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今日話題：輔音如何分類1.發(fā)音部位（placesofarticulation）：雙唇音(bilabial)、唇齒音(labiodental)、齒間音(dental)等；2.發(fā)音方法(mannersofarticulation)：、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.Englishconsonantscanbeclassifiedintostops,fricatives,nasals,etc,intermsof____AmannerofarticulationBopennessofmouthCplaceofarticulationDvoicing選擇A而不是C1.St.LawrenceandRiverColumbiaaresharedbyboth____AAmericaandMexicoBAmericaandCanadaCAmericaandCubaDAmericaandBrazil2.EuropeansettlementofAustraliabeganinthelatepartof____whenaBritishpenalcolonywasestablishedontheeastcoastofthecontinent.Athe16thcenturyBthe17thcenturyCthe18thcenturyDthe19thcentury3.WhichsportissupposedtobeAmerica’snationalsportandusedtobecall“American’sfavorablepastime”?AbaseballBbasketballCrugbyDcricket4.ThelargestcityinNewZealandis____AAucklandBWellingtonCChristchurchDDunedin5.AfterAdamBede,____wroteTheMillontheFlossandSilasMarnerinwhichmoralproblemsarediscussedandpsychologicalanalysisofcharactersareemphasized.AGeorgeEliotBJaneAustinCGeorgeDickensDCharlotteBronte6.AllofthefollowingodesarewrittenbyJohnKeatsEXCEPT____AOdetoAutumnBOdetoaNightingaleCOdetoaSkylarkDOdeonMelancholy7.Of____’sfourfamouscomedies,thebestknownisLadyWindermere’sFan.AOscarWildeBRichardSheridanCBernardShawDSomersetMaugham8.Iftheairstreammeetswithnoobstructionwhenasoundispronounced,itisa(n)____AvoicedconsonantBvoicelessconsonantCvowelDexplosive9.Theinternationallyacceptedsystemofphonetictranscriptionis____AI.P.ABI.A.P.SCI.S.SDS.S.I.P10.Withthe____,LatinwordswereaddedintothevocabularyofthelanguagespokeninBritain.AinvasionoftheRomansBChristianizationofBritainCScandinavianinvasionDNormanConquest答案BCAAACACAB9.國際音標（internationalphoneticalphabet）是目前世界上比較通行的音標，簡稱IPA，最初制定于1886年。轉(zhuǎn)貼于：TEM考試_考試大【責編:蟲糾錯】天天第一個迎接新一天的國家是哪個呢？

新西蘭，由于新西蘭整個國家非常狹窄，所以新西蘭的任何地方距離海洋都不超過110公里，全國只有一個時區(qū)。新西蘭正好位于國際日期變更線以西的第一個時區(qū)，所以它是第一個迎接新一天的國家。

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

AADABconstative為敘述句performative為施為句美國人口構(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，美國在世界排在第幾位；按照面積排，美國又是排第幾位呢？

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

按面積計算，美國繼俄羅斯，加拿大，中國之后位居第四。

按人口計算，美國繼中國，印度后，居第三。

答案

ACCBB

DBBAA轉(zhuǎn)貼于：練習題：

1.The

national

epic

of

the

Anglo-Saxons

is

____.

A

Robin

Hood

B

Sir

Gawain

and

the

Green

Knight

C

The

Canterbury

Tales

D

Beowulf

2.

____was

the

most

outstanding

single

romance

on

the

Arthurian

legend

written

in

alliterative

verse.

A

The

Canterbury

Tales

B

Piers

the

Plowman

C

Sir

Gawain

and

the

Green

Knight

D

Beowulf

3.

____was

the

most

famous

for

The

Canterbury

Tales.

A

Geoffrey

Chaucer

B

John

Milton

C

William

Shakespeare

D

Francis

Bacon

4.

Most

of

the

ballads

of

the

5th

century

focused

on

the

legend

about

____

as

a

heroic

figure.

A

Green

Nights

B

Gawain

C

Robin

Hood

D

Hamlet

5.In

the

16th

century,

Thomas

More’s

work

____became

immediately

popular

after

its

publication.

