英语专业八级人文知识

英语专业八级文知识
美国概况
练题：
1 The traditional dividing line in America between east and west is_____
2 The earliest part in America to be found and taken over by early settlers is ____
3 The largest racial group in the whole population of USA is____
4 Before 2000 the largest minority group in the United States is____
5 ____has the world’s oldest written constitution and political party
6 The economic problem caused by the depression in 1929 was eventually solved by____
7 In the United States primary education requires____years
8 Most college students in the United States are in____institutions
9 The three main levels of courts of the federal judicial system in America are____________
10 _____(which state )is not governed by the common law
 
练题答案题解
1 The Mississippi River 密西西河美国传统东方西方分界线
2 The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain早早期定居者发现占领方西洋岸原
3 Nonhispanics white 非西班牙裔白美国种族群体
4 African Americans 2000年前非裔美国美国少数民族群体2000年拉丁裔美国数超非裔美国数成美国第少数民族群体
5 America 美国拥世界古老宪法政
6 World War II 第二次世界战爆发帮助美国走出济困境
7 Six years 美国学花费约六年时间
8 Public 部分美国学生公立学校读
9 美国联邦法院系统包括：the United States District Courts the United States Courts of Appeal the United States Supreme Court
10 Louisana 路易斯安娜州受法约束

美国概况
英语专业八级文知识

练题：
1 Of the fifty states of America _____states now have the death penalty as punishment
2 The four major regions of the United Sates are________________________________
3 ______ region’s culture character was shaped largely by Puritan spirit
4 ______is the largest state in terms of size and population in America
5＂Hollywood＂is often used as a synonym for_____
6 The most important and largest river in the United States of America is_____
7 The northeastern part of the United States ――New England enjoys a _____climate
8 To the west of mainland American lies the _____ Ocean
9 Detroit a US city bordering Lake Erie is famous for its_____
10 The natives of the continent of the America are the_____
练题答案题解
1． 38 美国现38州惩罚罪犯采死刑
2 ．Northeast South Midwest and West 美国四部分包括北部
3． The New England Region 美国新英格兰区 东北部区深受清教思想影响
4 ．California加利福尼亚州美国州拥口
5 ．American films莱坞美国著名电影制造
6． the Mississippi River美国长河流密西西河美国重条河流美国视众河父河流域美国农作物产区
7 ．typical continental美国东北部新英格兰区典型陆性气候冬天寒冷夏天炎热
8 ．Pacific Ocean 美国东西洋西濒太洋北接加南墨西哥墨西哥湾
9 ．automobile industry 底特律美国著名汽车城
10 ．Indians 美国土居民印第安

美国概况
英语专业八级文知识

练题：
1 ．_____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States
A ．Washington DC　　　B ．Los Angeles　　　 C． San Francisco 　　　　D ．New York City
2． _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions
A． Blacks 　　　　　　　B ．Hispanics 　　　　C． Indians 　　　　　　　D． Asian Americans
3 ．Washington DC is named after___________
A． the US President George Washington
B ．Christopher Columbus
C ．both George Washington and Christopher Columbus
D ．none of them
4 ．American and British English are two_____ of the English language
A． varieties 　　　　　　B． elements　　　　　 C． parts 　　　　　　　　D． form
5． The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______
A ．Thomas Jefferson　　　 B． James Monroe　　　 C． James Madison　　　　 D ．Abraham Lincoln
6 ．Of the fifty states the smallest state in area is_____
A． Rhode Island　　　　　 B ．Virginia 　　　　　　C． Texas 　　　　　　　D ．Montana
7． The national flag of the United States is known as_____
A． the StarSpangled Banner　　 B ．Uncle Sam　　　　　 C ．Hot Dog 　　　　　　D ．Union Jack
8． The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____
A ．contribution a state has made to the nation
B． population
C． size
D． none of the above
9 ．The tern Father of Waters is used to refer to _____
A． the Amazon River B． the Mississippi River C． the Nile River D． the Hudson River
10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884
A． France 　　　　　　　　　B． Spain　　　　　　　　C ．Italy　　　　　　　　D ．Britain
练题答案题解
1 ．D 纽约美国城市时重济中心港口
2． A 黑美国济社会位低
3 ．C 首命名华盛顿纪念美国第总统乔治•华盛顿联邦直辖区命名哥伦亚特区纪念第位欧洲横渡西洋达西半球探险家克里斯拂•哥伦布
4． A 美国英语英国英语英语语言两种变体
5． D 美国历史第位总统亚伯拉罕•林肯
6． A 美国国土面积罗岛
7 ．A 美国国旗星条旗
8． B 美国州派众议院代表数应州口成例
9 ．B 美国众河父指密西西河
10． A 美国女神法国赠予礼物
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英语专业八级文知识
练题：
1 Ernest Hemingway is _____
A Englishman            B American           CDutch            D Denmark
2 John Fitzgerald Kennedy is _____ president
A 35th                       B 34th                   C 33rd            D 32nd 
3 In 1837 the first collegelevel institution for women Mount Holyoke Female Seminary opened in _____ to serve the Muslim sex
A New England         B Virginia               C Massachusetts                  D New York
4 The capital of Massachusetts is _____
A Providence            B Boston                C Montpelier                         D Augusta
5 _____ is the dividing line between the South and North
A The Hudson River                     B The Potomac River 
C The Ohio River                          D The Missouri River
6 _____ is Washington’s largest city
A Boise                      B Denver               C Tacoma                             D Seattle
7 Washington DC the capital of US is situated on the _____River banks
A St Lawrence          B Hudson              C Potomac                            D Missouri
8 When did the American Civil War break out
A 1775                       B 1812                  C 1861                                 D 1863
9 Who prepared the draft of the Declaration of Independence
A John Adams            B Thomas Jefferson                    C Benjamin Franklin                D John Hancock
10 In which day is Halloween celebrated      
A 5 November           B 31 October           C 17 March                          D 25 December
练题答案题解
1 B文坛巨匠海明威美国
2 A肯尼迪美国第35总统
3 C美国第女子学院开设马萨诸塞州
4 B麻省首府波士顿
5 D美国南北分界线密苏里河东西分界线密西西河
6 D华盛顿州城市西雅图
7 C华盛顿特区位波托马克河
8 C美国战爆发1861年结束1865年
9 B美国起草独立宣言托马斯•杰弗逊
10 B万圣节前夕10月天10月31号

