英语专业八级考试人文知识练习题.docx

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英语专业八级考试人文知识练习题

英语专业八级考试人文知识练习题

练习题1

1、“TheGraveyardPoets”gotthenamebecause___.

Atheychosetoliveneargraveyards

Btheyoftenwroteaboutdeathandmelancholy

Ctheyalwayswroteaboutdeadpeople

Dtheyoftenuse“graveyard”asthetitle

2、ItisgenerallyunderstoodthattherecurrentthemeinmanyofThomasHardy’snovelis___.

Amanagainstnature

Bloveandmarriage

Csocialcriticism

Dfateanddestiny

3、TheRomanticPeriodinEnglishliteraturebeganwiththepublicationof___.

AWilliamBlake’sSongsofInnocence

BJaneAusten’sPrideandPrejudice

CWordsworth’sandColeridge’sLyricalBallads

Dapieceofland

4、ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats’mostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof___.

Aode

Belegy

Cepic

Dsonnet

5、G.B.Shaw’splayMrs.Warren’sProfessionisarealisticexposureofthe___intheEnglishsociety.

Aslumlandlordism

Binequalitybetweenmenandwomen

Cpoliticalcorruption

Deconomicexploitationofwomen

6、ThePrefacetoShakespeareandLivesofthePoetsaretheworksofcritic___.

AG.B.Shaw

BSamuelJohnson

CBenJohnson

DE.M.Foster

7、TheRingandtheBookisamasterpieceof___.

AAlfredTennyson

BRobertBrowning

CThomasHardy

DRalphWaldoEmerson

8、MatthewArnoldisthewriterof___.

ADoverBeach

BMylastDuchess

CBreak,Break,Break

DTheEagle

9、ThewriterofHeartofDarknessisalsotheoneof___.

ATimeofMachine

BJim

CLordJim

DAPassagetoIndia

10、OfHumanBondageisanovelby___.

AHerbertGeorgeWells

BArnoldBennett

CWilliamSomersetMaugham

DJohnGalsworthy

练习题2

1、“Pamela”bySamuelRichardsoniswritteninformsof____.

Adiary

Bletter

Cautobiography

Dreminiscences

2、“Clarissaharlowe”bySamuelRichardsoniswritteninformsof____.

Adiary

Bletter

Cautobiography

Dreminiscences

3、TheadventureofRoderickrandomiswrittenby___.

ASamuelRichardson

BTobiassmolett

CLawrencesterne

Dhenryfielding

4、ThelifeandopinionsofTristanshandyiswrittenby___.

ASamuelRichardson

BTobiassmolett

CLawrencesterne

Dhenryfielding

5、____namedhisownrealisticnovelsas“comicepicinprose”.

AHenryfielding

BCharlesdickens

CjackLondon

DTobiassmolett

6、“Lyricalballads”werewrittenby___andSamuelTaylorColeridge.

ARobertburns

BRobertsouthey

CWilliamwordsworth

Dpercybyssheshelley

7、GeorgeGordonbyronwasmostfamousfor_____.

Adonjuan

Bodetothewestwind

Ckublakhan

Dodetoanightingale

8、GeorgeGordonbyroncreateda“Byronichero”firstlyinhis____.

APrometheusunbound

Bchildeherald’spilgrimage

Ckublakhan

DodeonaGrecianurn

9、Prometheusunboundwaswrittenby___whoalsowrote____.

AGeorgeGordonbyron…childeherald’spilgrimage

Bpercybyssheshelley..odetoanightingale

CGeorgeGordonbyron…odetowestwind

Dpercybyssheshelley…odetowestwind

10、Johnkeatsistheauthorof____.

Aodetoaskylarkandodetoanightingale

BodeonaGrecianurnandodetowestwind

CodeonaGrecianurnandodetoanightingale

Dodetowestwindandodetoanightingale

练习题3

1、InBritain,___hastheultimateauthorityoflegislation.

