英语八级人文知识100题(DOC)

1WhatcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf？

AUnitedStatesofAmerica

BUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

CNewZealand

DCanada

2Thenationalanthem国歌ofCanadais____

ACanadaTheBeautifulBOCanada

CGodDefendCanadaDAdvanceCanadaFair

3ThecapitalcityofCanadais____

AMontrealBToronto

CAlbertDOttawa

4AccordingtotheOfficialLanguageofActofCanada，therearetwoofficiallanguageinthiscountry：theyare____

AEnglishandSpanishBEnglishandPortuguese

CEnglishandFrenchDEnglishandCeltic

5Canadaisaworld____producerofnickel镍，zinc锌，andasbestos石棉……

AprimaryBsecond

CthirdDfourth

6Thehighestpeak山峰inCanadais____，whichistheYukonTerritoryofnorthwestCanada.

AMountLawrenceBMountSuperior

CMountLogan洛根峰6050米DMountHuron

7St.LawrenceandRiverColumbiaaresharedbyboth____

AAmericaandMexicoBAmericaandCanada

CAmericaandCubaDAmericaandBrazil

8ApartfromParis，France，Montrealisregardedasthelargest____cityintheworld，knownas“ParistheSecond”.

ASpanish-speakingBPortuguese-speaking

CGerman-speakingDFrench-speaking

9____，thethirdlargestcityinCanada，iswellknownasIce-FreeHarbor.

AMontrealsecondlargestBQuebec魁北克;largestprovince

CTorontolargesrDVancouver温哥华

10Canadaistheworld‘s____countryintermsoflandarea.

AlargestBsecondlargest

CthirdlargestDfourthlargest11.____isthecoreoftheEnglishGovernment.

AtheSovereign君主BtheHouseofLords上议院

CtheHouseofCommonsDtheCabinet内阁

12.Melbourneislocated____

AinCanadaBinNewZealand

CinIrelandDinAustralia

13.____forcedNixontoresignin1973.

ATheWatergateScandal水门事件BTheIran-GateScandal

CTheUn-AmericanActivitiesCommitteeDTheNewRight

14.Theyoungpeopleinthepost-WWIeraarereferredtoas“_____”

AtheBoomGenerationBtheLostGeneration

CtheYuppiesDtheCowboys

15.____wasgreatlyinfluencedbyChineseandJapanesepoetry.

AEzraPound艾兹拉·庞德BWaltWhitman

CRobertFrost罗伯特DEdgarAllanPoe艾伦.坡

16.WhichofthefollowingnovelswasNOTwrittenbyCharlesDickens?

ADavidCopperfield大卫-科波菲尔BThePickwickPapers皮科维克传

COliverTwist雾都孤儿DWomeninLove恋爱中的女人—劳伦斯

17.Amythisa____taleoriginallywithreligioussignificancethatexplainstheactionsofgodsorheroes,thecausesofnaturalphenomenaorboth.

Anon-fictionalBfictional虚构

Cgothic哥特式，野蛮的Dpoetic

18.Theforceofa/an____actisidenticalwiththespeaker’sintention.

Aillocutionary语内表现行为的Blocutionary非语内表现行为

Cperlocutionary言语表达效果Dprelocutionary

19.Saussuredistinguishesthelinguisticcompetenceofthespeakeras____

AparoleBlanguage

CsystemDlangue（与parole“言语”相对）20.Thenoun“tear”andtheverb“tear”are____

AhomophonesBhomographs

CcompletehomonymsDallophones21WhichpoemisnotwrittenbyFreneau弗伦诺?

ATheBritishPrisonShipBTheWildHoneySuckle

CTheIndianBuryingGroundDTheFloodofYears似水流年布莱恩特

22ThomasJefferson’sattitude,thatis,afirmbeliefinprogress,andthepursuitofhappiness,istypicaloftheperiodwenowcall_____.

AAgeofEvolutionBAgeofReason理性时代

CAgeofRomanticismDAgeofRegionalism

23WhichofthefollowingisNOTonepartoftheLeatherStockingTalesbyCooper?

ATheSpyBThePathfinder探险者

CThePioneers拓荒者DTheDeerslayer杀鹿者

24WhichstatementaboutThoreau梭罗isNOTright?

AHewasaloverofnature.BHewasparticularkindofromantic.

