2019年专业英语八级考试人文知识模拟试题及答案2
2019年英语专业八级考试人文知识精选试题及答案
2019年英语专业八级考试人文知识精选试题及答案1 _____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.A Washington D.C.B Los AngelesC San FranciscoD New York City2 _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.A BlacksB HispanicsC IndiansD Asian Americans3 Washington D.C. is named after___________.A the U.S. President George WashingtonB Christopher ColumbusC both George Washington and Christopher ColumbusD none of them4 American and British English are two_____ of the English language.A varietiesB elementsD form5 The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.A Thomas JeffersonB James MonroeC James MadisonD Abraham Lincoln6 Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.A Rhode IslandB VirginiaC TexasD Montana7 The national flag of the United States is known as_____.A the Star-SpangledB anner B Uncle SamC Hot DogD union Jack8 The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____.A contribution a state has made to the nationB populationD none of the above9 The tern “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____.A the Amazon RiverB the Mississippi RiverC the Nile RiverD the Hudson River10 The statue of liberty was given to American peopleby_____ as a gift in 1884.A FranceB SpainC ItalyD Britain答案及题解：1 D, 纽约是美国的城市同时也是最重要的经济中心和最主要的港口。
专业英语八级(人文知识)模拟试卷100(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（人文知识）模拟试卷100(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.1．Ernest Hemingway puts forward a famous principle in literary writing, which isA．the Principle of Realism.B．the Principle of the Iceberg.C．the Principle of Naturalism.D．the Principle of Expressionism.正确答案：B解析：海明威提出了著名的“冰山原理”(The Principle of the Iceberg)。
知识模块：人文知识2．______ is the representative work of the Lost Generation.A．This Side of ParadiseB．The Great GatsbyC．The Sun Also RisesD．A Farewell to Arms正确答案：C解析：《太阳照常升起》是美国20年代“迷惘的一代”(Lost Generation)的代表作。
知识模块：人文知识3．All the following works feature the “Stream of Consciousness” EXCEPTA．The Sound and the Fury.B．The Winter of Our Discontent.C．Lie Down in Darkness.D．To the Lighthouse.正确答案：B解析：《烦躁的冬天》(The Winter of Our Dis-content)是约翰·斯坦贝克(John Steinbeck)的作品，他是经济大萧条时期最杰出的小说家，不是“意识流”流派。
专业英语八级考试人文知识模拟试题
专业英语八级考试人文知识模拟试题1. The population of the United States is a bit more than 272 million, about 13% of which are Black, 12 % are Hispanic(讲西班牙语的人)，4% are Asian and the rest are White Americans.2. It is the third most populous country in the world after China and India.3. The most populous states are California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois.4. More than 80% of Americans live in urban areas.稳固：按照人口数量排列，美国在世界排在第几位;按照面积排，美国又是排第几位呢?1. Christmas is usually connected toA the reunion of a large familyB the eating of Easter eggsC the resurrection of ChristD the forgiving of other’s sins2. The largest of the ethnic minorities in America isA the blacksB the Mexico-AmericansC the Spanish-AmericansD the Chinese3. The British establish colonies along the east coast of North American between 16.7 and 1733.A 11B 12C 13D 144. The largest university in Canada isA Laval UniversityB The University of TorontoC McGill UniversityD Simon Fraser University5. Robinson Crusoe is written byA Henry FieldingB Daniel DefoeC Samuel RichardsonD Jonathan Swift6. is written by Walt Whitman.A Representative MenB English TraitsC NatureD Leaves of Grass7. is not a novelist.A Henry JamesB Emily DickinsonC William Dean HowellsD Mark Twain8. is not one of the core branches of linguistics.A PhonologyB Psycho-linguisticsC SyntaxD Semantics9. is the mon factor of the three sounds:[p], [t], [k]A voicelessB spreadC voicedD nasal10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms ofA manner of articulationB openness of mouthC place of articulationD voicing。
【资格考试】2019最新整理-专业英语八级模拟人文知识测试(二十二)
——参考范本——【资格考试】2019最新整理-专业英语八级模拟人文知识测试(二十二)______年______月______日____________________部门1.In 1620, 201 Pilgrims, to escape religous presecution, sailed to the New World in a ship called Mayflower.They arrived at ____.A New YorkB GeorgiaC VirginiaD Plymouth2.The earliest institution of higher learning set up in America was ___A California UniversityB Yale UniversityC Harvard CollegeD Chicago University3.The Grand Canyon in south-western ____ is one of nature’s most impressive sights.A UtahB ArizonaC NevadaD Idaho4.American presidents are elected ____.A every two yearsB every four yearsC every five yearsD every six years5.In America the judicial is headed by ____.A the PresidentB CongressC the Supreme CourtD the Secretary General6.In the United States, the first larges immigration movement took plane ____A right after the War of IndependenceB in the mid-1800C at the turn of the 20th centuryD right after the Civil War7.The theme of Thanksgiving has always been ____A friendship and happinessB Peace and plenty, health and happinessC cooperation and rich rewardD love and happiness8.In the United States, the party, which wins the ____ number of seats in the House o Commons, becomes the official opposition.A largestB second largestC third largestD fourth largest9.Britain was by 1830 the "workshop of the world " because of ____A agricultural revolutionB industrial revolutionC colonial expansionD invention of steam engine10.In America, the three newspaper are of the following EXCEPT ____.A New York TimesB Reader’s DigestC Washington PostD Los Angels Times1.D 1620年，朝拜者为了逃离宗教迫害，乘坐五月花号，在新英格兰的普来冒斯落脚。
专业英语八级(人文知识)模拟试卷99(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（人文知识）模拟试卷99(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.1．All of the following are written by Nathaniel Hawthorne EXCEPTA．Fanshawe.B．Walden.C．The Scarlet Letter.D．The Blithedale Romance.正确答案：B解析：《瓦尔登湖》(Walden)是梭罗(Henry DavidThoreau)的作品。
知识模块：人文知识2．According to the theory of______, literature must be true to life and exactly reproduces real life, including all its details without any selection.A．RealismB．RomanticismC．NaturalismD．Aestheticism正确答案：C解析：自然主义(Naturalism)追求绝对的客观性．崇尚单纯地描摹自然，着重对现实生活的表面现象作记录式的写照。
知识模块：人文知识3．The works of all the following writers feature Naturalism EXCEPTA．Frank Norris.B．Stephen Crane.C．Jack London.D．Mark Twain.正确答案：D解析：马克·吐温(Mark Twain)是乡土文学的杰出代表。
2019英语专业八级真题及答案
