英语专业八级人文常识含答案.docx

英语专业八级人文常识含答案.docx

《英语专业八级人文常识含答案.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《英语专业八级人文常识含答案.docx（16页珍藏版）》请在冰点文库上搜索。

英语专业八级人文常识含答案

GeneralKnowledge

Unit1

1.TheEnglishCivilWarsbrokeoutinthe___________.

A.1630sB.1640sC.1650sD.1660s

2.TheWorldBankislocatedin___________oftheUnitedStates.

A.WashingtonB.NewYorkCityC.HoustonD.Chicago

3.___________isthecapitalcityofOntario,whichisalsothemulticultural,entertainment,financial,andbusinesscapitalofCanada.

A.OttawaB.TorontoC.QuebecD.Montreal

4.ItisinFebruary___________thatcamethehistoricvisitofNixontoChina.DuringthevisitSino-AmericaJointCommuniquewassigned,whichagreedonthefactthattherewasonlyonelegalgovernmentinChina,thatofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.,

A.1971B.1972C.1979D.1981

5.EnglishRomanticismisgenerallyconsideredtohavebegunin1798withthepublicationofajointvolumeofpoetry,LyricalBallads,writtenby___________andSamuelTaylorColeridge.

A.JohnKeatsB.GeorgeByron

C.WilliamWordsworthD.WilliamBlake

6.___________isarepresentativenovelistoftheJazzAge.

A.DosPassosB.F.ScottFitzgerald

C.ErnestHemingwayD.GertrudeStein

7.___________isapoemconcernedwiththespiritualbreakupofamodemcivilizationinwhichhumanlifehaslostitsmeaning,significanceandpurpose.

A.TheWasteLandB.ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard

C.TheRimeoftheAncientMarinerD.PrometheusUnbound

8.Thedescriptionofalanguageatsomepointinhistoryiscalleda___________study.

A.prescriptiveB.synchronicC.descriptiveD.diachronic

9.Whichofthefollowingisaninflectionalaffix?

A.un-B.over-C.-tionD.-ing

10.Thetheoryofcooperativeprincipleisproposedby___________.

A.AustinB.SearleC.GriceD.Sapir

Unit2

1.Beginningin1929,theGreatDepressionwhichcausedamajorworldwidedepressionfirstbeganin___________.

A.TheUnitedStatesB.Britain

C.GermanyD.France

2.CommonSenseisapamphletwrittenby___________.

A.ThomasMoreB.FrancisBaconC.JohnLockeD.ThomasPaine

3.ThecapitalofAustraliais___________.

A.MelbourneB.CanberraC.SydneyD.NewSouthWales

4.TheDomesdayBookisasurveyofEngland’sproductivecapacitysimilartoamoderncensuscommissionedunder___________’srule.

A.AlfredtheGreatB.ElizabethI

C.HenryIID.WilliamI

5.___________isNOTanEnglishplaywright.

A.WilliamShakespeareB.BenJohnson

C.SamuelBeckettD.WilliamGolding

6.___________istheauthorofTheScarletLetter,anovelconcernedwiththelifeofPuritansinearlyAmerica.

A.EdgarAllanPoeB.JamesFenimoreCooper

C.NathanielHawthorneD.FrederickDouglass

7.___________imitatedthecharacteristicsofancientRomanwriters,includingHorace,Virgil,Cicero,etc.

A.Neo-classicismB.ModernismC.NaturalismD.Realism

8.Thefactthatdifferentlanguageshavedifferentwordsforthesameobjectisagoodillustrationofthe___________featureoflanguage.

A.dualityB.displacementC.arbitrarinessD.productivity

9.Whattypeofsentenceis“Jimhasfailedintheexamthoughhehasbeenworkinghard.”?

A.Asimplesentence.B.Acoordinatesentence.

C.Acomplexsentence.D.Noneoftheabove.

10.Languageacquisitiondevice（LAD）wasproposedby___________.

A.SapirB.SaussureC.ChomskyD.Halliday

Unit3

1.WhicharethetwomajorpartiesinBritainnow?

A.TheConservativeandtheLabour.B.TheLiberalandtheLabour.

C.TheDemocraticandtheConservative.D.TheDemocraticandtheLiberal.

2.“TheStar-SpangledBanner”isthenational___________oftheUnitedStates.

A.anthemB.flagC.emblemD.bothBandC

3.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisthecapitalofNewZealand?

A.Christchurch.B.Dunedin.C.Auckland.D.Wellington.

4.IntheSevenYearsWarbetweenEnglandandFrance,FrenchweredrivenoutoftheNorthAmericanContinentandtheFrenchcolonyinCanadawasreorganizedastheBritishprovince:

___________in1763.

A.OntarioB.QuebecC.NovaScotiaD.Newfoundland

5.___________compiledthefirstEnglishdictionary,ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.

A.SamuelJohnsonB.WalterScottC.JamesBoswellD.NoahWebster

6.TheJungleisanovelby___________whichexposedthecorruptionoftheAmericanmeat-packingindustryduringtheearly20thcentury,andwasconsideredasarepresentativemuckrakingnovel.

A.UptonSinclairB.TheodoreDreiser

C.SinclairLewisD.FrankNorris

7.___________isanarrativetechniquethatpresentsthoughtsasiftheywerecomingdirectlyfromacharacter’smindwithoutanyconsiderationofordersofevents.

A.MonologueB.Allusion

C.Stream-of-consciousnessD.Psychologicalpenetration

8.Thestudyofhowsoundsareputtogetherandusedtoconveymeaningincommunicationis___________.

