（荐）2005-2015年专八考试人文知识真题详解.doc

PAGE PAGE 1 2005-2011年专八考试人文知识真题详解 2005年 31.????????????? 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 C. Byron.?????????? D) Percy S. 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.?答案及解析：31. [答案]B. 31题问哪一个城市是加拿大的首都。根据英美等国概况教材，我们知道渥太华是其首都，该城位于安大略省东南部。32. [答案]B. 32题问的美国总统一任几年，大家都知道一任四年，一般情况可竞选连任一次。33. [答案]A. 33题问哪一座城市不是位于美国东北部，答案是A. Huston(休斯顿)，该城位于北纬43°36′西经116°46′，所以选择A是理想的答案。34. [答案]D. 34题问英国的国教。根据英国历史，我们知道从英王亨利八世时代起，为脱离罗马教皇(Pope)的统治，改以Anglican Church(也称the Church of England)为英国国教。这4题是史、地、文化或宗教等基本概况部分。35. [答案]D. 35题问小说Emma为何人所作？该书为浪漫主义时期女作家Jane Austen所作。36. [答案]B. 36题问哪一位不是浪漫派诗人？George Elliot．是维多利亚时期的一位小说家，不是诗人，其他几位都是著名的浪漫派诗人。37. [答案]C. 37题问短篇小说家William Sidney Porter，笔名O-Henry，在哪方面最闻名于世？当然是其短篇小说，而且小说的结束常常出乎读者的意料之外。38. [答案]B. 38