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英语专业八级人文知识(1)TEM考试

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。

3 .Non-hispanics white，非西班牙裔的白人是美国最大的种族群体。

4 .African Americans，2000年以前非裔美国人是美国最大的少数民族群体。2000年以后，拉丁裔美国人的人数超过了非裔美国人的人数，成为美国第一大少数民族群体。

5 .America，美国拥有世界上最古老的宪法和政党。

6. World War II，第二次世界大战的爆发帮助美国走出了经济困境。

7. Six years，美国的小学要花费大约六年的时间。

8. Public，大部分美国大学生都在公立学校就读。

9 .美国的联邦法院系统包括：the United States District Courts; the United States Courts of Appeal ; the United States Supreme Court.

10 .Louisana，路易斯安娜州不受共同法的约束。

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美国概况练习题：

1 Of the fifty states of America, _____states now have the death penalty as punishment.

2 The four major regions of the United Sates

are________________________________.

3 ______ region’s culture character was shaped largely by Puritan spirit.

4 ______is the largest state in terms of size and population in America.

5＂Hollywood＂is often used as a synonym for_____6 The most important and largest river in the United States of America is_____.

7 The north-eastern part of the United States ――New England enjoys

a _____climate.

8 To the west of mainland American lies the _____ Ocean.

9 Detroit, a U.S. city bordering Lake Erie, is famous for its_____.

10 The natives of the continent of the America are the_____.

练习题答案及题解:

1．38, 美国现有38个州惩罚罪犯采用死刑。

2 ．Northeast, South, Midwest and West, 美国的主要四大部分不包括北部。

3．The New England Region, 美国的新英格兰地区，也就是东北部地区深受清教思想的影响。

4 ．California，加利福尼亚州是美国最大的州，拥有人口也最多。

5 ．American films，好莱坞是美国著名的电影制造地。

6．the Mississippi River，美国最长的河流是密西西比河，也是美国最重要的一条河流。被美国人视为“众河之父”，沿河流域也是美国的

主要农作物产区。

7 ．typical continental，美国东北部的新英格兰地区是典型的大陆性气候。冬天寒冷，夏天炎热。

8 ．Pacific Ocean，美国东临大西洋，西濒太平洋，北接加拿大，南靠墨西哥及墨西哥湾。

9 ．automobile industry，底特律是美国著名的汽车城。

10 ．Indians，美国的本土居民是当地的印第安人。

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美国概况练习题：

1 ．_____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.

A ．Washington D.C

B ．Los Angeles C．San Francisco D ．New Y ork City2．_____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.

A．Blacks B ．Hispanics C．Indians D．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．varieties B．elements C．parts D．form5．The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.

A ．Thomas Jefferson B．James Monroe C．James Madison D ．Abraham Lincoln6 ．Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.

A．Rhode Island B ．Virginia C．Texas D ．Montana7．The national flag of the United States is known as_____.

A．the Star-Spangled Banner B ．Uncle Sam

C ．Hot Dog

D ．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 River B．the Mississippi River C．the Nile River D．the Hudson River10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884.

A．France B．Spain

C ．Italy

D ．Britain练习题答案及题解:

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。

2．A, 黑人在美国的经济和社会地位都最为低下。

3 ．C, 首都命名为华盛顿是为了纪念美国的第一任总统乔治?华盛顿，而联邦直辖区命名为哥伦比亚特区是为了纪念第一位从欧洲横渡大西洋到达西半球的探险家克里斯多拂?哥伦布。

4．A, 美国英语和英国英语是英语语言的两种变体。

5．D, 美国历史上的第一位共和党总统是亚伯拉罕?林肯。

6．A, 美国国土面积最小的是罗得岛。

7 ．A, 美国的国旗是星条旗。

8．B, 美国每个州派往众议院的代表人数应与本州人口成比例。

9 ．B, 美国的“众河之父”指的是密西西比河。

10．A, 美国的自由女神像是法国人赠予的礼物。

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美国概况练习题：

1. Ernest Hemingway is _____.

A. Englishman

B. American

C.Dutch

D. Denmark2 .John Fitzgerald Kennedy is _____ president.

A. 35th

B. 34th

C. 33rd

D. 32nd3. In 1837, the first college-level institution for

women , Mount Holyoke Female Seminary , opened in _____ to serve the “ Muslim sex”.

