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

　　DDABA DBADB