专八人文知识03-12真题.doc

2012年专业八级31. The Maori people are natives of A. Australia. B. Canada. C. Ireland. D. New Zealand. 32. The British monarch is the Head of A. Parliament. B. State. C. Government. D. Cabinet. 33. Americans celebrate Independence Day on A. July 4th. B. October 11th. C. May 31st. D. September 6th. 34. Canada is bounded on the north by A. the Pacific Ocean. B. the Atlantic Ocean. C. the Arctic Ocean. D. the Great Lakes. 35. Who is the author of The Waste Lana? A. George Bernard Shaw. B. W.B. Yeats. C. Dylan Thomas. D. T.S. Eliot. 36. Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury? A. William Faulkner. B. Ernest Hemingway. C. Scott Fitzgerald. D. John Steinbeck. 37. The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company is an example of A. exaggeration. B. understatement. C. personification. D. synecdoche. 38. In English ifa word begins with a l or a r, then the next sound must be a vowel. This is a (n) A. assimilation rule. B. sequential rule. C.deletion rule. D. grammar rule. 39. Which of the following is an example of clipping? A.APEC. B.Motel. C.Xerox. D.Disco. 40. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of situation is called A. register. B. dialect. C. slang. D. varietyThe indigenous people of New Zealand are the Maori. 31. D. New Zealand 32. B. state 33. A. July 4th 34. C. the Arctic Ocean 35. D. T.S.Eliot 36. A. William Faulkner 37. C. personification 38. B. sequential rule 39. D. Disco 40. A. register 2011专八人文知识真题参考答案31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _.A. Northern IrelandB. WalesC. EnglandD. ScotlandTIP：选D。英国最北端是苏格兰。32. It is generally agreed that _ were the first Europeans to reach Australias shores.A. the FrenchB. the GermansC. the BritishD. the DutchTIP：选D。1606年，荷兰航海家Willem Janszoon在约克角西岸登陆澳洲。1770年，英国人库克船长登上澳洲大陆并宣布它为英国领土。33. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?A. Canada. B. New Zealand.C. Great Britain.D. The United States of America.TIP：选A。加拿大被誉为“枫叶之国”。34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution?A. Thomas Jefferson.B. Thomas Paine.C. John Adams.D. Benjamin Franklin.TIP：选B。常识是托马斯潘恩在美国革命之前撰写的。35. Virginia Woolf was an important female _ in the 20th-century England.A. poetB. biographerC. playwrightD. novelistTIP：选D。弗吉尼亚伍尔芙是英国著名小说家，第二次世界大战期间，她是伦敦文学界的核心人物。36. _ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nations history.A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. ElegyTIP：选C。epic是“史诗、叙事诗”的意思。37. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century?A. The Great Gatsby. B. The Sun Also Rises. C. The Sound and the Fury.D. Beyond the Horizon.TIP：选A。天边外是尤金奥尼尔的著名戏剧作品，太阳照常升起是海明威的代表作，喧哗与骚动则是福克纳的代表作。了不起的盖茨比的作者是菲茨杰拉德的作品，反映了美国20世纪20年代到30年代的社会现实，对美国神话进行了另类诠释和解读。38. _ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A. SemanticsB. Pragmatics C. Cognitive linguisticsD. SociolinguisticsTIP：选C。认知语言学认为，语言的创建、学习及运用，基本上都必须能够通过人类的认知而加以解释，因为认知能力是人类知识的根本。39. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of _.A. absence of obstructionB. presence of obstruction C. manner of articulationD. place of articulationTIP：选A。辅音主要是从肺部呼出的气流在通过口腔或鼻腔时遇到阻碍而发出的音，元音的发音与之最大的区别就是不受阻碍，不产生摩擦。40. The definition the act of using or promoting the use of several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers refers to _.A. PidginB. CreoleC. MultilingualismD. BilingualismTIP：选C。Multilingualism的意思是“多语现象、多语制”。2010年英语专八人文知识真题答案31. Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. the British Constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215B. the British Constitution includes Parliamentary actsC. the British Constitution includes decisions made by courts of law答案D：The British Constitution includes one single written constitution32. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec B. Vancouver C. Toronto D. Montreal 答案A：Quebec33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. B. 1788C. 1900D. 1901答案D：190134. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the plantation slavery in the south of US was issued byA. Abraham Lincoln B. Thomas Paine C. George Washington D. Thomas Jefferson答案A：Abraham Lincoln35Who was best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems?A. Will Blake B. W.B.Yeats C. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth 答案C：Robert Browning36. The Financier was written byA. Mark Twain B. Henry James C. 答案D：Theodore Dreiser37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined asA. allegory B. sonnet C. blank verse D. rhyme答案A：Allegory38._ refers to the learning and development of a languageA. language acquisition B. language comprehension C. language production D. language introduction答案A：language acquisition39. The word “motel” comes from “motor hotel”. This is an example of “” in morphology.A. backformation B. conversion C. blending D. acronym答案C：blending40Language is tool of communication, the symbol “highway closed” servesA. B.C. a performative function D. a persuasive function答案B： informative function2009年真题31. The Head of State of New Zealand is .A the governor-generalB the Prime MinisterC the high commissionerD the monarch of the United Kingdom.32. The capital of Scotland is .A GlasgowB EdinburghC ManchesterD London33. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President?A Thomas Jefferson.B George Washington. C Thomas Paine.D John Adams.34. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia?A Perth.B Adelaide.C Sydney.D Melbourne.35. Ode to the West Wind was written by .A William BlakeB William WordsworthC Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD Percy B. Shelley36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse?A Ralph Waldo Emerson.B Walt Whitman.C Herman Melville.D Theodore Dreiser.37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by .A Thomas HardyB John GalsworthyC D.H. LawrenceD James Joyce38. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is .A corpus linguisticsB sociolinguisticsC theoretical linguisticsD psycholinguistics39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called .A dialectB idiolectC pidginD register40. