全国2010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 following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which of the four alternatives best completes the statement.(20 %)

1. Language is ______ in that it is rule governed. (      )

A. arbitrary B. vocal

C. systematic D. human

2. In its narrow sense “culture” can be defined as ______ of a population. (      )

A. concepts B. lifeway

C. behavioural patterns D. social institutions

3. ______ meaning is communicated when the feelings or attitudes of language users are expressed. (      )

A. Affective B. Reflected

C. Collocative D. Conceptual

4. ______ is a ship in which a group of British Puritans sailed to America in 1620. (      )

A. The Revolutionary War B. Christmas Rose

C. Cowboy D. The May Flower

5. “He graduated from English Department, Beijing University.” illustrates the fact that English differs from Chinese in ______ .(      )

A. branching sentence pattems B. paratactic relations

C. word order D. number and case

6. The word “for” in “it must be snowing, for it is so bright outside.” shows that English is a(n) ______ language. (      )

A. object prominent B. hypotactic

C. SOV D. analytic

7. ______ are used to address others to draw their attention. (      )

A. Responses B. Vocatives

C. Farewells D. Introductions