专八人文知识试题.docx

1、专八人文知识试题专业英语八级人文知识1. All of the Great Lakes are shared between the United States and Canada EXCEPT (C)A. Lake Ontario B. Lake Superior C. Lake Michigan D. Lake Erie2. Which group of people can Not vote in the British general election? (B)A. member in the House of CommonsB. Lords in the House of Lord

2、sC. the UK citizens above the age of 18D. the UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic3. Walt Whitman helped to promote the development of (D)A. sonnet B. couplet C. blank verse D. free verse 4. Speech is the primary medium of language.5. The first English colony in America established in Jamestow

3、n.6. In the 1960s, the Beatles became world famous and turned their hometown of Liverpool into a place of pilgrimage.7. The Angles and Saxons are the ancestors of the English people today.8. Prometheus Unbound was written by Shelly.9. Walt Whitmans O Captain! My Captain! was written in memorial of L

4、incoln.10. Saussure puts forward the distinction between diachronic studies and synchronic studies.11. The majority of back-formed words are verbs.12. Illocutionary act is the act performed in saying something; it is an expression of the speakers intention.13. Washington D.C, capital of the United S

5、tates, is named after George Washington and Christopher Columbus.14. English didnt became the official; language of the English until 14th after the Hundred Years War.15. Martin Eden is Jack Londons masterpiece and it is somewhat autobiographical.16. The Input Hypothesis was put forward by Krashen.1

6、7. A series of dynastic civil wars between supporters of the House of Lancaster and the House of York in the 15th century are also known as the wars of the Roses.18. The oldest newspaper in Australia is The Sydney Morning Herald.19. The Gift of the Magi was written by O Henry.20. Nouns verbs and adj

7、ectives can be classified as open class words.21. Which of the following sports originated from Scotland? (A) A Golf B Football C Basketball D Tennis 22. The Second largest racial and ethnic group in the United Stated is (B)A the white B the Hispanics C Chinese D the Blacls23. Martin Luther King, Jr

8、. who delivered a famous speech named I HAVE A DREAM was the leader of Civil Rights Movement in USA.24. Which of the following is the largest province in Canada? (A)A Quebec B Saskatchewan C Ontario D British Columbia25. Robert Louis Stevenson is a representative of Neo-Romanticism in English litera

9、ture. 26. Both of phonology and phonetics are concerned with the study of speech sounds.27. Male/female, married/single and alive/dead are examples of complementarity.28. The Sapir-Worf hypothesis is about language and thought.29. The symbol marking the declination of the British Empire is THE SUEZ

10、CANAL CRISIS.30. The colonists first settled in South Australia in Australia.31.In the 20th century, under the influence of Freuds theory of psycho-analysis, a number of writers adopted the stream of consciousness method of novel writing. 32. Componential analysis refers to an approach adopted by st

11、ructural semanticists in describing the meaning of words and phrases.33. Second Language Acquisition concentrates on code. 34. The components of the British Parliament: the House of Lord, the House of Commons and the Queen/King.35. Quebec is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-spe

12、aking population.36. The Australian National Day is chosen to commemorate the first European settlement of the continent.37. The Catcher in the Rye was written by Jerome David Salinger.38. Richard Brinsley Sheridans The School for Scandal has been called a great comedy of manners. 39. The type of la

13、nguage which is selected as appropriate to a type of situation is a register.40. Quantity Maxim means that in conversation we should be as informative as required.41. Canada is the second largest country in the word.42. George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four is considered as an anti-utopian novel.43. T

14、oni Morrison is the first American black woman writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.1.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by _A Jack London B Charles Dickens C Samuel Coleridge D Ernest Hemingway2.In which novel can Yahoo be found?A John Bunyans Pilgrims ProgressB Edmund Spenc

