专八人文知识：语言学部分精选试题

TEM8LinguisticsQuestions专八真题语言学英语专业八级考试TEM8之语言学真题1. The modern English began in the century. (00)A. 14thB. 15thC. 16thD. 17th2. Which of the word contains two morphemes?A. Physic.B. International.C. Disapproved.D. Fadism.3. Which of the following words is not formed through derivation? (01)A. Foolish.B. Clockwise.C. Babysit.D. Earthward.4. The sameness or close similarity of meaning refers to .A. polysemyB. homonymyC. antonymyD. synonymy5. is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.A. LingusiticsB. MorphorlogyC. SyntaxD. Language6. Predication analysis is a way to analyze meaning. (02)A. phonemeB. wordC. phraseD. sentence7. is not a suprasegmental feature.A. AspirationB. IntonationC. StressD. Tone8. “The orphan has no father” is a case of .A. entailmentB. presuppositionC. contradictionD. tautology9. can be simply defined as the study of meaning. (03)A. SyntaxB. SemanticsC. PragmaticsD. Linguistics10. Which of the following is NOT one of the major branches of linguistics?A. Phonetics.B. Syntax.C. Synchronic.D. Semantics.11. Which of the following words contain one bound morphemes?A. Disappearance.B. Untouchable.C. Desirability.D. Physician.12. In semantics, refers to the inherent meaning of the linguistic form. (04)A. senseB. synonymC. homonymD. reference13. The duality of the language is .A. letters and soundsB. sounds and symbolsC. symbols and meaningD. sounds and meaning14. Of all the speech organs, the is/are the most flexible.A. lipsB. mouthC. tongueD. vocal cords15. Syntax is the study of . (05)A. language functionsB. sentence structuresC. textual organizationD. word formation16. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness.B. Productivity.C. Cultural transmission.D. Finiteness.17. The Speech Act Theory was first put forward by .A. John SearleB. John AustinC. Noam ChomskyD. Halliday18. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of . (06)A. referenceB. meaningC. antonymyD. context19. The words “ kid, child, offspring” are examples of .A. dialectal synonymsB. stylistics synonymsC. emotive synonymsD. collocational synonyms20. The distinction between parole and langue was made by .A. HallidayB. ChomskyC. BloomfieldD. Saussure21. refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation. (07)A. PhonologyB. MorphologyC. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics22. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT .A. lexicalB. syntacticC. phonologicalD. psycholinguistic23. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean“ the tail of any animal”. This is an example of .A. widening of meaningB. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaning24. Which of the following is NOT a design features of human language? (08)A. Arbitrariness.B. Displacement.C. Duality.D. Diachronicity.25. What type of sentence is “ Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”?A. A simple sentence.B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above.26. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called .A. hyponymyB. synonymyC. polysemyD. homonymy27. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and productionis . (09)A. corpus linguisticsB. sociolinguisticsC. theoretical linguisticsD. psycholinguistics28. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers ofdifferent languages for purposes of trading is called .A. dialectB. idiolectC. pidginD. register29. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone toopen the window, he is performing .A. an illocutionary actB. a perlocutionary actC. a locutionary actD. none of the above.30. ___ refers to the learning and development of a language.(10)A. Language acquisitionB. Language comprehensionC. Language productionD. Language instruction31. Language is a tool of communic ation. The symbol “Highway Closed” on ahighway serves ___.A. an expressive functionB. an informative functionC. a performative functionD. a persuasive function32. ___ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind. (11)A. SemanticsB. PragmaticsC. Cognitive linguisticsD. Sociolinguistics33. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of ___.A. absence of obstructionB. presence of obstructionC. manner of articulationD. place of articulation34. The definition “the act of using, or promoting the use of, several languages, etherby an individual speaker or by community of spea kers” refers to ___.A. PidginB. CreoleC. MultilingualismD. Bilingualism35. In English if a word begins with a [l] or a [r], then the next sound must be vowel. This is a(n) ___. (12)A. assimilation ruleB. sequential ruleC. deletion ruleD. grammar rule36. Which of the following is an example of clipping?A. APEC.B. Motel.C. Xerox.D. Disco.37. The type of language which is selected as appropriate toa particular type of situation is called ___.A. registerB. dialectC. slangD. variety。

专八人文知识(练习题)篇一：专八人文知识(练习题+答案详解)专八人文知识（练习题+答案详解）专八人文知识练习（1）1. Morphology is a study of ___1___A. the internal structure of words and the rules that govern their formationB. the uses of different types of utterances in different contextsC. the differences between sounds used in human languages and sounds in natureD. the rules that pertain to all languages throughout the world2.Which of the following does NOT belong to “open class words”?___2___A. NounsB. AdjectivesC. ConjunctionsD. Adverbs3. What is the minimal unit of meaning?___3___A. PhonemeB. MorphemeC. AllophoneD. Allomorph4. Which of the following is NOT a free morpheme?___4___A. bedB. tressC. danceD. children5. Which of the following is NOT a compound word?___5___A. RainbowB. InactionC. Icy-coldD. Unpleasant6. ___6___ are bound morphemes because they can not be usedas separate words.A. RootsB. StemsC. AffixesD. Compounds7.Syntax mainly deals with ___7___A. how a language changes through timeB. how words are combined to form sentences and the rules that govern the formation of sentences.C. how the human work when they use languageD. how a language varies through geographical space8.Syntactic categories contain the type of ___8___A. meaning that words expressB. affixes that the words takeC. structures in which the words can occurD. all of the above9.Which of the following is NOT the concern of a word category? ___9___A. A word category can be determined by meaning, inflection and distributionB. To determine a word’s category by its meaning only is often not reliable.C. A word category can be embodied directly from its meaning.D. Distribution is more reliable than the meaning to determine a word’s category.。

专业英语八级（人文知识）练习试卷1(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1.535)的代表作。

知识模块：人文知识7．Which of the following is not a work of Edgar Allan Poe in American history?A．The Raven.B．Annabel Lee.C．To Helen.D．The Pasture.正确答案：D解析：Edgar Allan Poe(埃德加·爱伦·坡，1809～1894)美国作家、诗人、编辑及文学评论家。

