1.Which of the folowing is NOT a compound word?

A. Landlady B. Greenhouse C. Uplift D. Unacceptable

[題解]D

屬derivation

2.The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any day on which we don't have to work. This is an example of ____

A. meanng shift B. widening of meaning C. narrowing of meaning D. loss of meaning

[題解]B

關鍵字any

3.The capital of Australia is ____

A. Sydney B. Melbourne C. Canberra D. Perth

[題解]C

Sydney第一大城市，位于New South Wales州; Melbourne第二大城市，位于victoria州; Canberra位于Sydney與Melbourne之間； Perth位于Australia州

4.Which degree is offered in community colleges in the United States?

A. Master's degree B. Docter's degree c. Bachelor's degree D. Associate's degree

[題解]D

5.George Bernard Shaw was a(n) ____

A. playwright B. poet C. novelist D. essayist

[題解]A

（英）蕭伯納，愛爾蘭裔，劇作家、批評家、社會評論家。著有Man and Superman,Back to Methuselah, Saint Joan圣女貞德, Arms and the Man，Pygmalion茶花女，獲得1925年諾貝爾文學獎

6.John Galsworthy was most famous for ____

A. Heart of Darkness B. Ulysses C. The Forsyte Saga D. A Passage to India

[題解]C

(英)高爾斯華綏，小說家、劇作家。著有The Forsyte Saga福賽特家史，于1993年獲得了諾貝爾文學獎；

Heart of Darkness，作者Joseph Conrad，波蘭裔英國小說家，另著有Lord Jim吉姆老爺；Ulysses，作者James Joyce，愛爾蘭作家，另著有Finnegans Wake為芬尼根守靈；A Passage to India，作者E.M.Forster，英國小說家，另著有Howards End霍華德別業

7.The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was witten by ____

A. Henry James B. O. Henry C. Harriet Beecher Stower D. Mark Twain

[題解]D

（美）Henry James，著有Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl;（美）O. Henry，短篇小說家, 真實姓名為William Sydney Porter，著有Cabbages and Kings，The Four Million；（美）Harriet Beecher Stower，其反奴隸制小說Uncle Tom's Cabin，促進了廢奴運動發展；（美）Mark Twain，真實姓名為Samnel Langhorne clemens，另著有The Adventures of Tom Samyer

8.The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication is _______

A. morphology B. general linguistics C. phonology D. semantics

[題解]C

Linguistics語言學，the study of human language。包括Theoretical linguistics，Applied linguistics，Sociolinguistics，Cognitive linguistics和Historical linguistics。

這里主要考Theoretical linguistics，包括:

1.Lexis詞匯學, the study of what is a word and where words come from

2.Semantics語義學，the study of meaning in a language

3.Phonetics語音學，the study of speech sounds (voice).

4.Phonology音位學/音系學,the study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication

5.Morphology形態學，the study of the structure and form of words and phrases

6.Syntax句法學，the study of the rules, or "patterned relations" that govern the way the words in a sentence come together，與morphology形態學并稱grammer語法學

7.Stylistics文體學，the study of style used in literary, and verbal language and the effect the writer/speaker wishes to communicate to the reader/hearer.

8.Pragmatics語用學，generally the study of natural language understanding, and specifically the study of how context influences the interpretation of meanings. 補充：general linguistics, the study of the structure and development of language in general

9.Where is Edinburgh?

A. In wales B. In Scotland C. In Northern Ireland D. In Ireland

[題解]B

wales的首府為Cardiff, Scotland的首府為Edinburgh，Northern Ireland的首府為Belfast, Ireland的首府為Dublin

10.Which of the following is Not a U.S. news and cable network?

A. ABC B. CNN C. CBS D. BBC

[題解]D