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英语专业八级到人文知识
2007年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案
31.ThemajorityofthecurrentpopulationintheUKaredescendantsofallthefollowingtribesrespectivelyEXCEPT_____.
A.theAnglos
B.theCelts
C.theJutes
D.theSaxons
32.TheHeadofStateofCanadaisrepresentedby___.
A.theMonarch
B.thePresident
C.thePrimeMinister
D.theGovernor-general
33.TheDeclarationofIndependencewaswrittenby__.
A.ThomasJefferson
B.GeorgeWashington
C.AlexanderHamilton
D.JamesMadison
34.TheoriginalinhabitantsofAustraliawere____.
A.theRedIndians
B.theEskimos
C.theAborigines
D.theMaoris
35.WhichofthefollowingnovelswaswrittenbyEmilyBronte?
A.OliverTwist
B.Middlemarch
C.JaneEyre
D.WutheringHeights
36.WilliamButlerYeatswasa（n）______poetandplaywright.
A.American
B.Canadian
C.Irish
D.Australian
37.DeathofaSalesmanwaswrittenby_____.
A.ArthurMiller
B.ErnestHemingway
C.RalphEllison
D.JamesBaldwin
38._______referstothestudyoftheinternalstructureofwordsandtherulesofwordformation.
A.Phonology
B.Morphology
C.Semantics
D.Sociolinguistics
39.ThedistinctivefeaturesofaspeechvarietymaybeallthefollowingEXCEPT_____.
A.lexical
B.syntactic
C.phonological
D.psycholinguistic
40.Thewordtailoncereferredto“thetailofahorse”,butnowitisusedtomean“thetailofanyanimal.”Thisisanexampleof_____.
A.wideningofmeaning
B.narrowingofmeaning
C.meaningshift
D.lossofmeaning
Key:
CDACDCABDA
2008年英语专业八级人文知识真题及答案
PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGE（10MIN）
Therearetenmultiple-choicequestionsinthissection.Choosethebestanswertoeachquestion.Markyouranswersonyourcolouredanswersheet
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,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.
Key：
31-35BCADB36-40CDACD
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
2010年英语专八考试全真试人文部分真题及答案
PARTIII GENERALKNOWLEDGE（10MIN）
Therearetenmultiple-choicequestionsinthissection.Choosethebestanswertoeachquestion.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEETTWO.
31. WhichofthefollowingstatementsinINCORRECT?
A.TheBritishconstitutionincludestheMagnaCartaof1215.
B.TheBritishconstitutionincludesParliamentaryacts.
C.TheBritishconstitutionincludesdecisionsmadebycourtsoflaw.
D.TheBritishconstitutionincludesonesinglewrittenconstitution.
32. ThefirstcityeverfoundedinCanadais
A.Quebec.
B.Vancouver.
C.Toronto.
D.Montreal.
33. WhendidtheAustralianFederationofficiallycomeintobeing?
A.1770.
B.1788.
C.1900.
D.1901.
34. TheEmancipationProclamationtoendtheslaveryplantationsystemintheSouthoftheU.S.wasissuedby
A.AbrahamLincoln.
B.ThomasPaine.
C.GeorgeWashington.
D.ThomasJefferson.
35. ________isbestknownforthetechniqueofdramaticmonologueinhispoems..
A.WillBlake
B.W.B.Yeats
C.RobertBrowning
D.WilliamWordsworth
36. TheFinancieriswrittenby
A.MarkTwain.
B.HenryJames.
C.WilliamFaulkner.
D.TheodoreDreiser.
37. Inliteratureastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaningisdefinedas
A.allegory.
B.sonnet.
C.blankverse.
D.rhyme.
38. ________referstothelearninganddevelopmentofalanguage.
A.Languageacquisition
B.Languagecomprehension
C.Languageproduction
D.Languageinstruction
39. Theword“Motel”comesfrom“motor+hotel”.Thisisanexampleof ________inmorphology.
A.backformation
B.conversion
C.blending
D.acronym
40. Languageisttoolofcommunication.Thesymbol“HighwayClosed”onahighwayserves
A.anexpressivefunction.