AtheQueen

BtheHouseofCommons

CtheHouseofLords

DthePrimeMinister

2、ThethreelargestcitiesinCanadadoNOTinclude.

AToronto

BQuebec

COttawa

DVancouver

3、AboriginalcultureinAustraliaissaidtobemorethan___yearsold.

A20,000

B30,000

C40,000

D50,000

4、ItisknownthatIrishlandscapeinfeaturedby___.

Abogs

Bmountains

Cgrassland

Drivers

5、ThefollowingplaysarecomediesbyShakespeareEXCEPT___.

AAMidsummerNight’sDream

BAsYouLikeIt

CTheMerchantofVenice

DRomeoandJuliet

6、“Thenovelisstructuredaroundthediscoveryofthehero’sorigin.”Probablythisreferstothenovel___.

AWutheringHeights

BTheHistoryofTomJones,aFoundling

CDavidCopperfield

DGulliver’sTravels

7、___wasconsideredtobethegreatestdramatistinthe18thcentury.

AHenryFielding

BLaurenceSterne

COliverGoldsmith

DRichardB.Sheridan

8、Thebranchoflinguisticsthatstudieshowcontextinfluencesthewayspeakersinterpretsentencesiscalled___.

Apragmatics

Bsemantics

Csociolinguistics

Dpsycholinguistics

9、Whichofthefollowingwordscanconnecttwoclausesinacoordinatesentence?

AThrough

BWhen

CBut

DIf

10、WhichofthefollowingisNOTconsideredpartofsemanticchange?

ASemanticbroadening

BCompounding

CSemanticnarrowing

DSemanticshift

练习题4

1、Theleading___stateintheUnitedStatesisWisconsin.

Awheat

Brice

Cdairy

Dmaize

2、Thecityof___,whichwasformerlyknownasPortJackson,istheplaceoftheearliestcolonialsettlementinAustralia.

AMelbourne

BSydney

CPerth

DDarwin

3、Accordingtostatistics,___employerinAustraliaisthemanufacturingindustry.

Athefourthlargest

Bthethirdlargest

Cthesecondlargest

Dthelargest

4、ThemostimportanteconomicactivityinCanadais___.

Amining

Bfishing

Cfarming

Dmanufacturing

5、Wordsworth’spoetry,dividedbythesubjects,fallsintotwomajorgroups:

oneabout___andtheotherabout___..

Anature,humanlife

Bsociety,humannature

Chumanlife,socialsystem

Duniverse,humanspirit

6、ThereadingofthefirstchapterofthenovelPrideandPrejudicehasledthereadertotheunderstandingofMrs.Bennetasawomanof___.

Asimplecharacterandmeanunderstanding

Bintricatecharacterandshorttemper

Csimplecharacterandgoodeducation

Dintricatecharacterandoutstandingtalent

7、Asaromanticpoet,WilliamWordsworthadvocatedthefollowingEXCEPT___.

Atheexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings

Btheuseofcolloquialismspokenbythemasses

Celegantwordingsandinflatedfiguresofspeech

Dthehumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatter

8、Thestudyoflanguageacquisitionisgenerallyknownas___.

Atheoreticallinguistics

Bpsycholinguistics

Cappliedlinguistics

Dhistoricallinguistics

9、ThehistoryofEnglishisusuallydividedinto___majorperiods.

Athree

Bfour

Cfive

Dtwo

10、Themorpheme“scope”inthecommonword“telescope”isa（n）___.

Aboundmorpheme

Bboundform

Cinflectionalmorpheme

Dfreemorpheme

练习题5

1WhatcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf?

