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1、人 文 模 拟 人 文 模 拟（一）(1)In _ the British Commonwealth was founded.A.1913 B.1936 C.1939 D.1945(2)Most pregnant working women receive their statutory maternity pay directly from their employer for a maximum of _ weeks.A.10 B.18 C.28 D.22(3)The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Co

2、ngress on _.A.April 19,1775 B.Christmas Day of 1776 C.May 10,1775 D.July 4,1776(4)Abraham Lincoln,as candidate of _,was elected President in 1860.A.the Democratic Party B.the Republican Party C.the Labor Party D.the Conservative Party(5)Which of the following is NOT true about the Independence Day A

3、.It is Americas most important patriotic holiday,the birthday of the nation.B.Some people bring their children to visit the birthplace of the nationBoston.C.The army fires a 13-gun salute.D.The President traditionally holds a large national banquet.(6)Spenser is regarded as one of the greatest poets

4、 in the English Renaissance.His 材 masterpiece is _.A.Utopia B.The Song of Beowulf C.The Faerie Queene D.The Canterbury Tales(7)The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer _.A.Jane Austen B.Walter Scott C.Samuel Taylor Coleridge D.William Wordsworth(8)_ was c

5、onsidered the true father of our(Am.)national literature.A.Mark Twain B.Henry James C.Emily Dickinson D.Dreiser(9)Modern linguistics focuses on the present-day language,it will be possible to describe language from a _ point of view.A.sociological B.synchronic C.diachronic D.psychological(10)The sam

6、e word may have more than one meaning,which is called _.A.synonymy B.homonymy C.hyponymy D.polysemy 人 文 模 拟（二）（1）The prevailing _ winds or Westerilies blow over the country all the year.A.south-east B.south C.south-west D.west（2）Education is compulsory for all between the ages of _ and _.A.5;16 B.4;

7、17 C.3;18 D.6;15 (3)The Constitution was first ratified by_ in December 1787.A.Massachusetts B.New York C.Washington D.Boston (4)Each local school district has _ which is usually elected by the voters.A.a board of administration B.a governing board C.delegates authority D.an educational committee（5）

8、Which of the following is NOT associated with Halloween A.“Trick or treat”B.“Spring Break”C.bonfire D.pumpkin-lanterns （6）The most important styles in _ in England is poetry and drama.A.the Middle English literature B.Renaissance C.The Victorian Period D.the Neoclassical Period (7)The Pickwick Paper

9、 is among _ early novels.A.Jane Austens B.Thomas Hardys C.Charles Dickens D.D.H.Lawrences(8)The novel_ is NOT written by Henry James.A.The Ambassadors B.The Wings of the Dove C.The Bostonians D.The Mysterious Stranger(9)The distinction between competence and performance is similar to the distinction

10、 between _.A.prescriptive and descriptive B.synchronic and diachronic C.speech and writing D.language and parole (10)Semantics can be defined as the study of _.A.naming B.meaning C.communication D.all of the above 人 文 模 拟（三）（1）In Britain _ of the population is urban and _ is rural.A.90%;10%B.80%;20%

11、C.70%;30%D.60%;40%（2）The Open University is based in _.A.London B.Edinburgh C.the new town of Milton Keynes D.Cambridge（3）After President Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from _,there was a desire for territorial expansion among many frontier men.A.England B.Holland C.France D.Spain（4）On Apr

12、il 18,1991,_ issued the plan“American 2000:An Education Strategy”.A.Clinton B.Bush C.Reagan C.Nixon（5）Since _,many American children have asked for pennies instead of candies on Allhallows Even for UNICEF to help children in other countries.A.1868 B.1919 C.1950 D.1972（6）Romeo and Juliet,though a tra

13、gedy,is permeated with_ spirit.A.optimisticB.pessimistic C.satirical D.realistic（7）_ is the most distinguished feature of Charles Dickens works.A.Humor B.Language C.Plot D.Character portrayal（8）Altogether,Miss Emily Dickinson wrote 1,775 poems,of which only _had appeared during her lifetime.A.eight

