英语专业八级人文知识汇总.doc

英语专业八级人文知识汇总1.The Norman Conquest happened in _B_A. 55BC B.1066 C.700 D.9662.In the late 16th century, _B_ruled England.A. Henry V B. Elizabeth I C Queen Marry D Elizabeth II3. The largest river in Ireland is _B_A. the Dodder River B the Shannon RiverC the St. George River D the Thames River4. The American Constitution was drawn up in _A_A 1787 B 1790 C 1783 D 17895. Dickens and Thackeray, who are most famous for their novel, lived in the period of _D_A Queen Elizabeth I B Henry VIIIC Charles II D Queen Victoria6. _D_is written by Alan Poe.A Twice-Told Tales B The Scarlet Letter C The House of the Seven Gables D The Fall of the House of Usher7. Rip Van Winkle is written by _A_A. Washington Irving B Henry David ThoreauC Ralph Waldo Emerson D James Fenimore Cooper8._C_is not a vowel glideA th B oi C ei D au9. The internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed are the subjects of _A_A morphology B pragmatics C anthropology D psychology10. For the following conversation:A: Do you know where Xiao Wang is?B: Im busy_C_is the conversation implicature.A.B is busyB.B does no know where Xiao Wang is.C.B does not want to answer As questions.D.B is correct答案： BBBAD DACAC1.The Tories were the forerunners of _ , which still bears this nickname today.A the Liberal Party B the Labour Party Day C the Conservative Party D the Social Democratic Party2.Among the most typical English sports, _ has been in existence since the 16th century.A rugby B soccer C cricket D boxing3.The United States is _A the most populous country in the worldB the second most populous country in the worldC the third most populous county in the worldD the fourth most populous country in the world4.The last one of the 13 colonies was _, which was established in 1733.A North Carolina B South Carolina C Georgia D Maryland5. O Henry earned his fame mainly for his _A novels B poems C short stories D dramas6.The island of Lilliput can be found in _ A Robinson Grusoe B Gullivers Travels C Adventures of Tome Sawyer D Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7_is the first American professional writer and the first writer of detective story in the world.A Ezra Pound B Washington Irving C Nathaniel Hawthorne D Edgar Ellen Poe8. _is the basic unit of research in Mophology. A. morpheme B phoneme C lexeme D phone 9. Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?A language is a system B Language is symbolicC Animals also have languages D Language is arbitrary10. The pair of words “high” and “low” are _A gradable opposites B converse opposites C co-hyponyms D synonyms答案: CBCCC BDACA1. Oxford is on _A. the Thames River B. River Clyde C. the Severn River D. the Great Lakes2. Today, the City of London is the business centre of London where you can find _.A. big supermarkets B. theatres and cinemas C. large financial organizations D. restaurants and cafes3. One of the most far-reaching consequences of the Second World War brought to Britain was that_.A. it hastened the end of Britains empireB. it made the country fall into ecnomic depressionC. it stimulated the development of the countryD. it made the country become the worlds leading country4. The 1920s in the United States has been described as a period of _.A. culture revival B. loss of purpose C. development of science and technology D. material success and spiritual frustration5. Wellington, capital city of New Zealand, is located on _A. south island B. north island C. stewart island D. the Chatham island6. The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and _.A. Antony and Cleopatra B. Julius CaesarC. Twelfth Night D. King Lear7. _is known as the poets poet.A. Shakespeare B. Marlowe C. Spencer D. Donne8. The basic difference between vowels and consonants is _ A. the shape of lipsB. the vibration of the vocal foldsC.whether the sounds production is accompanied by a puff of breathD.whether the air stream meets with any obstruction9. The consonant _can be described as : voiced bilabial stop. A p B b C t D d10. Which of the following underlined part is an inflectional morpheme? A. talk/ talking B. shy/shyness C. physic/ physician D. build/ rebuild 答案ACADB DCDBA 1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Prime Minister in Britain?A He is appointed by the Queen B He is Minister for the Civil ServiceC He sits in the House of Commons D He is elected every four years2. Which of the following is NOT in the east part of