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing .A an illocutionary act B a perlocutionary actC a locutionary actD none of the above2008年真题31. The largest city in Canada is .A. VancouverB. MontrealC. TorontoD. Ottawa32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in .A. the Federal GovernmentB. the Supreme CourtC. the CabinetD. the Conress33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?A. Baseball.B. Tennis. C. Basketball. D. American football.34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is .A. the PresidentB. the Governor-GeneralC. the British monarchD. the Prime Minister35. The Caterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by .A. Willian LanglandB. Geoffrey C. William Shakespeare D. Alfred Tennyson36. Who wrote The American?A. Herman Melville.B. Nathaniel Hawthorne. C. Henry James. D. Theodore Dreiser.37. All of the following are well-know female writers in 20th-century Britain EXCEPT .A. George EliotB. Iris Jean MurdochC. Doris Lessing D. Muriel Spark38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness.B. Displacement.C. Duality. D.Diachronicity.39. What type of sentence is Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry?A. A simple sentence.B. A coordinate sentence. C. A complex sentence. D. None of the above.40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called .A. hyponymyB. synonymyC. Polysemy D.homonymy2007年真题31. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectivelyEXCEPT .A the AnglosB the CeltsC the JutesD the Saxons32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by .A the Monarch B the President C the Prime Minister D the Governor-general33. The Declaration of Independence was written by .A Thomas JeffersonB George WashingtonC Alexander HamiltonD James Madison34. The original inhabitants of Australia were .A the Red IndiansB the EskimosC the AboriginesD the Maoris35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bront?A Oliver Twist.B Middlemarch.C Jane Eyre. D Wuthering Heights.36. William Butler Yeats was a(n) poet and playwright.A AmericanB CanadianC IrishD Australian37. Death of a Salesman was written by .A Arthur MillerB Ernest HemingwayC Ralph Ellis onD James Baldwin38. refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A PhonologyB MorphologyC SemanticsD Sociolinguistics39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT .A lexicalB syntacticC phonologicalD psycholinguistic40. The word tail once referred to the tail of a horse, but now it is used to mean the tail of any animal. This is an example of .A widening of meaningB narrowing of meaningC meaning shiftD loss of meaning2006年真题31. The President during the American Civil War was .A Andrew Jackson B Abraham Lincoln C Thomas Jefferson D George Washington32. The capital of New Zealand is .A ChristchurchB AucklandC WellingtonD Hamilton33. Who were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settlers?A The Aborigines.B The Maori.C The Indians.D The Eskimos.34. The Prime Minister in Britain is head of .A the Shadow Cabinet B the ParliamentC the OppositionD the Cabinet35. Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A T. S. Eliot.B D.H. Lawrence.C Theodore Dreiser.D James Joyce.36. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by .A Scott Fitzgerald B William Faulkner C Eugene ONeill D Ernest Hemingway37. is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.A Free verseB SonnetC OdeD Epigram38. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of .A referenceB meaningC antonymyD context39. The words kid, child, offspring are examples of .A dialectal synonymsB stylistic synonymsC emotive synonymsD collocational synonyms40. The distinction between parole and langue was made by .A HallidayB ChomskyC BloomfieldD Saussure2005年真题31. is the capital of Canada.A VancouverB OttawaC MontrealD York32. U.S. presidents normally serve a (n) term.A two-yearB four-yearC six-yearD eight-year33. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A Huston.B Boston.CBaltimore.D Philadelphia.34. is the state church in England.A The Roman Catholic ChurchB The Baptist ChurchC The Protestant ChurchD The Church of England35. The novel Emma is written by .A Mary ShelleyB Charlotte BrontC Elizabeth C. Gaskell D Jane Austen36. Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet?A William Wordsworth.B George Elliot.C George C. Byron.D Percy B. Shelley.37. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for .A his poemsB his playsC his short storiesD his novels38. Syntax is the study of .A language functions B sentence structures C textual organization D word formation39. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A Arbitrariness.B Productivity.C Cultural transmission.D Finiteness.40. The speech act theory was first put forward by .A John SearleB John AustinC Noam ChomskyD M.A.K. Halliday2004年真题31. The following are products imported by Australia from China EXCEPT .A foodB textilesC steel productsD electronics32. Scots regard as the most important festival in a year.A Near Years DayB Christmas DayC New Years EveD Easter33. The republican movement has been gathering momentum in Australia since became Prime Minister in 1992.A John HowardB Bob HawkeC Malcolm FraserD Paul Keating34. was known for his famous speech I have a dream.A John F. KennedyB Martin Luther King, JrC Abraham LincolnD Thomas Jefferson35. Of all the 18th century novelists, _ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a comic epic in prose, and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A Daniel DefoeB Samuel JohnsonC Oliver GoldsmithD Henry Feilding36. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his .A international themeB waste-land imageryC local colorD symbolism37. Hemingways writing style, together with his theme and the hero, is greatly and permanently influenced by his experiences .A in his childhoodB in the warC in AmericaD in Africa38. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc. in terms of .A manner of articulationB openness of mouthC place of articulationD voicing39. Which of the following words can correct two clauses in a coordinate sentence?A Through.B When.C But.D If.40. is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content.A WordB MorphemeC AllomorphD Root 2003年真题31. is not a nationally observed holiday of America.A Christmas B Easter Sunday C Thanksgiving Day D Independence Day32. The university of Dublin was not founded until .A the 19th century B the 18th century C the 17th century D the 16th century33. The introduced old-age pensions in New Zea