2021北京英语专业八级考试真题卷

1、第 页2021北京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.Since chimpanzees are genetically very similar to humans,Achimpanzees are likely to suffer AIDS just like humans if they are infected.Bit does not matter if human beings are infected with SIV rather than

2、HIV-1.Cwe can use human vaccines to prevent chimpanzees from getting AIDS virus.DAIDS vaccines based on chimps immune mechanism are possible to be made. 2.The Victorian Age, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray, was mostly regarded as an age of _ in English literature.Aepic proseBdramaCpoe

3、tryDnovels 3.Britain was able to establish itself as a world leader in shipbuilding in the middle ofAthe 16th century.Bthe 17th century.Cthe 18th century.Dthe 19th century. 4._ is recognized as the longest river in Britain.AThe Thames RiverBThe Amazon RiverCThe Severn RiverDThe Rhine River 5.The set

4、tings of most novels by Hardy are found in _ , the fictional primitiverural region that is really the home place he both loves and hates.ALeedsBWessexCBirminghamDLiverpool 6.It is _ who declared the Hundred Years War between England and France.AEdward BHenry CEdward DHenry 7.The jury in the High Cou

5、rt of New Zealand is composed of _ members.A12B14C16D18 8.The language phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is calledAhomonymy.Bhyponymy.Cpolysemy.Dantonymy. 9.Which of the following statements is NOT correctAWords and phrases are organized according to syntactic catego

6、ries.BLexical categories are commonly known as parts of speech.COnly major lexical categories are open categories.DBoth major and minor lexical categories are open categories. 10.The background of _, a novel by Dickens, is set in the French Revolution.AOliver TwistBA Tale of Two CitiesCDavid Copperf

7、ieldDGreat Expectations 11.Which of the following does NOT belong to the Indo-European familyAFrench.BBengali.CVietnamese.DPolish. 12.All of the following are relational opposites except _.Abuy/sellBteacher/pupilCborrow/lendDold/young 13.Of the various religions in America, only _ is native born.ACa

8、tholicismBJudaismCProtestantismDMormonism 14._ is regarded as the corner stone of English history because it laid down the basic rules for the English legal system.ADomesday BookBThe Anglo-Saxon ChroniclesCThe Great CharterDConstitutions of Clarendon 15.William Wordsworth was a poet of the _ period.

9、ARomanticBNeo-classicalCVictorianDElizabethan 16.It is generally considered that in _ F. Scott Fitzgerald captured most vividly the disillusionment of the American dream in the Jazz Age.AFor Whom the Bell TollsBThe Great GatsbyCThe Sound and the FuryDTender is the Night 17.The Hispanics mainly refer

10、 to the ethnic people immigrating to the U.S. from _.ALatin AmericaBSouth AfricaCCanadaDRussia 18._ was a great 19th century American poet.AEmily BronteBEmily DickinsonCAlfred TennysonDRobert Browning 19.All of the following except _ are instances of hyponymy.Achair/furnitureBriver/lakeCdog/animalDf

11、lute/instrument 20.The Head of State of Australia is _.Athe Governor GeneralBthe prime ministerCthe PresidentDthe chancellor 21.Of the following pairs of words gradable antonymy is best illustrated by _.Asingle/marriedBnorth/southCalive/deadDhigh/low 22.Highland, bagpipe, kilt and Edinburgh may asso

12、ciate you well enough with _.AWalesBEnglandCScotlandDNorthern Ireland 23.There are _ words by combining white ,up ,wash mutually.A1B2C3D4 24.Which of the following is NOT a cultural celebrity of American originAMartin Luther King.BMadonna.CMichael Jordan.DDavid Beckham. 25.The Capital of New Zealand

13、 is _.AMelbourneBPerthCWellingtonDLiverpool 26.Which of the following countries does NOT take English as the official languageASingapore.BSouth Africa.CCanada.DBelgium. 27.The _ is lying between America to the east and Asia.AAtlanticBPacificCIndian OceamDArctic 28.Tess of the Durbervilles was writte

