专八人文知识题库

专八人文知识题库【第一期】 1. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by_. A. Henry James B. O. Henry C. Harriet Beecher Stower D. Mark Twain 2. The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any day on which we dont have to work. This is an example of_. A. meaning shift B. widening of meaning C. narrowing of meaning D. loss of meaning 3. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.? A. Huston B. Baltimore C. Philadelphia D. Boston 4. Which of the following is NOT a Romantic Poet? A. William Wordsworth B. Percy B. Shelley C. George G. Byron D. George Eliot 5. The study of _ is Syntax. A. textual organization B. sentence structures C. word formation D. language functions 6. The capital city of Canada is _. A. Montreal B. Ottawa C. Vancouver D. York 7. The longest river in Britain is _. A. Severn B. Tees C. Thames D. Clyde 8. In _ the Romans conquered Greece. A. 146 B.C. B. 1200 B.C. C. 700 B.C. D. the 5th century 9. In his inaugural speech, _ said that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. A. Woodrow Wilson B. Franklin D. Roosevelt C. Harry Truman D. Benjamin Franklin 10. The Head of the Representatives is called _. A. Chancellor B. Speaker C. Chairman D. Leader 参考答案： DBADB BAABB 1.Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeares four great tragedies? A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King Lear B Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, Macbeth C hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth D Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens 2.Guiiliver travel was written by_. A Daniel Defoe B Charles dickens C Jonathan swift D Joseph Addison 3.The novel starts with “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune ,must be in want of a wife.” The novel is Jane Austen_. A Emma B persuasion C sense and sensibility D pride and prejudice 4.Which of the following is not one of the Bronte sisters? A Charlotte Bronte B Anne Bronte C Jenny Bronte D Emily Bronte 5._is the worlds largest exporter of lamb and mutton. A. New Zealand B. Australia C. Canada D. America 6.British prime minister normally serves a _ term. A. two-year B. five-year C. four-year D. six-year 7.Semantics is the study of _. A. linguistic competence B. language functions C. meanings D. social behavior 8.Sense and Sensibility is a _ by _. A play Jane Austen B novel Jane Austen C play Emily Bronte D novel Anne Bronte 9._is the home of golf. A England B Scotland C Wales D Ireland 10.Reuters was founded in _ A 1715 B 1751 C 1851 D 1815 参考答案：CCDCA BCBBC 1.The most important economic activity in Canada is _. A mining B fishing C farming D manufacturing 2.In area, the United States is the _ largest country in the world. A 2nd B 3rd C 4th D 5th 3._was NOT written by Charles Dickens. A. David Copperfield B. Oliver Twist、 C. Sons and Lovers D. A Tale of Two Cities 4.What is (are) the nickname(s) of the U.S.A.? A Uncle Sam B Brother Jonathan C Yankee D All of the above 5.“He has a servant called Friday.” “he”in the quoted sentence is a character in_. A Henry fieldings tom jones B john Bunyan the pilgrims progress C Richard brinsley Sheridans the school for scandal D Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe 6.“A Red, Red Rose” was written by _. A Alexandra Pop B Robert Burns C William Blake D John Keats 7.What forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States? A The Rio Grande River B The southern Rocky Mountains C The Colorado River D The Gulf of California 8.The US formally entered the Second World War in _ A 1937 B 1939 C 1941 D 1943 9.The history of English is usually divided into _ major periods. A three B four C five D two 10.The emblem of the Democratic Party is _. A elephant B donkey C bear D bull 参考答案：DCCDD BACAB 1.The election of _ made Margaret Thatcher to power and she became the first woman prime minister. A 1979 B 1980 C 1982 D 1992 2.In which novel can “Yahoo“ be found? A John Bunyans Pilgrims Progress B Edmund Spencers The Faerie Queen C Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels D Henry Fieldings Tom Jones 3.According to the Official Language of Act of Canada, there are two official language in this country: they are_ A English and Spanish B English and Portuguese C English and French D English and Celtic 4.In Britain, _ has the ultimate authority of legislation. A the Queen B the House of Commons C the House of Lords D the Prime Minister 5.The morpheme “scope” in the common word “telescope” is a(n) _. A bound morpheme B bound form C inflectional morpheme D free morpheme 6.