2019英语专业⼋级真题及答案2019英语专业⼋级真题及答案PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION(35MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You. will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.1. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Miss Green’s university days?A. She felt bored.B. She felt lonely.D. The subject was easy.2. Which of the following is NOT part of her job with the Department of Employment?A. Doing surveys at workplace.B. Analyzing survey results.C. Designing questionnaires.D. Taking a psychology course.3. According to Miss Green, the main difference between the Department of Employment and the advertising agency lies inA. the nature of work.B. office decoration.C. office location.D. work procedures.4. Why did Miss green want to leave the advertising agency?A. She felt unhappy inside the company.B. She felt work there too demanding.C. She was denied promotion in the company.D. She longed for new opportunities.5. How did Miss Green react to a heavier workload in the new job?A. She was willing and ready.B. She sounded mildly eager.D. She sounded very reluctant.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 6 and 7 based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.Now listen to the news.6. The man stole the aircraft mainly because he wanted toA. destroy the European Central Bank.B. have an interview with a TV station.C. circle skyscrapers in downtown Frankfurt.D. remember the death of a US astronaut.7. Which of the following statements about the man is TRUE?A. He was a 31-year-old student from Frankfurt.B. He was piloting a two-seat helicopter he had stolen.C. He had talked to air traffic controllers by radio.D. He threatened to land on the European Central Bank.Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.8. The news is mainly about the city government’s plan toA. expand and improve the existing subway system.B. build underground malls and parking lots.C. prevent further land subsidence.D. promote advanced technology.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.Now listen to the news.9. According to the news, what makes this credit card different from conventional ones isA. that it can hear the owner’s voice.B. that it can remember a password.C. that it can identify the owner’s voice.D. that it can remember the owner’s PIN.10. The newly developed credit card is said to said to have all the following EXCEPTA. switch.B. battery.C. speaker.D. built-in chip.参考答案：Section A Mini-lecture1.the author2.other works3.literary trends4.grammar,diction or uses of image5.cultural codes6.cultural7.the reader8.social9.reader competency10. social sructure,traditions of writing or political cultural influences,etc.Section B Interview1-5 CDDDASection C News Broadcast6-10 DCBCAPART II READING COMPREHENSION(30MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions.Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT AThe University in transformation, edited by Australian futurists Sohail Inayatullah and Jennifer Gidley, presents some 20 highly varied outlooks on tomorrow’s universities by writers representing both Western and mon-Western perspectives. Their essays raise a broad range of issues, questioning nearly every key assumption we have about higher education today.The most widely discussed alternative to the traditional campus is the Internet University - a voluntary community to scholars/teachers physically scattered throughout a country or around the world but all linked in cyberspace. A computerized university could have many advantages, such as easy scheduling, efficient delivery of lectures to thousands or even millions of students at once, and ready access for students everywhere to the resources of all the world’s great libraries.Yet the Internet University poses dangers, too. For example, a line of franchised courseware, produced by a few superstar teachers, marketed under the brand name of a famous institution, and heavily advertised, might eventually come to dominate the global education market, warns sociology professor Peter Manicas of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Besides enforcing a rigidly standardized curriculum, such a “college education in a box” could undersell the offerings of many traditional brick and mortar institutions, effectively driving then out of business andthrowing thousands of career academics out of work, note Australian communications professors David Rooney and Greg Hearn.On the other hand, while global connectivity seems highly likely to play some significant role in future higher education, that does not mean greater uniformity in course content - or other dangers - will necessarily follow. Counter-movements are also at work.Many in academia, including scholars contributing to this volume, are questioning the fundamental mission of university education. What if, for instance, instead of receiving primarily technical training and building their individual careers, university students and professors could focus their learning and research efforts on existing problems in their local communities and the world? Feminist scholar Ivana Milojevic dares to dream what a university might become “if we believed that child-care workers and teachers in early childhood education should be one of the highest (rather than lowest) paid professionals?”Co-editor Jennifer Gidley shows how tomorrow’s university faculty, instead of giving lectures and conducting independentresearch, may take on three new roles. Some would act as brokers, assembling customized degree-credit programmes for individual students by mixing and matching the best course offerings available from institutions all around the world. A second group, mentors, would function much like today’s faculty advisers, but are likely to be working with many more studentsoutside their own academic specialty. This would require them to constantly be learning from their students as well as instructing them.A third new role for faculty, and in Gidley’s view the most challenging and rewarding of all, would be as meaning-makers: charismatic sages and practitioners leading groups of students/colleagues in collaborative efforts to find spiritual as well as rational and technological solutions to specific real-world