1、1.According to its_A meaning B function C position D sound 正确答案:C单选题 2.The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _ formula “SNP VP“.A hierarchical B linear C treediagram D vertical 正确答案:B单选题 3.Which of the following is NOT included in the advantages of a constituent structure tree?A It r
2、eveals the linear word order of a sentence. B It shows the hierarchical structure of a sentence. C It illustrates the syntactic category of each structural constituent. D It emphasizes the main suprasegmental features of a sentence. 正确答案:D单选题 4.Of the following items, which one does not belong to th
3、e same syntactic category?A the student B liked C anidea D the linguistic lecture 正确答案:B单选题 5.Most of the violations of the maxims of the CP give rise to_.A breakdown of conversation B confusion of ones intention C hostility between speakers and the listeners D conversational implicatures 正确答案:D单选题
4、6.A: Would you like to come to our party tonight?/ B: Im afraid Im not feeling, so well today./ The implicature produced here is _.A Ill be glad to go to your party. B Probably Ill be a little late because Im not feeling well. C I do not want to go to your party. D Ill go there even though I am not
5、feeling well today. 正确答案:C单选题 7.There are different types of affixes or morphemes. The affix “ed” in the word “learned” is known as a (an) _、A derivational morpheme B free morpheme C inflectional morpheme D free form 正确答案:C单选题 8.By saying “We shall know a word by the company it keeps,“ John Firth, a
6、 British linguist, means that the real meaning of a word -_.A is determined by a dictionary B is determined by a native speaker C is determined by its context D is determined by a linguist 正确答案:C单选题 9._ is the study of how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication、A Sem
7、antics B Pragmatics C Sociolinguistics D Psycholinguistics 正确答案:B单选题 10.The two words“ collaborator“ and “accomplice“ are examples given to illustrate that synonyms may differ._.A in style B in their emotive or evaluative meaning C in their collocation D slightly in what they mean 正确答案:B单选题 11.Bound
8、 morphemes do not include _.A roots B prefixes C suffixes D words 正确答案:C单选题 12.Which of the following statements about Black English is untrue?A Black English is an ethnic variety of the English language. B Black English is one of the official languages of America. C Black English has some vocabular
9、y of its own. D Black English has a number of distinctive features in its phonological, morphological and syn-tactic systems. 正确答案:B单选题 13.The basic unit in phonology is called _; it is a unit that is of distinctive value.A phone B phoneme C allophone D phonetic transcription 正确答案:B单选题 14.Officially
10、 bilingual countries with two official languages for national or regional use do not include _.A Japan B Canada C Finland D Belgium 正确答案:A单选题 15.By saying “You have left the door wide open,“ a speaker might be performing the three acts: locu-tionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary _.A at the same
11、time B one after another C two first and then the other D one first and then the other two 正确答案:A单选题 16.Which one of the following is not a common English address term?A FirstName B Titlealone C Title+FirstName D Kinterm 正确答案:C单选题 17.There are _morphemes in the word denationalization.A three B four
12、C five D six 正确答案:C单选题 18.According to its_A meaning B function C position D sound 正确答案:C单选题 19.The term _ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages、A synchronic B diachronic C comparat
13、ive D historical comparative 正确答案:B单选题 20.Bound morphemes do not include _.A roots B prefixes C suffixes D words 正确答案:D单选题 21.Such suffixes as “ - able“ and “ - ment“ in Modern English originally came from_.A French B Old English C Latin D Greek 正确答案:A单选题 22.Which of the following words is entirely
14、arbitrary?A photocopy B cackle C book D rumble 正确答案:C单选题 23.The naming theory seems applicable to _only.A verbs B adjectives C adverbs D nouns 正确答案:D单选题 24.Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker. This is what“_“ means.A displacement B cultural
15、transmission C duality D productivity 正确答案:A单选题 25./ p / and / b / can occur in the same environments and they distinguish meaning、Therefore they are _.A in phonemic contrast B in complementary distribution C a minimal pair D allophones 正确答案:A单选题 26.Which of the following can be said to be the small
16、est meaningful unit of language?A Letters B Morphemes C Words D Sentences 正确答案:B单选题 27.The classic semantic triangle fails to answer-A what precisely the link between the symbol and the concept is B what symbol/form refers to C what referent refers to D what thought/reference refers to 正确答案:A单选题 28.
17、According to sequential rules in English, which of the following combinations of sounds is Not pos-sible in English?A bilk B blik C kilb D Ibki 正确答案:D单选题 29._ modify the meaning of the stem , but usually do not change the part of speech of the original word.A Affixes B Prefixes C Suffixes D Inflecti
18、onal morphemes 正确答案:B单选题 30.Which of the following statements is NOT used by the speaker to perform certain acts?A “I name this ship Elizabeth. B “I visited my uncle last Sunday. C “I give and bequeath my watch to my brother. D “I bet you sit pence it will rain tomorrow. 正确答案:B单选题 31.All the followi
19、ng statements concerning the nature of language change is true except-A language change is inevitable B language change is abrupt C language change is universal D language change is extensive 正确答案:B单选题 32.Depending on specific contexts, “My bag is heavy“, as an utterance, can mean all of the followi
20、ng except- .A “My bag is easy to carry.” B “My bag is not easy to carry.” C “Could you help me carry the bag?” D “My bag is too heavy for you to carry.” 正确答案:A单选题 33.And today, the grammar taught to learners of a language is still basicallyA descriptive B objective C prescriptive D analytical 正确答案:C
21、单选题 34.Due to their recursive properties,_generate infinite number of sentences, and sentences with infinite length.A Phrase structure rules B Transformational rules C Adjacency Parameters D Directionality Parameters 正确答案:A单选题 35.The fact that children acquire spoken language before they can read or
22、 write indicates that language is primary _.A vocal B arbitrary C humanspecific D written 正确答案:A单选题 36.Which of the following is the correct description of the English sound /k/ ?A voiceless,velar,stop B voiced,velar,stop C voiceless,alveolar,stop D voiced,alveolar,stop 正确答案:A单选题 37.The semantic tri
23、angle holds that the meaning of a word_.A is interpreted through the mediation of concept. B is related to the thing it refers to. C is the idea associated with that word in the minds of speakers. D is the image it is represented in the mind. 正确答案:A单选题 38.When a sentence changes from a statement to
24、a general/ special question, which movement is struc-turally required?A NPmovement/WH-movement B NPmovement/Aux-movement C AUX-movement/WHmovement D WHmovement/AUX-movement 正确答案:C单选题 39.What separated the period of Middle English from that of Modern English was _.A the Norman Conquest B the influence of the French language C the Europe renaissance movement D the influence of Latin
