专八辅导人文知识冲刺.docx

1、专八辅导人文知识冲刺专八辅导人文知识冲刺（一）听说过吗？躺在床上能和外教一对一练英语口语！史上最牛！ 免费体验史上最牛英语口语学习，太平洋英语 TEM考试 2008/5/6 保存本文 免费试听课程 收藏本页 今日话题：辅音如何分类 1. 发音部位（places of articulation）：双唇音(bilabial)、唇齿音(labiodental)、齿间音(dental)等； 2.发音方法(manners of articulation)：、爆破音(stop)、摩擦音(fricatives)、破擦音(affricates)、鼻音(nasal)、边音(lateral)等； 3.声带状态：清

2、辅音、浊辅音。 因此更正第七期第十道 10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms of _ A manner of articulation B openness of mouth C place of articulation D voicing 选择A而不是C1. St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both _A America and Mexico B America and Canada C Amer

3、ica and Cuba D America and Brazil2. European settlement of Australia began in the late part of _ when a British penal colony was established on the east coast of the continent.A the 16th century B the 17th century C the 18th century D the 19th century3. Which sport is supposed to be Americas nationa

4、l sport and used to be call “Americans favorable pastime”?A baseball B basketball C rugby D cricket4. The largest city in New Zealand is _A Auckland B Wellington C Christchurch D Dunedin5. After Adam Bede,_wrote The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner in which moral problems are discussed and psychol

5、ogical analysis of characters are emphasized.A George Eliot B Jane Austin C George Dickens D Charlotte Bronte6.All of the following odes are written by John Keats EXCEPT_A Ode to Autumn B Ode to a NightingaleC Ode to a Skylark D Ode on Melancholy7. Of_s four famous comedies, the best known is Lady W

6、indermeres Fan.A Oscar Wilde B Richard Sheridan C Bernard Shaw D Somerset Maugham8. If the air stream meets with no obstruction when a sound is pronounced, it is a(n) _A voiced consonant B voiceless consonant C vowel D explosive9. The internationally accepted system of phonetic transcription is _A I

7、.P.A B I.A.P.S C I.S.S D S.S.I.P10. With the _, Latin words were added into the vocabulary of the language spoken in Britain.A invasion of the Romans B Christianization of BritainC Scandinavian invasion D Norman Conquest答案BCAAA CACAB 9. 国际音标（international phonetic alphabet）是目前世界上比较通行的音标，简称IPA，最初制定于1

8、886年。 转贴于：专八辅导人文知识冲刺（二） TEM考试 免费试听课程 收藏本页 2008/5/6 保存本文 每天第一个迎接新一天的国家是哪个呢？新西兰，由于新西兰整个国家非常狭窄，所以新西兰的任何地方距离海洋都不超过110公里，全国只有一个时区。新西兰正好位于国际日期变更线以西的第一个时区，所以它是第一个迎接新一天的国家。1. It was during _ reign that the name Great Britain came into being. A Marys B Annes C Jame IIs D Oliver Cromwell2.Where is Edinburgh?

9、A In Wales B In Scotland C In Northern Ireland D In Ireland3. One of the most famous national parks in the U.S. is the _A Yellowstone National Park B Hyde Park C Kakadu National Park D American Fishing Center4. New Zealand is just west of the International Date Line, so it is the first country to ge

10、t _A frozen B wet C the new day D united5. Mr.Darcy is a character in _A Tess of the DUrbervilles B Pride and Prejudice C Happy Prince D The Mill on the Floss6. Lyrical Ballads is the joint work between Wordsworth and his friend_A Coleridge B Bryon C Keats D Shelly7._is the representative work of th

11、e Jazz AgeA The Great Gatsby B On the Road C Look Back in Anger D The Sun Also Rises8. The distinction of langue and parole is made by _ A Hall B Sapir C Chomsky D Saussure9. _examines how meaning is encoded in a language.A Semantics B Syntax C Pragmatics D Morphology 10.The sentence “I apologize!”

12、belongs to the category of _according to the speech act theory.A. expressive B performative C representative D constative答案BBACB AADABconstative为叙述句performative为施为句TEM专八辅导人文知识冲刺（三） TEM考试 免费试听课程 收藏本页 2008/5/6 保存本文 美国人口构成 1. The population of the United States is a bit more than 272 million, about 13%

13、 of which are Black, 12 % are Hispanic(讲西班牙语的人)，4% are Asian and the rest are White Americans. 2. It is the third most populous country in the world after China and India. 3. The most populous states are California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois. 4. More than 80% of Americans live in urban a

14、reas. 巩固：按照人口数量排列，美国在世界排在第几位；按照面积排，美国又是排第几位呢？ 1. Christmas is usually connected to _ A the reunion of a large family B the eating of Easter eggs C the resurrection of Christ D the forgiving of others sins 2. The largest of the ethnic minorities in America is _ A the blacks B the Mexico-Americans C t

15、he Spanish-Americans D the Chinese 3. The British establish _colonies along the east coast of North American between 16.7 and 1733. A. 11 B 12 C13 D14 4. The largest university in Canada is _ A Laval University B The University of Toronto C McGill University D Simon Fraser University 5. Robinson Cru

16、soe is written by _ A Henry Fielding B Daniel Defoe C Samuel Richardson D Jonathan Swift 6. _is written by Walt Whitman. A Representative Men B English Traits C Nature D Leaves of Grass 7. _is not a novelist. A Henry James B Emily Dickinson C William Dean Howells D Mark Twain 8. _is not one of the c

17、ore branches of linguistics. A Phonology B Psycho-linguistics C Syntax D Semantics 9. _ is the common factor of the three sounds:p, t, k A voiceless B spread C voiced D nasal 10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms of _ A manner of articulation B openne

