2021安徽英语专业八级考试真题卷

1、第 页2021安徽英语专业八级考试真题卷本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1. Question 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.Asurpass another candidate.Bbe the president of Haiti.

2、Cavoid a second round runoff.Ddefeat his rival in the first round. 2.Which of the following writers didnt belong to the poets in American Colonial PeriodA Washington Irving.B Michael Wigglesworth.C Anne Bradstreet.D Edward Taylor. 3.The Great _ of 1929 to 1933 damaged the economy of the United State

3、s and the whole capitalist world.A CampaignB PlagueC TurmoilD Depression 4.Which of the following philosophers ever mentioned the term Semantics firstA Socrates.B Aristotle.C Plato.D Michel Breal. 5.Under the rule of Charles II, English seized the colony on Manhattan Island from the Dutch and named

4、itA Georgia.B Virginia.C Jamestown.D New York. 6.Which of the following writers does not belong to the lakers of the Romantic PeriodA William Wordsworth.B John Keats.C Samuel Coleridge.D Robert Southey. 7.The island of Great Britain itself is divided into the following parts EXCEPTA British Isles.B

5、England.C Scotland.D Wales. 8.Selye moved to America after completing studies in Europe in order to_.Aearn a doctorateBaccept a fellowshipCwork in CanadaDretire 9.According to the passage, if stress is not dealt with in a positive manner it will become_.harmful and change toAemotional stressBdistres

6、sCphysical symptomsDbreakdown 10.What does the passage mainly discussASelyes professional life and achievements.BThe origins of the word stress.CDefining stress.DThe father of the stress fiel 11.The author implies that Selyes work on identifying and defining stress _.Ahas not since been significantl

7、y improved uponBis now outdatedChas led to a new approach to psychological treatmentDhas been modified to take account of the changes in society over the past few decades 12.Why are the two brothers and the sister of Wilbur and Orville mentioned in paragraph 5ABecause they all had more education.BTo

8、 illustrate that the abilities and personal qualities of Wilbur and Orville had enable them to achieve their goals without college education.CTo illustrate why it was not necessary for them to go to college.DTo contrast the achievements of different family members. 13.Which of the following statemen

9、ts is supported by the passageATalent and perseverance are important ingredients for success.BSuccess is always possible if you keep trying.CAbility is more important than education.DThe scientific approach is the most reliabl 14.What is the passage mainly aboutAThe first controlled, powered flight.

10、BThe beginnings of aviation.CThe Wright Brothers.DThe Wright family. 15.The author feels that the fact that ants are always working _.Amakes humans feel luckyBmakes humans feel guiltyCmakes them appear sinisterDmakes them hard to love 16.Apart from their great numbers, why does the writer call ants

11、the most successful organismsAThey do not need to take account of human beings.BThey challenge mankinds view that humans are the most important life form.CThere are thousands of them in every land on Earth.DThey existed before humans and will exist after we have gon 17.What creatures are best equipp

12、ed to digest antsACertain humans.BAnteaters.COther ants.DTermites. 18.How does the writer describe the feelings of someone who observes the approach of driver antsAFrightened.BDistressed.CInsecure.DUneasy. 19.In Hunters experiment, the rat had to remember_.Awhere the food wasBhow to leave the cageCh

13、ow big the cage wasDwhich light was turned on 20.Henning concluded that beginning and advanced students_.Ahave no difficulty holding words in their short-term memoryBhave much difficulty holding words in their short-term memoryCdiffer in the way they retain wordsDhold words in their short-term memor

14、y in the same w 21.Henning tested the students memory of_.Awords copied several timesBwords explainedCwords heardDwords seen 22.Which of the following is NOT one of the authors purposes in writing the passageATo talk about the restoration of Victorian houses in San Francisco in the 1960s.BTo discuss

15、 housing problems in San Francisco today.CTo briefly trace the history of Victorian houses in San Francisco.DTo categorize the three types of Victorian houses found in San Francisco. 23.Hunter found that rats_.Acan remember only where their food isBcannot learn to go to the correct doorChave a short

16、-term memory of one-sixth a minuteDhave no short-term memory 24.According to the passage, which of the following styles of architecture was the last to become fashionable in San FranciscoARoman Classical.BItalianate.CStick.DQueen Ann 25.The passage asserts that one reason that oceans become enriched

17、 in oxygen-18 as ice sheets grow is because_.Awater molecules containing oxygen-18 condense and fall as precipitation slightly sooner than those containing oxygen-16 Bthe ratio of oxygen-18 to oxygen-16 in water vapor evaporated from oceans if different from that of these isotopes in seawaterCgrowin

18、g ice sheets tend to lose their oxygen-18 as the temperature of the oceans near them gradually decreasesDless water vapor evaporates from oceans during glacial periods and therefore less oxygen-18 is removed from the seawater 26.Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passageAMari

19、ne sediments have allowed scientists to amass evidence tending to confirm that astronomical cycles drive the Earths glacial cycles.BThe ratio between two different isotopes of oxygen in seawater correlates closely with the size of the Earths ice sheets.CSurprisingly, single-cell marine organisms pro

20、vide a record of the Earths ice ages.DThe Earths astronomical cycles have recently been revealed to have an unexpectedly large impact on the Earths climat 27.Which of the following does not belong to the main schools of linguisticsAFunctionalism.BStructuralism.CMentalism.DGenerativism. 28.Which of t

21、he following did the scientists do who first constructed a coherent, continuous picture of past variations in marine-sediment isotope ratios according to the passageARelied primarily on the data obtained from the analysis of Emilianis core samples.BCombined data derived from the analysis of many dif

22、ferent core samples.CMatched the data obtained by geologists with that provided by astronomers.DEvaluated the isotope-ratio data obtained in several areas in order to eliminate all but the most reliable dat 29.Syntax is about the principle of forming correct_.AmorphologyBsentencesClexemesDdiscourses

23、 30.In general_.is given to the students who pass examination at the end of 3 -4 years of study at the university in Britain.AMasters degreeBBachelors degreeCDoctors degreeDPh. D 31._ is known as the Motor City of the USAA. ChicagoBNew York CityCDetroitDHouston 32._. was the greatest poet of Italy.

24、His The Divine Comedy is one of the landmarks of world literature.AGeoffrey ChaucerBDanteCJohn MiltonDWilliam Shakespeare 33.The best known of_s novels are Sons and Lovers and Women in Love.AD.H. LawrenceBT.S. EliotCJohn GalsworthyDGeorge Bernard Shaw 34.In Britain, children must by law receive a fu

25、ll-time education at the age of_.A5-16B7-18C6-16D5-12 35.The Constitution gives the executive power to _ in the United States.Athe senatorsBthe representativesCthe Vice-PresidentDthe President 36.No. 10 Downing Street is the resident of_.AQueen ElizabethBthe reigning monarchCthe House of CommonsDthe

26、 Prime Minister 37.The White House lies in_.ANew York CityBWashington StateCWashington,DCD. Boston 38.In English all the prefixes are_morphemes.A. inflectionalB. grammaticalC. derivationalD. implicit 39.The first settlement in Australia was made by the_.A. EnglishB. DutchC. FrenchD. German 40._are b

27、ound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words.A. RootsB. StemsC. AffixesD. Compounds 41.Black people were first brought to America from Africa as_.A. workers in factoriesB. cotton pickersC. migrantsD. slaves 42.The novel_by Samuel Richardson is considered the first English psycho-analytical novel.A. PamelaB. Robinson CrusoeC. Jonathan WildD. Amelia 43.William Faulkner was the foremost American_writer of the