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人文知识160
GeneralKnowledgeforThird-yearStudents(I)
1.InBritain,wheredoestheChangingoftheGuardtakeplace?
a)BuckinghamPalace.b)DowningStreet.
c)VictoriaandAlbertMuseum.d)TheTowerofLondon.
2.Whatisadouble-decker?
a)Abus.b)Achocolatebar.
c)Ataxi.d)Atwo-storeybuilding.
3.Ofallthesymbols,________,whichareconsideredtorepresentfertilityandnewlife,arethosemostfrequentlyassociatedwithEaster.
a)thepumpkinandtheturkeyb)thelambandthebeef
c)thespringpeasandthepotatoesd)theeggandtherabbit
4.ThefirstlandingbyEuropeansinAustraliawasin1606,butwhatistheirnationality?
a)Dutch.b)French.c)Spanish.d)British.
5.MiddleEnglishwasusedbythepoet_______.
a)Hardyb)Chaucerc)Shakespeared)Milton
6.“ATaleofTwoCities”waswrittenby______.
a)WilliamShakespeareb)GoeffreyChaucer
c)CharlesDickensd)ThomasJefferson
7.EmilyDickinsonwrotemanyshortpoemsonvariousaspectsoflife.WhichofthefollowingisNOTausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression?
a)Religionandimmortality.b)LifeandDeath.
c)Loveandmarriage.d)Warandpeace.
8.Whatthreecomponents,generally,makeupasystemofatypicallanguage?
a)Phonology,syntax,semantics.b)Semiosis,syntax,frames.
c)Frames,semantics,utterances.d)Sign,sign,signs.
9.Ofthefollowingword-formationprocesses,_______isthemostproductive.
a)clippingb)blendingc)initialismd)derivation
10.“Thepenismightierthanthesword.”isanexampleof______.
a)metonymyb)transferredepithet
c)oxymorond)metaphor
11.WhatistheaffectionatenamegiventotheclocktoweroftheHousesofParliament,Westminster?
a)BigBen.b)BigKen.c)BigBill.d)BigBob.
12.WhichofthesesportsdidnotoriginateinUK?
a)Cricket.b)Snooker.c)Football(Soccer).d)Golf.
13.Whichtownhasbeennicknamed‘Tinseltown’bytheAmericans?
a)NewOrleans.b)Reno.c)Hollywood.d)LasVegas.
14.WhatistheotherofficiallanguageinCanadabesidesEnglishandwhatisCanada’scapital?
a)French.Ottawa.b)Spanish,Ottawa.
c)Spanish,Toronto.d)French,Toronto.
15.WhichEnglishpoetwroteofAdamandEve’sexpulsionfromtheGardenofEdeninParadiseLost?
a)JohnDonne.b)JohnMilton.
c)SirPhilipSidney.d)EdmundSpenser.
16._______diedoftuberculosisattheageof26,butnotbeforeleavinganimpressivebodyofpoems,including“ToAutumn”and“OdeonMelancholy”.
a)JohnKeatsb)LordByron
c)SamuelTaylorColeridged)PercyByssheShelley
17.WaltWhitmanwasapioneeringfigureofAmericanpoetry.Hisinnovationfirstofallliesinhisuseof______,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.
a)Blankverseb)Heroiccouplet
c)Freeversed)Iambicpentameter
18.Ofthefollowingwords,______isaninitialism.
a)VOAb)NATOc)BASICd)UNESCO
19.WhichofthefollowingwordsisNOTformedthroughclipping?
a)Dorm.b)Motel.c)Gent.d)Zoo.
20.Aregionalvarietyofalanguagethathasvariationsinpronunciation,vocabularyormeaningiscalled_______.
a)accentb)slangc)dialectd)narrative
21.TheChannelTunnel,linkingtheUKtotherestofEurope,runsbetweenEnglandand______.
a)Franceb)Germanyc)Belgiumd)Netherlands
22.What’sthenameofthedaysetapartinUSAforplantingtrees?
a)EarthDay.b)AnnArborDay.c)ArborDay.d)GreenDay.
23.WhatwasthenameoftheshipthatbroughtthePilgrimstoNewEnglandin1620?
a)GoldenHinde.b)Sunflower.
c)Mayflower.d)Titanic.
24.WhataretheofficialcoloursofAustralia?
a)Red,WhiteandBlue.b)GreenandGold.
c)GreenandBrown.d)GreenandRed.
25._______isthefirstimportantgovernessnovelintheEnglishliteraryhistory.
a)JaneEyreb)Emma
c)WutheringHeightsd)Middlemarch
26._______wasapre-RomanticwriterandisbestknownforhisScottishsongs.
a)SirWalterScottb)RobertBurns
c)SamuelTaylorColeridged)WilliamBlake
27.MarkTwaindidNOTwrite_______.
a)ThePrinceandthePauperb)TheOldCuriosityShop
c)Pudd’nheadWilsond)TomSawyer
28.WhichofthefollowingisNOTadialectofEnglish?
a)Slang.b)Buffalo.c)American.d)Southern.
29.Somewordsinthebasicwordstockaresaidtobestablebecausethey______.
a)arecomplexwordsb)aretechnicalwords
c)refertothecommonestthingsinlife
d)denotethemostimportantconcepts
30.Whatisdefinedas“thestudyofsentencestructure”?
a)Syntax.b)Phonology.c)Morphology.d)Semantics.
31.WhatcolouristheBritishclassifiedbusinesstelephonedirectory?
a)Yellow.b)White.c)Blue.d)Pink.
32.WhatdoesIMFstandfor?
a)InternationalMonetaryFoundation.
b)InternationalMonetaryFund.
c)InternalMoneyFoundation.
d)InternalMonetaryFund.
