英语专八人文知识模拟题.doc

英语专八人文知识模拟题1-1 _ is the key to Industrial Revolution.A IronB Cotton TextileC Coal miningD Steam engine2 _ became a literary current during the period of the successful Industrial Revolution.A Criticism B Modernism C Romanticism D Renaissance3 Modern football game began in _.A ChinaB FranceC EnglandD Germany4 _ is the leader of the British government.A Prime MinisterB QueenC PresidentD Governor5 The second largest city in England, _ , is a metropolitan district and an industrial and manufacturing city.A EdinburghB BelfastC GlasgowD Birmingham6 _ introduced Christianity into Britain.A The CeltsB The RomansC The Viking DanesD The French7 The real power of the British government lies in _.A the House of CommonsB the cabinet headed by the Prime MinisterC the Prime MinisterD the Queen8 In Britain, education is compulsory for children between the ages of _ to _.A 5, 14B 6, 17C 5, 16D 6, 149 The longest river in Britain is _ , and the largest river in the USA is _.A the Seven River; the Missouri RiverB the Thames River; the Missouri RiverC the Severn River; the MississippiD the Thames River; the Ohio River10 The general election in Britain is held every _ years.A fourB threeC sixD five答案及题解:1 B, 纺织业的改革是英国工业革命的主要成就之一。2 C, 工业革命时期的主要文学流派是浪漫主义。3 C, 现代的足球运动起源于英国。 其正宗的老家在英格兰，19世纪兴起。4 A, 英国的政体是君主立宪制。 国王（女王）是国家元首，但政府的首领为首相。5 D, 英国的第二大城市伯明翰位于英格兰中部平原，是国际化大都市，也是英国的工业和制造业中心。6 B, 公元43年，罗马人占领英国，其后统治了400多年。基督徒就是在这一时期由罗马人传入英国的。7 B, 君主立宪制下，国王的作用更侧重于其象征意义，而实权为内阁所有，内阁由首相率领。8 C, 英国的教育体系中的义务教育阶段是5-16岁，这是每一位学生在学校学习的最低年限。9 C, 英国最长的河是塞文河，全长355公里，美国最长的河是密西西比河， 长4000公里左右。10 D, 英国大选每5年举行一次。英语专八人文知识模拟题2美国概况练习题：1 The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except _.A George Washington B Thomas JeffersonC William Penn D Benjamin Franklin2 The New Deal was started by _.A Franklin Roosevelt B J.K. KennedyC George Washington D Thomas Jefferson3 The United States was rated _ in the world in terms of land areas.A second B third C fourth D fifth4 The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by _.A Teachers B students C headmaster D boards of education5 The Bill of Rights consists of _.A 10 very short paragraphs in an amendmentB 10 amendments adopted in 1787C 10 amendments added to the Constitution in 1791D the amendments concerning the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press and the freedom of religion6 The United States produces as much as much as half of the worlds _.A wheat and rice B cotton C tobacco D soybeans and corn7 Which invention marked the beginning of “The Age of Visual Information”?A Newspaper B Telegraph C Laundry machine D Television8 The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from _.A George Washington B Thomas JeffersonC John Adams D John Locke9 The District of Manhattan is in the city if _.A Washington D.C. B San Francisco C New York D Chicago10 The seats in the Senate are allocated to different states_.A according to their populationB according to their sizeC according to their tax paid to federal governmentD equally练习题答案及题解1 C, 华盛顿、杰弗逊和弗兰克林都是美国创建时的元老功勋、而William Penn 是美国宾州的创始人。2 A, 新政是罗斯福为了应对美国经济大萧条而提出的。3 C, 就面积而言， 美国是世界第四大国。4 D, 对此有决定权的是教育委员会。5 C, 人权法案是于1791年增补到宪法法案上来的前十条修正案。6 D, 美国出产占世界一半的是大豆和玉米。7 D, 开创人类视觉信息革命的重大发明是电视机。8 D, 美国的许多政治观念都是来源于英国著名哲学家约翰?洛克。9 C, 曼哈顿是纽约市的著名经济和商业区， 也是纽约的中心地带。10 D, 美国每一个州在参议院中均有两位议员作为代表，与各州人口无关和众议院不同）。英语专八人文知识模拟题41 Which of the following is the British oldest daily newspaper?A The Telegraph B The Guardian C The News of the World D The Times2 The river Thames is in _.A Wales B Scotland C England D Northern Ireland3 The Industrial Revolution started in _.A the Great Britain B the United States C Canada D Austrilia4 Which of the following is true under Thatchers administration?A The proportion of owner-occupation decreased.B Public housing became more important.C Many public houses were sold to people.D The UK became more European-like in its housing arrangement.5 Britain has its nuclear naval force since _.A its one of the developed countries in the worldB its a traditional sea powerC it has an advanced industryD its able to produce submarines6 Which of the following is the oldest national Sunday newspaper in Britain?A The Times B The Guardian C The Observer D The Financial Times7 Big Ben was named after _.A Christopher Wren B Benjamin Hall C Ben John D G. Stephenson8 The Capital of Wales is _.A Swansea B Cardiff C Rhonda D Belfast9 _ is Englands biggest naval base.A Portsmouth B Southampton C Plymouth D Dover10 There are two major national parties in Britain: the Conservative party and _.A the Liberal Party B the Democratic PartyC the Labour Party D the Republican Party练习题答案及题解:1 D, 英国历史上最悠久的日报是泰晤士报。