TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (6)
-GRADE EIGHT-
PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
There are ten multiple-choice question in this section. Choose the best answer to
each question. Mark your answers on your colored answered sheet.
31..In the United States , ___of the total of the population are Asian Americans.
A 12% B 8% C 6% D 3%
32. October 24,___was the date when American suffered its first stock market crash in history.
A 1926 B 1927 C 1919 D 1929
33. ___is the year France lost its rule over Quebec.
A1736 B 1763 C 1733 D 1766
34. People sometimes call___ “the world’s biggest farm”.
A. New Zealand B Australia C Canada D Brazil
35 .In Hardy’s novel , Tess of the D’Urbervills , it was ___that led to the heroine’s tragic ending.
A the hostile society B her weakness
C Angel Clare’s selfishness D her misunderstanding
36 D. H. Lawrence ascribed the alienation of the human relationship and the perversion of human
personality to
A man’s desire for power and wealth
B the aristocrats’ pride
C capital mechanical civilization
D hypocrisy of the middle class
37. All of the following statements about G. B.Shaw are true EXCEPT
A he was an influential member in the Fabian Society
B he vehemently rejected the traditions of realism in his dramatic creation
C he didn’t believe the credo of “art for art’s sake”
D he wrote plays as a way to discuss social problems
38. ___is the study of language in relation to the mind
A Historical linguistics B Psycholinguistics
C Semantics D Morphology
39.When a pidgin language is adopted by a community as its primary language ,it is called
A credo B dialect
C lingua franca D slang
40. Which of the following is part of morphological change?
A Rule loss B Rule addition
C Affix loss D Lexical addition