华师在线-网院-英语语言学复习资料(考试题库).doc

Which of the following forms a minimal pair?
A.fear, pear
B.tip, pit
C.food, foot
D.beat, bit
答案:D

The word "realization" consists of _____ syllables as against _____ morphemes.
A.five/five
B.five/four
C.four/three
D.four/four
答案:C

Which of the following best describes the relations between “Alice is a vegetarian” and “Alice prefers eating steak”?
A.The former is synonymous with the latter.
B.The former is inconsistent with the latter.
C.The former entails the latter.
D.The former presupposes the latter.
答案:B

Which of the following underlined parts is a free morpheme?
A.understandable
B.eastward
C.otherwise
D.without
答案:D

Which of the following is a directive?
A.Your money or your life!
B.You are fired!
C.The earth is round.
D.Thank you very much.
答案:A

How many arguments are there in “I’m not feeling very well”?
A.no
B.one
C.three
D.five
答案:B

The word “boatel” is a(n) ____.
A.acronym
B.blend
C.clipped word
D.coined word
答案:B

‘Parent’ and ‘child’ are ___.
A.gradable antonyms
B.ungradable opposites
C.relational opposites
D.complementary synonyms
答案:C

Which of the following is the head of the phrase ‘often read science fictions’?
A.often
B.read
C.science
D.fictions
答案:B

‘That is a box’ is a ___-place predication.
A.no
B.one
C.two
D.three
答案:B

The word “DINK” is a(n) ____.
A.acronym
B.blend
C.clipped word
D.coined word
答案:A

Around the time of their second birthday, children begin to produce __ utterances.
A.one-word
B.two-word
C.three-word
D.four-word
答案:B

Which of the following underlined parts is NOT an inflectional morpheme?
A.teeth
B.speaking
C.taken
D.chaos
答案:D

The design features of human language include the following features EXCEPT____.
A.duality of structure
B.genetic feature
C.arbitrariness
D.displacement
答案:B

‘Like’ and ‘dislike’ are ___.
A.gradable antonyms
B.ungradable opposites
C.relational opposites
D.complementary synonyms
答案:A

Which of the following is an expressive?
A.The earth is a globe.
B.Your money or your life!
C.I’m very grateful for your help.
D.I fire you.
答案:C

‘Slim’ and ‘skinny’ are ___.
A.dialectal synonyms
B.collocational synonyms
C.stylistic synonyms
D.synonyms that differ in their emotive meaning
答案:D

Which of the following best explains the relationship between “I like Beijing opera” and “I dislike Beijing opera”?
A.inconsistency
B.anomaly
C.contradiction
D.entailment
答案:A

The chief exponent of the behaviorist view of language acquisition is ____.
A.Bloomfield
B.Chomsky
C.Saussure
D.Skinner
答案:D

Which of the following is the correct componential analysis of the word “milk”?
A.[+DRINKS-LIQUID-COUNTABLE]
B.[+FOOD-SOLID+COUNTABLE]
C.[+FOOD+SOLID+COUNTABLE]
D.[+DRINKS+LIQUID-COUNTABLE]
答案:D

‘I like both Chinese and western food’ is a ___-place predication.
A.no
B.one
C.two
D.three
答案:C

Which of the following words is NOT a coined word?
A.dacron
B.kodak
C.xerox
D.gym
答案:D

Which of the following is a front, close and unrounded vowel?
A.[u:]
B.[i:]
C.[u]
D.[a:]
答案:B

Which of the following underlined parts is a derivational morpheme?
A.larger
B.data
C.trainee
D.Kate’s
答案:C

Which of the following underlined parts is the complement of the phrase?
A.a book on biology
B.play basketball
C.a rainy day
D.dance happily
答案:B

Which of the following is a commissive?
A.I’m really sorry to hear that.
B.I will bring you the book tomorrow without fail.
C.You’d better go and see her.
D.I now declare the meeting open.
答案:B

The word unreliable consists of _____ syllables as against _____ morphemes.
A.four/three
B.five/two
C.five/three
D.three/five
答案:A

Which of the following is a declaration?
A.Open the door, please.
B.I appoint you chairman of the committee.
C.Would you like to go to the movie with us?
D.I’ve never seen her before.
答案:B

The relation between ‘furniture’ and ‘wardrobe’ is ___.
A.homophony
B.homography
C.hyponymy
D.polysemy
答案:C

The word "realization" consists of _____ syllables as against _____ morphemes.
A.five/five
B.five/four
C.four/three
D.four/four
答案:C

‘Handsome’ and ‘pretty’ are ___.
A.dialectal synonyms
B.collocational synonyms
C.stylistic synonyms
D.synonyms that differ in their emotive meaning
答案:B

The following underlined parts are termed specifier EXCEPT___?
A.run quickly
B.always make mistakes
C.very interesting
D.the old man
答案:A

Which of the following best describes the relations between “The police stopped the minors from drinking” and “The minors were drinking”?
A.The former is synonymous with the latter.
B.The former is inconsistent with the latter.
C.The former entails the latter.
D.The former presupposes the latter.
答案:D

