全国10月高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题课程代码008385

1、全国10月高等教育自学考试语言与文化 试题课程代码008385全国1 0月高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题课程代码：00838Each 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%)“A Chauvinist pig” refers t

2、o a person who TOC o 1-5 h z believes that women are.()prone to tearsB. sociableC. frailD. inferiorA hot, freshly cooked sausage sandwiched in asplit roll of bread is called.()hamburgerB. sandwichC. hot dogD. puddingLanguage is.()the product of the human brainB. rule governedC. independent of cultur

3、e D. the result of socialinstitutionsLanguage is used fOr communication in thatcommunication is language.( ) A. primary C. mediumthefunction ofB. peripheralD. personalWhich of the following statements is NOT true?( )English is a language with explicit grammar and Chinese is a language with implicit

4、grammar.Compared with Chinese, English has more grammatical morphemes that are used more frequently in either speech or writing.Chinese has no grammatical morphemes.Grammatical explicitness and consistency are required in English.English is the language which.()A. demonstrates more hypotactic relati

5、ons thanChinese doesdemonstrates more paratactic relations than Chinese doesdemonstrates only hypotactic relationsonly relies on conjunctions for sentence constructioncan be used as a title for an English woman whose marital status is unknown or is not indicated.( )A. Mrs.B. Ms.C. MissD. Madam“To ki

6、ck the bucket” means “to ”()B. workA. dieC. playstudy“Marry in May, repent always.” is related toA. geographyC. individualismChristianityD.Greco-Romancivilization“A Cleopatra” is an allusionfrom.()A. mythologyB. religionliteratureD. sportsA simile is a direct between two ormore unlike things, normal

7、ly introduced by “like” or “as”.()A. meaningB. comparisonC. linkD. wayTerms of colours can be used either literallyto refer to different colours or metaphorically to convey their meanings.( )AUdveUve are pleasant, polite or harmless sounding words or expressions used to mask harsh, rude or infamous

8、truths.( )A. Terms of humility B. HonourificsC. Similes and metaphors D. EuphemismsHonourifics are used to show respect to ones interlocutors and persons mentioned in conversations, while are used to showthe speaker s modesty.( )A. honourifics B. compliments C. terms of humility D. euphemismsThe ter

9、m “text” refers to any piece of spokei or written language, which expresses a(n)meaning.()A. completeB.incompleteC. regularD. irregularA: Do you mind my smoking here ?()B: This is non-smoking area.There is between the above two sentences.A. logicB. lexicalC. cohesionD. coherencebrand names?(A. homelyC. smoothnessWhich of the following words is a coinage, which is often used in the advertisements or )packagehome officeThe Chinese meaning of “Mars” is .()A.水星B.金星C.火星D.木星What does punctuality mean to Americans and Englishmen?( )A. in timeB. on time if not a littlebeforea couple of minutes lat