专八人文知识(练习题)

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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。

专八人文知识(练习题)

专八人文知识(练习题)篇一：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 usedas 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. To 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 to determine a word’s category.。

专业英语八级(人文知识)练习试卷1(题后含答案及解析)

专业英语八级（人文知识）练习试卷1(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1.535)的代表作。

知识模块：人文知识7．Which of the following is not a work of Edgar Allan Poe in American history?A．The Raven.B．Annabel Lee.C．To Helen.D．The Pasture.正确答案：D解析：Edgar Allan Poe(埃德加·爱伦·坡，1809～1894)美国作家、诗人、编辑及文学评论家。

其诗旋律优美，才华横溢。

诗歌特色是唯美和恐怖，如让人毛骨悚然的诗歌The Raven(《乌鸦》)。

Israfel(《以色拉非》)是爱伦·坡为自己所做的代言诗歌，而Annabel Lee(《安娜贝尔·李》)则是哀悼一位美丽女孩之死。

死亡是爱伦·坡作品中多次出现的主题。

To Helen(《致海伦》)也是其著名作品。

[D]The Pasture(《牧场》)是美国著名田园诗人Robert Frost(罗伯特·弗罗斯特，1874～1963)的诗作，故为答案。

知识模块：人文知识8．Chomsky’s ______ hypothesis is based on his observations that some important facts can never be otherwise explained adequately such as children can learn language very fast.A．naturalB．innatenessC．genuineD．heritage正确答案：B解析：Chomsky认为语言是某种天赋，儿童天生就具有一种学习语言的能力，叫做“语言习得机制(LAD)”。

他认为儿童生来就具有一种独特的天赋才能(innateness)，即儿童天生就具有基本的语法知识和语法范畴的知识，并且这种知识是一种通用的、普遍的知识，是存在于一切人类语言之中并为人类幼儿所天生具有的知识，[B]innateness(天赋)为答案。

专八人文知识精讲(练习)及答案

人文知识练习1__1__Where is Edinburgh?A In WalesB In ScotlandC In Northern IrelandD In Ireland__2__ Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network?A ABCB CNNC CBSD BBC__3__The Capital of Australia is __.A SydneyB MelbourneC CanberraD Perth__4__ Which degree is offered in community colleges in the United States?A Master’s degreeB Doctor’s degreeC Bachelor’s degreeD Associate’s degree__5__ George Bernard Shaw was a(n) __.A playwrightB poetC novelistD essayist__6__ John Galsworthy was most famous for__.A Heart of DarknessB UlyssesC The Forsyste SagaD A Passage to India__7__ The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by__.A Henry JamesB O. HenryC Harriet Beccher StowerD Mark Twain__8__The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in condition is__.A morphologyB general linguisticsC phonologyD semantics__9__Which of the following is NOT a compound word?A LandladyB GreenhouseC UpliftD Unacceptable__10__ The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any which we don’t have to work. Thi s is an example of __.A meaning shiftB widening of meaningC narrowing of meaningD loss of meaning人文知识练习2（05年真题）__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 transmissionD 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 ElizabethC Gaskell C 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人文知识练习1答案：1-5 BDCDA 6-10 CDCDB1. 选B. Wales的首府为Cardiff, Scotland的首府为Edinburgh. Northern Ireland 的首府Belfast, Ireland的首府为Dublin.2. 选D。

专业英语八级(人文知识)练习试卷2(题后含答案及解析)

专业英语八级（人文知识）练习试卷2(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.1．On which of the following streets is the financial centre of the U．S．10cated?A．Fleet Street．B．Downing Street．C．Wall Street．D．Baker Street．正确答案：C解析：华尔街是美国纽约曼哈顿南部一条大街的名字，长不超过1英里，宽仅11米，是美国主要金融机构的所在地，被誉为“西方的金融中心”。

其他三条街都在英国。

Fleet Street(舰队街)是英国报纸业较为集中的一条街，也是英国新闻界的代称。

Downing Street(唐宁街)是英国首相官邸及一些政府主要部门在伦敦的所在地。

Baker Street(贝克街)是伦敦西区的一条繁华街道。

小说家柯南·道尔(Sir Arthur Conar Dogle)塑造的人物福尔摩斯和华生医生曾于1881年至1904年居住在该街221B号(作者虚拟未来的地址)。

知识模块：人文知识2．The jury in the High Court of New Zealand is composed of ______ members．A．18B．16C．14D．12正确答案：D解析：新西兰高等法院陪审团由12位成员组成。

知识模块：人文知识3．Education in the U．K．is compulsory”for all children aged betweenA．5 and 16．B．8 and 17．C．6 and 15．D．7 and 19．正确答案：A解析：英国5到16岁的学生必须接受义务教育。

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 to determine 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 Ulysses has 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。

