英语语言学期末考试试卷及答案.pdfVIP

英语语言学期末考试试卷 第一部分 选择题 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%X10 20%) 1. Saussure’s distinction and Chomsky’s are very similar, but they differ inthat____________. A. Saussure took a sociological view of language while Chomsky took apsychologicalpoint ofview B. Saussure took a psychological view of language while Chomskytook a sociologicalpoint ofview C. Saussure took a pragmatic view of language while Chomsky took asemanticpoint ofview D. Saussure took a structural view of language while Chomsky took apragmaticpoint ofview 2. Language is a system of ____________ vocal symbols used for human communication. A.unnatural B.artificial C.superficial D.arbitrary 3. We are born with the ability to acquire language, _______________. A. and the details of any language system are genetically transmitted B.therefore,weneedn’t learn thedetailsofourmother tongue C.butthedetailsoflanguagehavetobelearnt. D.andthedetailsareacquiredby instinct 4.A(n)________ is a phonological unit of distinctive value. It is a collection ofdistinctivephoneticfeatures. A.phone B.allophone C.phoneme D.sound 5. The morpheme –ed in the word “worked” is a(n) __________ morpheme. A.derivational B.inflectional C.free D.word-forming 6. WH-movement is __________ in English which changes a sentencefrom affirmativetointerrogative. A.obligatory B.optional C.selectional D.arbitrary 7. Naming theory, one of th