英语语言学试题2.docVIP

英语语言学试题（2）一、单项选择题(在每小题的四个备选答案中，选出一个正确答案，并将正确答案的序号填在题干的括号内。每小题2分，共20分)1.The pair of words “lend”and “borrow”are ___.(? ? ? )? A.gradable opposites? ? ? ? ? ? B.relational opposites? C.co-hyponyms? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D.synonyms2.The discovery of Indo-European language family began with the work of the British scholar? ? .(? ? ? )? A.Jacob Grimm? ? ? B.Rasmus Rask? C.Franz Bopp? ? ? D.Sir William Jones3.A linguist regards the changes in language and language use as __.(? ? ? )? A.unusual? ? ? ? ? B.something to be feared? C.abnormal? ? ? ? D.natural4.__produce fast and fluent speech with good intonation and pronunciation but the content of their speech ranges from mildly inappropriate to complete nonsense,often as unintelligible.(? ? ? )? A.Brocas aphasic? ? ? B.The linguistic deprivation? C.The damage on the angular gyrus? ? ? D.Wernickes aphasic5.Some Southern learners of English in China tend to say “night” as “light”.This shows:? ? .(? ? ? )? A.They cannot pronounce/n/? ? ? ? B.Interlangue interference because there is notthe sound /n/in their mother tongue? C.The teachers do not have a good teaching method? D.They do not like to pronounce nasal sounds6.A word with several meanings is called __word.(? ? ? )? A.a polysemous? ? B.a synonymous? ? C.an abnormal? ? D.a multiple7.The function of the sentence “A nice day, isnt it?”is __.(? ? ? )? A.informative? ? B.phatic? ? C.directive? ? D.performative8.The most recognizable differences between American English and British English are in __ and vocabulary.(? ? ? )? A.usage? ? ? ? ? B.grammar? ? ? C.pronunciation? ? ? D.structure9.__deals with the way in which a language varies through geographical space.(? ? ? )? A.Linguistic geography? ? ? B.Lexicology? C.Lexicography? ? ? ? ? ? ? D.Sociolinguistics10.The semantic components of the word “gentleman” can be expressed as __.(? ? ? )? A.+animate,+male,+human,-adult? B.+animate,+male,+human,+adult? C.+animate,-male,+human,-adult? D.+a