英语语言学试卷精粹(10套题)

phonemes into distinctive features.

英语语言学试题（7）

一、单项选择题(在每小题的四个备选答案中，选出一个正确答案，并将正确答案的序号填在题干的括号内。每小题2分，共20分)

1. English consonants can be classified into stops. fricatives, nasals, etc. , in terms of ( ). A. manner of articulation B. openness of mouth C. place of articulation D. voicing

2. The study of how words are combined to form sentences is called ( ). A. phonetics B. morphology C. syntax D. semantics

3. According to Chomsky, ( ) is the ideal user‘s internalized knowledge of his language. A. competence B. parole C. performance D. langue

4. ―Sweets‖ and ―candy‖ are used respectively in Britain in and America, but refer to the same thing. The words are ( ) synonyms.

A. collocational B. dialectal C. complete D. stylistic

5. Different meanings can be associated with one linguistic form, but there is no basic meaning among them. This is known as ( ).

A. homonymy B. hyponymy C. polysemy D. antonymy

6. ―How fast did he drive when he ran the red light?‖ ( ) ―He ran the red light‖. A. entails B. contradicts C. presupposes D. includes

7. The word ―lab‖ is formed through ( ). A. back formation B. blending C. clipping D. derivation

8. ( ) in the brain fulfills the function of speech

production.

A. Angular gyrus B. Broca‘s area C. The right hemisphere D. Wernicke‘s area

9. When a child uses ―mummy‖ to refer to any woman, most probably his ―mummy‖ means ( ). A. + Human B. + Human + Adult

C. + Human + Adult – Male D. + Human + Adult - Male + Parent

10. ( ) is not a suprasegmental feature. A. Aspiration B. Intonation C. Stress D. Tone

二、在下列空格中填上以给出字母开始的恰当的单词。（每空1分，共16分）

1. D_________ is a design feature of human language that enables speakers to talk about a wide range of things, free from barriers caused by separation in time and space.

2. S_________ study of language describes language at some point in time; d_________ study describes language

as it changes through time.

3. N_________ transcription transcribes sounds with diacritics, while b_________ transcription does not.

4. A sentence has a hierarchical structure and l_________ structure as well.

5. Unlike a sentence, the meaning of an u_________ is concrete and context-dependent.

6. Chinese belongs to S_________ language family, while English belongs to I _________ language family.

7. R_________ are situational dialects appropriate for use in particular situations; i_________ is a personal dialect.

8. When a p_________ comes to be adopted by a population as its primary language and children learn it as their first language, it becomes c_________.

9. I_________ is the approximate linguistic system that a