专八人文知识(练习题+答案详解)

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专八人文知识真题答案

专八人文知识真题答案答案解析本文将针对专八人文知识真题进行答案解析，帮助读者更好地理解和掌握相关知识点。

一、古代文学古代文学是中国优秀文化遗产的重要组成部分，对于理解中国传统文化和思想具有重要意义。

其中，诗、词、曲是古代文学中的重要体裁。

1. 诗诗是古代文学的瑰宝，通过简洁而富有意境的语言表达了诗人的情感和思想。

唐代被誉为诗歌的黄金时代，诸如李白、杜甫、白居易等诗人的作品至今仍被广泛传诵。

2. 词词是一种以抒情为主的韵文体裁，在宋代达到了极高的艺术成就。

苏轼、辛弃疾等词人的作品以其直抒胸臆、婉约清丽的风格受到了广泛的赞誉。

3. 曲曲是中国戏曲中的重要组成部分，融合了音乐、舞蹈和表演等艺术形式。

元曲和京剧是中国曲艺的两个代表性流派，具有独特的审美风格和表演技巧。

二、中国古代哲学思想中国古代哲学思想是世界文化宝库的瑰宝，深深影响着中国人民的价值观和世界观。

1. 儒家思想儒家思想强调人伦关系和道德伦理，注重个人修养和家庭和谐。

儒家思想的核心思想是“仁”，提出了仁者爱人、以文化教化人、推崇中庸的理念。

2. 道家思想道家思想主张顺应自然、追求真道和无为而治。

道家强调宇宙规律和自然法则，提出了“道可道，非常道”和“无为而治”的观念。

3. 墨家思想墨家思想主张兼爱、非攻，反对战争和压迫。

墨家的核心思想是“非攻”和“兼爱”，主张用爱代替战争，实现社会和谐与人类共荣。

三、中国古代艺术中国古代艺术以其独特的审美风格和艺术表现形式而闻名于世。

1. 中国古代绘画中国古代绘画以山水画、花鸟画和人物画为主要表现形式，注重“意境”的呈现。

历史上有许多著名的绘画家，如吴道子、顾恺之等，他们的作品至今仍被广泛赞誉。

2. 中国古代书法中国古代书法是中国文化的瑰宝，以其独特的艺术形式和审美追求而备受推崇。

楷书、行书、草书和隶书等是中国古代书法的主要流派。

3. 中国古代音乐中国古代音乐以其独特的音律和表演形式而享誉世界。

传统的古琴、笛子、二胡等是中国古代音乐中的代表乐器，让人们感受到中国古代音乐的魅力。

2008-2012年英语专八人文部分真题及答案(部分有解析)

201231. The Maori people are natives ofA. Australia.B. Canada.C. Ireland.D. New Zealand.32. The British monarch is the Head ofA. Parliament.B. State.C. Government.D. Cabinet.33. Americans celebrate Independence Day onA. July 4th.B. October 11th.C. May 31st.D. September 6th.34. Canada is bounded on the north byA. 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 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 ofA. exaggeration.B. understatement.C. personification.D. synecdoche.38. In English ifa 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?A.APEC.B.Motel.C.Xerox.D.Disco.40. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of" situation is calledA. register.B. dialect.C. slang.D. variety.31: new Zealand 32: state 33: July 4th 34: the Arctic Ocean 35: T.S.Eliot 36: William Faulkner 37: personification 38: sequential rule 39: Disco 40: register201131. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _______.A. Northern IrelandB. WalesC. EnglandD. Scotland参考答案：DTIP：选D。

