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Model Test 1 I. Directions: Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and put the letter A, B, C or D in the brackets. (2%×10=20% 1. ( The study of language as a whole is often called __________ linguistics. A. particular B. general C. ordinary D. generative 2. ( __________ can be simply defined as the speech sounds we use when speaking a language. A. Phones B. Sounds C. Phonemes D. Speech sounds 3. ( The two clauses in a __________ sentence are structurally equal parts of the sentence. A. simple B. complete C. complex D. coordinate 4. ( What is actually internalized in the mind of a native speaker is a __________ system of grammatical knowledge. A. phrase B. sentence C. rule D. symbol 5. ( “ I like this shirt very much. ” has __________ arguments. A. one B. two C. three D. four 6. ( If a sentence is regarded as what people actually utter in the course of communication, it becomes __________. A. a sentence B. an act C. a unit D. an utterance 7. ( ___________ involves a reversal in position of two adjoining sound segments. A. Apocope B. Epenthesis C. Metathesis D. Assimilation 8. ( The goal of __________ is to explore the nature of language variation and language use among a variety of speech communities and indifferent social situations. A. psycholinguistics B. sociolinguistics C. historical linguistics D. general linguistics 9. ( For__________, thinking was a system of movements that had been reduced from actual speech to the point where they were no longer visible. A. Watson B. Plato C. Aristotle D. Bloomfield 10. ( The meaning of a word or phrase depends largely on the communicative __________. A. content B. context C. response D. answer II. Directions: Fill in the blanks in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given. (1% ×10=10% 11. Langua