2021吉林英語專業(yè)八級考試真題卷

1、第 頁2021吉林英語專業(yè)八級考試真題卷本卷共分為1大題50小題，作答時間為180分鐘，總分100分，60分及格。一、單項選擇題（共50題，每題2分。每題的備選項中，只有一個最符合題意） 1.Robin Hood is a well-known figure in some British _ in the 1400s.AepicsBfairy talesCballadsDmiracle plays 2.Which of the following statements is NOT trueAThe American senators are elected in rotation for

2、six years.BThe American president is elected in November each leap year.CAn American vice president does not function unless through the chance of the presidents death.DThe American presidents veto cant be overridden by the Congress. 3.The National Day of the United States falls on _.AJuly 14BMay 4C

3、June 14DJuly 4 4.The exponent of the concept communicative competence is _.AHymesBChomskyCHallidayDLabov 5.The Scarlet Letter was written by _.AJoseph ConradBHerman MelvilleCNathaniel HawthorneDRalph Waldo Emerson 6.Robinson Crusoe by _ laid a foundation for British realistic tradition of novels.AJo

4、nathan SwiftBCharles DickensCHenry FieldingDDaniel Defoe 7.Ezra Pound was a poet excelling at _.AromanticismBsurrealismCimagismDimpressionism 8._, who were French-speaking, achieved the final unification of England.ANormansBAnglo-SaxonsCDanesDCelts 9.John Dryden was an English _.Apoet and dramatistB

5、novelistCplaywrightDessayist 10._ are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words.ARootsBStemsCAffixesDCompounds 11.The first settlement in Australia was made by the _.AEnglishBDutchCFrenchDGerman 12.In general, childrens holophrastic sentences begin _.Ain the late part of the firs

6、t year or the early part of the second yearBin the second half of the second yearCbetween two and three years oldDbetween four and five years old 13.The novel _ by Samuel Richardson is considered the first English psycho-analytical novel.APamelaBRobinson CrusoeCJonathan WildDAmelia 14.After the Amer

7、ican Revolution, _ became the first capital of the United States, being already the largest city in North America.APhiladelphiaBNew YorkCBostonDVirginia 15.In English all the prefixes are _ morphemes.AinflectionalBgrammaticalCderivationalDimplicit 16.Black people were first brought to America from A

8、frica as _.Aworkers in factoriesBcotton pickersCmigrantsDslaves 17.William Faulkner was the foremost American _ writer of the 20th century.ANew EnglandBwesternCsouthernDblack 18.The longest reign in British history was _.AQueen VictoriaBQueen ElizabethCKing Henry DQueen Charlotte 19.The main role of

9、 some dinosaurs developed primitive feathers is to_.AflyBfightCkeep warmDfrighten the enemy 20.According to the passage, what was the role of the organizationThe ResistanceAIt was an organization that opposed to pass the law of Vietnam War or even when passed, it appealed to its members to refuse to

10、 serve in the war.BIt was an organization that called on the students to oppose the war and refuse the war.CIt was an organization that persuaded the students members not to register to serve in the army or even when registered not to serve in it.DIt was an organization which denounced the war as ra

11、cist as early as 1963. 21.From the text we can deduce thatmodern birds evolved from dinosaurs_.Ais approaching solutionBremains a debateCis apparentDis impending 22.What was the most important reason for the U. S. government to stop the Vietnam War and withdraw the troopsAThe economy.BThe expenses.C

12、The lasting time was too long.DThe antiwar movements both inside and outside the country. 23.The main idea of the text is_.Athe Dromaeosanrs skeleton was foundBfossil dinosaur reveals body covered in feathersCmodern birds evolved from dinosaursDa recent new invention 24.Among the antiwar activities,

13、 which of the following is NOT trueAThe students often occupied campus buildings duringsit-insor street demonstrations to express their antiwar feelings but the policemen used the violence to drive them away.BIn 1967 King delivered a major address at New Yorks Riverside Church in which he condemned

14、the war, calling the United Statesthe worlds greatest purveyor of violence. COn October 15, 1969, citizens across the United States participated inThe Moratorium, the largest one-month demonstration against the war.DOpposition existed even among conservatives and business leaders, for the high expen

15、se of the war began to cause serious inflation and rising tax rates. 25.Concerning the main character, Fran, which of the following statements is trueAOne of his ancestors appeared in Hemingways novels.BHe was born in a famous family.CHis wife was famous in tabloid stories.DHis mother is of noble bi

16、rth. 26.As for the bullfighting journey held by Fran, which of the following statements is NOT trueAFran was facing an important period in his career as a matador.BFran was performing wonderfully in the journey.CStill someone predicted that this is the dead end of his bullfighting.DThe novel faithfu

17、lly recorded his journey. 27.As a result of thecommonsenseconsumptionlaw, _.Athe cases of obesity will never be put onto the court.Bthe food companies will pay much less money when they lose the obesity cases.Cit will be much harder for the costumers to charge the food companies for obesity.Dthe foo

18、d companies can be organized against the costumers. 28.Among the reasons of the adoption of the commonsense consumption law in many states, which of the following statements is NOT trueAA great number of lobbyists did the majority of the work.BThe executives of the large companies lobby for the law

19、personally.CThe large companies bribed the lawmakers.DThe law is the result of an organized effort. 29.Which of the following is trueAModern man makes every effort to participate in modern life.BModern man can become more intelligent by receiving the best thoughts of the ablest mind through televisi

20、on.CModern man likes to consume, but few produce.DTelevision makes modern man himself think less. 30.The authors attitude towards television is_.AenthusiasticBimpartialCcriticizingDindifferent 31.According to the author, his friend has bought a television in order to_.Aknow the current eventsBentert

21、ain himself at leisure timeCescape from the realityDkill time 32.According to the passage, the word Nowcast (paragraph 3) means_.Aa way of collecting raw weather dataBa forecast which can predict the weather conditions in the small area in an accurate wayCa network to collect instant weather dataDa

22、more advanced system of weather observation 33.According to the passage, _is the key factor to making Nowcasts a reality.Ascientific and technological advances such as radar, or satellitesBcomputer scientistCmeteorologistsDadvanced computer programs 34.The word exceeded in paragraph 1 most probably

23、means_.Aadded up toBwere more thanCwere aboutDwere less than 35.Conventional computer models of the atmosphere fails to predict such a short-lived tornado because_.Athe computer is not used to forecast specific local eventsBthe computers are not advanced enough to predict itCthe weather data people

24、collect are often wrongDweather conditions in some small regions are not available 36.According to the author, the passage mainly deals with_.Aa tornado in Edmonton, AlbertaBwhats aNowcastCthe disadvantage of conventional computer models of the weather forecastDa breakthrough in weather forecast 37.

25、_was called the father of English poetry.AGeoffery ChaucerBWilliam ShakespeareCJohn MiltonDJ John Donne 38.The Thanksgiving Day is on_.AFeb. 14thBOct. 31stCthe last Thursday in Nov.Dthe first Sunday in May. 39.Which of the following is NOT a type of institution in U. S.ATwo-year collegeBThree-year collegeCFour-year collegeDUniversity 40.The first write in America to win the Nobel Prize in literature is_.AMark TwainBJack London.CSinclair LewisDErnest Hemingway 41.Which of the following is NOT a part of Great BritainAEnglandBScotlandCIrelandDWales 42.