2025年专八英语试题及答案.doc

2025年专八英语试题及答案

一、单项选择题(总共10题，每题2分)
1. Which of the following words has a different stress pattern from the others?
A. photograph
B. paragraph
C. geography
D. telegraph
2. The word "____" means a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
A. coup
B. coalition
C. referendum
D. mandate
3. "She gave him a ____ look, which meant that she didn't believe a word he said." The best word to fill in the blank is ____.
A. skeptical
B. credulous
C. suspicious
D. doubtful
4. The phrase "____" is used to describe a situation where people are very excited and happy, often in a noisy and disorderly way.
A. on cloud nine
B. over the moon
C. in high spirits
D. all of a sudden
5. "The ____ of the new policy is yet to be seen." The most suitable word is ____.
A. affect
B. effect
C. impact
D. consequence
6. "____" is an adverbial phrase that means "in a short time; soon".
A. In a moment
B. At the moment
C. For a moment
D. The moment
7. The sentence "____ he is poor, he is happy." can be completed with the conjunction ____.
A. Although; yet
B. Although; but
C. Even if; yet
D. Even if; but
8. "____" is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole
9. "The main idea of this passage is ____." The correct answer is related to ____.
A. to describe a beautiful scenery
B. to discuss a controversial issue
C. to introduce a new product
D. to tell a personal story
10. "____" is a word that means "to make someone feel embarrassed or ashamed".
A. Humiliate
B. Embarrass
C. Ashame
D. Disgrace

二、多项选择题(总共10题，每题2分)
1. Which of the following words are synonyms of "abandon"?
A. desert
B. forsake
C. leave
D. discard
2. Which of the following phrases can be used to express "therefore"?
A. As a result
B. Consequently
C. Thus
D. Hence
3. Which of the following words are related to "emotions"?
A. Joy
B. Sadness
C. Anger
D. Fear
4. Which of the following sentences use the present perfect tense correctly?
A. I have been to Paris three times.
B. She has finished her homework just now.
C. They have lived here since 2010.
D. He has gone to the library and will be back soon.
5. Which of the following are types of writing?
A. Narrative
B. Descriptive
C. Expository
D. Argumentative
6. Which of the following words can be used as an adjective?
A. Beautiful
B. Happily
C. Quickly
D. Intelligent
7. Which of the following phrases are used to introduce an example?
A. For example
B. Such as
C. Namely
D. That is
8. Which of the following words are antonyms of "increase"?
A. Decrease
B. Reduce
C. Diminish
D. Decline
9. Which of the following sentences are grammatically correct?
A. He is taller than me.
B. She is more beautiful than her sister.
C. This book is interesting than that one.
D. I am as tall as he is.
10. Which of the following words are related to "time"?
A. Yesterday
B. Tomorrow
C. Now
D. Then

三、填空题(总共4题，每题5分)
1. The word "____" means to make something less severe or extreme.
2. "____" is a literary device that gives human qualities to non - human things.
3. The phrase "____" means to succeed in achieving something, especially after a lot of effort.
4. "____" is a type of sentence that gives a command or makes a request.

四、判断题(总共10题，每题2分)
1. "Affect" and "effect" are always used interchangeably. ( )
2. The past participle of "go" is "goed". ( )
3. "However" can be used at the beginning of a sentence to show contrast. ( )
4. Adjectives can be used to modify verbs. ( )
5. A narrative text always tells a story. ( )
6. "I'm used to live in the city." is a correct sentence. ( )
7. "Less" is used for countable nouns and "fewer" is used for uncountable nouns. ( )
8. "The reason why he is late is because he missed the bus." is a grammatically correct sentence. ( )
9. Personification only appears in poetry. ( )
10. "In addition" can be used to add more information in a text. ( )

五、简答题(总共4题，每题5分)
1. What is the difference between "imply" and "infer"?
2. How can you improve your English writing skills?
3. Explain the concept of "theme" in a literary work.
4. What are the main differences between British English and American English?

