英语专业八级人文知识.doc

1.ThenovelTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnwaswrittenby_____.

A.HenryJamesB.O.HenryC.HarrietBeecherStowerD.MarkTwain

2.Thewordholidayoriginallymeantholyday;butnowthewordsignifiesanydayonwhichwedon’thavetowork.Thisisanexampleof____.

A.meaningshiftB.wideningofmeaningC.narrowingofmeaningD.lossofmeaning

3.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisNOTlocatedintheNortheast,U.S.?

A.HustonB.BaltimoreC.PhiladelphiaD.Boston

4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaRomanticPoet?

A.WilliamWordsworthB.PercyB.ShelleyC.GeorgeG.ByronD.GeorgeEliot

5.Thestudyof____isSyntax.

A.textualorganizationB.sentencestructuresC.wordformationD.languagefunctions

6.ThecapitalcityofCanadais____.

A.MontrealB.OttawaC.VancouverD.York

7.ThelongestriverinBritainis____.

A.SevernB.TeesC.ThamesD.Clyde

8.In____theRomansconqueredGreece.

A.146B.C.B.1200B.C.C.700B.C.D.the5thcentury

9.Inhisinauguralspeech,____saidthat“theonlythingwehavetofearisfearitself”.

A.WoodrowWilsonB.FranklinD.RooseveltC.HarryTrumanD.BenjaminFranklin

10.TheHeadoftheRepresentativesiscalled____.

A.ChancellorB.SpeakerC.ChairmanD.Leader
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1.WhichofthefollowingareregardedasShakespeare’sfourgreattragedies?
ARomeoandJuliet,hamlet,Othello,KingLear
BRomeoandJuliet,hamlet,Othello,Macbeth
Chamlet,Othello,KingLear,Macbeth
DRomeoandJuliet,Othello,Macbeth,TimonofAthens

2.Guiiliver’travelwaswrittenby____.
ADanielDefoe
BCharlesdickens
CJonathanswift
DJosephAddison

3.Thenovelstartswith“itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortune,mustbeinwantofawife.”ThenovelisJaneAusten’____.
AEmma
Bpersuasion
Csenseandsensibility
Dprideandprejudice

4.WhichofthefollowingisnotoneoftheBrontesisters?
ACharlotteBronte
BAnneBronte
CJennyBronte
DEmilyBronte

5.____istheworld’slargestexporteroflambandmutton.
A.NewZealand
B.Australia
C.Canada
D.America

6.Britishprimeministernormallyservesa______term.
A.two-year
B.five-year
C.four-year
D.six-year

7.Semanticsisthestudyof_______.
A.linguisticcompetence
B.languagefunctions
C.meanings
D.socialbe