1、PartALinguisticsI. Give the definitions of the following terms. (10 points)1. Displacement2. Competence3. Minimal pairs4. Concord5. Diachronic linguisticsII. Choose the correct answers. (20 points）1.Which of the following is a study of morphology?A. assimilationB. homonymyC. motivationD. inflection2
2、.Which of the following is an initialism?A. UNESCOB. WI-FIC. APECD. VIP3. The function of the sentence “Nasty weather, isnt it?” is_A. DirectiveB. PhaticC. InformativeD. interrogative4. Which of the following expressions is not derived from LOVE IS AWAR?A. 情敌 B. 白头偕老 C. 赢得芳心 D.你伤害了我，却一笑而过5. Which of
3、 the following sounds is a voiceless labio-dental fricative?A.pB.kC.fD.v6. Which design feature means language is learnt instead of being encoded in ourgenes?A. productionB. interchangeabilityC. cultural transmissionD. arbitrariness7The difference between “老伙计” and “老朋友” lies in _ .A. originB. collo
4、cationC. styleD. degree8.Afemale teacher speaks in different ways to her daughter and to her students. Thiscan be explained by _.A. code-switchingB. registerC. bilingualismD. motivation9. “壁咚”is created from_.A. blendingB. acronymC. borrowingD. Invention10. The relationship between the two words “re
5、sidence” and “apartment” is _.A. synonymyB. polysemyC. hyponymyD. co-hyponymyIII. True or False (10 points)1.The study of language development over a period of time is generally termed assynchronic linguistics.2.Pragmatics is the application of linguistic theories to language teaching and learning.3
6、.The root of unhappiness is happy.4.There are five long vowels in Englsh.5.“上级”and “下级” are complementary antonymy.6.The smallest unit in English is morpheme .7.Adjectives and complete sentences are all constituents.8.“I chased the dog”and “I am chasing the dog”are derived form the same deepstructur
7、e.9.“He is dead” presupposes “He was murdered”.10. Derivational morphemes are all bound morphemes.IV.Answer the following questions. (40 points)1.Explain with examples the classification of antonyms in English.2.What is the problem with the referential theory?.3.Analyze the implicature in the follow
8、ing dialogue in terms of Grices CooperativePrinciple.Father: What are you eating?Mother (with the 3-year-old daughter around):An I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M.4.What is the relationship between language and culture?5.Explain the ambiguity of the following sentence with IC analysis.The Seniors were told to stop de
9、monstrating on campus.V. Discussion (10 points)Is sign language (手语) a language?Part BLiteratureI. Matching (16 points)Section AMatch the authors in Column I with the works in Column II. (8 points)Column IColumn II1. Daniel DefoeA. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life2. Oliver GoldsmithB. A Passa
10、ge to India3. Oscar WildeC. Invisible Man4. E. M. ForsterD. Moll Flanders5. Henry JamesE. Emma6. Joseph Rudyard KiplingF. The Importance of Being Earnest7. Ralph EllisonG. Jude the Obscure8. Thomas HardyH. The Golden BowlI. The Vicar of WakefieldJ. The Jungle BookSection B Identify the works from wh
11、ich the quotations are from. (8 points)Column IColumn II9. Can storied urn or animated bustBack to its mansion call the fleeting breath?A. The Great GatsbyCan Honours voice provoke the silent dustOr Flattert soothe the dull cold ear of Death?10. It beareth the name of Vanity Fair because theB. “My L
12、ast Duchess”town where it is kept is lighter than vanity;and also because all that there is sold, or thatcometh thither, is vanity.As is the saying ofC. “Elegy Written in athe wise, “All that cometh is vanity.”Country Churchyard”11. My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; andnot the golden age eit
13、her; it composed an irksomestruggle with difficulties in habituating myself tonew rules and unwonted tasks.D. Jane Eyre12. I shall ever bear about me a memory of the manysolemn hours I thus spent alone with the master ofthe House of Usher.Yet I should fail in any attemptto convey an idea of the exac
14、t character of theE. Great Expectationsstudies or of the occupations, in which he involved meor led me the way.13. But all this part of it seemed remote and unessential.I found myself on Gatsbys side, and alone. FromF. Mrs Warrens Professionthe moment I telephoned news of the catastrophe toWest Egg
15、village, every surmise about him, and everypractical question, was referred to me.14. Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt,Wheneer I passed her; but who passed withoutG. “The Fall of theMuch the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;House of Usher”Then all smiles stopped together.15. Most mighty Emperor of
16、 Liliput, delight and terrorH. Robinson Crusoeof the universe, whose dominions extend fivethousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference)to the extremities of the globe; Monarch of all Monarchs;taller than the sons of men; whose feet press down tothe center, and whose head strikes against t
17、he sun; atI. The Pilgrims Progresswhose nod the princes of the earth shake their knees;pleasant as spring, comfortable as summer, fruitful asautumn, dreadful as winter.16. Then where are our relatives? My father? Our family friends?You claim the rights of a mother; the right to call me fooland child
18、; to speak to me as no woman in authority overJ. Gullivers Travelsme at college dare speak to me; to dictate my way of life;and to force on me the acquaintance of a brute whom anyonecan see to be the most vicious sort of London man about town.II. Explain the following literary terms. (20 points)17.
19、Puritanism18. Theatre of the Absurd19. Metaphysical Conceit20. Romanticism21. Local ColorismIII. Read the quoted passages and answer the questions following them. (24 points)Passage 1Some say the world will end in fireSome say in ice.From what Ive tasted of desire,I hold with those who favor fire,Bu
20、t if it had to be perish twice,I think I know enough of hateTo say that for destruction iceIs also great,And would suffice.22. Questions: What type of poem does this poem belong to? What is the symbolicmeaning of the fire and ice? What is the possible way to solve the problem?Passage 2I shall now th
21、erefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not beliable to the least objection.I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, andwholesome food, whether stewed, roasted,
22、baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that itwill equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the hundred andtwenty thousand children, already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved forbreed, whereof only one fourth part to be males, whi
23、ch is more than we allow to sheep,black cattle, or swine; and my reason is that these children are seldom the fruits ofmarriage, a circumstance not much regarded by our savages, therefore one male will besufficient to serve four females. That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year oldbe offere
24、d in sale to the person of quality and fortune through the kingdom, alwaysadvising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render themplump and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment forfriends ，and when the family dines alone, the fore or
25、hind quarter will make areasonable dish; and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on thefourth day, especially in winter.23. Questions: What is the authors proposal? What do you think is his real idea behindit? What kind of tone is shown in the passage? Explain it with specific quotations fromthe passage.
