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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

1. St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both ____A America and MexicoB America and CanadaC America and CubaD America and Brazil2. European settlement of Australia began in the late part of ____ wh en a British penal colony was established on the east coast of the con tinent.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 favorable pastime”?A baseballB basketballC rugbyD cricket4. The largest city in New Zealand is ____A AucklandB WellingtonC ChristchurchD Dunedin5. After Adam Bede,____wrote The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner in which moral problems are discussed 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 Windermer e’s Fan.A Oscar WildeB Richard SheridanC Bernard ShawD Somerset Maugham8. If the air stream meets with no obstruction when a sound is prono unced, it is a(n) ____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 ____, Latin words were added into the vocabulary of the language spoken in Britain.A invasion of the RomansB Christianization of BritainC Scandinavian invas ionD Norman Conquest1. _____is a folk 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 a s “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 CleopatraD as you like it, Romeo and Juliet4. 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-classic1. “Ode to the west wind” was written by the author of ___.A “I wandered lonely as a cloud”B “Kubla Khan”C “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”D “As Defense of Poetry”2. Which of the following poets does not belong to the school of romantic poets?A William WordsworthB Percy Bysshe ShelleyC George Gordon ByronD John Donne3. Charles Dickens wrote all of the following except ___.A Oliver TwistB David CopperfieldC A Tale of Two CitiesD Heart of Darkness4. “A Red, Red Rose” was written by ___.A Alexandra PopB Robert BurnsC William BlakeD John Keats5. Pip is the character of Charles Dickens’ novel ___.A Oliver TwistB David CopperfieldC A Tale of Two CitiesD Great Expectations6. Sense and Sensibility is a ___ by ___.A play… Jane AustenB novel… Jane AustenC play… Emily BronteD novel… Anne Bronte7. In reading Shakespeare, you must have come across the line “To be or not to be---that is the question” by___.A Iago in OthelloB Lear in King LearC Shylock in the Merchant of VeniceD Hamlet in Hamlet8. Robert Browning’s “My last Duchess” is composed in the form of a(n) ___.A dramatic monologueB extended metaphorC syllogistic argumentD dialogue9. Thomas Hardy wrote novels of __.A character and environmentB pure romanceC “stream of consciousness”D psychoanalysis10. “Wessex novels” refers to the novels wr itten by ___.A Charles DickensB D.H. LawrenceC James JoyceD Thomas Hardy专八人文知识模拟试题(4)1. The sentence “shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_____.A comediesB tragediesC sonnetsD histories2. The three dialects spoken by____ _____and _____mixed into a single language called Anglo-Saxon, or old English.A Anglos, Saxons jutesB Anglos, Saxons, IrishC Anglos, Saxons, ScottishD Anglos, Saxons, welsh3. contribution to English lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter---the heroic couplet to English poetry.A William Shakespeare’sB Geoffrey Chaucer’sC Thomas more’sD Edmund Spenser’s4. Spenserian stanza is a form of poetry first employed by Edmund Spenser in his long poetry_____.A the faerie queeneB the shepherd’s calendarC epithalamionD amoretti5. Francis bacon is a ____.A poetB playwrightC essayistD novelist6. We can perhaps describe the west wind in shelly’s poem “ode to the west wind” with all the following terms except_____.A tamedB swiftC proudD wild7. The novel starts with “it is a truth universally acknowledged, tha t 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 prejudice8. The major concern of ____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A Charles dickens’sB D.H .Lawrence’sC Thomas hardy’sD john Galsworthy’s9. “do you think, because I a m poor ,obscure ,plain and little ,I am soulless and heartless? And if god had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me , as it is now for me to leave you .” the above Is quoted from_______.A pride and prejudiceB Jane EyreC Wuthering heightsD great expectations10. Which of the following is not one of the Bronte sisters?A charlotte BronteB Anne BronteC jenny BronteD Emily Bronte专八人文知识模拟试题(5)1.____is the world’s largest exporter o f lamb and mutton.A. New ZealandB. AustraliaC. CanadaD. America2. ____ is popularly known in the West as the Land Down Under.A. BritainB. CanadaC. AustraliaD. New Zealand3. Shakespeare wrote all the following works EXCEPT ____.A. HamletB. King LearC. OthelloD. Wuthering Heights4. Mark Twain is most famous for ______.A. poemsB. NovelsC. DramasD. science fiction5. ______was NOT written by Charles Dickens.A. David CopperfieldB. Oliver Twist、C. Sons and LoversD. A Tale of Two Cities6. British prime minister normally serves a ______ term.A. two-yearB. five-yearC. four-yearD. six-year7. ____ is sometimes called the birthplace of America.A. New EnglandB. the SouthC. the WestD. the Midwest38. Semantics is the study of _______.A. linguistic competenceB. language functionsC. meaningsD. social behavior9. Which of the following is not generally believed to be area of linguistics?A. syntaxB. semanticsC. phonologyD. etiology10. TG grammar was advanced by____.A. SearleB. WhorfC. HallidayD. Noam Chomsky参考答案(反白可见)：1~5： A C D B C6~10：B A C D D答案详解(反白可见)：1. C这句诗来自莎士比亚十四行诗第十八首。

