专八人文知识模拟练习题(10)

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　　1、In Britain, ___ has the ultimate authority of legislation.
　　A the Queen
　　B the House of Commons
! z7 E% H& \! D( s3 G, I9 k　　C the House of Lords
　　D the Prime Minister
　　2、The three largest cities in Canada do NOT include.
　　A Toronto
) ]5 Q7 L6 ]" C8 E7 h1 i! N* M　　B Quebec
　　C Ottawa
　　D Vancouver
; A8 p- n* n: ~* C' Y+ |　　3、Aboriginal culture in Australia is said to be more than ___ years old.
2 J/ k2 y3 ]0 O$ Q% L) M  }　　A 20,000
　　B 30,000
　　C 40,000
6 U$ i; I1 i- X( V/ Y  k2 F　　D 50,000
　　4、 It is known that Irish landscape in featured by ___.
　　A bogs
　　B mountains
$ _* M& b: W% L; i" C! \0 o( w　　C grassland
/ P- q% |5 J# X# I　　D rivers
( C- J' h) n8 k; X　　5、The following plays are comedies by Shakespeare EXCEPT ___.
　　A A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  ^( v& H, O3 S2 m: \' X+ Z8 n+ Y　　B As You Like It
1 k/ h( \+ K4 s; S( e4 t　　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
: O9 ~* ?0 v" Q0 g　　B The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
# }  m5 t. O9 q2 {　　C David Copperfield
　　D Gulliver’s Travels
6 C; a6 W3 }' v　　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
# p8 O% v0 k. A1 |　　8、The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.
7 |2 M# m$ }6 f9 K　　A pragmatics
6 [- I7 A* S1 `　　B semantics
　　C sociolinguistics
　　D psycholinguistics
& x% }% m& q6 s) {2 H5 b　　9、Which of the following words can connect two clauses in a coordinate sentence?
" s/ `  `8 |$ G( ~: |4 Q& m/ G　　A Through
1 M7 w' E! a1 Z. ~% K: J% Y- C　　B When
　　C But
　　D If
. J4 _' G4 p5 \! z　　10、Which of the following is NOT considered part of semantic change?
1 U0 r8 l* t/ b8 y0 d　　A Semantic broadening
* a. n% B+ g: h# U/ n7 \　　B Compounding
2 ?% |8 s4 x4 i( I, c8 d　　C Semantic narrowing
0 {+ ]8 a. I# {: E. |6 ^, Q0 Y　　D Semantic shift
+ C4 [8 F4 B( f　　参考答案：
　　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.
4 E  c2 T8 G- Z7 r2 n4 }* q$ Q5 }3 o　　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.
　　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.
2 F5 F% b1 b$ ?　　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.
6 f" s# b$ i  C5 V+ P7 `- z6 F　　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.