专八人文知识（练习题）

D every 5 years 答案：

1解答 B 澳大利亚历史是一部移民史.它共有四次移民浪潮,最早的移民是4万年前就到达澳大利亚的土著人,第二次为1788-1945年间英国人或爱尔兰人,第三次高潮是在第二次世界大战之后,来自非英语国家的人,第四次主要是来自于印度支那的难民.

2解答 A 在惠特拉姆政府统治时期,澳大利亚实行了男女同工同酬.Whitlam,澳大利亚总理(1972-1975),其执政期间结束了白澳政策---澳大利亚反亚洲移民政策的通称.

3解答 B 新西兰是世界上第一个进入新一天的国家,它只有一个时区,位于赤道和南极之间,其主要两大岛为南岛和北岛,首都为Wellington.

4解答 C kiwi,新西兰本地一种无翼鸟,是新西兰民族的象征.

5解答 D 1769是由第一个发现新西兰的英国人James cook画出第一张完整的新西兰地图. Able Tasman是第一个考察新西兰的人, Hobson于1840年与毛利人签订了the treaty of Waitangi,建立了新西兰,现在每年2月6日为新西兰的国庆日. 6解答 D 在新西兰英语和毛利语都是官方语言.

7解答A 新西兰是世界上最大的奶制品,羔羊和羊肉出口国,有时被称为世界上最大的农场.

8解答 C 第一批来New Zealand的是来自Polynesia的毛利人.

9解答 B New Zealand的国家元首为英国女王,由她任命总督为代表,总督必须是新西兰人.

10解答 C 1879年以来,新西兰全国大选每3年一次,新西兰只有两大党 the national party 和the labor party.来源:考试大-专四专八考试

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__1__The Untied Kingdom is also known by its official name A the United Kingdom of Great Britain and England B the United Kingdom of Great Britain C the United Kingdom of British Isles

D the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

__2__The National Health Service in Britain offers a full package of medical service to ___ A the unemployed B every resident

C citizens under the age of 16 D residents aged over 60

__3__was known for his famous speech “I have a dream” A John F. Kennedy B Martin Luther King. Jr C Abraham Lincoln D Thomas Jefferson

__4__The year the colonization of Australia started is A 1768 B 1778 C1788 D1798

__5__is NOT looked upon as one of the features of Renaissance.更多信息 A Praise of man?s endeavor to have his soul delivered B Exaltation of man?s search for happiness in life C Endurance of man?s foibles

D Cultivation of the genuine flavor of ancient culture

__6__ is regarded as the most meaningful intellectual movement of the Renaissance. A The Italian revival B The Reformation

C Geographical expansion D Humanism

__7__Milton?s Paradise Lost was based on__ A Roman myth B the Bible C Greek myth

D Shakespeare?s plays

__8__The study of the way in which sound symbols are arranged to form words is ___ A psycholinguistics B historical literature C morphology D semantics __9__Which of the following is a CORRECT definition of a phone? A it is a phonological unit B It is a speech sound

C it is an abstract sound feature

D it is an actual realization of a phoneme

__10__refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and simple grammatics rules, used as a medium of communication. A Creole

B Lingua franca C Dialect

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D Pidgin

Keys:1-5DBBCA 6-10 DCCBD

《失乐园》写于 1667 年，是弥尔顿最杰出的诗篇，全诗长约一万行，分 十二卷，故事取自《圣约·旧约》。诗人弥尔顿（Milton）经常在其诗歌中引用希腊罗马神话，如《失乐园》（尽管《失乐园》取材于圣经，但其中引用了大量神话典故）。

叙述人类始祖夏娃和亚当因受撒旦引诱， 偷吃知识树上的禁里，违背了上帝旨令，被逐出乐园。诗人写这首诗的目的 在于说明人类不幸的根源。他认为人类由于理性不强，意志薄弱，经不起外界的影响和引诱，因而感情冲动，走错道路，丧失了乐园；夏娃的堕落是由 于盲目求知，妄想成神；亚当的堕落是由于溺爱妻子，感情用事；撒旦的堕 落是由于野心勃勃，骄傲自满。诗人通过他们的遭遇，暗示英国资产阶级革 命也由于道德堕落，骄奢淫逸而惨遭失败。来源:考试大-专四专八考试

