第一部分选择题
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. In its broad sense culture is. ( )
A. whatever distinguishes one nation from all the other nations
B. the attributes of man
C. life way of a population
D. intellectual or academic development and artist creation become secondary
2. Language is_________, which means that speech is the primary medium of language
A. arbitrary B. vocal
C. symbolic D. human specific
3. Word______________frequently appears together with "boy", "man", "vessel" or "airliner" ( )
A. beautiful B. nice C. pretty D. handsome
4. Word "get" is derived from____________. ( )
A. Old Norse B. Latin
C. French D. Germany
5. _________is the name given to a young man or young woman who rejects authority, existing institution and conventional attitudes towards morality, style of dress, etc. ( )
A. Duke B. Cowboy
C. Hippie D. Knight
6. In English culture, "White" connotes_____________________. ( )
A. death B. longevity
C. immaturity D. innocence
7. The metaphorical expression "she cast her spell over me" illustrated that ( )
A. love is magic B. love is war
C. love is a physical force D. love is patient
8. "Even reckoning makes long friends." is a proverb that related to ( )
A. the history of England B. the English writing system
C. individualism D. English literature
9. "To cause one to feel fear, loathing, aversion, nervous anxiety" is synonymous to___________. ( )
A. "to make a face" B. "to make one’s flesh creep"
C. "to make a cat laugh" D. "to make bricks without straw"
10. "A proud of flesh" is derived from Shakespeare' s______________. ( )
A. Romeo and Juliet B. Anthony and Cleopatra
C. The Merchant of Venice D. King Lear
11. "The old Adam" is an allusion from______________________. ( )
A. literature B. religion
C. mythology D. history
12. "To kick off” is derived from______________. ( )
A. boxing B. American football
C. soccer D. baseball
13. "Friday" is named after Freya, _____________. ( )
A. goddess of music B. goddess of war
C. goddess of ocean D. goddess of heaven
14. A___________is an implied comparison between two or more unlike things. ( )
A. similes B. metaphors
C. associations D. tenor
15. "There are too many facts here for me to digest them all." is a metaphorical expression about ideas, which are___________ ( )
A. Food B. commodities
C. products D. plants
16. A blackleg is a person who_______________________. ( )
A. accepts work in place of strikers
B. is a scoundrel
C. is a member of a secret organization of Italian criminals and blackmailers which operated in the U.S.
D. is a traitor
17.The English equivalent for "贱内" is__________. ( )
A. my husband B. my wife
C. my son D. my daughter
18. One’s oral speech is always interpreted in relation to__________that accompanies his speech. ( )
A. oral language B. written language
C. body language D. verbal language
19. The first successful British colony was founded in______________, Virginia, in 1607. ( )
A. Plymouth B. Jamestown
C. New Hampshire D. New York
20. Some nonverbal messages are consistent with accompanying verbal message, which is the __________ function of nonverbal message. ( )
A. complementing B. contradicting
C. Regulating D. accenting
II. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which alternative can complete the statement .There might be more than one correct answer (10%)
21. The relationship between language, culture and thought is that ( )
A. they are three parts of a whole
B. language is determined by culture while culture is determined by thought
C. each of them can operate independently
D. the three aspects interact, each influencing and shaping the other two
22. The word (words)______________is (are) connected with history. ( )
A. scalp B. lynch
C. reformation D. bible
23. The most common English replies to thank are_____________. ( )
A. It is nothing B. It is my duty
C. Not at all D. It is my pleasure
24. When English speaking people part, they usually say___________. ( )
A. Good- bye B. It’s mice to meet you
C. See you tomorrow D. So long
25. are the proverbs, which are related to Greco - Roman civilization. ( )
A. Marry in May, repent always
B. Bacchus hath drowned more me than Neptune
C. Homer sometimes nods
D. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven
26. "A purple passage" refers to an extremely ornate portion in______. ( )
A. music B. a literacy work
C. painting D. architecture
27. The euphemisms for the expression "backward countries" are________. ( )
A. underdeveloped countries B. developed countries
C. developing countries D. poor countries
28. In each of the following stretches of English, there is a textual connective which is underlined. Words__________ indicate the adversative relation between the adjoining sentences. ( )
A. You aren't leaving, are you? Because I've got something to say to you
B. I’d love to join in. Only I don’t know how to play
C. He showed no pleasure at hearing the news. Instead he looked even gloomier
D. All the figures were correct; they’d been checked. Yet the total came out wrong
29. Generally speaking, the main function of English newspaper reporting is____. ( )
A. to cheat the reader B. to advise the reader
C. to inform the reader D. to amuse the reader
30. The basic facial management techniques are________________. ( )
A. intensifying B. deintensifying
C. neutralizing D. masking
第二部分非选择题
III. Fill in each underlined space with a proper expression. (12%)
31. Language is the____________of cultural information.
32. __________is the communicative value an expression has in addition to the purely conceptual meaning.
33. "_________" interpreted as "freedom from undesirable intrusions" and regarded as a human right.
34. _______________are the smallest units of meaning.
35. You are a student of English. If you are complimented on your English, you may say___________.
36. If the person calling is a stranger, the person who answers the phone normally asks,________________.
37. The English proverbial equivalent for "对牛弹琴" is_______________.
38. "Every wise man breadth his enemy" is derived from______________by Geoffrey Chaucer.
39. In English blue is usually associated with___________.
40. _____________are frequently used in mass media about political, socioeconomic affairs and international relations to avoid the unpleasantness of some terms or expressions.
41. ____________refers to reasoning from the general to the particular or reasoning in which the conclusion about particulars follows necessarily from the general or universal promises.
42. Meaning is conveyed not only by words or verbal language but also by______.
IV. Answer the following questions briefly. (12%)
43. Is there any contrast between the Western people and the Chinese people as far as thought is concerned?
44.What conceptual difference is there between " 药店" and "drugstore"?
45. What is the difference between "to make a face" and its equivalent "做个鬼脸" in Chinese?
46. How would you explain the statement that the Chinese narrative and descriptive writing is often more ornate or flowery than English one?
47. What are the five categories of gesture?
48. Why is time so important to our lives?
V. Translation. {16%}
A. Translate the following into Chinese. (8 %)
49. Any port in a storm.
50. One fails into Scylla in seeking to avoid Charybdis.
51. Man proposes, God disposes.
52. The money after your own father.
B. Translate the following into English. (8 %)
53.衙门自古朝南开,有理无钱莫进来。
54.三思而后行。
55.节俭犹如点金石。
56.上帝要毁灭谁,必先夺其理性。
VI. Define the following terms. (10 %)
57. word
58. allusion
59. text structures
60. advertising
61. emblems
VII. Discuss the following topics: (20%)
62. Discuss in relation to culture the differences between triples of synonyms in English. (e. g. ask, question, interrogate.)
63. Discuss the reason of differences in spelling in American and British English.
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