专八人文知识

专八人文知识练习题1:1 Which poem is not written by Freneau?A The British Prison ShipB The Wild Honey SuckleC The Indian Burying GroundD The Flood of Years2 Thomas Jefferson’s attitude ,that is , a firm belief in progress, and th e pursuit of happiness, is typical of the period we now call _____.A Age of EvolutionB Age of ReasonC Age of RomanticismD Age of Regionalism3 Which of the following is NOT one part of the Leather Stocking Tales by Cooper?A The SpyB The PathfinderC The PioneersD The Deerslayer4 Which statement about Thoreau is NOT right?A He was a lover of nature.B He was particular kind of romantic.C He was polemicist.D He was a thorough transcendentalist.5 Whic h of the following has been called “the manifesto of American Transcendentalism” ?A Divinity School AddressB Self-relianceC NatureD The American Scholar6 As a philosophical and literary movement, _____ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A sentimentalismB transcendentalismC modernismD rationalism7 The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as _____.A the Modern PeriodB the Realistic PeriodC the Romantic PeriodD the Naturalist Period8 All the following are the works by Nathaniel Hawthorne EXCEPT _____.A The Marble FaunB TypeeC The Scarlet LetterD Mosses from an Old Manse9 Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickson’s?A I Heard a Fly Buzz when I Died.B The RavenC This is My Letter to the World.D I Like to See it Lap the Miles.10 Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ____.A the strict poetic formB the free and natural rhythmC the easy flow of feelingsD the simple and conversational language练习21. ____is the core of the English Government.A the SovereignB the House of LordsC the House of CommonsD the Cabinet2. Melbourne is located ____A in CanadaB in New ZealandC in IrelandD in Australia3. ____forced Nixon to resign in 1973.A The Watergate ScandalB The Iran-Gate ScandalC The Un-American Activities CommitteeD The New RightA the Boom GenerationB the Lost GenerationC the YuppiesD the Cowboys5. ____was greatly influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry.A Ezra PoundB Walt WhitmanC Robert FrostD Edgar Allan Poe6. Which of the following novels was NOT written by Charles Dickens?A David CopperfieldB The Pickwick PapersC Oliver TwistD Women in Love7. A myth is a ____ tale originally with religious significance that explains the actionsof gods or heroes, the causes of natural phenomena or both.A non-fictionalB fictionalC gothicD poetic8. The force of a/an ____ act is identical with the speaker’s intention.A illocutionaryB locutionaryC perlocutionaryD prelocutionary9.Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as ____A paroleB languageC systemD langue10. The noun “tear” and the verb “tear” are ____A homophonesB homographsC complete homonymsD allophones练习3：1 What country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?A United States of AmericaB United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandC New ZealandD Canada2 The national anthem of Canada is ____A Canada The BeautifulB O CanadaC God Defend CanadaD Advance Canada Fair3 The capital city of Canada is ____A MontrealB TorontoC AlbertD Ottawa4 According to the Official Language of Act of Canada, there are two officiallanguage in this country: they are____A English and SpanishB English and PortugueseC English and FrenchD English and Celtic5 Canada is a world ____producer of nickel, zinc, and asbestos……A primaryB secondC thirdD fourth6 The highest peak in Canada is ____, which is the Yukon Territory of northwestCanada.A Mount LawrenceB Mount SuperiorC Mount LoganD Mount Huron7 St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both ____A America and MexicoB America and CanadaC America and CubaD America and Brazil8 Apart from Paris, France, Montreal is regarded as the largest____city in the world,known as “Paris the Second”.A Spanish-speakingB Portuguese-speakingC German-speakingD French-speaking9____, the third largest city in Canada, is well known as Ice-Free Harbor.A MontrealB QuebecC TorontoD Vancouver10.Canada is the world’s ____country in terms of land area.练习4：1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____.A Robin HoodB Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC The Canterbury TalesD Beowulf2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written inalliterative verse.A The Canterbury TalesB Piers the PlowmanC Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD Beowulf3. ____was the most famous for The Canterbury Tales.A Geoffrey ChaucerB John MiltonC William ShakespeareD Francis Bacon4. Most of the ballads of the 5th century focused on the legend about ____ as aheroic figure.A Green NightsB GawainC Robin HoodD Hamlet5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular afterits publication.A Paradise LostB A Pleasant Satire of the Three EstatesC Of BeautyD Utopia6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of thegreat poems in the English language.A AmorettiB The Shepherd’s CalendarC The Faerie QueenD Four Hymns7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18.A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”B “To be or not to be: that is the question”C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”8. The vivid portrayal of ____ by Shakespeare in Henry IV has earn for him anenviable place in the history of English literature.A Julius CaesarB FalstaffC HamletD King Henry9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othelloand ____.A. Antony and CleopatraB. Julius CaesarC Twelfth NightD King Lear10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic lovecomedies?A Twelfth NightB The TempestC As You Like ItD The Merchant of Venice练习题5: 1."Gold Rush" was vividly depicted in ____ novels.A Hemingway’sB Mark Twain’sC Henry Jame’sD Faulkner’s2.The period of Old English literatue refers to ____A 449-1066B 14thcentury - mid 17th centuryD 16th century- mid 18th century3.The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is ____A NatureB WaldenC ExperienceD Essays4.____has been entitled the "Father of American Poetry".A Philip FreneauB Ralph Waldo EmersonC William Cullen BryantD Walt Whitman5. The emotional effect and social significance made ____ the first well-knownsociological novel in American Literature.A The Sun Also RisesB Uncle Tom’s CabinC The Old Man and The SeaD Sister Carrie6. Stephen Crane is famous for ____A An American TragedyB The AmbassadorsC Main StreetD The Red Badge of Courage7.Which of the following is NOT true for Benjamin Franklin?A He was a famous writerB He was a member to draft the Declaration of IndependenceC He was a great scientistD He was once elected American President8. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following featuresEXCEPT____A a strict poetic formB a simple and conversational languageC a free and natural rhythmic patternD an easy flow of feelings9.American fiction in the 1960s is retered to as ____A imagismB black humorC new fictionD the Beat Generation10.William Faukener is the author of ____A Far From the Madding CrowdB Sound and FuryC For Whom the Bell TollsD Scarlet Letter练习题6:1 As a philosophical and literary moment, _____ flourished in New England fromthe 1830s to the Civil War.A modernismB rationalismC sentimentalismD transcendentalism2 Poe’s first collection of stories is _____.A Tales of TravelerB Leather Stocking TalesC Canterbury TalesD Tales of the Goteque and Arabesque3 Which book is not written by Emerson?A The American ScholarB Self-RelianceC NatureD Civil Disobedience4 The finest example of Hawthorn’s symbolism is the recreation of PuritanBoston in _____.A The Scarlet LetterB Young Goodman BrownC The Marble FawnD The Ambitious Guest5 The chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism is _____.A Nathaniel HawthornB Ralph Waldo EmersonC Henry David ThoreauD Washington IrvingA intuitionB logicC data of sensesD thinking7 Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A The American ScholarB English TraitsC The Conduct of LifeD Representative Men8 American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenthcentury. This was _____.A Anne BradstreetB Jane AustinC Emily DickinsonD Harriet Beecher9 Captain, My Captain is written for _____.A LincolnB WhitmanC WashingtonD Hemingway10 _____ is not written by Washington Irving.A The Sketch BookB Rip Van WinkleC The Legend of Sleep HollowD The Autobiography练习题7:1 How many members are there in the House of Commons?A 650B 524C 72D 6512 Which of the following people didn’t use to be t he British Prime Minister?A Margaret ThatcherB Winston ChurchillC Horatio NelsonD John Major3 By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _____ by the Sovereign inthe United Kingdom.A Prime MinisterB Member of ParliamentC Lord of appealD Speaker of the House4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____, which still bears this nickname today.A the Labour PartyB the Conservative PartyC the Liberal PartyD the Social Democratic Party5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the Houseof Commons becomes the official Opposition.A largestB second largestC third largestD fourth largest6 The term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline.A politicalB educationalC militaryD economic7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____.A globalizationB nationalizationC privatizationD competition8 Today, in Britain, ______ is called a “sick” industry.A coal miningB iron and steelC textilesD shipbuilding9 The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the17th century, and the Scottish inventor ____ modified and improved the design in 1765.A Abraham DarbyB James WattC John KayD Richard Arkwrightthe10 _____ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to tradeunionism.A The Chartist MovementB The Industrial RevolutionC The French RevolutionD The Glorious Revolution练习题8:1 Which poem is not written by Freneau?A The British Prison ShipB The Wild Honey SuckleC The Indian Burying GroundD The Flood of Years2 Thomas Jefferson’s attitude ,that is , a firm belief in progress, and the pursuit ofhappiness, is typical of the period we now call _____.A Age of EvolutionB Age of ReasonC Age of RomanticismD Age of Regionalism3 Which of the following is NOT one part of the Leather Stocking Tales by Cooper?A The SpyB The PathfinderC The PioneersD The Deerslayer4 Which statement about Thoreau is NOT right?A He was a lover of nature.B He was particular kind of romantic.C He was polemicist.D He was a thorough transcendentalist.5 Which of the following has been cal led “the manifesto of AmericanTranscendentalism” ?A Divinity School AddressB Self-relianceC NatureD The American Scholar6 As a philosophical and literary movement, _____ flourished in New England fromthe 1830s to the Civil War.A sentimentalismB transcendentalismC modernismD rationalism7 The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as _____.A the Modern PeriodB the Realistic PeriodC the Romantic PeriodD the Naturalist Period8 All the following are the works by Nathaniel Hawthorne EXCEPT _____.A The Marble FaunB TypeeC The Scarlet LetterD Mosses from an Old Manse9 Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickson’s?A I Heard a Fly Buzz when I Died.B The RavenC This is My Letter to the World.D I Like to See it Lap the Miles.10 Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ____.A the strict poetic formB the free and natural rhythmC the easy flow of feelingsD the simple and conversational language练习题1答案及题解:1 D, 《似水流年》是布莱恩特的作品。