英语专业八级文知识(5)
英国概况
练题：
1 Britain was the first country to industrialize because of the following factors except _____
A Britain was well placed geographically to participate in European and world trade
B Britain had many rivers which were useful for transport
C British engineers had sound training and the inventors were respected
D British government was increasingly interested in overseas and colonies after the 17th century
2 The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy The _____ has very little power
A queen B monarch C prime minister D king
3 Which party has always had strong links with the trade unions and received financial support from them
A the Labor Party B the Conservative Party
C the Liberal Party D the Social Democratic Party
4 On accepting ____ the age of constitutional monarchy of a monarchy with powers limited by Parliament began
A Constitutional Law B The Declaration of Independence
C Civil Law D Bill of Rights
5 Females were allowed to vote in national elections until ____
A 1918 B 1916 C 1920 D 1896
6 The British North America Act of 1867 established ____ as a domain
A Australia B Canada C New Zealand D India
7 During World War II as a war leader _____ received massive popular support and led his country to final victory in 1945
A Harold Wilson B Edward Heath C Franklin Roosevelt D Winston Churchill
8 The Falkland Islands war was between Britain and _____
A France B New Zealand C Argentina D Australia
9 In Britain a _____ is held when a Member of Parliament dies retires or resigns
A civic election B byelection C popular election D general election
10 In the United Kingdom ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of _____
A the Lord Chancellor B the Monarch C the Prime Minister D the King
练题答案题解
1 D 英国成世界早开始工业化国家原英国17世纪逐步开始海外贸易开拓海外殖民产生浓厚兴趣
2 B 英国君立宪制国家国王女王（君）没什实质性权力
3 A 保守英国早成立两派致说保守中层阶级公司财政支持工工会支持支持者中产阶级知识分子
4 D 权利法案签署标志着英国进入君立宪制时代君没什实质性权力受制议会时代
5 A 直1918年妇女全国选中享选举权
6 B 1867年英国北美法案加纳治领
7 D 第二次世界战中时英国首相丘吉尔作战争统帅受英国民广泛拥戴带领英国民赢战争胜利
8 C 福克兰群岛战役发生英国阿根廷着两国家间位西洋南部福克兰群岛1892年起英国海外殖民1982年阿根廷开始控制岛屿英国终败阿根廷重新占领岛屿
9 B 英国院议会成员中世退休辞职时进行补缺选举
10 C 英国部长首相推荐女王加命
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英语专业八级文知识（6）
英国概况 
练题： 
1 How many members are there in the House of Commons
A 650 B 524 C 72 D 651
2 Which of the following people didn’t use to be the British Prime Minister
A Margaret Thatcher B Winston Churchill C Horatio Nelson D John Major
3 By tradition the leader of the majority party is appointed _____ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom
A Prime Minister B Member of Parliament 
C Lord of appeal D Speaker of the House
4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____ which still bears this nickname today
A the Labour Party B the Conservative Party
C the Liberal Party D the Social Democratic Party
5 In the United Kingdom the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition
A largest B second largest C third largest D fourth largest
6 The term British disease is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline
A political B educational C military D economic
7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____
A globalization B nationalization C privatization D competition
8 Today in Britain ______ is called a sick industry
A coal mining B iron and steel C textiles D shipbuilding
9 The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the 17th century and the Scottish inventor ____ modified and improved the design in 1765 A　Abraham Darby B James Watt C John Kay D Richard Arkwrightthe
10 _____ created the industrial working class the proletariat and it later led to trade unionism
A The Chartist Movement B The Industrial Revolution 
C The French Revolution D The Glorious Revolution

练题答案题解
1 D 议院651名议员
2 C 撒切尔夫丘吉尔梅杰做英国首相纳尔逊（17581805）英国海军统帅作战负伤右眼失明失右臂中海舰队司令特法尔加角海战中败西班牙联合舰队受重伤阵亡号称 Viscount Nelson
3 A 英国传统数领导君命首相首相部挑选领导担部部长职位
4 B 托利英国保守前身
5 B 英国议院中赢第二席位政反领导影子阁（shadow cabinet）
6 D 现英国病术语常指英国济衰退
7 C 正20世纪40年代作国化时代样20世纪80年代作私化时代包括英国石油航空钢铁电讯40 国公司实现私化
8 A 英国煤矿业称生病工业英国煤产量战前达顶点英国煤矿业衰退导致矿工数量煤矿总产量降
9 B 第台蒸汽机 Thomas Newcomer 17世纪末设计苏格兰发明家瓦特1765年原设计进行改进提高生产出第台高效蒸汽机应纺织机械业中
10 B 工业革命产生工阶级产阶级形成工会制度

英语专业八级文知识（7）
练题： 
1 _____ is the key to Industrial Revolution
A Iron B Cotton Textile C Coal mining D Steam engine
2 _____ became a literary current during the period of the successful Industrial Revolution
A Criticism B Modernism C Romanticism D Renaissance
3 Modern football game began in _____
A China B France C England D Germany
4 _____ is the leader of the British government
A Prime Minister B Queen C President D Governor
5 The second largest city in England _____ is a metropolitan district and an industrial and manufacturing city
A Edinburgh B Belfast C Glasgow D Birmingham
6 _____ introduced Christianity into Britain
A The Celts B The Romans C The Viking Danes D The French
7 The real power of the British government lies in _____
A the House of Commons
B the cabinet headed by the Prime Minister
C the Prime Minister
D the Queen
8 In Britain education is compulsory for children between the ages of _____ to _____
A 5 14 B 6 17 C 5 16 D 6 14
9 The longest river in Britain is _____ and the largest river in the USA is _____
A the Seven River the Missouri River
B the Thames River the Missouri River
C the Severn River the Mississippi
D the Thames River the Ohio River
10 The general election in Britain is held every ____ years
A four B three C six D five
练题答案题解
1 B 纺织业改革英国工业革命成
2 C 工业革命时期文学流派浪漫义
3 C 现代足球运动起源英国 正宗老家英格兰19世纪兴起
4 A 英国政体君立宪制 国王（女王）国家元首政府首领首相
5 D 英国第二城市伯明翰位英格兰中部原国际化市英国工业制造业中心
6 B 公元43年罗马占领英国统治400年基督徒时期罗马传入英国
7 B 君立宪制国王作更侧重象征意义实权阁阁首相率领
8 C 英国教育体系中义务教育阶段516岁位学生学校学低年限
9 C 英国长河塞文河全长355公里美国长河密西西河 长4000公里左右
10 D 英国选5年举行次
英语专业八级文知识（8）
英国概况
1Which of the following tribes first came to Britain
A Roman B AngloSaxons C Jutes D Celts
2The Hundred Years’ War between Britain and France was fought ____
A from 1327 to 1453 B from 1337 to 1453
C from 1347 to 1453 C from 1357 to 1453
3The Republic of Ireland became independent in the year ____
A 1918 B 1920 C 1945 D 1949
4The English Civil War is also called ____
A the Puritan Revolution B the second Magna Carta C the Long Parliament D the Anglican War
5Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the ____ and the North Sea in the east
A east B south C west D north
6The largest lake in Britain is ____
A Loch Lomond B the Lough Neagh C Windermere D Ullswater
7Where do the majority of people in Scotland live
A In the Highlands B In the central Lowlands C In the Uplands D In the west of Scotland
8In Britain only about ____ of the population are farmers but they manage 70 of the land area
A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5
9The two important crops in Britain are ____
A barley and corn B wheat and rice C barley and oats D wheat and barley
10In Britain children from the age of 5 to 16 ____
A can legally receive partly free education
B can legally receive completely free education
C can not receive free education at all
D can not receive free education if their parents are rich
答案
1D 凯尔特公元前700年英国罗马公元15世纪统治英国5世纪中期盎格鲁撒克逊侵占英国凯尔特早踏入英国
2B 英法百年战争爆发1337年1453年间中间发生黑死病
3D 爱尔兰国1949年独立
4A 英国战1642年1646年间发生国王查尔斯议会发生争执实际国王清教徒间矛盾引起结果议会胜利
5B 英国南面法国隔着英吉利海峡
6B 英国湖伊湖长河流塞文河
7B 苏格兰中低部适合类生存苏格兰工业高度集中区
8A 英国农作业时高度机械化需利全国2口耕作面积农
9D 麦麦英国重庄稼
10B 英国义务教育5岁16岁期间教育全部免费

