湖北工业大学11级英语专业语言学作业
答案：C 解析：推动多种语言使用：Multilingualism
2012年
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A. Exaggeration. B. understatement. C. Personification. D. synecdoche. 答案：C
[分析]“生菜没有了番茄和黄瓜的陪伴就会十分孤单”这句话是什么的例子？A是夸张 B是低调陈述 C是拟人 D是提喻。根据题意知道选C
38. In English if a word begin with a [l] or a [r], then next sound must be a vowel. This is an ______ 答案：B
[分析]在英语中如果一个单词以【l】或者【r】开头发音，那么下一个声音一定是元音。这是什么规则？A是同化规则 B是序列规则 C是省略规则 D是语法规则。选B
39. Which of the following is an example of clipping? A.APEC. B.Motel. C.Xerox. D.Disco. 答案：D
[分析]下面那个词是用截略法来构词的？clipping（截略）是一种构词方法，即对长词加以略写，从而构成新词，但同义保持不变。截略同常用于非正式语体，口语中尤为常见。其中D选项的disco就是
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湖北工业大学11级英语专业语言学作业
discotheque截略而来。故选D
40. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of situation is called ________
A. register. B. dialect. C. slang. D. Variety 答案：A
[分析]A指语域 B指方言 C指俚语行话 D指语言变体根据意义知道选A 。语域是指依据用法而变的变量
2013年
37.Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration? A. weak seat． B．Safe and sound． C．Knock and kick． D．Coat and boat． 答案：B
[分析] 下面哪一个是头韵法？只有B选项的save 和sound 的开头发音是一样的
38.Which of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme? A、Unlock． B．Government． C．Goes． D．Off-stage． 答案：C
[分析]英语中的曲折语素有：名词所有格 名词复数 动词现在分词 动词过去式 动词过去分词 第三人称单数 比较级 最高级 这8种。所以选C
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39._____ is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to.
A．Onomatopoeia B．Collocation C．Denotation D．Assimilation
答案：A
[分析]问题是听到其音就知道其意思的是什么？ A为拟声 B为搭配 C为符号 D为同化 因此选A
40.The sentence \(n) ____ function．
A．interrogative B．informative C．performative D．Directive
答案：D
[分析]题问“关上书认真听我讲”起到了什么作用其中A表示疑问功能 B表示信息功能 C表示述行功能 D表示命令功能 根据句子意思知道选D
2014年
38、Which of the following pairs of words are homophones? A、wind(v.) wind(n.) B、suspect(v.) suspect(n.) C、bare(adj.) bear(v.) D、Convict(v.) convict(n.)
答案：C
[分析]下面哪组是同音异形词,C 组发音相同但是单词不同 选C
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39、Which of the following sentences has the “S+V+O” structure? A、He did a hero. B、I went to London. C、She became angry. D、Mary enjoyed parties.
答案：D
[分析]下面那个句子是主谓宾结构的句子。A是主语+宾语+宾补 B是主语+谓语+补语 C是主语+表语 D是 主语+谓语+宾语 选D 40、Which of the following CAN NOT be used as an adverbial. A.Heart and soul. B.The lion’s share. C.Null and void. D.Hammer and tongs.
答案：B
[分析]下面哪个不能做状语？A翻译为全心全意地为副词短语可以做状语。B翻译为最大份额为名词短语不能做状语 C翻译为无效的为形容词短语可以做状语D翻译为全力以赴地为副词短语可以做状语。故选择B
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湖北工业大学11级英语专业语言学作业
二部分 重点章节测试题
Test One: Invitations to Linguistics
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Choose the best answer. (20%)
Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human __________. A. contact B. communication C. relation D. community Which of the following words is entirely arbitrary? A. tree B. typewriter C. crash D. bang The function of the sentence “Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade.” is __________. A. interrogative B. directive C. informative D. performative In Chinese when someone breaks a bowl or a plate the host or the people present are likely to say“碎碎（岁岁）平安”as a means of controlling the forces which they believes feel might affect their lives. Which functions does it perform? A. Interpersonal B. Emotive C. Performative D. Recreational Which of the following property of language enables language users to overcome the barriers caused by time and place, due to this feature of language, speakers of a language are free to talk about anything in any situation? A. Transferability B. Duality C. Displacement D. Arbitrariness Study the following dialogue. What function does it play according to the functions of language?
— A nice day, isn’t it?
— Right! I really enjoy the sunlight. A. Emotive B. Phatic C. Performative D. Interpersonal __________ refers to the actual realization of the ideal language user’s knowledge of the rules of his language in utterances. A. Performance B. Competence C. Langue D. Parole
When a dog is barking, you assume it is barking for something or at someone that exists hear and now. It couldn’t be sorrowful for some lost love or lost bone. This indicates the design feature of __________.
A. cultural transmission B. productivity C. displacement D. duality __________ answers such questions as how we as infants acquire our first language. A. Psycholinguistics B. Anthropological linguistics C. Sociolinguistics D. Applied linguistics
__________ deals with language application to other fields, particularly education. A. Linguistic theory B. Practical linguistics C. Applied linguistics D. Comparative linguistics
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