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1、2012 年专业八级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. D. September 6th. 34. Ca
2、nada 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 Land ?大荒原 A. George Bernard Shaw. B. W.B. Yeats. C. Dylan Thomas. D. T.S. Eliot. 艾略特36. Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fu
3、ry? 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.夸张 B. understatement. 轻描淡写C. Personification.拟人 D. synecdoche. 提喻法；以小带大，或者以大代小，以局部代替整体，或以整体代替局部。38. In English
4、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? 截略法，构词法当中的一种A.APEC. B.Motel. C.Xerox. D.Disco. 40. The type of language which is sele
5、cted as appropriate to a particular type of situation is called A. register. 语域 B. dialect. 方言 C. Slang 俚语. D. Variety 变体The indigenous people of New Zealand are the Maori. 31. D. New Zealand 32. B. state 33. A. July 4th 34. C. the Arctic Ocean 35. D. T.S.Eliot 36. A. William Faulkner 37. C. personi
6、fication 38. B. sequential rule 39. D. Disco 40. A. register 2011 专八人文知识真题参考答案31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _.A. Northern IrelandB. WalesC. EnglandD. ScotlandTIP：选 D。英国最北端是苏格兰。32. It is generally agreed that _ were the first Europeans to reach Australias shores.A. the FrenchB. the Ge
7、rmansC. the BritishD. the DutchTIP：选 D。1606 年，荷兰航海家 Willem Janszoon 在约克角西岸登陆澳洲。1770 年，英国人库克船长登上澳洲大陆并宣布它为英国领土。33. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?枫叶A. Canada. B. New Zealand.C. Great Britain.D. The United States of America.TIP：选 A。加拿大被誉为“枫叶之国” 。34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The
8、Common Sense, before the American Revolution?A. Thomas Jefferson.B. Thomas Paine.托马斯派恩C. John Adams.D. Benjamin Franklin.TIP：选 B。 常识是托马斯潘恩在美国革命之前撰写的。35. Virginia Woolf was an important female _ in the 20th-century England.A. poetB. biographerC. playwrightD. novelistTIP：选 D。弗吉尼亚 伍尔芙是英国著名小说家，第二次世界大战期间
9、，她是伦敦文学界的核心人物。36. _ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nations history.A. Ballad 歌瑶 B. Romance C. Epic 史诗 D. Elegy 哀歌，挽歌TIP：选 C。epic 是“ 史诗、叙事诗 ”的意思。37. Which of the following best explores American myth 杜撰出来的人物 in the 20th century?A. The Great Gatsby. 伟大的盖茨比 斐
10、司各特菲茨杰拉德 B. The Sun Also Rises. C. The Sound and the Fury.D. Beyond the Horizon.TIP：选 A。 天边外是尤金奥尼尔的著名戏剧作品， 太阳照常升起是海明威的代表作， 喧哗与骚动则是福克纳的代表作。 了不起的盖茨比的作者是菲茨杰拉德的作品，反映了美国 20 世纪 20 年代到 30 年代的社会现实，对美国神话进行了另类诠释和解读。38. _ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A. SemanticsB. Prag
11、matics C. Cognitive linguisticsD. SociolinguisticsTIP：选 C。认知语言学认为，语言的创建、学习及运用，基本上都必须能够通过人类的认知而加以解释，因为认知能力是人类知识的根本。39. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of _.A. absence of obstructionB. presence of obstruction C. manner of articulationD. place of articulationTIP：选 A。辅音主要是从肺部呼出的
12、气流在通过口腔或鼻腔时遇到阻碍而发出的音，元音的发音与之最大的区别就是不受阻碍，不产生摩擦。40. The definition the act of using or promoting the use of several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers refers to _.A. PidginB. CreoleC. MultilingualismD. Bilingualism 双语现象TIP：选 C。Multilingualism 的意思是“多语现象、多语制”。2010 年
13、英语专八人文知识真题答案31. Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. the British Constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215B. the British Constitution includes Parliamentary actsC. the British Constitution includes decisions made by courts of law答案 D：The British Constitution includes one single written constit
14、ution32. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec B. Vancouver C. Toronto D. Montreal 答案 A：Quebec33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. B. 1788C. 1900D. 1901答案 D：190134. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the plantation slavery in the south of US was issued b
15、yA. Abraham Lincoln B. Thomas Paine C. George Washington D. Thomas Jefferson答案 A：Abraham Lincoln35Who was best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems?A. Will Blake B. W.B.Yeats C. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth 答案 C：Robert Browning36. The Financier was written byA. Mark Tw
16、ain B. Henry James C. 答案 D：Theodore Dreiser37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined asA. allegory 预言 B. sonnet C. blank verse D. rhyme答案 A：Allegory38._ refers to the learning and development of a languageA. language acquisition B. language comprehension C. language production D. language introduction答案 A：language acquisition39. The word “motel” comes
