1、专业英语八级（人文知识）模拟试卷 73及答案与解析 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 1 During the British Civil War, the supporters of the king were called _ （ A） Cavaliers. （ B） merchants. （ C） Roundheads. （ D
2、） Scots. 2 In the late 17th century, the most famous writers were _ （ A） John Bunyan and John Milton. （ B） John Bunyan and John Donne. （ C） John Donne and John Milton. （ D） John Donne and Francis Bacon. 3 The Renaissance began in_in the early 14th century. （ A） Britain （ B） Italy （ C） France （ D） Gr
3、eece 4 British English is spoken in _ （ A） Great Britain. （ B） Australia. （ C） New Zealand. （ D） A, B, and C 5 Raising ones open hand with palm down to ones throat means “_“ in English culture. （ A） Shame on you. （ B） Im full. （ C） Kill yourself. （ D） Youre shorter than I. 6 _River flows through New
4、 York State and into New York City. （ A） The Mississippi （ B） The Rio Grand （ C） The Ohio （ D） The Hudson 7 Which group of words belongs to the close class? （ A） Adjectives. （ B） Adverbs. （ C） Prepositions. （ D） Nouns. 8 Speech act theory is an important theory in the_study of language. （ A） semanti
5、c （ B） pragmatic （ C） phonetic （ D） morphological 9 John Firth, Malinowski and Halliday are the representatives of _ School, known as Functional Linguistics. （ A） Prague School （ B） Copenhagen School （ C） London School （ D） Behaviorism School 10 The novel Pride and Prejudice was written by the famou
6、s woman writer _ （ A） Charlotte Bronte. （ B） Emily Bronte. （ C） Jane Austen. （ D） Jane Eyre. 11 The Wars of Roses was ended by_who destroyed the forces of the two sides of the wars, and the feudal basis of society was completely broken. （ A） Henry II （ B） Henry VII （ C） Henry VIII （ D） Henry IV 12 A
7、 cold dish of raw vegetables with a dressing is called _ （ A） hamburger. （ B） sandwich. （ C） salad. （ D） pudding. 13 The first known settlers of Britain were _ （ A） the Jutes. （ B） the Celts. （ C） the Saxons. （ D） the Iberians. 14 Ireland is called the Emerald Isle for its rich green countryside, bu
8、t politically it is divided into two parts: _ （ A） Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. （ B） Southern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. （ C） the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. （ D） Northern Ireland and Britain. 15 Hawthorne generally concerned himself with such issues as_in his ficti
9、ons. （ A） the evil in mans heart （ B） the material pursuit （ C） the racial conflict （ D） the social inequality 16 All his novels reveal that, as time went on, Mark Twain became increasingly _ （ A） prolific. （ B） artistic. （ C） optimistic. （ D） pessimistic. 17 The English Renaissance period was an ag
10、e of _ （ A） poetry and drama. （ B） drama and novel. （ C） novel and poetry. （ D） romance and poetry. 18 Most embedded clauses require an introductory word called a subordinator, such as “that, until, before,_ , “ and so on. （ A） so （ B） if （ C） for （ D） but 19 The most obvious and rapid change in the
11、 development of a language takes place in the area of _ （ A） pronunciation. （ B） vocabulary. （ C） grammar. （ D） speech. 20 “Lead(metal)“ and “ lead(dogs head)“ are spelt in the same way, but pronounced differently. This kind of sense relation is called _ （ A） polysemy. （ B） antonymy. （ C） homonymy. （ D） hyponymy. 专业英语八级（人文知识）模拟试卷 73答案与解析
