1.The first known settlers of Britain were ____．答案：the Iberians2. On the island of Great Britain, there are three political divisions--- ____．答案：England，Scotland，and Wales3. Great Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the ____ in the south．答案：English Channel4. The north and west of Britain are mainly highlands, and the ____ are mainly lowlands．答案：east and south5. The most important river in Britain is____．答案：the Thames6. Britain‟s longest river is ____．答案：the Severn7. The highest mountain in Britain is ____．答案：Ben Nevis8. The Highlanders are the ____ who live in the mountainous region of the Highlands.答案：Scots9. The Eisteddfod is a(n)——festival of poetry, music and the others.答案：Welsh10. The Romans led by Julius Caesar launched their first invasion on Britain in _____．答案：55 BC11. Christianity was first brought to England by ____．答案：the Romans12. William, Duke of Normandy, fought King Harold of England at the Battle of Hastings in____.答案：106613. When the Hundred Years‟ War ended in 1453, the only part of France that was still in the hands of English is ____．j答案：Calais14. In England, the most famous of the Catholic conspiracies was ____．答案：the Gunpowder Plot15. The law, which joined England and Scotland in 1707, was ____．答案：the Act of Union16. The Tories were the forerunners of ____，which still bears this nickname today．答案：the Conservative Party17. In Britain, ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of ____．答案：the Prime Minister18. The Norwegian Vikings began to attack various parts of England from the end of the ____ century．答案：8th19. ____ is generally regarded as the beginning of modern world history．答案：The English Civil War20. The British constitution is made up of the following EXCEPT ____．答案：commonwealth law21. The British Parliament consists of three parts except____．答案：the Cabinet22. A parliament has a maximum of ____ years, but in practice general elections are usually held before the end of this term．答案：523. In Britain, capital punishment for murder has been abolished but it remains the penalty for____．答案：piracy and treason24. Education is compulsory for all between the ages of ____ in Great Britain except in North Ireland．答案：5 and 1625. The University of Oxford and Cambridge date from the ____ centuries．答案：12th and 13th26. About 90 per cent of the state secondary school population in the UK attend ____．答案：comprehensive schools27. The most famous art festival in Britain is ____．答案：the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama28. The most popular sport in England is ____ which was developed into its modern form in the 19th century．答案：soccer29. The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, ____.答案：177630. The largest lake in Britain is____．答案：the Lough Neagh31. The origin of the American party system can be traced to ____．答案：the constitutional debate between the Federalists and the anti-Federalists32. The Hundred Years‟ War between Britain and France was fought ____．答案：from 1337 to 145333. The second largest state of the United States is ____.答案：Texas1. William Faulkner is the author of ____．答案：The Sound and the Fury2. Robert Frost is a famous____．答案：poet3. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____．答案：Ernest Hemingway4. Which of the following is NOT written by William Shakespeare?A. Othello．B. The Tragic History of Dr Faustus．C. Romeo and Juliet．D. The Twelfth Night．答案：B The Tragic History of Dr. Faustus5. Beowulf narrates a story taking place in ____．答案：Scandinavia6._____ refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality．答案：Irony7．William Wordsworth is an English ____．答案：poet8. The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is ____．答案：Walden9. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT ____．A. DublinersB. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. Jude the ObscureD. Ulysses答案：C Jude the Obscure10. The Bronte sisters published the following famous novels EXCEPT ____．A. EmmaB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightD. Agnes Grey答案：A. Emma11. In which novel can “Yahoo” be found?答案：Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels12. The Victorian age was largely an age of ____, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray．答案：critical realism13. Mark Twain shaped the world‟s view of American and made a combination of ____ and serious literature．答案：American folk humor14. Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War?答案：Washington Irving．15. Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by ____．答案：John Milton16. I have a Dream is addressed by ____．答案：Martin Luther King17. Which of the following is a poem by Emily Dickinson?A. Song of MyselfB. The Raven．