課程代碼：10058

I. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which of the four alternatives best completes the statement. (20%)

1. Language is used for communication in that communication is the ______ function of language. (      )

A. primary                                                       B. peripheral

C. medium                                                       D. personal

2. The word “modernization” consists of ______ morphemes. (      )

A. 2                                                                B. 3

C. 4                                                                D. 5

3. “______” can be used as the euphemism for “tax increases”. (      )

A. Financial plans                                             B. Monetary designs

C. Revenue enhancements                                 D. Income control

4. To English speakers, a person who does not look at you in your eyes when talking to you is not ______. (      )

A. polite                                                           B. friendly

C. kind                                                            D. trustworthy

5. The English-speaking people associate owls with ______. (      )

A. misfortune                                                   B. wisdom

C. frightening cries                                           D. pride

6. English is often referred to as a ______ language because it uses frequently connectives to indicate the relation between linguistic elements. (      )

A. paratactic                                                    B. hypotactic

C. branching                                                    D. linear

7. In British English, the equivalent word for“公寓” is ______. (      )

A. department                                                  B. apartment

C. basement                                                     D. flat

8. ______ meaning is represented by the position of a word or a similar linguistic unit in clauses or sentences. (      )

A. Thematic                                                     B. Connotative

C. Social                                                          D. Reflected

9. Which of the following statements is NOT true? (      )

A. It is often said that English is a language with explicit grammar and Chinese a language with implicit grammar.

B. Compared with Chinese, English has more grammatical morphemes that are used more frequently in either speech or writing.

C. The obligatory explicit grammatical markers are larger in number in Chinese than in English.

D. Almost all of the English grammatical markers are obligatory items while most of their counterparts in Chinese are optional.

10. “If you don’t look out, you will come to grief”. Here “l(fā)ook out” refers to ______. (      )

A. to warn someone that they are in danger

B. to watch something outside

C. to learn well                                                 

D. to prepare well