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英语专八考试人文知识总结

英语专八考试人文知识总结
英语专八考试人文知识总结

英语专八人文知识考试总结

1 专八考试人文知识考试内容总结

其中英美文学包括英国文学和美国文学。英国文学主要分为六个时期:

1. Old and Medieval English Literature(中古英国文学)。

2. The Renaissance Period(文艺复兴时期)。

3. The Neoclassical Period(新古典主义时期)。

4. The Romantic Period(维多利亚时期)。

5. The Victorian Period(维多利亚时期)。

6. The Modern Period(现代时期)。

美国文学主要分为四个时期:

1. The Literature Around the Revolution of Independence(独立革命前后的文学)。

2. American Romanticism(美国浪漫主义文学)。

3. American Realism(美国现实主义文学)。

4. American Modernism(美国现代主义文学)。

语言学,考生不光要知道语言的本质还要掌握语音学,音位学,形态学,句法学,语义学和语言学的知识。

关于英语国家概况,英语专业的学生都会开设英美概况这门课程,但是专八考试的中需要考生了解的是英语国家概况,不光包括英国和美国,还有其他一些说英语的地区,包括爱尔兰概况,加拿大概况,澳大利亚概况和新西兰概况。

2专八人文知识:英国地理概况

the english channel: the channel is a narrow sea passage which separates england and france

and connects the atlantic ocean and north sea.

英吉利海峡:英吉利海峡是一道狭长的海峡,分割英法两国,连接大西洋和北海。

the dee estuary: a small sea ( in irish sea) where the dee river enters.

迪河河口:是迪河流入的一个小海。

"the act of union of 1801": in 1801 the english parliament passed an act by which scotland, wales and the kingdom of england were constitutionally joined as the kingdom of great britain.

1801合并法:1801年英国议会通过法令,规定英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士根据宪法合并成为大不列颠王国。

gaelic: it is one of the celtic language, and is spoken in parts of the highlands.

盖尔语:是盖尔特语言的一种,在高地地区仍有人说这种语言。

the "backbone of england": it refers to the pennies, the board ridge of hills.

英格兰脊梁:指的是山脉的背脊。

lead ore: british lead ores have been worked since pre-roman times. it contains silver.

铅矿:自前罗马时代开始,英国的铅矿就被开发了。内含银。

china clay: the deposits of china clay in cornwall are of great economic value.

瓷土:康沃尔的瓷土沉淀带来了巨大的经济价值。

3专八人文知识复习:美国地理概况

本文针对英语专业八级考试的人文知识部分,总结了美国国家的主要地理概况,希望对同学们有所帮助。The Fall Line瀑布线:A point where water-falls or rapids suddenly drop from a higher level to the lower one.

瀑布线指的是瀑布急速地从高处向低处流泻的点。

The Appalachian Range阿巴拉契亚山脉:1200 miles long,consists of the Piedmont Plateau, Appalachian Plateaus and Appalachian Range.

阿巴拉契亚山脉全场1200英里,由皮德蒙特高原、阿巴拉契亚高原及阿巴拉契亚山脉组成。

The Cordillera Range科迪勒拉山脉:Composed of the Coast Range, the Cascades and the Rocky Mountains.

科迪勒拉山脉由海岸山脉、卡斯卡德山以及洛基山组成。

The Great Basin大盆地:The Part between the Colorado and Columbia Plateaus.

指的是科罗拉多和哥伦比亚高地之间的部分。

The Great Central Plain中部大平原:The land mass between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians.

指的是洛基山和阿巴拉伊亚山之间的平原。

The Great Plain大平原:The western part of the central plain.

大平原:指的是中部平原以西的部分。

The Mississippi River密西西比河:The longest, the most important river in the U.S.A. . It has a drainage area of 3225000 square kilometers.

密西西比河是美国最长、最重要的河流。它的流域面积达3225000平方公里。

The Five Great Lakes北美五大湖:Lake Michigan, Superior, Erie, Huron and Ontario.

北美五太湖指的是密歇根湖、苏必利尔湖、伊利湖、休伦湖以及安大略湖。

The Niagara Falls尼亚加拉瀑布:Famous falls in North America, 1240 meters wide, the drop averages 49 meters.

