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专八人文知识模拟题
专八人文知识模拟题
1WhichofthefollowingistheBritisholdestdailynewspaper?
ATheTelegraph
BTheGuardian
CTheNewsoftheWorld
DTheTimes
2TheriverThamesisin_____.
AWales
BScotland
CEngland
DNorthernIreland
3TheIndustrialRevolutionstartedin_____.
AtheGreatBritain
BtheUnitedStates
CCanada
DAustrilia
4WhichofthefollowingistrueunderThatcher’sadministration?
ATheproportionofowner-occupationdecreased.
BPublichousingbecamemoreimportant.
CManypublichousesweresoldtopeople.
DTheUKbecamemoreEuropean-likeinitshousingarrangement.
5Britainhasitsnuclearnavalforcesince_____.
Ait’soneofthedevelopedcountriesintheworld
Bit’satraditionalseapower
Cithasanadvancedindustry
Dit’sabletoproducesubmarines
6WhichofthefollowingistheoldestnationalSundaynewspaperinBritain?
ATheTimes
BTheGuardian
CTheObserver
DTheFinancialTimes
7BigBenwasnamedafter_____.
AChristopherWren
BBenjaminHall
CBenJohn
DG.Stephenson
8TheCapitalofWalesis_____.
ASwansea
BCardiff
CRhonda
DBelfast
9_____isEngland’sbiggestnavalbase.
APortsmouthBSouthamptonCPlymouthDDover
10TherearetwomajornationalpartiesinBritain:
theConservativepartyand_____.
AtheLiberalParty
BtheDemocraticParty
CtheLabourParty
DtheRepublicanParty
答案及题解:
1D,英国历史上最悠久的日报是《泰晤士报》。
2C,泰晤士河位于英格兰。
3A,工业革命最早从英国开始。
4C,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。
5B,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。
6C,《观察家报》创刊于1791年，是英国创刊最早的星期日报纸。
7B,据说BigBen得名于它在1859年修建时候的建造者BenjaminHall。
8B,威尔士位于大不列颠的西部。
首府：
加的夫。
9A,英国最大的海军基地是普茨茅斯。
10C,英国奉行的是两党制。
其两大主要政党是保守党和工党。
1.Canadaistheworld’s____countryintermsoflandarea.
A.largestB.secondlargestC.thirdlargestD.fourthlargest
2Whichofthefollowingpeopledidn’tusetobetheBritishPrimeMinister？
AMargaretThatcherBWinstonChurchillCHoratioNelsonDJohnMajor
3Bytradition，theleaderofthemajoritypartyisappointed_____bytheSovereignintheUnitedKingdom.
APrimeMinisterBMemberofParliament
CLordofappealDSpeakeroftheHouse
4TheToriesweretheforerunnersof_____，whichstillbearsthisnicknametoday.
AtheLabourPartyBtheConservativeParty
CtheLiberalPartyDtheSocialDemocraticParty
5IntheUnitedKingdom，thepartywhichwinsthe____numberofseatsintheHouseofCommonsbecomestheofficialOpposition.
AlargestBsecondlargestCthirdlargestDfourthlargest
6Theterm“Britishdisease”isnowoftenusedtocharacterizeBritain’s_____decline.
ApoliticalBeducationalCmilitaryDeconomic
7The1980swasrememberedasthedecadeof_____.
AglobalizationBnationalizationCprivatizationDcompetition
8Today，inBritain，______iscalleda“sick”industry.
AcoalminingBironandsteelCtextilesDshipbuilding
9ThecapitalcityofCanadais____
AMontrealBTorontoCAlbertDOttawa
10_____createdtheindustrialworkingclass，theproletariat，anditlaterledtotradeunionism.
ATheChartistMovementBTheIndustrialRevolution
CTheFrenchRevolutionDTheGloriousRevolution
练习题答案及题解：
1.B加拿大位于美国以北，是世界上仅次于俄国的第二大国家。
2C，
3A，
4B，托利党是英国保守党的前身。
5B，
6D，现在“英国病”这一术语经常用来指英国经济上的衰退。
7C，
8A，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.D
10B，
∙ 1、Whoamongthefollowingisapoetoffreeverse?
