1 In Britain, ___ has the ultimate authority of legislation.
A the Queen B the House of Commons C the House of Lords D the Prime Minister
2 The three largest cities in Canada do NOT include.
A Toronto B Quebec C Ottawa D Vancouver
3 Aboriginal culture in Australia is said to be more than ___ years old.
A 20,000 B 30,000 C 40,000 D 50,000
4 It is known that Irish landscape in featured by ___.
A bogs B mountains C grassland D rivers
5 The following plays are comedies by Shakespeare EXCEPT ___.
A A Midsummer Night’s Dream B As You Like It C The Merchant of Venice D Romeo and Juliet
6 “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” Probably this refers to the novel ___.
A Wuthering Heights B The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
C David Copperfield D Gulliver’s Travels
7 ___ was considered to be the greatest dramatist in the 18th century.
A Henry Fielding B Laurence Sterne C Oliver Goldsmith D Richard B. Sheridan
8 The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.
A pragmatics B semantics C sociolinguistics D psycholinguistics
9 Which of the following words can connect two clauses in a coordinate sentence?
A Through B When C But D If
10 Which of the following is NOT considered part of semantic change?
A Semantic broadening B Compounding C Semantic narrowing D Semantic shift
参考答案：
1. 选B.在英国，下院拥有最高立法权.本题术语发展现状类问题.
2. 选C.加拿大三大城市不包括渥太华.本题术语发展现状类问题
. 3. 选C.据说澳大利亚的土著文化拥有四千多年的历史.本题属于文化传统类问题.
4. 选A.众所周知，爱尔兰地貌特点是沼泽地.本题属于地理类问题.
5. 选D.除了《罗密欧与朱丽叶》之外，其他下列戏剧皆为莎士比亚的喜剧作品.本题属于英国文学类问题.
6. 选B.“小说结构是围绕主人公的身世发现来安排的”这句话可能是指小说《弃儿汤姆.琼斯的来历》.本题属于英国文学类问题.
7. 选D.理查德.B.谢立丹被认为是18世纪最伟大的剧作家.本题属于英国文学类问题.
8. 选A.这道题检查考生是否知晓语用学的含义.
9. 选C.这套题检查考生对别列举的了解.
10.选B.这道题检查考生对语义变化内容的了解.
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