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专八人文知识模拟试题(1)

1. ______ is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transportation.

A) Phonetics B) Phonology C) Phoneme D) Phonetic typology

2.The sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream at some point the vocal tract are called _______ .

A) consonance B) consonant cluster C) consistency D) consonants

3.In its technical sense here, ______ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations.

A) pictogram B) lexicon C) word-formation D) ideogram 4.When was Longrnan Group UK Ltd was founded? A) 1721. B).1722. C) 1723. D).1724.

5.What is the name of the dictionary compiled by Samuel Johnson? A) First English Dictionary. B) Dictionary of English Language.

C) A Dictionary of the English Language. D) Dictionary of the English Language. 6.Who wrote and publish Poor Richard's Almanack?

A) Benjamin Franklin. B) John Gay. C) David Hume. D) Samuel Richardson. 7.Which one of the following four books was written by Harriet Stowe? A) Roughing It in the Bush. B) Walden, or Life in the Woods. C) Adam Bede. D) Uncle Tom's Cabin.

8.______is the capital of New South Wales and the oldest and largest city in Australia.

A) Melbourne B) Sydney C) Darwin D) Canberra

9. ______ , Valentine's Day, is sweethearts' day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions.

A) February 10th B) February 12th C) February 14th D) February 16th 10.Major Newspapers and Magazines in the USA are ________ , etc. A) New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Times B) New York Times, Washington Post, The Sun, Times

C) New York Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, Times D) New York Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Times 参(反白可见)：

1~5 ADBDC 6~10 ADBCA

专八人文知识模拟试题(2)

专八人文知识模拟试题(2)

1. _____is a folk legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people. A Beowulf B sir Gawain

C the Canterbury tale D king Arthur and his knights

2. The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of ____.

A Romeo and Juliet B the faerie queen C Tamburlainc

D the Canterbury tales

3. The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance”or “reconciliation plays” is ______.

A merchant of Venice, as you like it B the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale C Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra D as you like it, Romeo and Juliet

4. 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 5. Which of the following is not the work of Francis bacon? A advancement of learning B new instrument C songs of innocence D essays

6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, ____is the founder of metaphysical poetry. A Ben Johnson B john Milton C john Bunyan D john Donne

7. Daniel Defoe is a famous____. A poet B novelist C playwright D essayist

8. “He has a servant called Friday.” “he”in the quoted sentence is a character in______.

A Henry fielding’s tom jones

B john Bunyan’ the pilgrim’s progress

C Richard brinsley Sheridan’s the school for scandal D Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe 9. Guiiliver’ travel was written by____. A Daniel Defoe B Charles dickens C Jonathan swift D Joseph Addison

10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a ____poet. A romantic B realistic C naturalistic D neo-classic 答案详解(反白可见)： 1. A

Beowulf是Anglo-Saxon时代留下的重要的古英语文学作品，它被认为是英国的民族史诗。sir Gawain and the green knight，king Arthur and his knights of the round table是中古英语时期的浪漫传奇。the Canterbury tale是英国大诗人乔叟的一部诗体短篇小说集。 2. D

乔叟被誉为英国诗歌之父，Troilus and Criseyde是他的重要作品之一。 3. D

1608-1612被认为是莎翁的浪漫剧创作时期，包括四部浪漫剧和解剧the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale，Cymbeline 。 merchant of Venice, as you like it，twelfth night，the merry wives of Windsor为莎翁的喜剧，Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra为悲剧。 4. C

莎翁最杰出的四大悲剧为hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth。 5. C

songs of innocence是英国18世纪末19世纪初浪漫主义诗人William Blake的著作。 6. D

john Donne是17世纪玄学派诗人的重要代表人物，Ben Johnson是莎翁同时代的剧作家，john Milton，john Bunyan虽都是17世纪著名作家，但作品风格与玄学派大相径庭。 7. B

Daniel Defoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记为他赢得了英国小说之父的称号。 8. D

Daniel Defoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记中的主人公Robinson Crusoe有个同伴和仆人叫Friday。 9. C

Guiiliver’ travel是Jonathan swift一部极具魅力的儿童故事，同时包含深刻的思想内容。 10. A

William Wordsworth为英国浪漫派诗人

专八人文知识模拟试题(3)

专八人文知识模拟试题 (3)

1. “Ode to the west wind” was written by the author of ___. A “I wandered lonely as a cloud” B “Kubla Khan”

C “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” D “As Defense of Poetry”

2. Which of the following poets does not belong to the school of romantic poets? A William Wordsworth B Percy Bysshe Shelley C George Gordon Byron D John Donne

3. Charles Dickens wrote all of the following except ___. A Oliver Twist B David Copperfield C A Tale of Two Cities D Heart of Darkness

4. “A Red, Red Rose” was written by ___. A Alexandra Pop B Robert Burns C William Blake D John Keats

5. Pip is the character of Charles Dickens’ novel ___. A Oliver Twist B David Copperfield C A Tale of Two Cities D Great Expectations

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

7. In reading Shakespeare, you must have come across the line “To be or not to be---that is the question” by___.

A Iago in Othello B Lear in King Lear

C Shylock in the Merchant of Venice D Hamlet in Hamlet

8. Robert Browning’s “My last Duchess” is composed in the form of a(n) ___. A dramatic monologue B extended metaphor C syllogistic argument D dialogue

9. Thomas Hardy wrote novels of __. A character and environment B pure romance

C “stream of consciousness” D psychoanalysis

10. “Wessex novels” refers to the novels written by ___. A Charles Dickens B D.H. Lawrence C James Joyce D Thomas Hardy 答案详解(反白可见)： 1 选D

