专业英语八级(人文知识)模拟试卷84(题后含答案及解析)

专业英语八级（人文知识）模拟试卷84 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1.

A．Prince of Scotland B．Prince of England C．Prince of Wales

D．Prince of Northern Ireland

正确答案：C

解析：Edward I在1301年征服了威尔士，收并为英国领土，为了稳定在那里的统治，他把儿子命名为威尔士王子。之后王室的太子则成为Prince of Wales，其他王子没有此称号，故C正确。 知识模块：人文知识

5． Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______

A．the strict poetic form.

B．the free and natural rhythm. C．the easy flow of feelings.

D．the simple and conversational language.

正确答案：A 解析：惠特曼以自由体诗而闻名。诗作语言简洁，韵律自然流畅，不拘一格，流露着自然情感。因而拘泥于严格的诗体不是惠特曼的风格，故A正确。 知识模块：人文知识

6． The 18th century witnessed a new literary form—the______modern English novel, which is contrary to the medieval romance, gives a presentation of life of the common people.

A．romantic B．realistic C．prophetic D．idealistic

正确答案：B

解析：18世纪的小说体现的是普通人的生活，属现实主义作品的主题。代表作家有Charles Dickens和W．M．Thackeray等，故B正确。 知识模块：人文知识

7． William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following EXCEPT ______

A．normal contemporary speech patterns. B．humble and rustic life as subject matter.

C．elegant wording and inflated figures of speech.

D．intensely subjective feeling toward individual experience.

正确答案：A

解析：William Wordsworth是浪漫主义诗人，以抒情诗为主，语言华美，不落俗套。因而A项不是Wordsworth所提倡的，故为答案。 知识模块：人文知识

8． The following words, EXCEPT______, form a minimal set and three minimal pairs.

A．beat B．bit C．bet D．hat

正确答案：D

解析： beat，bit和bet三个词只有中间的元音不同，两旁的辅音相同，属于一组aminimal set，而hat有两个音与上述的词不能结为minimal pair，故D正确。 知识模块：人文知识

9． What is the relationship between “livestock” and “cattle”? A．Polysemy. B．Antonymy. C．Homonymy. D．Hyponymy.

正确答案：D

解析：家畜包括牛，它们属上下义关系(hyponymy)，故D正确。polysemy是一词多义，antonymy是反义词关系，homonymy是同形异义词。 知识模块：人文知识

10． One way to overcome regional variation and facilitate the communication between speakers of different dialects is to enforce______.

A．phonetic reform B．language planning C．language reform D．social planning

正确答案：B

解析：要消除方言带来的交流不便，需要做语言策划，而不是语言或语音改革或社会计划行动，故B正确。 知识模块：人文知识

11． The Second World War ended with the unconditional surrender of Germany in ______

A．1944.

B．1945. C．1946 D．1943

正确答案：B

解析：第二次世界大战以德国的无条件投降结束，其时间为1945年，故B正确。 知识模块：人文知识

12． The flag which is a combination of Britain’s three parts is known as ______ A．the United Nation. B．St. Patrick. C．the Union Jack. D．Great Britain.

正确答案：C

解析：英国的国旗有一昵称，为the Union Jack，它由三部分构成：England’s St．George，Ireland’s St．Patrick和Scotland’s St．．Andrew，故C正确。 知识模块：人文知识

13． If an English speaker refuses the compliment which merely comes out of politeness he may say ______

A．No, I don’t think so. B．Oh, you are too polite. C．Do you really think so? D．Oh, I wish it could be true.

正确答案：D

解析：英国人在礼貌地拒绝他人的赞美时，会用词委婉地说“Oh，I wish it couldbe true．”其他的表达方式都不合适，选项A还有中国式英语之嫌，故D正确。 知识模块：人文知识

14． A fault line runs the length of New Zealand, which means that it often has ______

A．floods.

B．volcanic eruptions. C．earthquakes. D．droughts.

正确答案：C

解析：本题干的理解关键在“fault”一词，这里指的并非“错误”，而是“断层”。新西兰位于两大板块的连接处，断层线由北向南穿越了整个新西兰。断层的不稳定性造成了新西兰诸多地震的发生，故C正确。 知识模块：人文知识

15． ______describes in detail a communist society.

A．Robin Hood B．Vanity Fair C．Utopia

D．The Waste Land

正确答案：C 解析：《乌托邦》是Utopia的音译名称。该作品描述了理想中的共产主义社会，对共产主义的理论形成产生过巨大影响。其他作品《鲁宾汉》Robin Hood、《名利场》Vanity Fair和《荒原》The Waste Land中没有涉及到共产主义社会，故C正确。 知识模块：人文知识

16． Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?

A．Religion and immortality. B．Life and death. C．Love and marriage. D．War and peace.

正确答案：D 解析：Emily Dickinson作为女诗人关注的多为生死和爱情，还有涉及宗教主题的诗作，但是她没有涉及战争与和平的作品，故D正确。 知识模块：人文知识

17． Which group of writers is among those who may be called early pioneers of American literature?

A．Mark Twain and Henry James.

B．Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving. C．Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner D．Jack London and 0. Henry.

正确答案：B

解析：美国文学的先驱是19世纪初的作家Fenimore Cooper和Washington Irving。Mark Twain和Henry James是19世纪末的著名作家；Ernest Hemingway和William Faulkner是20世纪初的著名小说家；Jack London和O．Henry与上述作家的文学地位还有差距，故B正确。 知识模块：人文知识

18． The most striking phonetic difference between American and British English is the pronunciation of______in words.

A．r B．a C．wh D．er

正确答案：A

解析：美语与英语在语音上的最显著差异在于辅音r是否发音上。例如：car美语中发为[ka：r]，而英语中为[ka：]。其他的字母a、wh和er在英美式发音上也有区别，但没有r的区别显著，故A正确。 知识模块：人文知识

19． In English, “vis” bears the meaning of “to look at something” and can be combined with affixes to form new words, as in supervise, revise, etc. In this sense, “vis” is a______morpheme.

A．bound B．free

C．inflectional D．independent

正确答案：A

解析：本题理解了“can be combined with affixes to form new words”这句话的意思就会很快找到答案，“vis可以和词缀构成新的单词”，而vis又不是一个独立词，因而它是一个粘着词素，故A正确。 知识模块：人文知识

20． The study of the phonic medium of language is defined as ______ A．morphology. B．semantics. C．phonetics. D．phonology.

正确答案：C

解析：研究发声媒介的学科是音位学(phonetics)，这里容易发生混淆的是语音学(phonology)。这两个学科都研究语音，但着重点不同。音位学研究的是如何发声，而语音学则主要研究语音的组合及其特点。morphology是形态学，semantics是语义学，都与语音研究无关，故C正确。 知识模块：人文知识