专八人文知识测试题16套含答案

Test 11.In Britain, where does the Changing of the Guard take place?a)Buckingham Palace.b)Downing Street.c)Victoria and Albert Museum.d)The Tower of London.2.What is a double-decker?a) A bus.b) A chocolate bar.c) A taxi. d) A two-storey building.3.Of all the symbols, ________, which are considered to representfertility and new life, are those most frequently associated with Easter.a)the pumpkin and the turkeyb)the lamb and the beefc)the spring peas and the potatoesd)the egg and the rabbit4.The first landing by Europeans in Australia was in 1606, butwhat is their nationality?a) Dutch. b) French.c) Spanish. d) British.5.Middle English was used by the poet _______.a) Hardy b) Chaucerc) Shakespeare d) Milton6.“A Tale of Two Cities” wa s written by ______.a) William Shakespeare b) Goeffrey Chaucerc) Charles Dickens d) Thomas Jefferson7.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects oflife. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?a) Religion and immortality. b) Life and Death.c) Love and marriage. d) War and peace.8.What three components, generally, make up a system of atypical language?a)Phonology, syntax, semantics.b)Semiosis, syntax, frames.c)Frames, semantics, utterances.d)Sign, sign, signs.9.Of the following word-formation processes, _______ is themost productive.a) clipping b) blendingc) initialism d) derivation10.“The pen is mightier than the sword.” is an example of ______.a) metonymy b) transferred epithetc) oxymoron d) metaphorTest 21.What is the affectionate name given to the clock tower of theHouses of Parliament, Westminster?a) Big Ben. b) Big Ken.c) Big Bill. d) Big Bob.2.Which of these sports did not originate in UK?a) Cricket. b) Snooker.c) Football (Soccer). d) Golf.3.Which town has been nicknamed ‘Tinseltown’ by theAmericans?a) New Orleans. b) Reno.c) Hollywood. d) Las Vegas.4.What is the other official language in Canada besides Englishand what is Canada’s capital?a) French. Ottawa. b) Spanish, Ottawa.c) Spanish, Toronto. d) French, Toronto.5.Which English poet wrote of Adam and Eve’s expulsion fromthe Garden of Eden in Paradise Lost?a) John Donne. b) John Milton.c) Sir Philip Sidney. d) Edmund Spenser.6._______ died of tuberculosis at the age of 26, but not beforeleaving an impressive body of poems, including “To Autumn”and “Ode on Melancholy”.a) John Keats b) Lord Byronc) Samuel Taylor Coleridge d) Percy Bysshe Shelley7.Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. Hisinnovation first of all lies in his use of ______, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.a) Blank verse b) Heroic coupletc) Free verse d) Iambic pentameter8.Of the following words, ______ is an initialism.a) VOA b) NATOc) BASIC d) UNESCO9.Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping?a) Dorm. b) Motel.c) Gent. d) Zoo.10.A regional variety of a language that has variations inpronunciation, vocabulary or meaning is called _______.a) accent b) slangc) dialect d) narrativeTest 31.The Channel Tunnel, linking the UK to the rest of Europe, runsbetween England and ______.a) France b) Germanyc) Belgium d) Netherlands2.What’s the name of the day set apart in USA for planting trees?a) Earth Day.b) Ann Arbor Day.c) Arbor Day. d) Green Day.3.What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to NewEngland in 1620?a) Golden Hinde. b) Sunflower.c) Mayflower. d) Titanic.4.What are the official colours of Australia?a) Red, White and Blue. b) Green and Gold.c) Green and Brown. d) Green and Red.5._______ is the first important governess novel in the Englishliterary history.a) Jane Eyre b) Emmac) Wuthering Heights d) Middlemarch6._______ was a pre-Romantic writer and is best known for hisScottish songs.a) Sir Walter Scott b) Robert Burnsc) Samuel Taylor Coleridge d) William Blake7.Mark Twain did NOT write _______.a)The Prince and the Pauperb)The Old Curiosity Shopc)Pudd’nhead Wils ond)Tom Sawyer8.Which of the following is NOT a dialect of English?a) Slang. b) Buffalo.c) American. d) Southern.9.Some words in the basic word stock are said to be stablebecause they ______.a)are complex wordsb)are technical wordsc)refer to the commonest things in lifed)denote the most important concepts10.W hat is defined as “the study of sentence structure”?a) Syntax.b) Phonology.c) Morphology. d) Semantics.。

