英語專八考試人文知識(shí)模擬試題

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1. ____is the core of the English Government.
    A the Sovereign
    B the House of Lords
    C the House of Commons
    D the Cabinet
    2. Melbourne is located ____
    A in Canada
    B in New Zealand
    C in Ireland
    D in Australia
    3. ____forced Nixon to resign in 1973.
    A The Watergate Scandal
    B The Iran-Gate Scandal
    C The Un-American Activities Committee
    D The New Right
    4. The young people in the post-WWI era are referred to as “_____”
    A the Boom Generation
    B the Lost Generation
    C the Yuppies
    D the Cowboys
    5. ____was greatly influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry.
    A Ezra Pound
    B Walt Whitman
    C Robert Frost
    D Edgar Allan Poe
    6. Which of the following novels was NOT written by Charles Dickens?
    A David Copperfield
    B The Pickwick Papers
    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.
    A non-fictional
    B fictional
    C gothic
    D poetic
    8. The force of a/an ____ act is identical with the speaker’s intention.
    A illocutionary
    B locutionary
    C perlocutionary
    D prelocutionary
    9.Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as ____
    A parole
    B language
    C system
    D langue
    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
    英國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)(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,第一次內(nèi)戰(zhàn)爆發(fā),支持國王者被成為“騎士派”,支持議會(huì)者被成為“圓顱派”。
    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.
    查爾斯在一級(jí)高級(jí)法院受審,犯有對(duì)王國和議會(huì)發(fā)動(dòng)戰(zhàn)爭之罪,被判死刑,并于1649.1.30在宴會(huì)宮窗外的絞刑架上絞死。