problems.Moreover, there seems little reason to suppose that any one form of university must necessarily drive out all other options. Students may be “enrolled” in courses offered at virtual campuses on the Internet, between -or even during - sessions at a real-world problem-focused institution.As co-editor Sohail Inayatullah points out in his introduction, no future is inevitable, and the very act of imagining and thinking through alternative possibilities can directly affect how thoughtfully, creatively and urgently even a dominant technology is adapted and applied. Even in academia, the future belongs to those who care enough to work their visions into practical, sustainable realities.11. When the book reviewer discusses the Internet University,A. he is in favour of it.B. his view is balanced.C. he is slightly critical of it.D. he is strongly critical of it.12. Which of the following is NOT seen as a potential danger of the Internet University?A. Internet-based courses may be less costly than traditional ones.B. Teachers in traditional institutions may lose their jobs.C. internet-based courseware may lack variety in course content.D. The Internet University may produce teachers with a lot of publicity.13. According to the review, what is the fundamental mission of traditional university education?A. Knowledge learning and career building.B. Learning how to solve existing social problems.C. Researching into solutions to current world problems.D. Combining research efforts of teachers and students in learning.14. Judging from the Three new roles envisioned for tomorrow’s university faculty, university teachersA, are required to conduct more independent research.B. are required to offer more course to their students……C. are supposed to assume more demanding duties.D. are supposed to supervise more students in their specialty.15. Which category of writing does the review belong to?A. Narration.B. DescriptionC. persuasionD. Exposition.TEXT BEvery street had a story, every building a memory, Those blessed with wonderful childhoods can drive the streets of their hometowns and happily roll back the years. The rest are pulled home by duty and leave as soon as possible. After Ray Atlee had been in Clanton (his hometown) for fifteen minutes he was anxious to get out.The town had changed, but then it hadn’t. On the highways leading in, the cheap metal buildings and mobile homes were gathering as tightly as possible next to the roads for maximum visibility. This town had no zoning whatsoever. A landowner could build anything wiih no permit no inspection, no notice to adjoining landowners. nothing. Only hog farms and nuclear reactors required approvals and paperwork. The result was a slash-and-build clutter that got uglier by the year.But in the older sections, nearer the square, the town had not changed at all The long shaded streets were as clean and neat as when Kay roamed them on his bike. Most of the houses were still owned by people he knew, or if those folks had passed on the new owners kept the lawns clipped and the shutters painted. Only a few were being neglected.A handful had been abandoned.This deep in Bible country, it was still an unwritten rule in the townthat little was done on Sundays except go to church, sit on porches, visit neighbours, rest and relax the way God intended.It was cloudy, quite cool for May, and as he toured his old turf, killing time until the appointed hour for the family meeting, he tried to dwell on the good memories from Clanton. There was Dizzy Dean Park where he had played little League for the Pirates, and (here was the public pool he’d swum in every summer except 1969 when the city cl osed it rather than admit black children. There were the churches - Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian - facing each other at the intersection of Second and Elm like wary sentries, their steeples competing for height. They were empty now, hut in an hour or so the more faithful would gather for evening services.The square was as lifeless as the streets leading to it. With eight thousand people, Clanton was just large enough to have attracted the discount stores that had wiped out so many small towns. But here the people had been faithful to their downtown merchants, and there wasn’t s single empty or boarded-up building around the square - no small miracle. The retail shops were mixed in with the banks and law offices and cafes, all closed for the Sabbath.He inched through the cemetery and surveyed the Atlee section in the old part, where the tombstones were grander. Some of his ancestors had built monuments for their dead. Ray had always assumed that thefamily money he’d never seen must have been buried in those graves. He parked and walked to his mother’s grave, something he hadn’t done in years. She was buried among the Atlees, at the far edge of the family plot because she had barely belonged.Soon, in less than an hour, he would be sitting in his father’s study, sipping bad instant tea and receiving instructions on exactly how his father would be laid to rest. Many orders were about to be give, many decrees and directions, because his father(who used to be a judge) was a great man and cared deeply about how he was to be remembered.Moving again, Ray passed the water tower he’d climbed twice, the second time with the police waiting below. He grimaced at his old high school, a place he’d never visited since he’d left it. Behind it was the football field where his brother Forrest had romped over opponents and almost became famous before getting bounced off the team.It was twenty minutes before five, Sunday, May 7. Time for the family meeting.16. From the first paragraph, we get the impression thatA. Ray cherished his childhood memories.B. Ray had something urgent to take care of.C. Ray may not have a happy childhood.D. Ray cannot remember his childhood days.17. Which of the following adjectives does NOT desc ribe Ray’shometown?A. Lifeless.B. Religious.C. Traditional.D. Quiet.18. Form the passage we can infer that the relationship between Ray and his parents wasA. close.B. remote.C. tense.D. impossible to tell.19. It can be inferred from the passage that Ray’s father was all EXCEPTA. considerate.B. punctual.C. thrifty.D. dominant.TEXT