全國2009年10月高等教育自學(xué)考試現(xiàn)代語言學(xué)試題

課程代碼：00830 

Ⅰ. Directions: 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% × 10=20% )

1. Saussure used ______ to refer to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community. (　　　)

A. performance                                              B. parole

C. langue                                                       D. competence

2. In English, a phoneme may be represented by two or more allophones. The choice of the allophone is ______. (　　　)

A. random                                                     B. rule-governed

C. haphazard                                                  D. unpredictable

3. In word-formation, a ______ is the smallest meaningful unit of language. (　　　)

A. phoneme                                                   B. word

C. compound                                                 D. morpheme

4. A ______ category usually refers to a word or phrase that performs a particular grammatical function, such as the subject or predicate in a sentence. (　　　)

A. lexical                                                       B. phrasal

C. syntactic                                                   D. phonetic

5. In the following pairs of words, ______ are a pair of relational opposites. (　　　)

A. “buy” and “sell”                                         B. “male” and “female”

C. “hot” and “cold”                                         D. “alive” and “dead”