TEM-8人文知识汇总(练习题)
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TEM8人文知识练习01TEM8-20091.The Head of State of New Zealand is _____ ・A. the governor-general.B. the Prime Minister.C. the high commissione匚D・ the monarch of the United Kingdom.2.The capital of Scotland is _____ ・A. Glasgow.B. Edinburgh.C・ Manchester. D. London・3.Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President?A・ Thomas Jeffers on. B・George Washington.C. Thomas Paine. D・John Adams.4.Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia?A. Perth.B. Adelaide.C. Sydney.D. Melbourne.5.Ode to the West Wind was written by_____ ・A. William Blake.B. William Wordsworth.C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.D. Percy B. Shelley.6.Who among the following is a poet of free verse?A. Ralph Waldo Emerson.B. Walt Whitman・C. Herman MelvilleD. Theodore Dreiser.7.The novel Sons and厶overs was written byA. Thomas Hardy.B. John Galsworthy.C・ D・H. Lawrence・ D. James Joyce・8.The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is _____ ・A. corpus linguistics.B. sociolinguistics.C. theoretical linguistics. D・ psycholinguistics-9.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. register.10.When a speaker expresses his intention 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 aboveTEM8-20081 ・ The largest citv in Canada 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. 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 important poetic work by ______ ・A. William Langland. C. William Shakespeare ・ 6. Who wrote The American Tragedy?A. Hennan Melville.B. Nathaniel Hawthorne.C. Henry James.D. Theodore Dreiser.7. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th centuiy Britain EXCEPT _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/5?A. A simple 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 fonn is calledA. hyponymy ・B. synonymy ・C. polysemy ・ D ・ homonymy.TEM8-20071. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPTA. the AnglosB. the CeltsC ・(he Jutes D. the Saxons2. The Head of State of Canada is represented by _____ ・A. the MonarchB. the PresidentC. the Prime Minister D ・ the Governor-general3. The Declaration of Independence was writte n by _______ .A. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Alexander HamiltonD. James Madison4. The original inhabitants of Australia were ______ ・A. the Red Indians B ・ the EskimosC. the AboriginesD. the Maoris5. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?A. Oliver TwistB. MiddlemarchC. Jane EyreD. Wu the ring Heights6. William Butler Yeats was a(n) _____ poet and playwright.A. American B ・ CanadianC. IrishD. AustralianB. Geoffrey Chaucer.D. Alfred Tennyson.7. Death of a Salesman was written by ______ ・A. Arthur MillerB. Ernest HemingwayC. Ralph EllisonD. James Baldwin& ______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation ・A. PhonologyB. MorphologyC ・ Semantics D. Sociolinguistics9. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT _____ ・A. lexical B ・ syntacticC. phonologicalD. psycholinguistic10. The word tail once referred to "the tail of a horse 冷 but now it is used to mean "the tail of any animal.” This isan example of _____ .A. widening of meaning C. meaning shift TEM8-20061. The Presidents during the American Civil War was ____ .A. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas Jefferson D ・ George Washington2. The capital of New Zeal a nd is __ ・A. ChristchurchB. AucklandC. WellingtonD. Hamilton3. Who were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settlers?A. The AboriginesB. The MaoriC. The IndiansD. The Eskimos4. The Prime Minister in Britain is head of ____ .A. the Shadow CabinetB. the ParliamentC. the Opposition D ・ the Cabinet5. Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A. T. S. EliotB. D. H. LawrenceC ・ Theodore Dreiser D. James Joyce6. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by ____ ・A. Scott FitzgeraldB. William FaulknerC. Eugene O'Neil D ・ Ernest Hemingway7. ___ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.A. Free verseB. SonnetC ・ Ode D. Epigram8. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of _____ ・A ・ reference B. meaningC. antonymy D ・ con text9. The words "kid, child, offspring 11 are examples of ____ ・A. dialectal synonymsB. stylistic synonymsC. emotive synonyms D ・ collocational synonyms10. The distinction between parole and langue was made by _____ •A. HalliayB. ChomskyC ・ BloomfieldD ・ SaussureB. narrowing of meaningD. loss of meaningTEM8-20051・ ____ is the capital city of Canada ・A. VancouverB. OttawaC. MontrealD. York2. U.S. presidents normally serves a (an) _________teirn.A. two-yearB. four-yearC. six-year D ・ e ight-year3. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.? A ・ Huston ・ B. Boston.C. Baltimore. 4. ______ is the state church in England.A. The Roman Catholic Church. C. The Protestant Church 5. The novel Emma is written by _____ ・A. Mary Shelley. C. Elizabeth C. GaskelL 6. Which of following is NOT a romantic poet?A. William Wordsworth.B. George Elliot.C. George G. Byron.D. Percy B. Shelley.7. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for _____A. his poems.B. his plays.C. his short stories- D ・ his novels & Syntax is the study of _____ ・A ・ 1 anguage functions ・ B. sentence structures ・ C ・ textual 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 by ______ .A. John Searle.B. John Austin.C. Noam Chomsky.D. M.A.K. Halliday.KEY:TEM8-2009: DBACD BCDCATEM8-200& CDABB CADBDTEM8-2007: CDACD CABDATEM8-2006: BCADA DBDBDTEM8-2005: BBADD BCBDB D. Philadelphia ・B. The Baptist ChurchD. The Church of EnglandB. Charlotte Bronte.D. Jane Austen.。
专八人文知识试题
专业英语八级人文知识1. All of the Great Lakes are shared between the United States and Canada EXCEPT (C)A. Lake OntarioB. Lake SuperiorC. Lake MichiganD. Lake Erie2. Which group of people can Not vote in the British general election? (B)A. member in the House of CommonsB. Lords in the House of LordsC. the UK citizens above the age of 18D. the UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic3. Walt Whitman helped to promote the development of (D)A. sonnetB. coupletC. blank verseD. free verse4. Speech is the primary medium of language.5. The first English colony in America established in Jamestown.6. In the 1960s, the Beatles became world famous and turned their hometown of Liverpool into a place of pilgrimage.7. The Angles and Saxons are the ancestors of the English people today.8. Prometheus Unbound was written by Shelly.9. Walt Whitman’s O Captain! My Captain! was written in memorial of Lincoln.10. Saussure puts forward the distinction between diachronic studies and synchronic studies.11. The majority of back-formed words are verbs.12. Illocutionary act is the act performed in saying something; it is an expression of the speaker’s intention.13. Washington D.C, capital of the United States, is named after George Washington and Christopher Columbus.14. English didn’t became the official; language of the English until 14th after the Hundred Years’ War.15. Martin Eden is Jack London’s masterpiece and it is somewhat autobiog raphical.16. The Input Hypothesis was put forward by Krashen.17. A series of dynastic civil wars between supporters of the House of Lancaster and the House of York in the 15th century are also known as the wars of the Roses.18. The oldest newspaper in Australia is The Sydney Morning Herald.19. The Gift of the Magi was written by O’ Henry.20. Nouns’ verbs and adjectives can be classified as open class words.21. Which of the following sports originated from Scotland? (A)A GolfB FootballC BasketballD Tennis22. The Second largest racial and ethnic group in the United Stated is (B)A the whiteB the HispanicsC ChineseD the Blacls23. Martin Luther King, Jr. who delivered a famous speech named I HAVE A DREAM was the leader of Civil Rights Movement in USA.24. Which of the following is the largest province in Canada? (A)A QuebecB SaskatchewanC OntarioD British Columbia25. Robert Louis Stevenson is a representative of Neo-Romanticism in English literature.26. Both of phonology and phonetics are concerned with the study of speech sounds.27. Male/female, married/single and alive/dead are examples of complementarity.28. The Sapir-Worf hypothesis is about language and thought.29. The symbol marking the declination of the British Empire is THE SUEZ CANAL CRISIS.30. The colonists first settled in South Australia in Australia.31.In the 20th century, under the influence of Freud’s theory of psycho-analysis, a number of writers adopted the stream of consciousness method of novel writing.32. Componential analysis refers to an approach adopted by structural semanticists in describing the meaning of words and phrases.33. Second Language Acquisition concentrates on code.34. The components of the British Parliament: the House of Lord, the House of Commons and the Queen/King.35. Quebec is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population.36. The Australian National Day is chosen to commemorate the first European settlement of the continent.37. The Catcher in the Rye was written by Jerome David Salinger.38. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal has been called a great comedy of manners.39. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a type of situation is a register.40. Quantity Maxim means that in conversation we should be as informative as required.41. Canada is the second largest country in the word.42. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is considered as an anti-utopian novel.43. Toni Morrison is the first American black woman writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.1.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____A Jack LondonB Charles DickensC Samuel ColeridgeD Ernest Hemingway2.In which novel can "Yahoo" be found?A John Bunyan's Pilgrim's ProgressB Edmund Spencer's The Faerie QueenC Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's TravelsD Henry Fielding's Tom Jones3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____A J.D. SalingerB Jack LondonC Flannery O'ConnorD Saul Bellow4.The image of the famous "henpecked husband" is created by____A Washington IrvingB Fennimore CooperC Edith WhartonD William Dean Howells5.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be ____A O'NeilB PoundC Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald6.____ is the most important person of the transcendental club.A HawthornB WhitmanC EmersonD Hemingway7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____A fridendshipB love and marriageC life and deathD war and peace8.Robert Frost is a famous ____A novelistB playwrightC poetD literary critic9.Dover Beach is written by ____A Robert BrowningB Alfred TennysonC Mathew ArnoldD Dylan Thomas10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States.A Age of RealismB Age of ClasicalismC Age of RomanticismD Age of Renaissance答案详解：1.D 《老人与海》是海明威的作品。
专八人文知识(1)及答案
Chapter 1 Invitations to LinguisticsUnit 11. Syntax is the study of ____. (TEM 8, 2005)A. language functionsB. sentence structuresC. textual organizationD. word formation2. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language? (TEM 8, 2005)A. ArbitrarinessB. ProductivityC. Cultural transmissionD. Finiteness3. The distinction between parole and langue is made by ____. (TEM 8, 2006)A. HallidayB. ChomskyC. BloomfieldD. Saussure4. The description of a language at some point in history is called a ____ study.A. prescriptiveB. synchronicC. descriptiveD. diachronic5. ____ is the study of language in relation to the mind.A. Historical linguisticsB. PsycholinguisticsC. SemanticsD. Morphology6. Which of the following theories is NOT about the origin of language? ____A. Divine-origin theoryB. Speech act theoryC. Invention theoryD. Evolution theory7. The function of the sentence “A nice day, isn’t it?” is ____.A. directiveB. informativeC. phaticD. emotive8. ____ is regarded as “father of modern linguistics”.A. HallidayB. WhorfC. SaussureD. Chomsky9. The study which applies the findings of linguistics to teaching English as a foreign language is often referred to as ____.A. psycholinguisticsB. applied linguisticsC. pragmaticsD. sociolinguisticsAnswers:1-5: BDDBB 6-9: BCCBUnit 21. ____ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation. (TEM 8, 2007)A. PhonologyB. MorphologyC. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics2. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language? ___(TEM 8, 2008)A. ArbitrarinessB. DisplacementC. DualityD. Diachronicity3. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is ____ (TEM 8, 2009)A. corpus linguisticsB. sociolinguisticsC. theoretical linguisticsD. psycholinguistics4. ____ is the knowledge of the rules of an ideal spe aker’s language.A. PerformanceB. CapacityC. AbilityD. Competence5. Which of the following is NOT a major branch of linguistics? ____A. PhoneticsB. PragmaticsC. SpeechD. Sociolinguistics6. The fact that different languages have different words for the same object is a good illustration of the ____ feature of language.A. dualityB. displacementC. arbitrarinessD. productivity7. In traffic lights, red can only mean stop. But in human languages, limited phonemes can form numerous words which can form unlimited sentences. This is a good illustration of the ____ feature of language.A. dualityB. displacementC. arbitrarinessD. cultural transmission8. In linguistics, the study of meaning is called ____.A. phonologyB. morphologyC. semanticsD. sociolinguistics9. The study of language as a whole is usually called ____.A. applied linguisticsB. sociolinguisticsC. general linguisticsD. psycholinguisticsAnswers:1-5: BDDDC 6-9: CACCUnit 31. Which of the following modes of study emphasizes the “standards” of language? ____A. DescriptiveB. PrescriptiveC. SynchronicD. Diachronic2. The distinction between competence and performance is made by ____.A. SaussureB. BloomfieldC. SapirD. Chomsky3. Which of the following does NOT belong to the Indo-European family? ____A. FrenchB. BengaliC. ChineseD. Polish4. That language can be used to refer to things that are not present in time or space is a good illustration of the ____ feature of language.A. dualityB. displacementC. arbitrarinessD. productivity5. ____ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community.A. DialectB. ParoleC. LangueD. Performance6. Which of the following statements about language is NOT true? ____A. Language is a systemB. Language is symbolicC. Animals also have languagesD. Language is arbitrary7. The fact that we can always write new sentences to express our new ideas is a good illustration of the ____ feature of language.A. dualityB. displacementC. arbitrarinessD. productivity8. According to Saussure, ____ refers to the real utterances produced by real people in real situation.A. performanceB. langueC. paroleD. competence9. The study of the relationship between language and gender is in the realm of ____.A. psycholinguisticsB. sociolinguisticsC. pragmaticsD. applied linguistics Answers:1-5: BDCBC 6-9: CDCB。
