英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案.doc

2014年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案1. The study of _ is Syntax.A textual organizationB sentence structuresC word formationD language functions2. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A arbitrarinessB productivityC cultural transmissionD finiteness3. The speech act theory was first put forward by_.A John ScarlB Johan AustinC Noarn ChomskyD M.A.K Halliday4. The capital city of Canada is _.A MontrealB OttawaC VancouverD York5. U.S. presidents normally serve a (an) _ term.A eight-yearB four-yearC six-yearD two year6. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.A HustonB BaltimoreC PhiladelphiaD Boston7. The state church in England is _.A The BaptistB The Roman CatholicC The Protestant ChurchD The Church of England 8. The novel Emma is written by_.A Jane AustenB ElizabethC Gaskell Charlotte BronteD Mary Shelley9. Which of the following is not a Romantic Poet?A William WordsworthB Percy B. ShelleyC George G. ByronD George Eliot10. William Sidney Porter, known as O.Henry, is most famous for _.A his poemB his playsC His novelsD his short storiesKEYS:1-5 BDBBB 6-10 ADADD2013年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案PARTIIIGEBERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)Therearetenmultiple-choicequestionsinthissection.MarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO.31ThefullofficialnameofAustraliaisA.TheRepublicofAustralia.B.TheUnionofAustralia.C.TheFederationofAustralia.D.TheCommonwealthofAustralia.32.CanadaiswellknownforallthefollowingEXCEPTA.itsmineralresources.B.itsheavyindustries.C.itsforestresources.D.itsfertileandarableland.33.IntheUnitedStatescommunitycollegeofferA.two-yearprogrammes.B.four-yearprogrammes.C.postgraduatestudies.D.B.A.orB.S.degrees.34.In_,referendainScotlandandWalessetupaScottishparliamentandaWalesassembly. A.2000B.1946C.1990D.199735.Whichofthefollowingclustersofwordsisanexampleofalliteration?A.Aweakseat.B.Knockandkick.C.Safeandsound.D.Coalandboat.36.WhowroteMrs.Warrensprofession?A.GeorgeBernardShaw.B.WilliamButlerYeats. C.JohnGalsworthy.D.T.S.Eliot.37.SisterCarriebyTheodoreDreiserisa(n)A.autobiography.B.shortstory.C.poem.D.novel.38.Whichofthefollowingitalicizedpartsisaninflectionalmorpheme?A.Unlock.B.Government.C.Goes.D.Off-stage.39._isalanguagephenomenoninwhichwordssoundlikewhattheyreferto.A.CollocationB.OnomatopoeiaC.DenotationD.Assimilation40.Thesentence“Closeyourbookandlistentomecarefully!”performsa(n)_function.A.interrogativeB.informativeC.performativeD.directivekeys:31-35 DBADC 36-40 ADCBD2012年英语专业八级真题(word版)人文知识部分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 if a 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. variety.Keys:31-35 DBACD 36-40 ACBDA2011专八人文知识真题参考答案31.ThenorthernmostpartofGreatBritainis_.A.NorthernIrelandB.WalesC.EnglandD.Scotland32.Itisgenerallyagreedthat_werethefirstEuropeanstoreachAustraliasshores.A.theFrenchB.theGermansC.theBritishD.theDutch33.WhichcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf?A.Canada.B.NewZealand.C.GreatBritain.D.TheUnitedStatesofAmerica.34.Whowrotethefamouspamphlet,TheCommonSense,beforetheAmericanRevolution?A.ThomasJefferson.B.ThomasPaine.C.JohnAdams.D.BenjaminFranklin.35.VirginiaWoolfwasanimportantfemale_inthe20th-centuryEngland.A.poetB.biographerC.playwrightD.novelist36._referstoalongnarrativepoemthatrecordstheadventuresofaheroinanationshistory.A.BalladB.RomanceC.EpicD.Elegy37.WhichofthefollowingbestexploresAmericanmythinthe20thcentury?A.TheGreatGatsby. B.TheSunAlsoRises.C.TheSoundandtheFury.D.BeyondtheHorizon.38._isdefinedasthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandmind.A.SemanticsB.PragmaticsC.CognitivelinguisticsD.Sociolinguistics39.AvowelisdifferentfromaconsonantinEnglishbecauseof_.A.absenceofobstructionB.presenceofobstructionC.mannerofarticulationD.placeofarticulation40.Thedefinitiontheactofusingorpromotingtheuseofseverallanguages,eitherbyanindividualspeakerorbyacommunityofspeakersrefersto_.A.PidginB.CreoleC.MultilingualismD.BilingualismKeys:31-35 BDABD 36-40 CACAC2010年英语专八人文知识真题答案31.WhichofthefollowingisINCORRECTA.TheBritishConstitutionincludestheMagnaCartaof12156B.TheBritishConstitutionincludesParliamentaryactsC.TheBritishConstitutionincludesdecisionsmadebycourtsoflaw