专八2003-2015年人文知识真题及答案

1、2003年英语专八人文知识真题31. is not a nationally observed holiday of America.A Christmas B Easter Sunday C Thanksgiving Day D Independence Day32. The university of Dublin was not founded until .A the 19th century B the 18th century C the 17th century D the 16th century33. The introduced old-age pensions in Ne

2、w Zealand in 1898.A Labor Party B Democratic Party C Liberal Party D Conservative Party34. Irish culture experienced a golden age from to .A the eighth century, the eleventh century B the seventh century, the ninth centuryC the sixth century, the eighth century D the fth century, the seventh century

3、35. Which of the following writings is not the work by Charles Dickens?A A Tale of Two Cities B Hard TimesC Oliver Twist D Sons and Lovers36. is a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period.A Sinclair Lewis B Eugene ONeill C Arthur Miller D Tennessee Williams37

4、. is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.A Ernest Hemingway B F. Scott Fitzgerald C William Faulkner D Ezra Pound38. is a relationship in which a word of a certain class determines the form of others in terms of certain categories.A Concord B Immediate constituentC Syntagmatic relatio

5、ns D Government39. studies the sound systems in a certain language.A Phonetics B Phonology C Semantics D Pragmatics40. A linguistic situation in which two standard languages are used either by an individual or by a group of speakers is called .A situational dialect B slang C linguistic taboo D bilin

6、gualism2004年英语专八人文知识真题31. The following are products imported by Australia from China EXCEPT .A food B textiles C steel products D electronics32. Scots regard as the most important festival in a year.A Near Years Day B Christmas Day C New Years Eve D Easter33. The republican movement has been gather

7、ing momentum in 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 Thomas Jefferson35. Of all the 18th century novelists, _ was the fir

8、st to 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 Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known f

9、or his .A international theme B waste-land imageryC local color D symbolism37. Hemingways writing style, together with his theme and the hero, is greatly and permanently influenced by his experiences .A in his childhood B in the war C in America D in Africa38. English consonants can be classified in

10、to 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 When. C But. D If.40. is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship

11、between expression and content. A Word B Morpheme C Allomorph D Root2005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 six-year D eight-year33. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the No

12、rtheast, 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 .A Mary Shelley B Charlotte Bront C Elizabeth C. Gaskell D Jane Austen36. Wh

13、ich 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 stories D his novels38. Syntax is the study of .A language functions B sentenc

14、e structures C textual organization D word formation39. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A Arbitrariness. B Productivity.C Cultural transmission. D Finiteness.40. The speech act theory was first put forward by .A John Searle B John Austin C Noam Chomsky D M.A.K.

15、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 C Wellington D Hamilton33. Who were the natives of Australia before the a

16、rrival 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 following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A T. S. Eliot. B D.H. Lawrence

17、. 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 ONeill D Ernest Hemingway37. is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.A Free verse B Sonnet C Ode D Epigram38. What essen

18、tially 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 synonyms D collocational synonyms40. The distinction between parole and langue was made by

19、 .A Halliday B Chomsky C Bloomfield D Saussure 参考答案BCADA DBDBD2007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 respectively EXCEPT .A the Anglos B the Celts C the Jutes D the Saxons32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by .A the M

20、onarch B the President C the Prime Minister D the Governor-general33. The Declaration of Independence was written by .A Thomas Jefferson B George WashingtonC Alexander Hamilton D James Madison34. The original inhabitants of Australia were .A the Red Indians B the Eskimos C the Aborigines D the Maori

21、s35. 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 D Australian37. Death of a Salesman was written by .A Arthur Miller B Ernest HemingwayC Ra

22、lph 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 speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT .A lexicalB syntacticC phonological D psycholing

23、uistic40. 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 meaningC meaning shift D loss of meaning参考答案 CDACD CABDA2008年英语专八人文知识真题31. The largest city in Canada is .A. Vancouver B. Montr

24、eal 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. the Conress33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?A. Baseball. B. Tennis. C. Basketball. D. Amer

25、ican football.34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is .A. the President B. the Governor-GeneralC. the British monarch D. the Prime Minister35. The Caterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by .A. Willia