15、ers The Faerie QueenC Jonathan Swifts Gullivers TravelsD Henry Fieldings Tom Jones3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by _A J.D. Salinger B Jack London C Flannery OConnor D Saul Bellow4.The image of the famous henpecked husband is created by_A Washington Irving B Fennimore Cooper C Edith Wharton D W

16、illiam Dean Howells5.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be _A ONeil B Pound C Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald6._ is the most important person of the transcendental club.A Hawthorn B Whitman C Emerson D Hemingway7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except_A fridend

17、ship B love and marriage C life and death D war and peace8.Robert Frost is a famous _A novelist B playwright C poet D literary critic9.Dover Beach is written by _A Robert Browning B Alfred Tennyson C Mathew Arnold D Dylan Thomas10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the _ in the litera

18、ry history of the United States.A Age of Realism B Age of Clasicalism C Age of Romanticism D Age of Renaissance答案详解：1.D 老人与海是海明威的作品。2.C Jonathan Swift的Gullivers Travels（格列弗游记）中yahoo暗指人类，集人类丑陋面于一身，服务于动物的一类生物。3.A The Catcher in the Rye（麦田里的守望者）是J.D. Salinger（J.D. 赛琳格）的名著。4.A henpecked husband 是指“怕老婆的男

19、人”，改典型形象出自Washington Irving 的Rip Van Winkle。5.D 二十世纪出现Jazz Age，这一代的年轻人物欲膨胀，沉迷酒色。Scott Fitzgerald的 Great Gatsby了不起的盖茨比根据时代特征，对深深讽刺了所谓的美国梦。6.C Emerson是超验主义的重要代表，所著Nature论自然代表了他的哲学观。7.D Emily Dickinson（1709-1784），美国女诗人，终生未嫁。主要诗歌包括：I Could Not Sto for Death还有，Im Nobody. Who Are You?诗歌主题为：爱情，自然，友谊，死亡与不朽。

20、8.C Robert Frost是十九世纪的美国诗人，后因父亲过世已经英国，在新英格兰享有很高名望。主要作品有：The Road Not Taken，Mending Wall。9.C Dover Beach（多弗的海滩）是Mathew Arnold 的作品。10.A 1865-1914，也就是美国内战结束之后，第一次世界大战爆发之前。这个时候涌现的作家，比如Mark Twain刻画出美国经济政治发展引发的社会现实问题，包括“Gold Rush”。1._is the home of golf.A England B Scotland C Wales D Ireland2.Which of the

21、 follwing languages is NOT spoken in Scotland?A English B Scottish C Gaelic D Denish3.The election of _ made Margaret Thatcher to power and she became the first woman prime minister.A 1979 B 1980 C 1982 D 19924.To its full sense, the British Parliament consist of _A the House Lord and the House of C

22、ommonsB the House and the SenateC the Queen and the Hosue of LordsD the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons5.The Tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by _A King Harold B Robin Hood C Oliver Cromwell D William the Conqueror6.There are _ st

23、ate churches in Britain.A two B three C four D five7.When Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, and was succeeded by his son_, the regime began immediately to collapse.A Henry B Hamilton C Richard D Charles8._ birthday is a great event in Britain since it marks the beginning of full manhood or womanhood.A T

24、he twenty-first B The eighteenth C The nineteenth D The twentieth9.Reuters was founded in _A 1715 B 1751 C 1851 D 181510. What is (are) the nickname(s) of the U.S.A.?A Uncle Sam B Brother Jonathan C Yankee D All of the above答案详解： 1.B 高尔夫是一项古老的贵族的运动，源于十五世纪或更早以前的苏格兰，苏格兰地区山多，气候湿润，多雾，非常适合牧草生长，这里的工业文明以前是