∙
A.RalphWaldoEmerson
∙
B.WaltWhitman
∙
C.HermanMelville
∙
D.TheodoreDreiser
∙2、WhichofthefollowingisnotaworkofEmilyDickinson?
∙
A.IHeardaFlyBuzzWhenIDied
∙
B.TheRaven
∙
C.ThisisMyLettertotheWorld
∙
D.ILiketoSeeitLaptheMIles
∙3、Poe'sfirstcollectionofstoriesis_____.
∙
A.TadesofaTraveler
∙
B.LeatherStockingTales
∙
C.TheCanterburyTales
∙
D.TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesque
2012英语专八人文知识备考练习……
1.St.LawrenceandRiverColumbiaaresharedbyboth____
AAmericaandMexico
BAmericaandCanada
CAmericaandCuba
DAmericaandBrazil
2.EuropeansettlementofAustraliabeganinthelatepartof____whenaBritishpenalcolonywasestablishedontheeastcoastofthecontinent.
Athe16thcentury
Bthe17thcentury
Cthe18thcentury
Dthe19thcentury
3.WhichsportissupposedtobeAmerica’snationalsportandusedtobecall“American’sfavorablepastime”?
Abaseball
Bbasketball
Crugby
Dcricket
4.ThelargestcityinNewZealandis____
AAuckland
BWellington
CChristchurch
DDunedin
5.AfterAdamBede，____wroteTheMillontheFlossandSilasMarnerinwhichmoralproblemsarediscussedandpsychologicalanalysisofcharactersareemphasized.
AGeorgeEliot
BJaneAustin
CGeorgeDickens
DCharlotteBronte
6.AllofthefollowingodesarewrittenbyJohnKeatsEXCEPT____
AOdetoAutumn
BOdetoaNightingale
COdetoaSkylark
DOdeonMelancholy
7.Of____’sfourfamouscomedies，thebestknownisLadyWindermere’sFan.
AOscarWilde
BRichardSheridan
CBernardShaw
DSomersetMaugham
8.Iftheairstreammeetswithnoobstructionwhenasoundispronounced，itisa（n）____
Avoicedconsonant
Bvoicelessconsonant
Cvowel
Dexplosive
9.Theinternationallyacceptedsystemofphonetictranscriptionis____
AI.P.A
BI.A.P.S
CI.S.S
DS.S.I.P
10.Withthe____，LatinwordswereaddedintothevocabularyofthelanguagespokeninBritain.
AinvasionoftheRomans
BChristianizationofBritain
CScandinavianinvasion
DNormanConquest
答案：
BCAAACACAB
2012英语专八人文知识备考练习……
1._____isaforklegendbroughttoEnglandbyAnglo-Saxonsfromtheircontinentalhomes,itisalongpoemofover3000linesandthenationalepicoftheEnglishpeople.
ABeowulf
BsirGawain
CtheCanterburytale
DkingArthurandhisknights
2.ThefatherofEnglishpoetry,theauthorofTroilusandCriseydeisalsotheoneof____.
ARomeoandJuliet
Bthefaeriequeen
CTamburlainc
DtheCanterburytales
3.ThegroupofShakespeareplaysknownas"romance"or"reconciliationplays"is______.
AmerchantofVenice,asyoulikeit
Bthetempest,pericles,thewinter'stale
CRomeoandJuliet,antonymandCleopatra
4.WhichofthefollowingareregardedasShakespeare'sfourgreattragedies?
ARomeoandJuliet,hamlet,Othello,KingLear
BRomeoandJuliet,hamlet,Othello,Macbeth
Chamlet,Othello,KingLear,Macbeth
DRomeoandJuliet,Othello,Macbeth,TimonofAthens
5.WhichofthefollowingisnottheworkofFrancisbacon?