专八人文知识习题及答案

今日话题：辅音如何分类1. 发音部位（places of articulation）：双唇音(bilabial)、唇齿音(labiodental)、齿间音(dental)等；2.发音方法(manners of articulation)：、爆破音(stop)、摩擦音(fricatives)、破擦音(affricates)、鼻音(nasal)、边音(lateral)等；3.声带状态：清辅音、浊辅音。

因此更正第七期第十道10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms of ____A manner of articulationB openness of mouthC place of articulationD voicing选择A而不是C1. St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both _b___A America and MexicoB America and CanadaC America and CubaD America and Brazil2. European settlement of Australia began in the late part of _c___ when a British penal colony wa s established on the east coast of the continent.A the 16th centuryB the 17th centuryC the 18th centuryD the 19th century3. Which sport is supposed to be America’s national sport and used to be call “American’s favorab le pastime”? aA baseballB basketballC rugbyD cricket4. The largest city in New Zealand is b____A AucklandB WellingtonC ChristchurchD Dunedin5. After Adam Bede,____wrote The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner in which moral problems a rediscussed and psychological analysis of characters are emphasized.A George EliotB Jane AustinC George DickensD Charlotte Bronte6.All of the following odes are written by John Keats EXCEPT____A Ode to AutumnB Ode to a NightingaleC Ode to a SkylarkD Ode on Melancholy7. Of____’s four famous comedies, the best known is Lady W indermere’s Fan.A Oscar WildeB Richard SheridanC Bernard ShawD Somerset Maugham8. If the air stream meets with no obstruction when a sound is pronounced, it is a(n) __c__A voiced consonantB voiceless consonantC vowelD explosive9. The internationally accepted system of phonetic transcription is ____A I.P.AB I.A.P.SC I.S.SD S.S.I.P10. With the __d__, Latin words were added into the vocabulary of the language spoken in Britain.A invasion of the RomansB Christianization of BritainC Scandinavian invasionD Norman Conquest答案BCAAA CACAB9. 国际音标（international phonetic alphabet）是目前世界上比较通行的音标，简称IPA，最初制定于1889年美国人口构成1. The population of the United States is a bit more than 272 million, about 13% of which are Blac k, 12 % are Hispanic(讲西班牙语的人)，4% are Asian and the rest are White Americans.2. It is the third most populous country in the world after China and India.3. The most populous states are California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois.4. More than 80% of Americans live in urban areas.巩固：按照人口数量排列，美国在世界排在第几位；按照面积排，美国又是排第几位呢？1. Christmas is usually connected to ____A the reunion of a large familyB the eating of Easter eggsC the resurrection of ChristD the forgiving of other’s sins2. The largest of the ethnic minorities in America is ____A the blacksB the Mexico-AmericansC the Spanish-AmericansD the Chinese3. The British establish ____colonies along the east coast of North American between 16.7 and 1733.A. 11 B 12 C13 D144. The largest university in Canada is ____A Laval UniversityB The University of TorontoC McGill UniversityD Simon Fraser University5. Robinson Crusoe is written by ____A Henry FieldingB Daniel DefoeC Samuel RichardsonD Jonathan Swift6. ____is written by Walt Whitman.A Representative MenB English TraitsC NatureD Leaves of Grass7. ____is not a novelist.A Henry JamesB Emily DickinsonC William Dean HowellsD Mark Twain8. ____is not one of the core branches of linguistics.A PhonologyB Psycho-linguisticsC SyntaxD Semantics9. ____ is the common factor of the three sounds:[p], [t], [k]A voicelessB spreadC voicedD nasal10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms of ____A manner of articulationB openness of mouthC place of articulationD voicing按面积计算，美国继俄罗斯，加拿大，中国之后位居第四。

