05-13专八人文知识真题.doc

05-13年专八考试人文知识
2005年
31. is the capital of Canada.
A) Vancouver B) Ottawa C) Montreal D) York
32. U.S. presidents normally serve a(n) term.
A) two-year B) four-year C) six-year D) eight-year
33. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.?
A) Huston. B) Boston. C) Baltimore. D) Philadelphia.
34. is the state church in England.
A) The Roman Catholic Church B) The Baptist Church
C) The Protestant Church D) The Church of England
35. The novel Emma is written by .
A) Mary Shelley. B) Charlotte Bronte. C) Elizabeth C. Gaskell. D) Jane Austen.
36. Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet?
A) William Wordsworth. B) George Elliot.
C) George G. Byron. D) Percy B. Shelley.
37. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for .
A) his poems. B) his plays. C) his short stories. D) his novels.
38. Syntax is the study of .
A) language functions. B) sentence structures.
C) textual organization. D) word formation.
39. Which of ale following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?
A) Arbitrariness. B) productivity. C) Cultural transmission. D) Finiteness.
40. The speech act theory was first put forward by .
A) John Searle. B) John Austin. C) Noam Chomsky. D) M.A,K. Halliday.

2006年
31. The Presidents during the American Civil War was .
A. Andrew Jackson B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Thomas Jefferson D. George Washington
32. The capital of New Zealand is .
A. Christchurch B. Auckland C. Wellington D. Hamilton
33.Who were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settlers？
A. The Aborigines B. The Maori C. The Indians D. The Eskimos
34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of .
A. the Shadow Cabinet B. the Parliament
C. the Opposition D. the Cabinet
35.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century？
A.T. S. Eliot B. D.H. Lawrence C. Theodore Dreiser D. James Joyce
36. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by .
A. Scott Fitzgerald B. William Faulkner
C. Eugene O’Neil D. Ernest Hemingway
37._____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines
A. Free verse B. Sonnet C. Ode D. Epigram
38. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of .
A. reference B. meaning C. antonymy D. context
39.The words “kid，child，offspring” are examples of .
A. dialectal synonyms B. stylistic synonyms
C. emotive synonyms D. collocational synonyms
40. The distinction between parole and langue was made by .
A. Halliday B. Chomsky C. Bloomfield D. Saussure

2007年
31. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT_____________.
A. the Anglos B. the Celts
C. the Jutes D. the Saxons
32. The Head of State of Canada is represented by .
A. the Monarch B. the President
C. the Prime Minister D. the Governor-general
33. The Declaration of Independence was written by____________.
A. Thomas Jefferson B. George Washington
C. Alexander Hamilton D. James Madison
34. The original inhabitants of Australia were_______________.
A. the Red Indians B. the Eskimos
C. the Aborigines D. the Maoris
35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?
A. Oliver Twist B. Middlemarch
C. Jane Eyre D. Wuthering Heights
36. William Butler Yeats was a(n) ______ poet and playwright.
A. American B. Canadian C. Irish D. Australian
37. Death of a Salesman was written by_____________.
A. Arthur Miller B. Ernest Hemingway
C. Ralph Ellison D. James Baldwin
38. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.
A. Phonology B. Morphology C. Semantics D. Sociolinguistics
39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT_________.
A. lexical B. syntactic C. phonological D. psycholinguistic
40. 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 of___________.
A. widening of meaning B. narrowing of meaning
C. meaning shift D. loss of meaning

2008年
31. The largest city in Canada is___________.
A. Vancouver. B. Montreal. C. Toronto D. Ottawa.
32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in .
A. 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 is__________.
A. 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 by .
A. 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 EXCEPT________.
A. 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 called .
A. hyponymy. B. synonymy. C. polysemy. D. homonymy.

2009年
31. The Head of State of New Zealand is__________.
A. the governor-general. B. the Prime Minister.
C. the high commissioner. D. the monarch of the United Kingdom.
32. The capital of Scotland is__________
A. Glasgow. B. Edinburgh.
C. Manchester. D. London.
33. 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.
34. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia?
A. Perth. B. Adelaide. C. Sydney. D. Melbourne.
35. Ode to the West Wind was written by__________
A. William Blake. B. William Wordsworth.
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. D. Percy B. Shelley.
36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse?
A. Ralph Waldo Emerson. B. Walt Whitman.
C. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser.
37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by__________
A. Thomas Hardy. B. John Galsworthy.
C. D.H. Lawrence. D. James Joyce.
38. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is__________
A. corpus linguistics. B. sociolinguistics.
C. theoretical linguistics. D. psycholinguistics.
39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called__________
A. dialect. B. idiolect. C. pidgin. D. register.
40. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing__________
A. an illocutionary act. B. a perlocutionary act.
C. a locutionary act. D. none of the above.

