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1、英语专业八级 11 年人文知识真题 1. The northernmost part of Britain is _. A. Northern Ireland B. ScotlandC. EnglandD. Wales2. It is generally agreed that _ were the first Europeans to arrive Australias shores. A. the FrenchB. the GermansC. the BritishD. the Dutch 3. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Lea
2、f? A. CanadaB. New ZealandC. Great Britain D. The United States of America 4. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American revolution? A. Thomas Jefferson B. Thomas PaineC. John AdamsD. Thomas Jefferson 5. Virginia Woolf was an important _ in the 20th century England? A. poet
3、B. biographerC. playwrightD. novelist 6. _ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nations history.A. BalladB. Romance C. Epic D. Elegy 7. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century? A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also Rises C. The Sound
4、and the FuryD. Beyond the Horizon 8. _ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind. A. SemanticsB. PragmaticsC. Cognitive linguisticsD. Sociolinguistics 9. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of _ A. absence on obstructionB. presence of obstruction C. m
5、anner of articulationD. place of articulation10. The definition “the act of using, or promoting the use of, several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community speakers” refers to _A. PidgenB. CreoleC. MultilingualismD. Bilingualism英语专业八级 10 年人文知识真题 1. Which of the following stateme
6、nts in INCORRECT? A. The British constitution 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. 2. The first city ever
7、founded in Canada is A. Quebec. B. Vancouver.C. Toronto. D. Montreal. 3. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being? A. 1770.B. 1788.C. 1900.D. 1901. 4. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the U.S. was issued byA. Abraham Lincoln.B. T
8、homas Paine. C. George Washington.D. Thomas Jefferson. 5. _ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems. A. Will BlakeB. W.B. YeatsC. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth 6. The Financier is written by A. Mark Twain. B. Henry James.C. William Faulkner. D. Theodore Dreiser. 7.
9、 In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as A. allegory. B. sonnet.C. blank verse.D. rhyme. 8. _ refers to the learning and development of a language. A. Language acquisitionB. Language comprehension C. Language productionD. Language instruction 9. The word “ Motel”
10、comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of _ in morphology. A. backformationB. conversionC. blending D. acronym 10. Language is t tool of communication. The symbol “ Highway Closed” on a highway serves A. an expressive function.B. an informative function. C. a performative function.D. a persu
11、asive function.英语专业八级 09 年人文知识真题 1. The Head of State of New Zealand is _. A. the governor-general B. the Prime Minister C. the high commissioner D. the monarch of United Kingdom 2. The capital of Scotland is _. A. Glasgow B. Edinburgh C. Manchester D. London 3. Who write the Declaration of Independ
12、ence and later became the U.S. President ? A. Thomas Jefferson B. George Washington C. Thomas Paine D. John Adams 4. Which is the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia ? A. Perth B. Adelaide C. Sydney D. Melbourne 5. Ode to the West Wind was written by _. A. Willian Blake B.
13、Willian Wordsworth C. Samuel Taylor ColeridegeD. Percy Bysshe Shelley 6. Who among the following is a poet of free verse ? A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Walt Whitman C. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser 7. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by _. A. Thomas Hardy B. John Galworhty C. D.H. Lawrence D
14、. James Joyce 8. The sstudy of mental processes of language comprehension and production is _. A. corpus linguistics B. sociolinguistics C. theoretical linguistics D. psycholinguistics 9. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of t
15、rading is called _. A. dialect B. idiolect C. pidgin D. register10. When a speake expresses his intension of speaking, 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 above英语专业八级 08 年人文知识真题 1. The largest city in Canada is_. A. Vancouver. B. Montreal. C. Toronto D. Ottawa. 2. 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. 3.
