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专八人文知识题库【第一期】 1. The novel The?Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?was written by_____. A. Henry James ? B. O. Henry ? C. Harriet Beecher Stower ? D. Mark Twain? 2. The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any day on 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?3. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.? A. Huston ?B. Baltimore ?C. Philadelphia ?D. Boston 4. Which of the following is NOT a Romantic Poet? A. William Wordsworth ?B. Percy B. Shelley ?C. George G. Byron ?D. George Eliot?5. The?study爋f ____ is Syntax. A. textual organization牋?B. sentence structures牋?C. word formation牋 D. language functions?6. The capital city of Canada is ____. A. Montreal ?B. Ottawa ?C. Vancouver ?D. York?7. The longest river in Britain is ____. A. Severn have to wor?B. Tees ?C. Thames ?D. Clyde 8. In ____ the Romans conquered Greece. A. 146 B.C. ?B. 1200 B.C. ?C. 700 B.C. ?D. the 5th燾entury?9. In his inaugural speech, ____ said that 搕he only thing we have to fear is fear itself? A. Woodrow Wilson ?B. Franklin D. Roosevelt ?C. Harry Truman ?D. Benjamin Franklin? 10. The Head of the Representatives is called ____. A. Chancellor ? B. Speaker ? C. Chairman ? D. Leader  参考答案： DBADB BAABB 1.Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King LearB Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, MacbethC hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens 2.Guiiliver?travel was written by____.A Daniel DefoeB Charles dickensC Jonathan swiftD Joseph Addison 3.The novel starts with 搃t is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune ,must be in want of a wife.?The no, ovel is Jane Austen抇___.A EmmaB persuasionC sense and sensibilityD pride and prejudice 4.Which of the following is not one