英语专业八级文知识（9）
练题：
1 Which of the following is the British oldest daily newspaper
A The Telegraph B The Guardian C The News of the World D The Times
2 The river Thames is in _____
A Wales B Scotland C England D Northern Ireland
3 The Industrial Revolution started in _____
A the Great Britain B the United States C Canada D Austrilia
4 Which of the following is true under Thatcher’s administration
A The proportion of owneroccupation decreased
B Public housing became more important
C Many public houses were sold to people
D The UK became more Europeanlike in its housing arrangement
5 Britain has its nuclear naval force since _____
A it’s one of the developed countries in the world
B it’s a traditional sea power
C it has an advanced industry
D it’s able to produce submarines
6 Which of the following is the oldest national Sunday newspaper in Britain
A The Times B The Guardian C The Observer D The Financial Times
7 Big Ben was named after _____
A Christopher Wren B Benjamin Hall C Ben John D G Stephenson
8 The Capital of Wales is _____
A Swansea B Cardiff C Rhonda D Belfast
9 _____ is England’s biggest naval base
A Portsmouth B Southampton C Plymouth D Dover
10 There are two major national parties in Britain the Conservative party and _____
A the Liberal Party B the Democratic Party
C the Labour Party D the Republican Party
练题答案题解
1 D 英国历史悠久日报泰晤士报
2 C 泰晤士河位英格兰
3 A 工业革命早英国开始
4 C 1979年撒切尔夫成英国第女首相提出政策称撒切尔义容包括国企业私化采货币义政策控制通货膨胀削弱工会影响加强市场素济中作公住房卖公众强调法律秩序定程度讲计划成功领导英国济度段繁华时期
5 B 英国拥海军核力量贯霸位密切相关
6 C 观察家报创刊1791年英国创刊早星期日报纸
7 B 说Big Ben 名1859年修建时候建造者 Benjamin Hall
8 B 威尔士位列颠西部首府：加夫
9 A 英国海军基普茨茅斯
10 C 英国奉行两制两政保守工
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英语专业八级文知识（10）
英国概况
练题：
1 Which name is NOT related to Britain
A Northern Ireland B Scotland C Wales D Toronto
2 The news agency Reuters was founded in _____
A London B Birmingham C Liverpool D Manchester
3 The tower of London a historical sight located in the center of London was built by _____
A King Harold B Robin Hood C Oliver Cromwell D William the Conqueror
4 Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England
A The AngloSaxon B The Normans C The Vikings D The Romans
5 Which is the largest city in Scotland
A Cardiff B Edinburgh C Glasgow D Manchester
6 In Britain children from the age of 5 to 16 _____
A can legally receive completely free education
B can legally receive partly free education
C cannot receive free education at all
D cannot receive free education of their parents are rich
7 The Industrial Revolution started in _____
A the Great Britain B the United States C Canada D Australia
8 What is the name of Britain’s highest mountain
A Anne Boleyn B Ben Nevis C Snowdonia D Scafell
9 Which is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political way
A Great Britain B The British Isles C The United Kingdom D England
10 Britain has for centuries been slowly tilting with _____
A the NorthWest slowly rising and the SouthEast slowly sinking
B the NorthEast slowly rising and the SouthWest slowly sinking
C the SouthEast slowly rising and the Northwest slowly sinking
D the SouthWest slowly rising and the NorthEast slowly sinking
练题答案题解
1 D 伦属加英国关
2 A 路透社创建伦敦
3 D 伦敦塔1078年防止罗马入侵威廉帝修建
4 A 英国民族前身安格鲁萨克森
5 C 格拉斯格苏格兰城市济中心
6 A 英国孩 5—16岁教育免费
7 A 工业革命起源英国
8 B 尼维斯山英国高峰
9 C 提起英国会名字BritainEnglandBritish会惹恼苏格兰威尔士北爱尔兰政治角度讲the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the United KingdomUK英国正确法the British Isles理意义名字包括Great Britainthe whole of Ireland （ Northern and Southern）the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 岛屿
10 A 英国世纪势直缓慢倾斜表现西北部慢慢升东南部慢慢沉英国西北部高

英语专业八级文知识（11）
美国文学
1The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____
A Jack London B Charles Dickens C Samuel Coleridge D Ernest Hemingway
2In which novel can Yahoo be found
A John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
B Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen
C Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
D Henry Fielding's Tom Jones
3The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____
A JD Salinger B Jack London C Flannery O'Connor D Saul Bellow
4The image of the famous henpecked husband is created by____
A Washington Irving B Fennimore Cooper C Edith Wharton D William Dean Howells
5The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be ____
A O'Neil B Pound C Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald
6____ is the most important person of the transcendental club
A Hawthorn B Whitman C Emerson D Hemingway
7 The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____
A fridendship B love and marriage C life and death D war and peace
8Robert Frost is a famous ____
A novelist B playwright C poet D literary critic
9Dover Beach is written by ____
A Robert Browning B Alfred Tennyson C Mathew Arnold D Dylan Thomas
10The period from 18651914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States
A Age of Realism B Age of Clasicalism C Age of Romanticism D Age of Renaissance

