英语专业八级考前模考测试(3)

PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE （10 MIN）

　　There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

　　31. ___31___ is William Shakespeare's hometown.

　　A. Canterbury B. Stratford-on-Avon C. Liverpool D. London

　　32. Tower of London used to be a ___32___.

　　A. supermarket B. park C. prison D. garden

　　33. Kangaroo means ___33___ in the native language of Aborigines.

　　A. “I know” B. “I love” C. “I don't know” D. “Run”

　　34. The native people of New Zealand are ___34___.

　　A. Maoris B. Indians C. Aborigines D. Celts

　　35. The allusion “A Pound of Flesh” comes from Shakespeare's ___35___.

　　A. Hamlet B. The Merchant of Venice C. King Lear D. Othello

　　36. The name Heathcliff probably appears in ___36___.

　　A. Tess B. Wuthering Heights C. Bleak House D. Jane Eyre

　　37. American Transcendentalism attaches great importance to ___37___.

　　A. Inspiration B. Imagination C. Intuition D. Reason

　　38. The minimal phonological unit is ___38___.

　　A. phoneme B. morpheme C. root D. syllable

　　39. ___39___ proposed TG grammar.

　　A. Hymes B. Chomsky C. Halliday D. Saussure

　　40. ___40___ is the scientific study of the internal structure of words and of the rules by which words are formed.

　　A. Semantics B. Syntax C. Pragmatics D. Morphology