2003年10月山东自考语言与文化真题00838

全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试

语言与文化试题

课程代码：00838

第一部分  选择题（共30分）

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.A cold dish of raw vegetables with a dressing is called _____.

  A. hamburger       B. sandwich

  C. salad        D. pudding

2.All languages have _____ terms and distinguish at least three characteristics in relatives.

  A. generation      B. subtle

  C. complicated      D. kinship

3.English speakers are direct people who tend to _____.

A. locate peripheral meaning before central meaning

B. locate central meaning before central meaning

C. locate the modified after the modifier

D. think holistically

4.In English all the prefixes are _____ morphemes.

  A. inflectional     B. grammatical

  C. derivational     D. implicit

5.Which of the following statements is not true?

A. English speakers have a relatively small range of possibilities to select from when naming their newly born babies.

B. English surnames are more distinctive than given names.

C. English given names are more distinctive than surnames.

D. Names include given names, surnames, full names and nicknames or pet names.

6.If an English speaker refuses the compliment which merely comes out of politeness, he may say _____.

  A.“Do you really think so?”     B.“Oh, I wish it could be true.”

  C.“Oh, you are too polite.”      D.“No, I don’t think so.”

7.“To make a cat laugh” means _____.

  A. to be comic     B. to be tragic

  C. to be proud      D. to be serious

8.The English equivalent for “前车之覆，后车之鉴” can be “_____”.

A. Rats desert a sinking ship

B.A small leak will sink a great ship

C. He that would sail without danger must never come on the main sea