2022年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案.docx

英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案
1. The study of __ is Syntax.
　　A textual organization
　　B sentence structures
　　C word formation 
　　D language functions
2. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?
　　A arbitrariness
　　B productivity
　　C cultural transmission
　　D finiteness
3. The speech act theory was first put forward by__.
　　A John Scarl 
　　B Johan Austin
　　C Noarn Chomsky
　　D M.A.K Halliday
4. The capital city of Canada is __.
　　A Montreal 
　　B Ottawa
　　C Vancouver 
　　D York
5. U.S. presidents normally serve a (an) __ term.
　　A eight-year 
　　B four-year
　　C six-year 
　　D two year
6. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.
　　A Huston
　　B Baltimore
　　C Philadelphia
　　D Boston
7. The state church in England is __.
　　A The Baptist
　　B The Roman Catholic
　　C The Protestant Church
　　D The Church of England
8. The novel Emma is written by__.
　　A Jane Austen
　　B Elizabeth
　　C Gaskell Charlotte Bronte
　　D Mary Shelley
9. Which of the following is not a Romantic Poet?
　　A William Wordsworth
　　B Percy B. Shelley
　　C George G. Byron 
　　D George Eliot
10. William Sidney Porter, known as O.Henry, is most famous for __.
　　A his poem
　　B his plays
　　C His novels
　　D his short stories
KEYS: 1-5 BDBBB 6-10 ADADD

英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案
PART III    GEBERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)   
There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.   
31 The full official name of Australia is    A. The Republic of Australia.    B. The Union of Australia.    C. The Federation of Australia.    D. The Commonwealth of Australia. 
32. Canada is well known for all the following EXCEPT    A. its mineral resources.    B. its heavy industries.    C. its forest resources.    D. its fertile and arable land. 
33. In the United States community college offer    A. two-year programmes.    B. four-year programmes.    C. postgraduate studies.    D. B.A. or B.S. degrees. 
34. In ______, referenda in Scotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Wales assembly.     A.     B. 1946    C. 1990    D. 1997 
35. Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration?    A. A weak seat.    B. Knock and kick.    C. Safe and sound.    D. Coal and boat. 
36. Who wrote Mrs. Warren‟s profession?    A. George Bernard Shaw.    B. William Butler Yeats.     C. John Galsworthy.    D. T.S. Eliot. 
37. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n)    A. autobiography.    B. short story.    C. poem.    D. novel. 
38. Which of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme?    A. Unlock.    B. Government.    C. Goes.    D. Off-stage. 
39. ________is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to.    A. Collocation    B. Onomatopoeia    C. Denotation    D. Assimilation 
40. The sentence “Close your book and listen to me carefully!” performs 
a(n) _______function.    A. interrogative    B. informative    C. performative    D. directive
keys:31-35 DBADC 36-40 ADCBD

英语专业八级真题预测(word版)人文知识部分
　31. The Maori people are natives of 
　　 A. Australia. B. Canada. C. Ireland. D. New Zealand. 
　32. The British monarch is the Head of 
　　 A. Parliament. B. State. C. Government. D. Cabinet. 
　33. Americans celebrate Independence Day on 
　　 A. July 4th. B. October 11th. C. May 31st. D. September 6th. 
　34. Canada is bounded on the north by 
　　 A. the Pacific 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. Scott Fitzgerald. D. John Steinbeck. 
　37. "The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company" is an example of 
　　 A. exaggeration. B. understatement. 
　　 C. personification. D. synecdoche. 
　38. In English if a word begins with a [l] or a [r], then the next sound must be a vowel. This is a (n) 
　　 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 is called 
A. register. B. dialect. C. slang. D. variety.
Keys:31-35 DBACD 36-40 ACBDA

专八人文知识真题预测参照答案 
31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _______. A. Northern Ireland B. Wales C. England D. Scotland 
32. It is generally agreed that _______ were the first Europeans to reach Australia's shores. A. the French B. the Germans C. the British D. the Dutch 
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. 
34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution? A. Thomas Jefferson. B. Thomas Paine. C. John Adams. 
D. Benjamin Franklin. 
35. Virginia Woolf was an important female ________ in the 20th-century England. A. poet 
B. biographer C. playwright D. novelist 
36. ______ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nation's history. 
A. Ballad    B. Romance  C. Epic   D. Elegy 
37. Which 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. D. Beyond the Horizon. 
38. _______ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind. A. Semantics B. Pragmatics  
C. Cognitive linguistics D. Sociolinguistics 
39. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of ________. A. absence of obstruction B. presence of obstruction  C. manner of articulation D. place of articulation 
40. 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. Bilingualism
Keys:31-35 BDABD 36-40 CACAC

英语专八人文知识真题预测答案 
31. Which of the following is INCORRECT 
A. The British Constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215 
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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
 32. The first city ever founded in Canada is 
A. Quebec B. Vancouver C. Toronto D. Montreal  
33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being? A. 1770 B. 1788C. 1900D. 1901 
34. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the plantation slavery in the south of US was issued by A. Abraham Lincoln B. Thomas Paine C. George Washington D. Thomas Jefferson  
35．Who was best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems? A. Will Blake B. W.B.Yeats C. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth  
 36. The Financier was written by 
A. Mark Twain B. Henry James C.  William Faulkner     D. Theodore Dreiser 
37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as—————— A. allegory B. sonnet C. blank verse D. rhyme   
38.____ refers to the learning and development of a language 
A. language acquisition B. language comprehension C. language production D. language introduction 
39. The word “motel” comes from “motor – hotel”. This is an example of “…” in morphology. A. backformation B. conversion C. blending D. acronym  
40．Language is tool of communication, the symbol “highway closed” serves 
A. an express function B. an informative function C. a performative function D. a persuasive function
Keys:31-35 DADAC 36-40 DAACB

