英语专八人文知识03-真题汇总分享真题31. is not a nationally observed holiday of America.A Christmas B Easter Sunday C Thanksgiving Day D Independence Day32. The university of Dublin was not founded until .A the 19th century B the 18th century C the 17th century D the 16th century33. The introduced old-age pensions in New Zealand in 1898.A Labor Party B Democratic Party C Liberal Party D Conservative Party34. Irish culture experienced a golden age from to .A the eighth century, the eleventh centuryB the seventh century, the ninth centuryC the sixth century, the eighth centuryD the fth century, the seventh century35. Which of the following writings is not the work by Charles Dickens?A A Tale of Two CitiesB Hard TimesC Oliver TwistD Sons and Lovers36. is a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period.A Sinclair Lewis B Eugene ONeill C Arthur Miller D Tennessee Williams37. is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.A Ernest HemingwayB F. Scott Fitzgerald C William Faulkner D Ezra Pound38. is a relationship in which a word of a certain class determines the form of others in terms of certain categories.A ConcordB Immediate constituentC Syntagmatic relationsD Government39. studies the sound systems in a certain language.A Phonetics B Phonology C Semantics D Pragmatics40. 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真题31. The following are products imported by Australia from China EXCEPT .A foodB textilesC steel productsD electronics32. Scots regard as the most important festival in a year.A Near Years DayB Christmas DayC New Years EveD Easter33. The republican movement has been gathering momentum in Australia since became Prime Minister in 1992.A John HowardB Bob HawkeC Malcolm FraserD Paul Keating34. was known for his famous speech I have a dream.A John F. KennedyB Martin Luther King, JrC Abraham LincolnD Thomas Jefferson35. Of all the 18th century novelists, _ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a comic epic in prose, and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A Daniel DefoeB Samuel JohnsonC Oliver GoldsmithD Henry Feilding36. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his .A international themeB waste-land imageryC local colorD symbolism37. Hemingways writing style, together with his theme and the hero, is greatly and permanently influenced by his experiences .A in his childhoodB in the warC in AmericaD in Africa38. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc. in terms of .A manner of articulationB openness of mouthC place of articulationD voicing39. 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 WordB MorphemeC AllomorphD Root31. 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 ChurchC) 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.31. The Presidents during the American Civil War was .A. Andrew Jackson B. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington32.