英语专业八级人文知识精讲NO._1

1、姓名：_ 班级：_ 学号：_-密-封 -线- 英语专业八级人文知识精讲no.考试时间：120分钟 考试总分：100分题号一二三四五总分分数遵守考场纪律，维护知识尊严，杜绝违纪行为，确保考试结果公正。_1_where is edinburgh?a in wales b in scotland c in northern ireland d in ireland_2_ which of the following is not a u.s. news and cable network?a abc b cnn c cbs d bbc_3_the capital of australia is _.

2、a sydney b melbourne c canberra d perth_4_ which degree is offered in community colleges in the united states?a masters degree b doctors degree c bachelors degree d associates degree_5_ george bernard shaw was a(n) _.a playwright b poet c novelist d essayist_6_ john galsworthy was most famous for_.a

3、 heart of darkness b ulysses c the forsyste saga d a passage to india_7_ the novel the adventures of huckleberry finn was written by_.a henry james b o. henry c harriet beccher stower d mark twain_8_the study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in condition is_.a morphology b g

4、eneral linguistics c phonology d semantics_9_which of the following is not a compound word?a landlady b greenhouse c uplift d unacceptable_10_ the word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any which we dont have to work. this is an example of _. a meaning shift b widening of

5、 meaning c narrowing of meaning d loss of meaning答案：1-5 bdcda 6-10 cdcdb1. 选b. wales的首府威cardiff, scotland的首府为edinburgh. northern ireland的首府belfast, ireland的首府为dublin.2. 选 d。 bbc=british broadcasting corporation英国广播公司, abc=american broadcasting company, inc美国广播公司; cnn= cable news network美国有线广播公司, cbs

6、= columbia broadcasting system哥伦比亚广播公司3. 选c。sydney第一城市, 位于new south wales州;melbourne第二大城市位于victoria州，canberra位于sydney与melbourne之间;perth位于australia州4. 选d。 associates degree是准学士学位 (喵猜这个相当我们说的大专吧)5. 选a。george bernard shaw (英国，萧伯纳)，爱尔兰籍，剧作家，批评家，社会评论家，主要作品有man and superman, back to methuselah, saint joan

7、 圣女贞德，arms and the man, pygmalion 茶花女，获得1925年诺贝尔文学奖。(喵，小云的上期文学七里香就是介绍了他噢)6. 选c。john galsworthy(英国),小说家，剧作家。主要作品有the forsyte saga福塞特家史，于1932年获得了诺贝尔文学奖;heart of darkness,joseph conrad，波兰籍英国小说家，另有lord jim 吉姆老爷;ulysses, james joyce, 爱尔兰作家finnergans wake为芬尼根守灵; a passage to india，e.m. forster,英国小说家，另有how

8、ards end霍华德别业。7. 选d。mark twain= samuel langhorne clemens,作品有the adventures of tom sawyer; henry james, 主要作品有ambassadors, the golden bowl; o.henry= william sydney porter, 主要作品有cabbages and kings, four million; harriet beecher stower, 其反奴隶制小说uncle toms cabin，促进了废奴运动发展。8. 选c。linguistics语言学, the study of human language,包括 theoretical linguistic, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, cognitive linguis