D：TheBritishConstitutionincludesonesinglewrittenconstitution32.ThefirstcityeverfoundedinCanadaisA.QuebecB.VancouverC.TorontoD.Montreal33.WhendidtheAustralianFederationofficiallycomeintobeing?A.1770B.1788C.1900D.190134.TheEmancipationProclamationtoendtheplantationslaveryinthesouthofUSwasissuedbyA.AbrahamLincolnB.ThomasPaineC.GeorgeWashingtonD.ThomasJefferson35Whowasbestknownforthetechniqueofdramaticmonologueinhispoems?A.WillBlakeB.W.B.YeatsC.RobertBrowningD.WilliamWordsworth36.TheFinancierwaswrittenbyA.MarkTwainB.HenryJamesC.WilliamFaulknerD.TheodoreDreiser37.InliteratureastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaningisdefinedasA.allegoryB.sonnetC.blankverseD.rhyme38._referstothelearninganddevelopmentofalanguageA.languageacquisitionB.languagecomprehensionC.languageproductionD.languageintroduction39.Theword“motel”comesfrom“motorhotel”.Thisisanexampleof“”inmorphology.A.backformationB.conversionC.blendingD.acronym40Languageistoolofcommunication,thesymbol“highwayclosed”servesA.anexpressfunctionB.aninformativefunctionC.aperformativefunctionD.apersuasivefunctionKeys:31-35 DADAC 36-40 DAACB2009年英语专业八级人文知识真题及答案31. The Head of State of New Zealand is _.A. the governor-general B. the Prime MinisterC. the high commissionerD. the monarch of United Kingdom32. The capital of Scotland is _.A. Glasgow B. EdinburghC. Manchester D. London33. Who write the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President ?A. Thomas Jefferson B. George WashingtonC. Thomas Paine D. John Adams34. Which is the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia ?A. Perth B. AdelaideC. Sydney D. Melbourne35. Ode to the West Wind was written by _.A. Willian Blake B. Willian WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridegeD. Percy Bysshe Shelley36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse ?A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Walt WhitmanC. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by _.A. Thomas Hardy B. John GalworhtyC. D.H. Lawrence D. James Joyce38. The sstudy of mental processes of language comprehension and production is _.A. corpus linguistics B. socialinguisticsC. theoretical linguistics D. psycholinguistics39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called _.A. dialect B. idiolect C. pidgin D. register40. When a speake expresses his intension of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing _.A. an illocutionary act B. a perlocutionary actC. a locutionary act D. none of the aboveKey: 31-35 DBACD 36-40 BCDCA2008年英语专业八级人文知识真题及答案31. The largest city in Canada is_.A. Vancouver. B. Montreal.C. Toronto D. Ottawa.32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in_.A. the Federal Government. B. the Supreme Court.C. the Cabinet. D. the Congress.33. 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 President. B. the Governor-General.C. the British monarch D. the Prime Minister.35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by_.A. William Langland. B. Geoffrey Chaucer.C. William Shakespeare. D. Alfred Tennyson.36. Who wrote The American?A. Herman Melville. B. Nathaniel Hawthorne.C. Henry James. D. Theodore Dreiser.37. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCEPT_.A. George Eliot. B. Iris Jean Murdoch.C. Doris Lessing. D. Muriel Spark.38. 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. hyponymy. B. synonymy.C. polysemy. D. homonymy.Key：31-35 BCADB 36-40 CDACD2007年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案31. The majority of the current population in the UK are descendants of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT_.A. the AnglosB. the CeltsC. the JutesD. the Saxons32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by_.A. the MonarchB. the PresidentC. the Prime MinisterD. 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 Bronte?A. Oliver TwistB. MiddlemarchC. Jane EyreD. Wuthering Heights36. 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 EllisonD. 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 meaningKey: CDACD CABDA2006年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案31.The Presidents during the American Civil War was_.A. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington32.The capital of New Zealand is_.A. ChristchurchB. AucklandC. WellingtonD. Hamilton33.Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?A.The AboriginesB. The MaoriC. The IndiansD. The Eskimos34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of_.A . the Shadow CabinetB. 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.LawrenceC. Theodore Dreiser D. James Joyce36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by_.A. Scott FitzgeraldB. William FaulknerC. Eugene ONeilD. 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 wordskid,child,offspring are examples of_.A. dialectal synonymsB. styli