英美文化练习题

1.BisthecapitalofCanada.A)VancouverB)OttawaC)MontrealD)York2.U.S.presidentsnormallyservea(n)Bterm.A)two-yearB)four-yearC)six-yearD)eight-year3.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisNOTlocatedintheNortheast,U.S.?AA)Huston.B)Boston.C)Baltimore.D)Philadelphia.4.DisthestatechurchinEngland.A)TheRomanCatholicChurchB)TheBaptistChurchC)TheProtestantChurchD)TheChurchofEngland5.ThenovelEmmaiswrittenbyB.A)MaryShelley.B)CharlotteBronte.C)ElizabethC.Gaskell.D)JaneAusten.6.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaromanticpoet?BA)WilliamWordsworth.B)GeorgeElliot.C)GeorgeC.Byron.D)PercyS.Shelley.7.WilliamSidneyPorter,knownasO.Henry,ismostfamousforC.A)hispoems.B)hisplays.C)hisshortstories.D)hisnovels.8.Syntaxisthestudyof?.A)languagefunctions.B)sentencestructures.C)textualorganization.D)wordformation.9.WhichofalefollowingisNOTadistinctivefeatureofhumanlanguage?dA)Arbitrariness.B)productivity.C)Culturaltransmission.D)Finiteness.10.Thespeechacttheorywasfirstputforwardby？.A)JohnSearle.B)JohnAustin.C)NoamChomsky.D)M.A,K.Halliday.11.ThePresidentsduringtheAmericanCivilWarwasBA.AndrewJacksonB.AbrahamLincolnC.ThomasJeffersonD.GeorgeWashington12.ThecapitalofNewZealandisCA.ChristchurchB.AucklandC.WellingtonD.Hamilton13.WhowerethenativesofAustraliabeforethearrivaloftheBritishsettlers？AA.TheAboriginesB.TheMaoriC.TheIndiansD.TheEskimos14.ThePrimeMinisterinBritainisheadofDA.theShadowCabinetB.theParliamentC.theOppositionD.theCabinet15.Whichofthefollowingwritersisapoetofthe20thcentury？?A.T.S.EliotB.D.H.LawrenceC.TheodoreDreiserD.JamesJoyce16.ThenovelForWhomtheBellTollsiswrittenbyDA.ScottFitzgeraldB.WilliamFaulknerC.EugeneO‘NeilD.ErnestHemingway17.___B__isdefinedasanexpressionofhumanemotionwhichiscondensedintofourteenlinesA.FreeverseB.SonnetC.OdeD.Epigram18.Whatessentiallydistinguishessemanticsandpragmaticsisthenotionof?A.referenceB.meaningC.antonymyD.context19.Thewordskid，child，offspringareexamplesofBA.dialectalsynonymsB.stylisticsynonymsC.emotivesynonymsD.collocationalsynonyms20.ThedistinctionbetweenparoleandlanguewasmadebyDA.HalliayB.ChomskyC.BloomfieldD.Saussure21.ThemajorityofthecurrentpopulationintheUKaredecedentsofallthefollowingtribesrespectivelyEXCEPT__C___________.A.theAnglosB.theCeltsC.theJutesD.theSaxons22.TheHeadofStateofCanadaisrepresentedbyDA.theMonarchB.thePresidentC.thePrimeMinisterD.theGovernor-general23.TheDeclarationofIndependencewaswrittenby___A_________.A.ThomasJeffersonB.GeorgeWashingtonC.AlexanderHamiltonD.JamesMadison24.TheoriginalinhabitantsofAustraliawere_____C__________.A.theRedIndiansB.theEskimosC.theAboriginesD.theMaoris25.WhichofthefollowingnovelswaswrittenbyEmilyBronte?DA.OliverTwistB.MiddlemarchC.JaneEyreD.WutheringHeights26.WilliamButlerYeatswasa(n)___C___poetandplaywright.A.AmericanB.CanadianC.IrishD.Australian27.DeathofaSalesmanwaswrittenby____?_________.A.ArthurMillerB.ErnestHemingwayC.RalphEllisonD.JamesBaldwin28.__B_____referstothestudyoftheinternalstructureofwordsandtherulesofwordformation.A.PhonologyB.MorphologyC.SemanticsD.Sociolinguistics29.ThedistinctivefeaturesofaspeechvarietymaybeallthefollowingEXCEPT____??_____.A.lexicalB.syntacticC.phonologicalD.psycholinguistic30.Thewordtailoncereferredto“thetailofahorse”,butnowitisusedtomean“thetailofanyanimal.”Thisisanexampleof_______?____.A.wideningofmeaningB.narrowingofmeaningC.meaningshiftD.lossofmeaning31.ThelargestcityinCanadais_____C______.A.Vancouver.B.Montreal.C.TorontoD.Ottawa.32.AccordingtotheUnitedStatesConstitution,thelegislativepowerisinvestedinDA.theFederalGovernment.B.theSupremeCourt.C.theCabinet.D.theCongress.33.WhichofthefollowingistheoldestsportintheUnitedStates??A.Baseball.B.Tennis.C.Basketball.D.Americanfootball.34.TheheadoftheexecutivebranchinNewZealandis___B_______.A.thePresident.B.theGovernor-General.C.theBritishmonarchD.thePrimeMinister.35.TheCanterburyTales,acollectionofstoriestoldbyagroupofpilgrimsontheirwaytoCanterbury,isanimportantpoeticworkbyBA.WilliamLangland.B.GeoffreyChaucer.C.WilliamShakespeare.D.AlfredTennyson.36.WhowroteTheAmerican??A.HermanMelville.B.NathanielHawthorne.C.HenryJames.D.TheodoreDreiser.37.Allofthefollowingarewell-knownfemalewritersin20th-centuryBritainEXCEPT______?__.A.GeorgeEliot.B.IrisJeanMurdoch.C.DorisLessing.D.MurielSpark.38.WhichofthefollowingisNOTadesignfeatureofhumanlanguage?DA.Arbitrariness.B.Displacement.C.Duality.D.Diachronicity.39Thehomeofgolfis----wherethegamehasbeenplayedsincethe17thcenturyScotland40Tennisoriginatedin----inlate19th.England1.WhatarethetwomajorpartiesinBritan?------TheyaretheConservativePartyandtheLabourParty.2.WhatistheofficialfullnameofBritain?-----ItistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.3.Whatisbilingualism?-----ThephenomenonthatEnglishandFrencharethetwoofficiallanguagesinCanadaiscalledbilingualism.4.WhatdidtheEnglishIndustrialRevolutionbeginwith?-----Itbeganwiththetextileindustry.5.WhatarethepowerstheconstitutionconfersontheHouseofRepresentatives?------TheHouseofRepresentativeshaspowerstomakeandchangelaws.7.WhowerethefirstAmericans?------TheyweretheIndians.8.WhatkindofeconomicsystemdoestheU