英國(guó)的起源
1.The first known setters of Britain were the Iberians. 伊比例亞人
2.The Celts began to arrive about 700BC and kept coming until the arrival of the Romans.凱爾特人
3. Julius Caesar, the great roman general, invaded Britain for the first time in 55BC. For nearly 400 years, Britain was under roman occupation. 羅馬統(tǒng)治
4. In the mid-5th century a new wave of invaders, Jutes, Saxons, and Angles came to Britain, they were three Teutonic tribes.
5.The Norman conquest of England is perhaps the best-known event in English history. Under William, the feudal system in England was completely established. 諾曼征服
Celts， Anglo Saxon， Roman，哪個(gè)先來(lái)或者后到英國(guó)的呢？排個(gè)順序吧。
1.The Norman Conquest happened in ____
A. 55BC B.1066 C.700 D.966
2.In the late 16th century, _____ruled England.
A. Henry V B. Elizabeth I C Queen Marry D Elizabeth II
3. The largest river in Ireland is ____
A. the Dodder River B the Shannon River
C the St. George River D the Thames River
4. The American Constitution was drawn up in ____
A 1787 B 1790 C 1783 D 1789
5. 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 Twice-Told 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: I’m busy
____is the conversation implicature.
A.B is busy
B.B does no know where Xiao Wang is.
C.B does not want to answer A’s questions.
D.B is correct
順序是：Celts--Roman--Anglo Saxon
答案： BBBAD DACAC
Vowel Glide 又稱元音過(guò)渡，指的是雙元音組成的，前一個(gè)音為純?cè)?，后一個(gè)音為短促的滑音。
New York City
With a metropolitan population of around 16 million, New York, called the “Big Apple”, is the largest city in the United States, and the financial, manufacturing and transportation center.
With the headquarter of the United Nations located there, it is also the center of international political exchange, as well as the financial capital of the world.
鞏固： 我們知道NEW YORK CITY 有很多有名的地方，包括 Wall Street， BroadWay，還有什么吶？
1.The Tories were the forerunners of ____ , which still bears this nickname today.
A the Liberal Party B the Labour Party Day
C the Conservative Party D the Social Democratic Party
2.Among the most typical English sports, ____ has been in existence since the 16th century.
A rugby B soccer C cricket D boxing
3.The United States is ____
A the most populous country in the world
B the second most populous country in the world
C the third most populous county in the world
D the fourth most populous country in the world
4.The last one of the 13 colonies was ____, which was established in 1733.
A North Carolina B South Carolina C Georgia D Maryland
5. O' Henry earned his fame mainly for his ____
A novels B poems C short stories D dramas
6.The island of Lilliput can be found in ___
A Robinson Grusoe B Gulliver's Travels C Adventures of Tome Sawyer D Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
7____is the first American professional writer and the first writer of detective story in the world.
A Ezra Pound B Washington Irving C Nathaniel Hawthorne D Edgar Ellen Poe
8. ____is the basic unit of research in Mophology.
A. morpheme B phoneme C lexeme D phone
9. Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?
A language is a system B Language is symbolic
C Animals also have languages D Language is arbitrary
10. The pair of words “high” and “l(fā)ow” are ____
A gradable opposites B converse opposites C co-hyponyms D synonyms
答案:
New York City is well known for Wall Street, Fifth Avenue, Broadway, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the United Nation’s Building, Central Park, Harlem（黑人住宅區(qū)） and so on.
CBCCC BDACA
英國(guó)工業(yè)革命
1. The industrial revolution refers to the mechanization of industry and the consequent change in social and economic organization in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
工業(yè)革命指18世紀(jì)末，19世紀(jì)初英國(guó)工業(yè)的機(jī)械化，以及因此而導(dǎo)致的社會(huì)結(jié)構(gòu)和經(jīng)濟(jì)結(jié)構(gòu)的變化。
2. The first steam engine was devised by Thomas newcomer at the end of 17th century, and the Scottish inventor James Watt modified and improved the design in 1765.
十七世紀(jì)末，托馬斯。紐卡墨設(shè)計(jì)了第一臺(tái)蒸氣機(jī)，蘇格蘭發(fā)明家詹姆斯.華特修改并改良了設(shè)計(jì)方案（1765）。
3. As a result of the industrial revolution, Britain was by 1830 the “workshop of the world”.
作為工業(yè)革命的結(jié)果，英國(guó)到1830年止成為“世界工場(chǎng)”。
想一想：英國(guó)工業(yè)革命什么時(shí)候開(kāi)始的？第一臺(tái)蒸汽機(jī)誰(shuí)發(fā)明的？
1. Oxford is on ____
A. the Thames River
B. River Clyde
C. the Severn River
D. the Great Lakes
2. Today, the City of London is the business centre of London where you can find ___.
A. big supermarkets
B. theatres and cinemas
C. large financial organizations
D. restaurants and cafes
3. One of the most far-reaching consequences of the Second World War brought to Britain was that____.
A. it hastened the end of Britain's empire
B. it made the country fall into ecnomic depression
C. it stimulated the development of the country
D. it made the country become the world's leading country
4. The 1920’s in the United States has been described as a period of ____.
A. culture revival
B. loss of purpose
C. development of science and technology
D. material success and spiritual frustration
5. Wellington, capital city of New Zealand, is located on ____
A. south island
B. north island
C. stewart island
D. the Chatham island
6. The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ____.
A. Antony and Cleopatra
B. Julius Caesar
C. Twelfth Night
D. King Lear
7. ____is known as "the poet's poet".
