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人文知识学习高级英语
ExercisesforGeneralKnowledge
1.WhichofthefollowingAmericanpresidentsproposedtheNewDealinthe1930s?
A.JimmyCarter.
B.HarryTruman.
C.RonaldReagan.
D.FranklinD.Roosevelt.
2.WhereisQuebec?
A.InCanada.
B.InIreland
C.InAustralia
D.InNewZealand.
3.Ofthefollowingmajorsports,________isthemosttypicallyEnglish.
A.cricket
B.football
C.horseracing
D.tennis
4."RipVanWinkle",oneofthebestlovedstoriesofAmericanliterature,waswrittenby
A.BenjaminFranklin（1706--1790）
B.WashingtonIrving（1783--1859）
C.RalphWaldoEmerson（1803--1882）
D.NathanialHawthorne（1804--1864）
5.VirginiaWoolfisNOTa（n）______
A.novelist
B.essayist
C.critic
D.poet
6.WhichofthefollowingisthepennameorpseudonymofCharlesLamb?
A.Boz.
B.Ella.
C.Currerhell.
D.O'Hanry.
7."Jan."isthe_______oftheword"January"?
A.derivation
B.abbreviation
C.blending
D.clipping
8.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisthecapitalofCanada?
A.Ottawa.
B.Edmonton.
C.Quebec.
D.Toronto
9.TheEnglishbilliardsgameiscall________.
A.cricket
B.pinball
C.snooker
D.softball
10.Whichofthefollowingstatesdoestheabbreviation"MA"standsfor?
A.Maine.
B.Massachusetts.
C.Minnesota.
D.Maryland.
11.Whichisthesecondlargestinareaamongallthefollowingcountries?
A.TheUnitedStates.
B.Britain.
C.Canada.
D.Australia.
12.Whoisthespokesmanofthe"LostGeneration"oftheyoungintellectualswhobecamedisappointedandbitterafterWorldWarI?
A.TheodoreDreiser.
B.JackLondon.
C.JohnSteinbeck.
D.ErnestHemingway.
13.ThenovelWutheringHeights（1847）,iswrittenby______
A.JaneAusten
B.CharlotteBronte
C.EmilyBronte
D.AnnBronte
14.Theword"Thursday"is______from"Thor"
A.blended
B.derived
C.converted
D.transferred
15.WhichofthefollowingisNOTacompound?
A.Seasick
B.Airborne,
C.Self-taught.
D.Friendship.
16.ThecapitalofAustraliais____
A.Sydney
B.Melbourne
C.Canberra
D.Perth
17.WhichofthefollowingisthewifeofRonaldReagan?
A.ThemiaCatherinePatricia.
B.RosalynnSmith.
C.NancyDavis.
D.HillaryDianeRodham.
18.WhichofthefollowingholidaysisthetypicalonecelebratedintheUnitedStates?
A.ThanksgivingDay.
B.AprilFool'sDay.
C.Valentine'sDay.
D.HalloweenDay.
19.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisthecapitalofAustralia?
A.Sidney.
B.Melbourne.
C.Brisbane.
D.Canberra.
20.WhichofthefollowingistheAmericanNationalemblem?
A.Lion.
B.Eagle.
C.Harp.
D.Emu.
21.Whichofthefollowingisconsideredthemanifestationofthe"LostGeneration"?
A.SisterCarrie.
B.TheWasteland,
C.TheSunAlsoRises.
D.TheInnocentsAbroad.
22.WhoisnotlistedamongthepoetswhocontributetowhatisknownastheRomanticMovementinthelate18thand19thcenturies?
A.WilliamBlake.
B.JohnKeats.
C.SamuelTaylorColeridge.
D.AlexanderPope.
23.________wroteTheCanterburyTales,thebestofhisworksthoughunfinished.
A.T.S.Eliot
B.WilliamSomersetMangham
C.KatherineMansfield
D.GeoffreyChaucer
24.________isawordidenticalinsoundbutdifferentinspellingandinmeaning.
A.Homophone
B.Homograph
C.Homonym
D.Homonymy
25.A________studyoflanguageisahistoricalstudy;anditstudiesthehistoricaldevelopmentoflanguageoveraperiodoftime.
A.diachronic
B.synchronic
C.comparative
D.social
26.MadameBovary（1857）iswrittenby_____.
A.JeanRousseau
B.VirginiaWoolf
C.GustaveFlaubert
D.JohnRuskin
27.Thestudyofhowsoundsareputtogetherandusedtoconveymeaningincommunicationis_______
A.morphology
B.generallinguistics
C.phonology
D.semantics
28.OfallthestatesinAmerica,whichisthelargestinarea?
A.California.
B.Texas.
C.Alaska.
D.Nebraska.
29.Britainliesinthe______AtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEurope.
A.east
B.south
C.west
D.north
30.TheToilesweretheforerunnersof_______
A.thcLiberalParty
B.theLabourParty
C.theConservativeParty
D.theDemocraticParty
31.Thepoliticalsystemof______isaconstitutionalmonarchy.
A.theUnitedStates
B.Britain
C.Canada
D.Australia
32.Whichofthefollowingnovelswasoncesaidtohavestartedawar?
A.UncleTom'sCabin.
B.AFarewelltoArms.
C.TheArmiesoftheNight.
D.TheAdventuresofAugieMarch.
