英国内战（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，第一次内战爆发，支持国王者被成为“骑士派”，支持议会者被成为“圆颅派”。

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.

查尔斯在一级高级法院受审，犯有对王国和议会发动战争之罪，被判死刑，并于1649.1.30在宴会宫窗外的绞刑架上绞死。

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

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