尼亚加拉瀑布是北美最著名的瀑布,有1240米宽,平均落差为49米。

Yellow stone National Park黄石国家公园:Located in the northern part of Wyoming. It is the oldest national park in the world and the largest wildlife preserve in the U.S.A.

黄石国家公园位于怀俄明州的北部地区。是世界上最古老的国家公园,是美国最大的野生保护区。

Grand Canyon大峡谷:In northern Arizona, one of the great natural wonders of the world. It measures about 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep. Its walls show layers that tell the story of the formation of the earth.

大峡谷在亚利桑那州的北部,是世界上最伟大的自然奇迹之一。它约有277英里长,18英里宽,约1英里深。它的墙壁断层记录了地球形成的过程。

Old Faithful老忠实喷泉:The most famous gayer in Yellowstone National Park, erupting more than l00 feet in the air about every 73 minutes.

老忠实喷泉是黄石国家公园最著名的喷泉,每73分钟向空中喷水100英尺多高。

Chinatown唐人街:An area in a city where many Chinese people live and where are Chinese shops, restaurants, clubs; two, important Chinatowns: New York City and San Francisco.

唐人街是许多中国人生活、居住的地区,那里有许多中国店铺、饭店、夜总会。两条最重要的唐人街分别在纽约和旧金山。

Indian Reservation印第安保留地:It refers to the barren desert regions where only Indians live

exclusively.

印第安保留地指的是专门给印第安人居住的贫瘠的沙漠地区。

New England新英格兰:It consists of six states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. This region is featured with mountains, valleys, rivers.

新英格兰由六个州组成:缅因州、新罕布什尔州、佛蒙特州、马萨诸塞州、罗德岛州以及康涅狄格。这个地区主要以多山、多山谷、河流为特征。

The Mountain States山地诸州:Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.

山地诸州指的是蒙大拿州、怀俄明州、科罗拉多州以及新墨西哥州。

The Pacific Coast States太平洋沿岸诸州:Washington, Oregon and California.

太平洋沿岸诸州包括华盛顿州、俄勒冈州以及加利弗尼亚州。

Mount McKinley 麦金利山:6187 meters high, on the middle of the Alaska, the highest peak on this continent.

麦金利山高达6187米。在阿拉斯加的中部。是这片大陆上最高的山峰。

Pearl Harbor 珍珠港:The base of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S.A. near the city of Honolulu in Hawaii.

珍珠港是美国太平洋舰队的基地,在夏威夷的火奴鲁鲁市附近。

4专八人文知识复习:加拿大地理概况

Canada is the world's second largest country after Russia. 60% of the population in Canada inhabit in the area between Quebec city and the western end of Lake Ontario.

加拿大是世界上幅员第二大的国家,大约60%的人口集中在魁北克市与安大略省西端。Toronto多伦多:Toronto is Canada's largest city and the provincial Capital of Ontario.

多伦多是安大略省的省会,加拿大经济中心,第一大城市。

Ottawa渥太华:Ottawa is the capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest city. It is located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern part of the province of Ontario.

加拿大首都,第四大城市,地处安大略省东部的安大略谷。

Vancouver温哥华:Vancouver is British Columbia’s largest city and the third largest city in Canada. It is an important ice-free harbor and the major Canadian outlet to the Pacific Ocean and the largest cargo port on the Pacific.

不列颠哥伦比亚省的最大城市,也是加拿大第三大城市。它是加拿大一个非常重要的不冻港,而且是加拿大通往太平洋的主要通道,太平洋最大的货运港口。

Quebec魁北克省:Quebec is the largest province in Canada geographically, and the second most

populous, after Ontario. It differs from the other provinces of Canada because of its strong French culture. Montreal, the second largest city of Canada, is located in this province. The Quebec city is the center of the province.

