1 The Rocky Mountains is located in _____.
A Great Britain B Australia C South Africa D North America
2 Hollywood, the centre of American movie industry, is closest to which city? A Los Angles B Chicago C New York D Washington 3 Which of the following is an American newspaper? A The Guardian B Newsweek
C The International Herald Tribune D The Daily Telegraph 4 The U.S. is called a “melting pot” because _____. A its steel industry is highly developed B it has great influence on the world
C it is an important economic center of the world D people from different races live there together
5 The first Puritans came to America on the ship _____. A Codpeed B Susan Constant C May Flower D Discovery
6 Americans celebrate Memorial Day on the last Monday in May to honor those who have _____. A given their lives for their country B made great scientific discoveries
C won American great reputation in sports
D donated large amounts of money to the country
7 “Trick or Treat” is a phrase that children often use when they celebrated _____. A New Year’s Day B Veteran’s Day C Halloween D Christmas
8 The Easter egg and the hare, two of the symbols most frequently associated with Easter, are considered to present _____.
A vigor and bravery B fertility and new life C originality and speed D happiness and fun
9 Which of the following books is not written by Mark Twain, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens?
A The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
B The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn C Life on the Mississippi D Leaves of grass
10 Which of the following books is written by Washington Irving? A Nature B The Scarlet Letter C The Sketch Book D Farewell to Arms 练习题答案及题解:
1 D, 落基山脉位于美国西北部， 向东南延伸。 2 A, 好莱坞和迪士尼均位于洛杉矶。
3 B, 《新闻周刊》是美国的报纸， 而《国际先驱论坛》是法国的， 《卫报》和《每日电讯》为英国的。
4 D, 美国被称之为“大熔炉”是因为来自世界各地的人们所带来的各自的文化在此交融形成独特的多元文化特征。
5 C, 首批清教徒到美国时乘坐的船是“五月花号”。 6 A, Memorial Day 是美国的阵亡将士纪念日。
7 C, 万圣节是美国的传统节日。万圣节前夜， 孩子们带着各种面具， 穿着奇异的衣服，跑到邻居家门前，高声喊着：“Trick or Treat”，向大人们讨要糖果。不给的邻居就会遭到小
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孩的恶作剧。
8 B, 复活节彩蛋和兔子是“多产和新生”的象征。 9 D, Leaves if grass 是 Walt Whitman 的作品。
10C, Washington Irving 被称作是美国文学之父， 这是他最有名的作品。A 是 Ralph W. Emerson 的作品, B 是 Nathaniel Hawthorne 的作品, D 是 Earnest Hemingway 的作品。
英语专业八级人文知识（17） 美国概况 练习题：
1 The world-famous Havard University is in _____.
A Massachusetts B New York C Washington D.C. D Maine
2 Which of the following statements about American education is wrong? A Elementary and secondary education in America is free and compulsory
B Private schools are financially supported by religious or nonreligious private organizations or individuals.
C There are more public colleges and universities than the private ones
D Credits taken at community colleges are normally applicable to requirement for a four-year bachelor’s degree.
3 _____ is a symbol of American theatre and world-class entertainment. A Broadway B Wall Street C The Fifth Avenue D Times Square 4 ____ is not a tourist attraction in the United States. A Yellowstone National Park B Grand Canyon C St. Patrick’s Cathedral D Stonehenge
5 ____ was an actor before he became the President.
A Ronald Reagan B Abraham Lincoln C Herbert Hoover D Jimmy Carter
6 New Englanders were originally known as _____, which come to stand for all Americans. A Hippies B Yankees C Uncle Sam D Brother Jonathan
7 On the 30th of April 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in _____, which housed the government then.
A New York B Washington D.C. C Philadelphia D Boston
8 Which of the following people was not an American President? A John Hancock B John Adams C John Q. Adams D Jimmy Carter 9 Henry Fond was the first man to _____.