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三一文库（）〔专八人文知识(练习题)〕*篇一：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.Morphologyisastudyof___1___A.theinternalstructureofwordsandtherulesthatgovernt heirformationB.theusesofdifferenttypesofutterancesindifferentcon textsC.thedifferencesbetweensoundsusedinhumanlanguagesan dsoundsinnatureD.therulesthatpertaintoalllanguagesthroughoutthewor ld2.WhichofthefollowingdoesNOTbelongto “openclasswords”?___2___A.NounsB.AdjectivesC.ConjunctionsD.Adverbs3.Whatistheminimalunitofmeaning?___3___A.PhonemeB.MorphemeC.AllophoneD.Allomorph4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTafreemorpheme?___4___A.bedB.tressC.danceD.children5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTacompoundword?___5___A.RainbowB.InactionC.Icy-coldD.Unpleasant6.___6___areboundmorphemesbecausetheycannotbeusedas separatewords.A.RootsB.StemsC.Affixespounds7.Syntaxmainlydealswith___7___A.howalanguagechangesthroughtimeB.howwordsarecombinedtoformsentencesandtherulesthat governtheformationofsentences.C.howthehumanworkwhentheyuselanguageD.howalanguagevariesthroughgeographicalspace8.Syntacticcategoriescontainthetypeof___8___A.meaningthatwordsexpressB.affixesthatthewordstakeC.structuresinwhichthewordscanoccurD.alloftheabove9.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtheconcernofawordcategory ___9___A.Awordcategorycanbedeterminedbymeaning,inflectiona nddistributionB.Todetermineaword’scategorybyitsmeaningonlyisoftennotreliable.C.Awordcategorycanbeembodieddirectlyfromitsmeaning.D.Distributionismorereliablethanthemeaningtodetermi neaword’scategory.10.Whatelementsdoesaphrasecontain?___10___A.Head,determineandcomplement.B.Head,specifierandcomplement.C.Head,specifierandcomplementizer.D.Head,determinerandcomplementizer.参考答案：ACBDDCBDCB专八人文知识练习（2）1.WhereisBelfast?A.InIreland.B.InWalesC.InNorthernIreland.D.InScotla nd.2.ThecapitalofNewZealandis_____A.Canberra.B.Ottawa.C.Wellington.D.Washington.3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaU.K.newspaper?A.TheGuardian.B.ChristianScienceMonitor.C.TheDailyT elegraph.D.TheTimes.4.Thecommunitycollegeisakindof_____collegepopularin _____tosatisfytheneedsofboththeindividualandthesoci ety.A.five-year;U.K.B.four-year;U.K.C.three-year;U.S.D. two-year;U.S.5.JamesJoycewasafamous____whosemasterpieceUlyssesha sbeenhighlyeulogizedintheWesternliteraryworldasoneo fthegreatestworksinthe20thcentury.A.Essayist.B.Novelist.C.Poet.D.Playwright.6.GeorgeGordonByronwasfamousforthefollowingworksexc ept____A.ChildHarold’sPilgrimage.B.QueenMab.C.HoursofIdleness.D.DonJuan.7.WhichofthefollowingisNathanielHawthorne’smostnoteworthynovelintheworld?A.GonewiththeWind.B.ForWhomtheBellTolls.C.AmericanT ragedy.D.TheScarletLetter8.Thestudyoftheruleswherebywordsorotherelementsofse ntencestructurearecombinedtoformgrammaticalsentence sis______.A.syntaxB.semanticsC.morphologyD.sociolinguistics9.Wordslike“Xerox”and”Kodak”areformedby____A.back-formationB.blendingC.coinageD.acronym10.WhichofthefollowingisNOTanapproachforEnglishlang uagetoeichitsvocabularyinthepastseveralcenturies?A.BorrowingB.UpgradationC.NarrowingD.Widening参考答案：CCBDBBDACB专八人文知识练习（3）1_____isthelargestcityandthechiefportoftheUnitedSta tes.AWashingtonD.C.BLosAngelesCSanFranciscoDNewYorkCity 2_____enjoystheworstsocialandeconomicconditions.ABlacksBHispanicsCIndiansDAsianAmericans3WashingtonD.C.isnamedafter___________.AtheU.S.PresidentGeorgeWashingtonBChristopherColumbusCbothGeorgeWashingtonandChristopherColumbusDnoneofthem4AmericanandBritishEnglisharetwo_____oftheEnglishla nguage.AvarietiesBelementsCpartsDform5ThefirstAmericanpresidenttobeelectedfromtheRepubli canPartywas______.AThomasJeffersonBJamesMooeCJamesMadisonDAbrahamLinc oln6Ofthefiftystates,thesmalleststateinareais_____.ARhodeIslandBVirginiaCTexasDMontana7ThenationalflagoftheUnitedStatesisknownas_____.AtheStar-SpangledBannerBUncleSamCHotDogDUnionJack8ThenumberoftheRepresentativesfromeachAmericanstate dependsonthe_____.AcontributionastatehasmadetothenationBpopulationCsizeDnoneoftheabove9Thetern“FatherofWaters”isusedtoreferto_____.AtheAmazonRiverBtheMississippiRiverCtheNileRiverDth eHudsonRiver10ThestatueoflibertywasgiventoAmericanpeopleby_____ asagiftin1884.AFranceBSpainCItalyDBritain答案详解：1D,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。

