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.ThecomponentsoftheBriti...