全国高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题课程代码

全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题课程代码：00838第一部分选择题（共30分）I. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives.Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which of the four alternatives best completes the statement.(20%)cold dish of raw vegetables with a dressing is called _____.A. hamburgerB. sandwichC. saladD. puddinglanguages have _____ terms and distinguish at least three characteristics in relatives.A. generationB. subtleC. complicatedD. kinshipspeakers are direct people who tend to _____.A. locate peripheral meaning before central meaningB. locate central meaning before central meaningC. locate the modified after the modifierD. think holisticallyEnglish all the prefixes are _____ morphemes.A. inflectionalB. grammaticalC. derivationalD. implicitof the following statements is not trueA. English speakers have a relatively small range of possibilities to select from whennaming their newly born babies.B. English surnames are more distinctive than given names.C. English given names are more distinctive than surnames.D. Names include given names, surnames, full names and nicknames or pet names.an English speaker refuses the compliment which merely comes out of politeness, he may say _____.A.“Do you really think so”B.“Oh, I wish it could be true.”C.“Oh, you are too polite.”D.“No, I don’t think so.”7.“To make a cat laugh”means _____.A. to be comicB. to be tragicC. to be proudD. to be seriousEnglish equivalent for “前车之覆，后车之鉴”can be “_____”.A. Rats desert a sinking shipsmall leak will sink a great shipC. He that would sail without danger must never come on the main seaD. Let another’s shipwreck be your seamark9.“Green”connotes _____ in English culture.A. ProsperityB. immaturityC. longevityD. sincerity10.“Brown paper”corresponds to _____.A.棕色纸B.秘密文件C.揭露社会黑暗的报纸D.牛皮纸English equivalent for “空袭紧急警报”is _____.A. blue alertB. white alertC. red alertD. black alert12.“Sanitary engineer”is the euphemistic expression for “_____”.A. garbage collectorB. cleanerC. plumberD. gardener13.“敬请指正”can be treated as the Chinese equivalent of “_____”in English.A. I’d like to have your comments.B. Will you please point out my errorsC. I’d like to have errors correctedD. I’ll gratefully expect your comments.the speaker or writer discusses many things indirectly related to the central idea of the text and /or to each other he or she develops the text in a(n) _____ fashion.A .linear B. spiralC. inductiveD. deductivemost striking phonetic difference between American and British English is the pronunciation of _____ in words.A. rB. aC. whD. erfirst _____ made in 449 . had strong impact on the laws made later in most European countries.A. Roman lawB. Napoleonic CodeC. French lawD. British lawdistance zone ranging from 4 inches to about 8 feet is referred so as the _____ zone. A. public B. intimateC. socio-consultativeD. casual-personalone’s open hand with palm down to one’s throat means “_____”in English culture.A. Shame on youB. I’m fullC. Kill yourselfD. You’re shorter than Iproxemics scholars are particularly interested in the _____ between interlocutors in interpersonal communication.A. relative rightsB. relationshipC. distanceD. relative obligationbrand name _____ is neutral or positive in meaning in Chinese culture but pejorative in English cultureA.青岛啤酒B.白象牌电池C.泸洲老窖D.菊花电扇II. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives.Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which of the four alternatives can complete the statement. There might be more than one correct answer.(10%)are some important properties of language.A. UnsystematicB. Human specificC. V ocalD. A set of symbolsthe expression “to meet one’s Waterloo”,the word “Waterloo”alludes to _____.A. a great victoryB. an achievementC. a final defeatD. a difficult or obstacleEnglish brand names _____ are coinages.A. TraneB. PlaytexC. PierreD. Cartanword “woman”can be defined conceptually as _____.A. an adult femaleB. prone to tearsC. long hair wearingD. biped25.“Purple”in English culture is often associated with _____.A. high rank or stationB. low rank or stationC. imperial or royal rankD. something bestare usually taboo topics in conversations between strangers in English culutre.A. Age and incomeB. Love and marriageC. Political and religious beliefsD. Personal opinions about daily affairsis onomatopoeic words.A. SquealB. MurmurC. RushD. Clickyou respond to the compliment “You look very nice in this dress”,you should say “_____”.A. Thank you.B. No, I don’t think so at all.C. Do you really think so I was not sure whether it suits me.D. It’s very kind of you to say so.serve the function of substitution.A. Saying louder than usual to emphasize a verbal messageB. Pausing before saying something importantC. Waving goodbyeD. Beckoning another person to come“slow”student may be euphemistically referred to as “_____”.A. a mentally retarded studentB. one who is working at his/her own levelC. one who can do better work with helpD. a problem student第二部分非选择题(共70分)III. Fill in each underlined space with a proper expression.(12%)invisible, portable space that surrounds us is referred to as _____ space.thinking interacts with English, while holistic thinking interacts with Chinese.33.“Pay one’s debt to nature”is the euphemism for _____.English equivalent of “寒舍”is _____.an English paragraph the sentence representing the central idea is referred to as _____ and often located at the initial part of the paragraph.is safe to say that Chinese advertising as a whole tends to be more _____ than English advertising.language represents thought, it is _____ by thought.is generally true that an English word may represent a _____ or associative meaning different from that of its translation equivalent in Chinese.English functional equivalent for “敬请光临”is _____.English proverbial equivalent for “金无足赤，人无完人”is _____.English expression _____ is equivalent to “秃子头上的虱子——明摆着”in China. refers to a kind of journalism with heavy emphasis on scandals, or resenting ordinary news in a sensational manner.IV. Answer the following questions briefly:(12%)is the English equivalent for “黑信”is the British equivalent for the American word “raincoat”is the major difference between English and Chinese descriptive texts in styleis it said that English is a hypotactic language and Chinese is a paratactic language hitchhiking is symbolized in English culturecross-cultural contrasts can you find between English and Chinese titles in vocatives V. Translation:(16%)breathed his last during the night.born to the purple are destined to live in the public eye.greatest artist of the first half of this century has long last gone the way of all flesh. rose by any other name would smell as sweet.53.为金钱而侍奉上帝的人会为更多的报酬服侍魔鬼。