魁北克省是加拿大最大的省,人口仅次于安大略省。法国文化的强烈影响使它与其他省区不一样。加拿大第二大城市蒙特利尔位于该省。其中心是位于圣劳伦斯河上的魁北克城。

The Canadian Shield加拿大地盾:The Canadian Shield is a semicircle band of rocky highlands and plateaus around the Hudson Bay from the northern shores of Quebec to the Arctic shores of the Northwest Territories. The Shield covers almost half of the Canadian territory.

这是围绕哈得孙海湾的一块半圆形多石高低和高原,从魁北克省的北部海岸一直延伸到西北自治领的北极沿岸。几乎加拿大的一半面积在加拿大地盾一带。

Mount Logan 洛跟峰:Mount Logan is the highest peak in Canada and is located in the Yukon Territory of northwest Canada.

加拿大最高峰,位于加拿大西北部的育空地区。

The Mackenzie River 马更些河:The Mackenzie River is the longest river in Canada, flowing between the Canadian Shield and the Rocky Mountains.

马更些河是加拿大最长的河流,流经加拿大地盾与西部落基山脉之间,全长1600公里。

专八人文知识复习:美国地理概况

本文针对英语专业八级考试的人文知识部分,总结了美国国家的主要地理概况,希望对同学们有所帮助。

The Fall Line瀑布线:A point where water-falls or rapids suddenly drop from a higher level to the lower one.

瀑布线指的是瀑布急速地从高处向低处流泻的点。

The Appalachian Range阿巴拉契亚山脉:1200 miles long,consists of the Piedmont Plateau, Appalachian Plateaus and Appalachian Range.

阿巴拉契亚山脉全场1200英里,由皮德蒙特高原、阿巴拉契亚高原及阿巴拉契亚山脉组成。The Cordillera Range科迪勒拉山脉:Composed of the Coast Range, the Cascades and the Rocky Mountains.

科迪勒拉山脉由海岸山脉、卡斯卡德山以及洛基山组成。

The Great Basin大盆地:The Part between the Colorado and Columbia Plateaus.

指的是科罗拉多和哥伦比亚高地之间的部分。

The Great Central Plain中部大平原:The land mass between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians.

指的是洛基山和阿巴拉伊亚山之间的平原。

The Great Plain大平原:The western part of the central plain.

大平原:指的是中部平原以西的部分。

The Mississippi River密西西比河:The longest, the most important river in the U.S.A. . It has a drainage area of 3225000 square kilometers.

密西西比河是美国最长、最重要的河流。它的流域面积达3225000平方公里。

The Five Great Lakes北美五大湖:Lake Michigan, Superior, Erie, Huron and Ontario.

北美五太湖指的是密歇根湖、苏必利尔湖、伊利湖、休伦湖以及安大略湖。

The Niagara Falls尼亚加拉瀑布:Famous falls in North America, 1240 meters wide, the drop averages 49 meters.

尼亚加拉瀑布是北美最著名的瀑布,有1240米宽,平均落差为49米。

Yellow stone National Park黄石国家公园:Located in the northern part of Wyoming. It is the oldest national park in the world and the largest wildlife preserve in the U.S.A.

黄石国家公园位于怀俄明州的北部地区。是世界上最古老的国家公园,是美国最大的野生保护区。

Grand Canyon大峡谷:In northern Arizona, one of the great natural wonders of the world. It measures about 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep. Its walls show layers that tell the story of the formation of the earth.

大峡谷在亚利桑那州的北部,是世界上最伟大的自然奇迹之一。它约有277英里长,18英里宽,约1英里深。它的墙壁断层记录了地球形成的过程。

Old Faithful老忠实喷泉:The most famous gayer in Yellowstone National Park, erupting more than l00 feet in the air about every 73 minutes.

老忠实喷泉是黄石国家公园最著名的喷泉,每73分钟向空中喷水100英尺多高。Chinatown唐人街:An area in a city where many Chinese people live and where are Chinese shops, restaurants, clubs; two, important Chinatowns: New York City and San Francisco.

唐人街是许多中国人生活、居住的地区,那里有许多中国店铺、饭店、夜总会。两条最重要的唐人街分别在纽约和旧金山。

Indian Reservation印第安保留地:It refers to the barren desert regions where only Indians live exclusively.

