1、专业英语八级(人文知识)练习试卷 8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 _ is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provide., methods for their descriptio
2、n, classification and transportation. ( A) Phonetics ( B) Phonology ( C) Phoneme ( D) Phonetic typology 2 The sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream at Some point the vocal tract are called ( A) consonance ( B) consonant cluster ( C) consistency ( D) consonants 3
3、 In its technical sense here, _ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations. ( A) pictogram ( B) lexicon ( C) word-formation ( D) ideogram 4 When was Longman Group UK Ltd was founded? ( A) 1721. ( B) 1722. ( C) 1723. ( D) 1724. 5 What is the name of the dictionary compiled
4、 by Samuel Johnson? ( A) First English Dictionary. ( B) Dictionary of English Language. ( C) A Dictionary of the English Language. ( D) Dictionary of the English Language. 6 Who wrote and publish Poor Richards AImanack? ( A) Benjamin Franklin. ( B) John Gay. ( C) David Hume. ( D) Samuel Richardson.
5、7 Which one of the following four books was written by Harriet Stowe? ( A) Roughing It in the Bush. ( B) Walden, or Life in the Woods. ( C) Adam Bede. ( D) Uncle Toms Cabin. 8 _ the capital of New South Wales, is the oldest and largest city in Australia. ( A) Melbourne ( B) Sydney ( C) Darwin ( D) C
6、anberra 9 _ , Valentines Day, is sweethearts? day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions. ( A) February 10th ( B) February 12th ( C) February 14th ( D) February 16th 10 Major Newspapers and Magazines in the USA are _ , etc. ( A) New York Times, Washington Post, Los An
7、geles Times, Times ( B) New York Times, Washington Post, The Sun, Times ( C) New York Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, Times ( D) New York Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Times 专业英语八级(人文知识)练习试卷 8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 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 人文知识 2 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 人文知识 3 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 人文知识 4 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 人文知识 5 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 人文知识 6 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 人文知识 7 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 人文知识 8 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 人文知识 9 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 人文知识 10 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 人文知识