A. New England

B. Virginia

C. Massachusetts

D. New Y ork4. The capital of Massachusetts is _____.

A .Providence B. Boston C. Montpelier D. Augusta5 ._____ is the dividing line between the South and North.

A .The Hudson River B. The Potomac RiverC. The Ohio River D. The Missouri

River6 ._____ is Washington’s largest city.

A .Boise B. Denver C. Tacoma D .Seattle7. Washington D.C., the capital of U.S. is situated on the _____River banks.

A .St. Lawrence B. Hudson C. Potomac D. Missouri8. When did the American Civil War break out?

A. 1775

B. 1812

C. 1861

D. 18639 .Who prepared the draft of the Declaration of Independence?

A .John Adams B. Thomas Jefferson

C. Benjamin Franklin

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10. In which day is Halloween celebrated?

A .5 November B. 31 October C .17 March

D. 25 December练习题答案及题解:

1. B,文坛巨匠海明威是美国人。

2 .A,肯尼迪是美国的第35任总统。

3. C,美国的第一所女子学院开设于马萨诸塞州。

4 .B,麻省的首府是波士顿。

5. D,美国南北的分界线是密苏里河，东西的分界线是密西西比河。

6 .D,华盛顿州的最大城市是西雅图。

7. C,华盛顿特区位于波托马克河上。

8. C,美国内战爆发于1861年，结束于1865年。

9 .B,为美国起草独立宣言的是托马斯?杰弗逊。

10 .B,万圣节前夕是10月的最后一天即10月31号。

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英国概况练习题：1 Britain was the first country to industrialize because of the following factors except _____.

A Britain was well placed geographically to participate in European and world trade.

B Britain had many rivers, which were useful for transport.

C British engineers had sound training and the inventors were respected.

D British government was increasingly interested in overseas and colonies after the 17th century.

2 The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. The _____ has very little power.

A queen

B monarch

C prime minister

D king3 Which party has always had strong links with the trade unions and received financial support from them?

A the Labor Party

B the Conservative Party

C the Liberal Party

D the Social Democratic Party4 On accepting ____, the age of constitutional monarchy, of a monarchy with powers limited by Parliament, began.

A Constitutional Law

B The Declaration of Independence

C Civil Law

D Bill of Rights5 Females were allowed to vote in national elections until

____.

A 1918

B 1916

C 1920

D 18966 The British North America Act of 1867 established ____ as a domain.

A Australia

B Canada

C New Zealand

D India7 During World War II, as a war leader, _____ received massive popular support and led his country to final victory in 1945.

A Harold Wilson

B Edward Heath

C Franklin Roosevelt

D Winston Churchill8 The Falkland Islands war was between Britain and _____.

A France

B New Zealand

C Argentina

D Australia9 In Britain, a _____ is held when a Member of Parliament dies, retires or resigns.

A civic election

B by-election

C popular election

D general election10 In the United Kingdom, ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of _____.

A the Lord Chancellor

B the Monarch

C the Prime Minister

D the King 练习题答案及题解:

1 D, 英国之所以能成为世界上最早开始工业化的国家,原因有很多。但英国是从17世纪以后逐步开始对海外贸易和开拓海外殖民地产生浓厚兴趣的。

2 B, 英国是君主立宪制国家，国王或女王（君主）几乎没什么实质性的权力。

3 A, 保守党和自由党是英国最早成立的两个党派。大致来说，保守党是中上层阶级的党，它得到大公司财政上的支持；而工党，主要得到工会的支持，它的支持者主要是中产阶级和知识分子。

4 D, 《权利法案》的签署，标志着英国进入了君主立宪制时代，一个君主几乎没有什么实质性权力并受制于议会的时代。

5 A, 直到1918年妇女才在全国大选中享有选举权。

6 B, 《1867年英国北美法案》将加拿大纳为它的自治领。

7 D, 在第二次世界大战中，当时的英国首相丘吉尔作为战争统帅受到了英国人民的广泛拥戴，并带领英国人民赢得了战争的最后胜利。

8 C, 福克兰群岛战役是发生在英国和阿根廷着这两个国家之间。位于大西洋南部的福克兰群岛从1892年起就是英国的海外殖民地，1982年阿根廷开始控制这些岛屿，但是英国最终打败了阿根廷，并重新占领了这些岛屿。

9 B, 英国的下院议会成员中有人去世、退休或辞职时，就要进行补缺选举。

10 C, 在英国，部长们是由首相推荐，女王加以任命的。

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英国概况练习题：

1 How many members are there in the House of Commons?

A 650

B 524

C 72

D 6512 Which of the follow ing people didn’t use to be the British Prime Minister?

