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英语专业八级考试专题 人文知识部分 TEM2011GENERAL KNOWLEDGE There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet. 31. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _____. A. Northern Ireland B. Scotland C. England D. Wales 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 Leaf? A. Canada. B. New Zealand. C. Great Britain. D. The United States of America. 34. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution? A. Thomas Jefferson. B. Thomas Paine. C. John Adams. D. Benjamin Franklin. 35. Virginia Woolf was an important female _____ in the 20th- century England. A. poet B. biographer C. playwright D. novelist 36. _____ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nations history, A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. Elegy 37. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century? A. The Great Gatsby. B. The Sun Also Rises. C. The Sound and the Fury. D. Beyond the Horizon. 38. _____ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind. A. Semantics B. Pragmatics C. Cognitive linguistics D. Socio linguistics 39. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of _____. A. absence of obstruction B. presence of obstruction C. manner of articulation D. place of articulation 40. The definition the act of using, or promoting the use of, several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers refers to _____. A. Pidgin B. Creole C. Multilingualism D. Bilingualism 2011年人文知识答案 31. B 英国最北部：Scotland；32. D 第一个到澳洲的人：Dutch；33. A 枫叶之国：Canada；34. B The Common Sense的作者： Thomas Paine35. D Virginia Woolf：Novelist； 36. C 历史叙事诗：Epic 　　 37. A 探讨20世纪American Myth的文学作品：The Great Gatsby38. C 探讨语言和思维的学科：Cognitive Linguistics39.