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人文知识学习高级英语

ExercisesforGeneralKnowledge

1.WhichofthefollowingAmericanpresidentsproposedtheNewDealinthe1930s?

A.JimmyCarter.

B.HarryTruman.

C.RonaldReagan.

D.FranklinD.Roosevelt.

2.WhereisQuebec?

A.InCanada.

B.InIreland

C.InAustralia

D.InNewZealand.

3.Ofthefollowingmajorsports,________isthemosttypicallyEnglish.

A.cricket

B.football

C.horseracing

D.tennis

4."RipVanWinkle",oneofthebestlovedstoriesofAmericanliterature,waswrittenby

A.BenjaminFranklin（1706--1790）

B.WashingtonIrving（1783--1859）

C.RalphWaldoEmerson（1803--1882）

D.NathanialHawthorne（1804--1864）

5.VirginiaWoolfisNOTa（n）______

A.novelist

B.essayist

C.critic

D.poet

6.WhichofthefollowingisthepennameorpseudonymofCharlesLamb?

A.Boz.

B.Ella.

C.Currerhell.

D.O'Hanry.

7."Jan."isthe_______oftheword"January"?

A.derivation

B.abbreviation

C.blending

D.clipping

8.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisthecapitalofCanada?

A.Ottawa.

B.Edmonton.

C.Quebec.

D.Toronto

9.TheEnglishbilliardsgameiscall________.

A.cricket

B.pinball

C.snooker

D.softball

10.Whichofthefollowingstatesdoestheabbreviation"MA"standsfor?

A.Maine.

B.Massachusetts.

C.Minnesota.

D.Maryland.

11.Whichisthesecondlargestinareaamongallthefollowingcountries?

A.TheUnitedStates.

B.Britain.

C.Canada.

D.Australia.

12.Whoisthespokesmanofthe"LostGeneration"oftheyoungintellectualswhobecamedisappointedandbitterafterWorldWarI?

A.TheodoreDreiser.

B.JackLondon.

C.JohnSteinbeck.

D.ErnestHemingway.

13.ThenovelWutheringHeights（1847）,iswrittenby______

A.JaneAusten

B.CharlotteBronte

C.EmilyBronte

D.AnnBronte

14.Theword"Thursday"is______from"Thor"

A.blended

B.derived

C.converted

D.transferred

15.WhichofthefollowingisNOTacompound?

A.Seasick

B.Airborne,

C.Self-taught.

D.Friendship.

16.ThecapitalofAustraliais____

A.Sydney

B.Melbourne

C.Canberra

D.Perth

17.WhichofthefollowingisthewifeofRonaldReagan?

A.ThemiaCatherinePatricia.

B.RosalynnSmith.

C.NancyDavis.

D.HillaryDianeRodham.

18.WhichofthefollowingholidaysisthetypicalonecelebratedintheUnitedStates?

A.ThanksgivingDay.

B.AprilFool'sDay.

C.Valentine'sDay.

D.HalloweenDay.

19.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisthecapitalofAustralia?

A.Sidney.

B.Melbourne.

C.Brisbane.

D.Canberra.

20.WhichofthefollowingistheAmericanNationalemblem?

A.Lion.

B.Eagle.

C.Harp.

D.Emu.

21.Whichofthefollowingisconsideredthemanifestationofthe"LostGeneration"?

A.SisterCarrie.

B.TheWasteland,

C.TheSunAlsoRises.

D.TheInnocentsAbroad.

22.WhoisnotlistedamongthepoetswhocontributetowhatisknownastheRomanticMovementinthelate18thand19thcenturies?

A.WilliamBlake.

B.JohnKeats.

C.SamuelTaylorColeridge.

D.AlexanderPope.

23.________wroteTheCanterburyTales,thebestofhisworksthoughunfinished.

A.T.S.Eliot

B.WilliamSomersetMangham

C.KatherineMansfield

D.GeoffreyChaucer

24.________isawordidenticalinsoundbutdifferentinspellingandinmeaning.

A.Homophone

B.Homograph

C.Homonym

D.Homonymy

25.A________studyoflanguageisahistoricalstudy;anditstudiesthehistoricaldevelopmentoflanguageoveraperiodoftime.

A.diachronic

B.synchronic

C.comparative

D.social

26.MadameBovary（1857）iswrittenby_____.

A.JeanRousseau

B.VirginiaWoolf

C.GustaveFlaubert

D.JohnRuskin

27.Thestudyofhowsoundsareputtogetherandusedtoconveymeaningincommunicationis_______

A.morphology

B.generallinguistics

C.phonology

D.semantics

28.OfallthestatesinAmerica,whichisthelargestinarea?

A.California.

B.Texas.

C.Alaska.

D.Nebraska.

29.Britainliesinthe______AtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEurope.

A.east

B.south

C.west

D.north

30.TheToilesweretheforerunnersof_______

A.thcLiberalParty

B.theLabourParty

C.theConservativeParty

D.theDemocraticParty

31.Thepoliticalsystemof______isaconstitutionalmonarchy.

A.theUnitedStates

B.Britain

C.Canada

D.Australia

32.Whichofthefollowingnovelswasoncesaidtohavestartedawar?

A.UncleTom'sCabin.

B.AFarewelltoArms.

C.TheArmiesoftheNight.

