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专八人文知识真题0511年附答案
1.______isthecapitalcityofCanada.
A.Vancouver
B.Ottawa
C.Montreal
D.York
2.U.S.presidentsnormallyservesa（an）_________term.
A.two-year
B.four-year
C.six-year
D.eight-year
3.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisNOTlocatedintheNortheast,U.S.?
A.Huston.
B.Boston.
C.Baltimore.
D.Philadelphia.
4.________isthestatechurchinEngland.
A.TheRomanCatholicChurch.
B.TheBaptistChurch
C.TheProtestantChurch
D.TheChurchofEngland
5.ThenovelEmmaiswrittenby
A.MaryShelley.
B.CharlotteBronte
C.ElizabethC.Gaskell.
D.JaneAusten.
6.WhichoffollowingisNOTaromanticpoet?
A.WilliamWordsworth.
B.GeorgeElliot.
C.GeorgeG.Byron.
D.PercyB.Shelley.
7.WilliamSidneyPorter,knownasO.Henry,ismostfamousfor
A.hispoems.
B.hisplays.
C.hisshortstories.
D.hisnovels
8.Syntaxisthestudyof
A.languagefunctions.
B.sentencestructures.
C.textualorganization.
D.wordformation.
9.WhichofthefollowingisNOTadistinctivefeatureofhumanlanguage?
A.Arbitrariness.
B.Productivity.
C.Culturaltransmission.
D.Finiteness.
10.Thespeechacttheorywasfirstputforwardby
A.JohnSearle.
B.JohnAustin.
C.NoamChomsky.
D.M.A.K.Halliday.
11.ThePresidentsduringtheAmericanCivilWarwas
A.AndrewJackson
B.AbrahamLincoln
C.ThomasJefferson
D.GeorgeWashington
12.ThecapitalofNewZealandis
A.Christchurch
B.Auckland
C.Wellington
D.Hamilton
13.WhowerethenativesofAustriliabeforethearrivaloftheBritishsettlers?
A.TheAborigines
B.TheMaori
C.TheIndians
D.TheEskimos
14.ThePrimeMinisterinBritainisheadof
A.theShadowCabinet
B.theParliament
C.theOpposition
D.theCabinet
15.Whichofthefollowingwritersisapoetofthe20thcentury?
A.T.S.Eliot
B.D.H.Lawrence
C.TheodoreDreiser
D.JamesJoyce
16.ThenovelForWhomtheBellTollsiswrittenby
A.ScottFitzgerald
B.WilliamFaulkner
C.EugeneO'Neil
D.ErnestHemingway
17._____isdefinedasanexpressionofhumanemotionwhichiscondensedintofourteenlines
A.Freeverse
B.Sonnet
C.Ode
D.Epigram
18.Whatessentiallydistinguishessemanticsandpragmaticsisthenotionof
A.reference
B.meaning
C.antonymy
D.context
19.Thewords"kid,child,offspring"areexamplesof
A.dialectalsynonyms
B.stylisticsynonyms
C.emotivesynonyms
D.collocationalsynonyms
20.Thedistinctionbetweenparoleandlanguewasmadeby
A.Halliay
B.Chomsky
C.Bloomfield
D.Saussure
21.ThemajorityofthecurrentpopulationintheUKaredecedentsofallthefollowingtribesrespectivelyEXCEPT
A.theAnglos
B.theCelts
C.theJutes
D.theSaxons
22.TheHeadofStateofCanadaisrepresentedby
A.theMonarch
B.thePresident
C.thePrimeMinister
D.theGovernor-general
23.TheDeclarationofIndependencewaswrittenby
A.ThomasJefferson
B.GeorgeWashington
C.AlexanderHamilton
D.JamesMadison
24.TheoriginalinhabitantsofAustraliawere
A.theRedIndians
B.theEskimos
C.theAborigines
D.theMaoris
25.WhichofthefollowingnovelswaswrittenbyEmilyBronte?
A.OliverTwist
B.Middlemarch
C.JaneEyre
D.WutheringHeights
26.WilliamButlerYeatswasa（n）______poetandplaywright.
A.American
B.Canadian
C.Irish
D.Australian
27.DeathofaSalesmanwaswrittenby
A.ArthurMiller
B.ErnestHemingway
C.RalphEllison
D.JamesBaldwin
28._______referstothestudyoftheinternalstructureofwordsandtherulesofwordformation.
A.Phonology
B.Morphology
C.Semantics
D.Sociolinguistics
29.ThedistinctivefeaturesofaspeechvarietymaybeallthefollowingEXCEPT
A.lexical
B.syntactic
C.phonological
D.psycholinguistic
30.Thewordtailoncereferredto“thetailofahorse”,butnowitisusedtomean“thetailofanyanimal.”Thisisanexampleof
A.wideningofmeaning
B.narrowingofmeaning
C.meaningshift
D.lossofmeaning
31. ThelargestcityinCanadais
A.Vancouver.
B.Montreal.
C.Toronto
D.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.theBritishmonarch,
D.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.
41.TheHeadofStateofNewZealandis
A.thegovernor-general.
