專八2003-2015年人文知識真題及答案

1、2003 年 英語專八人文知識真題31. is not a nationally observed holiday of America.A Christmas B Easter Sunday C Thanksgiving Day D Independence Day32. The university of Dublin was not founded until .A the 19th century B the 18th century C the 17th century D the 16th century33. The introduced old-age pensions in

2、New Zealand in 1898.A Labor Party B Democratic Party C Liberal Party D Conservative Party34. Irish culture experienced a golden age from to .A the eighth century, the eleventh century B the seventh century, the ninth centuryC the sixth century, the eighth century D the ?fth century, the seventh cent

3、ury35. Which of the following writings is not the work by Charles Dickens?A A Tale of Two Cities B Hard TimesC Oliver Twist D Sons and Lovers36. 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 Wi

4、lliams37. is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.A Ernest Hemingway B F. Scott Fitzgerald C William Faulkner D Ezra Pound38. 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 constituentC Syntagmatic

5、 relations D Government39. studies the sound systems in a certain language.A Phonetics B Phonology C Semantics D Pragmatics40. 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

6、 D bilingualism2004 年英語專八人文知識真題41. The following are products imported by Australia from China EXCEPT .A food B textiles C steel products D electronics42. Scots regard as the most important festival in a year.A Near Year's Day B Christmas Day C New Year's Eve D Easter43. The republican movem

7、ent has been gathering momentum in Australia since became Prime Minister in 1992.A John Howard B Bob Hawke C Malcolm Fraser D Paul Keating44. was known for his famous speech "I have a dream".A John F. Kennedy B Martin Luther King, JrC Abraham Lincoln D Thomas Jefferson45. Of all the 18th c

8、entury novelists, was the first to set out, both intheory 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 JohnsonC Oliver Goldsmith D Henry Feilding46. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th c

9、entury American writers, is well known for his .A international theme B waste-land imageryC local color D symbolism47. Hemingway's writing style, together with his theme and the hero, is greatly and permanently influenced by his experiences .A in his childhood B in the war C in America D in Afri

10、ca48. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc. in terms of .A manner of articulation B openness of mouthC place of articulation D voicing49. Which of the following words can correct two clauses in a coordinate sentence?A Through. B When. C But. D If.50. is the smalle

11、st unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content.A Word B Morpheme C Allomorph D Root2005 年英語專八人文知識真題31. is the capital of Canada.A Vancouver B Ottawa C Montreal D York32. U.S. presidents normally serve a (n) term.A two-year B four-year C six-year D eight-year33. Which of

12、the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A Huston. B Boston. CBaltimore. D Philadelphia.34. is the state church in England.A The Roman Catholic Church B The Baptist ChurchC The Protestant Church D The Church of England35. The novel Emma is written by .A Mary Shelley B Charlotte Bro

13、nt? C Elizabeth C. Gaskell D Jane Austen36. Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet?A William Wordsworth. B George Elliot.C George C. Byron. D Percy B. Shelley.37. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for .A his poems B his plays C his short stories D his novels38. Syntax i

14、s the study of .A language functions B sentence structures C textual organization D word formation39. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A Arbitrariness. B Productivity.C Cultural transmission. D Finiteness.40. The speech act theory was first put forward by .A John

15、 Searle B John Austin C Noam Chomsky D M.A.K. Halliday參考答案：BBADA BCBDB2006 年英語專八人文知識真題31. The President during the American Civil War was .A Andrew Jackson B Abraham Lincoln C Thomas Jefferson D George Washington32. The capital of New Zealand is .A Christchurch B Auckland C Wellington D Hamilton33.

16、Who were the natives of Australia 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 B the Parliament C the Opposition D the Cabinet35. Which of the following writers is a poet of t

17、he 20th century?A T. S. Eliot. B D.H. Lawrence. C Theodore Dreiser. D James Joyce.36. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by .A Scott Fitzgerald B William Faulkner C Eugene O'Neill D Ernest Hemingway37. is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.

18、A Free verse B Sonnet C Ode D Epigram38. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of .A reference B meaning C antonymy D context39. The words "kid, child, offspring" are examples of .A dialectal synonyms B stylistic synonymsC emotive synonyms D collocational sy

19、nonyms40. The distinction between parole and langue was made by .A Halliday B Chomsky C Bloomfield D Saussure參考答案BCADA DBDBD2007 年英語專八人文知識真題31. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectivelyEXCEPT .A the Anglos B the Celts C the Jutes D the Sa

20、xons32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by .A the Monarch B the President C the Prime Minister D the Governor-general33. The Declaration of Independence was written by .A Thomas Jefferson B George WashingtonC Alexander Hamilton D James Madison34. The original inhabitants of Australia were

