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1、General KnowledgeUnit 11. The English Civil Wars broke out in the _.A. 1630s B. 1640s C. 1650s D. 1660s2. The World Bank is located in _ of the United States.A. Washington B. New York City C. Houston D. Chicago3. _ is the capital city of Ontario, which is also the multicultural, entertainment, finan
2、cial, and business capital of Canada.A. Ottawa B. Toronto C. Quebec D. Montreal4. It is in February _ that came the historic visit of Nixon to China. During the visit Sino-America Joint Communique was signed, which agreed on the fact that there was only one legal government in China, that of the Peo
3、ples Republic of China.,A. 1971 B. 1972 C. 1979 D. 19815. English Romanticism is generally considered to have begun in 1798 with the publication of a joint volume of poetry, Lyrical Ballads, written by _ and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.A. John Keats B. George ByronC. William Wordsworth D. William Blake6
4、. _ is a representative novelist of the Jazz Age.A. Dos Passos B. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest Hemingway D. Gertrude Stein7. _ is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modem civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.A. The Waste Land B. Elegy Written
5、in a Country ChurchyardC. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner D. Prometheus Unbound8. The description of a language at some point in history is called a _ study.A. prescriptive B. synchronic C. descriptive D. diachronic9. Which of the following is an inflectional affix?A. un- B. over- C. -tion D. -ing10
6、. The theory of cooperative principle is proposed by_.A. Austin B. Searle C. Grice D. SapirUnit 21. Beginning in 1929, the Great Depression which caused a major worldwide depression first began in _.A. The United States B. BritainC. Germany D. France2. Common Sense is a pamphlet written by_.A. Thoma
7、s More B. Francis Bacon C. John Locke D. Thomas Paine3. The capital of Australia is _.A. Melbourne B. Canberra C. Sydney D. New South Wales4. The Domesday Book is a survey of Englands productive capacity similar to a modern census commissioned under _s rule.A. Alfred the Great B. Elizabeth IC. Henry
8、 II D. William I5. _ is NOT an English playwright.A. William Shakespeare B. Ben JohnsonC. Samuel Beckett D. William Golding6. _ is the author of The Scarlet Letter, a novel concerned with the life of Puritans in early America.A. Edgar Allan Poe B. James Fenimore CooperC. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Frede
9、rick Douglass7. _ imitated the characteristics of ancient Roman writers, including Horace, Virgil, Cicero, etc.A. Neo-classicism B. Modernism C. Naturalism D. Realism8. The fact that different languages have different words for the same object is a good illustration of the _ feature of language.A. d
10、uality B. displacement C. arbitrariness D. productivity9. What type of sentence is “Jim has failed in the exam though he has been working hard.”?A. A simple sentence. B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence. D. None of the above.10. Language acquisition device (LAD) was proposed by_.A. Sapir
11、B. Saussure C. Chomsky D. HallidayUnit 31. Which are the two major parties in Britain now?A. The Conservative and the Labour. B. The Liberal and the Labour.C. The Democratic and the Conservative. D. The Democratic and the Liberal.2. “The Star-Spangled Banner” is the national _ of the United States.A
12、. anthem B. flag C. emblem D. both B and C3. Which of the following cities is the capital of New Zealand?A. Christchurch. B. Dunedin. C. Auckland. D. Wellington.4. In the Seven Years War between England and France, French were driven out of the North American Continent and the French colony in Canad
13、a was reorganized as the British province: _ in 1763.A. Ontario B. Quebec C. Nova Scotia D. Newfoundland5. _ compiled the first English dictionary, A Dictionary of the English Language.A. Samuel Johnson B. Walter Scott C. James Boswell D. Noah Webster6. The Jungle is a novel by _ which exposed the corruption of the American meat-packing