专八英美文学常识

英美文学1. William Faulkner is the author of ______.A. Far From the Modeling CrowdB. Sound and FuryC. For Whom the Bell TollsD. Scarlet Letter1. Robert Frost is a famous ______.A. novelistB. playwrightC. poetD. literary critic3. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ______A. Jack LondonB. Charles DickensC. Samuel Coleridge DEmest Hemingway4. Which of the following poets is different from the others?A. John Donne.B. John Keats.C. Lord Byron.D. Percy Bysshe Shelley.5. Which of the following is not written by William Shakespeare?A. Othello.B. The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus.C. Romeo and Juliet.D. The Twelfth Night.6. Beowulf narrates a story taking place in ______.A. the MediterraneanB. Northern EuropeC. EnglandD. Scandinavia7. ______ refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality.A. AllegoryB. ConflictC. IronyD. Flashback8. William Wordsworth is an English _____.A. poetB. novelistC. playwrightD. critic9. The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is ______.A. NatureB. WaldenC. ExperienceD. Essays10. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT ______.A. DublinersB. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. Jude the ObscureD. Ulysses11. The Bronte Sisters published the following famous novels EXCEPT ______.A. The Tenant of Wildfell HallB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Agnes Grey12. In which novel can "Yahoo" be found?A. John Bunyan' s Pilgrim' s Progress.B. Edmund Spencer' s The Faerie Queen.C. Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.D. Henry Fielding's Tom Jones.13. The Victorian Age was largely an age of ______, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. pessimismB. naturalismC. modernismD. critical realism14. Mark Twain shaped the world' s view of America and made a combination of ______ andserious literature.A. American folk humorB. funny jokesC. English folkloreD. American values15. Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War?A. Fennimore Cooper.B. Nathaniel Hawthorn.C. Walt Whitman.D. Washington Irving.16. Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by ______.A. Christopher MarlowB. John MiltonC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Jonson17. Have a Dream is addressed by ______.A. Abraham LincolnB. John F. KennedyC. Martin Luther KingD. Ralph Waldo Emerson18. Which of the following is NOT a poem by Emily Dickinson?A. This is my letter to the world.B. heard a fly buzz — when I died.C. This is just to say.D. Because I could not stop/or death.19. Eugene 0' Neil is an American ______.A. novelistB. playwrightC. poetD. essayist20. The Romantic Age in England came to an end with the death of ______.A. Jane AustinB. Walter ScottC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth21. In the works of such aesthetics as ______ and Walter Pater, the theory of "art for art's sake" is advocated.A. Oscar WildeB. Mrs. GaskellC. Alexander PopeD. Charles Lamb22. Works by ______ are characterized by stream-of-consciousness.A. George EliotB. Jane AustenC. Emily BronteD. Virginia Woolf23. Who of the followings is a playwright of the "theater of absurd" ?A. John Osbom.B. Wystan Hugh Auden.C. Bernard Shaw.D. Samuel Beckett.24. 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 ClassicalismC. Age of RomanticismD. Age of Renaissance25. With "Collected Poems" , ______won the second Pulitzer Prize.A. Ezra PondB. e. e. cummingsC. Robert FrostD. William Cullen Bryant26. ______ belongs to the second period in Shakespeare' s three stages of writing career.A. The Merchant of VeniceB. Love' s Labor LostC. HamletD. The Tempest27. Grass is a poem written by ______.A. Walt WhitmanB. Carl SandburgC. Langston HughesD. Alien Ginsberg28. William Makepeace Thackeray' s most famous work is ______.A. The School for ScandalB. Past and PresentC. Major BarbaraD. Vanity Fair29. Dover Beach is written by ______.A. Robert BrowningB. Alfred TennysonC. Mathew ArnoldD. Dylan Thomas30. The period of Old English literature refers to ______.A. about 450 — 1066B. 14th century — mid-17th centuryC. 14th century — mid-ISA centuryD. 16th century — mid-18th century31. Moby Dick is the most important work by ______.A. Jack LondonB. Herman MelvilleC. Sinclair LewisD. Ralph Ellison32. 0. Henry earned his fame mainly for his ______.A. novelsB. poemsC. short storiesD. dramas33. Francis Bacon' s ______ is a great essay on education.A. The Advancement of LearningB. The Importance of Being EarnestC. The New AtlanticD. The Learned Reading upon the Statute of Uses34. ______ is NOT a novel of Francis Scott Fitzgerald.A. Tender Is the NightB. Anna ChristieC. The Beautiful and DammedD. The Great Gatsby35. The American literature in modem period is divided into two parts by the event ofA. the expatriate movementB. the Great DepressionC. the First World WarD. the Second World War36. Which of the following novels does NOT belong to Dreiser' s Trilogy of DesirefA. The Titan.B. The Financier.C. The "Genius".D. The Stoic.37. The followings are all Dickens' works EXCEPT______.A. Oliver TwistB. Moll FlandersC. Great ExpectationsD. Bleak House38. It is generally regarded that Keats' s most important and mature poems are in the form ofA. odeB. elegyC. epicD. sonnet39. The 1954 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to ______ for his "mastery of the artof modem narration".A. William FaulknerB. John SteinbeckC. Saul BellowD. Ernest Hemingway40. Sister Carrie is a masterpiece of ______ work.A. romanticB. classicC. neo-classicD. naturalistic41. Who is the father of English poetry?A. Shakespeare.B. Edmund Spencer.C. John Milton.D. Geoffrey Chaucer.42. The Octopus is written by ______.A. Frank NorrisB. Sherwood AndersonC. Willa GatherD. Stephen Crane43. James Baldwin' s most famous short story is ______.A. A Rose/or EmilyB. The Story of an HowC. Sonny's BluesD. A Clean, Well-lighted Place44. John Galsworthy won the 1932 Nobel Price for his work ______.A. UlyssesB. Hard. TimesC. The Forsyte SagaD. Jude the Obscure45. Which of the following poems is NOT written by George Gordon Byron?A. She Walks in Beauty.B. The Solitary Reaper.C. When We Two Parted.D. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.46.______wrote several novels with the name of "Rabbit".A. Arthur MillerB. Thomas PynchonC. John UpdikeD. Wallace Stevens47. The Road Not Taken is a poem written by ______.A. Robert FrostB. LongfellowC. Ezra PondD. Carl Sandburg48. "God help them that help themselves" is found in ______' s work.A. FranklinB. FreneauC. JeffersonD. Paine49. T. S. Eliot' s most famous long poem is ______.A. The Love Song of J. Alfred Pru/rockB. A Boy's WillC. The Waste LandD. The Golden Bough50. ______ is often credited with writing the first true " novel of incident".A. John BanyanB. Henry FieldingC. Samuel RichardsonD. Daniel Defoe51. Daisy Miller is a great work by ______.A. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. DreiserD. Stowe52. Hester is a character in ______.• A. Cone with the Wind B. The Fall of the House of UsherC. BabbittD. Scarlet Letter53. Jack London' s ______ is his patently autobiographical novel.A. The Call of the WildB. The Sea WolfC. Martin EdenD. The Iron Heel54. William Golding' s first and most well-known novel is ______.A. Coral IslandB. Lord of the FliesC. Treasure IslandD. The Brass Butterfly55. "To be, or not to be" is quoted from ______.A. King Lear BHamletC. Julius CaesarD. Romeo and Juliet56. The first book of the Old Testament is called ______.A. ExodusB. NumbersC. LeviticusD. Genesis57. The black man Jim is a character in Mark Twain' s ______.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Life on the MississippiD. The Prince and the Pauper58. 0 Captain} My Captain\ was written in memory of ______.A. Walt WhitmanB. Benjamin FranklinC. Abraham LincolnD. Martin Luther King59. Which of the following works is NOT written by D. H. Lawrence?A. Women in Love.B. Sores and Lovers.C. The Rainbow.D. The French Lieutenant' s Woman.60. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ______ and ______ centuries.A. 14th/mid-17thB. 14th/mid-18thC. 16th/mid-18thD. 16th/mid-17th61. The Crapes of Wrath is the masterpiece of ______.A. John SteinbeckB. John CheeverC. John UpdikeD. John DOS Passes62. _____ is NOT a play written by Tennessee Williams.A. Cat on a Hot Tin RoofB. The Class MenagerieC. Light in AugustD. A Streetcar Named Desire63. Robert Bums is a poet from ______.A. EnglandB. New EnglandC. IrelandD. Scotland64. Look Back in Anger is a play written by ______.A. John OsbomeB. Samuel BeckettC. Edward AlbeeD. Eugene O'Neil65. ______ is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A. RomanceB. NovelC. SonnetD. Drama66. Seize the Day is regarded the best novel written by ______.A. Flannery 0'ConnerB. Saul BellowC. Ralph EllisonD. Sherwood Anderson67. ______ is NOT among the postwar poets in modem American literature.A. Robert LowellB. Gary SynderC. Alien GinsbergD. e. e. cummings68. William Blake' s The Tiger is collected in ______.A. Songs of InnocenceB. Songs of ExperienceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Poetical Sketches69. The image of the famous "henpecked husband" is created by ______.A. Washington IrvingB. Fennimore CooperC. Edith Wharton D William Dean Howells70. ______ is known as "the poet' s poet".A. ShakespeareB. MarloweC. SpenserD. Donne71. The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be ______.A. O'NeilB. PoundC. Robert FrostD. Scott Fitzgerald72. ______was the most important person of the transcendental club.A. HawthornB. WhitmanC. EmersonD. Thoreau73. Shylock is a character in ______.A. The Merchant of VeniceB. The Twelfth NightC. The Winter's TaleD. Macbeth74. The compiler of A Dictionary of the English Language is ______.A. Joseph AddisonB. Richard SteeleC. Samuel JohnsonD. Laurence Stem75. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following EXCEPTA. religionB. love and marriageC. life and deathD. war and peace76. American fiction in the 1960s and 1970s proves different from its predecessors. It is referred to as ______.A. imagismB. black humorC. new fictionD. the Beat Generation77. Together with Lawrence and Joyce, ______ is considered one of the three giants ot the modem English novel and a master of English prose.A. Henry JamesB. Joseph ConradC. E. M. ForsterD. Aldous Huxley78. This line "If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" is quoted from ______.A. Don Juan C Kubia KhanC. To AutumnD. Ode to the West Wind79. Stephen Crane is famous for ______.A. An American TragedyB. The AmbassadorsC. Main StreetD. The Red Badge of Courage80. "Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay". What is the figure oi this speech?A. Hyperbole.B. Simile.C. Metaphor.D. Synecdoche.81. ______ has won the Pulitzer Prize four times and Nobel Prize.A. Ernest HemingwayB. John SteinbeckC. Eugene 0' NeilD. William Faulkner82. Golden Notebook is a feminist novel written by ______.A. Amy TanB. Doris LessingC. Flannery 0' ConnorD. Kate Chopin83. Which of the following poems is written by W. H. Auden?A. Sailing to ByzantiumB. To an Athlete Dying YoungC. Musee des Beaux ArtsD. Church Going84. Beloved is the masterpiece of ______.A. Tony MorrisonB. Ralph EllisonC. John DOS PassesD. Willa Gather85.______, the author of The Interpretation of Dreams has great impact on literary creation and criticism.A. Carl JungB. Jean-Paul SartreC. Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheD. Sigmund Freud86. Henry Fielding is the author of the great 18th century English novel, ______.A. The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingB. PamelaC. Moll FlandersD. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy87. Tess is a character created by ______.A. D. H. LawrenceB. James JoyceC. Thomas HardyD. Dylan Thomas88. The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer' s day" is quoted from Shakespe-A. comediesB. tragediesC. historiesD. sonnets89. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?A. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B. To put the stress on traditional values.C. To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.D. To advocate a conscious break with the past.90. In A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, John Donne compares the lovers ' souls to ______.A. two rosesB. two circlesC. sun and moonD. twin compasses91. Utopia is ______' s work.A. Thomas MoreB. Francis BaconC. John DrydenD. George Herbert92. One of the Prime Ministers of Britain has won the Nobel Prize for literature, and that is ______.A. Margaret ThatcherB. Tony BlairC. Winston ChurchillD. John Major93. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" is an epigrammatic line by ______.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelley94. Whitman' s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______.A. a strict poetic formB. a simple and conversational languageC. a free and natural rhythmic patternD. an easy flow of feelings95. Who initiated the name of the Lost Generation?A. Hemingway.B. Fitzgerald.C. Gertrude Stein.D. William Faulkner.96. My Last Duchess is a monologue poem written by ______.A. William ShakespeareB. Robert BrowningC. Ben JonsonD. Robert Herrick97. The high tide of Romanticism in American literature occurred around ______.A. 1820B. 1850C. 1880D. 192098. The title of Alfred Tennyson' s poem "Ulysses" reminds the reader of the following EXCEPT______.A. the Trojan WarB. Homer's OdysseyC. adventures over the seaD. religious quest99. As a literary figure, Heathcliff appears in ______.A. Jane EyreB. Oliver TwistC. Wuthering HeightsD. Middlemarch100. The publication of ______ established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of the New England Transcendentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The Over-SoulD. The American Scholar101. ______ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A. Richard SheridanB. Oliver GoldsmithC. Oscar WildeD. Bernard Shaw102. Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over ______.A. Ezra PoundB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Robert FrostD. Emily Dickinson103. The success of Jane Eyre is partly due to its introduction to the English novel the first ______ heroine.A. explorerB. peasantC. workerD. governess104. ______ is the representative work of the Beat Generation.A. The Great CatshyB. On the RoadC. Look Back in AngerD. The Sun Also Rises105. Emily Grierson is a literary figure created by ______.A. Willa GatherB. Doris LessingC. William FaulknerD. Nathaniel Hawthorn106. The most significant idea of the Renaissance is ______.A. humanismB. realismC. naturalismD. skepticism107. The title of Thackeray' s "Vanity Fair" is taken from __A. The Holy BibleB. The Faerie QueenC. The Pilgrim' s ProgressD. Paradise Lost108. Mr. Micawber in David Coppeifield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps I best ______ characters created bv Charles Dickens.A. comicB. tragicC. roundD. sophisticated109. Thomas Pynchon can also be categorized as a Black Humor writer, as well as ______ writer.A. classicalB. transcendentalC. postmodernist D realistic110. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is written by ______.A. Ben JonsonB. Thomas GrayC. William WordsworthD. William Blake111. Who is considered the father of American poetrv?A. Philip Freneau.B. William Cullen Bryant.C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. D Henry David Thoreau.112. In America,there is "a little woman started a great war". Who is she?A. Anne BradstreetB. Harriet Beecher StoweC. Edith WhartonD. Catharine Anne Porter113. Waiting/or Godot is a ______.A. poemB. playC. short storyD. novel114. Which of the following poets has once won the Nobel Prize?A. William Butler Yeats.B. Thomas Hardy.C. Wystan Hugh Auden.D. Dylan Thomas.115. ______ is NOT written by Edgar Allan Poe.A. The RavenB. Annabel LeeC. The Fall of the House of UsherD. Song to Celia116. Arthur Miller is an American ______.A. novelistB. poetC. playwrightD. essayist117. Mr. Darcy is a character in ______.A. Tess of the D' UrbervillesB. Pride and PrejudiceC. Happy PrinceD. The Mill on the Floss118. Iceberg Theory is a writing principle proposed and closely followed by ______.A. Jack LondonB. Sinclair LewisC. William FaulknerD. Ernest Hemingway119. ______ is featured by black humor.A. CaricatureB. Catch-22C. The Catcher in the Rye C. Death of a Salesman120. Who is the only woman writer that has won both Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize?A. Pearl Buck.B. Virginia Woolf.C. Tony Morrison.D. Katharine Mansfield.。

