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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS(2008)&GRADE EIGHT
1、【 单选题
Mary doesn't seem to favour the idea of a new airport because [1分]
the existing airports are to be wasted
more people will be encouraged to travel.
more oil will be consumed.
more airplanes will be purchased.
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2、【 单选题
Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Mary as a potential disadvantage? [1分]
More people in the area.
Noise and motorways.
Waste of land.
Unnecessary travel.
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3、【 单选题
Freddy has cited the following advantages for a new airport EXCEPT [1分]
more job opportunities.
vitality to the local economy.
road construction,
presence of aircrew in the area.
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4、【 单选题
Mary thinks that people dont need to do much travel nowadays as a result of [1分]
less emphasis on personal contact.
advances in modern telecommunications.
recent changes in peoples concepts.
more potential damage to the area
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5、【 单选题
We learn from the conversation that Freddy is Marys ideas, [1分]
strongly in favour of
mildly in favour of
strongly against
mildly against
答案:
6、【 单选题
What is the main idea of the news item? [1分]
A new government was formed after Sunday’s elections.
The new government intends to change the welfare system.
The Social Democratic Party founded the welfare system.
The Social Democratic Party was responsible for high unemployment.
答案:
7、【 单选题
The tapes of the Apollo-11 mission were first stored in [1分]
a U.S. government archives warehouse
a NASA ground tracking station
the Goddard Space Flight Centre
none of the above places
答案:
8、【 单选题
What does the news item say about Richard Nafzger? [1分]
He is assigned the task to look for the tapes.
He believes that the tapes are probably lost.
He works in a NASA ground receiving site.
He had asked for the tapes in the 1970s.
答案:
9、【 单选题
The example in the news item is cited mainly to show [1分]
those doctors are sometimes professionally incompetent
that in cases like that hospitals have to pay huge compensations
the language barriers might lower the quality of treatment.
that language barriers can result in fatal consequences.
答案:
10、【 单选题
According to Dr. Flores, hospitals and clinics [1分]
has seen the need for hiring trained interpreters.
has realized the problems of language barriers.
has begun training their staff to be bilinguals.
has taken steps to provide accurate diagnosis.
答案:
11、【 单选题
According to the passage, the new college-entrance system is designed to [2分]
requires students to sit for more college-entrance tests
reduce the weight of college-entrance tests
select students on their high school grades only
reduce the number of prospective college applicants
答案:
12、【 单选题
What seems to be the effect of introducing the new system? [2分]
The system has given equal opportunities to students.
The system has reduced the number of cram schools.
The system has intensified competition among schools.
The system has increased students study load.
答案:
13、【 单选题
According to critics, the popularity of private education is mainly the result of [2分]
the government’s egalitarian policy
insufficient number of schools
curriculums of average quality
low cost of private education
答案:
14、【 单选题
According to the passage, there seems to be disagreement over the adoption of the new system between the following groups EXCEPT [2分]
between universities and the government
between school experts and the government
between parents and schools
between parents and the government
答案:
15、【 单选题
Which of the following adjectives best describes the authors treatment of the topic? [2分]
Objective.
Positive.
Negative.
Biased.
答案:
16、【 单选题
Which of the following details of Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is INCORRECT? [2分]
He was born and brought up in Birmingham.
He used to work in the television industry.
He is wealthy, adventurous and aspiring.
He is now selling his own quality foods.
答案:
17、【 单选题
Most importantly, people like Wilfred have brought to traditional British farming [2分]
knowledge of farming
knowledge of brand names
knowledge of lifestyle
knowledge of marketing
答案:
18、【 单选题
Which of the following does NOT contribute to the emergence of a new class of farmers? [2分]
Strong desire for country life.
Longing for greater wealth,
Influence of TV productions.
Enthusiasm for quality food business.
答案:
19、【 单选题
What is seen as their additional source of new income? [2分]
Modern tendency to buy natural foods.
Increase in the value of land property.
