人文知识练习附讲解 40

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. Aboriginal¹ 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 bogs² B mountains C grassland³ 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 linguistics⁴ 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 coordinate⁵ 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

 

【答案】　　

 

1. 选B

 

在英国，下院拥有最高立法权。

 

2. 选C

 

加拿大三大城市不包括渥太华。

 

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。

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