A. Shakespeare
B. Marlowe
C. Spencer
D. Donne
8. The basic difference between vowels and consonants is ____
A. the shape of lips
B. the vibration of the vocal folds
C.whether the sound’s production is accompanied by a puff of breath
D.whether the air stream meets with any obstruction
9. The consonant ____can be described as : voiced bilabial stop.
A [p]
B [b]
C [t]
D [d]
10. Which of the following underlined part is an inflectional morpheme?
A. talk/ talking
B. shy/shyness
C. physic/ physician
D. build/ rebuild
答案
ACADB DCDBA
英國(guó)的農(nóng)業(yè)
1. The British were pioneers in modern agriculture and were among the first to bring science and machinery to farming. In British only 3% of the population are farmers but they manage 70% of the land and managed like an industrial business.
英國(guó)是現(xiàn)代農(nóng)業(yè)先驅(qū)，他們?cè)谵r(nóng)業(yè)中引進(jìn)科學(xué)和機(jī)械。英國(guó)只有3％的農(nóng)業(yè)人口，但他們卻管理70％的土地。
2. There are mainly six farming types in Britain. They are arable farming, dairy farming, stock farming, mixed farming, hill farming and market gardening.
英國(guó)主要有六種農(nóng)作業(yè)類型：耕地業(yè)、乳品業(yè)、家畜業(yè)、混合農(nóng)業(yè)、山地畜牧業(yè)和市場(chǎng)果蔬業(yè)。
3. Arable farming emphasizes crop production and occurs on the more fertile soils. The chief crops are wheat, barely, oats, sugar beer and potatoes. During farming rears cattle primarily for milk production. Western regions with moderate rainfull, mild winters and cool summers are often important dairy areas.
耕地業(yè)重點(diǎn)是農(nóng)作物生產(chǎn)，所需較肥沃的土壤，主要農(nóng)作物有小麥，大麥，燕麥，甜菜和土豆。乳品業(yè)飼養(yǎng)的牛主要供生產(chǎn)牛奶。因此，降雨量適中，冬天溫和，夏天涼爽的西部地區(qū)是重要的奶制業(yè)地區(qū)。
想一想：英國(guó)的主要農(nóng)作物是什么？
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Prime Minister in Britain?
A He is appointed by the Queen B He is Minister for the Civil Service
C He sits in the House of Commons D He is elected every four years
2. Which of the following is NOT in the east part of U.S.A?
A Massachusetts B Marine C North Carolina D Louisiana
3. China and America established diplomatic relations in January____
A 1972 B 1976 C 1978 D1979
4. .Rock-and-roll in the early 1960s in the United States was music for ____.
A teenagers B black audience C white adult audience D people of all ages
5. George Gordon Bylon was famous for the following works EXCEPT ____.
A Child Harold’s Pilgrimage B Queen Mab
C Hours of Idleness D Don Juan
6.____ is D.H Lawrence's semi-autographical novel.
A Sons and Lovers B Women in Love C Rainbow D Lady Chatterley's lover
7.Which of the following is NOT true for Ralph Waldo Emerson?
A A great thinker B A famous novelist C A well-known essayist D A poet
8.-receive in perceive and conceive is ___
A a prefix B an infix C a suffix D a bound morpheme
9.Syntax is the study of the formation of ____
A words B sentences C utterance D discourse
10. The critical period for first language acquisition is believed to be between the age of ____
A 18 months and 4 years B 6 months and 18 month
C 4 years and 16 years D 18 months and 16 years
答案
DDDAB ABDBA
英法百年戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)
When Edward Ⅲ claimed the French Crown by the right of his mother Isabella, the French refused to recognize the claim because the Salic Law debarred females from the succession. In 1337 Edward declared a war that was to last a hundred years.
愛(ài)德華三世通過(guò)他母親伊莎貝拉的關(guān)系宣布繼承法國(guó)王位，但法國(guó)人民拒絕承認(rèn)，因?yàn)樗_利法典規(guī)定女子不得繼承王位，于是在1337年，愛(ài)德華對(duì)法宣戰(zhàn)，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)持續(xù)了一百年。
1. The Romans brought ____ to England after they invaded the British Isles.
A Buddhism
B Islamism
C Christianity
D Catholicism
2. The Chartist Movement took its name from____
A The Agreement of the People
B The Bill of Rights
C The People’s Charter
D The Great Chart
3. The Hundred Years’ War between Britain and France was fought ____
A from1327 to 1453
B from 1337 to 1453
C from 1347 to 1453
D 1357 to 1453
4. ____is usually considered as the national symbol of New Zealand.
A The kiwi
B Lake Taupo
C Mount Cook
D Auckland
5. ____was written by Jane Austin.
A Jane Eyre
B Emma
C Wuthering Heights
D Middlemarch
6. _____is written by Theodore Dreiser.