CCampaigning on the Indian frontier is an experience by itself. Neither the landscape nor the people find their counterparts in any other portion of the globe. Valley walls rise steeply five or six thousand feet on every side. The columns crawl through a maze of giant corridors downwhich fierce snow-fed torrents foam under skies of brass. Amid these scenes of savage brilliancy there dwells a race whose qualities seem to harmonize with their environment. Except at harvest-time, when self-preservation requires a temporary truce, the Pathan tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian. Every large house is a real feudal fortress made, it is true, only of sun-baked clay, but with battlements, turrets, loopholes, drawbridges, etc. complete. Every village has its defence. Every family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud. The numerous tribes and combinations of tribes all have their accounts to settle with one another. Nothing is ever forgotten, and very few debts are left unpaid. For the purposes of social life, in addition to the convention about harvest-time, a most elaborate code of honour has been established and is on the whole faithfully observed. A man who knew it and observed it faultlessly might pass unarmed from one end of the frontier to another. The slightest technical slip would, however, be fatal. The life of the Pathan is thus full of interest; and his valleys, nourished alike by endless sunshine and abundant water, are fertile enough to yield with little labour the modest material requirements of a sparse population.Into this happy world the nineteenth century brought two new facts: the rifle and the British Government. The first was an enormous luxury and blessing; the second, an unmitigated nuisance. The convenience ofthe rifle was nowhere more appreciated than in the Indian highlands. A weapon which would kill with accuracy at fifteen hundred yards opened a whole new vista of delights to every family or clan which could acquire it. One could actually remain in one’s own house and fire at one’s neighbour nearly a mile away. One could lie in wait on some high crag, and at hitherto unheard-of ranges hit a horseman far below. Even villages could fire at each other without the trouble of going far from home. Fabulous prices were therefore offered for these glorious products of science. Rifle-thieves scoured all India to reinforce the efforts of the honest smuggler. A steady flow of the coveted weapons spread its genial influence throughout the frontier, and the respect which the Pathan tribesmen entertained for Christian civilization was vastly enhanced.The action of the British Government on the other hand was entirely unsatisfactory. The great organizing, advancing, absorbing power to the southward seemed to be little better than a monstrous spoil-sport. If the Pathan made forays into the plains, not only were they driven back (which after all was no more than fair), but a whole series of subsequent interferences took place, followed at intervals by expeditions which toiled laboriously through the valleys, scolding the tribesmen and exacting fines for any damage which they had done. No one would have minded these expeditions if they had simply come, had a fight and then gone away again. In many cases this was their practice under what was called the“butcher and bolt policy” to which the Government of India long adhered. But towards the end of the nineteenth century these intruders began to make roads through many of the valleys, and in particular the great road to Chitral. They sought to ensure the safety of these roads by threats, by forts and by subsidies. There was no objection to the last method so far as it went. But the whole of this tendency to road-making was regarded by the Pathans with profound distaste. All along the road peoplewere expected to keep quiet, not to shoot one another, and above all not to shoot at travellers along the road. It was too much to ask, and a whole series of quarrels took their origin from this source.20. The word debts in “very few debts are left unpaid” in the first paragraph meansA．loans. B．accounts C．killings D．bargains.21. Which of the following is NOT one of the geographical facts about the Indian frontier?A. Melting snows.B. Large population.C. Steep hillsides.D. Fertile valleys.22. According to the passage, the Pathans welcomedA. the introduction of the rifle.B. the spread of British rule.C. the extension of luxuriesD. the spread of trade.23. Building roads by the BritishA. put an end to a whole series of quarrels.B. prevented the Pathans from earning on feuds.C. lessened the subsidies paid to the Pathans.D. gave the Pathans a much quieter life.24. A suitable title for the passage would beA. Campaigning on the Indian frontier.B. Why the Pathans resented the British rule.C. The popularity of rifles among the Pathans.D. The Pathans at war.TEXT D“Museum” is a slippery word. It first meant (in Greek) anything consecrated to the Muses: a hill, a shrine, a garden, a festival or even a textbook. Both Plato’s Academy and Aristotle’s Lyceum had a mouseion, a muses’ shrine. Although the Greeks already collected detached works of art, many temples - notably that of Hera at Olympia (before which the Olympic flame is still lit) - had collections of objects, some of which were works of art by well-known masters, while paintings and sculptures in the Alexandrian Museum were incidental to its main purpose.The Romans also collected and exhibited art from disbanded temples, as well as mineral specimens, exotic plants, animals; and they plundered sculptures and paintings (mostly Greek) for exhibition.Meanwhile, the Greek word had slipped into Latin by transliteration (though not to signify picture galleries, which were called pinacothecae) and museum still more or less meant “Muses’ shrine”.The inspirational collections of precious and semi-precious objects were kept in larger churches and monasteries - which focused on the gold-enshrined, bejewelled relics of saints and martyrs. Princes, and later merchants, had similar collections, which became the deposits of natural curiosities: large lumps of amber or coral, irregular pearls, unicorn horns, ostrich