英语 专业八级人文知识冲刺卷一

英国的起源
1.The first known setters of Britain were the Iberians. 伊比例亚人

2.The Celts began to arrive about 700BC and kept coming until the arrival of the Romans.凯尔特人

3. Julius Caesar, the great roman general, invaded Britain for the first time in 55BC. For nearly 400 years, Britain was under roman occupation. 罗马统治

4. In the mid-5th century a new wave of invaders, Jutes, Saxons, and Angles came to Britain, they were three Teutonic tribes.

5.The Norman conquest of England is perhaps the best-known event in English history. Under William, the feudal system in England was completely established. 诺曼征服

Celts， Anglo Saxon， Roman，哪个先来或者后到英国的呢？排个顺序吧。

1.The Norman Conquest happened in ____

A. 55BC B.1066 C.700 D.966

2.In the late 16th century, _____ruled England.

A. Henry V B. Elizabeth I C Queen Marry D Elizabeth II

3. The largest river in Ireland is ____

A. the Dodder River B the Shannon River
C the St. George River D the Thames River

4. The American Constitution was drawn up in ____

A 1787 B 1790 C 1783 D 1789

5. Dickens and Thackeray, who are most famous for their novel, lived in the period of ____

A Queen Elizabeth I B Henry VIII
C Charles II D Queen Victoria

6. ____is written by Alan Poe.

A Twice-Told Tales B The Scarlet Letter
C The House of the Seven Gables D The Fall of the House of Usher

7. Rip Van Winkle is written by _____

A. Washington Irving B Henry David Thoreau
C Ralph Waldo Emerson D James Fenimore Cooper

8.____is not a vowel glide

A [th] B [oi] C [ei] D [au]

9. The internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed are the subjects of ____

A morphology B pragmatics C anthropology D psychology

10.
For the following conversation:

A: Do you know where Xiao Wang is?
B: I’m busy

____is the conversation implicature.
A.B is busy
B.B does no know where Xiao Wang is.
C.B does not want to answer A’s questions.
D.B is correct

顺序是：Celts--Roman--Anglo Saxon

答案： BBBAD DACAC

Vowel Glide 又称元音过渡，指的是双元音组成的，前一个音为纯元音，后一个音为短促的滑音。