A

Paradise

Lost

B

A

Pleasant

Satire

of

the

Three

Estates

C

Of

Beauty

D

Utopia

6.

____was

Edmund

Spencer’s

masterpiece

which

has

been

regarded

as

one

of

the

great

poems

in

the

English

language.

A

Amoretti

B

The

Shepherd’s

Calendar

C

The

Faerie

Queen

D

Four

Hymns

7.

____

is

from

Shakespeare’s

sonnet

No.18.

A

“Let

me

not

to

the

marriage

of

true

minds”

B

“To

be

or

not

to

be:

that

is

the

question”

C

“Shall

I

compare

thee

to

a

summer’s

day”

D

“No

longer

mourn

for

me

when

I

am

dead”

8.

The

vivid

portrayal

of

____

by

Shakespeare

in

Henry

IV

has

earn

for

him

an

enviable

place

in

the

history

of

English

literature.

A

Julius

Caesar

B

Falstaff

C

Hamlet

D

King

Henry

9.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

10.

Which

of

the

following

does

not

belong

to

Shakespeare’s

romantic

love

comedies?

A

Twelfth

Night

B

The

Tempest

C

As

You

Like

It

D

The

Merchant

of

Venice

練習題答案及題解:

1.D

《貝奧武夫》是英國一部著名的英國史詩，也是英國文學中的一部重要作品，用古英語寫成。

2.C

《高文爵士和綠衣》以亞瑟王和他的騎士為題材，歌頌勇敢、忠貞、美德，是中古英語傳奇文學最優(yōu)秀的作品之一。

3.

Chaucer被譽為“英國詩歌之父”，他的代表作是《坎特伯雷故事集》，它是以本土文學為主流的英國書面文學歷史開始的重要標志。

4.C

英國15十幾民謠大部分是關(guān)于流傳于英國民間家喻戶曉的傳奇人物羅賓漢和他的伙伴們的故事。民謠中的羅賓漢是一個仗義疏財，劫富濟貧的綠林好漢。

5.D

托馬斯.莫爾是英國重要的初期人文主義者。他的著作《烏托邦》勾畫出了一個社會平等，財產(chǎn)共有，人民和諧相處的抱負大同國。

6.

C

長詩《仙后》是英國杰出詩人Edmund

Spencer的杰作，它是英國詩歌創(chuàng)作的典范。Spencer在《仙后》一詩中發(fā)明了著名的“斯賓塞詩體”，其影響深遠。

7.C

“Shall

I

compare

thee

to

a

summer’s

day”源自莎士比亞著名的第十八首詩。

8.B

喜劇人物福斯坦福是莎士比亞在《亨利四世》中發(fā)明的一個為百姓喜聞樂見的不朽的藝術(shù)形象。福斯坦福是個50多歲的破落騎士，愛冒險又膽怯，喜歡吹牛又貪婪，說謊欺詐，渾水摸魚，無所不能。同時他生性風趣，喜劇情節(jié)和笑料通過他的所言所行妙趣橫生。

9.D

莎士比亞的四大悲劇一般指：Hamlet，Macbeth，Othello

以及King

Lear。

10.B

The

Tempest

是莎士比亞后期一部浪漫主義傳奇劇，莎士比亞在創(chuàng)作中堅持人文主義抱負，以寬恕仁愛為重要精神，期創(chuàng)作風格添加了不少濃郁的浪漫空幻色彩。轉(zhuǎn)練習題：

1."Gold

Rush"

was

vividly

depicted

in

____

novels.

A

Hemingway’s

B

Mark

Twain’s

C

Henry

Jame’s

D

Faulkner’s

2.The

period

of

Old

English

literatue

refers

to

____

A

449-1066

B

14thcentury

-

mid

17th

century

C

14th

century-

mid

18th

century

D

16th

century-

mid

18th

century

3.The

great

transcendental

work

by

Henry

David

Thoreau

is

____

A

Nature

B

Walden

C

Experience

D

Essays

4.____has

been

entitled

the

"Father

of

American

Poetry".

