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1、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 formation D 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
2、 put forward by_.A John Scarl B Johan AustinC Noarn ChomskyD M.A.K Halliday4. The capital city of Canada is _.A Montreal B OttawaC Vancouver D York5. U.S. presidents normally serve a (an) _ term.A eight-year B four-yearC six-year D two year6. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the North
3、east, 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 England 8. The novel Emma is written by_.A Jane AustenB ElizabethC Gaskell Charlotte BronteD Mary Shelley9. Which of the following is not a R
4、omantic Poet?A William Wordsworth B Percy B. ShelleyC George G. Byron D 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 m
5、ultiple-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 t
6、he following EXCEPT A. its mineral resources. B. its heavy industries. 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 S
7、cotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Wales assembly. A. 2000 B. 1946 C. 1990 D. 1997 35. 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. Warrens profession? A. George Be
8、rnard 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
9、 language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to. A. Collocation B. Onomatopoeia C. Denotation D. Assimilation 40. The sentence “Close your book and listen to me carefully!” performs a(n) _function. A. interrogative B. informative C. performative D. directivekeys:31-35 DBADC 36-40 A
10、DCBD2012 年英语专业八级真题(word 版) 人文知识部分31. The Maori people are natives of A. Australia. B. Canada. C. Ireland. D. New Zealand. 32. The British monarch is the Head of A. Parliament. B. State. C. Government. D. Cabinet. 33. Americans celebrate Independence Day on A. July 4th. B. October 11th. C. May 31st.
11、D. September 6th. 34. Canada is bounded on the north by A. 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
12、 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 of A. exaggeration. B. understatement. C. personification. D. synecdoche. 38. In English if a word begins with a
13、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
14、type of situation is called A. 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. England D. Scotland 32. It is generally agreed that _ were the first Europeans to reach Australias
15、shores. A. the French B. the Germans C. the British D. the Dutch 33. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf? A. Canada. B. New Zealand. C. Great Britain. D. The United States of America. 34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution? A. Thomas Jefferson. B. Thomas Paine. C. John Adams. D. Benjamin Franklin. 35. Virginia Woolf was an important female _ in the 20th-century England. A. poet B. biographer C. playwright D. novelist 36. _ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nations history. A. Ballad