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by _ A Jack London B Charles Dickens C Samuel Coleridge D Ernest Hemingway 7.The Presidents during the American Civil War was . A Andrew Jackson B Abraham Lincoln C Thomas Jefferson D George Washington 8.The three largest cities in Canada do NOT include. A Toronto B Quebec C Ottawa D Vancouver 9.Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 because of _. A the Great Depression B the Black Power Movement C the Watergate Scandal D the Isolation policy 10.The following plays are comedies by Shakespeare EXCEPT _. A A Midsummer Nights Dream B As You Like It C The Merchant of Venice D Romeo and Juliet 参考答案： ACCBD DBCCD 1.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% 2.What country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf？ A United States of America B United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland C New Zealand D Canada 3.The study of language acquisition is generally known as _. A theoretical linguistics B psycholinguistics C applied linguistics D historical linguistics 4.It is known that Irish landscape in featured by _. A bogs B mountains C grassland D rivers 5.The sentence “shall I compare thee to a summers day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares_. A comedies B tragedies C sonnets D histories 6.All the following universities are located in New England EXCEPT_ A Yale B Harvard C MIT D Berkeley 7.The highest peak in Canada is _, which is the Yukon Territory of northwest Canada. A. Mount Lawrence B. Mount Superior C. Mount Logan D Mount Huron 8._ is sometimes called the birthplace of America. A. New England B. the South C. the West D. the Midwest 9.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 Conqueror 10.The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except_ A fridendship B love and marriage C life and death D war and peace 参考答案： BDCAC DCADD 专八人文知识模拟试题(1) 1. _ is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transportation. A) Phonetics B) Phonology C) Phoneme D) Phonetic typology 2.The sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream at some point the vocal tract are called _ . A) consonance B) consonant cluster C) consistency D) consonants 3.In its technical sense here, _ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations. A) pictogram B) lexicon C) word-formation D) ideogram 4.When was Longrnan Group UK Ltd was founded? A) 1721. B).1722. C) 1723. D).1724. 5.What is the name of the dictionary compiled by Samuel Johnson? A) First English Dictionary. B) Dictionary of English Language. C) A Dictionary of the English Language. D) Dictionary of the English Language. 6.Who wrote and publish Poor Richards Almanack? A) Benjamin Franklin. B) John Gay. C) David Hume. D) Samuel Richardson. 7.Which one of the following four books was written by Harriet Stowe? A) Roughing It in the Bush. B) Walden, or Life in the Woods. C) Adam Bede. D) Uncle Toms Cabin. 8._is the capital of New South Wales and the oldest and largest city in Australia. A) Melbourne B) Sydney C) Darwin D) Canberra 9. _ , Valentines Day, is sweethearts day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions. A) February 10th B) February 12th C) February 14th D) February 16th 10.Major Newspapers and Magazines in the USA are _ , etc. A) New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Times B) New York Times, Washington Post, The Sun, Times C) New York Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, Times D) New York Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Times 参考答案： 15 ADBDC 610 ADBCA 专八人文知识模拟试题(2) 1. _is a fork legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people. A Beowulf B sir Gawain C the Canterbury tale D king Arthur and his knights 2. The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of _. A Romeo and Juliet B the faerie queen C Tamburlainc D the Canterbury tales 3. The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance”or “reconciliation plays” is _. A merchant of Venice, as you like it B the tempest, pericles, the winter s tale C Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra 4. Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeares four great tragedies? A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King Lear B Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, Macbeth C hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth D Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens 5. Which of the following is not the work of Francis bacon? A advancement of learning B new instrument C songs of innocence D essays 6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, _is the founder of metaphysical poetry. A Ben Johnson B john Milton C john Bunyan D john Donne 7. Daniel Defoe is a famous_. A poet B novelist C playwright D essayist 8. “He has a servant called Friday.” “he”in the quoted sentence is a character in_. A Henry fieldings tom jones B john Bunyan the pilgrims progress C Richard brinsley Sheridans the school for scandal D Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe 9. Guiiliver travel was written by_. A Daniel Defoe B Charles dickens C Jonathan swift D Joseph Addison 10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a _poet. A romantic B realistic C naturalistic D neo-classic 答案详解： 1. A Beowulf 是 Anglo-Saxon 时代留下的重要的古英语文学作品，它被认为是英国的民族史诗。sir Gawain and the green knight，king Arthur and his knights of the round table 是中古英语时期的浪漫传奇。the Canterbury tale 是英国大诗人 乔叟的一部诗体短篇小说集。 2. D 乔叟被誉为英国诗歌之父，Troilus and Criseyde 是他的重要作品之一。 3. D 1608-1612 被认为是莎翁的浪漫剧创作时期，包括四部浪漫剧和解剧 the tempest, pericles, the winters tale，Cymbeline 。 merchant of Venice, as you like it，twelfth night，the merry wives of Windsor 为莎翁的喜剧，Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra 为悲剧。 4. C 莎翁最杰出的四大悲剧为 hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth。 5. C songs of innocence 是英国 18 世纪末 19 世纪初浪漫主义诗人 William Blake 的著作。 6. D john Donne 是 17 世纪玄学派诗人的重要代表人物，Ben Johnson 是莎翁同时代的剧作家，john Milton，john Bunyan 虽都是 17 世纪著名作家，但作品风格与玄学派大相径庭。 7. B Daniel Defoe 创作的鲁宾逊漂流记为他赢得了英国小说之父的称号。 8. D Daniel Defoe 创作的鲁宾逊漂流记中的主人公 Robinson Crusoe 有个同伴和仆人叫 Friday。 9. C Guiiliver travel 是 Jonathan swift 一部极具魅力的儿童故事，同时包含深刻的思想内容。 10. A William Wordsworth 为英国浪漫派诗人 专八人文知识模拟试题 (3) 1. “Ode to the west wind” was written by the author of _. A “I wandered lonely as a cloud” B “Kubla Khan” C “Childe Harold s Pilgrimage” D “As Defense of Poetry” 2. Which of the following poets does not belong to the school of romantic poets? A William Wordsworth B Percy Bysshe Shelley C George Gordon Byron D John Donne 3. Charles Dickens wrote all of the following except _. A Oliver Twist B David Copperfield C A Tale of Two Cities D Heart of Darkness 4. “A Red, Red Rose” was written by _. A Alexandra Pop B Robert Burns C William Blake D John Keats 5. Pip is the character of Charles Dickens novel _. A Oliver Twist B David Copperfield C A Tale of Two Cities D Great Expectations 6. Sense and Sensibility is a _ by _. A play Jane Austen B novel Jane Austen C play Emily Bronte D novel Anne Bronte 7. In reading Shakespeare, you must have come across the line “To be or not to be-that is the question” by_. A Iago in Othello B Lear in King Lear C Shylock in the Merchant of Venice D Hamlet in Hamlet 8. Robert Brownings “My last Duchess” is composed in the form of a(n) _. A dramatic monologue B extended metaphor C syllogistic argument D dialogue 9. Thomas Hardy wrote novels of _. A character and environment B pure romance C “stream of consciousness” D psychoanalysis 10. “Wessex novels” refers to the novels written by _. A Charles Dickens B D.H. Lawrence C James Joyce D Thomas Hardy 答案详解： 1 选 D “I wandered lonely as a cloud” 的作者是 William Wordsworth; “Kubla Khan” 的作者是 Samuel Taylor Coleridge; “Childe Harolds Pilgrimage” 的作者是 George Gordon Byron.西风颂 （Ode to the west wind）是 Percy Bysshe Shelley(雪莱) 的代表作，他的文论著作有诗辩 （A Defense of Poetry。 2 选 D William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron 都是 19 世纪浪漫派诗人的代表人物， John Donne 则是 17 世纪玄学派诗人的代表。 3 选 D Charles Dickens(查尔斯.狄更斯)是 19 世纪英国著名的现实主义小说家，代表作有 Oliver Twist（雾都孤儿 ） ， David Copperfield（大卫.科波菲尔 ） ，A Tale of Two Cities（双城记 ） ，Great Expectations(远大前程)等。 Heart of Darkness（黑暗心灵 ）为 Joseph Conrad 的小说。 4 选 B “A Red, Red Rose” 一朵红红的玫瑰是英国苏格兰著名的农民诗人 Robert Burns(罗伯特.