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34. Canada is bounded on the north by 　 A. the Pacific Ocean. B. the Atlantic Ocean. C. the Arctic Ocean. D. the Great Lakes. 　　 35. Who is the author of The Waste Land? 　　 A. George Bernard Shaw. B. W.B. Yeats. C. Dylan Thomas. D. T.S. Eliot. 　 36. Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury? 　　 A. William Faulkner. B. Ernest Hemingway. C. Scott Fitzgerald. D. John Steinbeck. 　　 37. The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company is an example of A. exaggeration. B. understatement. C. personification. D. synecdoche. 　 38. In English if a word begins with a [l] or a [r], then the next sound must be a vowel. This is a (n) 　　 A. assimilation rule. B. sequential rule. C.deletion rule. D. grammar rule. 　　 39. Which of the following is an example of clipping? 　　 A.APEC. B.Motel. C.Xerox. D.Disco. 　　 40. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of situation is called 　　 A. register. B. dialect. C. slang. D. variety 7. The state church in England is __. 　　A The Baptist 　　B The Roman Catholic 　　C The Protestant Church 　　D The Church of England 8. The novel Emma is written by__. 　　A Jane Austen 　　B Elizabeth 　　C Gaskell Charlotte Bronte 　　D Mary Shelley 　 9. Which of the following is not a Romantic Poet? A William Wordsworth B Percy B. Shelley C George G. Byron D George Eliot 10. William Sidney Porter, known as O.Henry, is most famous for __. A his poem B his plays C His novels D his short stories 2006年英语专八人文知识真题 31. The Presidents during the American Civil War was... A. Andrew Jackson? B. Abraham Lincoln C. Thomas Jefferson? D. George Washington 32. The capital of New Zealand is... A. Christchurch? B. Auckland? C. Wellington? D. Hamilton 33. Who were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settlers? A. The Aborigines? B. The Maori? C. The Indians? D. The Eskimos 34. The Prime Minister in Britain is head of... A. the Shadow Cabinet