全国2014年4月自考语言与文化试题.

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全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试

语言与文化试题

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I. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which of the four alternatives best completes the statement and mark your answer on the ANSWER

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1. Which of the following is NOT one of the important properties of language?

A. Language is arbitrary.

B. Language is systematic.

C. Language is used for communication.

D. Language is used by both human beings and animals.

2. Such questions as “How do you think and feel about your family?”, “How do you treat

a guest?” and “What is your greatest ambition?” highlight the ______ aspects of culture.

A. thematic

B. institutional

C. behavioural

D. individual

3. ______ is the basic meaning presented by meaningful linguistic units, including words and is often, though not always, the central factor in linguistic communication.

A. Conceptual meaning

B. Connotative meaning

C. Social meaning

D. Affective meaning

4. Both “pretty” and “handsome” can mean nice looking, but “pretty” is often used together with “girl”, “woman”, “garden” etc., while “handsome” frequently appears together with “boy”, “man”, “car” etc., bec ause these are the ______ of these two terms.

A. collocative meaning

B. connotative meaning

C. affective meaning

D. reflected meaning

5. Which of the following is NOT an inflectional morpheme?

A. -ing

B. -er

C. -ment

D. -s

6. a) What’s the majority’s opinion?大多数人的意见怎样?

b)Where’s today’s newspaper? 今天的报纸在哪里?

The above two examples indicate that ______.

A. cases are represented explicitly in pronouns in Chinese

B. formal markers for cases in nouns are required in English

C. pronouns are marked explicitly for cases in Chinese

D. Chinese pronouns do show formal variation for cases

7. In English ______ are more distinctive than given names.

A. surnames

B. nicknames

C. pen names

D. pet names

8. ______are popular among female English speakers.

A. Religious names

B. Plant names

C. Names of knowledge

D. Names of fame

9. The phrasal verb “look forward to” means” “ ______”.

A. examine

B. seek

C. expect

D. watch

10. A captivating man known as a great lover or seducer of women is often referred to as

A. an Uncle Tom

B. a Don Quixote

C. an Oliver Twist

D. a Don Juan

11. “You chicken!” he cried, looking at Tom with contempt. In this sentence, “chicken” is used

metaphorically to refer to ______.