英语竞赛问答题110道

（On July 13，2001.）

2. Which country is the one with the greatest yield of coffee?

A. Brazil        B. Congo        C. Cuba

3. People’s fear of the number 13 in the western countries may originate from the beliefs that _____.

A Judas was the thirteenth at Jesus’ Last Supper

B. the Crucifixion took place on the thirteenth

C. the thirteenth was the day of the Norse Goddess Freya

4. The two oldest universities in England are Oxford and _________.

A. Stanford       B. Cambridge       C. Princeton

5. It is an English word. It means international computer network which consists of a large number of individual computers and computer systems connected by telecommunications circuits.

The first letter of the word is “i”.  What is it?

（Internet）

6. When in Rome, do as Romans do. Could you tell us the equivalent Chinese proverb?

（入乡随俗。）

7. The longest river in the world is the ________.

A. Amazon        B. Mississippi        C. Nile

8. What are the colors of the five Olympic rings?

（Black， blue， green, red and yellow.）

9. The largest and best known desert on earth is the __________.

A. Arabian Desert      B. Sahara       C. Sonoran Desert

10. It is an English word. It means （sum of） money to be paid by people or businesses to a government for public purposes.

The first letter of the word is “t”.  What is it?

（tax）

11.   Time and tide wait for no man. Could you tell us the equivalent Chinese proverb?

（时不我待。）

12.   The largest and deepest of the world’s oceans is the ______.

A. Indian Ocean     B. Pacific Ocean     C. Arctic Ocean

13.   _____, which is used often in English to represent the devil, is        actually a Hebrew word meaning an enemy or an opponent.

A. Statue    B. Satan    C. Saint

14.   It is an English word. It means membership of a particular nation.

The first letter of the word is “n”.  What is it?

（nationality）

15.   Two heads are better than one. Could you tell us the equivalent Chinese proverb?

（三个臭皮匠胜过诸葛亮。）

16.   Hard Times was written by __________.

A. Thackeray      B. Scott         C. Dickens

17.   She is the first woman prime minister of the United Kingdom whose nickname is “Iron Lady”. Could you tell me her name? （Margaret Thatcher）

18.   Australia is the world’s __________ continent.

A. smallest     B. coldest      C. warmest

19.   How often are the Modern Olympic Games held?

（Once every four years.）

20.   The Statue of Liberty was given to the United States by the people ofFrance. It stands___________.

A. in the nation’s Capital, Washington, D. C.

B. on an island in New York harbor

C. out in the ocean where all can see it