1.Which of the folowing is NOT a compound word?
A. Landlady
B. Greenhouse
C. Uplift
D. Unacceptable
[题解]D 属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
[题解]B 关键字any
3.The capital of Australia is ____
A. Sydney
B. Melbourne
C. Canberra
D. Perth
[题解]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与Melbourne之间；
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
[题解]D
5.George Bernard Shaw was a(n) ____
A. playwright
B. poet
C. novelist
D. essayist
[题解]A
（英）萧伯纳，爱尔兰裔，剧作家、批评家、社会评论家。著有Man and Superman,Back to Methuselah, Saint Joan圣女贞德, Arms and the Man，Pygmalion茶花女，获得1925年诺贝尔文学奖
6.John Galsworthy was most famous for ____
A. Heart of Darkness
B. Ulysses
C. The Forsyte Saga
D. A Passage to India
[题解]C
(英)高尔斯华绥，小说家、剧作家。著有The Forsyte Saga福赛特家史，于1993年获得了诺贝尔文学奖；
Heart of Darkness，作者Joseph Conrad，波兰裔英国小说家，另著有Lord Jim吉姆老爷；
Ulysses，作者James Joyce，爱尔兰作家，另著有Finnegans Wake为芬尼根守灵；
A Passage to India，作者E.M.Forster，英国小说家，另著有Howards End霍华德别业
7.The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was witten by ____
A. Henry James
B. O. Henry
C. Harriet Beecher Stower
D. Mark Twain