英语语言学试卷精粹（10套题）

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%×10=20%)

1、As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for \ it is said to be ___. A、 prescriptive B、 sociolinguistic C、 descriptive D、 psycholinguistic

2、Of all the speech organs, the ___ is/are the most flexible. A、 mouth B、 lips C、 tongue D、 vocal cords

3、The morpheme \is a(n) ___.

A、 bound morpheme B、 bound form

C、 inflectional morpheme D、 free morpheme

4、A ___ in the embedded clause refers to the introductory word that

introduces the embedded clause. A、 coordinator B、 particle C、 preposition

D、 subordinator主从连词

5、\ A、 is synonymous with B、 is inconsistent with C、 entails

D、 presupposes

6、The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.

A、 semantics B、 pragmatics C、 sociolinguistics D、 psycholinguistics

7、Grammatical changes may be explained, in part, as analogic changes, which are ___ or generalization泛化. A、 elaboration B、 simplification精简 C、 external borrowing D、 internal borrowing

8、___ refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and straightforward grammatical rules, used as a medium of communication. A、 Lingua franca通用语 B、 Creole C、 Pidgin

D、 Standard language标准语言

9、Psychologists, neurologists and linguists have concluded that, in addition to the motor area which is responsible for physical articulation of utterances, three areas of the left brain are vital to language, namely, ___ . A、 Broca's area, Wernicke's area and the angular gyrus

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B、 Broca's area, Wernicke's area and cerebral cortex C、 Broca's area, Wernicke's area and neurons D、 Broca's area, Wernicke's area and Exner's area

10、According to Krashen, ___ refers to the gradual and subconcious development of ability in the first language by using it naturally in daily communicative situations. A、 learning B、 competence C、 performance D、 acquisition 第二部分 非选择题

II. Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following