__1__ Henry James? novels are referred to as ___. A novels of humor B novels of criticism C novels of manners D novels of history

__2__ Henry James? fame rested largely upon his handling of his major fictional theme, “the international theme”, which includes all the following but ___. A the meeting of American and Europe

B American innocence in contact and contrast with European decadence C the moral and psychological complications D the nostalgic feeling of ancient Europe

__3__ In his whole writing career James was concerned with ___ which is at the center of his aesthetic of the novel. A “point of wiew” B “character” C “plot” D “theme”

__4__ Most of William Dean Howells?s literary-aesthetic ideas are best elucidated in his ___. A Aspects of fiction

B Philosophy of Composition C Arts of Fiction

D Criticism and Fiction

__5__ As a poet, Ezra Pound is best known for his active involvement in ___. A the Beat Generation movement B the radical political protests C the poetic revolution D the school of Naturalism

__6__ F. Scott Fitzgerald shows an interest in the spiritual predicament of ___ in his fiction. A the working class people B the upper class society C the exiles in Paris

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D intellectuals and artists

__7__ which of the following is NOT written by Theodore Dreiser?. A The Genius B The Titan

C Light in August D Jennie Gerhardt

__8__ Which of the Hemingway?s novels describe the drifting life of American exiles in Europe?

A The Sun Also Rises B A Farewell to Arms

C For Whom the Bell Tolls D The Old Man and the Sea

__9__ Which statement about Eugene O?Neill is NOT true? A He was awarded the Nobel Prize B He experimented with expressionism

C He has produced over 40 plays in his lifetime D His later works are generally inferior in quality

__10__ Apart form the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include ___, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions. A impressionism B expressionism

C multiple points of view

D first person point of view 答案：

1. 选C。亨利.詹姆斯（Henry James）的作品属于“世态小说”（novels of manners）。 2. 选D。亨利.詹姆斯（Henry James）的作品的基本主题是：纯真而粗俗的美国人和虚伪但有教养的欧洲人之间的矛盾与对比；物质与精神的矛盾和人生的道德选择；现实生活同艺术的矛盾以及艺术家的孤独

3. 选A。亨利.詹姆斯（Henry James）在长期的艺术实践中发现和使用了不少新的小说技巧，其中最大的贡献是“叙事视角”（point of view）和“多视角叙事”（multiple point of view）。 4. 选D。豪威尔斯（William Dean Howell）在美国文学史上的作用在于为现实主义文学提出了一系列的理论原则和指导方针，这些理论和观点集中在他的论文集《批评与小说》（Criticism and Fiction）中。

5. 选C。庞德（Ezra Pound）是美国诗歌革命的重要代表，他曾创立意象派（imagism）诗歌，虽然后来脱离意象派，但他的诗歌理论冲击了陈旧的诗歌传统，为美国诗歌的发展开辟了道路。

6. 选B。菲茨杰拉德（F. Scott Fitzgerald）是典型的迷惘一代作家，他的小说真实地反映了爵士时代上层社会人们醉生梦死的空虚精神面貌。 7. 选C。《八月之光》（Light in August）是威廉.福克纳（William Faulkner）的小说。 8. 选A。《太阳照样升起》（The Sun Also Rises）反映大战后再欧洲彷徨游荡的美国青年绝望和幻灭的情绪。《永别了武器》（A Farewell to Arms）表现战争如何粉碎人们的理想和生活。《丧钟为谁而鸣》（For Whom the Bell Tolls）描写的是西班牙内战。《老人与海》（The Old Man and the Sea）则体现了海明威推崇的在失败中保持尊严从而取得精神胜利的原则。

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