2009年英语专业八级人文知识真题及答案

　　31. The Head of State of New Zealand is ______.
　　A. the governor-general B. the Prime Minister
　　C. the high commissioner
　　D. the monarch of United Kingdom
　　32. The capital of Scotland is ______.
　　A. Glasgow B. Edinburgh
　　C. Manchester D. London
　　33. Who write the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President ?
　　A. Thomas Jefferson B. George Washington
　　C. Thomas Paine D. John Adams
　　34. Which is the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia ?
　　A. Perth B. Adelaide
　　C. Sydney D. Melbourne
　　35. Ode to the West Wind was written by ______.
　　A. Willian Blake B. Willian Wordsworth
　　C. Samuel Taylor Coleridege
　　D. Percy Bysshe Shelley
　　36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse ?
　　A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Walt Whitman
　　C. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser
　　37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by ______.
　　A. Thomas Hardy B. John Galworhty
　　C. D.H. Lawrence D. James Joyce
　　38. The sstudy of mental processes of language comprehension and production is ______.
　　A. corpus linguistics B. socialinguistics
　　C. theoretical linguistics D. psycholinguistics
　　39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called ______.
　　A. dialect B. idiolect C. pidgin D. register
　　40. When a speake expresses his intension of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing ______.
　　A. an illocutionary act B. a perlocutionary act
　　C. a locutionary act D. none of the above

　　Key: 31-35 DBACD 36-40 BCDCA

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