英语专业八级人文知识练习附讲解第15期

　　__1__ Who was the first to apply the telescope to the study of the skies?
　　A Kepler B Copernicus C Galileo D Newton

　　__2__ Whose discovery of the law of the universal gravitation is the most important of all his achievement in physics?
　　A Kepler B Issac Newton C Galileo D Copernicus

　　__3__The three biggest newspapers are of the following except ___.
　　A New York Times B Washington Post C Los Angeles Times D Reader’s Digest

　　__4__Metropolitan Museum is in__.
　　A Washington D.C. B Boston C New York D Philadelphia

　　__5__The New Frontier was put forward by __.
　　A Kennedy B Johnson C Nixon D Benjamin Franklin

　　__6__Who resigned because of Watergate Scandal, the first president to do so in American history?
　　A Kennedy B Johnson C Richard Nixon D Truman

　　__7__Empire State Building is in___.
　　A Chicago B New York C Washington D.C. D Detroit

　　__8__ “Knowledge is power.” Was said by__.
　　A Francis Bacon B Shakespeare C Thomas Hobbes D John Locke

　　__9__Which of the following philosophers believed that man is selfish by nature?
　　A John Locke B Descartes C Pierre Gassendi D Thomas Hobbes

　　__10__Jazz, a great contribution to the world popular music, was originated from the music of __.
　　A Indians B Spanish C Negroes D Portuguese