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人文知识内容总结
人文知识内容总结
2005年的英语专业考试依照2004年新版的《高校英语专业八级纲》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?
其实,英语专业的教学大纲对这一项并没有具体要求,但是八级纲则有以下四点说明:
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。
从纲里看,这一部分涉及到三个方面的内容:
英美文学,英语语言学和英语国家概况。
其中英美文学包括英国文学和美国文学。
英国文学主要分为六个时期:
1.OldandMedievalEnglishLiterature(中古英国文学)。
2.TheRenaissancePeriod(文艺复兴时期)。
3.TheNeoclassicalPeriod(新古典主义时期)。
4.TheRomanticPeriod(时期)。
5.TheVictorianPeriod(维多利亚时期)。
6.TheModernPeriod(现代时期)。
美国文学主要分为四个时期:
1.TheLiteratureAroundtheRevolutionofIndependence(独立革命前后的文学)。
2.AmericanRomanticism(美国浪漫主义文学)。
3.AmericanRealism(美国现实主义文学)。
4.AmericanModernism(美国现代主义文学)。
语言学,考生不光要知道语言的本质还要掌握语音学,音位学,形态学,句法学,语义学和语言学的知识。
关于英语国家概况,英语专业的学生都会开设英美概况这门课程,但是专八考试的中需要考生了解的是英语国家概况,不光包括英国和美国,还有其他一些说英语的地区,包括爱尔兰概况,加拿大概况,澳大利亚概况和新西兰概况。
根据对样题和试题做出的具体分析可以得出这样的结论:
试题挖掘的并不是很深,但涉及面比较广,着重考查学生在英语专业领域的知识面。
因此,我们可确定人文知识题的应对策略:
英语国家概况侧重英美、兼顾澳加新等国,掌握基本地理位置,通晓重大历史、政治事件,了解各国现状、文化传统。
英美文学着重掌握英美各时期的重要作家及其重要作品,以及基本文学概念。
语言学要熟练掌握基本概念,并能应用这些概念分析简单实例。
最新专业八级人文知识自测
GENERALKNOWLEDGE
Therearetenmulti-choicequestionsinthissection.Choosethebestanswertoeachquestion.Markyouransweronyourcoloredanswersheet.
31.____istheworld'slargestexporteroflambandmutton.
A.NewZealandB.AustraliaC.CanadaD.America
32.____ispopularlyknownintheWestastheLandDownUnder.
A.BritainB.CanadaC.AustraliaD.NewZealand
33.ShakespearewroteallthefollowingworksEXCEPT____.
A.HamletB.KingLearC.OthelloD.WutheringHeights
34.MarkTwainismostfamousfor____.
A.poemsB.novelsC.dramasD.sciencefiction
35.____wasNOTwrittenbyCharlesDickens.
A.DavidCopperfieldB.OliverTwistC.SonsandLoversD.ATaleofTwoCities
36.Britishprimeministernormallyservesa____term.
A.two-yearB.five-yearC.four-yearD.six-year
37.____issometimescalledthebirthplaceofAmerica.
A.NewEnglandB.theSouthC.theWestD.theMidwest
38.Semanticsisthestudyof____.
A.linguisticcompetenceB.languagefunctionsC.meaningsD.socialbehavior
39.Whichofthefollowingisnotgenerallybelievedtobeareaoflinguistics?
A.syntaxB.semanticsC.phonologyD.etiology
40.TGgrammarwasadvancedby____.
A.SearleB.WhorfC.HallidayD.NoamChomsky
WhichoneofthefourisNOTcorrect?
A)English-speakingcountriesareUK,USA,Canada,Barbados,etc.
B)English-speakingcountriesareUK,Canada,Australia,NewZealand,etc.
C)English-speakingcountriesareUSA,Canada,Australia,theRepublicofIreland,etc.
D)English-speakingcountriesUSA,Canada,Australia,Egypt,etc.
