English general knowledge contest for English majo

Round2ForEnglishMajorsQuickResponseQuestionsMAINQ.1Q.2Q.3Q.4Q.5Q.6Q.7Q.8Q.9Q.10Q.11Q.12Q.13Q.14Q.15Q.16Q.17Q.18Q.19Q.20Q.21Q.22Q.23Q.24Q.25Q.26Q.27Q.28Q.29Q.30Q.31Q.32Q.33Q.34Q.35Q.36Q.37Q.38Q.39Q.40Q.41Q.42Q.43Q.44Q.45Q.46Q.47Q.48Q.49Q.50BACKQuestion1Intermsoflandarea,Australiaisthe___largestcountryintheworld.A.fourthB.fifthC.sixthD.seventh15BACKQuestion2ThecollectivenameforthreewaterfallsthatstraddletheinternationalborderbetweenCanadaandtheUnitedStates.NiagaraFalls15BACKQuestion3WhichstateintheU.S.hasmorelandandfewerpeoplethananyotherstate?A.AlaskaB.NewYorkC.PennsylvaniaD.California15BACKQuestion4Whichpresidentwasassassinatedin1901?A.AbrahamLincolnB.JohnF.KennedyC.WilliamMcKinleyD.RonaldReagan15BACKQuestion5Thefirst“KingofalltheEnglish”was_____.A.AlfredB.EgbertC.BedeD.Ethelred15BACKQuestion6JohnF.KennedySpaceCenterislocatedinCapeCanaveral,Florida.Trueorfalse?True15BACKQuestion7ThefullnameofNASAisNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration.Trueorfalse?True15BACKQuestion8ThefirstChineseAmericantohaveservedasU.S.AmbassadortoChinais___.GaryLocke15BACKQuestion9MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhis___________.A.internationalthemeB.waste-landimageryC.localcolorismD.symbolism15BACKQuestion10InHawthorne'sTheScarletLetter,Amaystandfor______.A.AdulteryB.AngelC.AmiableD.Alltheabove15BACKQuestion11TheperiodbeforetheAmericanCivilWarisgenerallyreferredtoas___________.A.theNaturalistPeriodB.theModernPeriodC.theRomanticPeriodD.theRealisticPeriod15BACKQuestion12WhowonthePulitzerPrizefourtimesandoneNobelPrize?A.EarnestHemingwayB.JohnSteinbeckC.EugeneO’NeilD.WilliamFaulkner15BACKQuestion13ThemainthemesofEmilyDickinsonarethefollowingexcept____.A.friendshipB.loveandmarriageC.lifeanddeathD.warandpeace15BACKQuestion14ThegreattranscendentalworkbyHenryDavidThoreauis_____.A.NatureB.WaldenC.ExperienceD.Essays15BACKQuestion15WhowasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar?A.FennimoreCooper.B.NathanielHawthorn.C.WaltWhitman.D.WashingtonIrving.15BACKQuestion16WhenwastheU.S.RepublicanPartyfounded?A.1754B.1845C.1854D.174515BACKQuestion17WhichofthefollowingisNOTapoembyEmilyDickinson?A.ThisismylettertotheworldB.IheardaFlybuzz—whenIdiedC.ThisisjusttosayD.BecauseIcouldnotstopfordeath15BACKQuestion18MobbyDickisthemostimportantworkby______.A.JackLondonB.HermanMelvilleC.SinclairLewisD.RalphEllison15BACKQuestion19JohnKeatsistheauthorof____.A.OdetoaSkylarkB.OdetoaNightingaleC.KublaiKhanD.OdetotheWestWind15BACKQuestion20JosephAddison，RichardSteeleandAlexanderPopebelongedtotheschoolof_____.A.classicB.romanticismC.realismD.modernism15BACKQuestion21TheSchoolforScandalisa____writtenby____.A.tragedy.RichardBrimleySheridanB.comedy…RichardBrimleySheridanC.comedy…SamuelJohnsonD.tragedy…SamuelJohnson15BACKQuestion22____isanicknamefortheFlagoftheU.S.StarsandStripes15BACKQuestion23“ThefounderofEnglishpoetry”is___.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpenserC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDonne15BACKQuestion24“Iboughtsomeroses”______“Iboughtsomeflowers”.A.entailsB.presupposesC.isinconsistentwithD.issynonymouswith15BACKQuestion25FrancisBaconwasaBritish____.A.poetB.playwrightC.essayistD.novelist15BACKQuestion26WhowasthelastBritishgovernorofHongKongbeforeChinaresumeditssovereigntyin1997?A.DavidWilsonB.MarkYoungC.ChrisPatternD.JohnLeightonStuart15BACKQuestion27Asmodernlinguisticsaimstodescribeandanalyzethelanguagepeopleactuallyuse,andnottolaydownrulesforcorrectlinguisticbehavior,itissaidtobe___.A.prescriptiveB.sociolinguisticC.descriptiveD.psycholinguistic15BACKQuestion28Ofallthespeechorgans,the___is/arethemostflexible.A.mouthB.lipsC.tongueD.vocalcords15BACKQuestion29Themorphemevisioninthecommonwordtelevisionisa(n)___.A.boundmorphemeB.boundformC.inflectionalmorphemeD.freemorpheme15BACKQuestion30ThefourpoliticaldivisionsoftheUnitedKingdomareEngland,Scotland,Wales,andIreland.Trueorfalse?False15BACKQuestion31A___intheembeddedclausereferstotheintroductorywordthatintroducestheembeddedclause.A.coordinatorB.particleC.prepositionD.subordinator15BACKQuestion32Thebranchoflinguisticsthatstudieshowcontextinfluencesthewayspeakersinterpretsentencesiscalled___.A.semanticsB.pragmaticsC.sociolinguisticsD.psycholinguistics15BACKQuestion33___referstoamarginallanguageoffewlexicalitemsandstraightforwardgrammaticalrules,usedasamediumofcommunication.A.LinguafrancaB.CreoleC.PidginD.Standardlanguage15BACKQuestion34AccordingtoKrashen,___referstothegradualandsubconsciousdevelopmentofabilityinthefirstlanguagebyusingitnaturallyindailycommunicativesituations.A.learningB.competenceC.performanceD.acquisition15BACKQuestion35Thepairofwords“lend”and“borrow”are___.A.gradableoppositesB.relationaloppositesC.co-hyponymsD.synonyms15BACKQuestion36Alinguistregardsthechangesinlanguageandlanguageuseas__.A.unusualB.somethingtobefearedC.abnormalD.natural15BACKQuestion37Awordwithseveralmeaningsiscalled____word.A.apolysemousB.asynonymousC.anabnormalD.amultiple15BACKQuestion38Thefunctionofthesentence“Aniceday,isn'tit?”is__.A.informativeB.phaticC.directiveD.perform