其诗旋律优美，才华横溢。

诗歌特色是唯美和恐怖，如让人毛骨悚然的诗歌The Raven(《乌鸦》)。

Israfel(《以色拉非》)是爱伦·坡为自己所做的代言诗歌，而Annabel Lee(《安娜贝尔·李》)则是哀悼一位美丽女孩之死。

死亡是爱伦·坡作品中多次出现的主题。

To Helen(《致海伦》)也是其著名作品。

[D]The Pasture(《牧场》)是美国著名田园诗人Robert Frost(罗伯特·弗罗斯特，1874～1963)的诗作，故为答案。

知识模块：人文知识8．Chomsky’s ______ hypothesis is based on his observations that some important facts can never be otherwise explained adequately such as children can learn language very fast.A．naturalB．innatenessC．genuineD．heritage正确答案：B解析：Chomsky认为语言是某种天赋，儿童天生就具有一种学习语言的能力，叫做“语言习得机制(LAD)”。

他认为儿童生来就具有一种独特的天赋才能(innateness)，即儿童天生就具有基本的语法知识和语法范畴的知识，并且这种知识是一种通用的、普遍的知识，是存在于一切人类语言之中并为人类幼儿所天生具有的知识，[B]innateness(天赋)为答案。

专八人文知识：语言学部分精选试题（附答案）专八人文知识：语言学部分精选试题本文是根据最新专八考试大纲针对人文知识的要求，从语言学内容精选出的考前自测试题。

1.Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?A. Language is a systemB. Language is symbolicC. Animals also have languageD. Language is arbitrary2.Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?A. SymbolicB. DualC. ProductiveD. Arbitrary3.What is the most important function of language?A. InterpersonalB. PhaticC. InformativeD. Metalingual4.Who put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole?A. SaussureB. ChomskyC. HallidayD. Anonymous5.According to Chomsky, which is the ideal user's internalized knowledge of his language?A. competenceB. paroleC. performanceD. langue6.The function of the sentence "A nice day, isn't it?" is .A. informativeB. phaticC. directiveD. performative7.Articulatory phonetics mainly studies .A. the physical properties of the sounds produced in speechB. the perception of soundsC. the combination of soundsD. the production of sounds8.The distinction between vowels and consonants lies in .A. the place of articulationB. the obstruction of airstreamC. the position of the tongueD. the shape of the lips9.Which is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transcription?A. PhoneticsB. PhonologyC. SemanticsD. Pragmatics10.Which studies the sound systems in a certain language?A. PhoneticsB. PhonologyC. SemanticsD. Pragmatics11.Minimal pairs are used to .A. find the distinctive features of a languageB. find the phonemes of a languageC. compare two wordsD. find the allophones of language/doc/5b8851066.html,ually, suprasegmental features include,length and pitch.A. phonemeB. speech soundsC. syllablesD. stress13.Which is an indispensable part of a syllable?A. CodaB. OnsetC. StemD. Peak14.Which is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content?A. WordB. MorphemeC. AllomorphD. Root15.Which studies the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed?A. MorphologyB. SyntaxC. PhonologyD. Semantics16.Lexeme is .A. a physically definable unitB. the common factor underlying a set of formsC. a grammatical unitD. an indefinable unit17.Which of the following sounds does not belong to the allomorphs of the English plural morpheme ?A. [s]B. [iz]C. [ai]D. [is]18.All words contain a .A. root morphemeB. bound morphemeC. prefixD. suffix19.The relationship between "fruit" and "apple" isA. homonymyB. hyponymyC. polysemyD. synonymy20.The part of the grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of the structure of phrases and sentences is called .A. lexiconB. morphologyC. syntaxD. semantics21.Which of the following items is not one of the grammatical categories of English pronouns?A. genderB. numberC. caseD. voice22.The pair of words "lend" and "borrow" areA. gradable oppositesB. relational oppositesC. co-hyponymsD. synonyms23."Big" and "Small" are a pair of opposites.A. complementaryB. gradableC. completeD. converse24.In the following conversation:- Beirut is in Peru, isn't it?- And Rome is in Romania, I suppose.The second person violates theA. Quantity MaximB. Quality MaximC. Relation MaximD. Manner Maxim25.The maxim of requires that a participant's contribution be relevant to the conversation.A. quantityB. qualityC. mannerD. relationCACAA, BDBAB, BDDBA, BCABC,DBBBD。

专业英语八级（人文知识）练习试卷2(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.1．On which of the following streets is the financial centre of the U．S．10cated?A．Fleet Street．B．Downing Street．C．Wall Street．D．Baker Street．正确答案：C解析：华尔街是美国纽约曼哈顿南部一条大街的名字，长不超过1英里，宽仅11米，是美国主要金融机构的所在地，被誉为“西方的金融中心”。

其他三条街都在英国。

Fleet Street(舰队街)是英国报纸业较为集中的一条街，也是英国新闻界的代称。

Downing Street(唐宁街)是英国首相官邸及一些政府主要部门在伦敦的所在地。

Baker Street(贝克街)是伦敦西区的一条繁华街道。

小说家柯南·道尔(Sir Arthur Conar Dogle)塑造的人物福尔摩斯和华生医生曾于1881年至1904年居住在该街221B号(作者虚拟未来的地址)。

知识模块：人文知识2．The jury in the High Court of New Zealand is composed of ______ members．A．18B．16C．14D．12正确答案：D解析：新西兰高等法院陪审团由12位成员组成。

知识模块：人文知识3．Education in the U．K．is compulsory”for all children aged betweenA．5 and 16．B．8 and 17．C．6 and 15．D．7 and 19．正确答案：A解析：英国5到16岁的学生必须接受义务教育。

练习题：1、T he traditional dividing line in America between "east” and "west” is the Mississippi River.密西西比河是美国传统的东方和西方的分界线。

2、T he earliest part in America to be found and taken over by early settlers is The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. 最早被早期定居者发现和占领的地方是大西洋及其沿岸平原。

3、T he largest racial group in the whole population of U.S.A is Non-hispanics white.非西班牙裔的白人是美国最大的种族群体。

