1.Morphology is a study of ___1___
A.the internal structure of words and the rules that govern their formation
B.the uses of different types of utterances in different contexts
C.the differences between sounds used in human languages and sounds in nature
D.the rules that pertain to all languages throughout the world
2.Which of the following does NOT belong to “open class words”?___2___
A. Nouns B. Adjectives C. Conjunctions D. Adverbs
3. What is the minimal unit of meaning?___3___
A. Phoneme B. Morpheme C. Allophone D. Allomorph
4. Which of the following is NOT a free morpheme?___4___
A. bed B. tress C. dance D. children
5. Which of the following is NOT a compound word?___5___
A. Rainbow B. Inaction C. Icy-cold D. Unpleasant
6. ___6___ are bound morphemes because they can not be used as separate words.
A. Roots B. Stems C. Affixes D. Compounds
7.Syntax mainly deals with ___7___
A.how a language changes through time
B.how words are combined to form sentences and the rules that govern the formation of sentences.
C.how the human work when they use language
D.how a language varies through geographical space
8.Syntactic categories contain the type of ___8___
A.meaning that words express
B.affixes that the words take
C.structures in which the words can occur
D.all of the above
9.Which of the following is NOT the concern of a word category? ___9___
A.A word category can be determined by meaning, inflection and distribution
B.To determine a word’s category by its meaning only is often not reliable.
C.A word category can be embodied directly from its meaning.
D.Distribution is more reliable than the meaning to determine a word’s category.
10.What elements does a phrase contain? ___10___
A.Head, determine and complement.
B.Head, specifier and complement.
C.Head, specifier and complementizer.
D.Head, determiner and complementizer.
参考答案：
ACBDD CBDCB
1.Where is Belfast?
A.In Ireland. B. In Wales C. In Northern Ireland. D. In Scotland.
2.The capital of New Zealand is_____
A.Canberra. B. Ottawa. C. Wellington. D. Washington.
3.Which of the following is NOT a U.K. newspaper?
A.The Guardian. B. Christian Science Monitor. C. The Daily Telegraph. D. The Times.
4.The community college is a kind of_____ college popular in_____ to satisfy the needs of both the individual and the society.
A.five-year; U.K. B. four-year; U.K. C. three-year; U.S. D. two-year; U.S.
5.James Joyce was a famous____ whose masterpiece Ulysses has been highly eulogized in the Western literary world as one of the greatest works in the 20th century.
A.Essayist. B. novelist. C. poet. D. playwright.
6.George Gordon Byron was famous for the following works except____
A.Child Harold’s Pilgrimage. B. Queen Mab. C. Hours of Idleness. D. Don Juan.
7.Which of the following is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s most noteworthy novel in the world?
A.Gone with the Wind. B. For Whom the Bell Tolls. C. American Tragedy. D. The Scarlet Letter
8.The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences is______.
A.syntax B. semantics C. morphology D. sociolinguistics
9.Words like “Xerox” and ”Kodak” are formed by____
A.back-formation B. blending C. coinage D. acronym
10.Which of the following is NOT an approach for English language to enrich its vocabulary in the past several centuries?
A.Borrowing B. Upgradation C. Narrowing D. Widening
参考答案：
CCBDB BDACB
1 _____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.
A Washington D.C. B Los Angeles C San Francisco D New York City
2 _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.
A Blacks B Hispanics C Indians D Asian Americans
3 Washington D.C. is named after___________.
A the U.S. President George Washington
B Christopher Columbus
C both George Washington and Christopher Columbus
D none of them
4 American and British English are two_____ of the English language.
A varieties B elements C parts D form
5 The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.
A Thomas Jefferson B James Monroe C James Madison D Abraham Lincoln
6 Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.
A Rhode Island B Virginia C Texas D Montana
7 The national flag of the United States is known as_____.
A the Star-Spangled Banner B Uncle Sam C Hot Dog D Union Jack
8 The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____.
A contribution a state has made to the nation
B population
C size
D none of the above
9 The tern “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____.
A the Amazon River B the Mississippi River C the Nile River D the Hudson River
10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884.
A France B Spain C Italy D Britain
参考答案：
1 D, 纽约是美国最大的城市同时也是最重要的经济中心和最主要的 港口 。
2 A, 黑人在美国的经济和社会地位都最为低下。
3 C, 首都命名为华盛顿是为了纪念美国的第一任总统乔治•华盛顿，而联邦直辖区命名为哥伦比亚特区是为了纪念第一位从欧洲横渡大西洋到达西半球的探险家克里斯多拂•哥伦布。
4 A, 美国 英语 和英国 英语 是 英语 语言的两种变体。
5 D, 美国历史上的第一位共和党总统是亚伯拉罕•林肯。
6 A, 美国国土面积最小的是罗得岛。
7 A, 美国的国旗是星条旗。
8 B, 美国每个州派往众议院的代表人数应与本州人口成比例。
9 B, 美国的“众河之父”指的是密西西比河。
10 A, 美国的自由女神像是法国人赠予的礼物。
