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1、2023年江西英语专业八级考试模拟卷本卷共分为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._ was among the descendants of the Liners only Japanese survivor.AMasabumi HosonoBYurikoCCameronDFindley 2._ River flows through New York state and into New York city.AThe MississippiBThe Rio GrandCThe Ohio
2、DThe Hudson 3.In the late 17th century, the most famous writers were _.AJohn Bunyan and John MiltonBJohn Bunyan and John DonneCJohn Donne and John MiltonDJohn Donne and Francis Bacon 4.British English is spoken in _.AGreat BritainBAustraliaCNew ZealandDA, B, and C 5.Which of the following is the cor
3、rect way to transcribe a phrase structure ruleANPNBSNP VPCVP VDPP=P NP 6.Which group of words belongs to the close classAAdjectives.BAdverbs.CPrepositions.DNouns. 7.Raising ones open hand with palm down to ones throat means _ in English culture.AShame on you.BIm full.CKill yourself.DYoure shorter th
4、an I. 8.The novel Pride and Prejudice was written by the famous woman writer _.ACharlotte BronteBEmily BronteCJane AustenDJane Eyre 9.The Renaissance began in _ in the early 14th century.ABritainBItalyCFranceDGreek 10.During the British Civil War, the supporters of the king was called _.ACavaliersBm
5、erchantCRoundheadsDScots 11.linguists give priority to the spoken language not the written language because _.Avocal sounds are derived from writing systemsBspeech precedes writing everywhere in the worldCwe have recording devices to study speechDspoken language precedes written language only in Ind
6、o - European languages 12.What is the generation with a sudden, large increase in birthrate called in the United States after World War from 1947 to 1961ABaby Boomer.Blast Generation.CYuppies.DDinks. 13.Bunyans most important work is _, written in the old-fashioned, medieval form of allegory and dre
7、am.AThe FootprintBOn His BlindnessCVanity FairDThe Pilgrims Progress 14.Nathaniel Hawthorne was most famous for _.AAnnabel LeeBThe Scarlet LetterCThe RavenDMob), Dick 15.Ronald Reagan used to be a _.Abasketball playerBsports radio announcerCconservative political columnistDsports writer 16.Which of
8、the following words has most morphemesAUndertake.BUndesirablity.CPickpocket.DAnnouncement. 17.Who was the father of English poetryAFrancis Bacon.BJohn Milton.CRobert Burns,DGeoffrey Chaucer. 18.Which of the following is the worlds smallest continentAAsia.BAustralia.CEurope.DAfrica. 19._ can be simpl
9、y defined as the study of meaning.ASyntaxBSemanticsCPragmaticsDLinguistics 20.Which of the following is NOT one of the major branches of linguisticsAPhonetics.BSyntax.CSynchronic.DSemantics. 21.The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed to thank _.AGodBtheir ancestorsCtheir parentsDthe Pi
10、lgrims 22.The original inhabitants of Australia were_.Athe Red Indians.Bthe Eskimos.Cthe Aborigines.Dthe Maoris. 23.The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT_.Athe Anglos.Bthe Celts.Cthe Jutes.Dthe Saxons. 24.The speech act theory
11、was first put forward by_.AJohn Searle.BJohn Austin.CNoam Chomsky.DM. A. K. Halliday. 25.William Sidney Porter known as O. Henry, is most famous for_.Ahis poems.Bhis plays.Chis short stories.Dhis novels. 26.Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human languageAArbitrariness.BProducti
12、vity.CCultural transmission.DFiniteness. 27.The word tail once referred to the the tail of a horse, but now it is used to mean the tail of any animal. This is an example of_.Awidening of meaning.Bnarrowing of meaning.Cmeaning shift.Dloss of meaning. 28.The novel Emma is written by_.AMary Shelley.BCh
13、arlotte Bronte.CElizabeth C. Gaskell.DJane Austen. 29.Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U. S.AHuston.BBoston.CBaltimore.DPhiladelphia. 30.The President during the American Civil War was_.AAndrew Jackson.BAbraham Lincoln.CThomas Jefferson.DGeorge Washington. 31.The pair of words borrow and lend are_.Agradable oppositesBrelational oppositesCcomplementa
