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Sample Test 1.Where is Edinburgh? A. In Wales B. In Scotland C. In Northern Ireland D. In Ireland 2. Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network? A. ABC B. CNN C. CBS D. BBC 3. The capital of Australia is ____ A. Sydney B. Melbourne C. Canberra D. Perth 4. Which degree is offered in community colleges in the United States? A. Masters degree B. Doctor’s degree C. Bachelors degree D. Associates degree 5. George Bernard Shaw was a(n) ____ A. playwright B. poet C. novelist D. essayist 6. John Galsworthy was most famous for ____ A. Heart of Darkness B. Ulysses C. The Forsyte Saga D. A Passage to India 7. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by ____ A. Henry James B. O. Henry C. Harriet Beecher Stower D. Mark Twain 8. The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication is _______ A. morphology B. general linguistics C. phonology D. semantics 9. Which of the following is NOT a compound word? A. Landlady B. Greenhouse C. Uplift D. Unacceptable 10. The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any day on which we dont have to work. This is an example of ____ A. meaning shift B. widening of meaning C. narrowing of meaning D. loss of meaning 1.[题解]B wales的首府为Cardiff, Scotland的首府为Edinburgh， Northern Ireland的首府为Belfast, Ireland的首府为Dublin 2.[题解]D 3.[题解]C Sydney第一大城市，位于New South Wales州; Melbourne第二大城市，位于Victoria州; Canberra位于Sydney与Melbourne之间； Perth位于Australia州 4.[题解]D 5.[题解]A （英）萧伯纳，爱尔兰裔，剧作家、批评家、社会评论家。著有Man and Superman, Back to Methuselah, Saint Joan圣女贞德, Arms and the Man，Pygmalion茶花女，获得1925年诺贝尔文学奖 6.[题解]C (英)高尔斯华绥，小说家、剧作家。著有The Forsyte Saga福赛特家史，于1993年获得了诺贝尔文学奖； Heart of Darkness，作者Joseph Conrad，波兰裔英国小说家，另著有Lord Jim吉姆老爷； Ulysses，作者James Joyce，爱尔兰作家，另著有Finnegans Wake为芬尼根守灵； A Passage to India，作者E.M.Forster，英国小说家，另著有Howards End霍华德别业 7.[题解]D （美）Henry James，著有Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl; （美）O. Henry，短篇小说家, 真实姓名为William Sydney Porter，著有Cabbages and Kings，The Four Million； （美）Harriet Beeche