Raising and selling rare live stock. V
Publicity as a result of media coverage.
答案:
20、【 单选题
The sentence in the last paragraph “...Britain isn’t catching up with mainland Europe; its leading the way" implies that [2分]
Britain has taken a different path to boost economy.
more authentic foods are being produced in Britain.
the British are heading back to the countryside.
the Europeans are showing great interest in country life.
答案:
21、【 单选题
From the description in the passage, we learn that [2分]
all Catalonians can perform cast ells.
cast ells require performers to stand on each other.
people perform cast ells in different formations.
in cast ells people have to push and pull each other.
答案:
22、【 单选题
According to the passage, the4mplication of the performance is that [2分]
the Catalonians are insensible and noisy people.
the Catalonians show more sense than is expected.
the Catalonians display paradoxical characteristics.
the Catalonians think highly of team work.
答案:
23、【 单选题
The passage cites the following examples EXCEPT __________ to show seny at work. [2分]
development of a bank
dynamic role in economy
contribution to national economy
comparison with other regions
答案:
24、【 单选题
In the last but two paragraphs, the Ramblas is described as “a front-row seat for Barcelona’s longest running theatrical event”. What does it mean? [2分]
On the Ramblas people can see a greater variety of performances
the Ramblas provides many front seats for the performances
the Ramblas is preferred as an important venue for the events
Theatrical performers like to perform on the Ramblas
答案:
25、【 单选题
What is the main impression of the scenes on the Ramblas? [2分]
It is bizarre and Outlandish
It is of average quality
It is conventional and quiet
It is of professional standard
答案:
26、【 单选题
What happened to the four remaining lawyers after Patricks disappearance? [2分]
They all wanted to divorce their wives.
They were all heavily involved in debts.
They were all recovering from drinking.
They had bought new homes, yachts, etc.
答案:
27、【 单选题
Which of the following statements contains a metaphor? [2分]
His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.
…they could see it, almost touch it when their dead partner...
…, attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages...
…, and for this he had received no small amount of grief.
答案:
28、【 单选题
According to the passage, what is the main cause of Patrick stealing the money? [2分]
Patrick was made a partner of the firm.
The partners agreed to have the money transferred.
Patrick had access to all the files in the firm.
Bogan decided to hire Patrick nine years earlier.
答案:
29、【 单选题
The lawyers were described as being all the following EXCEPT [2分]
greedy.
extravagant
quarrelsome.
bad-tempered.
答案:
30、【 单选题
Which of the following implies a contrast? [2分]
…, and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi, population fifty thousand.
They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy.
There had even been talk of a firm jet, a six-seater.
His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.
答案:
31、【 单选题
The largest city in Canada is [1分]
Vancouver.
Montreal.
Toronto
Ottawa.
答案:
32、【 单选题
According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in [1分]
the Federal Government.
the Supreme Court.
the Cabinet.
the Congress.
答案:
33、【 单选题
Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States? [1分]
Baseball.
Tennis.
Basketball.
American football.
答案:
34、【 单选题
The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is [1分]
the President.
the Governor-General.
the British monarch,
the Prime Minister.
答案:
35、【 单选题
The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by [1分]
William Langland.
Geoffrey Chaucer.
William Shakespeare.
Alfred Tennyson.
答案:
36、【 单选题
Who wrote The American? [1分]
Herman Melville.
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Henry James.
Theodore Dreiser.
答案:
37、【 单选题
All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCEPT [1分]
George Eliot.
Iris Jean Murdoch.
Doris Lessing.
Muriel Spark.
答案:
38、【 单选题
Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language? [1分]
Arbitrariness.
Displacement.
Duality.
Diachronicity.
答案:
39、【 单选题
What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”? [1分]
A simple sentence.
A coordinate sentence.
A complex sentence.
None of the above.
答案:
40、【 单选题
The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called [1分]
hyponymy.
synonymy.
polysemy.
homonymy.
答案:
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