B.thePrimeMinister.
C.thehighcommissioner.
D.themonarchoftheUnitedKingdom.
42.ThecapitalofScotlandis
A.Glasgow.
B.Edinburgh.
C.Manchester.
D.London.
43.WhowrotetheDeclarationofIndependenceandlaterbecametheU.S.President?
A.ThomasJefferson.
B.GeorgeWashington.
C.ThomasPaine.
D.JohnAdams.
44.WhichofthefollowingcitiesislocatedontheeasterncoastofAustralia?
A.Perth.
B.Adelaide.
C.Sydney.
D.Melbourne.
45.OdetotheWestWindwaswrittenby
A.WilliamBlake.
B.WilliamWordsworth.
C.SamuelTaylorColeridge.
D.PercyB.Shelley.
46.Whoamongthefollowingisapoetoffreeverse?
A.RalphWaldoEmerson.
B.WaltWhitman.
C.HermanMelville
D.TheodoreDreiser.
47.ThenovelSonsandLoverswaswrittenby
A.ThomasHardy.
B.JohnGalsworthy.
C.D.H.Lawrence.
D.JamesJoyce.
48.Thestudyofthementalprocessesoflanguagecomprehensionandproductionis
A.corpuslinguistics.
B.sociolinguistics.
C.theoreticallinguistics.
D.psycholinguistics.
49.Aspeciallanguagevarietythatmixeslanguagesandisusedbyspeakersofdifferentlanguagesforpurposesoftradingiscalled
A.dialect.
B.idiolect.
C.pidgin.
D.register.
50.Whenaspeakerexpresseshisintentionofspeaking,suchasaskingsomeonetoopenthe
window,heisperforming
A.anillocutionaryact.
B.aperlocutionaryact.
C.alocutionaryact.
D.noneoftheabove.
51.WhichofthefollowingstatementsinINCORRECT?
A.TheBritishconstitutionincludestheMagnaCartaof1215.
B.TheBritishconstitutionincludesParliamentaryacts.
C.TheBritishconstitutionincludesdecisionsmadebycourtsoflaw.
D.TheBritishconstitutionincludesonesinglewrittenconstitution.
52.ThefirstcityeverfoundedinCanadais
A.Quebec.
B.Vancouver.
C.Toronto.
D.Montreal.
53.WhendidtheAustralianFederationofficiallycomeintobeing?
A.1770.
B.1788.
C.1900.
D.1901.
54.TheEmancipationProclamationtoendtheslaveryplantationsystemintheSouthoftheU.S.wasissuedby
A.AbrahamLincoln.
B.ThomasPaine.
C.GeorgeWashington.
D.ThomasJefferson.
55.________isbestknownforthetechniqueofdramaticmonologueinhispoems.
A.WillBlake
B.W.B.Yeats
C.RobertBrowning
D.WilliamWordsworth
56.TheFinancieriswrittenby
A.MarkTwain.
B.HenryJames.
C.WilliamFaulkner.
D.TheodoreDreiser.
57.Inliteratureastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaningisdefinedas
A.allegory.
B.sonnet.
C.blankverse.
D.rhyme.
58.________referstothelearninganddevelopmentofalanguage.
A.Languageacquisition
B.Languagecomprehension
C.Languageproduction
D.Languageinstruction
59.Theword“Motel”comesfrom“motor+hotel”.Thisisanexampleof________inmorphology.
A.backformation
B.conversion
C.blending
D.acronym
60.Languageisttoolofcommunication.Thesymbol“HighwayClosed”onahighwayserves_______.
A.anexpressivefunction.
B.aninformativefunction.
C.aperformativefunction.
D.apersuasivefunctionhe
61.ThenorthernmostpartofGreatBritainis_____.
A.NorthernIreland
B.Scotland
C.England
D.Wales
62.Itisgenerallyagreedthat______werethefirstEuropeanstoreachAustralia’sshores.
A.TheFrench
B.theGermans
C.theBritish
D.theDutch
63.WhichcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf?
A.Canada
B.NewZealand
C.GreatBritain
D.TheUnitedStatesofAmerica
64.Whowrotethefamouspamphlet,TheCommonSense,BeforetheAmericanRevolution?
A.ThomasJefferson
B.ThomasPaine
C.JohnAdams
D.BenjaminFranklin
65.VirginiaWoolfwasanimportantfemale______inthe20th-centuryEngland.
A.poet
B.biographer
C.playwright
D.novelist
66.______referstoalongnarrativepoemthatrecordstheadventuresofaheroinanation’shistory?
A.Ballad
B.Romance
C.Epic
D.Elegy
67.WhichofthefollowingbestexploresAmericanmythinthe20thcentury?
A.TheGreatGatsby
B.TheSunAlsoRises
C.TheSoundandtheFury
D.BeyondtheHorizon
68._____isdefinedasthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandmind.
A.Semantics
B.Pragmatics
C.Cognitivelinguistics
D.Sociolinguistics
69.AvowelisdifferentfromaconsonantinEnglishbecauseof_____.
A.abse
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