英语专业八级人文知识练习附讲解第6期

【练习】

1. "To know something like the palm of one's hand" means ___?

A to understand the nature of something and be competent in the performance of them

B to understand everything without any question

C to understand only something easy

D to be thoroughly familiar with the nature and details of something

2. British English is spoken in ___?

A Great Britain             B Australia

C New Zealand             D A.B and C

3. Which of the following joined England and Scotland in 1707?

A the Act of Supremacy                     B the Act of Union

C the Reform Act                               D the Magana Carta

4. Who said “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the world.”?

A Aristotle                          B Plato

C Archimedes                     D Euclid

5. The expression that can be used as the euphemism for "garbage collector" is "___"

A collecting                         B garbage engineer

C sanitary engineer             D sanitation engineer

6. Who founded the Plantagenet Dynasty?

A Henry I                           B King Joseph

C Henry II                          D Count of Anjor

7. Who said "Captive Greece took her rude conqueror captive"?

A Horace             B Virgil

C Plato                D Sappho

8. The religious persecution mainly existed during the reign of ___.

A Elizabeth I                        B Henry VIII

C Cromwell                         D Charles I

9. Eton College is a famous ___ of UK.

A college                                 B comprehensive school

C public school                      D university

10. Westminster Palace is the ___?

A seat of British House of Parliament

B seat of English church

C residence of king of queen

D residence of Prime Minister