专八2003-人文知识真题及答案精编版

1、2003 年英语专八 人文知识真题31. is not a nationally observed holiday of America.A Christmas B Easter Sunday C Thanksgiving Day D Independence Day32. The university of Dublin was not founded until .A the 19th century B the 18th century C the 17th century D the 16th century33. The introduced old-age pensions in

2、New Zealand in 1898.A Labor Party B Democratic Party C Liberal Party D Conservative Party34. Irish culture experienced a golden age from to .A the eighth century, the eleventh century B the seventh century, the ninth centuryC the sixth century, the eighth century D the?fth century, the seventh centu

3、ry35. Which of the following writings is not the work by Charles Dickens? A A Tale of Two Cities B Hard TimesC Oliver Twist D Sons and Lovers36. is a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama themodernistic period.A Sinclair Lewis B Eugene O'Neill C Arthur Miller D Tennessee Wil

4、liams37. is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.A Ernest Hemingway B F. Scott Fitzgerald C William Faulkner D Ezra Pound38. is a relationship in which a word of a certain class determines the form of others in terms of certain categories.A Concord B Immediate constituentC Syntagmatic

5、relations D Government39. studies the sound systems in a certain language.A Phonetics B Phonology C Semantics D Pragmatics40. A linguistic situation in which two standard languages are used either by an individual or by a group of speakers is called .A situational dialect B slang C linguistic taboo

6、D bilingualism2004 年英语专八人文知识真题31. The following are products imported by Australia from China EXCEPT . A food B textiles C steel products D electronics32. Scots regard as the most important festival in a year.A Near Year's Day B Christmas Day C New Year's Eve D Easter33.Therepublicanmovement

7、hasbeengatheringmomentuminAustraliasince becamePrime Minister in 1992.A John Howard B Bob Hawke C Malcolm Fraser D Paul Keating34. was known for his famous speech "I have a dream".A John F. Kennedy B Martin Luther King, JrC Abraham Lincoln D Thomas Jefferson35. Of all the18thcenturynovelis

8、ts,_ wasthefirsttoset out,bothintheory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose", and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A Daniel Defoe B Samuel JohnsonC Oliver Goldsmith D Henry Feilding36. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American wri

9、ters, is well known for his .1A international theme B waste-land imageryC local color D symbolism37. Hemingway's writing style, together with his theme and the hero, is greatly and permanently influenced by his experiences .A in his childhood B in the war C in America D in Africa38. English cons

10、onants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc. in terms of .A manner of articulation B openness of mouthC place of articulation D voicing39. Which of the following words can correct two clauses in a coordinate sentence?A Through. B When. C But. D If.40. is the smallest unit of languag

11、e in terms of relationship between expression and content.A Word B Morpheme C Allomorph D Root2005 年英语专八人文知识真题31. is the capital of Canada.A Vancouver B Ottawa C Montreal D York32. U.S. presidents normally serve a (n) term.A two-year B four-year C six-year D eight-year33. Which of the following citi

12、es is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A Huston. B Boston. CBaltimore. D Philadelphia.34. is the state church in England.A The Roman Catholic Church B The Baptist ChurchC The Protestant Church D The Church of England35. The novel Emma is written by .A Mary Shelley B Charlotte Bront? C Elizabeth C.

13、 Gaskell D Jane Austen36. Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet?A William Wordsworth. B George Elliot.C George C. Byron. D Percy B. Shelley.37. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for . A his poems B his plays C his short stories D his novels38. Syntax is the study of .A

14、 language functions B sentence structures C textual organization D word formation39. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A Arbitrariness. B Productivity.C Cultural transmission. D Finiteness.40. The speech act theory was first put forward by .A参考答案：BBADA BCBDB2006 年

15、英语专八人文知识真题31. The President during the American Civil War was .A Andrew Jackson B Abraham Lincoln C Thomas Jefferson D George Washington32. The capital of New Zealand is .A Christchurch B Auckland C Wellington D Hamilton233. Who were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settler

16、s? A The Aborigines. B The Maori. C The Indians. D The Eskimos.34. The Prime Minister in Britain is head of .A the Shadow Cabinet B the Parliament C the Opposition D the Cabinet35. Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A T. S. Eliot. B D.H. Lawrence. C Theodore Dreiser. D Jame

17、s Joyce.36. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by .A Scott Fitzgerald B William Faulkner C Eugene O'Neill D Ernest Hemingway37. is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteenlines.A Free verse B Sonnet C Ode D Epigram38. What essentially distinguishes sem

18、antics and pragmatics is the notion of . A reference B meaning C antonymy D context39. The words "kid, child, offspring" are examples of .A dialectal synonyms B stylistic synonymsC emotive synonyms D collocational synonyms40. The distinction between parole and langue was made by . A Hallid

19、ay B Chomsky C Bloomfield D Saussure参考答案BCADA DBDBD2007 年英语专八人文知识真题31. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT .A the Anglos B the Celts C the Jutes D the Saxons32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by .A the Monarch B t

20、he President C the Prime Minister D the Governor-general33. The Declaration of Independence was written by .A Thomas Jefferson B George WashingtonC Alexander Hamilton D James Madison34. The original inhabitants of Australia were .A the Red Indians B the Eskimos C the Aborigines D the Maoris 35. Whic

21、h of the following novels was written by Emily Bront?A Oliver Twist. B Middlemarch. C Jane Eyre. D Wuthering Heights.36. William Butler Yeats was a(n) poet and playwright.A American B Canadian C Irish D Australian37. Death of a Salesman was written by .A Arthur Miller B Ernest HemingwayC Ralph Ellis

22、 on D James Baldwin38. refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of wordformation.A PhonologyB MorphologyC SemanticsD Sociolinguistics39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT .A lexicalB syntacticC phonological D psycholinguistic40.