英语专八人文知识习题与答案
英语专八人文知识习题与答案英语专八人文知识习题与答案__1__ The study of __ is Syntax. A、textual organizationB、sentence structuresC、word formationD、 language functions__2__ Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A、arbitrarinessB、productivityC、cultural transmission D finiteness__3__ The speech act theory was first put forward by__.A、John ScarlB、Johan AustinC、Noarn ChomskyD、M.A.K Halliday__4__ The capital city of Canada is __.A、MontrealB、OttawaC、VancouverD、York__5__ U.S. presidents normally serve a (an) __ term.A、eight-yearB、four-yearC、six-yearD、two year__6__ Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.A、HustonB、BaltimoreC、PhiladelphiaD、Boston__7__The state church in England is __.A、The BaptistB、The Roman CatholicC、The Protestant ChurchD、The Church of England__8__ The novel Emma is written by__.A、Jane AustenB、Elizabeth GaskellC、Charlotte BronteD、Mary Shelley__9__ Which of the following is not a Romantic Poet?A、William WordsworthB、Percy B. ShelleyC、George G. ByronD、George Eliot__10__ William Sidney Porter, known as O.Henry, is most famous for __.A、his poemB、his playsC、His novelsD、his short stories答案: 1-5 BDBBB 6-10 ADADD1. 选B。
专八人文知识测试题16套含答案.doc
Test 11.In Britain, where does the Changing of the Guard take place?a)Buckingham Palace.b)Downing Street.c)Victoria and Albert Museum.d)The Tower of London.2.What is a double-decker?a) A bus.b) A chocolate bar.c) A taxi. d) A two-storey building.3.Of all the symbols, ________, which are considered to representfertility and new life, are those most frequently associated with Easter.a)the pumpkin and the turkeyb)the lamb and the beefc)the spring peas and the potatoesd)the egg and the rabbit4.The first landing by Europeans in Australia was in 1606, butwhat is their nationality?a) Dutch. b) French.c) Spanish. d) British.5.Middle English was used by the poet _______.a) Hardy b) Chaucerc) Shakespeare d) Milton6.“A Tale of Two Cities” w as written by ______.a) William Shakespeare b) Goeffrey Chaucerc) Charles Dickens d) Thomas Jefferson7.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects oflife. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?a) Religion and immortality. b) Life and Death.c) Love and marriage. d) War and peace.8.What three components, generally, make up a system of atypical language?a)Phonology, syntax, semantics.b)Semiosis, syntax, frames.c)Frames, semantics, utterances.d)Sign, sign, signs.9.Of the following word-formation processes, _______ is themost productive.a) clipping b) blendingc) initialism d) derivation10.“The pen is mightier than the sword.” is an example of ______.a) metonymy b) transferred epithetc) oxymoron d) metaphorc) dialect d) narrativeTest 21.What is the affectionate name given to the clock tower of theHouses of Parliament, Westminster?a) Big Ben. b) Big Ken.c) Big Bill. d) Big Bob.2.Which of these sports did not originate in UK?a) Cricket. b) Snooker.c) Football (Soccer). d) Golf.3.Which town has been nicknamed ‘Tinseltown’ by theAmericans?a) New Orleans. b) Reno.c) Hollywood. d) Las Vegas.4.What is the other official language in Canada besides Englishand what is Canada’s capital?a) French. Ottawa. b) Spanish, Ottawa.c) Spanish, Toronto. d) French, Toronto.5.Which English poet wrote of Adam and Eve’s expulsion fromthe Garden of Eden in Paradise Lost?a) John Donne. b) John Milton.c) Sir Philip Sidney. d) Edmund Spenser.6._______ died of tuberculosis at the age of 26, but not beforeleaving an impressive body of poems, including “To Autumn”and “Ode on Melancholy”.a) John Keats b) Lord Byronc) Samuel Taylor Coleridge d) Percy Bysshe Shelley7.Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. Hisinnovation first of all lies in his use of ______, poetry without afixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.a) Blank verse b) Heroic coupletc) Free verse d) Iambic pentameter8.Of the following words, ______ is an initialism.a) VOA b) NATOc) BASIC d) UNESCO9.Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping?a) Dorm. b) Motel.c) Gent. d) Zoo.10.A regional variety of a language that has variations inpronunciation, vocabulary or meaning is called _______.a) accent b) slangc) Morphology. d) Semantics.Test 31.The Channel Tunnel, linking the UK to the rest of Europe, runsbetween England and ______.a) France b) Germanyc) Belgium d) Netherlands2.What’s the name of the day set apa rt in USA for planting trees?a) Earth Day.b) Ann Arbor Day.c) Arbor Day. d) Green Day.3.What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to NewEngland in 1620?a) Golden Hinde. b) Sunflower.c) Mayflower. d) Titanic.4.What are the official colours of Australia?a) Red, White and Blue. b) Green and Gold.c) Green and Brown. d) Green and Red.5._______ is the first important governess novel in the Englishliterary history.a) Jane Eyre b) Emmac) Wuthering Heights d) Middlemarch6._______ was a pre-Romantic writer and is best known for hisScottish songs.a) Sir Walter Scott b) Robert Burnsc) Samuel Taylor Coleridge d) William Blake7.Mark Twain did NOT write _______.a)The Prince and the Pauperb)The Old Curiosity Shopc)Pudd’nhead W ilsond)Tom Sawyer8.Which of the following is NOT a dialect of English?a) Slang. b) Buffalo.c) American. d) Southern.9.Some words in the basic word stock are said to be stablebecause they ______.a)are complex wordsb)are technical wordsc)refer to the commonest things in lifed)denote the most important concepts10.W hat is defined as “the study of sentence structure”?a) Syntax.b) Phonology.c) “railroad”d) “taxi”Test 41.What colour is the British classified business telephonedirectory?a) Yellow. b) White.c) Blue. d) Pink.2.What does IMF stand for?a)International Monetary Foundation.b)International Monetary Fund.c)Internal Money Foundation.d)Internal Monetary Fund.3.What do Americans celebrate on 4th July?a) Thanksgiving Day. b) The Revolution.c) The Discovery of America. d) Independence Day.4.What is Canada’s national animal?a) Beaver. b) Moose.c) Bear. d) Husky.5.Which play by Shakespeare is not a tragedy?a) Titus Andronicus. b) Pericles, Prince of Tyre.c) Coriolanus. d) Timon of Athens.6.What is the book Lord of the Flies about?a) A road trip around the USA.b) A swarm of killer flies.c)Schoolboys on a desert island.d)An expert pilot.7.Nathaniel Hawthorne did NOT write _______.a) The Scarlet Letter b) Twice Told Talesc) The Blithedale Romance d) Vanity Fair8.Morphology is _______.a)how a word’s meaning evolves over timeb)the way a language builds words by putting small,meaningful units togetherc)how a word’s spelling evolves over timed)in what order words are put in a sentence9.Which of the following words can be described as containing anaffricate?a) Pill. b) Huffle.c) Hammer. d) Budged.10.The word ______ is usually NOT used by British people.a) “tube”b) “pub”Test 51.In the United Kingdom, ministers are appointed by the Queenon the recommendation of ______.a) the Speaker b) the Lord Chancellorc) the Duke of Edinburgh d) the Prime Minister2.Who was the first person to walk on the moon?a) John Glenn. b) Clint Eastwood.c) Neil Armstrong. d) Yuri Gagarin.3.How many states are there in the US?a) 49. b) 50. c) 51.d) 52.4.What is the title of Canada’s national anthem?a) True Patriot Love. b) God Save the Queen.c) Canada My Country. d) O Canada.5.Who wrote “Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise”?a) Browning. b) Marx.c) Shakespeare. d) Kipling.6._______ is the author of “To a Skylark”.a) Mary Lamb b) John Keatsc) Percy Bysshe Shelley d) Lord Byron7.Henry David Thoreau’s work, ________, has always beenregarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.a) Walden b) The pioneersc) Nature d) Song of Myself8.What is etymology?a)The history of a word.b)The various ways in which a word can be pronounced.c)The study of unwritten languages.d)The study of dead languages.9.________ are bound morphemes because they cannot be used asseparate words.a) Roots. b) Stems.c) Affixes.d) Compounds.10.W hat is the dominant accent in the United States?a) Midwest. b) General American.c) Southern. d) Canadian.Test 61.The vegetable, leek, is the emblem for which part of the UK?a) Wales. b) Northern Ireland.c) Scotland. d) England.2.John Lennon is a member of the band of ______ in the 1960s.a) The Beatles b) The Policec) The Rolling Stones d) The Eagles3.What is the title of the United States of America’s nationalanthem?a) America the Beautiful. b) We Are The Champions.c) God Bless America. d) The Star Spangled Banner.4.How many territories are there in Canada?a) 4.b) 2. c) 3. d) 1.5.In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift describes the island ofthe Houyhnhnms as the world’s most perfect society. What kind of animals are the Houyhnhnms?a) Monkeys. b) Fish.c) Dogs. d) Horses.6.In which cent ury were Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Taleswritten?a) Fourteenth. b) fifteenth.c) Sixteenth. d) Seventeenth.7.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literaryscene, _______ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.a) sentimentalism b) romanticismc) realism d) naturalism8.To which of these language groups does English belong?a) Romance.b) Germanic.c) Slavonic. d) Baltic.9.“Present” and “absent” form a pair of _______.a) conversives b) gradable antonymsc) complementary antonyms d) marked antonyms10.T he morpheme is the smallest syntactical unit. How manymorphemes does the word “antidisestablishmentarianism” have?a) 1. b) 5. c) 7.d) 6.Test 71.What is the name of the famous stadium in the north of London?a) Wembley. b) Westminster.c) Wimbledon. d) Webster.2.What would you do with a “toad-in-the-hole”?a) Let it out. b) Sing it.c) Eat it. d) Play it.3.Martin Luther King Jr., a young black clergyman, became anational leader of the _______ Movement.a) Boycott b) Civil Rightsc) Segregation d) Integration4.The majority of French-speaking Canadians live in _______.a) New Brunswick b) Ontarioc) Quebec d) Nova Scotia5.Sir Thom as More coined the word “Utopia”. What does theword mean in Greek?a) Nowhere land. b) God’s blessings.c) Kingdom in the sky. d) Free from all sorrow.6.Where did Aldous Huxley get the title for Brave New World,which presents a chilling vision of a supposedly ideal society?a)The Bible’s Book of Psalms.b)Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”.c)Homer’s “Odyssey”.d)Christopher Columbus’ journals.7.The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their________.a) indestructible spirit b) pessimistic view of lifec) war experiences d) masculinity8.Which of the following does affect the register that we speakin?a) Conversational partner. b) Context.c) Social status. d) Gender.9.What is the smallest segment of sound that comprises the basicbuilding blocks of a language?a) Morphemes.b) Teramemes.c) Metamemes. d) Phonemes.10.T he ambiguity in “Pass the port” is caused by _______.a) lexical items b) a grammatical structurec) homonymy d) polysemyTest 81.Which of these is the patron saint of Wales?a) St. Patrick. b) St. David.c) St. Andrew. d) St. George.2.Where is the official residence of the British prime Minister?a) Constitution Hill. b) Downing Street.c) Whitehall Place. d) The Strand.3.Which American president freed the slaves?a) Thomas Jefferson. b) George Washington.c) Abraham Lincoln. d) Bill Clinton.4.Who said: “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all menare created equal”?a) Bill Clinton. b) George Washington.c) Richard Nixon. d) Thomas Jefferson.5.W ho was the author of the famous storybook Alice’s Adventuresin Wonderland?a) Rudyard Kipling. b) John Keatsc) Lewis Carroll. d) H.G. Wells.6.Sonnets from the ______ is regarded as Elizabeth BarrettBrowing’s best work.a) Spanish b) Portuguesec) French d) Italian7.Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influenceover _______.a) Ezra Pound b) Ralph Waldo Emersonc) Robert Frost d) Emily Dickinson8.The dictionary of a language can be called ________.a) pragmatics b) semanticsc) lexicon d) grammar9.Which of the following is NOT associated with “Parentese”(how an adult talks to a child)?a) Yes or no questions. b) High pitch.c) Long sentences. d) Exaggerated intonation.10.T he group of words _______ make up a semantic field.a)“father, teacher, son, brother”b)“red, white, rose, milk”c)“sorrow, grief, anguish, regret”d)“socks, slippers, shoes, glass”Test 91.Which famous writer was born in Stratford-upon-Avon?a) Geoffrey Chaucer. b) Agatha Christie.c) William Shakespeare. d) Thomas Hardy.2.In which year was the independence from England declared?a) 1679. b) 1876. c) 1776. d) 1779.3.Which of these U.S.A. states has been frequently called “thearmpit of the Nation”?a) New Jersey. b) Washington.c) Maine. d) Montana.4.Which of the following is Canada’s national symbol?a) Sunflower. b) Maple leaf.c) Golden wattle. d) Rose.5.How many lines does a sonnet have?a) 10. b) 12. c) 14. d) They vary.6.