专八年人文知识真题及答案

1、?2003 年 英 语 专 八 人 文 知 识 真 题is not a nationally observed holiday of America.A Christmas B Easter Sunday C Thanksgiving Day D Independence DayThe university of Dublin was not founded until .A the 19th century B the 18th century C the 17th century D the 16th centuryThe introduced old-age pensions in Ne

2、w Zealand in 1898.A Labor Party B Democratic Party C Liberal Party D Conservative PartyIrish 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 centuryWhi

3、ch 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 Loversis a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period.A Sinclair Lewis B Eugene ONeill C Arthur Miller D Tennessee Williamsis often accl

4、aimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.A Ernest Hemingway B F. Scott Fitzgerald C William Faulkner D Ezra Poundis 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 relations D Governmentstud

5、ies the sound systems in a certain language.A Phonetics B Phonology C Semantics D PragmaticsA 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 D bilingualism2004年英语专八人及知识真题The f

6、ollowing are products imported by Australia from China EXCEPT .A food B textiles C steel products D electronicsScots regard as the most important festival in a year.A Near Years Day B Christmas Day C New Years Eve D EasterThe republican movement has been gathering momentum in Australia since became

7、Prime Minister in 1992.A John Howard B Bob Hawke C Malcolm Fraser D Paul Keatingwas known for his famous speech I have a dream.A John F. Kennedy B Martin Luther King, JrC Abraham Lincoln D Thomas JeffersonOf all the 18th century novelists,was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to wri

8、te 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 FeildingMark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his .A international theme B waste-land imageryC lo

9、cal color D symbolismHemingways 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 AfricaEnglish consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc. in terms of .A manner of ar

10、ticulation B openness of mouthC place of articulation D voicingWhich of the following words can correct two clauses in a coordinate sentence?A Through. B When. C But. D If.is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content.A Word B Morpheme C Allomorph D Root200

11、5年英语专八人文知识真题is the capital of Canada.A Vancouver B Ottawa C Montreal D YorkU.S. presidents normally serve a (n) term.A two-year B four-year C six-year D eight-yearWhich of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A Huston. B Boston. CBaltimore. D Philadelphia.is the state church in

12、 England.A The Roman Catholic Church B The Baptist ChurchC The Protestant Church D The Church of EnglandThe novel Emma is written by .A Mary Shelley B Charlotte Bront? C Elizabeth C. Gaskell D Jane AustenWhich of the following is NOT a romantic poet?A William Wordsworth. B George Elliot.C George C.

13、Byron. D Percy B. Shelley.William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for .A his poems B his plays C his short stories D his novelsSyntax is the study of .A language functions B sentence structures C textual organization D word formationWhich of the following is NOT a distinctive featur

14、e of human language?A Arbitrariness. B Productivity.C Cultural transmission. D Finiteness.The speech act theory was first put forward by .参考答案：BBADA BCBDB2006年英语专八人文知识真题The President during the American Civil War was .A Andrew Jackson B Abraham Lincoln C Thomas Jefferson D George WashingtonThe capit

15、al of New Zealand is .A Christchurch B Auckland C Wellington D HamiltonWho were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settlers?A The Aborigines. B The Maori. C The Indians. D The Eskimos.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of .A the Shadow Cabinet B the Parliament C the Opposi

16、tion D the CabinetWhich of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A T. S. Eliot. B D.H. Lawrence. C Theodore Dreiser. D James Joyce.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by .A Scott Fitzgerald B William Faulkner C Eugene ONeill D Ernest Hemingwayis defined as an expression of hum

17、an emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.A Free verse B Sonnet C Ode D EpigramWhat essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of .A reference B meaning C antonymy D contextThe words kid, child, offspring are examples of .A dialectal synonyms B stylistic synonymsC emoti

18、ve synonyms D collocational synonymsThe distinction between parole and langue was made by .A Halliday B Chomsky C Bloomfield D Saussure参考答案BCADA DBDBD2007年英语专八人文知识真题The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT .A the Anglos B the Celt