U.S.A? A Massachusetts B Marine C North Carolina D Louisiana3. China and America established diplomatic relations in January_A 1972 B 1976 C 1978 D19794. .Rock-and-roll in the early 1960s in the United States was music for _.A teenagers B black audience C white adult audience D people of all ages5. George Gordon Bylon was famous for the following works EXCEPT _.A Child Harolds Pilgrimage B Queen Mab C Hours of Idleness D Don Juan6._ is D.H Lawrences semi-autographical novel. A Sons and Lovers B Women in Love C Rainbow D Lady Chatterleys lover7.Which of the following is NOT true for Ralph Waldo Emerson? A A great thinker B A famous novelist C A well-known essayist D A poet8.-receive in perceive and conceive is _A a prefix B an infix C a suffix D a bound morpheme9.Syntax is the study of the formation of _A words B sentences C utterance D discourse10. The critical period for first language acquisition is believed to be between the age of _A 18 months and 4 years B 6 months and 18 monthC 4 years and 16 years D 18 months and 16 years答案DDDAB ABDBA 1. The Romans brought _ to England after they invaded the British Isles.A Buddhism B Islamism C Christianity D Catholicism2. The Chartist Movement took its name from_A The Agreement of the PeopleB The Bill of RightsC The Peoples Charter D The Great Chart3. The Hundred Years War between Britain and France was fought _A from1327 to 1453 B from 1337 to 1453 C from 1347 to 1453 D 1357 to 14534. _is usually considered as the national symbol of New Zealand. A The kiwi B Lake Taupo C Mount Cook D Auckland5. _was written by Jane Austin. A Jane Eyre B EmmaC Wuthering Heights D Middlemarch6. _is written by Theodore Dreiser. A A Pslam of Life B Sister Carrie C Moby Dick D Emma7. _ wrote The Grapes of Wrath. A John Steinbeck B Eugene ONeil C. F.Scott Fitzgerald D Theodore Dreiser 8. Which of the following is not a compound word?A landlord B riverbedC throughout D unbelievable 9.Which of the following groups are complementary antonyms?A good-bad B buy-sell C above-below D boy-girl 10 _can be defined as the study of how speakers use the sentences of the language to effect successful communication.A semantics B pragmatics C applied linguistics D sociolinguistics 答案CCBAB BADDB 1. _is the core of the English Government. A the Sovereign B the House of Lords C the House of Commons D the Cabinet2. Melbourne is located _ A in Canada B in New Zealand C in Ireland D in Australia3. _forced Nixon to resign in 1973. A The Watergate Scandal B The Iran-Gate ScandalC The Un-American Activities Committee D The New Right4. The young people in the post-WWI era are referred to as “_”A the Boom Generation B the Lost GenerationC the Yuppies D the Cowboys5. _was greatly influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry.A Ezra Pound B Walt Whitman C Robert Frost D Edgar Allan Poe6. Which of the following novels was NOT written by Charles Dickens?A David Copperfield B The Pickwick Papers C Oliver Twist D Women in Love7. A myth is a _ tale originally with religious significance that explains the actions of gods or heroes, the causes of natural phenomena or both.A non-fictional B fictional C gothic D poetic 8. The force of a/an _ act is identical with the speakers intention. A illocutionary B locutionary C perlocutionary D prelocutionary 9.Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as _ A parole B language C system D langue10. The noun “tear” and the verb “tear” are _A homophones B homographs C complete homonyms D allophones答案DDABA DBADB 1. Christmas is usually connected to _A the reunion of a large family B the eating of Easter eggsC the resurrection of Christ D the forgiving of others sins2. The largest of the ethnic minorities in America is _A the blacks B the Mexico-AmericansC the Spanish-Americans D the Chinese3. The British establish _colonies along the east coast of North American between 16.7 and 1733.A. 11 B 12 C13 D144. The largest university in Canada is _A Laval University B The University of Toronto C McGill University D Simon Fraser University5. Robinson Crusoe is written by _A Henry Fielding B Daniel Defoe C Samuel Richardson D Jonathan Swift6. _is written by Walt Whitman.A Representative Men B English Traits C Nature D Leaves of Grass7. _is not a novelist.A Henry James B Emily Dickinson C William Dean Howells D Mark Twain8. _is not one of the core branches of linguistics.A Phonology B Psycho-linguistics C Syntax D Semantics9. _ is the common factor of the three sounds:p, t, kA voiceless B spread C voiced D nasal10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms of _A manner of articulation B openness of mouthC place of articulation D voicing答案 ACCBB DBBAA 1. It was during _ reign that the name Great Britain came into being. A Marys B Annes C Jame IIs D Oliver Cromwell2.Where is Edinburgh? A In Wales B In Scotland C In Northern Ireland D In Ireland3. 