八级词汇-26答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)1.Which of the following does NOT belong to a political division on the island of Great Britain?A. England. B. Wales.C. Ireland. D. Scotland.（分数：2.00）A.

26、B.C.D.解析：考点 英国地理概况。大不列颠岛(Great Britain)上共有三个政治分区：英格兰(England)、苏格兰(Scotland)币口威尔士(Wales)，而爱尔兰(全称：爱尔兰共和国)则是大不列颠岛之外的另一岛屿爱尔兰岛上的国家。2._ is the worlds largest exporter of mutton.A. New Zealand B. AustraliaC. Canada D. America（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 新西兰经济概况。新西兰是经济发达国家，畜牧业是其经济的基础。新西兰羊肉、奶制品和粗羊毛的出口量均居世界第一位。新西兰还

27、是世界上最大的鹿茸生产国和出口国。3.Which of the following does NOT belong to the first English-American colonies?A. New Mexico. B. Connecticut.C. Delaware. D. Virginia.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国历史概况。新墨西哥并不是首批英属美国殖民地。4.The Statue of Liberty is locatedA. in Arizona. B. at Boston Harbor.C. in Washington. D. at New York

28、 Harbor.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国地理概况。自由女神像位于纽约港。5.Which of the following novels were NOT developed by James Fenimore Cooper?A. Local novels. B. Sea novels.C. The American frontier novels. D. Novels about the revolutionary past.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之作家贡献。美国浪漫主义时期的代表人物James Fenimore Cooper发展了三种

29、小说：有关过去革命的小说、海洋小说和美国边境小说。6.Who is the author of The Grapes of Wrath?A. John Steinbeck. B. Eugene ONeill.C. F. Scott Fitzgerald. D. Theodore Dreiser.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之作家作品。The Grapes of Wrath(愤怒的葡萄)的作者是John Steinbeck，他是美国大萧条时期的主要作家。7._ marked the end of the American romanticism.A. Song of M

30、yself B. Laves of GrassC. Walden D. The Raven（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之作家贡献。、Walt Whitman的Leaves of Grass(草叶集)标志着美国浪漫主义时期的终结。8.The function of the sentence A nice day, isnt it? isA. informative. B. phatic.C. directive. D. performative.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学实例分析。“今天天气不错，不是吗？”这句话的真正目的并不是和对方讨论具体的

31、天气，而是展开对话之前的铺垫，其功能是交际性的。9.Which of the following words is entirely arbitrary?A. Book. B. Crash.C. Beautiful. D. Newspaper.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学实例分析。四个单词中只有book是随意创造出来的。crash是拟声词(onomatopoetic word); newspaper由news和paper组合而成；beautiful是由beauty演变而来的。10.Which of the following is NOT a branch of pho

32、netics?A. Articulatory Phonetics. B. Arbitrary Phonetics.C. Auditory Phonetics. D. Acoustic Phonetics.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学基本概念语音学的三大分支是：发音语音学(Arituculatory Phonetics)、听觉语音学(Auditory Phonetics)和声学语音学(Acoustic Phonetics)。11.The ancestors of the English areA. Celts. B. Anglo-Saxons.C. Scots. D. I

33、rish.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国历史概况英格兰人的祖先是Anglo-Saxons(盎格鲁一撒克逊人)，而苏格兰、威尔士和爱尔兰人都属于Celts(凯尔特人)的后裔。12.Canada was originally one colony ofA. England. B. America.C. Australia. D. Spain.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 加拿大历史概况加拿大原本是英法殖民地，后来英法战争爆发，法国将该殖民地送给了英国。13.The traditional dividing line in America between east

34、 and west isA. the Appalachians. B. the Rockies.C. the Mississippi River. D. the Rio Grande River.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国地理概况密西西比河是美国传统的东西方分界线。14.New Englanders were originally known as _, which come to stand for all Americans.A. Yankees B. Uncle SamC. Hippies D. Puritans（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国历

35、史概况Yankee-词原本用于指代新英格兰人，现在则用于代表美国人，俗称美国佬。15._ was usually regarded as the first American writer.A. Captain John Smith. B. William Bradford.C. Anne Bradstreet. D. Thomas Paine.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学作家及其贡献John Smith-般被看成是第一位美国作家，其作品A True Relation of Virginia(关于弗吉尼亚的真实叙述)被认为是美国文学史上的第一部作品。16.Who is

36、 considered the father of modern English poetry?A. William Langland. B. Philip Sidney.C. Edmund Spenser. D. Geoffrey Chaucer.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学作家及其贡献Geoffrey Chaucer被看成是现代英国诗歌之父，其代表作为The Canterbury Tales(坎特伯雷故事集)。17.The Spenserian Stanza refers toA. a free style. B. a nine-line verse stanza

37、.C. a free verse stanza. D. nine-line poems.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 文学概念斯宾塞诗节指的是斯宾塞在自己的诗中所用的九行诗节。18.The word _ is NOT a free morpheme.A. children B. bookC. sing D. use（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)指的是可独立出现、独立成词的词素，而children是由自由词素child衍化而来的。19.Syntactic categories contain all the f

38、ollowing types EXCEPTA. meanings that words express. B. linguistic items the words use.C. affixes that words take. D. structures in which the words can occur.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学基本概念。句法学的分类主要有单词所表达的含义、单词所用的词缀、单词出现的结构等。20.Analysis of meaning includesA. predication analysis and semantics analysi

39、s.B. componential analysis and semantics analysis.C. semantics analysis and structural analysis.D. componential analysis and predication analysis.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 语言学基本概念。意义分析包括成分分析(componential analysis)和述谓分析(predication analysis)。21.The largest city in New Zealand isA. Auckland. B. Christchu

40、rch.C. Dunedin. D. Wellington.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 新西兰城市概况。海港城市奥克兰是新西兰最大的城市。新西兰首都是惠灵顿。22.The three largest cities in Canada do NOT includeA. Toronto. B. Quebec.C. Ottawa. D. Vancouver.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 加拿大城市概况。、加拿大的三大城市不包括渥太华。23.The First Continental Congress was held in 1774 inA. New York. B

41、. Washington.C. Philadelphia. D. Louisiana.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国历史概况。第一次大陆会议和第二次大陆会议的召开地点都是Philadelphia(费城)。24.The first known settlers of Britain wereA. the Celts. B. the Anglo-Saxons.C. the Brythons. D. the Iberians.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国历史概况。人们所知的英国最早的居民是Iberians(伊比利亚人)。25._ first introduc

42、ed rationalism to England.A. Alexander Pope B. Samuel PepysC. Daniel Defoe D. Samuel Richardson（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学之作家及其贡献。将理性主义介绍到英国的是新古典主义时期的代表人物Alexander Pope。26.Who wrote one of the most enduring classic poems Ode to the West Wind?A. William Wordsworth. B. Alfred Tennyson.C. Percy Shelley. D. Robert Burns.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 英国文学之作家作品。Ode to the West Wind27.American _ was also called American Renaissance.A. Transcendentalism B. RealismC. Modernism D. Romanticism（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：考点 美国文学之基本文学概念美国的浪漫主义时期又被称为美国的文艺复兴时期。28.Pragmatics is dif