A A Pslam of Life
B Sister Carrie
C Moby Dick
D Emma
7. ____ wrote The Grapes of Wrath.
A John Steinbeck
B Eugene O’Neil
C. F.Scott Fitzgerald
D Theodore Dreiser
8. Which of the following is not a compound word?
A landlord
B riverbed
C throughout
D unbelievable
9.Which of the following groups are complementary antonyms?
A good-bad
B buy-sell
C above-below
D boy-girl
10 ____can be defined as the study of how speakers use the sentences of the language to effect successful communication.
A semantics
B pragmatics
C applied linguistics
D sociolinguistics
答案
CCBAB BADDB
英國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)（1642-1646）
1.On August 22, 1642, the First Civil War began. The king’s men were called Cavaliers, and the supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads.
1642.8.22，第一次內(nèi)戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)，支持國(guó)王者被成為“騎士派”，支持議會(huì)者被成為“圓顱派”。
2.Charles was tried by a High Court of Justice, found guilty of have levied war against his kingdom and the Parliament, condemned to death, and executed on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House at Whitehall on January 30, 1649.
查爾斯在一級(jí)高級(jí)法院受審，犯有對(duì)王國(guó)和議會(huì)發(fā)動(dòng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)之罪，被判死刑，并于1649.1.30在宴會(huì)宮窗外的絞刑架上絞死。
1. ____is the core of the English Government.
A the Sovereign B the House of Lords C the House of Commons D the Cabinet
2. Melbourne is located ____
A in Canada B in New Zealand C in Ireland D in Australia
3. ____forced Nixon to resign in 1973.
A The Watergate Scandal B The Iran-Gate Scandal
C The Un-American Activities Committee D The New Right
4. The young people in the post-WWI era are referred to as “_____”
A the Boom Generation B the Lost Generation
C the Yuppies D the Cowboys
5. ____was greatly influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry.
A Ezra Pound B Walt Whitman C Robert Frost D Edgar Allan Poe
6. Which of the following novels was NOT written by Charles Dickens?
A David Copperfield B The Pickwick Papers
C Oliver Twist D Women in Love
7. A myth is a ____ tale originally with religious significance that explains the actions of gods or heroes, the causes of natural phenomena or both.
A non-fictional B fictional C gothic D poetic
8. The force of a/an ____ act is identical with the speaker’s intention.
A illocutionary B locutionary C perlocutionary D prelocutionary
9.Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as ____
A parole B language C system D langue
10. The noun “tear” and the verb “tear” are ____
A homophones B homographs C complete homonyms D allophones
答案
DDABA DBADB英國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)（1642-1646）
1.On August 22, 1642, the First Civil War began. The king’s men were called Cavaliers, and the supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads.
1642.8.22，第一次內(nèi)戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)，支持國(guó)王者被成為“騎士派”，支持議會(huì)者被成為“圓顱派”。
2.Charles was tried by a High Court of Justice, found guilty of have levied war against his kingdom and the Parliament, condemned to death, and executed on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House at Whitehall on January 30, 1649.
查爾斯在一級(jí)高級(jí)法院受審，犯有對(duì)王國(guó)和議會(huì)發(fā)動(dòng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)之罪，被判死刑，并于1649.1.30在宴會(huì)宮窗外的絞刑架上絞死。
1. ____is the core of the English Government.
A the Sovereign B the House of Lords C the House of Commons D the Cabinet
2. Melbourne is located ____
A in Canada B in New Zealand C in Ireland D in Australia
3. ____forced Nixon to resign in 1973.
A The Watergate Scandal B The Iran-Gate Scandal
C The Un-American Activities Committee D The New Right
4. The young people in the post-WWI era are referred to as “_____”
A the Boom Generation B the Lost Generation
C the Yuppies D the Cowboys
5. ____was greatly influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry.
A Ezra Pound B Walt Whitman C Robert Frost D Edgar Allan Poe
6. Which of the following novels was NOT written by Charles Dickens?
A David Copperfield B The Pickwick Papers
C Oliver Twist D Women in Love
7. A myth is a ____ tale originally with religious significance that explains the actions of gods or heroes, the causes of natural phenomena or both.
A non-fictional B fictional C gothic D poetic
8. The force of a/an ____ act is identical with the speaker’s intention.
A illocutionary B locutionary C perlocutionary D prelocutionary
9.Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as ____
A parole B language C system D langue
10. The noun “tear” and the verb “tear” are ____
A homophones B homographs C complete homonyms D allophones
答案
DDABA DBADB
美國(guó)人口構(gòu)成
1. The population of the United States is a bit more than 272 million, about 13% of which are Black, 12 % are Hispanic(講西班牙語(yǔ)的人)，4% are Asian and the rest are White Americans.