________ is considered to be the best-known English dramatistsince Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.a) Richard Sheridan b) Oliver Goldsmithc) Oscar Wilde d) Bernard Shaw7._______ is the title of the 1818 novel by Mary WollstonecraftShelley.a) Spiderman b) Draculac) Frankenstein d) The Mummy8.The four major modes of semantic changes are _______.a)Extension, narrowing, elevation and degradationb)Extension, generalization, elevation and degradationc)Extension, narrowing, specialization and degradationd)Extension, elevation, amelioration and degradation9._______ deals with the distinctive sounds that are combined tomake words.a) Lexicon b) Morphologyc) Phonology d) Semantics10.“Vacuum-clean” resulting from “vacuum-cleaner” is an exampleof ______.a) clipping b) reduplicationc) compounding d) back-formationTest 101.The Hundred Years’ War in the history was between Englandand _______.a) France b) Norwayc) Denmark d) Germany2.Which of the following countries was once called a big empire“on which the sun never sets”?a) America. b) Norway.c) Spain. d) Britain.3. A Parliament in Britain has a maximum duration of ________years.a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 54.Which of the following is NOT a tragedy by Shakespeare?a) Romeo and Juliet. b) Hamlet.c) King Lear. d) The Taming of the Shrew.5.Who is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the Englishlanguage?a) Shakespeare. b) Hemingway.c) Chaucer. d) Mark Twain.6.Which of the following is a chronicle play by Shakespeare?a)Julius Caesar.b)The twelfth Night.c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream.d)As You Like it.7.______ is a branch of linguistics concerned with the sounds ofspeech, the way the sounds of particular languages change over time and the way the sounds of one language relate to those of another.a) Phonology b) Morphologyc) Syntax d) Semantics8.______ is the branch of linguistics which studies meaning inlanguage.a) Phonology b) Morphologyc) Syntax d) Semantics9.“Alive” and “dead” are _______ ant onyms.a) relational b) gradablec) symmetric d) complementary10._______ is the study of the production, transmission, andreception of speech sounds. a) Phonology b) Morphology c) Syntax d) PhoneticsTest 111.Which university is the oldest one in Britain?a) Oxford. b) Cambridge.c) Edinburgh. d) Glasgow.2.The Reuters is a famous news agency in _______.a) France b) Germanyc) America d) Britain3.The most typically English of sports is ________.a) soccer b) cricketc) horse racing d) golf4.“The Red badge of Courage” was written by _______.a) Jack London b) Stephen Cranec) Hamilin Garland d) S. Anderson5.Fitzgerald’s first novel was ________.a)The Beautiful and Damnedb)This Side of Paradisec)The Great Gatsbyd)Tender Is Night6.The theme of The Waste Land is _______.a) love b) spiritual quest for salvationc) death d) nature7.Wallace Stevens was a successful ________.a) poet b) essayistc) novelist d) critic8.Chinese is a(n) ________.a) isolating language b) agglutinativec) fusional d) incorporating9.______ validity refers to the extent to which the best adequatelycovers the syllabus area to be tested.a) content b) Constructc) Emprical d) Face10.S entence (a) “He married a blonde heiress.” _______ sentence(b) “He married a blonde.”a) presupposes b) implicatesc) entails d) negatesTest 121.The singing group the Beatles was formed in _________.a) the early 1960s b) the early 1970sc) the late 1960s d) the late 1970s2.The most popular sport in England is _______.a) soccer b) cricketc) rugby d) golf3._______ is the base where America originated.a) the Midwest b) the Southc) the Great Plains d) New England4.Napoleon sold the ______ Territory to the United States foronly 15 million dollars.a) Colorado b) Louisianac) New Mexico d) Texas5.________ introduced the technique of the stream ofconsciousness in his writing.a) Shakespeare b) James Joycec) Thomas Hardy d) William Faulkner6.Adgar Allan Poe was a _______.a) novelist and critic b) poet and criticc) novelist and poet d) playwright and novelist7.________ was called “inventor of detective stories”.a) Washington Irving b) Fennimore Cooperc) Adgar Allan Poe d) Nathaniel Hawthorne8._______ are of the complementary type of antonyms.a) Sell-buy b) Long-shortc) Good-bad d) Single-married9.Which is created by cutting the initial part of a word?a) Van. b) Prof.c) Bike. d) Telly.10.T he word “holiday” origina lly meant holy day, but now theword signifies any day on which we do not have to work. This is an example of ________.a) meaning shift b) widening of meaningc) narrowing of meaning d) loss of meaningTest 131._______ was the president of the United States during the GreatDepression.a) Thomas Jefferson b) John F. Kennedyc) Franklin Roosevelt d) Truman2.______ was involved in the Watergate Scandal.a) Nixon b) Rooseveltc) Truman d) Ford3.The Presidency Election is held every _______ years inAmerica.a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 64.The Master’s colleges and universities in America offer_______ degrees.a) BA b) Master’sc) BA and Master’s d) doctoral5.“Scarlet Letter” is one of the greatest American novels. It iswritten by _______.a) Nathaniel Hawthorne b) Wallace Stevenc) Francis d) Willa Cather6.________ was the first to explore fully the possibility of freeverse in American history of literature.a) Ralph Waldo b) Stephen Cranec) Walt Whitman d) Robert Frost7.Mark Twain was well-known as a _______.a) critic b) humoristc) poet d) playwright8.Which is NOT a blending word?a) baby-sit. b) transistor.c) motel. d) smog.9.The thematic role which deliberately performs the actiondescribed by the verb is _______.a) instrument b) sourcec) agent d) theme10.W hich of the following languages does NOT belong to theGermanic branch of the Indo-European family?a) Italian. b) English.c) German. d) Dutch.Test 141.Which of the following American higher education institutiondoes NOT offer BA degree?a)Junior Colleges.b)Research universities.c)Doctoral universities.d)Master’s colleges and universities.2.Yale and Harvard Universities are funded by the followingEXCEPT ________.a)the tuition fees paid by the studentsb)the donations by corporations and religious organizationsc)individuals’ donationsd)the governments at all levels3.The unique contribution to architecture by Americans was the________ in the late 19th century.a) skyscraper b) expresswayc) bridges d) tall towers4.Theodore Dreiser was the representative of the _______.a) transcendentalists b) modernistsc) naturalists d) existentialists5.“The Waste Land” was written by ________.a) Thomas Stearns Eliot b) Walt Whitmanc) Emily Dickinson d) Robert Frost6.Which of the following American writers did NOT win a NobelPrize for Literature?a) Ernest Hemingway. b) T. S. Eliot.c) John Steinbeck. d) Richard Wright.7.The word “_______” does NOT have the semantic property of“cause”.a) darken b) killc) uglify d) touch8.______ is/are NOT included in Pragmatics.a) Speech acts b) Presuppositionsc) Dexis d) Pronunciation9.________ is defined as the study of language in use andlinguistic communication.a) Pragmatics b) Sociolinguisticsc) Neuroliguistics d) Contextual linguistics10._______ carry semantic content. a) Grammatical words b) Form words c) Lexical words d) FunctionsTest 151.Elvis Presley was the representative of _______ in Americanhistory.a) country music b) discoc) jazz d) rock’n’roll2.Thanksgiving Day is on the _______ Thursday in November.a) 1st b) 2nd c) 3rd d) 4th3.The National Day of the American people is on ________.a) June 4 b) July 4c) June 14 d) July 144.“invisible Man” probes the existential status of a ______.a) Jewish b) Negroc) White d) Hispanic5.Which of the following is a woman writer?a) Ralph Ellison. b) Saul Bellow.c) James Baldwin. d) Willa Cather.6.“Long Day’s Journey Into Night” was written by _______.a) Sherwood Anderson b) William Faulknerc) Eugene O’Neil d) Bernard Shaw7.Which of the following was NOT written by ErnestHemingway?a)The Sun Also Rises.b)For Whom the Bell Tolls.c)Tender is the Night.d) A Clean, Well-Lighted Place.8.Which of the following words are minimal pairs?a) beg, bag. b) my, fly.c) cat, slight. d) it, intelligent.9.“Man” and “men” are _______ allomorphs.a) replacive b) suppletivec) zero d) positional10.________ includes the study of linguistic variation, linguisticchange, and sociocultural factors that influence language use.a) Pragmatics b) Sociolinguisticsc) Neurolinguistics d) Contextual linguisticsTest 161.The longest city in Canada is ________.a) Toronto b) Montrealc) Vancouver d) Quebec City2.English is the language most commonly spoken throughoutCanada EXCEPT _______.a) Toronto b) Montrealc) Vancouver d) Quebec3.Today in Canada, services in almost all modern institutionswork in _______.a) English b) English and Frenchc) English and Spanish d) English and Dutch4.Fitzgerald usually dealt with the double theme of _______.a) hatred and love b) hatred and warc) love and money d) money and death5.The Sound and the Fury was written by _______.a) Sinclair Lewis b) Theodore Dreiserc) F. Scott d) William Faulkner6.Main Street is a masterpiece of _______.a) transcendentalism b) naturalismc) modernism d) provincialism7.“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is a _______ poem.a) dramatic b) meditativec) satirical d) philosophical8._______ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms,and collocations.a) Morphology b) Lexiconc) Morphophonology d) Morphophonemics9.Which of the following is NOT a fricative?a) /f/. b) /v/. c) /s/. d) /tr/.10.A n artificial language used for trade between speakers ofdifferent languages is called a ________.a) pidgin b) lingua francac) creole s) slangKey AnswersTest 11.a2.a3.d4.a5.b6.c7.d8.a9.d 10.a Test 21.a2.b3.c4.a5.b6.a7.c8.a9.b 10.c Test 31.a2.c3.c4.b5.a6.b7.b8.a9.c 10.a Test 41.a2.b3.d4.a5.b6.c7.d8.b9.d 10.c Test 51.d2.c3.b4.d5.c6.c7.a8.a9.c 10.b Test 61.a2.a3.d4.c5.d6.a7.c8.b9.c 10.d Test 71.a2.c3.b4.c5.a6.b7.a8.d9.d 10.d Test 81.b2.b3.c4.d5.c6.b7.a8.c9.c 10.c Test 91.c2.c3.a4.b5.c6.d7.c8.a9.c 10.d Test 101.a2.d3.d4.d5.a6.a7.a8.d9.d 10.d Test 111.a2.d3.b4.b5.b6.b7.a8.a9.a 10.c Test 121.a2.a3.d4.b5.b6.a7.c8.d9.a 10.b Test 131.c2.a3.c4.c5.a6.c7.a8.a9.c 10.a Test 141.a2.d3.a4.b5.a6.d7.d8.d9.a 10.c Test 151.d2.d3.b4.b5.d6.c7.c8.a9.a 10.b Test 161.a2.d3.b4.c5.d6.b7.b8.b9.d 10.a。
专八人文知识（练习题+答案详解）
专八人文知识（练习题+答案详解）专八人文知识（练习题+答案详解）专八人文知识练习（1）1. Morphology is a study of ___1___A. the internal structure of words and the rules that govern their formationB. the uses of different types of utterances in different contextsC. the differences between sounds used in human languages and sounds in natureD. the rules that pertain to all languages throughout the world2.Which of the following does NOT belong to “open class words”?___2___A. NounsB. AdjectivesC. ConjunctionsD. Adverbs3. What is the minimal unit of meaning?___3___A. PhonemeB. MorphemeC. AllophoneD. Allomorph4. Which of the following is NOT a free morpheme?___4___A. bedB. tressC. danceD. children5. Which of the following is NOT a compound word?___5___A. RainbowB. InactionC. Icy-coldD. Unpleasant6. ___6___ are bound morphemes because they can not be used as separate words.A. RootsB. StemsC. AffixesD. Compounds7.Syntax mainly deals with ___7___A. how a language changes through timeB. how words are combined to form sentences and the rules that govern the formation of sentences.C. how the human work when they use languageD. how a language varies through geographical space8.Syntactic categories contain the type of ___8___A. meaning that words expressB. affixes that the words takeC. structures in which the words can occurD. all of the above9.Which of the following is NOT the concern of a word category? ___9___A. A word category can be determined by meaning, inflection and distributionB. T o determine a word’s category by its meaning only is often not reliable.C. A word category can be embodied directly from its meaning.D. Distribution is more reliable than the meaning todetermine a word’s category.10. What elements does a phrase contain? ___10___A. Head, determine and complement.B. Head, specifier and complement.C. Head, specifier and complementizer.D. Head, determiner and complementizer.参考答案：ACBDD CBDCB专八人文知识练习（2）1. Where is Belfast?A. In Ireland.B. In WalesC. In Northern Ireland.D. In Scotland.2. The capital of New Zealand is_____A. Canberra.B. Ottawa.C. Wellington.D. Washington.3. Which of the following is NOT a U.K. newspaper?A. The Guardian.B. Christian Science Monitor.C. The Daily Telegraph.D. The Times.4. The community college is a kind of_____ college popular in_____ to satisfy the needs of both the individual and the society.A. five-year; U.K.B. four-year; U.K.C. three-year; U.S.D. two-year; U.S.5. James Joyce was a famous____ whose masterpiece Ulysseshas been highly eulogized in the Western literary world as one of the greatest works in the 20th century.A. Essayist.B. Novelist.C. Poet.D. Playwright.6. George Gordon Byron was famous for the following works except____A. Child Harold’s Pilgrimage.B. Queen Mab.C. Hours of Idleness.D. Don Juan.7. Which of the following is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s most noteworthy novel in the world?A. Gone with the Wind.B. For Whom the Bell Tolls.C. American Tragedy.D. The Scarlet Letter8.The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences is______.A. syntaxB. semanticsC. morphologyD. sociolinguistics9.Words like “Xerox” and ”Kodak” a re formed by____A. back-formationB. blendingC. coinageD. acronym10.Which of the following is NOT an approach for English language to enrich its vocabulary in the past several centuries?A. BorrowingB. UpgradationC. NarrowingD. Widening参考答案：CCBDB BDACB专八人文知识练习（3）1 _____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.A Washington D.C.B Los AngelesC San FranciscoD New Y ork City2 _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.A BlacksB HispanicsC IndiansD Asian Americans3 Washington D.C. is named after___________.A the U.S. President George WashingtonB Christopher ColumbusC both George Washington and Christopher ColumbusD none of them4 American and British English are two_____ of the English language.A varietiesB elementsC partsD form5 The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.A Thomas JeffersonB James MonroeC James MadisonD Abraham Lincoln6 Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.A Rhode IslandB VirginiaC TexasD Montana7 The national flag of the United States is known as_____.A the Star-Spangled BannerB Uncle SamC Hot DogD Union Jack8 The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____.A contribution a state has made to the nationB populationC sizeD none of the above9 The tern “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____.A the Amazon RiverB the Mississippi RiverC the Nile RiverD the Hudson River10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884.A FranceB SpainC ItalyD Britain答案详解：1 D,纽约是美国最大的城市同时也是最重要的经济中心和最主要的港口。
