2018年10月高等教育自学考试《语言与文化》试题
课程代码：00838
I. Each of the statements is followed by four alternatives. Read following incomplete each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which of the four alternatives best completes the statement. (20%)
1. Without the emergence of man would remain what he was one or two million years ago.
A.culture
B. speech
C. language
D. thinking
2. When we say that language is , we mean that the language is rule governed.
A.systematic
B. arbitrary
C. vocal
D. symbolic
3. The relationship between a word and an object in the real world to which the word refers is
the meaning of the word.
A. connotative
B. social
C. affective
D. conceptual
4. If an entry in a dictionary consists of two or more words, it will be treated as a
A. phrase
B. clause
C. compound
D. sentence
5. The following Chinese sentences are implicit passive sentences EXCEPT
A．花晒着太阳了。B．红旗被插上了井冈山。
C．湿衣服吹吹风，干得快。D．道路加宽了，立交桥也修起来了。
6. The following sentences have hypotactic relations EXCEPT" "
A. Bread and butter is my favoufite breakfast
B. The man ran away when he saw the dog
C. John loves Mary and Mary loves John, too
D. He bought tea, coffee, eggs, milk, etc
7. "Flora" is a quite common English name. It belongs to names.
A. religious
B. weapon
C. flower
D. knowledge
8. In English speaking countries some elderly persons may use" "as a vocative to
address a young lad without meaning to offend.
A. son
B. lad
C. man
D. buddy
9. The meaning of the idiom "the cat's got your tongue" is" "
A. you're joking
B. you're clumsy
C. you're very quiet
D. you're angry
10. The sentence "她是个王熙凤式的人物" uses an allusion from a Chinese literary work
A. Three Kingdoms
B. Dream of Red Mansions
C. Water Margin
D. Pilgrimage to the West
11. In the sentence "Bring the child down to me for a formight. I have a huge old garden
where he can be as free as a bird", the tenor is
A. a bird
B. a fortnight
C. a huge old garden
D. the child
12. In the following metaphorical expressions," " shows ideas are food.
A. That idea won't sell
B. That's budding theory
C. We don't need to spoon-feed our students
D. That cuts right into the heart of that matter
13. There are more honourifics in Oriental language than in European language, is particularly rich in honourifics.
A. Chinese
B. Japanese
C. English
D. French
14. Pleasant, polite or harmless sounding words or expressions that are used to mask harsh, rude or infamous truths are
A. honourifics
B. terms of humility
C. euphemisms
D. taboos
15. Hypotactic relations at the sentential level refer to constructions whose components are linked through the use of
A. conjunctions
B. juxtaposition
C. punctuation
D. prepositions
16. For the whole day he climbed up the steer mountainside, almost without stopping. And in all this time he met no one.
In the above example, the logical relationship between the sentences is relations.
A. additive
B. adversative
C. causal
D. temporal
17. The most striking phonetic difference between American and British English is the pronunciation of" "in words.
A.a
B.r
C.i
D. wh
18. Advertisement English differs from other varieties of English in many ways. A tactful use of homophones can be found in the following advertisement" "
A. Never bathe alone
B. I'm MORE satisfied (cigarette)
C. 7 days without 7-up make one weak (beverage)
D. We've hidden a garden full of vegetables where you'd never expected in a pie
19. Nonverbal messages which serve the function of the verbal messages are ones that could stand alone ifthe verbal messages were not present.
A. complementing
B. repeating
C. contradicting
D. regulating
20. When an item in the target nonverbal communication systems corresponds in both form and meaning to an item in the native nonverbal communication system, the learner can simply the item in his or her native non-communication systems to the target ones.
A. associate
B. transfer
C. interpret
D. differentiate
II. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which alternatives can complete the statement. There is more than one correct answer to each question.(10%)
21. Thought is the of the human brain.