2. It is the third most populous country in the world after China and India.
3. The most populous states are California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois.
4. More than 80% of Americans live in urban areas.
鞏固：按照人口數(shù)量排列，美國(guó)在世界排在第幾位；按照面積排，美國(guó)又是排第幾位呢？
1. Christmas is usually connected to ____
A the reunion of a large family B the eating of Easter eggs
C the resurrection of Christ D the forgiving of other’s sins
2. The largest of the ethnic minorities in America is ____
A the blacks B the Mexico-Americans
C the Spanish-Americans D the Chinese
3. The British establish ____colonies along the east coast of North American between 16.7 and 1733.
A. 11 B 12 C13 D14
4. The largest university in Canada is ____
A Laval University B The University of Toronto
C McGill University D Simon Fraser University
5. Robinson Crusoe is written by ____
A Henry Fielding B Daniel Defoe C Samuel Richardson D Jonathan Swift
6. ____is written by Walt Whitman.
A Representative Men B English Traits C Nature D Leaves of Grass
7. ____is not a novelist.
A Henry James B Emily Dickinson C William Dean Howells D Mark Twain
8. ____is not one of the core branches of linguistics.
A Phonology B Psycho-linguistics C Syntax D Semantics
9. ____ is the common factor of the three sounds:[p], [t], [k]
A voiceless B spread C voiced D nasal
10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms of ____
A manner of articulation B openness of mouth
C place of articulation D voicing
按面積計(jì)算，美國(guó)繼俄羅斯，加拿大，中國(guó)之后位居第四。
按人口計(jì)算，美國(guó)繼中國(guó)，印度后，居第三。
答案
ACCBB DBBAA
每天第一個(gè)迎接新一天的國(guó)家是哪個(gè)呢？
新西蘭，由于新西蘭整個(gè)國(guó)家非常狹窄，所以新西蘭的任何地方距離海洋都不超過(guò)110公里，全國(guó)只有一個(gè)時(shí)區(qū)。新西蘭正好位于國(guó)際日期變更線以西的第一個(gè)時(shí)區(qū)，所以它是第一個(gè)迎接新一天的國(guó)家。
1. It was during ____ reign that the name Great Britain came into being.
A Mary's B Anne's C Jame II's D Oliver Cromwell
2.Where is Edinburgh?
A In Wales B In Scotland C In Northern Ireland D In Ireland
3. One of the most famous national parks in the U.S. is the ____
A Yellowstone National Park B Hyde Park
C Kakadu National Park D American Fishing Center
4. New Zealand is just west of the International Date Line, so it is the first country to get ____
A frozen B wet C the new day D united
5. Mr.Darcy is a character in ____
A Tess of the D'Urbervilles B Pride and Prejudice C Happy Prince D The Mill on the Floss
6. Lyrical Ballads is the joint work between Wordsworth and his friend____
A Coleridge B Bryon C Keats D Shelly
7.____is the representative work of the Jazz Age
A The Great Gatsby B On the Road C Look Back in Anger D The Sun Also Rises
8. The distinction of langue and parole is made by ____
A Hall B Sapir C Chomsky D Saussure
9. ____examines how meaning is encoded in a language.
A Semantics B Syntax C Pragmatics D Morphology
10.The sentence “I apologize!” belongs to the category of ____according to the speech act theory.
A. expressive B performative C representative D constative
答案
BBACB AADAB
constative為敘述句performative為施為句
輔音如何分類
1. 發(fā)音部位（places of articulation）：雙唇音(bilabial)、唇齒音(labiodental)、齒間音(dental)等；
2.發(fā)音方法(manners of articulation)：、爆破音(stop)、摩擦音(fricatives)、破擦音(affricates)、鼻音(nasal)、邊音(lateral)等；
3.聲帶狀態(tài)：清輔音、濁輔音。
因此更正第七期第十道
10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms of ____
A manner of articulation B openness of mouth
C place of articulation D voicing
選擇A而不是C
1. St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both ____
A America and Mexico B America and Canada
C America and Cuba D America and Brazil
2. European settlement of Australia began in the late part of ____ when a British penal colony was established on the east coast of the continent.
A the 16th century B the 17th century C the 18th century D the 19th century
3. Which sport is supposed to be America’s national sport and used to be call “American’s favorable pastime”?
A baseball B basketball C rugby D cricket
4. The largest city in New Zealand is ____
A Auckland B Wellington C Christchurch D Dunedin
5. After Adam Bede,____wrote The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner in which moral problems are discussed and psychological analysis of characters are emphasized.
A George Eliot B Jane Austin C George Dickens D Charlotte Bronte
6.All of the following odes are written by John Keats EXCEPT____
A Ode to Autumn B Ode to a Nightingale
C Ode to a Skylark D Ode on Melancholy
7. Of____’s four famous comedies, the best known is Lady Windermere’s Fan.
A Oscar Wilde B Richard Sheridan C Bernard Shaw D Somerset Maugham
8. If the air stream meets with no obstruction when a sound is pronounced, it is a(n) ____
A voiced consonant B voiceless consonant C vowel D explosive
9. The internationally accepted system of phonetic transcription is ____
A I.P.A B I.A.P.S C I.S.S D S.S.I.P
10. With the ____, Latin words were added into the vocabulary of the language spoken in Britain.
A invasion of the Romans B Christianization of Britain
C Scandinavian invasion D Norman Conquest
答案
BCAAA CACAB
9. 國(guó)際音標(biāo)（international phonetic alphabet）是目前世界上比較通行的音標(biāo)，簡(jiǎn)稱IPA，最初制定于1886年。
1.The first known setters of Britain were the Iberians. 伊比例亞人
2.The Celts began to arrive about 700BC and kept coming until the arrival of the Romans.凱爾特人
3. Julius Caesar, the great roman general, invaded Britain for the first time in 55BC. For nearly 400 years, Britain was under roman occupation. 羅馬統(tǒng)治
4. In the mid-5th century a new wave of invaders, Jutes, Saxons, and Angles came to Britain, they were three Teutonic tribes.