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专八人文：英国文学部分精选习题1.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is not such an event?A. The rediscovery of ancient Rome and Greek culture.B. England's domestic rest.C. New discovery in geography and astrology.D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.2.Which of the following is regarded as the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy War3. It is alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Martin LutherC. William LanglandD. John Gower4. All of the following four except are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Jonson5.It is generally regarded that Keats's most important and mature poems are in the form of .A. elegyB. odeC. epicD. sonnet6.Daniel Defoe's novels mainly focus on .A. the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB. the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC. the struggle of the pirates for wealthD. the desire of the criminals for property7.In Beowulf, fought against the monster Grendel and a five breathing dragon.A. the Anglo-SaxonsB. BeowulfC. the ScandinavianD. the Winter Dragon8.Francis Bacon is best known for his which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A. essaysB. poemsC. works D plays8.Most of Thomas Hardy's novels are set in Wessex .A. a crude region in EnglandB. a fictional primitive regionC. a remote rural areaD. Hardy's hometown10.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all the following terms except .A. swiftB. proudC. tamedD. wild11. "Blindness", "partiality", "prejudice", and "absurdity" in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" are most likely the characteristics of .A. ElizabethB. DarcyC. Mr. BennetD. Mrs. Bennet12.The modern English novel came into being in .A. the middle of the 17th centuryB. the 17th centuryC. the late 18th centuryD. the middle of the 18th century13.Who is not the major figure of modernist movement?A. EliotB. JoyceC. Charles DickensD. Pound14.Who is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W.B. Y eatsD. George Bernard Shaw15.Of the following poets, which is not regarded as "Lake Poets"?A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SouthyC. William Words worthD. William Shakespeare16.In the first part of Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver told his experience in .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. HouyhnhnmD. England17.Which of the following cannot describe "Byronic hero"?A. proudB. mysteriousC. noble origin D progressive18.In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as .A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all exper ience.B. the thought that designates man as a social animalC. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in commonD. the modes of thinking19.The term "metaphysical poetry" is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of .A. John MiltonB. John DonneC. John KeatsD. John Bunyan20."The V anity Fair" is a well-known part in .A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy War21.In Oliver Twist, Charles criticizes .A. money worshipping tendencyB. dehumanizing of workhouse systemC. hypocrisy of the upper societyD. distortion of human heart22.Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is history play?A. Julius CaesarB. The Merry Wives of WindsorC. Henry IVD. King Lear23.Who is regarded as a "worshipper of nature".A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen24.Which of the following writing is not the work by Charles Dickens?A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Hard TimesC. Oliver TwistD. Sons and Lovers25.The 18th century England is known as the in the history.A. RomanticismB. ClassicismC. RenaissanceD. Enlightenment专八人文：美国文学部分精选习题1.In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment. was the dominant spirit.2.A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. EvolutionWhich statement about Franklin is not true?A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer.B. He was a scientist.C. He was a master of diplomacy.D. He was a Puritan.Who is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. NatureB. The Scarlet LetterC. WaldenD. Moby-DickThe Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving's and ended with Whiteman's Leaves of Grass.A. The Sketch BookB. Tales of a TravelerC. The AlhambraD. A history of New Y orkIn Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, "A" may stand for .A. AdulteryB. AngelC. AmiableD. All the aboveThe period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as .A. the Naturalist PeriodB. the Modern PeriodC. the Romantic PeriodD. the Realistic PeriodThe Age of Realism is the literary history of the United States refers to the period from to .A. 1861 – 1914B. 1863 – 1918C. 1865 – 1914D. 1865 – 1918Who is described by Mark Twain as a boy with "a sound heart and a deformed conscience?"A. Tom SawyerB. Huckleberry FinnC. JimD. TonyMark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his .A. international themeB. waste-land imageryC. local colorD. symbolismThe impact of Darwin's evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American .A. modernismB. naturalismC. vernacularismD. local colorismIn 1900, London published his first collection of short stories, named .A. The son of the WolfB. The Sea WolfC. The Law of LifeD. White FangIn which of the following works, Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bull-fight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy?A. The Green Hills of Africa.B. The Snows of Kilimanjaro.C. To Have and Have Not.D. Death in the Afternoon.Which of the following figures does not belong to "The Lost Generation"?A. Ezra PoundB. William Carlos WilliamsC. Robert FrostD. Theodore DreiserWho is a dramatist that holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period?A. Sinclair LevisB. Eugene O'NeilC. Arthur MillerD. Tennessee WilliamsThe following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except .A. William FaulknerB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. John SteinbeckD. Ernest HemingwayIn 1954, was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his "mastery of the art of modern narration".A. T.S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD. William FaulknerWho is the author of the work: "The Grapes of Wrath"?A. John SteinbeckB. Eugene O'NeilC. F. Scott FitzgeraldD. Theodore DreiserIn 1920 Sinclair Lewis published his memorable denunciation of American small-town provincialism in .A. Main StreetB. An American TragedyC. Winesburg, OhioD. Sister Carrie专八人文知识：语言学部分精选试题Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?A. Language is a systemB. Language is symbolicC. Animals also have languageD. Language is arbitraryWhich of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?A. SymbolicB. DualC. ProductiveD. ArbitraryWhat is the most important function of language?A. InterpersonalB. PhaticC. InformativeD. MetalingualWho put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole?A. SaussureB. ChomskyC. HallidayD. AnonymousAccording to Chomsky, which is the ideal user's internalized knowledge of his language?A. competenceB. paroleC. performanceD. langueThe function of the sentence "A nice day, isn't it?" is .A. informativeB. phaticC. directiveD. performativeArticulatory phonetics mainly studies .A. the physical properties of the sounds produced in speechB. the perception of soundsC. the combination of soundsD. the production of soundsThe distinction between vowels and consonants lies in .A. the place of articulationB. the obstruction of airstreamC. the position of the tongueD. the shape of the lipsWhich is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transcription?A. PhoneticsB. PhonologyC. SemanticsD. PragmaticsWhich studies the sound systems in a certain language?A. PhoneticsB. PhonologyC. SemanticsD. PragmaticsMinimal pairs are used to .A. find the distinctive features of a languageB. find the phonemes of a languageC. compare two wordsD. find the allophones of languageUsually, suprasegmental features include ,length and pitch.A. phonemeB. speech soundsC. syllablesD. stressWhich is an indispensable part of a syllable?A. CodaB. OnsetC. StemD. PeakWhich is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content? A. Word B. Morpheme C. Allomorph D. RootWhich studies the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed?A. MorphologyB. SyntaxC. PhonologyD. SemanticsLexeme is .A. a physically definable unitB. the common factor underlying a set of formsC. a grammatical unitD. an indefinable unitWhich of the following sounds does not belong to the allomorphs of the English plural morpheme ?A. [s]B. [iz]C. [ai]D. [is]All words contain a .A. root morphemeB. bound morphemeC. prefixD. suffixThe relationship between "fruit" and "apple" is .A. homonymyB. hyponymyC. polysemyD. synonymyThe part of the grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of the structure of phrases and sentences is called .A. lexiconB. morphologyC. syntaxD. semanticsWhich of the following items is not one of the grammatical categories of English pronouns?A. genderB. numberC. caseD. voiceThe pair of words "lend" and "borrow" are .A. gradable oppositesB. converse oppositesC. co-hyponymsD. synonyms"Big" and "Small" are a pair of opposites.A. complementaryB. gradableC. completeD. converseAccording to C. Morris and R. Carnap, which is studies the relationship between symbols and their interpreters?A. syntaxB. semanticsC. pragmaticsD. sociolinguisticsThere are deixis in the sentence she has sold it here yesterday.A. 3B. 4C. 5D. 6In the following conversation:- Beirut is in Peru, isn't it?- And Rome is in Romania, I suppose.The second person violates the .A. Quantity MaximB. Quality MaximC. Relation MaximD. Manner MaximThe maxim of requires that a participant's contribution be relevant to the conversation.A. quantityB. qualityC. mannerD. relation专八人文知识考前模拟试题１．Which one of the four is NOT correct?A) English-speaking countries are UK, USA, Canada, Barbados, etc.B) English-speaking countries are UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc.C) English-speaking countries are USA, Canada, Australia, the Republic of Ireland, etc.D) English-speaking countries USA, Canada, Australia, Egypt, etc.２．The famous short story The Fall of the House of Usher was written byA) Charles Dickens B) Edgar Allen PoeC) John Richardson (Canadian novelist) D) Henry Savery３．Which one of the following Ivy League Schools is situated in Connecticut?A) Yale University. B) Harvard.C) Princeton. D) Columbia.４．The branch of linguistics which studies the forms of words is __ MORPHOLOGY..A) phoneme B) morphemeC) semantics D) morphology５．Who wrote a highly-acclaimed Novel Moby Dick?A) William James. B) Herman Melville.C) Ernest Hemingway. D) Cooper.６．What is the name of the Lake in northern Utah of the U.S.A.?A) Lake Michigan. B) Lake Superior.C) Lake Erie. D) the Great Salt Lake.７．Who wrote Pygmalion which later was transformed into the highly popular New Y ork Broadway musical My Fair Lady in 1956?A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Charles Lamb.C) George Bernard Shaw. D) Alfred Tennyson.８．Among the four pillars of English literature, who was NOT born and raised in Ireland?A) Jonathan Swift. B) W'filiam Buffer Y eats.C) James Joyce. D) Robert Browning.９．Alaska lies in the of North America, stretching southward from the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific.A) northwestern part B) southwestern partC) northeastern part D) southeastern part１０．Who is a satirist and the first writer in America to win the Nobel Prize in literature.A) Eugene O' Neill B) Sinclair LewisC) TS. Eliot D) W'dliam Fanlkner专八人文知识考前模拟试题2The first capital of the young nation of the USA is .A) Boston B) Philadelphia C) New Y ork D) WashingtonWhich one of the following American cities is the birthplace of jazz?A) New Orleans. B) New Y ork. C) Boston. D) Chicago.Who wrote one of the most enduring classic poem Ode to the West Wind ?A) Wifiliam Wordsworth. B) Alfred Tennyson. C) Percy Shelley. D) David Bum.When was Elizabeth I came to the throne of England?A) 1538. B) 1548. C.1568. D) 1558.When was Oxford University founded?A) 1167 in Oxford, B) 1267 in Oxford.C) 1367 in Oxford. D) 1467 in Oxford.Canada is often described as a huge ~ centered on the Hudson and James Bay.A) plate B) saucer C) cup D) bowlIn the literature of sociolinguistics, refers to a group of institutionalized social situations typically con strained by a common set of behavioural rules.A) domain B) distribution C) dissimilation D) discourseis a process in which part of the form is native and part is borrowed, but the meaning is fully borrowed.A) loanshifting B) loanblending C) loan translation D) logical connectionWhat is the name of the woman poet who had her The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America?A) Anne Bradstreet. B) Maria Edgeworth. C) Jane Austen. D) Emily Dickinson.Who wrote and published the philosophical work Essay Concerning Human Understanding?A) John Milton. B) John Locke. C) Richard Steele. D) Joseph Addison.专八人文知识考前模拟试题3_ 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 typologyThe sounds 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) consonantsIn its technical sense here, __ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations.A) pictogram B) lexicon C) word-formation D) ideogramWhen was Longrnan Group UK Ltd was founded?A) 1721. B).1722. C) 1723. D).1724.What 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.Who wrote and publish Poor Richard's Almanack?A) Benjamin Franklin. B) John Gay. C) David Hume. D) Samuel Richardson.Which 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. D) Uncle Tom's Cabin._ _ the capital of New South Wales, is the oldest and largest city in Australia.A) Melbourne B) Sydney C) Darwin D) Canberra, V alentine's Day, is sweethearts' day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions.A) February 10th B) February 12th C) February 14th D) February 16thMajor Newspapers and Magazines in the USA are , etc.A) New Y ork Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TimesB) New Y ork Times, Washington Post, The Sun, TimesC) New Y ork Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, TimesD) New Y ork Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Times答案：ＡＤＢＤＣＡＤＢＣＡ。

