全国高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题课程代码

1、全国壽等教育自学考试语T与丈化试题课程代码Pleasure Group Office T985AB-B866SYT-B182C-BS682T-STT18全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题课程代码；00838第一部分选择题(共30分)L 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 alternative

2、s best completes the statement.(20%)B sandwichD- pudding terms and distinguish at least three characteristics in relatives.B. subtleD. kinshipcold dish of raw vegetables with a dressing is calledA. hamburger C salad languages have A. generation C. complicatedspeakers are direct people who tend toA.

3、locate peripheral meaning before central meaningB- locate central meaning before central meaningC locate the modified after the modifierD- think holisticallymorp hemes.B grammaticalD- implicitEnglish all the prefixes areA. inflectionalC. derivational of the following slalenients is not trueA. Englis

4、h speakers have a relatively small range of possibilities to select from when naming their newly born babies.B English surnames are more distinctive than given names.C. English given names are more distinctive than surnames.D Names include given names, surnames, full names and nicknames or pet names

5、.an English speaker refuses the complimenl which merely comes out of polileness, he may sayB"Oh, I wish it could be Mue."A"Do you really think so"C"Oh. you are too polite."D"No, I don't think so."B- to be tragic D. to be serious7. "To make a cat laugh

6、" meansA. to be comicC. to be proudEnglish equivalent for “ 前车之覆，后车之鉴” can be “A. Rats desert a sinking shipsmall leak will sink a great shipC- He that would sail without danger must never come on the main seaD. Let another's shipwreck be your seamark9. "Green” connotesin English cultu

7、re.B immaturityD sincerityA. ProsperityC longevity10. “Brown paper” corresponds loA.棕色纸B秘密文件C揭露社会黑暗的报纸D牛皮纸English equivalent for “空袭紧急警报” isA. blue alert C red alertB. white alert D- black alert12 * Sanitary engineeris the e up hemislic ex pression for "A. garbage collectorB- cleanerC plumberD.

8、 gardener13.“敬请指正” can be treated as the Chinese equivalent of “” in English.B Will you please point out myA. rd like to have your comments.errorsD. PIl gratefully expect yourC. rd like to have errors corrected comments.the speaker or writer discusses many things indirectly related lo the central id

9、ea of the text and /or to each other he or she develops the text in a(n)fashion-A .linearB. spiralC inductiveD. deductivemost striking phonetic difference between American and British English is the pronuncialion ofin words.A.rB aC. whD. erfirstmade in 449 had strong impact on the laws made later in

10、 most Europeancountries.A. Roman lawB.Napoleonic CodeC. French lawD-British lawzone.distance zone ranging from 4 inches to about 8 feet is referred so as theA. publicB.intimateC. socio-consultativeD.casual-personalA. SquealC RushB. Murmur D Clickyou respond to the compliment "You look very nice

11、 in this dress”，you should sayA Thank you.B No, I don't think so at all.C Do you really think so I was not sure whether it suits me.D. Ifs very kind of you to say so.serve the function of substitution.A Saying louder than usual to emphasize a verbal messageB. Pausing before saying something impo

12、rtantC Waving goodbyeD Beckoning another person to come"slow” student may be euphemistically referred to as “A a mentally retarded studentB one who is working at his/her own levelC one who can do better work wilh helpD a problem student第二部分非选择题(共70分)111. Fill in each underlined space with a pro

13、per expression.(12%)invisible, portable space that surrounds us is referred to asspace.thinking interacts with English, while holistic thinking interacts wilh Chinese.33, “ Pay one's debt to nature ” is the euphemism forEnglish equivalent of "寒舍 ” isan English paragraph the sentence represe

14、nting the central idea is referred to as and often located at the initial part of the paragraph.than Englishis safe to say that Chinese advertising as a whole tends to be more advertising.language rep resents thought, it isby thought.is generally true that an English word may rep resent aor associat

15、ive meaningdifferent from that of its translation equivalent in Chinese.English functional equivalent for "敬请光临 ” is.English proverbial equivalent for "金无足赤，人无完人” isEnglish expressionis equivalent to “秃子头上的虱子明摆着"in China.refers to a kind of journalism with heavy emphasis on scandals,

16、or resenting ordinary news in a sensational mannerIV. Answer the following questions briefly:(12%)is the English equivalent for "黑信”is the British equivalent for the American word "raincoat”is the major difference between English and Chinese descriptive texts in styleis it said that Englis

17、h is a hypotaclic language and Chinese is a paratactic language hitchhiking is symbolized in English culturecross-cultural contrasts can you find between English and Chinese titles in vocativesV. Translation:(16%)breathed his last during the night-born to the purple are destined to live in the public eye.greatest artist of the first half of this century has long last gone the way of all flesh, rose by any other name would smell as sweet.53.为金钱而侍奉上帝的人会为更多的报酬服侍魔鬼。54你对他期望过高了。干这活他还是新手呢。55 请提宝贵意见。56別指望亚瑟会为自己辩护，他胆小如鼠。VL Define