北京师范大学941英语语言学模拟密押卷Word格式.docx

1、）.Directions：Read each of the following statements carefully，Decide which of the four choices completes the statement and put the letter A,B,C or D in the brackets. 1.There are （ ）main areas of phonetic study.A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5ANSWER:B2.The term（ ）linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the

2、 approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages. A.synchronic B.diachronic C.comparative D.historical comparative3.Foreign language learning always contain （ ）A language historical process learning B.input and language learningC inter language in

3、 language learning D.grammar and language learningBCD4.The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system of address forms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+ last name, （ ）and kin term. A title+ first

4、name B title+ title C title alone D first name+ last name+ titleC5.Features of the language in fictions are: （ ）A stress and metrical patterning B speech and thought presentation C prose style D analysis of the textBC6. Which of the following best states the behaviorist view of child language acquis

5、ition? A Language acquisition is a process of habit formation B Language acquisition is the species-specific property of human beings C Children are born with an innate ability to acquire language D Humans are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language useA7.Words can be identi

6、fied in terms of （ ）A a minimum free form B stabilityC relative uninterruptibility D variable or notABC8.Which is not the features of language?A arbitrariness B dualityC creativity D replacementD9.Approachers to syntax can be:A the traditional approach B the structural approachC the functional appro

7、ach D the generative approachABCD10.Predication analysis is a way to analyze（ ）meaning.A phoneme B word C phrase D sentence11.Lexical change cannot be a result of （ ）A phonological change B semantic changeC analogical change D orthographic changeC 12.The words that contain only one morpheme are call

8、ed （ ）A bound morphemes B roots C free morphemes D affixes13.（ ） is the study of language in relation to the mind.A Psycholinguistics B Sociolinguistics C Linguistics D Semantics14.Which belongs to the main branches of linguistics?A phonetics B metalingy C morphology D syntax ACD15.Which doesnt belo

9、ng to the main branches of linguistics?A phonetics B morphology C metalingy D syntax 16.Voicing as a quality of speech sounds is caused by the vibration of （ ）A the velum B the vocal cords C the glottis D the uvula17.Sense of “word” contains:A a physically definable unit B the common factor underlyi

10、ng a set of formsC an essential former of sentences D a grammatical unitABD18.Different functional speech varieties known as are expected in, say, a church sermon, a diplomatic encounter, a family dinner, or a sports broadcast.A registers B styles C dialects D accents19.Which is not the features of

11、language?20.We study psycholinguistics because （ ）A to know about psychological reality of linguistic structuresB to help the aphasicsC to produce findings which lead to the modification of theoretical ideasD to make it a new tool for studying psychologyAC.Directions: Judge whether each of the follo

12、wing statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false in the brackets（2%10=20%）.1.Realations between meanings of words can be synonymy, antonymy or hyponymy.（ ）T2.Both assimilation and alienation can happen during phonological processes.（ ）3.Phone is a phonological unit.（ ）F4.The divisio

13、n of English into Old English, Middle English, and Modern English is nonconventional and not arbitrary.（ ）5.The first pragmatic theory is Conversational Implicature.（ ）6.Father of modern linguistics is Swiss F. de Saussure.（ ）7.In the history of any language the writing system always came into being

14、 before the spoken form.（ ）F 8.There is merely little difference between data retrieval and information retrieval.（ ）9.If a child is deprived of linguistic environment, he or she is unlikely to learn a language successfully later on.（ ）10. There is no difference between data retrieval and information retrieval.（ ）11.Language refers to the abstract innate system, however, parole refers to the outcome or what we actually utter/write