ThefamousshortstoryTheFalloftheHouseofUsherwaswrittenby
A)CharlesDickensB)EdgarAllenPoe
C)JohnRichardson(Canadiannovelist)D)HenrySavery
WhichoneofthefollowingIvyLeagueSchoolsissituatedinConnecticut?
A)YaleUniversity.B)Harvard.
C)Princeton.D)Columbia.
Thebranchoflinguisticswhichstudiestheformsofwordsis__MORPHOLOGY..
A)phonemeB)morpheme
C)semanticsD)morphology
Whowroteahighly-acclaimedNovelMobyDick?
A)WilliamJames.B)HermanMelville.
C)ErnestHemingway.D)Cooper.
WhatisthenameoftheLakeinnorthernUtahoftheU.S.A.?
A)LakeMichigan.B)LakeSuperior.
C)LakeErie.D)theGreatSaltLake.
WhowrotePygmalionwhichlaterwastransformedintothehighlypopularNewYorkBroadwaymusicalMyFairLadyin1956?
A)EdgarAllenPoe.B)CharlesLamb.
C)GeorgeBernardShaw.D)AlfredTennyson.
AmongthefourpillarsofEnglishliterature,whowasNOTbornandraisedinIreland?
A)JonathanSwift.B)W'filiamBufferYeats.
C)JamesJoyce.D)RobertBrowning.
AlaskaliesintheofNorthAmerica,stretchingsouthwardfromtheArcticOceantothePacific.
A)northwesternpartB)southwesternpart
C)northeasternpartD)southeasternpart
WhoisasatiristandthefirstwriterinAmericatowintheNobelPrizeinliterature.
A)EugeneO'NeillB)SinclairLewis
C)TS.EliotD)W'dliamFanlkner
Theautomobileemergedasacommerciallypracticalbusinessandindustrialventureduringthe___decadeofthe20thcentury.
A.FirstB.secondC.thrid
ThefollowingwerethemainReformationleaderexcept____
A.MartinLutherB.MartinLutherKingC.JohnCalvinD.Henryⅷ
Whichofthefollowingstaterefusedtoparticipateintheconstitutionalconvention?
A.VirginiaB.RhodeIslandC.NewYorkD.Maryland
美国文学部分
InAmericanliterature,theeighteencenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment.wasthedominantspirit.
A.HumanismB.RationalismC.RevolutionD.Evolution
WhichstatementaboutFranklinisnottrue?
A.Heinstructedhiscountrymenasaprinter.B.Hewasascientist.
C.Hewasamasterofdiplomacy.D.HewasaPuritan.
WhoisregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.
A.NatureB.TheScarletLetterC.WaldenD.Moby-Dick
TheRomanicPeriodofAmericanliteraturestartedwiththepublicationofWashingtonIrving'sandendedwithWhiteman'sLeavesofGrass.
A.TheSketchBookB.TalesofaTravelerC.TheAlhambraD.AhistoryofNewYork
InHawthorne'sTheScarletLetter,"A"maystandfor.
A.AdulteryB.AngelC.AmiableD.Alltheabove
TheperiodbeforetheAmericanCivilWarisgenerallyreferredtoas.
A.theNaturalistPeriodB.theModernPeriodC.theRomanticPeriodD.theRealisticPeriod
TheAgeofRealismistheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStatesreferstotheperiodfromto.
A.1861–1914B.1863–1918C.1865–1914D.1865–1918
WhoisdescribedbyMarkTwainasaboywith"asoundheartandadeformedconscience?
"
A.TomSawyerB.HuckleberryFinnC.JimD.Tony
MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhis.
A.internationalthemeB.waste-landimageryC.localcolorD.symbolism
TheimpactofDarwin'sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthenineteenth-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism:
American.
A.modernismB.naturalismC.vernacularismD.localcolorism
In1900,Londonpublishedhisfirstcollectionofshortstories,named.
A.ThesonoftheWolfB.TheSeaWolfC.TheLawofLifeD.WhiteFang
Inwhichofthefollowingworks,Hemingwaypresentshisphilosophyaboutlifeanddeaththroughthedepictionofthebull-fightasakindofmicrocosmictragedy?