专八人文知识：语言学部分精选试题（附答案）

专八人文知识：语言学部分精选试题（附答案）专八人文知识：语言学部分精选试题本文是根据最新专八考试大纲针对人文知识的要求，从语言学内容精选出的考前自测试题。

1.Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?A. Language is a systemB. Language is symbolicC. Animals also have languageD. Language is arbitrary2.Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?A. SymbolicB. DualC. ProductiveD. Arbitrary3.What is the most important function of language?A. InterpersonalB. PhaticC. InformativeD. Metalingual4.Who put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole?A. SaussureB. ChomskyC. HallidayD. Anonymous5.According to Chomsky, which is the ideal user's internalized knowledge of his language?A. competenceB. paroleC. performanceD. langue6.The function of the sentence "A nice day, isn't it?" is .A. informativeB. phaticC. directiveD. performative7.Articulatory phonetics mainly studies .A. the physical properties of the sounds produced in speechB. the perception of soundsC. the combination of soundsD. the production of sounds8.The distinction between vowels and consonants lies in .A. the place of articulationB. the obstruction of airstreamC. the position of the tongueD. the shape of the lips9.Which is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transcription?A. PhoneticsB. PhonologyC. SemanticsD. Pragmatics10.Which studies the sound systems in a certain language?A. PhoneticsB. PhonologyC. SemanticsD. Pragmatics11.Minimal pairs are used to .A. find the distinctive features of a languageB. find the phonemes of a languageC. compare two wordsD. find the allophones of language/doc/5b8851066.html,ually, suprasegmental features include,length and pitch.A. phonemeB. speech soundsC. syllablesD. stress13.Which is an indispensable part of a syllable?A. CodaB. OnsetC. StemD. Peak14.Which is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content?A. WordB. MorphemeC. AllomorphD. Root15.Which studies the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed?A. MorphologyB. SyntaxC. PhonologyD. Semantics16.Lexeme is .A. a physically definable unitB. the common factor underlying a set of formsC. a grammatical unitD. an indefinable unit17.Which of the following sounds does not belong to the allomorphs of the English plural morpheme ?A. [s]B. [iz]C. [ai]D. [is]18.All words contain a .A. root morphemeB. bound morphemeC. prefixD. suffix19.The relationship between "fruit" and "apple" isA. homonymyB. hyponymyC. polysemyD. synonymy20.The part of the grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of the structure of phrases and sentences is called .A. lexiconB. morphologyC. syntaxD. semantics21.Which of the following items is not one of the grammatical categories of English pronouns?A. genderB. numberC. caseD. voice22.The pair of words "lend" and "borrow" areA. gradable oppositesB. relational oppositesC. co-hyponymsD. synonyms23."Big" and "Small" are a pair of opposites.A. complementaryB. gradableC. completeD. converse24.In the following conversation:- Beirut is in Peru, isn't it?- And Rome is in Romania, I suppose.The second person violates theA. Quantity MaximB. Quality MaximC. Relation MaximD. Manner Maxim25.The maxim of requires that a participant's contribution be relevant to the conversation.A. quantityB. qualityC. mannerD. relationCACAA, BDBAB, BDDBA, BCABC,DBBBD。

