专八人文知识 handout

专八人文知识练习题 专八人文知识练习（1） 1. Morphology is a study of _1_ A. the internal structure of words and the rules that govern their formation B. the uses of different types of utterances in different contexts C. the differences between sounds used in human languages and sounds in nature D. the rules that pertain to all languages throughout the world 2.Which of the following does NOT belong to “open class words”?_2_ A. Nouns B. Adjectives C. Conjunctions D. Adverbs 3. What is the minimal unit of meaning?_3_ A. Phoneme B. Morpheme C. Allophone D. Allomorph 4. Which of the following is NOT a free morpheme?_4_ A. bed B. tress C. dance D. children 5. Which of the following is NOT a compound word?_5_ A. Rainbow B. undertake C. Icy-cold D. Unpleasant 6. _6_ are bound morphemes because they can not be used as separate words. A. Roots B. Stems C. Affixes D. Compounds 7.Syntax mainly deals with _7_ A. how a language changes through time B. how words are combined to form sentences and the rules that govern the formation of sentences. C. how the human work when they use language D. how a language varies through geographical space 8.Syntactic categories contain the type of _8_ A. meaning that words express B. affixes that the words take C. structures in which the words can occur D. all of the above 9.Which of the following is NOT the concern of a word category? _9_ A. A word category can be determined by meaning, inflection and distribution B. To determine a words category by its meaning only is often not reliable. C. A word category can be embodied directly from its meaning. D. Distribution is more reliable than the meaning to determine a words category. 10. What elements does a phrase contain? _10_ A. Head, determine and complement. B. Head, specifier and complement. C. Head, specifier and complementizer. D. Head, determiner and complementizer. 专八人文知识练习（2） 1. Where is Belfast? A. In Ireland. B. In Wales C. In Northern Ireland. D. In Scotland. 2. The capital of New Zealand is_ A. Canberra. B. Ottawa. C. Wellington. D. Washington. 3. Which of the following is NOT a U.K. newspaper? A. The Guardian. B. Christian Science Monitor. C. The Daily Telegraph. D. The Times. 4. The community college is a kind of_ college popular in_ to satisfy the needs of both the individual and the society. A. five-year; U.K. B. four-year; U.K. C. three-year; U.S. D. two-year; U.S. 5. James Joyce was a famous_ whose masterpiece Ulysses has been highly eulogized in the Western literary world as one of the greatest works in the 20th century. A. Essayist. B. Novelist. C. Poet. D. Playwright. 6. George Gordon Byron was famous for the following works except_ A. Child Harolds Pilgrimage. B. Queen Mab. C. Hours of Idleness. D. Don Juan. 7. Which of the following is Nathaniel Hawthornes most noteworthy novel in the world? A. Gone with the Wind. B. For Whom the Bell Tolls. C. American Tragedy. D. The Scarlet Letter 8.The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences is_. A. syntax B. semantics C. morphology D. sociolinguistics 9.Words like “Xerox” and ”Kodak” are formed by_ A. back-formation B. blending C. coinage D. acronym 10.Which of the following is NOT an approach for English language to enrich its vocabulary in the past several centuries? A. Borrowing B. Upgradation C. Narrowing D. Widening 专八人文知识练习（3） 1 _is the largest city and the chief port of the United States. A Washington D.C. B Los Angeles C San Francisco D New York City 2 _ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions. A Blacks B Hispanics C Indians D Asian Americans 3 Washington D.C. is named after_. A the U.S. President George Washington B Christopher Columbus C both George Washington and Christopher Columbus D none of them 4 American and British English are two_ of the English language. A varieties B elements C parts D form 5 The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was_. A Thomas Jefferson B James Monroe C James Madison D Abraham Lincoln 6 Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_. A Rhode Island B Virginia C Texas D Montana 7 The national flag of the United States is known as_. A the Star-Spangled Banner B Uncle Sam C Hot Dog D Union Jack 8 The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _. A contribution a state has made to the nation B population C size D none of the above 9 The term “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _. A the Amazon River B the Mississippi River C the Nile River D the Hudson River 10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_ as a gift in 1884. A France B Spain C Italy D Britain 专八人文知识练习（4） 1. _is a folk 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 _. 3 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 winters tale C Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra D.the tempest, pericles, the winters tale,Cymbeline 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 专八人文知识练习（5） 1._is the home of golf. A. England B. Scotland C. Wales D. Ireland 2.Which of the following languages is NOT spoken in Scotland? A English B Scottish C Gaelic D Danish 3.The election of _ made Margaret Thatcher to power and she became the first woman prime minister. A 1979 B 1980 C 1982 D 1992 4.To its full sense, the British Parliament consist of _ A the House of Lord and the House of Commons B the House and the Senate C the Queen and the Hosue of Lords D the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons 5.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 6.There are _ state churches in Britain. A two B three C four D five 7.