1、英语专业八级 11 年人文知识真题1. The northernmost part of Britain is _.A. Northern Ireland B. Scotland C. England D. Wales2. It is generally agreed that _ were the first Europeans to arrive Australias shores.A. the French B. the Germans C. the British D. the Dutch3. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Le
2、af?A. Canada B. New Zealand C. Great Britain D. The United States of America4. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American revolution?A. Thomas Jefferson B. Thomas Paine C. John Adams D. Thomas Jefferson5. Virginia Woolf was an important _ in the 20th century England?A. poet
3、 B. biographer C. playwright D. novelist6. _ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nations history.A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. Elegy7. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century?A. The Great Gatsby B. The Sun Also RisesC. The Sound
4、 and the Fury D. Beyond the Horizon8. _ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A. Semantics B. Pragmatics C. Cognitive linguistics D. Sociolinguistics9. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of _A. absence on obstruction B. presence of obstructionC.
5、manner of articulation D. place of articulation10. The definition “the act of using, or promoting the use of, several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community speakers” refers to _A. Pidgen B. Creole C. Multilingualism D. Bilingualism英语专业八级 10 年人文知识真题1. Which of the following sta
6、tements in INCORRECT?A. The British constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215.B. The British constitution includes Parliamentary acts.C. The British constitution includes decisions made by courts of law.D. The British constitution includes one single written constitution.2. The first city ever f
7、ounded in Canada isA. Quebec. B. Vancouver. C. Toronto. D. Montreal.3. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. 1770. B. 1788. C. 1900. D. 1901.4. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the U.S. was issued byA. Abraham Lincoln. B. T
8、homas Paine.C. George Washington. D. Thomas Jefferson.5. _ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poemsA. Will Blake B. W.B. Yeats C. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth6. The Financier is written byA. Mark Twain. B. Henry James. C. William Faulkner. D. Theodore Dreiser.7. In
9、 literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined asA. allegory. B. sonnet. C. blank verse. D. rhyme.8. _ refers to the learning and development of a language.A. Language acquisition B. Language comprehensionC. Language production D. Language instruction9. The word “ Motel” come
10、s from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of _ in morphology.A. backformation B. conversion C. blending D. acronym10. Language is t tool of communication. The symbol “ Highway Closed” on a highway servesA. an expressive function. B. an informative function.C. a performative function. D. a persuasiv
11、e function.英语专业八级 09 年人文知识真题1. The Head of State of New Zealand is _.A. the governor-general B. the Prime Minister C. the high commissioner D. the monarch of United Kingdom2. The capital of Scotland is _.A. Glasgow B. Edinburgh C. Manchester D. London3. Who write the Declaration of Independence and
12、later became the U.S. President ?A. Thomas Jefferson B. George Washington C. Thomas Paine D. John Adams4. Which is the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia ?A. Perth B. Adelaide C. Sydney D. Melbourne5. Ode to the West Wind was written by _.A. Willian Blake B. Willian Wordsw
13、orth C. Samuel Taylor Coleridege D. Percy Bysshe Shelley6. Who among the following is a poet of free verse ? A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Walt Whitman C. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser7. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by _. A. Thomas Hardy B. John Galworhty C. D.H. Lawrence D. James Joyce8.
14、 The sstudy of mental processes of language comprehension and production is _.A. corpus linguistics B. sociolinguistics C. theoretical linguistics D. psycholinguistics9. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called _
15、. A. dialect B. idiolect C. pidgin D. register10. When a speake expresses his intension 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英语专业八级 08 年人文知识真题1. The largest city in Canada
16、is_.A. Vancouver. B. Montreal. C. Toronto D. Ottawa.2. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in_.A. the Federal Government. B. the Supreme Court.C. the Cabinet. D. the Congress.3. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?A. Baseball. B.