eggs, fossil bones and so on. They also included coins and gems - often antique engraved ones - as well as, increasingly, paintings and sculptures. As they multiplied and expanded, to supplement them, the skill of the fakers grew increasingly refined.At the same time, visitors could admire the very grandest paintings and sculptures in the churches, palaces and castles; they were not “collected” either, but “site-specific”, and were considered an integral part both of the fabric of the buildings and of the way of life which went on inside them - and most of the buildings were public ones. However, during the revival of antiquity in the fifteenth century, fragments of antique sculpture were given higher status than the work of any contemporary, so that displays of antiquities would inspire artists to imitation, or even better, to emulati on; and so could be considered Muses’ shrines in the former sense. The Medici garden near San Marco inFlorence, the Belvedere and the Capitol in Rome were the most famous of such early “inspirational” collections. Soon they multiplied, and, gradually, exe mplary “modern” works wereIn the seventeenth century, scientific and prestige collecting became so widespread that three or four collectors independently published directories to museums all over the known world. But it was the age of revolutions and industry which produced the next sharp shift in the way the institution was perceived: the fury against royal and church monuments prompted antiquarians to shelter them in asylum-galleries, of which the Musee des Monuments Francais was the most famous. Then, in the first half of the nineteenth century, museum funding took off, allied to the rise of new wealth: London acquired the National Gallery and the British Museum, the Louvre was organized, the Museum-Insel was begun in Berlin, and the Munich galleries were built. In Vienna, the huge Kunsthistorisches and Naturhistorisches Museums took over much of the imperial treasure. Meanwhile, the decline of craftsmanship (and of public taste with it) inspired the creation of “improving” collections. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London was the most famous, as well as perhaps the largest of them.25.The sentence “Museum is a slippery word” in the first paragraph means thatA. the meaning of the word didn’t change until after the 15th。
专业英语八级(文化教育类写作)模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（文化教育类写作）模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 6. WRITINGPART VI WRITING (45 MIN)Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic.1．Do you agree with the following statement? Government should support scientific research even if there’s no practical use. Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay. In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.正确答案：Should Government Support Impractical Scientific Research Nowadays the debate on whether government should spend money on science researches that don’t have practical use has been a hot issue. Ideas vary from person to person. Personally, I agree with the statement that government should allocate adequate funds to any scientific research that aims to improve the well-being of people, even if it is of no practical use in the short run. Firstly, the scientific research may help people to have a better understanding of the world they are living in. Research into the space is a case in point. In 1969, the Apollo program, ranked among the greatest human achievements in science in the twentieth century, landed Neil Armstrong, the first human being, on the surface of the moon. It is the first time that the vast majority of ordinary citizens in various regions throughout the world knew what is the moon because of this program. Maybe the scientific research didn’t have obviously practical use, but it led the people to focus on the galaxy exploration. Obviously, without support given by government, such a kind of space exploration would have been impossible. Secondly, lots of so-called practical scientific researches which were not regarded as practical at first later turned out to be quite practical. Were there not any seemingly useless researches and experiments, science would be stagnant. When the first computer was about to be developed, the public opinion went against it because they saw nothing practical except for the vast sum of funds poured on its research. However, it turned out to have transformed the way human society evolved and finally proved itself to be of great avail in the long run, especially in terms of scientific development in any fields such as military, medicine, aviation and education. Since we can’t predict whether the scientific research is really practical or not at the beginning and in the mid, it is not proper for us to give it up based on the judgment at the beginning. We can not only focus on the immediate effect of the scientific research. In sum, never should we imply that research whose benefits are unknown is not worth pursuing. After all, any research worthdoing delves into the unknown. Scientific research, even if there is no practical use, should also be supported by government because scientific research is important not only in practical vista, but also in some more profound areas.解析：本文在首段提出了全文的主题句，即任何科学研究，只要其目的是为了使人们生活得更幸福，哪怕短期没有实用价值，都应当得到政府充足的资金支持。
专业英语八级(人文知识)模拟试卷101(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（人文知识）模拟试卷101(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.1．Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for humanA．contact.B．communication.C．relation.D．community.正确答案：B解析：语言是人类在交际中使用的一套任意的声音符号系统。
知识模块：人文知识2．General linguistics is the scientific study ofA．language of a certain individual.B．human languages in general.C．the system of a particular language.D．the English language.正确答案：B解析：普通语言学研究整个人类语言，而非单独研究某种特定语言。
知识模块：人文知识3．Which branch of study is not included in the scope of Linguistics?A．Syntax.B．Anthropology.C．Pragmatics.D．Phonetics.正确答案：B解析：只有B“人类学”不属于语言学的一个分支。
知识模块：人文知识4．The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication isA．morphology.B．general linguistics.C．phonology.D．semantics.正确答案：C解析：本题问关于用以在交流中传递信息的语音如何被组织在一起的学科是什么．选C“音系学”。
