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[人文知识] 英语专业八级人文知识精讲六

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发表于 2012-8-14 11:42:11 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
  ___1___ “To know something like the palm of one’s hand” means ___?' W+ u+ A( K( Y6 _$ m, r
  A to understand the nature of something and be competent in the performance of them B to understand everything without any question C to understand only something easy D to be thoroughly familiar with the nature and details of something
0 B7 M  ?$ _" B/ G8 C' ]  ___2___ British English is spoken in ___?- G: y! s. s3 P# v
  A Great Britain B Australia C New Zealand D A.B and C3 Z( G9 M6 V! g, D2 B' s4 ?
  ___3___ Which of the following joined England and Scotland in 1707?
" i. n4 F/ [! \5 {0 d; n0 |7 w  A the Act of Supremacy B the Act of Union C the Reform Act D the Magana Carta9 J; ]/ O& j$ A: q) [1 z2 j
  ___4___ Who said “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the world.”?
: Q2 ]0 r3 B" K  A Aristotle B Plato C Archimedes D Euclid
% o$ R1 L3 ?5 R. ^# F3 s% f9 H  ___5___ The expression that can be used as the euphemism for “garbage collector” is “___”; v& Z) r9 [, R9 L0 P
  A collecting B garbage engineer C sanitary engineer D sanitation engineer
2 \: Y1 J; e; T2 n6 L; \: e. K  ___6___ Who founded the Plantagenet Dynasty?
; g( \5 s1 ]9 }% D0 W3 C) M  A Henry I B King Joseph C Henry II D Count of Anjor
' }8 z, t: u% z1 b  ___7___ Who said “Captive Greece took her rude conqueror captive”:?% F. V. s5 s: v7 q  C2 _
  A Horace B Virgil C Plato D Sappho9 H5 h) m2 ]  a" Y* k
  ___8___ The religious persecution mainly existed during the reign of ___.
( E3 T3 F, L' L4 f" v% r8 t. J  A Elizabeth I B Henry VIII C Cromwell D Charles I
1 ~( o: p# g7 Z$ @% X  ___9___ Eton College is a famous ___ of UK.
: r5 ~: Z- s% p) ?5 d  A college B comprehensive school C public school D university* w3 ]* [" Z# G0 C
  ___10___Westminster Palace is the ___?
6 ^; y+ Z: }1 y0 L4 D* z5 X  A seat of British House of Parliament B seat of English church C residence of king of queen D residence of Prime Minister* G2 \* c7 i* y
  1. 选D。“To know something like the palm of one’s hand”的意思是对“什么了如指掌”。! ~- h8 }7 i* G  u/ A. E
  2. 选D。在英国、澳大利亚和新西兰都说英国英语。0 S5 p. Q1 D/ A0 d# |# C( g9 A% ?
  3. 选B。是《联合法》(the Act of Union)在Anne 统治的1707年把 England and Scotland 统一起来,而Great Britain (大不列颠)也是在其统治期间诞生的。而1801年的《联合法》爱尔兰并入大不列颠王国,因此英国的名称改为“大不列颠及爱尔兰联合王国”(the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)。1921年爱尔兰北部6郡(北爱尔兰)化归联合王国,英国的名称也随之改为“大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国”(the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)。2 T6 P8 Z/ v) y; Z1 ?/ b4 t
  4. 选C。“给我一个支点,我能撬动整个地球”是古希腊科学家Archimedes(阿基米德)的名言。古希腊科学家阿基米德在算术、力学和流体静力学等方面都作了重要的贡献。/ q* ?' S7 b4 L' e  C, A; w
  5. 选D。sanitation engineer (环境工程师)是 “garbage collector” 垃圾清洁工的委婉用语。" H5 W  U/ s( o$ A) e
  6. 选C。The Plantagenet Dynasty (金雀花王朝)是由Henry II(亨利二世) 于1154年创立的,并统治了35年,于1189年Henry II 去世而结束。
! |) N0 B/ \  f  7. 选A。Horace(贺拉斯),古罗马诗人,以其颂歌著称。 “Captive Greece took her rude conqueror captive” (被征服的希腊征服了它的征服者)为其所说。Virgil(维吉尔,70—19BC)伟大的拉丁诗人,著有伟大的史诗《埃涅阿斯记》(Aeneid)。Plato(柏拉图428---348BC),古希腊哲学家,他对《对话录》(Dialogues)影响深远。Sappho(萨福)公元前7世纪希腊最重要的女抒情诗人,其爱情诗影响深远。$ J* o7 `0 {5 [. ?. E) |5 q
  8. 选D。Charles I(查里一世,1600---1649,英国斯图亚特王朝国王)。其统治期间,对抗国会,压迫清教徒,引起内战,战败后作为“暴君、叛徒、杀人犯和国家公敌”于1649年被国会判处死刑。
" u& u6 W9 M1 }  9. 选C。Eton College(伊顿学院,也称伊顿公学)是英格兰最大的也是最有名的公学之一,设在伯克郡伊顿,是英国的一种中学教育。该校建于1400年与1441年间,由Henry VI为国王赠款所建立的基金中得到奖学金的70名高才生创办的。英国知名的公学还有Harrow School; Rugby School。
& I8 U* l8 S$ J' I  @  10.选A。Westminster(威斯敏斯特区)指英国伦敦西部的贵族居住区,在泰晤士河北岸,区内有白金汉宫,议会大厦等。而the Westminster Palace(威斯敏斯特宫)通常指英国议会所在地,因此Westminster 喻指英国国会或英国政府。
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