2011英语专八考试人文知识全真模拟题（7）

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　　1. ____is the core of the English Government.
　　A the Sovereign
2 e  J# t3 _' E5 z' j# o# |　　B the House of Lords
　　C the House of Commons
　　D the Cabinet
# Y7 n+ r% ^" [0 t　　2. Melbourne is located ____
　　A in Canada
　　B in New Zealand
& G( r) q6 a- v4 B6 L3 x　　C in Ireland
& H( a  A2 g1 G8 |9 m% s　　D in Australia
　　3. ____forced Nixon to resign in 1973.
: ]1 P' B- {% m& y* e! p　　A The Watergate Scandal
) l0 Y3 j% l) a' t; h1 l$ ~　　B The Iran-Gate Scandal
　　C The Un-American Activities Committee
- Q9 E( e6 ~# }, t+ }& {　　D The New Right
0 \' s/ H7 k4 N$ a　　4. The young people in the post-WWI era are referred to as “_____”
, i! s/ m" p% Y- W+ R' t# C% m　　A the Boom Generation
5 z  o' Y, q) x0 Y　　B the Lost Generation
6 c$ N9 |2 h$ C" K* r  c# f　　C the Yuppies
　　D the Cowboys
　　5. ____was greatly influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry.
/ z4 X' p$ }2 `0 q, S1 S　　A Ezra Pound
9 a7 C, \% p! T3 |# U& t" q& p; G) R　　B Walt Whitman
　　C Robert Frost
　　D Edgar Allan Poe
　　6. Which of the following novels was NOT written by Charles Dickens?
" ]' A. l, S3 {　　A David Copperfield
/ e6 a) r0 u0 W! ]( ]& k2 `　　B The Pickwick Papers
' p3 L" x1 z' J% D& _9 I　　C Oliver Twist
　　D Women in Love
　　7. A myth is a ____ tale originally with religious significance that explains the actions of gods or heroes, the causes of natural phenomena or both.
* |* Z; ^- q# k' N' C　　A non-fictional
4 x8 F, U  u$ J. F1 S( z/ U( ?  \　　B fictional
　　C gothic
　　D poetic
　　8. The force of a/an ____ act is identical with the speaker’s intention.
　　A illocutionary
5 j/ I  m$ U' S　　B locutionary
/ e; q4 W4 K! V: u0 O: Z. Z- ]; o　　C perlocutionary
　　D prelocutionary
　　9.Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as ____
+ {4 `& i: D$ Z5 i/ C4 T: ]　　A parole
) I4 i. }+ c  a( H9 A2 w0 |# X　　B language
2 R. E" I+ Z* I3 U  l" O$ [　　C system
　　D langue
) P! s* X3 k9 P/ i' R1 ?- C　　10. The noun “tear” and the verb “tear” are ____
　　A homophones
　　B homographs
　　C complete homonyms
　　D allophones
　　答案及解析
　　DDABA DBADB 英国内战（1642-1646）
　　1.On August 22, 1642, the First Civil War began. The king’s men were called Cavaliers, and the supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads.
　　1642.8.22，第一次内战爆发，支持国王者被成为“骑士派”，支持议会者被成为“圆颅派”。
　　2.Charles was tried by a High Court of Justice, found guilty of have levied war against his kingdom and the Parliament, condemned to death, and executed on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House at Whitehall on January 30, 1649.
/ i" |- m" e+ `+ `- I  p　　查尔斯在一级高级法院受审，犯有对王国和议会发动战争之罪，被判死刑，并于1649.1.30在宴会宫窗外的绞刑架上绞死。