浙江2021年4月自考语言与文化试题及答案解析

浙江省2018年4月自考语言与文化试题

课程代码：10058

I. Multiple-choice(45%)

Directions: 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.

1. The relationship between language and culture is that （）.

A. language determines culture

B. culture determines language

C. language and culture are parallel

D. language and culture interact

2. In their technical senses the two terms “culture”and “文化”are （）in meaning.

A. identical

B. similar

C. different

D. irrelevant

3. All languages have kinship terms and distinguish at least three characteristics in relatives （）.

A. blood relationship, spouse relationship and sex

B. paternal, maternal and blood relational

C. generation, blood relationship and sex

D. generation, paternal and maternal relationship

4. （）refers to a person who is too cheap to take his girlfriend out so he takes her to his home all the time.

A. Couch warmer

B. Hippie

C. Homosexual

D. Dog

5. The word in Chinese for “greenhouse”is （）.

A. 绿色的房屋

B. 无污染的房屋

C. 温室

D. 年轻之家

6. “Propaganda”differs from “publicity”in its （）meaning.

A. social

B. connotative

C. reflected

D. collocative

7. While “handsome woman”and “pretty woman”are both acceptable, they suggest different kinds of attractiveness because of the （）associations of these two objectives.

A. collocative

B. connotative

C. reflected

D. social

8. “Procure”and “secure”are direct borrowings from （）.

A.French

tin

C. Old Norse

D. English Origin

9. English babies may be named after （）to show respect or to honor them.

A. grandparents

B. famous historical events

C. their birth place

D. their birth date

10. When offering another person to be the first in going through a door, the normal expression is （）.

A. “After you”

B. “You go first, please”

C. “Would you like to go first?”

D. “Can you go first, please?”

11. （）can function as an appropriate reply to an invitation.

A. “Thank you very much. I will come if I’m free then”

B. “Thank you very much. But I can’t accept your invitation.”

C. “Thank you, I’ll try to come.”

D. “That would be very nice. Thank you.”

12. English idiom “look up to”corresponds in meaning to （）from French.

A. anticipate

B. examine

C. admire

D. hope

13. “Put your foot in your mouth”means （）.

A. shut up your mouth

B. you know everything about yourself

C. you cause embarrassment by saying something

D. what you say are nonsense

14. “Marry in May, repent always”is related to （）.

A. Greco-Roman civilization

B. Christianity

C. style of living in Western countries

D. English tradition

15. A person or thing suffering from understanding neglect can be referred to as a （）.

A. Pandora

B. Cleopatra

C. Cinderella

D. Damocles

16. “Hit and run”is derived from （）.

A. football

B. baseball

C. horse racing

D. boxing

17. “（）”illustrates the metaphor that ideas are products.

A. That idea won’t sell

B. Let’s pool our ideas

C. We have generated a lot of ideas this week

D. That’s a budding theory

18. “See red”means （）.

A. to get extremely angry

B. to become extremely happy

C. to be very shy

D. to show embarrassment

19. Which of the following colors is associated with jealousy?（）

A. white

B. green

C. gray

D. blue

20. Which of the following expressions is not a euphemism?（）

A. sanitary engineer

B. physically handicapped

C. backward countries

D. incomplete success

21. “Nigger”and “蛮人”are clear cases of （）.

A. swear words

B. sexist language

C. terms of humility

D. verbal taboos