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完满版的英语专业八级人文知识试题--精选有答案完满版的英语专业八级人文知识试题--精选有答案完满版的英语专业八级人文知识试题--精选有答案2014年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案1.Thestudyof__isSyntax.AtextualorganizationBsentencestructuresCwordformationDlanguagefunctions2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTadistinctivefeatureofhumanlanguage?AarbitrarinessBproductivityCculturaltransmissionDfiniteness3.Thespeechacttheorywasfirstputforwardby__.AJohnScarlBJohanAustinCNoarnChomsky4.ThecapitalcityofCanadais__.AMontrealBOttawaCVancouverDYork5.U.S.presidentsnormallyservea(an)__term.Aeight-yearBfour-yearCsix-yearDtwoyear6.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisNOTlocatedintheNortheast,U.S.AHustonBBaltimoreCPhiladelphiaDBoston7.ThestatechurchinEnglandis__.ATheBaptistBTheRomanCatholicCTheProtestantChurchDTheChurchofEngland8.ThenovelEmmaiswrittenby__.AJaneAustenBElizabethCGaskellCharlotteBronteDMaryShelley9.WhichofthefollowingisnotaRomanticPoet?AWilliamWordsworthBPercyB.ShelleyCGeorgeG.ByronDGeorgeEliot10.WilliamSidneyPorter,knownasO.Henry,ismostfamousfor__.AhispoemBhisplaysCHisnovelsDhisshortstoriesKEYS:1-5BDBBB6-10ADADD2013年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案PARTIIIGEBERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)Therearetenmultiple-choicequestionsinthissection.MarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO.31ThefullofficialnameofAustraliaisA.TheRepublicofAustralia.B.TheUnionofAustralia.C.TheFederationofAustralia.D.TheCommonwealthofAustralia.32.CanadaiswellknownforallthefollowingEXCEPTA.itsmineralresources.B.itsheavyindustries.C.itsforestresources.D.itsfertileandarableland.33.IntheUnitedStatescommunitycollegeofferA.two-yearprogrammes.B.four-yearprogrammes.C.postgraduatestudies.D.B.A.orB.S.degrees.34.In______,referendainScotlandandWalessetupaScottishparliamentandaWalesassembly.A.2000B.1946C.1990D.199735.Whichofthefollowingclustersofwordsisanexampleofalliteration?A.Aweakseat.B.Knockandkick.C.Safeandsound.D.Coalandboat.36.WhowroteMrs.Warren?sprofession?A.GeorgeBernardShaw.B.WilliamButlerYeats.C.JohnGalsworthy.D.T.S.Eliot.37.SisterCarriebyTheodoreDreiserisa(n)A.autobiography.B.shortstory.C.poem.D.novel.38.Whichofthefollowingitalicizedpartsisaninflectionalmorpheme?A.Unlock.B.Government.C.Goes.D.Off-stage.39.________isalanguagephenomenoninwhichwordssoundlikewhattheyreferto.A.CollocationB.OnomatopoeiaC.DenotationD.Assimilation40.Thesentence“Closeyourbookandlistentomecarefully!pe”rformsa(n)_______function.A.interrogativeB.informativeC.performativeD.directivekeys:31-35DBADC36-40ADCBD2012年英语专业八级真题(word版)人文知识部分31.TheMaoripeoplearenativesofA.Australia.B.Canada.C.Ireland.D.NewZealand.32.TheBritishmonarchistheHeadofA.Parliament.B.State.C.Government.D.Cabinet.33.AmericanscelebrateIndependenceDayonA.July4th.B.October11th.C.May31st.D.September6th.34.CanadaisboundedonthenorthbyA.thePacificOcean.B.theAtlanticOcean.C.theArcticOcean.D.theGreatLakes.35.WhoistheauthorofTheWasteLana?A.GeorgeBernardShaw.B.W.B.Yeats.C.DylanThomas.D.T.S.Eliot.36.WhichofthefollowingnovelistswroteTheSoundandtheFury?A.WilliamFaulkner.B.ErnestHemingway.C.ScottFitzgerald.D.JohnSteinbeck.37."Thelettucewaslonelywithouttomatoesandcucumbersforcompany"isanexampleofA.exaggeration.B.understatement.C.personification.D.synecdoche.38.InEnglishifawordbeginswitha[l]ora[r],thenthenextsoundmustbeavowel.Thisisa(n)A.assimilationrule.B.sequentialrule.C.deletionrule.D.grammarrule.39.Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofclipping?A.APEC.B.Motel.C.Xerox.D.Disco.40.Thetypeoflanguagewhichisselectedasappropriatetoaparticulartypeof"situationiscalledA.register.B.dialect.C.slang.D.variety.Keys:31-35DBACD36-40ACBDA2011专八人文知识真题参照答案31.ThenorthernmostpartofGreatBritainis_______.A.NorthernIrelandB.WalesC.EnglandD.Scotland32.Itisgenerallyagreedthat_______werethefirstEuropeanstoreachAustralia'sshores.A.theFrenchB.theGermansC.theBritishD.theDutch33.WhichcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf?A.Canada.B.NewZealand.C.GreatBritain.D.TheUnitedStatesofAmerica.34.Whowrotethefamouspamphlet,TheCommonSense,beforetheAmericanRevolution?A.ThomasJefferson.B.ThomasPaine.C.JohnAdams.D.BenjaminFranklin.35.VirginiaWoolfwasanimportantfemale________inthe20th-centuryEngland.A.poetB.biographerC.playwrightD.novelist36.______referstoalongnarrativepoemthatrecordstheadventuresofaheroinanation'shistory.A.BalladB.RomanceC.EpicD.Elegy37.WhichofthefollowingbestexploresAmericanmythinthe20thcentury?A.TheGreatGatsby.B.TheSunAlsoRises.C.TheSoundandtheFury.D.BeyondtheHorizon.38._______isdefinedasthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandmind.A.SemanticsB.PragmaticsC.CognitivelinguisticsD.Sociolinguistics39.AvowelisdifferentfromaconsonantinEnglishbecauseof________.A.absenceofobstructionB.presenceofobstructionC.mannerofarticulationD.placeofarticulation40.Thedefinition"theactofusingorpromotingtheuseofseverallanguages,eitherbyanindividualspeakerorbyacommunityofspeakers"refersto_________.A.PidginB.CreoleC.MultilingualismD.BilingualismKeys:31-35BDABD36-40CACAC2010年英语专八人文知识真题答案31.WhichofthefollowingisINCORRECTA.TheBritishConstitutionincludestheMagnaCartaof12156B.TheBritishConstitutionincludesParliamentaryactsC.TheBritishConstitutionincludesdecisionsmadebycourtsoflawD：TheBritishConstitutionincludesonesinglewrittenconstitution32.ThefirstcityeverfoundedinCanadaisA.QuebecB.VancouverC.TorontoD.Montreal33.WhendidtheAustralianFederationofficiallycomeintobeing?A.1770B.1788C.1900D.190134.TheEmancipationProclamationtoendtheplantationslaveryinthesouthofUSwasissuedbyA.AbrahamLincolnB.ThomasPaineC.GeorgeWashingtonD.ThomasJefferson35．Whowasbestknownforthetechniqueofdramaticmonologueinhispoems?A.WillBlake36.TheFinancierwaswrittenbyA.MarkTwainB.HenryJamesC.WilliamFaulknerD.TheodoreDreiser37.Inliteratureastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaningisdefinedas——————A.allegoryB.sonnetC.blankverseD.rhyme38.____referstothelearninganddevelopmentofalanguageA.languageacquisitionB.languagecomprehensionC.languageproductionD.languageintroduction39.Theword“motelc”omesfrom“motor–hotel”Th.isisanexampleof“⋯”inmorphology.A.backformationB.conversionC.blendingD.acronym40．Languageistoolofcommunication,thesymbol“highwayclosed”servesA.anexpressfunctionB.aninformativefunctionC.aperformativefunctionD.apersuasivefunctionKeys:31-35DADAC36-40DAACB2009年英语专业八级人文知识真题及答案31.TheHeadofStateofNewZealandis______.A.thegovernor-generalB.thePrimeMinisterC.thehighcommissionerD.themonarchofUnitedKingdom32.ThecapitalofScotlandis______.A.GlasgowB.EdinburghC.ManchesterD.London33.WhowritetheDeclarationofIndependenceandlaterbecametheU.S.President?A.ThomasJeffersonB.GeorgeWashingtonC.ThomasPaineD.JohnAdams34.WhichisthefollowingcitiesislocatedontheeasterncoastofAustralia?A.PerthB.AdelaideC.SydneyD.Melbourne35.OdetotheWestWindwaswrittenby______.A.WillianBlakeB.WillianWordsworthC.SamuelTaylorColeridegeD.PercyByssheShelley36.Whoamongthefollowingisapoetoffreeverse?A.RalphWaldoEmersonB.WaltWhitmanC.HermanMelvilleD.TheodoreDreiser37.ThenovelSonsandLoverswaswrittenby______.A.ThomasHardyB.JohnGalworhtyC.D.H.LawrenceD.JamesJoyce38.Thesstudyofmentalprocessesoflanguagecomprehensionandproductionis______.A.corpuslinguisticsB.socialinguisticsC.theoreticallinguisticsD.psycholinguistics39.Aspeciallanguagevarietythatmixeslanguagesandisusedbyspeakersofdifferentlanguagesforpurposesoftradingiscalled______.A.dialectB.idiolectC.pidginD.register40.Whenaspeakeexpresseshisintensionofspeaking,suchasaskingsomeonetoopenthewindow,heisperforming______.A.anillocutionaryactB.aperlocutionaryactC.alocutionaryactD.noneoftheaboveKey:31-35DBACD36-40BCDCA2008年英语专业八级人文知识真题及答案31.ThelargestcityinCanadais_______.A.Vancouver.B.Montreal.C.TorontoD.Ottawa.32.AccordingtotheUnitedStatesConstitution,thelegislativepowerisinvestedin________.A.theFederalGovernment.B.theSupremeCourt.C.theCabinet.D.theCongress.33.WhichofthefollowingistheoldestsportintheUnitedStates?A.Baseball.B.Tennis.C.Basketball.D.Americanfootball.34.TheheadoftheexecutivebranchinNewZealandis__________.A.thePresident.B.theGovernor-General.C.theBritishmonarchD.thePrimeMinister.35.TheCanterburyTales,acollectionofstoriestoldbyagroupofpilgrimsontheirwaytoCanterbury,isanimportantpoeticworkby__________.A.WilliamLangland.B.GeoffreyChaucer.C.WilliamShakespeare.D.AlfredTennyson.36.WhowroteTheAmerican?A.HermanMelville.B.NathanielHawthorne.C.HenryJames.D.TheodoreDreiser.37.Allofthefollowingarewell-knownfemalewritersin20th-centuryBritainEXCEPT_____.A.GeorgeEliot.B.IrisJeanMurdoch.C.DorisLessing.D.MurielSpark.38.WhichofthefollowingisNOTadesignfeatureofhumanlanguage?A.Arbitrariness.B.Displacement.C.Duality.D.Diachronicity.39.Whattypeofsentenceis“Marklikesfiction,butTimisinterestedinpoetry.”?A.Asimplesentence.B.Acoordinatesentence.C.Acomplexsentence.D.Noneoftheabove.40.Thephenomenonthatwordshavingdifferentmeaningshavethesameformiscalled______.A.hyponymy.B.synonymy.C.polysemy.D.homonymy.Key：31-35BCADB36-40CDACD2007年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案31.ThemajorityofthecurrentpopulationintheUKaredescendantsofallthefollowingtribesrespectivelyEXCEPT_____.A.theAnglosB.theCeltsC.theJutesD.theSaxons32.TheHeadofStateofCanadaisrepresentedby___.A.theMonarchB.thePresidentC.thePrimeMinisterD.theGovernor-general33.TheDeclarationofIndependencewaswrittenby__.A.ThomasJeffersonB.GeorgeWashingtonC.AlexanderHamiltonD.JamesMadison34.TheoriginalinhabitantsofAustraliawere____.A.theRedIndiansB.theEskimosC.theAboriginesD.theMaoris35.WhichofthefollowingnovelswaswrittenbyEmilyBronte?A.OliverTwistB.MiddlemarchC.JaneEyreD.WutheringHeights36.WilliamButlerYeatswasa(n)______poetandplaywright.A.AmericanB.CanadianC.IrishD.Australian37.DeathofaSalesmanwaswrittenby_____.A.ArthurMillerB.ErnestHemingwayC.RalphEllisonD.JamesBaldwin38._______referstothestudyoftheinternalstructureofwordsandtherulesofwordformation.A.PhonologyB.MorphologyC.SemanticsD.Sociolinguistics39.ThedistinctivefeaturesofaspeechvarietymaybeallthefollowingEXCEPT_____.A.lexicalB.syntacticC.phonologicalD.psycholinguistic40.Thewordtailoncereferredto“thetailofahorse”,butnowitisusedtomean“tanimal.”Thisisanexampleof_____.A.wideningofmeaningB.narrowingofmeaningC.meaningshiftD.lossofmeaningKey:CDACDCABDA2006年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案31.ThePresidentsduringtheAmericanCivilWarwas_____.A.AndrewJacksonB.AbrahamLincolnC.ThomasJeffersonD.GeorgeWashington32.ThecapitalofNewZealandis_____.A.ChristchurchB.AucklandC.WellingtonD.Hamilton33.WhowerethenativesofAustriliabeforethearrivaloftheBritishsettlers?A.TheAboriginesB.TheMaoriC.TheIndiansD.TheEskimos34.ThePrimeMinisterinBritainisheadof_____.A.theShadowCabinetB.theParliamentC.theOppositionD.theCabinet35.Whichofthefollowingwritersisapoetofthe20thcentury?C.TheodoreDreiserD.JamesJoyce36.ThenovelForWhomtheBellTollsiswrittenby___.A.ScottFitzgeraldB.WilliamFaulknerC.EugeneO'NeilD.ErnestHemingway37._____isdefinedasanexpressionofhumanemotionwhichiscondensedintofourteenlines.A.FreeverseB.SonnetC.OdeD.Epigram38.Whatessentiallydistinguishessemanticsandpragmaticsisthenotionof_____.A.referenceB.meaningC.antonymyD.context39.T