ExercisesforGeneralKnowledge1.WhichofthefollowingAmericanpresidentsproposedtheNewDealinthe1930s?A.JimmyCarter.B.HarryTruman.C.RonaldReagan.D.FranklinD.Roosevelt.2.WhereisQuebec?A.InCanada.B.InIrelandC.InAustraliaD.InNewZealand.3.Ofthefollowingmajorsports,________isthemosttypicallyEnglish.A.cricketB.footballC.horseracingD.tennis4."RipVanWinkle",oneofthebestlovedstoriesofAmericanliterature,waswrittenbyA.BenjaminFranklin(1706--1790)B.WashingtonIrving(1783--1859)C.RalphWaldoEmerson(1803--1882)D.NathanialHawthorne(1804--1864)5.VirginiaWoolfisNOTa(n)______A.novelistB.essayistC.criticD.poet6.WhichofthefollowingisthepennameorpseudonymofCharlesLamb?A.Boz.B.Ella.C.Currerhell.D.O'Hanry.7."Jan."isthe_______oftheword"January"?A.derivationB.abbreviationC.blendingD.clipping8.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisthecapitalofCanada?A.Ottawa.B.Edmonton.C.Quebec.D.Toronto9.TheEnglishbilliardsgameiscall________.A.cricketB.pinballC.snookerD.softball10.Whichofthefollowingstatesdoestheabbreviation"MA"standsfor?A.Maine.B.Massachusetts.C.Minnesota.D.Maryland.11.Whichisthesecondlargestinareaamongallthefollowingcountries?A.TheUnitedStates.B.Britain.C.Canada.D.Australia.12.Whoisthespokesmanofthe"LostGeneration"oftheyoungintellectualswhobecamedisappointedandbitterafterWorldWarI?A.TheodoreDreiser.B.JackLondon.C.JohnSteinbeck.D.ErnestHemingway.13.ThenovelWutheringHeights(1847),iswrittenby______A.JaneAustenB.CharlotteBronteC.EmilyBronteD.AnnBronte14.Theword"Thursday"is______from"Thor"A.blendedB.derivedC.convertedD.transferred15.WhichofthefollowingisNOTacompound?A.SeasickB.Airborne,C.Self-taught.D.Friendship.16.ThecapitalofAustraliais____A.SydneyB.MelbourneC.CanberraD.Perth17.WhichofthefollowingisthewifeofRonaldReagan?A.ThemiaCatherinePatricia.B.RosalynnSmith.C.NancyDavis.D.HillaryDianeRodham.18.WhichofthefollowingholidaysisthetypicalonecelebratedintheUnitedStates?A.ThanksgivingDay.B.AprilFool'sDay.C.Valentine'sDay.D.HalloweenDay.19.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisthecapitalofAustralia?A.Sidney.B.Melbourne.C.Brisbane.D.Canberra.20.WhichofthefollowingistheAmericanNationalemblem?A.Lion.B.Eagle.C.Harp.D.Emu.21.Whichofthefollowingisconsideredthemanifestationofthe"LostGeneration"?A.SisterCarrie.B.TheWasteland,C.TheSunAlsoRises.D.TheInnocentsAbroad.22.WhoisnotlistedamongthepoetswhocontributetowhatisknownastheRomanticMovementinthelate18thand19thcenturies?A.WilliamBlake.B.JohnKeats.C.SamuelTaylorColeridge.D.AlexanderPope.23.________wroteTheCanterburyTales,thebestofhisworksthoughunfinished.A.T.S.EliotB.WilliamSomersetManghamC.KatherineMansfieldD.GeoffreyChaucer24.________isawordidenticalinsoundbutdifferentinspellingandinmeaning.A.HomophoneB.HomographC.HomonymD.Homonymy25.A________studyoflanguageisahistoricalstudy;anditstudiesthehistoricaldevelopmentoflanguageoveraperiodoftime.A.diachronicB.synchronicC.comparativeD.social26.MadameBovary(1857)iswrittenby_____.A.JeanRousseauB.VirginiaWoolfC.GustaveFlaubertD.JohnRuskin27.Thestudyofhowsoundsareputtogetherandusedtoconveymeaningincommunicationis_______A.morphologyB.generallinguisticsC.phonologyD.semantics28.OfallthestatesinAmerica,whichisthelargestinarea?A.California.B.Texas.C.Alaska.D.Nebraska.29.Britainliesinthe______AtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEurope.A.eastB.southC.westD.north30.TheToilesweretheforerunnersof_______A.thcLiberalPartyB.theLabourPartyC.theConservativePartyD.theDem...
