语言与文化自考2011年10月真题及答案解析

How would you define “common core English” from the viewpoint of the speaking style?

敬请光临寒舍。

2011年11月1日上午8点火车将到达北京。

What is your interpretation of the proverb “An Englishman’s house is his castle” and people’s behaviours related to the proverb?

Many people intend to get white-collar jobs after graduation.

请赐教。

What does the gesture “touching or pointing to one’s own nose by raised thumb” signify in western culture?

God help those who help themselves.

Men and women, old and young, all joined in the battle.

What does the statement “Language is the carrier and container of culture. ”mean?

How is the letter “i” pronounced differently when it occurs before “le” in American and British English?

Is “spiritual” a true equivalent to“精神上的”?

Technical time refers to precise, scientific ______ of time counted in ordered, logical sequences.

The ______ zone ranges from touching to 18 inches. It is usually reserved for the very few special people in our lives who are very close to us.

It is safe to say that Chinese advertising as a whole tends to be more ______ than English advertising.

Many plant and place names such as “poker” and “Mississippi” in American English come from ______.

“A Trojan horse” is an allusion derived from ______.

The English speaking people use the word “chicken” metaphorically to refer to a ______.

In English speaking cultures, it is customary for the person calling or the elderly person to hang up the receiver ______.

Subjects and ______ are not so frequently omitted in English as in Chinese, as illustrated by the sentence “This book is very interesting, Would you like to read it?”

Our body odours may be affected by ______.

Major English speaking countries, especially the United States, are “countries on the ______”, which is illustrated by such words as “drive-ins”, “motels”, and“diners”.

Value systems, world views, national traits, aesthetic standards and thinking patterns are often regarded as the central part of ______.

In a normal text, sentences are connected______.

In Chinese newspapers, ______ are not reported so frequently as in English newspapers.

—Pass me the salt.

—Pass me the salt, please.

—Would you please pass me the salt?

The above utterances are arranged in an order of increasing degrees of______.

Which of the following are metaphorical expressions about ideas?

In a telephone call, if the person wanted is not available, it is customary for the English speaking person to say “______”.

English proverbs can be classified into ______ categories.

English words borrowed from Latin are normally used in ______ contexts.

______can convey messages in face-to-face communication.

______ are a category of the subjunctive mood in English.

The nonverbal messages that are consistent with accompanying verbal messages, but add to or strengthen or clarify the verbal message serve the function of ______.

“Rubbing one’s thumb against one’s forefinger and middle finger” means ______ in English body language system.

The word “______” is American spelling.

John overslept this morning. Otherwise he wouldn’t have been late for school.

The logical relationship between the above sentences is______.

Nike is the name of ______ in Greek mythology.

Anything that is ______ by religion, tradition or social usage is a taboo.

Man: Would you like to see a movie with me tonight?

Woman: It looks like raining.

The above sentences are linked by ______.

“I’m disadvantaged, for I still don’t have a cent to my name. ” In the above sentence, the word “disadvantaged” means ______.

The colour word “______” is associated with profit in business.

The English equivalent for “开某人的玩笑” or “捉弄某人” is “______ ”.

The proverb “Carry coals to Newcastle” is related to ______.

When English speaking people part, they are expected to say“ ______”.

______ contain folk wisdom rather than scientific accuracy.

If a compliment comes to a westerner for his good Chinese, he would reply“______ ”.

Westerners tend to be ______ thinkers.

“Greenhouse” in English and “温室” in Chinese differ in their ______ meaning.

______ is a grammatical category of nouns in English, as illustrated by the simple sentence “We are students”.

Culture is a loan word from______.

In its broad sense culture is ______ , whatever distinguishes man from the rest part of the world is culture.

______ is, perhaps, the best known subject in which the interaction between language, thought and culture is investigated.