专八人文知识真命题05-11年(附答案解析)

1、1.is the cap ital city of Canada.A. VancouverB. OttawaC. Montrealterm.D. York2. U.S. p residents normally serves a (an)A. two-yearB. four-yearC. six-yearD. eight-year3. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A. Huston.B. Boston.C. Baltimore.4.D. P hiladel phia.is the sta

2、te church in England.A. The Roman Catholic Church.B. The Bap tist ChurchC. The P rotestant ChurchD. The Church of England5. The novel Emma is written byA. Mary Shelley.B. Charlotte BronteC. Elizabeth C. Gaskell.D. Jane Austen.6. Which of following is NOT a romantic p oet?A. William Wordsworth.B. Geo

3、rge Elliot.C. George G. Byron.D. P ercy B. Shelley.7. William Sidney Po rter, known as O. Henry, is most famous forA. his p oems.B. his pl ays.C. his short stories.D. his novels8. Syntax is the study ofA. language functions.B. sentence structures.C. textual organization.D. word formation.9. Which of

4、 the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness.B. P roductivity.C. Cultural transmission.D. Finiteness.10. The sp eech act theory was first put forward byA. John Searle.B. John Austin.C. Noam Chomsky.D. M.A.K. Halliday.11. The Presidents during the American Civil War

5、wasA. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington12. The cap ital of New Zealand isA. ChristchurchB. AucklandC. WellingtonD. Hamilton13. Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?A. The AboriginesB. The MaoriC. The IndiansD. The Eskimos1

6、4. The P rime Minister in Britain is head ofA. the Shadow CabinetB. the P arliamentC. the Opp ositionD. the Cabinet15. Which of the following writers is a p oet of the 20th century?A. T.S.EliotB. D.H.LawrenceC. Theodore DreiserD. James Joyce16. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written byA. Scott

7、 FitzgeraldB. William FaulknerC. Eugene O'Neil17.D. Ernest Hemingwayis defined as an exp ression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen linesA. Free verseB. SonnetC. OdeD. E pi gram18. What essentially distinguishes semantics and p ragmatics is the notion ofA. refere neeB. meaningC. a

8、ntonymyD. context19. The words"kid, child, offsp ring" are exa mples ofA. dialectal synonymsB. stylistic synonymsC. emotive synonymsD. collocational synonyms20. The distinction between p arole and langue was made byA. HalliayB. ChomskyC. BloomfieldD. Saussure21. The majority of the current

9、 popu lation in the UK are decedents of all the following tribesrespectively EXCEPTA. the AnglosB. the CeltsC. the JutesD. the Saxons22. The Head of State of Canada is represented byA. the MonarchB. the PresidentC. the Prime MinisterD. the Governor-general23. The Declaration of Independence was writ

10、ten byA. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Alexander HamiltonD. James Madison24. The original inhabitants of Australia wereA. the Red IndiansB. the EskimosC. the AboriginesD. the Maoris 25. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?A. Oliver TwistB. MiddlemarchC. Jane EyreD. Wut

11、hering Heightspoet and playwright.26. William Butler Yeats was a(n)A. AmericanB. CanadianC. IrishD. Australian 27. Death of a Salesman was written byA. Arthur MillerB. Ernest HemingwayC. Ralph Ellison28.D. James Baldwinrefers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word form

12、ation.A. PhonologyB. Mor phologyC. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics29. The distinctive features of a sp eech variety may be all the following EXCE PTA. lexicalB. syntacticC. p honologicalD. p sycholinguistic30. The word tail once referred to"the tail of a horse ” , but now it is used to mean“the ta

13、il ofany animal.This is an exa mple ofA. widening of meaningB. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaning31. The largest city in Canada isA. Vancouver.B. Montreal.C. TorontoD. Ottawa.32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative po wer is invested inA. the Federal Gove

14、rnment.B. the Sup reme Court.C. the Cabinet.D. the Congress.33. Which of the following is the oldest sp ort in the United States?A. Baseball.B. Tennis.C. Basketball.D. American football.34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand isA. the President.B. the Governor-General.C. the British mona