5.The Norman conquest of England is perhaps the best-known event in English history. Under William, the feudal system in England was completely established. 諾曼征服
Celts， Anglo Saxon， Roman，哪個(gè)先來(lái)或者后到英國(guó)的呢？排個(gè)順序吧。
1.The Norman Conquest happened in ____
A. 55BC B.1066 C.700 D.966
2.In the late 16th century, _____ruled England.
A. Henry V B. Elizabeth I C Queen Marry D Elizabeth II
3. The largest river in Ireland is ____
A. the Dodder River B the Shannon River
C the St. George River D the Thames River
4. The American Constitution was drawn up in ____
A 1787 B 1790 C 1783 D 1789
5. 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 Twice-Told 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: I’m busy
____is the conversation implicature.
A.B is busy
B.B does no know where Xiao Wang is.
C.B does not want to answer A’s questions.
D.B is correct
順序是：Celts--Roman--Anglo Saxon
答案： BBBAD DACAC
Vowel Glide 又稱元音過(guò)渡，指的是雙元音組成的，前一個(gè)音為純?cè)?，后一個(gè)音為短促的滑音。
New York City
With a metropolitan population of around 16 million, New York, called the “Big Apple”, is the largest city in the United States, and the financial, manufacturing and transportation center.
With the headquarter of the United Nations located there, it is also the center of international political exchange, as well as the financial capital of the world.
鞏固： 我們知道NEW YORK CITY 有很多有名的地方，包括 Wall Street， BroadWay，還有什么吶？
1.The Tories were the forerunners of ____ , which still bears this nickname today.
A the Liberal Party B the Labour Party Day
C the Conservative Party D the Social Democratic Party
2.Among the most typical English sports, ____ has been in existence since the 16th century.
A rugby B soccer C cricket D boxing
3.The United States is ____
A the most populous country in the world
B the second most populous country in the world
C the third most populous county in the world
D the fourth most populous country in the world
4.The last one of the 13 colonies was ____, which was established in 1733.
A North Carolina B South Carolina C Georgia D Maryland
5. O' Henry earned his fame mainly for his ____
A novels B poems C short stories D dramas
6.The island of Lilliput can be found in ___
A Robinson Grusoe B Gulliver's Travels C Adventures of Tome Sawyer D Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
7____is the first American professional writer and the first writer of detective story in the world.
A Ezra Pound B Washington Irving C Nathaniel Hawthorne D Edgar Ellen Poe
8. ____is the basic unit of research in Mophology.
A. morpheme B phoneme C lexeme D phone
9. Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?
A language is a system B Language is symbolic
C Animals also have languages D Language is arbitrary
10. The pair of words “high” and “l(fā)ow” are ____
A gradable opposites B converse opposites C co-hyponyms D synonyms
答案:
New York City is well known for Wall Street, Fifth Avenue, Broadway, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the United Nation’s Building, Central Park, Harlem（黑人住宅區(qū)） and so on.
CBCCC BDACA
英國(guó)工業(yè)革命
1. The industrial revolution refers to the mechanization of industry and the consequent change in social and economic organization in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
工業(yè)革命指18世紀(jì)末，19世紀(jì)初英國(guó)工業(yè)的機(jī)械化，以及因此而導(dǎo)致的社會(huì)結(jié)構(gòu)和經(jīng)濟(jì)結(jié)構(gòu)的變化。
2. The first steam engine was devised by Thomas newcomer at the end of 17th century, and the Scottish inventor James Watt modified and improved the design in 1765.
十七世紀(jì)末，托馬斯。紐卡墨設(shè)計(jì)了第一臺(tái)蒸氣機(jī)，蘇格蘭發(fā)明家詹姆斯.華特修改并改良了設(shè)計(jì)方案（1765）。
3. As a result of the industrial revolution, Britain was by 1830 the “workshop of the world”.
作為工業(yè)革命的結(jié)果，英國(guó)到1830年止成為“世界工場(chǎng)”。
想一想：英國(guó)工業(yè)革命什么時(shí)候開(kāi)始的？第一臺(tái)蒸汽機(jī)誰(shuí)發(fā)明的？
1. Oxford is on ____
A. the Thames River
B. River Clyde
C. the Severn River
D. the Great Lakes
2. Today, the City of London is the business centre of London where you can find ___.
A. big supermarkets
B. theatres and cinemas
C. large financial organizations
D. restaurants and cafes
3. One of the most far-reaching consequences of the Second World War brought to Britain was that____.
A. it hastened the end of Britain's empire
B. it made the country fall into ecnomic depression
C. it stimulated the development of the country
D. it made the country become the world's leading country
4. The 1920’s in the United States has been described as a period of ____.
A. culture revival
B. loss of purpose
C. development of science and technology
D. material success and spiritual frustration
5. Wellington, capital city of New Zealand, is located on ____
A. south island
B. north island
C. stewart island
D. the Chatham island
6. The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ____.
A. Antony and Cleopatra
B. Julius Caesar
C. Twelfth Night
D. King Lear
7. ____is known as "the poet's poet".
