2008年英語專八全真模擬沖刺卷(一)下(1)

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PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)
    There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
    31. __________________ does not belong to New England.
    A. Maine
    B. Vermont
    C. New York
    D. Rhode Island
    32. ________________ is the key conception in Christianity in which the three aspects of the same God are united as one. A. Resurrection
    B. Ascension
    C. Trinity
    D. Holy Spirit
    33. The first president in U. S. history who resigned because of a scandal is _____________.
    A. Wilson
    B. Nixon
    C. Jackson
    D. Kennedy
    34. A traditional food enjoyed by Americans during Thanksgiving Day is ______________________.
    A. steam bun
    B. roast turkey
    C. roast duck
    D. fried fish
    35. Thoreau’s _______________ is full of eco-wisdom.
    A. Nature
    B. Self-Reliance
    C. Walden
    D. Moby Dick
    36. __________________ takes London as the setting in most of his novels.
    A. Dickens
    B. Hardy
    C. Thackeray
    D. Defoe
    37. __________________ is the penname of William Sidney Porter, a famous short-story writer.
    A. Mark Twain
    B. O. Henry
    C. Henry James
    D. Stephen Crane
    38. __________________ is not a way of word-formation.
    A. Derivation
    B. Conversion
    C. Blending
    D. Imitation
    39. The smallest linguistic unit that can be used independently is ______________.
    A. morpheme
    B. phoneme
    C. minimal pair
    D. word
    40. “Daddy” and “Father” are ________________ synonyms.
    A. dialectal
    B. stylistic
    C. emotive
    D. semantically different
    PART IV PROOFREADING& ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)
    Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.