20. “Blue book” is ________.(      )

A. a book with a blue cover

B. a book with names of well-known persons, especially government officials

C. an important book

D. a book only for children

21. “Involuntarily leisured” is a euphemistic expression for ________.(      )

A. sick                                                                B. retired    

C. unemployed                                                    D. handicapped

22.“I was not informed. Otherwise I should have taken some action.” demonstrates ________ relation between the two sentences.(      )

A. an additive                                                      B. a temporal     

C. an adversative                                                 D. a causal

23.The American English equivalent for “私立學(xué)校” is ________.(      )

A. public school                                                   B. council school

C. private school                                                  D. grade school

24. It has been claimed that ________ are probably the most significant areas of the body for nonverbal communication.(      )

A. gestures                                                          B. postures

C. facial expressions and eye behaviors                  D. body languages

Ⅱ. Gap-filling (10%)

Directions: Each of the following statements has an underlined space. Fill in each underlined space with a proper expression.

1.“Language is vocal” means that speech is the primary medium of language while writing is ________.

2.The English equivalent for “鐵石心腸” is ________.

3. The festival celebrated on February 14 is called ________. www.Examw.com

4. ________ relations refer to constructions whose components are linked in meaning through juxtaposition and punctuation and not through the use of conjunctions.

5.The English equivalent for “趁熱打鐵” is ________.

6.One can tell from the sentence “she is missing the boat” that she is ________.

7. ________ refers to paradise, derived from the garden in which Adam and Eve fist lived.

8.The ________ is a symbol of fear, cowardice or timidity.

9.Slender is an euphemism, referring to ________.

10.“I didn’t know that you were interested in politics. Neither did I.” demonstrates a(n) ________ relation between the two sentences.