2010年7月语言与文化自考试题

浙江省2010年7月自考
语言与文化试题
课程代码：10058

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. (20%)
1. Language is used for communication in that communication is the ______ function of language. (      )
A. primary  B. peripheral
C. medium  D. personal
2. The word “modernization” consists of ______ morphemes. (      )
A. 2  B. 3
C. 4  D. 5
3. “______” can be used as the euphemism for “tax increases”. (      )
A. Financial plans  B. Monetary designs
C. Revenue enhancements  D. Income control
4. To English speakers, a person who does not look at you in your eyes when talking to you is not ______. (      )
A. polite  B. friendly
C. kind  D. trustworthy
5. The English-speaking people associate owls with ______. (      )
A. misfortune  B. wisdom
C. frightening cries  D. pride
6. English is often referred to as a ______ language because it uses frequently connectives to indicate the relation between linguistic elements. (      )
A. paratactic  B. hypotactic
C. branching  D. linear
7. In British English, the equivalent word for“公寓” is ______. (      )
A. department  B. apartment
C. basement  D. flat
8. ______ meaning is represented by the position of a word or a similar linguistic unit in clauses or sentences. (      )
A. Thematic  B. Connotative
C. Social  D. Reflected
9. Which of the following statements is NOT true? (      )
A. It is often said that English is a language with explicit grammar and Chinese a language with implicit grammar.
B. Compared with Chinese, English has more grammatical morphemes that are used more frequently in either speech or writing.
C. The obligatory explicit grammatical markers are larger in number in Chinese than in English.
D. Almost all of the English grammatical markers are obligatory items while most of their counterparts in Chinese are optional.
10. “If you don’t look out, you will come to grief”. Here “look out” refers to ______. (      )
A. to warn someone that they are in danger
B. to watch something outside
C. to learn well 
D. to prepare well
11. The allusion ______ can be used to refer to a person who submits to indignities and sufferings without any thought or act of rebelling. (      )
A. “a Cinderella”  B. “an Uncle Tom”
C. “a Sherlock Holmes”  D. “an Oliver Twist”
12. The English speaking people say ______ when they need to answer the phone or a door bell and even when they sneeze while they are talking with others. (      )
A. “I’m sorry”  B. “I beg your pardon”
C. “Never mind”  D. “Excuse me”
13. Which of the following names is associated with Christianity? (      )
A. Edgar  B. Joseph
C. Alexander  D. Iris
14. In most English letters of request, ______. (      )
A. the request precedes the supporting information
B. the request follows the supporting facts
C. the initial request has to be made paving the way for the final request 
D. the request is placed at the end of letters
15. ______, with possessive pronouns, is used in addressing or referring to a king, queen or emperor. (      )
A. Honourable B. Majesty
C. Excellency  D. Royal
16. There is no ______ relationship between words and the objects, actions or concepts they are used to refer to. (      )
A. arbitrary  B. logical
C. optional  D. sensible
17. When doctors touch their patients in a physical examination we call it ______ touch. (      )
A. socio-polite  B. friendship-warmth
C. functional-professional  D. love-intimacy
18. “______” illustrates the metaphor that ideas are food. (      )
A. That’s a budding theory.
B. Let me put in my two cent’s worth.
C. He ran out of ideas. 
D. There are too many facts here for me to digest them all.
19. In English ______ can not be advertised. (      )
A. medicines  B. sexual service
C. domestic service  D. cigarette
20. A drink of spirits mixed with others or with various flavourings is called ______. (      )
A. red wine  B. white wine
C. whisky  D. cocktail

II. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which alternative can complete the statement. There might be more than one correct answer. (10%)
21. In English culture people often ______. (        )
A. put the more important information before the less important one
B. put the more specific information before the less specific one
C. put the language items representing the smaller unit before those representing bigger one
D. put the language items representing the individual part before those representing the whole
22. Blue Monday conveys the meaning that ______. (        )
A. one is in his sad mood
B. one is in his gloomy mood
C. one should remember the important day 
D. one always has bad fortune on that day
23. In most English speaking countries, “intellectuals” would include ______. (        )
A. engineers  B. scientists  
C. college professors  D. medical doctors
24. American English differs from British English mainly in ______. (        )
A. grammar  B. pronunciation
C. tone  D. vocabulary
25. Many English words are related to Christianity, such as ______. (        )
A. Reformation B. Protestant
C. Cocktail  D. Mass
26. When you respond to the compliment “You look very nice in this dress”, most probably you would say “______”. (        )
A. Thank you.
B. No, I don’t think so at all.
C. Do you really think so? I was not sure whether it suits me. 
D. No, no. That’s not true.
27. Many English proverbs are related to Christianity in one way or another, such as ______. (        )
A. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
B. God help those who help themselves.
C. Whom the Gods love dies young. 
D. Each cross hath its own inscription.
28. The logical relationships between adjoining sentences can be classified into the following categories: ______. (        )
A. additive  B. adversative
C. causal  D. temporal
29. In English culture ______ are normally a taboo topics. (        )
A. age and income  B. clothes and artifacts
C. political beliefs  D. religious beliefs
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