2010年
31. 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.
32. The first city ever founded in Canada is .
A. Quebec.
B. Vancouver.
C. Toronto.
D. Montreal.
33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?
A. 1770.
B. 1788.
C. 1900.
D. 1901.
34. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the U.S. was issued by .
A. Abraham Lincoln.
B. Thomas Paine.
C. George Washington.
D. Thomas Jefferson.
35. ________ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems.
A. Will Blake
B. W.B. Yeats
C. Robert Browning
D. William Wordsworth
36. The Financier is written by .
A. Mark Twain.
B. Henry James.
C. William Faulkner.
D. Theodore Dreiser.
37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as .
A. allegory.
B. sonnet.
C. blank verse.
D. rhyme.
38. ________ refers to the learning and development of a language.
A. Language acquisition
B. Language comprehension
C. Language production
D. Language instruction
39. The word “Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of ________ in morphology.
A. backformation
B. conversion
C. blending
D. acronym
40. 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 function.

2011年
31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _________.
A. Northern Ireland B. Scotland C. England D. Wales
32. It is generally agreed that _________ were the first Europeans to reach the Australian shores.
A. the French B. the German C. the British D. the Dutch
33. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?
A. Canada B. New Zealand C. Great Britain D. The United States
34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution?
A. Thomas Jefferson B. Thomas Paine C. John Adams D. Benjamin Franklin
35. Virginia was an important female ______ in the 20th century England.
A. poet B. biographer C. playwright D. novelist
36. ________ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nation’s history.
A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. Elegy
37. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century?
A. The Great Gatsby B. The Sun Also Rises
C. The Sound and the Fury D. Beyond the Horizon
38._________ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.
A. Semantics B. pragmatics C. cognitive linguistics D. sociolinguistics
39. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of ________.
A. absence of obstruction B. presence of obstruction
C. manner of articulation D. place of articulation
40. The definition “the act of using, or promoting the use of, several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers” refer to__________.
A. Pidgin B. Creole C. Multilingualism D. Bilingualism

2012年
31. The Maori people are natives of .
A. Australia. B. Canada. C. Ireland. D. New Zealand.
32. The British monarch is the Head of .
A. Parliament. B. State. C. Government. D. Cabinet.
33. Americans celebrate Independence Day on .
A. July 4th. B. October 11th. C. May 31st. D. September 6th.
34. Canada is bounded on the north by .
A. the Pacific Ocean. B. the Atlantic Ocean.
C. the Arctic Ocean. D. the Great Lakes.
35. Who is the author of The Waste Land?
A. George Bernard Shaw. B. W.B. Yeats.
C. Dylan Thomas. D. T.S. Eliot.
36. Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury?
A. William Faulkner. B. Ernest Hemingway.
C. Scott Fitzgerald. D. John Steinbeck.
37. “The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company” is an example of .
A. exaggeration. B. understatement.
C. personification. D. synecdoche.
38. In English if a word begins with a [l] or a [r], then the next sound must be a vowel. This is a (n) .
A. assimilation rule. B. sequential rule.
C. deletion rule. D. grammar rule.
39. Which of the following is an example of clipping?
A.APEC. B. Motel. C. Xerox. D. Disco.
40. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of” situation is called .
A. register. B. dialect. C. slang. D. Variety

2013年
31．The full official name of Australia is .
A．The Republic of Australia． B．The Commonwealth of Australia．
C．The Federation of Australia． D．The Union of Australia．
32. Canada is well known for all the following EXCEPT .
A．its mineral resources． B．its forest resources．
C．its fertile and arable land． D．its heavy industries．
33．In the United States community colleges offer .
A．two-year programmes． B．four-year programmes．
C．postgraduate studies． D．B．A．or B．S．degrees．
34. In ______，referenda in Scotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Wales assembly．
A．2000 B．1946 C．1997 D. 1990
35．Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration?
A．A weak seat． B．Safe and sound．
C．Knock and kick． D．Coat and boat．
36．Who wrote Mrs. Warren’s Profession?
A．John Galsworthy． B．William Butler Yeats．
C．T．S．Eliot． D．George Bernard Shaw．
37．Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n) .
A．novel． B．short story．
C．poem． D．autobiography．
38．Which of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme?
A．Unlock． B．Government．
C．Goes． D．Off-stage．
39．_____ is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to.
A．Onomatopoeia B．Collocation
C．Denotation D．Assimilation
40．The sentence “Close your book and listen to me carefully!” performs a(n) ____ function．
A．interrogative B．informative
C．performative D．directive
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