专业8级考试人文知识历年真题.docVIP

2005—2013 TEM8 人文知识真题 2013 1. The full name of Australia is ___________ A．Australia．　B．　C．2. Canada is well known for all the following except ____________. A. its mineral resources B. its heavy industries C. its forest resources D. its fertile and arable land 3. In the United States, community college offer _____________. A. two-year programmes B. four-year programmes C. postgraduate studies D. B.A or B.S degrees 4. In ___________, referenda in Scotland and Wales set up a Scottish parliament and a Welsh Assembly. A. 2000 B. 1946 C. 1990 D. 1997 5. Which of the following clusters of words is an example of Alliteration? A. A weak seat B. Knock and kick C. Safe and sound D. Coat and boat 6. Who wrote Mrs. Warren’s Profession? A. George Bernard Shaw B. William Butler Yeats C. John Galsworthy D. T.S. Eliot 7. Sister Carrie is a novel by Theodore Dreiser is a(n)_____________. A. autobiography B. short story C. poem D. novel 8. Which of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme? A. unlock B. government C. Goes D. off-stage 9. _________ is an language phenomenon in which words sound what they refer to? A. collocation B. onomatopoeia C. denotation D. assimilation 10. The sentence “Close the book and listen to me carefully!” performs a __________ function. A. interrogative B. informative C. performative D. directive 2012 31. 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 Land? 　　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．