A 20% B 25% C 30% D 35%
7.What forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States? A The Rio Grande River B The southern Rocky Mountains C The Colorado River D The Gulf of California
8. The US formally entered the Second World War in ____ A 1937 B 1939 C1941 D 1943
9. The Presidents during the American Civil War was . A Andrew Jackson B Abraham Lincoln C Thomas Jefferson D George Washington
10 The emblem of the Democratic Party is ____. A elephant B donkey C bear D bull
答案详解：
1.C 按领土面积计算：美国是继俄罗斯，加拿大，中国之后的第四名。
2.C 1959年，Alasica和Hawaii分别为第四十九个和第五十个加入美国的州。
3.A Mauna Loa（摩纳罗亚山）是世界上最大的活火山。位于美国Hawaii（夏威夷）。 4.C 尼克松总统辞职是由于轰动一时的丑闻“水门事件”。水门事件指美国共和党政府在1972年总统竞选运动中的非法活动暴露后的政治丑闻。 5.D Berkeley（伯克利），是加利福尼亚大学分院，位于美国加利福尼亚西部。而新英格兰地区包括美国的六个州，由北至南分别为：缅因州、新罕布夏州、佛蒙特州、麻萨诸塞州、罗德岛、康乃狄克州。
6.B 美国人口低于世界人口总值的6%，但是美国经济生产总值占世界25%，是高度工业化国家。
7.A The Rio Grand River（格兰德河）形成了美国与墨西哥的自然分界线。
8.C 1941年的珍珠港事件把美国带入了第二次世界战争，与苏联，英国共同对战法西斯。 9.B Abraham Lincoln是美国第十六届总统，带领美国人走过美国内战，解放奴隶，但是在战争结束不到一周被暗杀。
10.B 19世纪70年代，在美国的《哈泼斯周刊》上，曾先后出现了政治漫画家托马斯·纳斯特的两幅画，分别以长耳朵的驴和长鼻子的象比拟美国民主党和共和党。后来，纳斯特又在一幅画中同时画进了象和驴，比喻当时的两党竞选。自那以后，驴和象就逐渐成为美国两大党的象征，两党也分别以驴、象作为党徽的标记。
1.??? ______ is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transportation. A) Phonetics B) Phonology C) Phoneme D) Phonetic typology
2.The sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream at some point the vocal tract are called?_______??????? .
A) consonance B) consonant cluster C) consistency D) consonants
3.In its technical sense here, ______ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations.
A) pictogram B) lexicon C) word-formation D) ideogram 4.When was Longrnan Group UK Ltd was founded? A) 1721. B).1722. C) 1723. D).1724.
5.What is the name of the dictionary compiled by Samuel Johnson?
A) First English Dictionary. B) Dictionary of English Language.
C) A Dictionary of the English Language. D) Dictionary of the English Language. 6.Who wrote and publish Poor Richard's Almanack?
A) Benjamin Franklin. B) John Gay. C) David Hume. D) Samuel Richardson. 7.Which one of the following four books was written by Harriet Stowe? A) Roughing It in the Bush. B) Walden, or Life in the Woods. C) Adam Bede. D) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
8.______is? the capital of New South Wales and?the oldest and largest city in Australia. A) Melbourne B) Sydney C) Darwin D) Canberra
?9.?______ , Valentine's Day, is sweethearts' day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions.
A) February 10th B) February 12th C) February 14th D) February 16th 10.Major Newspapers and Magazines in the USA are??________ , etc. A) New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Times B) New York Times, Washington Post, The Sun, Times
C) New York Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, Times D) New York Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Times
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1.? _____is a fork legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people. A Beowulf B sir Gawain
C the Canterbury tale
D king Arthur and his knights
2. The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of ____. A Romeo and Juliet B the faerie queen C Tamburlainc
D the Canterbury tales
3. The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance”or “reconciliation plays” is ______. A merchant of Venice, as you like it
B the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale C Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra
4. Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies? A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King Lear B Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, Macbeth C hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
D Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens 5. Which of the following is not the work of Francis bacon? A advancement of learning B new instrument C songs of innocence D essays
6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, ____is the founder of metaphysical poetry. A Ben Johnson B john Milton C john Bunyan D john Donne
7. Daniel Defoe is a famous____. A poet B novelist C playwright D essayist
8. “He has a servant called Friday.” “he”in the quoted sentence is a character in______. A Henry fielding’s tom jones
B john Bunyan’ the pilgrim’s progress
C Richard brinsley Sheridan’s the school for scandal D Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe 9. Guiiliver’ travel was written by____. A Daniel Defoe B Charles dickens C Jonathan swift D Joseph Addison
10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a ____poet. A romantic B realistic C naturalistic D neo-classic 答案详解： 1. A
Beowulf是Anglo-Saxon时代留下的重要的古英语文学作品，它被认为是英国的民族史诗。sir Gawain and the green knight，king Arthur and his knights of the round table是中古英语时期的浪漫传奇。the Canterbury tale是英国大诗人乔叟的一部诗体短篇小说集。 2. D
乔叟被誉为英国诗歌之父，Troilus and Criseyde是他的重要作品之一。 3. D
1608-1612被认为是莎翁的浪漫剧创作时期，包括四部浪漫剧和解剧the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale，Cymbeline 。 merchant of Venice, as you like it，twelfth night，the merry wives of Windsor为莎翁的喜剧，Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra为悲剧。 4. C
莎翁最杰出的四大悲剧为hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth。 5. C
songs of innocence是英国18世纪末19世纪初浪漫主义诗人William Blake的著作。 6. D
john Donne是17世纪玄学派诗人的重要代表人物，Ben Johnson是莎翁同时代的剧作家，john Milton，john Bunyan虽都是17世纪著名作家，但作品风格与玄学派大相径庭。
7. B
Daniel Defoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记为他赢得了英国小说之父的称号。 8. D
Daniel Defoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记中的主人公Robinson Crusoe有个同伴和仆人叫Friday。 9. C
Guiiliver’ travel是Jonathan swift一部极具魅力的儿童故事，同时包含深刻的思想内容。 10. A
William Wordsworth为英国浪漫派诗人 专八人文知识模拟试题 （3）
1. “Ode to the west wind” was written by the author of ___. A “I wandered lonely as a cloud” B “Kubla Khan”
C “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” D “As Defense of Poetry”
2. Which of the following poets does not belong to the school of romantic poets? A William Wordsworth B Percy Bysshe Shelley C George Gordon Byron D John Donne
3. Charles Dickens wrote all of the following except ___. A Oliver Twist
B David Copperfield C A Tale of Two Cities D Heart of Darkness
4. “A Red, Red Rose” was written by ___. A Alexandra Pop B Robert Burns C William Blake D John Keats
5. Pip is the character of Charles Dickens’ novel ___. A Oliver Twist
B David Copperfield C A Tale of Two Cities D Great Expectations
6. Sense and Sensibility is a ___ by ___.
A play? Jane Austen B novel? Jane Austen C play? Emily Bronte D novel? Anne Bronte
7. In reading Shakespeare, you must have come across the line “To be or not to be---that is the question” by___. A Iago in Othello B Lear in King Lear
C Shylock in the Merchant of Venice