1. St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both ____, U. z, \" O0 u+ g0 W J8 W
A America and Mexico6 e& e5 k$ l; B4 u1 I0 w
B America and Canada) f4 |( S' u b
C America and Cuba
9 F. @$ |- J. F r. M5 u, \ D America and Brazil; [4 Z1 N$ M* n# i7 \4 h: O/ Z( D2 `
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.. N( m* G) M# O+ o/ O
A the 16th century
7 R4 T$ Z" ]9 Y7 ` B the 17th century
$ r* _; |# g( M+ z0 D C the 18th century
1 o- i7 s! s; q/ M3 b( G D the 19th century
( R4 J ^* _% q s/ j! v9 [ 3. Which sport is supposed to be America’s national sport and used to be call “American’s favorable pastime”?! B) e. _" L9 d/ n0 b& ~( L$ ?
A baseball
# ?7 y4 s; d! n5 e) ?0 c6 M B basketball
$ [$ m/ z! C# I* l C rugby1 S) L! S' R+ b7 b
D cricket: G: P$ p; s" x: C ^6 [6 c H- R
4. The largest city in New Zealand is ____% |# }. G4 c) |7 G9 W0 d: r
A Auckland
* P4 x* z9 A- j5 t9 A B Wellington( X4 r2 C5 j5 L
C Christchurch
4 Y" r' K g6 Z D Dunedin8 X S( I* U( C2 D* u! U
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.
1 f& I6 l9 A& Q A George Eliot# d' M. ~- o# J9 Y
B Jane Austin$ `4 I$ t3 ]9 B3 d
C George Dickens/ f2 k6 {7 D$ G, D) ^
D Charlotte Bronte; f) l3 @( x9 G
6.All of the following odes are written by John Keats EXCEPT____
' v6 l# t0 e& x8 X A Ode to Autumn7 }% T; ~: l5 T+ J" V
B Ode to a Nightingale
: L9 P- ~ i& v* Z3 ` C Ode to a Skylark
: O8 W4 c& c+ }: }8 f D Ode on Melancholy( k O7 y" B; o
7. Of____’s four famous comedies, the best known is Lady Windermere’s Fan.
. N$ V' D6 Y* [" e9 g v0 L' f A Oscar Wilde
1 [1 u B9 G: [/ Q' w" Q" i3 h# S B Richard Sheridan
/ N7 D0 d2 u' Y& a0 h' U" M C Bernard Shaw" z. u5 E! ^" A0 z" N# M) N' N
D Somerset Maugham4 ^, _+ a3 e: z, V _
8. If the air stream meets with no obstruction when a sound is pronounced, it is a(n) ____% t4 F7 G) s* `" c, S2 i
A voiced consonant
( S0 ?( k1 K5 }: @! ? B voiceless consonant/ y! ]. n6 K1 O& u$ |
C vowel+ _* E/ |) w8 _& _; @; w) u6 l
D explosive
' ]4 W1 g5 a5 i8 J 9. The internationally accepted system of phonetic transcription is ____
( a. F' a0 g5 j0 p' l) I A I.P.A8 j5 v5 U! W" S( ^. L# N
B I.A.P.S* C: R5 C! S( n2 U
C I.S.S
5 Z. `$ B. e$ P2 Q' B+ h( u+ ? D S.S.I.P
* ]1 W8 F+ n# Q5 | 10. With the ____, Latin words were added into the vocabulary of the language spoken in Britain.
5 Z' i' N! l, p' B, b# G A invasion of the Romans- Y) W/ I; ^+ C0 i: f) j4 U. k
B Christianization of Britain) T6 X. r) g5 w7 }
C Scandinavian invasion7 Q4 i- X5 `6 H# y* N
D Norman Conquest
$ G# g8 F8 ]5 u0 r 答案及部分解析:& |5 k- r1 ?: P* X' c$ q3 w4 [# `/ k
BCAAA CACAB, `9 Q# S/ Y0 x, d+ I: T/ |
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。 |