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《语言与文化》课复习资料 I. Select the best answer from the four choices given. There is one best answer for each item. 1. When you enter an American home and hear Let me take your coat, you should know that______________. A. its extremely hot indoors. B. your coat must be wet. C. wearing a coat indoors is uncomfortable. D. its an American custom to take off ones coat in this situation. 2.When you want to learn about someones family relationship with another person, you may ask__________. A. Are you relatives? B. Are you family members? C. How are you called? D. How are you related? 3. If someone says, What a big house youve got. , the complimented might respond_________ A. Thank you, its just so so. B. No, it is quite small. C. Really? I think its not big enough to live in. D. Thank you. Its quite big, I was lucky to be able to get it. 4. When two strangers are introduced to each other in the U.S., they usually start what is called________________. A. free talk. B. small talk. C. big talk. D. introductory talk. 5.When you see an American friend having dinner, you can greet him by saying_______ A. Hello. Have a nice dinner. B. So, youre having dinner. C. How much do you have for dinner? D. How do you enjoy it ? 6. The explanation for to move heaven and earth to do something is _________. A. to understand the nature of ones work and be competent in the performance of them B. to lose the opportunity to do something C. to do something without proper material D. to make every effort to achieve or obtain something 7. Some nonverbal messages are consistent with accompanying verbal message, which is the ___________ function of nonverbal message. A. complementing B. contradicting C. regulating D. accenting 8. The English speaking people are direct, so _______ A. they reason from the particular to the general, from parts to the whole, or from the small to the big B. they reason from the general to the par