英语专业八级人文知识 第42讲

【练习】

1. The leading ___ state in the United States is Wisconsin.
　　A wheat B rice C dairy D maize

2. The city of ___, which was formerly known as Port Jackson, is the place of the earliest colonial settlement in Australia.
　　A Melbourne B Sydney C Perth D Darwin

3. According to statistics, ___ employer in Australia is the manufacturing industry.
　　A the fourth largest B the third largest C the second largest D the largest

4. The most important economic activity in Canada is ___.
　　A mining B fishing C farming D manufacturing

5. Wordsworth’s poetry, divided by the subjects, falls into two major groups: one about ___ and the other about ___..
　　A nature, human life B society, human nature
　　C human life, social system D universe, human spirit

6. The reading of the first chapter of the novel Pride and Prejudice has led the reader to the understanding of Mrs. Bennet as a woman of ___.

　　A simple character and mean understanding
　　B intricate character and short temper
　　C simple character and good education
　　D intricate character and outstanding talent

7.  As a romantic poet, William Wordsworth advocated the following EXCEPT ___.
　　A the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
　　B the use of colloquialism spoken by the masses
　　C elegant wordings and inflated figures of speech
　　D the humble and rustic life as subject matter

8. The study of language acquisition is generally known as ___.
　　A theoretical linguistics B psycholinguistics C applied linguistics D historical linguistics

9. The history of English is usually divided into ___ major periods.
　　A three B four C five D two

10. The morpheme “scope” in the common word “telescope” is a(n) ___.
　　A bound morpheme B bound form C inflectional morpheme D free morpheme