英语专业人文知识习题.docVIP

第一篇 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 Doctors 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 Forsyste 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 Beccher Stower　　D Mark Twain 　　8. The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in condition 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 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　　答案：1-5 BDCDA　　6-10 CDCDB 　　　1. The study of __ is Syntax. 　　A textual organization　　B sentence structures　　C word formation　　D language functions 　　2. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language? 　　A arbitrariness　　B productivity　　C cultural transmission　　D finiteness 　　3. The speech act theory was first put forward by__. 　　A John Scarl　　B Johan Austin　　C Noarn Chomsky　　D M.A.K Halliday 　　4. The capital city of Canada is __. 　　A Montreal　　B Ottawa　　C Vancouver　　D York 　　5. U.S. presidents normally serve a （an） __ term. 　　A eight-year　　B four-year　　C six-year　　D two year 　　6. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S. 　　A Huston　　B Baltimore　　C Phila