“I wandered lonely as a cloud” 的作者是William Wordsworth; “Kubla Khan” 的作者是 Samuel Taylor Coleridge; “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” 的作者是 George Gordon Byron.《西风颂》（Ode to the west wind）是 Percy Bysshe Shelley(雪莱)的代表作，他的文论著作有《诗辩》（A Defense of Poetry。 2 选D

William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron都是19世纪浪漫派诗人的代表人物， John Donne 则是17世纪玄学派诗人的代表。 3 选D

Charles Dickens(查尔斯.狄更斯)是19世纪英国著名的现实主义小说家，代表作有Oliver Twist（《雾都孤儿》）， David Copperfield（《大卫.科波菲尔》），A Tale of Two Cities（《双城记》），Great Expectations(《远大前程》)等。 Heart of Darkness（《黑暗心灵》）为Joseph Conrad 的小说。 4 选B

“A Red, Red Rose” 一朵红红的玫瑰是英国苏格兰著名的农民诗人Robert Burns(罗伯特.彭斯)根据苏格兰民谣创作的一首脍炙人口的爱情诗篇，彭斯在仔细研究苏格兰民谣的基

础上创作了大量抒情诗，如《我心在高原》（My Heart’s in the Highlands）,《一朵红红的玫瑰》（A Red, Red Rose），《约翰.安德生，我的爱人》（John Anderson, My Jo）,《昔日时光》（Auld Lang Sygn）。 5 选D

Charles Dickens(查尔斯.狄更斯)是19世纪英国著名的现实主义小说家，代表作有Oliver Twist（《雾都孤儿》）， David Copperfield（《大卫.科波菲尔》），A Tale of Two Cities（《双城记》），Great Expectations(《远大前程》)等。 Pip是Great Expectations(《远大前程》)中的主人公，该作品是一部成长小说，采用第一人称叙述，展现了主人公匹普（Pip）的成长过程。 6 选B

《理智与情感》（Sense and Sensibility）,原名为《埃莉诺与玛丽安娜》（Elinor and Marriane）,《曼斯菲尔德庄园》（Mansfield Park）,《诺桑觉寺》(Northanger Abbey),《爱玛》（Emma）等。 7 选D

“To be or not to be---that is the question” 选自《哈姆雷特》（Hamlet）第三幕第一场，是《哈姆雷特》中最脍炙人口的独白之一。 8 选A

受戏剧创作的影响，Robert Browning 善于在诗中运用dramatic monologue(“戏剧独白”)，“戏剧独白”并非布朗宁首创，但“戏剧独白”诗体却是他对英国诗歌的一大贡献。 “My last Duchess” 是布朗宁“戏剧独白”诗中很有代表性的一首，诗歌语言口语化，夹叙夹议，通过公爵以个人的独白揭示其心理活动。 9 选A

哈代的小说是维多利亚时期的作品，其最具地方色彩的作品就是人们常说的“性格与环境小说”，其中包括：《还乡》（The Return of the Native）, 《德伯家的苔丝》（Tess of the D’Urbervilles）,《无名的裘德》（Jude the Obscure）,《卡斯特桥》（Mayor of the Casterbridge）等。 10 选D

哈代的小说中，大多数是以一个名为Wessex(威塞克斯)的乡村为场景的，实际上这个地方就是哈代既爱又恨的家乡。Wessex因此扬名天下，以致于人们常常把哈代以这一地区为场景，描述资本主义发展过程中农村地区渐受资本主义扩张影响的作品称为“Wessex novels”(威塞克斯小说)。

专八人文知识模拟试题(4)

专八人文知识模拟试题(4)

1. The sentence “shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line

of one of Shakespeare’s_____. A comedies B tragedies C sonnets D histories

2. The three dialects spoken by____ _____and _____mixed into a single language called Anglo-Saxon, or old English. A Anglos, Saxons jutes B Anglos, Saxons, Irish C Anglos, Saxons, Scottish D Anglos, Saxons, welsh

3. contribution to English lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter---the heroic couplet to English poetry. A William Shakespeare’s B Geoffrey Chaucer’s C Thomas more’s D Edmund Spenser’s

4. Spenserian stanza is a form of poetry first employed by Edmund Spenser in his long poetry_____. A the faerie queene B the shepherd’s calendar C epithalamion D amoretti

5. Francis bacon is a ____. A poet B playwright C essayist D novelist

6. We can perhaps describe the west wind in shelly’s poem “ode to the west wind” with all the following terms except_____. A tamed B swift C proud D wild

7. 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

8. The major concern of ____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A Charles dickens’s B D.H .Lawrence’s C Thomas hardy’s D john Galsworthy’s

9. “do you think, because I am poor ,obscure ,plain and little ,I am soulless and heartless? And if god had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me , as it is now for me to leave you .” the above Is quoted from_______. A pride and prejudice B Jane Eyre

C Wuthering heights D great expectations

10. Which of the following is not one of the Bronte sisters? A charlotte Bronte B Anne Bronte C jenny Bronte D Emily Bronte 答案详解(反白可见)： 1. C

这句诗来自莎士比亚十四行诗第十八首。 2. A

公元五世纪，Anglos, Saxons， jutes开始迁入不列颠，这个部落融合成统一的民族英格兰，他们的语言也发展成一种叫Anglo-Saxon, 或者 old English. 3. B

Geoffrey Chaucer被誉为英国诗歌之父，是第一位用中古英语写作的大诗人。他的诗行以五音部抑扬格为基本节奏，每两行押韵，被称为heroic couplet 4. A

