专八20032015年人文知识真题及复习资料

1、2003年英语专八人文知识真题31. is not a n ati on ally observed holiday of America.A Christmas B Easter Sunday C Tha nksg iving Day D Independence Day32. The uni versity of Dubli n was not foun ded un til .A the 19th cen tury B the 18th ce ntury C the 17th cen tury D the 16th ce ntury33. The introduced old-age p

2、ensions in NewZealand in 1898.A Labor Party B Democratic Party C Liberal Party D Con servative Party34. Irish culture experieneed a golden age from to .A the eighth century,the eleventh century B theseve nth cen tury, the ninth cen turyC the sixth century, the eighth century D the? fthcen tury, the

3、seve nth cen tury35. Which of the following writings is not the work by Charles Dicke ns?A A Tale of Two Cities B Hard TimesC Oliver Twist D Sons and Lovers36. is a dramatist who holds the centralpositioninAmerica n drama the moder ni stic period.A Sinclair Lewis B EugeneO'Neill C Arthur Miller

4、D Tenn essee Williams37. is often acclaimed literaryspokesmanof the Jazz Age.A Ernest Hemi ngway B F. Scott Fitzgerald C William Faulk ner D Ezra Pound38. is a relati on ship in which a word of a certa in class determ ines the form of others in terms of certa in categories.A Con cord B Immediate con

5、 stitue ntC Syn tagmatic relati ons D Gover nment39. studies the sound systems in a certa in Ian guage.A Pho netics B Pho nology C Sema ntics D Pragmatics40. A linguisticsituationin which two standard Ianguagesare used either by an in dividual or by a group of speakers iscalled .A situati onal diale

6、ct B sla ng C li nguistic taboo D bili ngualism2004年英语专八人文知识真题31. The followi ng are products imported by Australia from Chi na EXCEPT .A food B textiles C steel products D electro nics32. Scots regard as the most important festival in a year.A Near Y ear's Day B Christmas Day C New Y ear's

7、EveD Easter33. The republican movementhas been gathering momentumin Australia since became Prime Minister in 1992.A John Howard B Bob Hawke C Malcolm Fraser D Paul Keating34. was known for his famous speech "I have a dream".A John F. Kennedy B Martin Luther King, JrC Abraham Lincoln D Thom

8、as Jefferson35. Of all the 18th century novelists, was the firstto 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 Defoe B Samuel JohnsonC Oliver Goldsmith D Henry Feilding36. Mark

9、Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his .A international theme B waste-land imageryC local color D symbolism37. Hemingway's writing style, together with his theme and the hero, is greatly and permanently influenced by his experiences .A in his childhood B

10、in the war C in America D inAfrica38. 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 voicing39. Which of the following words can correct two clauses in a coordinate sentence?A Through. B Whe

11、n. C But. D If.40. is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content.A Word B Morpheme C Allomorph D Root 2005年英语专八人文知识真题31. is the capital of Canada.A Vancouver B Ottawa C Montreal D York32. U.S. presidents normally serve a (n) term.A two-year B four-year C si

12、x-year D 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 Church B The Baptist ChurchC The Protestant Church D The Church of England35. The novel Emma is written by

13、 .A Mary Shelley B Charlotte Bront? C 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 poems B his plays C his short s

14、tories D his novels38. Syntax is the study of .A language functions B sentence structures C textual organization D word formation39. Which of the following is NOTa distinctive feature of human language?A Arbitrariness. B Productivity.C Cultural transmission. D Finiteness.40. The speech act theory wa

15、s first put forward by .A John Searle B John Austin C NoamChomskyD M.A.K. Halliday参考答案：BBADA BCBDB2006年英语专八人文知识真题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 Christchurch B Auckland

16、C Wellington D Hamilton33. Whowere 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 Parliament C the Opposition D the Cabinet35. Which of the follow

17、ing 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 O'Neill D Ernest Hemingway37. is defined as an expression of human emotion which is cond

18、ensed into fourteen lines.A Free verse B Sonnet C Ode D Epigram38. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of .A reference B meaning C antonymy D context39. The words "kid, child, offspring" are examples of .A dialectal synonyms B stylistic synonymsC emotive s

19、ynonyms D collocational synonyms40. The distinction between parole and langue was made by .A Halliday B Chomsky C Bloomfield D Saussure 参考答案 BCADA DBDBD 2007年英语专八人文知识真题31. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectivelyEXCEPT .A the Anglos B th