A

Philip

Freneau

B

Ralph

Waldo

Emerson

C

William

Cullen

Bryant

D

Walt

Whitman

5.

The

emotional

effect

and

social

significance

made

____

the

first

well-known

sociological

novel

in

American

Literature.

A

The

Sun

Also

Rises

B

Uncle

Tom’s

Cabin

C

The

Old

Man

and

The

Sea

D

Sister

Carrie

6.

Stephen

Crane

is

famous

for

____

A

An

American

Tragedy

B

The

Ambassadors

C

Main

Street

D

The

Red

Badge

of

Courage

7.Which

of

the

following

is

NOT

true

for

Benjamin

Franklin?

A

He

was

a

famous

writer

B

He

was

a

member

to

draft

the

Declaration

of

Independence

C

He

was

a

great

scientist

D

He

was

once

elected

American

President

8.

Whitman’s

poems

are

characterized

by

all

the

following

features

EXCEPT____

A

a

strict

poetic

form

B

a

simple

and

conversational

language

C

a

free

and

natural

rhythmic

pattern

D

an

easy

flow

of

feelings

9.American

fiction

in

the

1960s

is

retered

to

as

____

A

imagism

B

black

humor

C

new

fiction

D

the

Beat

Generation

10.William

Faukener

is

the

author

of

____

A

Far

From

the

Madding

Crowd

B

Sound

and

Fury

C

For

Whom

the

Bell

Tolls

D

Scarlet

Letter

練習題答案及題解:

1.B

馬克吐溫的很多短篇小說對Gold

Rush（淘金）進行了很形象的描繪。

2.A

Anglo-Saxons所說的語言被稱為古英語，Anglo-Saxons是在五世紀中侵入英國領(lǐng)土的，直到1066年諾曼公爵政府英格蘭，建立諾曼底王朝，才代替了Anglo-Saxons。