25、连绵不断的牧场。相传当时牧羊人放牧闲暇时，用木板玩游戏，将石子击入兔子窝或洞中。久而久之形成了使用不同的球杆并按一定的规则击球。2.D Gaelic苏格兰盖尔语是高地苏格兰人的传统语言；更多人使用的语言是英语。一直到15世纪末，盎格鲁人仍然以他们的语言称苏格兰盖尔语为苏格兰语（盎格鲁语：Scottish）。3.A Margaret Thatcher 在1979年成为英国首相，为英国史上第一个女首相。4.D 具体的说，英国的议会是有元首，上议院和下议院组成。其中，元首没有实权，上议员由大法官（Lord Chancellor）掌权，是由神职议员（the Lord Spiritual）和世俗议员（t

26、he Lord Temporal），下议院的成员是通过选举产生的651名议员,以首相为首。5.D 伦敦塔名为“塔”，实际上是公元11世纪处于罗马统治时期的一座城堡式建筑。6.A英国有两大国教： 在英格兰是英格兰教（Church of England）或者英国圣公会，在苏格莎白的头衔全称为“托上帝宏恩，大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合国和她的其他领土和领地的女王、英联邦元首、基督教的保护者伊丽莎白二世”。可见，英/女王是基督教的保护者。7.C Oliver Cromwell的儿子在父亲过世后继承王权，但是不久后掌控的政体瓦解。1660年，议会扶植流浪法国的前国王儿子Charle二世当国王。8.A 在英国,

27、21岁生日是个大生日,因为他们认为21岁是大人开始的年龄。9.C 路透社是世界四大通讯社之一，也是英国创办最早的通讯社。1850年由保罗朱利叶斯路透 （paul julius reuter）在德国亚琛创办，1851年迁址到伦敦。创办人路透原为德国人，后加入英国籍。1865年，路透把他的私人通讯社扩展成为一家大公司。10.D “山姆大叔”（Uncle Sam），“乔纳森大哥”和“扬基老”都是美国和美国人的绰号。1. In area, the United States is the _ largest country in the world.A 2nd B 3rd C 4th D 5th 2.

28、The 50th state in America is _A Alaska B Texas C Hawaii D Rhode Island3. Mauna Loa, the worlds largest active volcano, is located in _A Hawaii B Alaska C Texas D Perth4. Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 because of _.A the Great Depression B the Black Power Movement C the Watergate Scandal D the Isolat

29、ion policy5.All the following universities are located in New England EXCEPT_A Yale B Harvard C MIT D Berkeley6.The United States has less than 6% of the worlds population; yet it produces about _ of the total world output.A 20% B 25% C 30% D 35%7.What forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the

30、 United States?A The Rio Grande River B The southern Rocky MountainsC The Colorado River D The Gulf of California8. The US formally entered the Second World War in _A 1937 B 1939 C1941 D 19439. The Presidents during the American Civil War was . A Andrew Jackson B Abraham Lincoln C Thomas Jefferson D

31、 George Washington10 The emblem of the Democratic Party is _.A elephant B donkey C bear D bull答案详解：1.C 按领土面积计算：美国是继俄罗斯，加拿大，中国之后的第四名。2.C 1959年，Alasica和Hawaii分别为第四十九个和第五十个加入美国的州。3.A Mauna Loa（摩纳罗亚山）是世界上最大的活火山。位于美国Hawaii（夏威夷）。4.C 尼克松总统辞职是由于轰动一时的丑闻“水门事件”。水门事件指美国共和党政府在1972年总统竞选运动中的非法活动暴露后的政治丑闻。5.D Berkeley（伯克利），是加利福尼亚大学分院，位于美国加利福尼亚西部。而新英格兰地区包括美国的六个州，由北至南分别为：缅因州、新罕布夏州、佛蒙特州、麻萨诸塞州、罗德岛、康乃狄克州。6.B 美国人口低于世界人口总值的6%，但是美国经济生产总值占世界25%，是高度工业化国家。7.A The Rio Grand River（格兰德河）形成了美国与墨西哥的自然分界线。8.C 1941年的珍珠港事件把美国带入了第二次世界战争，与苏联，英国共同对战法西斯。9.B Abraham Lincoln是美国第十六届总统，带领美国人走过美国内战，