Spenser的长诗仙后每节有九行，具有音乐性，被称为Spenserian stanza。 5. C

培根是文艺复兴最重要的散文家。 6. A

ode to the west wind是雪莱最著名的抒情诗歌，西风是破坏旧世界，创造新世界的力量。 7. D

pride and prejudice的名言。 8. B

D.H .Lawrence将视线投向两性，对西方文明进行反思，将社会批评与性心理探索结合在一起，抨击资本主义工业文明。 9. B

简爱中的片断。 10. C

除jenny Bronte其他为在英国文学史占独特地位的Bronte三姐妹

专八人文知识模拟试题(5)

专八人文知识模拟试题(5)

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

2. ____ is popularly known in the West as the Land Down Under. A. Britain B. Canada C. Australia D. New Zealand

3. Shakespeare wrote all the following works EXCEPT ____. A. Hamlet B. King Lear C. Othello

D. Wuthering Heights

4. Mark Twain is most famous for ______.

A. poems B. Novels C. Dramas D. science fiction

5. ______was NOT written by Charles Dickens. A. David Copperfield B. Oliver Twist、 C. Sons and Lovers D. A Tale of Two Cities

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

7. ____ is sometimes called the birthplace of America. A. New England B. the South C. the West D. the Midwest

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

9. Which of the following is not generally believed to be area of linguistics? A. syntax B. semantics C. phonology D. etiology

10. TG grammar was advanced by____. A. Searle B. Whorf C. Halliday D. Noam Chomsky

参(反白可见)： 1~5： A C D B C 6~10：B A C D D

专八人文知识模拟试题(6)

专八人文知识模拟试题(6) 1.____is the home of golf. A England B Scotland C Wales D Ireland

2.Which of the follwing languages is NOT spoken in Scotland? A English B Scottish C Gaelic D Denish

3.The election of ____ made Margaret Thatcher to power and she became the first woman prime minister. A 1979 B 1980 C 1982 D 1992

4.To 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

5.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

6.There are ____ state churches in Britain. A two

B three C four D five

7.When 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 twenty-first B The eighteenth C The nineteenth D The twentieth

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

10. What is (are) the nickname(s) of the U.S.A.? A Uncle Sam B Brother Jonathan C Yankee

D All of the above 答案详解(反白可见)：

1.B 高尔夫是一项古老的贵族的运动，源于十五世纪或更早以前的苏格兰，苏格兰地区山多，气候湿润，多雾，非常适合牧草生长，这里的工业文明以前是连绵不断的牧场。相传当时牧羊人放牧闲暇时，用木板玩游戏，将石子击入兔子窝或洞中。久而久之形成了使用不同的球杆并按一定的规则击球。

2.D Gaelic苏格兰盖尔语是高地苏格兰人的传统语言；更多人使用的语言是英语。一直到15世纪末，盎格鲁人仍然以他们的语言称苏格兰盖尔语为「苏格兰语」（盎格鲁语：Scottish）。

3.A Margaret Thatcher 在1979年成为英国首相，为英国史上第一个女首相。

4.D 具体的说，英国的议会是有元首，上议院和下议院组成。其中，元首没有实权，上议员由大法官（Lord Chancellor）掌权，是由神职议员（the Lord Spiritual）和世俗议员（the Lord Temporal），下议院的成员是通过选举产生的651名议员,以首相为首。 5.D 伦敦塔名为“塔”，实际上是公元11世纪处于罗马统治时期的一座城堡式建筑。 6.A英国有两大国教： 在英格兰是英格兰教（Church of England）或者英国圣公会，在苏格莎白的头衔全称为“托上帝宏恩，大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合国和她的其他领土和领地的女王、英联邦元首、教的保护者伊丽莎白二世”。可见，英/女王是教的保护者。 7.C Oliver Cromwell的儿子在父亲过世后继承王权，但是不久后掌控的政体瓦解。1660年，议会扶植流浪法国的前国王儿子Charle二世当国王。

8.A 在英国,21岁生日是个大生日,因为他们认为21岁是大人开始的年龄。

9.C 路透社是世界四大通讯社之一，也是英国创办最早的通讯社。1850年由保罗·朱利叶斯·路透 （paul julius reuter）在德国亚琛创办，1851年迁址到伦敦。创办人路透原为德国人，后加入英国籍。1865年，路透把他的私人通讯社扩展成为一家大公司。 10.D “山姆大叔”（Uncle Sam），“乔纳森大哥”和“扬基老”都是美国和美国人的绰号

专八人文知识模拟试题(7)

专八人文知识模拟试题(7)

1.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____ A Jack London B Charles Dickens C Samuel Coleridge D Ernest Hemingway

2.In 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

3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____ A J.D. Salinger B Jack London

C Flannery O'Connor D Saul Bellow

4.The image of the famous \"henpecked husband\" is created by____ A Washington Irving B Fennimore Cooper C Edith Wharton D William Dean Howells

5.The 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

8.Robert Frost is a famous ____ A novelist B playwright C poet

D literary critic

9.Dover Beach is written by ____ A Robert Browning B Alfred Tennyson C Mathew Arnold D Dylan Thomas

10.The period from 1865-1914 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 答案详解(反白可见)：