A Margaret Thatcher

B Winston Churchill

C Horatio Nelson

D John Major3 By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _____ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.

A Prime Minister

B Member of Parliament

C Lord of appeal

D Speaker of the House4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____, which still bears this nickname today.

A the Labour Party

B the Conservative Party

C the Liberal Party

D the Social Democratic Party5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.

A largest

B second largest

C third largest

D fourth largest6 The term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline.

A political

B educational

C military

D economic7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____.

A globalization

B nationalization

C privatization

D competition8 Today, in Britain, ______ is called a “sick” industry.

A coal mining

B iron and steel

C textiles

D shipbuilding9 The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the 17th century, and the Scottish inventor ____ modified and improved the design in 1765. A Abraham Darby B James Watt C John Kay D Richard Arkwrightthe10 _____ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism.

A The Chartist Movement

B The Industrial Revolution

C The French Revolution

D The Glorious Revolution练习题答案及题解:

1 D, 下议院共有651名议员。

2 C, 撒切尔夫人，丘吉尔和梅杰都曾经做过英国首相；而纳尔逊（1758-1805），英国海军统帅，因作战负伤，右眼失明，失去右臂。后任地中海舰队司令，在特法尔加角海战中大败西班牙联合舰队，本人受重伤阵亡，号称Viscount Nelson。

3 A, 在英国，按照传统，多数党的领导人由君主任命为首相，首相从本党内部挑选一些领导人担任各部部长职位。

4 B, 托利党是英国保守党的前身。

5 B, 在英国，在下议院中赢得第二席位的政党为反对党，它也有它自己的领导和影子内阁（shadow cabinet）。

6 D, 现在“英国病”这一术语经常用来指英国经济上的衰退。

7 C, 正如20世纪40年代被看作是国有化的时代一样，20世纪80年代被看作是私有化的时代。包括英国石油、航空、钢铁、电讯在内的几乎40% 的国有公司实现了私有化。

8 A, 英国煤矿业被称为生病工业。英国的煤产量在一战前达到顶点，如今的英国的煤矿业衰退，从而导致矿工的数量、煤矿的总产量大大下降。

9 B, 第一台蒸汽机是Thomas Newcomer 在17世纪末设计的，后来苏格兰发明家瓦特在1765年对原有的设计进行了改进提高，生产出了第一台高效的蒸汽机并应用到纺织和其他机械业中。

10 B, 工业革命产生了工人阶级，即无产阶级。后来形成了工会制度。

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英国概况练习题：

1 _____ is the key to Industrial Revolution.

A Iron

B Cotton Textile

C Coal mining

D Steam engine2 _____ became a literary current during the period of the successful Industrial Revolution.

A Criticism

B Modernism

C Romanticism

D Renaissance3 Modern

football game began in _____.

A China

B France

C England

D Germany4 _____ is the leader of the British government.

A Prime Minister

B Queen

C President

D Governor5 The second largest city in England, _____ , is a metropolitan district and an industrial and manufacturing city.

A Edinburgh

B Belfast

C Glasgow

D Birmingham6 _____ introduced Christianity into Britain.

A The Celts

B The Romans

C The Viking Danes

D The French7 The real power of the British government lies in _____.

A the House of Commons

B the cabinet headed by the Prime Minister

C the Prime Minister

D the Queen8 In Britain, education is compulsory for children between the ages of _____ to _____.

A 5, 14

B 6, 17

C 5, 16

D 6, 149 The longest river in Britain is _____ , and the largest river in the USA is _____.

A the Seven River; the Missouri River

B the Thames River; the Missouri River

C the Severn River; the Mississippi

D the Thames River; the Ohio River10 The general election in Britain is held every ____ years.

