暨南大学808外国语言文学综合研究生考试试题.doc

2013年招收攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题 ************************************************************************* 学科、专业名称：外国语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言学研究方向：各研究方向 考试科目名称：外国语言文学综合考试 考试科目代码：808 考生注意：所有答案必须写在答题纸（卷）上，写在本试题上一律不给分。 Ⅰ. Multiple choices. There are 20 questions in this part. Choose the best answer to each question. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. Both literature candidates and linguistics candidates must do this part.（20%） The smallest sate of the United States is______________. A. Rhode Island B. Maine C. Texas D. Alaska In America, the three biggest newspapers are of the following EXCEPT __________. A. New York Times B. Readers Digest C. Washington Post D. Los Angeles Times The economic problem caused by the depression in 1920 was finally solved by_________________. A. World War II B. the New Deal C. the presidential election D. technological development Which of following country is located in the Southern Hemisphere? A. Australia. B. America. C. England. D. Canada. The capital of Australia is_______________. A. Canberra B. Sydney C. Melbourne D. Queensland The British Isles are made up of________________ large islands and hundreds of small ones. A. two B. three C. four D. five The largest lake in Britain is ______________. A. Loch Lomond B. the Lough Neagh C. Windermere D. Ullswater Australia has always been a continent with few people mainly because ____________. A. Australia is too far away from Europe B. Australia is the least mountainous and most level of the worlds continents C. Australia is separated from the rest of the world by seas D. Most of the continent is hot and dry San Francisco is in ________________. A. Pacific Coast B. Intermountain Region C. Rocky Mountains D. Canadian Shield Whose discovery of the law of the universal gravitation is the most important of all his achievements