33.WhatdoAmericanscelebrateon4thJuly?
a)ThanksgivingDay.b)TheRevolution.
c)TheDiscoveryofAmerica.d)IndependenceDay.
34.WhatisCanada’snationalanimal?
a)Beaver.b)Moose.c)Bear.d)Husky.
35.WhichplaybyShakespeareisnotatragedy?
a)TitusAndronicus.b)Pericles,PrinceofTyre.
c)Coriolanus.d)TimonofAthens.
36.WhatisthebookLordoftheFliesabout?
a)AroadtriparoundtheUSA.
b)Aswarmofkillerflies.
c)Schoolboysonadesertisland.
d)Anexpertpilot.
37.NathanielHawthornedidNOTwrite_______.
a)TheScarletLetterb)TwiceToldTales
c)TheBlithedaleRomanced)VanityFair
38.Morphologyis_______.
a)howaword’smeaningevolvesovertime
b)thewayalanguagebuildswordsbyputtingsmall,meaningfulunitstogether
c)howaword’sspellingevolvesovertime
d)inwhatorderwordsareputinasentence
39.Whichofthefollowingwordscanbedescribedascontaininganaffricate?
a)Pill.b)Huffle.c)Hammer.d)Budged.
40.Theword______isusuallyNOTusedbyBritishpeople.
a)“tube”b)“pub”c)“railroad”d)“taxi”
41.IntheUnitedKingdom,ministersareappointedbytheQueenontherecommendationof______.
a)theSpeakerb)theLordChancellor
c)theDukeofEdinburghd)thePrimeMinister
42.Whowasthefirstpersontowalkonthemoon?
a)JohnGlenn.b)ClintEastwood.
c)NeilArmstrong.d)YuriGagarin.
43.HowmanystatesarethereintheUS?
a)49.b)50.c)51.d)52.
44.WhatisthetitleofCanada’snationalanthem?
a)TruePatriotLove.b)GodSavetheQueen.
c)CanadaMyCountry.d)OCanada.
45.Whowrote“Whereignoranceisbliss,itisfollytobewise”?
a)Browning.b)Marx.c)Shakespeare.d)Kipling.
46._______istheauthorof“ToaSkylark”.
a)MaryLambb)JohnKeats
c)PercyByssheShelleyd)LordByron
47.HenryDavidThoreau’swork,________,hasalwaysbeenregardedasamasterpieceofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.
a)Waldenb)Thepioneers
c)Natured)SongofMyself
48.Whatisetymology?
a)Thehistoryofaword.
b)Thevariouswaysinwhichawordcanbepronounced.
c)Thestudyofunwrittenlanguages.
d)Thestudyofdeadlanguages.
49.________areboundmorphemesbecausetheycannotbeusedasseparatewords.
a)Roots.b)Stems.c)Affixes.d)Compounds.
50.WhatisthedominantaccentintheUnitedStates?
a)Midwest.b)GeneralAmerican.
c)Southern.d)Canadian.
51.Thevegetable,leek,istheemblemforwhichpartoftheUK?
a)Wales.b)NorthernIreland.
c)Scotland.d)England.
52.JohnLennonisamemberofthebandof______inthe1960s.
a)TheBeatlesb)ThePolice
c)TheRollingStonesd)TheEagles
53.WhatisthetitleoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica’snationalanthem?
a)AmericatheBeautiful.b)WeAreTheChampions.
c)GodBlessAmerica.d)TheStarSpangledBanner.
54.HowmanyterritoriesarethereinCanada?
a)4.b)2.c)3.d)1.
55.InGulliver’sTravels,JonathanSwiftdescribestheislandoftheHouyhnhnmsastheworld’smostperfectsociety.WhatkindofanimalsaretheHouyhnhnms?
a)Monkeys.b)Fish.c)Dogs.d)Horses.
56.InwhichcenturywereGeoffreyChaucer’sCanterburyTaleswritten?
a)Fourteenth.b)fifteenth.c)Sixteenth.d)Seventeenth.
57.WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveontheliteraryscene,_______becamethemajortrendinAmericanliteratureintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.
a)sentimentalismb)romanticism
c)realismd)naturalism
58.TowhichoftheselanguagegroupsdoesEnglishbelong?
a)Romance.b)Germanic.c)Slavonic.d)Baltic.
59.“Present”and“absent”formapairof_______.
a)conversivesb)gradableantonyms
c)complementaryantonymsd)markedantonyms
60.Themorphemeisthesmallestsyntacticalunit.Howmanymorphemesdoestheword“antidisestablishmentarianism”have?
a)1.b)5.c)7.d)6.
61.WhatisthenameofthefamousstadiuminthenorthofLondon?
a)Wembley.b)Westminster.c)Wimbledon.d)Webster.
62.Whatwouldyoudowitha“toad-in-the-hole”?
a)Letitout.b)Singit.c)Eatit.d)Playit.
63.MartinLutherKingJr.,ayoungblackclergyman,becameanationalleaderofthe_______Movement.
a)Boycottb)CivilRightsc)Segregationd)Integration
64.ThemajorityofFrench-speakingCanadianslivein_______.
a)NewBrunswickb)Ontario
c)Quebecd)NovaScotia
65.SirThomasMorecoinedtheword“Utopia”.WhatdoesthewordmeaninGreek?
a)Nowhereland.b)God’sblessings.
c)Kingdominthesky.d)Freefromallsorrow.
66.WheredidAldousHuxleygetthetitleforBraveNewWorld,whichpresentsachillingvisionofasupposedlyidealsociety?
a)TheBible’sBookofPsalms.
b)Shakespeare’s“TheTempest”.
c)Homer’s“Odyssey”.
d)ChristopherColumbus’journals.
67.TheHemingwayCodeheroesarebest
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