TEM-8人文知识考点讲解(英语学习者都可参考,增长知识!).doc

1.Which of the folowing is NOT a compound word? A. Landlady B. Greenhouse C. Uplift D. Unacceptable [题解]D 属derivation 2.The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any day on which we don’t have to work. This is an example of ____ A. meanng shift B. widening of meaning C. narrowing of meaning D. loss of meaning [题解]B 关键字any 3.The capital of Australia is ____ A. Sydney B. Melbourne C. Canberra D. 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 4.Which degree is offered in community colleges in the United States? A. Master’s degree B. Docter’s degree c. Bachelor’s degree D. Associate’s degree [题解]D 5.George Bernard Shaw was a(n ____ A. playwright B. poet C. novelist D. 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 6.John Galsworthy was most famous for ____ A. Heart of Darkness B. Ulysses C. The Forsyte Saga D. 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 7.The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was witten by ____ A. Henry James B. O. Henry C. Harriet Beecher Stower D. 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 Tom’s 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 8.The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication is _______ A. morphology B. general linguistics C. phonology D. semantics [题解]C Linguistics语言学,the study of human language。包括Theoretical linguistics,Applied linguistics,Sociolinguistics,Cognitive linguistics和Historical linguistics。 这里主要考Theo