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 Center4. 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 united5. Mr.Darcy is a character in _A Tess of the DUrbervilles B Pride and Prejudice C Happy Prince D The Mill on the Floss6. Lyrical Ballads is the joint work between Wordsworth and his friend_A Coleridge B Bryon C Keats D Shelly7._is the representative work of the Jazz AgeA The Great Gatsby B On the Road C Look Back in Anger D The Sun Also Rises8. The distinction of langue and parole is made by _ A Hall B Sapir C Chomsky D Saussure9. _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答案BBACB AADAB1. St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both _A America and Mexico B America and Canada C America and Cuba D America and Brazil2. European settlement of Australia began in the late part of _ when a British penal colony was established on the east coast of the continent.A the 16th century B the 17th century C the 18th century D the 19th century3. Which sport is supposed to be Americas national sport and used to be call “Americans favorable pastime”?A baseball B basketball C rugby D cricket4. The largest city in New Zealand is _A Auckland B Wellington C Christchurch D Dunedin5. 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 Bronte6.All of the following odes are written by John Keats EXCEPT_A Ode to Autumn B Ode to a NightingaleC Ode to a Skylark D Ode on Melancholy7. Of_s four famous comedies, the best known is Lady Windermeres Fan.A Oscar Wilde B Richard Sheridan C Bernard Shaw D Somerset Maugham8. 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 explosive9. 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.P10. With the _, Latin words were added into the vocabulary of the language spoken in Britain.A invasion of the Romans B Christianization of BritainC Scandinavian invasion D Norman Conquest答案BCAAA CACAB 小知识英国的起源1.The first known setters of Britain were the Iberians. 伊比例亚人2.The Celts began to arrive about 700BC and kept coming until the arrival of the Romans.凯尔特人3. Julius Caesar, the great roman general, invaded Britain for the first time in 55BC. For nearly 400 years, Britain was under roman occupation. 罗马统治4. In the mid-5th century a new wave of invaders, Jutes, Saxons, and Angles came to Britain, they were three Teutonic tribes.5.The Norman conquest of England is perhaps the best-known event in English history. Under William, the feudal system in England was completely established. 诺曼征服Celts， Anglo Saxon， Roman，哪个先来或者后到英国的呢？排个顺序吧。 顺序是：Celts-Roman-Anglo SaxonVowel Glide 又称元音过渡，指的是双元音组成的，前一个音为纯元音，后一个音为短促的滑音。New York City is well known for Wall Street, Fifth Avenue, Broadway, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the United Nations Building, Central Park, Harlem（黑人住宅区） and so on.英国工业革命1. The industrial revolution refers to the mechanization of industry and the consequent change in social and economic organization in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.工业革命指18世纪末，19世纪初英国工业的机械化，以及因此而导致的社会结构和经济结构的变化。2. The first steam engine was devised by Thomas newcomer at the end of 17th century, and the Scottish inventor James Watt modified and improved the design in 1765.十七世纪末，托马斯。纽卡墨设计了第一台蒸气机，苏格兰发明家詹姆斯.华特修改并改良了设计方案（1765）。3. As a result of the industrial revolution, Britain was by 1830 the “workshop of the world”.作为工业革命的结果，英国到1830年止成为“世界工场”。想一想：英国工业革命什么时候开始的？第一台蒸汽机谁发明的？英国的农业1. The British were pioneers in modern agriculture and were among the first to bring science and machinery to farming. In British only 3% of the population are farmers but they manage 70% of the land and managed like an industrial business.英国是现代农业先驱，他们领先在农业中引进科学和机械。英国只有3的农业人口，但他们却管理70的土地。2. There are mainly six farming types in Britain. They are arable farming, dairy farming, stock farming, mixed farming, hill farming and market gardening.英国主要有六种农作业类型：耕地业、乳品业、家畜业、混合农业、山地畜牧业和市场果蔬业。 3. Arable farming emphasizes crop production and occurs on the more fertile soils. The chief crops are wheat, barely, oats, sugar beer and potatoes. Du