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In his inaugural speech, ____ said that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”.A. Woodrow WilsonB. Franklin D. RooseveltC. Harry TrumanD. Benjamin Franklin10. The Head of the Representatives is called ____.A. ChancellorB. SpeakerC. ChairmanD. Leader参考答案：DBADB BAABBof the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King LearB Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, MacbethC hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens’travel was written by____.A Daniel DefoeB Charles dickensC Jonathan swiftD Joseph Addisonnovel starts with “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune ,must be in want of a wife.”The novel is Jane Austen’____.A EmmaB persuasionC sense and sensibilityD pride and prejudiceof the following is not one of the Bronte sisters?A Charlotte BronteB Anne BronteC Jenny BronteD Emily Brontethe world’s largest exporter of lamb and mutton.A. New ZealandB. AustraliaC. CanadaD. Americaprime minister normally serves a ______ term.A. two-yearB. five-yearC. four-yearD. six-yearis the of _______.A. linguistic competenceB. language functionsC. meaningsD. social behaviorand Sensibility is a ___ by ___.A play…Jane AustenB novel…Jane AustenC play…Emily BronteD novel…Anne Brontethe home of golf.A EnglandB ScotlandC WalesD Irelandwas founded in ____A 1715B 1751C 1851D 1815参考答案：CCDCA BCBBCmost important economic activity in Canada is ___.A miningB fishingC farmingD manufacturingarea, the United States is the ____ largest country in the world.A 2ndB 3rdC 4thD 5thNOT written by Charles Dickens.A. David CopperfieldB. Oliver Twist、C. Sons and LoversD. A Tale of Two Citiesis (are) the nickname(s) of the U.S.A.?A Uncle SamB Brother JonathanC YankeeD All of the above5.“He has a servant called Friday.”“he”in the quoted sentence is a character in______.A Henry fielding’s tom jonesB john Bunyan’the pilgrim’s progressC Richard brinsley Sheridan’s the school for scandalD Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe6.“A Red, Red Rose”was written by ___.A Alexandra PopB Robert BurnsC William BlakeD John Keatsforms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States?A The Rio Grande RiverB The southern Rocky MountainsC The Colorado RiverD The Gulf of CaliforniaUS formally entered the Second World War in ____A 1937B 1939C 1941D 1943history of English is usually divided into ___ major periods.A threeB fourC fiveD twoemblem of the Democratic Party is ____.A elephantB donkeyC bearD bull参考答案：DCCDD BACABelection of ____ made Margaret Thatcher to power and she became the first woman prime minister.A 1979B 1980C 1982D 1992which 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 Jonesto the Official Language of Act of Canada, there are two official language in this country: they are____A English and SpanishB English and PortugueseC English and FrenchD English and CelticBritain, ___ has the ultimate authority of legislation.A the QueenB the House of CommonsC the House of LordsD the Prime Ministermorpheme “scope”in the common word “telescope”is a(n) ___.A bound morphemeB bound formC inflectional morphemeD free morphemeOld Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____A Jack LondonB Charles DickensC Samuel ColeridgeD Ernest HemingwayPresidents during the American Civil War was .A Andrew JacksonB Abraham LincolnC Thomas JeffersonD George Washingtonthree largest cities in Canada do NOT include.A TorontoB QuebecC OttawaD VancouverNixon resigned in 1974 because of ____.A the Great DepressionB the Black Power MovementC the Watergate ScandalD the Isolation policyfollowing plays are comedies by Shakespeare EXCEPT ___.A A Midsummer Night’s DreamB As You Like ItC The Merchant of VeniceD Romeo and Juliet参考答案：ACCBD DBCCDUnited States has less than 6% of the world’s population; yet it produces about ____ of the total world output.A 20%B 25%C 30%D 35%country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf？A United States of AmericaB United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandC New ZealandD Canadaof language acquisition is generally known as ___.A theoretical linguisticsB psycholinguisticsC applied linguisticsD historical linguisticsis known that Irish landscape in featured by ___.A bogsB mountainsC grasslandD riverssentence “shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_____.A comediesB tragediesC sonnetsD historiesthe following universities are located in New England EXCEPT____A YaleB HarvardC MITD Berkeleyhighest peak in Canada is ____, which is the Yukon Territory of northwest Canada.A. 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New EnglandB. the SouthC. the WestD. the MidwestTower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by ____A King HaroldB Robin HoodC Oliver CromwellD William the Conquerormain theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____A fridendshipB love and marriageC life and deathD war and peace参考答案：BDCAC DCADD专八人文知识模拟试题(1)1. ______ is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transportation.A) Phonetics B) Phonology C) Phoneme D) Phonetic typologysounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream at some point the vocal tract are called _______ .A) consonance B) consonant cluster C) consistency D) consonantsits technical sense here, ______ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations.A) pictogram B) lexicon C) word-formation D) ideogramwas Longrnan Group UK Ltd was founded?A) 1721. B).1722. C) 1723. D).1724.is the name of the dictionary compiled by Samuel Johnson?A) First English Dictionary. B) Dictionary of English Language.C) A Dictionary of the English Language. D) Dictionary of the English Language.wrote and publish Poor Richard's Almanack?A) Benjamin Franklin. B) John Gay. C) David Hume. D) Samuel Richardson.one of the following four books was written by Harriet Stowe?A) Roughing It in the Bush. B) Walden, or Life in the Woods.C) Adam Bede. 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The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of ____.A Romeo and JulietB the faerie queenC TamburlaincD the Canterbury tales3. The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance”or “reconciliation plays”is ______.A merchant of Venice, as you like itB the tempest, pericles, the winter’s taleC Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra4. Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King LearB Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, MacbethC hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens5. Which of the following is not the work of Francis bacon?A advancement of learningB new instrumentC songs of innocenceD essays6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, ____is the founder of metaphysical poetry.A Ben JohnsonB john MiltonC john BunyanD john Donne7. Daniel Defoe is a famous____.A poetB novelistC playwrightD essayist8. “He has a servant called Friday.”“he”in the quoted sentence is a character in______.A Henry fielding’s tom jonesB john Bunyan’the pilgrim’s progressC Richard brinsley Sheridan’s the school for scandalD Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe9. Guiiliver’travel was written by____.A Daniel DefoeB Charles dickensC Jonathan swiftD Joseph Addison10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a ____poet.A romanticB realisticC naturalisticD neo-classic答案详解：1. ABeowulf是Anglo-Saxon时代留下的重要的古文学作品，它被认为是英国的民族史诗。

