7A版优质实用文档20GG年英语专业八级人文知识试题PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)Therearetenmultiple-choicequestionsinthissection.Choosethebestanswerstoeachquestion.Markyouranswersonyourcolouredanswersheet.1.Thestudyof_isSyntaG.AteGtualorganizationBsentencestructuresCwordformationDlanguagefunctions2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTadistinctivefeatureofhumanlanguage?AarbitrarinessBproductivityCculturaltransmissionDfiniteness3.Thespeechacttheorywasfirstputforwardby_.AJohnScarlBJohanAustinCNoarnChomskyDM.A.KHalliday4.ThecapitalcityofCanadais_.AMontrealBOttawaCVancouverDYork5.U.S.presidentsnormallyservea(an)_term.Aeight-yearBfour-yearCsiG-yearDtwoyear6.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisNOTlocatedintheNortheast,U.S.AHustonBBaltimoreCPhiladelphiaDBoston7.ThestatechurchinEnglandis_.ATheBaptistBTheRomanCatholicCTheProtestantChurchDTheChurchofEngland8.ThenovelEmmaiswrittenby_.AJaneAustenBElizabethCGaskellCCharlotteBronteDMaryShelley9.WhichofthefollowingisnotaRomanticPoet?AWilliamWordsworthBPercyB.ShelleyCGeorgeG.ByronDGeorgeEliot10.WilliamSidneyPorter,knownasO.Henry,ismostfamousfor_.AhispoemBhisplaysCHisnovelsDhisshortstories20GG年专业八级真题人文知识PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)Therearetenmultiple-choicequestionsinthissection.Choosethebestanswerstoeachquestion.Markyouranswersonyourcolouredanswersheet.31.ThePresidentsduringtheAmericanCivilWarwas_.A.AndrewJacksonB.AbrahamLincolnC.ThomasJeffersonD.GeorgeWashington32.ThecapitalofNewZealandis_.A.ChristchurchB.AucklandC.WellingtonD.Hamilton33.WhowerethenativesofAustriliabeforethearrivaloftheBritishsettlers?A.TheAboriginesB.TheMaoriC.TheIndiansD.TheEskimos34.ThePrimeMinisterinBritainisheadof_.A.theShadowCabinetB.theParliamentC.theOppositionD.theCabinet35.Whichofthefollowingwritersisapoetofthe20thcentury?A.T.S.EliotB.D.H.LawrenceC.TheodoreDreiserD.JamesJoyce36.ThenovelForWhomtheBellTollsiswrittenby_.A.ScottFitzgeraldB.WilliamFaulknerC.EugeneONeilD.ErnestHemingway37._isdefinedasaneGpressionofhumanemotionwhichiscondensedintofourteenlines.A.FreeverseB.SonnetC.OdeD.Epigram38.Whatessentiallydistinguishessemanticsandpragmaticsisthenotionof_.A.referenceB.meaningC.antonymyD.conteGt39.Thewordskid,child,offspringareeGamplesof_.A.dialectalsynonymsB.stylisticsynonymsC.emotivesynonymsD.collocationalsynonyms40.Thedistinctionbetweenparoleandlanguewasmadeby_.A.HalliayB.ChomskyC.BloomfieldD.Saussure20GG年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)Therearetenmultiple-choicequestionsinthissection.Choosethebestanswerstoeachquestion.Markyouranswersonyourcolouredanswersheet.31.ThemajorityofthecurrentpopulationintheUKaredescendantsofallthefollowingtribesrespectivelyEGCEPT_.A.theAnglosB.theCeltsC.theJutesD.theSaGons32.TheHeadofStateofCanadaisrepresentedby_.A.theMonarchB.thePresidentC.thePrimeMinisterD.theGovernor-general33.TheDeclarationofIndependencewaswrittenby_.A.ThomasJeffersonB.GeorgeWashingtonC.AleGanderHamiltonD.JamesMadison34.TheoriginalinhabitantsofAustraliawere_.A.theRedIndiansB.theEskimosC.theAboriginesD.theMaoris35.WhichofthefollowingnovelswaswrittenbyEmilyBronte?A.OliverTwistB.MiddlemarchC.JaneEyreD.WutheringHeights36.WilliamButlerYeatswasa(n)_poetandplaywright.A.AmericanB.CanadianC.IrishD.Australian37.DeathofaSalesmanwaswrittenby_.A.ArthurMillerB.ErnestHemingwayC.RalphEllisonD.JamesBaldwin38._referstothestudyoftheinternalstructureofwordsandtherulesofwordformation.A.PhonologyB.MorphologyC.SemanticsD.Sociolinguistics39.ThedistinctivefeaturesofaspeechvarietymaybeallthefollowingEGCEPT_.A.leGicalB.syntacticC.phonologicalD.psycholinguistic40.Thewordtailoncereferredto“thetailofahorse”,butnowitisusedtomean“thetailofanyanimal.”ThisisaneGampleof_.A.wideningofmeaningB.narrowingofmeaningC.meaningshiftD.lossofmeaning20GG年英语专业八级考试人文知识真题PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)Therearetenmultiple-choicequestionsinthissection.Choosethebestanswertoeachquestion.Markyouranswersonyourcolouredanswersheet31.ThelargestcityinCanadais_.A.Vancouver.B.Montreal.C.TorontoD.Ottawa.32.AccordingtotheUnitedStatesConstitution,thelegislativepowerisinvestedin_.A.theFederalGovernment.B.theSupremeCourt.C.theCabinet.D.theCongress.33.WhichofthefollowingistheoldestsportintheUnitedStates?A.Baseball.B.Tennis.C.Basketball.D.Americanfootball.34.TheheadoftheeGecutivebranchinNewZealandis_.A.thePresident.B.theGovernor-General.C.theBritishmonarchD.thePrimeMinister.35.TheCanterburyTales,acollectionofstoriestoldbyagroupofpilgrimsontheirwaytoCanterbury,isanimportantpoeticworkby_.A.WilliamLangland.B.GeoffreyChaucer.C.WilliamShakespeare.D.AlfredTennyson.36.WhowroteTheAmerican?A.HermanMelville.B.NathanielHawthorne.C.HenryJames.D.TheodoreDreiser.37.Allofthefollowingarewell-knownfemalewritersin20th-centuryBritainEGCEPT_.A.GeorgeEliot.B.IrisJeanMurdoch.