英语专八历年人文知识真题及答案

31. Which of the following statements 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.32. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec.B. Vancouver.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. Will BlakeB. W.B. YeatsC. Robert BrowningD. William Wordsworth36. The Financier is written byA. Mark Twain.B. Henry James.C. William Faulkner.D. Theodore Dreiser.37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined asA. allegory.B. sonnet.C. blank verse.D. rhyme.38. ________ refers to the learning and development of a language.A. Language acquisitionB. Language comprehensionC. Language productionD. Language instruction39. The word “ Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of ________ in morphology.A. backformationB. conversionC. blendingD. acronym40. Language is t tool of communication. The symbol “ Highway Closed” on a highway servesA. an expressive function.B. an informative function.C. a performative function.D. a persuasive function.31. The Head of State of New Zealand isA. the governor-general.B. the Prime Minister.C. the high commissioner.D. the monarch of the United Kingdom.32. The capital of Scotland isA. Glasgow.B. Edinburgh.C. Manchester.D. London.33. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President?A. Thomas Jefferson.B. George Washington.C. Thomas Paine.D. John Adams.34. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia?A. Perth.B. Adelaide.C. Sydney.D. Melbourne.35. Ode to the West Windwas written byA. William Blake.B. William Wordsworth.C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.D. Percy B. Shelley.36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse?A. Ralph Waldo Emerson.B. Walt Whitman.C. Herman MelvilleD. Theodore Dreiser.37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written byA. Thomas Hardy.B. John Galsworthy.C. D.H. Lawrence. D. James Joyce.38. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production isA. corpus linguistics.B. sociolinguistics.C. theoretical linguistics.D. psycholinguistics.39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is calledA. dialect.B. idiolect.C. pidgin.D. register.40. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performingA. an illocutionary act.B. a perlocutionary act.C. a locutionary act.D. none of the above.31. The largest city in Canada isA. Vancouver.B. Montreal.C. TorontoD. Ottawa.32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested inA. 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 football.34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand isA. 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 byA. William Langland.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 EXCEPTA. George Eliot.B. Iris Jean Murdoch.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 sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the 40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is calledA. hyponymy.B. synonymy.C. polysemy.D. homonymy.2007英语专业八级考试人文知识31. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPTA. the AnglosB. the CeltsC. the JutesD. the Saxons32. The Head of State of Canada is represented byA. the MonarchB. the PresidentC. the Prime MinisterD. the Governor-general33. The Declaration of Independence was written byA. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Alexander HamiltonD. James Madison34. The original inhabitants of Australia wereA. the Red IndiansB. the EskimosC. the AboriginesD. the Maoris35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?A. Oliver TwistB. MiddlemarchC. Jane EyreD. Wuthering Heights36. William Butler Yeats was a(n) ______ poet and playwright.A. AmericanB. CanadianC. IrishD. Australian37. Death of a Salesman was written byA. Arthur MillerB. Ernest HemingwayC. Ralph EllisonD. James Baldwin38. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A. PhonologyB. MorphologyC. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPTA. lexicalB. syntacticC. phonologicalD. psycholinguistic40. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example ofA. widening of meaningB. