英语专业八级0511年人文知识真题.doc

英语专业八级年人文知识真题’s shores. A. the French B. the Germans C. the British D. the Dutch 3. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf? A. Canada B. New Zealand C. Great Britain D. The United States of America 4. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American revolution? A. Thomas Jefferson B. Thomas Paine C. John Adams D. Thomas Jefferson 5. Virginia Woolf was an important ______ in the 20th century England? A. poet B. biographer C. playwright D. novelist 6. _____ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nation’s history. A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. Elegy 7. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century? A. The Great Gatsby B. The Sun Also Rises C. The Sound and the Fury D. Beyond the Horizon 8. _____ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind. A. Semantics B. Pragmatics C. Cognitive linguistics D. Sociolinguistics 9. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of ____ A. absence on obstruction B. presence of obstruction C. manner of articulation D. place of articulation 10. The definition “the act of using, or promoting the use of, several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community speakers” refers to _____ A. Pidgen B. Creole C. Multilingualism D. Bilingualism 英语专业八级年人文知识真题1.?? Which of the following statements in INCORRECT? A. The British constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215. B. The British constitution includes Parliamentary acts. C. The British constitution includes decisions made by courts of law. D. The British constitution includes one single written constitution. 2.?? The first city ever founded in Canada is A. Quebec. B. Vancouver. C. Toronto. D. Montreal. 3.?? When did the Australian Federation officially come into being? A. 1770. B. 1788. C. 1900. D. 1901. 4.?? The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the U.S. was issued by A. Abraham Lincol