A.phoneticsB.phonologyC.morphologyD.semantics

9.Thesenserelationshipbetweenanimalandhorseis___________.

A.hyponymyB.homonymyC.polysemyD.synonymy

10.WhichofthefollowingisNOTacompoundword?

A.landladyB.greenhouseC.upliftD.unacceptable

Unit4

1.IntheUnitedStates,theThanksgivingDayisthe___________ThursdayofNovember.

A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.fourth

2.InBritain,___________becametheculturalcentrefortheyouthsandwasthebirthplaceoftheBeetles.

A.LondonB.GlasgowC.ManchesterD.Liverpool

3.AmongthepoliticalpartiesinIreland,whichisNOTamongthethreebiggestones?

A.TheDemocraticSocialist.B.TheLaborParty.

C.FiannaFail.D.FineGael.

4.___________isthecapitalofWales.

A.BelfastB.BirminghamC.SussexD.Cardiff

5.___________istheauthorofTotheLighthouse,alandmarknovelofmodernismwhichskillfullyappliesthetechniqueofstream-of-consciousnessinthenarration.

A.JamesJoyceB.VirginiaWoolfC.HenryJamesD.JohnFowles

6.In1935,ErnestHemingwaywrote:

“AllmodernAmericanliteraturecomesfromonebookby___________called‘HuckleberryFinn.’Therewasnothingbefore.Andtherehasbeennothingasgoodsince.”

A.WilliamDeanHowellsB.TheodoreDreiser

C.WashingtonIrvingD.MarkTwain

7.“Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood/AndsorryIcouldnottravelboth/Andbeonetraveler,longIstood/AndlookeddownoneasfarasIcould/Towhereitbentintheundergrowth.”Theselinesarethefirststanzaofapoemby___________.

A.RobertFrostB.WallaceStevens

C.T.S.EliotD.CarlSandburg

8.___________isthestudyoflanguageinrelationtosociety.

A.HistoricallinguisticsB.Psycholinguistics

C.SemanticsD.Sociolinguistics

9.ThedesignfeaturesofhumanlanguageincludethefollowingEXCEPT___________

A.dualityB.productivityC.performanceD.arbitrariness

10.TheInputHypothesiswasputforwardby___________.

A.SaussureB.Krashen

C.NoamChomskyD.M.A.K.Halliday

Unit5

1.Whichofthefollowingkings（orqueens）wasNOTasovereignoftheTudordynasty?

A.HenryVII.B.JamesI.C.EdwardVI.D.ElizabethI.

2.InAustralia,legislativepowerisvestedintheCommonwealthParliament,whichconsistsofthefollowingEXCEPT___________.

A.theQueenB.thePresident

C.theSenateD.theHouseofRepresentative

3.TheheadofstateofNewZealandis___________.

A.thePresidentB.Governor-General

C.QueenElizabethIID.thePrimeMinister

4.___________isknownastheautomobilecapitaloftheworld.

A.DetroitB.ColoradoC.DenverD.Chicago

5.___________isNOTa19thcenturyEnglishnovelist.

A.JaneAustenB.GeorgeEliotC.CharlesDickensD.D.H.Lawrence

6.___________istheauthorofWalden,orLifeintheWoods,amajorworkofAmericanTranscendentalism.

A.RalphWaldoEmersonB.HenryDavidThoreau

C.HenryWadsworthLongfellowD.HarrietBeecherStowe

7.RichardWright,___________andJamesBaldwinarethethreeleadingcharactersoftheHarlemRenaissance.

A.JamesLangstonHughesB.PaulLaurenceDunbar

C.FrederickDouglassD.AliceWalker

8.Thefatherofmodernlinguisticsis___________.

A.SaussureB.JohnAustinC.NoamChomskyD.Halliday

9.Whichofthefollowingwordscontainsaninflectionalmorpheme?

A.wearyB.talkingC.carefulD.manifestation

10.ThethreemetafunctionsoflanguageproposedbyHallidayincludethefollowingEXCEPT__________.

A.ideationalB.interpersonalC.recreationalD.textual

Unit6

1.Canadaistheworld’s___________largestcountryafterRussia.

A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.fourth

2.OfalltheuniversitiesintheUnitedStates,___________istheoldestone.

A.PrincetonB.HarvardC.YaleD.Stanford

3.InBritain,ParliamentconsistsoftheHouseofLords,theHouseofCommons,and___________.

A.theLabourPartyB.thePrimeMinister

C.theLordChancellorD.theMonarch

4.In___________thenationalanthemofAustraliawaschangedfromGodSavetheQueentorevisedpatrioticsongcalledAdvanceAustraliaFair.

A.1946B.1965C.1972D.1984

5.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManisthefirstnovelof___________.

A.HenryJamesB.JamesJoyceC.GeorgeOrwellD.NormanMailer

6.___________isanovelbySaulBellow,theNobelPrizewinnerin1976.

A.TheFamilyMoskatB.OntheRoad

C.HerzogD.TheThinRedLine

7.___________isapoembytheLakePoets.

A.DonJuanB.OdeonaGrecianUrn

C.PrometheusUnboundD.TheExcursion

8.WhichofthefollowingisNOTafricativeinEnglish?

A.[z]B.[d]C.[f]D.[v]

9.Thewordsmogwhichcomesfromsmokeandfogisa（n）___________

A.blendingB.acronymC.derivationD.compounding

10.AccordingtoAustin,whichofthefollowingutterancescanberegardedasaperformative?

A.Theseaisbeautiful.

B.Ibetyousixpenceitwillraintomorrow.

C.Jimisrunningalongtheroad