专业英语八级(人文知识)模拟试卷60(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（人文知识）模拟试卷60(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.1．When any of the maxims under the cooperative principle is flouted, ______ might arise.A．impolitenessB．contradictionsC．mutual understandingD．conversational implicatures正确答案：D解析：人们并不总是严格遵守合作原则的准则，且有时故意违反它们，正是对这些准则的公然违反才产生了会话含义(Conversational Implicature)，即言听双方通过有意识地违反这些准则，使话语变得间接或委婉，或表达更为隐晦的含义。
知识模块：语言学2．______ is the act performed by or resulting from saying something; it is the consequence of, or the change brought about by the utterance.A．A locutionary actB．An illocutionary actC．A perlocutionary actD．A performative act正确答案：C解析：言后行为是由言说某话语而引起的后果或变化，是话语在听者身上产生的效果，故选C。
言语行为理论中的Performative指“施为句”，但没有D “performativeact”的概念。
专业英语八级(人文知识)模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（人文知识）模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.1．______is the key conception in Christianity in which the three aspects of the same God are united as one.A．ResurrectionB．AscensionC．TrinityD．Holy Spirit正确答案：C 涉及知识点：人文知识2．The first president in the U.S. history who resigned because of a scandal is______.A．WilsonB．NixonC．JacksonD．Kennedy正确答案：B 涉及知识点：人文知识3．A traditional food enjoyed by Americans during Thanksgiving Day is______.A．steamed bunB．roast turkeyC．roast duckD．fried fish正确答案：B 涉及知识点：人文知识4．Thoreau’s______is full of eco-wisdom.A．NatureB．Self-RelianceC．WaldenD．Moby Dick正确答案：C 涉及知识点：人文知识5．______takes London as the setting in most of his novels.A．DickensB．HardyC．ThackerayD．Defoe正确答案：A 涉及知识点：人文知识6．______is the penname of William Sidney Porter, a famous short-story writer. A．Mark TwainB．O. HenryC．Henry JamesD．Stephen Crane正确答案：B 涉及知识点：人文知识7．______is not a way of word-formation.A．DerivationB．ConversionC．BlendingD．Imitation正确答案：D 涉及知识点：人文知识8．The smallest linguistic unit that can be used independently is______. A．morphemeB．phonemeC．minimal pairD．word正确答案：D 涉及知识点：人文知识9．“Daddy” and “Father” are______synonyms.A．dialectalB．stylisticC．emotiveD．semantically different正确答案：B 涉及知识点：人文知识10．______does not belong to The Great Lakes.A．Lake SuperiorB．Lake MichiganC．Lake HuronD．Walden Pond正确答案：D 涉及知识点：人文知识11．______control most of the wealth and the politics of the United States of America.A．The WASPSB．The BlacksC．The IndiansD．The Hispanics正确答案：A 涉及知识点：人文知识12．The sentence “ernment of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” comes from______.A．the Emancipation ProclamationB．The Declaration of IndependenceC．Gettysburg AddressD．I Have a Dream正确答案：C 涉及知识点：人文知识13．______is called the “backbone of England”.A．The RockiesB．The PenninesC．The AppalachiansD．The Grand Canyon正确答案：B 涉及知识点：人文知识14．______does not belong to “Lake Poets”.A．BlakeB．WordsworthC．SoutheyD．Coleridge正确答案：A 涉及知识点：人文知识15．______is considered as the founder of American drama.A．MillerB．O’NeillC．WilliamsD．Faulkner正确答案：B 涉及知识点：人文知识16．If America had a national poet in the 20th century, it is certainly______.A．FrostB．PoundC．PoeD．Whitman正确答案：A 涉及知识点：人文知识17．The relationship between “flower” and “rose” is______.A．antonymyB．synonymyC．hyponymyD．polysemy正确答案：C 涉及知识点：人文知识18．______is a voiced bilabial stop.A．/m/B．/p/C．/b/D．/v/正确答案：C 涉及知识点：人文知识19．______proposed the idea of the surface structure and the deep structure.A．BloomfieldB．HallidayC．SaussureD．Chomsky正确答案：D 涉及知识点：人文知识20．The British Parliament consists of______.A．the House Lord and the House of CommonsB．the House and the SenateC．the Queen and the Hosue of LordsD．the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons正确答案：D 涉及知识点：人文知识21．The Tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by______.A．King HaroldB．Henry VIIIC．Oliver CromwellD．William the Conqueror正确答案：D 涉及知识点：人文知识22．The nickname(s) of the U.S.A.is______.A．Uncle SamB．Brother JonathanC．YankeeD．All of the above正确答案：A 涉及知识点：人文知识23．In area, the United States is the______ largest country in the world. A．2ndB．3rdC．4thD．5th正确答案：C 涉及知识点：人文知识24．The Old Man and the Sea is written by______.A．Jack LondonB．Charles DickensC．Samuel ColeridgeD．Ernest Hemingway正确答案：D 涉及知识点：人文知识25．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.正确答案：C 涉及知识点：人文知识26．The Catcher in the Rye is written by______.A．J.D.SalingerB．Jack LondonC．Mark TwainD．Saul Bellow正确答案：A 涉及知识点：人文知识27．The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called______.A．pragmaticsB．semanticsC．sociolinguisticsD．psycholinguistics正确答案：A 涉及知识点：人文知识28．Which of the following words can connect two clauses in a coordinate sentence?A．Through.B．When.C．But.D．If.正确答案：C 涉及知识点：人文知识29．The word “Kidult”comes from “kid”and “adult”. This is an example of______.A．blendingB．derivationC．conversionD．compound正确答案：A 涉及知识点：人文知识30．______forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States.A．The Rio Grande RiverB．The Mississippi RiverC．The Colorado RiverD．The Gulf of Mexico正确答案：A 涉及知识点：人文知识31．The American President during the Second World War was______.A．Andrew JacksonB．Abraham LincolnC．Thomas JeffersonD．Franklin D.Roosevelt正确答案：D 涉及知识点：人文知识32．The emblem of the Democratic Party is______.A．elephantB．donkeyC．bearD．bull正确答案：B 涉及知识点：人文知识33．Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 because of______.A．the Great DepressionB．the Black Power MovementC．the Watergate ScandalD．the Isolation Policy正确答案：C 涉及知识点：人文知识34．______was considered to be the greatest dramatist in the 18th century.A．Henry FieldingB．John MiltonC．Oliver GoldsmithD．Richard B.Sheridan正确答案：D 涉及知识点：人文知识35．The novel 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’sA．EmmaB．PersuasionC．Sense and SensibilityD．Pride and Prejudice正确答案：D 涉及知识点：人文知识36．The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s______.A．comediesB．tragediesC．sonnetsD．essays正确答案：C 涉及知识点：人文知识37．“Alive” and “dead” form a pair of______.A．converse antonymyB．complementary antonymyC．gradable antonymyD．marked antonymy正确答案：B 涉及知识点：人文知识38．If one lexical item has more than one meaning, then we call it______. A．homonymyB．hyponymyC．synonymyD．polysemy正确答案：D 涉及知识点：人文知识39．TPP is______.A．an abbreviationB．an acronymC．a blendingD．a derivation正确答案：B 涉及知识点：人文知识。
2019年英语专业八级考试参考答案.doc