答案
1D 老海海明威作品

2C Jonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels（格列弗游记）中yahoo暗指类集类丑陋面身服务动物类生物
3A The Catcher in the Rye（麦田里守者）JD Salinger（JD 赛琳格）名著
4A henpecked husband 指怕老婆男改典型形象出Washington Irving Rip Van Winkle
5D 二十世纪出现Jazz Age代年轻物欲膨胀沉迷酒色Scott Fitzgerald Great Gatsby起盖茨根时代特征深深讽刺谓美国梦
6C Emerson超验义重代表著Nature然代表哲学观
7D Emily Dickinson（17091784）美国女诗终生未嫁诗歌包括：I Could Not Sto for DeathI'm Nobody Who Are You
诗歌题：爱情然友谊死亡朽
8C Robert Frost十九世纪美国诗父亲世已英国新英格兰享高名作品：The Road Not TakenMending Wall
9C Dover Beach（弗海滩）Mathew Arnold 作品
10A 18651914美国战结束第次世界战爆发前时候涌现作家Mark Twain刻画出美国济政治发展引发社会现实问题包括Gold Rush


英语专业八级文知识（12）
练题：
1 The two areas in Britain where a lot of immigrants live are _____
A London and Cambridge
B London and heart of England
C Manchester and Birmingham
D Edinburgh and Nottingham
2 The flag of the United Kingdom known as the Union Jack is made up of _____ crosses
A one B two C three D four
3 Which flower is symbol of England
A Thistle B Shamrock C Daffodil D Rose
4 _____ was the home of the Lake Poets William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey of 19th century Britain
A Lough Neagh B Windermere C Lake District D Coniston Water
5 The first known settlers of Britain were the _____
A Iberians B Beaker Folk C Celts D AngloSaxons
6 Who invaded and conquered Britain for the first time in 55 BC
A Emperor Claudius B King Alfred C King Ethelred D Julius Caesar
7 Which one is not the reason for the very limited influence of Roman to Britain
A The Romans always treated the Britons as a subject people of slave class
B The Romans and Britons never intermarry during the 4 centuries
C The Romans didn’t like the Britons
D The Romans had no impact on the language or culture of ordinary Britons
8 The Hundred Years’ war with France ended by the English being driven out of France By 1453 _____ was the only part of France that was still in the hands of the English
A Dover B Calais C Southampton D Portsmouth
9 Which war had little effect on ordinary people but gave a death blow to feudalism
A The Wars of the Roses B The Hundred Years’ War
C The English Civil War D World War I
10 The English Civil War also called the Puritan Revolution is generally regarded as the beginning of modern ____ history
A European B Scottish C Welsh D world
练题答案题解
1 B 现英国移民集中伦敦英格兰心脏带城市城镇诸 Slough Leicester Wolverhampton Birmingham Luton Bradford Coventry Bedford Reading等等
2 C 英国国旗红白蓝三色米字旗（Union Jack）三十字组成
3 D A蓟苏格兰象征作苏格兰国徽B三叶苜蓿花爱尔兰国花C黄水仙花威尔士国花D玫瑰英格兰国花
4 C 位英格兰西北部威尔士北部湖区英国著名风景区英国十九世纪湖畔诗聚居方
5 A 早英国定居伊利亚约公元前3000年左右新石器时代伊利亚半岛（天西班牙）英国
6 D 英国历史罗马入侵开始恺撒位伟罗马军公元前55年第次带兵入侵征服英国
7 C 罗马征服英国罗马文化英国影响十分限：罗马直英国作社会位相奴隶降伏民族长达四世纪时间里没罗马英国通婚罗马英国民阶层语言文化没影响
8 B 英法间百年战争英国赶出法国告终1453年战争结束时法国北部加莱港英国手里
9 A 玫瑰战争持续30年老百姓生活没什影响反倒英国封建义受致命击贵族阶层受削弱
10 D 英国战清教徒革命反国王部分清教徒英国战仅推翻英国封建制度动摇欧洲封建统治基础角度讲英国战通常作现代世界史开端

英语专业八级文知识（13）
美国概况
练题：
1 _____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States
A Washington DC B Los Angeles C San Francisco D New York City
2 _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions
A Blacks B Hispanics C Indians D Asian Americans
3 Washington DC is named after___________
A the US President George Washington
B Christopher Columbus
C both George Washington and Christopher Columbus
D none of them
4 American and British English are two_____ of the English language
A varieties B elements C parts D form
5 The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______
A Thomas Jefferson B James Monroe C James Madison D Abraham Lincoln
6 Of the fifty states the smallest state in area is_____
A Rhode Island B Virginia C Texas D Montana
7 The national flag of the United States is known as_____
A the StarSpangled Banner B Uncle Sam C Hot Dog D Union Jack
8 The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____
A contribution a state has made to the nation
B population
C size
D none of the above
9 The tern Father of Waters is used to refer to _____
A the Amazon River B the Mississippi River C the Nile River D the Hudson River
10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884
A France B Spain C Italy D Britain
练题答案题解
1 D 纽约美国城市时重济中心港口
2 A 黑美国济社会位低
3 C 首命名华盛顿纪念美国第总统乔治•华盛顿联邦直辖区命名哥伦亚特区纪念第位欧洲横渡西洋达西半球探险家克里斯拂•哥伦布
4 A 美国英语英国英语英语语言两种变体
5 D 美国历史第位总统亚伯拉罕•林肯
6 A 美国国土面积罗岛
7 A 美国国旗星条旗
8 B 美国州派众议院代表数应州口成例
9 B 美国众河父指密西西河
10 A 美国女神法国赠予礼物
5英语专业八级文知识（14）
美国概况
练题：
1 Ernest Hemingway is _____
A Englishman B American C Dutch D Denmark
2 John Fitzgerald Kennedy is _____ president
A 35th B 34th C 33rd D 32nd
3 In 1837 the first collegelevel institution for women Mount Holyoke Female Seminary opened in _____ to serve the Muslim sex
A New England B Virginia C Massachusetts D New York
4 The capital of Massachusetts is _____
A Providence B Boston C Montpelier D Augusta
5 _____ is the dividing line between the South and North
A The Hudson River B The Potomac River
C The Ohio River D The Missouri River
6 _____ is Washington’s largest city
A Boise B Denver C Tacoma D Seattle
7 Washington DC the capital of US is situated on the _____River banks
A St Lawrence B Hudson C Potomac D Missouri
8 When did the American Civil War break out
A 1775 B 1812 C 1861 D 1863
9 Who prepared the draft of the Declaration of Independence
A John Adams B Thomas Jefferson C Benjamin Franklin D John Hancock
10 In which day is Halloween celebrated
A 5 November B 31 October C 17 March D 25 December
练题答案题解
1 B文坛巨匠海明威美国
2 A肯尼迪美国第35总统
3 C美国第女子学院开设马萨诸塞州
4 B麻省首府波士顿
5 D美国南北分界线密苏里河东西分界线密西西河
6 D华盛顿州城市西雅图
7 C华盛顿特区位波托马克河
8 C美国战爆发1861年结束1865年
9 B美国起草独立宣言托马斯•杰弗逊
10 B万圣节前夕10月天10月31号

