英語專八考試文化常識輔導(dǎo)測試題

英語專八考試文化常識輔導(dǎo)2000年教育部《高等學(xué)校英語專業(yè)高年級教學(xué)大綱》規(guī)定，高等學(xué)校英語專業(yè)高年級的教學(xué)任務(wù)是“繼續(xù)打好語言基本功，進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)大知識面，重點(diǎn)應(yīng)放在培養(yǎng)英語綜合技能，充實(shí)文化知識，提高交際能力上”。2005年的英語專業(yè)考試依照2004年新版的《高校英語專業(yè)八級考試大綱》的有關(guān)規(guī)定，取消了快速閱讀，取而代之的是人文知識，或者叫做文化常識題（GeneralKnowledge）。那么到底這個題型考的是什么題，又有哪些內(nèi)容呢？英語專業(yè)的教學(xué)大綱對這一項(xiàng)并沒有具體要求，但是八級考試大綱則有以下四點(diǎn)說明：測試要求：1.能基本了解主要英語國家的地理、歷史、現(xiàn)狀、文化傳統(tǒng)等。2.能初步具備英語文學(xué)知識。3.能初步具備英語語言學(xué)知識。4.考試時間為10分鐘。測試形式：多項(xiàng)選擇題，共10題。測試范圍：主要涉及到三個方面的內(nèi)容：主要英語國家社會與文化（基本國家概況：地理、政治制度、文化生活、經(jīng)濟(jì)4/10）英美文學(xué)（作家、作品，文學(xué)流派，基本文學(xué)概念3/10）英語語言學(xué)（詞匯學(xué)、語義學(xué)、語用學(xué)、語言學(xué)流派、基本概念3/10）Forthewantofanailtheshoewaslost,Forthewantofashoethehorsewaslost,Forthewantofahorsetheriderwaslost,Forthewantofariderthebattlewaslost,Forthewantofabattlethekingdomwaslost,Andallforthewantofahorseshoenail.--BenjaminFranklin失去一顆馬蹄釘，可能會失去一個國家；忽略一個細(xì)節(jié)，你也可能失去整個專八。2008年英語專業(yè)八級考試人文知識真題及答案31.

ThelargestcityinCanadais___.A.Vancouver.B.Montreal.C.TorontoD.Ottawa.32.

AccordingtotheUnitedStatesConstitution,thelegislativepowerisinvestedin___.A.theFederalGovernment.B.theSupremeCourt.C.theCabinet.D.theCongress.33.

WhichofthefollowingistheoldestsportintheUnitedStates?A.Baseball.B.Tennis.C.Basketball.D.Americanfootball.34.

TheheadoftheexecutivebranchinNewZealandis____.A.thePresident.B.theGovernor-General.C.theBritishmonarchD.thePrimeMinister.35.

TheCanterburyTales,acollectionofstoriestoldbyagroupofpilgrimsontheirwaytoCanterbury,isanimportantpoeticworkby___.A.WilliamLangland.B.GeoffreyChaucer.C.WilliamShakespeare.D.AlfredTennyson.36.

WhowroteTheAmerican?A.HermanMelville.B.NathanielHawthorne.C.HenryJames.D.TheodoreDreiser.37.

Allofthefollowingarewell-knownfemalewritersin20th-centuryBritainEXCEPT____.A.GeorgeEliot.B.IrisJeanMurdoch.C.DorisLessing.D.MurielSpark.38.

WhichofthefollowingisNOTadesignfeatureofhumanlanguage?A.Arbitrariness.B.Displacement.C.Duality.D.Diachronicity.39.

Whattypeofsentenceis“Marklikesfiction,butTimisinterestedinpoetry.”?A.Asimplesentence.B.Acoordinatesentence.C.Acomplexsentence.D.Noneoftheabove.40.