A four

B three

C six

D five练习题答案及题解:

1 B, 纺织业的改革是英国工业革命的主要成就之一。

2 C, 工业革命时期的主要文学流派是浪漫主义。

3 C, 现代的足球运动起源于英国。其正宗的老家在英格兰，19世纪兴起。

4 A, 英国的政体是君主立宪制。国王（女王）是国家元首，但政府的首领为首相。

5 D, 英国的第二大城市伯明翰位于英格兰中部平原，是国际化大都市，也是英国的工业和制造业中心。

6 B, 公元43年，罗马人占领英国，其后统治了400多年。基督徒就是在这一时期由罗马人传入英国的。

7 B, 君主立宪制下，国王的作用更侧重于其象征意义，而实权为内

阁所有，内阁由首相率领。

8 C, 英国的教育体系中的义务教育阶段是5-16岁，这是每一位学生在学校学习的最低年限。

9 C, 英国最长的河是塞文河，全长355公里，美国最长的河是密西西比河，长4000公里左右。

10 D, 英国大选每5年举行一次。

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英国概况1.Which of the following tribes first came to Britain?

A Roman

B Anglo-Saxons

C Jutes

D Celts2.The Hundred Y ears’ War between Britain and France was fought ____.

A from 1327 to 1453

B from 1337 to 1453

C from 1347 to 1453 C from 1357 to 14533.The Republic of Ireland became independent in the year

____A 1918 B 1920 C 1945 D 19494.The English Civil War is also called ____A the Puritan Revolution B the second Magna Carta C the Long Parliament D the Anglican War5.Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the ____ and the North Sea in the east,A east B south C west D north6.The largest lake in Britain is ____.

A. Loch Lomond B the Lough Neagh C Windermere D

Ullswater7.Where do the majority of people in Scotland live?

A In the Highlands

B In the central Lowlands

C In the Uplands

D In the west of Scotland8.In Britain only about ____ of the population are farmers but they manage 70% of the land area.

A 2%

B 3%

C 4%

D 5%9.The two important crops in Britain are ____A barley and corn B wheat and rice C barley and oats D wheat and barley10.In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 ____A can legally receive partly free educationB can legally receive completely free educationC can not receive free education at allD can not receive free education if their parents

are rich答案1.D 凯尔特在公元前700年到英国，罗马人在公元1到5世纪统治英国，5世纪中期盎格鲁撒克逊人侵占英国，因此凯尔特人是最早踏入英国的。

2.B 英法百年战争爆发于1337年到1453年间，中间还发生了黑死病。

3.D 爱尔兰共和国在1949年独立。

4.A 英国内战于1642年到1646年间发生，国王查尔斯与议会发生争执，实际上是国王与清教徒之间的矛盾引起的，结果议会胜利。

5.B 英国南面与法国隔着英吉利海峡。

6.B 英国最大的湖是内伊湖，最长的河流是塞文河。

7.B 苏格兰中低部适合人类生存，是苏格兰工业和人高度集中的地区。

8.A 由于英国农作业时的高度机械化，只需利用全国2%的人口来耕作大面积农地。

9.D 小麦和大麦是英国最重要的庄稼。

10.B 英国的义务教育是从5岁到16岁，所以期间的教育全部免费。

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练习题：

1 Which of the following is the British oldest daily newspaper?

A The Telegraph

B The Guardian

C The News of the World

D The Times2 The river Thames is in _____.

A Wales

B Scotland

C England

D Northern Ireland3 The Industrial Revolution started in _____.

A the Great Britain

B the United States

C Canada

D Austrilia4 Which of the following is true under Thatcher’s administration?

A The proportion of owner-occupation decreased.

B Public housing became more important.

C Many public houses were sold to people.

D The UK became more European-like in its housing arrangement.

5 Britain has its nuclear naval force since _____.

A it’s one of the developed countries in the world

B it’s a traditional sea power

C it has an advanced industry

D it’s able to produce submarine s6 Which of the following is the oldest national Sunday newspaper in Britain?

A The Times

B The Guardian

C The Observer

D The Financial Times7 Big Ben was named after _____.

A Christopher Wren

B Benjamin Hall

C Ben John

D G. Stephenson8 The Capital of Wales is _____.

A Swansea

B Cardiff

C Rhonda

D Belfast9 _____ is England’s biggest naval base.

A Portsmouth

B Southampton

C Plymouth

D Dover10 There are two major national parties in Britain: the Conservative party and _____.

