年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案1.Thestudyof__isSyntax.AtextualorganizationBsentencestructuresCwordformationDlanguagefunctions2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTadistinctivefeatureofhumanlanguage?AarbitrarinessBproductivityCculturaltransmissionDfiniteness3.Thespeechacttheorywasfirstputforwardby__.4.ThecapitalcityofCanadais__.AMontrealBOttawaCVancouverDYork5.U.S.presidentsnormallyservea(an)__term.Aeight-yearBfour-yearCsix-yearDtwoyear6.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisNOTlocatedintheNortheast,U.S.AHustonBBaltimoreCPhiladelphiaDBoston7.ThestatechurchinEnglandis__.8.ThenovelEmmaiswrittenby__.AJaneAustenBElizabeth9.WhichofthefollowingisnotaRomanticPoet?AWilliamWordsworthBPercyB.ShelleyCGeorgeG.ByronDGeorgeEliot10.WilliamSidneyPorter,knownasO.Henry,ismostfamousfor__.AhispoemBhisplaysCHisnovelsDhisshortstoriesKEYS:1-5BDBBB6-10ADADD年英语专业八级人文知识试题及答案PARTIIIGEBERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)Therearetenmultiple-choicequestionsinthissection.MarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO.31ThefullofficialnameofAustraliaisA.TheRepublicofAustralia.B.TheUnionofAustralia.C.TheFederationofAustralia.D.TheCommonwealthofAustralia.32.CanadaiswellknownforallthefollowingEXCEPTA.itsmineralresources.B.itsheavyindustries.C.itsforestresources.D.itsfertileandarableland.33.IntheUnitedStatescommunitycollegeofferA.two-yearprogrammes.B.four-yearprogrammes.C.postgraduatestudies.D.B.A.orB.S.degrees.34.In______,referendainScotlandandWalessetupaScottishparliamentandaWalesassembly.A.B.1946C.1990D.199735.Whichofthefollowingclustersofwordsisanexampleofalliteration?A.Aweakseat.B.Knockandkick.C.Safeandsound.D.Coalandboat.36.WhowroteMrs.Warren?sprofession?A.GeorgeBernardShaw.B.WilliamButlerYeats.C.JohnGalsworthy.D.T.S.Eliot.37.SisterCarriebyTheodoreDreiserisa(n)A.autobiography.B.shortstory.C.poem.D.novel.38.Whichofthefollowingitalicizedpartsisaninflectionalmorpheme?A.Unlock.B.Government.C.Goes.D.Off-stage.39.________isalanguagephenomenoninwhichwordssoundlikewhattheyreferto.A.CollocationB.OnomatopoeiaC.DenotationD.Assimilation40.Thesentence“Closeyourbookandlistentomecarefully!performs〞a(n)_______function.A.interrogativeB.informativeC.performativeD.directivekeys:31-35DBADC36-40ADCBD年英语专业八级真题(word版)人文知识局部31.TheMaoripeoplearenativesofA.Australia.B.Canada.C.Ireland.D.NewZealand.32.TheBritishmonarchistheHeadofA.Parliament.B.State.C.Government.D.Cabinet.33.AmericanscelebrateIndependenceDayonA.July4th.B.October11th.C.May31st.D.September6th.34.CanadaisboundedonthenorthbyA.thePacificOcean.B.theAtlanticOcean.35.WhoistheauthorofTheWasteLana?A.GeorgeBernardShaw.B.W.B.Yeats.C.DylanThomas.D.T.S.Eliot.36.WhichofthefollowingnovelistswroteTheSoundandtheFury?A.WilliamFaulkner.B.ErnestHemingway.37."Thelettucewaslonelywithouttomatoesandcucumbersforcompany"isanexampleofA.exaggeration.B.understatement.C.personification.D.synecdoche.38.InEnglishifawordbeginswitha[l]ora[r],thenthenextsoundmustbeavowel.Thisisa(n)A.assimilationrule.B.sequentialrule.C.deletionrule.D.grammarrule.39.Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofclipping?A.APEC.B.Motel.C.Xerox.D.Disco.40.Thetypeoflanguagewhichisselectedasappropriatetoaparticulartypeof"situationiscalledA.register.B.dialect.C.slang.D.variety.Keys:31-35DBACD36-40ACBDA专八人文知识真题参照答案31.ThenorthernmostpartofGreatBritainis_______.A.NorthernIrelandB.WalesC.EnglandD.Scotland32.Itisgenerallyagreed...
