2. U.S. presidents normally serves a (an) _________term. A. two-year B. four-year C. six-year D. eight-year
3. Which of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, U.S.? A. Huston. B. Boston. C. Baltimore. D. Philadelphia.
4. ________ is the state church in England. A. The Roman Catholic Church. B. The Baptist Church C. The Protestant Church D. The Church of England
5. The novel Emma is written by A. Mary Shelley. B. Charlotte Bronte C. Elizabeth C. Gaskell. D. Jane Austen.
6. Which of following is NOT a romantic poet? A. William Wordsworth. B. George Elliot. C. George G. Byron. D. Percy B. Shelley.
7. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for A. his poems.
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B. his plays. C. his short stories. D. his novels
8. Syntax is the study of A. language functions. B. sentence structures. C. textual organization. D. word formation.
9. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language? A. Arbitrariness. B. Productivity.
C. Cultural transmission. D. Finiteness.
10. The speech act theory was first put forward by A. John Searle. B. John Austin. C. Noam Chomsky. D. M.A.K. Halliday.
11. The Presidents during the American Civil War was A. Andrew Jackson B. Abraham Lincoln C. Thomas Jefferson D. George Washington
12. The capital of New Zealand is A.Christchurch B.Auckland C.Wellington D.Hamilton
13. Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers? A.The Aborigines B.The Maori C.The Indians D.The Eskimos
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14. The Prime Minister in Britain is head of A.the Shadow Cabinet B.the Parliament C.the Opposition D.the Cabinet
15. Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century? A.T.S.Eliot B.D.H.Lawrence C.Theodore Dreiser D.James Joyce
16. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by A.Scott Fitzgerald B.William Faulkner C.Eugene O'Neil D.Ernest Hemingway
17._____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines A.Free verse B.Sonnet C.Ode D.Epigram
18. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of A.reference B.meaning C.antonymy D.context
19. The words\"kid, child, offspring\" are examples of A.dialectal synonyms B.stylistic synonyms C.emotive synonyms D.collocational synonyms
20. The distinction between parole and langue was made by A.Halliay B.Chomsky C.Bloomfield
D.Saussure
21. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively
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EXCEPT A. the Anglos B. the Celts C. the Jutes D. the Saxons
22. The Head of State of Canada is represented by A. the Monarch B. the President C. the Prime Minister D. the Governor-general
23. The Declaration of Independence was written by A. Thomas Jefferson B. George Washington C. Alexander Hamilton D. James Madison
24. The original inhabitants of Australia were A. the Red Indians B. the Eskimos C. the Aborigines D. the Maoris
25. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte? A. Oliver Twist B. Middlemarch C. Jane Eyre
D. Wuthering Heights
26. William Butler Yeats was a(n) ______ poet and playwright. A. American B. Canadian C. Irish D. Australian
27. Death of a Salesman was written by A. Arthur Miller B. Ernest Hemingway C. Ralph Ellison D. James Baldwin
28. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation. A. Phonology
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B. Morphology C. Semantics D. Sociolinguistics
29. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT A. lexical B. syntactic C. phonological D. psycholinguistic
30. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example of A. widening of meaning B. narrowing of meaning C. meaning shift D. loss of meaning
31. The largest city in Canada is A. Vancouver. B. Montreal. C. Toronto D. Ottawa.
32. According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in A. the Federal Government. B. the Supreme Court. C. the Cabinet. D. the Congress.
33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States? A. Baseball. B. Tennis. C. Basketball. D. American football.
34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is A. the President.
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B. the Governor-General. C. the British monarch, D. the Prime Minister.
35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by A. William Langland. B. Geoffrey Chaucer. C. William Shakespeare. D. Alfred Tennyson.
36. Who wrote The American? A. Herman Melville. B. Nathaniel Hawthorne. C. Henry James. D. Theodore Dreiser.
37. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCEPT A. George Eliot. B. Iris Jean Murdoch. C. Doris Lessing. D. Muriel Spark.
38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language? A. Arbitrariness. B. Displacement. C. Duality. D. Diachronicity.
39. What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”? A. A simple sentence. B. A coordinate sentence.
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C. A complex sentence. D. None of the above.
40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called A. hyponymy. B. synonymy. C. polysemy. D. homonymy.
41. The Head of State of New Zealand is A. the governor-general. B. the Prime Minister. C. the high commissioner.
D. the monarch of the United Kingdom. 42. The capital of Scotland is A. Glasgow. B. Edinburgh. C. Manchester. D. London.
43. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the U.S. President? A. Thomas Jefferson. B. George Washington. C. Thomas Paine. D. John Adams.
44. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia? A. Perth. B. Adelaide. C. Sydney. D. Melbourne.
45. Ode to the West Windwas written by A. William Blake. B. William Wordsworth. C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. D. Percy B. Shelley.
46. Who among the following is a poet of free verse? A. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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B. Walt Whitman. C. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser.
47. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by A. Thomas Hardy. B. John Galsworthy. C. D.H. Lawrence. D. James Joyce.
48. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is A. corpus linguistics. B. sociolinguistics. C. theoretical linguistics. D. psycholinguistics.
49. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called A. dialect. B. idiolect. C. pidgin. D. register.
50. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing A. an illocutionary act. B. a perlocutionary act. C. a locutionary act. D. none of the above.
51.
Which of the following statements in INCORRECT?
A. The British constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215. B. The British constitution includes Parliamentary acts.
C. The British constitution includes decisions made by courts of law. D. The British constitution includes one single written constitution. 52.
The first city ever founded in Canada is
A. Quebec. B. Vancouver. C. Toronto. D. Montreal.
53. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?
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A. 1770. B. 1788. C. 1900. D. 1901. 54.
The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the U.S.
was issued by A. Abraham Lincoln. B. Thomas Paine. C. George Washington. D. Thomas Jefferson. 55.
________ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems.
A. Will Blake B. W.B. Yeats C. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth 56.
The Financier is written by
A. Mark Twain. B. Henry James. C. William Faulkner. D. Theodore Dreiser. 57.
In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as
A. allegory. B. sonnet. C. blank verse. D. rhyme. 58.
________ refers to the learning and development of a language.
A. Language acquisition B. Language comprehension C. Language production D. Language instruction 59.
The word “ Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of ________ in morphology.
A. backformation
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B. conversion C. blending D. acronym 60.
Language is t tool of communication. The symbol “Highway Closed” on a highway
serves_______.
A. an expressive function. B. an informative function. C. a performative function. D. a persuasive functionhe
61. The northernmost part of Great Britain is _____. A. Northern Ireland B. Scotland C. England D. Wales
62. It 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
63. Which country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf? A. Canada B. New Zealand C. Great Britain
D. The United States of America
64. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, Before the American Revolution? A. Thomas Jefferson B. Thomas Paine C. John Adams D. Benjamin Franklin
65. Virginia Woolf was an important female ______ in the 20-century England.
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A. poet B. biographer C. playwright D. novelist
66. ______ 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
67. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20 century? A. The Great Gatsby B. The Sun Also Rises C. The Sound and the Fury D. Beyond the Horizon
68. _____ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind. A. Semantics B. Pragmatics C. Cognitive linguistics D. Sociolinguistics
69. A 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
70. The 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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