专八人文知识模拟试题(10)

专八人文知识模拟试题(10)

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