专业英语八级-人文知识(二)及答案解析.doc

1、专业英语八级-人文知识(二)及答案解析 (总分：30.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、BExercise One/(总题数：10，分数：10.00)1._ is a satirist and the first writer in America to win the Nobel Prize in literature.（分数：1.00）A.Eugene ONeillB.Sinclair LewisC.T.S. EliotD.William Faulkner2.Alaska lies in the _ of North America, stretching southward from the

2、 Arctic Ocean to the Pacific.（分数：1.00）A.northwestern partB.southwestern partC.northeastern partD.southeastern part3.What is the name of the Lake in northern Utah of the U.S.A.?（分数：1.00）A.Lake Michigan.B.Lake Superior.C.Lake Erie.D.the Great Salt Lake.4.Among the four pillars of English literature, w

3、ho was NOT born and raised in Ireland?（分数：1.00）A.Jonathan Swift.B.William Butler Yeats.C.James Joyce.D.Robert Browning.5.Which one of the following Ivy League Schools is situated in Connecticut?（分数：1.00）A.Yale University.B.Harvard.C.Princeton.D.Columbia.6.Who wrote Pygmalion which later was transfor

4、med into the highly popular New York Broadway musical My Fair Lady in 1956?（分数：1.00）A.Edgar Allen Poe.B.Charles Lamb.C.George Bernard Shaw.D.Alfred Tennyson.7.The famous short story The Fall of the House of Usher was written by _.（分数：1.00）A.Charles DickensB.Edgar Allen PoeC.John Richardson (Canadian

5、 novelist)D.Henry Savery8.Who wrote a highly-acclaimed Novel Moby Dick?（分数：1.00）A.William James.B.Herman Melville.C.Ernest Hemingway.D.Cooper.9.Which one of the four is NOT correct?（分数：1.00）A.English-speaking countries are UK, USA, Canada, Barbados, etc.B.English-speaking countries are UK, Canada, A

6、ustralia, New Zealand, etc.C.English-speaking countries are USA, Canada, Australia, the Republic of Ireland, etc.D.English-speaking countries USA, Canada, Australia, Egypt, etc.10.The branch of linguistics which studies the forms of words is _ MORPHOLOGY.（分数：1.00）A.phonemeB.morphemeC.semanticsD.morp

7、hology二、BExercise Two/(总题数：10，分数：10.00)11.Who wrote and published the philosophical work Essay Concerning Human Understanding?（分数：1.00）A.John Milton.B.John Locke.C.Richard Steele.D.Joseph Addison.12.In the literature of sociolinguistics, _ refers to a group of institutionalized social situations typ

8、ically constrained by a common set of behavioural rules.（分数：1.00）A.domainB.distributionC.dissimilationD.discourse13.Who wrote one of the most enduring classic poem Ode to the West Wind?（分数：1.00）A.William Wordsworth.B.Alfred Tennyson.C.Percy B. Shelley.D.David Burn.14.Which one of the following Ameri

9、can cities is the birthplace of jazz?（分数：1.00）A.New Orleans.B.New York.C.Boston.D.Chicago.15.When did Elizabeth I come to the throne of England?（分数：1.00）A.1538.B.1548.C.1568.D.1558.16.When was Oxford University founded?（分数：1.00）A.1167 in Oxford.B.1267 in Oxford.C.1367 in Oxford.D.1467 in Oxford.17.T

10、he first capital of the young nation of the USA is _.（分数：1.00）A.BostonB.PhiladelphiaC.New YorkD.Washington18._ is a process in which part of the form is native and part is borrowed, but the meaning is fully borrowed.（分数：1.00）A.LoanshiftingB.LoanblendingC.Loan translationD.Logical connection19.What i

11、s the name of the woman poet who had her The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America?（分数：1.00）A.Anne Bradstreet.B.Maria Edgeworth.C.Jane Austen.D.Emily Dickinson.20.Canada is often described as a huge _ centered on the Hudson and James Bay.（分数：1.00）A.plateB.saucerC.cupD.bowl三、BExercise Three(总题数：10，分

12、数：10.00)21._ the capital of New South Wales, is the oldest and largest city in Australia.（分数：1.00）A.MelbourneB.SydneyC.DarwinD.Canberra22.In its technical sense here, _ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations.（分数：1.00）A.pictogramB.lexiconC.word-formationD.ideogram23.Wh

13、o wrote and publish Poor Richards AImanack?（分数：1.00）A.Benjamin Franklin.B.John Gay.C.David Hume.D.Samuel Richardson.24._ is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provide., methods for their description, classification and transportation.（分数：1.00）A.Phonetics

14、B.PhonologyC.PhonemeD.Phonetic typology25.When was Longman Group UK Ltd was founded?（分数：1.00）A.1721.B.1722.C.1723.D.1724.26.What is the name of the dictionary compiled by Samuel Johnson?（分数：1.00）A.First English Dictionary.B.Dictionary of English Language.C.A Dictionary of the English Language.D.Dict

15、ionary of the English Language.27.The sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream at Some point the vocal tract are called（分数：1.00）A.consonanceB.consonant clusterC.consistencyD.consonants28.Major Newspapers and Magazines in the USA are _ , etc.（分数：1.00）A.New York Time

16、s, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TimesB.New York Times, Washington Post, The Sun, TimesC.New York Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, TimesD.New York Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Times29._ , Valentines Day, is sweethearts? day, on which people in love with each other express the

17、ir tender emotions.（分数：1.00）A.February 10thB.February 12thC.February 14thD.February 16th30.Which one of the following four books was written by Harriet Stowe?（分数：1.00）A.Roughing It in the Bush.B.Walden, or Life in the Woods.C.Adam Bede.D.Uncle Toms Cabin.专业英语八级-人文知识(二)答案解析 (总分：30.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、BExe