23、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 shift D loss of meaning3参考答案CDACD CABDA2008 年英语专八人文知识真题31. The largest city in Canad

24、a is .A. Vancouver B. Montreal C. Toronto D. Ottawa32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in . A. the Federal Government B. the Supreme CourtC. the Cabinet D. the Conress33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?A. Baseball. B. Te

25、nnis. C. Basketball. D. American football.34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is . A. the President B. the Governor-GeneralC. the British monarch D. the Prime Minister35. The Caterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an import

26、ant poetic work by .A. Willian Langland B. Geoffrey C. William Shakespeare D. Alfred Tennyson36. Who wrote The American?A. Herman Melville. B. Nathaniel Hawthorne. C. Henry James. D. Theodore Dreiser.37. All of the following are well-know female writers in 20th-century Britain EXCEPT . A. George Eli

27、ot B. Iris Jean Murdoch C. Doris Lessing D. Muriel Spark38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness. B. Displacement. C. Duality. D.Diachronicity.39. What type of sentence is "Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry"?A simple sentence.

28、B. A coordinate sentence. C. A complex sentence. D. None of theabove.40. The phenomenonthat words having differentmeanings have the same form iscalled .A. hyponymy B. synonymy C. Polysemy D.homonymy参考答案BCADBBDACD2009 年英语专八人文知识真题31. The Head of State of New Zealand is .A the governor-general B the Pr

29、ime MinisterC the high commissioner D the monarch of the United Kingdom.32. The capital of Scotland is .A Glasgow B Edinburgh C Manchester D London33. 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.3

30、4. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia?A Perth. B Adelaide. C Sydney. D Melbourne.35. Ode to the West Wind was written by .A William Blake B William WordsworthC Samuel Taylor Coleridge D Percy B. Shelley36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse? A Ral

31、ph Waldo Emerson. B Walt Whitman.C Herman Melville. D Theodore Dreiser.37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by .A Thomas Hardy B John Galsworthy C D.H. Lawrence D James Joyce438. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is . A corpus linguistics B sociolinguist

32、icsC theoretical linguistics D psycholinguistics39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of differentlanguages for purposes of trading is called .A dialect B idiolect C pidgin D register40. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone

33、toopen the window, he is performing .A an illocutionaryact B a perlocutionary actC a locutionary actD none of theabove答案31、D the monarch of the United Kingdom 32 、B Edinburgh. 33、AThomas Jefferson. 34、 C Sydney 35、D Percy B. Shelley36、B Walt Whitman. 37 、C D.H. Lawrence. 38、D psycholinguistics. 39、

34、C pidgin. 40、 A an illocutionary act.2010 年英语专八人文知识真题31. Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. the British Constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215B. the British Constitution includes Parliamentary actsC. the British Constitution includes decisions made by courts of law答案 D： The British Consti

35、tution includes one single written constitution 32. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec B. Vancouver C. Toronto D. Montreal答案 A： Quebec33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. B. 1788C. 1900D. 1901答案 D： 190134. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the planta

36、tion slavery in the south of US was issued byA. Abraham Lincoln B. Thomas Paine C. George Washington D. Thomas Jefferson 答案 A： Abraham Lincoln35.Who was best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems?答案 C： Robert Browning36. The Financier was written by A. Mark Twain B. Henry James

37、C.答案 D： Theodore Dreiser37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as A. allegory B. sonnet C. blank verse D. rhyme答案 A： Allegory38._ refers to the learning and development of a languageA. language acquisition B. language comprehension C. language production D. lang

38、uageintroduction答案 A： language acquisition39. The word “ motel ” comes from “ motor hotel ”. This is an example of “ ” in morphology.A. backformation B. conversion C. blending D. acronym5答案 C： blending40.Language is tool of communication, the symbol“ highway closed ” servesA. B.C. a performative fun

39、ction D. a persuasive function答案 B： informative function2011 年英语专八人文知识真题31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _.A. Northern IrelandB. WalesC. EnglandD. ScotlandTIP：选 D。英国最北端是苏格兰。32. It is generally agreed that _ were the first Europeans to reach Australia'sshores.A. the FrenchB. the Germ