2019 年英语专业八级考试参考答案Part Ⅰ LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A MINI-LECTURE1. signing2. primary3. literacy4. different but complementary5. avoiding6. many other contexts7. characteristics/features8. reaction9. distance10. emotion11. deliberate12. intimacy and immediacy13. continuum14. types of language15. the usageSECTION B INTERVIEW1. What is international leaders ’assessment of the current battle against Ebola?答案： B. Disheartening.2.How many people are now working in the treatment unit in Liberia?答案： A. 200.3.According to Mary, what is the challenge in the battle against Ebola?答案： D. Insufficient operational efforts on the ground.4.Why do health workers need case management protocol training?答案： B. They can open up more treatment units.5.What does this interview mainly talk about?答案： C. Ebola outpacing operational efforts.6.What is Tom ’s main role in his new position?答案： C. Using media information to inspire new ideas.7.According to Tom, what does innovation require of people?答案： B. Being brave and willing to take a risk8.What does Tom see as game-changing chances inthe future?答案： B. Aiming at a consumer level.9.What does Tom do first to deal with the toughestpart of his work?答案： D. Examining the future carefully.10.Which of the following might Tom work for?答案： A. A media agency.Part Ⅱ READING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONSPASSAGE ONE11. The first part of Para. 4 refers to the fact that .答案： [A] life there is quiet and slow12. “The lack of awareness” in Para. 5 refers to .答案：［ C］little knowledge of the beauty of the beach13. The author uses “gloriously ” in Para. 6 to.答案：［ C］contrast greenery with isolation14. The sentence “We never ate the same thing twice ” in Para. 10 reflects the of the seafood there.答案：［ D］variety15.Which of the following themes is repeated in bothParas.1 and 11?答案：［ A］Publicity.PASSAGE TWO16.It can be inferred from Paras.1 and 2 thatteachers used to .答案：［ D］teach extended reading in a perfunctory way17. The sentence“we all understand and instinctivelyfeel narrative structure” in Para.4 indicates that.答案：［ C］we are born story-tellers18.Samuel Johnson regards the relationship betweena writer and a reader as (Para.5).答案：［B］collaborative19. In Para.7, the author sees “pre - reading ”as the most important part of reading because .答案：［C］it can attract students ’attention20.“Textual Intervention ” suggested by Rob Pope (in Para. 8) is expected to fulfill all the following functionsEXCEPT.答案：［ C］stretching the imaginationPASSAGE THREE21. According to the author, comparable to“military training cultivate youngsters’“national service”” be cause they bothis答案：［B］self discipline22.The author cites the example of his father inorder to show .答案：［ A］the importance of discipline23. According to the author, a national service programcan bring the following benefit s to America’s youngsters EXCEPT.答案：［A］increase in income24. According to the context, what does “the fire ”refer to (Para. 14)?答案：［ B］Anger.SECTION B SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS( 说明：简答题答案不，意思对即可。
专业英语八级模拟人文知识测试.doc
专业英语八级模拟人文知识测试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 centuryC 14th century- mid 18th 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". philipA Philip FreneauB Ralph Waldo EmersonC William Cullen BryantD Walt Whitman5. The emotional effect and social significance made ____ the first well-known sociological 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 features EXCEPT____自由诗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 ____（black humor to express the cruel reality）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练习题答案及题解:1.B 马克吐温的很多短篇小说对Gold Rush（淘金）进行了很形象的描绘。
【资格考试】2019最新整理-专业英语八级模拟人文知识测试(三)
——参考范本——【资格考试】2019最新整理-专业英语八级模拟人文知识测试(三)______年______月______日____________________部门__1__ ___ is the capital of Scotland.A DublinB EdinburghC CardiffD New Castle__2__ In history, Romans occupied Britain for about ___ years.A 700B 600C 500D 400__3__ You can find the Grand Canyon in the State of ___.A ArizonaB CaliforniaC New MexicoD Chicago__4__ Around ___ of New Zealanders are found in North Island.A 3/4B 1/2C 3/5D 2/5__5__ In his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe portrayed successfully an image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ___ century.A 16thB 17thC 18thD 19th__6__ In his works, Defoe praised the industrious, sturdy ___ and showed his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor.A working peopleB aristocratsC middle-class peopleD capitalist upstarts__7__ To some extent, the Romantic Movement revealed a___ attitude toward the social and political conditions then.A positiveB negativeC neutralD prejudiced__8__ In semantic studies, ___ refers to the inherent meaning of the linguistic form.A senseB synonymC homonymD reference__9__ A linguistic situation in which two standard languages are used either by an individual or by a group of speakers is called ___.A situational dialectB slangC linguistic tabooD bilingualism__10__ Syntactic change includes all the following EXCEPT ___.A rule lossB affix lossC rule additionD rule change1. 选B。
专业英语八级(人文知识)模拟试卷108(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（人文知识）模拟试卷108(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.1．Edgar Allan Poe is known as a poet and critic of America but most famous as the first master of the ______ form.A．poemB．dramaC．short storyD．essay正确答案：C解析：埃德加·爱伦·坡的诗歌、短篇小说及文学评论是浪漫主义时期美国文学的重要组成部分。
他第一个自觉地把短篇小说作为一种独立的文学体裁．提出了短篇小说的创作理论。
在西方，他还被认为是侦探小说的鼻祖。
知识模块：人文知识2．______ is universally considered as Daniel Defoe’s masterpiece.A．The RivalsB．Robinson CrusoeC．A Modest ProposalD．Clarissa正确答案：B解析：《鲁滨逊漂流记》(Robinson Crusoe)是笛福(Defoe)的代表作，是英国文学史上现实主义小说的创始之作。
主人公鲁滨逊成为文学作品中第一个资产阶级开拓者的正面形象。
A“《情敌》”是18世纪剧作家Sheridan的作品。
C“《一个小小的建议》”Swift的讽刺散文。
D“《克拉丽莎》”是现实主义作家Samuel Richardson的作品。
知识模块：人文知识3．Which of the following is NOT a branch of phonetics?A．Articulatory phonetics.B．Arbitrary phonetics.C．Auditory phonetics.D．Acoustic phonetics.正确答案：B解析：根据言语表达过程的三个环节：说话者、空气媒介和受话者，语音学一般可以分为三个分支：发音语音学(Articulatory Phonet—ics)、声学语音学(Acoustic Phonetics)和听觉语音学(Auditory Phonetics)。
2019年英语专业八级考试人文知识练习试题及答案3