英语专业八级文知识（15）
美国概况
练题：
1 The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except _____
A George Washington B Thomas Jefferson 
C William Penn D Benjamin Franklin
2 The New Deal was started by _____
A Franklin Roosevelt B JK Kennedy
C George Washington D Thomas Jefferson
3 The United States was rated _____ in the world in terms of land areas
A second B third C fourth D fifth
4 The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by _____
A Teachers B students C headmaster D boards of education
5 The Bill of Rights consists of _____
A 10 very short paragraphs in an amendment
B 10 amendments adopted in 1787
C 10 amendments added to the Constitution in 1791
D the amendments concerning the freedom of speech the freedom of the press and the freedom of religion
6 The United States produces as much as much as half of the world’s _____
A wheat and rice B cotton C tobacco D soybeans and corn
7 Which invention marked the beginning of The Age of Visual Information
A Newspaper B Telegraph C Laundry machine D Television
8 The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from _____
A George Washington B Thomas Jefferson 
C John Adams D John Locke
9 The District of Manhattan is in the city if _____
A Washington DC B San Francisco C New York D Chicago
10 The seats in the Senate are allocated to different states_____
A according to their population
B according to their size
C according to their tax paid to federal government
D equally

练题答案题解
1 C 华盛顿杰弗逊弗兰克林美国创建时元老功勋William Penn 美国宾州创始
2 A 新政罗斯福应美国济萧条提出
3 C 面积言 美国世界第四国
4 D 决定权教育委员会
5 C 权法案1791年增补宪法法案前十条修正案
6 D 美国出产占世界半豆玉米
7 D 开创类视觉信息革命重发明电视机
8 D 美国许政治观念源英国著名哲学家约翰•洛克
9 C 曼哈顿纽约市著名济商业区 纽约中心带
10 D 美国州参议院中均两位议员作代表州口关众议院）
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英语专业八级文知识（16）
美国概况
练题： 
1 The Rocky Mountains is located in _____
A Great Britain B Australia C South Africa D North America
2 Hollywood the centre of American movie industry is closest to which city
A Los Angles B Chicago C New York D Washington
3 Which of the following is an American newspaper
A The Guardian B Newsweek 
C The International Herald Tribune D The Daily Telegraph
4 The US is called a melting pot because _____
A its steel industry is highly developed
B it has great influence on the world
C it is an important economic center of the world
D people from different races live there together
5 The first Puritans came to America on the ship _____
A Codpeed B Susan Constant C May Flower D Discovery
6 Americans celebrate Memorial Day on the last Monday in May to honor those who have _____
A given their lives for their country
B made great scientific discoveries
C won American great reputation in sports
D donated large amounts of money to the country
7 Trick or Treat is a phrase that children often use when they celebrated _____
A New Year’s Day B Veteran’s Day C Halloween D Christmas
8 The Easter egg and the hare two of the symbols most frequently associated with Easter are considered to present _____
A vigor and bravery B fertility and new life 
C originality and speed D happiness and fun
9 Which of the following books is not written by Mark Twain whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens
A The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
B The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
C Life on the Mississippi
D Leaves of grass
10 Which of the following books is written by Washington Irving
A Nature B The Scarlet Letter C The Sketch Book D Farewell to Arms

练题答案题解
1 D 落基山脉位美国西北部 东南延伸
2 A 莱坞迪士尼均位洛杉矶
3 B 新闻周刊美国报纸 国际先驱坛法国 卫报日电讯英国
4 D 美国称熔炉世界带文化交融形成独特元文化特征
5 C 首批清教徒美国时坐船五月花号
6 A Memorial Day 美国阵亡士纪念日
7 C 万圣节美国传统节日万圣节前夜 孩子带着种面具 穿着奇异衣服跑邻居家门前高声喊着：Trick or Treat讨糖果邻居会遭孩恶作剧
8 B 复活节彩蛋兔子产新生象征
9 D Leaves if grass Walt Whitman 作品
10 C Washington Irving 称作美国文学父 名作品A Ralph W Emerson 作品 B Nathaniel Hawthorne 作品 D Earnest Hemingway 作品
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英语专业八级文知识（17）
美国概况 
练题：
1 The worldfamous Havard University is in _____
A Massachusetts B New York C Washington DC D Maine
2 Which of the following statements about American education is wrong
A Elementary and secondary education in America is free and compulsory
B Private schools are financially supported by religious or nonreligious private organizations or individuals
C There are more public colleges and universities than the private ones
D Credits taken at community colleges are normally applicable to requirement for a fouryear bachelor’s degree
3 _____ is a symbol of American theatre and worldclass entertainment
A Broadway B Wall Street C The Fifth Avenue D Times Square
4 ____ is not a tourist attraction in the United States
A Yellowstone National Park B Grand Canyon 
C St Patrick’s Cathedral D Stonehenge 
5 ____ was an actor before he became the President
A Ronald Reagan B Abraham Lincoln C Herbert Hoover D Jimmy Carter
6 New Englanders were originally known as _____ which come to stand for all Americans
A Hippies B Yankees C Uncle Sam D Brother Jonathan
7 On the 30th of April 1789 George Washington took the oath of office in _____ which housed the government then
A New York B Washington DC C Philadelphia D Boston
8 Which of the following people was not an American President
A John Hancock B John Adams C John Q Adams D Jimmy Carter
9 Henry Fond was the first man to _____
A design a plane B fly an aeroplane C massproduciton D design and make a car
10 That government of the people by the people for the people … were the words by _____
A Thomas Jefferson B Abraham Lincoln C Andrew Johnson D Theodore Roosevelt
练题答案题解
1 A 哈佛学位马萨诸塞州剑桥(Cambridge)镇
2 C 美国 私立高等教育机构公立象麻省理工 耶鲁学 哈佛学私立
3 A 百老汇条南北贯穿曼哈顿全岛道 中心带第42时代广场附 周围云集十家剧院 演称现代歌舞剧剧目
4 D Stonehenge 英国 古代城池遗迹
5 A 里根政前莱坞闯荡20年参演出50部电影
6 B Yankees 词具丰富含义 现代表美国俗称美国佬 美国南部Yankee指美国北部州居民 北方佬数美国说Yankee 意味着新英格兰
7 A 1789年George Washington 纽约宣誓职 1790年首迁费城 1800年定华盛顿
8 A John Hancock时独立宣言签名名字美语里变成签名代名词
9 C Henry Ford 早期名技师 然没发明汽车 第位批量生产汽车
10 B Abraham Lincoln 1863年11月19日葛底斯堡阵亡士墓举行落成仪式发表著名葛底斯堡演说片语转贴：24ENCOM

