专八人文知识冲刺(9)

英国内战（1642-1646）

1.On August 22, 1642, the First Civil War began. The king’s men were called Cavaliers, and the supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads.

1642.8.22，第一次内战爆发，支持国王者被成为“骑士派”，支持议会者被成为“圆颅派”。

2.Charles was tried by a High Court of Justice, found guilty of have levied war against his kingdom and the Parliament, condemned to death, and executed on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House at Whitehall on January 30, 1649.

查尔斯在一级高级法院受审，犯有对王国和议会发动战争之罪，被判死刑，并于1649.1.30在宴会宫窗外的绞刑架上绞死。

1. ____is the core of the English Government.

A the Sovereign
B the House of Lords
C the House of Commons
D the Cabinet

2. Melbourne is located ____

A in Canada
B in New Zealand
C in Ireland
D in Australia

3. ____forced Nixon to resign in 1973.

A The Watergate Scandal
B The Iran-Gate Scandal
C The Un-American Activities Committee
D The New Right

4. The young people in the post-WWI era are referred to as “_____”

A the Boom Generation
B the Lost Generation
C the Yuppies
D the Cowboys

5. ____was greatly influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry.

A Ezra Pound
B Walt Whitman
C Robert Frost
D Edgar Allan Poe

6. Which of the following novels was NOT written by Charles Dickens?

A David Copperfield
B The Pickwick Papers
C Oliver Twist
D Women in Love

7. A myth is a ____ tale originally with religious significance that explains the actions of gods or heroes, the causes of natural phenomena or both.

A non-fictional
B fictional
C gothic
D poetic

8. The force of a/an ____ act is identical with the speaker’s intention.

A illocutionary
B locutionary
C perlocutionary
D prelocutionary

9.Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as ____

A parole
B language
C system
D langue

10. The noun “tear” and the verb “tear” are ____

A homophones
B homographs
C complete homonyms
D allophones