语言与文化自考2016年04月真题及答案解析

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22

The gesture of “chewing one’s finger nails”signifies________.

  • A.patience
  • B.emotional stress
  • C.worry
  • D.not knowing what to do
23

English for science and technology has a lot of________.

  • A.technical terms
  • B.passive sentences
  • C.nominalization
  • D.verbs
25

Which of the following examples show paratactic relations?

  • A.I overslept this morning, so I missed the early bus.
  • B.The boy didn’t go to bed until his mother came back.
  • C.He dictated the letter. His secretary typed it.
  • D.Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4:24pm today. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.
26

Which of the following statements is true about honourifics?

  • A.Japanese is particularly rich in honourifics.
  • B.Honourifics are language forms used in speeches to show respect to a superior.
  • C.There are more honourifics in European languages than in Oriental languages.
  • D.Although Chinese have so many grammatical honourifics as Japanese, it certainly has many more than English.
27

Which of the following idioms are related to life philosophy?

  • A.to make one’s flesh creep
  • B.mind one’s p’s and q’s
  • C.just what the doctor ordered
  • D.to miss the boat
28

Which of the following sentences show that English speaking people compare ideas to food?

  • A.His ideas will live on forever.
  • B.The seeds of his great ideas were planted in his youth.
  • C.I just can’t swallow that claim.
  • D.There are too many facts here for me to digest them all.
29

In English speaking countries the general rule is to introduce________.

  • A.a young person to an older one
  • B.a woman to a man
  • C.an inferior to a superior
  • D.a group to an individual
32

Among the following, “_______”are important properties of language.

  • A.language is uniquely human
  • B.language is arbitrary
  • C.language is non-systematic
  • D.language is vocal
33

Which of the following words is derived from Greek?

  • A.Pluto
  • B.formula
  • C.antenna
  • D.mathematics
34

Contact cultures include the following EXCEPT_______.

  • A.Arabs
  • B.Latin Americans
  • C.Southern Europeans
  • D.Asians
35

_______ranges from 18 inches to 4 feet. This distance is used during conversations with close friends or interactions with relatives.

  • A.The casual-personal zone
  • B.The intimate zone
  • C.The socio-consultative zone
  • D.The public zone
36

In English letters, the date is put_______.

  • A.at the top right corner
  • B.below the receiver’s address
  • C.at the upper left corner
  • D.above the signature
37

“Santa Clause”is a loan word from________.

  • A.Dutch
  • B.German
  • C.French
  • D.Indian languages
40

Which of the following expressions reflects a religious notion on the euphemisms for "death"?

  • A.to depart from this life
  • B.to perish in war
  • C.to sleep in the grave
  • D.to be with God
41

The idiomatic expression “to have two left feet" means“_______”.

  • A.to be skillful
  • B.to be clumsy
  • C.to perform swiftly
  • D.to walk fast
43

In which of the following expressions, the red color is NOT associated with something joyful?

  • A.a red letter day
  • B.red tape
  • C.the red carpet
  • D.paint the town red
44

The proverb “An Englishman’s house is his castle" reflects_______in Western culture.

  • A.Christianity
  • B.Greco-Roman civilization
  • C.individualism
  • D.collectivism
45

English babies may be named after________to show respect or to honour them.

  • A.their parents
  • B.historical events
  • C.weapon names
  • D.their grandparents
46

In English_______is a religious name.

  • A.John
  • B.Barry
  • C.Henry
  • D.Viola
48

a) It is raining. 下雨了。

b) It is 8:00 already. 已经八点了。

c) It is very cold. 很冷。

The above examples indicate that______.

  • A.it is not necessary for every sentence to have a subject in English
  • B.the grammatical explicitness and consistency should not be violated in English
  • C.simplicity is more important than grammatical explicitness in English
  • D.grammatical consistency is more important than simplicity in Chinese
50

_________is communicated when feelings or attitudes are expressed in language.

  • A.Conceptual meaning
  • B.Connotative meaning
  • C.Thematic meaning
  • D.Affective meaning
51

________is patterns of ideas characteristic of a social group.

  • A.Language
  • B.Thought
  • C.Culture
  • D.Communication