TEM8-人文知识练习01(历年真题).doc

TEM8 人文知识练习01TEM8-20091. The Head of State of New Zealand is _.A. the governor-general.B. the Prime Minister.C. the high commissioner.D. the monarch of the United Kingdom.2. The capital of Scotland is _.A. Glasgow.B. Edinburgh.C. Manchester.D. London.3. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President?A. Thomas Jefferson.B. George Washington.C. Thomas Paine.D. John Adams.4. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia?A. Perth.B. Adelaide.C. Sydney.D. Melbourne.5. Ode to the West Wind was written by _.A. William Blake.B. William Wordsworth.C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.D. Percy B. Shelley.6. Who among the following is a poet of free verse?A. Ralph Waldo Emerson.B. Walt Whitman.C. Herman MelvilleD. Theodore Dreiser.7. The novel Sons and Lovers was written byA. Thomas Hardy.B. John Galsworthy.C. D.H. Lawrence.D. James Joyce.8. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is _.A. corpus linguistics.B. sociolinguistics.C. theoretical linguistics.D. psycholinguistics.9. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called _.A. dialect.B. idiolect.C. pidgin.D. register.10. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing _.A. an illocutionary act.B. a perlocutionary act.C. a locutionary act.D. none of the aboveTEM8-20081. The largest city in Canada is _.A. Vancouver.B. Montreal. C. TorontoD. Ottawa.2.According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in _.A. the Federal Government.B. the Supreme Court.C. the Cabinet.D. the Congress.3.Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?A. Baseball.B. Tennis.C. Basketball.D. American football.4.The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is _.A. the President.B. the Governor-General.C. the British monarch,D. the Prime Minister.5.The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by _.A. William Langland. B. Geoffrey Chaucer.C. William Shakespeare.D. Alfred Tennyson.6.Who wrote The American Tragedy? A. Herman Melville. B. Nathaniel Hawthorne. C. Henry James. D. Theodore Dreiser.7.All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th century Britain EXCEPT _.A. George Eliot.B. Iris Jean Murdoch.C. Doris Lessing.D. Muriel Spark.8.Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness.B. Displacement.C. Duality.D. Diachronicity.9.What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”?A. A simple sentence.B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above.10.The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is calledA. hyponymy.B. synonymy.C. polysemy.D. homonymy.TEM8-20071. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT _.A. the AnglosB. the CeltsC. the Jutes D. the Saxons 2. The Head of State of Canada is represented by _.A. the MonarchB. the PresidentC. the Prime MinisterD. the Governor-general 3. The Declaration of Independence was written by_.A. Thomas Jefferson B. George WashingtonC. Alexander HamiltonD. James Madison4. The original inhabitants of Australia were _.A. the Red IndiansB. the EskimosC. the Aborigines D. the Maoris5. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?A. Oliver TwistB. MiddlemarchC. Jane EyreD. Wuthering Heights 6. William Butler Yeats was a(n) _ poet and playwright.A. AmericanB. CanadianC. Irish D. Australian7. Death of a Salesman was written by _.A. Arthur Miller B. Ernest HemingwayC. Ralph EllisonD. James Baldwin8. _ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A. PhonologyB. Morphology C. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics9. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT _.A. lexicalB. syntacticC. phonologicalD. psycholinguistic 10. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example of _.A. widening of meaning B. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaningTEM8-20061.The Presidents during the American Civil War was _.A. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington2.The capital of New Zealand is _.A. ChristchurchB. AucklandC. WellingtonD. Hamilton3.Who were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settlers?A. The AboriginesB. The MaoriC. The IndiansD. The Eskimos4.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of _.A. the Shadow CabinetB. the ParliamentC. the OppositionD. the Cabinet5.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A. T. S. EliotB. D. H. LawrenceC. Theodore DreiserD. James Joyce6.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by _.A. Scott FitzgeraldB. William FaulknerC. Eugene ONeilD. Ernest Hemingway7._ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.A. Free verseB. SonnetC. OdeD. Epigram8.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of _.A. referenceB. meaningC. antonymyD. context9.The words kid, child, offspring are examples of _.A. dialectal synonymsB. stylistic synonymsC. emotive synonymsD. collocational synonyms10.The distinction between parole and langue was made by _.A. HalliayB. ChomskyC. BloomfieldD. SaussureTEM8-20051. _ is the capital city of Canada.A. VancouverB. Ottawa C. MontrealD. York2. U.S. presidents normally serves a (an) _term.A. two-yearB. four-year C. six-yearD. eight-year3. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A. Huston. B. Boston.C. Baltimore.D. Philadelphia.4. _ is the state church in England.A. The Roman Catholic Church.B. The Baptist ChurchC. The Protestant ChurchD. The Church of England 5. The novel Emma is written by _.A. Mary Shelley.B. Charlotte Bront.C. Elizabeth C. Gaskell.D. Jane Austen. 6. Which of following is NOT a romantic poet?A. William Wordsworth.B. Georg