4、B efore 2000, the largest minority group in the United States is African Americans. 2000 年以前非裔美国人是美国最大的少数民族群体。

2000年以后，拉丁裔美国人的人数超过了非裔美国人的人数，成为美国第一大少数民族群体。

5、A merica has the world’s oldest written constitution and political party.美国拥有世界上最古老的宪法和政党。

6、T he economic problem caused by the depression in 1929 was eventually solved by World War II.第二次世界大战的爆发帮助美国走出了经济困境。

7、I n the United States, primary education requires Six years years.美国的小学要花费大约六年的时间。

英语专业八级人文知识试题(1)美国概况练习题：1. The traditional dividing line in America between “east” and “west” is_____.2. The earliest part in America to be found and taken over by early settlers is ____.3. The largest racial group in the whole population of U.S.A is____.4. Before 2000, the largest minority group in the United States is____.5. has the world’s oldest written constitution and political party.6. The economic problem caused by the depression in 1929 was eventually solved by____.7. In the United States, primary education requires years.8. Most college students in the United States are in institutions.9. The three main levels of courts of the federal judicial system in America are____________.10. _____ (which state ) is not governed by the common law.练习题答案及题解:1. The Mississippi River, 密西西比河是美国传统的东方和西方的分界线。

2. The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain，最早被早期定居者发现和占领的地方是大西洋及其沿岸平原。

英语专八人文语言学测试题1. Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?A language is a systemB language is symbolicC Animal also have languageD language is arbitrary2. The fact that different languages have different words for the same object is good proof that human loanguage is __________.A arbitraryB non-arbitraryC logicalD non-productive3. Which of the foloowing terms best describes the “-ate” in the word “affectionate”?A derivational morphemeB infectional morphemeC free morphemeD prefix4. Which of the foloowing terms best describes the pair of words kill and dill?A minimal pairB phonemic contrastC closed class wordsD bound morphemes5. What is the basic lexical relation between piece and peace?A synonymyB antonymyC homonymyD polysemy6. /p/ is different from /b/ in ______.A the manner of articulationB the shape of the lipsC the vibration of the vocal cordsD the place of articulation7. Of all the speech organs, the ____ is / are the most flexible.A mouthB lipsC tongueD vocal cords8. The phonological features of the consonant /t/ are ______.A voiced stopB voiceless stopC voiced fricativeD voiceless fricative9. The branch of linguistics that studies show context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ________.A semanticsB pragmaticsC sociaolinguisticsD psycholinguistics10. The utterance “We’ve already eaten ten tons.” Obviously violates the maxim of ______.A qualityB quantityC relationD manner11. All the back vowels in English are pronounced with rounded-lips, i.e. rounded, except _____.A //12. The semantic relationship between the two sentences “Mary’s son is an engineer.” And “Mary has a son.” is _______.A entailmentB presuppositionC synonymyD inconsistency13. Which of the following sentences is a commissive?A The eqarth is round.B I now prinounce you husband and wife.C I’m really sorry!D I’ll be here tomorrow14. Semantic feature analysis attempts to account for the _____ of a word according to the presence or abence of a specific semantic feature in the word.A conceptual meaningB social meaningC connotative meaningD affective meaning15. ____ act is the extra meaning of the utterance produced on the basis of its literal meaning.A SpeechB LocutionaryC IllocutionaryD Perlocutionary16. _____is a group of people using a given language or dialect. They use the same kind of language or dialect which is highly strtified in terms of social division.A Speech communityB Individual dialectC Regional dialectD Social dialect17. The situation where two very different varieties of the same language are used side by side for two different sets of functions is termed as _______.A diglossiaB bilingualismC multilingualismD register18. A ____is a variety of a language that is not a native language of anynone, but is learned on co9ntact situation such as trading.A pidginB creoleC dialectD lingua franca19. The Word“lab”is formed through _________.A back formationB blendingC clippingD derivation20. Which of the following items is not one of the grammatical categories of English pronouns?A genderB numberC caseD voice21. The pair of words “ lend ” and “ borrow ” are _______.A gradable oppositesB converse oppositesC co-hypinymsD synonyms22. “Big” and “Small ”are a pair of _________opposites.A complementaryB gradableC completeD converse23. _______is the study of how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication.A SemanticsB pragmaticsC sociolinguisticsD psycholinguistics24. A variety of a language used recognizably in a specific region or by a specific social class is called __________.A dialectB registersC creolesD pidgins25. In a speech community people have something in common________ -- a language or a particular variety of language and rules for using it.A sociallyB linguisticallyC culturallyD pragmatically26. [ l ] and [ r ] function in a minimal pair of ___________.A lid and ridB lad and redC peel and peerD both A，B，C27. Man’s linguistic ability enables him to produce and understand an infinitely large number of sentences in his native language, including the sentences which were never heard before. This design feature of language is ____________.A specializationB cultural transmissionC ProductivityD arbitrariness28. The study of language developed over a period of time is generally termed as ______ linguistics, which focuses on the changes and developments of language.A comparativeB appliedC synchronicD diachronic29. Human language operates on two levels of structure. At one level are elements which have no meaning in themselves but which combine to form units at another level which do have meaning. This design feature of language is called ______.A D。

1. F. de. Saussure is a (n) __________linguist.A. AmericanB. BritishC. SwissD. RussianSwiss linguist. The founder of structural linguistics, he declared that there is only an arbitrary relationship between a linguistic sign and that which it signifies. The posthumously published collection of his lectures,Course in General Linguistics (1916), is a seminal work of modern linguistics.索绪尔，费迪南德·德：(1857-1913) 瑞士语言学家，结构主义语言的创始人，他声称在语言符号和其所指含义之间仅有一种模糊的关系。

他死后，他的讲演集出版为《普通语言学教程》（1916年），是现代语言学的开山之作2.N. Chomsky is a(n) ______linguist.Canadian B. American C. French D. SwissAmerican linguist who revolutionized the study of language with his theory of generative grammar, set forth inSyntactic Structures (1957).乔姆斯基，诺阿姆：(生于1928) 美国语言学家，他在《句法结构》（1957年）一书中所阐述的关于生成语法的理论曾使语言学研究发生突破性进展3.___________is the study of speech sounds in language or a language with reference totheir distribution and patterning and to tacit rules governing pronunciation.A.PhonologyB. Lexicography 词典编纂C. lexicology词典学D.Morphology词态词态学音位学研究的是一种语言的整个语音系统及其分布，包括某一特定语言里的语音和音位分部和结合的规律。

