英语专八考试文化常识辅导2000年教育部《高等学校英语专业高年级教学大纲》规定，高等学校英语专业高年级的教学任务是“继续打好语言基本功，进一步扩大知识面，重点应放在培养英语综合技能，充实文化知识，提高交际能力上”。2005年的英语专业考试依照2004年新版的《高校英语专业八级考试大纲》的有关规定，取消了快速阅读，取而代之的是人文知识，或者叫做文化常识题（GeneralKnowledge）。那么到底这个题型考的是什么题，又有哪些内容呢？英语专业的教学大纲对这一项并没有具体要求，但是八级考试大纲则有以下四点说明：测试要求：1.能基本了解主要英语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化传统等。2.能初步具备英语文学知识。3.能初步具备英语语言学知识。4.考试时间为10分钟。测试形式：多项选择题，共10题。测试范围：主要涉及到三个方面的内容：主要英语国家社会与文化（基本国家概况：地理、政治制度、文化生活、经济4/10）英美文学（作家、作品，文学流派，基本文学概念3/10）英语语言学（词汇学、语义学、语用学、语言学流派、基本概念3/10）Forthewantofanailtheshoewaslost,Forthewantofashoethehorsewaslost,Forthewantofahorsetheriderwaslost,Forthewantofariderthebattlewaslost,Forthewantofabattlethekingdomwaslost,Andallforthewantofahorseshoenail.--BenjaminFranklin失去一颗马蹄钉，可能会失去一个国家；忽略一个细节，你也可能失去整个专八。2008年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题及答案31.ThelargestcityinCanadais___.A.Vancouver.B.Montreal.C.TorontoD.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.theBritishmonarchD.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.Keys:CDABBCADBD2009年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题及答案31.TheHeadofStateofNewZealandis______.A.thegovernor-generalB.thePrimeMinisterC.thehighcommissionerD.themonarchofUnitedKingdom32.ThecapitalofScotlandis______.A.GlasgowB.EdinburghC.ManchesterD.London33.WhowritetheDeclarationofIndependenceandlaterbecametheU.S.President?A.ThomasJeffersonB.GeorgeWashingtonC.ThomasPaineD.JohnAdams34.WhichisthefollowingcitiesislocatedontheeasterncoastofAustralia?A.PerthB.AdelaideC.SydneyD.Melbourne35.OdetotheWestWindwaswrittenby______.A.WillianBlakeB.WillianWordsworthC.SamuelTaylorColeridegeD.PercyByssheShelley36.Whoamongthefollowingisapoetoffreeverse?A.RalphWaldoEmersonB.WaltWhitmanC.HermanMelvilleD.TheodoreDreiser37.ThenovelSonsandLoverswaswrittenby______.A.ThomasHardyB.JohnGalworhtyC.D.H.LawrenceD.JamesJoyce38.Thestudyofmentalprocessesoflanguagecomprehensionandproduction...
