1. St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both ____
. g, K. r: N' P5 v A America and Mexico
1 ?. T. J7 @' ` B America and Canada- ?9 B( I8 V+ n H- I
C America and Cuba9 ^$ F5 Y4 A0 s5 W7 i+ L. Y
D America and Brazil6 N1 @. S7 Z7 S$ k N7 K
2. European settlement of Australia began in the late part of ____ when a British penal colony was established on the east coast of the continent.5 T* }! O5 Q& F
A the 16th century% Q" A- _1 n3 C
B the 17th century/ n' R' s5 ?* N1 V# s
C the 18th century
% a2 b) D2 R1 y) b8 F7 g5 R D the 19th century
4 i! c. y+ Y* r7 o 3. Which sport is supposed to be America’s national sport and used to be call “American’s favorable pastime”?
4 E/ H9 w2 r' n" `# O. y4 q( b- W A baseball
* `. g/ g9 y- U4 t" b B basketball! H m7 s- S/ W% N; e. b
C rugby) {3 P9 A; A* o% B1 K* J
D cricket
$ U+ } p5 B/ e% I6 T 4. The largest city in New Zealand is ____
7 N. v8 [: b& I0 p A Auckland
9 D, I, ?9 t8 {3 o n B Wellington% Z/ q3 ]2 ?, v0 E* m8 C
C Christchurch
7 {, c3 E. ^0 w5 O& x+ s D Dunedin( `; ]4 {5 B1 m; B! Y4 s( z
5.After Adam Bede,____wrote The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner in which moral problems are discussed and psychological analysis of characters are emphasized.
% H3 D* U! [9 A5 v$ ], j$ s A George Eliot: t1 ~4 m& ~6 t) U' d4 _, @7 N
B Jane Austin
3 P6 k ^( [/ b+ f, Q C George Dickens
0 f; {. x2 [7 h$ v4 S& w, w! v D Charlotte Bronte
) ]/ ~2 M+ h2 q+ f( V( P) z 6.All of the following odes are written by John Keats EXCEPT____2 t0 L7 `/ l, B' T/ C3 u N: ~) I8 x
A Ode to Autumn
1 ~, T0 S; N! I5 k2 O B Ode to a Nightingale
{* K M- P6 _ C Ode to a Skylark4 G' Q2 e* {/ o2 J) G/ Z: T, r6 G
D Ode on Melancholy
' `& y/ d" K' ~3 g* B, v& U 7. Of____’s four famous comedies, the best known is Lady Windermere’s Fan.. @0 i9 o8 _5 r6 u3 a( A
A Oscar Wilde1 d7 ^3 o+ e6 i* @: @% i
B Richard Sheridan
, {5 Q; m' G3 \8 R! l* L# b C Bernard Shaw8 U4 }' K6 N, o+ n
D Somerset Maugham
& n) { ^6 d# S/ o3 e2 P 8. If the air stream meets with no obstruction when a sound is pronounced, it is a(n) ____
+ M* w% ?9 w1 X- `* J2 u, K, W A voiced consonant
% O8 E" S# Q4 t3 M! Z- ` B voiceless consonant0 G# y" T* r2 U g& T9 l/ p
C vowel9 R4 Y6 y0 l: X4 g" Y, y
D explosive
$ ]7 N4 l! E8 {$ f* x 9. The internationally accepted system of phonetic transcription is ____0 E( M1 R/ ]2 W; }
A I.P.A- x* U5 O/ J: M: c8 S# U
B I.A.P.S
0 o6 _$ w5 i! e; O# ` C I.S.S; D' g3 M4 q9 P" d4 M$ f
D S.S.I.P
) m. d3 f/ P& G8 B h9 u! L& r 10. With the ____, Latin words were added into the vocabulary of the language spoken in Britain.
5 T2 Y; L r/ S) G A invasion of the Romans. N2 H5 L7 K$ c/ W! A
B Christianization of Britain
) c: M: R; R! n( ~3 x( X! p C Scandinavian invasion
! Z- F9 I& y$ V" ^+ C' E4 u D Norman Conquest( d8 ~2 p. g) `9 ?+ p9 ]2 }
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9. 国际音标(international phonetic alphabet)是目前世界上比较通行的音标,简称IPA,最初制定于1886年。 |