英语 专业八级人文知识冲刺卷二
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- New York City With a metropolitan population of around 16 million, New York, called the “Big Apple”, is the largest city in the United States, and the financial, manufacturing and transportation center. With the headquarter of the United Nations located there, it is also the center of international political exchange, as well as the financial capital of the world. 巩固： 我们知道NEW YORK CITY 有很多有名的地方，包括 Wall Street， BroadWay，还有什么呐？
A the Liberal Party B the Labour Party Day 2.Among the most typical English sports, ____ has been in existence since the 16th century. A rugby B soccer C cricket D boxing 3.The United States is ____ A the most populous country in the world 4.The last one of the 13 colonies was ____, which was established in 1733. A North Carolina B South Carolina C Georgia D Maryland 5. O’ Henry earned his fame mainly for his ____ A novels B poems C short stories D dramas 6.The island of Lilliput can be found in ___ A Robinson Grusoe B Gulliver’s Travels C Adventures of Tome Sawyer D Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 7____is the first American professional writer and the first writer of detective story in the world. A Ezra Pound B Washington Irving C Nathaniel Hawthorne D Edgar Ellen Poe A. morpheme B phoneme C lexeme D phone 9. Which of the following statements about language is NOT true? 10. The pair of words “high” and “low” are ____ A gradable opposites B converse opposites C co-hyponyms D synonyms
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