The first consonants the child can make are made with the lips and they are ____.
A.[p,b,n]
B.[p,b,m]
C.[t,d,n]
D.[t,d,m]
答案:B

How many morphemes are there in the word “disorderly”?
A.Two
B.Three
C.Four
D.Five
答案:B

The nativist view of language acquisition is held by __
A.Bloomfield
B.Chomsky
C.Saussure
D.Skinner
答案:B

Which of the following is an aspirated consonant?
A.[f]
B.[s]
C.[k]
D.[r]
答案:C

Which of the following word does NOT belong to the open classes?
A.hate
B.able
C.the
D.rapidly
答案:C

“Why don’t you ask Mary for help?” is an instance of ____.
A.representatives
B.expressives
C.directives
D.commissives
答案:C

Which of the following pairs of words are homographs?
A.sew---sow
B.tear(a drop of liquid that flows from the eye)---tear (to pull apart)
C.tec---tech
D.mouth (a speech organ)---mouth(an entrance to a cave)
答案:B

Language acquisition refers to the child’s acquisition of his ____.
A.first language
B.second language
C.foreign language
D.target language
答案:A

Which of the following word belongs to the open classes?
A.since
B.for
C.she
D.language
答案:D

‘Candy’ and ‘sweets’ are ___.
A.dialectal synonyms
B.collocational synonyms
C.stylistic synonyms
D.synonyms that differ in their emotive meaning
答案:A

How many morphemes can we find in the word ‘internationalize’?
A.Three
B.Four
C.Five
D.Six
答案:B

Which of the following is a representative?
A.You’d better go to see a doctor.
B.I promise to buy you something when I come back.
C.I now declare the meeting close.
D.I have never seen the man before.
答案:D

Which of the following pairs of words are homophones?
A.flour---flower
B.lead (to guide)---lead (a kind of metal)
C.mouth (a speech organ)---mouth(an entrance to a cave)
D.animal---cow
答案:A

‘She sings very well’ is a ___-place predication.
A.no
B.one
C.two
D.three
答案:B

Which is the feature of the sound [l]?
A.palatal
B.glottal
C.glide
D.liquid
答案:D

‘True’ and ‘false’ are ___.
A.gradable antonyms
B.ungradable opposites
C.relational opposites
D.complementary synonyms
答案:B

The words “longer” and “shorter” are ______ opposites.
A.gradable
B.ungradable
C.relational
D.complementary
答案:C

Which of the following best describes the relations between “He is an orphan” and “His parents have died”?
A.The former is synonymous with the latter.
B.The former is inconsistent with the latter.
C.The former entails the latter.
D.The former presupposes the latter.
答案:A

‘Mr. Brown teaches us linguistics.’ is a ___-place predication.
A.no
B.one
C.two
D.three
答案:D

The Great Wall belongs to ____ culture.
A.material
B.spiritual
C.folk
D.none of the above
答案:A

Instances of mother tongue interference can be found at the level of ____.
A.pronunciation
B.syntax
C.vocabulary
D.all of the above
答案:D

A linguist is interested in what is said, not what he thinks ought to be said, therefore a linguist would NOT prefer to be a(n) ____.
A.observer
B.judge
C.analyser of facts
D.recorder of facts
答案:B

Which of the following underlined parts is an inflectional morpheme?
A.books
B.rename
C.active
D.sleepy
答案:A

Which side(s) of muscles of ours does our left brain control?
A.both left and right
B.left
C.right
D.sometimes left, sometimes right
答案:C

Which of the following is an example of overgeneralization?
A.eyes
B.ears
C.sheep
D.foots
答案:D

Which of the following is the hyponym of the word “furniture”?
A.house
B.kitchen
C.article
D.wardrobe
答案:D

‘Commence’ and ‘begin’ are ___.
A.dialectal synonyms
B.collocational synonyms
C.stylistic synonyms
D.synonyms that differ in their emotive meaning
答案:C

‘It is 8 o’clock’ is a ___-place predication.
A.no
B.one
C.two
D.three
答案:A

“It’s cold.” is a _____-place predication.
A.no
B.one
C.two
D.three
答案:A

Which of the following best describes the relations between “He paid a visit to Japan.” and “He paid a visit to East Asia.”?
A.The former is synonymous with the latter.
B.The former is inconsistent with the latter.
C.The former entails the latter.
D.The former presupposes the latter.
答案:C

The words “subway” and “underground” are ______ synonyms.
A.near
B.dialectal
C.collocationally-restricted
D.stylistic
答案:B

Which of the following underlined parts is a bound morpheme?
A.relationship
B.bedroom
C.milkman
D.childlike
答案:A

The following sounds belong to the same natural class EXCEPT ___.
A.[d]
B.[s]
C.[u]
D.[i:]
答案:B

“Up you go, chaps!” belongs to ____ language.
A.intimate
B.frozen
C.consultative
D.casual
答案:A