A the Liberal Party

B the Democratic Party

C the Labour Party

D the Republican Party练习题答案及题解:

1 D, 英国历史上最悠久的日报是《泰晤士报》。

2 C, 泰晤士河位于英格兰。

3 A, 工业革命最早从英国开始。

4 C, 1979年撒切尔夫人成为英国第一任女首相。她提出的政策称被为“撒切尔主义”。其内容包括国有企业私有化，采用货币主义政策以控制通货膨胀，削弱工会的影响，加强市场因素在经济中的作用，将公有住房卖给公众，强调法律和秩序。在一定程度上讲，她的计划是成功的。她领导英国经济度过了一段最繁华的时期。

5 B, 英国拥有其海军核力量与其一贯的霸主地位是密切相关的。

6 C, 《观察家报》创刊于1791年，是英国创刊最早的星期日报纸。

7 B, 据说Big Ben 得名于它在1859年修建时候的建造者Benjamin Hall。

8 B, 威尔士位于大不列颠的西部。首府：加的夫。

9 A, 英国最大的海军基地是普茨茅斯。

10 C, 英国奉行的是两党制。其两大主要政党是保守党和工党。

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英国概况练习题：

1 Which name is NOT related to Britain?

A Northern Ireland

B Scotland

C Wales

D Toronto2 The news agency Reuters was founded in _____.

A London

B Birmingham

C Liverpool

D Manchester3 The tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by

_____.

A King Harold

B Robin Hood

C Oliver Cromwell

D William the Conqueror4 Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England?

A The Anglo-Saxon

B The Normans

C The Vikings

D The Romans5 Which is the largest city in Scotland?

A Cardiff

B Edinburgh

C Glasgow

D Manchester6 In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 _____.

A can legally receive completely free education

B can legally receive partly free education

C cannot receive free education at all

D cannot receive free education of their parents are rich7 The Industrial Revolution started in _____.

A the Great Britain

B the United States

C Canada

D Australia8 What is the name of Britain’s highest mountain?

A Anne Boleyn

B Ben Nevis

C Snowdonia

D Scafell9 Which is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political way?

A Great Britain

B The British Isles

C The United Kingdom

D England10 Britain has, for centuries , been slowly tilting with _____.

A the North-West slowly rising and the South-East slowly sinking

B the North-East slowly rising and the South-West slowly sinking

C the South-East slowly rising and the North-west slowly sinking

D the South-West slowly rising and the North-East slowly sinking练习题答案及题解:

1 D, 多伦多属于加拿大,与英国无关。

2 A, 路透社创建于伦敦。

3 D, 伦敦塔是1078年为防止罗马入侵由威廉大帝修建的。

4 A, 英国民族的前身是安格鲁萨克森人。

5 C, 格拉斯格是苏格兰最大的城市和经济中心。

6 A, 英国小孩5-16岁的教育是免费的。

7 A, 工业革命起源于英国。

8 B, 本尼维斯山为英国最高峰。

9 C, 提起英国，很多人会使用名字“Britain”，“England”或“British”，但这往往会惹恼苏格兰人，威尔士人以及北爱尔兰人。从政治角度来讲，“the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”或“the United Kingdom/UK”是英国正确的叫法。“the British Isles”则是地理意义上的名字，包括Great Britain，the whole of Ireland （Northern and Southern），the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 这些岛屿。

10 A, 英国几个世纪以来地势一直在缓慢地倾斜，表现为西北部在慢慢上升，而东南部在慢慢下沉，所以英国的西北部为高地。

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美国文学1.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by

____A Jack London B Charles Dickens C Samuel Coleridge D Ernest Hemingway2.In which novel can "Y ahoo" be found?

A John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress

B Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen

C Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

D Henry Fielding's Tom

Jones3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____A J.D. Salinger B Jack London C Flannery O'Connor D Saul Bellow4.The image of the famous "henpecked husband" is created by____A Washington Irving B Fennimore Cooper C Edith Wharton D William Dean Howells5.The literary spokesman

of the Jazz is often thought to be ____A O'Neil B Pound C Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald6.____ is the most important person of the transcendental club.

A Hawthorn

B Whitman

C Emerson

D Hemingway7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____A fridendship B love and marriage C life and death D war and peace8.Robert Frost is a famous ____A novelist B playwright C poet D literary critic9.Dover Beach is written by

____A Robert Browning B Alfred Tennyson C Mathew Arnold D Dylan Thomas10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States.

