1. ___ is the capital of Scotland.

A Dublin B Edinburgh C Cardiff D New Castle

2. In history, Romans occupied Britain for about ___ years.

A 700 B 600 C 500 D 400

3. You can find the Grand Canyon in the State of ___.

A Arizona B California C New Mexico D Chicago

4. Around ___ of New Zealanders are found in North Island.

A 3/4 B 1/2 C 3/5 D 2/5

5. In his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe portrayed successfully an image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ___ century.

A 16th B 17th C 18th D 19th

6. In his works, Defoe praised the industrious, sturdy ___ and showed his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor.

A working people B aristocrats C middle-class people D capitalist upstarts

7. To some extent, the Romantic Movement revealed a ___ attitude toward the social and political conditions then.

A positive B negative C neutral D prejudiced

8. In semantic studies, ___ refers to the inherent meaning of the linguistic form.

A sense B synonym C homonym D reference

9. A linguistic situation in which two standard languages are used either by an individual or by a group of speakers is called ___.

A situational dialect B slang C linguistic taboo D bilingualism

10. Syntactic change includes all the following EXCEPT ___.

A rule loss B affix loss C rule addition D rule change

【答案】　

1. 选B

爱丁堡市是苏格兰首都。本题属于历史类问题。

2. 选D

历史上，罗马人曾占领英国约有400年之久。。本题属于历史类问题。

3. 选A

你可在美国的亚利桑那州找到大峡谷风景区。本题属于地理类问题。

4. 选A

约有四分之三的新西兰人在北岛居住。本题属于地理类问题。

5. 选C

通过其小说《鲁宾逊漂流记》，笛福成功地描绘了一个富有进取精神的、18世纪英国资产阶级的典型形象。本题属于英国文学类问题。

6. 选C

通过自己的作品，笛福讴歌了勤劳、坚定的中产阶级，并对饱受蹂躏、命运被产的穷人表示了同情。。本题属于英国文学类问题。

7. 选B

在某种程度上，浪漫主义运动揭示了对当时社会、政治状况的否定态度。。本题属于英国文学背景类问题。

8. 选A

这道题考查语义学中意义的概念。

9. 选D

这套题考查考生对双语现象的理解。

10.选B

这道题考查句法变化的涵盖面