(完整版)英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案

1、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 p

2、ut 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

3、.S.A HustonB BaltimoreC PhiladelphiaD Boston7. The state church in England is _.A The BaptistB The Roman CatholicC The Protestant ChurchD The Church of England8. The novel Emma is written by_.A Jane AustenB ElizabethC Gaskell Charlotte BronteD Mary Shelley9. Which of the following is not a Romantic

4、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PART III GEBERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)There are ten multiple-choi

5、ce questions in this section. Mark the best answer to each question onANSWER SHEET TWO.31 The full official name of Australia is A. The Republic of Australia. B. The Union of Australia. C. The Federation of Australia. D. The Commonwealth of Australia.32. Canada is well known for all the following EX

6、CEPT A. its mineral resources. B. its heavyindustries. C. its forest resources. D. its fertile and arable land.33. In the United States community college offer A. two-year programmes. B. four-year programmes. C. postgraduate studies. D. B.A. or B.S. degrees.34. In _, referenda in Scotland and Wales

7、set up a Scottish parliament and a Wales assembly.A. 2000 B. 1946 C. 1990 D. 199735. Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration? A. A weak seat. B.Knock and kick. C. Safe and sound. D. Coal and boat.36. Who wrote Mrs. Warr en?sprofession? A. George Bernard Shaw. B. Willia

8、m Butler Yeats.C. John Galsworthy. D. T.S. Eliot.37. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n) A. autobiography. B. short story. C. poem. D.novel.38. Which of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme? A. Unlock. B. Government. C. Goes. D. Off-stage.39. _is a language phenomenon in

9、which words sound like what they refer to. A. Collocation B. Onomatopoeia C. Denotation D. Assimilation40. The sentence“Closeyour book and listen to me carefully! p e”rformsa(n) _function. A. interrogative B. informative C. performative D. directivekeys:31-35 DBADC 36-40 ADCBD2012 年英语专业八级真题 (word 版)

10、人文知识部分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. Americans celebrate Independence Day onA. July 4th. B. October 11th. C. May 31st. D. September 6th.34. Canada is b

11、ounded on the north byA. 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

12、. B. Ernest Hemingway.C. Scott Fitzgerald. D. John Steinbeck.37. The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company is an example ofA. 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

13、. 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 iscalledA. register. B. dialect.

14、 C. slang. D. variety.Keys:31-35 DBACD 36-40 ACBDA2011 专八人文知识真题参照答案31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _. A. Northern Ireland B. Wales C. EnglandD. Scotland32. It is generally agreed that _ were the first Europeans to reach Australias shores. A. theFrench B. the Germans C. the British D. t

15、he 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.

16、Virginia Woolf was an important female _ in the 20th-century England. A. poetB. biographer C. playwright D. 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

17、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. PragmaticsC. Cognitive linguistics D. Sociolinguistics39. A vowel is different from a con

18、sonant in English because of _. A. absence of obstruction B. presence of obstruction C. manner of articulation D. 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. Pidgin B

19、. CreoleC. Multilingualism D. BilingualismKeys:31-35 BDABD 36-40 CACAC2010 年英语专八人文知识真题答案31. Which of the following is INCORRECTA. The British Constitution includes the Magna Carta of 12156B. The British Constitution includes Parliamentary actsC. The British Constitution includes decisions made by co

20、urts of lawD：The British Constitution includes one single written constitution32. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec B. Vancouver C. Toronto D. Montreal33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being? A. 1770 B. 1788C. 1900D. 190134. The Emancipation Proclamation to

21、end the plantation slavery in the south of US was issued byA. Abraham Lincoln B. Thomas Paine C. George Washington D. Thomas Jefferson35 Who was best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems? A. Will BlakeB. W.B.Yeats C. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth36. The Financier was wr

22、itten byA. Mark Twain B. Henry James C. William Faulkner D. Theodore Dreiser37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as A. allegory B. sonnet C. blank verse D. rhyme38._ refers to the learning and development of a languageA. language acquisition B. language compre

23、hension C. language production D. language introduction39. The word “ motel c”omes from “ motor hotel ”T h.is is an example of “”in morphology. A.backformation B. conversion C. blending D. acronym40 Language is tool of communication, the symbol “highway closed” servesA. an express function B. an inf

24、ormative function C. a performative function D. a persuasive functionKeys: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. Glas

25、gow 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

26、 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 Lover

27、s 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 langua

28、ges and is used by speakers of different languagesfor 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 thewindow, he is performing _.A. an illocutionary act B. a perlocutionary actC. a lo

29、cutionary 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

30、. 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

31、.35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way toCanterbury, 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

32、 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. Dualit

33、y. 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. sy

34、nonymy.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 tribesrespectively EXCEPT_.A. the AnglosB. the CeltsC. the JutesD. the Saxons32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by_.A.

35、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. t

36、he 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 Hem

37、ingwayC. 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. phonol

38、ogicalD. psycholinguistic40. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse ”, but now it is used to mean “ tanimal. ” 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

39、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. Th

40、e 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.C. Theodore DreiserD. James Joyce36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by_.A. Scott Fit

41、zgeraldB. 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 wordsk