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1、GeneralKnowledgeforThird-yearStudents(I)1.InBritain,wheredoestheChangingoftheGuardtakeplace?a)BuckinghamPalace.b)DowningStreet.c)VictoriaandAlbertMuseum.d)TheTowerofLondon.2.Whatisadouble-decker?a)Abus.b)Achocolatebar.c)Ataxi.d)Atwo-storeybuilding.3.Ofallthesymbols,
2、________,whichareconsideredtorepresentfertilityandnewlife,arethosemostfrequentlyassociatedwithEaster.a)thepumpkinandtheturkeyb)thelambandthebeefc)thespringpeasandthepotatoesd)theeggandtherabbit4.ThefirstlandingbyEuropeansinAustraliawasin1606,butwhatistheirnationalit
3、y?a)Dutch.b)French.c)Spanish.d)British.5.MiddleEnglishwasusedbythepoet_______.a)Hardyb)Chaucerc)Shakespeared)Milton6.“ATaleofTwoCities”waswrittenby______.a)WilliamShakespeareb)GoeffreyChaucerc)CharlesDickensd)ThomasJefferson7.EmilyDickinsonwrotemanyshortpoemsonvario
4、usaspectsoflife.WhichofthefollowingisNOTausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression?a)Religionandimmortality.b)LifeandDeath.c)Loveandmarriage.d)Warandpeace.8.Whatthreecomponents,generally,makeupasystemofatypicallanguage?a)Phonology,syntax,semantics.b)Semiosis,syntax,frames.c
5、)Frames,semantics,utterances.d)Sign,sign,signs.9.Ofthefollowingword-formationprocesses,_______isthemostproductive.a)clippingb)blendingc)initialismd)derivation10.“Thepenismightierthanthesword.”isanexampleof______.a)metonymyb)transferredepithetc)oxymorond)metaphor11.W
6、hatistheaffectionatenamegiventotheclocktoweroftheHousesofParliament,Westminster?16a)BigBen.b)BigKen.c)BigBill.d)BigBob.1.WhichofthesesportsdidnotoriginateinUK?a)Cricket.b)Snooker.c)Football(Soccer).d)Golf.2.Whichtownhasbeennicknamed‘Tinseltown’bytheAmericans?a)NewOr
7、leans.b)Reno.c)Hollywood.d)LasVegas.3.WhatistheotherofficiallanguageinCanadabesidesEnglishandwhatisCanada’scapital?a)French.Ottawa.b)Spanish,Ottawa.c)Spanish,Toronto.d)French,Toronto.4.WhichEnglishpoetwroteofAdamandEve’sexpulsionfromtheGardenofEdeninParadiseLost?a)J
8、ohnDonne.b)JohnMilton.c)SirPhilipSidney.d)EdmundSpenser.5._______diedoftuberculosisattheageof26,butnotbeforeleavinganimpressivebodyofpoems