Which of the following best describes the relations between “Alice’s brother is in UK.” and “Alice has a brother.”?
A.The former is synonymous with the latter.
B.The former is inconsistent with the latter.
C.The former entails the latter.
D.The former presupposes the latter.
答案:D

The linguist that distinguishes three social variables (Field, Mode, Tenor) that determine the register is ____.
A.Chomsky
B.Halliday
C.Bloomfield
D.Firth
答案:B

How many syllables are there in the word “rhythmical”?
A.Three
B.Four
C.Five
D.Ten
答案:A

Which of the following pairs of words are complete homonyms?
A.flour---flower
B.lead (to guide)---lead (a kind of metal)
C.heroin---horoine
D.criket---criket
答案:D
The word ‘predigestion’ is composed of two morphemes.
答案:错误

The words ‘flat’ and ‘apartment’ are stylistic synonyms.
答案:错误

If Smith said to you in a supermarket, ' I am thirsty now, but I have no money with me' , then his perlocutionary act is your buying him a coca-cola.
答案:正确

B probably means that A should not laugh at him since they know each other, in the dialogue below: A: Are you a good student? B: Are you?
答案:正确

Semantics is the study of word meaning.
答案:错误

Performance is the focus of Chomsky’s linguistic study.
答案:错误

F. de Saussure was a Swiss linguist.
答案:正确

The narrowing of space between the hard palate and the front of the tongue results in the sound [j].
答案:正确

A phone does not necessarily distinguish meaning.
答案:正确

In ‘a book about ghosts’, the complement is ‘ghosts’.
答案:错误

According to Austin, ' He is a boy.' is a constative.
答案:正确

Sound changes tend to be systematic.
答案:正确

Pragmatics is the study of meaning in context of language use.
答案:正确

Displacement of language means language use in a far-away place.
答案:错误

Linguistics is scientific because it is helpful to language use.
答案:错误

If I said to you, ' It' s very stuffy here.' , then my illocutionary act may be asking you to switch on the air-conditioner.
答案:正确

B' s reply violates the maxim of quality in the dialogue below: A: Where do you live? B: In South China Normal University.
答案:错误

Morphology is the study of sentences.
答案:错误

ISBN means International Standard Book Number.
答案:正确

One of the most important features of bilingualism is the specialization of function of the two varieties.
答案:错误

Context refers to the relation between lines or paragraphs of a text.
答案:错误

B probably means that he doesn' t want to make any comment on the lecture in the dialogue below: A: What do you think of the lecture? (The speech maker is coming) B: Do we have classes this evening?
答案:正确

Linguistics is generally divided into general and specific linguistics.
答案:错误

The word ' quake' is the result of back-formation.
答案:错误

The word ' education' comes from Latin.
答案:正确

Computer language is one of the sources that have influenced the English language.
答案:正确

A prominent phonological feature of Black English is the deletion of the consonant at the end of a word, as in ' desk' [des].
答案:正确

If a child calls every man ' Daddy' , then he is over-extending the meaning of the word ' Daddy' .
答案:正确

The human brain is divided into two sections, the brain stem and the cerebrum.
答案:正确

' Do not say what you believe to be false' is a maxim of relation.
答案:错误

Linguistics deals with a particular language.
答案:错误

Sociolinguistics deals with the relation between language and society.
答案:正确

Writing is more basic than speech.
答案:错误

The word ' silly' used to mean ' happy' in Old English.
答案:正确

A typical example of a bilingual community is an ethnic ghetto where most of the inhabitants are either immigrants or children of immigrants.
答案:正确

Language plays a major role in socializing the people and perpetuating culture, especially in print form.
答案:正确

The sentence ' Himself saw John.' is acceptable in English.
答案:错误

According to Chomsky, the internalization of a set of rules about his language enables a speaker to produce and understand an infinitely large number of sentences and recognize sentences that are ungrammatical and ambiguous.
答案:正确

‘Teach-in’ is a compound word.
答案:正确

The –s in ‘works’ of ‘He works hard.’ is a bound morpheme.
答案:正确

‘Mary is single.’ is inconsistent with ‘Mary is married.’
答案:正确

According to Austin, ' I bet you sixpence it will be fine this evening.' is a performative.
答案:正确

Details of language system are genetically transmitted.
答案:错误

Syntax is the study of the rules of words.
答案:错误

By ' He wanted me to come' , a learner produced such an incorrect sentence as ' He hoped me to come' . This constitutes the situation of cross-association.
答案:错误

The greatest source of modification of the air stream is found in the oral cavity.
答案:正确

The word ' dinner' comes from French.
答案:正确

People in the West End in London speak differently from the East Enders.
答案:正确

In English, the word ' blue' is associated with unhappy feelings.
答案:正确

Victor, a wild child, who was deprived of language contact for 12 years, was trained by Itard, but could only speak only two words in the end.
答案:正确

According to Littlewood, the first language study has served as a backcloth for perceiving and understanding new facts about second language learning.
答案:正确

In TG, determiner is often written as Det.
答案:正确

A phoneme is a phonetic unit.
答案:错误

The words ‘buy’ and ‘purchase’ are dialectal synonyms.
答案:错误

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