A design a plane B fly an aeroplane C mass-produciton D design and make a car
10 “That government of the people, by the people, for the people, … ”were the words by _____. A Thomas Jefferson B Abraham Lincoln C Andrew Johnson D Theodore Roosevelt 练习题答案及题解:
1 A, 哈佛大学位于马萨诸塞州的剑桥(Cambridge)镇。
2 C, 在美国， 私立高等教育机构要多于公立的。象麻省理工， 耶鲁大学， 哈佛大学都是私立的。
3 A, 百老汇是一条由南向北贯穿曼哈顿全岛的大道， 其中心地带是在第42借“时代广场”附近， 周围云集了几十家剧院， 上演被称为现代歌舞剧的剧目。 4 D, Stonehenge 在英国， 是古代城池的遗迹。
5 A, 里根从政前曾经在好莱坞闯荡20多年，参与演出了50多部电影。
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6 B, Yankees 一词具有丰富的含义。 现在用于代表美国人，俗称美国佬。 在美国南部，Yankee是指美国北部各州的居民， 即北方佬；而对多数美国人来说，Yankee 意味着新英格兰人。
7 A, 1789年George Washington 在纽约宣誓就职， 1790年首都迁往费城。 1800年以后定都华盛顿。
8 A, John Hancock，因其当时在《独立宣言》上的签名很大，他的名字在美语里变成了签名的代名词。
9 C, Henry Ford 早期是一名技师， 虽然没有发明汽车， 但他是第一位批量生产汽车的人。 10 B, 这是Abraham Lincoln 于1863年11月19日在葛底斯堡阵亡将士墓举行落成仪式上发表的著名的《葛底斯堡演说》的片语。。
英语专业八级人文知识（18） 英国文学
1.____refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality. A Allegory B Conflict C Irony D Flashback
2.___was recognized as the greatest poet of Victorian England. A Tennyson B Robert Browning C Mrs.Browning D Robert Burns 3. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT____ A Dubliners B A Potrait of the Artist as a Young Man C Jude the Obscure D Ulysses
4. Which of the follwing poets is different from the others?
A John Donne B John Keats C Lord Byron D Percy Bysshe Shelley 5. William Wordsworth is an English ____ A poet B novelist C playwright D critic
6. The compiler of A Dictionary of the English Language is _____
A Joseph Addison B Richard Steele C Samuel Johnson D Laurence Stern 7. My Last Duchess is a monologue poem written by ____
A William Shakespeare B Robert Browing C Ben Jonson D Robert Herrick 8. \
A John Keats B William Blake C William Wordsworth D Percy Bysshe Shelley 9. Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by ____
A Christopher Marlow B John Miltom C William Shakespeare D Ben Johnson 10. James Joyce mostly wrote about his hometown ____ A London B Dublin C New York D Edinburgh 答案：
1.D irony 是指“反讽”，揭示事物表面与真相的差别。
2.A Aflred Tennyson 被称为维多利亚时代最杰出的英国诗人。他的主要作品为：The Princess，Maud 和短诗 Break，Break，Break。
3.C Jude the Obscure是Thomas Hardy的作品。
4.A 除了John Donn是玄学派诗人外，另外三位为浪漫主义派诗人。 5.A William Wordsworth是英国前浪漫主义诗人。
6.C Samuel Johnson（1709-1784）编写的《英语字典》是之后所有英语字典的基石。
7.B Robert Browning（1812-1889）擅于写独角剧，他的代表作是My Last Duchess和Meeting at Night。
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8.A Beauty is truth, truth beauty是John Keats的写作宗旨，他用尽毕生精力追求能够表达一切美丽事物的诗篇。
9.B 《失乐园》和《复乐园》均为John Milton所做。
10.B James Joyce出生于爱尔兰的首都都柏林，主要作品有：A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man，Ulysses。故事合集Dubliners。
英语专业八级人文知识（19） 加拿大概况
1 What country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf？ A United States of America
B United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland C New Zealand D Canada
2 The national anthem of Canada is ____
A Canada The Beautiful B O Canada C God Defend Canada D Advance Canada Fair 3 The capital city of Canada is ____
A Montreal B Toronto C Albert D Ottawa
4 According to the Official Language of Act of Canada, there are two official language in this country: they are____
A English and Spanish B English and Portuguese C English and French D English and Celtic 5Canada is a world ____producer of nickel, zinc, and asbestos…… A primary B second C third D fourth
6 The highest peak in Canada is ____, which is the Yukon Territory of northwest Canada. A. Mount Lawrence B. Mount Superior C. Mount Logan D Mount Huron 7 St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both ____