TEM8人文知识历年真题
TEM8-2005 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)31. ______ is the capital city of Canada.A. VancouverB. OttawaC. MontrealD. York32. U.S. presidents normally serves a (an) _________term.A. two-yearB. four-yearC. six-yearD. eight-year33. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A. Huston.B. Boston.C. Baltimore.D. Philadelphia.34. ________ is the state church in England.A. The Roman Catholic Church.B. The Baptist ChurchC. The Protestant ChurchD. The Church of England35. The novel Emma is written by ______.A. Mary Shelley.B. Charlotte Brontë.C. Elizabeth C. Gaskell.D. Jane Austen.36. Which of following is NOT a romantic poet?A. William Wordsworth.B. George Elliot.C. George G. 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. sentence structures.C. textual organization.D. word formation.39. 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. Halliday.Key:31-35 BBADD 36-40 BCBDB31. 答案B。
2011-2014TEM8人文知识部分（5篇范例）
2011-2014TEM8人文知识部分（5篇范例）第一篇：2011-2014TEM8人文知识部分2011年31.The northernmost part of Great Britain is ___.A.Northern IrelandB.ScotlandC.EnglandD.Wales32.It is generally agreed that ___ were the first Europeans to reach Australia’s shores.A.the FrenchB.the GermansC.the BritishD.the Dutch33.Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf ?A.CanadaB.New ZealandC.Great BritainD.The United States of America34.Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution ?A.Thomas JeffersonB.Thomas PaineC.John AdamsD.Benjamin Franklin35.Virginia Woolf was an important female___ in the 20th-century England.A.poetB.biographerC.playwrightD.novelist36.____ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nation’s history.A.BalladB.RomanceC.EpicD.Elegy37.Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century ?A.The Great GatsbyB.The Sun Also RisesC.The Sound and the FuryD.Beyond the Horizon38.____ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A.SemanticsB.PragmaticsC.Cognitive linguisticsD.Sociolinguistics39.A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of.A.absence of obstructionB.presence of obstructionC.manner of articulationD.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 toA.PidginB.CreoleC.MultilingualismD.Bilingualism2012年31.The Maori people are natives of____.A.AustraliaB.CanadaC.IrelandD.New Zealand32.The British monarch is the Head of ____ernmentD.Cabinet33.Americans celebrate Independence Day on____.A.July 4thB.October 11thC.May 31stD.September 6th34.Canada is bounded on the north byA.the Pacific OceanB.the Atlantic OceanC.the Arctic OceanD.the Great Lakes35.Who is the author of The Waste Land ?A.George Bernard ShawB.W.B.YeatsC.Dylan ThomasD.T.S.Eliot36.Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury?A.William FaulknerB.Ernest HemingwayC.Scott FitzgeraldD.John Steinbeck37.“The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company” is an example ofA.exaggerationB.understatementC.personificationD.Synecd oche38.In English if a word begins with a [l] or a [r], then the next sound must be a vowel.This is a(n)A.assimilation ruleB.sequential ruleC.deletion ruleD.grammar rule39.Which of the following is an example of clipping?A.APECB.MotelC.XeroxD.Disco40.The type of language which is selected as appropriate toa particular type of situation is calledA.RegisterB.DialectC.SlangD.Variety2013年31.The full official name of Australia isA.The Republic of AustraliaB.The Commonwealth of AustraliaC.The Federation of AustraliaD.The Union of Australia32.Canada is well known for all the following EXCEPTA.its mineral resourcesB.its forest resourcesC.its fertile and arable landD.its heavy industries33.In the United States community colleges offerA.two-year programmesB.four-year programmesC.postgraduate studiesD.B.A or B.S.degrees34.In___, referenda in Scotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Wales assembly.A.2000B.1946C.1997D.199035.Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration?A.A weak seatB.Safe and soundC.Knock and kickD.Coat and boat36.Who wrote Mrs.Warren’s Profession?A.John GlasworthyB.William Butler YeatsC.T.S.EliotD.George Bernard Shaw37.Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n)A.novelB.short storyC.poemD.autobiography38.Which of the following italicized is an inflectional morpheme?A.UnlockernmentC.GoesD.Off-stage39.___ is a language phenomenon in which words sound likewhat they refer to.A.OnomatopoeiaB.CollocationC.DenotationD.Assimilation40.The sentence “close your book and listen to me carefully!” performs a(n)__ rmativeC.performativeD.directive 2014年31.Which of the following is the French-speaking city in Canada?A.VancouverB.OttawaC.MontrealD.Toronto32.Which of the following are natives of NewZealand?A.The MaorisB.The AboriginalsC.The Red IndiansD.The Eskimos33.The established or national church in England isA.The Roman Catholic ChurchB.The United Reformed ChurchC.The Methodist ChurchD.The Anglican Church34.The thirteen former British colonies in North America declared independence from Great Britain inA.1774B.1775C.1776D.1777 35.“Grace under pressure” is an outstanding view of _____ work.A.F.Scott FitzgeraldB.William Faulkner’sC.Ernest Hemingway’sD.Eugene O'Neill’s36.Widowers' Houses was written byA.John GlasworthyB.George Bernard ShawC.William Butler YeatsD.T.S.Eliot37.Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?A.Geoffrey ChaucerB.William ShakespeareC.John DonneD.William Blake38.Which of the following pairs of words are homophones?A.wind(v.)/ wind(n.)B.suspect(v.)/ suspect(n.)C.bare(adj.)/ bear(v.)D.convict(v.)/ convict(n.)39.Which of the following sentences has the “S+V+O” structure?A.He died a hero.B.I went to LondonC.She became angryD.Mary enjoyed parties40.Which of the following CAN NOT be used as an adverb?A.Heart and soulB.The lion’s shareC.Null and voidD.Hammer and tongs第二篇：天津农学院人文知识竞赛题库现代文学部分现代文学和西方文学部分1、莫泊桑被誉为（）A．短篇小说之王 B．小说之父 C．冰山作家 D．珠宝作家2、现代诗人艾青的成名作是（）A.《北方》B.《大堰河——我的保姆》C.《向太阳》D.《我爱这土地》3、俄国著名作家高尔基的自传体三部曲是《童年》、《我的大学》、（）A 《小市民》B《母亲》C《海燕》D《在人间》4、中国现代最早的一部白话小说是()。
英语专八人文知识15题(附答案)
英语专八人文知识15题（附答案）1.Which of the folowing is NOT a compound word?A. LandladyB. GreenhouseC. UpliftD. Unacceptable[题解]D derivation派生词。
2.The capital of Australia is ____A. SydneyB. MelbourneC. CanberraD. Perth[题解]C Sydney第一大城市，位于New South Wales州; Melbourne第二大城市，位于Victoria州; Canberra位于Sydney与Melbourne之间； Perth位于Australia州3.George Bernard Shaw was a(n) ____A. playwrightB. poetC. novelistD. essayist[题解]A（英）萧伯纳，爱尔兰裔，剧作家、批评家、社会评论家。
著有Man and Superman,Back to Methuselah,Saint Joan圣女贞德, Arms and the Man，Pygmalion茶花女，获得1925年诺贝尔文学奖4.The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was witten by ____A. Henry JamesB. O. HenryC. Harriet Beecher StowerD. Mark Twain[题解]D（美）Henry James，著有Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl;（美）O. Henry，短篇小说家, 真实姓名为William Sydney Porter，著有Cabbages and Kings，The Four Million；（美）Harriet Beecher Stower，其反奴隶制小说Uncle Tom's Cabin，促进了废奴运动发展；（美）Mark Twain，真实姓名为Samuel Langhorne clemens，另著有The Adventures of Tom Sawyer5.Where is Edinburgh?A. In WalesB. In ScotlandC. In Northern IrelandD. In Ireland[题解]B Wales的首府为Cardiff, Scotland的首府Edinburgh,Northern Ireland的首府为Belfast, Ireland的首府为Dublin6.Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network?A. ABCB. CNNC. CBSD. BBC[题解]D BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation,是英国广播公司。
英语专业八级人文知识练习与解答
英语专业八级人文知识英国概况1.The two areas in Britain where a lot of immigrants live are _____.A. London and CambridgeB. London and heart of EnglandC. Manchester and BirminghamD. Edinburgh and Nottingham2.The flag of the United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack, is made up of _____ crosses.A. oneB. twoC. threeD. four3.Which flower is symbol of England?A. ThistleB. ShamrockC. DaffodilD. Rose4._____ was the home of the Lake Poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor, Coleridgeand Robert Southey of 19th century Britain.A. Lough NeaghB. WindermereC. Lake DistrictD. Coniston Water5.The first known settlers of Britain were the _____.A. IberiansB. Beaker FolkC. CeltsD. Anglo-Saxons6.Who invaded and conquered Britain for the first time in 55 BC?A. Emperor ClaudiusB. King AlfredC. King EthelredD. Julius Caesar7.Which one is not the reason for the very limited influence of Roman to Britain?A. The Romans always treated the Britons as a subject people of slave class.B. The Romans and Britons never intermarry during the 4 centuriesC. The Romans didn’t like the Britons.D. The Romans had no impact on the language or culture of ordinary Britons.8.The Hundred Years’ war with France ended by the English being driven out o f France.By 1453 _____ was the only part of France that was still in the hands of the English.A. DoverB. CalaisC. SouthamptonD. Portsmouth9.Which war had little effect on ordinary people but gave a death blow to feudalism?A. The W ars of the RosesB. The Hundred Years’ W arC. The English Civil WarD. World War I10.The English Civil War, also called the Puritan Revolution, is generally regarded as thebeginning of modern ____ history.A. EuropeanB. ScottishC. W elshD. world练习题答案及题解:1.B, 现在，英国移民主要集中在伦敦及英格兰心脏地带的一些城市和城镇，诸如Slough, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Luton, Bradford, Coventry, Bedford 和Reading等等。
英语专业八级考试人文学习知识学习复习模板计划练习题与标准答案3.doc
2019 年英语专业八级考试人文知识精选练习题及答案31.Which of the following tribes first came to Britain?A RomanB Anglo-SaxonsC JutesD Celts2.The Hundred Years ’ War between Britain and France was fought ____.A from 1327 to 1453B from 1337 to 1453C from 1347 to 1453D from 1357 to 14533.The Republic of Ireland became independent in the year____A1918B1920C1945D19494.The English Civil War is also called ____A the Puritan RevolutionB the second Magna CartaC the Long ParliamentD the Anglican War5.Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the ____ and the North Sea in the east,A eastB southC westD north6.The largest lake in Britain is ____.C WindermereD Ullswater7.Where do the majority of people in Scotland live?A In the HighlandsB In the central LowlandsC In the UplandsD In the west of Scotland8.The two important crops in Britain are ____A barley and cornB wheat and riceC barley and oatsD wheat and barley9 Which is the largest city in Scotland?A CardiffB EdinburghC GlasgowD Manchester10 Which is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in apolitical way?A Great BritainB The British IslesC The United KingdomD England答案1.D凯尔特在公元前700 年到英国，罗马人在公元 1 到 5 世纪统治英国， 5 世纪中期盎格鲁撒克逊人侵占英国，所以凯尔特人是最早踏入英国的。
英语专业八级考试人文知识题目训练
英语专业八级考试人文知识题目训练Test 11.In Britain, where does the Changing of the Guard take place?a. Buckingham Palace.b. Downing Streetc. Victoria and Albert Museumd. The Tower of London.2. What is a double-decker?a. A busb. A chocolate barc. A Taxid. A two-storey building3. Of all the symbols, ______, which are considered to represent fertility and new life, are those most frequentlyassociated with Easter.a. the pumpkin and the turkeyb. the lamb and the beefc. the spring peas and the potatoesd. the egg and the rabbit4. The first landing by Europeans in Australia was in 1606, but what is their nationality?a. Dutchb. Frenchc. Spanishd. British5.Middle English was used by the poet _______.a. Hardyb. Chaucerc. Shakespeared. Milton6. “A Tale of Two Cities” was written by _______.a. William Shakespeareb. Geoffrey Chaucerc. Charles Dickensd. Thomas Jefferson7. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is not a usualsubject of her poetic expression?a. Religion and immortalityb. Life and deathc. Love and marriaged. War and peace8. What three components, generally, make up a system of a typical language?a. Phonology, syntax, semantics.b. Semiosis, syntax, framesc. Frames, semantics, utterances.d. Sign, sign, signs.9. Of the following word-formation processes, _______is the most productive.a. clippingb. blendingc. initialismd. derivation10. “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Is an example of _______.a. metonymyb. transferred epithetc. oxymorond. metaphorTest 21.What is the affectionate name given to the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster?a. Big Benb. Big Kenc. big Billd. Big Bob2. Which of these sports did not originate in UK?a. Cricketb. Snookerc. Football (Soccer)d. Golf3. Which town has been nicknamed “Tinseltown” by the Americans?a. New Orleansb. Renoc. Hollywoodd. Las Vegas4. Wha t is the other official language in Canada besides English and what is Canada’s capital?a. French, Ottawab. Spanish, Ottawac. Spanish, Torontod. French, Toronto5. Which English poet wrote of Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden in Paradise L ost?a. John Donneb. John Miltonc. Sir Philip Sidneyd. Edmund Spenser6. _______ died of tuberculosis at the age of 26, but not before leaving an impressive body of poems, including“To Autumn” and Ode on Melancholy”.a. John Keatsb. Lord Byronc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. Percy Bysshe Shelley7. Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of _______,poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.a. Blank verseb. Heroic coupletc. Free versed. Iambic pentameter8. Of the following words, _______ is an initialism.a. VOAb. NATOc. BASICd. UNESCO9. Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping?a. Dormb. Motelc. Gentd. Zoo10. A regional variety of a language that has variations in pronunciation, vocabulary or meaning is called _______.a. accentb. slangc. dialectd. narrativeTest 31.The Channel Tunnel, linking the UK to the rest of Europe, runs between England and _______.a. Franceb. Germanyc. Belgiumd. Netherlands2.What’s the name of the day set apart in USA for planting trees?a. Earth Dayb. Ann Arbor Dayc. Arbor Dayd. Green Day3. What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to New England in 1620?a. Golden Hindeb. Sunflowerc. Mayflowerd. Titanic4. What are the official colours of Australia?a. Red, White and Blueb. Green and Goldc. Green and Brownd. Green and Red5. _______ is the first important governess novel in the English literary historya. Jane Eyreb. Emmac. Wuthering Heightsd. Middlemarch6. _______ was a pre-Romantic writer and is best known for his Scottish songs.a. Sir Walter Scottb. Robert burnsc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. William Blake7. Mark Twain did Not write _______.a. The Prince and the Pauperb. The Old Curiosity Shopc. Pudd’nhead Wilsond. Tom Sawyer8. Which of the following is not a dialect of English?a. Slangb. Buffaloc. Americand. Southern9. Some words in the basic word stock are said to be stable because they _______.a. are complex wordsb. are technical wordsc. refer to the commonest things in lifed. denote the most important concepts10. What is defin ed as “the study of sentence structure”?a. Syntaxb. Phonologyc. Morphologyd. SemanticsText 41.What colour is the British classified business telephone directory?a. Yellowb. Whitec. Blued. Pink2. What does IMF stand for?a. International Monetary Foundation. B. International Monetary Fundc. Internal Money Foundationd. Internal Monetary Fund3. What do Americans celebrate on 4th July?a. Thanksgiving dayb. The Revolutionc. The Discovery of Americad. Independence Day4. What is Canada’s national animal?a. Beaverb. Moosec. Beard. Husky5. Which play by Shakespeare is not a tragedy?a. Titus Andronicusb. Pericles, Prince of Tyrec. Coriolanusd. Timon of Athens6. What is the book Lord of the Flies about?a. A road trip around the USAb. A swarm of killer fliesc. Schoolboys on a desert islandd. An expert pilot7. a. Nathaniel Hawthorne did not write _______.a. The Scarlet Letterb. Twice Told Talesc. The Blithedale Romanced. Vanity Fair8. Morphology is _______.a. how a word’s meaning evolves over timeb. the way a language builds words by putting small, meaningful units togetherc. how a word’s spelling evolves over timed. in what order words are put in a sentence9. Which of the following words can be described as containing an affricate?a. Pillb. Hufflec. Hammerd. Budged10. The word _______ is usually not used by British people.a. tubeb. putc. railroadd. taxiTest 51.In the United Kingdom, ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of _______.a. the Speakerb. the Lord Chancellorc. The Duke of Edinburghd. the Prime Minister2. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?a. John Glennb. Clint Eastwoodc. Neil Armstrongd. Yuri Gagarin3. How many states are there in the US?a. 49b. 50c. 51d. 524. What is the title of Canada’s national anthem?a. True Patriot Loveb. God Save the Queenc. Canada My Countryd. O Canada5. Who wrote “Where ignorance is bless, it is folly to be wise”?a. Browningb. Marxc. Shakespeared. Kipling6. _______ is the author of “To a Skylark”a. Mary Lambb. John Keatsc. Percy Bysshe Shelleyd. Lord Byron7. Henry David Thoreau’s work, _______, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New EnglandTranscendentalism.a. Waldenb. The pioneersc. Natured. Song of Myself8. What is etymology?a. The history of a wordb. The various ways in which a word can be pronounced.c. The study of unwritten languages.d. The study of dead languages.9. _______ are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words.a. Rootsb. Stemsc. Affixesd. Compounds10. What is the dominant accent in the United States?a. Midwestb. General Americanc. Southernd. CanadianTest 61.The vegetable, leek, is the emblem for which part of the UK?a. Walesb. Northern Irelandc. Scotlandd. England2. John Lennon is a member of the band of _______ in the 1960s.a. The Beatlesb. The Policec. The Rolling Stonesd. The Eagles3. What is the title of the United States of America’s national anthem?a. America the Beautifulb. We Are the Championsc. God Bless Americad. The Star Spangled Banner4. How many territories are there in Canada?a. 4b. 2c. 3d. 15. In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift describes the island of the Houyhnhnms as the world’s most perfect society.What kind of animals are the Houyhnhnms?a. Monkeysb. Fishc. Dogsd. Horses6. In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales written?a. Fourteenthb. Fifteenthc. Sixteenthd. Seventeenth7. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _______ became the major trend inAmerican literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.a. sentimentalismb. romanticismc. realismd. naturalism8. To which of these language groups does English belong?a. Romanceb. Germanicc. Slavonicd. Baltic9. “Present” and “absent” form a pair of _______.a. conversivesb. gradable antonymsc. complementary antonymsd. marked antonyms10. The morpheme is the smallest syntactical unit. How many morphemes does the word“antidisestablishmentarianism” have?a. 1b. 5c. 7d. 6Text 71.What is the name of the famous stadium in the north of London?a. Wembleyb. Westminsterc. Wimbledond. Webster2. What would you do with a “toad-in-the-hole”?a. Let it out.b. Sing itc. Eat itd. Play it.3. Martin Luther King Jr., a young black clergyman, became a national leader of the _______ Movement.a. Boycottb. Civil Rightsc. Segregationd. Integration4. The majority of French-speaking Canadians live in _______.a. New Brunswickb. Ontarioc. Quebecd. Nova Scotia\5. Sir Thomas More coined the word “Utopia. What does the word mean in Greek?a.Nowhere landb. God’s blessingsc. Kingdom in the skyd. Free from all sorrow6.Where did Aldous Huxley get the title for Brave New World, which presents a chilling vision of a supposedlyideal society? ba. The Bible’s Book of Psalmsb. Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”c. Homer’s “Odyssey”d. Christopher Columbus’ journals7. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their _______. aa. indestructible spiritb. pessimistic view of lifec. war experiencesd. masculinity8. Which of the following does affect the register that we speak in? da. Conversational partnerb. Contextc. Social statusd. Gender9. What is the smallest segment of sound that comprises the basic building blocks of a language?\ da. Morphemesb. Teramemesc. Metamemesd. Phonemes10. The ambiguity in “Pass the port” is caused by _______. da. lexical itemsb. a grammatical structurec. homonymyd. polysemyTest 81.Which of these is the patron saint of Wales? ba. St. Patrickb. St. Davidc. St. Andrewd. St. George2. Where is the official residence of the British Prime Minister? ba. Constitution Hi..b. Downing Streetc. Whitehall Palaced. The Strand3. Which American president freed the slaves?\ ca. Thomas Jeffersonb. George Washingtonc. Abraham Lincolnd. Bill Clinton4. Who said: “We hold these truths to b e self-evident that all men are created equal”? da. Bill Clintonb. George Washingtonc. Richard Nixond. Thomas Jefferson5. Who was the author of the famous storybook Alice’s adventures in Wonderland? ca. Rudyard Kiplingb. John Keatsc. Lewis carold. H. G. Wells.6. Sonnets from the _______ is regarded as Elizabeth Barrett Browing’s best work. ba. Spanishb. Portuguesec. Frenchd. Italian7. Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over _______. aa. Ezra Poundb. Ralph Waldo Emersonc. Robert Frostd. Emily Dickinson8. The dictionary of a language can be called _______. ca. pragmaticsb. semanticsc. lexicond. grammar9. Which of the following is not associated with “Parentese” (how a n adult talks to a child)? ca. Yes or no questionsb. High pitchc. Long sentencesd. Exaggerated intonation10. The group of words _______ make up a semantic field. ca. “father, teacher, son, brother”b. “red, white, rose, milk”c. sorrow, grief, anguish, regret?d. “socks, slippers, shoes, glass”Test 91.Which famous writer was born in Stratford-upon-Avon?a. Geoffrey Chaucerb. Agatha Christiec. William Shakespeared. Thomas Hardy2. In which year was the independence from England declared?a. 1679b. 1876c. 1776d. 17793. Which of these U. S. A. states has been frequently called “the a rm pit of the Nation”?a. New Jerseyb. Washingtonc. Mained. Montana4. Which of the following is Canada’s national sym bol?a. Sunflowerb. Maple leafc. Golden wattled. Rose5. How many lines does a sonnet have?a. 10b. 12c. 14d. They vary6. _______ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative worksare plays inspired by social criticism.a. Richard Sheridanb. Oliver Goldsmithc. Oscar Wilded. Bernard Shaw7. _______ is the title of the 1818 novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.a. Spidermanb. Draculac. Frankensteind. The Mummy8. The four major modes of semantic changes are _______.a. Extension, narrowing, elevation and degradationb. Extension, generalization, elevation and degradationc. Extension, narrowing, specialization and degradationd. Extension, elevation, amelioration and degradation9. _______ deals with the distinctive sounds that are combined to make words.a. Lexiconb. Morphologyc. Phonologyd. Semantics10. “Vacuum-clean” resulting from “vacuum-cleaner” is an example of _______.a. clippingb. reduplicationc. compoundingd. back-formationTest 101.The Hundred Years’ War in the history was between England and _______.a. Franceb. Norwayc. Denmarkd. Germany2. Which of the following countries was once called a big empire “on which the sun never sets”?a. Americab. Norwayc. Spaind. Britain3. A Parliament in Britain has a maximum duration of _______ years.a. 2b. 3c. 4d. 54. Which of the following is not a tragedy by Shakespeare?a. Romeo and Julietb. Hamletc. King Leard. The Taming of the Shrew5. Who is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the English language?a. Shakespeareb. Hemingwayc. Chaucerd. Mark Twain6.Which of the following is a chronicle play by Shakespeare?a. Julius Caesarb. The Twelfth Nightc. A Midsummer Night’s Dreamd. As You Like It7. _______ is the branch of linguistics which studies meaning in language.a. Phonologyb. Morphologyc. Syntaxd. Semantics8. _______ is the branch of linguistics which studies meaning in language.a. Phonologyb. Morphologyc. Syntaxd. Semantics9. “Alive” and “dead” are _______ antonyms.a. relationalb. gradablec. symmetricd. complementary10. _______ is the study of the production, transmission, and reception of speech sounds.a. Phonologyb. Morphologyc. Syntaxd. PhoneticsTest 111.Which university is the oldest one in Britain?a. Oxfordb. Cambridgec. Edinburghd. Glasgow2. The Reuters is a famous news agency in _______.a. Franceb. Germanyc. Americad. Britain3. The most typically English of sports is _______.a. soccerb. cricketc. horse racingd. golf4. “The Red Badge of Courage” was written by _______.a. Jack Londonb. Stephen Cranec. Hamilin Garlandd. S. Anderson5. Fitzgerald’s first novel was _______.a. The Beautiful and Damnedb. This Side of Paradisec. The Great Gatsbyd. Tender Is Night6. The theme of The Waste Land is _______.a. loveb. spiritual quest for salvationc. deathd. nature7. Wallace Stevens was a successful _______.]a. poetb. essayistc. novelistd. critic8. Chinese is a(n) _______ language.a. isolatingb. agglutinativec. fusionald. incorporating9. _______ validity refers to the extent to which the best adequately covers the syllabus area to be tested.a. Contentb. Constructc. Empiricald. Face10. Sentence (a) “He married a blonde heiress.” _______ sentence (b) “He married a blonde.”a. presupposesb. implicatesc. entailsd. negatesTest 121.The singing group the Beatles was formed in _______.a. the early 1960sb. the early 1970sc. the late 1960sd. the late 1970s2. The most popular sport in England is _______.a. soccerb. cricketc. rugbyd. golf3. _______ is the base where America originateda. the Midwestb. the Southc. the Great Plainsd. New England4. Napoleon sold the _______ Territory to the United States for only 15 million dollars.a. Coloradob. Louisianac. New Mexicod. Texas5. _______ introduced the technique of the stream of consciousness in his writing.a. Shakespeareb. James Joycec. Thomas Hardyd. William6. Edgar Allan Poe was a _______.a. novelist and criticb. poet and criticc. novelist and poetd. playwright and novelist7. _______ was called “inventor of detective stories”.a. Washington Irvingb. Fennimore Cooperc. Edgar Allan Poed. Nathaniel Hawthorne8. _______ are of the complementary type of antonyms.a. Sell-buyb. Long-shortc. Good-badd. Single-married9. Which is created by cutting the initial part of a word?a. Vanb. Profc. Biked. Telly10. The word “holiday” originally meant holy day, but now the word signifies any day on which we do not have towork. This is an example of _______.a. meaning shiftb. widening of meaningc. narrowing of meaningd. loss of meaningTest 13.1._______ was the president of the United States during the Great Depression.a. Thomas Jeffersonb. John F. Kennedyc. Franklin Rooseveltd. Truman2. _______ was involved in the Watergate Scandal.a. Nixonb. Rooseveltc. Trumand. Ford3. The Presidency Election is held every _______ years in America.a. 2b. 3c. 4d. 64. The Master’s colleges and universities in America offer _______ degrees.a. BAb. Master’sc. BA and Master’sd. doctoral5. “Scarlet Letter” is one of the greatest American novels. It is written by _______.a. Nathaniel Hawthorneb. Wallace Stevenc. Francisd. Willa Cather6. _______ was the first to explore fully the possibility of free verse in American history of literature.a. Ralph Waldob. Stephen Cranec. Walt Whitmand. Robert Frost7. Mark Twain was well-known as a _______.a. criticb. humoristc. poetd. playwright8. Which is not a blending word?a. baby-sitb. transistorc. moteld. smog9. The thematic role which deliberately performs the action described by the verb is _______.a. instrumentb. sourcec. agentd. theme10. Which of the following languages does not belong to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family?a. Italianb. Englishc. Germand. DutchTest 141.Which of the following American higher education institution does not offer BA degree?a. Junior Collegesb. Research universitiesc. Doctoral universitiesd. Master’s colleges and universities2. Yale and Harvard Universities are funded by the following except _______.a. the tuition fees paid by the studentsb. the donations by corporations and religious organizationsc. individuals’ donationsd. the governments at all levels3. The unique contribution to architecture by Americans was the _______ in the late 19th century.a. skyscraperb. expresswayc. bridgesd. tall towers4. Theodore Dreiser was the representative of the _______.a. transcendentalistsb. modernistsc. naturalistsd. existentialists5. “The Waste Land” was written by _______.a. Thomas Stearns Eliotb. Walt Whitmanc. Emily Dickinsond. Robert Frost6. Which of the following American writers did not win a Nobel Prize for Literature?a. Ernest Hemingwayb. T.S. Eliotc. John Steinbeckd. Richard Wright7. The word “_______” does not have the semantic property of “cause”.a. darkenb. killc. uglifyd. touch8. _______ is/are not included in Pragmatics.a. Speech actsb. Presuppositionsc. Dexisd. Pronunciation9. _______ is defined as the study of language in use and linguistic communication.a. Pragmaticsb. Sociolinguisticsc. Neurolinguisticsd. Contextual linguistics10. _______ carry semantic content.a. Grammatical wordsb. Form wordsc. Lexical wordsd. FunctionsTest 151. Elvis Presley was the representative of _______ in American history.a. country musicb. discoc. jazzd. rock’ n’ roll2. Thanksgiving Day is on the _______ Thursday in Novembera. 