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1、烟台南山学院2015 2016学年第一学期英语语言学练习二（课程代码：11120210专业：英语 学习层次：本科 年级：2014级）（第二次作业针对第一、二章。试题总分100分。本次练习只有多选题。）一、单项选择（共 40题，每小题2.5分，满分100分）Read each of the following statements carefully.Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and put the letter A, B, C or D in the brackets.（2.5%X40=1

2、00% ）（答题时请按照本答卷上的题号标注，每5个一行。）I. The study of Ian guage at one point of time is a _Astudy.A. synchronic B. historic C. diachr onicD. descriptiveII. As moder n lin guistics aims to describe and an alyze the Ian guage people actually use, and not to lay dow n rules for correct li nguistic behavior, it

3、is said to be C .A. prescriptiveB. socioli nguisticC. descriptiveD. psycholi nguistic12. Language is a system of arbitrary _Dsymbols used for humancom muni cati on.A. culturalB. conven ti onalC. decodedD. vocal19. Of all the speech orga ns, the _Cis/ are the most flexible.A. mouth B. lipsC. ton gueD

4、. vocal cords20. Chomsky uses the term _Dto refer to the actual realizati on of a Ian guageuser s kno wledge of the rules of his Ian guage in lin guistic com muni cati on.A. la ngueB. compete neeC. paroleD. Performa nee33. Which of the following sounds is a voiceless bilabial stop?AA. p B. m C. b D.

5、 t37. What kind of function does the sentence“ How do yoiBdo? ” have ?A. Directive B. Phatic C. I nformative D. Evocative40. The branch of lin guistics that studies meaning of Ian guage in con text is called_C.A. sema ntics B. socioli nguistics C. pragmatics D. psycholi nguistics41. Saussure distinc

6、tion and Chomsky sare very similar, but they differ in thatA_.A. Saussure took a sociological view of Ianguage while Chomsky took apsychological point of viewB. Saussure took a psychological view of Ianguage while Chomsky took asociological point of viewC. Saussuretook a pragmatic view of Ianguage w

7、hile Chomsky took a semanticpoint of viewD. Saussure took a structural view of Ianguage while Chomsky took a pragmaticpoint of view42. Language is a system of D vocal symbols used for humancom muni cati on.A. unn aturalB. artificial C. superficial D. arbitrary44. A( n)Cis a phono logical unit of dis

8、ti nctive value. It is a collectio n ofdisti nctive phon etic features.A. phoneB. alloph oneC. phon eme D. sound51. Lan guage is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for huma n _B.A. con tact B. com muni cati on C. relatio nD. com mun ity52. Which of the followi ng words is en tirely arbitrary?A

9、A. tree B. typewriter C. crashD. bang53. The function of the sentence“ Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade.” isC.A. i nterrogativeB. directiveC. i nformativeD. Performative54. In Chin ese whe n some one breaks a bowl or a plate the host or the people prese ntare likely to say “碎碎 (岁岁) 平安” as a mea

10、ns of controlling the forces whichthey believes feel might affect their lives. Which fun cti ons does it perform?CA. I nterpers onal B. Emotive C. Performative D. Recreatio nal55. Which of the follow ing property of Ian guage en ables Ian guage users to overcomethe barriers caused by time and place,

11、 due to this feature of Ian guage, speakers of aIanguage are free to talk about anything in any situation?CA. Tran sferability B. Duality C. Displaceme ntD. Arbitrari ness56. Study the following dialogue. What function does it play according to thefunctions of Ian guage?A nice day, isn t it?Right! I

12、 really enjoy the sun light.BA. Emotive B. PhaticC. Performative D. I nterpers onal57. A refers to the actual realization of the ideal Ianguageuser Sowledge of the rules of his Ianguage in utterances.A. Performa neeB. Compete nee C. Lan gueD. Parole58. Whe n a dog is bark ing, you assume it is bark

13、ing for someth ing or at some one thatexists here and now. It couldn t be sorrowful for some lost love or lost bone. Thisin dicates the desig n feature ofCA. cultural tran smissi on B. productivity C. displaceme nt D. duality59. A answers such questions as how we as infants acquire our firstIan guag

14、e.A. Psycholi nguisticsC. Socioli nguistics60.C dealsB. An thropological li nguisticswithD. Applied lin guisticsIanguage application to other fields, particularlyeducati on.A. Lin guistic theoryC. Applied lin guistics61. Pitch variation is knownasB. Practical li nguisticsD. Comparative lin guisticsA

15、whe n itspatter ns are imposed onsenten ces.A. inton ati onB. toneC. pronun ciati onis put in slashes (/ /).C. phon emeD. voice62. Co nven tio nally aC_A. alloph oneB. pho ne64. The ope ning betwee n the vocal cords is sometimes referred to asA. glottisB. vocal cavity C. phary nxD. uvula65. The diph

16、th ongs that are made with a moveme nt of the ton gue towards the centerare known asA diphth on gs.B. clos ingC. narrowD. cen teri ngD. morphemeAA. wide66. A pho neme is a group of similar sounds calledD.A. mini mal pairs B. allomorphs C. phones D. allopho nes67. Which branch of phon etics concerns

17、the producti on of speech soun ds?BA. Acoustic pho neticsB. Articulatory phon eticsC. Auditory phon eticsD. None of the above68. Which one is differe nt from the others accord ing to places of articulati on?AA. nB. mC. b D. p69. Which vowel is different from the others according to the characteristi

18、cs of vowels?BA. i：B. u C. eD. i 70. What kind of sounds can we make whe n the vocal cords are vibrati ng?BA. Voiceless B. Voiced C. Glottal stop D. Consonant122. All syllables con tai n a _A.A. nu cleus B. codaC. on setD. stem123. The categories of consonant are NOT established on the basis ofC_.A.

19、 manners of articulati onB. place of articulatio nC. narrow tran scripti onD. voici ng124. In syllable, a vowel ofte n serves as A .A. peak or nu cleusB. on set C. coda D. morph129. Accord ing to F. De Saussure, _Crefers to the abstract lin guistic systemshared by all the members of a speech com muni ty.A. paroleB. performa neeC. la ngueD. la nguage130. Which one is differe nt from the others accordi ng to places of articulati on?AA. /n/B. /m/C. /b/D. /p/140. The consonant /s/n the word “ smile ” can be describedA .A.voicelessoralalveolarfricativeB.voicelessn asalbilabialliquidC.voicedor