1.D 《老人与海》是海明威的作品。

2.C Jonathan Swift的Gulliver's Travels（《格列弗游记》）中yahoo暗指人类，集人类丑陋面于一身，服务于动物的一类生物。

3.A The Catcher in the Rye（《麦田里的守望者》）是J.D. Salinger（J.D. 赛琳格）的名著。

4.A henpecked husband 是指“怕老婆的男人”，改典型形象出自Washington Irving 的Rip Van Winkle。

5.D 二十世纪出现Jazz Age，这一代的年轻人物欲膨胀，沉迷酒色。Scott Fitzgerald的 Great Gatsby《了不起的盖茨比》根据时代特征，对深深讽刺了所谓的美国梦。 6.C Emerson是超验主义的重要代表，所著Nature《论自然》代表了他的哲学观。 7.D Emily Dickinson（1709-1784），美国女诗人，终生未嫁。主要诗歌包括：I Could Not Sto for Death还有，I'm Nobody. Who Are You? 诗歌主题为：爱情，自然，友谊，死亡与不朽。

8.C Robert Frost是十九世纪的美国诗人，后因父亲过世已经英国，在新英格兰享有很高名望。主要作品有：The Road Not Taken，Mending Wall。 9.C Dover Beach（《多弗的海滩》）是Mathew Arnold 的作品。

10.A 1865-1914，也就是美国内战结束之后，第一次世界大战爆发之前。这个时候涌现的作家，比如Mark Twain刻画出美国经济政治发展引发的社会现实问题，包括“Gold Rush”。

专八人文知识模拟试题(8)

专八人文知识模拟试题(8)

1. In area, the United States is the ____ largest country in the world. A 2nd B 3rd

C 4th D 5th

2.The 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

5.All the following universities are located in New England EXCEPT____ A Yale B Harvard C MIT D Berkeley

6.The 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%

7.What 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

答案详解(反白可见)：

1.C 按领土面积计算：美国是继俄罗斯，加拿大，中国之后的第四名。

2.C 1959年，Alasica和Hawaii分别为第四十九个和第五十个加入美国的州。 3.A Mauna Loa（摩纳罗亚山）是世界上最大的活火山。位于美国Hawaii（夏威夷）。 4.C 尼克松总统辞职是由于轰动一时的丑闻“水门事件”。水门事件指美国共和党在1972年总统竞选运动中的非法活动暴露后的政治丑闻。

5.D Berkeley（伯克利），是加利福尼亚大学分院，位于美国加利福尼亚西部。而新英格兰地区包括美国的六个州，由北至南分别为：缅因州、新罕布夏州、佛蒙特州、麻萨诸塞州、罗德岛、康乃狄克州。

6.B 美国人口低于世界人口总值的6%，但是美国经济生产总值占世界25%，是高度工业化国家。

7.A The Rio Grand River（格兰德河）形成了美国与墨西哥的自然分界线。

8.C 1941年的珍珠港事件把美国带入了第二次世界战争，与苏联，英国共同对战法西斯。 9.B Abraham Lincoln是美国第十六届总统，带领美国人走过美国内战，奴隶，但是在战争结束不到一周被暗杀。

10.B 19世纪70年代，在美国的《哈泼斯周刊》上，曾先后出现了政治漫画家托马斯·纳斯特的两幅画，分别以长耳朵的驴和长鼻子的象比拟美国民主党和共和党。后来，纳斯特又

在一幅画中同时画进了象和驴，比喻当时的两党竞选。自那以后，驴和象就逐渐成为美国两大党的象征，两党也分别以驴、象作为党徽的标记

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专八人文知识模拟试题(9)

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. Spanish-speaking B. Portuguese-speaking C. German-speaking D. French-speaking

9____, the third largest city in Canada, is well known as Ice-Free Harbor. A. Montreal B. Quebec C. Toronto D. Vancouver

10.Canada is the world’s ____country in terms of land area. A. largest B. second largest C. third largest D. fourth largest 答案详解(反白可见)：

1.D 加拿大国树为枫树，期国徽和国旗上都有枫叶的图案，因此长期以来枫叶被视作加拿大的象征。

2.B 加拿大国歌是《啊！加拿大》。

3.D加拿大首都是渥太华，位于安大略省东南部与魁北克省交界处，是加拿大的经济政治中心，同时也是加拿大的文化中心。

4.C 1867年的《不列颠北美法案》将英法两种语言定为加拿大联邦和魁北克省社会公共机构的官方语言。1968年的《官方语言法案》规定英语和法语均为加拿大官方语言。 5.A 加拿大是世界锌和石棉的第一大生产国，钾碱产量居世界第二，黄金产量居第三，铜产量位居第四。

6.C 加拿大最高峰为洛根峰，海拔6050米。

7.B 美加边境有两条国际河流，一条是哥伦比亚河，另一条是圣劳伦斯河。

8.D 蒙特利尔的法裔加拿大占全市人口的三分之二，是除了法国巴黎以外世界上最大的法语城市，素有“小巴黎”之称。

9.D温哥华总人口190万，是加拿大第三大城市和工商业中心，也是不列颠哥伦比亚区的最大城市、加拿大西海岸主要港口和横贯加拿大全景铁路线的终点。它还是一个天然良港，终年不结冰。

10.B 加拿大位于美国以北，是世界上仅次于的第二大国家。

专八人文知识模拟试题(10)

专八人文知识模拟试题(10)

1、The leading ___ state in the United States is Wisconsin. A wheat B rice C dairy D maize

2、The city of ___, which was formerly known as Port Jackson, is the place of the earliest colonial settlement in Australia. A Melbourne B Sydney C Perth D Darwin

3、According to statistics, ___ employer in Australia is the manufacturing industry.

