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Chapter 1 Introduction
1. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols ud for human________.（B）
A. contact. B. communication C. relation D. community
2. Which of the following property of language enables language urs to overcome the barriers caud by the time and place, due to this feature of language, speakers of a language are free to talk about anything in any situation?(C)
A. Transferability B. Duality C. Displacement D. Arbitrariness
3. Study the following dialogue. What function does it play according to the function of language? (B)
--- A nice day, isn’t it?
--- Right! I really enjoy the sunlight.
A. Emotive B. Phatic C. Performative D. Interpersonal
4. ________ refers to the actual realization of the ideal language ur’s knowledge of the rules of his language in utterance.(A)
A. Performance B. Competence C. Langue D. Parole
5. has been widely accepted as the fore father of modern linguistics.(B)
A. Chomsky B. Saussure C. Bloomfield D. John Lyons
Part 2 Phonology
5. Conventionally a ________ is put in slashes.(C)
A. allophone B. phone C. phoneme D. morpheme
6. Which one is different form the others according to places of articulation?(A)
A. /n/ B./m/C. /b/ D. /p/
7. Which vowel is different from the others according to the characteristics of vowels?(B)
A. /i:/ B. /u/ C./e/ D. /i/
8. What kind of sounds can we make when the vocal cords are vibrating?(B)
A. voiceless B. voiced C. Glottal stop D. Consonant
9. Which consonant reprents the following description: voiceless labiodental fricative?(A)
A. /f/ B./v/C. /s/ D./z/
10. is one of the supragmental features(D)
A. Stop B. Voicing C. Deletion D. Tone
11. Velar refers to .（B）
A. larynx B. soft palate C. alveolar D. pharynx
Part 3 Morphology
12. Morphemes that reprent ten, number, gender and ca are called________ morpheme.(A)
A. inflectional B. free C. bound D. derivational
13. There are ________ morphemes in the word denationalization. (C)
A. Three B. four C. five D. six
14. The word UNESCO is formed in the way of ________. (A)
A. acronnymy B. clipping C. initialism D. blending
15. NATO is a/an .(A)
A. acronym B. blending C. coinage D. clipping
16. The relation between words “ro” and “flower” is that of . (D)
A. synonymy B. antonymy C. homonymy D. hyponymy
17. “Semantics is the scientific study of meaning” is a . (D)
A. hyponymy B. polymy C. Antonymy D. tautology
18. “Wide/narrow” is an example of . (A)
A. gradable opposites B. relational opposites C. converness D. complementarity
Part 4 Syntax
19. ________ is a sub-field of linguistics that studies the ntence structure of language.(B)
A. Morphology B. Syntax C. Semantics D. Pragmatics
20. The phra “my small child’s cot” is an ambiguous phra, which can be revealed by ________ tree diagrams.(C)
A. one B. two C. three D. four
Part 5 Semantics
21. Cold and hot are a pair of ________antonyms.(A)
A. gradable B. complementary C. reversal D. converness
22. ________ describes whether a proposition is true or fal.(B)
A. Truth B. Truth value C. Truth condition D. Falhood
23. Bull: [BOVINE] [MALE] [ADULT] is an example of ________. (A)
A. componential analysis B. predication analysis C. compositionality D. lection restriction
24. The mantic triangle holds that the meaning of a word________. (A)
A. is interpreted through the mediation of concept.
B. is related to the thing it refers to.
C. is the idea associated with that word in the minds of speakers.
D. is the image it is reprented in the mind.
25. When the truth of ntence (a) guarantees the truth of ntence (b), and falsity of ntence(b) guarantees the falsity of ntence (a), we can say that ________.(B)
A. ntence(a) presuppos ntence (b)
B. ntence(a) entails ntence (b)
C. ntence(a) is inconsistent with ntence (b)
D. ntence(a) contradictss ntence (b)
26. “Socrates is a man” is a ca of ________.(B)
A. two-place predicate
B. one-place predicate
C. two-place argument
D. one-place argument
Part 6 Pragmatics
27. ________ is the study of how speakers of a language u ntences to effect successful communication.(B)
A. Semantics B. Pragmatics C. Sociolinguistics D. Psycholinguistics
28. ________ found that natural language had its own logic and conclude cooperative principle.(C)