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1. ______ is the capital city of Canada.A. VancouverB. OttawaC. MontrealD. York2. U.S. presidents normally serves a (an) _________term.A. two-yearB. four-yearC. six-yearD. eight-year3. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A. Huston.B. Boston.C. Baltimore.D. Philadelphia.4. ________ is the state church in England.A. The Roman Catholic Church.B. The Baptist ChurchC. The Protestant ChurchD. The Church of England5. The novel Emma is written byA. Mary Shelley.B. Charlotte BronteC. Elizabeth C. Gaskell.D. Jane Austen.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 forA. his poems.B. his plays.C. his short stories.D. his novels8. Syntax is the study ofA. language 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 byA. John Searle.B. John Austin.C. Noam Chomsky.D. M.A.K. Halliday.11. The Presidents during the American Civil War wasA. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington12. The capital of New Zealand isA.ChristchurchB.AucklandC.WellingtonD.Hamilton13. Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?A.The AboriginesB.The MaoriC.The IndiansD.The Eskimos14. The Prime Minister in Britain is head ofA.the Shadow CabinetB.the ParliamentC.the OppositionD.the Cabinet15. Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A.T.S.EliotwrenceC.Theodore DreiserD.James Joyce16. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written byA.Scott FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Eugene O'NeilD.Ernest Hemingway17._____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen linesA.Free verseB.SonnetC.OdeD.Epigram18. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion ofA.referenceB.meaningC.antonymyD.context19. The words"kid, child, offspring" are examples ofA.dialectal synonymsB.stylistic synonymsC.emotive synonymsD.collocational synonyms20. The distinction between parole and langue was made byA.HalliayB.ChomskyC.BloomfieldD.Saussure21. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectivelyEXCEPTA. the AnglosB. the CeltsC. the JutesD. the Saxons22. The Head of State of Canada is represented byA. the MonarchB. the PresidentC. the Prime MinisterD. the Governor-general23. The Declaration of Independence was written byA. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Alexander HamiltonD. James Madison24. The original inhabitants of Australia wereA. the Red IndiansB. the EskimosC. the AboriginesD. the Maoris25. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?A. Oliver TwistB. MiddlemarchC. Jane EyreD. Wuthering Heights26. William Butler Yeats was a(n) ______ poet and playwright.A. AmericanB. CanadianC. IrishD. Australian27. Death of a Salesman was written byA. Arthur MillerB. Ernest HemingwayC. Ralph EllisonD. James Baldwin28. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A. PhonologyB. MorphologyC. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics29. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPTA. lexicalB. syntacticC. phonologicalD. psycholinguistic30. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example ofA. widening of meaningB. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaning31. The largest city in Canada isA. Vancouver.B. Montreal.C. TorontoD. Ottawa.32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested inA. the Federal Government.B. the Supreme Court.C. the Cabinet.D. the Congress.33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?A. Baseball.B. Tennis.C. Basketball.D. American football.34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand isA. the President.B. the Governor-General.C. the British monarch,D. the Prime Minister.35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work byA. William Langland.B. Geoffrey Chaucer.C. William Shakespeare.D. Alfred Tennyson.36. Who wrote The American?A. Herman Melville.B. Nathaniel Hawthorne.C. Henry James.D. Theodore Dreiser.37. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCEPTA. George Eliot.B. Iris Jean Murdoch.C. Doris Lessing.D. Muriel Spark.38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness.B. Displacement.C. Duality.D. Diachronicity.39. What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”?A. A simple sentence.B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above.40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is calledA. hyponymy.B. synonymy.C. polysemy.D. homonymy.41. The Head of State of New Zealand isA. the governor-general.B. the Prime Minister.C. the high commissioner.D. the monarch of the United Kingdom.42. The capital of Scotland isA. Glasgow.B. Edinburgh.C. Manchester.D. London.43. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President?A. Thomas Jefferson.B. George Washington.C. Thomas Paine.D. John Adams.44. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia?A. Perth.B. Adelaide.C. Sydney.D. Melbourne.45. Ode to the West Windwas written byA. William Blake.B. William Wordsworth.C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.D. Percy B. Shelley.46. Who among the following is a poet of free verse?A. Ralph Waldo Emerson.B. Walt Whitman.C. Herman MelvilleD. Theodore Dreiser.47. The novel Sons and Lovers was written byA. Thomas Hardy.B. John Galsworthy.C. D.H. Lawrence.D. James Joyce.48. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production isA. corpus linguistics.B. sociolinguistics.C. theoretical linguistics.D. psycholinguistics.49. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is calledA. dialect.B. idiolect.C. pidgin.D. register.50. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performingA. an illocutionary act.B. a perlocutionary act.C. a locutionary act.D. none of the above.51. Which of the following statements in INCORRECT?A. The British constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215.B. The British constitution includes Parliamentary acts.C. The British constitution includes decisions made by courts of law.D. The British constitution includes one single written constitution.52. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec.B. Vancouver.C. Toronto.D. Montreal.53. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. 1770.B. 1788.C. 1900.D. 1901.54. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the U.S. was issued byA. Abraham Lincoln.B. Thomas Paine.C. George Washington.D. Thomas Jefferson.55. ________ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems.A. Will BlakeB. W.B. YeatsC. Robert BrowningD. William Wordsworth56. The Financier is written byA. Mark Twain.B. Henry James.C. William Faulkner.D. Theodore Dreiser.57. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined asA. allegory.B. sonnet.C. blank verse.D. rhyme.58. ________ refers to the learning and development of a language.A. Language acquisitionB. Language comprehensionC. Language productionD. Language instruction59. The word “ Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of ________ in morphology.A. backformationB. conversionC. blendingD. acronym60. Language is t tool of communication. The symbol “Highway Closed” on a highway serves_______.A. an expressive function.B. an informative function.C. a performative function.D. a persuasive functionhe61. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _____.A. Northern IrelandB. ScotlandC. EnglandD. Wales62. It is generally agreed that ______were the first Europeans to reach Australia’s shores.A. The FrenchB. the GermansC. the BritishD. the Dutch63. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?A. CanadaB. New ZealandC. Great BritainD. The United States of America64. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, Before the American Revolution?A. Thomas JeffersonB. Thomas PaineC. John AdamsD. Benjamin Franklin65. Virginia Woolf was an important female ______ in the 20th-century England.A. poetB. biographerC. playwrightD. novelist66. ______ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nation’s history?A. BalladB.RomanceC. EpicD. Elegy67. 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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. 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.。