TEM8人文知识(语言学) 历年真题1.The study of _ is Syntax.A textual organizationB sentence structuresC word formationD language functions2.Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A arbitrarinessB productivityC cultural transmissionD finiteness3.The speech act theory was first put forward by_.A John ScarlB Johan AustinC Noam ChomskyD M.A.K Halliday4.The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in condition is_.A morphologyB general linguisticsC phonologyD semantics5.Which of the following is NOT a compound word?A LandladyB GreenhouseC UpliftD Unacceptable6.. The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any which wedon’t have to work. This is an example ofA meaning shiftB widening of meaningC narrowing of meaningD loss of meaning7.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of___A. referenceB. meaningC. antonymyD. context8..The words "kid, child, offspring” are examples of___A. dialectal synonymsB. stylistic synonymsC. emotive synonymsD. collocational synonyms9..The distinction between parole and langue was made by____A. HallidayB. ChomskyC. BloomfieldD. Saussure10..___ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of wordformation.A. PhonologyB. MorphologyC. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics11.. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPTA. lexicalB. syntacticC. phonologicalD. psycholinguistic12.. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tailof any animal.” This is an example ofA. widening of meaningB. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaning13.. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. ArbitrarinessB. Displacement.C. Duality.D. Diachronicity.14.. What type of sentence is "Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry"?A. A simple sentence.B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above.15.. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form iscalled___A. hyponymy.B. synonymy.C. polysemy.D. homonymy.16. . The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is ____A. corpus linguistics.B. sociolinguistics.C. theoretical linguistics.D. psycholinguistics.17. . A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is calledA. dialect.B. idiolect.C. pidgin.D. register.18. . When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing____A. an illocutionary act.B. a perlocutionary act.C. a locutionary act.D. none of the above.19. ._____ refers to the learning and development of a language.A. Language acquisitionB. Language comprehensionC. Language productionD. Language instruction20. . The word “' Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of_____ in morphology.A. backformationB. conversionC. blendingD. acronym21. Language is the tool of communication. The symbol “' Highway Closed” on a highway servesA. an expressive function.B. an informative function.C. a performative function.D. a persuasive function.22. ______ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A. SemanticsB. PragmaticsC. Cognitive linguisticsD. Sociolinguistics23. . A vowel is different from a consonant in English because ofA. absence of obstructionB. presence of obstructionC. manner of articulationD. place of articulation24. . The definition “the act of using , or promoting the use of, several languages ,either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers” refer toA. PidginB. CreoleC. MultilingualismD. Bilingualism25. ____ is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to.A. OnomatopoeiaB. CollocationC. DenotationD. Assimilation26. The sentence "Close your book and listen to me carefully!" performs a(n) _____ function.A. interrogativeB. informativeC. performativeD. directive27. which of the following pairs of words are homophones?A. wind (v.) / wind (n.)B. suspect (v.) / suspect (n.)C. bare (adj.) / bear (v.)D. convict (v.) /convict (n.)28. In English, if a word begins with a [l] or a [r], then the next sound must be a vowel. This is a(n)A. assimilation ruleB. sequential ruleC. deletion ruleD. grammar rule29. Which of the following is an example of clipping?A. APECB. MotelC. XeroxD. Disco30. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of situation is calledA. register语域，专用语B. dialectC. slang.D. variety31. Which of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morpheme?A. unlockB. government.C. goes D off-stage32. Which of the following sentences has the "S + V + O" structure?A. He died a hero.B. I went to London.C. She became angry.D. Mary enjoyed parties.33. Which of the following CAN NOT be used as an adverb?A. Heart and soul.B. The lion's share.C. Null and void.D. Hammer and tongs.。

近年专八人文知识语言学真题1. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A. PhonologyB. MorphologyC. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics2. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example of _______A. widening of meaningB. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaning3. There are different types of affixes or morphemes. The affix "ed" in the word "learned" is known as a(n) __________.A. derivational morphemeB. free morphemeC. inflectional morphemeD. free form4. Changes in a language are changes in the grammar of the speakers of the language. This means that phonemes, __________, words and grammatical rules may be borrowed, added, lost or altered.A. phrasesB. sentencesC. morphemesD. utterances5. The morpheme "vision" in the common word "television" is a(n) ___.A. bound morphemeB. bound formC. inflectional morphemeD.free morpheme6. Grammatical changes may be explained, in part, as analogic changes, which are ___ or generalization.A. elaborationB. simplificationC.external borrowingD. internal borrowing7.When -ing in 'gangling' is removed to get a verb 'gangle', we call this way of creating words ________.A. suffixationB. back-formationC. blendingD. acronymy8. A _______ is the minimal contrastive unit in the writing system of a language.A. morphemeB. phonemeC. graphemeD. letter9.All mono-morphemic words are constituted by free morphemes, and those poly-morphemic words which consist wholly of free morphemes are called_________.A. hyponymsB. compoundsC. blendsD. allomorphs10. The formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another iscalled _____.A. blendingB. clippingC. acronymyD. compounding11. The words "encore" and "au pair " are loanwords from _______.A. FrenchB. GermanC. ItalianD. Spanish12. Which of the following words is not a free morpheme?a. ableb. petc. changed. dusty13. How many morphemes are there in the word “discharged”?a. 2b. 3c. 4d. 514. Which of the following words is made up of bound morphemes only?a. happinessb. televisionc. ecologyd. teacher15. The words "kowtow" and "tea" are loanwords from _______.A. ChineseB. GermanC. ItalianD. Spanish16. According to words' structures, Latin is a typical ______ language.A. isolatingB. fusionalC. analyticD. agglutinative17.The word “Motel”comes from “motor+hotel”. This is an example of _____in morphology. (2010真题)A. back formationB. conversionC. blendingD. acronym18.Which of the following is an example of clipping? (2012真题)A. APECB. MotelC. XeroxD.Disco。