17、 Tennis. C. Basketball. D. American football.4. 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.5. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an im
18、portant poetic work by_.A. William Langland. B. Geoffrey Chaucer. C. William Shakespeare. D. Alfred Tennyson.6. Who wrote The American? A. Herman Melville. B. Nathaniel Hawthorne. C. Henry James. D. Theodore Dreiser.7. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCEP
19、T_.A. George Eliot. B. Iris Jean Murdoch. C. Doris Lessing. D. Muriel Spark.8. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness. B. Displacement. C. Duality. D. Diachronicity.9. What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”?A. A simp
20、le sentence. B. A coordinate sentence. C. A complex sentence. D. None of the above.10. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called_.A. hyponymy. B. synonymy. C. polysemy. D. homonymy.英语专业八级 07 年人文知识真题1The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents
21、 of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPTA the Anglos B the Celts C the Jutes D the Saxons2 The Head of State of Canada is represented byA the MonarchB the President C the Prime MinisterD the Governor-general3 The Declaration of Independence was written byA Thomas Jefferson B George Washingto
22、nC Alexander Hamilton D James Madison4 The original inhabitants of Australia wereA the Red Indians B the Eskimos. C the Aborigines D the Maoris.5 Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte? A Oliver Twist B Middlemarch. C Jane Eyre D Wuthering Heights.6 William Butler Yeats was a(n)_
23、poet and playwrightA American B Canadian C Irish D Australian7 Death of a Salesman was written byA Arthur MillerB Ernest Hemingway. C Ralph EllisonD James Baldwin.8 _ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A Phonology B Morphology C Semantics D Socioli
24、nguistics9 The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPTA lexical B syntactic C phonological D psycholinguistic10 The word tail once referred to the “the tail of a horse”，but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal”. This is an example ofA widening of meaning B
25、narrowing of meaning.C meaning shift D loss of meaning英语专业八级 06 年人文知识真题1 The President during the American Civil War wasA Andrew Jackson. B Abraham LincolnC Thomas Jefferson D George Washington2 The capital of New Zealand isA Christchurch B AucklandC Wellington D Hamilton 3 Who were the natives of A
26、ustralia before the arrival of the British setters?A The Aborigines B The MaoriC The Indians D The Eskimos4 The Prime Minister in Britain is head of A the Shadow Cabinet B the ParliamentC the OppositionD the Cabinet 5 Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A TSEliot B DHLawrenc
27、eC Theodore Dreiser. D James Joyce6 The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written byA Scott Fitzgerald B William Faulkner.C Eugene ONeill D Ernest Hemingway7 _ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.A Free verse B Sonnet C Ode D Epigram8 What essentially d
28、istinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion ofA reference B meaning C antonymy D context.9 The words“kid，child，offspring”are examples ofA dialectal synonyms B stylistic synonyms. C emotive synonyms D collocational synonyms.10 The distinction between parole and langue was made byA Halliday B
29、Chomsky C BIoomfieId D Saussure英语专业八级 05 年人文知识真题1 _ is the capital city of Canada.A. Vancouver B. Ottawa C. Montreal D. York2 U.S. presidents normally serve a(n)_term.A. two-year B. four-year C. six-year D. eight-year3 Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U. S. ?A. Huston.
30、B. Boston. C. Baltimore. D. Philadelphia.4 _ is the state church in England.A. The Roman Catholic Church B. The Baptist ChurchC. The Protestant Church D. The Church of England5 The novel Emma is written byA. Mary Shelley. B. Charlotte Bronte. C. Gaskell. D. Jane Austen.6 Which of the following is NO
31、T a romantic poet?A. William Wordsworth.B. George Elliot. C. George G. Byron. D. Percy B. Shelley.7 William Sidney Porter, known as 0. Henry, is most famous forA. his poems. B. his plays. C. his short stories.D. his novels.8 Syntax is the study ofA. language functions. B. sentence structures. C. tex
32、tual organization. D. word formation.9 Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness. B. Productivity. C. Cultural transmission. D. Finiteness.10 The speech act theory was first put forward byA. John Searle. B. John Austin. C. Noam Chomsky. D. M. A, K. Halliday.
