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 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 century B the seventh century, the ninth centuryC the sixth century, the eighth century D the fth century, the seventh century35. Which of the following writings is not the work by Charles Dickens?A A Tale of Two Cities B Hard TimesC Oliver Twist D 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 Hemingway B 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 Concord B Immediate constituentC Syntagmatic relations D 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 bilingualism2004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 electronics32. Scots regard as the most important festival in a year.A Near Years Day B Christmas Day C New Years Eve D Easter33. 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 Keating34. was known for his famous speech I have a dream.A John F. Kennedy B Martin Luther King, JrC Abraham Lincoln D 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 Defoe B Samuel JohnsonC Oliver Goldsmith D Henry Feilding36. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his .A international theme B waste-land imageryC local color D symbolism37. Hemingways 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 Africa38. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc. in terms of .A manner of articulation B openness of mouthC place of articulation D 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 Word B Morpheme C Allomorph D Root2005年英语专八人文知识真题31. is the capital of Canada.A Vancouver B Ottawa C Montreal D York32. U.S. presidents normally serve a (n) 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. CBaltimore. 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 England35. The novel Emma is written by .A Mary Shelley B Charlotte Bront C Elizabeth C. Gaskell D Jane Austen36. 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 novels38. Syntax is the study of .A language functions B sentence structures C textual organization D word formation39. 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 BCBDB2006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 Washington32. The capital of New Zealand is .A Christchurch B