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1、10513年專八考試人文知識年專八考試人文知識2005年31.isthecapitalofCanada.A)VancouverB)OttawaC)MontrealD)Yk32.U.S.presidentsnmallyservea(n)term.A)twoyearB)fouryearC)sixyearD)eightyear33.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisNOTlocatedintheNtheastU.S.A)H

2、uston.B)Boston.C)Baltime.D)Philadelphia.34.isthestatechurchinEngl.A)TheRomanCatholicChurchB)TheBaptistChurchC)TheProtestantChurchD)TheChurchofEngl35.ThenovelEmmaiswrittenby.A)MaryShelley.B)lotteBronte.C)ElizabethC.Gaskel

3、l.D)JaneAusten.36.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaromanticpoetA)WilliamWdswth.B)GegeElliot.C)GegeG.Byron.D)PercyB.Shelley.37.WilliamSidneyPterknownasO.Henryismostfamousf.A)hispoems.B)hisplays.C)hisshtsties.D)hisnovels.38.Syntax

4、isthestudyof.A)languagefunctions.B)sentencestructures.C)textualganization.D)wdfmation.39.WhichofalefollowingisNOTadistinctivefeatureofhumanlanguageA)Arbitrariness.B)productivity.C)Culturaltransmission.D)Finiteness.40.The

5、speechacttheywasfirstputfwardby.A)JohnSearle.B)JohnAustin.C)NoamChomsky.D)M.AK.Halliday.答案及解析：答案及解析：31.[答案]B.31題問哪一個(gè)城市是加拿大的首都。根據(jù)英美等國概況教材，我們知道渥太華是其首都，該城位于安大略省東南部。32.[答案]B.32題問的美國總統(tǒng)一任幾年，大家都知道一任四年，一般情況可競選連任一次。33.[答案]A.33題問哪

6、一座城市不是位于美國東北部，答案是A.Huston(休斯頓)，該城位于北緯4336′西經(jīng)11646′，所以選擇A是理想的答案。34.[答案]D.34題問英國的國教。根據(jù)英國歷史，我們知道從英王亨利八世時(shí)代起，為脫離羅馬教皇(Pope)的統(tǒng)治，改以AnglicanChurch(也稱theChurchofEngl)為英國國教。這4題是史、地、文化或宗教等基本概況部分。35.[答案]D.35題問小說Emma為何人所作？該書為浪漫主義時(shí)期女作家

7、JaneAusten所作。36.[答案]B.36題問哪一位不是浪漫派詩人？GegeElliot是維多利亞時(shí)期的一位小說家，不是詩人，其他幾位都是著名的浪漫派詩人。37.[答案]C.37題問短篇小說家WilliamSidneyPter，筆名OHenry，在哪方面最聞名于世？當(dāng)然是其短篇小說，而且小說的結(jié)束常常出乎讀者的意料之外。38.[答案]B.38題問句法學(xué)研究的內(nèi)容是什么？當(dāng)然是B(即句子結(jié)構(gòu)了)。333.TheDeclaration

8、ofIndependencewaswrittenby____________.A.ThomasJeffersonB.GegeWashingtonC.AlexerHamiltonD.JamesMadison34.TheiginalinhabitantsofAustraliawere_______________.A.theRedIndiansB.theEskimosC.theAbiginesD.theMais35.Whichofthefo

9、llowingnovelswaswrittenbyEmilyBronteA.OliverTwistB.dlemarchC.JaneEyreD.WutheringHeights36.WilliamButlerYeatswasa(n)______poetplaywright.A.AmericanB.CanadianC.IrishD.Australian37.DeathofaSalesmanwaswrittenby_____________.

10、A.ArthurMillerB.ErnestHemingwayC.RalphEllisonD.JamesBaldwin38._______referstothestudyoftheinternalstructureofwdstherulesofwdfmation.A.PhonologyB.MphologyC.SemanticsD.Sociolinguistics39.Thedistinctivefeaturesofaspeechvari

11、etymaybeallthefollowingEXCEPT_________.A.lexicalB.syntacticC.phonologicalD.psycholinguistic40.Thewdtailoncereferredto“thetailofahse”butnowitisusedtomean“thetailofanyanimal.”Thisisanexampleof___________.A.wideningofmeanin

12、gB.narrowingofmeaningC.meaningshiftD.lossofmeaning31~35CDACD36~40CABDA2008年31.ThelargestcityinCanadais___________.A.Vancouver.B.Montreal.C.TontoD.Ottawa.32.AccdingtotheUnitedStatesConstitutionthelegislativepowerisinveste

13、din.A.theFederalGovernment.B.theSupremeCourt.C.theCabi.D.theCongress.33.WhichofthefollowingistheoldestsptintheUnitedStatesA.Baseball.B.Tennis.C.Basketball.D.Americanfootball.34.TheheadoftheexecutivebranchinNewZealis_____

14、_____.A.thePresident.B.theGovernGeneral.C.theBritishmonarchD.thePrimeMinister.35.TheCanterburyTalesacollectionofstiestoldbyagroupofpilgrimsontheirwaytoCanterburyisanimptantpoeticwkby.A.WilliamLangl.B.GeoffreyChaucer.C.Wi