A. Shakespeare
B. Marlowe
C. Spencer
D. Donne
8. The basic difference between vowels and consonants is ____
A. the shape of lips
B. the vibration of the vocal folds
C.whether the sound’s production is accompanied by a puff of breath
D.whether the air stream meets with any obstruction
9. The consonant ____can be described as : voiced bilabial stop.
A [p]
B [b]
C [t]
D [d]
10. Which of the following underlined part is an inflectional morpheme?
A. talk/ talking
B. shy/shyness
C. physic/ physician
D. build/ rebuild
答案
ACADB DCDBA
英國(guó)的農(nóng)業(yè)
1. The British were pioneers in modern agriculture and were among the first to bring science and machinery to farming. In British only 3% of the population are farmers but they manage 70% of the land and managed like an industrial business.
英國(guó)是現(xiàn)代農(nóng)業(yè)先驅(qū)，他們?cè)谵r(nóng)業(yè)中引進(jìn)科學(xué)和機(jī)械。英國(guó)只有3％的農(nóng)業(yè)人口，但他們卻管理70％的土地。
2. There are mainly six farming types in Britain. They are arable farming, dairy farming, stock farming, mixed farming, hill farming and market gardening.
英國(guó)主要有六種農(nóng)作業(yè)類型：耕地業(yè)、乳品業(yè)、家畜業(yè)、混合農(nóng)業(yè)、山地畜牧業(yè)和市場(chǎng)果蔬業(yè)。
3. Arable farming emphasizes crop production and occurs on the more fertile soils. The chief crops are wheat, barely, oats, sugar beer and potatoes. During farming rears cattle primarily for milk production. Western regions with moderate rainfull, mild winters and cool summers are often important dairy areas.
耕地業(yè)重點(diǎn)是農(nóng)作物生產(chǎn)，所需較肥沃的土壤，主要農(nóng)作物有小麥，大麥，燕麥，甜菜和土豆。乳品業(yè)飼養(yǎng)的牛主要供生產(chǎn)牛奶。因此，降雨量適中，冬天溫和，夏天涼爽的西部地區(qū)是重要的奶制業(yè)地區(qū)。
想一想：英國(guó)的主要農(nóng)作物是什么？
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Prime Minister in Britain?
A He is appointed by the Queen B He is Minister for the Civil Service
C He sits in the House of Commons D He is elected every four years
2. Which of the following is NOT in the east part of U.S.A?
A Massachusetts B Marine C North Carolina D Louisiana
3. China and America established diplomatic relations in January____
A 1972 B 1976 C 1978 D1979
4. .Rock-and-roll in the early 1960s in the United States was music for ____.
A teenagers B black audience C white adult audience D people of all ages
5. George Gordon Bylon was famous for the following works EXCEPT ____.
A Child Harold’s Pilgrimage B Queen Mab
C Hours of Idleness D Don Juan
6.____ is D.H Lawrence's semi-autographical novel.
A Sons and Lovers B Women in Love C Rainbow D Lady Chatterley's lover
7.Which of the following is NOT true for Ralph Waldo Emerson?
A A great thinker B A famous novelist C A well-known essayist D A poet
8.-receive in perceive and conceive is ___
A a prefix B an infix C a suffix D a bound morpheme
9.Syntax is the study of the formation of ____
A words B sentences C utterance D discourse
10. The critical period for first language acquisition is believed to be between the age of ____
A 18 months and 4 years B 6 months and 18 month
C 4 years and 16 years D 18 months and 16 years
答案
DDDAB ABDBA
英法百年戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)
When Edward Ⅲ claimed the French Crown by the right of his mother Isabella, the French refused to recognize the claim because the Salic Law debarred females from the succession. In 1337 Edward declared a war that was to last a hundred years.
愛(ài)德華三世通過(guò)他母親伊莎貝拉的關(guān)系宣布繼承法國(guó)王位，但法國(guó)人民拒絕承認(rèn)，因?yàn)樗_利法典規(guī)定女子不得繼承王位，于是在1337年，愛(ài)德華對(duì)法宣戰(zhàn)，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)持續(xù)了一百年。
1. The Romans brought ____ to England after they invaded the British Isles.
A Buddhism
B Islamism
C Christianity
D Catholicism
2. The Chartist Movement took its name from____
A The Agreement of the People
B The Bill of Rights
C The People’s Charter
D The Great Chart
3. The Hundred Years’ War between Britain and France was fought ____
A from1327 to 1453
B from 1337 to 1453
C from 1347 to 1453
D 1357 to 1453
4. ____is usually considered as the national symbol of New Zealand.
A The kiwi
B Lake Taupo
C Mount Cook
D Auckland
5. ____was written by Jane Austin.
A Jane Eyre
B Emma
C Wuthering Heights
D Middlemarch
6. _____is written by Theodore Dreiser.
