专八考前冲刺辅导：人文知识训练（二）

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　　__1__ In Britain, ___ has the ultimate authority of legislation.
/ U! Y6 q: Q' A' ?　　A the Queen B the House of Commons C the House of Lords D the Prime Minister
7 m- W0 ]6 d4 N9 F- ^: M　　__2__ The three largest cities in Canada do NOT include.
/ l4 E- D: @% D　　A Toronto B Quebec C Ottawa D Vancouver
' M) f8 X5 F" w! ?) P% g, k　　__3__ Aboriginal culture in Australia is said to be more than ___ years old.
7 S" `9 D- _7 i! D3 O/ j　　A 20,000 B 30,000 C 40,000 D 50,000
+ X0 W9 A- D# B9 N　　__4__ It is known that Irish landscape in featured by ___.
5 b/ b) ]; U; S  A　　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
. |  ~0 e3 [! n) B3 S　　__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 O, o3 {$ o9 Y  D  o+ Y& Z8 O5 }8 B　　__8__ The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.
　　A pragmatics B semantics C sociolinguistics D psycholinguistics
# W, I$ N6 \: ^. W% S' f　　__9__ Which of the following words can connect two clauses in a coordinate sentence?
　　A Through B When C But D If
　　__10__ Which of the following is NOT considered part of semantic change?
, e+ ?. E; g' v* J5 t　　A Semantic broadening B Compounding C Semantic narrowing D Semantic shift
+ t! u( g3 i8 s/ A　　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。据说澳大利亚的土著文化拥有四千多年的历史。本题属于文化传统类问题。
& D( h* w/ t6 _9 y' f5 K　　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。
& u$ U2 ?2 p0 c  V6 W　　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。
# U4 p8 z5 ~% \6 b0 O: G, F　　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。
　　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。
　　10.选B。这道题检查考生对语义变化内容的了解。