19、s C the Jutes D the SaxonsThe Head of State of Canada is represented by .A the Monarch B the President C the Prime Minister D the Governor-generalThe Declaration of Independence was written by .A Thomas Jefferson B George WashingtonC Alexander Hamilton D James MadisonThe original inhabitants of Aust

20、ralia were .A the Red Indians B the Eskimos C the Aborigines D the MaorisWhich of the following novels was written by Emily Bront?A Oliver Twist. B Middlemarch. C Jane Eyre. D Wuthering Heights.William Butler Yeats was a(n) poet and playwright.A American B Canadian C Irish D AustralianDeath of a Sal

21、esman was written by .A Arthur Miller B Ernest HemingwayC Ralph Ellis on D James Baldwinrefers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A PhonologyB MorphologyC SemanticsD SociolinguisticsThe distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXC

22、EPT .A lexicalB syntacticC phonological D psycholinguisticThe 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 meaning参考答案CDACD CABDA2008年英语专八人文知识真题The large

23、st city in Canada is .Vancouver B. Montreal C. Toronto D. OttawaAccording to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in .A. the Federal Government B. the Supreme CourtC. the Cabinet D. the ConressWhich of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?A. Baseball. B

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

25、oetic work by .A. Willian Langland B. Geoffrey C. William Shakespeare D. Alfred TennysonWho wrote The American?A. Herman Melville. B. Nathaniel Hawthorne. C. Henry James. D. Theodore Dreiser.All of the following are well-know female writers in 20th-century Britain EXCEPT.A. George Eliot B. Iris Jean

26、 Murdoch C. Doris Lessing D. Muriel SparkWhich of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness. B. Displacement. C. Duality. D.Diachronicity.What type of sentence is Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry?A simple sentence. B. A coordinate sentence. C. A comp

27、lex sentence. D. None of the above.The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called .A. hyponymy B. synonymy C. Polysemy D.homonymy参考答案 BCADBBDACD2009年英语专八人文知识真题The Head of State of New Zealand is .A the governor-general B the Prime MinisterC the high commissioner D t

28、he monarch of the United Kingdom.The capital of Scotland is .A Glasgow B Edinburgh C Manchester D LondonWho wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President?A Thomas Jefferson. B George Washington. C Thomas Paine. D John Adams.Which of the following cities is located on the

29、eastern coast of Australia?A Perth. B Adelaide. C Sydney. D Melbourne.Ode to the West Wind was written by .A William Blake B William WordsworthC Samuel Taylor Coleridge D Percy B. ShelleyWho among the following is a poet of free verse?A Ralph Waldo Emerson. B Walt Whitman.C Herman Melville. D Theodo

30、re Dreiser.The novel Sons and Lovers was written by .A Thomas Hardy B John Galsworthy C D.H. Lawrence D James JoyceThe study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is .A corpus linguistics B sociolinguisticsC theoretical linguistics D psycholinguisticsA special language var

31、iety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called .A dialect B idiolect C pidgin D registerWhen a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing .A an illocutionary act B a perlocutiona

32、ry act C a locutionary act D none of the above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、C pidgin. 40、A an illocutionary act.2010年英语专八人文知识真题Which of the following is

33、 INCORRECT?the British Constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215the British Constitution includes Parliamentary actsthe British Constitution includes decisions made by courts of law答案 D： The British Constitution includes one single written constitutionThe first city ever founded in Canada isA. Q

34、uebec B. Vancouver C. Toronto D. Montreal答案 A： QuebecWhen did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. B. 1788C. 1900D. 1901答案D： 1901The Emancipation Proclamation to end the plantation slavery in the south of US was issued byA. Abraham Lincoln B. Thomas Paine C. George Washington D. T

35、homas Jefferson 答案 A： Abraham LincolnWho was best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems?答案 C： Robert BrowningThe Financier was written byA. Mark Twain B. Henry James C.答案 D： Theodore DreiserIn literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined asA. allegory B.