15、rch,D. the P rime Minister.35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way toCanterbury, is an imp ortant p oetic work byA. William Langland.B. Geoffrey Chaucer.C. William Shakes peare.D. Alfred Tennyson.36. Who wrote The American?A. Herman Melville.B. Nath

16、aniel Hawthorne.C. Henry James.D. Theodore Dreiser.37. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCE PTA. George Eliot.B. Iris Jean Murdoch.C. Doris Lessing.D. Muriel Sp ark.38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness.B. Di

17、spI acement.C. Duality.D. Diachronicity.39. What type of sentence is"Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in po etry.A. A simp le sentence.B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above.40. The p henomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is call

18、edA. hyponymy.B. synonymy.C. po lysemy.D. homonymy.41. The Head of State of New Zealand isA. the governor-general.B. the P rime Minister.C. the high commissioner.D. the monarch of the United Kingdom.42. The capi tal of Scotland isA. Glasgow.B. Edinburgh.C. Manchester.D. London.43. Who wrote the Decl

19、aration of Inde pendence and later became the U.S. P resident?A. Thomas Jefferson.B. George Washington.C. Thomas P aine.D. John Adams.44. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia?A. Perth.B. Adelaide.C. Sydney.D. Melbourne.45. Ode to the West Windwas written byA. Wi

20、lliam Blake.B. William Wordsworth.C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.D. Percy B. Shelley.46. Who among the following is a p oet of free verse?A. Ral ph Waldo Emerson.B. Walt Whitman.C. Herman MelvilleD. Theodore Dreiser.47. The novel Sons and Lovers was written byA. Thomas Hardy.B. John Galsworthy.C. D.H. L

21、awrence.D. James Joyce.48. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production isA. corpus linguistics.B. sociolinguistics.C. theoretical linguistics.D. psycholinguistics.49. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of differentlanguages for purp

22、oses of trading is calledA. dialect.B. idiolect.C. pidgin.D. register.50. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open thewindow, he is performingA. an illocutionary act.B. a perlocutionary act.C. a locutionary act.D. none of the above.51. Which of the following

23、 statements in INCORRECT?A. The British constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215.B. The British constitution includes Parliamentary acts.C. The British constitution includes decisions made by courts of law.D. The British constitution includes one single written constitution.52. The first city e

24、ver founded in Canada isA. Quebec.B. Vancouver.C. Toronto.D. Montreal.53. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. 1770.B. 1788.C. 1900.D. 1901.54. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the U.S. was issued byA. Abraham Lincoln.B. T

25、homas Paine.C. George Washington.D. Thomas Jefferson.55.is best known for the technique ofdramatic monologuein his poems.A. Will BlakeB. W.B. YeatsC. Robert BrowningD. William Wordsworth 56. The Financier is written byA. Mark Twain.B. Henry James.C. William Faulkner.D. Theodore Dreiser.57. In litera

26、ture a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined asA. allegory.B. sonnet.C. blank verse.58.D. rhyme.refers to the learning and development of a language.A. Language acquisitionB. Language comprehensionC. Language productionD. Language instruction59. The wordMotel ” comes from “ motor

27、+ hotel. This is an example ofinmorphology.65. Virginia Woolf was an important femalein the 20th-century England.A. backformationB. conversionC. blendingHighway Closed ” on a highwayD. acronym 60. Language is t tool of communication. The symbol servesA. an expressive function.B. an informative funct

28、ion.C. a performative function.D. a persuasive functionhe61. The northernmost part of Great Britain isA. Northern IrelandB. ScotlandC. EnglandD. Wales62. It is generally agreed thatwere the first Europeans to reach Australia' s shores.A. The FrenchB. the GermansC. the BritishD. the Dutch63. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?A. CanadaB. New ZealandC. Great BritainD. The United States of America64. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, Before the American Revolution?A. Thomas JeffersonB. Tho