14、n by _.AJohn GalsworthyBThomas HardyCJames JoyceDJane Austen 29.Which of the following is NOT included in Shakespeares four great tragediesAHamlet.BOthello.CKing Lear.DRomeo and Julia. 30._deals with the actual use of language as a social phenomenon and can be approached in_ways.APsycholinguistics;

15、twoBSociolinguistics; threeCPsycholinguistics; threeDSociolinguistics; two 31.dictatorship has _ morphemems.A2B3C4D5 32.According to the text, the ivory-billed woodpecker _.Ais extinct since the year of 1994.Bwas found by a group of 17 researchers through the internet.Cis called Grail Bird because i

16、t is hallowed to the degree of holiness.Dis so famous that it has become a symbol of the spoiled relationship between human beings and nature. 33.From this article, we may draw the conclusion that _.AThe focus on the bird is an important yet missing characteristic, and without it even the successful

17、 discovery will seem hollow.BIt is not the bird but the human efforts that attract a lot of readers attention.CThe article argues that the book is with great content and great focus.DAlthough the book is not stylish, readers still find interesting things in its characterization and extended hist0ry

18、of the bird. 34.By saying that the book of Grail Bird could easily be a book about the hunt for Bigfoot, the author means that _.Athe book is merely about the hunt for impossible things.Bif the bird had not been discovered by the researchers, the book would have been like all the books about Bigfoot

19、 - only legends, no facts and truths.Cthe hunt for the ivory-billed woodpecker enjoys similarity to the hunt for Bigfoot, because both of them are rare animals.Dthe book is about the human obsession of finding legendary animals and about their guilty conscience facing nature. 35.Which of the followi

20、ng statements is NOT trueAFielding Lewis has taken two pictures of the bird, but it was too fuzzy and he was mistakenly discredited.BThe author believes that the woodpecker-whisperer do have a telepathic connection to the birds.CThe quality of the book may not so perfect in itself, but there is stil

21、l something to be cherished and reflected on.DThere is much sweating, sitting and waiting before the completion of the book. 36.Concerning the style of the book, it is revealed in the text that _.Ait is a normal book of discovering trip, with no particular style.Bit is stylish in its narration and t

22、he characters are vivid.Cits style is not so perfect especially concerning the trivia/talks of the characters and the too incidental details.Dreaders do not like the trivial style of this book. 37.In the late 1950s, for the first time a computer programming language _.Abegan using binary numbersBwas

23、 used to implement the Unix operating systemCwas put into the marketDwas used for modeling physical and environmental events 38.Which of the following is NOT an element of the code of etiquetteARespect for age.BFormal compliments.CProper introductions at social functions.DEating with a fork rather t

24、han fingers. 39.The 3rd generation of programming language shares all the following characteristics EXCETP _.Ait is used in designing software.Bit is hardware-independent.Cis should be translated into the computer language by software.Dit is designed to solve some specific problem. 40.Which programm

25、ing language is designed for the instruction of youngstersABASICBFORTRANCALGOLDLOGO 41.Etiquette as an art of gracious living is quoted as a feature of which countryAEgyptB18th century France.CRenaissance Italy.DEngland. 42.From the article, we may note that _.ASenator Hillary Clinton greatly suppor

26、ts the plan and persuaded Congress to provide financial help.BThe mall will be clean because it will only use renewable energy.CAll the people believe that the mall will upstate American ailing economy.DA lot of companies will benefit from the incentives of Congress. 43.One characteristic of the ric

27、h classes of a declining society is their tendency to _.Atake in the recently wealthyBretreat within themselves.Cproduce publications on manners.Dchange the laws of etiquette 44.After a false start, countless changes of plan and great local opposition, _.ACongels confidence finally broke down.BCongel decided to modify the plan.CCongel starts again without losing his confidence.DCongel consulted Congress for suggestions. 45.According to the passage, in WHICH area improvement is already under wayAFacilities in the sk