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 Canyon¹ 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 portrayed² 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 industrious³, sturdy ___ and showed his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor.

　　A working people B aristocrats⁴ 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 linguistic⁵ form.

　　A sense B synonym⁶ C homonym⁷ 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 taboo⁸ D bilingualism

 

10. Syntactic change includes all the following EXCEPT ___.

　　A rule loss B affix⁹ 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

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