英语学科知识与教学能力（高级中学）
语言/词汇/修辞学单选题专项（汇编）
1. Which of the following is the feature shared by the English phonemes /m/ and /p/?
A. Voiced B. Voiceless C. Bilabial D. Dental
2. Which of the following is true of English sound system?
A. Aspiration is a distinctive feature.
B. Voicing is a distinctive phonetic feature.
C. Nasalization of vowels gives ri to another vowel
D. Length of vowels differentiates one vowel from the other.
3. What rhetoric device is ud in the ntence “This is a successful failure”?
A. Simile B. Metonymy C. Metaphor D. Oxymoron
利欲熏心4. The expression “As far as I know…” suggests that people usually obrve the Maxim of _______ in their daily conversations.
A. Quantity B. Quality C. Relevance D. Manner
5. The pair of English phonemes ________ differs in the manner of articulation.
A. /k/ and /t/ B. /d/ and /g/ C. /s/ and /z/ D. /t/ and /s/
6. Which of the following shows the proper rhythmic pattern of the ntence?
A. This is a 'question for 'Doctor 'Carrington
B. This is 'a 'question for 'Doctor Carrington
C. This is a 'question 'for Doctor 'Carrington
D. This 'is a 'question for 'Doctor 'Carrington
7. The pair “________” are dialectal synonyms in British and American English.
A. tap and faucet B. stroll and trot
C. liberty and freedom D. statesman and politician
8. Which of the following might be Jane’s primary concern when she sincerely asks her friend “Does your farm contain 500 acres”?
A. Quantity maxim B. Quality maxim
C. Relation maxim D. Manner maxim
9. Which of the following is correct in its u of punctuation?
A. The teacher asked, “Who said, ‘Give me liberty or give me death’?”
B. The teacher asked, “Who said, ‘Give me liberty or give me death?’”
C. The teacher asked, “Who said ‘Give me liberty or give me death’”?
D. The teacher asked, “Who said ‘Give me liberty or give me death’?”
10. The pair of English phonemes ________ differ in the place of articulation.
A. / ʃ / and / 四川资中ʒ / B. /θ / and / ð / C. / d / and / z / D. / m / and / n /
11. There are _______ consonant clusters in the ntence “Brian, I appreciate beautiful scarf you brought me.”
A. two B. three C. four D. five
12. When saying “It’s noisy outside” to get someone to clo the window, the speaker intends to perform a(an) _______.
A. direct speech act
B. locutionary act
C. 画蛇添足indirect speech act
D. perlocutionary act
13. That a Japane child adopted at birth by an American couple will grow up speaking English indicates _______ of human language.
A. duality
B. cultural transmission
C. arbitrariness
D. cognitive creativity
14. 白细胞是什么意思In English, the aspirated [ph] and the unaspirated [p] are ________.
A. minimal pairs B. in phonemic contrast
C. two distinctive phonemes D. in complementary distribution
15. / s / and / θ / can be distinguished by ________.
A. manner of articulation B. place of articulation
C. vibration of the vocal cords D. aspiration of articulation
16. _________ makes it possible for language urs to overcome the limitations of time and space in communication.
A. Arbitrariness B. Duality C. Productivity D. Displacement
17. The 银行业从业资格n relation for the following pair of ntences is that ________.
X: Mary’s pet cat was stolen.
Y: Marry has a pet cat.
流浪猫和流浪狗A. X entails Y B. X presuppos Y
C. X is inconsistent with Y D. X is synonymous with Y
18. Which of the following shows the proper pronunciation of “who” in the ntence “In America, Li stayed in a family who landlady could help him with his English”?
A. /hus/ B. /huz/ C. /hu:s/ D. /hu:z/
19. In terms of the place of articulation, /t//d//s//z//n/ are all _______.
A. palatal B. alveolar C. bilabial D. dental
20. In ordinary conversations, participants are expected, first of all, to _______, otherwi, communication would break down.
A. stand straight B. coordinate C. speak the truth D. cooperate
21. The language ud to describe the language itlf is called _______.
A. paralanguage B. special language C. metalanguage D. interlanguage
22. Which of the following is the proper pronunciation of “have to” as a result of assimilation?
A. /hef tu/ B. /hev tu/ C. /hæ春联对联大全f tu/ D. /hæv tu/
23. Which of the following shows the proper rhythmical pattern of the ntence?
A. 'Come to 'e us at our 'new a 'partment.
B. 'Come to 'e us at 'our new 'apartment.
C. 'Come to 'e us 'at our 'new 'apartment.
D. 习惯养成手抄报'Come to 'e us 'at our 'new a 'partment.
24. When any of the maxims under the Cooperative Principle in flouted on purpo, _________ might ari.