1stb. 2ndc. 3rdd. 4th3. The National Day of the American people is on _______.a. June 4b. July 4c. June 14d. July 144. “Invisible Man” probes the existential status of a _______.a. Jewishb. Negroc. Whited. Hispanic5. Which of the following is a woman writer?a. Ralph Ellisonb. Saul Bellowc. James Baldwind. Willa Cather6. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” was written by _______a. Sherwood Andersonb. William Faulknerc. Eugene O’Neild. Bernard Shaw7. Which of the following was not written by Ernest Hemingway?a. The Sun Also Risesb. For Whom the Bell Tollsc. Tender is the Nightd. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place8. Which of the following words are minimal pairs?a. beg, bagb. my, flyc. Cat, slightd. it, intelligent9. “Man” and “men” are _______ allomorphs.a. replaciveb. suppletivec. zerod. positional10. _______ includes the study of linguistic variation, linguistic change, and sociocultural factors that influencelanguage use.a. Pragmaticsb. Sociolinguisticsc. Neurolinguisticsd. Contextual linguisticsTest 16.1.The longest city in Canada is A_______.a. Torontob. Montrealc. Vancouverd. Quebec City2. English is the language most commonly spoken throughout Canada Except _______.a. Torontob. Montrealc. Vancouverd. Quebec3. Today in Canada, services in almost all modern institutions work in _______.a. Englishb. English and Frenchc. English and Spanishd. English and Dutch4. Fitzgerald usually dealt with the double theme of _______.a. hatred and loveb. hatred and warc. love and moneyd. money and death5. The Sound and Fury was written by _______.a. Sinclair Lewisb. Theodore Dreiserc. F. Scottd. William Faulkner6. Main Street is a masterpiece of _______.a. transcendentalismb. naturalismc. modernismd. provincialism7. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is a _______ poem.a. dramaticb. meditativec. satiricald. philosophical8. _______ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms, and collocations.a. Morphologyb. Lexiconc. Morphophonologyd. Morphophonemics9. Which of the following is not a fricativea. /f/b. /v/c. /s/d. /tr/10. 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英语专业八级人文知识练习题及答案
美国概况练习题：1 The traditional dividing line in America between “east” and “west”2 The earliest part in America to be found and taken over by early settlers is3 The largest racial group in the whole population of4 Before 2000, the largest minority group in the United States5 ____has the world’s oldest written constitution and political6 The economic problem caused by the depression in 1929 was eventually solved7 In the United States, primary education8 Most college students in the United States are9 The three main levels of courts of the federal judicial system in America10 _____(which state )is not governed by the common law.练习题答案及题解:1. The Mississippi River, 密西西比河是美国传统的东方和西方的分界限。
2 .The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain，最先被初期居住者发现和占领的地方是大西洋及其沿岸平原。
3 .Non-hispanics white，非西班牙裔的白人是美国最大的种族群体。
4 .African Americans，2000年以前非裔美国人是美国最大的少数民族群体。
专八培训内部资料 Tem 8 人文知识练习
Tem 8 人文知识练习Exercise 11 _____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.A Washington D.C.B Los AngelesC San FranciscoD New York City2 _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.A BlacksB HispanicsC IndiansD Asian Americans3 Washington D.C. is named after___________.A the U.S. President George WashingtonB Christopher ColumbusC both George Washington and Christopher ColumbusD none of them4 American and British English are two_____ of the English language.A varietiesB elementsC partsD form5 The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.A Thomas JeffersonB James MonroeC James MadisonD Abraham Lincoln6 Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.A Rhode IslandB VirginiaC TexasD Montana7 The national flag of the United States is known as_____.A the Star-Spangled BannerB Uncle SamC Hot DogD Union Jack8 The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____.A contribution a state has made to the nationB populationC sizeD none of the above9 The tern “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____.A the Amazon RiverB the Mississippi RiverC the Nile RiverD the Hudson River10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884.A FranceB SpainC ItalyD Britain练习题答案及题解:1 D, 纽约是美国最大的城市同时也是最重要的经济中心和最主要的港口。
专八人文知识文学部分
TEM8 人文知识文学部分●测试要求：能初步具备英语文学知识。
●考点：重要作家、作品、流派、文学类型、年份●分值：3分Quiz1. George Bernard Shaw was a(n)__A. playwrightB. poetC. novelistD. essayist2. John Galsworthy was most famous for___.A. Heart of DarknessB. UlyssesC. The Forsyte SagaD. A Passage to India3. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by___.A. Henry JamesB. O. HenryC. Harriet Beecher StowerD. Mark Twain4. Which of the following was written by Thoreau?A. NatureB. Walde nC. The Scarlet LetterD. The Fall of the House of Usher5. The book that gives a fairly accurate picture of southern plantation life is __.A. An American TragedyB. The Call of the WildC. Uncle Tom’s CabinD. A Hazard of New Fortunes6. Which of the following is NOT the Noble Prize winner?A. Ernest HemingwayB. Eugene O’NeilC. William FaulknerD. F. Scott Fitzgerald7. What flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature?A. NovelB. DramaC. EssayD. Poetry8. Which of the following is the novel by Jane Austen?A. FrankensteinB. Sense and SensibilityC. Kuba KhanD. Don Juan9. Which is William Thackeray’s masterpiece?A. The VirginiansB. V anity FairC. The Book of SnobsD. The News Comes10. Which of the following writers was NOT associated with modernism?A. D.H. LawrenceB. E. M. ForsterC. Charles DickensD. Virginia Woolf(1—5：A C D B C 6-10: D B B B C)Basic Literary Genre●Poem●drama●Essay●Fiction●Short storyPoemA. Narrative:●RomanceRomance: It is a literary genre popular in the Middle Ages(5th century to 15th century), dealing, in verse or prose, with legendary, supernatural, or amorous(恋爱的）subjects and characters.The tern was applied to tales specifically concerned with knights, chivalry, and courtly love. Popular subjects for romances included the Macedonian King Alexander the Great, King Arthur of Britain and the Knights of the Round Table. Later prose and verse narrative, particularly those in the 19th-century romantic tradition, are also referred to as romances; set in distant or mythological places and times, like most romances they stress adventure and supernatural elements.●Ballads（民歌，歌谣）:three eight-line stanzas with a concluding stanza of four liens called an envoy(结尾）●Epic: (Homer,荷马）Iliad ,Odyssey，BeowulfEpic: It is, originally, an oral long narrative poem, majestic both in theme and style.Epics deal with legendary or historical events of national or universal significance,involving action of broad sweep and grandeur. Most epics deal with the exploits of a single individual, thereby giving unity to the composition. Typically, an epic includes several features: the introduction of supernatural forces that shape the action; conflict in the form of battles or other physical combat; the stylistic conventions such as an invocation (祈祷）to the Muse, a formal statement of the theme, long Lists of the protagonists involved, and set speeches couched in elevated language. Epic poems are not merely entertaining stories of legendary or historical heroes; they summarize and express the nature or ideals of an entire nation at a significant or crucial period of its history. The characteristics of the hero of an epic are national rather than individual. At other times epic may synthesize the ideals ofa great religious or cultural movement. The Divine Comedy by the Italian poet Dante expresses thefaith of medieval Christianity. The Faerie Queene by the English poet Edmund Spenser represents the spirit of the Renaissance in England and like Paradise Lost by John Milton, represents the ideals of Christian humanism.B. Lyric:●Sonnet,Sonnet: It is a lyric poem of 14 lines with a formal rhyme scheme, expressing different aspects of a single thought, mood, or feeling, sometimes resolved or summed up in the last lines of the poem.Two main forms of the sonnet are:The Petrarchan, or Italian (8+6)：octave+sestetE.g. Elizabeth Browning: Sonnets from the PortugueseThe English, or Shakesperean(4+4+4+2: three quatrains +one couplet(Robert Browning: Ulysses, written in the form of dramatic monologue)Spenserian Stanza: In The Faerie Queene, Spenser, a poet in the 16th century, originated a nine-line verse stanza, now known as the Spenserian stanza: the first eight lines are iambic pentameter(五步抑扬格）, and the ninth, iambic hexameter (六步抑扬格）.●ode（颂诗）Ode: It is a dignified and elaborately structured lyric poem praising and glorifying an individual, commemorating an event, or describing nature intellectually rather than emotionally. Odes originally songs performed to the accompaniment of a musical instrument.Eg.Percy B. Shelly: Ode to the West WindJohn Keats: Ode to a Nightgale(夜莺颂）Ode on Melancholy (忧郁颂），Ode on a Grecian Urn (希腊古瓮颂）●elegy (挽歌）●Elegy: It is, originally in classical Greek and Roman literature, a poem composed ofcouplets. Classical elegies addressed various subjects, including love, lamentation, and politics, and were characterized by their metric form. The best elegy in English is Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, written by Thomas Gray, which treats not just a single death but the human condition as well. The most famous example of the pastoral elegy is Lycidas, by the English poet John Milton.●Free Verse(不受格律约束的)自由诗体A type of poetry that deliberately seeks to free itself from the restriction imposed bytraditionally fixed conventions of meter, rhyme, and stanza. Free verse is now often poetry in open forms.E.g. Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass●Blank Verse无韵诗，素体诗（不押韵的五音步诗行）Blank verse is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme. In English, the meter most commonly used with blank verse has been iambic pentameter●Dramatic IronyThe reader’s awareness of a discrepancy (difference) between a character’s perception of his or her own situation or activities, or of their consequences and the true nature of that situation or those consequences. E.g. It is frequently employed in Shakespeare’s many plays such as The Merchant of V enice, Macbeth and so on.A Brief Survey of British Literature●I.Old and Medieval English Literature(5th-14th Century)●II. The Renaissance Period (14th- mid-17th)●III. The Neoclassical Period（mid-17th-18th century）●IV. The Romantic Period (1798-1832)●V. The Victorian Period (1837-1901)●VI. The Modern Period (late 19th C---)I. Old and Medieval English Literature(5th-14th Century)A. The historical backgroundSince the historical times England where the early inhabitants were Celts has been conquered three times. It was conquered by the Romans, the English, and the Normans. And of the three it was only the English conquest that had lasting effects.(1) In 43 A.D. the Romans landed in Britain, and ruled England for almost 4 centuries, but the Celts still kept their own language, custom and religion.(2)When the Roman Empire declined and its troops left England, the tribes of Angles, Saxons and Jutes invaded the island from Northern Europe around the fifth century. They drove the native Celts away from England into Wales, Scotland, and even into Ireland across the sea. The three tribes gradually settled down and mixed into a whole people called English.(3) In 1066, the Normans conquered England.B. Important writers and worksEnglish Epic:BeowulfGeoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400): The Canterbury Tales(The first Realistic writer, father of English poetry, Master of the English language)II. The Renaissance Period (14th- mid-17th)●It first started in Florence and Venice of Italy, with the flowering of painting, sculpture andarchitecture. From Italy the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe.●The word “Renaissance”, which means rebirth or revival, is usually regarded as the result of a newemphasis upon the newly discovered Greek and Roman classics and the combination or comprise of a newly interpreted Christian tradition and an ardently admired tradition of pagan classical culture. The essence of the Renaissance is Humanism.