语言与文化自考2010年01月真题及答案解析

How are swear words used in English and Chinese? What cross-cultural contrasts can one find underlying them?

What cross-cultural contrast can you find between English and Chinese telephone calls?

Since he became manager, the company has been running in the black.

Dr. Thomas Green requests the pleasure of your company at luncheon.

A small leak will sink a great ship.

白菜

—非常感谢您为我所做的一切。

—这是我应尽的职责。

How could one interpret the verbal and nonverbal messages in the following sentence? A boy told his mother in a whispering voice that it was not he who broke the vase, but did not dare to look at his mother in her eyes.

人不犯我，我不犯人。

What is the most salient feature of the headline in English newspaper?

What is intercultural communication?

How would you explain the fact that “black tea” and its equivalent in Chinese “红茶” are formed differently?

American English differs from British English mainly in pronunciation and ______.

______, the way in which one holds oneself, call also convey communicative messages.

It has been claimed that English texts develop in a _____ fashion, while Chinese ones develop in a spiral way.

Anything which is prohibited by religion, tradition or social usage is a taboo. There are behaviour and______ taboos.

In English ______ is usually associated with jealousy and envy.

English surnames may be preceded by a ______, like Mr., Mrs., President, Doctor, etc.

English speakers are direct people who tend to locate central meaning before ______ meaning.

“A big ______ in a small pond” is used to talk about somebody whose importance and influence are great only in a restricted situation or small community.

As a mirror of culture, ______ is strongly influenced and shaped by culture.

Reflected meaning is communicated when one ______ of a word forms part of our response to another sense of the word.

The sentences in a text may be linked by ______ means.

The English equivalent for “单程票” is ______.

Chewing one’s finger nails signifies ______.

______ is a proverb related to individualism.

Which of the following is the example of discrimination against women or sexist language?

In English blue is usually associated with ______ .

Which of the following statements may be true?

In English culture “red” is often associated with ______.

When receiving a gift, English speakers may say“______”.

In Chinese culture, touching or pointing to one's own nose with raised forefinger signifies ______.

Culture in its technical sense is ______.

In American English, in which word is the letter “a” pronounced as [?]?

What nonverbal message does waving good-bye convey?

“7 days without 7-up make one weak.” In this advertisement, one can find the tactful use of ______.

There are ______ in English, too. For example, majesty, honourable and excellency are such terms.

“I'd love to join in. Only I don’t know how to play. ”

The logical relationship between the above sentences is ______.

“We were having dinner when the door bell rang. ”

The above sentence is connected ______.

Pink-collar employees are employees in occupations traditionally held by ______.

“To go to a better world” is a euphemistic expression for ______.

A ______ is a direct comparison between two or more unlike things, normally introduced by “like” or “as”.

“Look forward to” corresponds in meaning to ______.

“______” is NOT an appropriate reply to a compliment.

“______.” is used to talk about something that is inoffensive but feeble or colourless.

______ is NOT often used as a vocative among English speakers.

Which of the following sentences demonstrates hypotactic relation?

“Propaganda” connotes ______, so it is a pejorative term in English.

Which of the following words contains a derivational morpheme?

“Dog” and “狗”convey the ______ meaning, but their connotations are quite different in English and Chinese cultures.

Language, culture, and thought ______, each influencing and shaping the other two.

Language is ______.