摘要：英语专八考前冲刺人文知识训练，着重帮助读者在考前做知识要点的巩固。
__1__ ___ is the capital of Scotland.
A Dublin B Edinburgh C Cardiff D New Castle
__2__ In history, Romans occupied Britain for about ___ years.
A 700 B 600 C 500 D 400
__3__ You can find the Grand Canyon in the State of ___.
A Arizona B California C New Mexico D Chicago
__4__ Around ___ of New Zealanders are found in North Island.
A 3/4 B 1/2 C 3/5 D 2/5
__5__ In his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe portrayed successfully an image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ___ century.
A 16th B 17th C 18th D 19th
__6__ In his works, Defoe praised the industrious, sturdy ___ and showed his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor.
A working people B aristocrats C middle-class people D capitalist upstarts
__7__ To some extent, the Romantic Movement revealed a ___ attitude toward the social and political conditions then.
A positive B negative C neutral D prejudiced
__8__ In semantic studies, ___ refers to the inherent meaning of the linguistic form.
A sense B synonym C homonym D reference
__9__ 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
__10__ Syntactic change includes all the following EXCEPT ___.
A rule loss B affix loss C rule addition D rule change
1. 选B。爱丁堡市是苏格兰首都。本题属于历史类问题。
2. 选D。历史上，罗马人曾占领英国约有400年之久。。本题属于历史类问题。
3. 选A。你可在美国的亚利桑那州找到大峡谷风景区。本题属于地理类问题。
4. 选A。约有四分之三的新西兰人在北岛居住。本题属于地理类问题。
5. 选C。通过其小说《鲁宾逊漂流记》，笛福成功地描绘了一个富有进取精神的、18世纪英国资产阶级的典型形象。。本题属于英国文学类问题。
6. 选C。通过自己的作品，笛福讴歌了勤劳、坚定的中产阶级，并对饱受蹂躏、命运被产的穷人表示了同情。。本题属于英国文学类问题。
7. 选B。在某种程度上，浪漫主义运动揭示了对当时社会、政治状况的否定态度。。本题属于英国文学背景类问题。
8. 选A。这道题考查语义学中意义的概念。
9. 选D。这套题考查考生对双语现象的理解。
10.选B。这道题考查句法变化的涵盖面。