专八人文知识练习与测试
人文知识专八考试的.重点，主要考察学生对于世界一些人文知识的掌握等，这要求学生的英语基础扎实，并且课外知识较为广泛。下面，小编为大家提供一些专八人文知识练习与测试，希望对大家有用。
一、人文知识练习
1.Which of the folowing is NOT a compoundword?
A. Landlady
B. Greenhouse
C. Uplift
D. Unacceptable
2.The word holiday originally meant holy day;but now the word signifies any day on whichwe don't have to work. This is an example of____
A. meanng shift
B. widening of meaning
C. narrowing of meaning
D. loss of meaning
3.The capital of Australia is ____
A. Sydney
B. Melbourne
C. Canberra
D. Perth
4.Which degree is offered in community colleges in the United States?
A. Master's degree
B. Docter's degree
C. Bachelor's degree
D. Associate's degree
5.George Bernard Shaw was an ____
A. playwright
B. poet
C. novelist
D. essayist
6.John Galsworthy was most famous for ____
A. Heart of Darkness
B. Ulysses
C. The Forsyte Saga
D. A Passage to India
7.The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by ____
A. Henry James
B. O. Henry
C. Harriet Beecher Stower
D. Mark Twain
8.The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning incommunication is _______
A. morphology
B. general linguistics
C. phonology
D. semantics
9.Where is Edinburgh?
A. In wales
B. In Scotland
C. In Northern Ireland
D. In Ireland
10.Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network?
A. ABC
B. CNN
C. CBS
D. BBC
专八人文知识练习与测试
参考答案：
1.D 属derivation
2. B 关键字any
3. CSydney第一大城市，位于New South Wales州; Melbourne第二大城市，位于victoria州;Canberra位于Sydney与Melbourne之间;Perth位于Australia州
4.D
5.A 英萧伯纳，爱尔兰裔，剧作家、批评家、社会评论家。著有Man and Superman，Back toMethuselah， Saint Joan圣女贞德， Arms and the Man，Pygmalion茶花女，获得1925年诺贝尔文学奖。
6.C 英高尔斯华绥，小说家、剧作家。著有The Forsyte Saga福赛特家史，于1932年获得了诺贝尔文学奖;Heart of Darkness，作者Joseph Conrad，波兰裔英国小说家，另著有Lord Jim吉姆老爷;Ulysses，作者James Joyce，爱尔兰作家，另著有Finnegans Wake为芬尼根守灵;A Passage to India，作者E.M.Forster，英国小说家，另著有Howards End霍华德别业。
7.D美Henry James，著有Ambassadors， The Golden Bowl;美O. Henry，短篇小说家， 真实姓名为William Sydney Porter，著有Cabbages and Kings，The Four Million;美Harriet BeecherStower，其反奴隶制小说Uncle Tom's Cabin，促进了废奴运动发展;美Mark Twain，真实姓名为Samnel Langhorne clemens，另著有The Adventures of Tom Samyer。
8.C Linguistics语言学，the study of human language.包括Theoretical linguistics， Appliedlinguistics，Sociolinguistics，Cognitive linguistics和 Historical linguistics.这里主要考Theoreticallinguistics，包括：
1.Lexis词汇学， the study of what is a word and where words come from
2.Semantics语义学，the study of meaning in a language
3.Phonetics语音学，the study of speech sounds voice。
4.Phonology音位学/音系学，the study of how sounds are put together and used to conveymeaning in communication
5.Morphology形态学，the study of the structure and form of words and phrases
6.Syntax 句法学，the study of the rules， or “patterned relations” that govern the way thewords in a sentence come together，与morphology形态学并称grammer语法学
7.Stylistics文体学， the study of style used in literary， and verbal language and the effectthe writer/speaker wishes to communicate to the reader/hearer.
8.Pragmatics语用学， generally the study of natural language understanding， and specificallythe study of how context influences the interpretation of meanings.
补充：general linguistics， the study of the structure and development of language in general
9.B wales的首府为Cardiff，Scotland的首府为Edinburgh，Northern Ireland的首府为Belfast，Ireland的首府为Dublin
10.D
二、人文知识自测：
There are ten multi-choice questions in thissection. Choose the best answer to eachquestion. Mark your answer on your coloredanswer sheet.
31. ____ is the world's largest exporter of lamband mutton.
A. New Zealand B. Australia C. Canada D. America
32. ____ is popularly known in the West as theLand Down Under.
A. Britain B. Canada C. Australia D. New Zealand
33. Shakespeare wrote all the following works EXCEPT ____.
A. Hamlet B. King Lear C. Othello D. Wuthering Heights
34. Mark Twain is most famous for ____.
A. poems B. novels C. dramas D. science fiction
35. ____ was NOT written by Charles Dickens.
A. David Copperfield B. Oliver Twist C. Sons and Lovers D. A Tale of Two Cities
36. British prime minister normally serves a ____ term.
A. two-year B. five-year C. four-year D. six-year
37. ____ is sometimes called the birthplace of America.
A. New England B. the South C. the West D. the Midwest
38. Semantics is the study of ____.
A. linguistic competence B. language functions C. meanings D. social behavior
39. Which of the following is not generally believed to be area of linguistics?
A. syntax B. semantics C. phonology D. etiology
40. TG grammar was advanced by ____.
A. Searle B. Whorf C. Halliday D. Noam Chomsky