印第安保留地指的是专门给印第安人居住的贫瘠的沙漠地区。

New England新英格兰:It consists of six states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. This region is featured with mountains, valleys, rivers.

新英格兰由六个州组成:缅因州、新罕布什尔州、佛蒙特州、马萨诸塞州、罗德岛州以及康涅狄格。这个地区主要以多山、多山谷、河流为特征。

The Mountain States山地诸州:Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.

山地诸州指的是蒙大拿州、怀俄明州、科罗拉多州以及新墨西哥州。

The Pacific Coast States太平洋沿岸诸州:Washington, Oregon and California.

太平洋沿岸诸州包括华盛顿州、俄勒冈州以及加利弗尼亚州。

Mount McKinley 麦金利山:6187 meters high, on the middle of the Alaska, the highest peak on this continent.

麦金利山高达6187米。在阿拉斯加的中部。是这片大陆上最高的山峰。

Pearl Harbor 珍珠港:The base of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S.A. near the city of Honolulu in Hawaii.

珍珠港是美国太平洋舰队的基地,在夏威夷的火奴鲁鲁市附近。

专八2003-人文知识真题及答案精编版

2003年英语专八人文知识真题 31. is not a nationally observed holiday of America. [A] Christmas [B] Easter Sunday [C] Thanksgiving Day [D] Independence Day 32. The university of Dublin was not founded until . [A] the 19th century [B] the 18th century [C] the 17th century [D] the 16th century 33. The introduced old-age pensions in New Zealand in 1898. [A] Labor Party [B] Democratic Party [C] Liberal Party [D] Conservative Party 34. Irish culture experienced a golden age from to . [A] the eighth century, the eleventh century [B] the seventh century, the ninth century [C] the sixth century, the eighth century [D] the ?fth century, the seventh century 35. Which of the following writings is not the work by Charles Dickens? [A] A Tale of Two Cities [B] Hard Times [C] Oliver Twist [D] Sons and Lovers 36. is a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period. [A] Sinclair Lewis [B] Eugene O'Neill [C] Arthur Miller [D] Tennessee Williams 37. is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age. [A] Ernest Hemingway [B] F. Scott Fitzgerald [C] William Faulkner [D] Ezra Pound 38. is a relationship in which a word of a certain class determines the form of others in terms of certain categories. [A] Concord [B] Immediate constituent [C] Syntagmatic relations [D] Government 39. studies the sound systems in a certain language. [A] Phonetics [B] Phonology [C] Semantics [D] Pragmatics 40. A linguistic situation in which two standard languages are used either by an individual or by a group of speakers is called . [A] situational dialect [B] slang [C] linguistic taboo [D] bilingualism 2004年英语专八人文知识真题 31. The following are products imported by Australia from China EXCEPT . [A] food [B] textiles [C] steel products [D] electronics 32. Scots regard as the most important festival in a year. [A] Near Year's Day [B] Christmas Day [C] New Year's Eve [D] Easter 33. The republican movement has been gathering momentum in Australia since became Prime Minister in 1992. [A] John Howard [B] Bob Hawke [C] Malcolm Fraser [D] Paul Keating 34. was known for his famous speech "I have a dream". [A] John F. Kennedy [B] Martin Luther King, Jr [C] Abraham Lincoln [D] Thomas Jefferson 35. Of all the 18th century novelists, ______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose", and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. [A] Daniel Defoe [B] Samuel Johnson [C] Oliver Goldsmith [D] Henry Feilding 36. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his .

