【正文】 TEST ONE 1. The Norman Conquests happened in A. 55BC B. 1066 C. 700 D. 9662. In the late 16th century, ruled England. A. Henry V B. Elizabeth I C. Queen Mary D. Elizabeth II3. The largest river in Ireland is A. the Dodder River B. the Shannon River C. the St. George River D. the Thames River4. The American Constitution was drawn up in A. 1787 B. 1790 C. 1783 D. 17895. Dickens and Thackeray, who are most famous for their novel, lived in the period of A. Queen Elizabeth I B. Henry VIII C. Charles II D. Queen Victoria 6. is written by Alan Poe. A. TwiceTold Tales B. The Scarlet Letter C. The House of the Seven Gables D. The Fall of the House of Usher 7. Rip Van Winkle is written by A. Washington Irving B. Henry David Thoreau C. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. James Fenimore Cooper 8. is not a vowel glide. A. [th] B. [oi] C. [ei] D. [au] 9. The internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed are the subjects of A. Morphology B. Pragmatics C. Anthropology D. Psychology 10. For the following conversation: A: Do you know where Xiao Wang is? B: I39。m busy. is the conversation implicature. A. B is busy. B. B does not know where Xiao Wang is.C. B does not want to answer A39。s question.D. B is correct.1．B．諾曼征服戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)是1066年法國(guó)諾曼底公爵威廉同英國(guó)大封建主哈羅德為爭(zhēng)奪英國(guó)王位進(jìn)而征服英國(guó)的一場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。這場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)既是諾曼人對(duì)外擴(kuò)張的繼續(xù)，又是西歐同英國(guó)之間的又一次社會(huì)大融合。它以威廉的勝利而告終，對(duì)英國(guó)歷史的發(fā)展產(chǎn)生了深遠(yuǎn)的影響。2．B．16世紀(jì)末，伊麗莎白一世成為英國(guó)的女王；當(dāng)時(shí)比較重要的歷史事件是在公元1588年．英國(guó)皇家海軍擊敗西班牙“無(wú)敵艦隊(duì)”，從此樹(shù)立起了海上霸權(quán)，并開(kāi)始了大規(guī)模的海外擴(kuò)張。3．B．香農(nóng)河是愛(ài)爾蘭最長(zhǎng)的河流，全長(zhǎng)約400公里。香農(nóng)河位于愛(ài)爾蘭西北部奎爾卡山西麓，為香農(nóng)河的源頭。4．A．1787年制定并于1789年批準(zhǔn)生效的美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)聯(lián)邦憲法，是世界上第一部比較完整的資產(chǎn)階級(jí)成文憲法。5．D．在維多利亞時(shí)代，英國(guó)小說(shuō)呈現(xiàn)出空前繁榮的景象。其代表作家有狄更斯(Charles Dickens，1812—1870)和薩克雷(William M．Thackeray，1811—1863)。6．D．The Fall of the House of Usher《厄舍古屋的倒塌》是美國(guó)作家愛(ài)倫坡的作品。Twice Told Tales《重講一遍的故事》、The Scarlet Letter《紅字》、以及The House of the Seven Gables((帶七個(gè)尖角閣的房子》都是美國(guó)作家納撒尼爾霍桑(Nathaniel Hawthorne，1804—1864)的著作。7．A．Rip Van Winkle《瑞普凡溫克》是美國(guó)小說(shuō)家及歷史學(xué)家華盛頓歐文(Washington Irving，1783—1859)的名篇。8．C．Vowel Glides又稱元音過(guò)渡，指的是雙元音由兩個(gè)音組成，前一個(gè)音為純?cè)?，后一個(gè)音為短促的滑音，從而造成由一個(gè)元音滑向另一個(gè)元音的效果，如bite中的[ai]。9．A．Morphology(形態(tài)學(xué))研究單詞的內(nèi)部結(jié)構(gòu)及其構(gòu)成的規(guī)則。10．C．會(huì)話含義(Conversational Implicature)指的是當(dāng)說(shuō)話人公然地不執(zhí)行某一條準(zhǔn)則，而且讓聽(tīng)話者也知道了他在違反某一準(zhǔn)則，這時(shí)便很有可能產(chǎn)生會(huì)話含義，這是說(shuō)話人有意通過(guò)違反準(zhǔn)則讓對(duì)方體會(huì)到的言外之意。