英语专业八级考试人文知识题目训练Test 11.In Britain, where does the Changing of the Guard take place?a. Buckingham Palace.b. Downing Streetc. Victoria and Albert Museumd. The Tower of London.2. What is a double-decker?a. A busb. A chocolate barc. A Taxid. A two-storey building3. Of all the symbols, ______, which are considered to represent fertility and new life, are those most frequentlyassociated with Easter.a. the pumpkin and the turkeyb. the lamb and the beefc. the spring peas and the potatoesd. the egg and the rabbit4. The first landing by Europeans in Australia was in 1606, but what is their nationality?a. Dutchb. Frenchc. Spanishd. British5.Middle English was used by the poet _______.a. Hardyb. Chaucerc. Shakespeared. Milton6. “A Tale of Two Cities” was written by _______.a. William Shakespeareb. Geoffrey Chaucerc. Charles Dickensd. Thomas Jefferson7. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is not a usualsubject of her poetic expression?a. Religion and immortalityb. Life and deathc. Love and marriaged. War and peace8. What three components, generally, make up a system of a typical language?a. Phonology, syntax, semantics.b. Semiosis, syntax, framesc. Frames, semantics, utterances.d. Sign, sign, signs.9. Of the following word-formation processes, _______is the most productive.a. clippingb. blendingc. initialismd. derivation10. “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Is an example of _______.a. metonymyb. transferred epithetc. oxymorond. metaphorTest 21.What is the affectionate name given to the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster?a. Big Benb. Big Kenc. big Billd. Big Bob2. Which of these sports did not originate in UK?a. Cricketb. Snookerc. Football (Soccer)d. Golf3. Which town has been nicknamed “Tinseltown” by the Americans?a. New Orleansb. Renoc. Hollywoodd. Las Vegas4. Wha t is the other official language in Canada besides English and what is Canada’s capital?a. French, Ottawab. Spanish, Ottawac. Spanish, Torontod. French, Toronto5. Which English poet wrote of Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden in Paradise L ost?a. John Donneb. John Miltonc. Sir Philip Sidneyd. Edmund Spenser6. _______ died of tuberculosis at the age of 26, but not before leaving an impressive body of poems, including“To Autumn” and Ode on Melancholy”.a. John Keatsb. Lord Byronc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. Percy Bysshe Shelley7. Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of _______,poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.a. Blank verseb. Heroic coupletc. Free versed. Iambic pentameter8. Of the following words, _______ is an initialism.a. VOAb. NATOc. BASICd. UNESCO9. Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping?a. Dormb. Motelc. Gentd. Zoo10. A regional variety of a language that has variations in pronunciation, vocabulary or meaning is called _______.a. accentb. slangc. dialectd. narrativeTest 31.The Channel Tunnel, linking the UK to the rest of Europe, runs between England and _______.a. Franceb. Germanyc. Belgiumd. Netherlands2.What’s the name of the day set apart in USA for planting trees?a. Earth Dayb. Ann Arbor Dayc. Arbor Dayd. Green Day3. What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to New England in 1620?a. Golden Hindeb. Sunflowerc. Mayflowerd. Titanic4. What are the official colours of Australia?a. Red, White and Blueb. Green and Goldc. Green and Brownd. Green and Red5. _______ is the first important governess novel in the English literary historya. Jane Eyreb. Emmac. Wuthering Heightsd. Middlemarch6. _______ was a pre-Romantic writer and is best known for his Scottish songs.a. Sir Walter Scottb. Robert burnsc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. William Blake7. Mark Twain did Not write _______.a. The Prince and the Pauperb. The Old Curiosity Shopc. Pudd’nhead Wilsond. Tom Sawyer8. Which of the following is not a dialect of English?a. Slangb. Buffaloc. Americand. Southern9. Some words in the basic word stock are said to be stable because they _______.a. are complex wordsb. are technical wordsc. refer to the commonest things in lifed. denote the most important concepts10. What is defin ed as “the study of sentence structure”?a. Syntaxb. Phonologyc. Morphologyd. SemanticsText 41.What colour is the British classified business telephone directory?a. Yellowb. Whitec. Blued. Pink2. What does IMF stand for?a. International Monetary Foundation. B. International Monetary Fundc. Internal Money Foundationd. Internal Monetary Fund3. What do Americans celebrate on 4th July?a. Thanksgiving dayb. The Revolutionc. The Discovery of Americad. Independence Day4. What is Canada’s national animal?a. Beaverb. Moosec. Beard. Husky5. Which play by Shakespeare is not a tragedy?a. Titus Andronicusb. Pericles, Prince of Tyrec. Coriolanusd. Timon of Athens6. What is the book Lord of the Flies about?a. A road trip around the USAb. A swarm of killer fliesc. Schoolboys on a desert islandd. An expert pilot7. a. Nathaniel Hawthorne did not write _______.a. The Scarlet Letterb. Twice Told Talesc. The Blithedale Romanced. Vanity Fair8. Morphology is _______.a. how a word’s meaning evolves over timeb. the way a language builds words by putting small, meaningful units togetherc. how a word’s spelling evolves over timed. in what order words are put in a sentence9. Which of the following words can be described as containing an affricate?a. Pillb. Hufflec. Hammerd. Budged10. The word _______ is usually not used by British people.a. tubeb. putc. railroadd. taxiTest 51.In the United Kingdom, ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of _______.a. the Speakerb. the Lord Chancellorc. The Duke of Edinburghd. the Prime Minister2. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?a. John Glennb. Clint Eastwoodc. Neil Armstrongd. Yuri Gagarin3. How many states are there in the US?a. 49b. 50c. 51d. 524. What is the title of Canada’s national anthem?a. True Patriot Loveb. God Save the Queenc. Canada My Countryd. O Canada5. Who wrote “Where ignorance is bless, it is folly to be wise”?a. Browningb. Marxc. Shakespeared. Kipling6. _______ is the author of “To a Skylark”a. Mary Lambb. John Keatsc. Percy Bysshe Shelleyd. Lord Byron7. Henry David Thoreau’s work, _______, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New EnglandTranscendentalism.a. Waldenb. The pioneersc. Natured. Song of Myself8. What is etymology?a. The history of a wordb. The various ways in which a word can be pronounced.c. The study of unwritten languages.d. The study of dead languages.9. _______ are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words.a. Rootsb. Stemsc. Affixesd. Compounds10. What is the dominant accent in the United States?a. Midwestb. General Americanc. Southernd. CanadianTest 61.The vegetable, leek, is the emblem for which part of the UK?a. Walesb. Northern Irelandc. Scotlandd. England2. John Lennon is a member of the band of _______ in the 1960s.a. The Beatlesb. The Policec. The Rolling Stonesd. The Eagles3. What is the title of the United States of America’s national anthem?a. America the Beautifulb. We Are the Championsc. God Bless Americad. The Star Spangled Banner4. How many territories are there in Canada?a. 4b. 2c. 3d. 15. In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift describes the island of the Houyhnhnms as the world’s most perfect society.What kind of animals are the Houyhnhnms?a. Monkeysb. Fishc. Dogsd. Horses6. In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales written?a. Fourteenthb. Fifteenthc. Sixteenthd. Seventeenth7. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _______ became the major trend inAmerican literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.a. sentimentalismb. romanticismc. realismd. naturalism8. To which of these language groups does English belong?a. Romanceb. Germanicc. Slavonicd. Baltic9. “Present” and “absent” form a pair of _______.a. conversivesb. gradable antonymsc. complementary antonymsd. marked antonyms10. The morpheme is the smallest syntactical unit. How many morphemes does the word“antidisestablishmentarianism” have?a. 1b. 5c. 7d. 6Text 71.What is the name of the famous stadium in the north of London?a. Wembleyb. Westminsterc. Wimbledond. Webster2. What would you do with a “toad-in-the-hole”?a. Let it out.b. Sing itc. Eat itd. Play it.3. Martin Luther King Jr., a young black clergyman, became a national leader of the _______ Movement.a. Boycottb. Civil Rightsc. Segregationd. Integration4. The majority of French-speaking Canadians live in _______.a. New Brunswickb. Ontarioc. Quebecd. Nova Scotia\5. Sir Thomas More coined the word “Utopia. What does the word mean in Greek?a.Nowhere landb. God’s blessingsc. Kingdom in the skyd. Free from all sorrow6.Where did Aldous Huxley get the title for Brave New World, which presents a chilling vision of a supposedlyideal society? ba. The Bible’s Book of Psalmsb. Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”c. Homer’s “Odyssey”d. Christopher Columbus’ journals7. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their _______. aa. indestructible spiritb. pessimistic view of lifec. war experiencesd. masculinity8. Which of the following does affect the register that we speak in? da. Conversational partnerb. Contextc. Social statusd. Gender9. What is the smallest segment of sound that comprises the basic building blocks of a language?\ da. Morphemesb. Teramemesc. Metamemesd. Phonemes10. The ambiguity in “Pass the port” is caused by _______. da. lexical itemsb. a grammatical structurec. homonymyd. polysemyTest 81.Which of these is the patron saint of Wales? ba. St. Patrickb. St. Davidc. St. Andrewd. St. George2. Where is the official residence of the British Prime Minister? ba. Constitution Hi..b. Downing Streetc. Whitehall Palaced. The Strand3. Which American president freed the slaves?\ ca. Thomas Jeffersonb. George Washingtonc. Abraham Lincolnd. Bill Clinton4. Who said: “We hold these truths to b e self-evident that all men are created equal”? da. Bill Clintonb. George Washingtonc. Richard Nixond. Thomas Jefferson5. Who was the author of the famous storybook Alice’s adventures in Wonderland? ca. Rudyard Kiplingb. John Keatsc. Lewis carold. H. G. Wells.6. Sonnets from the _______ is regarded as Elizabeth Barrett Browing’s best work. ba. Spanishb. Portuguesec. Frenchd. Italian7. Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over _______. aa. Ezra Poundb. Ralph Waldo Emersonc. Robert Frostd. Emily Dickinson8. The dictionary of a language can be called _______. ca. pragmaticsb. semanticsc. lexicond. grammar9. Which of the following is not associated with “Parentese” (how a n adult talks to a child)? ca. Yes or no questionsb. High pitchc. Long sentencesd. Exaggerated intonation10. The group of words _______ make up a semantic field. ca. “father, teacher, son, brother”b. “red, white, rose, milk”c. sorrow, grief, anguish, regret?d. “socks, slippers, shoes, glass”Test 91.Which famous writer was born in Stratford-upon-Avon?a. Geoffrey Chaucerb. Agatha Christiec. William Shakespeared. Thomas Hardy2. In which year was the independence from England declared?a. 1679b. 1876c. 1776d. 17793. Which of these U. S. A. states has been frequently called “the a rm pit of the Nation”?a. New Jerseyb. Washingtonc. Mained. Montana4. Which of the following is Canada’s national sym bol?a. Sunflowerb. Maple leafc. Golden wattled. Rose5. How many lines does a sonnet have?a. 10b. 12c. 14d. They vary6. _______ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative worksare plays inspired by social criticism.a. Richard Sheridanb. Oliver Goldsmithc. Oscar Wilded. Bernard Shaw7. _______ is the title of the 1818 novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.a. Spidermanb. Draculac. Frankensteind. The Mummy8. The four major modes of semantic changes are _______.a. Extension, narrowing, elevation and degradationb. Extension, generalization, elevation and degradationc. Extension, narrowing, specialization and degradationd. Extension, elevation, amelioration and degradation9. _______ deals with the distinctive sounds that are combined to make words.a. Lexiconb. Morphologyc. Phonologyd. Semantics10. “Vacuum-clean” resulting from “vacuum-cleaner” is an example of _______.a. clippingb. reduplicationc. compoundingd. back-formationTest 101.The Hundred Years’ War in the history was between England and _______.a. Franceb. Norwayc. Denmarkd. Germany2. Which of the following countries was once called a big empire “on which the sun never sets”?a. Americab. Norwayc. Spaind. Britain3. A Parliament in Britain has a maximum duration of _______ years.a. 2b. 3c. 4d. 54. Which of the following is not a tragedy by Shakespeare?a. Romeo and Julietb. Hamletc. King Leard. The Taming of the Shrew5. Who is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the English language?a. Shakespeareb. Hemingwayc. Chaucerd. Mark Twain6.Which of the following is a chronicle play by Shakespeare?a. Julius Caesarb. The Twelfth Nightc. A Midsummer Night’s Dreamd. As You Like It7. _______ is the branch of linguistics which studies meaning in language.a. Phonologyb. Morphologyc. Syntaxd. Semantics8. _______ is the branch of linguistics which studies meaning in language.a. Phonologyb. Morphologyc. Syntaxd. Semantics9. “Alive” and “dead” are _______ antonyms.a. relationalb. gradablec. symmetricd. complementary10. _______ is the study of the production, transmission, and reception of speech sounds.a. Phonologyb. Morphologyc. Syntaxd. PhoneticsTest 111.Which university is the oldest one in Britain?a. Oxfordb. Cambridgec. Edinburghd. Glasgow2. The Reuters is a famous news agency in _______.a. Franceb. Germanyc. Americad. Britain3. The most typically English of sports is _______.a. soccerb. cricketc. horse racingd. golf4. “The Red Badge of Courage” was written by _______.a. Jack Londonb. Stephen Cranec. Hamilin