英语专八真题05-12年_general_knowledge人文知识.doc

2005general knowledge 31. _B _ is the capital city of Canada. A. Vancouver B. Ottawa C. Montreal D. York 32. U.S. presidents normally serves a (an) _B_term. A. two-year B. four-year C. six-year D. eight-year 33. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.? AA. Huston B. Boston C. Baltimore D. Philadelphia 34. _D_ is the state church in England. A. The Roman Catholic Church B. The Baptist Church C. The Protestant Church D. The Church of England 35. The novel Emma is written by DA. Mary Shelley B. Charlotte Bront C. Elizabeth C. Gaskell D. Jane Austen 36. Which of following is NOT a romantic poet? BA. William Wordsworth B. George Elliot C. George G. Byron D. Percy B. Shelley 37. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for CA. his poems B. his plays C. his short stories D. his novels 38. Syntax is the study of B 语法，句法A. language functions B. sentence structures C. textual organization D. word formation 39. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language? DA. Arbitrariness B. Productivity C. Cultural transmission D. Finiteness 40. The speech act theory was first put forward by BA) John Searle B) John Austin C) Noam Chomsky D) M.A,K. Halliday.2006general knowledge 31.The Presidents during the American Civil War was BA. Andrew Jackson B. Abraham Lincoln C. Thomas Jefferson D. George Washington. 32.The capital of New Zealand is CA. Christchurch B. Auckland C. Wellington D. Hamilton 33.Who were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settlers? AA. The Aborigines B. The Maori C. The Indians D. The Eskimos 34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of DA. the Shadow Cabinet B. the Parliament C. the Opposition D. the Cabinet 35.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century? AA. T. S. Eliot B. D. H. Lawrence C. Theodore Dreiser D. James Joyce 36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by DA. Scott Fitzgerald B. William Faulkner C. Eugene ONeil D. Ernest Hemingway 37._B_ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen linesA. Free verse B. Sonnet C. Ode D. Epigram 38.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of D 语义学和语用学A. reference B. meaning C. antonymy D. context. 39.The words kid, child, offspring are examples of BA. dialectal synonyms B. stylistic synonyms C. emotive synonyms D. collocational synonyms 40.The distinction between parole and langue was made by DA. Halliday B. Chomsky C. Bloomfield D. Saussure. 2007general knowledge 31. The majority of the current population in the UK are descendants of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT_C_. A. the Anglos B. the Celts C. the Jutes D. the Saxons 32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by_D_. A. the Monarch B. the President C. the Prime Minister D. the Governor-general 总督33. The Declaration of Independence was written by_A_. A. Thomas Jefferson B. George Washington C. Alexander Hamilton D. James Madison 34. The original inhabitants of Australia were_ C_. A. the Red Indians B. the Eskimos C. the Aborigines D. the Maoris 35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte? DA. Oliver Twist B. Middlemarch C. Jane Eyre D. Wuthering Heights 36. William Butler Yeats was a(n) _C_ poet and playwright. A. American B. Canadian C. Irish D. Australian 37. Death of a Salesman was written by_A_. A. Arthur Miller B. Ernest Hemingway C. Ralph Ellison D. James Baldwin 38. _B_ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation. A. Phonology B. Morphology形态学 C. Semantics D. Sociolinguistics 39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT_D_. A. lexical B. syntactic C. phonological D. psycholinguistic 40. 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_. A. widening of meaning B. narrowing of meaning C. meaning shift D. loss of meaning 2008general knowledge31. The largest city in Canada is_C_. A. Vancouver 3 B. Montreal 2 C. Toronto 1 D. Ottawa 32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in_D_. 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? AA. Baseball B. Tennis C. Basketball D. American football 34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is_D_. 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_B_. A. William Langland B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. William Shakespeare D. Alfred Tennyson 36. Who wrote The American? CA. 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_. 