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2012年专业八级 The Maori people are natives of 　　 A. Australia. B. Canada. C. Ireland.D. New Zealand. 32. The British monarch is the Head of  　　 A. Parliament. B. State. C. Government. D. Cabinet. 33. Americans celebrate Independence Day on 　　 A. July 4th. B. October 11th. C. May 31st. D. September 6th. 34. Canada is bounded on the north by 　　 A. the Pacific Ocean. B. the Atlantic Ocean. 　　 C. the Arctic Ocean. D. the Great Lakes. 35. Who is the author of The Waste Lan 　　 A. George Bernard Shaw. B. W.B. Yeats. 　　 C. Dylan Thomas. D. T.S. Eliot. 36. Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury? 　　 A. William Faulkner. B. Ernest Hemingway. 　　 C. Scott Fitzgerald. D. John Steinbeck. 37. The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company is an example of 　　 A. Exaggeration.夸张 B. understatement. 轻描淡写　　 C. Personification. D. synecdoche. 提喻法；以小带大，或者以大代小，以局部代替整体，或以整体代替局部。38. In English if a word begins with a [l] or a [r], then the next sound must be a vowel. This is a (n) 　　 A. assimilation rule. B. sequential rule. C.deletion rule. D. grammar rule. 39. Which of the following is an example of clipping? 　　 A.APEC. B.Motel. C.Xerox. D.Disco. 40. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of situation is called 　　 A. register. B. dialect. 方言C. Slang俚语. D. Variety变体 The indigenous people of New Zealand are the Maori. 　　31. D. N Zealand 　　32. B. state 　　33. A. July 4th 　　34. C. the Arctic Ocean 　　35. D. T.S.Eliot 　　36. A. William Faulkner 　　37. C. personification 　　38. B. sequential rule 　　39. D. Disco 　　40. A. register  2011专八人文知识真题参考答案31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _______. A. Northern Ireland B. Wales C. England D. Scotland TIP：选D。英国最北端是苏格兰。 32. It is generally agreed that _______ were the first Europeans to reach Australias shores. A. the French B. the Germans C. the British D. the Dutch TIP：选D。1606年，荷兰航海家Willem Janszoon在约克角西岸登陆澳洲。1770年，英国人库克船长登上澳洲大陆并宣布它为英国领土。 33. W