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2014年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案1. The study of __ is Syntax.A textual organizationB sentence structuresC word formationD language functions2. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A arbitrarinessB productivityC cultural transmissionD finiteness3. The speech act theory was first put forward by__.A John ScarlB Johan AustinC Noarn ChomskyD M.A.K Halliday4. The capital city of Canada is __.A MontrealB OttawaC VancouverD York5. U.S. presidents normally serve a (an) __ term.A eight-yearB four-yearC six-yearD two year6. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.A HustonB BaltimoreC PhiladelphiaD Boston7. The state church in England is __.A The BaptistB The Roman CatholicC The Protestant ChurchD The Church of England8. The novel Emma is written by__.A Jane AustenB ElizabethC Gaskell Charlotte BronteD Mary Shelley9. Which of the following is not a Romantic Poet?A William WordsworthB Percy B. ShelleyC George G. ByronD George Eliot10. William Sidney Porter, known as O.Henry, is most famous for __.A his poemB his playsC His novelsD his short storiesKEYS: 1-5 BDBBB 6-10 ADADD2013年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案PART III GEBERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.31 The full official name of Australia is A. The Republic of Australia. B. The Union of Australia. C. The Federation of Australia. D. The Commonwealth of Australia.32. Canada is well known for all the following EXCEPT A. its mineral resources. B. its heavyindustries. C. its forest resources. D. its fertile and arable land.33. In the United States community college offer A. two-year programmes. B. four-year programmes. C. postgraduate studies. D. B.A. or B.S. degrees.34. In ______, referenda in Scotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Wales assembly.A. 2000B. 1946C. 1990D. 199735. Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration? A. A weak seat. B.Knock and kick. C. Safe and sound. D. Coal and boat.36. Who wrote Mrs. Warr en‟s profession? A. George Bernard Shaw. B. William Butler Yeats.C. John Galsworthy.D. T.S. Eliot.37. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n) A. autobiography. B. short story. C. poem. D. novel.38. Which of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme? A. Unlock. B. Government. C. Goes. D. Off-stage.39. ________is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to. A. Collocation B. Onomatopoeia C. Denotation D. Assimilation40. The sentence “Close your book and listen to me carefully!” performsa(n) _______function. A. interrogative B. informative C. performative D. directive keys:31-35 DBADC 36-40 ADCBD2012年英语专业八级真题(word版)人文知识部分31. The Maori people are natives ofA. Australia.B. Canada.C. Ireland.D. New Zealand.32. The British monarch is the Head ofA. Parliament.B. State.C. Government.D. Cabinet.33. Americans celebrate Independence Day onA. July 4th.B. October 11th.C. May 31st.D. September 6th.34. Canada is bounded on the north byA. the Pacific Ocean.B. the Atlantic Ocean.C. the Arctic Ocean.D. the Great Lakes.35. Who is the author of The Waste Lana?A. George Bernard Shaw.B. W.B. Yeats.C. Dylan Thomas.D. T.S. Eliot.36. Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury?A. William Faulkner.B. Ernest Hemingway.C. Scott Fitzgerald.D. John Steinbeck.37. "The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company" is an example ofA. exaggeration.B. understatement.C. personification.D. synecdoche.38. 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 rule.B. sequential rule.C.deletion rule.D. grammar rule.39. Which of the following is an example of clipping?A.APEC.B.Motel.C.Xerox.D.Disco.40. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of" situation is calledA. register.B. dialect.C. slang.D. variety.Keys:31-35 DBACD 36-40 ACBDA2011专八人文知识真题参考答案31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _______. A. Northern Ireland B. Wales C. EnglandD. Scotland32. It is generally agreed that _______ were the first Europeans to reach Australia's shores. A. the French B. the Germans C. the British D. the Dutch33. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf? A. Canada. B. New Zealand. C. Great Br itain.D. The United States of America.34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution? A. Th omas Jefferson. B. Thomas Paine. C. John Adams.D. Benjamin Franklin.35. 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 histor y.A. BalladB. RomanceC. EpicD. Elegy37. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century? A. The Great Gatsby . B. The Sun Also Rises. C. The Sound and the Fury. D. Beyond the Horizon.38. _______ 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 obstructi on B. presence of obstruction C. manner of articulation D. place of articulation40. The definition "the act of using or promoting the use of several languages, either by an individ ual speaker or by a community of speakers" refers to _________. A. Pidgin B. CreoleC. MultilingualismD. BilingualismKeys:31-35 BDABD 36-40 CACAC2010年英语专八人文知识真题答案31. Which of the following is INCORRECTA. The British Constitution includes the Magna Carta of 12156B. The British Constitution includes Parliamentary actsC. The British Constitution includes decisions made by courts of lawD：The British Constitution includes one single written constitution32. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. QuebecB. VancouverC. TorontoD. Montreal33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being? A. 1770 B. 1788C. 1900D. 190 134. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the plantation slavery in the south of US was issued byA. Abraham LincolnB. Thomas PaineC. George WashingtonD. Thomas Jefferson 35．Who was best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems? A. Will BlakeB. W.B.YeatsC. Robert BrowningD. William Wordsworth36. The Financier was written byA. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. William FaulknerD. Theodore Dreiser37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as—————— A. alle gory B. sonnet C. blank verse D. rhyme38.____ refers to the learning and development of a languageA. language acquisitionB. language comprehensionC. language productionD. language introd uction39. The word “motel” comes from “motor–hotel”. This is an example of “…” in morphology. A. backformation B. conversion C. blending D. acronym40．Language is tool of communication, the symbol “highway closed” servesA. an express functionB. an informative functionC. a performative functionD. a persuasive fu nctionKeys:31-35 DADAC 36-40 DAACB2009年英语专业八级人文知识真题及答案31. The Head of State of New Zealand is ______.A. the governor-generalB. the Prime MinisterC. the high commissionerD. the monarch of United Kingdom32. The capital of Scotland is ______.A. GlasgowB. EdinburghC. ManchesterD. London33. Who write the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President ?A. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Thomas PaineD. John Adams34. Which is the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia ?A. PerthB. AdelaideC. SydneyD. Melbourne35. Ode to the West Wind was written by ______.A. Willian BlakeB. Willian WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridegeD. Percy Bysshe Shelley36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse ?A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Walt WhitmanC. Herman MelvilleD. Theodore Dreiser37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by ______.A. Thomas HardyB. John GalworhtyC. D.H. Lawrence D. James Joyce38. The sstudy of mental processes of language comprehension and production is ______.A. corpus linguisticsB. socialinguisticsC. theoretical linguisticsD. psycholinguistics39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called ______.A. dialectB. idiolectC. pidginD. register40. When a speake expresses his intension of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing ______.A. an illocutionary actB. a perlocutionary actC. a locutionary actD. none of the aboveKey: 31-35 DBACD 36-40 BCDCA2008年英语专业八级人文知识真题及答案31. The largest city in Canada is_______.A. Vancouver.B. Montreal.C. TorontoD. Ottawa.32. 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.33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?A. Baseball.B. Tennis.C. Basketball.D. American football.34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is__________.A. the President.B. the Governor-General.C. the British monarchD. the Prime Minister.35. 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.B. Geoffrey Chaucer.C. William Shakespeare.D. Alfred Tennyson.36. Who wrote The American?A. Herman Melville.B. Nathaniel Hawthorne.C. Henry James.D. Theodore Dreiser.37. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCEPT_____.A. George Eliot.B. Iris Jean Murdoch.C. Doris Lessing.D. Muriel Spark.38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness.B. Displacement.C. Duality.D. Diachronicity.39. What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”?A. A simple sentence.B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above.40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called______.A. hyponymy.B. synonymy.C. polysemy.D. homonymy.Key：31-35 BCADB 36-40 CDACD2007年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案31. The majority of the current population in the UK are descendants of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT_____.A. the AnglosB. the CeltsC. the JutesD. the Saxons32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by___.A. the MonarchB. the PresidentC. the Prime MinisterD. the Governor-general33. The Declaration of Independence was written by__.A. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Alexander HamiltonD. James Madison34. The original inhabitants of Australia were____.A. the Red IndiansB. the EskimosC. the AboriginesD. the Maoris35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?A. Oliver TwistB. MiddlemarchC. Jane EyreD. Wuthering Heights36. William Butler Yeats was a(n) ______ poet and playwright.A. AmericanB. CanadianC. IrishD. Australian37. Death of a Salesman was written by_____.A. Arthur MillerB. Ernest HemingwayC. Ralph EllisonD. James Baldwin38. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A. PhonologyB. MorphologyC. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT_____.A. lexicalB. syntacticC. phonologicalD. psycholinguistic40. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example of_____.A. widening of meaningB. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaningKey: CDACD CABDA2006年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案31.The Presidents during the American Civil War was_____.A. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington32.The capital of New Zealand is_____.A. ChristchurchB. AucklandC. WellingtonD. Hamilton33.Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?A.The AboriginesB. The MaoriC. The IndiansD. The Eskimos34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of_____.A . the Shadow CabinetB. the ParliamentC. the OppositionD. the Cabinet35.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A. T.S.EliotB.wrenceC. Theodore DreiserD. James Joyce36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by___.A. Scott FitzgeraldB. William FaulknerC. Eugene O'NeilD. Ernest Hemingway37._____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.A. Free verseB. SonnetC. OdeD. Epigram38.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of_____.A. referenceB. meaningC. antonymyD. context39.The words"kid,child,offspring" are examples of__.A. dialectal synonymsB. stylistic synonymsC. emotive synonymsD. collocational synonyms40.The distinction between parole and langue was made by_____.A. HalliayB. ChomskyC. BloomfieldD. SaussureKey：31-35BCADA 36-40 DBDBD2005年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案1. The study of __ is Syntax.A textual organizationB sentence structuresC word formationD language functions2. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A arbitrarinessB productivityC cultural transmissionD finiteness3. The speech act theory was first put forward by__.A John ScarlB Johan AustinC Noarn ChomskyD M.A.K Halliday4. The capital city of Canada is __.A MontrealB OttawaC VancouverD York5. U.S. presidents normally serve a (an) __ term.A eight-yearB four-yearC six-yearD two year6. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.A HustonB BaltimoreC PhiladelphiaD Boston7. The state church in England is __.A The BaptistB The Roman CatholicC The Protestant ChurchD The Church of England8. The novel Emma is written by__.A Jane AustenB ElizabethC Gaskell Charlotte BronteD Mary Shelley9. Which of the following is not a Romantic Poet?A William WordsworthB Percy B. ShelleyC George G. ByronD George Eliot10. William Sidney Porter, known as O.Henry, is most famous for __.A his poemB his playsC His novelsD his short storiesKEYS: 1-5 BDBBB 6-10 ADADD。