A A Pslam of Life
B Sister Carrie
C Moby Dick
D Emma
7. ____ wrote The Grapes of Wrath.
A John Steinbeck
B Eugene O’Neil
C. F.Scott Fitzgerald
D Theodore Dreiser
8. Which of the following is not a compound word?
A landlord
B riverbed
C throughout
D unbelievable
9.Which of the following groups are complementary antonyms?
A good-bad
B buy-sell
C above-below
D boy-girl
10 ____can be defined as the study of how speakers use the sentences of the language to effect successful communication.
A semantics
B pragmatics
C applied linguistics
D sociolinguistics
答案
CCBAB BADDB
英國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)（1642-1646）
1.On August 22, 1642, the First Civil War began. The king’s men were called Cavaliers, and the supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads.
1642.8.22，第一次內(nèi)戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)，支持國(guó)王者被成為“騎士派”，支持議會(huì)者被成為“圓顱派”。
2.Charles was tried by a High Court of Justice, found guilty of have levied war against his kingdom and the Parliament, condemned to death, and executed on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House at Whitehall on January 30, 1649.
查爾斯在一級(jí)高級(jí)法院受審，犯有對(duì)王國(guó)和議會(huì)發(fā)動(dòng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)之罪，被判死刑，并于1649.1.30在宴會(huì)宮窗外的絞刑架上絞死。
1. ____is the core of the English Government.
A the Sovereign B the House of Lords C the House of Commons D the Cabinet
2. Melbourne is located ____
A in Canada B in New Zealand C in Ireland D in Australia
3. ____forced Nixon to resign in 1973.
A The Watergate Scandal B The Iran-Gate Scandal
C The Un-American Activities Committee D The New Right
4. The young people in the post-WWI era are referred to as “_____”
A the Boom Generation B the Lost Generation
C the Yuppies D the Cowboys
5. ____was greatly influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry.
A Ezra Pound B Walt Whitman C Robert Frost D Edgar Allan Poe
6. Which of the following novels was NOT written by Charles Dickens?
A David Copperfield B The Pickwick Papers
C Oliver Twist D Women in Love
7. A myth is a ____ tale originally with religious significance that explains the actions of gods or heroes, the causes of natural phenomena or both.
A non-fictional B fictional C gothic D poetic
8. The force of a/an ____ act is identical with the speaker’s intention.
A illocutionary B locutionary C perlocutionary D prelocutionary
9.Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as ____
A parole B language C system D langue
10. The noun “tear” and the verb “tear” are ____
A homophones B homographs C complete homonyms D allophones
答案
DDABA DBADB英國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)（1642-1646）
1.On August 22, 1642, the First Civil War began. The king’s men were called Cavaliers, and the supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads.
1642.8.22，第一次內(nèi)戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)，支持國(guó)王者被成為“騎士派”，支持議會(huì)者被成為“圓顱派”。
2.Charles was tried by a High Court of Justice, found guilty of have levied war against his kingdom and the Parliament, condemned to death, and executed on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House at Whitehall on January 30, 1649.
查爾斯在一級(jí)高級(jí)法院受審，犯有對(duì)王國(guó)和議會(huì)發(fā)動(dòng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)之罪，被判死刑，并于1649.1.30在宴會(huì)宮窗外的絞刑架上絞死。
1. ____is the core of the English Government.
A the Sovereign B the House of Lords C the House of Commons D the Cabinet
2. Melbourne is located ____
A in Canada B in New Zealand C in Ireland D in Australia
3. ____forced Nixon to resign in 1973.
A The Watergate Scandal B The Iran-Gate Scandal
C The Un-American Activities Committee D The New Right
4. The young people in the post-WWI era are referred to as “_____”
A the Boom Generation B the Lost Generation
C the Yuppies D the Cowboys
5. ____was greatly influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry.
A Ezra Pound B Walt Whitman C Robert Frost D Edgar Allan Poe
6. Which of the following novels was NOT written by Charles Dickens?
A David Copperfield B The Pickwick Papers
C Oliver Twist D Women in Love
7. A myth is a ____ tale originally with religious significance that explains the actions of gods or heroes, the causes of natural phenomena or both.
A non-fictional B fictional C gothic D poetic
8. The force of a/an ____ act is identical with the speaker’s intention.
A illocutionary B locutionary C perlocutionary D prelocutionary
9.Saussure distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker as ____
A parole B language C system D langue
10. The noun “tear” and the verb “tear” are ____
A homophones B homographs C complete homonyms D allophones
答案
DDABA DBADB
美國(guó)人口構(gòu)成
1. The population of the United States is a bit more than 272 million, about 13% of which are Black, 12 % are Hispanic(講西班牙語(yǔ)的人)，4% are Asian and the rest are White Americans.