Thephenomenonthatwordshavingdifferentmeaningshavethesameformiscalled____.A.hyponymy.B.synonymy.C.polysemy.D.homonymy.Keys:CDABBCADBD2009年英語專業(yè)八級考試人文知識真題及答案31.TheHeadofStateofNewZealandis______.A.thegovernor-generalB.thePrimeMinisterC.thehighcommissionerD.themonarchofUnitedKingdom32.ThecapitalofScotlandis______.A.GlasgowB.EdinburghC.ManchesterD.London33.WhowritetheDeclarationofIndependenceandlaterbecametheU.S.President?A.ThomasJeffersonB.GeorgeWashingtonC.ThomasPaineD.JohnAdams34.WhichisthefollowingcitiesislocatedontheeasterncoastofAustralia?A.PerthB.AdelaideC.SydneyD.Melbourne35.OdetotheWestWindwaswrittenby______.A.WillianBlakeB.WillianWordsworthC.SamuelTaylorColeridegeD.PercyByssheShelley36.Whoamongthefollowingisapoetoffreeverse?A.RalphWaldoEmersonB.WaltWhitmanC.HermanMelvilleD.TheodoreDreiser37.ThenovelSonsandLoverswaswrittenby______.A.ThomasHardyB.JohnGalworhtyC.D.H.LawrenceD.JamesJoyce38.Thestudyofmentalprocessesoflanguagecomprehensionandproductionis______.A.corpuslinguisticsB.socialinguisticsC.theoreticallinguisticsD.psycholinguistics39.Aspeciallanguagevarietythatmixeslanguagesandisusedbyspeakersofdifferentlanguagesforpurposesoftradingiscalled______.A.dialectB.idiolectC.pidginD.register40.Whenaspeakerexpresseshisintensionofspeaking,suchasaskingsomeonetoopenthewindow,heisperforming______.A.anillocutionaryactB.aperlocutionaryactC.alocutionaryactD.noneoftheaboveKey:31-35DBACD36-40BCDCA2010--PARTIII

GENERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)31.

WhichofthefollowingstatementsinINCORRECT?A.TheBritishconstitutionincludestheMagnaCartaof1215.B.TheBritishconstitutionincludesParliamentaryacts.C.TheBritishconstitutionincludesdecisionsmadebycourtsoflaw.D.TheBritishconstitutionincludesonesinglewrittenconstitution.32.

ThefirstcityeverfoundedinCanadaisA.Quebec.B.Vancouver.C.Toronto.D.Montreal.33.

WhendidtheAustralianFederationofficiallycomeintobeing?A.1770.B.1788.C.1900.D.1901.34.

TheEmancipationProclamationtoendtheslaveryplantationsystemintheSouthoftheU.S.wasissuedbyA.AbrahamLincoln.B.ThomasPaine.C.GeorgeWashington.D.ThomasJefferson.35.

________isbestknownforthetechniqueofdramaticmonologueinhispoems..A.WilliamBlakeB.W.B.YeatsC.RobertBrowningD.WilliamWordsworth36.

TheFinancieriswrittenby_____A.MarkTwain.B.HenryJames.C.WilliamFaulkner.D.TheodoreDreiser.37.

Inliteratureastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaningisdefinedas_____A.allegory.B.sonnet.C.blankverse.D.rhyme.38.

________referstothelearninganddevelopmentofalanguage.A.LanguageacquisitionB.LanguagecomprehensionC.LanguageproductionD.Languageinstruction39.