英语专业八级文知识（18）
1____refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality
A Allegory B Conflict C Irony D Flashback
2___was recognized as the greatest poet of Victorian England
A Tennyson B Robert Browning C MrsBrowning D Robert Burns
3James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT____
A Dubliners B A Potrait of the Artist as a Young Man
C Jude the Obscure D Ulysses
4Which of the follwing poets is different from the others
A John Donne B John Keats C Lord Byron D Percy Bysshe Shelley
5William Wordsworth is an English ____
A poet B novelist C playwright D critic
6The compiler of A Dictionary of the English Language is _____
A Joseph Addison B Richard Steele C Samuel Johnson D Laurence Stern
7My Last Duchess is a monologue poem written by ____
A William Shakespeare B Robert Browing C Ben Jonson D Robert Herrick
8 Beauty is truth truth beauty is an epigrammatic line by ____
A John Keats B William Blake C William Wordsworth D Percy Bysshe Shelley
9Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by ____
A Christopher Marlow B John Miltom C William Shakespeare D Ben Johnson
10 James Joyce mostly wrote about his hometown ____
A London B Dublin C New York D Edinburgh
答案：
1D irony 指反讽揭示事物表面真相差
2A Aflred Tennyson 称维利亚时代杰出英国诗作品：The PrincessMaud 短诗 BreakBreakBreak
3C Jude the ObscureThomas Hardy作品
4A John Donn玄学派诗外外三位浪漫义派诗
5A William Wordsworth英国前浪漫义诗
6C Samuel Johnson（17091784）编写英语字典英语字典基石
7B Robert Browning（18121889）擅写独角剧代表作My Last DuchessMeeting at Night
8A Beauty is truth truth beautyJohn Keats写作宗旨毕生精力追求够表达切美丽事物诗篇
9B 失乐园复乐园均John Milton做
10B James Joyce出生爱尔兰首柏林作品：A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManUlysses事合集Dubliners

文知识：女神历
　　举世闻名女神高高耸立纽约港口岛象征着美国民争取崇高理想
　　女神重45磅高46米底座高45米身着罗马古代战袍头戴光芒冠冕右手高擎长达12米火炬左手紧抱部美国独立宣言身体微微前倾神态端庄安祥件艺术珍品塑部168阶螺旋装状楼梯游登顶女神冠冕25铁窗窗远眺俯瞰纽约全港景色
　　创作艺术杰作19世纪期位华横溢雕塑家名字雷里克巴托尔迪1834年巴托尔迪出生法国意利家庭青年时代起酷爱雕塑艺术女神形象早存心目中1851年破仑波巴发动政变推反第二国天群坚定街头筑起防御工事暮色苍茫时年轻姑娘手持熊熊燃烧火炬越障碍物高呼前进口号敌波巴分子枪声响姑娘倒血泊中巴托尔迪目睹事实心情久久静位高擎火炬勇敢姑娘成心中象征
　　1865年巴托尔迪提议决定塑造座象征塑法国民捐款作法国政府送美国政府庆祝美国独立100周年礼物
　　1869年神草图设计完成巴托尔迪开始全心全意投入雕塑工作
　　刚开始美国没意识礼品珍贵直年巴托尔迪参加费城举行庆祝独立100周年博览会时引起公众注意便女神执火炬手会展出引起轰动件天前鲜知雕塑品顿时身价百倍成美国渴欣赏艺术珍品久美国国会便通决议正式批准总统提出接受女神请求时确定贝德罗岛建立女神点
　　1884年7月6日女神正式赠送美国年8月5日神底座奠基工程动工十月中旬神建立终全部完工10月28日美国总统亲参加神揭幕典礼发表讲话数群众簇拥神周围怀着激动心情企首仰着女神第次露出庄严面容
　　巴托尔迪卓越成绩选纽约市荣誉市民法国荣誉勋团指挥级团员1904年10月5日巴黎逝世塑造女神永远表达着民热爱　

英语专业八级文知识（19）
加概况
1 What country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf？
A United States of America
B United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
C New Zealand
D Canada
2 The national anthem of Canada is ____
A Canada The Beautiful  B O Canada  C God Defend Canada  D Advance Canada Fair
3 The capital city of Canada is ____
A Montreal  B Toronto  C Albert  D Ottawa
4 According to the Official Language of Act of Canada there are two official language in this country they are____
A English and Spanish  B English and Portuguese  C English and French  D English and Celtic
5Canada is a world ____producer of nickel zinc and asbestos……
A primary  B second  C third  D fourth
6 The highest peak in Canada is ____ which is the Yukon Territory of northwest Canada
A Mount Lawrence  B Mount Superior  C Mount Logan  D Mount Huron
7 St Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both ____
A America and Mexico  B America and Canada  C America and Cuba  D America and Brazil
8 Apart from Paris France Montreal is regarded as the largest____city in the world known as Paris the Second
A Spanishspeaking  B Portuguesespeaking  C Germanspeaking  D Frenchspeaking
9____ the third largest city in Canada is well known as IceFree Harbor
A Montreal  B Quebec  C Toronto  D Vancouver
 
10Canada is the world’s ____country in terms of land area
A largest  B second largest  C third largest  D fourth largest
答案解析
1D 加国树枫树期国徽国旗枫叶图案长期枫叶视作加象征
2B 加国歌啊加
3D加首渥太华位安略省东南部魁北克省交界处加济政治中心时加文化中心
4C 1867年列颠北美法案英法两种语言定加联邦政府魁北克省社会公机构官方语言1968年官方语言法案规定英语法语均加官方语言
5A 加世界锌石棉第生产国钾碱产量居世界第二黄金产量居第三铜产量位居第四
6C 加高峰洛根峰海拔6050米
7B 美加边境两条国际河流条哥伦亚河条圣劳伦斯河
8D 蒙特利尔法裔加占全市口三分二法国巴黎外世界法语城市素巴黎称
9D温哥华总口190万加第三城市工商业中心列颠哥伦亚区城市加西海岸港口横贯加全景铁路线终点天然良港动机结冰
10B 加位美国北世界仅次俄国第二国家
英语专业八级文知识（20）
美国文学
1The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____
A Jack London B Charles Dickens C Samuel Coleridge D Ernest Hemingway
2In which novel can Yahoo be found
A John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
B Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen
C Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
D Henry Fielding's Tom Jones
3The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____
A JD Salinger B Jack London C Flannery O'Connor D Saul Bellow
4The image of the famous henpecked husband is created by____
A Washington Irving B Fennimore Cooper C Edith Wharton D William Dean Howells
5The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be ____
A O'Neil B Pound C Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald
6____ is the most important person of the transcendental club
A Hawthorn B Whitman C Emerson D Hemingway
7 The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____
A fridendship B love and marriage C life and death D war and peace
8Robert Frost is a famous ____
A novelist B playwright C poet D literary critic
9Dover Beach is written by ____
A Robert Browning B Alfred Tennyson C Mathew Arnold D Dylan Thomas
10The period from 18651914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States
A Age of Realism B Age of Clasicalism C Age of Romanticism D Age of Renaissance
 
