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1、英语专八考试文化常识辅导2000 年教育部高等学校英语专业高年级教学大纲规定，高等学校英语专业高年级的教学任务是“继续打好语言基本功，进一步扩大知识面，重点应放在培养英语综合技能，充实文化知识，提高交际能力上” 。2005 年的英语专业考试依照 2004 年新版的高校英语专业八级考试大纲的有关规定，取消了快速阅读，取而代之的是人文知识，或者叫做文化常识题（General Knowledge ） 。那么到底这个题型考的是什么题，又有哪些内容呢？ 英语专业的教学大纲对这一项并没有具体要求，但是八级考试大纲则有以下四点说明： 测试要求：1. 能基本了解主要英语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化传统等。 2
2、. 能初步具备英语文学知识。 3. 能初步具备英语语言学知识。4. 考试时间为 10 分钟。 测试形式：多项选择题，共 10 题。测试范围：主要涉及到三个方面的内容：主要英语国家社会与文化（基本国家概况：地理、政治制度、文化生活、经济 4/10）英美文学（作家、作品， 文学流派，基本文学概念 3/10）英语语言学（词汇学、语义学、语用学、语言学流派、基本概念 3/10） For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the r
3、ider was lost,For the want of a rider the battle was lost, For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,And all for the want of a horse shoe nail.-Benjamin Franklin失去一颗马蹄钉，可能会失去一个国家；忽略一个细节，你也可能失去整个专八。2008 年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题及答案31. The largest city in Canada is_.A. Vancouver. B. Montreal. C. Toronto D.
4、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 footb
5、all.34. 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.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 Lan
6、gland. 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 Murd
7、och. 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 sent
8、ence. 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.Keys: CDABB CADBD2009 年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题及答案31. The Head of State of New Zealand is _.A. the governor-general B. the
9、Prime Minister C. the high commissioner D. the monarch of United Kingdom32. The capital of Scotland is _.A. Glasgow B. Edinburgh C. Manchester D. London33. Who write the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President ?A. Thomas Jefferson B. George Washington C. Thomas Paine D. John
10、Adams34. Which is the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia ?A. Perth B. Adelaide C. Sydney D. Melbourne35. Ode to the West Wind was written by _.A. Willian Blake B. Willian Wordsworth C. Samuel Taylor Coleridege D. Percy Bysshe Shelley36. Who among the following is a poet of
11、 free verse ? A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Walt Whitman C. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by _. A. Thomas Hardy B. John Galworhty C. D.H. Lawrence D. James Joyce38. The study of mental processes of language comprehension and production is _.A. corpus lingui
12、stics B. socialinguistics C. theoretical linguistics D. psycholinguistics39. 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. register40. When a speaker expresses his intension of s
13、peaking, 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 aboveKey: 31-35 DBACD 36-40 BCDCA 2010 - PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)31. Which of the following statements in INCORRECT?A. The British co
14、nstitution 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.32. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec. B. Vanc
15、ouver.C. Toronto.D. Montreal.33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. 1770.B. 1788.C. 1900. D. 1901.34. 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.35. _ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems.A. William BlakeB. W.B. YeatsC. Robert BrowningD. William Wordsworth36. The Financier is
