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1、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
2、 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
3、 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
4、 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,
5、 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.
6、 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. i
7、ts 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
8、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. Will
9、iam 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. O
10、ff-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. informat
11、ive 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. A
12、mericans 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
13、 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 compa
14、ny" 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. Whi
15、ch 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
16、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
17、 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 f
18、emale ________ 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 my
19、th 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 dif
20、ferent 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 spea
21、kers" 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 6 B. The British Constitution includes Parliamentary acts
22、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 int
23、o 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
24、 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
25、 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. b
26、lending 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 ______.
27、 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. Th
28、omas 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. Sa
29、muel 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
30、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
31、 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
32、 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
33、 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.
34、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
35、 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 follow
36、ing 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 abov
37、e. 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
38、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. Th
39、omas 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
40、 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 B
41、aldwin 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
42、 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
43、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
44、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 i
45、s 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 e
46、motion 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__.
47、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 Synta
48、x. 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 forwar
49、d 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 th
50、e 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
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