英语专业八级人文知识精讲NO.42

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　　__1__ ___ is the capital of Scotland.
　　A Dublin B Edinburgh C Cardiff D New Castle
　　__2__ In history, Romans occupied Britain for about ___ years.
　　A 700 B 600 C 500 D 400
　　__3__ You can find the Grand Canyon in the State of ___.
　　A Arizona B California C New Mexico D Chicago
! I. f% [1 h) O. l　　__4__ Around ___ of New Zealanders are found in North Island.
　　A 3/4 B 1/2 C 3/5 D 2/5
　　__5__ In his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe portrayed successfully an image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ___ century.
　　A 16th B 17th C 18th D 19th
& b3 v/ W+ G  V! A: G$ q* ]5 o　　__6__ In his works, Defoe praised the industrious, sturdy ___ and showed his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor.
　　A working people B aristocrats C middle-class people D capitalist upstarts
8 a7 K4 R, }6 p; f9 l　　__7__ To some extent, the Romantic Movement revealed a ___ attitude toward the social and political conditions then.
　　A positive B negative C neutral D prejudiced
1 |& G) r3 v) ?7 a4 _+ a4 ^　　__8__ In semantic studies, ___ refers to the inherent meaning of the linguistic form.
" ~7 |2 k" L& ]$ \4 x/ `/ S$ K　　A sense B synonym C homonym D reference
　　__9__ A linguistic situation in which two standard languages are used either by an individual or by a group of speakers is called ___.
: u" {' }1 Q; D8 o8 O　　A situational dialect B slang C linguistic taboo D bilingualism
6 N* U) |. Z7 m2 T/ O　　__10__ Syntactic change includes all the following EXCEPT ___.
6 j/ b0 A6 `9 x3 d　　A rule loss B affix loss C rule addition D rule change我要收藏
3 G/ P+ U6 l, ?  u! L　　答案：
　　1. 选B。爱丁堡市是苏格兰首都。本题属于历史类问题。
3 z9 t6 i0 P7 O' a　　2. 选D。历史上，罗马人曾占领英国约有400年之久。。本题属于历史类问题。
% h/ w+ J! r- W7 s& i. p　　3. 选A。你可在美国的亚利桑那州找到大峡谷风景区。本题属于地理类问题。
　　4. 选A。约有四分之三的新西兰人在北岛居住。本题属于地理类问题。
　　5. 选C。通过其小说《鲁宾逊漂流记》，笛福成功地描绘了一个富有进取精神的、18世纪英国资产阶级的典型形象。。本题属于英国文学类问题。
　　6. 选C。通过自己的作品，笛福讴歌了勤劳、坚定的中产阶级，并对饱受蹂躏、命运被产的穷人表示了同情。。本题属于英国文学类问题。
　　7. 选B。在某种程度上，浪漫主义运动揭示了对当时社会、政治状况的否定态度。。本题属于英国文学背景类问题。
( k# E4 V- T0 o/ W　　8. 选A。这道题考查语义学中意义的概念。
; U4 ]" |# g) j$ U　　9. 选D。这套题考查考生对双语现象的理解。
　　10.选B。这道题考查句法变化的涵盖面。