全国2014年10月自考00838自考语言与文化试题自考历年真题标准版【高清版】

1、全国2014年10月高等教育自学考试 语言与文化试题 课程代码：00838 请琴生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。 选择题部分 注意事项； 1. 答题丽考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用廉色字迹的签字笔或钢笔 填写在答题纸规定的位置上。 2 毎小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡 皮擦干净后再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。 I. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement an

2、d the four alternatives carefully and decide which of the four alternatives best completes the statement and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(2Q%) 1. Oil is a natural substance When it is obtained from the oil well and refined into petrol, if becomes a cultural product.f， From the above example

3、, we can see that culture is a phenomenon A. nationalB. historical C. socialD. general and abstract 2. Eskimo tribes commonly have as many as seven different words for snow while certain African cultures in the equatorial forest of Zaire have no word for snow. Such phenomenon shows that A. language

4、is part of cultureB. language is influencedandshapedby culture C. language is the carrier of culture D. language hasitsinfluence on culture 3. meaning is communicated when the feelings or attitudes are expressed in language. A. ConceptualB. Connotative C. AffectiveD, Col locative 4. “Cowboy, “Hippie

5、 and Continental Congress are words that represent theaspects of American culture A. geographicalB. political C. religiousD historical 5. Compare the sentences Which books have you lent him?护 and 你借给他哪些书?and we find the difference in. A. grammatical morphemesB. subjects and objects C. parataclic and

6、 hypotactic relationD. word order 6. People from individualistic cultures tend to A. mind their own affairsB. be more sociable C be more influe need by the environment D. inquire what others are doing 7. In English is often used together with the addressees given name as a vocative A. motherB aunt C

7、 cousinD. mother-in-law 8. Which of the following is NOT a common response to a compliment? A. Thank you. Im glad you like it. (to How delicious the food is!) B. Thank you. So did you. (to “You played very well in the game today.) C. Oh, I wish it could be true, (to “You speak good Chinese.%) D. Oh

8、no, not at all. (to “Whai a beautiful garden you have广) 9. “To keep ones nose clean” corresponds to. A.保持一身清白B.保持呼吸畅通 C便某人信服D.涓洗脸部 10. The Chinese equivalent to “make bricks without straw is A.白手起家B.费九牛二虎之力做某事 C.独立完成某事D做无米之炊 11 The red color is usually associated with celebrations and joyful occasio

9、ns in English speaking countries and in China, which can be seen in the following expressions EXCEPT “二 A. a red letter dayB waving a red flag C. painting the town redD. the red carpet 12. Metaphors occur frequently in daily conversations to show speakers views on things both in Chinese and in Engli

10、sh The following metaphorical expressions show that ideas are people EXCEPT “ A.新思想荫绊 C. His ideas will live on forever 13. ( I ) Your ticket. B. 旧观念复活 D. He breathed new life into that idea 浙00838#语言与文化试题第3页（其6页） an order of increasing degrees of formality and B(2)(4)(3) D. (4X3)(2XD (2) Will you p

11、lease show your ticket? (3) Your ticket, please. (4) Would you mind showing your ticket? Please arrange the above statements in polite ness A.(I)(2X3)(4) C. (1)(3X2)(4) 14. The following express!ons are the euphemisms for deatlf or die in English and Chinese EXCEPT A. go eastB. pass away c.圆寂D.离开了我们

12、 15. When hearers, topics and environments change, the speakers speaking styles vary. style is used for conducting most business matters A. FrozenB. Consultative C. FormalD. Casual 16 uOur garden didn 7 do very well this year. By contrast, the orchard is looking very healthy. M There isrelation betw

13、een the above sentences. A. additiveB. adversative C causalD. temporal 17. 4iThe little pared of light of one particular frequency in which radiant energy is delivered is sometimes called a Yighl dart hut is more generally blown as a photon. ” The above sentence shows that in English for science and

14、 technology, there is frequent use of A. nominalizationB. non-finite verbs C. non-finite verb phrasesD. passive sentences 18. Many famous products in the west are named after their designers and manufacturers, which can be seen in the following brand names EXCEPT A. ChanelB. Ford C. Pierre CartanD.

