英语人文知识160题.doc

General Knowledge for Third-year Students (I) In Britain, where does the Changing of the Guard take place? Buckingham Palace. b ) Downing Street. c) Victoria and Albert Museum. d )The Tower of London. What is a double-decker? a) A bus. b) A chocolate bar. c) A taxi. d) A two-storey building. Of all the symbols, ________, which are considered to represent fertility and new life, are those most frequently associated with Easter. the pumpkin and the turkey b)the lamb and the beef c)the spring peas and the potatoes d)the egg and the rabbit The first landing by Europeans in Australia was in 1606, but what is their nationality? a) Dutch. b) French. c) Spanish. d) British. Middle English was used by the poet _______. a) Hardy b) Chaucer c) Shakespeare d) Milton “A Tale of Two Cities” was written by ______. a) William Shakespeare b) Goeffrey Chaucer c) Charles Dickens d) Thomas Jefferson Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? a) Religion and immortality. b) Life and Death. c) Love and marriage. d) War and peace. What three components, generally, make up a system of a typical language? Phonology, syntax, semantics. b)Semiosis, syntax, frames. c)Frames, semantics, utterances. d) Sign, sign, signs. Of the following word-formation processes, _______ is the most productive. a) clipping b) blending c) initialism d) derivation “The pen is mightier than the sword.” is an example of ______. a) metonymy b) transferred epithet c) oxymoron d) metaphor What is the affectionate name given to the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster? a) Big Ben. b) Big Ken. c) Big Bill. d) Big Bob. Which of these sports did not originate in UK? a) Cricket. b) Snooker. c) Football (Soccer). d) Golf. Which town has been nicknamed ‘Tinseltown’ by the Americans? a) New Orleans. b) Reno. c) H