2022年专八考前预测(9)

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　　2. According to the passage,

　　[A] Mr. Saint Laurent first showed his talent for fashion in 1958 when he worked for Dior.

　　[B] the superlatives having been lavished on Mr. Saint Laurent were meant to exaggerations.

　　[C] Mr. Saint Laurent was not free from physical and emotional sufferings in his life.

　　[D] Mr. Saint Laurent managed to build up his own brand name all by himself in 1961.

　　3. The word "sycophancy" in the second paragraph means

　　[A] slander.

　　[B] calumny.

　　[C] fame.

　　[D] flattery.

　　4. By the time Mr. Saint Laurent set up shop in Paris under his own name, he had always worked as a(n)

　　[A] showman.

　　[B] artist.

　　[C] painter.

　　[D] designer.

　　5. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?

　　[A] Mr. Saint Laurent's creations of fashion design were mostly intuitive.

　　[B] Mr. Saint Laurent was among the first to set up shop under his own name.

　　[C] Many of Mr. Saint Laurent's dress designs did not stay popular for long.

　　[D] Mr. Saint Laurent valued the concept of beauty and elegance in fashion.

　　6. Which of the following best describes Mr. Saint Laurent as seen by the author?

　　[A] A gifted couturier with outré and never-lasting designs.

　　[B] A renowned couturier who always worked for the House of Dior.

　　[C] A gifted fashion designer with exquisite but wearable designs.

　　[D] A renowned fashion designer who had his own brand from the start.

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　　8. According to the passage, Jazz is

　　[A] actually an aristocratic cultural form.

　　[B] a cultural form peculiar to the upper class.

　　[C] a cultural form despised by the Americans.

　　[D] a cultural form originated in America.

　　9. According to the passage, the essence of America is

　　[A] the "American Dream".

　　[B] innovation.

　　[C] not a unitary concept.

　　[D] tolerance.

　　10. To say that jazz captures the essence of America is for all the following reasons EXCEPT that

　　[A] it expresses the African roots of American culture.

　　[B] in jazz all characteristics of the essence of America come together.

　　[C] individual brilliance outshines the group efforts of the rhythm section.

　　[D] it shows the African culture dominated much of what is American.

　　11. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?

　　[A] Americans believe individualism is central to their identity.

　　[B] American life combinates teamwork with individualism.

　　[C] Jazz reflects two conflicting factors of American life.

　　[D] Jazz fused elements from Africa and Europe into a new culture.

　　12. This passage is mainly about

　　[A] Jazz and its history.

　　[B] Jazz and the soul of Africa.

　　[C] Jazz and its prospects.

　　[D] Jazz and the soul of America.

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　　14. The word "taxing" in the first paragraph means

　　[A] tiring.

　　[B] imposing taxation.

　　[C] paying taxation.

　　[D] relaxing

　　15. In E. J. Masicampo and Roy Baumeister's study, about __________ students who received no instructions in the video watching were given a glass of lemonade with sugar in it.

　　[A] 121

　　[B] 60

　　[C] 30

　　[D] 15

　　16. Which group of students tended to be swayed by the decoy, according to the study?

　　[A] The no-watching-instructions group that had been given glucose in their lemonade.

　　[B] The no-watching-instructions group having been given sugar substitute in their lemonade.

　　[C] The mental-energy-exerting group that had been given glucose in their lemonade.

　　[D] The mental-energy-exerting group that had been given sugar substitute in their lemonade

　　17. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the study?

　　[A] People's blood-sugar level is affected by the process of reasoning.

　　[B] Whether people resort to reasoning or intuition may depend on their blood-sugar level.

　　[C] Both reasoning and intuition are certainly affected by people's blood-sugar level.

　　[D] It is not wise to make important decisions when one is hungry.

　　18. The last paragraph suggests that

　　[A] people are not able to make important decisions when hungry.

　　[B] decisions made on an empty stomach may be unreasonable.

　　[C] people are less intelligent when they are hungry.

　　[D] people are more intelligent when they are hungry.

　　19.

　　20. According to the passage, Dubai has built a new financial center

　　[A] because of its innate advantages over other countries.

