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1、第二部分 重点章节测试题Test One: Invitations to LinguisticsI.Choose the best answer. (20%)1.Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human _.A. contactB. communicationC. relationD. community2.Which of the following words is entirely arbitrary?A. treeB. typewriterC. crashD. bang3.The function of
2、 the sentence “Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade.” is _.A. interrogativeB. directiveC. informativeD. performative4.In Chinese when someone breaks a bowl or a plate the host or the people present are likely to say“碎碎(岁岁)平安”as a means of controlling the forces which they believes feel might affect
3、 their lives. Which functions does it perform?A. InterpersonalB. EmotiveC. PerformativeD. Recreational5.Which of the following property of language enables language users to overcome the barriers caused by time and place, due to this feature of language, speakers of a language are free to talk about
4、 anything in any situation?A. TransferabilityB. DualityC. DisplacementD. Arbitrariness6.Study the following dialogue. What function does it play according to the functions of language? A nice day, isnt it? Right! I really enjoy the sunlight.A. EmotiveB. PhaticC. PerformativeD. Interpersonal7._ refer
5、s to the actual realization of the ideal language users knowledge of the rules of his language in utterances.A. PerformanceB. CompetenceC. LangueD. Parole8.When a dog is barking, you assume it is barking for something or at someone that exists hear and now. It couldnt be sorrowful for some lost love
6、 or lost bone. This indicates the design feature of _.A. cultural transmissionB. productivityC. displacementD. duality9._ answers such questions as how we as infants acquire our first language.A. PsycholinguisticsB. Anthropological linguistics推荐精选C. SociolinguisticsD. Applied linguistics10._ deals w
7、ith language application to other fields, particularly education.A. Linguistic theoryB. Practical linguisticsC. Applied linguisticsD. Comparative linguisticsII.Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (10%)11.Language is a means of verbal communication. Therefore, the communication
8、 way used by the deaf-mute is not language.12.Language change is universal, ongoing and arbitrary.13.Speaking is the quickest and most efficient way of the human communication systems.14.Language is written because writing is the primary medium for all languages.15.We were all born with the ability
9、to acquire language, which means the details of any language system can be genetically transmitted.16.Only human beings are able to communicate.17.F. de Saussure, who made the distinction between langue and parole in the early 20th century, was a French linguist.18.A study of the features of the Eng
10、lish used in Shakespeares time is an example of the diachronic study of language.19.Speech and writing came into being at much the same time in human history.20.All the languages in the world today have both spoken and written forms.III.Fill in the blanks. (10%)21.Language, broadly speaking, is a me
11、ans of _ communication.22.In any language words can be used in new ways to mean new things and can be combined into innumerable sentences based on limited rules. This feature is usually termed _.23.Language has many functions. We can use language to talk about itself. This function is _.24.Theory th
12、at primitive man made involuntary vocal noises while performing heavy work has been called the _ theory.25.Linguistics is the _ study of language.26.Modern linguistics is _ in the sense that the linguist tries to discover what language is rather than lay down some rules for people to observe.27.One
13、general principle of linguistic analysis is the primacy of _ over writing.28.The description of a language as it changes through time is a _ study.29.Saussure put forward two important concepts. _ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all members of a speech community.推荐精选30.Linguistic
14、potential is similar to Saussures langue and Chomskys _.IV.Explain the following terms, using examples. (20%)31.Design feature32.Displacement33.Competence34.Synchronic linguisticsV.Answer the following questions. (20%)35.Why do people take duality as one of the important design features of human lan
15、guage? Can you tell us what language will be if it has no such design feature? (南开大学,2004)36.Why is it difficult to define language? (北京第二外国语大学,2004)VI.Analyze the following situation. (20%)37.How can a linguist make his analysis scientific? (青岛海洋大学,1999)推荐精选Test Two: Phonetics and PhonologyI.Choose
16、 the best answer. (20%)1.Pitch variation is known as _ when its patterns are imposed on sentences.A. intonationB. toneC. pronunciationD. voice2.Conventionally a _ is put in slashes (/ /).A. allophoneB. phoneC. phonemeD. morpheme3.An aspirated p, an unaspirated p and an unreleased p are _ of the p ph
17、oneme.A. analoguesB. tagmemesC. morphemesD. allophones4.The opening between the vocal cords is sometimes referred to as _.A. glottisB. vocal cavityC. pharynxD. uvula5.The diphthongs that are made with a movement of the tongue towards the center are known as _ diphthongs.A. wideB. closingC. narrowD.
18、centering6.A phoneme is a group of similar sounds called _.A. minimal pairsB. allomorphsC. phonesD. allophones7.Which branch of phonetics concerns the production of speech sounds?A. Acoustic phoneticsB. Articulatory phoneticsC. Auditory phoneticsD. None of the above8.Which one is different from the
19、others according to places of articulation?A. nB. mC. bD. p9.Which vowel is different from the others according to the characteristics of vowels?A. i:B. uC. eD. i10.What kind of sounds can we make when the vocal cords are vibrating?A. VoicelessB. VoicedC. Glottal stopD. ConsonantII.Decide whether th
20、e following statements are true or false. (10%)11.Suprasegmental phonology refers to the study of phonological properties of units larger than the segment-phoneme, such as syllable, word and sentence.12.The air stream provided by the lungs has to undergo a number of modification to acquire the quali
21、ty of a speech sound.13.Two sounds are in free variation when they occur in the same environment and do not contrast, namely, 推荐精选the substitution of one for the other does not produce a different word, but merely a different pronunciation.14.p is a voiced bilabial stop.15.Acoustic phonetics is conc
22、erned with the perception of speech sounds.16.All syllables must have a nucleus but not all syllables contain an onset and a coda.17.When pure vowels or monophthongs are pronounced, no vowel glides take place.18.According to the length or tenseness of the pronunciation, vowels can be divided into te
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