人文知识学习(高级英语1).docVIP

Exercises for General Knowledge 1. Which of the following American presidents proposed the New Deal in the 1930s? A. Jimmy Carter. B. Harry Truman. C. Ronald Reagan. D. Franklin D. Roosevelt. 2. Where is Quebec? A. In Canada. B. In Ireland C. In Australia D. In New Zealand. 3. Of the following major sports, ________is the most typically English. A. cricket B. football C. horse racing D. tennis 4. Rip Van Winkle, one of the best loved stories of American literature, was written by A. Benjamin Franklin (1706--1790) B. Washington Irving (1783--1859) C. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803--1882) D. Nathanial Hawthorne (1804--1864) 5. Virginia Woolf is NOT a(n) ______ A. novelist B. essayist C. critic D. poet 6. Which of the following is the pen name or pseudonym of Charles Lamb? A. Boz. B. Ella. C. Currerhell. D. OHanry. 7. Jan. is the _______of the word January? A. derivation B. abbreviation C. blending D. clipping 8. Which of the following cities is the capital of Canada? A. Ottawa. B. Edmonton. C. Quebec. D. Toronto 9.The English billiards game is call ________. A. cricket B. pinball C. snooker D. softball 10. Which of the following states does the abbreviation MA stands for? A. Maine. B. Massachusetts. C. Minnesota. D. Maryland. 11. Which is the second largest in area among all the following countries? A. The United States. B. Britain. C. Canada. D. Australia. 12. Who is the spokesman of the Lost Generation of the young intellectuals who became disappointed and bitter after World War I ? A. Theodore Dreiser. B. Jack London. C. John Steinbeck. D. Ernest Hemingway. 13. The novel Wuthering Heights (1847), is written by ______ A. Jane Austen B. Charlotte Bronte C. Emily Bronte D. Ann Bronte 14. The word Thursday is ______from Thor A. blended B. derived C. converted D. transferred 15. Which of the following is NOT a compound? A. Seasick B. Airborne, C. Self-taught