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1、专 业 英 语 八 级 人 文 知 识 1.All of the Great Lakes are shared between the United States andCanada EXCEPT(C)A.Lake Ontario B.Lake Superior C.Lake Michigan D.LakeErie2.Which group of people can Not vote in the British generalelection?(B)A.member in the House of CommonsB.Lords in the House of LordsC.the UK c
2、itizens above the age of 18D.the UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic3.Walt Whitman helped to promote the development of(D)A.sonnet B.couplet C.blank verse D.free verse4.Speech is the primary medium of language.5.The first English colony in America established in Jamestown.6.In the 1960s,the B
3、eatles became world famous and turned theirhometown of Liverpool into a place of pilgrimage.7.The Angles and Saxons are the ancestors of the English peopletoday.8.Prometheus Unbound was written by Shelly.9.Walt Whitmans O Captain!Captain!was written inmemorial of Lincoln.10.Saussure puts forward the
4、 distinction between diachronicstudies and synchronic studies.11.The majority of back-formed words are verbs.12.Illocutionary act is the act performed in saying something;it isan expression of the speakers intention.13.Washington D.C,capital of the United States,is named afterGeorge Washington and C
5、hristopher Columbus.14.English didnt became the official;language of the English until14th after the Hundred Years War.15.Martin Eden is Jack Londons masterpiece and it is somewhatautobiographical.16.The Input Hypothesis was put forward by Krashen.17.A series of dynastic civil wars between supporter
6、s of the Houseof Lancaster and the House of York in the 15th century are alsoknown as the wars of the Roses.18.The oldest newspaper in Australia is The Sydney MorningHerald.19.The Gift of the Magi was written by O Henry.20.Nouns verbs and adjectives can be classified as open classwords.21.Which of t
7、he following sports originated from Scotland?(A)A Golf B Football C Basketball D Tennis22.The Second largest racial and ethnic group in the United Statedis(B)A the white B the Hispanics C Chinese D the Blacls23.Martin Luther King,Jr.who delivered a famous speech named IHAVE A DREAM was the leader of
8、 Civil Rights Movement in USA.24.Which of the following is the largest province in Canada?(A)A Quebec B Saskatchewan C Ontario D BritishColumbia25.Robert Louis Stevenson is a representative ofNeo-Romanticism in English literature.26.Both of phonoloqy and phonetics are concerned with the studyof spee
9、ch sounds.27.Male/female,married/single and alive/dead are examples ofcomplementaritv28.The Sapir-Worf hypothesis is about lanquaoe and thouqht.29.The symbol marking the declination of the British Empire is THESUEZ CANAL CRISIS.30.The colonists first settled in South Australia in Australia.31.In the
10、 20th century,under the influence of Freuds theory ofpsycho-analysis,a number of writers adopted the stream ofconsciousness method of novel writing.32.Comionential analysis refers to an approach adopted bystructural semanticists in describing the meaning of words andphrases.33.Second Language Acquis
11、ition concentrates on code.34.The components of the British Parliament:the House of Lord,the House of Commons and the Queen/King.35.Quebec is the only Canadian province with a predominantlyFrench-speaking population.36.The Australian National Day is chosen to commemorate the firstEuropean settlement
12、 of the continent.37.The Catcher in the Rye was written by Jerome David Salinqer.38.Richard Brinsley Sheridans The School for Scandal has beencalled a great comedy of manners.39.The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a typeof situation is a register.40.Quamitv Maxim means that in c
13、onversation we should be asinformative as required.41.Canada is the second largest country in the word.42.George Orwells Nineteen Eiqhtv-Four is considered as ananti-utopian novel.43.Toni Morrison is the first American black woman writer who wonthe Nobel Prize for Literature.1.The Old Man and the Se
