浙江省2012年4月自学考试语言与文化试题.doc

浙江省2012年4月自学考试语言与文化试题 课程代码：10058 Ⅰ. Multiple choice (24%) Directions: 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. 1. The relationship between language and thought is that ______.( ) A. language determines thought B. thought determines language C. language and thought interact D. language and thought are independent 2. Such interjections as 揾a? 搈y God? 搊h? 揹ear?are chiefly used to convey ______ meaning.( ) indepen A. collocative B. affective C. thematic D. connotative 3. ______ refers to a strong alcoholic liquor distilled from various grains.( ) A. Whisky B. Cocktail C. Red wine D. White wine 4. In the USA, the fourth Thursday in November, set apart for recalling the goodness of God, is called ______.( ) A. Boxing Day B. Thanksgiving Day C. Easter D. St.Valentine’s Day 5. Pork, mutton and beef are loan words from ______.( ) A. French B. Latin C. Indian D. English 6. Which of the following statements is false? ( ) A. In Chinese we do have to use explicit formal markers to convey the passive meaning. B. Implicit passive sentences are used very frequently in Chinese. C. The obligatory explicit grammatical markers are larger in number in English than in Chinese. D. The obligatory explicit grammatical markers are used more frequently in English than in Chinese. 7. English name “Flora” means ______ in Chinese. ( ) A. 弗罗拉 B. 花朵 C. 珍珠 D. 百合 8. “Guy” means ______ in Chinese.( ) A. 领袖 B. 快乐 C. 幸福 D. 盖伊 9. If a student wants to express his gratitude for his professor’s help, he can say ______.( ) A. I am so sorry I am wasting your time. B. I hope I didn’t disturb you. C. Don’t you mind I disturb you? D. Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help. 10. ______ can function as an appropriate reply to an invitation.( ) A. Thank you very much. I will come if I’m free then. B. Thank you very much.