专八人文知识题库【第2期】

1.Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?
A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King Lear
B Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, Macbeth
C hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
D Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens

2.Guiiliver’ travel was written by____.
A Daniel Defoe
B Charles dickens
C Jonathan swift
D Joseph Addison

3.The novel starts with “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune ,must be in want of a wife.” The novel is Jane Austen’____.
A Emma
B persuasion
C sense and sensibility
D pride and prejudice

4.Which of the following is not one of the Bronte sisters?
A Charlotte Bronte
B Anne Bronte
C Jenny Bronte
D Emily Bronte

5.____is the world’s largest exporter of lamb and mutton.
A. New Zealand
B. Australia
C. Canada
D. America
 

6.British prime minister normally serves a ______ term.
A. two-year
B. five-year
C. four-year
D. six-year
 

7.Semantics is the study of _______.
A. linguistic competence
B. language functions
C. meanings
D. social behavior
 

8.Sense and Sensibility is a ___ by ___.
A play… Jane Austen
B novel… Jane Austen
C play… Emily Bronte
D novel… Anne Bronte
 

9.___is the home of golf.
A England
B Scotland
C Wales
D Ireland
 

10.Reuters was founded in ____
A 1715
B 1751
C 1851
D 1815