Which of the following is a typical tone language？A．Latin.B．French.C．Chinese.D．English.

What makes modern linguistics different from the traditional grammar?

A．Modern linguistics is prescriptive and synchronic.

B．Modern linguistics is descriptive and synchronic.

C．Modern linguistics is descriptive and diachronic.

D．Modern linguistics is prescriptive and diachronic.

Who put forth the well-known linguistic formula "S→r s→R"?

A．Ferdinand de Saussure.

B．L. Bloomfield.

C．Max Wertheimer.

D．Noam Chomsky.

Which of the following is NOT the fiction created by Virginia Woolf?

A．The Waves.

B．Mrs. Dalloway.

C．A Room with One"s Own.

D．To the Light House.

Who is the "Father of English Poetry"?

A．William Shakespeare.

B．Geoffrey Chaucer.

C．William Wordsworth.

D．John Milton.

Mark Twains masterwork______—has fathered modern American literature.

A．The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

B．The Sound and the Fury

C．Moby Dick

D．Walden

Which of the following is NOT the nickname of the U. S. A. ?

A．Uncle Sam.

B．Brother Jonathan.

C．Yankee.

D．John Bull.

A．The Aborigines.

B．The Indians.

C．The Maori.

D．The Eskimos.

The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on its

A．land area.

B．population.

C．contribution.

D．all of the above.

The Hundred Years War was a series of wars waged from 1337 to 1453 between England and

A．France.

B．Spain.

C．Ireland.

D．Scotland.

What is the tone of this story?

A．Serious.

B．Humorous.

C．Critical.

D．Casual.