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I. General Knowledge (20%) There are ten multiple choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your colored answer sheet. 1. The National Day of the United States falls on _________. A. July 4 B. July 14 C. June 14 D. Match 4 2. The two leading parties of America are _________. A. The Republican and the Liberal B. The Democratic and the Republican C. The Democratic and the Conservative D. The Democratic and the Labor 3. The capital city of Canada is _________. A. Vancouver B. Ottawa C. Montreal D. York 4. The Prime Minister in Britain is head of ______. A. the Shadow Cabinet B. the Parliament C. the Opposition D. the Cabinet 5. Ralph Emerson was a representative of _________. A. romanticism B. realism C. transcendentalism D. surrealism 6. Don Juan was written by _________. A. George Byron B. Percy Shelley C. William Wordsworth D. John Keats 7. Which of the following writers was NOT characterized by employing the “stream of consciousness” technique? A. James Joyce B. William Faulkner C. John Steinbeck D. Sherwood Anderson 8. Syntax is the study of _________. A. language functions B. sentence structure C. textual organization D. word formation 9. What essentially distinguishes semantics from pragmatics is the notion of ________. A. reference B. meaning C. antonymy D. context 10. Systemic functional grammar (SFG) is of ________’s great contribution to linguistics development. A. John Searle B. John Austin C. M. A. K. Halliday D. Noam Chomsky 11.The speech “I have a dream” was delivered by________ . A. Abraham Lincoln B. John F. Kennedy C. George Washington D. Martin Luther King, Jr. 12.Higher education in the U.S. began with the founding of ________ in 1636. A. Harvard University B. Harvard College C. Willi