18、rcise One/(总题数：10，分数：10.00)1._ is a satirist and the first writer in America to win the Nobel Prize in literature.（分数：1.00）A.Eugene ONeillB.Sinclair LewisC.T.S. EliotD.William Faulkner解析：2.Alaska lies in the _ of North America, stretching southward from the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific.（分数：1.00）A.nor

19、thwestern partB.southwestern partC.northeastern partD.southeastern part解析：3.What is the name of the Lake in northern Utah of the U.S.A.?（分数：1.00）A.Lake Michigan.B.Lake Superior.C.Lake Erie.D.the Great Salt Lake.解析：4.Among the four pillars of English literature, who was NOT born and raised in Ireland

20、?（分数：1.00）A.Jonathan Swift.B.William Butler Yeats.C.James Joyce.D.Robert Browning.解析：5.Which one of the following Ivy League Schools is situated in Connecticut?（分数：1.00）A.Yale University.B.Harvard.C.Princeton.D.Columbia.解析：6.Who wrote Pygmalion which later was transformed into the highly popular New

21、 York Broadway musical My Fair Lady in 1956?（分数：1.00）A.Edgar Allen Poe.B.Charles Lamb.C.George Bernard Shaw.D.Alfred Tennyson.解析：7.The famous short story The Fall of the House of Usher was written by _.（分数：1.00）A.Charles DickensB.Edgar Allen PoeC.John Richardson (Canadian novelist)D.Henry Savery解析：8

22、.Who wrote a highly-acclaimed Novel Moby Dick?（分数：1.00）A.William James.B.Herman Melville.C.Ernest Hemingway.D.Cooper.解析：9.Which one of the four is NOT correct?（分数：1.00）A.English-speaking countries are UK, USA, Canada, Barbados, etc.B.English-speaking countries are UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,

23、 etc.C.English-speaking countries are USA, Canada, Australia, the Republic of Ireland, etc.D.English-speaking countries USA, Canada, Australia, Egypt, etc.解析：10.The branch of linguistics which studies the forms of words is _ MORPHOLOGY.（分数：1.00）A.phonemeB.morphemeC.semanticsD.morphology解析：二、BExercis

24、e Two/(总题数：10，分数：10.00)11.Who wrote and published the philosophical work Essay Concerning Human Understanding?（分数：1.00）A.John Milton.B.John Locke.C.Richard Steele.D.Joseph Addison.解析：12.In the literature of sociolinguistics, _ refers to a group of institutionalized social situations typically constr

25、ained by a common set of behavioural rules.（分数：1.00）A.domainB.distributionC.dissimilationD.discourse解析：13.Who wrote one of the most enduring classic poem Ode to the West Wind?（分数：1.00）A.William Wordsworth.B.Alfred Tennyson.C.Percy B. Shelley.D.David Burn.解析：14.Which one of the following American cit

26、ies is the birthplace of jazz?（分数：1.00）A.New Orleans.B.New York.C.Boston.D.Chicago.解析：15.When did Elizabeth I come to the throne of England?（分数：1.00）A.1538.B.1548.C.1568.D.1558.解析：16.When was Oxford University founded?（分数：1.00）A.1167 in Oxford.B.1267 in Oxford.C.1367 in Oxford.D.1467 in Oxford.解析：17

27、.The first capital of the young nation of the USA is _.（分数：1.00）A.BostonB.PhiladelphiaC.New YorkD.Washington解析：18._ is a process in which part of the form is native and part is borrowed, but the meaning is fully borrowed.（分数：1.00）A.LoanshiftingB.LoanblendingC.Loan translationD.Logical connection解析：1

28、9.What is the name of the woman poet who had her The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America?（分数：1.00）A.Anne Bradstreet.B.Maria Edgeworth.C.Jane Austen.D.Emily Dickinson.解析：20.Canada is often described as a huge _ centered on the Hudson and James Bay.（分数：1.00）A.plateB.saucerC.cupD.bowl解析：三、BExercise

29、Three(总题数：10，分数：10.00)21._ the capital of New South Wales, is the oldest and largest city in Australia.（分数：1.00）A.MelbourneB.SydneyC.DarwinD.Canberra解析：22.In its technical sense here, _ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations.（分数：1.00）A.pictogramB.lexiconC.word-formati

30、onD.ideogram解析：23.Who wrote and publish Poor Richards AImanack?（分数：1.00）A.Benjamin Franklin.B.John Gay.C.David Hume.D.Samuel Richardson.解析：24._ is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provide., methods for their description, classification and transportati

31、on.（分数：1.00）A.PhoneticsB.PhonologyC.PhonemeD.Phonetic typology解析：25.When was Longman Group UK Ltd was founded?（分数：1.00）A.1721.B.1722.C.1723.D.1724.解析：26.What is the name of the dictionary compiled by Samuel Johnson?（分数：1.00）A.First English Dictionary.B.Dictionary of English Language.C.A Dictionary o

32、f the English Language.D.Dictionary of the English Language.解析：27.The sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream at Some point the vocal tract are called（分数：1.00）A.consonanceB.consonant clusterC.consistencyD.consonants解析：28.Major Newspapers and Magazines in the USA a

33、re _ , etc.（分数：1.00）A.New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TimesB.New York Times, Washington Post, The Sun, TimesC.New York Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, TimesD.New York Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Times解析：29._ , Valentines Day, is sweethearts? day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions.（分数：1.00）A.February 10thB.February 12thC.February 14thD.February 16th解析：30.Which one of the following four books was written by Harriet Stowe?（分数：1.00）A.Roughing It in the Bush.B.Walden, or Life in the Woods.C.Adam Bede.D.Uncle Toms Cabin.解析：