CHewaspolemicist辩论家.DHewasathoroughtranscendentalist先验论者.

梭罗崇尚自然生活简单，与世无争，不入尘嚣

25Whichofthefollowinghasbeencalled“themanifesto宣言ofAmericanTranscendentalism先验论”?

ADivinitySchoolAddressBSelf-reliance

CNatureDTheAmericanScholar

26Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,_____flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.

Asentimentalism感情主义Btranscendentalism超验主义

CmodernismDrationalism理想主义

27TheperiodbeforetheAmericanCivilWarisgenerallyreferredtoas_____.

AtheModernPeriodBtheRealisticPeriod

CtheRomanticPeriodDtheNaturalistPeriod

28AllthefollowingaretheworksbyNathanielHawthorneEXCEPT_____.

ATheMarbleFaun玉石雕像卷BTypee泰比HermanMelville（BILLYBUDD比利·巴德）

CTheScarletLetter红字DMossesfromanOldManse古屋青苔

29WhichofthefollowingisnotaworkofEmilyDickson’s?

AIHeardaFlyBuzzwhenIDied.BTheRaven大乌鸦

CThisisMyLettertotheWorld.DILiketoSeeitLaptheMiles.

30Whitman’spoemsarecharacterizedbyallthefollowingfeaturesEXCEPT____.

AthestrictpoeticformBthefreeandnaturalrhythm

CtheeasyflowoffeelingsDthesimpleandconversationallanguage惠特曼的诗自由、清新、琅琅上口、易于理解，但并不是按照严格的格律来写31HowmanymembersarethereintheHouseofCommons下议院?

A650B524

C72D651

32Whichofthefollowingpeopledidn’tusetobetheBritishPrimeMinister?

AMargaretThatcherBWinstonChurchill

CHoratioNelsonDJohnMajor

33Bytradition,theleaderofthemajoritypartyisappointed_____bytheSovereignintheUnitedKingdom.

APrimeMinisterBMemberofParliament

CLordofappealDSpeakeroftheHouse

在英国，按照传统，多数党的领导人由君主任命为首相，首相从本党内部挑选一些领导人担任各部部长职位。

34TheToriesweretheforerunners前身of_____,whichstillbearsthisnicknametoday.

AtheLabourPartyBtheConservativeParty保守党

CtheLiberalParty自由党DtheSocialDemocraticParty社会民主党

35IntheUnitedKingdom,thepartywhichwinsthe____numberofseatsintheHouseofCommonsbecomestheofficialOpposition反对党.

AlargestBsecondlargest

CthirdlargestDfourthlargest

36Theterm“Britishdisease”isnowoftenusedtocharacterizeBritain’s_____decline.

ApoliticalBeducational

CmilitaryDeconomic

37The1980swasrememberedasthedecadeof_____.

AglobalizationBnationalization（the1940s）

Cprivatization私有化Dcompetition

38Today,inBritain,______iscalleda“sick”industry.

AcoalminingBironandsteel

CtextilesDshipbuilding

39ThefirststeamenginewasdevisedbyThomasNewcomerattheendofthe17thcentury,andtheScottishinventor____modifiedandimprovedthedesignin1765.

AAbrahamDarbyBJamesWatt

CJohnKayDRichardArkwrightthe

40_____createdtheindustrialworkingclass,theproletariat无产阶级,anditlaterledtotradeunionism工会制度.

ATheChartistMovementBTheIndustrialRevolutionCTheFrenchRevolutionDTheGloriousRevolution41Asaphilosophicalandliterarymoment,_____flourished兴旺inNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.

AmodernismBrationalism

CsentimentalismDtranscendentalism

42Poe’sfirstcollectionofstoriesis_____.

ATalesofTravelerBLeatherStockingTales

CCanterburyTalesDTalesoftheGotequeandArabesque怪诞奇异故事集

43WhichbookisnotwrittenbyEmerson?

ATheAmericanScholarBSelf-Reliance自力更生

CNatureDCivilDisobedience论市民之不服从梭罗

44ThefinestexampleofHawthorn’ssymbolismistherecreationofPuritanBostonin_____.

ATheScarletLetter红字BYoungGoodmanBrown小伙子布朗

CTheMarbleFawn大理石小鹿DTheAmbitiousGuest雄心勃勃的客人

45ThechiefspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalismis_____.

