英语专业八级人文知识精讲NO.41

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　　__1__ In Britain, ___ has the ultimate authority of legislation.
# [7 j& Y8 h9 e  f; y; f　　A the Queen B the House of Commons C the House of Lords D the Prime Minister
　　__2__ The three largest cities in Canada do NOT include.
7 m7 G& M" ?* D  |% n* v　　A Toronto B Quebec C Ottawa D Vancouver
　　__3__ Aboriginal culture in Australia is said to be more than ___ years old.
　　A 20,000 B 30,000 C 40,000 D 50,000
　　__4__ It is known that Irish landscape in featured by ___.我要收藏
& a, \# a. n  e# m7 _5 c　　A bogs B mountains C grassland D rivers
　　__5__ The following plays are comedies by Shakespeare EXCEPT ___.
　　A A Midsummer Night’s Dream B As You Like It C The Merchant of Venice D Romeo and Juliet
　　__6__ “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” Probably this refers to the novel ___.
　　A Wuthering Heights B The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
　　C David Copperfield D Gulliver’s Travels
　　__7__ ___ was considered to be the greatest dramatist in the 18th century.
　　A Henry Fielding B Laurence Sterne C Oliver Goldsmith D Richard B. Sheridan
　　__8__ The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.
. x7 F! p/ A3 l, Z9 G, ?/ Y2 f　　A pragmatics B semantics C sociolinguistics D psycholinguistics
, \7 |/ \8 Z- k/ V- ?　　__9__ Which of the following words can connect two clauses in a coordinate sentence?
　　A Through B When C But D If
( x$ Z/ X) s. t- {　　__10__ Which of the following is NOT considered part of semantic change?
7 D) U2 ^1 ]) B& Z  G& o　　A Semantic broadening B Compounding C Semantic narrowing D Semantic shift
" Z; s6 J6 B. C% z1 C　　答案：
　　1. 选B。在英国，下院拥有最高立法权。本题术语发展现状类问题。
　　2. 选C。加拿大三大城市不包括渥太华。本题术语发展现状类问题。
　　3. 选C。据说澳大利亚的土着文化拥有四千多年的历史。本题属于文化传统类问题。
　　4. 选A。众所周知，爱尔兰地貌特点是沼泽地。本题属于地理类问题。我要收藏
" g. C' D" }4 G) J" U　　5. 选D。除了《罗密欧与朱丽叶》之外，其他下列戏剧皆为莎士比亚的喜剧作品。本题属于英国文学类问题。
4 p0 m( A6 l. I. {　　6. 选B。“小说结构是围绕主人公的身世发现来安排的”这句话可能是指小说《弃儿汤姆.琼斯的来历》。本题属于英国文学类问题。
. A9 q" @7 M; _8 b' b5 k　　7. 选D。理查德.B.谢立丹被认为是18世纪最伟大的剧作家。本题属于英国文学类问题。
　　8. 选A。这道题检查考生是否知晓语用学的含义。
　　9. 选C。这套题检查考生对别列举的了解。
3 C. m: p0 O7 D/ z　　10.选B。这道题检查考生对语义变化内容的了解。