大家论坛club.topsage.com前二十期 【练习】1. Where is Edinburgh?A. In WalesB. In Scotland C. In Northern Ireland D. In Ireland2. Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network?A. ABC B. CNN C. CBS D. BBC3. The Capital of Australia is _.A. SydneyB. MelbourneC. Canberra D. Perth4. Which degree is offered in community colleges in the United States?A. Masters degree B. Doctors degree C. Bachelors degreeD. Associates degree5. George Bernard Shaw was a(n) _.A.playwright B. poetC.novelistD.essayist6. John Galsworthy was most famous for_.A. Heart of DarknessB. Ulysses C. The Forsyste Saga D A Passage to India7. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by_.A. Henry James B. O. Henry C. Harriet Beccher Stower D. Mark Twain8. The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in condition is_.A. morphology B. general linguistics C. phonologyD. semantics9. Which of the following is NOT a compound word?A. Landlady B. GreenhouseC. UpliftD. Unacceptable10. The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any which we dont have to work. This is an example of _.A. meaning shift B. widening of meaningC. narrowing of meaning D. loss of meaning【答案及讲解】答案：1-5 BDCDA 6-10 CDCDB1. 选B. Wales的首府威Cardiff, Scotland的首府为Edinburgh. Northern Ireland的首府Belfast, Ireland的首府为Dublin.2. 选D BBC=British Broadcasting Corporation英国广播公司, ABC=American Broadcasting Company, Inc美国广播公司; CNN= Cable News Network美国有线广播公司, CBS= Columbia Broadcasting System哥伦比亚广播公司3. 选CSydney第一城市, 位于New South Wales州；Melbourne第二大城市位于Victoria州，Canberra位于Sydney与Melbourne之间；Perth位于Australia州4. 选DAssociates degree是准学士学位 （喵猜这个相当我们说的大专吧）5. 选AGeorge Bernard Shaw (英国，萧伯纳)，爱尔兰籍，剧作家，批评家，社会评论家，主要作品有Man and Superman, Back to Methuselah, Saint Joan ，Arms and the Man, Pygmalion ，获得1925年诺贝尔文学奖。(喵，小云的上期文学七里香就是介绍了他噢)6. 选CJohn Galsworthy（英国）,小说家，剧作家。主要作品有The Forsyte Saga，于1932年获得了诺贝尔文学奖；Heart of Darkness,作者Joseph Conrad，波兰籍英国小说家，另有Lord Jim ；Ulysses, 作者James Joyce, 爱尔兰作家Finnergans Wake为芬尼根守灵； A Passage to India，作者E.M. Forster,英国小说家，另有Howards End霍华德别业。7. 选DMark Twain= Samuel Langhorne Clemens,作品有The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Henry James, 主要作品有Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl; O.Henry= William Sydney Porter, 主要作品有Cabbages and Kings, Four Million; Harriet Beecher Stower, 其反奴隶制小说Uncle Toms Cabin，促进了废奴运动发展。8. 选CLinguistics语言学, the study of human language,包括 Theoretical linguistic, Applied linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Cognitive linguistics和Historical linguistics.这里主要考Theoretical linguistics.9. 选D是derivation.10. 选B从any day就可以知道 widening of meaning.【练习】1. The study of _ is Syntax.A. textual organization B. sentence structures C. word formation D. language functions2. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A. arbitrariness B. productivity C. cultural transmission D. finiteness3. The speech act theory was first put forward by_.A. John Scarl B. Johan AustinC. Noarn ChomskyD. M.A.K Halliday4. The capital city of Canada is _.A. Montreal B. OttawaC. VancouverD. York5. U.S. presidents normally serve a (an) _ term.A. eight-year B. four-yearC. six-year D. two year6. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.A Huston B BaltimoreC PhiladelphiaD. Boston7. The state church in England is _.A. The Baptist B. The Roman Catholic C. The Protestant Church D. The Church of England8. The novel Emma is written by_.A. Jane Austen B. Elizabeth C. Gaskell C Charlotte Bronte D. Mary Shelley9. Which of the following is not a Romantic Poet?A. William Wordsworth B. Percy B. Shelley C. George G. Byron D. George Eliot10. William Sidney Porter, known as O.Henry, is most famous for _.A. his poem