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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 “T o 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 stable because 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 telephone directory?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 T old 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 ignora nce 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 trut hs 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 playsinspired 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 en tence (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) T exas5.________ 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 propertyof“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” ar e _______ 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.d5.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.c8.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 82.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.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.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。

专业八级人文知识真题

专业八级人文知识真题人文知识是专业八级考试中一个重要的科目，涵盖文学、历史、哲学、艺术等多个领域。

考生需要对这些领域有一定的了解和掌握。

下面将介绍一些人文知识真题，并对其内容进行分析和回答。

真题一：下面哪位作家被誉为“20世纪欧洲小说之父”？答案：詹姆斯·乔伊斯詹姆斯·乔伊斯（James Joyce）是一位爱尔兰作家，被誉为“20世纪欧洲小说之父”。

他的代表作品《尤利西斯》以其复杂的写作技巧和文学价值而闻名。

他在小说中采用了流派大杂烩的写作风格，深度描绘了人物内心世界的细微变化，展现了现代主义文学的魅力。

真题二：下列哪位艺术家是文艺复兴时期的代表人物？答案：达·芬奇达·芬奇（Leonardo da Vinci）是文艺复兴时期的代表艺术家之一。

他是一位全能艺术家，涉及绘画、雕塑、建筑、科学等多个领域。

他创作了许多经典的作品，如《蒙娜丽莎》、《最后的晚餐》等。

他的作品在艺术史上具有重要的地位，对后世艺术家产生了深远的影响。

真题三：下面哪位哲学家提出了“存在就是被意识到”的观点？答案：海德格尔海德格尔（Martin Heidegger）是20世纪哲学家中的重要人物，他提出了存在主义哲学的观点。

海德格尔认为，存在就是被意识到，人的存在是通过对自身存在的认识而获得自由和真正的存在。

他主张关注人的存在及其意义，认为人应该通过思考和行动来塑造自己的生活。

真题四：下列哪位作家是19世纪英国文学的代表人物？答案：查尔斯·狄更斯查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）是19世纪英国文学的代表人物之一。

他的作品广泛涵盖了英国社会的方方面面，展现了当时的阶级、贫困和人性的问题。

他具有鲜明的社会批判意识，作品中描绘的形象和情节令人难忘。

以上是几道专业八级人文知识真题及其答案。

通过解答这些题目，我们可以了解到不同领域的重要人物和他们的贡献，进一步扩展我们的人文知识面。

专八人文知识模拟练习题及答案

专八人文知识模拟练习题及答案专八人文知识模拟练习题及答案1. _____is a fork legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people.A BeowulfB sir GawainC the Canterbury taleD king Arthur and his knights2. The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of ____.A Romeo and JulietB the faerie queenC TamburlaincD the Canterbury tales3. The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance”or “reconciliation plays” is ______.A merchant of Venice, as you like itB the tempest, pericles, the winter’s taleC Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra4. Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King LearB Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, MacbethC hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens5. Which of the following is not the work of Francis bacon?A advancement of learningB new instrumentC songs of innocenceD essays6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, ____is the founder of metaphysical poetry.A Ben JohnsonB john MiltonC john BunyanD john Donne7. Daniel Defoe is a famous____.A poetB novelistC playwrightD essayist8. “He has a servant called Friday.” “he”in the quoted sentence is a character in______.A Henry fielding’s tom jonesB john Bunyan’ the pilgrim’s progressC Richard brinsley Sheridan’s the school for scandalD Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe9. Guiiliver’ travel was written by____.A Daniel DefoeB Charles dickensC Jonathan swiftD Joseph Addison10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a ____poet.A romanticB realisticC naturalisticD neo-classic答案详解：1. ABeowulf是Anglo-Saxon时代留下的重要的古英语文学作品，它被认为是英国的民族史诗。

专业英语八级(人文知识)练习试卷3(题后含答案及解析)

专业英语八级（人文知识）练习试卷3(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.1．With regard to its size, Australia is ______ country in the world.A．the third largestB．the fourth largestC．the fifth largestD．the sixth largest正确答案：D解析：就国土面积而言，俄罗斯是面积最大的国家，之后依次为加拿大、中国、美国、巴西。

澳大利亚排在第六位，面积约为770万平方公里。

知识模块：人文知识2．Who was the first English King to bring all Ireland under English control?A．Henry Ⅱ.B．Henry ⅢC．Henry Ⅷ.D．James Ⅱ.正确答案：C解析：1170年盎格鲁-撒克逊人入侵爱尔兰，之后英国逐步在爱尔兰建立其统治地位。