3.B

瓦爾登湖是梭羅最杰出的超驗主義作品。

4.A

Philip

Freneau（1752--1832）被稱為“美國詩歌之父”。著有：The

wild

Honey

Suckle；To

The

Memory

of

Brave

Americans。

5.B

湯姆叔叔家的小屋是美國文學史上第一部揭示黑人被虐待，宣揚反奴隸制度的小說，激發(fā)了社會各界人士的感情，是一部社會性質(zhì)很強的小說。

6.D

The

Red

Badge

of

Courage《紅色英勇勛章》是Stephen

Grane的代表作。

7.D

Benjamin

Franklin

是偉大的作家，科學家，還是美國獨立宣言的撰寫人之一，但是未曾擔任過美國總統(tǒng)。

8.A

Whitman主張自由詩體，認為詩歌不應(yīng)當收到格律約束。他的代表作《草葉集》標志著真正意義上美國詩歌的誕生。

9.B

黑色風趣是二十世紀六十年代盛行的小說類型，用風趣的手法來揭示可悲的現(xiàn)實。

10.B

Far

From

the

Madding

Crowd為

托馬斯哈代的作品；For

Whom

the

Bell

Tolls為海明威的作品；Scarlet

Letter為霍桑的作品。練習題：1Asaphilosophicalandliterarymoment,_____flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.AmodernismBrationalismCsentimentalismDtranscendentalism2Poe’sfirstcollectionofstoriesis_____.ATalesofTravelerBLeatherStockingTalesCCanterburyTalesDTalesoftheGotequeandArabesque3WhichbookisnotwrittenbyEmerson?ATheAmericanScholarBSelf-RelianceCNatureDCivilDisobedience4ThefinestexampleofHawthorn’ssymbolismistherecreationofPuritanBostonin_____.ATheScarletLetterBYoungGoodmanBrownCTheMarbleFawnDTheAmbitiousGuest5ThechiefspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalismis_____.ANathanielHawthornBRalphWaldoEmersonCHenryDavidThoreauDWashingtonIrving6Transcendentalistsrecognized_____asthe“highestpowerofthesoul”.AintuitionBlogicCdataofsensesDthinking7Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?ATheAmericanScholarBEnglishTraitsCTheConductofLifeDRepresentativeMen8Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthenineteenthcentury.Thiswas_____.AAnneBradstreetBJaneAustinCEmilyDickinsonDHarrietBeecher9Captain,MyCaptainiswrittenfor_____.ALincolnBWhitmanCWashingtonDHemingway10_____isnotwrittenbyWashingtonIrving.ATheSketchBookBRipVanWinkleCTheLegendofSleepHollowDTheAutobiography練習題答案及題解:1D,從19世紀30年代到內(nèi)戰(zhàn)期間的重要文學流派是超驗主義，以愛默生為代表。2D,坡的第一部故事集是《怪誕奇異故事集》。3D,《論市民之不服從》是梭羅的作品。其他全為愛默生的作品。4A,霍桑作品中的象征主義手法重要體現(xiàn)在他的著作《紅字》中。5B,超驗主義以愛默生為代表。6A,超驗主義認為人類精神的最高力量存在于人的直覺中。7A,被稱為“美國精神獨立宣言”的是愛默生的《美國學者》。書中表達了美國人追求自己的文化獨立以及文學獨立身份的規(guī)定。8C,19世紀美國的杰出女詩人是艾米莉?迪金森（1830—1886）。9A,《阿，船長啊，我的船長！》是惠特曼為紀念林肯總統(tǒng)而作的。10D,《見聞札記》、《睡谷的傳說》、《瑞普?凡?溫克爾》都是華盛頓?歐文的作品，但是《自傳》是本杰明?富蘭克林的作品。轉(zhuǎn)貼于：TEM考試_考試大【責編:蟲糾錯】練習題：1HowmanymembersarethereintheHouseofCommons?A650B524C72D6512Whichofthefollowingpeopledidn’tusetobetheBritishPrimeMinister?AMargaretThatcherBWinstonChurchillCHoratioNelsonDJohnMajor3Bytradition,theleaderofthemajoritypartyisappointed_____bytheSovereignintheUnitedKingdom.APrimeMinisterBMemberofParliamentCLordofappealDSpeakeroftheHouse4TheToriesweretheforerunnersof_____,whichstillbearsthisnicknametoday.AtheLabourPartyBtheConservativePartyCtheLiberalPartyDtheSocialDemocraticParty5IntheUnitedKingdom,thepartywhichwinsthe____numberofseatsintheHouseofCommonsbecomestheofficialOpposition.AlargestBsecondlargestCthirdlargestDfourthlargest6Theterm“Britishdisease”isnowoftenusedtocharacterizeBritain’s_____decline.ApoliticalBeducationalCmilitaryDeconomic7The1980swasrememberedasthedecadeof_____.AglobalizationBnationalizationCprivatizationDcompetition8Today,inBritain,______iscalleda“sick”industry.AcoalminingBironandsteelCtextilesDshipbuilding9ThefirststeamenginewasdevisedbyThomasNewcomerattheendofthe17thcentury,andtheScottishinventor____modifiedandimprovedthedesignin1765.AAbrahamDarbyBJamesWattCJohnKayDRichardArkwrightthe10_____createdtheindustrialworkingclass,theproletariat,anditlaterledtotradeunionism.ATheChartistMovementBTheIndustrialRevolutionCTheFrenchRevolutionDTheGloriousRevolution練習題答案及題解:1D,下議院共有651名議員。2C,撒切爾夫人，丘吉爾和梅杰都曾經(jīng)做過英國首相；而納爾遜（1758-1805），英國海軍統(tǒng)帥，因作戰(zhàn)負傷，右眼失明，失去右臂。后任地中海艦隊司令，在特法爾加角海戰(zhàn)中大敗西班牙聯(lián)合艦隊，本人受重傷陣亡，號稱ViscountNelson。3A,在英國，按照傳統(tǒng)，多數(shù)黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人由君主任命為首相，首相從本黨內(nèi)部挑選一些領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人擔任各部部長職位。4B,托利黨是英國保守黨的前身。5B,在英國，在下議院中贏得第二席位的政黨為反對黨，它也有它自己的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和影子內(nèi)閣（shadowcabinet）。6D,現(xiàn)在“英國病”這一術(shù)語經(jīng)常用來指英國經(jīng)濟上的衰退。7C,正如20世紀40年代被看作是國有化的時代同樣，20世紀80年代被看作是私有化的時代。涉及英國石油、航空、鋼鐵、電訊在內(nèi)的幾乎40%的國有公司實現(xiàn)了私有化。8A,英國煤礦業(yè)被稱為生病工業(yè)。英國的煤產(chǎn)量在一戰(zhàn)前達成頂點，如今的英國的煤礦業(yè)衰退，從而導(dǎo)致礦工的數(shù)量、煤礦的總產(chǎn)量大大下降。9B,第一臺蒸汽機是ThomasNewcomer在17世紀末設(shè)計的，后來蘇格蘭發(fā)明家瓦特在1765年對原有的設(shè)計進行了改善提高，生產(chǎn)出了第一臺高效的蒸汽機并應(yīng)用到紡織和其他機械業(yè)中。10B,工業(yè)革命產(chǎn)生了工人階級，即無產(chǎn)階級。后來形成了工會制度。練習題：