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 Charles 8._ birthday is a great event in Britain since it marks the beginning of full manhood or womanhood. A The twenty-first B The eighteenth C The nineteenth D The twentieth 9.Reuters was founded in _ A 1715 B 1751 C 1851 D 1815 10. What is （are） the nickname（s） of the U.S.A.? A Uncle Sam B Brother Jonathan C Yankee D All of the above 专八人文知识练习（6） 1. “The Graveyard Poets“ got the name because _. A they chose to live near graveyards B they often wrote about death and melancholy C they always wrote about dead people D they often use “graveyard“ as the title 2. It is generally understood that the recurrent theme in many of Thomas Hardys novel is _. A man against nature B love and marriage C social criticism D fate and destiny 3. The Romantic Period in English literature began with the publication of _. A William Blakes Songs of Innocence B Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice C Wordsworths and Coleridges Lyrical Ballads D a piece of land 4. It is generally regarded that Keats most important and mature poems are in the form of _. A ode B elegy C epic D sonnet 5. G.B. Shaws play Mrs. Warrens Profession is a realistic exposure of the _ in the English society. A slum landlordism B inequality between men and women C political corruption D economic exploitation of women 6. The Preface to Shakespeare and Lives of the Poets are the works of critic _. A. G.B. Shaw B Samuel Johnson C Ben Johnson D E.M. Foster 7. The Ring and the Book is a masterpiece of _. A Alfred Tennyson B Robert Browning C Thomas Hardy D Ralph Waldo Emerson 8. Matthew Arnold is the writer of _. A Dover Beach B My last Duchess C Break, Break, Break D The Eagle 9. The writer of Heart of Darkness is also the one of _. A Time of Machine B Jim C Lord Jim D A Passage to India 10. Of Human Bondage is a novel by _. A Herbert George Wells B Arnold Bennett C William Somerset Maugham D John Galsworthy 专八人文知识冲刺(1) 1. St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both _ A America and Mexico B America and Canada C America and Cuba D America and Brazil 2. European settlement of Australia began in the late part of _ when a British penal colony was established on the east c oast of the continent. A the 16th century B the 17th century C the 18th century D the 19th century 3. Which sport is supposed to be Americas national sport and used to be call “Americans favorable pastime”? A baseball B basketball C rugby D cricket 4. The largest city in New Zealand is _ A Auckland B Wellington C Christchurch D Dunedin 5. After Adam Bede,_wrote The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner in which moral problems are discussed and psychological analysis of characters are emphasized. A George Eliot B Jane Austin C George Dickens D Charlotte Bronte 5 6. All of the following odes are written by John Keats EXCEPT_ A Ode to Autumn B Ode to a Nightingale C Ode to a Skylark D Ode on Melancholy 7. Of _s four famous comedies, the best known is Lady Windermeres Fan. A Oscar Wilde B Richard Sheridan C Bernard Shaw D Somerset Maugham 8. 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 explosive 9. The internationally accepted system of phonetic transcription is _ A I.P.A B I.A.P.S C I.S.S D S.S.I.P 10. With the _, Latin words were added into the vocabulary of the language spoken in Britain. A invasion of the Romans B Christianization of Britain C Scandinavian invasion D Norman Conquest 专八人文知识冲刺(2) 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 Cromwell 2.Where is Edinburgh? A In Wales B In Scotland C In Northern Ireland D In Ireland 3. 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 Center 4. New Zealand is just west of the International Date Line, so it is the first country to get _ A frozen B wet C the new day D united 5. Mr. Darcy is a character in _ A Tess of the DUrbervilles B Pride and Prejudice C Happy Prince D The Mill on the Floss 6. Lyrical Ballads is the joint work between Wordsworth and his friend_ A Coleridge B Bryon C Keats D Shelly 7._is the representative work of the Jazz Age A The Great Gatsby B On the Road C Look Back in Anger D The Sun Also Rises 8. The distinction of langue and parole is made by _ A Hall B Sapir C Chomsky D Saussure 9. _examines how meaning is encoded in a language. A Semantics B Syntax C Pragmatics D Morphology 10.The sentence “I apologize!” belongs to the category of _according to the speech act theory. A. expressive B performative C representative D constative 专八人文知识冲刺(3) 美国人口构成 1. The population of the United States is a bit more than 272 million, about 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 areas. 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 the 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 C 13 D 14 4. The largest university in Canada is _ A Laval University B The University of Toronto C McGill University D Simon Fraser University 5. Robinson Crusoe 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 core 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 openness of mouth C place of articulation D voicing 语言学部分练习题 1.Which of the following statements about language is NOT true? A. Language is a system B. Language is symbolic C. Animals also have language D. Language is arbitrary 2.Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language? A. Symbolic B. Dual C. Productive D. Arbitrary 3.What is the most important function of language? A. Interpersonal B. Phatic C. Informative D. Metalingual 4.Who put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole? A. Saussure B. Chomsky C. Halliday D. Anonymous 5.According to Chomsky, which is the ideal users internalized knowledge of his language? A. competence B. parole C. performance D. langue 6.The function of the sentence “A nice day, isnt it?“ is . A. informative B. phatic C. directive D. performative 7.Articulatory phonetics mainly studies . A. the physical properties of the sounds produced in speech B. the perception of sounds C. the combination of sounds D. the production of sounds 8.The distinction between vowels and consonants lies in . A. the place of articulation B. the obstruction of airstream C. the position of the tongue D. the shape of the lips 9.Which is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transcription? A. Phonetics B. Phonology C. Semantics D. Pragmatics 7 10.Which studies the sound systems in a certain language? A. Phonetics B. Phonology C. Semantics D. Pragmatics 11.Minimal pairs are used to . A. find the distinctive features of a language B. find the phonemes of a language C. compare two words D. find the allophones of language 12.Usually, suprasegmental features include,length and