英语专业八级人文知识真题预测及答案
31. The Head of State of New Zealand is ______.
　　A. the governor-general B. the Prime Minister
　　C. the high commissioner
　　D. the monarch of United Kingdom
32. The capital of Scotland is ______.
　　A. Glasgow B. Edinburgh
　　C. Manchester D. London
33. Who write the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President ?
　　A. Thomas Jefferson B. George Washington
　　C. Thomas Paine D. John Adams
34. Which is 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. Willian Blake B. Willian Wordsworth
　　C. Samuel Taylor Coleridege
　　D. Percy Bysshe Shelley
36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse ?
　　A. Ralph 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 Galworhty
　　C. D.H. Lawrence D. James Joyce
38. The sstudy of mental processes of language comprehension and production is ______.
　　A. corpus linguistics B. socialinguistics
　　C. theoretical linguistics D. psycholinguistics
39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called ______.
　　A. dialect B. idiolect C. pidgin D. register
40. When a speake expresses his intension of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing ______.
　　A. an illocutionary act B. a perlocutionary act
　　C. a locutionary act D. none of the above
Key: 31-35 DBACD 36-40 BCDCA

英语专业八级人文知识真题预测及答案
31. The largest city in Canada is_______.
　　A. Vancouver. B. Montreal.
　　C. Toronto D. Ottawa.
32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in________.
　　A. the Federal Government. B. the Supreme Court.
　　C. the Cabinet. D. the Congress.
33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?
　　A. Baseball. B. Tennis.
　　C. Basketball. D. American football.
34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is__________.
　　A. the President. B. the Governor-General.
　　C. the British monarch D. the Prime Minister.
35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by__________.
　　A. William Langland. B. Geoffrey Chaucer.
　　C. William Shakespeare. D. Alfred Tennyson.
36. Who wrote The American?
　　A. Herman Melville. B. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
　　C. Henry James. D. Theodore Dreiser.
37. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCEPT_____.
　　A. George Eliot. B. Iris Jean Murdoch.
　　C. Doris Lessing. D. Muriel Spark.
38. 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. A simple sentence. B. A coordinate sentence.
　　C. A complex sentence. D. None of the above.
40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called______.
　　A. hyponymy. B. synonymy.
　　C. polysemy. D. homonymy.
Key：31-35 BCADB 36-40 CDACD

英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案
31. The majority of the current population in the UK are descendants of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT_____.
　　A. the Anglos
　　B. the Celts
　　C. the Jutes
　　D. the Saxons
32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by___.
　　A. the Monarch
　　B. the President
　　C. the Prime Minister
　　D. the Governor-general
33. The Declaration of Independence was written by__.
　　A. Thomas Jefferson
　　B. George Washington
　　C. Alexander Hamilton
　　D. James Madison
34. The original inhabitants of Australia were____.
　　A. the Red Indians
　　B. the Eskimos
　　C. the Aborigines
　　D. the Maoris
35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?
　　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. Australian
37. Death of a Salesman was written by_____.
　 A. Arthur Miller
　　B. Ernest Hemingway
　　C. Ralph Ellison
　　D. James Baldwin
38. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.
　　A. Phonology
　　B. Morphology
　　C. Semantics
　　D. Sociolinguistics
39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT_____.
　　A. lexical 
　　B. syntactic
　　C. phonological
　　D. psycholinguistic
40. 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 meaning
　　C. meaning shift 
　　D. loss of meaning
　　Key: CDACD CABDA

英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案
31.The Presidents during the American Civil War was_____.
　　A. Andrew Jackson
　　B. Abraham Lincoln
　　C. Thomas Jefferson
　　D. George Washington
32.The capital of New Zealand is_____.
　　A. Christchurch
　　B. Auckland
　　C. Wellington 
　　D. Hamilton
33.Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?
　　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 Cabinet
35.Which 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
36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by___.
　　A. Scott Fitzgerald
　　B. William Faulkner
　　C. Eugene O'Neil
　　D. Ernest Hemingway
37._____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.
　　A. Free verse
　　B. Sonnet
　　C. Ode
　　D. Epigram
38.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of_____.
　　A. reference
　　B. meaning
　　C. antonymy
　　D. context
39.The words"kid,child,offspring" are examples of__.
　　A. dialectal synonyms
　　B. stylistic synonyms
　　C. emotive synonyms
　　D. collocational synonyms
40.The distinction between parole and langue was made by_____.
　　A. Halliay
　　B. Chomsky
　　C. Bloomfield
　　D. Saussure
　　Key：31-35BCADA 36-40 DBDBD

英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案
1. The study of __ is Syntax.
　　A textual organization
　　B sentence structures
　　C word formation 
　　D language functions
2. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?
　　A arbitrariness
　　B productivity
　　C cultural transmission
　　D finiteness
3. The speech act theory was first put forward by__.
　　A John Scarl 
　　B Johan Austin
　　C Noarn Chomsky
　　D M.A.K Halliday
4. The capital city of Canada is __.
　　A Montreal 
　　B Ottawa
　　C Vancouver 
　　D York
5. U.S. presidents normally serve a (an) __ term.
　　A eight-year 
　　B four-year
　　C six-year 
　　D two year
6. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.
　　A Huston
　　B Baltimore
　　C Philadelphia
　　D Boston
7. The state church in England is __.
　　A The Baptist
　　B The Roman Catholic
　　C The Protestant Church
　　D The Church of England
8. The novel Emma is written by__.
　　A Jane Austen