1

Which

poem

is

not

written

by

Freneau?

A

The

British

Prison

Ship

B

The

Wild

Honey

Suckle

C

The

Indian

Burying

Ground

D

The

Flood

of

Years

2

Thomas

Jefferson’s

attitude

,that

is

,

a

firm

belief

in

progress,

and

the

pursuit

of

happiness,

is

typical

of

the

period

we

now

call

_____.

A

Age

of

Evolution

B

Age

of

Reason

C

Age

of

Romanticism

D

Age

of

Regionalism

3

Which

of

the

following

is

NOT

one

part

of

the

Leather

Stocking

Tales

by

Cooper?

A

The

Spy

B

The

Pathfinder

C

The

Pioneers

D

The

Deerslayer

4

Which

statement

about

Thoreau

is

NOT

right?

A

He

was

a

lover

of

nature.

B

He

was

particular

kind

of

romantic.

C

He

was

polemicist.

D

He

was

a

thorough

transcendentalist.

5

Which

of

the

following

has

been

called

“the

manifesto

of

American

Transcendentalism”

?

A

Divinity

School

Address

B

Self-reliance

C

Nature

D

The

American

Scholar

6

As

a

philosophical

and

literary

movement,

_____

flourished

in

New

England

from

the

1830s

to

the

Civil

War.

A

sentimentalism

B

transcendentalism

C

modernism

D

rationalism

7

The

period

before

the

American

Civil

War

is

generally

referred

to

as

_____.

A

the

Modern

Period

B

the

Realistic

Period

C

the

Romantic

Period

D

the

Naturalist

Period

8

All

the

following

are

the

works

by

Nathaniel

Hawthorne

EXCEPT

_____.

A

The

Marble

Faun

B

Typee

C

The

Scarlet

Letter

D

Mosses

from

an

Old

Manse

9

Which

of

the

following

is

not

a

work

of

Emily

Dickson’s?

A

I

Heard

a

Fly

Buzz

when

I

Died.

B

The

Raven

C

This

is

My

Letter

to

the

World.

D

I

Like

to

See

it

Lap

the

Miles.

10

Whitman’s

poems

are

characterized

by

all

the

following

features

EXCEPT

____.

A

the

strict

poetic

form

B

the

free

and

natural

rhythm

C

the

easy

flow

of

feelings

D

the

simple

and

conversational

language

練習題答案及題解:

1

D,

《似水流年》是布萊恩特的作品。其他全為弗倫諾的作品。

2

B,

“理性時代”。

3

A,

The

Spy

不屬于《皮靴子》系列。

4

C,

梭羅崇尚自然生活簡樸，與世無爭，不入塵囂。

5

C,

超驗主義的宣言是Nature

一書的發(fā)表。

6

B,

19世紀30年代到內(nèi)戰(zhàn)期間是超驗主義，以愛默生等為代表。

7

C,

內(nèi)戰(zhàn)前是浪漫主義。

8

B,

Typee

是Herman

Melville

的作品，其他全為霍桑的。

9

B,

The

Raven

《大烏鴉》是艾倫?坡的作品。其他全為艾米莉的。

10

A,

惠特曼的詩自由、清新、瑯瑯上口、易于理解，但并不是按照嚴格的格律來寫。1.發(fā)音部位（placesofarticulation）：雙唇音(bilabial)、唇齒音(labiodental)、齒間音(dental)等；2.發(fā)音方法(mannersofarticulation)：、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.Englishconsonantscanbeclassifiedintostops,fricatives,nasals,etc,intermsof____AmannerofarticulationBopennessofmouthCplaceofarticulationDvoicing選擇A而不是C1.St.LawrenceandRiverColumbiaaresharedbyboth____AAmericaandMexicoBAmericaandCanadaCAmericaandCubaDAmericaandBrazil2.EuropeansettlementofAustraliabeganinthelatepartof____whenaBritishpenalcolonywasestablishedontheeastcoastofthecontinent.Athe16thcenturyBthe17thcenturyCthe18thcenturyDthe19thcentury3.WhichsportissupposedtobeAmerica’snationalsportandusedtobecall“American’sfavorablepastime”?AbaseballBbasketballCrugbyDcricket4.ThelargestcityinNewZealandis____AAucklandBWellingtonCChristchurchDDunedin5.AfterAdamBede,____wroteTheMillontheFlossandSilasMarnerinwhichmoralproblemsarediscussedandpsychologicalanalysisofcharactersareemphasized.AGeorgeEliotBJaneAustinCGeorgeDickensDCharlotteBronte6.AllofthefollowingodesarewrittenbyJohnKeatsEXCEPT____AOdetoAutumnBOdetoaNightingaleCOdetoaSkylarkDOdeonMelancholy7.Of____’sfourfamouscomedies,thebestknownisLadyWindermere’sFan.AOscarWildeBRichardSheridanCBernardShawDSomersetMaugham8.Iftheairstreammeetswithnoobstructionwhenasoundispronounced,itisa(n)____AvoicedconsonantBvoicelessconsonantCvowelDexplosive9.Theinternationallyacceptedsystemofphonetictranscriptionis____AI.P.ABI.A.P.SCI.S.SDS.S.I.P10.Withthe____,LatinwordswereaddedintothevocabularyofthelanguagespokeninBritain.AinvasionoftheRomansBChristianizationofBritainCScandinavianinvasionDNormanConquest答案BCAAACACAB9.國際音標（internationalphoneticalphabet）是目前世界上比較通行的音標，簡稱IPA，最初制定于1886年。轉(zhuǎn)貼于：TEM考試_考試大【責編:蟲糾錯】英國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)（1642-1646）

1.OnAugust22,1642,theFirstCivilWarbegan.Theking’smenwerecalledCavaliers,andthesupportersofParliamentwerecalledRoundheads.

1642.8.22，第一次內(nèi)戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)，支持國王者被成為“騎士派”，支持議會者被成為“圓顱派”。

2.CharleswastriedbyaHighCourtofJustice,foundguiltyofhaveleviedwaragainsthiskingdomandtheParliament,condemnedtodeath,andexecutedonascaffoldoutsidetheBanquetingHouseatWhitehallonJanuary30,1649.

查爾斯在一級高級法院受審，犯有對王國和議會發(fā)動戰(zhàn)爭之罪，被判死刑，并于1649.1.30在宴會宮窗外的絞刑架上絞死。

1.____isthecoreoftheEnglishGovernment.

AtheSovereignBtheHouseofLordsCtheHouseofCommonsDtheCabinet

2.Melbourneislocated____

AinCanadaBinNewZealandCinIrelandDinAustralia

3.____forcedNixontoresignin1973.

ATheWatergateScandalBTheIran-GateScandal

CTheUn-AmericanActivitiesCommitteeDTheNewRight

4.Theyoungpeopleinthepost-WWIeraarereferredtoas“_____”

AtheBoomGenerationBtheLostGeneration

CtheYuppiesDtheCowboys

5.____wasgreatlyinfluencedbyChineseandJapanesepoetry.