英王亨利八世Henry Ⅲ(1509～1547)于1536年合并威尔士，在镇压爱尔兰叛乱之后，成为爱尔兰第一任英国国王。

知识模块：人文知识3．The United Kingdom is located inA．northern Europe.B．western Europe.C．northwestern Europe.D．southeastern Europe.正确答案：C解析：英国位于欧洲大陆西北部，由大不列颠岛和爱尔兰岛东北部及附近许多岛屿组成，全称为The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国)。

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专业英语八级（人文知识）模拟试卷120(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.1．The 1954 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to______ for his “mastery of the art of modern narration”.A．William FaulknerB．John SteinbeckC．Saul BellowD．Ernest Hemingway正确答案：D解析：1954年海明威凭借《老人与海》获诺贝尔文学奖。

诺贝尔文学奖评委称其具有“现代叙述艺术的精湛技巧”。

知识模块：人文知识2．______ was Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the great poems in the English language.A．AmorettiB．The Shepherd’s CalendarC．The Faerie QueeneD．Four Hymns正确答案：C解析：长诗《仙后》是英国杰出诗人Edmund Spenser的杰作，它是英国诗歌创作的典范。

Spenser在《仙后》一诗中首创著名的“斯宾塞诗体”，影响深远。

知识模块：人文知识3．“We shall know a word by the company it keeps.” This statement represents A．the conceptualist view.B．contextualism.C．the naming theory.D．behaviorism.正确答案：B解析：语境论的代表人物是弗斯(J．R Firth)，语境论者认为语言的意义离不开使用语言的语境，语义不是抽象的，它存在于语境之中，它来自语境，取决于语境。

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专八人文知识(练习题)篇一：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.morphologyisastudyof___1___A.theinternalstructureofwordsandtherulesthatgoverntheirformationb.theusesofdifferenttypesofutterancesindifferentcontextsc.thedifferencesbetweensoundsusedinhumanlanguagesandsoundsinnatureD.therulesthatpertaintoalllanguagesthroughouttheworld2.whichofthefollowingdoesnoTbelongto“openclasswords”?___2___A.nounsb.Adjectivesc.conjunctionsD.Adverbs3.whatistheminimalunitofmeaning?___3___A.phonemeb.morphemec.AllophoneD.Allomorph4.whichofthefollowingisnoTafreemorpheme?___4___A.bedb.tressc.danceD.children5.whichofthefollowingisnoTacompoundword?___5___A.Rainbowb.Inactionc.Icy-coldD.unpleasant6.___6___areboundmorphemesbecausetheycannotbeusedasseparatewords .pounds7.syntaxmainlydealswith___7___A.howalanguagechangesthroughtimeb.howwordsarecombinedtoformsentencesandtherulesthatgoverntheformat ionofsentences.c.howthehumanworkwhentheyuselanguageD.howalanguagevariesthroughgeographicalspace8.syntacticcategoriescontainthetypeof___8___A.meaningthatwordsexpressb.affixesthatthewordstakec.structuresinwhichthewordscanoccurD.alloftheabove9.whichofthefollowingisnoTtheconcernofawordcategory?___9___A.Awordcategorycanbedeterminedbymeaning,inflectionanddistributionb.Todetermineaword’scategorybyitsmeaningonlyisoftennotreliable.c.Awordcategorycanbeembodieddirectlyfromitsmeaning.D.Distributionismorereliablethanthemeaningtodetermineaword’scategory.10.whatelementsdoesaphrasecontain?___10___A.head,determineandcomplement.b.head,specifierandcomplement.c.head,specifierandcomplementizer.D.head,determinerandcomplementizer.参考答案：AcbDDcbDcb专八人文知识练习（2）1.whereisbelfast?A.InIreland.b.Inwalesc.InnorthernIreland.D.Inscotland.2.ThecapitalofnewZealandis_____A.canberra.b.ottawa.c.wellington.D.washington.3.whichofthefollowingisnoTau.K.newspaper?A.Theguardian.b.christiansciencemonitor.c.TheDailyTelegraph.D.TheTim es.4.Thecommunitycollegeisakindof_____collegepopularin_____tosatisfyth eneedsofboththeindividualandthesociety.A.five-year;u.K.b.four-year;u.K.c.three-year;u.s.D.two-year;u.s.5.JamesJoycewasafamous____whosemasterpieceulysseshasbeenhighlyeul ogizedinthewesternliteraryworldasoneofthegreatestworksinthe20thcentury .A.essayist.b.novelist.c.poet.D.playwright.6.georgegordonbyronwasfamousforthefollowingworksexcept____A.childharold’spilgrimage.b.Queenmab.c.hoursofIdleness.D.DonJuan.7.whichofthefollowingisnathanielhawthorne’smostnoteworthynovelintheworld?A.gonewiththewind.b.ForwhomthebellTolls.c.AmericanTragedy.D.Thesc arletLetter8.Thestudyoftheruleswherebywordsorotherelementsofsentencestructurear ecombinedtoformgrammaticalsentencesis______.A.syntaxb.semanticsc.morphologyD.sociolinguistics9.wordslike“xerox”and”Kodak”areformedby____A.back-formationb.blendingc.coinageD.acronym10.whichofthefollowingisnoTanapproachforenglishlanguagetoeichitsvoca bularyinthepastseveralcenturies?A.borrowingb.upgradationc.narrowingD.widening参考答案：ccbDbbDAcb专八人文知识练习（3）1_____isthelargestcityandthechiefportoftheunitedstates. AwashingtonD.c.bLosAngelescsanFranciscoDnewYorkcity2_____enjoystheworstsocialandeconomicconditions. AblacksbhispanicscIndiansDAsianAmericans3washingtonD.c.isnamedafter___________.Atheu.s.presidentgeorgewashingtonbchristophercolumbus cbothgeorgewashingtonandchristophercolumbusDnoneofthem4Americanandbritishenglisharetwo_____oftheenglishlanguage. AvarietiesbelementscpartsDform5ThefirstAmericanpresidenttobeelectedfromtheRepublicanpartywas______. AThomasJeffersonbJamesmooecJamesmadisonDAbrahamLincoln6ofthefiftystates,thesmalleststateinareais_____. ARhodeIslandbVirginiacTexasDmontana7Thenationalflagoftheunitedstatesisknownas_____.Athestar-spangledbannerbunclesamchotDogDunionJack8ThenumberoftheRepresentativesfromeachAmericanstatedependsonthe__ ___.AcontributionastatehasmadetothenationbpopulationcsizeDnoneoftheabove9Thetern“Fatherofwaters”isusedtoreferto_____. AtheAmazonRiverbthemississippiRivercthenileRiverDthehudsonRiver 10ThestatueoflibertywasgiventoAmericanpeopleby_____asagiftin1884. AFrancebspaincItalyDbritain答案详解：1D,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。

