1. In Britain, ___ has the ultimate authority of legislation.

A the Queen B the House of Commons C the House of Lords D the Prime Minister

2. The three largest cities in Canada do NOT include.

A Toronto B Quebec C Ottawa D Vancouver

3. Aboriginal culture in Australia is said to be more than ___ years old.

A 20,000 B 30,000 C 40,000 D 50,000

4. It is known that Irish landscape in featured by ___.

A bogs B mountains C grassland D rivers

5. The following plays are comedies by Shakespeare EXCEPT ___.

A A Midsummer Night’s Dream B As You Like It C The Merchant of Venice D Romeo and Juliet

6. “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” Probably this refers to the novel ___.

A Wuthering Heights B The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

C David Copperfield D Gulliver’s Travels

7. ___ was considered to be the greatest dramatist in the 18th century.

A Henry Fielding B Laurence Sterne C Oliver Goldsmith D Richard B. Sheridan

8. The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.

A pragmatics B semantics C sociolinguistics D psycholinguistics

9. Which of the following words can connect two clauses in a coordinate sentence?

A Through B When C But D If

10. Which of the following is NOT considered part of semantic change?

A Semantic broadening B Compounding C Semantic narrowing D Semantic shift

【答案】

1. 选B

在英国，下院拥有最高立法权。

2. 选C

加拿大三大城市不包括渥太华。

3. 选C

据说澳大利亚的土著文化拥有四千多年的历史。本题属于文化传统类问题。

4. 选A

众所周知，爱尔兰地貌特点是沼泽地。本题属于地理类问题。

5. 选D

除了《罗密欧与朱丽叶》之外，其他下列戏剧皆为莎士比亚的喜剧作品。本题属于英国文学类问题。

6. 选B

“小说结构是围绕主人公的身世发现来安排的”这句话可能是指小说《弃儿汤姆.琼斯的来历》。本题属于英国文学类问题。

7. 选D

理查德.B.谢立丹被认为是18世纪最伟大的剧作家。本题属于英国文学类问题。

8. 选A

这道题检查考生是否知晓语用学的含义。

9. 选C

这套题检查考生对别列举的了解。

10.选B

这道题检查考生对语义变化内容的了解。