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Ⅰ.Directions：Read each of the following statements carefully，Decide which of the four choices completes the statement and put the letter A,B,C or D in the brackets. 1.There are ( )main areas of phonetic study.

A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5 ANSWER:B

2.The term( )linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages. A.synchronic B.diachronic C.comparative D.historical comparative ANSWER:B

3.Foreign language learning always contain ( )

A language historical process learning B.input and language learning C inter language in language learning D.grammar and language learning ANSWER:BCD

4.The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system of address forms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+ last name, ( )and kin term. A title+ first name B title+ title

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C title alone D first name+ last name+ title ANSWER:C

5.Features of the language in fictions are: ( )

A stress and metrical patterning B speech and thought presentation C prose style D analysis of the text ANSWER:BC

6. Which of the following best states the behaviorist view of child language acquisition? ( )

A Language acquisition is a process of habit formation

B Language acquisition is the species-specific property of human beings C Children are born with an innate ability to acquire language

D Humans are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use ANSWER:A

7.Words can be identified in terms of ( ) A a minimum free form B stability C relative uninterruptibility D variable or not ANSWER:ABC

8.Which is not the features of language? ( )

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A arbitrariness B duality C creativity D replacement ANSWER:D

9.Approachers to syntax can be: ( )

A the traditional approach B the structural approach C the functional approach D the generative approach ANSWER:ABCD

10.Predication analysis is a way to analyze( )meaning.

A phoneme B word C phrase D sentence ANSWER:D

11.Lexical change cannot be a result of ( ) A phonological change B semantic change C analogical change D orthographic change ANSWER:C

12.The words that contain only one morpheme are called ( ) A bound morphemes B roots C free morphemes D affixes ANSWER:B

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13.( ) is the study of language in relation to the mind.

A Psycholinguistics B Sociolinguistics C Linguistics D Semantics ANSWER:A

14.Which belongs to the main branches of linguistics? ( ) A phonetics B metalingy C morphology D syntax ANSWER:ACD

15.Which doesn’t belong to the main branches of linguistics? ( ) A phonetics B morphology C metalingy D syntax ANSWER:C

16.Voicing as a quality of speech sounds is caused by the vibration of ( ) A the velum B the vocal cords C the glottis D the uvula ANSWER:B

17.Sense of “word” contains: ( )

A a physically definable unit B the common factor underlying a set of forms C an essential former of sentences D a grammatical unit ANSWER:ABD

18.Different functional speech varieties known as are expected in, say, a church sermon, a

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diplomatic encounter, a family dinner, or a sports broadcast. A registers B styles C dialects D accents ANSWER:A

19.Which is not the features of language? ( ) A arbitrariness B duality C creativity D replacement ANSWER:D

20.We study psycholinguistics because ( ) A to know about psychological reality of linguistic structures B to help the aphasics

C to produce findings which lead to the modification of theoretical ideas D to make it a new tool for studying psychology ANSWER:AC

Ⅱ.Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false in the brackets(2%×10=20%).

1.Realations between meanings of words can be synonymy, antonymy or hyponymy.( ) ANSWER:T

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