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1. Where is Edinburgh? A In Wales 　　B In Scotland 　　C In Northern Ireland 　　D In Ireland 选B. Wales的首府威Cardiff, Scotland的首府为Edinburgh. Northern Ireland的首府Belfast, Ireland的首府为Dublin. 2. Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network? 　　A ABC　　B CNN　　C CBS　　D BBC 　　选 D. BBC=British Broadcasting Corporation英国广播公司, ABC=American Broadcasting Company, Inc美国广播公司; CNN= Cable News Network美国有线广播公司, CBS= Columbia Broadcasting System哥伦比亚广播公司 3. The Capital of Australia is __. 　　A Sydney　　B Melbourne　　C Canberra　　D Perth 　选C.Sydney第一城市, 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. 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 　选A.George Bernard Shaw （英国，萧伯纳），爱尔兰籍，剧作家，批评家，社会评论家，主要作品有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. John Galsworthy was most famous for__. 　　A Heart of Darkness　　B Ulysses　　C The Forsyste Saga　　D A Passage to India 　选C.John Galsworthy（英国）,小说家，剧作家。主要作品有The Forsyte Saga福塞特家史，于1932年获得了诺贝尔文学奖;Heart of Darkness,作者Joseph Conrad，波兰籍英国小说家，另有Lord Jim 吉姆老爷;Ulysses, 作者James Joyce, 爱尔兰作家Finnergans Wake《为芬尼根守灵》; A Passage to India，作者E.M. Forster,英国小说家，另有Howards End霍华德别业。 7. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by__. 　　A Henry James　　B O. Henry　　C Harriet Beccher Stower　　D Mark Twain 　　选D.Mark Twain= Samuel Langhorne Clemens,作品有The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Henry James, 主要作品有Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl; O.Henry= William Sydney Porter, 主要作品有Cabbages and Kings, Four Million; Harriet Beecher Stower, 其反奴隶制小说Uncle Toms Cabin，促进了废奴运动发展。 8. The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in condition is__. A morphology形态学　　B general linguistics　　C phonology　D semantics 9. Which of the following is NOT a compound word? 　　A Landlady　　B Gr