A the fourth largest B the third largest C the second largest D the largest

4、The most important economic activity in Canada is ___. A mining B fishing C farming D manufacturing

5、 Wordsworth’s poetry, divided by the subjects, falls into two major groups: one about ___ and the other about ___.. A nature, human life

B society, human nature C human life, social system D universe, human spirit

6、The reading of the first chapter of the novel Pride and Prejudice has led the reader to the understanding of Mrs. Bennet as a woman of ___. A simple character and mean understanding B intricate character and short temper C simple character and good education D intricate character and outstanding talent

7、As a romantic poet, William Wordsworth advocated the following EXCEPT ___. A the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings B the use of colloquialism spoken by the masses C elegant wordings and inflated figures of speech D the humble and rustic life as subject matter

8、The study of language acquisition is generally known as ___. A theoretical linguistics B psycholinguistics C applied linguistics D historical linguistics

9、The history of English is usually divided into ___ major periods. A three B four C five D two

10、The morpheme “scope” in the common word “telescope” is a(n) ___. A bound morpheme B bound form

C inflectional morpheme D free morpheme 答案详解：(反白可见)

1. 选C。威斯康辛是美国乳品加工业大州。本题属于发展现状类问题。

2. 选B。曾冠名为杰克逊港的悉尼是澳大利亚最早殖民居住地所在。本题属于历史类问题。

3. 选B。据统计，澳大利亚第三大类雇主也为生产制造业。本题属于发展现状类问题。 4. 选D。在加拿大，最重要的经济活动是生产制造。本题属于发展现状类问题。 5. 选A。华兹华斯的诗歌按主题可分为两大类：一类是关于大自然的；另一类是关于

人类生活的。本题属于英国文学类问题。

6. 选A。读完小说《傲慢与偏见》的第一章节，读者就会明白贝内特夫人是一个性格简理解力差的女人。。本题属于英国文学类问题。

7. 选C。车了不主张使用华丽辞藻和夸张比喻之外，浪漫派诗人威廉.华兹华斯赞同下列诸观点。

8. 选C。这道题考查考生对二语习得研究范畴的了解。

9. 选A。英语语言的发展历史一般分为三个阶段：古英语阶段、中世纪英语阶段和现代英语阶段。

10.选D。这道题考查考生对自由语素的理解。

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1、In Britain, ___ has the ultimate authority of legislation. A the Queen

B the House of Commons C the House of Lords D the Prime Minister

2、The three largest cities in Canada do NOT include. A Toronto B Quebec C Ottawa D Vancouver

3、Aboriginal culture in Australia is said to be more than ___ years old. A 20,000 B 30,000 C 40,000 D 50,000

4、 It is known that Irish landscape in featured by ___. A bogs B mountains C grassland D rivers

5、The following plays are comedies by Shakespeare EXCEPT ___. A A Midsummer Night’s Dream B As You Like It

C The Merchant of Venice

D Romeo and Juliet

6、 “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” Probably this refers to the novel ___. A Wuthering Heights

B The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling C David Copperfield D Gulliver’s Travels

7、___ was considered to be the greatest dramatist in the 18th century. A Henry Fielding B Laurence Sterne C Oliver Goldsmith D Richard B. Sheridan

8、The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___. A pragmatics B semantics C sociolinguistics D psycholinguistics

9、Which of the following words can connect two clauses in a coordinate sentence? A Through B When C But D If

10、Which of the following is NOT considered part of semantic change? A Semantic broadening B Compounding C Semantic narrowing D Semantic shift 参：(反白可见)

1. 选B.在英国，下院拥有最高立法权.本题术语发展现状类问题. 2. 选C.加拿大三大城市不包括渥太华.本题术语发展现状类问题.

3. 选C.据说澳大利亚的土著文化拥有四千多年的历史.本题属于文化传统类问题. 4. 选A.众所周知，爱尔兰地貌特点是沼泽地.本题属于地理类问题.

5. 选D.除了《罗密欧与朱丽叶》之外，其他下列戏剧皆为莎士比亚的喜剧作品.本题属于英国文学类问题.

6. 选B.“小说结构是围绕主人公的身世发现来安排的”这句话可能是指小说《弃儿汤姆.琼斯的来历》.本题属于英国文学类问题.

7. 选D.理查德.B.谢立丹被认为是18世纪最伟大的剧作家.本题属于英国文学类问题. 8. 选A.这道题检查考生是否知晓语用学的含义. 9. 选C.这套题检查考生对别列举的了解. 10.选B.这道题检查考生对语义变化内容的了解.

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专八人文知识模拟试题(12)

1、“Pamela”by Samuel Richardson is written in forms of ____. A diary B letter

C autobiography D reminiscences

2、“Clarissa harlowe” by Samuel Richardson is written in forms of ____. A diary B letter

C autobiography D reminiscences

3、The adventure of Roderick random is written by___. A Samuel Richardson B Tobias smolett C Lawrence sterne D henry fielding

4、The life and opinions of Tristan shandy is written by___. A Samuel Richardson B Tobias smolett C Lawrence sterne D henry fielding

5、____ named his own realistic novels as “comic epic in prose”. A Henry fielding B Charles dickens C jack London D Tobias smolett

6、 “Lyrical ballads” were written by___ and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. A Robert burns B Robert southey C William wordsworth D percy bysshe shelley

7、George Gordon byron was most famous for_____. A don juan

B ode to the west wind C kubla khan

D ode to a nightingale

8、George Gordon byron created a “Byronic hero” firstly in his____. A Prometheus unbound B childe herald’s pilgrimage C kubla khan

D ode on a Grecian urn

9、Prometheus unbound was written by___ who also wrote____. A George Gordon byron …childe herald’s pilgrimage B percy bysshe shelley..ode to a nightingale C George Gordon byron …ode to west wind D percy bysshe shelley…ode to west wind 10、John keats is the author of____. A ode to a skylark and ode to a nightingale B ode on a Grecian urn and ode to west wind C ode on a Grecian urn and ode to a nightingale D ode to west wind and ode to a nightingale 参：(反白可见)