C. A Red Red RoseD. Because I Could Not Stop for Death答案：D. Because I Could Not Stop for Death18. Eugene O‟Neill is an American ____．答案：playwright19. The Romantic Age in England came to an end with the death of ____．答案：Walter Scott20. In the works of aestheticism, the theory of “art for art‟s sake” is advocated by ____．答案：0scar Wilde21. Whose works are characterized by stream-of-consciousness?答案：James Joyce22. The most famous work by Chaucer is ____．答案：The Canterbury Tales23. The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States．答案：Age of Realism24. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by ____．答案：P．B．Shelley25. Which of the following is NOT Shakespeare‟s tragedy?A. The Merchant of Venice．B. King LearC. HamletD. Othello26. Leaves of Grass is written by ____．答案：Walt Whitman27. William Mak epeace Thackeray‟s most famous work is ____．答案：Vanity Fair28. Dover Beach is written by ____．答案：Matthew Arnold29. The period of Old English Literature refers to ____．答案：449-106630. Moby Dick is the most important work by ____．答案：Herman Melville31. O. Henry earned his fame mainly for his ____．答案：short stories32. The typical feature of Robert Browning‟s poetry is the ____．答案：dramatic monologue33. ____ is the most famous novel of Francis Scott Fitzgerald?答案：The Great Gatsby34. Morte d‟ Arthur is a famous work by ____．答案：Thomas Malory1. Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?A. Language is a system．B. Language is symbolic．C. Animals also have languages．D. Language is arbitrary．答案：C. Animals also have languages．2．Which of the following choices is NOT a constituent?A. I like the song．B. IC. songD. 1ike答案：A. I like the song.3. Of the following sound combinations, only is ____ permissible．A. kiblB. bkilC. ilkbD. ilbk答案：A. kibl4. The relation between the determiner ……this” and the noun “man” in the phrase ……this man‟‟ is ____．5. The sentence that has an NP and a VP is mostly shown in a ____ formula “S→*NP+VP”．答案：1inear6. “Big” and “small” are a pair of ____ opposites．答案：gradable7. Which of the following phrases is exocentric?A. women and menB. on the tableC. a clever boyD. an ugly man答案：B. on the table8. Arbitrariness of language was first discussed by ____．答案：Saussure9. Which pair of words is NOT a minimal pair?A. cat/batB. put/butC. jig/pigD. sit/bit答案：B. put/but10. Which function is the major role of language?答案：Informative11. If two sounds are in complementary distribution, they are ____of the same phoneme．答案：allophones12. Which branch of study CANNOT be included in the scope of linguistics?A. Syntax．B. Pragmatics．C. Phonetics．D. Anthropology答案：D. Anthropology13. Atom is a word of ____ origin．答案：Greek14. The distinction of language and parole is made by ____．答案：Saussure15. ____ are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words．答案：Affixes16. ____ is the study of the relationship between symbols and their interpreter．答案：Pragmatics17. ____is the defining properties of units like nouns (number, gender, case, etc.) and verbs (tense, aspect, voice, etc.)．答案：Categories18. The noun “tear‟‟ and the verb “tear” are ____．答案：homographs19. The ____ function of language is one of the most powerful uses of language because it is so crucial in changing the emotional status of an audience for or against someone or something．答案：emotive20. The term ____ may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language changes over various periods of time and at various historical stages．答案：diachronic linguistics21. ____examines how meaning is encoded in a language．22. Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as ____．答案：1angue23. This fundamental distinction between competence and performance is discussed by ____．答案：Chomsky24. An affix can be added to certain type of ____ to form a new word．答案：stem25. In a sentence, which of the following is usually NOT stressed?A. NounsB. VerbsC. PrepositionsD. Adjectives答案：C. Prepositions26. The maxim of ____ requires that a participant‟s contribution be relevant to the conversation．答案：relation27. The relationship between “meat” and “meet” is ____．答案：homonymy28. That there is no direct link between language and the real world is the view of ____ concerning the study of meaning．答案：conceptualist29. What are the dual structures of language?答案：Sounds and meaning．30．Where are the vocal cords?答案：Inside the larynx．31. Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?A. Language is a means of verbal communication．B. Language is some arbitrary symbols．C. The language system is unique to human being．D. Language is yet to be understood．答案：B. Language is some arbitrary symbols.32. ____ studies the sound system in a certain language．答案：Phonology33. ____ is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content．答案：Morpheme。