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? DA. Arbitrariness B. Displacement C. Duality D. Diachronicity 39. What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”? BA. 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_D_. A. hyponymy B. synonymy C. polysemy D. homonymy 同音or同形2009general knowledge 31. The Head of State of New Zealand is DA. the governor-general. B. the Prime Minister. C. the high commissioner. D. the monarch of the United Kingdom. 32. The capital of Scotland is BA. Glasgow. B. Edinburgh. C. Manchester. D. London. 33. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President? AA. 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? C A. Perth. B. Adelaide. C. Sydney. D. Melbourne. 35. Ode to the West Wind was written by DA. William Blake. B. William Wordsworth. C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. D. Percy B. Shelley. 36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse? BA. Ralph Waldo Emerson. B. Walt Whitman. C. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser. 37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by CA. Thomas Hardy. B. John Galsworthy. C. D.H. Lawrence. D. James Joyce. 38. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is DA. corpus linguistics. B. sociolinguistics. C. theoretical linguistics. D. psycholinguistics. 39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called CA. dialect. B. idiolect. C. pidgin. D. register. 40. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing AA. an illocutionary act. 言外行为 B. a perlocutionary act. C. a locutionary act. D. none of the above. 2010 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE31. Which of the following statements in INCORRECT? DA. The British constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215.B. The British constitution includes Parliamentary acts.C. The British constitution includes decisions made by courts of law.D. The British constitution includes one single written constitution.32. The first city ever founded in Canadais AA. Quebec.B. Vancouver.C. Toronto.D. Montreal.33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being? DA. 1770.B. 1788.C. 1900.D. 1901.34. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the U.S. was issued by AA. Abraham Lincoln.B. Thomas Paine.C. George Washington.D. Thomas Jefferson.35. _C_ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems.A. Will BlakeB. W.B. YeatsC. Robert BrowningD. William Wordsworth36. The Financier is written by DA. Mark Twain.B. Henry James.C. William Faulkner.D. Theodore Dreiser.37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as AA. allegory.B. sonnet.C. blank verse.D. rhyme.38. _A_ refers to the learning and development of a language.A. Language acquisitionB. Language comprehensionC. Language productionD. Language instruction39. The word “ Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of _C_ in morphology.A. backformationB. conversionC. blendingD. acronym40. Language is a tool of communication. The symbol “ Highway Closed” on a highway serves BA. an expressive function.B. an informative function.C. a performative function.D. a persuasive function.2011专八人文知识真题31.ThenorthernmostpartofGreatBritainis_B_.A.NorthernIrelandB.Scotland C.EnglandD.Wales32.Itisgenerallyagreedthat_D_werethefirstEuropeanstoreachAustraliasshores.A.theFrenchB.theGermansC.theBritishD.theDutch33.WhichcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf? AA.Canada. B.NewZealand.C.GreatBritain. D.TheUnitedStatesofAmerica.34.Whowrotethefamouspamphlet,TheCommonSense,beforetheAmericanRevolution? BA.ThomasJefferson. B.ThomasPaine.C.JohnAdams. D.BenjaminFranklin.35.VirginiaWoolfwasanimportantfemale_D_inthe20th-centuryEngland.A.poetB.biographerC.playwrightD.novelist36._C_referstoalongnarrativepoemthatrecordstheadventuresofaheroinanationshistory.A.BalladB.Romance C.Epic D.Elegy37.WhichofthefollowingbestexploresAmericanmythinthe20thcentury? AA.TheGreatGatsby. B.TheSunAlsoRises. C.TheSoundandtheFury.D.BeyondtheHorizon.38._C_isdefinedasthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandmind.A.SemanticsB.PragmaticsC.CognitivelinguisticsD.Sociolinguistics39.AvowelisdifferentfromaconsonantinEnglishbecauseof_A_.A.absenceofobstruction 气流阻碍B.presenceofobstructionC.mannerofarticulationD.placeofarticulation40.Thedefinitiontheactofusingorpromotingtheuseofseverallanguages,eitherbyanindividualspeakerorbyacommunityofspeakersrefersto_C_.A.PidginB.CreoleC.MultilingualismD.Bilingualis