14、B.seventeen C.nine D.seven （9）The study of language meaning is called _.A.syntax B.morphology C.semantics D.pragmatics(10)Words that are opposite in meaning are _.A.synonyms B.hyponyms C.antonyms D.homophones 人 文 模 拟（四）(1)The names Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday and Friday came from _.A.Christianity B.A

15、nglo-Saxons Teutonic religious C.Druidism D.Norman belief(2)Of monthly magazines(in England),_has the highest circulation.A.Economist B.Readers Digest C.Spectator D.Scotsman(3)The Civil War was over when General Lee and his Confederate Army surrendered after the fall of their capital_.A.Jamestown B.

16、Gettysburg C.Richmond D.Charleston(4)According to the US Constitution,the education is mainly a function of _.A.the federal government B.the city government C.the county government D.the state government(5)Now in the United States,people usually spend Veterans Day by _.A.keeping two minutes of silen

17、ce at home at 11:00 AM B.holding veterans parade C.holding public ceremonies D.visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery(6)Of the following plays by Shakespeare,which is NOT a comedy A.Midsummer Night Dream B.The merchant of Venice C.Twelfth Night D.Romeo and Juliet(7)T

18、he famous Bronte sisters in the English literature are the following EXCEPT _.A.Branwell B.Anne C.Charlotte D.Emily (8)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a novel by _.A.Henry James B.Mark Twain C.Dreiser D.Dickinson (9)_made the distinction between language and parole.A.Chomsky B.Sapir C.Hall D.Saus

19、sure (10)Pragmatics differs from traditional semantics in that it studies meaning not in isolation,but in _.A.relationship B.dependence C.sentence D.context 人 文 模 拟（五）(1)In 1066 Harold and his troops fought against Williams army Senlac Field near _.A.London B.Normandy C.Standford D.Hasting(2)_is the

20、 home of golf.A.England B.Scotland C.Wakes D.Ireland(3)_designed and flew a successful plane in 1911.A.Gleen E.Curiss B.The Wright brothers C.Henry Ford D.J.P.Morgan (4)_is considered to be an outstanding characteristic of American education.A.Similarity B.Centralization C.Diversity D.Unity (5)In th

21、e United States Thanksgiving Day is celebrated every year to thank _.A.the Pilgrims B.the native Indians C.God D.both A and B (6)_is not John Donnes work.A.The Sun Rising B.The Elegies and Satires C.Apophthagmes New and Old D.A Hymn to God the Father(7)The Bronte children started creating works out

22、of their collective minds._is such an example,which is the joint work of Emily and Anne.A.Wuthering Heights B.Shirley C.Jane Eyre D.Gondal(8)Mark Twain shaped the worlds view of America and made a combination of _and serious literature.A.American folk humor B.funny jokes C.English folklore D.America

23、n values(9)If the two sounds are in complementary distribution,they are _ of the same phoneme.A.symbols B.allophones C.phones D.signs (10)Speech Act Theory was proposed by _ in the late 50s of the 20th century.A.John Austin B.John Searle C.Paul Grice D.Chomsky 人 文 模 拟（六）（1）Magna Carta was signed in

24、_ at a conference at _.A.1066;Runnymede B.1215;Windsor C.1215;Oxford D.1215;Runnymede（2）The first National Music Day was held in _.A.1990 B.1991 C.1992 D.1993 （3）During the early period of World War I,the United States pursued a policy of_.A.neutrality B.impartiality C.pro-Ally partiality D.firm sup

25、port of the Allies （4）A very important aspect of American higher education that has drawn the worlds attention is _.A.research university B.the community college C.doctoral university D.liberal arts college（5）Today the Americans usually hold a big family dinner to celebrate the holiday,Thanksgiving