彭斯)根据苏格兰民谣创作的 一首脍炙人口的爱情诗篇，彭斯在仔细研究苏格兰民谣的基础上创作了大量抒情诗，如我心在高原 （My Hearts in the Highlands）,一朵红红的玫瑰 （A Red, Red Rose） ， 约翰.安德生，我的爱人 （John Anderson, My Jo）,昔日 时光 （Auld Lang Sygn ） 。 5 选 D Charles Dickens(查尔斯.狄更斯)是 19 世纪英国著名的现实主义小说家，代表作有 Oliver Twist（雾都孤儿 ） ， David Copperfield（大卫.科波菲尔 ） ，A Tale of Two Cities（双城记 ） ，Great Expectations(远大前程)等。 Pip 是 Great Expectations( 远大前程)中的主人公，该作品是一部成长小说，采用第一人称叙述，展现了主人公匹普 （Pip）的成长过程。 6 选 B 理智与情感 （Sense and Sensibility）,原名为埃莉诺与玛丽安娜 （Elinor and Marriane）,曼斯菲尔德庄园 （Mansfield Park）,诺桑觉寺(Northanger Abbey),爱玛 （Emma）等。 7 选 D “To be or not to be-that is the question” 选自哈姆雷特 （Hamlet）第三幕第一场，是哈姆雷特中最脍炙人口 的独白之一。 8 选 A 受戏剧创作的影响，Robert Browning 善于在诗中运用 dramatic monologue(“戏剧独白”) ， “戏剧独白”并非布朗宁首 创，但“戏剧独白”诗体却是他对英国诗歌的一大贡献。 “My last Duchess” 是布朗宁“戏剧独白”诗中很有代表性 的一首，诗歌语言口语化，夹叙夹议，通过公爵以个人的独白揭示其心理活动。 9 选 A 哈代的小说是维多利亚时期的作品，其最具地方色彩的作品就是人们常说的“性格与环境小说” ，其中包括：还乡 （The Return of the Native）, 德伯家的苔丝 （Tess of the DUrbervilles）,无名的裘德 （Jude the Obscure）, 卡斯特桥市长 （Mayor of the Casterbridge）等。 10 选 D 哈代的小说中，大多数是以一个名为 Wessex(威塞克斯)的乡村为场景的，实际上这个地方就是哈代既爱又恨的家乡。 Wessex 因此扬名天下，以致于人们常常把哈代以这一地区为场景，描述资本主义发展过程中农村地区渐受资本主义扩 张影响的作品称为“Wessex novels”(威塞克斯小说) 。 专八人文知识模拟试题(4) 1. The sentence “shall I compare thee to a summers day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares_. A comedies B tragedies C sonnets D histories 2. The three dialects spoken by_ _and _mixed into a single language called Anglo-Saxon, or old English. A Anglos, Saxons jutes B Anglos, Saxons, Irish C Anglos, Saxons, Scottish D Anglos, Saxons, welsh 3. contribution to English lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter-the heroic couplet to English poetry. A William Shakespeare s B Geoffrey Chaucers C Thomas more s D Edmund Spensers 4. Spenserian stanza is a form of poetry first employed by Edmund Spenser in his long poetry_. A the faerie queene B the shepherd s calendar C epithalamion D amoretti 5. Francis bacon is a _. A poet B playwright C essayist D novelist 6. We can perhaps describe the west wind in shellys poem “ode to the west wind” with all the following terms except_. A tamed B swift C proud D wild 7. The novel starts with “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune ,must be in want of a wife.” The novel is Jane Austen_. A Emma B persuasion C sense and sensibility D pride and prejudice 8. The major concern of _ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A Charles dickens s B D.H .Lawrences C Thomas hardys D john Galsworthys 9. “do you think, because I am poor ,obscure ,plain and little ,I am soulless and heartless? And if god had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me , as it is now for me to leave you .” the above Is quoted from_. A pride and prejudice B Jane Eyre C Wuthering heights D great expectations 10. Which of the following is not one of the Bronte sisters? A charlotte Bronte B Anne Bronte C jenny Bronte D Emily Bronte 答案详解： 1. C 这句诗来自莎士比亚十四行诗第十八首。 2. A 公元五世纪，Anglos, Saxons， jutes 开始迁入不列颠，这个部落融合成统一的民族英格兰，他们的语言也发展成一种叫 Anglo-Saxon, 或者 old English. 3. B Geoffrey Chaucer 被誉为英国诗歌之父，是第一位用中古英语写作的大诗人。他的诗行以五音部抑扬格为基本节奏，每 两行押韵，被称为 heroic couplet 4. A Spenser 的长诗仙后每节有九行，具有音乐性，被称为 Spenserian stanza。 5. C 培根是文艺复兴最重要的散文家。 6. A ode to the west wind 是雪莱最著名的抒情诗歌，西风是破坏旧世界，创造新世界的革命力量。 7. D pride and prejudice 的名言。 8. B D.H .Lawrence 将视线投向两性，对西方文明进行反思，将社会批评与性心理探索结合在一起，抨击资本主义工业文明。 9. B 简爱中的片断。 10. C 除 jenny Bronte 其他为在英国文学史占独特地位的 Bronte 三姐妹 专八人文知识模拟试题(5) 1. _is the worlds largest exporter of lamb and mutton. A. New Zealand B. Australia C. Canada D. America 2. _ is popularly known in the West as the Land Down Under. A. Britain B. Canada C. Australia D. New Zealand 3. Shakespeare wrote all the following works EXCEPT _. A. Hamlet B. King Lear C. Othello D. Wuthering Heights 4. Mark Twain is most famous for _. A. poems B. Novels C. Dramas D. science fiction 5. _was NOT written by Charles Dickens. A. David Copperfield B. Oliver Twist、 C. Sons and Lovers D. A Tale of Two Cities 6. British prime minister normally serves a _ term. A. two-year B. five-year C. four-year D. six-year 7. _ is sometimes called the birthplace of America. A. New England B. the South C. the West D. the Midwest 38. Semantics is the study of _. A. linguistic competence B. language functions C. meanings D. social behavior 9. Which of the following is not g