人文知识样题及详解——2005.pptVIP

人文知识样题及历年考题含英语专八大纲 1.测试要求：a.能基本了解主要英语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化传统等b.能初步具备英语文学知识c.能初步具备英语语言学知识d.考试时间10分钟 2.测试形式：本部分采用多项选择题形式，要求学生从每题的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，共10题。 3.测试目的：人文知识部分测试学生对主要英语国家社会与文化、英语文学与英语语言学基本知识的掌握。 4.测试范围：主要英语国家社会与文化知识英语文学知识英语语言学知识 [Sample Test] 31.Where is Edinburgh?A. In WalesB. In ScotlandC. In Northern IrelandD. In Ireland [题解]B Wales的首府为Cardiff,Scotland的首府为Edinburgh，Northern Ireland的首府为Belfast,Ireland的首府为Dublin 32.Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network?A. ABCB. CNNC. CBSD. BBC [题解]D 33.The capital of Australia is ____A. SydneyB. MelbourneC. CanberraD. Perth [题解]C Sydney第一大城市，位于New South Wales州; Melbourne第二大城市，位于Victoria州; Canberra位于Sydney与Melbourne之间；Perth位于Australia州 34.Which degree is offered in community colleges in the United States?A. Masters degreeB. Doctors degreec. Bachelors degreeD. Associates degree [题解]D 35.George Bernard Shaw was a(n) ____A. playwrightB. poetC. novelistD. essayist [题解]A （英）萧伯纳，爱尔兰裔，剧作家、批评家、社会评论家。著有Man and Superman, Back to Methuselah, Saint Joan圣女贞德, Arms and the Man，Pygmalion茶花女，获得1925年诺贝尔文学奖 36.John Galsworthy was most famous for ____A. Heart of DarknessB. UlyssesC. The Forsyte SagaD. A Passage to India [题解]C 英)高尔斯华绥，小说家、剧作家。著有The Forsyte Saga福赛特家史，于1993年获得了诺贝尔文学奖；Heart of Darkness，作者Joseph Conrad，波兰裔英国小说家，另著有Lord Jim吉姆老爷；Ulysses，作者James Joyce，爱尔兰作家，另著有Finnegans Wake为芬尼根守灵；A Passage to India，作者E.M.Forster，英国小说家，另著有Howards End霍华德别业 37.The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was witten by ____A. Henry JamesB. O. HenryC. Harriet Beecher StowerD. Mark Twain [题解]D （美）Henry James，著有Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl;（美）O. Henry，短篇小说家, 真实姓名为William Sydney Porter，著有Cabbages and Kings，The Four Million；（美）Harriet Beecher Stower，其反奴隶制小说Uncle Toms Cabin，促进了废奴运动发展；（美）Mark Twain，真实姓名为Samnel Langhorne clemens，另著有The Adventures of Tom Samyer 38.The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication is _______A. morphologyB. general linguist