专八人文知识真题05-11年(附答案).doc

1. _ is the capital city of Canada.A. VancouverB. Ottawa C. MontrealD. York2. U.S. presidents normally serves a (an) _term.A. two-yearB. four-year C. six-yearD. eight-year3. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?A. Huston. B. Boston.C. Baltimore.D. Philadelphia.4. _ is the state church in England.A. The Roman Catholic Church.B. The Baptist ChurchC. The Protestant ChurchD. The Church of England 5. The novel Emma is written byA. Mary Shelley.B. Charlotte BronteC. Elizabeth C. Gaskell.D. Jane Austen. 6. Which of following is NOT a romantic poet?A. William Wordsworth.B. George Elliot. C. George G. Byron.D. Percy B. Shelley.7. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous forA. his poems.B. his plays.C. his short stories. D. his novels8. Syntax is the study of A. language functions.B. sentence structures. C. textual organization.D. word formation.9. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness. B. Productivity. C. Cultural transmission. D. Finiteness. 10. The speech act theory was first put forward byA. John Searle.B. John Austin. C. Noam Chomsky.D. M.A.K. Halliday.11. The Presidents during the American Civil War wasA. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington12. The capital of New Zealand isA.ChristchurchB.AucklandC.WellingtonD.Hamilton13. Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?A.The AboriginesB.The MaoriC.The IndiansD.The Eskimos14. The Prime Minister in Britain is head ofA.the Shadow CabinetB.the ParliamentC.the OppositionD.the Cabinet15. Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A.T.S.EliotB.D.H.LawrenceC.Theodore DreiserD.James Joyce16. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written byA.Scott FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Eugene ONeilD.Ernest Hemingway17._ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen linesA.Free verseB.SonnetC.OdeD.Epigram18. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion ofA.referenceB.meaningC.antonymyD.context19. The wordskid, child, offspring are examples ofA.dialectal synonymsB.stylistic synonymsC.emotive synonymsD.collocational synonyms20. The distinction between parole and langue was made byA.HalliayB.ChomskyC.BloomfieldD.Saussure21. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPTA. the AnglosB. the CeltsC. the Jutes D. the Saxons22. The Head of State of Canada is represented byA. the MonarchB. the PresidentC. the Prime MinisterD. the Governor-general 23. The Declaration of Independence was written byA. Thomas Jefferson B. George WashingtonC. Alexander HamiltonD. James Madison24. The original inhabitants of Australia wereA. the Red IndiansB. the EskimosC. the Aborigines D. the Maoris25. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?A. Oliver TwistB. MiddlemarchC. Jane EyreD. Wuthering Heights 26. William Butler Yeats was a(n) _ poet and playwright.A. AmericanB. CanadianC. Irish D. Australian27. Death of a Salesman was written byA. Arthur Miller B. Ernest HemingwayC. Ralph EllisonD. James Baldwin28. _ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A. PhonologyB. Morphology C. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics29. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPTA. lexicalB. syntacticC. phonologicalD. psycholinguistic 30. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example ofA. widening of meaning B. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaning31. The largest city in Canada isA. Vancouver.B. Montreal. C. TorontoD. Ottawa.32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested inA. the Federal Government.B. the Supreme Court.C. the Cabinet.D. the Congress.33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?A. Baseball.B. Tennis.C. Basketball.D. American football.34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand isA. the President.B. the Governor-General.C. the British monarch,D. the Prime Minister.35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work byA. William Langland. B. Geoffrey Chaucer.C. William Shakespeare.D. Alfred Tennyson.36. Who wrote The American? A. Herman Melville. B. Nathaniel Hawthorne. C. Henry James. D. Theodore Dreiser.37. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCEPTA. George Eliot.B. Iris Jean Murdoch.C. Doris Lessing.D. Muriel Spark.38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness.B. Displacement.C. Duality.D. Diachronicity.39. What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”?A. A simple sentence.B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above.40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is calledA. hyponymy.B. synonymy.C. polysemy.D. homonymy.41. The Head of State of New Zealand isA. the governor-general.B. the Prime Minister.C. the high commissioner.D. the monarch of the United Kingdom.42. The capital of Scotland isA. Glasgow.B. Edinburgh.C. Manchester.D. London.43. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President?A. Thomas Jefferson.B. George Washington.C. Thomas Paine.D. John Adams.44. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia?A. Perth.B. Adelaide.C. Sydney.D. Melbourne.45. Ode to the West Windwas written byA. William Blake.B. William Wordsworth.C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.D. Percy B. Shelley.46. Who among the following is a poet of free verse?A. Ralph Waldo Emerson.B. Walt Whitman.C. Herman MelvilleD. Theodore Dreiser.47. The novel Sons and Lovers was written byA. Thomas Hardy.B. John Galsworthy.C. D.H. Lawrence.D. James Joyce.48. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production isA. corpus linguistics.B. sociolinguistics.C. theoretical linguistics.D. psycholinguistics.49. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is calledA. dialect.B. idiolect.C. pidgin.D. register.50. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open thewindow, he is performingA. an illocutionary act.B. a perlocutionary act.C. a locutionary act.D. none of the above.51.Which of the following statements in INCORRECT?A. The British constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215.B. The British constitution includes Parliamentary acts.C. The British constitution includes decisions made by courts of law.D. The British constitution includes one single written constitution.52.The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec.B. Vancouver.C. Toronto.D. Montreal.53.When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?A. 1770.B. 1788.C. 1900.D. 1901.54.The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the U.S. was issued byA. Abraham Lincoln.B. Thomas Paine.C. George Washington.D. Thomas Jefferson.55._ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems.A. Will BlakeB. W.B. YeatsC. Robert BrowningD. William Wordsworth56.The Financier is written byA. Mark Twain.B. Henry James.C. William Faulkner.D. Theodore Dreiser.57.In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined asA. allegory.B. sonnet.C. blank verse.D. rhyme.58._ refers to the learning and development of a language.A. Language acquisitionB. Language comprehensionC. Language productionD. Language instruction59.The word “ Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of _ in morphology.A. backformationB. conversionC. blendingD. acronym60.Language is t tool of communication. The symbol “Highway Closed” on a highway serves_.A. an expressive function.B. an informative function.C. a performative function.D. a persuasive functionhe61. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _.A. Northern IrelandB. ScotlandC. EnglandD. Wales62. It is generally agreed that _were the first Europeans to reach Australias shores.A. The FrenchB. the GermansC. the BritishD. the Dutch63. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?A. CanadaB. New ZealandC. Great BritainD. The United States of America64. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, Before the American Revolution?A. Thomas JeffersonB. Thomas PaineC. John AdamsD. Benjamin Franklin65. Virginia Woolf was an important female _ in the