2008-2014年专八人文知识真题及答案

英语专八考试文化常识辅导2000年教育部《高等学校英语专业高年级教学大纲》规定，高等学校英语专业高年级的教学任务是“继续打好语言基本功，进一步扩大知识面，重点应放在培养英语综合技能，充实文化知识，提高交际能力上”。2005年的英语专业考试依照2004年新版的《高校英语专业八级考试大纲》的有关规定，取消了快速阅读，取而代之的是人文知识，或者叫做文化常识题（GeneralKnowledge）。那么到底这个题型考的是什么题，又有哪些内容呢？英语专业的教学大纲对这一项并没有具体要求，但是八级考试大纲则有以下四点说明：测试要求：能基本了解主要英语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化传统等。能初步具备英语文学知识。能初步具备英语语言学知识。考试时间为10分钟。测试形式：多项选择题，共10题。测试范围：主要涉及到三个方面的内容：主要英语国家社会与文化（基本国家概况：地理、政治制度、文化生活、经济4/10）英美文学（作家、作品，文学流派，基本文学概念3/10）英语语言学（词汇学、语义学、语用学、语言学流派、基本概念3/10）Forthe want of a nailtheshoewaslost,Forthe want of a shoethehorsewaslost,Forthe want of a horsetheriderwaslost,Forthe want of a riderthebattlewaslost,Forthewantofabattlethekingdomwaslost,Andallforthewantofahorseshoenail.--BenjaminFranklin失去一颗马蹄钉，可能会失去一个国家；忽略一个细节，你也可能失去整个专八。2008年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题及答案ThelargestcityinCanadais___.A.Vancouver.B.Montreal.C.TorontoD.Ottawa.AccordingtotheUnitedStatesConstitution,thelegislativepowerisinvestedin___.A.theFederalGovernment.B.theSupremeCourt.C.theCabinet.D.theCongress.WhichofthefollowingistheoldestsportintheUnitedStates?A.Baseball. B.Tennis.C.Basketball.D.Americanfootball.TheheadoftheexecutivebranchinNewZealandis .A.thePresident.B.theGovernor-General.C.theBritishmonarchD.thePrimeMinister.TheCanterburyTale,sacollectionofstoriestoldbyagroupofpilgrimsontheirwaytoCanterbury,isanimportantpoeticworkby___.A.WilliamLangland.B.GeoffreyChaucer.C.WilliamShakespeare.D.AlfredTennyson.WhowroteTheAmerican?A.HermanMelville.B.NathanielHawthorne.C.HenryJames.D.TheodoreDreiser.Allofthefollowingarewell-knownfemalewritersin20th-centuryBritainEXCEPT .A.GeorgeEliot.B.IrisJeanMurdoch.C.DorisLessing.D.MurielSpark.WhichofthefollowingisNOTadesignfeatureofhumanlanguage?A.Arbitrariness.B.Displacement.C.Duality.D.Diachronicity.Whattypeofsentenceis“Marklikesfiction,butTimisinterestedinpoetry.”?A.Asimplesentence. B.Acoordinatesentence.C.Acomplexsentence. D.Noneoftheabove.TOC\o"1-5"\h\zThephenomenonthatwordshavingdifferentmeaningshavethesameformiscalled .A.hyponymy.B.synonymy.C.polysemy.D.homonymy.Keys:CDABBCADBD2009年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题及答案TheHeadofStateofNewZealandis .A.thegovernor-generalB.thePrimeMinisterC.thehighcommissionerD.themonarchofUnitedKingdomThecapitalofScotlandis .A.GlasgowB.EdinburghC.ManchesterD.LondonWhowritetheDeclarationofIndependenceandlaterbecametheU.S.President?A.ThomasJeffersonB.GeorgeWashingtonC.ThomasPaineD.JohnAdamsWhichisthefollowingcitiesislocatedontheeasterncoastofAustralia?A.PerthB.AdelaideC.SydneyD.MelbourneOdetotheWestWindwaswrittenby .A.WillianBlakeB.WillianWordsworthC.SamuelTaylorColeridegeD.PercyByssheShelleyWhoamongthefollowingisapoetoffreeverse?A.RalphWaldoEmersonB.WaltWhitmanC.HermanMelvilleD.TheodoreDreiserThenovelSonsandLoverswaswrittenby .A.ThomasHardyB.JohnGalworhtyC.D.H.LawrenceD.JamesJoyceThestudyofmentalprocessesoflanguagecomprehensionandproductionis .A.corpuslinguisticsB.socialinguisticsC.theoreticallinguisticsD.psycholinguisticsAspeciallanguagevarietythatmixeslanguagesandisusedbyspeakersofdifferentlanguagesforpurposesoftradingiscalled .A.dialectB.idiolectC.pidginD.registerWhenaspeakerexpresseshisintensionofspeaking,suchasaskingsomeonetoopenthewindow,heisperforming .A.anillocutionaryactB.aperlocutionaryactC.alocutionaryactD.noneoftheaboveKey:31-35DBACD36-40BCDCA2010—PARTIII GENERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)WhichofthefollowingstatementsinINCORRECT?The British constitution includes theMagnaCartaof 1215.The British constitution includes Parliamentaryacts.The British constitution includes decisionsmadebycourts of law.The British constitution includes onesinglewritten