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1、1. Where is Edinburgh?A In Wales B In Scotland C In Northern Ireland D In Ireland2. Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network?A ABCB CNNC CBSD BBC3. The Capital of Australia is _.A SydneyB MelbourneC CanberraD Perth4. Which degree is offered in community colleges in the United Stat
2、es?A Masters degreeB Doctors degreeC Bachelors degreeD Associates degree5. George Bernard Shaw was a（n） _.A playwrightB poetC novelistD essayist6. John Galsworthy was most famous for_.A Heart of DarknessB UlyssesC The Forsyste SagaD A Passage to India7. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn w
3、as written by_.A Henry JamesB O. HenryC Harriet Beccher StowerD Mark Twain8. The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in condition is_.A morphologyB general linguisticsC phonologyD semantics9. Which of the following is NOT a compound word?A LandladyB GreenhouseC UpliftD Un
4、acceptable10. 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 shiftB widening of meaningC narrowing of meaningD loss of meaning答案：1-5 BDCDA6-10 CDCDB1. 选B. Wales的首府威Cardiff, Scotland的首府为Edinburgh. Northern Irela
5、nd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C.Sydney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;Pert
6、h位于Australia州4. 选D. Associates degree是准学士学位 （喵猜这个相当我们说的大专吧）5. 选A.George 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C.John 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
7、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D.Mark Twain= Samuel Langhorne Clemens,作品有The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Henry James, 主要作品有Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl; O.Henr
8、y= 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C.Linguistics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
9、 linguistics.9. 选D.是derivation.10. 选B. 从any day就可以知道 widening of meaning.study of _ is Syntax.A textual organizationB sentence structuresC word formationD language functions2. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A arbitrarinessB productivityC cultural transmissionD
10、finiteness3. The speech act theory was first put forward by_.A John ScarlB Johan AustinC Noarn ChomskyD M.A.K Halliday4. The capital city of Canada is _.A MontrealB OttawaC VancouverD York5. U.S. presidents normally serve a （an） _ term.A eight-yearB four-yearC six-yearD two year6. Which of the follo
11、wing cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.A HustonB BaltimoreC PhiladelphiaD Boston7. The state church in England is _.A The BaptistB The Roman CatholicC The Protestant ChurchD The Church of England8. The novel Emma is written by_.A Jane AustenB ElizabethC GaskellC Charlotte BronteD Mary Shel
12、ley9. Which of the following is not a Romantic Poet?A William WordsworthB PercyB. ShelleyC George G. ByronD George Eliot10. William Sidney Porter, known as O.Henry, is most famous for _.A his poemB his playsC His novelsD his short stories1.选B. Syntax （句法），研究词或其他句子成分如何联合起来形成合乎语法的句子规则的学科。2. 选D.语言的区别性特
13、征包含有五个特征：arbitrariness（任意性），productivity（能产性）, duality（双层性） displacement,（不受时空限制 cultural transmission. （文化传递性）。 Arbitrariness,指一句话所表达的意思与表达这个意思的语言文字之间的关系不确定。Productivity,事实上，能产性有时也称之为创造性，指的是人们可以构造或理解无穷多的新语句。duality, 语言结构的二重性指的一个是语音结构，另一个是语义结构。 cultural transmission指的是语言不像遗传基因那样才能代代相传，语言必须作为一个体系，必须一
14、点一点的习得。人所要学的某一特定的语言是文化的即社会的语言，人出生后孤立于文化或社会环境之外是无法习得语言的。3. 选B.言语行为理论是由英国哲学家奥斯汀提出的假说。60年代，英国哲学家J?L?Austin奥斯汀和J?Searle赛尔勒先后发表了“语言行为”的理论。根据奥斯汀的言语行为理论，当人们所处每句话时，不管其是否含有行为动词，都包含有“说”的成分和“做”的成分，即言内行为locutionary act，言外行为illocutionary act和言后行为perlocutionary act.4. 选B.Canada的首度是Ottawa（渥太华）。Toronto（多伦多）是加拿大最大的城市;Montreal （蒙利特尔）加拿大第二城市;Vancouver（温哥华）为第三大城市。5. 选B.美国总统大选每四年进行一次。美国法律规定每逢以4能除尽的年份的11月的第一个星期一后的星期二举行大选，选举总统和副总统，任期4年。每逢逢双的年份选举众议员，任期2年，并改选1/3的参议员，任期6年。6. 选A.Huston （休斯顿）是位于美国南部Texas（德克萨斯州） 的城市，而Boston（波士顿） Baltimore （巴尔的摩）Philadephia（费城）都是位于美国东北部的大城市。7. 选D.The Churc
