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Which of the following is NOT the synonym of the word "die"

A．Kick the bucket.
B．Pop off.
C．Commence.
D．Pass away.

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B．sonnet
C．blank verse
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A．free
B．expensive
C．compulsory
D．optional

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North America borders both the North and the North .

A．Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean
B．Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean
C．Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean
D．Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean

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Which of the following is Henry Fielding’s first novel

A．Joseph Andrews.
B．Jonathan Wild.
C．The History of Tom Jones a Foundling.
D．The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon.

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Which of the following is NOT the synonym of the word "die"

A．Kick the bucket.
B．Pop off.
C．Commence.
D．Pass away.

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The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by ______.

A．teachers
B．students
C．headmasters
D．boards of education

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The Great Gatsby was written by ______.

A．Wallace Stevens
B．Thomas Stearns Eliot
C．Ernest Hemingway
D．F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The word "orator" originally meant speaker; but now it signifies the person who makes speech. This is an example of ______.

A．narrowing of meaning
B．widening of meaning
C．meaning shift
D．loss of meaning

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Which of the following about language is NOT correct

A．Language is arbitrary.
B．Language is a system which consist of two levels: sounds and meaning.
C．Language is vocal.
D．Language is a fixed system and is not productive.

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The following are the founding fathers of the American Republic except ______.

A．George Washington
B．Thomas Jefferson
C．Willian Penn
D．Benjamin Franklin