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英语专业八级人文知识 NO.01 1. Where is Edinburgh? A In Wales B In Scotland C In Northern Ireland D In Ireland 2. Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network? A ABC B CNN C CBS D BBC 3. The Capital of Australia is __. A Sydney B Melbourne C Canberra D Perth 4. Which degree is offered in community colleges in the United States? A Master’s degree B Doctor’s degree C Bachelor’s degree D Associate’s degree 5. George Bernard Shaw was a(n) __. A playwright B poet C novelist D essayist 6. John Galsworthy was most famous for__. A Heart of Darkness B Ulysses C The Forsyste Saga D A Passage to India 7. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by__. A Henry James B O. Henry C Harriet Beccher Stower D Mark Twain 8. The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in condition is__. A morphology B general linguistics C phonology D semantics 9. Which of the following is NOT a compound word? A Landlady B Greenhouse C Uplift D Unacceptable 10. The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any 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 　 答案：1-5 BDCDA 6-10 CDCDB 　　 NO.02（05年的真题） 1. The study of __ is Syntax. A textual organization B sentence structures C word formation D language functions 2. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language? A arbitrariness B productivity C cultural transmission D finiteness 3. The speech act theory was first put forward by__. 　　A John Scarl B Johan Austin C Noarn Chomsky D M.A.K Halliday 4. The capital city of Canada is __. 　　A Montreal B Ottawa C Vancouver D York 5. U.S. presidents normally serve a (an) __ term. 　　A