26、Day,which often lasts for _ days.A.two B.four C.three D.seven（6）The story of Paradise Lost is taken from _of the Bible.A.the New Testament B.the Old Testament C.the Exodus D.the Genesis（7）Tennysons greatest work is _,in which he laments a lot on the death of his dear friend Hallam.A.In memoriam B.Po

27、ems C.Idylls of the King D.Maud,a collection of short lyrics（8）The fame of Henry James generally rests upon his novels and stories with _.A.historical theme B.the international themes C.tragic theme D.the American themes （9）In linguistics,_is focused on.A.acoustic phonetics B.articulatory Phonetics

28、C.auditory phonetics D.none of the above（10）Cooperative principle was found by _.A Pau;Grice B.John Searle C.John Austin D.Levinson 人 文 模 拟（七）（1）The last battle of the Wars of Roses was at _in 1485.A.Hastings B.Bosworth Field C.Naseby D.Oxford （2）_houses the British Center for Literary Translation.A

29、.The University of Oxford B.The University of Cambridge C.The University of London D.The University of East Anglia （3）The United States declared war on Germany on April 6,1917,because _.A.Germany refused to give up its submarine warfare B.Britain and France were exhausted by the war C.Germany was tr

30、ying to get Mexico into the war against the United States D.All of the above （4）According to the US News&World Report and other journals evaluation,_in the west are the best research universities.A.Harvard and Yale B.Princeton and Columbia C.California and MIT D.Stanford and Berkeley（5）On Christmas

31、Day,there is a national tree lighting ceremony in _.A.New York City B.Philadelphia C.Chicago D.Washington D.C.（6）_did not happen in the 17th century.A.The Renaissance B.The Great Plague C.The Great London Fire D.The Glorious Revolution（7）In 1847,the Bronte sisters published the following famous nove

32、ls EXCEPT _.A.Jane Eyre B.The Tenant of Wildfell Hall C.Wuthering Heights D.Shirley（8）Closely related to Emily Dickinsons religious poetry are her poems concerning A.loneliness B.childhood C.youth and happiness D.death and immortality（9）A phoneme is a _unit.It is _.A.phonetic,abstract B.phonological

33、,concrete C.phonetic,concrete D.phonological,abstract（10）Once the notion of _was taken into consideration,semantics spilled into pragmatics.A.meaning B.context C.form D.content 人 文 模 拟（八）（1）Henry VIII dissolved all Englands monasteries and nunneries because _.A.they often rebelled B.they broke laws

34、C.they were much more royal to the Pope then to their English kings D.they didnt pay taxes（2）The United States of America is the _country in the world in size.A.largest B.second largest C.third largest D.fourth largest（3）In the United States Ku Klux Klan terrorized and attacked _.A.blacks B.all prog

35、ressives B.Indians D.both A and B（4）Franklins Poor Richards Almanac is _.A.his autobiography B.an annual collection of proverbs C.a copy of travels D.a novel（5）The story in Beowulf took place in _.A.England B.North Europe C.Scandinavia D.the Mediterranean（6）_compiled The Dictionary of the English La

36、nguage which became the fundation of all subsequent English dictionaries.A.Ben Johnson B.Samuel Johnson C.Alexander Pope D.John Dryden（7）As far as Emily Brontes literary creation is concerned,she is first of all,a _,most devoted to nature with its mysterious workings.A.poet B.novelist C.prose writer

37、 D.environmentalist（8）Among the works of Dreiser,the best known to the Chinese readers is _.A.American Tragedy B.Sister Carrie C.The Titan D.The Financier（9）The feature that distinguishes a greenhouse and a green house is _.A.tone B.stress C.intonation D.aspiration（10）A _analysis of an utterance wil

38、l reveal what the speaker intends to do with it.A.semantic B.syntactic C.unit D.an utterance 人 文 模 拟（九）（1）The Renaissance was typified by the universal genius of _.A.Shakespeare B.Francis Bacon C.Leonardo da Vinci D.Christopher Marlowe（2）Of all the fifty states in the United States,_ is the largest