21、 .A the Red Indians B the Eskimos C the Aborigines D the Maoris35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bront?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 Australian37. Death of a S

22、alesman was written by .A Arthur Miller B Ernest HemingwayC Ralph Ellis on D James Baldwin38. refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A PhonologyB MorphologyC SemanticsD Sociolinguistics39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the fol

23、lowing EXCEPT .A lexicalB syntacticC phonological D psycholinguistic40. 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 meaningC meaning shift D loss

24、of meaning參考答案CDACD CABDA2008 年英語專八人文知識真題31. The largest city in Canada is .A. Vancouver B. Montreal C. Toronto D. Ottawa32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in .A. the Federal Government B. the Supreme CourtC. the Cabinet D. the Conress33. Which of the

25、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-GeneralC. the British monarch D. the Prime Minister35. The Caterbury Tales, a collection of stories

26、told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by .A. Willian Langland B. Geoffrey C. William Shakespeare D. Alfred Tennyson36. Who wrote The American?A. Herman Melville. B. Nathaniel Hawthorne. C. Henry James. D. Theodore Dreiser.37. All of the following are wel

27、l-know female writers in 20th-century Britain EXCEPT .A. George Eliot B. Iris Jean Murdoch C. Doris Lessing D. Muriel Spark38. 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

28、 fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry"?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參考答案BCADBBDACD2009 年英語專八人文知識真題4

29、1. The Head of State of New Zealand is .A the governor-general B the Prime MinisterC the high commissioner D the monarch of the United Kingdom.42. The capital of Scotland is .A Glasgow B Edinburgh C Manchester D London43. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President?

30、A Thomas Jefferson. B George Washington. C Thomas Paine. D John Adams.44. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia?A Perth. B Adelaide. C Sydney. D Melbourne.45. Ode to the West Wind was written by .A William Blake B William WordsworthC Samuel Taylor Coleridge D Per

31、cy B. Shelley46. Who among the following is a poet of free verse?A Ralph Waldo Emerson. B Walt Whitman.C Herman Melville. D Theodore Dreiser.47. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by .A Thomas Hardy B John Galsworthy C D.H. Lawrence D James Joyce48. The study of the mental processes of language c

32、omprehension and production is .A corpus linguistics B sociolinguisticsC theoretical linguistics D psycholinguistics49. 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 register50. When a

33、 speaker expresses his intention 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答案31. D the monarch of the United Kingdom 32 、 B Edinburgh. 33、 AThomas Jefferson. 34、 C Sydney 35、 D Percy

34、B. Shelley36、 B Walt Whitman. 37 、 C D.H. Lawrence. 38、 D psycholinguistics. 39、 C pidgin. 40、 A an illocutionary act.2010 年英語專八人文知識真題32. Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. the British Constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215B. the British Constitution includes Parliamentary actsC. the Brit

35、ish Constitution includes decisions made by courts of law答案D： The British Constitution includes one single written constitution33. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec B. Vancouver C. Toronto D. Montreal答案A： Quebec34. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. B. 1

36、788C. 1900D. 1901答案D： 190135. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the plantation slavery in the south of US was issued byA. Abraham Lincoln B. Thomas Paine C. George Washington D. Thomas Jefferson答案A： Abraham Lincoln36. Who was best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems?A. Will

37、 Blake B. W.B.Yeats C. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth答案C： Robert Browning37. The Financier was written byA. Mark Twain B. Henry James C.答案D： Theodore Dreiser38. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined asA. allegory B. sonnet C. blank verse D. rhyme答案A： Allegor

38、y39. refers to the learning and development of a languageA. language acquisition B. language comprehension C. language production D. language introduction答案A： language acquisition40. The word “ motel ” comes from “ motor hotel ” . This is an example of “ , ” in morphology.A. backformation B. convers

39、ion C. blending D. acronym答案C： blending41. Language is tool of communication, the symbol “ highway closed” servesA. B.C. a performative function D. a persuasive function答案 B： informative function2011 年英語專八人文知識真題31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is .A. Northern IrelandB. WalesC. EnglandD. Sc

40、otlandTIP：選D。英國最北端是蘇格蘭。32. It is generally agreed that were the first Europeans to reach Australia'sshores.A. the FrenchB. the GermansC. the BritishD. the DutchTIP：選D。 1606 年，荷蘭航海家Willem Janszoon 在約克角西岸登陸澳洲。1770 年，英國人庫克船長登上澳洲大陸并宣布它為英國領土。33. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?A. Can

41、ada. B. New Zealand.C. Great Britain.D. The United States of America.TIP：選A。加拿大被譽為“楓葉之國”。34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the AmericanRevolution?A. Thomas Jefferson. B. Thomas Paine. C. John Adams. D. Benjamin Franklin.TIP：選B。 常識是托馬斯?潘恩在美國革命之前撰寫的。35. Virginia Woolf was an