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaning31.The Presidents during the American Civil War wasA. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington32.The capital of New Zealand isA. ChristchurchB. AucklandC. WellingtonD. Hamilton33.Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?A. The AboriginesB. The MaoriC. The IndiansD. The Eskimos34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head ofA. the Shadow Cabinet B .the ParliamentC. the OppositionD. the Cabinet35.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A. T.S.EliotB. wrenceC. Theodore DreiserD. James Joyce36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written byA. Scott FitzgeraldB. William FaulknerC. Eugene O'NeilD. Ernest Hemingway37._____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen linesA. Free verseB. SonnetC. OdeD. Epigram38.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion ofA. referenceB. meaningC. antonymyD. context39.The words"kid,child,offspring" are examples ofA. dialectal synonymsB. stylistic synonymsC. emotive synonymsD. collocational synonyms40.The distinction between parole and langue was made byA. HalliayB. ChomskyC. BloomfieldD. Saussure31. ______ is the capital city of Canada.A. VancouverB. Ottawa √C. MontrealD. York32. U.S. presidents normally serves a (an) _________term.A. two-yearB. four-year √C. six-yearD. eight-year33. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A. Huston. √B. Boston.C. Baltimore.D. Philadelphia.34. ________ is the state church in England.A. The Roman Catholic Church.B. The Baptist ChurchC. The Protestant ChurchD. The Church of England √注：The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion.35. The novel Emma is written byA. Mary Shelley.B. Charlotte Brontë.C. Elizabeth C. Gaskell.D. Jane Austen. √36. Which of following is NOT a romantic poet?A. William Wordsworth.B. George Elliot. √C. George G. Byron.D. Percy B. Shelley.37. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous forA. his poems.B. his plays.C. his short stories. √D. his novels注：O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910), He was famous for his short stories and a master of the surprise ending, O. Henry is remembered best for such enduring favorites as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief." The combination of humor and sentiment found in his stories is the basis of their universal appeal.38. Syntax is the study ofA. language functions.B. sentence structures. √C. textual organization.D. word formation.注：Definition of Syntax:a. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences.b. A publication, such as a book, that presents such rules.c. The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language.d. Such a pattern in a particular sentence or discourse.39. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness. 任意性B. Productivity. 丰富性C. Cultural transmission. 文化传播性D. Finiteness. 局限性√注：design feature: features that define our human languages, such as arbitrariness, duality, creativity, displacement , cultural transmission, etc.相关内容请点击查看：胡壮麟《语言学教程》课后答案40. The speech act theory was first put forward byA. John Searle.B. John Austin. √C. Noam Chomsky.D. M.A.K. Halliday .注：John Langshaw Austin (March 28, 1911 - February 8, 1960) was a philosopher of language, who developed much of the current theory of speech acts. He was born in Lancaster and educated at Balliol College, Oxford. After serving in MI6 during World War II, Austin became White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford. He occupies a place in the British philosophy of language alongside Wittgenstein in staunchly advocating the examination of the way words are used in order to elucidate meaning.2010英语专业八级考试人文知识答案31-35 DAAAC 36-40 DAACB2009英语专业八级考试人文知识答案31、（D）the monarch of the United Kingdom 32、（B）Edinburgh. 33、（A）Thomas Jefferson. 34、（C）Sydney35、（D）Percy B. Shelley 36、（B）Walt Whitman.37、（C）D.H. Lawrence. 38、（D）psycholinguistics.39、（C）pidgin. 40、（A）an illocutionary act. 2008英语专业八级考试人文知识答案31-40、BCADBBDACD2007英语专业八级考试人文知识答案31-35 CDACD 36-40 CABDA2006英语专业八级考试人文知识答案31-35 BCADA 36-40 DBDBD。