15、Rolex 19. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Nonverbal communication is communication without words. B Nonverbal communication can be viewed as occurring whenever an individual communicates without the use of sounds. C. Nonverbal communication does not convey meaning. D. Nonverbal com

16、munication is the study of facial expressions, touch, time, gestures, smell, eye behaviour, and so on. 20. If you are ordering two hamburgers in McDonald, youre likely to say that you want two hamburgers and at the same time hold up two fingers to signify “two”. This nonverbal message fulfills the f

17、unction of. A. complementingB. repeating C. contradictingD. substituting IL 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 and mark your answcr(s) on the ANS

18、WER SHEET. There might be more than one correct answer (10%) 21. “M are important properties of language. A. Language is systematic B. Language is human specific C. Language is used to understand and describe the world D. Language and culture are loosely related 22. The United Kingdom is a country o

19、f constitutional monarchy, which may be represented by the words u A. PresidentB.Parliament C. Democratic PartyD.Conservative Party 23. The Chinese people are deductive thinkers who reason A. from the particular tothe generalB.from the whole to theindividual parts C. from the big to the smallDfrom t

20、he specific tothe abstract 24. Some types of personal names are quite common among English speakers. They are A. religious names B. weapon names C. names related to historical events D. names related to knowledge, authority and fame 25. Carry coals to Newcastle 44It is as hard to please a knave as a

21、 knighr and An English mans home is his castle are proverbs that are related to A. the history of EnglandB. individualism C geographyD. Christianity 26. Metaphors are used in the following sentences EXCEPT41n. A. That young man is a bear at physics. B. His uncle is an old fox, up to all the evils. C

22、. When I won the first prize in the competition, my mother was as proud as a peacock and told all the neighbours about it. D. Although he was 40 years old. he behaved like a 10-year-o!d schoolboy in front of his primary school teacher. 27. In the Chinese utterance 请多提宝贵意见,“宝贵is used to show speakers

23、. A. emphasisB. warning C politenessD. respect 28. Which of the following sentences are connected paratactically? A He bought ink, two pencils, an eraser, etc. B. The students handed in their papers when the bell ring. C. 老板口述了一封信。他的秘书记了下来。 D. 他今天上班迟到了，因为他睡过了头。 29. Which of the following words are A

24、merican English spelling? A. programmeB. labor C. defenseD. civilise 30. Which of the following statements are true? A. In Chinese culture, people have eye contact more frequently and intensely. B. English speakers prefer to have prolonged eye contact while conversing C. To English people, a person

25、who does not look at you in your eyes when talking to you is trustworthy. D. While talking to others, Chinese speakers tend to have eye contact with their interlocutors intermittently. 非选择题部分 注意事项： 用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上。 IIL Fill in each underlined space vdth a proper expression, (20%) 31.

26、Culture in its narrow sense can be defined asof a population. 32. Words like “hotdog”广hamburgeF and “sandwich reflectstyles of English speakers 33. The utterances “下雨 了已经九点了, and 很冷” in Chinese show that to the Chinese peopleis more important than grammatical explicitness and consistency. 34. Since

27、the Chinese people think highly of. they might consider it bad taste to praise their family members before others. 35. events can also be a source of English allusions, as seen in marathon and “Waterloo”. 36. In both English and Chinese ublackM is often associated withqualities, as in “blacklist and

28、 “black hearted. 37. As an English teacher once said jokingly, if one dares to use Jesus Chrisf7 or Holy Mary” to swear others, he must get ready to fight. This example shows that swear words, profane or obscene oaths or words arein English. 38. The drawing of a general con elusion from a number of

29、known facts is 浙00838#语言与文化试题第5页(共6页 39. An English n ews report normally consists of a headline, aand a story 40. In both English and Chinese body language systems,ones head may signal either disagreement or disappointment. IV Answer the following questions briefly. (12%) 41 How are language, culture and thought related? 42. Whats the difference between “药店in Chinese and drugstore in American English and “chemists shop