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1.
The longest mountain range in the USA is the ___________________.
A. Appalachian

B. Catskill


C. Cascade


D. Rocky
2.
The name of the disease that wiped out almost half of England’s population
was____________
A. Pigeon Flu B. Cow pox C. Necrophilia

D. The Black Death


3. What made Hamlet decide to take revenge on his uncle?
A. his father’s ghost


B. Ophelia’s death


C. his uncle’s reaction after seeing the play

D. his mother’s remarriage

4. The fall of Adam and Eve is a biblical story from ____.
A. Genesis (
创世纪
) B. Exodus
（出埃及记）
C. New Testament D. The Writings
5. Dickens took the French Revolution as the background of the novel _________.
A. Great Expectations


B. Oliver Twist

C. A Tale of Two Cities

D. David Copperfield
6.
What is the crowd’s response to Caesar’s death
in Julius Caesar?

A. Apathy; they did not care for Caesar and his ambition
B. Indifference; Antony’s rhetoric does not move them

C. Rage; they chase the conspirators from the city
D. Irritation;
they are tired of Antony’s constant complaints

7. What was the name of the magician who always helped Arthur in King Arthur and
His Knights?
A. Uther





B. Lancelot




C. Merlin




D. Igraine

8. The 100 years war was fought between England and ____________
A. France

B. Germany

C. Scotland

D. The USA


9. The 3 periods in the development of the English language are known as:
A.
Norse English, Shakespeare’s English, Modern English

B. Roman English, Norse English, New English
C. Old English, Middle English, Modern English
D. German English, British English, American English
10. In 1066, the Normans conquered England. Their leader
was____________________
A. Henry II

B. Alfred the Great

C. Robin Hood

D. William the Conqueror

11. The Pilgrim Fathers founded the colony of __________________
A) Maryland B) Massachusetts C) Virginia

D) New Hampshire

12. Which President was assassinated after the end of the civil war?
A) Abraham Lincoln B) George Washington

C) Thomas Jefferson D) Jefferson Davis
13. Shakespeare wrote his plays during the reign of________________
A) Henry VIII

B) Elizabeth I

C) James II

D) Charles I


14. George W. Bush was President for the ______________party. President Obama is
a member of the ______________party
A. Labor, Republican

B. Republican, Labor


C. Democrat, Republican

D. Republican, Democrat
15.

Which of the following is NOT a U.S. news and cable network?
A. ABC


B. CNN


C. CBS


D. BBC
Capital of New Zealand is ______.
A. Sydney


B. London



C. Canberra


D. Wellington
17. Which degree is offered in community colleges in the USA?
A.

Master
’
s degree


’
s degree
B.

Bachelor
’
s degree

D. Associate degree
18.

George Bernard Shaw was a(n) ________.
A. poet

B. playwright



C. novelist


st
19. In
the UK the political party with most seats in the House of Commons elects the
__________________.
A. Mayor of London


B. Duke of Earl C. Prime Minister


D. Prince of Wales



20. The population of the Unites States is approximately _________________.
A. 300 million


B. 175 million

C. 500 million

D. 75 million


21. The number of people living in the UK is approximately_________________.
A.100 million

B. 200 million

C. 20 million

D. 60 million


22. _________is the smallest of the three territories on the island of Great Britain.
A. Scotland

B. Wales

C. Ireland

D. Northern Ireland


23. The _____________ river is the longest river in the USA.
A. Hudson

B. Colorado

C. Ohio

D. Mississippi


24. Who was the narrator of
Treasure Island
?

A. Jim Hawkins




B. Trelawney




C. Dr. Livesey




D. Taylor
25. When Alice and the animals and birds got onto the shore, the first problem facing
them was
A. Where to find shelter for the night
B. How to get dry again
C. Which direction they should go in
D. How to start a race
26. Any language that is learned after the mother tongue is called_____ in applied
linguistics.
A. second language

B. foreign language
C. third language



D. additional language
27. A Chinese student is learning English with great enthusiasm because he is
interested in the people and culture of English-speaking people. This kind of learning
motivation is called _____


A. instrumental motivation

B. integrative motivation


C .resultative motivation



D. intrinsic motivation
28. If a Chinese student writes such a sentence in his composition
I eated an apple.
The error in this sentence can be described as______.


A. omission

B. overgeneralization


C. transfer


D. fossilization


29. In the following, who was not a character in
The Merchant of Venice
?
A. Ophelia








B. Bassanio









C. Portia







D. Antonio

30.

Where is Edinburgh?
A. In Wales


B. In Scotland


C. In Northern Ireland

D. In Ireland
31. The United Kingdom is also known by its official name
A. the United kingdom of Great Britain and England
B. the United Kingdom of Great Britain
C. the United Kingdom of British Isles
D. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
32. The National Health Service in Britain offers a full package of medical services to
A. the unemployed























B. every resident
C. citizens under the age of 16














D. residents aged over 60
33. _______ was known for his famous speech
“
I Have a Dream
”
.
A. John F. Kennedy























B. Martin Luther King, Jr
C. Abraham Lincoln






















D. Thomas Jefferson
34. The year the colonization of Australia started is
A. 1768










B. 1778











C. 1788












D. 1798
35. _______ is NOT looked upon as one of the features of Renaissance.
A. Praise of man
’
s endeavor to have his soul delivered
B. Exaltation of man
’
s search for happiness in life
C. Endurance of man
’
s foibles
D. Cultivation of the genuine flavor of ancient culture
36. _______ is regarded as the most meaningful intellectual movement of the
Renaissance.
A. The Italian revival






















B. the Reformation
C. Geographical expansion

















D. Humanism
37. Milton
’
s
Paradise Lost
was based on
A. Roman myth.


B. the Bible.



C. Greek myth.


D. Shakespeare
’
s plays.
38. The study of the way in which sound symbols are arranged to form words is
A. psycholinguistics.















B. historical linguistics.
C. morphology.



















D. semantics.
39. Which of the following is a CORRECT definition of a phone?
A. It is a phonological unit.









B. It is a speech sound.
C. It is an abstract sound of speech.


D. It is an actual realization of a phoneme.
40. _______ refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and simple
grammatical rules, used as a medium of communication.
A. Creole







B. Lingua franca







C. Dialect









D. Pidgin
study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in
communication is _______.
A. Morphology

B. phonology

C. general linguistics

D. semantics
of the following is NOT a compound word?
A. Landlady B. Greenhouse

C. Uplift


D. Unacceptable