专八人文知识真题05-11年(附答案)

1. ______ is the capital city of Canada.A. VancouverB. OttawaC. MontrealD. York2. . presidents normally serves a (an) _________term.A. two-yearB. four-yearC. six-yearD. eight-year3. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, .A. Huston.B. Boston.C. Baltimore.D. Philadelphia.4. ________ is the state church in England.A. The Roman Catholic Church.B. The Baptist ChurchC. The Protestant ChurchD. The Church of England5. The novel Emma is written byA. Mary Shelley.B. Charlotte BronteC. Elizabeth C. Gaskell.D. Jane Austen.6. Which of following is NOT a romantic poetA. William Wordsworth.B. George Elliot.C. George G. Byron.D. Percy B. Shelley.7. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous forA. his poems.B. his plays.C. his short stories.D. his novels8. Syntax is the study ofA. language functions.B. sentence structures.C. textual organization.D. word formation.9. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human languageA. Arbitrariness.B. Productivity.C. Cultural transmission.D. Finiteness.10. The speech act theory was first put forward byA. John Searle.B. John Austin.C. Noam Chomsky.D. Halliday.11. The Presidents during the American Civil War wasA. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington12. The capital of New Zealand is13. Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers AboriginesMaoriIndiansEskimos14. The Prime Minister in Britain is head ofShadow CabinetParliamentOppositionCabinet15. Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th centuryDreiserJoyce16. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written byFitzgeraldFaulknerO'NeilHemingwayis defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines verse18. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of19. The words"kid, child, offspring" are examples ofsynonymssynonymssynonymssynonyms20. The distinction between parole and langue was made by21. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPTA. the AnglosB. the CeltsC. the JutesD. the Saxons22. The Head of State of Canada is represented byA. the MonarchB. the PresidentC. the Prime MinisterD. the Governor-general23. The Declaration of Independence was written byA. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Alexander HamiltonD. James Madison24. The original inhabitants of Australia wereA. the Red IndiansB. the EskimosC. the AboriginesD. the Maoris25. Which of the following novels was written by Emily BronteA. Oliver TwistB. MiddlemarchC. Jane EyreD. Wuthering Heights26. William Butler Yeats was a(n) ______ poet and playwright.A. AmericanB. CanadianC. IrishD. Australian27. Death of a Salesman was written byA. Arthur MillerB. Ernest HemingwayC. Ralph EllisonD. James Baldwin28. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A. PhonologyB. MorphologyC. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics29. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPTA. lexicalB. syntacticC. phonologicalD. psycholinguistic30. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example ofA. widening of meaningB. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaning31. The largest city in Canada isA. Vancouver.B. Montreal.C. TorontoD. Ottawa.32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested inA. 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 StatesA. Baseball.B. Tennis.C. Basketball.D. American football.34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand isA. 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 byA. William Langland.B. Geoffrey Chaucer.C. William Shakespeare.D. Alfred Tennyson.36. Who wrote The AmericanA. 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 EXCEPTA. George Eliot.B. Iris Jean Murdoch.C. Doris Lessing.D. Muriel Spark.38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human languageA. 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 sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above.40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is calledA. hyponymy.B. synonymy.C. polysemy.D. homonymy.41. The Head of State of New Zealand isA. the governor-general.B. the Prime Minister.C. the high commissioner.D. the monarch of the United Kingdom.42. The capital of Scotland isA. Glasgow.B. Edinburgh.C. Manchester.D. London.43. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the . PresidentA. Thomas Jefferson.B. George Washington.C. Thomas Paine.D. John Adams.44. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of AustraliaA. Perth.B. Adelaide.C. Sydney.D. Melbourne.45. Ode to the West Windwas written byA. William Blake.B. William Wordsworth.C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.D. Percy B. Shelley.46. Who among the following is a poet of free verseA. Ralph Waldo Emerson.B. Walt Whitman.C. Herman MelvilleD. Theodore Dreiser.47. The novel Sons and Lovers was written byA. Thomas Hardy.B. John Galsworthy.C. . Lawrence.D. James Joyce.48. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production isA. corpus linguistics.B. sociolinguistics.C. theoretical linguistics.D. psycholinguistics.49. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is calledA. dialect.B. idiolect.C. pidgin.D. register.50. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open thewindow, he is performingA. an illocutionary act.B. a perlocutionary act.C. a locutionary act.D. none of the above.51. Which of the following statements in INCORRECTA. 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.52. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec.B. Vancouver.C. Toronto.D. Montreal.53. When did the Australian Federation officially come into beingA. 1770.B. 1788.C. 1900.D. 1901.54. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the . was issuedbyA. Abraham Lincoln.B. Thomas Paine.C. George Washington.D. Thomas Jefferson.55. ________ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems.A. Will BlakeB. . YeatsC. Robert BrowningD. William Wordsworth56. The Financier is written byA. Mark Twain.B. Henry James.C. William Faulkner.D. Theodore Dreiser.57. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined asA. allegory.B. sonnet.C. blank verse.D. rhyme.58. ________ refers to the learning and development of a language.A. Language acquisitionB. Language comprehensionC. Language productionD. Language instruction59. The word “ Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of ________ in morphology.A. backformationB. conversionC. blendingD. acronym60. Language is t tool of communication. 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【VIP专享】英语专业八级人文知识练习题及答案

美国概况练习题：1 The traditional dividing line in America between “east” and “west” is_____.2 The earliest part in America to be found and taken over by early settlers is ____.3 The largest racial group in the whole population of U.S.A is____.4 Before 2000, the largest minority group in the United States is____.5 ____has the world’s oldest written constitution and political party.6 The economic problem caused by the depression in 1929 was eventually solved by____.7 In the United States, primary education requires____years.8 Most college students in the United States are in____institutions.9 The three main levels of courts of the federal judicial system in America are____________.10 _____(which state )is not governed by the common law.练习题答案及题解:1. The Mississippi River, 密西西比河是美国传统的东方和西方的分界线。

2 .The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain，最早被早期定居者发现和占领的地方是大西洋及其沿岸平原。