14、a is one of the great works byA Jack London B Charles Dickens C Samuel Coleridge D ErnestHemingway2.In which novel can Yahoo be found?A John Bunyans Pilgrims ProgressB Edmund Spencers The Faerie QueenC Jonathan Swifts Gullivers TravelsD Henry Fieldings Tom Jones3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by
15、A J.D.Salinger B Jack London C Flannery OConnor D Saul Bellow4.The image of the famous henpecked husband is createdby_A Washington Irving B Fennimore Cooper C Edith Wharton DWilliam Dean Howells5.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to beA ONeil B Pound C Robert Frost DScott Fitzgeral
16、d6.is the most important person of the transcendental club.A Hawthorn B Whitman C Emerson D Hemingway7.The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following exceptA fridendship B love and marriage C life and death D war andpeace8.Robert Frost is a famousA novelist B playwright C poet D literary critic9
17、.Dover Beach is written byA Robert Browning B Alfred Tennyson C Mathew Arnold D DylanThomas10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the inthe literary history of the United States.A Age of Realism B Age of Clasicalism C Age of Romanticism DAge of Renaissance答 案 详 解:1.D 老 人 与 海 是 海 明 威 的
18、作 品。2.C Jonathan Swift 的 Gullivers Travels(格 列 弗 游 记)中 yahoo暗 指 人 类,集 人 类 丑 陋 面 于 一 身,服 务 于 动 物 的 一 类 生 物。3.A The Catcher in the Rye(麦 田 里 的 守 望 者)是 J.D.Salinger(J.D.赛 琳 格)的 名 著。4.A henpecked husband是 指 怕 老 婆 的 男 人”,改 典 型 形 象 出 自 Washington Irving 的 Rip Van Winkle。5.D 二 十 世 纪 出 现 Jazz A g e,这 一 代 的
19、年 轻 人 物 欲 膨 胀,沉 迷 酒 色。Scott Fitzgerald的 Great Gatsby 了 不 起 的 盖 茨 比 根 据 时 代 特 征,对 深 深 讽 刺 了 所 谓 的 美 国 梦。6.C Emerson是 超 验 主 义 的 重 要 代 表,所 著 Nature 论 自 然 代 表 了 他 的 哲 学 观。7.D Emily Dickinson(1709-1784),美 国 女 诗 人,终 生 未 嫁。主 要 诗 歌 包 括:I Could Not Sto for Death 还 有,Im Nobody.Who Are You?诗 歌 主 题 为:爱 情,自 然,友
20、谊,死 亡 与 不 朽。8.C Robert Frost是 十 九 世 纪 的 美 国 诗 人,后 因 父 亲 过 世 已 经 英 国,在 新 英 格 兰 享 有 很 高 名 望。主 要 作 品 有:The Road Not Taken,Mending Wall。9.C Dover Beach(多 弗 的 海 滩)是 Mathew Arnold的 作 品。10.A 1865-1914,也 就 是 美 国 内 战 结 束 之 后,第 一 次 世 界 大 战 爆 发 之 前。这 个 时 候 涌 现 的 作 家,比 如 Mark Twain刻 画 出 美 国 经 济 政 治 发 展 引 发 的 社
21、会 现 实 问 题,包 括“Gold Rush”。1.is the home of golf.A England B Scotland C Wales D Ireland2.Which of the foilwing languages is NOT spoken in Scotland?A English B Scottish C Gaelic D Denish3.The election o f made Margaret Thatcher to power and shebecame the first woman prime minister.A 1979 B 1980C 1982 D
22、 19924.To its full sense,the British Parliament consist ofA the House Lord and the House of CommonsB the House and the SenateC the Queen and the Hosue of LordsD the Sovereign,the House of Lords and the House of Commons5.The Tower of London,a historical sight,located in the center ofLondon,was built
23、byA King Harold B Robin Hood C Oliver Cromwell D William theConqueror6.There are state churches in Britain.A two B three C four D five7.When Oliver Cromwell died in 1658,and was succeeded by hiss o n,the regime began immediately to collapse.A Henry B Hamilton C Richard D Charles8.birthday is a great
24、 event in Britain since it marks thebeginning of full manhood or womanhood.A The twenty-first B The eighteenth C The nineteenth D Thetwentieth9.Reuters was founded inA 1715 B 1751 C 1851 D 181510.What is(are)the nickname(s)of the U.S.A.?A Uncle Sam B Brother Jonathan C Yankee D All of the above答 案 详
25、 解:1.B高 尔 夫 是 一 项 古 老 的 贵 族 的 运 动,源 于 十 五 世 纪 或 更 早 以 前 的 苏 格 兰,苏 格 兰 地 区 山 多,气 候 湿 润,多 雾,非 常 适 合 牧 草 生 长,这 里 的 工 业 文 明 以 前 是 连 绵 不 断 的 牧 场。相 传 当 时 牧 羊 人 放 牧 闲 暇 时,用 木 板 玩 游 戏,将 石 子 击 入 兔 子 窝 或 洞 中。久 而 久 之 形 成 了 使 用 不 同 的 球 杆 并 按 一 定 的 规 则 击 球。2.D Gaelic苏 格 兰 盖 尔 语 是 高 地 苏 格 兰 人 的 传 统 语 言;更 多 人 使 用
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