答案与解析
一、单项选择题
1. 答案：C。解析：photograph、paragraph、telegraph重音都在第一个音节，geography重音在第二个音节。
2. 答案：A。解析：coup意为政变；coalition意为联盟；referendum意为全民公投；mandate意为授权。
3. 答案：A。解析：skeptical表示怀疑的；credulous表示轻信的；suspicious表示可疑的；doubtful表示不确定的，这里根据语境选skeptical。
4. 答案：C。解析：in high spirits表示情绪高涨，符合题意；on cloud nine和over the moon都表示非常高兴，但没有嘈杂混乱的意思；all of a sudden表示突然。
5. 答案：B。解析：effect表示效果，这里指新政策的效果有待观察；affect是动词；impact强调影响；consequence强调结果。
6. 答案：A。解析：in a moment表示马上；at the moment表示此刻；for a moment表示一会儿；the moment表示一……就……
7. 答案：A。解析：although和yet搭配，although和but不能同时用，even if和yet、but搭配都不合适。
8. 答案：B。解析：simile是明喻，用like或as比喻；metaphor是隐喻；personification是拟人；hyperbole是夸张。
9. 答案：B。解析：根据文章内容判断，这里选讨论一个有争议的问题最符合题意。
10. 答案：A。解析：humiliate意为羞辱，使某人尴尬或羞愧；embarrass侧重于使人尴尬；ashame不是动词；disgrace意为使丢脸，程度稍轻。

二、多项选择题
1. 答案：ABCD。解析：desert、forsake、leave、discard都有抛弃、放弃的意思。
2. 答案：ABCD。解析：As a result、Consequently、Thus、Hence都可表示因此。
3. 答案：ABCD。解析：Joy表示喜悦，Sadness表示悲伤，Anger表示愤怒，Fear表示恐惧，都与情绪有关。
4. 答案：AC。解析：B选项应该是She has finished her homework. just now是过去时间，用一般过去时；D选项has gone表示去了没回来，这里说will be back soon说明去了还没回来，应该用has been to表示去过已回。
5. 答案：ABCD。解析：Narrative是记叙文，Descriptive是描写文，Expository是说明文，Argumentative是议论文。
6. 答案：AD。解析：Beautiful和Intelligent是形容词；Happily和Quickly是副词。
7. 答案：ABC。解析：For example、Such as、Namely都可用于举例；That is用于解释说明。
8. 答案：ABCD。解析：Decrease、Reduce、Diminish、Decline都有减少的意思，与increase相反。
9. 答案：ABD。解析：C选项应该是This book is more interesting than that one.
10. 答案：ABCD。解析：Yesterday、Tomorrow、Now、Then都与时间相关。

三、填空题
1. alleviate
2. Personification
3. pull off
4. Imperative sentence

四、判断题
1. 答案：×。解析：affect是动词，effect是名词，用法不同，不能互换。
2. 答案：×。解析：go的过去分词是gone。
3. 答案：√。
4. 答案：×。解析：形容词修饰名词，副词修饰动词。
5. 答案：√。
6. 答案：×。解析：应该是I'm used to living in the city.
7. 答案：×。解析：Less用于不可数名词，fewer用于可数名词。
8. 答案：×。解析：应该是The reason why he is late is that he missed the bus.
9. 答案：×。解析：拟人在很多文学体裁中都有。
10. 答案：√。

五、简答题
1. “imply”指暗示，通常是说话者或作者通过语言等方式暗示某种意思，而不直接说出；“infer”指推断，是听众或读者根据所听到或读到的内容推测出某种含义。例如：The teacher's words implied that we had made a mistake. （老师的话暗示我们犯了错。）I inferred from his expression that he was angry. （我从他的表情推断他生气了。）
2. 多读优秀范文，学习他人的写作思路和表达方式；注重语法和词汇积累，确保表达准确；多练习不同类型的写作，如记叙文、议论文等；写完后认真检查和修改，注意语法错误、逻辑连贯等问题。
3. “theme”是文学作品的主题，它贯穿整个作品，是作者想要传达的核心思想或情感。可以通过作品中的人物、情节、对话等方面体现出来。比如《哈姆雷特》的主题就包括对人性、道德、生死等问题的思考。
4. 词汇方面，有一些不同的词汇，如英国英语用autumn，美国英语用fall；语法上，英国英语更倾向于传统语法规则，美国英语在一些用法上更灵活；发音上，有明显的差异，比如字母r在英国英语中有时不发音，但在美国英语中通常发音。