●Renaissance, therefore, is a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers and scholarsmade attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe and introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, and to lift the restriction in all areas placed by the Roman Catholic church authorities.Important writers and works●Thomas More( 1478-1535): Utopia 《乌托邦》●Edmund Spenser (1552-1599): The Faerie Queen《仙后》;The Shepherd Calendar《牧羊人日志》●Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593): Edward II,Dr. Faustus,Tamburlaine 《帖木耳大帝》,The Jew of Malta,The Passionate Shepherd to His Love●William Shakespeare (1564-1616): History plays, comedy, tragedy, romantic tragicomediesThe greatest four tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethComedies: The Comedy of Errors,Love’s Labour’s Lost,As You like It,Twelfth Night,The Merchant of Venice,The Merry Wives of Windsor,Much Ado About Nothing●Ben Jonson : The Alchemist《炼金术士》●Francis Bacon: Essays●John Donne: (the representative of the metaphysics of the 17th century) The Elegies and SatiresJohn Milton: Paradise Lost,Paradise Regain,Samson Agonistes●John Bunyan: The Pilgrim’s Progress 《天路历程》III. The Neoclassical Period（mid-17th-18th century）The eighteenth-century England is also, better, known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason. The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement going on throughout Europe at the time. The Enlightenment celebrated reason (rationality),equality, science and human beings’ ability to perfect themselves and their societyLiterature of the Period:●Neoclassical poetry and prose ( the last decades of the 17th to the early decades of the 18th century) ●The rise and flourish of modern realistic novel in the middle years of the 18th century●Gothic novel and the sentimental and pre-romantic poetry and fiction in the last decades of the18th century.Important writers and works●Alexander Pope (1688-1744): An Essay on Criticism;Odyssey;The Rape of the Lock●Daniel Defoe (1660-1731): Robinson Crusoe●Samuel Richardson (1689-1761): Pamela●Henry Fielding (father of the English novel): The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling●Samuel Johnson: A Dictionary of the English Language●Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal●Gulliver’s Travels: a satire on the 18th-century English society. It includes four parts: Lilliput (小人国）, Brobdingnag (巨人国），flying Island of Laputa, Houyhnhnms (horses with reasons)●Thomas Gray: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard《墓园挽歌》IV. The Romantic Period (1798-1832)●English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads and to have ended in 1832 with Sir Walter Scott’s death.●The Romantic period is an age of poetry. In the preface to the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth defines poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility.”Important poets & poems of the period●Robert Burns(1759-1796) (famous for his poems written in Scots):My Heart’s in the Highland;A Red, Red Rose●William Blake (1757-1827):Song of Experience;Song of InnocenceLake PoetsWilliam Wordsworth (1770-1850):Lyrical Ballads,(worshipper of nature) My Heart Leaps Up,The Prelude 《序曲》,To the Cuckoo●Samuel Taylor Coleridge(1772-1834): Kubla Khan《忽必烈汗》;The Fall of theBastille●Robert Southey : John of Arc《圣女贞德》Byron, Shelley, and Keats●George Gordon Byron (1788-1824): Cain,Don Juan,Oriental Tales《东方叙事诗》●Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822):Ode to a Skylark《云雀颂》Ode to the West Wind,Prometheus Unbound《解放的普罗米修斯》●John Keats（1795-1821）:Ode on a Grecian Um,Ode to AutumnOde to Nightingale●Mary Shelly: Frankenstein 《科学怪人》其他:●Jane Austen ( 1775-1817):Emma,Mansfield Park,Pride and Prejudice,Sense and Sensibility,Northanger Abbey,Persuasion●Sir Walter Scott: historical novelsV. The Victorian Period (1837-1901)By this time, romanticism gradually gave way to realism, and the novel gradually became the dominant form of literature.●Two Poets:●Alfred Tennyson: Idylls of the King《国王之歌》●Robert Browning: famous for his dramatic monologueThe Seraphim and other poems《天使及其他》, The Ring and the Book《戒指与书》（his masterpiece)Important writers and works●Charles Dickens (1812-1870): A Tale of Two Cities,David Copperfield,Great Expectations,Oliver Twist,Hard Times,The Old Curiosity Shop 《老古玩店》,Bleak House 《荒凉之屋》●William Thackeray（1811-1863）: Vanity Fair《名利场》●Thomas Hardy(1840-1928): Far From the Madding CrownJude the Obscure 《无名的裘德》Tess of the D’UrbervillesThe Mayor of CasterbridgeThe Return of the NativeUnder the Greenwood Tree 《绿荫下》●Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)(put forward aestheticism : art for art’s sake):The Picture of Dorain GrayAn Ideal HusbandA Woman of No Importance●Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure IslandWomen Writers: Bronte Sisters and George Eliot●Charlotte Bronte: Jane EyreProfessorShirley●Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights●Anne Bronte: Agnes Grey●George Eliot：Middlemarch,The Mill on the Floss,Silas Marner 《职工马南传》VI. The Modern Period (late 19th C---)Modernism takes the irrational philosophy and the idea of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base. The major themes of the modernist literature are the distorted, alienated and ill relationships between man and nature, man and society, man and man, and man and himself.(1)Modernism marks a strong and conscious break with the past.(2)Modernism emphasizes on the need to move away from the public to the private, from the objectiveto the subjective.(3)Modernism upholds a new view of time by emphasizing the psychic time over the chronologicalone.(4)Modernism is a reaction against realism. The works can be labeled as anti-novel, anti-poetry, oranti-drama.Famous Irish Authors(1)George Bernald Shaw (1856-1950):He is considered as the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare. Some of his plays can be termed as problem plays. He got Nobel Prize in 1925.Major Barbara 《芭芭拉少校》Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionWidowers’ HousesPygmalion《皮格马力翁》Man and Superman, Arms and ManThe Apple CartThe Devil’s Disciple(2)William Butler Yeats(1865-1939)(got Noble Prize in 1923):The Land of Heart’s Desire(3)James Joyce (1882-1941): (famous fo r his “stream of consciousness)A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManDublinersUlyssesFinnegans WakeOther Important Writers●Virginia Woolf (1882-1941): Mrs. Dalloway,To the LighthouseThe Waves 《海浪》● D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930): Lady Chatterley’s LoversSons and Lovers,The Rainbow,The White Peacock,Women in Love●T.S.Eliot(1888-1965) (got Noble Prize in 1948 for his poem Four Quartets. Poet, dramatist &Critic.): Murder in the CathedralThe Waste LandOn Poetry & PoetsThe Use of Poetry●Joseph Conrad: Heart of DarknessLord Jim● E.M.Foster: A Passage to IndiaA Room with a View●John Galsworthy: （got Noble Prize in 1932): The Forsyte Saga《福塞特家史》A Modern ComedyTo LetOther Noble Prize winners:●Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot (1969)●Rudyard Kipling: the first English author to be awarded the Noble Prize for literature in 1907.●W.B. Yeats (1923)A Brief Survey of American LiteratureOutline:●The Literature around the Independence Revolution (mid-17th-18th Century)●American Romanticism (1810-1865)●American Realism (1865-1910)●American Naturalism●American Modernism(1912--)●African American Writers●American DramaI. The Literature around the Independence Revolution (mid-17th-18th Century)●Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790): The AutobiographyPoor Richard’s Almanac●Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826): third president of the U.S. (1801-1809), author of The Declarationof Independence. (the 2nd president of the U.S. is John Adams)●Philip Freneau: poet of the American RevolutionII. American Romanticism (1810-1865)American Romanticism was also called American Renaissance. It was a rebellion against the objectivity of rationalism. For romantics, the feelings, the intuitions and emotions were more important than reason and common sense. They emphasized individualism, placing the individual against the group.1. Early Romantic Writers●Washington Irving (1783-1859): Rip V an WinkleThe Legend of Sleepy HollowThe Sketch Book《见闻札记》●James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851): The Last of the Mohicans《最后的莫希干人》The Deerslayer《杀鹿者》The Prairie《大草原》边疆小说：The Pioneers《拓荒者》Leatherstocking Tales2. New England TranscendentalismIn 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson published a little book called Nature. “The Universe is composed of Nature and the Soul,”it says. “Spirit is present everywhere.”Nature’s voice pushed American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England Transcendentalism, the summit of American Romanticism.Transcendentalism(1)philosophical definition: The recognition of man’s obt aining (attaining) knowledge by transcendingthe reach of the senses/independent of senses, emphasizing intuition.(2) A literary movementa. emphasize spirit, or the Oversoul (超灵）as the most important thing in the universe.b. stress the importance of i ndividual, regarding the individual is divine.c. offer a fresh perception of nature as symbolic of the Spirit or God. This in turn added to thetradition of literary symbolism in American literature.Two Great Transcendentalists●Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882）：Nature: the manifesto of American transcendentalismThe American Scholar: America’s Declaration of Intellectual IndependenceSelf-RelianceDivinity School AddressThe Transcendentalist●Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862): Walden 《瓦尔登湖》Civil Disobedience●(Louisa May Alcott : Little Women)3. Late Romantic Writers●Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864): The Scarlet LetterThe Hose of the Seven GablesThe Marble FaunMosses from an Old Manse《古屋青苔》●Herman Melville (1819-1891): Moby Dick;Typee●Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849): (father of the American detective stories)The Fall of the House of Usher;Poems: The Raven; To Helen4. Famous poets●Walt Whitman (1819-1892): Leaves of GrassSong of Myself●Emily Dickinson（1830-1886): I Heard a Fly Buzz When I DiedBecause I Could Not Stop for DeathMy Life Closed Twice before its CloseI Died for BeautyIII. American Realism (1865-1910)Major features of Realism:●Straightforward or matter-of-fact matter●Focus on commonness of the lives of the common people●Objective rather than idealistic view of human nature●Present moral visionsImportant writers and works●Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896): Uncle Tom’s Cabin●Mark Twain (1835-1910):local colorist (Hemingway once said, “All great American literature camefrom one book called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”)The Adventures of Tom SawyerThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe Gilded AgeThe Prince and the PauperThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,The Innocence Abroad●Henry James (1843-1916): He is considered the founder of psychological realism, and focuses oninternational themes.The AmericanThe Portrait of a LadyThe AmbassadorsThe Wings of the DoveDaisy MillerThe Golden BowlThe BosoniansIV. American Naturalism●Theodore Dreiser(1871-1945): Sister CarrieJennie GerhardtAn American Tragedy (his greatest work)●Stephen Crane (1871-1900): The Red Badge of CourageMaggie: A Girl of the Streets●Henry: the father of American short stories: Cabbages and Kings 《白菜与国王》Road of Destiny 《命运之路》The Cop and the AnthemThe Gift of the MagiA Service of Love《爱的牺牲》●Jack London: The Call of the WildThe Son of the WolfThe Sea-wolfWhite FangMartin EdenIV. American Modernism (1912--)1. Modern Poetry●Ezra Pound (1885-1972): In a Station of the MetroPisan Cantos《比萨诗章》●Robert Frost (1874-1963): His poetry focused on the landscape and people in New England.New Hampshire,Mending Wall,After Apple-picking,The Death of the Hired Man,The Road Not Taken●T.S. Eliot2. Modern Fiction●Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961): spokesman of the Lost GenerationA Farewell to ArmsFor Whom the Bell TollsThe Sun Also Rises (1925)The Old Man and the SeaDeath in the Afternoon● F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940): the literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.The Great GatsbyTender is the NightTales of the Jazz AgeThe Side of ParadiseThe Last Tycoon●William Faulkner: The Sound and the FuryLight in AugustAbsalom, AbsalomGo Down, Moses●John Steinbeck: The Grapes of WrathThe Pearl●John Dos Passos: U.S.A TrilogyMinor Writers●Sinclair Lewis(1885-1951): the first American writer to get Noble Prize for literatureMain StreetBaddit●J.D. Salinger: （1919--）: The Catcher in the Rye 《麦田的守望者》●Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997): Howl●Saul Bellow: (Jewish writer, got Nobel prize in 1976) Seize the Day●Joseph Heller: Catch-22●Jack Kerouac (1922-1969): On the Road《在路上》African American Writers●(1940s) Richard Wright:Native Son,Black Boy●(1950s) Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man●James Baldwin:Go Tell It on the Mountain (1954)●Alex Haley: Roots (1976)●Alice Walker: The Color Purple●Toni Morrison:( the first African American woman to get Nobel Prize in 1993)The Bluest Eye,BelovedSong of SolomonParadiseJazzAmerican Drama●Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953):美国戏剧之父The greatest American dramatist, and got PulitzerPrize for 4 times, and the Nobel Prize in 1936.Beyond the Horizon《天边外》（成名作）Emperor JonesAll the God’s Children Got WingsDesire Under the ElmsThe Iceman Cometh●Arthur Miller (1915--): Death of a SalesmanNoble Prize Winners●Sinclair Lewis (1930)●Eugene O’Neill (1936): Beyond the Horizon●T.S. Eliot (1948)●William Faulkner (1949)●Ernest Hemingway (1954)●John Steinbeck (1963): The Grapes of Wrath●Toni Morrison (1993)。
专八人文知识试题
