英语专业 八级模拟人文知识测试(二)

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__1__ In Britain, ___ has the ultimate authority of legislation.
A the Queen
B the House of Commons
C the House of Lords
D the Prime Minister

& w" p$ d6 B& F+ ~, S  B2 O__2__ The three largest cities in Canada do NOT include.
  N$ x8 P" ?% _6 a; P" eA Toronto
9 m# ?2 g7 M, V4 z! J/ F; pB Quebec
C Ottawa
" Y( H  d% H1 q% U1 ]% B& ^( e- vD Vancouver
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9 J) o! e# u  y__3__ Aboriginal culture in Australia is said to be more than ___ years old.
A 20,000
B 30,000
& d/ U& r1 O' ~0 U/ ~. oC 40,000
D 50,000

) i( e$ j5 h( [! S" a  b; y8 D6 ^( L__4__ It is known that Irish landscape in featured by ___.
A bogs
  D7 u+ `2 W) K8 qB mountains
9 M4 ?* ~. F; `7 D9 ]' m9 EC grassland
D rivers

: r; |# v+ M% y9 W- {4 D  c2 a__5__ The following plays are comedies by Shakespeare EXCEPT ___.
8 e0 v6 B8 L$ NA A Midsummer Night’s Dream
B As You Like It
C The Merchant of Venice
D Romeo and Juliet

" D, K+ |  D2 f0 ]& `, f__6__ “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” Probably this refers to the novel ___.
A Wuthering Heights
4 ]& W; F  m' n" C  A1 cB The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
C David Copperfield
+ {$ D5 H5 D7 _D Gulliver’s Travels
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__7__ ___ was considered to be the greatest dramatist in the 18th century.
3 H1 t/ H$ J3 [' X3 x6 O/ \A Henry Fielding
B Laurence Sterne
3 j+ S( U& M  v- t; `$ h- d$ T6 v4 OC Oliver Goldsmith
1 M* U- p: R1 kD Richard B. Sheridan
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! o3 M2 Q8 J$ e__8__ The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.
  m0 C6 N- e8 u$ u1 g) S( Y! OA pragmatics
B semantics
  F) E2 [3 @$ l. XC sociolinguistics
' W5 W( {6 U) H9 L3 q; b* lD psycholinguistics

9 Q* _- T  ~* c0 d__9__ Which of the following words can connect two clauses in a coordinate sentence?
A Through
7 U+ s! }% t3 Z# l/ HB When
  q2 I( G; f, }% ^% M* U) SC But
& N/ A  h7 i" Y( h& YD If
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__10__ Which of the following is NOT considered part of semantic change?
2 M& N% Q) x, \# U( VA Semantic broadening
: b; D/ d+ l8 n  vB Compounding
C Semantic narrowing
6 e( [1 E' C; v8 ED Semantic shift

答案:
7 d1 g, h7 r: ^" g5 x1. 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。
: F! z: a1 R3 B0 b/ X/ S. a4. 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。
0 J, d! ]: c0 r5. 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。
% h- X$ C- y8 y+ ?: l6 O6. 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。
! M9 e7 X- Z' I2 N7. 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。
" I. ]. B; {9 ?! d9 O1 [9. 选C。这套题检查考生对别列举的了解。
5 V3 V  c9 c% v  P: m10.选B。这道题检查考生对语义变化内容的了解。