英语专业八级人文知识 第40讲

【练习】

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