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09年英语专业八级人文知识精讲NO.01_1__Where is Edinburgh?　　A In Wales B In Scotland C In Northern Ireland D In Ireland　　__2__ Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network?　A ABC B CNN C CBS D BBC　　__3__The Capital of Australia is __.　　A Sydney B Melbourne C Canberra D Perth　　__4__ Which degree is offered in community colleges in the United States?　　A Master’s degree B Doctor’s degree C Bachelor’s degree D Associate’s degree 　　__5__ George Bernard Shaw was a(n) __.　　A playwright B poet C novelist D essayist　　__6__ John Galsworthy was most famous for__.　　A Heart of Darkness B Ulysses C The Forsyste Saga D A Passage to India　　__7__ The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by__.　　A Henry James B O. Henry C Harriet Beccher Stower D Mark Twain　　__8__The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in condition is__.　　A morphology B general linguistics C phonology D semantics　　__9__Which of the following is NOT a compound word?　　A Landlady B Greenhouse C Uplift D Unacceptable　　__10__ The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any which we don’t have to work. This is an example of __.　　A meaning shift B widening of meaning C narrowing of meaning D loss of meaning 1. 选B. Wales的首府威Cardiff, Scotland的首府为Edinburgh. Northern Ireland的首府Belfast, Ireland的首府为Dublin.　　2. 选 D。 BBC=British Broadcasting Corporation英国广播公司, ABC=American Broadcasting Company, Inc美国广播公司; CNN= Cable News Network美国有线广播公司, CBS= Columbia Broadcasting System哥伦比亚广播公司　　3. 选C。Sydney第一城市, 位于New South Wales州；Melbourne第二大城市位于Victoria州，Canberra位于Sydney与Melbourne之间；Perth位于Australia州　　4. 选D。 Associate’s degree是准学士学位　　5. 选A。George Bernard Shaw (英国，萧伯纳)，爱尔兰籍，剧作家，批评家，社会评论家，主要作品有Man and Superman, Back to Methuselah, Saint Joan 圣女贞德，Arms and the Man, Pygmalion 茶花女，获得1925年诺贝尔文学奖。　　6. 选C。John Galsworthy（英国）,小说家，剧作家。主要作品有The Forsyte Saga福塞特家史，于1932年获得了诺贝尔文学奖；Heart of Darkness,作者Joseph Conrad，波兰籍英国小说家，另有Lord Jim 吉姆老爷；Ulysses, 作者James Joyce,