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C9 Test-2
I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best
complete the statement.
1. The fixity of idioms depe nds on _______ .
A. idiomaticity
B. structure
C. grammaticality
D. style
2. Idioms are gen erally felt to be ______ .
A. formal
B. i nformal
C. casual
D. in timate
3. In the idiom move heaven and earth , ________ is used.
A. simile
B. metonymy
C. pers on ificati on
D. juxtapositi on
4. A large proporti on of idioms were first created by ______ .
A. li nguists
B. poets
C. work ing people
D. ruli ng class
5. Forms and functions of idioms are ______ .
A. differe nt
B. ide ntical
C. not n ecessarily ide ntical
D. not ide ntical at all
6. Slang expressi ons are ofte n peculiar to _ and _______ varieties.
A. stylistic, affective
B. social, regi onal
C. professi on al, cultural
D. cultural, social
7. The semantic unity of idioms is also reflected in the ____ relationship between the literal meaning of each
word and the meaning of the idiom.
A. illogical
B. lexical
C. grammatical
D. logical
8. Idioms nominal in n ature fun cti on as ______ .
A. adverbs
B. modifiers
C. nouns
D. adjectives
9. In “ Fire and water are good serva nts, but bad masters speech isfigure of
A. simile
B. pers oni ficati on
C. metonymy
D. euphemism
10. The tone implied by “ a big cheese . ” is
A. positive
B. in terest ing
C. n eutral
D. derogatory
11. Decide whether the following are true or false.
( )1. Idioms are gen erally felt to be in formal; therefore they are usually in appropriate for formal setti ngs. ( )2. The stylistic features of idioms are fixed and unchangeable.
( )3. Idioms are peculiar to native culture and Ianguage.
( )4. The fixity of idioms is absolute.
( )5. The idiomaticity is gradable and may best be thought in terms of a scale.
( )6. Idioms are fixed in structure and so can never be changed.
( )7. Idioms are usually difficult to understand because the meanings of idioms are not in many cases the total of in dividual words.
( )8. All idioms are used in their figurative senses.
( )9. Since each idiom is a semantic whole, each can be replaced by a single word.
( )10.Sema ntic un ity and structural stability are gen eral features of idioms, but there are many excepti ons.
