专八人文知识模拟试题(11)

　　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

　　2、The three largest cities in Canada do NOT include.

　　A Toronto

　　B Quebec

　　C Ottawa

　　D Vancouver

　　3、Aboriginal culture in Australia is said to be more than ___ years old.

　　A 20,000

　　B 30,000

　　C 40,000

　　D 50,000

　　4、 It is known that Irish landscape in featured by ___.

　　A bogs

　　B mountains

　　C grassland

　　D rivers

　　5、The following plays are comedies by Shakespeare EXCEPT ___.

　　A A Midsummer Night’s Dream

　　B As You Like It

　　C The Merchant of Venice

　　D Romeo and Juliet

　　6、 “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” Probably this refers to the novel ___.

　　A Wuthering Heights

　　B The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

　　C David Copperfield

　　D Gulliver’s Travels

　　7、___ was considered to be the greatest dramatist in the 18th century.

　　A Henry Fielding

　　B Laurence Sterne

　　C Oliver Goldsmith

　　D Richard B. Sheridan

　　8、The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.

　　A pragmatics

　　B semantics

　　C sociolinguistics

　　D psycholinguistics

　　9、Which of the following words can connect two clauses in a coordinate sentence?

　　A Through

　　B When

　　C But

　　D If

　　10、Which of the following is NOT considered part of semantic change?

　　A Semantic broadening

　　B Compounding

　　C Semantic narrowing

　　D Semantic shift

　　参考答案：

　　1. 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.

　　4. 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.

　　5. 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.

　　6. 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.

　　7. 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.

　　9. 选C.这套题检查考生对别列举的了解.

　　10.选B.这道题检查考生对语义变化内容的了解.