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专八人文知识真题0511年

专八人文知识真题05-11年（附答案）（总12页）

1.______isthecapitalcityofCanada.

A.Vancouver

B.Ottawa

C.Montreal

D.York

2..presidentsnormallyservesa（an）_________term.

A.two-year

B.four-year

C.six-year

D.eight-year

3.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisNOTlocatedintheNortheast,.

A.Huston.

B.Boston.

C.Baltimore.

D.Philadelphia.

4.________isthestatechurchinEngland.

A.TheRomanCatholicChurch.

B.TheBaptistChurch

C.TheProtestantChurch

D.TheChurchofEngland

5.ThenovelEmmaiswrittenby

A.MaryShelley.

B.CharlotteBronte

C.ElizabethC.Gaskell.

D.JaneAusten.

6.WhichoffollowingisNOTaromanticpoet?

A.WilliamWordsworth.

B.GeorgeElliot.

C.GeorgeG.Byron.

D.PercyB.Shelley.

7.WilliamSidneyPorter,knownasO.Henry,ismostfamousfor

A.hispoems.

B.hisplays.

C.hisshortstories.

D.hisnovels

8.Syntaxisthestudyof

A.languagefunctions.

B.sentencestructures.

C.textualorganization.

D.wordformation.

9.WhichofthefollowingisNOTadistinctivefeatureofhumanlanguage?

A.Arbitrariness.

B.Productivity.

C.Culturaltransmission.

D.Finiteness.

10.Thespeechacttheorywasfirstputforwardby

A.JohnSearle.

B.JohnAustin.

C.NoamChomsky.

D.Halliday.

11.ThePresidentsduringtheAmericanCivilWarwas

A.AndrewJackson

B.AbrahamLincoln

C.ThomasJefferson

D.GeorgeWashington

12.ThecapitalofNewZealandis

13.WhowerethenativesofAustriliabeforethearrivaloftheBritishsettlers?

Aborigines

Maori

Indians

Eskimos

14.ThePrimeMinisterinBritainisheadof

ShadowCabinet

Parliament

Opposition

Cabinet

15.Whichofthefollowingwritersisapoetofthe20thcentury?

Dreiser

Joyce

16.ThenovelForWhomtheBellTollsiswrittenby

Fitzgerald

Faulkner

O'Neil

Hemingway

isdefinedasanexpressionofhumanemotionwhichiscondensedintofourteenlines

verse

18.Whatessentiallydistinguishessemanticsandpragmaticsisthenotionof

19.Thewords"kid,child,offspring"areexamplesof

synonyms

synonyms

synonyms

synonyms

20.Thedistinctionbetweenparoleandlanguewasmadeby

21.ThemajorityofthecurrentpopulationintheUKaredecedentsofallthefollowingtribesrespectivelyEXCEPTA.theAnglosB.theCeltsC.theJutesD.theSaxons22.TheHeadofStateofCanadaisrepresentedbyA.theMonarchB.thePresidentC.thePrimeMinisterD.theGovernor-general23.TheDeclarationofIndependencewaswrittenbyA.ThomasJeffersonB.GeorgeWashingtonC.AlexanderHamiltonD.JamesMadison24.TheoriginalinhabitantsofAustraliawereA.theRedIndiansB.theEskimosC.theAboriginesD.theMaoris25.WhichofthefollowingnovelswaswrittenbyEmilyBronte?

A.OliverTwistB.MiddlemarchC.JaneEyreD.WutheringHeights26.WilliamButlerYeatswasa（n）______poetandplaywright.A.AmericanB.CanadianC.IrishD.Australian27.DeathofaSalesmanwaswrittenbyA.ArthurMillerB.ErnestHemingwayC.RalphEllisonD.JamesBaldwin28._______referstothestudyoftheinternalstructureofwordsandtherulesofwordformation.A.PhonologyB.Morphology

C.Semantics

D.Sociolinguistics

29.ThedistinctivefeaturesofaspeechvarietymaybeallthefollowingEXCEPT

A.lexical

B.syntactic

C.phonological

D.psycholinguistic

30.Thewordtailoncereferredto“thetailofahorse”,butnowitisusedtomean“thetailofanyanimal.”Thisisanexampleof

A.wideningofmeaning

B.narrowingofmeaning

C.meaningshift

D.lossofmeaning

31.  ThelargestcityinCanadais

A.Vancouver.

B.Montreal.

C.Toronto

D.Ottawa.

32.  AccordingtotheUnitedStatesConstitution,thelegislativepowerisinvestedin

A.theFederalGovernment.

B.theSupremeCourt.

C.theCabinet.

D.theCongress.

33.  WhichofthefollowingistheoldestsportintheUnitedStates?

A.Baseball.

B.Tennis.

C.Basketball.

D.Americanfootball.

34.  TheheadoftheexecutivebranchinNewZealandis

A.thePresident.

B.theGovernor-General.

C.theBritishmonarch,

D.thePrimeMinister.

35.  TheCanterburyTales,acollectionofstoriestoldbyagroupofpilgrimsontheirwaytoCanterbury,isanimportantpoeticworkby

A.WilliamLangland.

B.GeoffreyChaucer.

C.WilliamShakespeare.

D.AlfredTennyson.

36.  WhowroteTheAmerican

A.HermanMelville.

B.NathanielHawthorne.

C.HenryJames.

D.TheodoreDreiser.

37.  Allofthefollowingarewell-knownfemalewritersin20th-centuryBritainEXCEPT

A.GeorgeEliot.

B.IrisJeanMurdoch.

C.DorisLessing.

D.MurielSpark.

38.  WhichofthefollowingisNOTadesignfeatureofhumanlanguage?

A.Arbitrariness.

B.Displacement.

C.Duality.

