语言与文化自考2017年04月真题及答案解析

Discuss the similarities or differences in the associative meanings of the colour red between English and Chinese, by referring to the following expressions.(1)a red letter day, the red carpet(2)红喜事，披红挂彩

A big fish in a small pond.

Why are branching sentence patterns preferred in English, while linear sentence patterns are preferred in Chinese?

(Answer this question in relation to thinking patterns alone.)

not to bat an eyelid

不下雪的圣诞节

您过奖了。

你好，我是玛丽，请问您哪位?(电话用语)

What categories can gestures be classified into?

What does a news report normally consist of?

他的钱被抢光了。

Eskimo tribes commonly have as many as seven different words of snow, while certain African cultures in the equatorial forest of Zaire have no word at all for snow. How does this example show the relationship between language and culture?

The word “weak”is of English origin and its synonym“fragile”of Latin origin. How are they used differently?

The door was open. He walked in.These two sentences are juxtaposed without any connectives in between, so they are _______related.

We know eggactly how to sell eggs.This example shows________are often used in English advertisements.

Crossing one’s forefinger and middle finger signifies________in English speaking countries.

A______is an implied comparison between two or more unlike things, as in “His words stabbed at her heart.”

Honorifics are used to show respect to one’s interlocutors, while terms of humility are used to show the speaker’s________.

“The Garden of Eden” and “the forbidden fruit”are allusions from_______.

In informal situations English speakers tend to address others by using their______.It’s common for students to call their professor “Tom”, for instance.

________relations at the sentential level can be frequently found in constructionswhose components are connected through the use of conjunctions.

According to Nostrand, each culture has its own themes and no culture has more than twelve. His model for the analysis of culture is called the_______.

Nonverbal communication can be defined as________.

The word in British English for“timetable” is “_________ ” in American English.

Some brand names of the products are neutral or positive in meaning in Chinese culture but pejorative in English culture, such as “_______”.

The euphemisms for lavatory in English are________.

The style one chooses for one’s speech depends on________.

In English culture, when people introduce one to another, the general rule is to introduce ________.

The proverbs related to navigation are “________”.

The same tenors are associated with the same vehicles in both English and Chinese to express similar meanings, as is seen in “_______”.

In English there are formal markers for cases in_______.

It is important to remember that the term culture is________, being manifested by Western culture, Asian culture, etc.

The words like “_______”reflect the dark side of English culture about sex morality.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

If a westerner is stamping his foot, it shows he is________.

The space that exclusively belongs to its owner is referred to as primary territory. The following are examples of primary territory EXCEPT________.

Temporal relations can be found in “_______”.

The following words are pronounced differently in American and British English EXCEPT ________.

一Could you give me a lift home?

—Sorry, I’m visiting my sister.

Judging from the way the sentences are connected, we can say that the above text exhibits ________.

Anything that is prohibited by religion, tradition or social usage is a(n)________.

A china god of longevity is NOT a proper birthday gift to an American friend in his fifties because_______.

“你真是个诸葛亮” is a(n)_______.

Which of the following Chinese metaphorical expressions makes the same analogy as the English expression “She fought for him, but his mistress won out”, so far as love is concerned?

Which of the following expressions involving the colour black has a good meaning in business English?

If an English speaking person is complimented merely out of politeness on his Chinese, he may say “Oh, I wish it could be true”. The compliment may express_______as a response to a compliment.

Which of the following is NOT one of the commonest replies to apologies?

Which of the following is an idiom in relation to mannerisms?

English is often said to be more ________than Chinese because the former has more grammatical morphemes than the latter.

There are more ______in Chinese than in English as regards the passive structure.

In a _______, people get served without having to leave their cars.

In 1863 Lincoln issued the ________to abolish slavery in the southern states of American.

Which of the following about language and thought is NOT true?

Language is the _______of cultural information.