王迈迈英语

2001年下半年全国高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题

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 ________.( )

A. the product of the human brain

B. rule governed

C. independent of culture

D. the result of social institutions

2.Culture is a loan word from ________.

A. French

B. Latin

C. Roman

D. Norwegian

3.In South Africa, Australia and New Zealand the first week day after Christmas is ________.( )

A. Boxing Day   

B. Thanksgiving Day    

C. Easter

D. St.Valentine’s Day

4.A bun or bread roll containing fried or grilled steak is called .( )

A. hamburger   

B. sandwich   

C. hot dog  

D. pudding

5.In the following words,________ contains a derivational morpheme.

A. nicer 

B. maps  

C.  precede  

D.  worked

6.In the following statements,________ is not true.( )

A.  “English is a language with explicit grammar and Chinese is 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.  “Chinese has no grammatical morphemes.”

D.  “Grammatical explicitness and consistency are required in English.”

7.We can often find personal names in English that are related to .( )

A.  historical events    

B.  natural phenomena

C.  influential figures  

D. the place of birth

8.Abraham is a ________.( )

A. religious name    

B. flower name

C. weapon name       

D. name of authority

 9.The Chinese personal letters generally sound more ________ in tone than their corresponding English ones.

A. formal  

B. informal  

C. ornate  

D. plain

10.“To have the tendency to stretch the truth” can be used as the euphemism for “________”.( )

A. to provide true information

B. to tell others’ fortune

C. to lie

D. to steal

11.The expression that can be used as the euphemism for “garbage collector” is “________”.

A. collecting engineer

B. garbage engineer