1 B Samuel Richardson用书信体创作了Pamela 和Clarisse harlowe。 2 B Samuel Richardson用书信体创作了Pamela 和Clarisse harlowe。

3 B Tobias smolett 是十八世纪中叶颇具特色的小说家，他写的蓝登传继承了欧洲流浪汉小说的传统。

4 C Lawrence sterne打破传统小说的叙事模式，被称为世界文学中最典型的小说。 5 A Henry fielding将自己作品命为“喜剧性的散文体史诗”。

6 C William wordsworth同Samuel Taylor Coleridge合作出版了著名的《抒情歌谣集》。

7 A 唐璜是拜伦的代表作。

8 B 拜伦的长诗中有许多拜伦式英雄。childe herald’s pilgrimage中也有。

9 D 雪莱的代表作有西风颂，云雀颂，云彩和了的普罗米修斯。 10 C 济慈代表作有夜莺颂和希腊古瓮颂

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专八人文知识模拟试题(13)

1、 “The Graveyard Poets” got the name because ___. A they chose to live near graveyards

B they often wrote about death and melancholy C they always wrote about dead people D they often use “graveyard” as the title

2、 It is generally understood that the recurrent theme in many of Thomas Hardy’s novel is ___. A man against nature B love and marriage C social criticism D fate and destiny

3、The Romantic Period in English literature began with the publication of ___. A William Blake’s Songs of Innocence B Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

C Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads D a piece of land

4、 It is generally regarded that Keats’ most important and mature poems are in the form of ___. A ode B elegy C epic D sonnet

5、G.B. Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a realistic exposure of the ___ in the English society. A slum landlordism

B inequality between men and women C political corruption

D economic exploitation of women

6、The Preface to Shakespeare and Lives of the Poets are the works of critic ___.

A G.B. Shaw B Samuel Johnson C Ben Johnson D E.M. Foster

7、The Ring and the Book is a masterpiece of ___. A Alfred Tennyson B Robert Browning C Thomas Hardy D Ralph Waldo Emerson

8、Matthew Arnold is the writer of ___. A Dover Beach B My last Duchess C Break, Break, Break D The Eagle

9、The writer of Heart of Darkness is also the one of ___. A Time of Machine B Jim C Lord Jim

D A Passage to India

10、Of Human Bondage is a novel by ___. A Herbert George Wells B Arnold Bennett

C William Somerset Maugham D John Galsworthy 参(反白可见)：

1. 选B。“墓畔派”是指18世纪那些描写死亡的哀挽的诗人。代表作有托马斯.格雷《墓园挽歌》（Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard），托马斯.巴奈尔的《死亡之夜》（Night Piece on Death），爱德华. 扬《夜思》（Night Thoughts）和罗伯特.布莱尔的《坟墓》（The Grave）。

2. 选D。在哈代（Thomas Hardy）的作品中，他那悲剧色彩的哲学观告诉我们，人生的一切都是命运安排，是不可抗拒的。人在命运的面前束手无策，无论人们怎样努力，都很难逃脱命运的折磨和戏弄。

3. 选C。威廉.华兹华斯（William Wordsworth），于1798同柯勒律治（Samuel Tayor Coleridge）合作出版了著名的《抒情歌谣集》（Lyrical Ballads），该诗第二版的“序”被认为是英国浪漫主义的宣言。

4. 选A。济慈的代表作品有《夜莺颂》（Ode to a Nightingale），《希腊古瓮颂》（Ode

on a Grecian Urn），《忧郁颂》（Ode on Melancholy），《秋颂》（To Autumn）等。“颂”被认为是济慈最具有代表性和最为成功的诗歌形式。

5. 选D。萧伯纳的剧作《华伦夫人的职业》（Mrs. Warren’s Profession）塑造了一个在经济重压下普通妇女的形象，该剧揭露了一个令人愤怒的事实：在资本主义社会，娼妓业也成了一种剥削方式。

6. 选B。塞缪尔.约翰逊18世纪英国人文主义文学批评的巨匠，《莎士比亚戏剧集序言》（The Preface to Shakespeare），和《诗人传》（Lives of the Poets）是他对文学批评做出的饿突出贡献。

7. 选B。《指环与书》（The Ring and the Boo）是罗伯特.勃郎宁（Robert Browning）的诗作。

8. 选A。《多佛海滩》（Dover Beach）是阿诺德（Matthew Arnold）诗歌中的名篇之一，反映了19世纪西方社会中的宗教信仰在新知识的冲击下普遍沦丧的时代风貌。 9. 选C。《黑暗的心》（Heart of Darkness）和《吉姆老爷》（Lord Jim）都是约瑟夫.康德拉的小说，《吉姆》（Jim）是同时期另一位作家迪亚德.吉卜林的作品。

10.选C。威廉.萨默塞特.毛姆（William Somerset Maugham）的创作深受法国自然主义的影响，他的长篇小说《人性的枷锁》（Of Human Bondage）展现了主人公摆脱精神枷锁的过程。

专八人文知识模拟试题(14)

专八人文知识模拟试题(14)

1、Percy Bysshe Shelly is famous for ___. A Ode to a Skylark and Ode to a Nightingale B Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to the West Wind C Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian Urn D Ode to the West Wind and Ode to a Skylark

2、 “Three of four families in a country village is something to work.” This statement was presented by ___. A Emily Bronte B Jane Austen C Mrs. Gaskell D George Eliot

3、George Eliot wrote all the following except ___. A The Mill of Floss B Silas Marner

C Middlemarch D Agnes Grey

4、The novel Vanity Fair was written by ___. A William Makepeace Thackeray B Charles Dickens C O. Henry D Henry James

5、Vanity Fair was a novel written by William Makepeace Thackeray, and the term “vanity fair” firstly appeared in ___ by ___. A Canterbury Tales … Geoffrey Chaucer B The Pilgrim’s Progress … John Bunyan C Tome Jones … Henry Fielding D Dubliners … James Joyce

6、The novel Vanity Fair was written by William Makepeace Thackeray who also wrote ___.