42、important female in the 20th-century England.A. poet B. biographer C. playwrightD. novelistTIP：選D。弗吉尼亞?伍爾芙是英國著名小說家，第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，她是倫敦文學界的核心人物。36. refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in anation's history.A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. ElegyTIP：選C。 epic是“史詩、敘事詩”的意思。3

43、7. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century?A. The Great Gatsby. B. The Sun Also Rises. C. The Sound and the Fury.D. Beyond the Horizon.TIP：選A。 天邊外是尤金?奧尼爾的著名戲劇作品，太陽照常升起是海明威的代表作， 喧嘩與騷動則是?？思{的代表作。了不起的蓋茨比的作者是菲茨杰拉德的作品， 反映了美國20 世紀 20 年代到 30 年代的社會現(xiàn)實，對美國神話進行了另類詮釋和解讀。38. is defi

44、ned as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A. SemanticsB. Pragmatics C. Cognitive linguisticsD. Sociolinguistics TIP：選C。認知語言學認為，語言的創(chuàng)建、學習及運用，基本上都必須能夠通過人類的認知而加以解釋，因為認知能力是人類知識的根本。39. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of .A. absence of obstruction B. presence o

45、f obstructionC. manner of articulation D. place of articulationTIP：選A。輔音主要是從肺部呼出的氣流在通過口腔或鼻腔時遇到阻礙而發(fā)出的音，元音的發(fā)音與之最大的區(qū)別就是不受阻礙，不產生摩擦。40. The definition "the act of using or promoting the use of several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers" refers to .A. Pidgin

46、 B. Creole C. Multilingualism D. BilingualismTIP：選C。 Multilingualism 的意思是“多語現(xiàn)象、多語制”。2012 年英語專八人文知識真題41. The Maori people are natives ofA. Australia. B. Canada. C. Ireland. D. New Zealand.42. The British monarch is the Head ofA. Parliament. B. State. C. Government. D. Cabinet.43. Americans celebrate

47、Independence Day onA. July 4th. B. October 11th. C. May 31st. D. September 6th.44. Canada is bounded on the north byA. the Pacific Ocean. B. the Atlantic Ocean. C. the Arctic Ocean. D. the Great Lakes.45. Who is the author of The Waste Lana?A. George Bernard Shaw. B. W.B. Yeats. C. Dylan Thomas. D.

48、T.S. Eliot.46. Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury?A. William Faulkner. B. Ernest Hemingway. C. Scott Fitzgerald. D. John Steinbeck.47. "The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company" is an example ofA. exaggeration. B. understatement. C. perso

49、nification. D. synecdoche.48. In English ifa 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.49. Which of the following is an example of clipping?A.APEC. B.Motel. C.Xerox. D.Disco.50. The type o

50、f language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of" situation is calledA. register. B. dialect. C. slang. D. variety參考答案31. D. New Zealand 32. B. state 33. A. July 4th 34. C. the Arctic Ocean 35. D. T.S.Eliot36. A. William Faulkner 37. C. personification 38. B. sequential rule

51、39. D. Disco 40. A. registerKeys: 31. 澳大利亞的全稱是：the commonwealth of Austrilia 32. 加拿大以什么著稱，除了什么以外(礦產、森林、肥沃的土地)。答案選the heavy industries. 33. 美國社區(qū)大學一般提供 two-year 制課程34. 1997 年蘇格蘭、威爾斯全民公決各自有了自己的議會35. 哪一個是頭韻法，答案：safe and sound 36 誰寫的 Mrs. Warren's Profession ， 答案是： George Bernard Shaw 37Sister Carrie

52、是神馬東東，答案：novel38 下面哪一個斜體部分為曲折語素，答案goes里面的 es 39 聽其音，知其意是神馬東東，答案：擬音Onomatopoeia 40 “關上課本，認真聽我講”起的啥作用，答案：directive201431. Which of the following is the French-speaking city in Canada?A. Vancouver B. Ottawa C. Montreal D. Toronto32. Which of the following are natives of New Zealand?A. The Maoris B. The

53、 Aboriginals C. The Red Indians D. The Eskimos33. The established or national church in England isA. the Roman Catholic Church B. the United Reformed ChurchC. the Anglican Church D. the Methodist Church34. The 13 former British colonies in North America declared independence from Great Britain inA. 1774 B. 1775 C. 1776 D. 177735. “ Grace under pressure” is an outstanding virtue of heroes.A. Scott Fitzgerald s B. Ernest Hemingway s C. Eugene O Neill s D. William Faulkner s 36. Widowers House was written byA. William Butler Yeats B. George Bernard Shaw C. John Galsworthy D. T.