第十六套

1.Which of the following statements is not the concern of sociolinguists?

A. The language a person uses reveals his social background.

B. There exist social norms that determine the type of language to be used on a certain occasion.

C. How does the human mind work when they use language?

D. To investigate the social aspects of language.

2. Language is ___________ in that it makes possible the construction and interpretation ofnew signals by its users.

A. systematic B. culturally transmitted C. intuitive D. productive

3. ____________ transcription is really the transcription required and used by the phoneticians in their study of speech sounds.

A. Wide B. Narrow C. BroadD. Detailed

4. The articulatory apparatus of a human being are contained in ______________ .

A. the pharyngeal cavity　B. the oral cavity

C. the nasal cavity　D. all of the above

5. ___________ studies the internal structure of words and the rules that govern their formation.

A. Phonology B. Semantics C. Syntax D. Morphology

6.The word “refreshment” contains ___________ morpheme(s).

A. zero　 B. one　C. two　D. three

7.The central element in a simple sentence， or in each clause， is the _____________.

A. subject B. finite verb C. object　 　D. adverbial

8. The syntactic rules of any language are ___________ in number.

A. infinite B. finite C. large　 D. definite

9. Which pair of antonyms differs from other pairs?

A. above， below　 B. sell， buy

C. teacher， pupil　 D. hot， cold

10. What is the sentential relation between “He likes swimming.” and “He likes sports.”?

A. Presupposition　 B. Entailment

C. Contradiction D. Anomaly

1. C　2. D　3. B　4. D　5. D　6. D　7. B　8. B　9. D　10. B