39、in area.A.California B.Texas C.Alaska D.New Mexico（3）_was the beginning of a long economic depression in the US.A.The bankruptcy of banks B.Serious unemployment C.The stock market crash D.Farm foreclosures（4）The first American writer who gained international fame was _.A.Benjamin Franklin B.R.W.Emer

40、son C.Nathaniel Hawthorne D.Washington Irving（5）_,one of the greatest native poets in England,was regarded as the“father of English Poetry”.A.Geoffrey Chaucer B.Sir Gawain C.Francis Bacon D.John Dryden（6）_ is Sheridans comedy.A.The Rivals B.Volpone C.Everyman in His Humor D.The Dunciad（7）Most of Har

41、dys later works show his _view of life.A.optimistic B.practical C.pessimistic D.ironical（8）The age of Realism in the literary history of the U.S.refers to the period from _to_.A.1861,1914 B.1861,1918 C.1865,1914 D.1865,1918（9）Stress,tone and intonation are called _ features.A.segmental B.vocal C.spe

42、ech D.suprasegmental（10）”blouse”,“denim”are _origin.A.Latin B.French C.Greek D.Scottish 人 文 模 拟（十）（1）_ established blank verse in plays.A.William Shakespeare B.Francis Bacon C.Edmund Spenser D.Christopher Marlowe（2）The United States lies between two oceans,_ to its east and _ to its west.A.the Pacif

43、ic Ocean;the Atlantic Ocean B.the Atlantic Ocean;the Pacific Ocean C.the Indian Ocean;the Atlantic Ocean D.the Pacific Ocean;the Indian Ocean（3）The bombing of the Pearl Harbor in 1941 was launched by _.A.Germany B.Japan C.Italy D.Spain（4）Washington Irving fills his stories with the“local color”of _.

44、A.New York City B.New York State C.New Yorks Hudson River Valley D.Germany（5）Middle English literature strongly reflects the principles of _.A.the originality of thought B.the medieval Christian doctrine C.the secular life D.the poetic tradition（6）_ is NOT a novel written by Henry Fielding.A.Tom Jon

45、es B.Joseph Andrews C.Amelia D.Pamela（7）All the following literary trends EXCEPT _ belong to modernism.A.Expressionism B.Dadaism C.Imagism D.Darwinism（8）Sister Carrie is a masterpiece of _ writing.A.romantic B.classic C.neo-classic D.naturalistic（9）_deals with the production and classification of sp

46、eech sounds.A.Acoustic phonetics B.Auditory phonetics C.Articulatory phonetics D.Phonetics（10）_English had been deeply influenced by Norman French in vocabulary and grammar.A.Modern B.Middle C.Old D.both A and B 人 文 模 拟（十一）（1）The Tories was the forerunner of the Conservative Party.（2）The longest riv

47、er in the United States is Mississippi.（3）The decision on setting up of a world organization,the United Nations,was made by Yalta Conference.（4）In Irvings story,when Rip Van Winkle woke up and returned to his hometown he found that he had slept in the hill for 20 years.（5）Romance is a popular litera

48、ry form in the medieval Period.（6）Defoe was sent to prison because of his pamphlet The Shortest Way with the Dissenters.（7）Jane Austin is NOT among the outstanding realist novels of the early 20th century.（8）Mark Twain is not an author of the modern period of American literature.（9）The sound V can b

49、e described as voiced,labiodental,fricative.(10)An important set of extensive sound changes affecting vowels,known as the Great Vowel Shift,occurred at the end of the Middle English period.人文模拟（十二）(1)The Industrial Revolution first started in textiles.(2)All the five lakes are shared by the United S

50、tates and Canada except Lake Michigan.(3)The normal US-China diplomatic relation was not established until November 1978.(4)Walt Whitman was the first to explore fully the possibilities of free verse.(5)The repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poe