2 C, 泰晤士河位于英格兰。3 A, 工业革命最早从英国开始。4 C, 1979年撒切尔夫人成为英国第一任女首相。她提出的政策称被为“撒切尔主义”。其内容包括国有企业私有化，采用货币主义政策以控制通货膨胀，削弱工会的影响，加强市场因素在经济中的作用，将公有住房卖给公众，强调法律和秩序。在一定程度上讲，她的计划是成功的。她领导英国经济度过了一段最繁华的时期。5 B, 英国拥有其海军核力量与其一贯的霸主地位是密切相关的。6 C, 观察家报创刊于1791年，是英国创刊最早的星期日报纸。7 B, 据说Big Ben 得名于它在1859年修建时候的建造者 Benjamin Hall。8 B, 威尔士位于大不列颠的西部。首府：加的夫。9 A, 英国最大的海军基地是普茨茅斯。10 C, 英国奉行的是两党制。其两大主要政党是保守党和工党。英语专八人文知识模拟题5英国概况练习题：1 How many members are there in the House of Commons?A 650 B 524 C 72 D 6512 Which of the following people didnt use to be the British Prime Minister?A Margaret Thatcher B Winston Churchill C Horatio Nelson D John Major3 By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.A Prime Minister B Member of ParliamentC Lord of appeal D Speaker of the House4 The Tories were the forerunners of _, which still bears this nickname today.A the Labour Party B the Conservative PartyC the Liberal Party D the Social Democratic Party5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the _ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.A largest B second largest C third largest D fourth largest6 The term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britains _ decline.A political B educational C military D economic7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _.A globalization B nationalization C privatization D competition8 Today, in Britain, _ is called a “sick” industry.A coal mining B iron and steel C textiles D shipbuilding9 The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the 17th century, and the Scottish inventor _ modified and improved the design in 1765. AAbraham Darby B James Watt C John Kay D Richard Arkwrightthe10 _ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism.A The Chartist Movement B The Industrial RevolutionC The French Revolution D The Glorious Revolution练习题答案及题解:1 D, 下议院共有651名议员。2 C, 撒切尔夫人，丘吉尔和梅杰都曾经做过英国首相；而纳尔逊（1758-1805），英国海军统帅，因作战负伤，右眼失明，失去右臂。后任地中海舰队司令，在特法尔加角海战中大败西班牙联合舰队，本人受重伤阵亡，号称 Viscount Nelson。3 A, 在英国，按照传统，多数党的领导人由君主任命为首相，首相从本党内部挑选一些领导人担任各部部长职位。4 B, 托利党是英国保守党的前身。5 B, 在英国，在下议院中赢得第二席位的政党为反对党，它也有它自己的领导和影子内阁（shadow cabinet）。6 D, 现在“英国病”这一术语经常用来指英国经济上的衰退。7 C, 正如20世纪40年代被看作是国有化的时代一样，20世纪80年代被看作是私有化的时代。包括英国石油、航空、钢铁、电讯在内的几乎40% 的国有公司实现了私有化。8 A, 英国煤矿业被称为生病工业。英国的煤产量在一战前达到顶点，如今的英国的煤矿业衰退，从而导致矿工的数量、煤矿的总产量大大下降。9 B, 第一台蒸汽机是 Thomas Newcomer 在17世纪末设计的，后来苏格兰发明家瓦特在1765年对原有的设计进行了改进提高，生产出了第一台高效的蒸汽机并应用到纺织和其他机械业中。10 B, 工业革命产生了工人阶级，即无产阶级。后来形成了工会制度。英语专八人文知识模拟题61.Morphology is a study of _1_A.the internal structure of words and the rules that govern their formationB.the uses of different types of utterances in different contextsC.the differences between sounds used in human languages and sounds in natureD.the rules that pertain to all languages throughout the world2.Which of the following does NOT belong to “open class words”?_2_A. Nouns B. Adjectives C. Conjunctions D. Adverbs3. What is the minimal unit of meaning?_3_A. Phoneme B. Morpheme C. Allophone D. Allomorph4. Which of the following is NOT a free morpheme?_4_A. bed B. tress C. dance D. children5. Which of the following is NOT a compound word?_5_A. Rainbow B. Inaction C. Icy-cold D. Unpleasant6. _6_ are bound morphemes because they can not be used as separate words.A. Roots B. Stems C. Affixes D. Compounds7.Syntax mainly deals with _7_A.how a language changes through timeB.how words are combined to form sentences and the rules that govern the formation of sentences.C.how the human work when they use languageD.how a language varies through geographical space8.Syntactic categories contain the type of _8_A.meaning that words expressB.affixes that the words takeC.structures in which the words can occurD.all of the above9.Which of the following is NOT the concern of a word category? _9_A.A word category can be determined by meaning, inflection and distributionB.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.参考答案：ACBDD CBDCB英语专八人文知识模拟题72011年英语专八考试人文知识练习题1. _is the core of the English Government.A the SovereignB the House of LordsC the House of CommonsD the Cabinet2. Melbourne is located _A in CanadaB in New ZealandC in IrelandD in Australia3. _forced Nixon to resign in 1973.A The Watergate ScandalB The Iran-Gate ScandalC The Un-American Activities CommitteeD The New Right4. The young people in the post-WWI era are referred to as “_”A the Boom GenerationB the Lost GenerationC the YuppiesD the Cowboys5. _was greatly influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry.A Ezra PoundB Walt WhitmanC Robert FrostD Edgar Allan Poe6. Which of the following novels was NOT written by Charles Dickens?A David CopperfieldB The