Garlandd. S. Anderson5. Fitzgerald’s first novel was _______.a. The Beautiful and Damnedb. This Side of Paradisec. The Great Gatsbyd. Tender Is Night6. The theme of The Waste Land is _______.a. loveb. spiritual quest for salvationc. deathd. nature7. Wallace Stevens was a successful _______.]a. poetb. essayistc. novelistd. critic8. Chinese is a(n) _______ language.a. isolatingb. agglutinativec. fusionald. incorporating9. _______ validity refers to the extent to which the best adequately covers the syllabus area to be tested.a. Contentb. Constructc. Empiricald. Face10. Sentence (a) “He married a blonde heiress.” _______ sentence (b) “He married a blonde.”a. presupposesb. implicatesc. entailsd. negatesTest 121.The singing group the Beatles was formed in _______.a. the early 1960sb. the early 1970sc. the late 1960sd. the late 1970s2. The most popular sport in England is _______.a. soccerb. cricketc. rugbyd. golf3. _______ is the base where America originateda. the Midwestb. the Southc. the Great Plainsd. New England4. Napoleon sold the _______ Territory to the United States for only 15 million dollars.a. Coloradob. Louisianac. New Mexicod. Texas5. _______ introduced the technique of the stream of consciousness in his writing.a. Shakespeareb. James Joycec. Thomas Hardyd. William6. Edgar Allan Poe was a _______.a. novelist and criticb. poet and criticc. novelist and poetd. playwright and novelist7. _______ was called “inventor of detective stories”.a. Washington Irvingb. Fennimore Cooperc. Edgar Allan Poed. Nathaniel Hawthorne8. _______ are of the complementary type of antonyms.a. Sell-buyb. Long-shortc. Good-badd. Single-married9. Which is created by cutting the initial part of a word?a. Vanb. Profc. Biked. Telly10. The word “holiday” originally meant holy day, but now the word signifies any day on which we do not have towork. This is an example of _______.a. meaning shiftb. widening of meaningc. narrowing of meaningd. loss of meaningTest 13.1._______ was the president of the United States during the Great Depression.a. Thomas Jeffersonb. John F. Kennedyc. Franklin Rooseveltd. Truman2. _______ was involved in the Watergate Scandal.a. Nixonb. Rooseveltc. Trumand. Ford3. The Presidency Election is held every _______ years in America.a. 2b. 3c. 4d. 64. The Master’s colleges and universities in America offer _______ degrees.a. BAb. Master’sc. BA and Master’sd. doctoral5. “Scarlet Letter” is one of the greatest American novels. It is written by _______.a. Nathaniel Hawthorneb. Wallace Stevenc. Francisd. Willa Cather6. _______ was the first to explore fully the possibility of free verse in American history of literature.a. Ralph Waldob. Stephen Cranec. Walt Whitmand. Robert Frost7. Mark Twain was well-known as a _______.a. criticb. humoristc. poetd. playwright8. Which is not a blending word?a. baby-sitb. transistorc. moteld. smog9. The thematic role which deliberately performs the action described by the verb is _______.a. instrumentb. sourcec. agentd. theme10. Which of the following languages does not belong to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family?a. Italianb. Englishc. Germand. DutchTest 141.Which of the following American higher education institution does not offer BA degree?a. Junior Collegesb. Research universitiesc. Doctoral universitiesd. Master’s colleges and universities2. Yale and Harvard Universities are funded by the following except _______.a. the tuition fees paid by the studentsb. the donations by corporations and religious organizationsc. individuals’ donationsd. the governments at all levels3. The unique contribution to architecture by Americans was the _______ in the late 19th century.a. skyscraperb. expresswayc. bridgesd. tall towers4. Theodore Dreiser was the representative of the _______.a. transcendentalistsb. modernistsc. naturalistsd. existentialists5. “The Waste Land” was written by _______.a. Thomas Stearns Eliotb. Walt Whitmanc. Emily Dickinsond. Robert Frost6. Which of the following American writers did not win a Nobel Prize for Literature?a. Ernest Hemingwayb. T.S. Eliotc. John Steinbeckd. Richard Wright7. The word “_______” does not have the semantic property of “cause”.a. darkenb. killc. uglifyd. touch8. _______ is/are not included in Pragmatics.a. Speech actsb. Presuppositionsc. Dexisd. Pronunciation9. _______ is defined as the study of language in use and linguistic communication.a. Pragmaticsb. Sociolinguisticsc. Neurolinguisticsd. Contextual linguistics10. _______ carry semantic content.a. Grammatical wordsb. Form wordsc. Lexical wordsd. FunctionsTest 151. Elvis Presley was the representative of _______ in American history.a. country musicb. discoc. jazzd. rock’ n’ roll2. Thanksgiving Day is on the _______ Thursday in Novembera. 1stb. 2ndc. 3rdd. 4th3. The National Day of the American people is on _______.a. June 4b. July 4c. June 14d. July 144. “Invisible Man” probes the existential status of a _______.a. Jewishb. Negroc. Whited. Hispanic5. Which of the following is a woman writer?a. Ralph Ellisonb. Saul Bellowc. James Baldwind. Willa Cather6. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” was written by _______a. Sherwood Andersonb. William Faulknerc. Eugene O’Neild. Bernard Shaw7. Which of the following was not written by Ernest Hemingway?a. The Sun Also Risesb. For Whom the Bell Tollsc. Tender is the Nightd. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place8. Which of the following words are minimal pairs?a. beg, bagb. my, flyc. Cat, slightd. it, intelligent9. “Man” and “men” are _______ allomorphs.a. replaciveb. suppletivec. zerod. positional10. _______ includes the study of linguistic variation, linguistic change, and sociocultural factors that influencelanguage use.a. Pragmaticsb. Sociolinguisticsc. Neurolinguisticsd. Contextual linguisticsTest 16.1.The longest city in Canada is A_______.a. Torontob. Montrealc. Vancouverd. Quebec City2. English is the language most commonly spoken throughout Canada Except _______.a. Torontob. Montrealc. Vancouverd. Quebec3. Today in Canada, services in almost all modern institutions work in _______.a. Englishb. English and Frenchc. English and Spanishd. English and Dutch4. Fitzgerald usually dealt with the double theme of _______.a. hatred and loveb. hatred and warc. love and moneyd. money and death5. The Sound and Fury was written by _______.a. Sinclair Lewisb. Theodore Dreiserc. F. Scottd. William Faulkner6. Main Street is a masterpiece of _______.a. transcendentalismb. naturalismc. modernismd. provincialism7. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is a _______ poem.a. dramaticb. meditativec. satiricald. philosophical8. _______ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms, and collocations.a. Morphologyb. Lexiconc. Morphophonologyd. Morphophonemics9. Which of the following is not a fricativea. /f/b. /v/c. /s/d. /tr/10. 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专业八级人文知识真题人文知识是专业八级考试中一个重要的科目，涵盖文学、历史、哲学、艺术等多个领域。

