英语专八考试文化常识辅导测试题

英语专八考试文化常识辅导2000年教育部《高等学校英语专业高年级教学大纲》规定，高等学校英语专业高年级的教学任务是“继续打好语言基本功，进一步扩大知识面，重点应放在培养英语综合技能，充实文化知识，提高交际能力上”。2005年的英语专业考试依照2004年新版的《高校英语专业八级考试大纲》的有关规定，取消了快速阅读，取而代之的是人文知识，或者叫做文化常识题（GeneralKnowledge）。那么到底这个题型考的是什么题，又有哪些内容呢？英语专业的教学大纲对这一项并没有具体要求，但是八级考试大纲则有以下四点说明：测试要求：1.能基本了解主要英语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化传统等。2.能初步具备英语文学知识。3.能初步具备英语语言学知识。4.考试时间为10分钟。测试形式：多项选择题，共10题。测试范围：主要涉及到三个方面的内容：主要英语国家社会与文化（基本国家概况：地理、政治制度、文化生活、经济4/10）英美文学（作家、作品，文学流派，基本文学概念3/10）英语语言学（词汇学、语义学、语用学、语言学流派、基本概念3/10）Forthewantofanailtheshoewaslost,Forthewantofashoethehorsewaslost,Forthewantofahorsetheriderwaslost,Forthewantofariderthebattlewaslost,Forthewantofabattlethekingdomwaslost,Andallforthewantofahorseshoenail.--BenjaminFranklin失去一颗马蹄钉，可能会失去一个国家；忽略一个细节，你也可能失去整个专八。2008年英语专业八级考试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.Keys:CDABBCADBD2009年英语专业八级考试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.Thestudyofmentalprocessesoflanguagecomprehensionandproductionis______.A.corpuslinguisticsB.socialinguisticsC.theoreticallinguisticsD.psycholinguistics39.Aspeciallanguagevarietythatmixeslanguagesandisusedbyspeakersofdifferentlanguagesforpurposesoftradingiscalled______.A.dialectB.idiolectC.pidginD.register40.Whenaspeakerexpresseshisintensionofspeaking,suchasaskingsomeonetoopenthewindow,heisperforming______.A.anillocutionaryactB.aperlocutionaryactC.alocutionaryactD.noneoftheaboveKey:31-35DBACD36-40BCDCA2010--PARTIII

GENERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)31.

WhichofthefollowingstatementsinINCORRECT?A.TheBritishconstitutionincludestheMagnaCartaof1215.B.TheBritishconstitutionincludesParliamentaryacts.C.TheBritishconstitutionincludesdecisionsmadebycourtsoflaw.D.TheBritishconstitutionincludesonesinglewrittenconstitution.32.

ThefirstcityeverfoundedinCanadaisA.Quebec.B.Vancouver.C.Toronto.D.Montreal.33.

WhendidtheAustralianFederationofficiallycomeintobeing?A.1770.B.1788.C.1900.D.1901.34.

TheEmancipationProclamationtoendtheslaveryplantationsystemintheSouthoftheU.S.wasissuedbyA.AbrahamLincoln.B.ThomasPaine.C.GeorgeWashington.D.ThomasJefferson.35.

________isbestknownforthetechniqueofdramaticmonologueinhispoems..A.WilliamBlakeB.W.B.YeatsC.RobertBrowningD.WilliamWordsworth36.

TheFinancieriswrittenby_____A.MarkTwain.B.HenryJames.C.WilliamFaulkner.D.TheodoreDreiser.37.

Inliteratureastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaningisdefinedas_____A.allegory.B.sonnet.C.blankverse.D.rhyme.38.

________referstothelearninganddevelopmentofalanguage.A.LanguageacquisitionB.LanguagecomprehensionC.LanguageproductionD.Languageinstruction39.

Theword“Motel”comesfrom“motor+hotel”.Thisisanexampleof

____inmorphology.A.backformationB.conversionC.blendingD.acronym40.

Languageisttoolofcommunication.Thesymbol“HighwayClosed”onahighwayservesA.anexpressivefunction.B.aninformativefunction.C.aperformativefunction.D.apersuasivefunction.Keys:31-35DAAAC36-40DAACB2011--PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGE31.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:DDABDCACAC2012-PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)31.TheMaoripeoplearenativesof_____A.Australia.B.Canada.C.Ireland.D.NewZealand.32.TheBritishmonarchistheHeadofA.Parliament.B.State.C.Government.D.Cabinet.33.AmericanscelebrateIndependenceDayon_____A.July4th.B.October11th.C.May31st.D.September6th.34.Canadaisboundedonthenorthby______A.thePacificOcean.B.theAtlanticOcean.C.theArcticOcean.D.theGreatLakes.35.WhoistheauthorofTheWasteLand?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.Thetypeoflanguagewhichisselectedasappropriatetoaparticulartypeofsituationiscalled_____A.register.B.dialect.C.slang.D.variety.Keys:DBACDACBDA2013年专八人文知识31．ThefullofficialnameofAustraliaisA．TheRepublicofAustralia．B．TheCommonwealthofAustralia．C．TheFederationofAustralia．D．TheUnionofAustralia．32.CanadaiswellknownforallthefollowingEXCEPTA．itsmineralresources．B．itsforestresources．C．itsfertileandarableland．D．itsheavyindustries．33．IntheUnitedStatescommunitycollegesoffer____A．two-yearprogrammes．B．four-yearprogrammes．C．postgraduatestudies．D．B．A．orB．S．degrees．34.In______，referendainScotlandandWalessetupaScottishparliamentandaWalesassembly．A．2000B．1946C．1997D.199035．Whichofthefollowingclustersofwordsisanexampleofalliteration?A．Aweakseat．B．Safeandsound．C