A Age of Realism

B Age of Clasicalism

C Age of Romanticism

D Age of Renaissance答案1.D 《老人与海》是海明威的作品。

2.C Jonathan Swift的Gulliver's Travels（《格列弗游记》）中yahoo暗指人类，集人类丑陋面于一身，服务于动物的一类生物。

3.A The Catcher in the Rye（《麦田里的守望者》）是J.D. Salinger（J.D. 赛琳格）的名著。

4.A henpecked husband 是指“怕老婆的男人”，改典型形象出自Washington Irving 的Rip V an Winkle。

5.D 二十世纪出现Jazz Age，这一代的年轻人物欲膨胀，沉迷酒色。Scott Fitzgerald的Great Gatsby《了不起的盖茨比》根据时代特征，对深深讽刺了所谓的美国梦。

6.C Emerson是超验主义的重要代表，所著Nature《论自然》代表了他的哲学观。

7.D Emily Dickinson（1709-1784），美国女诗人，终生未嫁。主要诗歌包括：I Could Not Sto for Death还有，I'm Nobody. Who Are Y ou?

诗歌主题为：爱情，自然，友谊，死亡与不朽。

8.C Robert Frost是十九世纪的美国诗人，后因父亲过世已经英国，在新英格兰享有很高名望。主要作品有：The Road Not Taken，Mending Wall。

9.C Dover Beach（《多弗的海滩》）是Mathew Arnold 的作品。

10.A 1865-1914，也就是美国内战结束之后，第一次世界大战爆发之前。这个时候涌现的作家，比如Mark Twain刻画出美国经济政治发展引发的社会现实问题，包括“Gold Rush”。

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练习题：

1 The two areas in Britain where a lot of immigrants live are _____.

A London and Cambridge

B London and heart of England

C Manchester and Birmingham

D Edinburgh and Nottingham2 The flag of the United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack, is made up of _____ crosses.

A one

B two

C three

D four3 Which flower is symbol of England?

A Thistle

B Shamrock

C Daffodil

D Rose4 _____ was the home of the Lake Poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor, Coleridge and Robert Southey of 19th century Britain.

A Lough Neagh

B Windermere

C Lake District

D Coniston Water5 The first known settlers of Britain were the _____.

A Iberians

B Beaker Folk

C Celts

D Anglo-Saxons6 Who invaded and conquered Britain for the first time in 55 BC?

A Emperor Claudius

B King Alfred

C King Ethelred

D Julius Caesar7 Which one is not the reason for the very limited influence of Roman to Britain?

A The Romans always treated the Britons as a subject people of slave class.

B The Romans and Britons never intermarry during the 4 centuries

C The Romans didn’t li ke the Britons.

D The Romans had no impact on the language or culture of ordinary Britons.

8 The Hundred Y ears’ war with France ended by the English being driven out of France. By 1453 _____ was the only part of France that was still in the hands of the English.

A Dover

B Calais

C Southampton

D Portsmouth9 Which war had little effect on ordinary people but gave a death blow to feudalism?

A The Wars of the Roses

B The Hundred Y ears’ War

C The English

Civil War D World War I10 The English Civil War, also called the Puritan Revolution , is generally regarded as the beginning of modern ____ history.

A European

B Scottish

C Welsh

D world练习题答案及题解:

1 B, 现在，英国移民主要集中在伦敦及英格兰心脏地带的一些城市和城镇，诸如Slough, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Luton, Bradford, Coventry, Bedford 和Reading等等。