40、ansC. the BritishD. the DutchTIP：选 D。1606 年，荷兰航海家Willem Janszoon 在约克角西岸登陆澳洲。1770 年，英国人库克船长登上澳洲大陆并宣布它为英国领土。33. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?A. Canada. B. New Zealand. C. Great Britain. D. The United States of America.TIP：选 A。加拿大被誉为“枫叶之国”。34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Comm

41、on Sense, before the American Revolution?A. Thomas Jefferson.B. Thomas Paine. C. John Adams. D. Benjamin Franklin.TIP：选 B。常识是托马斯 ?潘恩在美国革命之前撰写的。35. Virginia Woolf was an important female _ in the 20th-century England.A. poetB. biographerC. playwrightD. novelistTIP：选 D。弗吉尼亚 ?伍尔芙是英国著名小说家，第二次世界大战期间，她是伦敦

42、文学界的核心人物。36. _ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in anation's history.A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. ElegyTIP：选 C。 epic 是“史诗、叙事诗”的意思。37. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century? A. The Great Gatsby. B. The Sun Also Rises. C. The

43、 Sound and the Fury.D. Beyond the Horizon.TIP：选 A。天边外是尤金 ?奥尼尔的著名戏剧作品，太阳照常升起是海明威的代表作，喧哗与骚动则是福克纳的代表作。了不起的盖茨比的作者是菲茨杰拉德的作品，反映了美国20 世纪 20 年代到 30 年代的社会现实， 对美国神话进行了另类诠释和解读。38. _ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A. Semantics B. PragmaticsC. Cognitive linguisticsD. Sociol

44、inguisticsTIP：选 C。认知语言学认为，语言的创建、学习及运用，基本上都必须能够通过人类的认知而加以解释，因为认知能力是人类知识的根本。39. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of _.A. absence of obstructionB. presence of obstructionC. manner of articulationD. place of articulationTIP：选 A。辅音主要是从肺部呼出的气流在通过口腔或鼻腔时遇到阻碍而发出的音，元音的发音与之最大的区别就是不受阻碍，不

45、产生摩擦。40. The definition "the act of using or promoting the use of several languages, either byan individual speaker or by a community of speakers" refers to _.A. PidginB. CreoleC. MultilingualismD. Bilingualism6TIP：选 C。 Multilingualism的意思是“多语现象、多语制”。2012 年英语专八人文知识真题31. The Maori people are

46、 natives ofA. Australia. B. Canada. C. Ireland. D. New Zealand.32. The British monarch is the Head ofA. Parliament. B. State. C. Government. D. Cabinet.33. Americans celebrate Independence Day onA. July 4th. B. October 11th. C. May 31st. D. September 6th.34. Canada is bounded on the north byA. the P

47、acific Ocean. B. the Atlantic Ocean. C. the Arctic Ocean. D. the Great Lakes.35. Who is the author of The Waste Lana?A. George Bernard Shaw. B. W.B. Yeats. C. Dylan Thomas.D. T.S. Eliot.36. Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury?A. William Faulkner. B. Ernest Hemingway. C. Sco

48、tt Fitzgerald. D. John Steinbeck.37. "The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company" is an example ofA. exaggeration. B. understatement. C. personification. D. synecdoche.38. In English ifa word begins with a l or a r, then the next sound must be a vowel. This is a (n)

49、A. assimilation rule. B. sequential rule. C.deletion rule. D. grammar rule.39. Which of the following is an example of clipping? A.APEC. B.Motel. C.Xerox. D.Disco.40. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of" situation iscalledA. register. B. dialect. C. sla

50、ng. D. variety参考答案36. A. William Faulkner37. C. personification 38. B. sequential rule 39. D. Disco 40. A. register7Keys:31. 澳大利亚的全称是：the commonwealth of Austrilia32. 加拿大以什么著称，除了什么以外（矿产、森林、肥沃的土地）。答案选 the heavy industries.33. 美国社区大学一般提供 two-year 制课程34. 1997 年苏格兰、 威尔斯全民公决各自有了自己的议会35. 哪一个是头韵法，答案：safe a

51、nd sound36 谁写的 Mrs. Warren's Profession ，答案是：George Bernard Shaw37Sister Carrie 是神马东东，答案：novel38 下面哪一个斜体部分为曲折语素，答案goes 里面的 es39 听其音，知其意是神马东东，答案：拟音Onomatopoeia40 “关上课本，认真听我讲”起的啥作用，答案：directive201431. Which of the following is the French-speaking city in Canada?A. Vancouver B. Ottawa C. Montreal D

52、. Toronto32. Which of the following are natives of New Zealand?A. The Maoris B. The Aboriginals C. The Red Indians D. The Eskimos 33. The established or national church in England isA. the Roman Catholic Church B. the United Reformed Church C. the Anglican Church D. the Methodist Church34. The 13 fo

53、rmer British colonies in North America declared independence from Great Britain in A. 1774 B. 1775 C. 1776 D. 177735. “ Grace under pressure ” is an outstanding virtue of _ heroes.A. Scott Fitzgeralds B. Ernest Hemingways C. Eugene O Neill s D. William Faulkner s36. Widowers House was written byA. William Butler Yeats B. George Bernard Shaw C. John Galsworthy D. T. S. Elio