【正文】 esar.b) The twelfth Night.c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream.d) As You Like it.7. ______ is a branch of linguistics concerned with the sounds of speech, the way the sounds of particular languages change over time and the way the sounds of one language relate to those of another.a) Phonology b) Morphologyc) Syntax d) Semantics8. ______ is the branch of linguistics which studies meaning in language.a) Phonology b) Morphologyc) Syntax d) Semantics9. “Alive” and “dead” are _______ antonyms.a) relational b) gradablec) symmetric d) plementary10. _______ is the study of the production, transmission, and reception of speech sounds.a) Phonology b) Morphologyc) Syntax d) PhoneticsTest 111. Which university is the oldest one in Britain?a) Oxford. b) Cambridge.c) Edinburgh. d) Glasgow.2. The Reuters is a famous news agency in _______.a) France b) Germanyc) America d) Britain3. The most typically English of sports is ________.a) soccer b) cricketc) horse racing d) golf4. “The Red badge of Courage” was written by _______.a) Jack London b) Stephen Cranec) Hamilin Garland d) S. Anderson5. Fitzgerald’s first novel was ________.a) The Beautiful and Damnedb) This Side of Paradisec) The Great Gatsbyd) Tender Is Night6. The theme of The Waste Land is _______.a) love b) spiritual quest for salvationc) death d) nature7. Wallace Stevens was a successful ________.a) poet b) essayistc) novelist d) critic8. Chinese is a(n) ________.a) isolating language b) agglutinativec) fusional d) incorporating9. ______ validity refers to the extent to which the best adequately covers the syllabus area to be tested.a) content b) Constructc) Emprical d) Face10. Sentence (a) “He married a blonde heiress.” _______ sentence (b) “He married a blonde.”a) presupposes b) implicatesc) entails d) negatesTest 121. The singing group the Beatles was formed in _________.a) the early 1960s b) the early 1970sc) the late 1960s d) the late 1970s2. The most popular sport in England is _______.a) soccer b) cricketc) rugby d) golf3. _______ is the base where America originated.a) the Midwest b) the Southc) the Great Plains d) New England4. Napoleon sold the ______ Territory to the United States for only 15 million dollars.a) Colorado b) Louisianac) New Mexico d) Texas5. ________ introduced the technique of the stream of consciousness in his writing.a) Shakespeare b) James Joycec) Thomas Hardy d) William Faulkner6. Adgar Allan Poe was a _______.a) novelist and critic b) poet and criticc) novelist and poet d) playwright and novelist7. ________ was called “inventor of detective stories”.a) Washington Irving b) Fennimore Cooperc) Adgar Allan Poe d) Nathaniel Hawthorne8. _______ are of the plementary type of antonyms.a) Sellbuy b) Longshortc) Goodbad d) Singlemarried9. Which is created by cutting the initial part of a word?a) Van. b) Prof.c) Bike. d) Telly.10. The word “holiday” originally meant holy day, but now the word signifies any day on which we do not have to work. This is an example of ________.a) meaning shift b) widening of meaningc) narrowing of meaning d) loss of meaningTest 131. _______ was the president of the United States during the Great Depression.a) Thomas Jefferson b) John F. Kennedyc) Franklin Roosevelt d) Truman2. ______ was involved in the Watergate Scandal.a) Nixon b) Rooseveltc) Truman d) Ford3. The Presidency Election is held every _______ years in America.a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 64. The Master’s colleges and universities in America offer _______ degrees.a) BA b) Master’sc) BA and Master’s d) doctoral5. “Scarlet Letter” is one of the greatest American novels. It is written by _______.a) Nathaniel Hawthorne b) Wallace Stevenc) Francis d) Willa Cather6. ________ was the first to explore fully the possibility of free verse in American history of literature.a) Ralph Waldo b) Stephen Cranec) Walt Whitman d) Robert Frost7. Mark Twain was wellknown as a _______.a) critic b) humoristc) poet d) playwright8. Which is NOT a blending word?a) babysit. b) transistor.c) motel. d) smog.9. The thematic role which deliberately performs the action described by the verb is _______.a) instrument b) sourcec) agent d) theme10. Which of the following languages does NOT belong to the Germanic branch of the IndoEuropean family?a) Italian. b) English.c) German. d) Dutch.Test 141. Which of the following American higher education institution d