20、e Celts C the Jutes D the Saxons32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by .A the Monarch B the President C the Prime MinisterD the Governor-general33. The Declaration of Independence was written by .A Thomas Jefferson B George WashingtonC Alexander Hamilton D James Madison34. The original in

21、habitants of Australia were .A the Red Indians B the Eskimos C 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 American B Canadian C Irish

22、 D Australian37. Death of a Salesman was written by .A Arthur Miller B Ernest HemingwayC Ralph Ellis on D 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 spee

23、ch variety maybe all the following EXCEPT .A lexicalB syntacticC phonological D 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 meaning B narrowing of m

24、eaningC meaning shift D loss of meaning参考答案 CDACD CABDA 2008年英语专八人文知识真题31. The largest city in Canada is .A. Vancouver B. Montreal C. Toronto D. Ottawa32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in .A. the Federal Government B. the Supreme CourtC. the Cabinet D

25、. 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 NewZealand is . A. the President B. the Governor-General C. the British monarch D. the Prime Minister35. The Caterbury

26、Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by .A. Willian Langland B. Geoffrey C. William Shakespeare D. Alfred Tennyson36. Who wrote The American?A. Herman Melville. B. Nathaniel Hawthorne. C. Henry James. D. Theodore Dreiser.3

27、7. All of the following are well-know female writers in 20th-century Britain EXCEPT .A. George Eliot B. Iris Jean Murdoch C. 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

28、of sentence is "Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry"?A simple sentence. B. A coordinate sentence. C. A complex sentence. D. None of the above.40. The phenomenonthat words having different meanings have the same form is called .A. hyponymy B. synonymy C. Polysemy D.homonymy

29、参考答案 BCADBBDACD 2009年英语专八人文知识真题31. The Head of State of New Zealand is .A the governor-general B the Prime MinisterC the high commissioner D the monarch of the United Kingdom.32. The capital of Scotland is .A Glasgow B Edinburgh C Manchester D London33. Whowrote the Declaration of Independence and l

30、ater became the U.S. President?A ThomasJefferson. 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 Blake B William WordsworthC

31、 Samuel Taylor Coleridge D 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 Hardy B John Galsworthy C D.H. LawrenceD James Joyce38. The study of the m

32、ental processes of language comprehension and production is .A corpus linguistics B sociolinguisticsC 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

33、C pidgin D register40. Whena speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing .A an illocutionary act B a perlocutionary act C a locutionary act D none of the above答案31、D the monarch of the United Kingdom 32、B Edinburgh.33、AThomasJefferson. 34、

34、C Sydney 35、D Percy B. Shelley36 、 B Walt Whitman. 37、C D.H. Lawrence. 38 、 D psycholinguistics. 39、 C pidgin. 40 、A an illocutionary act.2010年英语专八人文知识真题31. Which of the following is INCORRECT?includes the MagnaCarta of includes Parliamentary acts includes decisions made byA. the British Constitutio

35、n 1215B. the British ConstitutionC. the British Constitution 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. Whendid the Australian Federation officiallycomein

36、to being?A. B. 1788C. 1900D. 1901答案 D：190134. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the plantationslavery in the south of US was issued byA. AbrahamLincoln B. ThomasPaine C. George WashingtonD. Thomas Jefferson答案 A：Abraham Lincoln35. Who was best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his p

37、oems?A. Will Blake B. W.B.Yeats C. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth答案 C：Robert Browning36. The Financier was written by A. 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. rhy

38、me答案 A：Allegory38. refers to the learning and development of alanguageA. 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.

39、conversion C. blending D. acronym 答案 C：blending40. Language is tool of communication, the symbol “ highway closed ” servesA. B.C. a performative function D. a persuasive function 答案 B： informative function2011年英语专八人文知识真题31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is .A. Northern IrelandB. WalesC. Eng

40、landD. Scotland TIP :选B英国最北端是苏格兰。32. It is generally agreed that were the firstEuropeans to reach Australia's shores.A. the French B. the Germans C. the British D. the DutchTIP :选Do 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 M

41、aple Leaf? A. Canada. B. New Zealand. C. Great Britain. D. TheUnited 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. Virg

