全国高等教育自学考试语言与文化考试试题

1、全国高等教育自学考试语言与文化考试试题绝密考试结束前全国2013年10月高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题课程代码：00838请考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. 答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字 笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。2. 每小题选出答案后，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 Re

2、ad each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which of the four alternatives best completes the statement and blacken your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20%)1. Language is voca1. This statement means that the primary medium oflanguage is A. writingB speechC. body languageD native l

3、anguage2. A person who can not read or write is only an u illiterate1 However, aperson who cannot speak is normally regarded as disabled” This fact shows A. speech existed long before the writing system came into beingB. normal children always learn to speak firstC. speech is more important than wri

4、ting for people s daily lifeD. written symbols are designed to represent speech3. “StatesmanM and politicianv can both be used to refer to a high government officia1. Politician conveys a derogative meaning whileu statesmanv does not In this sense, the two words are mainly distinguished by their mea

5、ningA. conceptualB connotativeC. socialD. affective4. Which of the following pairs of English expressions and their Chineseequivalents is NOT correcthou s e-warming房 屋供暖stop watch跑表A.C.B. wall clock挂钟D. contact lenses一隐形眼镜5.In whichsentence does “it function only as a grammatical subject andnotrefer

6、toanythingSentence1:Sentence2:is raining.is 9:00 o 9 clock.Sentence3:is very cold.Sentence4:is my book.A.Sentence1,2B. Sentence 3, 4C.Sentence1,2,36.D. Sentence 2, 3, 4How many morphemes are there in the word “internationalM7.You invite your English speakingfriend to have dinner in your house.When h

7、e compliments that the foodis very tasty,your response might beA.No, it s not good at all.B.Thank you.I m glad you like it.C.8.You are so nice to say so.uExcuse me can be used inD.theA.whenpeopleB.whenpeopleC.whenpeopleD.when9.A.My cookingis poor.following occasions EXCEPTwant to pass in front of ot

8、herswant to leave a partyare a few minutes late for an appointmentpeopleRed tapeM meanswant to excuse themselves from companya red cassetteB. the rigid unnecessary official rules and regulationsC. the necessary official rules and regulationsD. a red string10. The English equivalent for 前车之覆，后车之鉴can

9、be “ ”A. rats desert a sinking shipB. a small 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 seamark11. What does the expression ua blue fitM mean in informal EnglishA. a girl? s dressB alarmC unhappy feelingsD. a sad

10、 day12. What is the meaning of ua bearM in He is a bear at fine arts.A. a huge guyB a wealthy manC. good atD. clumsy13. A Chinese shows respect not only to a superior as his interlocutor Heuses honorifics to refer to his superior no matter whether his superior ispresent or not For example, an empero

11、r was called when he wasreferred to in speeches or lettersA.殿下C.陛下B.皇帝D.圣上14. Euphemisms are also frequently used in education. If a teacher describes a student as being able to do better work with help” ， he might mean that the student is A. slowB. lazyC. cheating in classD. lying15. The logical re

12、lation the sentences below exhibit is your parents coming to the Expo Sites Yes, they are.A. coherenceB cohesionC. connectionD. conduction16. What is the logical relation of the sentences belowTickets, piease. 八 said the conductor. In a moment passengers were holding out their tickets.A. additiveB a

13、dversativeC. causalD temporal17. Uranium is the god of A. heavens and father of TitansB. the sea, son of Saturn and brother of JupiterC. agriculture and father of JupiterD. the sky and the king of the gods18. In contemporary legal documents are used thinly.A. loan wordsB adjectivesC. punctuation mar

14、ksD. long sentences19. Crossing one* s forefinger and middle finger signifies in Englishspeaking countriesA. surpriseB good luckC. victoryD frustration20. In proxemics scholars are particularly interested in the between interlocutors in interpersonal communication.A. relative rightsB relationshipC.

15、distanceD relative obligationII. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alterndtives carefully and decide what alternatives can complete the statement and blacken your answer (s) on the ANSWER SHEET. There might be more than one

16、 correct answer. (10%)21. Language is not entirely arbitrary. The words which have association with the sounds or the meaning of the compounds are not arbitrary. Which of the following English or Chinese words are NOT created arbitrarilyA. redB greenhouseC.钉子D.叮当22. Affective meaning is communicated

17、 when the feelings or attitudes are expressed in languageWhich of the following expressions are chiefly used to convey affective meaningA. My god!B. It s my book.C. You are a liar.D. You are a student.23. Which of the following words have more than one morphemeA. beesB mapC. herD. nicer24. The perso

18、nal names related to the date of birth are quite popular inChina Which of the following names can reflect such featureA.蒋飞扬B.贾元春C.蔡国庆D.潘长江25. To ride one s high horseM means A. to be proudB to be haughtyC. to be energeticD to be arrogant26. uPurpleM in English culture is often associated with27high

19、rank or station imperial or royal rank Which of the following is needy shabbyB low rank or stationD something bestthe euphemism of poorvB underprivilegedD. disadvantaged282930beIn the normal text sentences are connectedarbitrarilyBhypotacticallyparatacticallyDrandomlyRegulators, which help us to int

20、eract with other people, include head-scratchingBhand gestureslip-bitingDhead nodsHuman beings have a strong sense of territory and their territories canclassified into the following categories privateB publicprimaryD secondary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。III. Fill in each underlined s

21、pace with a proper expression(20%)31. The thinking in which images are particularly attended to is called thinking, which the Chinese people are particularly good at.32. The Thames is a in Britain.33. The derivational morpheme in word uteacherM is34. Terms of family relationships like mother, father

22、, son, uncle, or morefamiliar terms like mom, dad, and aunty are termed as standard 35. The English equivalent for 坐失良机is to miss the ” .36. In English is often used metaphorically to mean gloomy or disma1.37. Terms of humility are used to show the speaker? s 38. Induction means the drawing of a gen

23、eral from a number of knownfacts.39. in English is often used metaphorically to refer to a formidablyfierce, cruel person, especially a woman.40. Of the five categories of gestures are perhaps the most importantone because they are intentional behaviours with widely agreed meanings in a societyIV. Answer the following questions briefly. (12%)41. What are the properties of culture42. Both uprettyv and uhands