人文知识辅导真题篇05-12.doc

专八人文知识辅导真题篇（2005-2012年）2012专八人文知识真题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 Land? 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. variety2011专八人文知识真题31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _.A. Northern Ireland B. WalesC. England D. Scotland32. It is generally agreed that _ were the first Europeans to reach Australias shores.A. the FrenchB. the GermansC. the BritishD. the Dutch33. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?A. Canada. B. New Zealand.C. Great Britain.D. The United States of America.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.35. Virginia Woolf was an important female _ in the 20th-century England.A. poetB. biographerC. playwrightD. novelist36. _ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nations history.A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. Elegy37. 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.38. _ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A. SemanticsB. Pragmatics C. Cognitive linguisticsD. Sociolinguistics39. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of _.A. absence of obstructionB. presence of obstruction C. manner of articulationD. place of articulation40. 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. Bilingualism2010英语专八人文知识真题31. Which of the following statements in INCORRECT?A. 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 Canada isA. Quebec. B. Vancouver. C. Toronto. D. Montreal.33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. 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 byA. Abraham Lincoln. B. Thomas Paine. C. George Washington. D. Thomas Jefferson.35. _ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems.A. Will Blake B. W.B. Yeats C. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth36. The Financier is written byA. 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 asA. allegory. B. sonnet. C. blank verse. D. rhyme.38. _ refers to the learning and development of a language.A. Language acquisition B. Language comprehensionC. Language production D. Language instruction39. The word “Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of _ in morphology.A. backformation B. conversion C. blending D. acronym40. Language is t tool of communication. The symbol “ Highway Closed” on a highway servesA. an expressive function. B. an informative function.C. a performative function. D. a persuasive function. 2009英语专八人文知识真题31. The Head of State of New Zealand isA. the governor-general. B. the Prime Minister.C. the high commissioner. D. the monarch of the United Kingdom.32. The capital of Scotland isA. Glasgow. B. Edinburgh. C. Manchester. D. London.33. 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 byA. William Blake. B. William Wordsworth.C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. D. Percy B. Shelley.36. 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 byA. Thomas Hardy. B. John Galsworthy.C. D.H. Lawrence. D. James Joyce.38. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production isA. 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 calledA. 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 performingA. an illocutionary act. B. a perlocutionary act.C. a locutionary act. D. none of the above.2008英语专八人文知识真题31. The largest city in Canada isA. Vancouver. B. Montreal. C. Toronto D. Ottawa.32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested inA. 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 isA. 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 byA. 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 EXCEPTA. 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 calledA. hyponymy. B. synonymy.C. polysemy. D. homonymy.2007英语专业八级考试人文知识31. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPTA. the Anglos B. the Celts C. the Jutes D. the Saxons32. The Head of State of Canada is represented byA. the Monarch B. the PresidentC. the Prime Minister D. the Governor-general 33. The Declaration of Independence was written byA. Thomas Jefferson B. George WashingtonC. Alexander Hamilton D. James Madison34. The original inhabitants of Australia wereA. the Red Indians B. the Eskimos C. the Aborigines D. the Maoris35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?A. Oliver Twist B. Middlemarch C. Jane Eyre D. Wuthering Heights 36. William Butler Yeats was a (n) _ poet and playwright.A. American B. Canadian C. Irish D. Australian37. Death of a Salesman was written byA. Arthur Miller B. Ernest Hemingway C. Ralph Ellison D. James Baldwin38. _ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A. Phonology B. Morphology C. Semantics D. Sociolinguistics39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPTA. 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 ofA. widening of meaning B. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shift D. loss of meaning2006英语专业八级考试人文知识31.The Presidents during the American Civil War wasA. Andrew Jackson B. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas Jefferson D. George Washington32.The capital of New Zealand isA. Christchurch B. Auckland C. Wellington D. 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 Eskimos34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head ofA. the Shadow Cabinet B .the ParliamentC. the Opposition D. 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 byA. Scott Fitzgerald B. William FaulknerC. Eugene ONeil D. Ernest Hemingway37._ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen linesA. Free verse B. Sonnet C. Ode D. Epigram38.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion ofA. reference B. meaning C. antonymy D. context39.The wordskid,child,offspring are examples ofA. dialectal synonyms B. stylistic synonymsC. emotive synonyms D. collocational synonyms40.The distinction between parole and langue was made byA. Halliday B. Chomsky C. Bloomfield D. Saussure2005英语专业八级考试人文知识31. _ is the capital city of Canada.A. Vancouver B. Ottawa C. Montreal D. York32. U.S