大学英语大学英语大学英语专业八级TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2011)&GRADE EIGHT

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• 31The northernmost part of Great Britain is _______.

  A.Northern Ireland

  B.Wales

  C.England

  D.Scotland

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• 32It is generally agreed that _______ were the first Europeans to reach Australia's shores.

  A.the French

  B.the Germans

  C.the British

  D.the Dutch

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• 33Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf、

  A.Canada.

  B.New Zealand.

  C.Great Britain.

  D.The United States of America.

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• 34Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution、

  A.Thomas Jefferson.

  B.Thomas Paine.

  C.John Adams.

  D.Benjamin Franklin.

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• 35Virginia Woolf was an important female ________ in the 20th-century England.

  A.poet

  B.biographer

  C.playwright

  D.novelist

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• 36______ refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nation's history.

  A.Ballad

  B.Romance

  C.Epic

  D.Elegy

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• 37Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century、

  A.The Great Gatsby.

  B.The Sun Also Rises.

  C.The Sound and the Fury.

  D.Beyond the Horizon.

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• 38_______ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.

  A.Semantics

  B.Pragmatics

  C.Cognitive linguistics

  D.Sociolinguistics

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• 39A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of ________.

  A.absence of obstruction

  B.presence of obstruction

  C.manner of articulation

  D.place of articulation

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• 40The definition "the act of using or promoting the use of several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers" refers to _________.

  A.Pidgin

  B.Creole

  C.Multilingualism

  D.Bilingualism

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