D.TheAdventuresofAugieMarch.

33.Whichofthefollowingnovelsisbelievedtobeamodernfable?

A.TheLordoftheFlies.

B.Anglo-SaxonAttitudes.

C.BrightonRock.

D.TheWorldoftheWars.

34._______wrotethecomedySheStoopstoConquer?

A.GeorgeBernardShaw

B.WilliamShakespeare

C.OliverGoldsmith

D.RichardSheridan

35.______dealsbydefinitionwithwordsandword-formingmorphemesorwithsignificantunits.

A.Syntax

B.Phonetics

C.Semantics

D.Lexicology

36.Theword"malevolence"isformedthroughtheprocessofword-formationcalled__

A.compounding

B.blending

C.abbreviation

D.affixation

37.Themorphemethatoccurswithatleastoneothermorphemeisknownas__

A.allomorph

B.boundmorpheme

C.freemorpheme

D.morpheme

38.__________issometimescalledthebirthplaceofAmerica,anditisalsowellknownforitspositionineducation.

A.NewYork

B.NewEngland

C.Boston

D.WashingtonD.C.

39.AlthoughtheseatofthemonarchyisinBritain,theQueenisalsotheheadofstateofanumberof__________suchusAustralia,Canada,andNewZealand.

A.foreigncountries

B.colonies

C.Commonwealthstates

D.memberstates

40.WhichofthefollowingisNOTanewsagencyinBritain?

A.BBC.

B.Reuters.

C.ThePressAssociation.

D.ExtelFinancialLtd./AFP-ExtelNewsLtd.

41.________isknownastheautomobilecapitaloftheworld.

A.Chicago

B.Detroit

C.Toledo

D.St.Louis

42.WhichofthefollowingplaysisNOTwrittenbyOscarWilde?

A.TheImportanceofBeingEarnest.

B.AWomanofNoImportance.

C.Widower'sHouses.

D.AnIdealHusband.

43.__________wrotealotaboutChinaandalsowonaNobelPrizeforliterature.

A.SinclairLewis

B.EugeneO'Neill

C.PearBuck

D.WilliamFaulkner

44.WhichofthefollowingwritersisNOTanovelist?

A.HenryFielding.

B.JohnBanyan.

C.DanielDefoe.

D.AlexanderPope.

45.Anaffixthatindicatesgrammaticalrelationshipsisknownas__.

A.root

B.stem

C.inflectionalaffix

D.derivationalaffix

46.Theuseoftheword'bottle"inthephrase"bottletheanger"isknownas"functionalshift"m

A.conversion

B.derivation

C.suffixation

D.compounding

47.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.Wordswhichhaveoppositemeaningsarecalledantonyms.

B.Contrarytermsarenon-gradableandallowintermediatemembersinbetween.

C.Antonymsdealwiththerelationshipofsemanticopposition.

D.Theunmarkedtermofanantonymouspairoftencoversthemeaningofthemarked.

48.GeorgeBernardShawwasa（n）____

A.playwright

B.poet

C.novelist

D.essayist

49.WhereisEdinburgh?

A.InWales

B.InScotland

C.InNorthernIreland

D.InIreland

50.WhichdegreeisofferedincommunitycollegesintheUnitedStates?

A.Master’sdegree

B.Doctor’sdegree

C.Bachelor’sdegree

D.Associate’sdegree

51.______iselectedbytheuniversaladultsuffrageandconsistsof651membersofParliament.

A.Thesenate

B.TheHouseofLords

C.TheHouseofCommons

D.TheHouseofRepresentatives

52.WashingtonD.C.andNewYorkarelocatedin__

A.NewEngland

B.theMidwest

C.theGreatPlains

D.theMiddleAtlanticArea

53.Amongthefivecitieswithapopulationmorethanonemillion,only__isonthewesterncoastofAustralia.

A.Sydney

B.Melbourne

C.Perth

D.Brisbane

54.WhichofthefollowingcountrieshasEnglishandMaoriasitsofficiallanguages?

A.Ireland.

B.Australia.

C.Canada.

D.NewZealand.

55.Itiscommontothinkofthe19thcenturyasthecenturyofRomanticismincontrasttothe18thcenturyas“__________”inthehistoryofEnglishliterature.

A.renaissance

B.naturalism

C.realism

D.theAgeofReason

56.TennesseeWilliamsachievedhisfirstsuccessinhisplay_____in19447

A.TheEmperorJones

B.TheGlassMenagerie

C.TheFamilyReunion

D.MurderintheCathedral

57.WhichofthefollowingShakespeare'splaysisNOTatragedyinitsliterarysense?

A.Hamlet.

B.Othello.

C.MidsummerNight'sDream.

D.Macbeth.

58.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaclipping?

A.Destruct.

B.Stereo.

C.Memo.

D.Quake.

59."Fabulous"beganwiththemeaningof"resemblingafable"or"basedonafable",butlatercametomean"incredible"or"marvelous".Thisisanexampleof______

A.extensionofmeaning

B.narrowingofmeaning

C.elevation

D.transfer

60.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.Contradictorytermsdonotshowdegrees.

B.Ifawordhassynonyms,naturallyithasantonyms.

C.Antonymsshouldbeoppositesofsimilarintensity.

D.Relativetermsarerelationalopposites,whichincludeverbsreversingtheactionofeachother.

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