第七套

1. The famous quotation from Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” ‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet’ well illustrates _______.( )

A. the conventional nature of language

B .the creative nature of language

C. the universality of language

D. the big difference between human language and animal communication

2. Of the following sound combinations, only _______ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English.( )

A. kibl B. bkil C. ilkb D. ilbk

3.The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _______ formula "S→NP VP".( )

A. hierarchical B. linear C. tree diagram D. vertical

4. It is the _______ on Case assignment that states that a Case assignor and a Case recipient should stay adjacent to each other.( )

A. Case Condition B. parameter

C. Adjacent Condition D. Adjacent Parameter

5. Predication analysis is a way to analyze _______ meaning.

A. phoneme B. word C. phrase D. sentence

6. According to Searle, those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _______.( )

A. commisives B. directives C. expressives D. declaratives

7. 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

8. 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

C. title alone D. first name+last name+title

9. Language and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlapping in some parts. When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to each other, we may regard thought as "subvocal speech," and speech as "_______".( )

A. vocal thought B. subvocal thought

C. covert thought D. overt thought

10. 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