答案解析
1D 老海海明威作品
2C Jonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels（格列弗游记）中yahoo暗指类集类丑陋面身服务动物类生物
3A The Catcher in the Rye（麦田里守者）JD Salinger（JD 赛琳格）名著
4A henpecked husband 指怕老婆男改典型形象出Washington Irving Rip Van Winkle
5D 二十世纪出现Jazz Age代年轻物欲膨胀沉迷酒色Scott Fitzgerald Great Gatsby起盖茨根时代特征深深讽刺谓美国梦
6C Emerson超验义重代表著Nature然代表哲学观
7D Emily Dickinson（17091784）美国女诗终生未嫁诗歌包括：I Could Not Sto for DeathI'm Nobody Who Are You
诗歌题：爱情然友谊死亡朽
8C Robert Frost十九世纪美国诗父亲世已英国新英格兰享高名作品：The Road Not TakenMending Wall
9C Dover Beach（弗海滩）Mathew Arnold 作品
10A 18651914美国战结束第次世界战爆发前时候涌现作家Mark Twain刻画出美国济政治发展引发社会现实问题包括Gold Rush
英语专业八级文知识（21）
期容：英国概况
1____is the home of golf
A England B Scotland C Wales D Ireland
2Which of the follwing languages is NOT spoken in Scotland
A English B Scottish C Gaelic D Denish
3The election of ____ made Margaret Thatcher to power and she became the first woman prime minister
A 1979 B 1980 C 1982 D 1992

△producer n 生产者制片4To its full sense the British Parliament consist of ____
A the House Lord and the House of Commons
B the House and the Senate
C the Queen and the Hosue of Lords
D the Sovereign the House of Lords and the House of Commons
5The Tower of London a historical sight located in the center of London was built by ____
A King Harold B Robin Hood C Oliver Cromwell D William the Conqueror
6There are ____ state churches in Britain
A two B three C four D five
7When Oliver Cromwell died in 1658 and was succeeded by his son____ the regime began immediately to collapse
A Henry B Hamilton C Richard D Charles
8____ birthday is a great event in Britain since it marks the beginning of full manhood or womanhood
A The twentyfirst B The eighteenth C The nineteenth D The twentieth
9Reuters was founded in ____
A 1715 B 1751 C 1851 D 1815
10 What is (are) the nickname(s) of the USA
A Uncle Sam B Brother Jonathan C Yankee D All of the above

答案解析
1B 高尔夫项古老贵族运动源十五世纪更早前苏格兰苏格兰区山气候湿润雾非常适合牧草生长里工业文明前连绵断牧场相传时牧羊放牧闲暇时木板玩游戏石子击入兔子窝洞中久久形成球杆定规击球
2D Gaelic苏格兰盖尔语高苏格兰传统语言更语言英语直15世纪末盎格鲁然语言称苏格兰盖尔语「苏格兰语」（盎格鲁语：Scottish）
3A Margaret Thatcher 1979年成英国首相英国史第女首相
4D 具体说英国议会元首议院议院组成中元首没实权议员法官（Lord Chancellor）掌权神职议员（the Lord Spiritual）世俗议员（the Lord Temporal）议院成员通选举产生651名议员首相首
5D 伦敦塔名塔实际公元11世纪处罗马统治时期座城堡式建筑
6A英国两国教： 英格兰英格兰教（Church of England）者英国圣公会苏格莎白头衔全称托帝宏恩列颠北爱尔兰联合国领土领女王英联邦元首基督教保护者伊丽莎白二世见英女王基督教保护者
7C Oliver Cromwell子父亲世继承王权久掌控政体瓦解1660年议会扶植流浪法国前国王子Charle二世国王
8A 英国21岁生日生日认21岁开始年龄
9C 路透社世界四通讯社英国创办早通讯社1850年保罗·朱利叶斯·路透 （paul julius reuter）德国亚琛创办1851年迁址伦敦创办路透原德国加入英国籍1865年路透私通讯社扩展成家公司
10D 山姆叔（Uncle Sam）乔纳森哥扬基老美国美国绰号
英语专业八级文知识（22）
1 In area the United States is the ____ largest country in the world
A 2nd B 3rd C 4th D 5th
2The 50th state in America is ____
A Alaska B Texas C Hawaii D Rhode Island

3 Mauna Loa the world’s largest active volcano is located in ____
A Hawaii B Alaska C Texas D Perth

4 Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 because of ____
A the Great Depression B the Black Power Movement C the Watergate Scandal D the Isolation policy
5All the following universities are located in New England EXCEPT____
A Yale B Harvard C MIT D Berkeley
6The United States has less than 6 of the world’s population yet it produces about ____ of the total world output
A 20 B 25 C 30 D 35
7What forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States
A The Rio Grande River B The southern Rocky Mountains
C The Colorado River D The Gulf of California

8 The US formally entered the Second World War in ____
A 1937 B 1939 C1941 D 1943
9 The Presidents during the American Civil War was
A Andrew Jackson B Abraham Lincoln
C Thomas Jefferson D George Washington
10 The emblem of the Democratic Party is ____
A elephant B donkey C bear D bull
 