2 C, 英国国旗为红白蓝三色的米字旗（也叫“Union Jack”），是由三个十字组成。

3 D, A，蓟是苏格兰的象征，用作苏格兰的国徽；B，三叶苜蓿花为爱尔兰的国花；C，黄水仙花是威尔士的国花；D，玫瑰则是英格兰的国花。

4 C, 位于英格兰西北部和威尔士北部的湖区是英国著名的风景区

之一，也是英国十九世纪湖畔诗人聚居的地方。

5 A, 最早来英国定居的是伊比利亚人。大约在公元前3000年左右，也就是新石器时代，他们从伊比利亚半岛（即今天的西班牙）来到英国。

6 D, 英国的历史是从罗马人的入侵开始的。恺撒，这位伟大的罗马将军，在公元前55年第一次带兵入侵并征服了英国。

7 C, 尽管罗马人征服了英国，但是罗马文化对英国的影响十分有限。这主要是因为：罗马人一直把英国人看作是社会地位相当于奴隶的被降伏的民族；在长达四个世纪的时间里从来没有罗马人跟英国人通婚；罗马人对英国平民阶层的语言和文化没有任何影响。

8 B, 英法之间的百年战争以英国人被赶出法国而告终。到1453年战争结束时，只有法国北部的加莱港还在英国人手里。

9 A, 尽管玫瑰战争持续了30年，但对老百姓的生活几乎没什么影响，反倒使英国的封建主义受到致命打击，贵族阶层受到了削弱。

10 D, 英国内战也叫“清教徒革命”，这是因为反对国王的人大部分

是那些清教徒。英国内战不仅推翻了英国的封建制度，也动摇了欧洲封建统治的基础。所以，从这个角度讲，英国内战通常被看作现代世界史的开端。

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美国概况练习题：

1 _____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.

A Washington D.C.

B Los Angeles

C San Francisco

D New Y ork City2 _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.

A Blacks

B Hispanics

C Indians

D Asian Americans3 Washington D.C. is named after___________.

A the U.S. President George Washington

B Christopher Columbus

C both George Washington and Christopher Columbus

D none of them4 American and British English are two_____ of the English language.

A varieties

B elements

C parts

D form5 The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.

A Thomas Jefferson

B James Monroe

C James Madison

D Abraham Lincoln6 Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.

A Rhode Island

B Virginia

C Texas

D Montana7 The national flag of the United States is known as_____.

A the Star-Spangled Banner

B Uncle Sam

C Hot Dog

D Union Jack8 The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____.

A contribution a state has made to the nation

B population

C size

D none of the above9 The tern “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____.

A the Amazon River

B the Mississippi River

C the Nile River

D the Hudson River10 The statue of liberty was given to American people

by_____ as a gift in 1884.

A France

B Spain

C Italy

D Britain练习题答案及题解:

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。

2 A, 黑人在美国的经济和社会地位都最为低下。

3 C, 首都命名为华盛顿是为了纪念美国的第一任总统乔治?华盛顿，而联邦直辖区命名为哥伦比亚特区是为了纪念第一位从欧洲横渡大西洋到达西半球的探险家克里斯多拂?哥伦布。

4 A, 美国英语和英国英语是英语语言的两种变体。

5 D, 美国历史上的第一位共和党总统是亚伯拉罕?林肯。

6 A, 美国国土面积最小的是罗得岛。

7 A, 美国的国旗是星条旗。

8 B, 美国每个州派往众议院的代表人数应与本州人口成比例。

9 B, 美国的“众河之父”指的是密西西比河。

10 A, 美国的自由女神像是法国人赠予的礼物。

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美国概况练习题：

1 Ernest Hemingway is _____.

A Englishman

B American

C Dutch

D Denmark2 John Fitzgerald Kennedy is _____ president.

A 35th

B 34th

C 33rd

D 32nd3 In 1837, the first college-level institution for women , Mount Holyoke Female Seminary , opened in _____ to serve the “ Muslim sex”.

A New England

B Virginia

C Massachusetts

D New Y ork4 The capital of Massachusetts is _____.

A Providence

B Boston

C Montpelier

D Augusta5 _____ is the dividing line between the South and North.

A The Hudson River

B The Potomac River

C The Ohio River

D The Missouri River6 _____ is Washington’s largest city.

A Boise

B Denver

C Tacoma

D Seattle7 Washington D.C., the capital of U.S. is situated on the _____River banks.

A St. Lawrence

B Hudson

C Potomac

D Missouri8 When did the American Civil War break out?