AEzraPoundBWaltWhitmanCRobertFrostDEdgarAllanPoe

6.WhichofthefollowingnovelswasNOTwrittenbyCharlesDickens?

ADavidCopperfieldBThePickwickPapers

COliverTwistDWomeninLove

7.Amythisa____taleoriginallywithreligioussignificancethatexplainstheactionsofgodsorheroes,thecausesofnaturalphenomenaorboth.

Anon-fictionalBfictionalCgothicDpoetic

8.Theforceofa/an____actisidenticalwiththespeaker’sintention.

AillocutionaryBlocutionaryCperlocutionaryDprelocutionary

9.Saussuredistinguishesthelinguisticcompetenceofthespeakeras____

AparoleBlanguageCsystemDlangue

10.Thenoun“tear”andtheverb“tear”are____

AhomophonesBhomographsCcompletehomonymsDallophones

答案

DDABADBADB1WhatcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf？

AUnitedStatesofAmerica

BUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

CNewZealand

DCanada

2ThenationalanthemofCanadais____

ACanadaTheBeautifulBOCanadaCGodDefendCanadaDAdvanceCanadaFair

3ThecapitalcityofCanadais____

AMontrealBTorontoCAlbertDOttawa

4AccordingtotheOfficialLanguageofActofCanada,therearetwoofficiallanguageinthiscountry:theyare____

AEnglishandSpanishBEnglishandPortugueseCEnglishandFrenchDEnglishandCeltic

5Canadaisaworld____producerofnickel,zinc,andasbestos……

AprimaryBsecondCthirdDfourth

6ThehighestpeakinCanadais____,whichistheYukonTerritoryofnorthwestCanada.

AMountLawrenceBMountSuperiorCMountLoganDMountHuron

7St.LawrenceandRiverColumbiaaresharedbyboth____

AAmericaandMexicoBAmericaandCanadaCAmericaandCubaDAmericaandBrazil

8ApartfromParis,France,Montrealisregardedasthelargest____cityintheworld,knownas“ParistheSecond”.

ASpanish-speakingBPortuguese-speakingCGerman-speakingDFrench-speaking

9____,thethirdlargestcityinCanada,iswellknownasIce-FreeHarbor.

AMontrealBQuebecCTorontoDVancouver

10.Canadaistheworld’s____countryintermsoflandarea.

AlargestBsecondlargestCthirdlargestDfourthlargest

1.D加拿大國樹為楓樹，期國徽和國旗上都有楓葉的圖案，因此長期以來楓葉被視作加拿大的象征。

2.B加拿大國歌是《?。〖幽么蟆?。

3.D加拿大首都是渥太華，位于安大略省東南部與魁北克省交界處，是加拿大的經(jīng)濟政治中心，同時也是加拿大的文化中心。

4.C1867年的《不列顛北美法案》將英法兩種語言定為加拿大聯(lián)邦政府和魁北克省社會公共機構(gòu)的官方語言。1968年的《官方語言法案》規(guī)定英語和法語均為加拿大官方語言。

5.A加拿大是世界鋅和石棉的第一大生產(chǎn)國，鉀堿產(chǎn)量居世界第二，黃金產(chǎn)量居第三，銅產(chǎn)量位居第四。

6.C加拿大最高峰為洛根峰，海拔6050米。

7.B美加邊境有兩條國際河流，一條是哥倫比亞河，另一條是圣勞倫斯河。

8.D蒙特利爾的法裔加拿大占全市人口的三分之二，是除了法國巴黎以外世界上最大的法語城市，素有“小巴黎”之稱。

9.D溫哥華總?cè)丝?90萬，是加拿大第三大城市和工商業(yè)中心，也是不列顛哥倫比亞區(qū)的最大城市、加拿大西海岸重要港口和橫貫加拿大全景鐵路線的終點。它還是一個天然良港，動機不結(jié)冰。

10.B加拿大位于美國以北，是世界上僅次于俄國的第二大國家。練習題：

1

Which

of

the

following

is

the

British

oldest

daily

newspaper?