AUnitedStatesofAmerica

BUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

CNewZealand

DCanada

2ThenationalanthemofCanadais____

ACanadaTheBeautiful

BOCanada

CGodDefendCanada

DAdvanceCanadaFair

3ThecapitalcityofCanadais____

AMontreal

BToronto

CAlbert

DOttawa

4AccordingtotheOfficialLanguageofActofCanada,therearetwoofficiallanguageinthiscountry:

theyare____

AEnglishandSpanish

BEnglishandPortuguese

CEnglishandFrench

DEnglishandCeltic

5Canadaisaworld____producerofnickel,zinc,andasbestos……

Aprimary

Bsecond

Cthird

Dfourth

6ThehighestpeakinCanadais____,whichistheYukonTerritoryofnorthwestCanada.

A.MountLawrence

B.MountSuperior

C.MountLogan

DMountHuron

7St.LawrenceandRiverColumbiaaresharedbyboth____

A.AmericaandMexico

B.AmericaandCanada

C.AmericaandCuba

D.AmericaandBrazil

8ApartfromParis,France,Montrealisregardedasthelargest____cityintheworld,knownas“ParistheSecond”.

A.Spanish-speaking

B.Portuguese-speaking

C.German-speaking

D.French-speaking

9____,thethirdlargestcityinCanada,iswellknownasIce-FreeHarbor.

A.Montreal

B.Quebec

C.Toronto

D.Vancouver

10.Canadaistheworld’s____countryintermsoflandarea.

A.largest

B.secondlargest

C.thirdlargest

D.fourthlargest

练习题6

1.Inarea,theUnitedStatesisthe____largestcountryintheworld.

A2nd

B3rd

C4th

D5th

2.The50thstateinAmericais____

AAlaska

BTexas

CHawaii

DRhodeIsland

3.MaunaLoa,theworld’slargestactivevolcano,islocatedin____

AHawaii

BAlaska

CTexas

DPerth

4.RichardNixonresignedin1974becauseof____.

AtheGreatDepression

BtheBlackPowerMovement

CtheWatergateScandal

DtheIsolationpolicy

5.AllthefollowinguniversitiesarelocatedinNewEnglandEXCEPT____

AYale

BHarvard

CMIT

DBerkeley

6.TheUnitedStateshaslessthan6%oftheworld’spopulation;yetitproducesabout____ofthetotalworldoutput.

A20%

B25%

C30%

D35%

7.WhatformsanaturalboundarybetweenMexicoandtheUnitedStates?

ATheRioGrandeRiver

BThesouthernRockyMountains

CTheColoradoRiver

DTheGulfofCalifornia

8.TheUSformallyenteredtheSecondWorldWarin____

A1937

B1939

C1941

D1943

9.ThePresidentsduringtheAmericanCivilWarwas.

AAndrewJackson

BAbrahamLincoln

CThomasJefferson

DGeorgeWashington

10TheemblemoftheDemocraticPartyis____.

Aelephant

Bdonkey

Cbear

Dbull

练习题7

1.TheOldManandtheSeaisoneofthegreatworksby____

AJackLondon

BCharlesDickens

CSamuelColeridge

DErnestHemingway

2.Inwhichnovelcan"Yahoo"befound?

AJohnBunyan'sPilgrim'sProgress

BEdmundSpencer'sTheFaerieQueen

CJonathanSwift'sGulliver'sTravels

DHenryFielding'sTomJones

3.TheCatcherintheRyeiswrittenby____

AJ.D.Salinger

BJackLondon

CFlanneryO'Connor

DSaulBellow

4.Theimageofthefamous"henpeckedhusband"iscreatedby____

AWashingtonIrving

BFennimoreCooper

CEdithWharton

DWilliamDeanHowells

5.TheliteraryspokesmanoftheJazzisoftenthoughttobe____

AO'Neil

BPound

CRobertFrost

DScottFitzgerald

6.____isthemostimportantpersonofthetranscendentalclub.

AHawthorn

BWhitman

CEmerson

DHemingway

7.ThemainthemeofEmilyDickinsonisthefollowingexcept____

Afridendship

Bloveandmarriage

Clifeanddeath

Dwarandpeace

8.RobertFrostisafamous___