专八2003-人文知识真题及答案精编版

2003年英语专八人文知识真题 31. is not a nationally observed holiday of America. [A] Christmas [B] Easter Sunday [C] Thanksgiving Day [D] Independence Day 32. The university of Dublin was not founded until . [A] the 19th century [B] the 18th century [C] the 17th century [D] the 16th century 33. The introduced old-age pensions in New Zealand in 1898. [A] Labor Party [B] Democratic Party [C] Liberal Party [D] Conservative Party 34. Irish culture experienced a golden age from to . [A] the eighth century, the eleventh century [B] the seventh century, the ninth century [C] the sixth century, the eighth century [D] the ?fth century, the seventh century 35. Which of the following writings is not the work by Charles Dickens? [A] A Tale of Two Cities [B] Hard Times [C] Oliver Twist [D] Sons and Lovers 36. is a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period. [A] Sinclair Lewis [B] Eugene O'Neill [C] Arthur Miller [D] Tennessee Williams 37. is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age. [A] Ernest Hemingway [B] F. Scott Fitzgerald [C] William Faulkner [D] Ezra Pound 38. is a relationship in which a word of a certain class determines the form of others in terms of certain categories. [A] Concord [B] Immediate constituent [C] Syntagmatic relations [D] Government 39. studies the sound systems in a certain language. [A] Phonetics [B] Phonology [C] Semantics [D] Pragmatics 40. A linguistic situation in which two standard languages are used either by an individual or by a group of speakers is called . [A] situational dialect [B] slang [C] linguistic taboo [D] bilingualism 2004年英语专八人文知识真题 31. The following are products imported by Australia from China EXCEPT . [A] food [B] textiles [C] steel products [D] electronics 32. Scots regard as the most important festival in a year. [A] Near Year's Day [B] Christmas Day [C] New Year's Eve [D] Easter 33. The republican movement has been gathering momentum in Australia since became Prime Minister in 1992. [A] John Howard [B] Bob Hawke [C] Malcolm Fraser [D] Paul Keating 34. was known for his famous speech "I have a dream". [A] John F. Kennedy [B] Martin Luther King, Jr [C] Abraham Lincoln [D] Thomas Jefferson 35. Of all the 18th century novelists, ______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose", and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. [A] Daniel Defoe [B] Samuel Johnson [C] Oliver Goldsmith [D] Henry Feilding 36. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his .

英语专八英美文学常识汇总

3专八人文知识:英国地理概况 the english channel: the channel is a narrow sea passage which separates england and france and connects the atlantic ocean and north sea. 英吉利海峡：英吉利海峡是一道狭长的海峡，分割英法两国，连接大西洋和北海。 the dee estuary: a small sea ( in irish sea) where the dee river enters. 迪河河口：是迪河流入的一个小海。 "the act of union of 1801": in 1801 the english parliament passed an act by which scotland, wales and the kingdom of england were constitutionally joined as the kingdom of great britain. 1801合并法：1801年英国议会通过法令，规定英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士根据宪法合并成为大不列颠王国。 gaelic: it is one of the celtic language, and is spoken in parts of the highlands. 盖尔语：是盖尔特语言的一种，在高地地区仍有人说这种语言。 the "backbone of england": it refers to the pennies, the board ridge of hills.

专八人文知识(练习题)

专八人文知识(练习题) 篇一：★英语专八人文知识题与答案英语专业八级人文知识试题(1) 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____. has the world’s oldest written constitution and political party. 6. The economic problem caused by the depression in 1929 was eventually solved by____. years. 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:

专八人文知识总结美国文学

美国文学 part 1 1607-1776 北美殖民时期 Colonial Settlements John Smith A Ture Relation of Virginia《关于费吉尼亚的真实叙述》（美国文学第一本书）美国文学史上第一个作家 Part 2 1776-1783 独立革命时期 Revolution of Independence Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanac穷查理历书 Thomas Paine Common Sense常识（独立战争宣传册revolutionary pamphlets） Rights of Man人的权利（支持法国革命） The Age of Reason 理性时代（基督给他名誉带来的影响）美国独立之父 the father of American revolution Thomas Jefferson 独立宣言 Declaration of Independence Part 3 浪漫主义时期 Romanticism Washington Irving The Sketch Book见闻札记（标志浪漫主义开始） The Legend of Sleepy Hollow睡谷的传说 Rip Van Winkle里普?万?温克尔(李伯大梦) 美国文学之父 James Fenimore Cooper The Pilot领航者The Spy间谍 The Pioneer拓荒者 Ralf Waldo Emerson Nature论自然 The American Scholar论美国学者 Self-reliance论自立超验主义 Henry David Thoreau Walden瓦尔登湖 Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter红字 19世界影响最大的浪漫主义小说家 Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass草叶集 Song of Myself 自我之歌 part 4 现实主义时期 Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Henry James Daisy Miller The American The Portrait of a Lady Theodore Dreiser Sister Carrie An American Tragedy part 5 现代主义时期 American Modernism Ezra Pound In a station of the Metro在地铁站

专八20032015年人文知识真题及答案

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