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英语专业八级人文知识试题(1)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.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.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.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。

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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。

专八人文知识练习题以及答案详解

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.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.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.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。

专八人文知识题库

专八人文知识题库【第一期】1. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by_____.A. Henry JamesB. O. HenryC. Harriet Beecher StowerD. Mark Twain2. The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any day on which we don’t have to work. This is an example of____.A. meaning shiftB. widening of meaningC. narrowing of meaningD. loss of meaning3. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A. HustonB. BaltimoreC. PhiladelphiaD. Boston4. Which of the following is NOT a Romantic Poet?A. William WordsworthB. Percy B. ShelleyC. George G. ByronD. George Eliot5. The of ____ is Syntax.A. textual organizationB. sentence structuresC. word formationD. language functions6. The capital city of Canada is ____.A. MontrealB. OttawaC. VancouverD. York7. The longest river in Britain is ____.A. SevernB. TeesC. ThamesD. Clyde8. In ____ the Romans conquered Greece.A. 146 .B. 1200 .C. 700 .D. the 5th century9. 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. Mount LawrenceB. Mount SuperiorC. Mount LoganD Mount Huronis sometimes called the birthplace of America.A. 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. D) Uncle Tom's Cabin.the capital of New South Wales and the oldest and largest city in Australia.A) Melbourne B) Sydney C) Darwin D) Canberra9. ______ , Valentine's Day, is sweethearts' day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions.A) February 10th B) February 12th C) February 14th D) February 16thNewspapers and Magazines in the USA are ________ , etc.A) New Y ork Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TimesB) New Y ork Times, Washington Post, The Sun, TimesC) New Y ork Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, TimesD) New Y ork Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Times参考答案：1~5 ADBDC 6~10 ADBCA专八人文知识模拟试题(2)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文学作品，它被认为是英国的民族史诗。

