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?1、Who among the following is a poet of free verse? A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Walt Whitman C. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser 2、Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickinson? A. I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died B. The Raven C. This is My Letter to the World D. I Like to See it Lap the MIles 3、Poes first collection of stories is _____. A. Tades of a Traveler B. Leather Stocking Tales C. The Canterbury Tales D. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque 2012英语专八人文知识备考练习…… 　　1. St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both _b___ 　　A America and Mexico 　　B America and Canada 　　C America and Cuba 　　D America and Brazil 　　2. European settlement of Australia began in the late part of __c__ when a British penal colony was established on the east coast of the continent. 　　A the 16th century 　　B the 17th century 　　C the 18th century 　　D the 19th century 　　3. Which sport is supposed to be America’s national sport and used to be call “American’s favorable pastime”?a 　　A baseball 　　B basketball 　　C rugby 　　D cricket 　　4. The largest city in New Zealand is ____ 　　A Auckland 　　B Wellington 　　C Christchurch 　　D Dunedin 　　5.After Adam Bede，____wrote The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner in which moral problems are discussed and psychological analysis of characters are emphasized. 　　A George Eliot 　　B Jane Austin 　　C George Dickens 　　D Charlotte Bronte 　　6.All of the following odes are written by John Keats EXCEPT____ 　　A Ode to Autumn 　　B Ode to a Nightingale 　　C Ode to a Skylark 　　D Ode on Melancholy 　　7. Of____’s four famous comedies， the best known is Lady Windermere’s Fan. 　　A Oscar Wilde 　　B Richard Sheridan 　　C Bernard Shaw 　　D Somerset Maugham 　　8. If the air stream meets with no obstruction when a sound is pronounced， it is a(n) ____ 　　A voiced consonant 　　B voiceless consonant 　　C vowel 　　D explosive 　　9. The internationally accepted system of phonetic transcription is ____ 　　A I.P.A 　　B I.A.P.S 　　C I.S.S 　　D S.S.I.P 　　10. With the ____， Lat