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英语专业考研报考前语言学摸底测试题
Ⅰ
Multiple
Choice
(1
×
40
points)
1.
The
choice
of
an
allophones
in
a
given
phonetic
context
is
______.
A.
random
B.
predictable
C.
variable
D.
independent
2.
Discovering
procedures
are
practiced
by
______.
A.
traditional
grammar
B.
descriptive
grammar
C.
TG
grammar
D.
functi
onal
grammar
3.
According
to
Holiday,
the
three
general
functions
of
language
are
______.
A.
ideational,
interpersonal
and
referential
B.
metalinguistic,
interpersonal
a
nd
textual
C.
ideational,
interpersonal
and
textual
D.
ideational,
informative
and
te
xtual
4.
In
the
present
day,
the
stability
of
______
seems
to
be
decreasing.
A.
taboo
B.
regional
dialect
C.
idiolect
D.
social-class
diale
ct
5.
The
Indirect
Speech
Act
was
developed
by
______.
A.
Levinson
B.
John
Searle
C.
John
Lyons
D.
John
Austin
6.
“Semantics
is
the
scientific
study
of
meaning”
is
a
_______.
A.
polysemy
B.
tautology
C.
synonymy
D.
antonymy
7.
Conceptual
meaning
is
_____.
A.
affective
B.
associative
C.
connotative
D.
denotative
8.
The
______
construction
is
defined
as
a
construction
whose
distribution
is
not
functionally
equivalent
to
any
of
its
constitution.
A.
endocentric
B.
exocentric
C.
subordinate
D.
coordinate
9.
In
English,
theme
and
rheme
are
often
expressed
by
_____
and
______.
A.
subject,
object
B.
subject,
predicate
C.
predicate,
object
D.
object,
predicate
10.
____
is
a
grammatical
category
used
for
the
analysis
of
word
classes
displayi
ng
such
contrast
as
masculine/feminine/neuter,
animate/inanimate,
etc.
A.
Category
B
.
Number
C.
Gender
D.
Case
11.
A
______
is
any
morpheme
of
combination
of
morphemes
to
which
an
inflec
tional
affix
can
be
added.
A.
root
B.
stem
C.
allomorph
D.
lexeme
12.
“Radar”
is
a/an
______.
A.
blending
B.
coinage
C.
acronym
D.
clipping
13.
The
function
of
the
sentence
“Water
boils
at
100
degree
centigrade”
is
_____
_.
A.
interrogative
B.
directive
C.
informative
D.
performative
14.
The
argument
that
LAD
works
successfully
only
when
it
is
stimulated
at
the
right
time,
a
specific
and
limited
time
period
for
language
acquisition
—
is
refe
rred
to
as
______.
A.
the
Whofian
Hypothesis
B.
the
UG
Hypothesis
C.
the
Critical
Period
Hypothesis
D.
the
Sapir-Whorf
Hypothesis
15.
B.F.
Skinner
is
the
chief
exponent
of
____.
A.
the
interactional
views
B.
the
contextualist
views
C.
the
innatist
views
D.
the
behaviorist
views
16.
The
study
of
how
language
is
learned
is
called
_____.
A.
language
acquisition
B.
applied
linguistics
C.
pysholinguistics
D.
pragmatics
17.
Among
the
following
theories,
which
has
nothing
to
do
with
child
language
a
cquisition?
A.
The
contextualist
views.
B.
The
behaviorist
views.
C.
The
innatist
views.
D.
The
interationist
views.
18.
Among
the
following
English
word,
______
is
borrowed
from
American
India
n
language.
A.
squash
B.
algebra
C.
soprano
D.
B2B
19.
The
culture
that
is
abstract,
ambiguous
and
hidden
refers
to
_____.
A.
folk
culture
B.
the
products
of
nature
C.
what
is
born
and
grows
D.
s
piritual
culture
20.
In
American
English
“a
blue
book”,
the
related
association
with
“blue”
are
__
___.
A.
high
position
B.
being
aristocratic
C.
well-known
names
D.
sent
imental
content
21.
Among
the
following
terms
for
the
types
of
language,
which
is
considered
a
more
neutral
terms?
A.
Speech
variety
B.
Standard
language
C.
non-standard
language
D.
Dialects
22.
What
description
is
TRUE
with
standard
dialect?
A.
It
is
a
superimposed
form
above
over
the
range
of
regional
dialect.
B.
It
is
related
to
some
particular
group
of
language
users
in
China.
C.
It
is
a
socially
prestigious
dialect
of
a
language,
hence
a
sociolect.
D.
It
is
most
correct
in
linguistic
forms
among
all
the
language
varieties
to
li
nguists.
23.
The
famous
line
“My
love
is
a
red,
red
rose”
stirs
up
the
imagination
of
a
b
eautiful
young
lady.
This
is
the
____
meaning.
A.
iconic
B.
denotative
C.
connotative
D.
cultural
24.
The
following
is
the
language
used
by
two
speakers
A
and
B.
A:I
did
it
yesterday.
B:
I
done
it
yesterday.
He
hasn’t
got
it.
He
ain’t
got
it.
It
was
she
that
said
it
It
was
her
what
said
it.
From
this
we
can
infer
that
______.
A.
And
B
have
come
from
different
regions
B.
A
and
B
display
different
linguistic
skills
and
linguistic
competence
C.
A
and
B’s
relative
social
status
can
roughly
be
estimated
D.
A
and
B
have
learned
different
languages
at
school
25.
It
is
true
that
words
may
shift
in
meaning,
i.e.
semantic
change.
The
semanti
c
change
of
the
word
tail
belong
to
_____.
A.
narrowing
of
meaning B.
meaning
shift
C.
loss
of
meaning
D.
widenin
g
of
meaning
26.
As
late
as
the
fifteen
and
sixteenth
centuries,
one
could
merely
add
not
at
th
e
end
of
an
affirmative
sentence
to
negate
it,
as
in
I
Love
thee
not.
However,
in
modern
English,
people
will
say
“I
do
not
love
you.”
This
shows
change
in
_____.
A.
vocabulary
B.
agreement
rule
C.
negation
rule
D.
syntactic
relation
s
27.
The
following
all
show
the
syntactic
relations
EXCEPT_____
A.
positional
relation
B.
relation
of
substitutability
C.
relation
of
cooccurrence
D.
relation
of
words
28.
A:
Mike
is
always
lying.
B:
I
hate
that
S-O-B!
This
conversation
violates
the
maxim
of
_____.
A.
quantity
B.
relation
C.
quality
D.
manner
29.
“You
should
spend
more
time
on
English”
is
a
_____.
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