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天津外国语学院 2008年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题 考试科目：英语语言文学 （注意：答案必须写在答题纸上） （考试时间180分钟 总分150分） 说明：本试卷共五项，第I、 II、 III 、IV 项为所有报考我校英语专业硕士研究生的必答题；第V项分为五个专业方向模块，考生按照所报考的专业方向选择答题。 I. Choose the one answer that best answers the question or completes/explains the sentence. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (22 points) The fact that children can speak before they can read or write shows that . language is basically vocal language is arbitrary language is used for communication language is productive “There is no direct link between a linguistic form and what it refers to (i.e., between language and the real world)”. This is the view concerning the study of meaning. A. naming theory B. conceptualist C. contextualist D. behaviourist “Expensive, valuable, precious” are a group of words bearing the same meaning, but indicating different attitudes of the user toward what he is talking about. They are synonyms. A. dialectal B. stylistic C. emotive D. semantic The semantic features of the word “girl” can be expressed as . + ANIMATE, -HUMAN, + ADULT, +MALE + ANIMATE, +HUMAN, - ADULT, +MALE + ANIMATE, +HUMAN, + ADULT, -MALE + ANIMATE, +HUMAN, - ADULT, -MALE Pragmatics differs from traditional semantics in that it studies meaning not in isolation, but in . A. relationship B. dependence C. sentence D. context “The child is father of the man.” The figure of speech used in the sentence is . A. hyperbole B. metonymy C. paradox D. transferred epithet The festival celebrating Christ’s resurrection is called . A. Christmas B. Easter Sunday C. Thanksgiving Day D. Resurrection Day The word “England” evokes images other than: . A. great cities with their imposing Georgian, Victorian and modern architecture B. Mediaeval castles and cathedrals of country towns C. delightful villages and rolling hills D. Constitution-based federal republ