专八人文知识总结美国文学

美国文学 part 1 1607-1776 北美殖民时期 Colonial Settlements John Smith A Ture Relation of Virginia《关于费吉尼亚的真实叙述》(美国文学第一本书) 美国文学史上第一个作家 Part 2 1776-1783 独立革命时期 Revolution of Independence Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanac穷查理历书 Thomas Paine Common Sense常识(独立战争宣传册revolutionary pamphlets) Rights of Man人的权利(支持法国革命) The Age of Reason 理性时代(基督给他名誉带来的影响) 美国独立之父 the father of American revolution Thomas Jefferson 独立宣言 Declaration of Independence Part 3 浪漫主义时期 Romanticism Washington Irving The Sketch Book见闻札记(标志浪漫主义开始) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow睡谷的传说 Rip Van Winkle里普?万?温克尔(李伯大梦) 美国文学之父 James Fenimore Cooper The Pilot领航者The Spy间谍 The Pioneer拓荒者 Ralf Waldo Emerson Nature论自然 The American Scholar论美国学者 Self-reliance论自立 超验主义 Henry David Thoreau Walden瓦尔登湖 Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter红字 19世界影响最 大的浪漫主义小 说家 Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass草叶集 Song of Myself 自我之歌 part 4 现实主义时期 Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Henry James Daisy Miller The American The Portrait of a Lady Theodore Dreiser Sister Carrie An American Tragedy part 5 现代主义时期 American Modernism Ezra Pound In a station of the Metro在地铁站

英语专八英美文学常识汇总

英语专八英美文学常识汇总

3专八人文知识:英国地理概况 the english channel: the channel is a narrow sea passage which separates england and france and connects the atlantic ocean and north sea. 英吉利海峡:英吉利海峡是一道狭长的海峡,分割英法两国,连接大西洋和北海。 the dee estuary: a small sea ( in irish sea) where the dee river enters. 迪河河口:是迪河流入的一个小海。 "the act of union of 1801": in 1801 the english parliament passed an act by which scotland, wales and the kingdom of england were constitutionally joined as the kingdom of great britain. 1801合并法:1801年英国议会通过法令,规定英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士根据宪法合并成为大不列颠王国。 gaelic: it is one of the celtic language, and is spoken in parts of the highlands. 盖尔语:是盖尔特语言的一种,在高地地区仍有人说这种语言。 the "backbone of england": it refers to the pennies, the board ridge of hills.

专八人文知识总结(终)

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!!英语专业八级人文知识汇总~ ~英国概况!!来源:姚恩璇?Iris的日志 1.Britain was the first country to industrialize because of the following factors except __D ___. 英国之所以能成为世界上最早开始工业化的国家,原因有很多。但英国是从17世纪以后逐步开始对海外贸易和开拓海外殖民地产生浓厚兴趣的。 A Britain was well placed geographically to participate in European and world trade. B Britain had many rivers, which were useful for transport. C British engineers had sound training and the inventors were respected. D British government was increasingly interested in overseas and colonies after the 17th c entury. 2.The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. The monarch has very little power. 英国是君主立宪制国家,国王或女王(君主)几乎没什么实质性的权力。 3.the Conservative Party has always had strong links with the trade unions and received fi nancial support from them? 保守党和自由党是英国最早成立的两个党派。大致来说,保守党是中上层阶级的党,它得到大公司财政上的支持;而工党主要得到工会的支持,它的支持者主要是中产阶级和知识分子。 4.On accepting Bill of Rights, the age of constitutional monarchy, of a monarchy with po wers limited by Parliament, began. 《权利法案》的签署,标志着英国进入了君主立宪制时代,一个君主几乎没有什么实质性权力并受制于议会的时代。 5.Females were allowed to vote in national elections until 1918. 直到1918年妇女才在全国大选中享有选举权。 6.The British North America Act of 1867 established Canada as a domain. 《1867年英国北美法案》将加拿大纳为它的自治领。 7.During World War II, as a war leader,Winston Churchill received massive popular suppo rt and led his country to final victory in 1945. 在第二次世界大战中,当时的英国首相丘吉尔作为战争统帅受到了英国人民的广泛拥戴,并带领英国人民赢得了战争的最后胜利。 8.The Falkland Islands war was between Britain and Argentina. 福克兰群岛战役是发生在英国和阿根廷着这两个国家之间。位于大西洋南部的福克兰群岛从1892年起就是英国的海外殖民地,1982年阿根廷开始控制这些岛屿,但是英国最终打败了阿根廷,并重新占领了这些岛屿。 9.In Britain, a by-election is held when a Member of Parliament dies, retires or resigns. 英国的下院议会成员中有人去世、退休或辞职时,就要进行补缺选举。

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