A

The

Telegraph

B

The

Guardian

C

The

News

of

the

World

D

The

Times

2

The

river

Thames

is

in

_____.

A

Wales

B

Scotland

C

England

D

Northern

Ireland

3

The

Industrial

Revolution

started

in

_____.

A

the

Great

Britain

B

the

United

States

C

Canada

D

Austrilia

4

Which

of

the

following

is

true

under

Thatcher’s

administration?

A

The

proportion

of

owner-occupation

decreased.

B

Public

housing

became

more

important.

C

Many

public

houses

were

sold

to

people.

D

The

UK

became

more

European-like

in

its

housing

arrangement.

5

Britain

has

its

nuclear

naval

force

since

_____.

A

it’s

one

of

the

developed

countries

in

the

world

B

it’s

a

traditional

sea

power

C

it

has

an

advanced

industry

D

it’s

able

to

produce

submarines

6

Which

of

the

following

is

the

oldest

national

Sunday

newspaper

in

Britain?

A

The

Times

B

The

Guardian

C

The

Observer

D

The

Financial

Times

7

Big

Ben

was

named

after

_____.

A

Christopher

Wren

B

Benjamin

Hall

C

Ben

John

D

G.

Stephenson

8

The

Capital

of

Wales

is

_____.

A

Swansea

B

Cardiff

C

Rhonda

D

Belfast

9

_____

is

England’s

biggest

naval

base.

A

Portsmouth

B

Southampton

C

Plymouth

D

Dover

10

There

are

two

major

national

parties

in

Britain:

the

Conservative

party

and

_____.

A

the

Liberal

Party

B

the

Democratic

Party

C

the

Labour

Party

D

the

Republican

Party

練習題答案及題解:

1

D,

英國歷史上最悠久的日報是《泰晤士報》。

2

C,

泰晤士河位于英格蘭。

3

A,

工業(yè)革命最早從英國開始。

4

C,

1979年撒切爾夫人成為英國第一任女首相。她提出的政策稱被為“撒切爾主義”。其內(nèi)容涉及國有公司私有化，采用貨幣主義政策以控制通貨膨脹，削弱工會的影響，加強市場因素在經(jīng)濟中的作用，將公有住房賣給公眾，強調(diào)法律和秩序。在一定限度上講，她的計劃是成功的。她領(lǐng)導(dǎo)英國經(jīng)濟度過了一段最繁華的時期。

5

B,

英國擁有其海軍核力量與其一貫的霸主地位是密切相關(guān)的。

6

C,

《觀測家報》創(chuàng)刊于1791年，是英國創(chuàng)刊最早的星期日報紙。

7

B,

據(jù)說Big

Ben

得名于它在1859年修建時候的建造者

Benjamin

Hall。

8

B,

威爾士位于大不列顛的西部。首府：加的夫。

9

A,

英國最大的海軍基地是普茨茅斯。

10

C,

英國奉行的是兩黨制。其兩大重要政黨是保守黨和工黨。

英語專業(yè)八級TEM8考試范文Providingphysicalexercisesshouldnotbetheschoolsresponsibility?

Whilephysicalexerciseisimportant,Idonotbelievethatitistheschool’sresponsibilitytoprovidephysicaltrainingforitsstudents.

Thatissomethingthateveryonecantakecareofonhisorherown.

Manystudentsgetplentyofphysicalexerciseaspartoftheirdailylifeorrecreation.Astudentwhobicyclestenmilestoandfromschooldoesnotneedmoreexercise.Agoodphysicaleducationprogrammusttakeastudent’soutsideactivityintoconsideration.Otherwise,somestudentswillspendvaluableclasshoursrepeatingphysicalexercise.

Ifaschoolofferssuchactivities,italsosuggeststhatstudentswillbegradedonthem.Therangeofpossiblephysicalactivitiesisgreat:football,swimming,weightlifting,ballet,ballroomdance,yoga,skiing,horsebackriding,andgolfarejustafew.However,thenumberofactivitiesthataschoolcouldofferissmal