ANathanielHawthornBRalphWaldoEmerson

CHenryDavidThoreauDWashingtonIrving

46Transcendentalistsrecognized_____asthe“highestpowerofthesoul”.

Aintuition直觉Blogic

CdataofsensesDthinking

47Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence美国精神独立宣言”?

ATheAmericanScholar（表达了美国人追求文化独立及文学独立身份的要求）BEnglishTraits

CTheConductofLifeDRepresentativeMen

48Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthenineteenthcentury.Thiswas_____.

AAnneBradstreetBJaneAustin

CEmilyDickinson艾米丽-迪金斯DHarrietBeecher

49Captain,MyCaptainiswrittenfor_____.

ALincolnBWhitman

CWashingtonDHemingway

50_____isnotwrittenbyWashingtonIrving.

ATheSketchBook见闻札记BRipVanWinkle瑞普·凡·温尔克

CTheLegendofSleepHollow睡谷的传说DTheAutobiography自传。富兰克林51."GoldRush"淘金wasvividlydepictedin____novels.

AHemingway’sBMarkTwain’sCHenryJame’sDFaulkner’s

52.TheperiodofOldEnglishliteratuerefersto____

A449-1066B14thcentury-mid17thcentury

C14thcentury-mid18thcenturyD16thcentury-mid18thcentury

53.ThegreattranscendentalworkbyHenryDavidThoreauis____

ANatureBWalden瓦尔登湖CExperienceDEssays

54.____hasbeenentitledthe"FatherofAmericanPoetry".

APhilipFreneau著有thewildhoneysuckle;tothememoryofbraveAmericansBRalphWaldoEmersonCWilliamCullenBryantDWaltWhitman

55.Theemotionaleffectandsocialsignificancemade____thefirstwell-knownsociologicalnovelinAmericanLiterature.

ATheSunAlsoRises

BUncleTom’sCabin第一部揭示黑人被虐待

CTheOldManandTheSea

DSisterCarrie

56.StephenCraneisfamousfor____

AAnAmericanTragedyBTheAmbassadors

CMainStreetDTheRedBadgeofCourage红色英勇勋章

57.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueforBenjaminFranklin?

AHewasafamouswriterBHewasamembertodrafttheDeclarationofIndependence

CHewasagreatscientistDHewasonceelectedAmericanPresident

58.Whitman’spoemsarecharacterizedbyallthefollowingfeaturesEXCEPT____

AastrictpoeticformBasimpleandconversationallanguageCafreeandnaturalrhythmicpatternDaneasyflowoffeelings

59.Americanfictioninthe1960sisreteredtoas____

AimagismBblackhumorCnewfictionDtheBeatGeneration

60.WilliamFaukeneristheauthorof____

AFarFromtheMaddingCrowd哈代BSoundandFury无声的呐喊CForWhomtheBellTolls海明威DScarletLetter霍桑61.Thenationalepic民族史诗oftheAnglo-Saxonsis____.

ARobinHoodBSirGawainandtheGreenKnight

CTheCanterburyTalesDBeowulf62.____wasthemostoutstandingsingleromanceontheArthurianlegendwritteninalliterativeverse.

ATheCanterburyTalesBPiersthePlowman

CSirGawainandtheGreenKnight高文爵士和绿衣DBeowulf63.____wasthemostfamousforTheCanterburyTales.

AGeoffreyChaucer被誉为英国诗歌之父BJohnMilton

CWilliamShakespeareDFrancisBacon64.Mostoftheballads民歌ofthe5thcenturyfocusedonthelegendabout____asaheroicfigure.

AGreenNightsBGawain高文

CRobinHoodDHamlet65.Inthe16thcentury,ThomasMore’swork____becameimmediatelypopularafteritspublication.

AParadiseLostBAPleasantSatireoftheThreeEstates

COfBeautyDUtopia66.____wasEdmundSpencer’smasterpiecewhichhasbeenregardedasoneofthegreatpoemsintheEnglishlanguage.

AAmorettiBTheShepherd’sCalendar

CTheFaerieQueen仙后DFourHymns圣诗67.____isfromShakespeare’ssonnetNo.18.

A“Letmenottothemarriageoftrueminds”

B“Tobeornottobe:thatisthequestion”

C“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday”

D“NolongermournformewhenIamdead”68.Thevividportrayal描绘of____byShakespeareinHenryIVhasearnforhimanenviableplaceinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.