Theword“Motel”comesfrom“motor+hotel”.Thisisanexampleof

____inmorphology.A.backformationB.conversionC.blendingD.acronym40.

Languageisttoolofcommunication.Thesymbol“HighwayClosed”onahighwayservesA.anexpressivefunction.B.aninformativefunction.C.aperformativefunction.D.apersuasivefunction.Keys:31-35DAAAC36-40DAACB2011--PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGE31.ThenorthernmostpartofGreatBritainis_______.A.NorthernIrelandB.WalesC.EnglandD.Scotland32.Itisgenerallyagreedthat_______werethefirstEuropeanstoreachAustralia'sshores.A.theFrenchB.theGermansC.theBritishD.theDutch33.WhichcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf?A.Canada.B.NewZealand.C.GreatBritain.D.TheUnitedStatesofAmerica.34.Whowrotethefamouspamphlet,TheCommonSense,beforetheAmericanRevolution?A.ThomasJefferson.B.ThomasPaine.C.JohnAdams.D.BenjaminFranklin.35.VirginiaWoolfwasanimportantfemale________inthe20th-centuryEngland.A.poetB.biographerC.playwrightD.novelist36.______referstoalongnarrativepoemthatrecordstheadventuresofaheroinanation'shistory.A.BalladB.RomanceC.EpicD.Elegy37.WhichofthefollowingbestexploresAmericanmythinthe20thcentury?A.TheGreatGatsby.B.TheSunAlsoRises.C.TheSoundandtheFury.D.BeyondtheHorizon.38._______isdefinedasthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandmind.A.SemanticsB.PragmaticsC.CognitivelinguisticsD.Sociolinguistics39.AvowelisdifferentfromaconsonantinEnglishbecauseof________.A.absenceofobstructionB.presenceofobstructionC.mannerofarticulationD.placeofarticulation40.Thedefinition"theactofusingorpromotingtheuseofseverallanguages,eitherbyanindividualspeakerorbyacommunityofspeakers"refersto_________.A.PidginB.CreoleC.MultilingualismD.BilingualismKeys:DDABDCACAC2012-PARTIIIGENERALKNOWLEDGE(10MIN)31.TheMaoripeoplearenativesof_____A.Australia.B.Canada.C.Ireland.D.NewZealand.32.TheBritishmonarchistheHeadofA.Parliament.B.State.C.Government.D.Cabinet.33.AmericanscelebrateIndependenceDayon_____A.July4th.B.October11th.C.May31st.D.September6th.34.Canadaisboundedonthenorthby______A.thePacificOcean.B.theAtlanticOcean.C.theArcticOcean.D.theGreatLakes.35.WhoistheauthorofTheWasteLand?A.GeorgeBernardShaw.B.W.B.Yeats.C.DylanThomas.D.T.S.Eliot.36.WhichofthefollowingnovelistswroteTheSoundandtheFury?A.WilliamFaulkner.B.ErnestHemingway.C.ScottFitzgerald.D.JohnSteinbeck.37."Thelettucewaslonelywithouttomatoesandcucumbersforcompany"isanexampleofA.exaggeration.B.understatement.C.personification.D.synecdoche.38.InEnglishifawordbeginswitha[l]ora[r],thenthenextsoundmustbeavowel.Thisisa(n)_____A.assimilationrule.B.sequentialrule.C.deletionrule.D.grammarrule.39.Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofclipping?A.APEC.B.Motel.C.Xerox.D.Disco.40.Thetypeoflanguagewhichisselectedasappropriatetoaparticulartypeofsituationiscalled_____A.register.B.dialect.C.slang.D.variety.Keys:DBACDACBDA2013年專八人文知識31．ThefullofficialnameofAustraliaisA．TheRepublicofAustralia．B．TheCommonwealthofAustralia．C．TheFederationofAustralia．D．TheUnionofAustralia．32.CanadaiswellknownforallthefollowingEXCEPTA．itsmineralresources．B．itsforestresources．C．itsfertileandarableland．D．itsheavyindustries．33．IntheUnitedStatescommunitycollegesoffer____A．two-yearprogrammes．B．four-yearprogrammes．C．postgraduatestudies．D．B．A．orB．S．degrees．34.In______，referendainScotlandandWalessetupaScottishparliamentandaWalesassembly．A．2000B．1946C．1997D.199035．Whichofthefollowingclustersofwordsisanexampleofalliteration?A．Aweakseat．B．Safeandsound．C