考生需要对这些领域有一定的了解和掌握。

下面将介绍一些人文知识真题，并对其内容进行分析和回答。

真题一：下面哪位作家被誉为“20世纪欧洲小说之父”？答案：詹姆斯·乔伊斯詹姆斯·乔伊斯（James Joyce）是一位爱尔兰作家，被誉为“20世纪欧洲小说之父”。

他的代表作品《尤利西斯》以其复杂的写作技巧和文学价值而闻名。

他在小说中采用了流派大杂烩的写作风格，深度描绘了人物内心世界的细微变化，展现了现代主义文学的魅力。

真题二：下列哪位艺术家是文艺复兴时期的代表人物？答案：达·芬奇达·芬奇（Leonardo da Vinci）是文艺复兴时期的代表艺术家之一。

他是一位全能艺术家，涉及绘画、雕塑、建筑、科学等多个领域。

他创作了许多经典的作品，如《蒙娜丽莎》、《最后的晚餐》等。

他的作品在艺术史上具有重要的地位，对后世艺术家产生了深远的影响。

真题三：下面哪位哲学家提出了“存在就是被意识到”的观点？答案：海德格尔海德格尔（Martin Heidegger）是20世纪哲学家中的重要人物，他提出了存在主义哲学的观点。

海德格尔认为，存在就是被意识到，人的存在是通过对自身存在的认识而获得自由和真正的存在。

他主张关注人的存在及其意义，认为人应该通过思考和行动来塑造自己的生活。

真题四：下列哪位作家是19世纪英国文学的代表人物？答案：查尔斯·狄更斯查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）是19世纪英国文学的代表人物之一。

他的作品广泛涵盖了英国社会的方方面面，展现了当时的阶级、贫困和人性的问题。

他具有鲜明的社会批判意识，作品中描绘的形象和情节令人难忘。

以上是几道专业八级人文知识真题及其答案。

通过解答这些题目，我们可以了解到不同领域的重要人物和他们的贡献，进一步扩展我们的人文知识面。

专业八级人文知识之语言学200538. Syntax is the study ofA. language functions.B. sentence structures.C. textual organization.D. word formation.注：Definition of Syntax:a. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences.b. A publication, such as a book, that presents such rules.c. The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language.d. Such a pattern in a particular sentence or discourse.39. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness. 任意性B. Productivity. 丰硕性C. Cultural transmission. 文化传播性D. Finiteness. 局限性注：design feature: features that define our human languages,such as arbitrariness,duality,creativity,displacement,cultural transmission,etc.相关内容请点击查看：胡壮麟《语言学教程》课后答案40. The speech act theory was first put forward byA. John Searle.B. John Austin.C. Noam Chomsky.D. Halliday.注：John Langshaw Austin (March 28, 1911 - February 8, 1960) was a philosopher of language, who developed much of the current theory of speech acts. He was born in Lancaster and educated at Balliol College, Oxford. After serving in MI6 during World War II, Austin became White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford. He occupies a place in the British philosophy oflanguage alongside Wittgenstein in staunchly advocating the examination of the way words are used in order to elucidate meaning.38. B 39. D 40. B2006essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion ofwords"kid,child,offspring" are examples ofsynonymssynonymssynonymssynonymsdistinction between parole and langue was made byDBD200738. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.A. PhonologyB. Morphology √C. SemanticsD. Sociolinguistics39. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPTA. lexicalB. syntacticC. phonologicalD. psycholingui stic √40. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example ofA. widening of meaning √B. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaning200838. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness.B. Displacement.C. Duality.D. Diachronicity.39. What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”?A. A simple sentence.B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above. C40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is calledA. hyponymy.B. synonymy.C. polysemy.D. homonymy. D200938. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production isA. corpus linguistics.B. sociolinguistics.C. theoretical linguistics.D. psycholinguistics.39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is calledA. dialect.B. idiolect.C. pidgin.D. register.40. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performingA. an illocutionary act.B. a perlocutionary act.C. a locutionary act.D. none of the above.DCA2010-4-4。