AJuliusCaesarBFalstaff福斯塔夫

CHamletDKingHenry福斯坦福是个50多岁的破落骑士，爱冒险又胆怯，喜欢吹牛又贪婪，说谎欺诈，浑水摸鱼，无所不能。同时他生性幽默。69.ThefourgreattragedieswrittenbyShakespeareareHamlet,Macbeth,Othello奥赛罗and_.

A.AntonyandCleopatraB.JuliusCaesar

CTwelfthNightDKingLear70.WhichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtoShakespeare’sromanticlovecomedies?

ATwelfthNightBTheTempest暴风雨

CAsYouLikeIt皆大欢喜DTheMerchantofVenice威尼斯商人71.Christmasisusuallyconnectedto____

Athereunion重聚ofalargefamilyBtheeatingofEastereggs

Ctheresurrection复活ofChristDtheforgivingofother’ssins罪恶72.Thelargestoftheethnicminorities少数民族inAmericais____

AtheblacksBtheMexico-Americans

CtheSpanish-AmericansDtheChinese73.TheBritishestablish____coloniesalongtheeastcoastofNorthAmericanbetween16.7and1733.

A11B12

C13D1474.ThelargestuniversityinCanadais____

ALavalUniversityBTheUniversityofToronto

CMcGillUniversityDSimonFraserUniversity75.RobinsonCrusoeiswrittenby____

AHenryFielding亨利·菲尔丁BDanielDefoe笛福

CSamuelRichardsonDJonathanSwift76.____iswrittenbyWaltWhitman.

ARepresentativeMenBEnglishTraits

CNatureDLeavesofGrass77.____isnotanovelist.

AHenryJamesBEmilyDickinson

CWilliamDeanHowellsDMarkTwain78.____isnotoneofthecorebranchesoflinguistics.

APhonology音系学BPsycho-linguistics

CSyntaxDSemantics语义学79.____isthecommonfactorofthethreesounds:[p],[t],[k]

Avoiceless清音Bspread

Cvoiced浊音Dnasal80.Englishconsonants辅音canbeclassifiedintostops,fricatives摩擦音,nasals,etc,intermsof____

Amannerofarticulation发音方法Bopennessofmouth

Cplaceofarticulation发音部位Dvoicing81.St.LawrenceandRiverColumbiaaresharedbyboth____

AAmericaandMexicoBAmericaandCanada

CAmericaandCubaDAmericaandBrazil82.EuropeansettlementofAustraliabeganinthelatepartof____whenaBritishpenalcolony流放地wasestablishedontheeastcoastofthecontinent.

Athe16thcenturyBthe17thcentury

Cthe18thcenturyDthe19thcentury83.WhichsportissupposedtobeAmerica’snationalsportandusedtobecall“American’sfavorablepastime”?

AbaseballBbasketball

Crugby英式橄榄球Dcricket板球84.ThelargestcityinNewZealandis____

AAucklandBWellington

CChristchurchDDunedin85.AfterAdamBede亚当比德,____wroteTheMillontheFlossandSilasMarnerinwhichmoralproblemsarediscussedandpsychologicalanalysisofcharactersareemphasized.

AGeorgeEliotBJaneAustin

CGeorgeDickensDCharlotteBronte86.Allofthefollowingodes颂歌集arewrittenbyJohnKeatsEXCEPT____

AOdetoAutumnBOdetoaNightingale

COdetoaSkylark云雀DOdeonMelancholy忧郁87.Of____’sfourfamouscomedies喜剧,thebestknownisLadyWindermere’sFan.

AOscarWildeBRichardSheridan

CBernardShawDSomersetMaugham88.Iftheairstreammeetswithnoobstructionwhenasoundispronounced,itisa(n)____

Avoicedconsonant浊辅音Bvoicelessconsonant

Cvowel元音Dexplosive爆破音89.Theinternationallyacceptedsystemofphonetictranscription标音法is____

AI.P.ABI.A.P.S

CI.S.SDS.S.I.P国际音标是目前世界上比较通行的音标，简称IPA最初制定于1886年。90.Withthe____,LatinwordswereaddedintothevocabularyofthelanguagespokeninBritain.

AinvasionoftheRomansBChristianizationofBritain

CScandi