专八考试:专业八级模拟试题汇总

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专业八级模拟试题

__1__ In Britain, ___ has the ultimate authority of legislation.

A the Queen B the House of Commons C the House of Lords D the Prime Minister

__2__ The three largest cities in Canada do NOT include.

A Toronto B Quebec C Ottawa D Vancouver

__3__ Aboriginal culture in Australia is said to be more than ___ years old.

A 20,000 B 30,000 C 40,000 D 50,000

__4__ It is known that Irish landscape in featured by ___.

A bogs B mountains C grassland D rivers

__5__ The following plays are comedies by Shakespeare EXCEPT ___.

A A Midsummer Night’s Dream B As You Like It C The Merchant of Venice D Romeo and Juliet

__6__ “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” Probably this refers to the novel ___.

A Wuthering Heights B The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

C David Copperfield D Gulliver’s Travels

__7__ ___ was considered to be the greatest dramatist in the 18th century.

A Henry Fielding B Laurence Sterne C Oliver Goldsmith D Richard B. Sheridan

__8__ The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.

A pragmatics B semantics C sociolinguistics D psycholinguistics

__9__ Which of the following words can connect two clauses in a coordinate sentence?

A Through B When C But D If

__10__ Which of the following is NOT considered part of semantic change?

A Semantic broadening B Compounding C Semantic narrowing D Semantic shift

1. 选B。在英国,下院拥有最高立法权。本题 术语 发展现状类问题。

2. 选C。加拿大三大城市不包括渥太华。本题 术语 发展现状类问题。

3. 选C。据说澳大利亚的土著文化拥有四千多年的历史。本题属于文化传统类问题。

4. 选A。众所周知,爱尔兰地貌特点是沼泽地。本题属于地理类问题。

5. 选D。除了《罗密欧与朱丽叶》之外,其他下列戏剧皆为莎士比亚的喜剧作品。本题属于英国文学类问题。

6. 选B。“小说结构是围绕主人公的身世发现来安排的”这句话可能是指小说《弃儿汤姆.琼斯的来历》。本题属于英国文学类问题。

7. 选D。理查德.B.谢立丹被认为是18世纪最伟大的剧作家。本题属于英国文学类问题。

8. 选A。这道题检查考生是否知晓语用学的含义。

9. 选C。这套题检查考生对别列举的了解。

10.选B。这道题检查考生对语义变化内容的了解。 1. stratan. level or class in society, pl. of stratum (社会的)阶层

e.g.: a gathering of people from a variety of social strata

2. reconciliationn. the reestablishing of cordial relations or getting two things to correspond 和解,调和,一致

e.g.: the reconciliation of ideas, opinions, etc.

派生 词汇 reconcile v. (使)和好 reconcilement n. 和好 reconciler n. 和解人

reconciliatory adj. 调和的

3. prorataadv.& adj. in proportion成比例

e.g.: If production costs go up. There will be a prorata increase in prices / process will increase prorata.

4. fiatn. formal authorization, order or decree 谕,命令,法令

e.g.: The opening of a market stall is governed by municipal fiat.

5. complementn. thing that goes well or suitable with sth else, or make it complete 相配合的事物;补充物;补足物

e.g.: Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.

派生 词汇 complementary adj. 补充的

6. ineligible①adj. not having the appropriate or necessary qualifications (for sth.)

不合格的,无资格的

e.g.: Any person under the age of 18is ineligible for benefit.

②n. one that is not eligible 不合格的人

e.g.: The ineligibles are those extremely poor people.

必背搭配 (be)ineligible for ; ineligible to do

派生 词汇 ineligibility n. 不合格 ineligibleness n.不合格 ineligibly adv. 不合格地

7. curatorn. a person in charge of a museum, an art gallery, etc. 博物馆,美术馆等(的)馆长

e.g.: He had worked as a curator.

8. immunityn. ability to resist infection, disease, etc. 免疫力

e.g.: This vaccine will give you immunity for two years.

派生词汇 immune adj. (常与against, from, to连用)免疫的;免受(伤害)的;(常与from, to连用)被豁免的 n. 免疫者 immunize vt. 使有免疫力,使免除;immunization n. 免疫作用

9. unmaskvt. Remove a mask from sb. 除去某人的面具

e.g.: The revelers unmasked at midnight.

10. homosexual①adj. sexually attracted only to people of the same sex as oneself同性恋的

e.g.: He has the homosexual tendencies.

②n. a homosexual person; a gay man or a lesbian 同性恋者

e.g.: He is a homosexual.

派生词汇 homosexuality n. 同性恋爱

11. seatbeltn. a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident 飞机、汽车等的安全带

e.g.: Fasten your seatbelt!

12. shoulder-strapn. narrow strip of material that goes over the shoulder to support a bra, nightdress, etc. 保护肩膀的肩带

e.g.: The dress’s shoulder-strap was broken.

13. enhancevt. Increase(the good qualities of sb / sth), make (sb / sth)look better增强某人的优点,使某人看起来更好

e.g.: Those clothes do nothing to enhance her appearance.

派生词汇 enhancement n. 增加,提高

14. overpowervt. Be too strong or powerful for sb by greater strength or numbers 强得使某人承受不住,以力量或数量战胜某人

e.g.: The police easily overpowered the burglars.

派生词汇 Overpowering adj. 不可抗拒的;压倒(优势)的;极强大的

15. ergonomicsn. study of work and working conditions in order to improve people’s efficiency 工效学,工作环境改造学(与 单词 动词连用)

e.g.: He is an expert at ergonomics.

派生词汇 ergonomist n. 工作环境改造学家,生物工艺学家 ergonomic (ergonomical) adj. 人机工程学的,人与机械控制的

Exercise从以上 单词 中选出最恰当的词,填入空格内。

He was __1__to vote, because he didn’t belong to the club.

The criminal wad told he would be __2__from punishment if he helped the police.

__3__ activities are lawful in many countries.

She had sweetness to her face, a warmth that was __4__ by luminous dark eyes.

__5__ is the applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort.

The works protect against the privileged__6__.

A __7__ has been made between the two countries after the war.

The loss was shared __8__.

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