2009年下期英语文体学期末考试试题A卷

1、湖南科技学院二一 一 年 下 学期期末考试 英语 专业 2008 年级 英语文体学 试题考试类型：开卷 试卷类型：A卷 考试时量：120 分钟 出卷人：唐建福题号IIIIIIIVV总分统分人得分阅卷人复查人 IFill in the following blanks. (2%*22=44%)1. A periodic sentence can be used to create suspense, or expectation, thus drawing the listeners attention to the end of the sentence. It can be used to

2、produce humorous and emphatic effect.2. Computer language refers to the language that is related to computer science and network technology.3. Internet language is a language that is mainly used in CMC, which can be divided into two classes: asynchronous and synchronous. 4. There are many computer t

3、echnical terms that are derived from common words. As semi-technical terms, common words are simple in form and easy to remember, but their meanings have been shifted from literal to figurative. 5. Stylistics is a discipline that studies the ways in which language is used; it is a discipline that st

4、udies the styles of language in use. 6. The first conference on stylistics was held in 1958.7. Style is concerned with alternative expressions for the same content, or different people saying the same thing to different groups of people in different circumstances for different purposes.8. Words have

5、 weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.9. Stresses include word stress and sentence stress.10. Pauses include structural pause and emotive pause.11. Intonation includes three elements: pitch height, p

6、itch movement, and pitch range.12. Primary onomatopoeia refers to the imitation of natural sound.13. Secondary onomatopoeia is associated with symbolic meaning. 14. Sound imitation can add directness, symbolic and vividness to language. 15. Pun, also called paronomasia, is usually caused by polysemy

7、 or homonymy. 16. English is an analytic language and it has a few inflections. Thus the word is of extreme importance. 1. A loose sentence puts the major idea first and then the illustration. 2. Inversion is another kind of information (2)focus transfer. The inverted sentence can make the constitue

8、nts of a sentence emphasis. 3. Transferred (3)epithet refers to one attributive adjective modifying none of different attribution. 4. When arranging structure constituents, we can hold the principle of from the shallow to depth, from the small to big, from the light to heavy, etc, thus forming (4)cl

9、imax. 5. Communication is very complex. It involves (5)individual factors and social factors. When language is performing its social factors, different varieties emerge. 6. A language variety is a sub-set of formal and/or substantial features which correlates regularly with a particular type of (6)s

10、ocio-situational features. 7. There are two kinds of socio-situational features: One is related to the (7)user of language. The other is related to the users use of language.8. Individuality: it refers to (8)idiolect, such as Mr. Xs English, Miss Ys English.9. The historical period in which a langua

11、ge user lives can create temporal varieties, called temporal (9)dialects, such as Old English, Middle English and Modern English10. Geographical features create (10)regional varieties, such as British English, American English, etc11. Daily communication is a (11)bilateral activity of speaker and he

12、arer. It occurs in a certain place at a certain time for a certain purpose, which needs mutual intelligibility.12. In daily communication, (12)spoken English should be placed initially.13. No matter what types or styles of English they are, they are based on the common-cored English, which is simila

13、r in sound, (13)grammar and lexicon.14. Stylistic study sharpens the understanding & (14)appreciation of literary worksIIMultiple-choice (Attention: there is more than one choice to one question). (2%*8=16%)1. In what genres is repetition often used? ( ABCD)A. public speech; B. poetry; C. novel D. e

14、xposition2. Choose the phrases which contain oxymoron. (ABCD)A. a love-hate relationshipB. orderly chaosC. mercifully fatalD. poor rich guy 3. What style does the embedded sentence put at the end can have in complex sentences? ( )A. affirmative; B. rhetoric; C. humorous; D. ironical4. The elliptical

15、 sentence is with compact structure and with protruding effect of expression. What effects can it produce? ( )A. strong; B. compendious; C. weak; D. direct5. What kind of meanings can syllepsis create? ( )A. indirect meaning; B. figurative meaning; C. literal meaning; D. denotative meaning6. Rhetori

16、cal questions are those with no need of answer. What kind of questions can it be classified into? ( )A. tag question; B. general question; C. affirmative question; D. negative question7. For sake of style, there are different kinds of deviation in collocation. What are they? ( )A. oxymoron; B. trans

17、ferred epithet; C. syllepsis; D. zeugma8. What can sound imitation add to language? ( )A. personification; B. symbol; C. vividness; D. directnessIIIPlease give the definition of the following terms. (6%*4=8%)1. Principle of Turn-taking System:Only one speaker speaks at a time and no more than one. I

18、f there is more than one speaker, the other will retreat quickly; if there is silence, one speaker will break it with conversational gambits. 2. Maxim of Quantity:1. Make your contribution as informative as is required2. Do not make your contribution more informative than is required. 3. Repetition

19、4. Syllepsis It refers to one word modifying two words simultaneously, thus creating two meanings: figurative meaning and literal meaning.IVAnalyze the following passage. (Attention: please give the definition of this kind of sentence structure, its characteristics and its stylistic effects) (12%)I

20、came, I saw, I Conquered. (Julius Caesar)1.The Definition of Short SentencesShort sentences refer both to the sentences which contain fewer words and sentences which are structurally simple, such as simple sentences.2.The Function of Short SentencesThe unexpected high frequency of occurrence of shor

21、t sentences can produce direct, terse（简练的）, concise, clear effect or continuous, compact, swift effect, so that it creates certain atmosphere, and leaves a deep impression on the listeners.Here there are three short clauses, which describe generally three long-time processes. The short clauses give

22、the impression that the processes are finished rapidly, thus showing Caesars pride and arrogance.2. Some were decorous: old people in long stiff robes of mauve and grey, grave master workmen, quiet, merry women carrying their babies and chatting as they walked.A loose sentence puts the major idea fi

23、rst and then the illustration. Such a sentence is easy to grasp. It can produce direct and clear effect.Here following “some were decorous”, we have a lot of attributive and modifying elements following it. This structure can make the description detailed and complete, dragging the listener himself into the scene. VIdentify the figures of speech in the following sentence. (2%*10=20%)1. It has the poorest millionaire, the littlest great men, the haughtiest beggars, the plainest beauties, the lowest sky-scrapers, the dolefulest pleas