全国2018年1月高等教育自学考试
语言与文化试题
课程代码：00838
I. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which of the four alternatives best completes the statement. (20%)
1. Language is_________. （ ）
A. the product of the human brain B. rule governed
C. independent of culture D. the result of social institutions
2.Culture is a social phenomenon becau it is a _________ product of human societies.
（ ）
A. technical B. cooperative
C. new D. language
3.A_________is a small open space symbolically enclod with very low walls and adjoining a building.（ ）
A. mi hou B. balcony
C. plot D. yard
4.English is often referred to as a _________ language becau it us frequently connectives to indicate the relation between linguistic elements. （ ）
A. paratactic B. hypotactic
C. branching D. linear
5.Decide which of the following words is the word with an inflectional morpheme.（ ）
A. complete B. behavior
C. played D. membership
6.When receiving a gift, the English speakers normally say_________.（ ）
A. “Thank you very much. How much is it?”
B. “Where did you get it? This is really what I want.”
C. “It must have cost you a lot. Thank you very much.”
D. “It’s very nice. ”
7.Which expression is NOT appropriate for you to u after you receive an apology? （ ）
A. It’s O.K. B. It’s all right.
C. Not at all. D. Never mind.
8. A: Is Jenny co .ruing to the party?
B: Yes, she is.
The ntences in the above dialogue are connected by both grammatical and lexical means, so
we say that they exhibit_________. （ ）
A. cohesion B. coherence
C. coexistence D. cooperation
9.Most of the cultural interpretations of the difference between English and Chine at the textual level are_________.（ ）
A. conclusions rather than tentative assumptions
B,. tentative assumptions rather than conclusions
C. either tentative assumptions or conclusions
D. neither tentative assumptions nor conclusions
10. In American English, the equivalent word for“公寓” is_________.（ ）
A. department B. flat
C. apartment D. bament
11.7 days without 7-up make one weak.
In this advertiment, one can find the tactful u of _________.（ ）
A. homophones B. figure of speech
C. repetition D. veral adjectives
12. Nodding means “agreement” to Chine and most Europeans. But in the Eskimo gestural
system, head nodding means“_________”. （ ）
A. yes B. anger
C. pleasure D. no
13. _________is a construction, expression, etc., having a meaning different from the literal one or not according to the usual patterns of the language.（ ）
A. “To pull one’s leg” B. “To keep a straight face”
C. “To make a cat laugh” D. “To ride one’s high hor”
14. The proverb “without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus grows cold” is related to_________.
（ ）
A. Christianity B. Greco-Roman civilization
C. individualism D. insular culture
15. In English culture _________ connote wisdom.（ ）
A. mice B. chickens
C. owls D. mules
16. _________is the symbol of fear, cowardice or timidity.（ ）
A. A white slave B. A white elephant
C. A white hope D. A white feather
17. _________shows a biad attitude towards certain ethnic groups.（ ）
A. Racist language B. Religious language
C. Sexist language D. Metaphorical language
18. The thematic model emphasizes three culture elements: _________.（ ）
A. traits, values and world views
B. personal behaviours, thinking patterns and values
C. norms, customs and circumstances
D. time, space and dimension
19. _________are pleasant, polite or harmless sounding words or expressions ud to mask harsh, rude or infamous truths. （ ）
A. Honourifics B. Terms of humility
C. Euphemisms D. Taboos
20. For example, a boy told his mother in a whispering voice that it was not he who broke the va but did not dare to look at his mother in her eyes. How could one interpret his verbal and nonverbal messages? （ ）
A. Complementing. B. Contradicting.
C. Repeating . D. Regulating.
Ⅱ. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide what alternatives can complete the statement. There might be more than one correct answer. (10%)
21. Some of the important properties in a language are_________. （ ）