2019年英语专业八级考试人文知识练习试题及答案31 _____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.A Washington D.C.B Los AngelesC San FranciscoD New York City2 _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.A BlacksB HispanicsC IndiansD Asian Americans3 Washington D.C. is named after___________.A the U.S. President George WashingtonB Christopher ColumbusC both George Washington and Christopher ColumbusD none of them4 American and British English are two_____ of the English language.A varietiesB elementsC partsD form5 The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.A Thomas JeffersonB James MonroeC James MadisonD Abraham Lincoln6 Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.A Rhode IslandB VirginiaC TexasD Montana7 The national flag of the United States is known as_____.A the Star-Spangled BannerB Uncle SamC Hot DogD Union Jack8 The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____.A contribution a state has made to the nationB populationC sizeD none of the above9 The tern “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____.A the Amazon RiverB the Mississippi RiverC the Nile RiverD the Hudson River10 The statue of liberty was given to American peopleby_____ as a gift in 1884.A FranceB SpainC ItalyD Britain。
专业英语八级(人文知识)模拟试卷126(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（人文知识）模拟试卷126(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1.jpg />.正确答案：A解析：四个选项中只有[ai]是双元音。
知识模块：人文知识16．Canada is the world’s ______producer of nickel, zinc, and asbestos.A．primaryB．secondC．thirdD．fourth正确答案：A解析：加拿大是世界镍锌和石棉的第一大生产国，钾碱产量居世界第二。
黄金产量居第三，铜产量位居第四。
知识模块：人文知识17．The British constitution is made of up the following EXCEPTA．statute law.B．convention.C．common law.D．natural law.正确答案：D解析：英国没有一本独立的成文宪法，而是由成文法、习惯法和惯例组成。
知识模块：人文知识18．The financial, manufacturing and transportation center of the United States isA．New York.B．Washington D.C.C．Philadelphia.D．Chicago.正确答案：A解析：纽约是美国的经济和制造业中心和交通枢纽。
知识模块：人文知识19．______ is the nickname of Britain.A．John BullB．Robin HoodC．John ArbuthnotD．Uncle Sam解析：18世纪初，作家兼御医John Arbuthnot写了一本《约翰牛传》(The History of JohnBull)，主张英、法和平相处。
书中主人公的名字就叫做John Bull，作者用他来代表英国。
从此，John Bull(约翰牛)就成了英国和典型英国人的代名词。
知识模块：人文知识20．Which of the following writings can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of Romantic literary?A．Don Juan.B．Ulysses.C．Jane Eyre.D．Sons and Lovers.正确答案：A解析：《唐·璜》是英国浪漫主义代表诗人拜伦的成名作。
【资格考试】2019最新整理-专业英语八级模拟人文知识测试(二十三)
——参考范本——【资格考试】2019最新整理-专业英语八级模拟人文知识测试(二十三)______年______月______日____________________部门练习题：1 Which of the following is a feature of British education as a whole?A Education is chaotic.B Education is extremely expensive and poor people can’t afford it.C Education is highly centralized.D Education is rather independent and enjoys a great deal of freedom.2 The War of 1812 was fought between _____.A England and FranceB England and the United StatesC France and the United StatesD Britain, Canada and the United States3 The largest river in the United Kingdom, which runs 355 kilometers and empties into the Bristol Strait, is _____.A the Seven RiverB the Clyde RiverC the Thames RiverD the Potomac River4 “God Save the Queen” is the national _____ of Britain.A flagB emblemC anthemD both A and C5 The first king of England is _____, who won the overlordship in 829.A JohnB James IC EgbertD Henry I6 In 1588 the English fleet defeated the _____ Armada and established its supremacy over the sea.A PortugueseB ItalianC SpanishD Japanese7 Big Ben is a famous ____ in London.A statueB bridgeC hotelD clock8 London is divided into the city of London and _____.A the west endB the east endC the country of greater LondonD Scotland yard9 In 1066, _____ led the Norman army in invading and defeating England.A William the ConquerorB Julius CaesarC Alfred the GreatD Claudius10 Which of the following sports was not invented in Britain?A FootballB TennisC ArcheryD Cricket练习题答案及题解:1 D, 英国教育制度经过几百年的改革，相当的完善和复杂，同时又具有相当的灵活性。
英语专业八级人文知识练习题及答案
美国概况练习题：1 The traditional dividing line in America between “east” and “west”2 The earliest part in America to be found and taken over by early settlers is3 The largest racial group in the whole population of4 Before 2000, the largest minority group in the United States5 ____has the world’s oldest written constitution and political6 The economic problem caused by the depression in 1929 was eventually solved7 In the United States, primary education8 Most college students in the United States are9 The three main levels of courts of the federal judicial system in America10 _____(which state )is not governed by the common law.练习题答案及题解:1. The Mississippi River, 密西西比河是美国传统的东方和西方的分界限。
2 .The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain，最先被初期居住者发现和占领的地方是大西洋及其沿岸平原。
3 .Non-hispanics white，非西班牙裔的白人是美国最大的种族群体。
4 .African Americans，2000年以前非裔美国人是美国最大的少数民族群体。
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2019年专业英语八级考试人文知识模拟试题及答案2
1. The population of the United States is a bit more than 272 million, about 13% of which are Black, 12 % are Hispanic(讲西班牙语的人)，4% are Asian and the rest are White Americans.
2. It is the third most populous country in the world after China and India.
3. The most populous states are California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois.
4. More than 80% of Americans live in urban areas.
巩固：按照人口数量排列，美国在世界排在第几位;按照面积排，美国又是排第几位呢?
1. Christmas is usually connected to ____
A the reunion of a large family
B the eating of Easter eggs
C the resurrection of Christ
D the forgiving of other’s sins
2. The largest of the ethnic minorities in America is ____
A the blacks
B the Mexico-Americans
C the Spanish-Americans
D the Chinese
3. The British establish ____colonies along the east coast of North American between 16.7 and 1733.
A 11
B 12
C 13
D 14
4. The largest university in Canada is ____
A Laval University
B The University of Toronto
C McGill University
D Simon Fraser University
5. Robinson Crusoe is written by ____
A Henry Fielding
B Daniel Defoe
C Samuel Richardson
D Jonathan Swift
6. ____is written by Walt Whitman.
A Representative Men
B English Traits
C Nature
D Leaves of Grass
7. ____is not a novelist.
A Henry James
B Emily Dickinson
C William Dean Howells
D Mark Twain
8. ____is not one of the core branches of linguistics.
A Phonology
B Psycho-linguistics
C Syntax
D Semantics
9. ____ is the common factor of the three sounds：[p], [t], [k]
A voiceless
B spread
C voiced
D nasal
10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms of ____
A manner of articulation
B openness of mouth
C place of articulation
D voicing
答案
按面积计算，美国继俄罗斯，加拿大，中国之后位居第四。
按人口计算，美国继中国，印度后，居第三。