5. There are _________morphemes in the word” frightening”.
A. one　　 B. two　　　C. three　　 D. four
6. In English， “-ate” and “dis-“ are called _________.
A. Prefixes 　　B. suffixes　 　C. infixes　　D. affixes
7. The phrase “boys and girls” belongs to the ______ construction.
A. complex　　　　B. coordinate
C. embedded　　　　　　D. subordinate
8. The illocutionary act of the utterance “ I promise to come.” is a　_______.
A. representative　　　　B. expressive
C. declaration　　　　　D. commissive
9.Which of the following two-term sets shows the feature of complementarity？
A. hot/cold　　　　　　B. doctor/patient
C. single/married　　　 D. husband /wife
10. Which part of the brain is generally considered to control language and speech.
A. left hemisphere　　　　 B. right hemisphere
C. front hemisphere　　　　D. back hemisphere
1.　D　2. B　3. A　4. C　5. C　6. D　7. B　8. D　9. C　10.A
第十五套
1. Modern linguistics give priority to speech because _____________.
A. speech sounds are derived from writing systems
B. The spoken form is more basic than the written form
C. Writing precedes speech in English language
D. All the languages today have both spoken and written forms.
2.In the following sounds， _________ is a glottal sound.
A： [h]　　 B. [k]　　 C. [g]　　 D.[n]
3.Of the words listed below， ________ is not an English word.
A. [blik]　　　 B [bilk]　　 C. [kilb]　　 D. [skw]
4.In English， the root “tele” means _________.
A. seeing， sight　　　　　　 B. a branch of learning
C. distant， far　　　　　　D. small in size
5. The situation in which two or more languages are used side by side is referred to as __________.
A. blending　　　 B. Bilingualism   　C. clipping　　 D. pidginization
6.The function of the sentence “ A sunny day， isn’t it？” is __________.
A. informative　　　　　　 B. interrogative　　C. expressive　　　　　　D. phatic
7. ___________ are language varieties related to the use in particular speech situation.
A. Education varieties　　　　B. Age varieties
C. Gender varieties　　　　　 D. Register varieties
8. There are _________ morphemes in the word “ disabled”.
A. one　　 B. two　　 C. three　　 D. four
9.Which of the following two-term sets is relational opposite？
A. old/young　　　　　　　　 B. alive/dead
C. teacher/pupil　　　　　　　　 D. hot/cold
10.The words such as “smog”， and “motel” are __________.
A. compound words　　　　 B. abbreviated words
C. formed by blending　　　　D. coined by backformation.
1.B.　2. A　3. D　4. C　5. B　6. D　7. D　8. C　9. C　10.C
第十六套
1.Which of the following statements is not the concern of sociolinguists？
A. The language a person uses reveals his social background.
B. There exist social norms that determine the type of language to be used on a certain occasion.
C. How does the human mind work when they use language?
D. To investigate the social aspects of language.
2. Language is ___________ in that it makes possible the construction and interpretation of　　new signals by its users.
A. systematic　　 B. culturally transmitted　　 C. intuitive　　 D. productive
3. ____________ transcription is really the transcription required and used by the phoneticians in their study of speech sounds.
A. Wide　　 B. Narrow　　 C. Broad　　D. Detailed
4. The articulatory apparatus of a human being are contained in ______________ .
A. the pharyngeal cavity　　　　　B. the oral cavity
C. the nasal cavity　　　　　D. all of the above　
5. ___________ studies the internal structure of words and the rules that govern their formation.
A. Phonology　　 B. Semantics　　 C. Syntax　　 D. Morphology
6.The word “refreshment” contains ___________ morpheme（s）.
A. zero　　　 B. one　　　C. two　　　D. three　
7.The central element in a simple sentence， or in each clause， is the _____________.
A. subject 　　B. finite verb　　 C. object　 　D. adverbial
8. The syntactic rules of any language are ___________ in number.
A. infinite　　 B. finite　　 C. large　　　 D. definite
9. Which pair of antonyms differs from other pairs？
A. above， below　　　　　　　 B. sell， buy
C. teacher， pupil　　　　　　　 D. hot， cold
10. What is the sentential relation between “He likes swimming.” and “He likes sports.”？
A. Presupposition　　　　　　　 B. Entailment
C. Contradiction　　　　　　 D. Anomaly　
1. C　2. D　3. B　4. D　5. D　6. D　7. B　8. B　9. D　10. B　
第十七套
1. The study of language as a whole is often called ____________ linguistics.　
A. general　　 B. applied　 　B. generative　　 D. particular
2. The fact that different languages have different words for the same object is a good illustration of the ___________ nature of language.
A. productive　　 B. dual　　 C. arbitrary　　 D. displacing
3. English consonants can be classified in terms of _____________.
A. manner of articulation　　　　　B. place of articulation
C. force of articulation　　　    　　     D. Both A and B　
4. Which of the following vowel is not a front vowel in English？
A. [i：]　　　 B. [e ]　　　 C. [ɑ：]　　　 D. [i]　
5. Inflectional morphology studies _____________.
A. word-formation　　　　　　　B. sentence
C. inflections　　　　　　　 D. none of the above　
6. Which of the following morphemes can function as both an inflectional affix and a derivational affix？
A. dis-　　　B. uni-　　　C. –er　　　 D.-ful　
7. The two clauses in a ___________ sentence are structurally equal parts of the sentence.
A. simple　　 B. complete　　 C. complex　 　D. coordinate
8. Which of the following does not belong to the major lexical categories？
A. Verb　　　B. Noun　 　C. Determiner　 　D. Adjective
9. Bloomfield drew on _______________ psychology when trying to define the meaning of linguistic forms.
A. naming　　 B. conceptualist　C. contextual　  D. behaviorist　
10. “rebuke”， “accuse”， and “charge” are ____________ synonyms.
A. dialectal　　　　　　B. stylistic　　　 C. collocational　　　　D. semantically different　
1.A　2. C　3. D　4. C　5. C　6. C　7. D　8. C　9. D　10. C