专业英语八级人文知识1. All of the Great Lakes are shared between the United States and Canada EXCEPT (C)A. Lake OntarioB. Lake SuperiorC. Lake MichiganD. Lake Erie2. Which group of people can Not vote in the British general election? (B)A. member in the House of CommonsB. Lords in the House of LordsC. the UK citizens above the age of 18D. the UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic3. Walt Whitman helped to promote the development of (D)A. sonnetB. coupletC. blank verseD. free verse4. Speech is the primary medium of language.5. The first English colony in America established in Jamestown.6. In the 1960s, the Beatles became world famous and turned their hometown of Liverpool into a place of pilgrimage.7. The Angles and Saxons are the ancestors of the English people today.8. Prometheus Unbound was written by Shelly.9. Walt Whitman’s O Captain! My Captain! was written in memorial of Lincoln.10. Saussure puts forward the distinction between diachronic studies and synchronic studies.11. The majority of back-formed words are verbs.12. Illocutionary act is the act performed in saying something; it is an expression of the speaker’s intention.13. Washington D.C, capital of the United States, is named after George Washington and Christopher Columbus.14. English didn’t became the official; language of the English until 14th after the Hundred Years’ War.15. Martin Eden is Jack London’s masterpiece and it is somewhat autobiog raphical.16. The Input Hypothesis was put forward by Krashen.17. A series of dynastic civil wars between supporters of the House of Lancaster and the House of York in the 15th century are also known as the wars of the Roses.18. The oldest newspaper in Australia is The Sydney Morning Herald.19. The Gift of the Magi was written by O’ Henry.20. Nouns’ verbs and adjectives can be classified as open class words.21. Which of the following sports originated from Scotland? (A)A GolfB FootballC BasketballD Tennis22. The Second largest racial and ethnic group in the United Stated is (B)A the whiteB the HispanicsC ChineseD the Blacls23. Martin Luther King, Jr. who delivered a famous speech named I HAVE A DREAM was the leader of Civil Rights Movement in USA.24. Which of the following is the largest province in Canada? (A)A QuebecB SaskatchewanC OntarioD British Columbia25. Robert Louis Stevenson is a representative of Neo-Romanticism in English literature.26. Both of phonology and phonetics are concerned with the study of speech sounds.27. Male/female, married/single and alive/dead are examples of complementarity.28. The Sapir-Worf hypothesis is about language and thought.29. The symbol marking the declination of the British Empire is THE SUEZ CANAL CRISIS.30. The colonists first settled in South Australia in Australia.31.In the 20th century, under the influence of Freud’s theory of psycho-analysis, a number of writers adopted the stream of consciousness method of novel writing.32. Componential analysis refers to an approach adopted by structural semanticists in describing the meaning of words and phrases.33. Second Language Acquisition concentrates on code.34. The components of the British Parliament: the House of Lord, the House of Commons and the Queen/King.35. Quebec is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population.36. The Australian National Day is chosen to commemorate the first European settlement of the continent.37. The Catcher in the Rye was written by Jerome David Salinger.38. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal has been called a great comedy of manners.39. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a type of situation is a register.40. Quantity Maxim means that in conversation we should be as informative as required.41. Canada is the second largest country in the word.42. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is considered as an anti-utopian novel.43. Toni Morrison is the first American black woman writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.1.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____A Jack LondonB Charles DickensC Samuel ColeridgeD Ernest Hemingway2.In which novel can "Yahoo" be found?A John Bunyan's Pilgrim's ProgressB Edmund Spencer's The Faerie QueenC Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's TravelsD Henry Fielding's Tom Jones3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____A J.D. SalingerB Jack LondonC Flannery O'ConnorD Saul Bellow4.The image of the famous "henpecked husband" is created by____A Washington IrvingB Fennimore CooperC Edith WhartonD William Dean Howells5.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be ____A O'NeilB PoundC Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald6.____ is the most important person of the transcendental club.A HawthornB WhitmanC EmersonD Hemingway7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____A fridendshipB love and marriageC life and deathD war and peace8.Robert Frost is a famous ____A novelistB playwrightC poetD literary critic9.Dover Beach is written by ____A Robert BrowningB Alfred TennysonC Mathew ArnoldD Dylan Thomas10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States.A Age of RealismB Age of ClasicalismC Age of RomanticismD Age of Renaissance答案详解：1.D 《老人与海》是海明威的作品。
专八人文知识试题
专业英语八级人文知识1. All of the Great Lakes are shared between the United States and Canada EXCEPT (C)A. Lake OntarioB. Lake SuperiorC. Lake MichiganD. Lake Erie2. Which group of people can Not vote in the British general election? (B)A. member in the House of CommonsB. Lords in the House of LordsC. the UK citizens above the age of 18D. the UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic3. Walt Whitman helped to promote the development of (D)A. sonnetB. coupletC. blank verseD. free verse4. Speech is the primary medium of language.5. The first English colony in America established in Jamestown.6. In the 1960s, the Beatles became world famous and turned their hometown of Liverpool into a place of pilgrimage.7. The Angles and Saxons are the ancestors of the English people today.8. Prometheus Unbound was written by Shelly.9. Walt Whitman’s O Captain! My Captain! was written in memorial of Lincoln.10. Saussure puts forward the distinction between diachronic studies and synchronic studies.11. The majority of back-formed words are verbs.12. Illocutionary act is the act performed in saying something; it is an expression of the speaker’s intention.13. Washington D.C, capital of the United States, is named after George Washington and Christopher Columbus.14. English didn’t became the official; language of the English until 14th after the Hundred Years’ War.15. Martin Eden is Jack London’s masterpiece and it is somewhat autobiog raphical.16. The Input Hypothesis was put forward by Krashen.17. A series of dynastic civil wars between supporters of the House of Lancaster and the House of York in the 15th century are also known as the wars of the Roses.18. The oldest newspaper in Australia is The Sydney Morning Herald.19. The Gift of the Magi was written by O’ Henry.20. Nouns’ verbs and adjectives can be classified as open class words.21. Which of the following sports originated from Scotland? (A)A GolfB FootballC BasketballD Tennis22. The Second largest racial and ethnic group in the United Stated is (B)A the whiteB the HispanicsC ChineseD the Blacls23. Martin Luther King, Jr. who delivered a famous speech named I HAVE A DREAM was the leader of Civil Rights Movement in USA.24. Which of the following is the largest province in Canada? (A)A QuebecB SaskatchewanC OntarioD British Columbia25. Robert Louis Stevenson is a representative of Neo-Romanticism in English literature.26. Both of phonology and phonetics are concerned with the study of speech sounds.27. Male/female, married/single and alive/dead are examples of complementarity.28. The Sapir-Worf hypothesis is about language and thought.29. The symbol marking the declination of the British Empire is THE SUEZ CANAL CRISIS.30. The colonists first settled in South Australia in Australia.31.In the 20th century, under the influence of Freud’s theory of psycho-analysis, a number of writers adopted the stream of consciousness method of novel writing.32. Componential analysis refers to an approach adopted by structural semanticists in describing the meaning of words and phrases.33. Second Language Acquisition concentrates on code.34. The components of the British Parliament: the House of Lord, the House of Commons and the Queen/King.35. Quebec is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population.36. The Australian National Day is chosen to commemorate the first European settlement of the continent.37. The Catcher in the Rye was written by Jerome David Salinger.38. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal has been called a great comedy of manners.39. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a type of situation is a register.40. Quantity Maxim means that in conversation we should be as informative as required.41. Canada is the second largest country in the word.42. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is considered as an anti-utopian novel.43. Toni Morrison is the first American black woman writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.1.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____A Jack LondonB Charles DickensC Samuel ColeridgeD Ernest Hemingway2.In which novel can "Yahoo" be found?A John Bunyan's Pilgrim's ProgressB Edmund Spencer's The Faerie QueenC Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's TravelsD Henry Fielding's Tom Jones3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____A J.D. SalingerB Jack LondonC Flannery O'ConnorD Saul Bellow4.The image of the famous "henpecked husband" is created by____A Washington IrvingB Fennimore CooperC Edith WhartonD William Dean Howells5.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be ____A O'NeilB PoundC Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald6.____ is the most important person of the transcendental club.A HawthornB WhitmanC EmersonD Hemingway7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____A fridendshipB love and marriageC life and deathD war and peace8.Robert Frost is a famous ____A novelistB playwrightC poetD literary critic9.Dover Beach is written by ____A Robert BrowningB Alfred TennysonC Mathew ArnoldD Dylan Thomas10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States.A Age of RealismB Age of ClasicalismC Age of RomanticismD Age of Renaissance答案详解：1.D 《老人与海》是海明威的作品。
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6 ．Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.
A． Rhode Island B ．Virginia C． Texas D ．Montana
练习题答案及题解:
1． 38, 美国现有38个州惩罚罪犯采用死刑。
2 ．Northeast, South, Midwest and West, 美国的主要四大部分不包括北部。
3． The New England Region, 美国的新英格兰地区， 也就是东北部地区深受清教思想的影响。
4 ．California，加利福尼亚州是美国最大的州，拥有人口也最多。
D ．none of them
4 ．American and British English are two_____ of the English language.
A． varieties B． elements C． parts D． form
5． The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.
8 ．Pacific Ocean， 美国东临大西洋，西濒太平洋，北接加拿大，南靠墨西哥及墨西哥湾。
9 ．automobile industry， 底特律是美国著名的汽车城。
10 ．Indians， 美国的本土居民是当地的印第安人。
美国概况
练习题：
1 ．_____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.
4 .African Americans， 2000年以前非裔美国人是美国最大的少数民族群体。2000年以后，拉丁裔美国人的人数超过了非裔美国人的人数，成为美国第一大少数民族群体。
5 .America， 美国拥有世界上最古老的宪法和政党。
6. World War II， 第二次世界大战的爆发帮助美国走出了经济困境。
6 The economic problem caused by the depression in 1929 was eventually solved by____.
7 In the United States, primary education requires____years.
8 Most college students in the United States are in____institutions.
A. New England B. Virginia C. Massachusetts D. New York
4. The capital of Massachusetts is _____.
A .Providence B. Boston C. Montpelier D. Augusta
A ．contribution a state has made to the nation
B． population
C． size
D． none of the above
9 ．The tern “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____.
A． the Amazon River B． the Mississippi River C． the Nile River D． the Hudson River
10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884.
A． France B． Spain C ．Italy D ．Britain
练习题答案及题解:
8 To the west of mainland American lies the _____ Ocean.
9 Detroit, a U.S. city bordering Lake Erie, is famous for its_____.
10 The natives of the continent of the America are the_____.
A ．Washington D.C B ．Los Angeles C． San Francisco D ．New York City
2． _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.
A． Blacks B ．Hispanics C． Indians D． Asian Americans
3 ．Washington D.C. is named after___________.
A． the U.S. President George Washington
B ．Christopher Columbus
C ．both George Washington and Christopher Columbus
9 The three main levels of courts of the federal judicial system in America are____________.
10 _____(which state )is not governed by the common law.
3 ______ region’s culture character was shaped largely by Puritan spirit.
4 ______is the largest state in terms of size and population in America.
5＂Hollywood＂is often used as a synonym for_____
美国概况
练习题：
1 The traditional dividing line in America between “east” and “west” is_____.
2 The earliest part in America to be found and taken over by early settlers is ____.
3 The largest racial group in the whole population of U.S.A is____.
4 Before 2000, the largest minority group in the United States is____.
5 ____has the world’s oldest written constitution and political party.
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A. Englishman B. American C.Dutch D. Denmark
练习题答案及题解:
1. The Mississippi River, 密西西比河是美国传统的东方和西方的分界线。
2 .The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain，最早被早期定居者发现和占领的地方是大西洋及其沿岸平原。
3 .Non-hispanics white， 非西班牙裔的白人是美国最大的种族群体。
7. Six years， 美国的小学要花费大约六年的时间。
8. Public， 大部分美国大学生都在公立学校就读。
9 .美国的联邦法院系统包括：the United States District Courts; the United States Courts of Appeal ; the United States Supreme Court.
5 ．American films，好莱坞是美国著名的电影制造地。
6． the Mississippi River，美国最长的河流是密西西比河，也是美国最重要的一条河流。被美国人视为“众河之父”，沿河流域也是美国的主要农作物产区。
7 ．typical continental，美国东北部的新英格兰地区是典型的大陆性气候。冬天寒冷，夏天炎热。
1 ．D, 纽约是美国最大的城市同时也是最重要的经济中心和最主要的港口。
2． A, 黑人在美国的经济和社会地位都最为低下。
3 ．C, 首都命名为华盛顿是为了纪念美国的第一任总统乔治?华盛顿，而联邦直辖区命名为哥伦比亚特区是为了纪念第一位从欧洲横渡大西洋到达西半球的探险家克里斯多拂?哥伦布。
4． A, 美国英语和英国英语是英语语言的两种变体。
2 .John Fitzgerald Kennedy is _____ president.
A. 35th B. 34th C. 33rd D. 32nd
3. In 1837, the first college-level institution for women , Mount Holyoke Female Seminary , opened in _____ to serve the “ Muslim sex”.
7． The national flag of the United States is known as_____.
A． the Star-Spangled Banner B ．Uncle Sam C ．Hot Dog D ．Union Jack