42、inia Woolf was an important female inthe 20th-century England.A. poet B. biographer C. 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 poemthat recordsthe adventures of a hero in a nation's history.A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. ElegyTIP:选Co

43、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

44、类诠释和解读。38. is defined as the study of the relationship betweenlanguage and mind.A. Semantics B. PragmaticsC. CognitivelinguisticsD. 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 Englishbecause of .A. absence of obstruct

45、ion B. presence of obstructionC. manner of articulation D. 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 theuse of several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers" re

46、fers to .A. Pidgin B. Creole C. MultilingualismD.BilingualismTIP:选C。Multilingualism的意思是“多语现象、多语制”。2012 年英语专八人文知识真题31. The Maori people are natives ofA. Australia. B. Canada. C. Ireland. D. New Zealand.32. The British monarch is the Head ofA. Parliament. B. State. C. Government. D. Cabinet.33. Americ

47、a ns celebrate In depe ndence Day onA. July 4th. B. October 11th. C. May 31st. D. September6th.34. Can ada is boun ded on the n orth byA. the Pacific Ocean. B. the Atlantic Ocean. C. theArctic Ocea n. D. the Great Lakes.35. Who is the author of The Waste Lana?A. George Bernard Shaw. B. W.B. Yeats. C

48、. 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. ScottFitzgerald. D. Joh n Stein beck.37. "The lettuce was Ionelywithout tomatoes andcucumbers for compa ny" is an example ofA. exaggeratio n. B. un de

49、rstateme nt.C. pers oni ficati on.D. syn ecdoche.38. In En glish ifa word beg ins with a l or a r, the n then ext 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 follow ing is an example of clipp ing?A.APEC. B.Motel. C.X

50、erox. D.Disco.40. The type of Ian guage which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of" situation is calledA. register. B. dialect. C. slang. D. variety参考答案31. D. New Zeala nd 32. B. state 33. A. July 4th34. C. theArctic Ocean 35. D. T.S.Eliot 36. A. William Faulkner 37.C. personifica

51、tion 38. B. sequential' rule 39. ID. Disco 40. A.register :tiame of Australia isA The Republic of Australia. B, The C onimon wealth of AustraliaC. The Federadcii of Australia. D. The Union of Australia.32. Canada 詁 wsll known for all the following EXCEPTA. its mineral resources . B. its forest n

52、esourees.C. its fertile and arable land. D. its heavy industries.S3 . In the United States coniniunity colleges offerA. two-vear programmes. E. four-year programmes.C” postgraduate studies.D. B. A. or B . S. degrees.34. In , referenda in Scotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Walesass

53、embly.A. 2000 B. 1946 C. 1997 D. 1990乐"hi ch of th 已 following clusters of words is an example of alliteration?A. A weak seat.B. Safe and sound. C. Knock and kick.D. Coat and boat.36. W'ho wrote Afis. Wair&Ys Pi qfessio也A. John Gals.vorthv. B . William Butler Y eats. C. T. S. Eliot. D.

54、George Bemand Shaw . S7. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n)9 ./ 1.1.38. Which Of the fallowing italicized parts is an inflectional motpheme?A. Unlock.B. Gov eminent. C. Goes. D. Oftstae.39. is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what thev refer to.Keys: 31. 澳大利亚的全称是： the commonwea

55、lth of Austrilia32. 加拿大以什么著称，除了什么以外（矿产、森林、肥沃的土地） 。 答案选 the heavy industries. 33. 美国 社区大 学一般提 供 two-year 制课程 34. 1997 年苏格兰、威尔斯全民公决各自有了自 己的议会 35. 哪一个是头韵法，答案：safe and sound 36 谁写的 Mrs. Warren's Profession ，答案 是： George Bernard Shaw 37 Sister Carrie是神马东东，答案：novel 38 下面哪一个斜体部分为曲折语素，答案 goes 里面的 es 39

56、听其音， 知其意是神马东东， 答案：拟音 Onomatopoeia 40 “关 上课本，认真听我讲”起的啥作用，答案： directive201431. Which of the following is the French-speaking city in Canada?A. Vancouver B. Ottawa C. Montreal D. Toronto32. Which of the following are natives of New Zealand? A. The Maoris B. The Aboriginals C. The Red Indians D. The Eskimos33. The established or national church in England is A. the Roman Catholic Church B. the United Reformed ChurchC. the Anglican Church D. the Methodist Church34. The 13 form