Aadvancementoflearning
Bnewinstrument
Csongsofinnocence
Dessays
6.Atthebeginningof17thcenturyappearedaschoolofpoetscalledmetaphysicsbySamuelJohnson,____isthefounderofmetaphysicalpoetry.
ABenJohnson
BjohnMilton
CjohnBunyan
DjohnDonne
7.DanielDefoeisafamous____.
Apoet
Bnovelist
Cplaywright
Dessayist
8."HehasaservantcalledFriday.""He"inthequotedsentenceisacharacterin______.
AHenryfielding'stomjones
BjohnBunyan'thepilgrim'sprogress
CRichardbrinsleySheridan'stheschoolforscandal
DDanielDefoe'sRobinsonCrusoe
9.Guiiliver'travelwaswrittenby____.
ADanielDefoe
BCharlesdickens
CJonathanswift
DJosephAddison
10.WilliamWordsworthisgenerallyknownasa____poet.
Aromantic
Brealistic
Cnaturalistic
Dneo-classic
答案详解：
1.A
Beowulf是Anglo-Saxon时代留下的重要的古英语文学作品，它被认为是英国的民族史诗。
"sirGawainandthegreenknight","kingArthurandhisknightsoftheroundtable"是中古英语时期的浪漫传奇。
"theCanterburytale"是英国大诗人乔叟的一部诗体短篇小说集。
2.D
乔叟被誉为英国诗歌之父，"TroilusandCriseyde"是他的重要作品之一。
3.D
1608-1612被认为是莎翁的浪漫剧创作时期，包括四部浪漫剧"thetempest"，"pericles"，"thewinter’stale"，"Cymbeline"。
"merchantofVenice"，"asyoulikeit"，"twelfthnight"，"themerrywivesofWindsor"为莎翁的喜剧，"RomeoandJuliet"，"antonymandCleopatra"为悲剧。
4.C
莎翁最杰出的四大悲剧为"hamlet"，"Othello"，"KingLear"，"Macbeth"。
5.C
"songsofinnocence"是英国18世纪末19世纪初浪漫主义诗人WilliamBlake的著作。
6.D
JohnDonne是17世纪玄学派诗人的重要代表人物，BenJohnson是莎翁同时代的剧作家，JohnMilton，JohnBunyan虽都是17世纪著名作家，但作品风格与玄学派大相径庭。
7.B
DanielDefoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记为他赢得了英国小说之父的称号。
8.D
DanielDefoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记中的主人公RobinsonCrusoe有个同伴和仆人叫Friday。
9.C
"Guiiliver’travel"是Jonathanswift一部极具魅力的儿童故事，同时包含深刻的思想内容。
10.A
WilliamWordsworth为英国浪漫派诗人。
2012英语专八人文知识备考练习……
1.ThetraditionaldividinglineinAmericabetween"east"and"west"is_____.
2.TheearliestpartinAmericatobefoundandtakenoverbyearlysettlersis____.
3.ThelargestracialgroupinthewholepopulationofU.S.Ais____.
4.Before2000,thelargestminoritygroupintheUnitedStatesis____.
5.____hastheworld'soldestwrittenconstitutionandpoliticalparty.
6.Theeconomicproblemcausedbythedepressionin1929waseventuallysolvedby____.
7.IntheUnitedStates,primaryeducationrequires____years.
8.MostcollegestudentsintheUnitedStatesarein____institutions.
9.ThethreemainlevelsofcourtsofthefederaljudicialsysteminAmericaare____________.
10._____（whichstate）isnotgovernedbythecommonlaw.
答案及题解：
1.TheMississippiRiver，密西西比河是美国传统的东方和西方的分界线。
2.TheAtlanticandGulfCoastalPlain，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-Hispanicswhite，非西班牙裔的白人是美国最大的种族群体。
4.AfricanAmericans，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.WorldWarII，第二次世界大战的爆发帮助美国走出了经济困境。
7.Sixyears，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：
theUnitedStatesDistrictCourts；theUnited
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