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英语专业八级人文知识冲刺卷六

分类: 英语  时间: 2019-01-24 17:03:24  作者: 全国等级考试资料网 

英国内战(1642-1646)

1.On August 22, 1642, the First Civil War began. The king’s men were called Cavaliers, and the supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads.

1642.8.22,第一次内战爆发,支持国王者被成为“骑士派”,支持议会者被成为“圆颅派”。

2.Charles was tried by a High Court of Justice, found guilty of have levied war against his kingdom and the Parliament, condemned to death, and executed on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House at Whitehall on January 30, 1649.

查尔斯在一级高级法院受审,犯有对王国和议会发动战争之罪,被判死刑,并于1649.1.30在宴会宫窗外的绞刑架上绞死。

1. ____is the core of the English Government.
A the Sovereign B the House of Lords C the House of Commons D the Cabinet

2. Melbourne is located ____
A in Canada B in New Zealand C in Ireland D in Australia

3. ____forced Nixon to resign in 1973.
A The Watergate Scandal B The Iran-Gate Scandal
C The Un-American Activities Committee D The New Right

4. The young people in the post-WWI era are referred to as “_____”
A the Boom Generation B the Lost Generation
C the Yuppies D the Cowboys

5. ____was greatly influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry.
A Ezra Pound B Walt Whitman C Robert Frost D Edgar Allan Poe

6. Which of the following novels was NOT written by Charles Dickens?
A David Copperfield B The Pickwick Papers
C Oliver Twist D Women in Love

7. A myth is a ____ tale originally with religious significance that explains the actions of gods or heroes, the causes of natural phenomena or both.
A non-fictional B fictional C gothic D poetic

8. The force of a/an ____ act is identical with the speaker’s intention.
A illocutionary B locutionary C perlocutionary D prelocutionary

9.Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as ____
A parole B language C system D langue

10. The noun “tear” and the verb “tear” are ____
A homophones B homographs C complete homonyms D allophones


答案
DDABA DBADB

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