B.aninformativefunction.
C.aperformativefunction.
D.apersuasivefunction.
31-35DAAAC
36-40DAACB
2011年3月专八人文部分真题及答案
PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGETherearetenmultiple-choicequestionsinthissection.MarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO.
31.ThenorthernmostpartofGreatBritainis_______.
A.NorthernIreland
B.Wales
C.England
D.Scotland
参考答案：
D
TIP：
选D。
英国最北端是苏格兰。
32.Itisgenerallyagreedthat_______werethefirstEuropeanstoreachAustralia'sshores.
A.theFrench
B.theGermans
C.theBritish
D.theDutch
参考答案：
D
TIP：
选D。
1606年，荷兰航海家WillemJanszoon在约克角西岸登陆澳洲。
1770年，英国人库克船长登上澳洲大陆并宣布它为英国领土。
33.WhichcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf?
A.Canada.
B.NewZealand.
C.GreatBritain.
D.TheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
参考答案：
A
TIP：
选A。
加拿大被誉为“枫叶之国”。
34.Whowrotethefamouspamphlet,TheCommonSense,beforetheAmericanRevolution?
A.ThomasJefferson.
B.ThomasPaine.
C.JohnAdams.
D.BenjaminFranklin.
参考答案：
B
TIP：
选B。
《常识》是托马斯•潘恩在美国革命之前撰写的。
35.VirginiaWoolfwasanimportantfemale________inthe20th-centuryEngland.
A.poet
B.biographer
C.playwright
D.novelist
参考答案：
D
TIP：
选D。
弗吉尼亚•伍尔芙是英国著名小说家，第二次世界大战期间，她是伦敦文学界的核心人物。
36.______referstoalongnarrativepoemthatrecordstheadventuresofaheroinanation'shistory.
A.Ballad
B.Romance
C.Epic
D.Elegy
参考答案：
C
TIP：
选C。
epic是“史诗、叙事诗”的意思。
37.WhichofthefollowingbestexploresAmericanmythinthe20thcentury?
A.TheGreatGatsby.
B.TheSunAlsoRises.
C.TheSoundandtheFury.
D.BeyondtheHorizon.
参考答案：
A
TIP：
选A。
《天边外》是尤金•奥尼尔的著名戏剧作品，《太阳照常升起》是海明威的代表作，《喧哗与骚动》则是福克纳的代表作。
《了不起的盖茨比》的作者是菲茨杰拉德的作品，反映了美国20世纪20年代到30年代的社会现实，对美国神话进行了另类诠释和解读。
38._______isdefinedasthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandmind.
A.Semantics
B.Pragmatics
C.Cognitivelinguistics
D.Sociolinguistics
参考答案：
C
TIP：
选C。
认知语言学认为，语言的创建、学习及运用，基本上都必须能够通过人类的认知而加以解释，因为认知能力是人类知识的根本。
39.AvowelisdifferentfromaconsonantinEnglishbecauseof________.
A.absenceofobstruction
B.presenceofobstruction
C.mannerofarticulation
D.placeofarticulation
参考答案：
A
TIP：
选A。
辅音主要是从肺部呼出的气流在通过口腔或鼻腔时遇到阻碍而发出的音，元音的发音与之最大的区别就是不受阻碍，不产生摩擦。
40.Thedefinition"theactofusingorpromotingtheuseofseverallanguages,eitherbyanindividualspeakerorbyacommunityofspeakers"refersto_________.
A.Pidgin
B.Creole
C.Multilingualism
D.Bilingualism
参考答案：
C
TIP：
选C。
Multilingualism的意思是“多语现象、多语制”。
2012年3月专八人文部分真题及答案
PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGE（10MIN）
Therearetenmultiple-choicequestionsinthissection．MarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO．
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．Canadaisboundedontheno
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