在例句中，B并沒(méi)有直接地回答A的問(wèn)題，而是回答自己很忙，言外之意最可能是“我現(xiàn)在沒(méi)空，不想回答你的問(wèn)題”。 TEST TWO1. are the earliest inhabitants of the British islands. A. AngloSaxons and Celts B. English C. Welsh D. Scots2. In , Julius Caesar conquered Britain. A. AD 410 B. AD 55 C. 55 BC D. 700 BC3. is the capital city of Texas. A. Houston B. Austin C. Saint Antonio D. Jackson4. Wellington, capital city of New Zealand, is located on A. South Island B. North Island C. Stewart Island D. the Chatham Island5. Francis Bacon is best known for his A. essays B. novels C. paintings D. poetry6. wrote Nature. A. William Faulkner B. Washington Irving C. Rail Waldo Emerson D. Walt Whitman7. Mark Twain is well known for his A. refined language B. rich imagery C. local color D. sincerity8. can be used to describe arbitrariness, one of the design features of language? A. We can easily teach our children to learn a certain language B. We can use both 39。shu39。 and 39。tree39。 to describe the same thing C. We can use language to refer to something not present D. We can produce sentences that have never been heard before9. is not one of the functions of language? A. Interpersonal B. Phatic C. Informative D. Understanding10. refers to the systemic studies on the meaningproducing mechanism in languages, including the study of word and sentence meaning. A. Phonetics B. Semantics C. Morphology D. Syntax1．A．英倫三島上最早的居民包括盎格魯薩克遜人和凱爾特人。盎格魯薩克遜人是英格蘭人的祖先而蘇格蘭、威爾士和愛(ài)爾蘭人則屬于凱爾特人。2．B．公元前55年和54年，羅馬將軍朱略斯凱撒兩次入侵英國(guó)，但均未成功。3．B．Texas(：德克薩斯州)是美國(guó)南方最大的一州。德克薩斯州的首府是奧斯汀，最大的城市是休斯敦，其他最重要城市有達(dá)拉斯和圣安東尼奧。4．B．新西蘭主要由兩大島嶼構(gòu)成，N0rth Island(北島)和South Island(南島)。其中主要的城市遍布在北島上，如新西蘭最大的兩個(gè)城市：北部的奧克蘭和南端首都惠靈頓。5．A．弗蘭西斯培根(1 56l 1626)，英國(guó)散文作家、哲學(xué)家、政治家，是古典經(jīng)驗(yàn)論的始祖。他在1624年出版的《論說(shuō)文集》文筆非常優(yōu)美，是值得一讀的佳作。6．c．拉爾夫沃爾多愛(ài)默生(Ralf Waldo Emerson 1803—1882)的散文集Nature《論自然》被譽(yù)為新英格蘭超驗(yàn)主義者的宣言書(shū)。7．c．馬克吐溫的作品以其濃厚的地方色彩(10cal color)而出名。地方色彩主要指的是在馬克吐溫的作品中運(yùn)用了許多當(dāng)時(shí)在密西西比一帶流行的俗語(yǔ)。8．C．語(yǔ)言的任意性(Arbitrariness)：語(yǔ)言所表達(dá)的概念與其相應(yīng)的聲音符號(hào)之間的關(guān)系是任意的，比如同樣是樹(shù)，為什么漢語(yǔ)用“shu”來(lái)表示，而英語(yǔ)用tree，法語(yǔ)用arbre，這是沒(méi)有“理由”的，是任意選擇的結(jié)果。9．D．語(yǔ)言的功能主要包括傳達(dá)信息功能、人際功能、行事功能、表情功能、寒喧功能、娛樂(lè)功能和元語(yǔ)言功能。10．B．語(yǔ)義學(xué)指對(duì)語(yǔ)言產(chǎn)生意義的方法的系統(tǒng)研究，主要研究詞義和句義。 TEST THREE1. The Romans brought to England after they invaded the British Isles. A. Buddhism B. Islamism C. Christianity D. Catholicism2. The Chartist Movement took its name from A. The Agreement of the People B. The Bill of Rights C. The People39。s Charter D. The Great Chart3. The Gettysburg victory, which was the turning point of the Civil War, is located in A. Alabama B. Pennsylvania C. Mississippi D. Florida4. is usually considered as the national symbol of New Zealand. A. The Kiwi B. Lake Taupo C. Mount Cook