专八人文知识试题

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1、专业英语八级人文知识1.AlloftheGreatLakesaresharedbetweentheUnitedStatesandCanadaEXCEPT(C)A.LakeOntarioB.LakeSuperiorC.LakeMichiganD.LakeErie2.WhichgroupofpeoplecanNotvoteintheBritishgeneralelection?(B)A.memberintheHouseofCommonsB.LordsintheHouseofLordsC.theUKcitizensabovetheageo

2、f18D.theUKresidentcitizensoftheIrishRepublic3.WaltWhitmanhelpedtopromotethedevelopmentof(D)A.sonnetB.coupletC.blankverseD.freeverse4.Speechistheprimarymediumoflanguage.5.ThefirstEnglishcolonyinAmericaestablishedinJamestown.6.Inthe1960s,theBeatlesbecameworldfamousandtur

3、nedtheirhometownofLiverpoolintoaplaceofpilgrimage.7.TheAnglesandSaxonsaretheancestorsoftheEnglishpeopletoday.8.PrometheusUnboundwaswrittenbyShelly.9.WaltWhitman’sOCaptain!MyCaptain!waswritteninmemorialofLincoln.10.Saussureputsforwardthedistinctionbetweendiachronicstudi

4、esandsynchronicstudies.11.Themajorityofback-formedwordsareverbs.12.Illocutionaryactistheactperformedinsayingsomething;itisanexpressionofthespeaker’sintention.13.WashingtonD.C,capitaloftheUnitedStates,isnamedafterGeorgeWashingtonandChristopherColumbus.14.Englishdidn’tbe

5、cametheofficial;languageoftheEnglishuntil14thaftertheHundredYears’War.15.MartinEdenisJackLondon’smasterpieceanditissomewhatautobiographical.16.TheInputHypothesiswasputforwardbyKrashen.17.AseriesofdynasticcivilwarsbetweensupportersoftheHouseofLancasterandtheHouseofYorki

6、nthe15thcenturyarealsoknownasthewarsoftheRoses.18.TheoldestnewspaperinAustraliaisTheSydneyMorningHerald.19.TheGiftoftheMagiwaswrittenbyO’Henry.20.Nouns’verbsandadjectivescanbeclassifiedasopenclasswords.21.WhichofthefollowingsportsoriginatedfromScotland?(A)AGolfBFootbal

7、lCBasketballDTennis22.TheSecondlargestracialandethnicgroupintheUnitedStatedis(B)AthewhiteBtheHispanicsCChineseDtheBlacls23.MartinLutherKing,Jr.whodeliveredafamousspeechnamedIHAVEADREAMwastheleaderofCivilRightsMovementinUSA.24.WhichofthefollowingisthelargestprovinceinCa

8、nada?(A)AQuebecBSaskatchewanCOntarioDBritishColumbia25.RobertLouisStevensonisarepresentativeofNeo-RomanticisminEnglis