专八人文知识选择题练习题

　　专八人文知识选择题练习题

　　1. ____is the world’s largest exporter of lamb and mutton.

　　A. New Zealand

　　B. Australia

　　C. Canada

　　D. America

　　2. ____ is popularly known in the West as the Land Down Under.

　　A. Britain

　　B. Canada

　　C. Australia

　　D. New Zealand

　　3. Shakespeare wrote all the following works EXCEPT ____.

　　A. Hamlet

　　B. King Lear

　　C. Othello

　　D. Wuthering Heights

　　4. Mark Twain is most famous for ______.

　　A. poems

　　B. Novels

　　C. Dramas

　　D. science fiction

　　5. ______was NOT written by Charles Dickens.

　　A. David Copperfield

　　B. Oliver Twist、

　　C. Sons and Lovers

　　D. A Tale of Two Cities

　　6. British prime minister normally serves a ______ term.

　　A. two-year

　　B. five-year

　　C. four-year

　　D. six-year

　　7. ____ is sometimes called the birthplace of America.

　　A. New England

　　B. the South

　　C. the West

　　D. the Midwest

　　8. Semantics is the study of _______.

　　A. linguistic competence

　　B. language functions

　　C. meanings

　　D. social behavior

　　9. Which of the following is not generally believed to be area of linguistics?

　　A. syntax

　　B. semantics

　　C. phonology

　　D. etiology

　　10. TG grammar was advanced by____.

　　A. Searle

　　B. Whorf

　　C. Halliday

　　D. Noam Chomsky

　　参考答案：

　　1~5： A C D B C

　　6~10：B A C D D