英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案

2014年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案

1. The study of __ is Syntax.

A textual organization

B sentence structures

C word formation

D language functions

2. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?

A arbitrariness

B productivity

C cultural transmission

D finiteness

3. The speech act theory was first put forward by__.

A John Scarl

B Johan Austin

C Noarn Chomsky

D M.A.K Halliday

4. The capital city of Canada is __.

A Montreal

B Ottawa

C Vancouver

D York

5. U.S. presidents normally serve a (an) __ term.

A eight-year

B four-year

C six-year

D two year

6. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.

A Huston

B Baltimore

C Philadelphia

D Boston

7. The state church in England is __.

A The Baptist

B The Roman Catholic

C The Protestant Church

D The Church of England

8. The novel Emma is written by__.

A Jane Austen

B Elizabeth

C Gaskell Charlotte Bronte

D Mary Shelley

9. Which of the following is not a Romantic Poet?

A William Wordsworth

B Percy B. Shelley

C George G. Byron

D George Eliot

10. William Sidney Porter, known as O.Henry, is most famous for __.

A his poem

B his plays

C His novels

D his short stories

KEYS:1-5 BDBBB 6-10 ADADD

2013年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案

PART III GEBERAL KNOWLEDGE(10MIN)

There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section.Mark the best answer to each questio n on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

31The full official name of Australia is A.The Republic of Australia. B.The Union of Aus tralia. C.The Federation of Australia. D.The Commonwealth of Australia.

32.Canada is well known for all the following EXCEPT A.its mineral resources. B.its he

avy industries. C.its forest resources. D.its fertile and arable land.

33.In the United States community college offer A.two-year programmes. B.four-year

programmes. C.postgraduate studies. D.B.A.or B.S.degrees.

34.In______,referenda in Scotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Wales ass embly. A.2000 B.1946 C.1990 D.1997

35.Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration? A.A weak seat.

B.Knock and kick.

C.Safe and sound.

D.Coal and boat.

36.Who wrote Mrs.Warren?s profession? A.George Bernard Shaw. B.William Butler Y eats. C.John Galsworthy. D.T.S.Eliot.

37.Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n) A.autobiography. B.short story. C.poem . D.novel.

38.Which of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme? A.Unlock. B.G

overnment. C.Goes. D.Off-stage.

39.________is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to. A.

Collocation B.Onomatopoeia C.Denotation D.Assimilation

40.The sentence“Close your book and listen to me carefully!”performs

a(n)_______function. A.interrogative https://www.sodocs.net/doc/f715415155.html,rmative C.performative D.directi ve

keys:31-35 DBADC 36-40 ADCBD

2012年英语专业八级真题(word版)人文知识部分

31. The Maori people are natives of

A. Australia.

B. Canada.

C. Ireland.

D. New Zealand.

32. The British monarch is the Head of

A. Parliament.

B. State.

C. Government.

D. Cabinet.

33. Americans celebrate Independence Day on

A. July 4th.

B. October 11th.

C. May 31st.

D. September 6th.

34. Canada is bounded on the north by

A. 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 of

A. exaggeration.

B. understatement.

C. personification.

D. synecdoche.

38. In English if a 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 called

A. register.

B. dialect.

C. slang.

D. variety.

Keys:31-35 DBACD 36-40 ACBDA

2011专八人文知识真题参考答案

31.The northernmost part of Great Britain is_______.A.Northern Ireland B.Wales C.Engl and D.Scotland

32.It is generally agreed that_______were the first Europeans to reach Australia's shores.A .the French B.the Germans C.the British D.the Dutch

33.Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?A.Canada.B.New Zealand.C.Gr eat Britain.

D.The United States of America.

34.Who wrote the famous pamphlet,The Common Sense,before the American Revolutio n?A.Thomas Jefferson.B.Thomas Paine.C.John Adams.

D.Benjamin Franklin.

35.Virginia Woolf was an important female________in the20th-century England.A.poet

B.biographer

C.playwright

D.novelist

36.______refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nation' s history.

A.Ballad

B.Romance

C.Epic

D.Elegy

37.Which of the following best explores American myth in the20th century?A.The Great Gatsby. B.The Sun Also Rises.C.The Sound and the Fury.D.Beyond the Horizon.