A The Way of all life

B The History of Henry Esmond C Sister Carrie D Howard’s End

7、Barchester Series is a series of novels written by ___. A Barchester B Thomas Hardy C Anthony Trollope D Mark Twin

8、Erehwon is a satiric novel written by ___. A Samuel Butler B Henry Fielding C Thomas More D Mark Twin

9、In “the lake Isle of Innisfree” William Butler Yeats Express his ___? A desire to escape from the materialistic society B fear caused by the impending war C interest in the Irish legend

D Love for Maud Gonne, a beautiful Irish actress

10、Walter Scott’s historical novels cover a long period of time, from the Middle Ages to 18th century. His work Ivanhoe deals an epoch of ___ history.

A English B French C Scotland D Irish

参(反白可见)：

1选D。 题中所有“颂歌”都是浪漫主义诗人的代表作品，《西风颂》（Ode to the West Wind）,《云雀颂》（Ode to a Skylark）是雪莱的代表作抒情诗。

2选B。 奥斯丁通过对熟悉的人和事物的描写展示了她所生活的英国乡绅阶层的生活景观，她认为“一个乡村中的三四户人家是合适的写作对象。”

3选D。 乔治.爱略特是玛丽.安.伊万斯（Mary Ann Evans）的笔名，这位才女是19世纪现实主义小说的真正代表，她的《弗罗斯河上的磨坊》（The Mill of Floss）,《织工马南》（Silas Marner）,和《米德尔马契》（Middlemarch）等作品以写实手法展现英国的社会人生图，对人物的内心活动和行为机动刻画十分生动细致，爱略特因此被誉为心理小说的先驱。

4 选A。 《名利场》是威廉.麦克皮斯.萨克雷（William Makepeace Thackrary）创作的小说。小说通过女主人公不择手段跻身上流社会的故事，对势力者进行了无情的揭露和嘲讽。

5 选B。 《名利场》是威廉.麦克皮斯.萨克雷（William Makepeace Thackrary）创作的小说。小说通过女主人公不择手段跻身上流社会的故事，对势力者进行了无情的揭露和嘲讽。名利场这一词最初出现在班扬的《天路历程》（The Pilgrim’s Progress）一书中，是一个虚构的专门出售虚荣用品的集市，如地位、荣誉、头衔、财富等等。萨克累将其借用过来作为小说的名。

6 选B。萨克雷（William Makepeace Thackrary）的《亨利.埃斯蒙德》（The History of Henry Esmond）是英国文学史上一部杰出的历史小说。

7 选C。 安东尼.特罗洛普（Anthony Trollope）是19世纪中下叶英国重要的小说家，他是一位多产作家，作品达47部之多，主要作品是“巴塞特郡系列小说”(Barchester Series)。

8 选A。 塞缪尔.勃特勒（Samuel Butler）的《埃瑞璜》(Erehwon)是一部讽刺性小说，Erehwon是英文nowhere的倒写，通过一位游客在埃瑞璜的所见所闻，记录了这个乌托邦国家的生活，以此抨击和讽刺英国社会。

9 选A。 《伊尼斯弗里河》（the Lake Isle of Innisfree）是叶芝最为著名的抒情诗之一，表达了作者渴望回归自然，过一种古老、纯朴、隐士般生活的愿望。

10 选A。 司各特的历史小说通常被分为三类：以苏格兰历史为背景的小说有《罗布.罗伊》(Rob Roy), 以英国历史为背景的小说有《艾凡赫》(Ivanhoe)，以欧洲其他国家历史为背景的小说有《昆丁.达威特》（Quentin Durwark）。

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专八人文知识模拟试题(15)

1、Rip Van Winkle is a short story written by _____. A James Fenimore Cooper B Washington Irving C Edgar Allan Poe D Mark Twain

2、The Legend of Sleeping Hallow is a short story written by ____. A James Fenimore Cooper B Washington Irving C Edgar Allan Poe D Mark Twain

3、Cooper’s Leather Stocking Tales consists of ____stories. A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6

4、Which of the following is not one of the Leather Stocking Tales by James F. Cooper. A The Pioneers

B The Last of the Mohicans C The Pathfinder D The Crater

5、The Purloined Letter is a detective story by _____. A Arthur Conan Doyle B Edgar Allan Poe C Washington Irving D James F. Cooper

6、The Romantic Period in American Literary history started with the publication of ____.

A Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book B Washington Irving’s Tales of A Traveller C Whitman’s Leaves of Grass

D James Fenimore Cooper’s Leather Stocking Tales

7、“The American Renaissance” is the period of ____in the history of American literature. A Local Colorism B Romanticism

C New England Transcendentalism D Colonism

8、Edgar Allan Poe is known as a poet and critic but most famous as the first master of the ___ form. A poem B drama C short story D essay

9、The Raven is a poem by ____. A Edgar Allan Poe B Walt Whitman C Ralph Waldo Emerson D Henry David Thoreau

10、The Philosophy of Composition was written by ____who also wrote The Poetic Principle A Edgar Allan Poe B Walt Whitman C Ralph Waldo Emerson D Henry David Thoreau 参(反白可见)：

1. B.《瑞普.凡.温克而》（Rip Van Winkle）是华盛顿.欧文短篇（Washington Irving）小说集《札记集》（The Sketch Book）中的一篇。

2. B.《睡谷的传说》（The Legend of Sleeping Hallow）是华盛顿.欧文短篇（Washington Irving）小说集《札记集》（The Sketch Book）中的一篇。

3. C. 《皮裹腿故事集》（the Leather Stocking Tales）包括5部小说，这五部小说根据发表的时间先后顺序依次为《开拓者》（The Pioneers），《最后一个莫西干人》（The Last of the Mohicans），《大草原》（The Prairie），《探路人》（The Pathfinder），《猎鹿人》（The Deerslayer）。

4. D.《皮裹腿故事集》（the Leather Stocking Tales）包括5部小说，这五部小说根据发表的时间先后顺序依次为《开拓者》（The Pioneers），《最后一个莫西干人》（The Last of the Mohicans），《大草原》（The Prairie），《探路人》（The Pathfinder），《猎

鹿人》（The Deerslayer）。《火山口》（The Crater）是库柏的另一部小说。 5.B. 《丢失的信》（The Purloined Letter）是爱德加.艾伦.坡（Edgar Allan Poe）创作的著名侦探小说。

6.A. 美国文学的浪漫主义时期指从18世纪末到美国内战爆发这段时期，它的起止分别以华盛顿.欧文（Washington Irving）的《见闻札记》（The Sketch Book）与惠特曼（Whitman）的《草叶集》（Leaves of Grass）为标志。

7.B. 美国文学的浪漫主义时期指从18世纪末到美国内战爆发这段时期，它的起止分别以华盛顿.欧文（Washington Irving）的《见闻札记》（The Sketch Book）与惠特曼（Whitman）的《草叶集》（Leaves of Grass）为标志。这是美国文学空前繁荣的时期，也被称为美国文学的“文艺复兴时期”。

8.C. 爱德加.艾伦. 坡（Edgar Allan Poe）是美国著名的诗人和评论家，但他还是以“第一位短篇小说大师”的身份最为人所知，特别是他的神秘恐怖小说。

9. A.《乌鸦》（The Raven）是艾伦.坡（Edgar Allan Poe）最著名的诗歌代表作之一。 10.A. 爱德加.艾伦.坡（）是美国第一位文艺理论家，著有《创作哲学》（Philosophy of Composition）和《诗歌原理》（The Poetic Principle）等论著

专八人文知识模拟试题(16)

专八人文知识模拟试题(16)

1、As a literary figure, Stephen Dedalus appears in two novel by____. A D.H Lawrence B John Galsworthy C George Eliot D James Loyce

2、The French lieutenant’s woman is the masterpiece of ____. A john Fowles B Doris lessing C Muriel spark D Joseph Conrad

3、The golden notebook was written by____. A john fowels B Doris lessing C Muriel spark D Joseph Conrad

4、Waiting for Godor is a(an)____by Samuel beckett.

A novel B poem C play D essay

5、“kitchen sink realism”is referred to as the works of ___. A novel B poem C play D essay

6、Seamus Heaney won the Nobel Prize of literature in 1995 and most of his poems focused on the ___. A city life B legend C country D history

7、an article on “the observer”describes the bursting of all these young ___as a kind of “the movement”. A poets B playwright C novelist D critic

8、The novel ___told a story of a Nazi war criminal, in this novel Martin Amis set the narrative clock in reverse. A money, a suicide note B time’s arrow C London fields D dead bodies

9、satanic verses was written by___who was born in a muslin family in Bombay, India.

A salman Rushdie B kazoo ishguro C julian barnes D grahm swift

10、the novel The Remains Of The Day won the booker prize for its author ___who was born in Japan. A Salman Rushdie

B kazoo ishguro C Julian Barnes D grahm swift 参(反白可见)：

1 D Stephen Dedalus 是James loyce小说的主要代言人，他出现在《尤利西斯》（Ulysses）和《青年艺术家肖像中》.

2 A 约翰。福尔斯（john fowles）是实验主义作家的杰出代表，The French lieutenants woman是他在技巧革新和观念表达方面的最成功的小说，他为当事人提供了三种不同的结局。

3 B Doris lessing 是英国战后最杰出的女作家，The golden notebook是她的代表作。 4 C 等待戈多是英国剧作家Samuel Beckett.所著的荒诞派戏剧作品。

5 C Arnold Wesker 的《大麦鸡汤》（chicken soup with barley）等剧作以写实的手法表现伦敦东区中下层人们的生活，他与john obshorne等人的作品被冠以“kitchen sink realism”的称号。

6 C Seamus Heaney won 是爱尔兰诗人，他的诗歌题材是农村的传统生活，他对田园景象的描写使人想起华兹华斯，1995年获得诺贝尔文学奖。

7 A 《旁观者》杂志把英国50年代一批青年诗人的崛起称作英诗的一次运动，这些诗人都是大学的活跃分子，他们也因此被称为运动派诗人。

8 B题中四部作品都是martin amis 的小说《时光之箭》讲述的是纳粹医生的故事，叙事手法独特，把时光之箭的走向拨过来，使得时光倒流。

9 A salman rushdie是传奇人物，他的争议性小说satanic verses因不恰当地引用古兰经，引起穆斯林世界的广泛。

10 B 石黑一雄是日本籍作家，5岁来到英国，The remains of the day盛世痕迹赢得了布莱克奖。