33.Whichofthefollowingnovelsisbelievedtobeamodernfable?
A.TheLordoftheFlies.
B.Anglo-SaxonAttitudes.
C.BrightonRock.
D.TheWorldoftheWars.
34._______wrotethecomedySheStoopstoConquer?
A.GeorgeBernardShaw
B.WilliamShakespeare
C.OliverGoldsmith
D.RichardSheridan
35.______dealsbydefinitionwithwordsandword-formingmorphemesorwithsignificantunits.
A.Syntax
B.Phonetics
C.Semantics
D.Lexicology
36.Theword"malevolence"isformedthroughtheprocessofword-formationcalled__
A.compounding
B.blending
C.abbreviation
D.affixation
37.Themorphemethatoccurswithatleastoneothermorphemeisknownas__
A.allomorph
B.boundmorpheme
C.freemorpheme
D.morpheme
38.__________issometimescalledthebirthplaceofAmerica,anditisalsowellknownforitspositionineducation.
A.NewYork
B.NewEngland
C.Boston
D.WashingtonD.C.
39.AlthoughtheseatofthemonarchyisinBritain,theQueenisalsotheheadofstateofanumberof__________suchusAustralia,Canada,andNewZealand.
A.foreigncountries
B.colonies
C.Commonwealthstates
D.memberstates
40.WhichofthefollowingisNOTanewsagencyinBritain?
A.BBC.
B.Reuters.
C.ThePressAssociation.
D.ExtelFinancialLtd./AFP-ExtelNewsLtd.
41.________isknownastheautomobilecapitaloftheworld.
A.Chicago
B.Detroit
C.Toledo
D.St.Louis
42.WhichofthefollowingplaysisNOTwrittenbyOscarWilde?
A.TheImportanceofBeingEarnest.
B.AWomanofNoImportance.
C.Widower'sHouses.
D.AnIdealHusband.
43.__________wrotealotaboutChinaandalsowonaNobelPrizeforliterature.
A.SinclairLewis
B.EugeneO'Neill
C.PearBuck
D.WilliamFaulkner
44.WhichofthefollowingwritersisNOTanovelist?
A.HenryFielding.
B.JohnBanyan.
C.DanielDefoe.
D.AlexanderPope.
45.Anaffixthatindicatesgrammaticalrelationshipsisknownas__.
A.root
B.stem
C.inflectionalaffix
D.derivationalaffix
46.Theuseoftheword'bottle"inthephrase"bottletheanger"isknownas"functionalshift"m
A.conversion
B.derivation
C.suffixation
D.compounding
47.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
A.Wordswhichhaveoppositemeaningsarecalledantonyms.
B.Contrarytermsarenon-gradableandallowintermediatemembersinbetween.
C.Antonymsdealwiththerelationshipofsemanticopposition.
D.Theunmarkedtermofanantonymouspairoftencoversthemeaningofthemarked.
48.GeorgeBernardShawwasa（n）____
A.playwright
B.poet
C.novelist
D.essayist
49.WhereisEdinburgh?
A.InWales
B.InScotland
C.InNorthernIreland
D.InIreland
50.WhichdegreeisofferedincommunitycollegesintheUnitedStates?
A.Master’sdegree
B.Doctor’sdegree
C.Bachelor’sdegree
D.Associate’sdegree
51.______iselectedbytheuniversaladultsuffrageandconsistsof651membersofParliament.
A.Thesenate
B.TheHouseofLords
C.TheHouseofCommons
D.TheHouseofRepresentatives
52.WashingtonD.C.andNewYorkarelocatedin__
A.NewEngland
B.theMidwest
C.theGreatPlains
D.theMiddleAtlanticArea
53.Amongthefivecitieswithapopulationmorethanonemillion,only__isonthewesterncoastofAustralia.
A.Sydney
B.Melbourne
C.Perth
D.Brisbane
54.WhichofthefollowingcountrieshasEnglishandMaoriasitsofficiallanguages?
A.Ireland.
B.Australia.
C.Canada.
D.NewZealand.
55.Itiscommontothinkofthe19thcenturyasthecenturyofRomanticismincontrasttothe18thcenturyas“__________”inthehistoryofEnglishliterature.
A.renaissance
B.naturalism
C.realism
D.theAgeofReason
56.TennesseeWilliamsachievedhisfirstsuccessinhisplay_____in19447
A.TheEmperorJones
B.TheGlassMenagerie
C.TheFamilyReunion
D.MurderintheCathedral
57.WhichofthefollowingShakespeare'splaysisNOTatragedyinitsliterarysense?
A.Hamlet.
B.Othello.
C.MidsummerNight'sDream.
D.Macbeth.
58.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaclipping?
A.Destruct.
B.Stereo.
C.Memo.
D.Quake.
59."Fabulous"beganwiththemeaningof"resemblingafable"or"basedonafable",butlatercametomean"incredible"or"marvelous".Thisisanexampleof______
A.extensionofmeaning
B.narrowingofmeaning
C.elevation
D.transfer
60.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
A.Contradictorytermsdonotshowdegrees.
B.Ifawordhassynonyms,naturallyithasantonyms.
C.Antonymsshouldbeoppositesofsimilarintensity.
D.Relativetermsarerelationalopposites,whichincludeverbsreversingtheactionofeachother.
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