38._______is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A.Sema ntics B.Pragmatics

C.Cognitive linguistics

D.Sociolinguistics

39.A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of________.A.absence of obs truction B.presence of obstruction C.manner of articulation D.place of articulation 40.The definition"the act of using or promoting the use of several languages,either by an i ndividual speaker or by a community of speakers"refers to_________.A.Pidgin B.Creol e

C.Multilingualism

D.Bilingualism

Keys:31-35 BDABD 36-40 CACAC

2010年英语专八人文知识真题答案

31.Which of the following is INCORRECT

A.The British Constitution includes the Magna Carta of1215

6

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 is

A.Quebec

B.Vancouver

C.Toronto

D.Montreal

33.When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A.1770B.1788C.1900

D.1901

34.The Emancipation Proclamation to end the plantation slavery in the south of US was iss ued by A.Abraham Lincoln B.Thomas Paine C.George Washington D.Thomas Jefferson

35．Who was best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems?A.Will Blake B.W.B.Yeats C.Robert Browning D.William Wordsworth

36.The Financier was written by

A.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 as——————

A.allegory

B.sonnet

C.blank verse

D.rhyme

38.____refers to the learning and development of a language

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/f715415155.html,nguage acquisition

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/f715415155.html,nguage comprehension

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/f715415155.html,nguage production

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/f715415155.html,nguage i ntroduction

39.The word“motel”comes from“motor–hotel”.This is an example of“…”in morpholo gy.A.backformation B.conversion C.blending D.acronym

40．Language is tool of communication,the symbol“highway closed”serves

A.an express function

B.an informative function

C.a performative function

D.a persuasi ve function

Keys:31-35 DADAC 36-40 DAACB

2009年英语专业八级人文知识真题及答案

31. 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

32. The capital of Scotland is ______.

A. Glasgow

B. Edinburgh

C. Manchester

D. London

33. Who write 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 is the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia ?

A. Perth

B. Adelaide

C. Sydney

D. Melbourne

35. Ode to the West Wind was written by ______.

A. Willian Blake

B. Willian Wordsworth

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridege

D. Percy Bysshe Shelley

36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse ?

A. Ralph Waldo Emerson

B. Walt Whitman

C. Herman Melville

D. Theodore Dreiser

37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by ______.

A. Thomas Hardy

B. John Galworhty

C. D.H. Lawrence D. James Joyce

38. The sstudy of mental processes of language comprehension and production is ______.

A. corpus linguistics

B. socialinguistics

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 called ______.

A. dialect

B. idiolect

C. pidgin

D. register

40. 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

Key: 31-35 DBACD 36-40 BCDCA

2008年英语专业八级人文知识真题及答案

31. The largest city in Canada is_______.

A. Vancouver.

B. Montreal.

C. Toronto

D. 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 football.

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 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

EXCEPT_____.

A. 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 above.

40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is

called______.

A. hyponymy.

B. synonymy.

C. polysemy.

D. homonymy.

Key：31-35 BCADB 36-40 CDACD

2007年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案

31. The majority of the current population in the UK are descendants of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT_____.

A. the Anglos

B. the Celts

C. the Jutes

D. the Saxons

32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by___.

A. the Monarch

B. the President

C. the Prime Minister

D. the Governor-general

33. The Declaration of Independence was written by__.

A. Thomas Jefferson

B. George Washington

C. Alexander Hamilton

D. James Madison

34. The original inhabitants of Australia were____.

A. the Red Indians

B. the Eskimos

C. the Aborigines

D. the Maoris

35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?

A. Oliver Twist

B. Middlemarch

C. Jane Eyre

D. Wuthering Heights

36. William Butler Yeats was a(n) ______ poet and playwright.

A. American

B. Canadian

C. Irish

D. Australian

37. Death of a Salesman was written by_____.

A. Arthur Miller

B. Ernest Hemingway

C. Ralph Ellison

D. James Baldwin

38. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word

formation.

A. Phonology

B. Morphology

C. Semantics

D. Sociolinguistics

39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT_____.

A. lexical

B. syntactic

C. phonological

D. psycholinguistic

40. 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 of_____.

A. widening of meaning

B. narrowing of meaning

C. meaning shift

D. loss of meaning

Key: CDACD CABDA

2006年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案

31.The Presidents during the American Civil War was_____.

A. Andrew Jackson

B. Abraham Lincoln

C. Thomas Jefferson

D. George Washington

32.The capital of New Zealand is_____.

A. Christchurch

B. Auckland

C. Wellington

D. Hamilton

33.Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?

A.The Aborigines

B. The Maori

C. The Indians

D. The Eskimos

34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of_____.

A . the Shadow Cabinet