　　[B] thanks to the $2 trillion-plus investment from the Gulf.

　　[C] from its past tradition as a trade center in the Gulf.

　　[D] for it's a war-torn and isolated region in the world.

　　21. According to the passage, which of the following about Dubai is INCORRECT?

　　[A] It enjoys record flows, of petrodollars.

　　[B] Personal wealth too is growing rapidly.

　　[C] It is the biggest economy in the Gulf.

　　[D] Billions are spent on infrastructure

　　22. The fiercest competition among the countries aspiring for their financial hubs is

　　[A] regulation.

　　[B] infrastructure.

　　[C] tax.

　　[D] talent.

　　23. Which of the following is NOT true about Saudi Arabia?

　　[A] It is building a cluster of its own economic zones.

　　[B] It is trying to decrease the number of "suitcase bankers".

　　[C] It is very strict about granting local business licenses.

　　[D] It can't attract the bulk of the region's money to flow in.

　　24. By saying ,making the desert bloom was never easy" in the last paragraph, the author means

　　[A] new skyscrapers need to be built to guarantee the confidence of financial markets.

　　[B] cutting on taxes and giving more incentives brings the confidence of financial markets.

　　[C] the government is trying to bring the confidence of financial markets down.

　　[D] it takes great efforts to build the confidence and prosperity of financial markets.

　　基础知识

　　1. Which of the following is a totally arbitrary one?

　　[A] Typewriter.

　　[B] Crack.

　　[C] Newspaper.

　　[D] Pig.

　　2. __________ is the study of the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed.

　　[A] Morphology

　　[B] Phonology

　　[C] Phonetics

　　[D] Syntax

　　3. It is __________ who proposed Language Acquisition Device (LAD).

　　[A] Sapir

　　[B] Leech

　　[C] Skinner

　　[D] Chomsky

　　4. __________ is the first American black woman writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

　　[A] Toni Morrison

　　[B] Saul Bellow

　　[C] Emily Dickenson

　　[D] Pearl S. Buck

　　5. George Orwell's __________ is considered as an anti-utopian novel.

　　[A] Animal Farm

　　[B] Nineteen Eighty-Four

　　[C] Down and Out in Paris

　　[D] The Road to Wigan War

　　6. __________ is one of Shakespeare's narrative poems.

　　[A] The Winter's Tale

　　[B] Venus and Adonis

　　[C] Romeo and Juliet

　　[D] The House of Fame

　　7. __________ is the second largest country in the world.

　　[A] Canada.

　　[B] U.S.A.

　　[C] China.

　　[D] Russia.

　　8. The head of government of United Kingdom is

　　[A] the Prime Minister.

　　[B] the Speaker of the House of Lords.

　　[C] the Speaker of the House of Commons.

　　[D] the Queen

　　9. Which event marks the establishment of New Zealand?

　　[A] The first settlement in New Zealand.

　　[B] Captain James Cook's voyages around New Zealand.

　　[C] Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

　　[D] None of the above.

　　10. In 1812, the United States fought the first war with

　　[A] France.

　　[B] Britain.

　　[C] Spain.

　　[D] Mexico

　　短文改错

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　　翻译

　　1. Chinese to English:

　　时代变了，像她这样一个经历了两种社会，大起大落，酸甜苦辣，极度变化的演员，一旦当她走出本来生活的小圈子，走出舞台，走进社会生活的深水里、激流中，以她异常敏感的眼睛、富有情感的心灵去观察生活、体会生活时，她时代变了，像她这样一个经历了两种社会，大起大落，酸甜苦辣，极度变化的演员，一旦当她走出本来生活的小圈子，走出舞台，走进社会生活的深水里、激流中，以她异常敏感的眼睛、富有情感的心灵去观察生活、体会生活时，她发现那些纷至沓来的新鲜事物，根本来不及用电影去表现。于是，从1958年开始，她的演员生活“淡出”，作家生活“淡入”。发现那些纷至沓来的新鲜事物，根本来不及用电影去表现。于是，从1958年开始，她的演员生活“淡出”，作家生活“淡入”。

　　2. English To Chinese:

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