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英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案
2014年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案
1.Thestudyof__isSyntax.
Atextualorganization
Bsentencestructures
Cwordformation
Dlanguagefunctions
2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTadistinctivefeatureofhumanlanguage?
Aarbitrariness
Bproductivity
Cculturaltransmission
Dfiniteness
3.Thespeechacttheorywasfirstputforwardby__.
AJohnScarl
BJohanAustin
CNoarnChomsky
DM.A.KHalliday
4.ThecapitalcityofCanadais__.
AMontreal
BOttawa
CVancouver
DYork
5.U.S.presidentsnormallyservea(an)__term.
Aeight-year
Bfour-year
Csix-year
Dtwoyear
6.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisNOTlocatedintheNortheast,U.S.
AHuston
BBaltimore
CPhiladelphia
DBoston
7.ThestatechurchinEnglandis__.
ATheBaptist
BTheRomanCatholic
CTheProtestantChurch
DTheChurchofEngland
8.ThenovelEmmaiswrittenby__.
AJaneAusten
BElizabeth
CGaskellCharlotteBronte
DMaryShelley
9.WhichofthefollowingisnotaRomanticPoet?
AWilliamWordsworth
BPercyB.Shelley
CGeorgeG.Byron
DGeorgeEliot
10.WilliamSidneyPorter,knownasO.Henry,ismostfamousfor__.
Ahispoem
Bhisplays
CHisnovels
Dhisshortstories
KEYS:
1-5BDBBB6-10ADADD
2013年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. 2000 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:
31-35DBADC36-40ADCBD
2012年英语专业八级真题(word版)人文知识部分
31.TheMaoripeoplearenativesof
A.Australia.B.Canada.C.Ireland.D.NewZealand.
32.TheBritishmonarchistheHeadof
A.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.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"isanexampleof
A.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"situationiscalled
A.register.B.dialect.C.slang.D.variety.
Keys:
31-35DBACD36-40ACBDA
2011专八人文知识真题参考答案
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:
31-35BDABD36-40CACAC
2010年英语专八人文知识真题答案
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:
31-35DADAC36-40DAACB
2009年英语专业八级人文知识真题及答案
31.TheHeadofStateofNewZealandis______.
A.thegovernor-generalB.thePrimeMinister
C.thehighcommissioner
D.themonarchofUnitedKingdom
32.ThecapitalofScotlandis______.
A.GlasgowB.Edinburgh
C.ManchesterD.London
33.WhowritetheDeclarationofIndependenceandlaterbecametheU.S.President?
A.ThomasJeffersonB.GeorgeWashington
C.ThomasPaineD.JohnAdams
34.WhichisthefollowingcitiesislocatedontheeasterncoastofAustralia?
A.PerthB.Adelaide
C.SydneyD.Melbourne
35.OdetotheWestWindwaswrittenby______.
A.WillianBlakeB.WillianWordsworth
C.SamuelTaylorColeridege
D.PercyByssheShelley
36.Whoamongthefollowingisapoetoffreeverse?
A.RalphWaldoEmersonB.WaltWhitman
C.HermanMelvilleD.TheodoreDreiser
37.ThenovelSonsandLoverswaswrittenby______.
A.ThomasHardyB.JohnGalworhty
C.D.H.LawrenceD.JamesJoyce
38.Thesstudyofmentalprocessesoflanguagecomprehensionandproductionis______.
A.corpuslinguisticsB.socialinguistics
C.theoreticallinguisticsD.psycholinguistics
39.Aspeciallanguagevarietythatmixeslanguagesandisusedbyspeakersofdifferentlanguagesforpurposesoftradingiscalled______.
A.dialectB.idiolectC.pidginD.register
40.Whenaspeakeexpresseshisintensionofspeaking,suchasaskingsomeonetoopenthewindow,heisperforming______.
A.anillocutionaryactB.aperlocutionaryact
C.alocutionaryactD.noneoftheabove
Key:
31-35DBACD36-40BCDCA
2008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,acollectionofstorie