__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 1. 選B。在英國，下院擁有最高立法權。本題術語發展現狀類問題。 2. 選C。加拿大三大城市不包括渥太華。本題術語發展現狀類問題。 3. 選C。據說澳大利亞的土著文化擁有四千多年的'歷史。本題屬於文化傳統類問題。 4. 選A。衆所周知，愛爾蘭地貌特點是沼澤地。本題屬於地理類問題。 5. 選D。除了《羅密歐與朱麗葉》之外，其他下列戲劇皆爲莎士比亞的喜劇作品。本題屬於英國文學類問題。 6. 選B。“小說結構是圍繞主人公的身世發現來安排的”這句話可能是指小說《棄兒湯姆.瓊斯的來歷》。本題屬於英國文學類問題。 7. 選D。理查德.B.謝立丹被認爲是18世紀最偉大的劇作家。本題屬於英國文學類問題。 8. 選A。這道題檢查考生是否知曉語用學的含義。 9. 選C。這套題檢查考生對別列舉的瞭解。 10.選B。這道題檢查考生對語義變化內容的瞭解。
