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1、, the arrow can be read as _. A. is equal to B. consists of C. has D. generates 5. I bought some roses _ I bought some flowers. A. entails B. presupposes C. is inconsistent with D. is synonymous with 6. Ys utterance in the following conversation exchange violates the maxim of _. X: Who was that you

2、were with last night? Y: Did you know that you were wearing odd socks?A. quality B. quantity C. relation D. manner 7. Changes in a language are changes in the grammar of the speakers of the language. This means that phonemes, _, words and grammatical rules may be borrowed, added, lost or altered. A.

3、 phrases B. sentences C. morphemes D. utterances 8. In a speech community people have something in common _a language or a particular variety of language and rules for using it.A. socially B. linguistically C. culturally D. pragmatically 9. Which of the major mental functions listed below is not und

4、er the control of the left hemisphere in most people?A. language and speech B. visual and spatial skills C. reading and writing D. analytic reasoning 10. In general, the _ stage begins roughly in the second half of the childs second year. A. babbling B. one-word C. two-word D. multiword第二部分1.The fam

5、ous quotation from Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet A rose by any other name would smell as sweet well illustrates _.（） A.the conventional nature of language B.the creative nature of language C.the universality of language D.the big difference between human language and animal communication 2.Of t

6、he following sound combinations, only _ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English.（） A.kibl B.bkil C.ilkb D.ilbk 3.The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _ formula .（） A.hierarchical B.linear C.tree diagram D.vertical 4.It is the _ on Case assignment that states that

7、 a Case assignor and a Case recipient should stay adjacent to each other.（） A.Case Condition B.parameter C.Adjacent Condition D.Adjacent Parameter 5.Predication analysis is a way to analyze _ meaning. A.phoneme B.word C.phraseD.sentence 6.According to Searle,those illocutionary acts whose point is t

8、o commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _.（） A.commisives B.directives C.expressives D.declaratives 7.The term _ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages. A.syn

9、chronic B.diachronic C.comparative D.historical comparative 8.The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system of address forms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+last name, _,and kin term. A.title+fi

10、rst name B.title+title C.title alone D.first name+last name+title 9.Language and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlappingin some parts. When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to each other, we may regard thought as subvocal speech, and speech as _A.vocal thou

11、ght B.subvocal thought C.covert thought D.overt thought 10.Whcih of the following best states the behaviorist view of child language acquisition?_.（） A.Language acquisition is a process of habit formation B.Language acquisition is the species-specific property of human beings C.Children are born wit

12、h an innate ability to acquire language D.Humans are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use第三部分1.As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for correct linguistic behavior, it is said to be _. A. prescr

13、iptive B. sociolinguistic C. descriptive D. psycholinguistic 2.Of all the speech organs, the _ is/are the most flexible. A. mouthB. lips C. tongue D. vocal cords 3.The morpheme vision in the common word television is a（n） _. A. bound morpheme B. bound form D. free morpheme 4.A _ in the embedded clau

14、se refers to the introductory word that introduces the embedded clause. A. coordinator B. particle C. preposition D. subordinator 5.Can I borrow your bike? _ You have a bike.A. is synonymous with B. is inconsistent with C. entails D. presupposes 6.The branch of linguistics that studies how context i

15、nfluences the way speakers interpret sentences is called _. A. semantics B. pragmatics C. sociolinguistics D. psycholinguistics 7.Grammatical changes may be explained, in part, as analogic changes, which are _ or generalization. A. elaboration B. simplification C. external borrowing D. internal borr

16、owing 8._ refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and straightforward grammatical rules, used as a medium of communication. A. Lingua franca B. Creole C. Pidgin D. Standard language 9.Psychologists, neurologists and linguists have concluded that, in addition to the motor area which is res

17、ponsible for physical articulation of utterances, three areas of the left brain are vital to language, namely, _ . A. Brocas area, Wernickes area and the angular gyrus B. Brocas area and cerebral cortex C. Brocas area and neuronsD. Brocas area and Exners area 10.According to Krashen, _ refers to the

18、 gradual and subconcious development of ability in the first language by using it naturally in daily communicative situations. A. learning B. competence C. performance D. acquisition第四部分1.The pair of words lendand borroware _.（） A.gradable opposites B.relational opposites C.co-hyponyms D.synonyms 2.

19、The discovery of Indo-European language family began with the work of the British scholar.（） A.Jacob Grimm B.Rasmus Rask C.Franz Bopp D.Sir William Jones 3.A linguist regards the changes in language and language use as _.（） A.unusual B.something to be feared C.abnormal D.natural 4._produce fast and

20、fluent speech with good intonation and pronunciation but the content of their speech ranges from mildly inappropriate to complete nonsense,often as unintelligible.（） A.Brocas aphasic B.The linguistic deprivation C.The damage on the angular gyrus D.Wernicke5.Some Southern learners of English in China

21、 tend to say night as light.This shows:A.They cannot pronounce/n/ B.Interlangue interference because there is notthe sound /n/in their mother tongue C.The teachers do not have a good teaching method D.They do not like to pronounce nasal sounds 6.A word with several meanings is called _word.（） A.a po

22、lysemous B.a synonymous C.an abnormal D.a multiple 7.The function of the sentence A nice day, isnt it?is _.A.informative B.phatic C.directive D.performative 8.The most recognizable differences between American English and British English are in _ and vocabulary.（） A.usage B.grammar C.pronunciation D

23、.structure 9._deals with the way in which a language varies through geographical space.（） A.Linguistic geography B.Lexicology C.Lexicography D.Sociolinguistics 10.The semantic components of the word gentleman can be expressed as _.（） A.+animate,+male,+human,-adult B.+animate,+male,+human,+adult C.+a

24、nimate,-male,+human,-adult D.+animate,-male,+human,+adult第五部分1 One of the properties of language is that a language user can understand and produce sentences he/she has never heard before. This property of language is called _. A. duality B. productivity C. displacement D. arbitrary Key: B 2 The _ f

25、unction refers to the fact that language can be used for establishing a favorable atmosphere or maintaining social contact rather than for exchanging information or ideas. A. phatic B. directive C. evocative D. performative A 3 From a functional approach, the _ meaning of a language use consists of

26、what is communicated of the feelings and attitudes of the speaker/writer. A. affective B. associative C. stylistic D. collocative4 When -ing in gangling is removed to get a verb gangle, we call this way of creating words _. A. suffixation B. back-formation C. blending D. acronymy 5 _ refers to the p

27、rocess by which words rise from humble beginnings to positions of importance. A. Degradation B. Specialization C. Elevation D. Extension C 6 As we know, every speaker has his own pet words and expressions and special way of expressing his ideas in language. This language variety of individual users is called _. A. idiolect B. regional dialect C. temporal dialect D. social dialect 7 When pitch, stress and length variations are tied to the sentence rather than to the word, they are collectively known as _. A. in