A.TheGreenHillsofAfrica.B.TheSnowsofKilimanjaro.
C.ToHaveandHaveNot.D.DeathintheAfternoon.
Whichofthefollowingfiguresdoesnotbelongto"TheLostGeneration"?
A.EzraPoundB.WilliamCarlosWilliamsC.RobertFrostD.TheodoreDreiser
WhoisadramatistthatholdsthecentralpositioninAmericandramathemodernisticperiod?
A.SinclairLevisB.EugeneO'NeilC.ArthurMillerD.TennesseeWilliams
ThefollowingwriterswereawardedNobelPrizeforliteratureexcept.
A.WilliamFaulknerB.F.ScottFitzgeraldC.JohnSteinbeckD.ErnestHemingway
In1954,wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliteratureforhis"masteryoftheartofmodernnarration".
A.T.S.EliotB.ErnestHemingwayC.JohnSteinbeckD.WilliamFaulkner
Whoistheauthorofthework:
"TheGrapesofWrath"?
A.JohnSteinbeckB.EugeneO'NeilC.F.ScottFitzgeraldD.TheodoreDreiser
In1920SinclairLewispublishedhismemorabledenunciationofAmericansmall-townprovincialismin.
A.MainStreetB.AnAmericanTragedyC.Winesburg,OhioD.SisterCarrie
语言学
1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutlanguageisNOTtrue?
A.LanguageisasystemB.Languageissymbolic
C.AnimalsalsohavelanguageD.Languageisarbitrary
2.WhichofthefollowingfeaturesisNOToneofthedesignfeaturesoflanguage?
A.SymbolicB.DualC.ProductiveD.Arbitrary
3.Whatisthemostimportantfunctionoflanguage?
A.InterpersonalB.PhaticC.InformativeD.Metalingual
4.WhoputforwardthedistinctionbetweenLangueandParole?
A.SaussureB.ChomskyC.HallidayD.Anonymous
5.AccordingtoChomsky,whichistheidealuser'sinternalizedknowledgeofhislanguage?
A.competenceB.paroleC.performanceD.langue
6.Thefunctionofthesentence"Aniceday,isn'tit?
"is.
A.informativeB.phaticC.directiveD.performative
7.Articulatoryphoneticsmainlystudies.
A.thephysicalpropertiesofthesoundsproducedinspeech
B.theperceptionofsounds
C.thecombinationofsounds
D.theproductionofsounds
8.Thedistinctionbetweenvowelsandconsonantsliesin.
A.theplaceofarticulationB.theobstructionofairstream
C.thepositionofthetongueD.theshapeofthelips
9.Whichisthebranchoflinguisticswhichstudiesthecharacteristicsofspeechsoundsandprovidesmethodsfortheirdescription,classificationandtranscription?
A.PhoneticsB.PhonologyC.SemanticsD.Pragmatics
10.Whichstudiesthesoundsystemsinacertainlanguage?
A.PhoneticsB.PhonologyC.SemanticsD.Pragmatics
11.Minimalpairsareusedto.
A.findthedistinctivefeaturesofalanguage
B.findthephonemesofalanguage
C.comparetwowords
D.findtheallophonesoflanguage
12.Usually,suprasegmentalfeaturesinclude,lengthandpitch.
A.phonemeB.speechsoundsC.syllablesD.stress
13.Whichisanindispensablepartofasyllable?
A.CodaB.OnsetC.StemD.Peak
14.Whichisthesmallestunitoflanguageintermsofrelationshipbetweenexpressionandcontent?
A.WordB.MorphemeC.AllomorphD.Root
2010英语专业八级(TEM8)人文知识预测试题
(预测题根据专八考试样题,2005-2009人文考题的规律和知识点频率为据,比如:
关于“首都或重要城市”的题目有过新西兰,美国,英国,苏格兰,所以预测今年考爱尔兰。
)
1. The