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。

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。

专业八级人文知识精选试题.doc

专八人文：英国文学部分精选习题1.The Renaissanee is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is not such an event?A.The rediscovery of ancient Rome and Greek culture・B・ England's domestic rest.C.New discovery in geography and astrology.D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion.2.Which of the following is regarded as the most successful religious allegory in the English language ・A.The Pilgrim^ Progress B・ Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. Bad manD. The Holy War3.It is alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Martin LutherC. William LanglandD. John Gower4.All of the following four except are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Jonson5.It is generally regarded that Keats's most important and mature poems are in the form of . A. elegy B・ode C. epic D. sonnet6.Daniel Defoe's novels mainly focus onA.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC.the struggle of the pirates for wealthD.the desire of the criminals for property7.1n Beowulf, fought against the mon ster Grendel and a five breathing drag on.A. the Anglo-SaxonsB. BeowulfC. the ScandinavianD. the Winter Dragon8.Francis Bacon is best known for his which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A. essays B・ poems C. works D plays8.Most of Thomas Hardy's novels are set in WessexA. a crude region in EnglandB. a fictional primitive regionC. a remote rural areaD. Hardy's hometown10.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelleys poem n Ode to the West Wind" with all the following terms except ・A. swiftB. proudC. tamed D・ wild11."Blindness1', ''partiality", "prejudice1', and "absurdity" in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" aremost likely the characteristics of ・A. ElizabethB. DarcyC. Mr. BennetD. Mrs. Bennet12.The modern English novel came into being in ・A. the middle of the 17th centuryB. the 17th centuryC. the late 18th centuryD. the middle of the 18th century13.Who is not the major figure of modernist movement?A. EliotB. JoyceC. Charles DickensD. Pound14.Who is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W.B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw15.Of the following poets, which is not regarded as "Lake Poets11?A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SouthyC. William Words worthD. William Shakespeare I6.1n the first part of Gullivefs Travels, Gulliver told his experience in ・A. LilliputB. Brobdingnag C・ Houyhnhnm D・ England17.Which of the following cannot describe n Byronic hero1'?A. proudB. mysterious C・ noble origin D progressive18.In the history of literature, Romanticism is gen erally regarded as ・A.the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience・B.the thought that designates man as a social animalC.the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in commonD.the modes of thinking19.The term "metaphysical poetry11 is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence ofA. John MiltonB. John DonneC. John KeatsD. John Bunyan20."The Vanity Fair” is a well-known part in .A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy War2l.In Oliver Twist, Charles criticizesA. money worshipping tendencyB. dehumanizing of workhouse systemC. hypocrisy of the upper societyD. distortion of human heart22.Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is history play?A. Julius CaesarB. The Merry Wives of WindsorC. Henry IVD. King Lear23.Who is regarded as a "worshipper of nature,f.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen24.Which of the following writing is not the work by Charles Dickens?A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Hard TimesC. Oliver TwistD. Sons and Lovers25.The 18th century England is known as the in the history.A. RomanticismB. ClassicismC. RenaissanceD. Enlightenment专八人文：美国文学部分精选习题l.In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment. was the dominant spirit.2・A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. EvolutionWhich statement about Franklin is not true?A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer.B. He was a scientist.C・ He was a master of diplomacy. D. He was a Puritan.Who is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. NatureB. The Scarlet LetterC. WaldenD. Moby-DickThe Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving's and ended with Whiteman's Leaves of Grass・A. The Sketch BookB. Tales of a TravelerC. The AlhambraD. A history of New YorkIn Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, n A H may stand for .A. AdulteryB. AngelC. AmiableD. All the aboveThe period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as ・A. the Naturalist PeriodB. the Modern PeriodC. the Romantic PeriodD. the Realistic PeriodThe Age of Realism is the literary history of the United States refers to the period from to ・ A. 1861 - 1914 B. 1863 - 1918 C. 1865- 1914 D. 1865- 1918Who is described by Mark Twain as a boy with n a sound heart and a deformed conscienee?”A. Tom SawyerB. Hucklebeiry Finn C・ Jim D. TonyMark Twain, one of the greatest 19th cerHury American writers, is well known for his .A. international theme B・ waste-land imagery C. local color D. symbolismThe impact of Darwin's evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American .A. modernismB. nalundismC. vernacularismD. local colorismIn 1900, London published his first collection of short stories, named ・A. The son of the WolfB. The Sea WolfC. The Law of LifeD. White FangIn which of the following works, Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bull-fight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy?A. The Green Hills of Africa.B. The Snows of Kilimanjaro.C. To Have and Have Not.D. Death in the Afternoon.Which of the following figures does not belong to "The Lost Generation”？A. Ezra PoundB. William Carlos WilliamsC. Robert FrostD. Theodore DreiserWho is a dramatist that holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period?A. Sinclair LevisB. Eugene O'NeilC. Arthur MillerD. Tennessee WilliamsThe following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except .A. William FaulknerB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. John SteinbeckD. Ernest HemingwayIn 1954, was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his H mastery of the art of modern narration11.A. T.S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD. William FaulknerWho is the author of the work: "The Grapes of Wrath"?A. John SteinbeckB. Eugene ONeilC. F. Scott FitzgeraldD. Theodore DreiserIn 1920 Sinclair Lewis published his memorable denunciation of American small-town provincialism in・A. Main Street B・ An American Tragedy C・ Winesburg, Ohio D. Sister Carrie专八人文知识：语言学部分精选试题Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?A. Language is a systemB. Language is symbolicC・ Animals also have language D. Language is arbitraryWhich of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?A. SymbolicB. DualC. ProductiveD. ArbitraryWhat is the most important function of language?A. In terpersonalB. PhaticC. InformativeD. MetalingualWho put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole?A. SaussureB. ChomskyC. HallidayD. AnonymousAccording to Chomsky, which is the ideal usefs internalized knowledge of his language?A. competenceB. parole C・ performance D. langueThe function of the sentence H A nice day, isrft it?'1 is ・A. informative B・ phatic C. directive D. performativeArticulatory phonetics mainly studies ・A. the physical properties of the sounds produced in speechB・ the perception of soundsC.the combi nation of soundsD.the production of soundsThe distinction between vowels and consonants lies in ・A. the place of articulationB. the obstruction of airstreamC・ the position of the tongue D. the shape of the lipsWhich is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transcription?A. PhoneticsB. Phonology C・ Semantics D. PrtigmaticsWhich studies the sound systems in a certain language?A. PhoneticsB. PhonologyC. Semantics D・ PragmaticsMinimal pairs are used to .A.find the distinctive features of a languageB.find the phonemes of a languageC・ compare two wordsD. find the allophones of languageUsually, suprasegmental features include Jength and pitch・A. phonemeB. speech sounds C・ syllables D. stressWhich is an in dispensable part of a syllable?A. CodaB. OnsetC. StemD. PeakWhich is the smallest un让of language in terms of relationship between expression and content?A. WordB. MorphemeC. AllomorphD. RootWhich studies the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed?A. MorphologyB. SyntaxC. PhonologyD. SemanticsLexeme is ・A. a physically definable unitB・ the comm on factor underlying a set of formsC.a grammatical unitD.an indefinable unitWhich of the following sounds does not belong to the allomorphs of the English plural morpheme ? A. [s] B. [iz] C. [ai] D. [is]All words contain a ・A. root morphemeB. bound morphemeC. prefixD. suffixThe relationship between n fruit n and "apple" is .A. homonymyB. hyponymyC. polysemyD. synonymyThe part of the grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of the structure of phrases and sentencesis calledA. lexiconB. morphologyC. syntaxD. semanticsWhich of the following items is not one of the grammatical categories of English pronouns?A. genderB. number C・ case D. voiceThe pair of words "lend” and n borrow n are .A. gradable oppositesB. converse opposites C・ co-hyponyms D. synonymsH Big n and "Small" are a pair of opposites・A. complementary B・ gradable C・ complete D. converseAccording to C・ Morris and R. Carnap, which is studies the relationship between symbols and their interpreters?A. syntaxB. semantics C・ pragmatics D. sociolinguisticsThere are deixis in the sentence she has sold it here yesterday・A. 3B.4C.5D. 6In the following conversation:-Beirut is in Peru, isn't it?-And Rome is in Romania, I suppose・The second person violates the .A. Quantity MaximB. Quality MaximC. Relation MaximD. Manner MaximThe maxim of requires that a participants contribution be releva nt to the conv ersatio n.A. quantityB. quality C・ manner D. relation专八人文知识考前模拟试题1. Which one of the four is NOT correct?A)English-speaking countries are UK, USA, Canada, Barbados, etc.B)English-speaking countries are UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc.C)English-speaking countries are USA, Canada, Australia, the Republic of Ireland, etc.D)English-speaking countries USA, Canada, Australia, Egypt, etc.2• The famous short story The Fall of the House of Usher was written byA)Charles Dickens B) Edgar Allen PoeC) John Richards on (Canadian no velist) D) Henry Savery3• Which one of the following Ivy League Schools is sit uated in Connecticut?A) Yale University. B) Harvard.C) Princeton. D) Columbia.4• The branch of linguistics which studies the forms of words is — MORPHOLOGY.・A) phoneme B) morphemeC) semantics D) morphology5• Who wrote a highly-acclaimed Novel Moby Dick?A) William James. B) Herman Melville・C) E「n est Hemi ng way. D) Cooper.6• What is the name of the Lake in northern Utah of the U.S.A.?A) Lake Michigan. B) Lake Superior.C) Lake Erie. D) the Great Salt Lake.7• Who wrote Pygmalion which later was transf ormed into the highly popular New York Broadway musical My Fair Lady in 1956?A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Charles Lamb.C) George Bernard Shaw. D) Alfred Tennyson.8• Among the four pillars of English literature, who was NOT born and raised in I「eland?A) Jonathan Swift. B) W'filiam Buffer Yeats.C) James Joyce. D) Robert Browning.9• Alaska lies in the of North America, stretching southward from the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific. A) northwestern part B) southwestern partC) northeastern part D) southeastern part1 0 • Who is a satirist and the first writer in America to win the Nobel Prize in literature・A) Eugene O' Neill B) Sinclair LewisC) TS. Eliot D) W'dliam Fanlkner专八人文知识考前模拟试题2The first cap让al of the young nation of the USA is ・A) Boston B) Philadelphia C) New York D) WashingtonWhich one of the following American cities is the birthplace of jazz?A) New Orleans. B) New York. C) Boston. D) Chicago.Who wrote one of the most enduring classic poem Ode to the West Wind ?A) Wifiliam Wordsworth. B) Alfred Tennyson. C) Percy Shelley. D) David Bum.When was Elizabeth I came to the throne of England?A) 1538. B) 1548. C.1568. D) 1558.When was Oxford University founded?A) 1167 in Oxford, B) 1267 in Oxford.C) 1367 in Oxford. D) 1467 in Oxford.Canada is often described as a huge 〜centered on the Hudson and James Bay.A) plate B) saucer C) cup D) bowlIn the literature of sociolinguistics, refers to a group of institutionalized social situations typically con strained by a common set of behavioural rules.A) domain B) distribution C) dissimilation D) discourseis a process in which part of the form is native and part is borrowed, but the meaning is fully borrowe d.A) loanshifting B) loanblending C) loan translation D) logical connectionWhat is the name of the woman poet who had her The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America?A) Anne Bradstreet. B) Maria Edgeworth・ C) Jane Austen. D) Emily Dickinson.Who wrote and published the philosophical work Essay Concerning Human Understanding?A) John Milton. B) John Locke. C) Richard Steele. D) Joseph Addison. 专八人文知识考前模拟试题3_ is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and sportation.A) Phonetics B) Phonology C) Phoneme D) Phonetic typologyThe sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream at some point the vocal tract are called ・A) consonanee B) consonant cluster C) consistency D) consonantsIn its technical sense here, — deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocatio ns. A) pictogram B) lexicon C) word-formation D) ideogramWhen was Longman Group UK Ltd was founded?A) 1721. B).1722. C) 1723. D).1724.What 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.Who wrote and publish Poor Richard^ Almanack?A) Benjamin Franklin. B) John Gay. C) David Hume. D) Samuel Richardson.Which 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. D) Uncle Tom's Cabin._ _ the capital of New South Wales, is the oldest and largest city in Australia.A) Melbourne B) Sydney C) Darwin D) Canberra、Valentine's Day, is sweethearts1 day, on which people in love w让h each other express their tender emotions・A) February 10th B) February 12th C) February 14th D) February 16thMajor Newspapers and Magazines in the USA are , etc.A)New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TimesB)New York Times, Washington Post, The Sun, TimesC)New York Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, TimesD)New York Times, Washington Post, Sun day Times, Times答案：A D B D C A D B C A。