D.Diachronicity.

39.  Whattypeofsentenceis“Marklikesfiction,butTimisinterestedinpoetry.”

A.Asimplesentence.

B.Acoordinatesentence.

C.Acomplexsentence.

D.Noneoftheabove.

40.  Thephenomenonthatwordshavingdifferentmeaningshavethesameformiscalled

A.hyponymy.

B.synonymy.

C.polysemy.

D.homonymy.

41.TheHeadofStateofNewZealandisA.thegovernor-general.B.thePrimeMinister.C.thehighcommissioner.D.themonarchoftheUnitedKingdom.

42.ThecapitalofScotlandisA.Glasgow.B.Edinburgh.C.Manchester.D.London.

43.WhowrotetheDeclarationofIndependenceandlaterbecamethe.President?

A.ThomasJefferson.

B.GeorgeWashington.

C.ThomasPaine.

D.JohnAdams.

44.WhichofthefollowingcitiesislocatedontheeasterncoastofAustralia?

A.Perth.B.Adelaide.C.Sydney.D.Melbourne.

45.OdetotheWestWindwaswrittenbyA.WilliamBlake.B.WilliamWordsworth.C.SamuelTaylorColeridge.D.PercyB.Shelley.

46.Whoamongthefollowingisapoetoffreeverse?

A.RalphWaldoEmerson.B.WaltWhitman.C.HermanMelvilleD.TheodoreDreiser.

47.ThenovelSonsandLoverswaswrittenby

A.ThomasHardy.

B.JohnGalsworthy.

C..Lawrence.D.JamesJoyce.

48.ThestudyofthementalprocessesoflanguagecomprehensionandproductionisA.corpuslinguistics.B.sociolinguistics.C.theoreticallinguistics.D.psycholinguistics.

49.AspeciallanguagevarietythatmixeslanguagesandisusedbyspeakersofdifferentlanguagesforpurposesoftradingiscalledA.dialect.B.idiolect.C.pidgin.D.register.

50.Whenaspeakerexpresseshisintentionofspeaking,suchasaskingsomeonetoopenthewindow,heisperformingA.anillocutionaryact.B.aperlocutionaryact.C.alocutionaryact.D.noneoftheabove.

51.WhichofthefollowingstatementsinINCORRECT?

A.TheBritishconstitutionincludestheMagnaCartaof1215.

B.TheBritishconstitutionincludesParliamentaryacts.

C.TheBritishconstitutionincludesdecisionsmadebycourtsoflaw.

D.TheBritishconstitutionincludesonesinglewrittenconstitution.

52.ThefirstcityeverfoundedinCanadais

A.Quebec.

B.Vancouver.

C.Toronto.

D.Montreal.

53.WhendidtheAustralianFederationofficiallycomeintobeing?

A.1770.

B.1788.

C.1900.

D.1901.

54.TheEmancipationProclamationtoendtheslaveryplantationsystemintheSouthofthe.wasissuedby

A.AbrahamLincoln.

B.ThomasPaine.

C.GeorgeWashington.

D.ThomasJefferson.

55.________isbestknownforthetechniqueofdramaticmonologueinhispoems.

A.WillBlake

B..Yeats

C.RobertBrowning

D.WilliamWordsworth

56.TheFinancieriswrittenby

A.MarkTwain.

B.HenryJames.

C.WilliamFaulkner.

D.TheodoreDreiser.

57.Inliteratureastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaningisdefinedas

A.allegory.

B.sonnet.

C.blankverse.

D.rhyme.

58.________referstothelearninganddevelopmentofalanguage.

A.Languageacquisition

B.Languagecomprehension

C.Languageproduction

D.Languageinstruction

59.Theword“Motel”comesfrom“motor+hotel”.Thisisanexampleof________inmorphology.

A.backformation

B.conversion

C.blending

D.acronym

60.Languageisttoolofcommunication.Thesymbol“HighwayClosed”onahighwayserves_______.

A.anexpressivefunction.

B.aninformativefunction.

C.aperformativefunction.

D.apersuasivefunctionhe

61.ThenorthernmostpartofGreatBritainis_____.

A.NorthernIreland

B.Scotland

C.England

D.Wales

62.Itisgenerallyagreedthat______werethefirstEuropeanstoreachAustralia’sshores.

A.TheFrench

B.theGermans

C.theBritish

D.theDutch

63.WhichcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf?

A.Canada

B.NewZealand

C.GreatBritain

D.TheUnitedStatesofAmerica

64.Whowrotethefamouspamphlet,TheCommonSense,BeforetheAmericanRevolution?

A.ThomasJefferson

B.ThomasPaine

C.JohnAdams

D.BenjaminFranklin

65.VirginiaWoolfwasanimportantfemale______inthe20th-centuryEngland.

A.poet

B.biographer

C.playwright

D.novelist

66.______referstoalongnarrativepoemthatrecordstheadventuresofaheroinanation’shistory?

A.Ballad

C.Epic

D.Elegy

67.WhichofthefollowingbestexploresAmericanmythinthe20thcentury?

A.TheGreatGatsby

B.TheSunAlsoRises

C.TheSoundandtheFury

D.BeyondtheHorizon

68._____isdefinedasthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandmind.

A.Semantics

B.Pragmatics

C.Cognitivelinguistics

D.Sociolinguistics

69.AvowelisdifferentfromaconsonantinEnglishbecauseof_____.

A.absenceofobstruction

B.presenceofobstruction

C.mannerofarticulation

D.placeofarticulation

70.Thedefinition“theactofusing,orpromotingtheuseof,severallanguages,eitherbyanindividualspeakerorbyacommunityofspeakers”refersto_____.

A.Pidgin

B.Creole

C.Multilingualism

D.Bilingualism

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