2003年英语专八人文知识真题

31. is not a nationally observed holiday of America.

[A] Christmas [B] Easter Sunday [C] Thanksgiving Day [D] Independence Day 32. The university of Dublin was not founded until .

[A] the 19th century [B] the 18th century [C] the 17th century [D] the 16th century 33. The introduced old-age pensions in New Zealand in 1898. [A] Labor Party [B] Democratic Party [C] Liberal Party [D] Conservative Party 34. Irish culture experienced a golden age from to .

[A] the eighth century, the eleventh century [B] the seventh century, the ninth century [C] the sixth century, the eighth century [D] the ?fth century, the seventh century 35. Which of the following writings is not the work by Charles Dickens? [A] A Tale of Two Cities [B] Hard Times [C] Oliver Twist [D] Sons and Lovers

36. is a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period.

[A] Sinclair Lewis [B] Eugene O'Neill [C] Arthur Miller [D] Tennessee Williams 37. is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.

[A] Ernest Hemingway [B] F. Scott Fitzgerald [C] William Faulkner [D] Ezra Pound

38. is a relationship in which a word of a certain class determines the form of others in terms of certain categories. [A] Concord [B] Immediate constituent [C] Syntagmatic relations [D] Government

39. studies the sound systems in a certain language. [A] Phonetics [B] Phonology [C] Semantics [D] Pragmatics

40. A linguistic situation in which two standard languages are used either by an individual or by a group of speakers is called .

[A] situational dialect [B] slang [C] linguistic taboo [D] bilingualism

2004年英语专八人文知识真题

31. The following are products imported by Australia from China EXCEPT . [A] food [B] textiles [C] steel products [D] electronics 32. Scots regard as the most important festival in a year.

[A] Near Year's Day [B] Christmas Day [C] New Year's Eve [D] Easter

33. The republican movement has been gathering momentum in Australia since became Prime Minister in 1992.

[A] John Howard [B] Bob Hawke [C] Malcolm Fraser [D] Paul Keating 34. was known for his famous speech \ [A] John F. Kennedy [B] Martin Luther King, Jr [C] Abraham Lincoln [D] Thomas Jefferson

35. Of all the 18th century novelists, ______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a \epic in prose\and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. [A] Daniel Defoe [B] Samuel Johnson [C] Oliver Goldsmith [D] Henry Feilding

36. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his .

[A] international theme [B] waste-land imagery [C] local color [D] symbolism

37. Hemingway's writing style, together with his theme and the hero, is greatly and permanently influenced by his experiences .

[A] in his childhood [B] in the war [C] in America [D] in Africa

38. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc. in terms of .

[A] manner of articulation [B] openness of mouth [C] place of articulation [D] voicing

39. Which of the following words can correct two clauses in a coordinate sentence?

[A] Through. [B] When. [C] But. [D] If.

40. is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content.

[A] Word [B] Morpheme [C] Allomorph [D] Root

2005年英语专八人文知识真题

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 Bront? [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 C. 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 the 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 参考答案：

BBADA BCBDB

2006年英语专八人文知识真题

31. The President 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

lines.

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'Neill [D] Ernest Hemingway

37. is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen

[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 \ [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 参考答案 BCADA DBDBD

2007年英语专八人文知识真题

31. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectivelyEXCEPT .

[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 Bront??

[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 Ellis on [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 \\

[A] widening of meaning [B] narrowing of meaning [C] meaning shift [D] loss of meaning