英语专业八级人文知识仿真模拟题(10套)

冲击英语专业人文知识2.模拟题一1. The traditional dividing line in America between “east” and “west” is.A. the Mississippi RiverB. the AppalachiansC. the Rocky MountainsD. the Hudson River 2. The river Thames is in.A. WalesB. ScotlandC. EnglandD. Northern Ireland3. Maples are always used to symbolize.A. Australia B. America C. England D. Canada4. In 1066,led the Norman army in invading and defeating England.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius5. “God helps those who help themselves” is a citation from the work of.A. PaineB. FranklinC. FreneauD. Jefferson6. Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers ofliterary , which is greatly infl uenced by Darwin.A. NaturalismB. SentimentalismC. RomanticismD. Transcendentalism7.is John Steinbeck’s masterpiece?A. An American TragedyB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. A Farewell to ArmsD. The Grapes of Wrath8. If the study of meaning is conducted in the context of language use, a branch oflinguistic study called comes into being.A. syntaxB. semanticsC. pragmaticsD. morphology 9.are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words.A. RootsB. StemsC. Affi xesD. Compounds. 3.10. Syntax mainly deals with .A. how a language changes through timeB. how words are combined to form sentences and the rulesC. how the human work when they use languageD. how a language varies through geographical space【答案与题解】1. A 密西西比河是美国传统的东部和西部的分界线。

2. C 泰晤士河位于英格兰境内。

3. D 枫叶是加拿大的标志，枫树是加拿大的国树。

4. A 1066年，征服者威廉率诺曼底军队远征英格兰，大获全胜。

这是外族侵略英国的最后一次成功。

5. B 该句是富兰克林的名句。

6. A 西奥多 德莱赛和杰克 伦敦是自然主义学派的典型代表，他们深受达尔文自然观的影响。

7. D 约翰 斯坦贝克的著名作品是《愤怒的葡萄》。

其他三部作品的作家分别是 西奥多 德莱赛，马克 吐温和海明威。

8. C 语用学研究上下文中语言运用的情况。

9. C 前缀和后缀被叫做粘着词素，不可以单独使用。

10. B 句法学主要研究句子结构以及词、词组和短语组成句子的规则。

4.模拟题二1. The most important and longest river in the United States of America is.A. the Ohio RiverB. the Colorado RiverC. the Missouri RiverD. the Mississippi River2. The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was.A. Thomas JeffersonB. James MonroeC. James MadisonD. Abraham Lincoln 3. The largest city in Australia is.A. CanberraB. SydneyC. MelbourneD. Perth4. The real power of the British government lies in.A. the House of CommonsB. the Cabinet headed by the Prime MinisterC. the Prime MinisterD. the Queen5. The great dividing line between the nineteenth century literature and thecontemporary American Literature is .A. the Civil WarB. the First World WarC. the Second World WarD. the Great Depression6. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance EnglandEXCEPT.A. William ShakespeareB. Ben JonsonC. Christopher MarloweD. Francis Bacon7. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typically belonging to theschool of Romantic literary?A. Don Juan . B. Ulysses.C. Jane Eyre.D. Sons and Lovers.8. Which of the following items is not a design feature of human language?A. CompetenceB. ArbitrarinessC. DisplacementD. Productivity9. Which of the following topics is part of the study of pragmatics?A. The acquisition of grammatical rules in a second language.. 5.B. The change in the meaning of a word over time.C. The relationship between a word’s structure and its meaning.D. The uses of different types of utterances in difference contexts.10. The word “WMD”, which stands for “weapon of mass destruction”, is.A. an acronymB. a compound oneC. a clipped oneD. a blended one【答案与题解】1. D 美国最长的河流是密西西比河，也是美国最重要的一条河流。

它被美国人视为“众河之父”(Father of Waters)，沿河流域也是美国的主要农作物产区。

2. D 美国历史上的第一位共和党总统是亚伯拉罕 林肯。

3. B 堪培拉是澳大利亚首都，悉尼市是澳大利亚第一大城市，墨尔本是澳大利亚第二大城市。

4. B 君主立宪制下，国王的作用更侧重于其象征意义，而实权为内阁所有，内阁由首相率领。

5. B 现代美国文学与之前的作品是由第一次世界大战作为分界线的。

6. D Francis Bacon 是文艺复兴时期著名的散文家，不属于剧作家。

7. A 《唐璜》一书是浪漫主义作家拜伦的一部经典作品。

《尤利西斯》和《儿子与情人》都是现代主义的作品，而《简 爱》则是维多利亚时期夏洛蒂 勃朗特的一部代表作。

8. A 语言的普遍特征包含：语言的任意性Arbitrariness ，多产性Producti-vity ，双层结构Duality ，移位性Displacement 和文化传播性Cultural Transmission 。

9. D 语用学研究语言是如何被人们使用来进行交际的，研究如何通过语境来理解和使用语言。

选项A 为二语习得的内容；B 为语言演变；C 为语义学。

10. A WMD 代表“weapon of mass destruction ”，属于词首字母缩略词。

6.模拟题三1. Which part in America is the earliest to be found and taken over by early settlers?A. The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain.B. The Appalachians and their foothills.C. The interior lowlands.D. The Cordillera.2. The national fl ag of the United States is known as.A. the Star-Spangled BannerB. Uncle SamC. Hot DogD. Union Jack3. There are two major national parties in Britain: the Conservative party and.A. the Liberal PartyB. the Democratic PartyC. the Labour PartyD. the Republican Party4. Which name is NOT related to Britain?A. Northern Ireland.B. Scotland.C. Wales.D. Toronto.5. The Great Catsby is written by.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Sinclair LewisC. John SteinbeckD. Francis Scott Fitzgerald6. The English Renaissance period was an age of.A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry7. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trendappearedand it fl ourished in the forties and in the early fi fties. A. Romanticism B. Naturalism C. Realism D. Critical Realism8. The termlinguistics may be defined as a way of referring to theapproach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages.A. synchronic B. diachronicC. comparativeD. historical comparative. 7.9. Ilocutionary act is .A. the act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon and phonologyB. the act performed by or resulting from saying somethingC. the act of conveying the infl uence of something on the hearerD. the consequential effect of a locution upon the hearer10. The sub-fi eld of linguistics that studies the relation between language and societyis called.A. SociolinguisticB. NeurolinguisticsC. MacrolinguisticsD. Microlinguistics【答案与题解】1. A 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。