北京工业大学耿丹学院《大学英语》2020-2021学年第一学期期末试卷.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 北京工业大学耿丹学院《大学英语》 2020-2021学年第一学期期末试卷 学院： 专业： 学号： 姓名： I. General knowledge （20%） 1. ________ is the capital city of Canada. A. Ottawa B. Vancouver C. Montreal D. York 2. In the year of _____ that Columbus discovered the New World. A. 1492 B. 1592 C. 1591 D. 1491 3. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in _______. A. the Federal Government B. the Supreme Court C. the Congress D. the Cabinet 4．Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet? A. William Wordsworth B. George Elliot C. George G. Byron D. Percy B. Shelly 5. Who was the “Father of English Poetry”? A. Francis Bacon B. John Milton C. Robert Burns D. Geoffrey Chaucer 6. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by all the following EXCEPT A. sense of humor B. egotism C. jokes D. tall tales 7. The speech act theory was first put forward by _______. A. John Searle. B. John Austin C. Noam Chomsky D. M.A.K. Halliday 8. ________ can be simply defined as the study of meaning. A. Syntax B. Semantics C. Pragmatics D. Linguistics 9. The duality of the language is _______. A. letters and sounds B. sounds and symbols C. symbols and meaning D. sounds and meaning 10. Which of the following is NOT one of the major branches of linguistics? A. Phonetics. B. Syntax. C. Synchronic. D. Semantics. II. Reading comprehension. (20%) Passage 1 At an office in Hampton, Virginia, in the east of the United States, a team of ten net savvy workers scours the web for sexual content, from basic sex education to sex acts. This quality assurance team is making sure that the blocking component of Symantecs Norton Internet Security 2000 computer program remains effective. This is because there is widespread parental concern about blocking websites with sexual content from children. Website blocking is nothing new-services like Net Nanny