人文知识练习附讲解 40

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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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1 aboriginal 1IeyD     
adj.(指动植物)土生的,原产地的,土著的
参考例句:
  • They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
  • The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。
2 bogs d60480275cf60a95a369eb1ebd858202     
n.沼泽,泥塘( bog的名词复数 );厕所v.(使)陷入泥沼, (使)陷入困境( bog的第三人称单数 );妨碍,阻碍
参考例句:
  • Whenever It'shows its true nature, real life bogs to a standstill. 无论何时,只要它显示出它的本来面目,真正的生活就陷入停滞。 来自名作英译部分
  • At Jitra we went wading through bogs. 在日得拉我们步行着从泥水塘里穿过去。 来自辞典例句
3 grassland 0fCxG     
n.牧场,草地,草原
参考例句:
  • There is a reach of grassland in the distance.远处是连绵一片的草原。
  • The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.暴风雪袭击了辽阔的草原。
4 linguistics f0Gxm     
n.语言学
参考例句:
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • Linguistics is a scientific study of the property of language.语言学是指对语言的性质所作的系统研究。
5 coordinate oohzt     
adj.同等的,协调的;n.同等者;vt.协作,协调
参考例句:
  • You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
  • Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

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