英语专业八级考试历年全真试题（人文知识部分）（2005）PART GENERAL KNOWLEDGE（10 MIN） There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.31. _ is the capital city of Canada.A. Vancouver B. Ottawa C. Montreal D. York32. U.S. presidents normally serves a (an) _term.A. two-year B. four-year C. six-year D. eight-year33. 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 ChurchC. The Protestant ChurchD. 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 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 forA. his poems.B. his plays.C. his short stories. D. his novels38. 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. 任意性B. Productivity. 丰富性C. Cultural transmission. 文化传播性D. Finiteness. 局限性 ？注：design feature: features that define our human languages, such as arbitrariness, duality, creativity, displacement,cultural transmission, etc. 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）PART GENERAL KNOWLEDGE（10 MIN） 31.The Presidents during the American Civil War was .A. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington32.The capital of New Zealand is .A.ChristchurchB.AucklandC.WellingtonD.Hamilton33.Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?A.The AboriginesB.The MaoriC.The IndiansD.The Eskimos34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head of .A.the Shadow CabinetB.the ParliamentC.the OppositionD.the Cabinet35.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A.T.S.EliotB.D.H.Lawrence C.Theodore DreiserD.James Joyce36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by .A.Scott FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Eugene ONeilD.Ernest Hemingway37._ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen linesA.Free verseB.SonnetC.OdeD.Epigram38.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion ofA.referenceB.meaningC.antonymyD.context39.The wordskid,child,offspring are examples of .A.dialectal synonymsB.stylistic synonymsC.emotive synonymsD.collocational synonyms40.The distinction between parole and langue was made by .A.HalliayB.ChomskyC.BloomfieldD.Saussure（2007）PART GENERAL KNOWLEDGE（10 MIN） 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）PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.31. The largest city in Canada is .A. Vancouver. B. Montreal. C. Toronto D. Ottawa.32. According to the United States