2A,黑人在美国的经济和社会地位都最为低下。

3c,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。

4A,美国英语和英国英语是英语语言的两种变体。

5D,美国历史上的第一位共和党总统是亚伯拉罕?林肯。

6A,美国国土面积最小的是罗得岛。

7A,美国的国旗是星条旗。

8b,美国每个州派往众议院的代表人数应与本州人口成比例。

9b,美国的“众河之父”指的是密西西比河。

10A,美国的自由女神像是法国人赠予的礼物。

专八人文知识练习（4）1._____isafolklegendbroughttoenglandbyAnglo-saxonsfromtheircontinen talhomes,itisalongpoemofover3000linesandthenationalepicoftheenglishpe ople.AbeowulfbsirgawaincthecanterburytaleDkingArthurandhisknights2.Thefatherofenglishpoetry,theauthorofTroilusandcriseydeisalsotheoneof_ ___.ARomeoandJulietbthefaeriequeencTamburlaincDthecanterburytales3.Thegroupofshakespeareplaysknownas"romance"or"reconciliationplays" is______.AmerchantofVenice,asyoulikeitbthetempest,pericles,thewinter'stalecRomeoandJuliet,antonymandcleopatraD.thetempest,pericles,thewinter'stale,cymbeline4.whichofthefollowingareregardedasshakespeare'sfourgreattragedies? ARomeoandJuliet,hamlet,othello,KingLearbRomeoandJuliet,hamlet,othello,macbethchamlet,othello,KingLear,macbethDRomeoandJuliet,othello,macbeth,TimonofAthens5.whichofthefollowingisnottheworkofFrancisbacon? AadvancementoflearningbnewinstrumentcsongsofinnocenceDessays6.Atthebeginningof17thcenturyappearedaschoolofpoetscalledmetaphysics bysamuelJohnson,____isthefounderofmetaphysicalpoetry. AbenJohnsonbjohnmiltoncjohnbunyanDjohnDonne7.DanielDefoeisafamous____.ApoetbnovelistcplaywrightDessayist 8."hehasaservantcalledFriday.""he"inthequotedsentenceisacharacterin___ ___.Aheyfielding'stomjonesbjohnbunyan'thepilgrim'sprogresscRichardbrinsleysheridan'stheschoolforscandalDDanielDefoe'sRobinsoncrusoe9.guiiliver'travelwaswrittenby____.ADanielDefoebcharlesdickenscJonathanswiftDJosephAddison10.williamwordsworthisgenerallyknownasa____poet.AromanticbrealisticcnaturalisticDneo-classic答案详解:1.A.beowulf是Anglo-saxon时代留下的重要的古英语文学作品,它被认为是英国的民族史诗.sirgawainandthegreenknight,kingArthurandhisknightsoftheroundtable 是中古英语时期的浪漫传奇.thecanterburytale是英国大诗人乔叟的一部诗体短篇小说集.2.D.乔叟被誉为英国诗歌之父,Troilusandcriseyde是他的重要作品之一.3.D.1608-1612被认为是莎翁的浪漫剧创作时期,包括四部浪漫剧和解剧thetempest,pericles,thewinter'stale,cymbeline.merchantofVenice,asyoulik eit,twelfthnight,themerrywivesofwindsor为莎翁的喜剧,RomeoandJuliet,antonymandcleopatra为悲剧.4.c.莎翁最杰出的四大悲剧为hamlet,othello,KingLear,macbeth.5.c.songsofinnocence是英国18世纪末19世纪初浪漫主义诗人williamblake的著作.6.D.johnDonne是17世纪玄学派诗人的重要代表人物,benJohnson是莎翁同时代的剧作家,篇二：专八人文知识(练习题)专八人文知识练习题__1___Therealcenterofpowerinthebritishparliamentis___.AtheKingortheQueenbthehouseofcommons cthehouseofLordsDthecabinet___2___Theoldestpartofbritishparliamentis___. AthehouseofLordsbthehouseofcommons ctheshadowofcabinetDthechamber___3___Thenationalcenterofthepressinbritainis___. AgreetRussellstreetbspeakers?corner cDowningstreetDtheFleetstreet___4___whowascrowned“emperoroftheRomans”bythepopein800? Ast.ThomasAquinasbconstantineccharlemagneDKingJames___5___ThesummaTheologicalwaswrittenby___.Ast.ThomasAquinasbconstantinecAlfredthegreatDcharlesI___6___Amongthemosttypicalenglishsports,havingbeeninexistencesincet he16thcentury,is___.ArugbybcricketcboxingDfootball___7___Thegreatcharter(magnacarta)wassignedby___in1215. AKingheyIbKingJohncKingwilliamIDKingRichard___8___“songofRoland”belongstowhichcountry?sepic?___. AenglishbFrenchchebrewDgermanic___9___Thegothicstylestartedin___andquicklyspreadthroughallpartsofwe sterneurope.AFrenchbenglishchebrewDgermanic___10___IrelandiscalledtheemeraldIslebecauseof___. Aitsconnectionwithbritishbitsgreencountryside citsuniqueshapeDitsabundantnaturalresources答案：1.选b。

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