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专八人文知识（练习题+答案详解）专八人文知识练习（1）1. Morphology is a study of ___1___A. the internal structure of words and the rules that govern their formationB. the uses of different types of utterances in different contextsC. the differences between sounds used in human languages and sounds in natureD. the rules that pertain to all languages throughout the world2.Which of the following does NOT belong to “open class words”?___2___A. NounsB. AdjectivesC. ConjunctionsD. Adverbs3. What is the minimal unit of meaning?___3___A. PhonemeB. MorphemeC. AllophoneD. Allomorph4. Which of the following is NOT a free morpheme?___4___A. bedB. tressC. danceD. children5. Which of the following is NOT a compound word?___5___A. RainbowB. InactionC. Icy-coldD. Unpleasant6. ___6___ are bound morphemes because they can not be used as separate words.A. RootsB. StemsC. AffixesD. Compounds7.Syntax mainly deals with ___7___A. how a language changes through timeB. how words are combined to form sentences and the rules that govern the formation of sentences.C. how the human work when they use languageD. how a language varies through geographical space8.Syntactic categories contain the type of ___8___A. meaning that words expressB. affixes that the words takeC. structures in which the words can occurD. all of the above9.Which of the following is NOT the concern of a word category? ___9___A. A word category can be determined by meaning, inflection and distributionB. T o determine a word’s category by its meaning only is often not reliable.C. A word category can be embodied directly from its meaning.D. Distribution is more reliable than the meaning to determine a word’s category.10. What elements does a phrase contain? ___10___A. Head, determine and complement.B. Head, specifier and complement.C. Head, specifier and complementizer.D. Head, determiner and complementizer.参考答案：ACBDD CBDCB专八人文知识练习（2）1. Where is Belfast?A. In Ireland.B. In WalesC. In Northern Ireland.D. In Scotland.2. The capital of New Zealand is_____A. Canberra.B. Ottawa.C. Wellington.D. Washington.3. Which of the following is NOT a U.K. newspaper?A. The Guardian.B. Christian Science Monitor.C. The Daily Telegraph.D. The Times.4. The community college is a kind of_____ college popular in_____ to satisfy the needs of both the individual and the society.A. five-year; U.K.B. four-year; U.K.C. three-year; U.S.D. two-year; U.S.5. James Joyce was a famous____ whose masterpiece Ulysses has been highly eulogized in the Western literary world as one of the greatest works in the 20th century.A. Essayist.B. Novelist.C. Poet.D. Playwright.6. George Gordon Byron was famous for the following works except____A. Child Harold’s Pilgrimage.B. Queen Mab.C. Hours of Idleness.D. Don Juan.7. Which of the following is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s most noteworthy novel in the world?A. Gone with the Wind.B. For Whom the Bell Tolls.C. American Tragedy.D. The Scarlet Letter8.The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences is______.A. syntaxB. semanticsC. morphologyD. sociolinguistics9.Words like “Xerox” and ”Kodak” a re formed by____A. back-formationB. blendingC. coinageD. acronym10.Which of the following is NOT an approach for English language to enrich its vocabulary in the past several centuries?A. BorrowingB. UpgradationC. NarrowingD. Widening参考答案：CCBDB BDACB专八人文知识练习（3）1 _____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.A Washington D.C.B Los AngelesC San FranciscoD New Y ork City2 _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.A BlacksB HispanicsC IndiansD Asian Americans3 Washington D.C. is named after___________.A the U.S. President George WashingtonB Christopher ColumbusC both George Washington and Christopher ColumbusD none of them4 American and British English are two_____ of the English language.A varietiesB elementsC partsD form5 The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.A Thomas JeffersonB James MonroeC James MadisonD Abraham Lincoln6 Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.A Rhode IslandB VirginiaC TexasD Montana7 The national flag of the United States is known as_____.A the Star-Spangled BannerB Uncle SamC Hot DogD Union Jack8 The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____.A contribution a state has made to the nationB populationC sizeD none of the above9 The tern “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____.A the Amazon RiverB the Mississippi RiverC the Nile RiverD the Hudson River10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884.A FranceB SpainC ItalyD Britain答案详解：1 D,纽约是美国最大的城市同时也是最重要的经济中心和最主要的港口。