36、 sonnet C. blank verse D. rhyme答案 A： Allegoryrefers to the learning and development of a languageA. language acquisition B. language comprehension C. language production D. language introduction答案 A： language acquisitionThe word “motel” comes from “motor - hotel”. This is an example of “ in morpholo

37、gy.A. backformation B. conversion C. blending D. acronym答案 C： blendingLanguage is tool of communication, the symbol “highway closed” servesA. B.C. a performative function D. a persuasive function答案 B：informative function2011年英语专八人文知识真题The northernmost part of Great Britain is.A. Northern Ireland B.

38、Wales C. England D. ScotlandTIP：选D。英国最北端是苏格兰。It is generally agreed that were the first Europeans to reach Australiasshores.A. the French B. the Germans C. the British D. 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。Which country is known as the Land of Maple Le

39、af?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”。Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common 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。Virginia Woolf was

40、an important female in the 20th-centuryEngland.A. poet B. biographer C. playwright D. novelistTIP：选D。弗吉尼亚?伍尔芙是英国着名小说家，第二次世界大战期间，她是 伦敦文学界的核心人物。refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nations history.A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. ElegyTIP：选C。epic是“史诗、叙事诗”的意思。Which

41、of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century?A. The Great Gatsby. B. The Sun Also Rises. C. The Sound and the Fury.Beyond the Horizon.TIP：选A。天边外是尤金?奥尼尔的着名戏剧作品，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

42、of the relationship between language and mind.A. Semantics B. Pragmatics C. Cognitive linguistics D. SociolinguisticsTIP：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。A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of.A. absence of obstruction B. presence of obstructionC. mann

43、er of articulation D. 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，不产生摩擦。The definition the act of using or promoting the use of several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers refers to.A. Pidgin B. Creole C. Multilingualism D. Bil

44、ingualismTIP：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The Maori people are natives ofA. Australia. B. Canada. C. Ireland. D. New Zealand.The British monarch is the Head ofA. Parliament. B. State. C. Government. D. Cabinet.Americans celebrate Independence Day onA. July 4th. B. October 11th. C.

45、 May 31st. D. September 6th.Canada is bounded on the north byA. the Pacific Ocean. B. the Atlantic Ocean. C. the Arctic Ocean. D. the Great Lakes.Who is the author of The Waste Lana?A. George Bernard Shaw. B. W.B. Yeats. C. Dylan Thomas. D. T.S. Eliot.Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound

46、 and the Fury?A. William Faulkner. B. Ernest Hemingway. C. Scott Fitzgerald. D. John Steinbeck.The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company is an example ofA. exaggeration. B. understatement. C. personification. D. synecdoche.In English ifa word begins with a l or a r, then the

47、next sound must be a vowel. This is a (n)A. assimilation rule. B. sequential rule. C.deletion rule. D. grammar rule.Which of the following is an example of clipping?A.APEC. B.Motel. C.Xerox. D.Disco.The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of situation is calledA. r

48、egister. B. dialect. C. slang. D. variety 参考答案Keys: 31.澳大利亚的全称是：the commonwealth of Austrilia 32.加拿大以什么着称， 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 and sound 36 谁写的 Mrs. Warrens Profession，答案是：George Bernard Shaw 37 Siste

49、r Carrie是神马东东，答案：novel 38下面哪一个斜体部分为曲折语素，答案 goes里面的es 39听其音，知其意是神马东东，答案：拟音Onomatopoeia 40 关 上课本，认真听我讲”起的啥作用，答案：directive2014Which of the following is the French-speaking city in Canada?A. Vancouver B. Ottawa C. Montreal D. TorontoWhich of the following are natives of New Zealand?A. The Maoris B. The

50、Aboriginals C. The Red Indians D. The EskimosThe established or national church in England isA. the Roman Catholic Church B. the United Reformed ChurchC. the Anglican Church D. the Methodist ChurchThe 13 former British colonies in North America declared independence from Great Britain inA. 1774 B. 1775 C. 1776 D. 1777“Grace under pressure” is an outstanding virtue of heroes.A. Scott Fitzgeralds B. Ernest Hemingways C. Eugene O Neills D. William Faulkner sWidowers House was written byA. William Butler Yeats B. George Bernard Shaw C. John Galsworthy D. T. S. EliotWho wrote The Canterbur