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英美文学知识练习1．Beowulf is considered as the greatest epic in ________.A.Anglo-Saxon timesB.The Roman OccupationC.The Middle AgesD.The renaissance2. _______ is considered as “the Father of English Poetry”.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. William ShakespeareC. John MiltonD. Edmund Spenser3. Which of the following is Not an author of the English Renaissance?A. Sir Thomas MoreB. Christopher MarloweC. Francis BaconD. Geoffrey Chaucer4. Which of the following is Not considered as one of Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies?A. HamletB. Romeo and JulietC. King LearD. Macbeth5. Portia is the famous character in Shakespeare’s play_______.A. HamletB. Merchant of VeniceC. The TempestD. Othello 6．John Milton’s works included all the following except_________.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. The Pilgrim’s Progress7. During 1711-1712 Richard Steelecollaborated with ____ in publishing the daily paper The Spectator.A. Joseph AddisonB. Alexander PopeC. Samuel JohnsonD. John Dryden8. Which of the following is notconsidered as a so-called sentimentalistof 18th century?A. Thomas GrayB. John KeatsC. Oliver GoldsmithD. Laurence Sterne9. _____ is considered as the firstEnglish psycho-analytical novel.A. Pamela by Samuel RichardsonB. The Vicar of Wakefield by OliverGoldsmithC. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson CrusoeD. Jonathon Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels10. Which of the following is not a novelby Henry Fielding?A. Jonathan WildB. Tom JonesC. Joseph AndrewsD. Don Quixote11. ‘To be or not to be, that is a question’is a famous line from the soliloquy of __________.A. HamletB. King LearC. MacbethD. Shylock12. Songs of Innocence is a collection oflyric poems composed by __________.A. Robert FrostB. Mrs. BrowningC. William BlakeD. Charles Swinburne13. The poem Auld Lang Syne, now theuniversal parting-song of the English-speaking peoples, was occupied by _________.A. Alfred TennysonB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Robert Burns14. The preface to the “Lyrical Ballads”served as the manifesto of the English ________ Movement in poetry.A. RomanticB. ClassicC. RealisticD. Modernistic15. The following poets except _____ haveoften been mentioned as the “Lake Poets”.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Robert SoutheyD. Percy Bysshe Shelley16. Don Juan is the masterpiece of_________.A. Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. John Milton17. “If winter comes, can Spring be farbehind?” is a world-famous line from “Ode to the West Wind” composed by _________.A. George Gordon ByronB. Percy Bysshe ShelleyC. John KeatsD. Emily Dickinson18. “Beauty is truth, truth is beauty”is afamous line from “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by_________.A. George Gordon ByronB. Percy Bysshe ShelleyC. John KeatsD. William Wordsworth19. 《萨克逊劫后英雄略》is a Chinesetranslation of the English novel ______.A. Walter Scott’s IvanhoeB. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson, CrusoeC. Jonathon Swift’s Gulliver’s TravelsD. Charles Di ckens’s The PickwickPapers20. Which of the following novels is notwritten by Charles Dickens?A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Rob Roy21．Vanity Fair is the great masterpiece of ___________.A. Charles DickensB. Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellC. William Makepeace ThackerayD. George Eliot22. Which of the following novels is notwritten by Jane Austin?A. Sense and SensibilityB. Pride and PrejudiceC. Mansfield ParkD. The Mill on the Floss23. Wuthering Heights is the masterpieceof the English woman writer_________.A. Charlotte Bront.B. Emily BrontC. Anne BrontD. George Eliot24. The Seven Lamps of Architecture isone of the major works concerning art criticism written by the famous prose-writer of Victorian England _____.A. Matthew ArnoldB. Thomas CarlyleC. John RuskinD. Thomas Babington Macaulay25. School for Scandal is the masterpieceof the most important 18th century English dramatist_______.A. Richard Brinsley SheridanB. Charles LambC. William ShakespeareD. Oscar Wilde26. Treasure Island is a romance writtenby_________.A. Rudyard KiplingB. Robert Louis StevensonC. Joseph ConradD. Herbert George Wells27. William Butler Yeats is a well-knownIrish _________.A. NovelistB. PoetC. PlaywrightD. Essayist28. “Art for Art’s sake” is a theoryadvanced by _____.A. Henry JamesB. Oscar WildC. Samuel ButlerD. George Mereditn29. Thomas Hardy wrote the followingnovels except_________.A. Tess of the D’UrbervillesB. Jude the ObscureC. Far from the Madding CrowdD. The Way of All Flesh30. The Forsyte Saga, the first triology ofthe 20th century English critical realist John Galsworthy, consists of the following except________.A. The Man of PropertyB. In ChanceryC. To LetD. The White Monkey31. Which of the following plays is notwritten by Bernard Shaw?A. Major BarbaraB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. The Silver BoxD. Heartbreak House32. The Waste Land is the masterpiece of the poet_______.A.Thomas Stearns EliotB.Hilda DoolittleC.William Butler YeatsD.Walt Whitman33. The founder of the ‘Stream of consciousness’school of novel writing James Joyce’s major works contains the following except_____-.A.UlyssesB.Finnegans WakeC.Mrs DallowayD.Four Quartets34. Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a famous novel written by _______.A.David Herbert LawrenceB.Virginia WoolfC.William Somerset MaughamD.Katherine Mansfield35. Thomas Paine was one of these political pamphleteers and the mostpersuasive rhetorician for the cause of independence. He wrote the following woks except______.mon SenseB.The Rights of ManC.The Age of ReasonD.Poor Richard’s Almanac36. The Song of Hiawatha, the first American epic in Blank verse about the American Indians is composed by _____.A.William Cullen BryantB.Henry Wadsworth LongfellowC.William WordsworthD.Washington Irving37. The author of The Leatherstocking Tales is ______.A.James Fenimore CooperB.Edgar Allan PoeC.Jack LondonD.Nathaniel Hawthorne38. Rip Van Winkle and the The Legend of Sleepy Hollow are the most outstanding ofthe stories that _____ wrote.A.Washington IrvingB.James Fenimore Cooperwrence SterneD.Oliver Goldsmith39. Nature,which has been called “the manifesto of American transcendentalism”was written by ____.A.Thomas PaineB.Henry David ThoreauC.Nathaniel HawthorneD.Ralph Waldo Emerson40. Walden; or, Life in the Woods is a recording of life and meditation of ___ when living alone in Walden Pond.A.Ralph Waldo EmersonB.Nathaniel HawthorneC. Henry David ThoreauD. William Wordsworth41. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque was written by___, who has been regarded as the father of modern short story.A.Henry David ThoreauB.Nathaniel HawthorneC.Edgar Allan PoeD.Washington Irving42. Leaves of Grass, which ran nine editions with more than 400 poems all written in fee verse form, is the great masterpiece of ____.A.Henry Wadsworth LongfellowB.Walt WhitmanC.William Butler YeatsD.Emily Elizabeth Dickinson44. The most important book written by Herman Melville is ____.A.TypeeB.Moby DickC.PierreD.The Prairies45. Known as O. Henry, ___ was one of the most prolific modern American short story writers and wrote about 300 short stories, including the famous “The Copand the Anthem”, The Four Million, and so on.A. William Sidney PorterB. Katherine Anne PorterC. William Dean HowellsD. Sherwood Anderson46. ______ has been called the first of the “Modern psychological novelists,”and “a realist of the inner life”. And he wrote such great novels as The Ambassadors, The Turn of the Screw, The Wings of the Dove, The Golden Bowl, and The Portrait of a Lady.A. Earnest HemingwayB. William Guthbert FaulknerC. William JamesD. Henry James47. Mark Twain is the penname of ______.A. Samuel Langhorne ClemensB. William Sidney PorterC. Sherwood AndersonD. Sarah Orne Jewtt48.Which of the following is not written by Mark Twain?A. Innocents AbroadB. The Gilded AgeC. Tom SawyerD. The American49. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches is the best collection of tales written by ______.A. HemingwayB. Hanmlin GarlandC. Francis Bret HarteD. Harriet Beecher Stowe50. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a great masterpiece written by which of the following women writers___?A. Kate ChopinB. Mary E. Wilkings FreemC. Alice BrownD. Harriet Beecher Sowe51. The most famous book written by Stephen Crane about the American CivilWar is ____.A. The Red Badge of CourageB. Maggie, A Girl of the StreetsC. George’s MotherD. The Third Violet52. “The Trilogy of Desire”by Theodors Dreiser includes the following except___.A. The FinancierB. The StoicC. The TitanD. Sister Carrie53. The trilogy “Epic of the Wheat”written by Frank Norris includes the following but________.A. The OctopusB. The PitC. The WolfD. Mcteague54. Jack London wrote the following works except ___.A. The People of the AbyssB. The Sea WolfC. The American TragedyD. Martin Eden55. Cathay, a collection of translation of Chinese poems, was done by the American poet_______.A. Ezra PondB. Emily DickinsonC. Wallace StevensD.E.R. Robinson56. Which of the following is not a work of T. S. Eliot?A. The Waste LandB. The Love Song of J.Alfred PrufrockC. Murder in the CathedralD. Don Juan57. Which of the following is not a representative of the so-called Chicago poets in the 1920s and 1930s America? A. Vachel LindsayB．Edgar Lee MastersC. Carl SandburgD. Kenneth Koch58. In the later 1950s and the whole 1960s Beat Poet ______ made his voice heard asthe poet laureate of the Beat Generation.A. Allan GinsbergB. Robert Penn WarrenC. Robert LowellD. Charles Olson59. Earnest Hemingway, generally regarded as spokesman for the Lost Generation, wrote the following novels except____.A. The Sun Also RisesB. A Farewell to ArmsC. The old man and the sea.D. This Side of Paradise60. Francis Scott Fitzgerald, known as the “Roaring 20s”, and “Jazz Age”, wrote the following but____.A. For whom the Bell TollsB. The Beautiful and DamnedC. The Great GatsbyD. Tender Is the Night61. ____, the first American writer to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, is theauthor of Babbit and Main Street.A. Earnest HemingwayB. Sinclair LewisC. John SteinbeckD. Gertrude Stein62. ____ is usually considered as the masterpiece of John Steinbeck.A. The Grapes of WrathB. The PearlC. East of EdenD. Moon is Down63. The Catcher in the Rye is the first and only novel written by_____.A. Truman CapoteB. Jerome David SalingerC. James ThurberD. John Updike64. The Female Man, a significant feministic achievement in literature, was written by woman writer____.A. Joyce Carol OatesB. Katherine Anne PoeterC. Joanna RussD. Alice Walker65. ____ is the first important Jewish American novelist to begin publishing in the mid—1940s, and he received the 1976 Nobel Prize for Literatue.A. Saul BellowB. Issac Bashevis SingerC. Bernard MalamudD. Philip Roth66. _____ is the author of the novel Native Son.A. James BaldwinB. Richard WrightC. Langston HughesD. Toni Morrison67. Invisible Man is the masterpiece of the famous black writer__.A. Ralph EllisonB. Langston HughesC. Richard WrightD. James Baldwin68. William Guthbert Gaulkner, the foremost southern writer of the 20th century, were the following stories except___.A. The Sound and FuryB. The Apple CartC. Absalom, Absalom!D. Go Down, Moses69. The Greatest American dramatist of the first half of the 20th century ____ wrote such great works as the Iceman Cometh, Long Day’s Journey into Night.A. Eugene O’NeillB. Maxwell AndersonC. Tennessee WilliamsD. Edward Albee70. Death of a Salesman is the masterpiece of playwright_____.A. Arthur MillerB. Eugene O’NeillC. Tennessee WilliamsD. Sam Shepard。

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