A. America and Mexico B. America and Canada C. America and Cuba D. America and Brazil
8 Apart from Paris, France, Montreal is regarded as the largest____city in the world, known as “Paris the Second”.
A. Spanish-speaking B. Portuguese-speaking C. German-speaking D. French-speaking 9____, the third largest city in Canada, is well known as Ice-Free Harbor. A. Montreal B. Quebec C. Toronto D. Vancouver
10.Canada is the world’s ____country in terms of land area. A. largest B. second largest C. third largest D. fourth largest 答案及解析:
1.D 加拿大国树为枫树，期国徽和国旗上都有枫叶的图案，因此长期以来枫叶被视作加拿大的象征。
2.B 加拿大国歌是《啊！加拿大》。
3.D加拿大首都是渥太华，位于安大略省东南部与魁北克省交界处，是加拿大的经济政治中心，同时也是加拿大的文化中心。
4.C 1867年的《不列颠北美法案》将英法两种语言定为加拿大联邦政府和魁北克省社会公共机构的官方语言。1968年的《官方语言法案》规定英语和法语均为加拿大官方语言。
5.A 加拿大是世界锌和石棉的第一大生产国，钾碱产量居世界第二，黄金产量居第三，铜产量位居第四。
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6.C 加拿大最高峰为洛根峰，海拔6050米。
7.B 美加边境有两条国际河流，一条是哥伦比亚河，另一条是圣劳伦斯河。 8.D 蒙特利尔的法裔加拿大占全市人口的三分之二，是除了法国巴黎以外世界上最大的法语城市，素有“小巴黎”之称。
9.D温哥华总人口190万，是加拿大第三大城市和工商业中心，也是不列颠哥伦比亚区的最大城市、加拿大西海岸主要港口和横贯加拿大全景铁路线的终点。它还是一个天然良港，动机不结冰。
10.B 加拿大位于美国以北，是世界上仅次于俄国的第二大国家。 英语专业八级人文知识（20） 美国文学
1. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____
A Jack London B Charles Dickens C Samuel Coleridge D Ernest Hemingway 2. In which novel can \A John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress B Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen C Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels D Henry Fielding's Tom Jones
3. The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____
A J.D. Salinger B Jack London C Flannery O'Connor D Saul Bellow 4. The image of the famous \
A Washington Irving B Fennimore Cooper C Edith Wharton D William Dean Howells 5. The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be ____ A O'Neil B Pound C Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald
6.____ is the most important person of the transcendental club. A Hawthorn B Whitman C Emerson D Hemingway
7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____ A fridendship B love and marriage C life and death D war and peace 8. Robert Frost is a famous ____
A novelist B playwright C poet D literary critic 9. Dover Beach is written by ____
A Robert Browning B Alfred Tennyson C Mathew Arnold D Dylan Thomas
10. The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States.
A Age of Realism B Age of Clasicalism C Age of Romanticism D Age of Renaissance
答案及解析:
1.D 《老人与海》是海明威的作品。 2.C Jonathan Swift的Gulliver's Travels（《格列弗游记》）中yahoo暗指人类，集人类丑陋面于一身，服务于动物的一类生物。 3.A The Catcher in the Rye（《麦田里的守望者》）是J.D. Salinger（J.D. 赛琳格）的名著。 4.A henpecked husband 是指“怕老婆的男人”，改典型形象出自Washington Irving 的Rip Van Winkle。
5.D 二十世纪出现Jazz Age，这一代的年轻人物欲膨胀，沉迷酒色。Scott Fitzgerald的 Great Gatsby《了不起的盖茨比》根据时代特征，对深深讽刺了所谓的美国梦。
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