constitution.ThefirstcityeverfoundedinCanadaisA.Quebec.B.Vancouver.C.Toronto.D.Montreal.WhendidtheAustralianFederationofficiallycomeintobeing?A.1770.B.1788.C.1900.D.1901.TheEmancipationProclamationtoendtheslaveryplantationsystemintheSouthoftheU.S.wasissuedbyA.AbrahamLincoln.B.ThomasPaine.C.GeorgeWashington.D.ThomasJefferson.35. isbestknownforthetechniqueofdramaticmonologueinhispoems..A.WilliamBlakeB.W.B.YeatsC.RobertBrowningD.WilliamWordsworth36.TheFinancieriswrittenby A.MarkTwain.B.HenryJames.C.WilliamFaulkner.D.TheodoreDreiser.37.Inliteratureastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaningisdefinedas A.allegory.B.sonnet.C.blankverse.D.rhyme.38. referstothelearninganddevelopmentofalanguage.A.LanguageacquisitionB.LanguagecomprehensionC.LanguageproductionD.LanguageinstructionTheword“Motel”comesfrom“motor+hotel”.Thisisanexampleof inmorphology.A.backformationB.conversionC.blendingD.acronymLanguageisttoolofcommunication.Thesymbol“HighwayClosed”onahighwayservesA.anexpressivefunction.B.aninformativefunction.C.aperformativefunction.D.apersuasivefunction.Keys:31-35DAAAC36-40DAACB2011--PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGEThenorthernmostpartofGreatBritainis .A.NorthernIrelandB.WalesC.EnglandD.ScotlandItisgenerallyagreedthat werethefirstEuropeanstoreachAustralia'sshores.A.theFrenchB.theGermansC.theBritish D.theDutchWhichcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf?A.Canada.B.NewZealand.C.GreatBritain.D.TheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Whowrotethefamouspamphlet,TheCommonSense,beforetheAmericanRevolution?A.ThomasJefferson.B.ThomasPaine.C.JohnAdams.D.BenjaminFranklin.VirginiaWoolfwasanimportantfemale inthe20th-centuryEngland.A.poetB.biographerC.playwrightD.novelist referstoalongnarrativepoemthatrecordstheadventuresofaheroinanation'shistory.A.BalladB.RomanceC.EpicD.ElegyWhichofthefollowingbestexploresAmericanmythinthe20thcentury?A.TheGreatGatsby.B.TheSunAlsoRises.C.TheSoundandtheFury.D.BeyondtheHorizon. isdefinedasthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandmind.A.SemanticsB.PragmaticsC.CognitivelinguisticsD.SociolinguisticsAvowelisdifferentfromaconsonantinEnglishbecauseof .A.absenceofobstructionB.presenceofobstructionC.mannerofarticulationD.placeofarticulationThedefinition"theactofusingorpromotingtheuseofseverallanguages,eitherbyanindividualspeakerorbyacommunityofspeakers"refersto .A.PidginB.Creole C.MultilingualismD.BilingualismKeys:DDABD CACAC2012-PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)TheMaoripeoplearenativesofA.Australia.B.Canada.C.Ireland.D.NewZealand.TheBritishmonarchistheHeadofA.Parliament.B.State.C.Government.D.Cabinet.AmericanscelebrateIndependenceDayonA.July4th.B.October11th.C.May31st.D.September6th.

CanadaisboundedonthenorthbyA.thePacificOcean.B.theAtlanticOcean.C.theArcticOcean.D.theGreatLakes.WhoistheauthorofTheWasteLand?A.GeorgeBernardShaw.B.W.B.Yeats.C.DylanThomas.D.T.S.Eliot.36.WhichofthefollowingnovelistswroteTheSoundandtheFury?A.WilliamFaulkner.B.ErnestHemingway.C.ScottFitzgerald.D.JohnSteinbeck.“Thelettucewaslonelywithouttomatoesandcucumbersforcompany"isanexampleofA.exaggeration. B.understatement.C.personification.D.synecdoche.InEnglishifawordbeginswitha[l]ora[r],thenthenextsoundmustbeavowel.Thisisa(n)A.assimilationrule.B.sequentialrule.C.deletionrule.D.grammarrule.Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofclipping?A.APEC.B.Motel.C.Xerox.D.Disco.ThetypeoflanguagewhichisselectedasappropriatetoaparticulartypeofsituationiscalledA.register.B.dialect.C.slang.D.variety.Keys:DBACDACBDA2013年专八人文知识ThefullofficialnameofAustraliaisA．TheRepublicofAustralia．B．TheCommonwealthofAustralia．C.TheFederationofAustralia.D.TheUnionofAustralia.CanadaiswellknownforallthefollowingEXCEPTA.itsmineralresources.B.itsforestresources.C.itsfertileandarableland.D.itsheavyindustries.IntheUnitedStatescommunitycollegesoffer A.two-yearprogrammes.B.four-yearprogrammes.C.postgraduatestudies.D.B.A.orB.S.degrees..In ，referendainScotlandandWalessetupaScottishparliamentandaWalesassembly.A.2000B.1946C.1997D.1990.Whichofthefollowingclustersofwordsisanexampleofalliteration?A.Aweakseat.B.Safeandsound.C.Knoc