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eld B. Oliver Twist、 C. Sons and Lovers D. A Tale of Two Cities 36. British prime minister normally serves a ______ term. A. twoyear B. fiveyear C. fouryear D. sixyear 7. __________________________ is sometimes called the birthplace of America. A. New England B. the South C. the West D. the Midwest 38. Semantics is the study of ______________________. A. linguistic petence 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 Chomsk 參考答案: 1~5: A C D B C 6~10: B A C D D 專八人文知識(shí)模擬試題( 5) the home of golf. A England B Scotland C Wales D Ireland of the follwing languages is NOT spoken in Scotland? A English B Scottish C Gaelic D Denish election of ____ made Margaret Thatcher to power and she became the first woman prime minister. A 1979 B 1980 C 1982 D 1992 its full sense, the British Parliament consist of ____ A the House Lord and the House of Commons B the House and the Senate C the Queen and the Hosue of Lords D the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons Tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by ____ A King Harold B Robin Hood C Oliver Cromwell D William the Conqueror are ____ state churches in Britain. A two B three C four D five Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, and was succeeded by his son____, the regime began immediately to collapse. A Henry B Hamilton C Richard D Charles birthday is a great event in Britain since it marks the beginning of full manhood or womanhood. A The twentyfirst B The eighteenth C The nieenth D The twentieth was founded in ____ A 1715 B 1751 C 1851 D 1815 10. What is (are) the nickname(s) of the .? A Uncle Sam B Brother Jonathan C Yankee D All of the above 答案詳解: 高爾夫是一項(xiàng)古老的貴族的運(yùn)動(dòng),源于十五世紀(jì)或更早以前的蘇格蘭,蘇格蘭地區(qū)山多, 氣候濕潤(rùn),多霧,非常適合牧草生長(zhǎng),這里的工業(yè)文明以前是連綿不斷 的牧場(chǎng)。相傳當(dāng)時(shí)牧羊人放牧閑暇時(shí),用木板玩游戲,將石子擊入兔子窩或洞中。久而久之形成了使用不同的球桿并按一定的規(guī)則擊球。 Gaelic 蘇格蘭蓋爾語(yǔ)是高地蘇格蘭人的傳統(tǒng)語(yǔ)言;更多人使用的語(yǔ)言是英語(yǔ)。一直到 15世紀(jì)末,盎格魯人仍然以他們的語(yǔ)言稱蘇格蘭蓋爾語(yǔ)為「蘇格蘭語(yǔ)」(盎格魯語(yǔ): Scottish)。 Margaret Thatcher 在 1979 年成為英國(guó)首相,為英國(guó)史上第一個(gè)女首相。 具體的說,英國(guó)的議會(huì)是有元首,上議院和下議院組成。其中,元首沒有實(shí)權(quán),上議員由大法官( Lord Chancellor)掌權(quán),是由神職議員( the Lord Spiritual)和世俗議員( the Lord Temporal),下議院的成員是通過選舉產(chǎn)生的 651 名議員 ,以首相為首。 倫敦塔名為“塔”,實(shí)際上是公元 11 世紀(jì)處于羅馬統(tǒng)治時(shí)期的一座城堡式建筑。 英國(guó)有兩大國(guó)教: 在英格蘭是英格蘭教( Church of England)或者英國(guó)圣公會(huì),在蘇格莎白的頭銜全稱為“托上帝宏恩,大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯(lián)合國(guó)和她的其他領(lǐng)土和領(lǐng)地的女王、英聯(lián)邦元首、基督教的保護(hù)者伊麗莎白二世”??梢姡?/女王是基督 教的保護(hù)者。 Oliver Cromwell 的兒子在父親過世后繼承王權(quán),但是不久后掌控的政體瓦解。 1660 年,議會(huì)扶植流浪法國(guó)的前國(guó)王兒子 Charle 二世當(dāng)國(guó)王。 在英國(guó) ,21 歲生日是個(gè)大生日 ,因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為 21 歲是大人開始的年齡。 路透社是世界四大通訊社之一,也是英國(guó)創(chuàng)辦最早的通訊社。 1850 年由保羅?朱利葉斯?路透 ( paul julius reuter)在德國(guó)亞琛創(chuàng)辦, 1851 年遷址到倫敦。創(chuàng)辦人路透原為德國(guó)人,后加入英國(guó)籍。 1865 年,路透把他的私人通訊社擴(kuò)展成為一家大公司。 “山姆大叔”( Uncle Sam),“喬納森大哥”和“揚(yáng)基老”都是美國(guó)和美國(guó)人的綽號(hào)。