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人文知识复习：美国地理概况
本文针对英语专业八级考试的人文知识部分，总结了美国国家的主要地理概况，希望对同学们有所帮助。
The Fall Line瀑布线：A point where water-falls or rapids suddenly drop from a higher level to the lower one.
瀑布线指的是瀑布急速地从高处向低处流泻的点。
The Appalachian Range阿巴拉契亚山脉：1200 miles long，consists of the Piedmont Plateau, Appalachian Plateaus and Appalachian Range.
阿巴拉契亚山脉全场1200英里，由皮德蒙特高原、阿巴拉契亚高原及阿巴拉契亚山脉组成。
The Cordillera Range科迪勒拉山脉：Composed of the Coast Range, the Cascades and the Rocky Mountains.
科迪勒拉山脉由海岸山脉、卡斯卡德山以及洛基山组成。
The Great Basin大盆地：The Part between the Colorado and Columbia Plateaus.
指的是科罗拉多和哥伦比亚高地之间的部分。
The Great Central Plain中部大平原：The land mass between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians.
指的是洛基山和阿巴拉伊亚山之间的平原。
The Great Plain大平原：The western part of the central plain.
大平原：指的是中部平原以西的部分。
The Mississippi River密西西比河：The longest, the most important river in the U.S.A. . It has a drainage area of 3225000 square kilometers.
密西西比河是美国最长、最重要的河流。它的流域面积达3225000平方公里。
The Five Great Lakes北美五大湖：Lake Michigan, Superior, Erie, Huron and Ontario.
北美五太湖指的是密歇根湖、苏必利尔湖、伊利湖、休伦湖以及安大略湖。
The Niagara Falls尼亚加拉瀑布：Famous falls in North America, 1240 meters wide, the drop averages 49 meters.
尼亚加拉瀑布是北美最著名的瀑布，有1240米宽，平均落差为49米。
Yellow stone National Park黄石国家公园：Located in the northern part of Wyoming. It is the oldest national park in the world and the largest wildlife preserve in the U.S.A.
黄石国家公园位于怀俄明州的北部地区。是世界上最古老的国家公园，是美国最大的野生保护区。
Grand Canyon大峡谷：In northern Arizona, one of the great natural wonders of the world. It measures about 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep. Its walls show layers that tell the story of the formation of the earth.
大峡谷在亚利桑那州的北部，是世界上最伟大的自然奇迹之一。它约有277英里长，18英里宽，约1英里深。它的墙壁断层记录了地球形成的过程。
Old Faithful老忠实喷泉：The most famous gayer in Yellowstone National Park, erupting more than l00 feet in the air about every 73 minutes.
老忠实喷泉是黄石国家公园最著名的喷泉，每73分钟向空中喷水100英尺多高。
Chinatown唐人街：An area in a city where many Chinese people live and where are Chinese shops, restaurants, clubs; two, important Chinatowns: New York City and San Francisco.
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专八人文：英国文学部分精选习题 The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is not such an event? A. The rediscovery of ancient Rome and Greek culture. B. England's domestic rest. C. New discovery in geography and astrology. D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion. Which of the following is regarded as the most successful religious allegory in the English language. A. The Pilgrim's Progress B. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners C. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman D. The Holy War It is alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Martin Luther C. William Langland D. John Gower All of the following four except are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England. A. Francis Bacon B. Christopher Marlowe C. William Shakespeare D. Ben Jonson It is generally regarded that Keats's most important and mature poems are in the form of . A. elegy B. ode C. epic D. sonnet Daniel Defoe's novels mainly focus on . A. the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existence B. the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for security C. the struggle of the pirates for wealth D. the desire of the criminals for property In Beowulf, fought against the monster Grendel and a five breathing dragon. A. the Anglo-Saxons B. Beowulf C. the Scandinavian D. the Winter Dragon Francis Bacon is best known for his which greatly influenced the development of this literary form. A. essays B. poems C. works D plays Most of Thomas Hardy's novels are set in Wessex . A. a crude region in England B. a fictional primitive region C. a remote rural area D. Hardy's hometown We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all the following terms except . A. swift B. proud C. tamed D. wild "Blindness", "partiality", "prejudice", and "absurdity" in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" are most likely the characteristics of . A. Elizabeth B. Darcy C. Mr. Bennet D. Mrs. Bennet The modern English novel came into being in . A. the middle of the 17th century B. the 17th century C. the late 18th century D. the middle of the 18th century
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1. Harriet Beecher Stowe is most famous for her ___ that spoke for blacks. A Voice of Freedom B Uncle Tom’s cabin C Clotel D The Garies and Their Friends 2. The first novel published by the blacks in ___ Clotel. A Harriet Beecher Stowe B Harriet Wilson C Williams Wells Brown D John Brown 3. Most of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published ___. A when she was young B after her failed love affair C in her old age D after her death 4. Palph Waldo Emerson, the American Transcendentalist, argued for the following ideas except ___. A man’s dependence on himself for spiritual perfection B Faith in Christianity C direct intuition of a spiritual God in nature D the importance of an independent American culture 5. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled ___ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as “Our intellectual Declaration of Independence”. A “Nature” B “Self-Reliance” C “Divinity School Address” D “The American Scholar” 6. In 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled ___ at Harvard, which expressed his disapproval to the faith in church and caused the protest by church. A “Nature” B “Self-Reliance” C “Divinity School Address” D “The American Scholar” 7. ___ is Mark Twain’s master work, the one book form which as Ernest Hemingway noted, “all modern American literature comes”. A The Gilded Age B The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County C The Adventures of Tom Sawyer