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武汉四六级模拟试题Unit 191. The native people of Australia who probably came from somewhere in Asia at least 30,000 years ago are known as _.A. Gypsies B. Aborigines C. Maoris D. Pygmies2. Australia is the _ largest country in the world. A. forth B. fifth C. sixth D. seventh3. Australia is made up of _ states and two territories.A. four B. five C. six D. seven4. The national plant of Australia is _. A. mulberry tree B. wattle C. eucalyptus D. sequoia5. _, is the national anthem of Australia since 1984. A. Fair Australia, Advance B. Australia Fair, Advance C. Advance Australia Fair D. Advance Fair Australia6. There are _ stars on the Australian National Flag. A. 9 B. 8 C. 7 D. 67. The capital city of Australia is _. A. Canberra B. Sydney C. Melbourne D. Darwin8. Koala in the Aboriginal language means _. A. “I cant see.” B. “I dont drink.” C. “I dont want to tell you.” D. “I dont know.”9. The Australian population is still mainly of _ descent. A. German B. French C. American D. British10. It is assumed that the first European who reached Australias shores were the _. A. Portuguese B. German C. French D. British11. It was _, an English navigator and explorer, who finally put Australia on the map. A. William Dampier B. James Cook C. Dirk Hartog D. Abel Tasman12. Australias National Day is celebrated on _. A. January 23 B. January 24 C. January 25 D. January 2613. New Zealands icon, the kiwi, is a biological oddity, small,_, and largely nocturnal. A. flightless B. featherless C. fearless D. funless14. New Zealand has two national anthems: _. A. Star-Spangled Banner & God Save the Queen B. God Save the Queen and God Defend New Zealand C. O New Zealand and Advance New Zealand Fair D. Advance New Zealand Fair and God Defend New Zealand15. New Zealand is made up of two islands: _. A. the East and the West B. the Long and the Short C. the Wide and Narrow D. the South and the North16. Maoritanga means _, the Maori way of life and view of the world. A. Maoritaboo B. Maoriculture C. Maorivoodoo D. Maroritotem17. New Zealand follows the _ Parliamentary system with some variations.A. French B. Canadian C. British D. New Zealand18. Which of the following statements is NOT true about New Zealand?A. It is the worlds largest exporters of meat.B. It is the worlds largest exporters of wool.C. It is the worlds largest exporters of cotton.D. It is the worlds largest exporters of dairy products.19. The first European to visit New Zealand was a(n) _, Abel Tasman, who reached South Island in 1642. A. Englishman B. German C. Spaniard D. Dutchman20. The size of New Zealand is similar to that of _. A. America B. France C. Britain D. Spain21. In 1893 New Zealand became the _ country to give women the right to vote. A. first B. second C. third D. fourth22. The red pohutukawa is called New Zealand Christmas tree because it flowers in _. A. April B. June C. September D. December23. The maraethe _ house and the land around it - is the focus of Maori community life. A. meeting B. store C. public D. training24. _, the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, is celebrated as NewZealand National Day or Waitangi Day.A. February 6 B. June 6 C. October 6 D. May 625. New Zealand is just west of the International Date Line, so it is the first country to get _. A. frozen B. wet C. the new day D. united26. Which of the following is NOT a city in New Zealand? A. Christchurch B. Palmerston North C. Dunedin D. Brisbane 27. Which of the following statements is TRUE about language?A. Language is a means of verbal communication.B. All languages have three major components: a sound system, a writing system and a system of grammar C. Dialect is only spoken by some peopleD. Speech is derivative of writing28. A linguist is supposed to _. A. be able to speak a number of languages B. be a skilled language teacher C. observe various linguistic phenomena objectively D. set general principles for languages29. Linguistics differs from traditional grammar in that _. A. linguistics is prescriptive B. linguistics is descriptive C. linguistics stresses the importance of written word D. linguistics provides a Latin-based framework into which all languages fit30. The forms of linguistic signs bear no natural relationship to their meaning. This feature of language is accepted as _. A. arbitrariness B. creativity C. displacement D. duality31. The important distinction in linguistics proposed by Chomsky is _. A. synchronic and diachronic B. langue and parole C. signifier and signified D. competence and performanceUnit 201. The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication is _. A. morphology B. phonology C. semantics D. phonetics2. Which of the following cavities is not involved in the production of sounds in language? A. Nasal cavity B. Pharyngeal cavity C. Oral cavity D. Thoratic cavity3. The basic difference between vowels and consonants is _. A. the shape of lips B. the vibration of the vocal folds C. whether the sounds production is accompanied by a puff of breath D. whether the air stream meets with any obstruction4. Consonants are classified in terms of _. A. the place where the air stream obstruction occurs B. the part of tongue that is the highest C. openness of the mouth D. length of the sound5. Vowels can be classified in terms of _. A. manner of articulation B. places of articulation C. shape of lips D. vibration of vocal folds6. The consonant _ can be described as : voiced bilabial stop. A. p B.b C.t D.d7. Which of the following is NOT a supra-segmental feature ? A. Intonation B. Stress C. Aspiration D. Tone8. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the International Phoentic Alphable ? A. It is a standard symbol for the transcription of sounds in human language. B. It came into being in the end of the 20th century C. It is only used in narrow transcription D. It has become an internationally accepted system of phonetic transcription9. A phoneme is _.A. the minimal element of language systemB. unlikely to be further analyzedC. representative of an allophoneD. of distinctive value10. Such words as “Dacron, Kodak and Xerox” are formed by _. A. back-formation B. blending C. coinage D. clipping11. Which of the following words pronunciation is EXCEPTIONAL to the Assimilation rule ? A. unbeatable B. impossible C. illegal D. irregular12. _ studies the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed. A. Lexis B. Morphology C. Applied linguistics D. Syntax13. The minimal unit of meaning, of which there may be several in a word, is _. A. phoneme B. lexeme C. morpheme D. affix14. ceive in receive, perceive is _. A. a prefix B. an infix C. a suffix D. a bound morpheme15. In English, nouns, verbs, adverbs and _ make up the largest part of the vocabulary, that is, the open class. A. pronouns B. propositions C. articles D. Adjectives16. The word internationalism is made up of four morphemes. Which of them is a root? A. inter- B. nation C. al D. ism17. Which of the following underlined part is an inflectional morpheme ? A. talk/talking B. shy/shyness C. physic/physician D. build/rebuild18. Which of the following word is NOT a compound word ? A. landlord B. riverbed C. throughout D. unbelievable19. The word offend originally meant “to strike against”, but now the word signifies “to create or excite anger”. This is an example of _. A. meaning shift B. widening of meaning C. narrowing of meaning D. loss of meaning20. Which of the following is a blend, a word formed by combining parts of others? A. disco B. radar C. motel D. calm21. _ is borrowed from Italian. A. Spaghetti B. Mutton C. Hamburger D. Fungus22. Syntax is the study of the formation of _. A. words B. sentences C. utterance D. discourse23. From the prescriptive of traditional approach of syntax, a noun has the categories of number, gender and _. A. aspect B. case C. tense D. voice24. Immediate constituents _. A. is a term proposed by Chomsky B. can be further segmented C. refer to words or phrases directly below the level of a constructionD. are the smallest grammatical units25. The transformational-generative approach of syntax is represented by _. A. Bloomfield B. Chomsky C. Halliday D. Saussure26. Which of the following statements is a proposition of transformational-gene