16. A: Do you mind my smoking here ( )
B: This is non-smoking area.
There is ______between the above two sentences.
A. logic B. lexical
C. cohesion D. coherence
17. Which of the following words is a coinage, which is often used in the advertisements or brand names(
)
A. homely
B. package
C. smoothness D. home office
18. The Chinese meaning of “Mars” is ______ .( )
A. 水星 B. 金星
C. 火星 D.木星
19. What does punctuality mean to Americans and Englishmen( )
A. in time B. on time if not a little before
C. a couple of minutes late D. half an hour late
20. ______ communication is communication without words.( )
A. Action B. Gestures
C. Verbal D. Nonverbal
II. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which alternatives can complete the statement. There might be more than one correct answer. (10%)
21. Affective meaning is communicated when ______ are expressed directly or indirectly in language.( )
A. communicative values B. attitudes
C. feelings D. referential meanings
22. Many English words refer to the historical aspects of English culture, such as ______.
( )A. reformation B. lynch
C. cocktail D. scalp
23. Which of the following statements is right( )
A. Hypotactic language is unambiguous and paratactic language is ambiguous.
B. Hypotactic language like English relies on conjunctions for sentence construction.
C. Paratactic language like Chinese never relies on conjunctions for sentence construction.
D. Hypotactic and paratactic relations can be found in both English and Chinese.
24. “ ______ ”is an appropriate reply to an expression of gratitude.( )
A. Don’t mention it B. Don’t say that
C. It’s my pleasure D. It’s my duty
25. ______ is an allusion from a historical event.( )
A. Newcastle B. Marathon
C. Waterloo D. Paris
26. In English, green is usually associated with ______.( )
A. jealousy B. lacking experience
C. authoritative permission
D. profit
27. In English, we can use such euphemisms as ______ for “die”.( )
A. “go” B. “depart”
C. “go to a better world” D. “go the way of all flesh”
28. The logical relationships between adjoining sentences can be classified into ______. ( )A. additive B. adversative
C. causal D. temporal
29. A news report normally consists of ______.( )
A. a headline B. a lead
C. a subtitle D. a story
30. Thumbing one’s nose is used to show one’s ______.( )
A. defiance B. greeting others
C. arousing other’s interest D. contempt
III. Fill in each underlined space with a proper expression. (20%)
31. Language is the carrier and ______ of culture.
32. Each culture develops a particular way of ______ favoured by a particular population.
33. The prefix “super-” and suffices “-logy”, “-ics” are all from______.
34. ______ is used to talk about a person or event that attracts a lot of notice and is the subject of much talk for a short time but is soon forgotten.
35. If the person calling is a stranger and does not tell who he or she is, English speakers normally ask“ ______ ”
36. Which of the following words in the sentence “There are too many facts here for me to digest them all” is a metaphor_
_____
37. In English a developing country is used to refer to a poor country. Here a developing country is a______.
38. A: Are you from China?
B: Yes, I am.
The sentences in the above dialogue are connected by both grammatical and lexical means, so we say that they exhibit ______.
39. In American English, the letters “er” in the word “clerk” are pronounced as______.
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