人文知识辅导真题篇05-12.doc

专八人文知识辅导真题篇（2005-2012年） 2012专八人文知识真题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. 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. B. understatement. C. personification. D. synecdoche.  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. C. slang. D. variety 2011专八人文知识真题31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _______. A. Northern Ireland B. Wales C. England D. Scotland 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 33. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Lea