专八人文知识试题

专业英语八级人文知识1.AlloftheGreatLakesaresharedbetweentheUnitedStatesandCanadaEXCEPT(C)A.LakeOntarioB.LakeSuperiorC.LakeMichiganD.LakeErie2.WhichgroupofpeoplecanNotvoteintheBritishgeneralelection?(B)A.memberintheHouseofCommonsB.LordsintheHouseofLordsC.theUKcitizensabovetheageof18D.theUKresidentcitizensoftheIrishRepublic3.WaltWhitmanhelpedtopromotethedevelopmentof(D)A.sonnetB.coupletC.blankverseD.freeverse4.Speechistheprimarymediumoflanguage.5.ThefirstEnglishcolonyinAmericaestablishedinJamestown.6.Inthe1960s,theBeatlesbecameworldfamousandturnedtheirhometownofLiverpoolintoaplaceofpilgrimage.7.TheAnglesandSaxonsaretheancestorsoftheEnglishpeopletoday.8.PrometheusUnboundwaswrittenbyShelly.9.WaltWhitman’sOCaptain!MyCaptain!waswritteninmemorialofLincoln.10.Saussureputsforwardthedistinctionbetweendiachronicstudiesandsynchronicstudies.11.Themajorityofback-formedwordsareverbs.12.Illocutionaryactistheactperformedinsayingsomething;itisanexpressionofthespeaker’sintention.13.WashingtonD.C,capitaloftheUnitedStates,isnamedafterGeorgeWashingtonandChristopherColumbus.14.Englishdidn’tbecametheofficial;languageoftheEnglishuntil14thaftertheHundredYears’War.15.MartinEdenisJackLondon’smasterpieceanditissomewhatautobiographical.16.TheInputHypothesiswasputforwardbyKrashen.17.AseriesofdynasticcivilwarsbetweensupportersoftheHouseofLancasterandtheHouseofYorkinthe15thcenturyarealsoknownasthewarsoftheRoses.18.TheoldestnewspaperinAustraliaisTheSydneyMorningHerald.19.TheGiftoftheMagiwaswrittenbyO’Henry.20.Nouns’verbsandadjectivescanbeclassifiedasopenclasswords.21.WhichofthefollowingsportsoriginatedfromScotland?(A)AGolfBFootballCBasketballDTennis22.TheSecondlargestracialandethnicgroupintheUnitedStatedis(B)AthewhiteBtheHispanicsCChineseDtheBlacls23.MartinLutherKing,Jr.whodeliveredafamousspeechnamedIHAVEADREAMwastheleaderofCivilRightsMovementinUSA.24.WhichofthefollowingisthelargestprovinceinCanada?(A)AQuebecBSaskatchewanCOntarioDBritishColumbia25.RobertLouisStevensonisarepresentativeofNeo-RomanticisminEnglishliterature.26.Bothofphonologyandphoneticsareconcernedwiththestudyofspeechsounds.27.Male/female,married/singleandalive/deadareexamplesofcomplementarity.28.TheSapir-Worfhypothesisisaboutlanguageandthought.29.ThesymbolmarkingthedeclinationoftheBritishEmpireisTHESUEZCANALCRISIS.30.ThecolonistsfirstsettledinSouthAustraliainAustralia.31.Inthe20thcentury,undertheinfluenceofFreud’stheoryofpsycho-analysis,anumberofwritersadoptedthestreamofconsciousnessmethodofnovelwriting.32.Componentialanalysisreferstoanapproachadoptedbystructuralsemanticistsindescribingthemeaningofwordsandphrases.33.SecondLanguageAcquisitionconcentratesoncode.34.ThecomponentsoftheBritishParliament:theHouseofLord,theHouseofCommonsandtheQueen/King.35.QuebecistheonlyCanadianprovincewithapredominantlyFrench-speakingpopulation.36.TheAustralianNationalDayischosentocommemoratethefirstEuropeansettlementofthecontinent.37.TheCatcherintheRyewaswrittenbyJeromeDavidSalinger.38.RichardBrinsleySheridan’sTheSchoolforScandalhasbeencalledagreatcomedyofmanners.39.Thetypeoflanguagewhichisselectedasappropriatetoatypeofsituationisaregister.40.QuantityMaximmeansthatinconversationweshouldbeasinformativeasrequired.41.Canadaisthesecondlargestcountryintheword.42.GeorgeOrwell’sNineteenEighty-Fourisconsideredasananti-utopiannovel.43.ToniMorrisonisthefirstAmericanblackwomanwriterwhowontheNobelPrizeforLiterature.1.TheOldManandtheSeaisoneofthegreatworksby____AJackLondonBCharlesDickensCSamuelColeridgeDErnestHemingway2.InwhichnovelcanYahoobefound?AJohnBunyan'sPilgrim'sProgressBEdmundSpencer'sTheFaerieQueenCJonathanSwift'sGulliver'sTravelsDHenryFielding'sTomJones3.TheCatcherintheRyeiswrittenby____AJ.D.SalingerBJackLondonCFlanneryO'ConnorDSaulBellow4.Theimageofthefamoushenpeckedhusbandiscreatedby____AWashingtonIrvingBFennimoreCooperCEdithWhartonDWilliamDeanHowells5.TheliteraryspokesmanoftheJazzisoftenthoughttobe____AO'NeilBPoundCRobertFrostDScottFitzgerald6.____isthemostimportantpersonofthetranscendentalclub.AHawthornBWhitmanCEmersonDHemingway7.ThemainthemeofEmilyDickinsonisthefollowingexcept____AfridendshipBloveandmarriageClifeanddeathDwarandpeace8.RobertFrostisafamous____AnovelistBplaywrightCpoetDliterarycritic9.DoverBeachiswrittenby____ARobertBrowningBAlfredTennysonCMathewArnoldDDylanThomas10.Theperiodfrom1865-1914hasbeenreferredtoasthe____intheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.AAgeofRealismBAgeofClasicalismCAgeofRomanticismDAgeofRenaissance答案详解：1.D《老人与海》是海明威的作品。2.CJonathanSwift的Gulliver'sTravels（《格列弗游记》）中yahoo暗指人类，集人类丑陋面于一身，服务于动物的一类生物。3.ATheCatcherintheRye（《麦田里的守望者》）是J.D.Salinger（J.D.赛琳格）的名著。4.Ahenpeckedhusband是指“怕老婆的男人”，改典型形象出自WashingtonIrving的RipVanWinkle。5.D二十世纪出现JazzAge，这一代的年轻人物欲膨胀，沉迷酒色。ScottFitzgerald的GreatGatsby《了不起的盖茨比》根据时代特征，对深深讽刺了所谓的美国梦。6.CEmerson是超验主义的重要代表，所著Nature《论自然》代表了他的哲学观。7.DEmilyDickinson（1709-1784），美国女诗人，终生未嫁。主要诗歌包括：ICouldNotStoforDeath还有，I'mNobody.WhoAreYou?诗歌主题为：爱情，自然，友谊，死亡与不朽。8.CRobertFrost是十九世纪的美国诗人，后因父亲过世已经英国，在新英格兰享有很高名望。主要作品有：TheRoadNotTaken，MendingWall。9.CDoverBeach（《多弗的海滩》）是MathewArnold的作品。10