2. It is the third most populous country in the world after China and India.
3. The most populous states are California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois.
4. More than 80% of Americans live in urban areas.
鞏固：按照人口數(shù)量排列，美國(guó)在世界排在第幾位；按照面積排，美國(guó)又是排第幾位呢？
1. Christmas is usually connected to ____
A the reunion of a large family B the eating of Easter eggs
C the resurrection of Christ D the forgiving of other’s sins
2. The largest of the ethnic minorities in America is ____
A the blacks B the Mexico-Americans
C the Spanish-Americans D the Chinese
3. The British establish ____colonies along the east coast of North American between 16.7 and 1733.
A. 11 B 12 C13 D14
4. The largest university in Canada is ____
A Laval University B The University of Toronto
C McGill University D Simon Fraser University
5. Robinson Crusoe is written by ____
A Henry Fielding B Daniel Defoe C Samuel Richardson D Jonathan Swift
6. ____is written by Walt Whitman.
A Representative Men B English Traits C Nature D Leaves of Grass
7. ____is not a novelist.
A Henry James B Emily Dickinson C William Dean Howells D Mark Twain
8. ____is not one of the core branches of linguistics.
A Phonology B Psycho-linguistics C Syntax D Semantics
9. ____ is the common factor of the three sounds:[p], [t], [k]
A voiceless B spread C voiced D nasal
10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms of ____
A manner of articulation B openness of mouth
C place of articulation D voicing
按面積計(jì)算，美國(guó)繼俄羅斯，加拿大，中國(guó)之后位居第四。
按人口計(jì)算，美國(guó)繼中國(guó)，印度后，居第三。
答案
ACCBB DBBAA
每天第一個(gè)迎接新一天的國(guó)家是哪個(gè)呢？
新西蘭，由于新西蘭整個(gè)國(guó)家非常狹窄，所以新西蘭的任何地方距離海洋都不超過(guò)110公里，全國(guó)只有一個(gè)時(shí)區(qū)。新西蘭正好位于國(guó)際日期變更線以西的第一個(gè)時(shí)區(qū)，所以它是第一個(gè)迎接新一天的國(guó)家。
1. It was during ____ reign that the name Great Britain came into being.
A Mary's B Anne's C Jame II's D Oliver Cromwell
2.Where is Edinburgh?
A In Wales B In Scotland C In Northern Ireland D In Ireland
3. One of the most famous national parks in the U.S. is the ____
A Yellowstone National Park B Hyde Park
C Kakadu National Park D American Fishing Center
4. New Zealand is just west of the International Date Line, so it is the first country to get ____
A frozen B wet C the new day D united
5. Mr.Darcy is a character in ____
A Tess of the D'Urbervilles B Pride and Prejudice C Happy Prince D The Mill on the Floss
6. Lyrical Ballads is the joint work between Wordsworth and his friend____
A Coleridge B Bryon C Keats D Shelly
7.____is the representative work of the Jazz Age
A The Great Gatsby B On the Road C Look Back in Anger D The Sun Also Rises
8. The distinction of langue and parole is made by ____
A Hall B Sapir C Chomsky D Saussure
9. ____examines how meaning is encoded in a language.
A Semantics B Syntax C Pragmatics D Morphology
10.The sentence “I apologize!” belongs to the category of ____according to the speech act theory.
A. expressive B performative C representative D constative
答案
BBACB AADAB
constative為敘述句performative為施為句
輔音如何分類
1. 發(fā)音部位（places of articulation）：雙唇音(bilabial)、唇齒音(labiodental)、齒間音(dental)等；
2.發(fā)音方法(manners of articulation)：、爆破音(stop)、摩擦音(fricatives)、破擦音(affricates)、鼻音(nasal)、邊音(lateral)等；
3.聲帶狀態(tài)：清輔音、濁輔音。
因此更正第七期第十道
10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms of ____
A manner of articulation B openness of mouth
C place of articulation D voicing
選擇A而不是C
1. St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both ____
A America and Mexico B America and Canada
C America and Cuba D America and Brazil
2. European settlement of Australia began in the late part of ____ when a British penal colony was established on the east coast of the continent.
A the 16th century B the 17th century C the 18th century D the 19th century
3. Which sport is supposed to be America’s national sport and used to be call “American’s favorable pastime”?
A baseball B basketball C rugby D cricket
4. The largest city in New Zealand is ____
A Auckland B Wellington C Christchurch D Dunedin
5. After Adam Bede,____wrote The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner in which moral problems are discussed and psychological analysis of characters are emphasized.
A George Eliot B Jane Austin C George Dickens D Charlotte Bronte
6.All of the following odes are written by John Keats EXCEPT____
A Ode to Autumn B Ode to a Nightingale
C Ode to a Skylark D Ode on Melancholy
7. Of____’s four famous comedies, the best known is Lady Windermere’s Fan.
A Oscar Wilde B Richard Sheridan C Bernard Shaw D Somerset Maugham
8. If the air stream meets with no obstruction when a sound is pronounced, it is a(n) ____
A voiced consonant B voiceless consonant C vowel D explosive
9. The internationally accepted system of phonetic transcription is ____
A I.P.A B I.A.P.S C I.S.S D S.S.I.P
10. With the ____, Latin words were added into the vocabulary of the language spoken in Britain.
A invasion of the Romans B Christianization of Britain
C Scandinavian invasion D Norman Conquest
答案
BCAAA CACAB
9. 國(guó)際音標(biāo)（international phonetic alphabet）是目前世界上比較通行的音標(biāo)，簡(jiǎn)稱IPA，最初制定于1886年。