18、ss of mouth C place of articulation D voicing按面积计算，美国继俄罗斯，加拿大，中国之后位居第四。按人口计算，美国继中国，印度后，居第三。 答案 ACCBB DBBAA 转贴于：TEM考试_考试大考试_考试专八辅导人文知识冲刺（四） TEM考试 免费试听课程 收藏本页 2008/5/9 保存本文 练习题： 1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is _.A Robin Hood B Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC The Canterbury Tales D Beowulf2

19、. _was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse.A The Canterbury Tales B Piers the Plowman C Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D Beowulf3. _was the most famous for The Canterbury Tales.A Geoffrey Chaucer B John MiltonC William Shakespeare D Francis Baco

20、n4. Most of the ballads of the 5th century focused on the legend about _ as a heroic figure.A Green Nights B GawainC Robin Hood D Hamlet5.In the 16th century, Thomas Mores work _became immediately popular after its publication.A Paradise Lost B A Pleasant Satire of the Three EstatesC Of Beauty D Uto

21、pia6. _was Edmund Spencers masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the great poems in the English language.A Amoretti B The Shepherds CalendarC The Faerie Queen D Four Hymns7. _ is from Shakespeares sonnet No.18.A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”B “To be or not to be: that is the que

22、stion”C “Shall I compare thee to a summers day”D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”8. The vivid portrayal of _ by Shakespeare in Henry IV has earn for him an enviable place in the history of English literature.A Julius Caesar B Falstaff C Hamlet D King Henry9.The four great tragedies written by

23、 Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and _.A. Antony and Cleopatra B. Julius CaesarC Twelfth Night D King Lear10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeares romantic love comedies?A Twelfth Night B The TempestC As You Like It D The Merchant of Venice练习题答案及题解:1.D 贝奥武夫是英国一部著名的英国史诗，也是英

24、国文学中的一部重要作品，用古英语写成。2.C 高文爵士和绿衣以亚瑟王和他的骑士为题材，歌颂勇敢、忠贞、美德，是中古英语传奇文学最优秀的作品之一。3. Chaucer被誉为“英国诗歌之父”，他的代表作是坎特伯雷故事集，它是以本土文学为主流的英国书面文学历史开始的重要标志。4.C 英国15十几民谣大部分是关于流传于英国民间家喻户晓的传奇人物罗宾汉和他的伙伴们的故事。民谣中的罗宾汉是一个仗义疏财，劫富济贫的绿林好汉。5.D 托马斯.莫尔是英国重要的早期人文主义者。他的著作乌托邦勾画出了一个社会平等，财产共有，人民和谐相处的理想大同国。6. C 长诗仙后是英国杰出诗人Edmund Spencer的杰作

25、，它是英国诗歌创作的典范。Spencer在仙后一诗中创造了著名的“斯宾塞诗体”，其影响深远。7.C “Shall I compare thee to a summers day”源自莎士比亚著名的第十八首诗。8.B 喜剧人物福斯坦福是莎士比亚在亨利四世中创造的一个为百姓喜闻乐见的不朽的艺术形象。福斯坦福是个50多岁的破落骑士，爱冒险又胆怯，喜欢吹牛又贪婪，说谎欺诈，浑水摸鱼，无所不能。同时他生性幽默，喜剧情节和笑料通过他的所言所行妙趣横生。9.D 莎士比亚的四大悲剧一般指：Hamlet，Macbeth，Othello 以及King Lear。10.B The Tempest 是莎士比亚后期一部

26、浪漫主义传奇剧，莎士比亚在创作中坚持人文主义理想，以宽恕仁爱为主要精神，期创作风格添加了不少浓郁的浪漫空幻色彩。 转贴于大专八辅导人文知识冲刺（五） TEM考试 免费试听课程 收藏本页 2008/5/9 保存本文 练习题： 1.Gold Rush was vividly depicted in _ novels.A Hemingways B Mark Twains C Henry James D Faulkners2.The period of Old English literatue refers to _A 449-1066B 14thcentury - mid 17th century

27、C 14th century- mid 18th centuryD 16th century- mid 18th century3.The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is _A Nature B Walden C Experience D Essays4._has been entitled the Father of American Poetry.A Philip Freneau B Ralph Waldo Emerson C William Cullen Bryant D Walt Whitman5. The emo

28、tional effect and social significance made _ the first well-known sociological novel in American Literature.A The Sun Also Rises B Uncle Toms CabinC The Old Man and The Sea D Sister Carrie6. Stephen Crane is famous for _A An American Tragedy B The AmbassadorsC Main Street D The Red Badge of Courage7

29、.Which of the following is NOT true for Benjamin Franklin?A He was a famous writer B He was a member to draft the Declaration of IndependenceC He was a great scientist D He was once elected American President8. Whitmans poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT_A a strict poetic f

30、orm B a simple and conversational language C a free and natural rhythmic pattern D an easy flow of feelings9.American fiction in the 1960s is retered to as _A imagism B black humor C new fiction D the Beat Generation10.William Faukener is the author of _A Far From the Madding Crowd B Sound and Fury

31、C For Whom the Bell Tolls D Scarlet Letter练习题答案及题解:1.B 马克吐温的很多短篇小说对Gold Rush（淘金）进行了很形象的描绘。2.A Anglo-Saxons所说的语言被称为古英语，Anglo-Saxons是在五世纪中侵入英国领土的，直到1066年诺曼公爵政府英格兰，建立诺曼底王朝，才代替了Anglo-Saxons。3.B 瓦尔登湖是梭罗最杰出的超验主义作品。4.A Philip Freneau（1752-1832）被称为“美国诗歌之父”。著有：The wild Honey Suckle；To The Memory of Brave Americans。5.B 汤姆叔叔家的小屋是美国文学史上第一部揭示黑人被虐待