答案解析
1C 领土面积计算：美国继俄罗斯加中国第四名
2C 1959年AlasicaHawaii分第四十九第五十加入美国州
3A Mauna Loa（摩纳罗亚山）世界活火山位美国Hawaii（夏威夷）
4C 尼克松总统辞职轰动时丑闻水门事件水门事件指美国政府1972年总统竞选运动中非法活动暴露政治丑闻
5D Berkeley（伯克利）加利福尼亚学分院位美国加利福尼亚西部新英格兰区包括美国六州北南分：缅州新罕布夏州佛蒙特州麻萨诸塞州罗德岛康狄克州
6B 美国口低世界口总值6美国济生产总值占世界25高度工业化国家
7A The Rio Grand River（格兰德河）形成美国墨西哥然分界线
8C 1941年珍珠港事件美国带入第二次世界战争苏联英国战法西斯
9B Abraham Lincoln美国第十六届总统带领美国走美国战解放奴隶战争结束周暗杀
10B 19世纪70年代美国哈泼斯周刊先出现政治漫画家托马斯·纳斯特两幅画分长耳朵驴长鼻子象拟美国民纳斯特幅画中时画进象驴喻时两竞选驴象逐渐成美国两象征两分驴象作徽标记
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　1 A Tale of Two Cities was written by Charles Dickens
　　2 Phonology The study of speech sounds in language or a language with reference to their distribution and patterning and to tacit rules governing pronunciation 音位学 语言门语言中关分类模式家默认发音规研究音韵学 音系学
　　3 Syntax The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences 句法研究词句子成分联合起形成合语法句子规学科
　　4 Semantics The study or science of meaning in language forms语义学语言形式表示意思研究科学
　　5 acronym 首字母组合词首字母缩略词NATO UNESCO BASIC连拼VOA Initialism
　　6 Metonymy A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated as in the use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for military power 换喻转喻种词词组紧密联系词词组换修辞方法华盛顿代美剑代军事力量面三红领巾红领巾指代少先队员
　　7 Simile A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared often in a phrase introduced by like or as as in How like the winter hath my absence been or So are you to my thoughts as food to life (Shakespeare)明喻 种修辞手法两种基相东西进行较通常 like as引导短语中 离开象冬天思想象食物生命样重（莎士亚）
　　8 Metaphor A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another thus making an implicit comparison as in a sea of troubles or All the world's a stage(Shakespeare) 隐喻种语言表达手法通常指某物词词组指代物暗示间相似处 忧愁海整世界台戏(莎士亚) the ship of desert 沙漠舟
　　9 Oxymoron A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist 矛盾修饰法 种互相矛盾调词合起修辞手法 震耳欲聋沉默悲伤乐观 cruel kindness
　　10 The affection name given to the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament Westminster is Big Ben
11 John Milton the poet wrote of Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden in Paradise Lost Paradise Regained was also written by him
　　12 Sonnet A 14line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes 十四行诗体 种十四行组成诗歌形式通常种传统押韵形式 莎士亚诗体
　　13 Slang A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech made up typically of shortlived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness humor irreverence or other effect 俚语出现非正式游戏性话语中种语言基存时间短派生词修辞构成意取代标准词语达生动幽默礼效果
　　14 Catch Phrase A phrase in wide or popular use especially one serving as a slogan for a group or movement 警句妙句吸引词句广泛流行语尤指作集团运动口号语
　　15 Jargon The specialized or technical language of a trade profession or similar group 行话 行业职业类似团体中专业技术语言
　　16 Platitude A trite or banal remark or statement especially one expressed as if it were original or significant 陈腔滥调 陈腐庸评陈述尤指某表述时象新颖意义
　　17 Hyperbole A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton 夸张法种喻夸张强调产生某种效果睡年书吨重
　　18 onomatopoeia The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to 象声词 词构成法例 buzz nurmur模仿事物行动声音
　　19 hypotaxis 属关系
　　20 parataxis 列结构指 短语分句间连词 ：I came I saw I conquered

　　21 Transcendentalism A literary and philosophical movement associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller asserting the existence of an ideal spiritual reality that transcends the empirical and scientific and is knowable through intuition 超验义 种文学哲学运动拉尔夫•沃尔•爱默生玛格丽特•富勒关宣称存种理想精神实体超越验科学处通直觉握
　　22 Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the Scarlet Letter 美国
　　23 Morphology The study of the structure and form of words in language or a language including inflection derivation and the formation of compounds词法词态学形态音位学 语言某语言中单词结构形式研究包括词尾变化派生合成词构成
　　24 affricate A complex speech sound consisting of a stop consonant辅音 followed by a fricative摩擦 for example the initial sounds of child and joy 塞擦音闭塞音伴着摩擦音形成复杂语音例 child joy第音Also called affricative
　　25 Vanity Fair 名利场 was written William Makepeace Thackray
    源　26 Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon Edwin Aldrin Michael Collins
　　尼尔．阿姆斯特朗埃德温．奥尔德林迈克尔．柯林斯
　　27 The title of the national anthem 国歌 of Canada is O Canada 种类型题学找国家
　　28 Henry David Thoreau’s work Walden has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism
　　29 etymology the history of a word 词源学
　　30 The dominant accent in the United States is General American 纽约市南方新英格兰

　　31 John Lennon is a member of the band of Beatles 披头士甲壳虫乐队in the 1960s
　　32 In Gulliver’s Travels格列佛游记 Jonathan Swift describes the island of the Houyhnhnms as the world’s most perfect society 理智性马 Houyhnhnms are horses in fact
　　33 Ceoffrey Chaucer wrote Canterbury Tales in fourteenth century
　　34 morpheme A meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a word such as man or a word element such as ed in walked that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts 词素 种含单词意义语言单位 ed单词 walked中划分更意义单位
　　35 The name of the famous stadium露天体育场 in the north of London is Wembley
　　36 Wimbledon温布尔登[英国英格兰东南部城市](位伦敦附 著名国际网球赛)
　　37 Toad in the hole is a Traditional English recipe食谱 originating from Yorkshire a county in the north of England 烤面拖牛肉面拖烤香肠
　　38 Boycott To act together in abstaining from using buying or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion（强制） 联合抵制 联合起拒绝购买销示抗议满作强制手段
　　39 Segregation The policy and practice of imposing the social separation of races as in schools housing and industry especially so as to practice discrimination against people of color in a predominantly white society 种族隔离 强制实行种族社会分离政策实践学校居住工业中尤指白居社会中实行色种歧视政策
　　40 Apartheid An official policy of racial segregation practiced in the Republic of South Africa involving political legal and economic discrimination against nonwhites 种族隔离制 南非国实行种官方种族隔离政策包括政治法律济诸方面非白色种歧视
41 Integration The bringing of people of different racial or ethnic groups into unrestricted and equal association as in society or an organization desegregation 种族宗教融合 社会组织中种族宗教派处限制等关系中取消种族隔离
　　42 The majority of Frenchspeaking Canadians live in Quebec
　　43 Sir Thomas More coined the word Utopia it means nowhere land in Greek
　　44 The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their indestructible spirit
　　45 Phoneme any one of the set of smallest distinctive speech sounds in a language that distinguish one word from another 音位音素 语言中语音单位英语里 mat中 m bat中 b
　　46 polysemy 词义
　　47 patron saint：保护圣徒 守护神
　　48 Parentese 父母语
　　49 back formation 逆构词 脱落词词缀构成新词 typewriter → typewrite
　　50 allomorph Any of the variant forms of a morpheme For example the phonetic s of cats z of dogs and z of horses and the en of oxen are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme 语素变体 语素种变体形式语音学中 s cats中z dogs中 iz horses中 en oxen中英语复数语素语素变体
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