26、n 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.37. All of the following are well-know female writers in 20th-century Britain EXCEPT .A. George Eliot B. Iris Jean Murdoch C. Dor

27、is 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 of sentence is Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry? A simple sentence. B. A coordinate sentence. C. A complex se

28、ntence. D. None of the above.40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called .A. hyponymy B. synonymy C. Polysemy D.homonymy参考答案BCADBBDACD2009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

29、the monarch of the United Kingdom.32. The capital of Scotland is .A Glasgow B Edinburgh C Manchester D London33. 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 lo

30、cated 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 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 Herm

31、an Melville. D Theodore Dreiser.37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by .A Thomas Hardy B John Galsworthy C D.H. Lawrence D James Joyce38. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is .A corpus linguistics B sociolinguisticsC theoretical linguistics D psycholing

32、uistics39. 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 C pidgin D register40. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing .A

33、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、AThomas Jefferson. 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.20

34、10年英语专八人文知识真题31. Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. the British Constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215B. the British Constitution includes Parliamentary actsC. the British Constitution includes decisions made by courts of law答案D：The British Constitution includes one single written constit

35、ution32. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec B. Vancouver C. Toronto D. Montreal答案A：Quebec33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. B. 1788C. 1900D. 1901答案D：190134. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the plantation slavery in the south of US was issued byA.

36、 Abraham Lincoln B. Thomas Paine C. George Washington D. Thomas Jefferson答案A：Abraham Lincoln35.Who was best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems?A. Will Blake B. W.B.Yeats C. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth答案C：Robert Browning36. The Financier was written byA. Mark Twain B

37、. 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. rhyme答案A：Allegory38._ refers to the learning and development of a languageA. language acquisition B. language comprehension C. language productio

38、n 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. conversion C. blending D. acronym答案C：blending40.Language is tool of communication, the symbol “highway closed” servesA. B.C. a performative func

39、tion 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 Ireland B. Wales C. England D. ScotlandTIP：选D。英国最北端是苏格兰。32. It is generally agreed that _ were the first Europeans to reach Australias shores.A. the French B. the Germans

40、C. the British D. the DutchTIP：选D。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 Maple Leaf?A. Canada. B. New Zealand. C. Great Britain. D. The United States of America.TIP：选A。加拿大被誉为“枫叶之国”。34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sens

41、e, 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. Virginia Woolf was an important female _ in the 20th-century England.A. poet B. biographer C. playwright D. 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。

42、36. _ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nations history.A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. ElegyTIP：选C。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 Fu

43、ry.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类诠释和解读。 38. _ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A. Semantics B. Pragmatics C. Cognitive linguistics D. SociolinguisticsTIP：选C。认知语言学认

44、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 English because of _.A. absence of obstruction 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

45、 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. Creole C. Multilingualism D. 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.

46、 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 bounded on the north byA. the Pacific Ocean. B. the Atlantic Ocean

47、. 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. B. Ernest Hemingway. C. Scott Fitzgerald. D. John Steinbeck.3

48、7. The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company is an example ofA. exaggeration. B. understatement. C. personification. D. synecdoche.38. In English ifa 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.del

49、etion 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 calledA. register. B. dialect. C. slang. D. variety 参考答案31. D. New Zealand 32. B. state 33

50、. A. July 4th34. C. the Arctic Ocean 35. D. T.S.Eliot36. A. William Faulkner 37. C. personification 38. B. sequential rule 39. D. Disco 40. A. registerKeys: 31. 澳大利亚的全称是：the commonwealth of Austrilia 32. 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

51、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. Warrens 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 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. V

52、ancouver 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 isA. the Roman Catholic Church B. the United Reformed ChurchC. the Anglican Church D. the

53、 Methodist Church34. The 13 former British colonies in North America declared independence from Great Britain inA. 1774 B. 1775 C. 1776 D. 177735. “Grace under pressure” is an outstanding virtue of _ heroes.A. Scott Fitzgeralds B. Ernest Hemingways C. Eugene ONeills D. William Faulkners36. Widowers House was written byA. William Butler Yeats B. George Bernard Shaw C. John Galsw